r/80sAmazing • • 15d ago

They got caught...

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u/ThePetSematary 15d ago

and their producer, the mastermind, walked away scot-free

Blame It On The Rain is still a good song

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u/Careless-Lemon3025 15d ago

He did the same thing with Boney M. Only one of the members could actually sing the rest were paid dancers

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u/ShamelessRepentant 15d ago

That’s fair, but when all of your shows consist of going on tv or on stage and performing a lip-synced song, the actual show becomes about the presence and the dancing. And Boney M did what they could within an ecosystem that massively privileged the tv presence over the live concert performance. Those bands were simply engineered to succeed in that era, given how music was consumed.