MILLI VANILLI "Girl You Know It's True"

1988

http://sonymusic.de/Milli-Vanilli

http://millivanilli-bio.narod.ru

http://musicline.de/de/artist/MILLI+VANILLI

In November 1998, the English language magazine Main City (a FAZ publication) published a critically written report on the demise of the Milli Vanilli artist Robert Pilatus under the title 'When the Music Stopped...' " When Robert Pilatus, 32, was found dead in his hotel room in Friedrichsdorf near Frankfurt in April (1998), it was the end of a drawn out downward spiral, hastened by humiliation and drugs." In addition to the term humiliation, the author also noted that "Pilatus' fall from the top of the pop world was steeper than any that had ever occurred before." "A music industry intent on proving its legitimacy in the face of scandal virtually erased Milli Vanilli from its playlists and its history." None of this corresponds to what really happened - neither the humiliation saga, nor the Milli Vanilli finale. Milli Vanilli were never removed from music history. The Grammy was returned, but that is the only true element of the report. And the scandal, which happened just as Farian had predicted, cost Farian neither fame nor money - with the exception of the 400,000 dollars he donated by way of compensation. The real Milli Vanilli catastrophe was neither commercial nor musical.
It was Robert Pilatus's death from a drug overdose. But this, practically a suicide in instalments, was not provoked by drugs and humiliation, but rather through drugs alone, which, in the excessive way in which Pilatus took them, resulted in humiliations which Pilatus had brought upon himself - he turned a deaf ear to any help or advice he was offered. In lucid moments he himself took the blame for his fate.
To reduce the fact of sales of over one hundred million albums into humiliation is as absurd as it is adventurous. Both Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan, signed up by Farian in 1987 in Munich, came into a lot, a whole lot, of money for the first time. But Pilatus turned it all into drugs. All attempts at rehabilitation, which devoured huge sums of money (which always came from Farian) for nothing Pilatus began to doubt himself. And one thing followed another.

...taken from Frank Farian report (1999)

http://frankfarian.com

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[thutchison68]

I've been researching top dance hits of 85-92. Milli Vanilli is not listed anywhere. Impossible. Every dance club played this record a lot. My thought is when the 'scheme' was revealed and their grammy taken away. all music charts also removed them?

[abagoff]

It was Group N1 in 1989. But after scandal the enemies demanded to delete them from charts. But they can't erase them from our memory.

[wheelnut53]

I would buy this album if I could find it

[abagoff]

@wheelnut53 No problem. It till now continue to publish. Look the accompanying summary to it video.

[highway955]

i can list 20 song from the 80s where the guy in the vid didnt actually do the vocals. but nobody said shit about them

[michaelpopking]

great music!!!

great band!!!!!

[Arrowdance]

A korean band called Seo Taiji & Boys, made a similar song of this, called "Nan Arayo" (I know). Some people said they sampled MV's song.

[darkstar0000001]

i care not if they lip synced...i just loved to look at them...gorgeous..i would take either one...wish they would have asked us back then if we cared...most of us would have said hell no...just keep on doing what your doing...

[rubyzdaddy]

i never understood why the "not so attractive" real singers never came out and said were the singers, were just fat and ugly, but here is our album. I would have bought it.

[paninaro81]

very good 80's dance track, great sound and great melody hook... and the girl model in the video is cute :-)

[kuramaya]

The bassline in the chorus is ridiculous... I remember when this song came out...Loved it. Chick in the VID is Dope, she is just pissed at him cause he cant sing!

[bigrawdaddy]

I don't care if they lip synced! The song is nostalgic for me. And I'm so sorry that the light skinned one committed suicide. God please have mercy on him!!! He went through Alot!!!!amen!

[kchunielal]

Check out those moves

[4Dr14Nis]

colombia los escucha aun

[icon0x1]

lip sing vs vocoding ....

[TheJames74s]

The Best in the 80's! :D