The Master of Disco died.
Milli Vanilli (yes he even sang the vocals)
Boney M.
Silver Convention
Penny Mc Lean
Eruption
to name a few.
Over 800 Million productions (singles & albums) sold worldwide.
Not an easy person.
But a genius recording artist.
Let it dance in heaven!

Frank Farian, Founder of Milli Vanilli and Boney M, Dead at 82 (RollingStone.com)



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RIP Daddy Cool

Rest in Peace, Frank Farian - and Thank You for the Music.

Is it bad that I still own, and listen with some irregular regularity, my Milli Vanilli CD's?!?!!?!? Man, that was some classic 90's pop!!! Whomever they were!!!

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Is it bad that I still own, and listen with some irregular regularity, my Milli Vanilli CD's?!?!!?!? Man, that was some classic 90's pop!!! Whomever they were!!!

That's pretty bad. You can blame it on something...

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Is it bad that I still own, and listen with some irregular regularity, my Milli Vanilli CD's?!?!!?!? Man, that was some classic 90's pop!!! Whomever they were!!!

That's pretty bad. You can blame it on something...

…..you know it’s true

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Is it bad that I still own, and listen with some irregular regularity, my Milli Vanilli CD's?!?!!?!? Man, that was some classic 90's pop!!! Whomever they were!!!

That's pretty bad. You can blame it on something...

…..you know it’s true

It's a tragedy to see.

Boney M is an incredible band, and all of the other productions are great. MV is probably the only low point of Clive Davis' stellar career, and artist choices...................

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Is it bad that I still own, and listen with some irregular regularity, my Milli Vanilli CD's?!?!!?!? Man, that was some classic 90's pop!!! Whomever they were!!!

No excuse for something like that

Legendary producer, his work with Boney M alone is outstanding, all those happy singalong hits. RIP Mr Farian.

I proudly play Boney M all the time, Frank was fire. RIP to a king.

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Legendary producer, his work with Boney M alone is outstanding, all those happy singalong hits. RIP Mr Farian.

OMG...I thought that was Hugh Grant for a second.

I was thinking Tommy James myself.

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Is it bad that I still own, and listen with some irregular regularity, my Milli Vanilli CD's?!?!!?!? Man, that was some classic 90's pop!!! Whomever they were!!!

I’m in your corner. I still even play the “The Real Milli Vanilli” album.



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Is it bad that I still own, and listen with some irregular regularity, my Milli Vanilli CD's?!?!!?!? Man, that was some classic 90's pop!!! Whomever they were!!!

I’m in your corner. I still even play the “The Real Milli Vanilli” album.

Not sure I know about this real Milli Vanilli album. Will have to seek out that one now! Thanks.

Milli Vanilli, they were those two guys who did not sing one song themselves... They only moved their lips to the singing of someone else...

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Milli Vanilli, they were those two guys who did not sing one song themselves... They only moved their lips to the singing of someone else...

It was the same thing with Boney M but no one made any fuzz about that. And... it's the same thing with many other artists due to new recording techniques.
And singback and playback is still frequent. Poor Milli Vanilli were made scapegoats for all of that. They didn't deserve that.

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Is it bad that I still own, and listen with some irregular regularity, my Milli Vanilli CD's?!?!!?!? Man, that was some classic 90's pop!!! Whomever they were!!!

I’m in your corner. I still even play the “The Real Milli Vanilli” album.

Not sure I know about this real Milli Vanilli album. Will have to seek out that one now! Thanks.

Keep on Running was a small hit in Europe and I believe the only track from the album that is available on streaming services… but the entire album is fire

Despicable: everything FF stood for, his "music" and his scams.

Over 800 Million productions (singles & albums) sold worldwide.?

That's more then the Beatles and Michael Jackson sold together

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In 1965 Frankie Farian & die Schatten did "Ein Herz aus Stein", the German "Heart of Stone" version. (one very early Jagger/Richards composition/Rolling Stones song... for all you Milli Vanilli afficionados here.) It was the b-side to "Yakety Yak".

In the mid sixties the band played lots of concerts (mostly for US-American GI-clubs) in the South Western part of Germany.

You can look the 7" (including its sound) up here:
[www.45cat.com]

THE AUSTRALIAN ---- 27 January 2024



ROCKMAN

The guy was a successful singer/songwriter/producer/manager/businessman. He is not the only one in that category. I don't think he was a monster like he's portrayed by some here.
He didn't invent playback/editing/voiceover/singback. Those have always been tricks of the trade.

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In 1965 Frankie Farian & die Schatten did "Ein Herz aus Stein", the German "Heart of Stone" version. (one very early Jagger/Richards composition/Rolling Stones song... for all you Milli Vanilli afficionados here.) It was the b-side to "Yakety Yak".

In the mid sixties the band played lots of concerts (mostly for US-American GI-clubs) in the South Western part of Germany.

You can look the 7" (including its sound) up here:
[www.45cat.com]

Well aware of Heart of Stone. This IS a Stones board after all!!!

Rest in Peace, Frank Farian.
Hinterm Horizont geht`s weiter ....
Thank You - Danke.

Yes, thank you so much for the music Frank.

Rockman lost me completely there, why repost Alan Howe's blatantly biased and disrespectful orbituary for someone who has created much happiness with music ?

Gotta love Liz Mitchell's sweet voice, yeah I know it's playback.




And the stunning Precious Wilson singing live to a backing track.




Oh, so you don't like that style of music ? Better vent it on other places than the memorial thread punk.

Oh yeah, when I was a small kid, Boney M was a household name and all their hits - Daddy Cool, Rasputin, Rivers of Babylon, etc. - were like a soundtrack for the times, played on the radio all the time. Probably even more than, say, Village People or even ABBA. This was the days of innocence for me, before I started to listen rock music and started taking the whole thing 'seriously'. .. Probably still today when I hear the term 'disco music', it is Boney M that comes first to my mind.

Later, I somehow recall the controversary surrounding Milli Vanilli, but since I had been by then a serious music snob for years, their music totally escaped me. That said, I recall reading about that the singer of Boney M didn't actually do the vocals, but at the time it was more like 'so what?'.

Not before this thread I had no idea of Frank Farian, but interesting read about his career, him being the brains behind both of Boney M and Milli Vanilly and many others. The history of pop music includes incredible characters. All kudos for him for having the balls to do all that!

But that Australian piece shared by Rockman made me laugh. The writer, being so over the top in his dead seriousness, makes himself such a fool.. Relax, man, it's only pop music.. Besides, the man just died.

- Doxa



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Stock Aitken Waterman comes to mind. They produced the music and then picked the artist. I don't think they did singback though. The most popular English hit list show at the time, Top Of The Pops, was all playback as far as I know. So fake is nothing new in pop music...