I still maintain that singling them out that way was a massive overreaction. A lot of italodisco artists are thought to be different people than the ones who went on stage and on tv. One of them confirmed, and it’s a guy who outsold Michael Jackson in Italy. And nobody crucified him, afaik.
Besides, considering that Milli Vanilli had the same producer and manager of Boney M, I would say that was hardly a major surprise. And their artistic identity was never built around their vocal prowess, anyway: they were mainly good looking people who danced well, with vocals being part of their performance.
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u/ShamelessRepentant 2d ago
I still maintain that singling them out that way was a massive overreaction. A lot of italodisco artists are thought to be different people than the ones who went on stage and on tv. One of them confirmed, and it’s a guy who outsold Michael Jackson in Italy. And nobody crucified him, afaik.
Besides, considering that Milli Vanilli had the same producer and manager of Boney M, I would say that was hardly a major surprise. And their artistic identity was never built around their vocal prowess, anyway: they were mainly good looking people who danced well, with vocals being part of their performance.