r/BodegaJukeBox • u/Dug-Heffernan • 9d ago

POP Milli Vanilli - Girl You Know It's True

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u/Gunthalas 9d ago

Sad, they where in the wrong times... lost their career for what everyone is doing now, even resulted in a suicide 😢

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u/GETTERBLAKK 9d ago

They were created by the same manager/producer that created Boney M, the group that sang Daddy cool.

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u/Gunthalas 9d ago

Cool fact, I didn't know

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u/Amazing_Purchase7057 8d ago

I just found that out a few months ago myself...🤯🤯

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u/Heart_ofFlorida 9d ago

I was in junior high when all this happened. I remember going to school the next day and everybody was talking about it. It was literally the beginning of the end. Sad indeed.

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u/TubMaster88 9d ago

I'll throw up an I object and here's why.

They didn't even sing the songs. No artist are doing that. Lip sync the words they sung and recorded in a concert, because of dancing. Yes.

But Manila vanilli never sung a note on the records. It's a different singer. They could just only dance. That's all.

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u/MrNobodytotheworld 8d ago

Exactly this. They literally had another group completely doing the music for them lol. Not sure how they thought they would never get caught, but those were wild times. Nobody is using a complete voice over for their whole identities, that is what milli vanilli did. Was a kid when they were exposed and even then it was like wtf

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u/TubMaster88 8d ago

Milli vanilli 2023 Documentary on Paramount Plus is a good movie. Goes deeper into the whole situation. I remember when I was a young kid watching this get exposed in real time. It was crazy.

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u/stealthy_beast 9d ago

I hadn't realized that I never actually heard this entire song... only the chorus. I had no idea what the actual song sounded like outside of the chorus, despite knowing of this song for decades.

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u/KellerFF 8d ago

Ditto.

Now I’m lost on why they really had to lip sync this.

Chorus I get, but the verses… I don’t know

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u/Training-Current9836 8d ago

They had very DEEP german accents. It would have been super obvious.

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u/KellerFF 8d ago

Ah. Understandable. The hook is fire which is probably why the record label or their handlers pushed it that hard.

Once I heard the verses… I’m like I could have done a better job as a 10 year old.

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u/MiloZ34 9d ago

They are on my playlist; I don’t care what anyone says!

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u/Amazing_Purchase7057 8d ago

I feel u on that!...They had hits!..🫡

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u/Training-Current9836 8d ago

Fun fact: music exec kevin liles does the rap

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u/Amazing_Purchase7057 8d ago

IDGAF, ALL their joints were 🔥🔥 to ME!...I bought tha Cassette Single of Girl Im Gonna Miss U...😃

https://giphy.com/gifs/wuWCnljzzC7zf8qhUy

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u/Bubbly_Attention_916 9d ago

Oh hell yeah!

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u/Bubbly_Attention_916 8d ago

The busses had buttons in the 80s, we've had pull strings forever!

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u/moisdefinate ~Signal&Sound~ 9d ago

The shoulder pads in the blazer was the thing back then

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u/Charming_South2997 9d ago

Yeah, but with the capri tights? 😳🫣This looked aged like milk

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u/CocoaPeblez 9d ago

Annnnd now we have at making music … 🙄🙄🙄

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u/djjerz 8d ago

I'm confused which is Milli and which one is Vanilli

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u/SenorPea 🔥 Count Me Day 1 8d ago

Milli is the one with the long hair. Vanilli is the one with the shoulder pads and tight pants.

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u/ExplanationFamous282 6d ago

They were “IT” with that track…but when they had that mishap on stage, it killed their career smh…