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At the Copa, Copacabana...


Barry Manilow is an American singer/songwriter best known for hits such as "Mandy", "Can't Smile Without You", "I Write The Songs" and "Copacabana".

Is the Trope Maker for Stuck on Band-Aid Brand (he wrote the jingle).

Albums[]

  • Barry Manilow (1973)
  • Barry Manilow (1974)
  • Tryin' To Get The Feeling (1975)
  • This One's For You (1976)
  • Even Now (1978)
  • One Voice (1979)
  • Barry (1980)
  • If I Should Love Again (1981)
  • Here Comes The Night (1981)
  • 2:00 AM Paradise Cafe (1984)
  • Manilow (1985)
  • Swing Street (1987)
  • Barry Manilow (1989)
  • Because It's Christmas (1990)
  • Showstoppers (1991)
  • Singin' With The Big Bands (1994)
  • Summer of '78 (1996)
  • Manilow Sings Sinatra (1998)
  • Here At The Mayflower (2001)
  • A Christmas Gift of Love (2002)
  • Scores (2004)
  • The Greatest Songs of The Fifties (2006)
  • The Greatest Songs of The Sixties (2006)
  • The Greatest Songs of The Seventies (2007)
  • In The Swing Of Christmas (2007)
  • The Greatest Songs of The Eighties (2008)
  • The Greatest Love Songs of All Time (2010)
  • 15 Minutes (2011)

Barry Manilow's Work Shows Examples of the Following Tropes:[]

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 Lily: You creep

Into my heart,

And make my heart burn.

Barry: You sneak

Into my mind,

And make my head ache.

Both: There are things I long to tell you

Lily: You're much too blond.

Barry: You snore.

Both: Look, It's time to face the music.

Barry: Bye bye!

Lily: Don't slam the door!

And I don't want,

Barry: I don't want,

Lily: I don't want.

Barry: I don't want,

Both: No, I don't want your flowers anymore!

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  • Audience Participation Song: Manilow picks a girl out of the audience to sing "Can't Smile Without You" with him.
  • Big Applesauce: "New York City Rhythm", "Copacabana (At The Copa)", "Avenue C", "Brooklyn Blues", and of course the Concept Album Here At The Mayflower, which is about life in a New York apartment building.
  • Break Up Song: "Lay Me Down", "I Was A Fool (To Let You Go)", and many, many others.
  • Broken Record: "Sweet Heaven (I'm In Love Again)" is quite repetitive.
  • Christmas Album: Three of 'em.
  • Concept Album: Here At The Mayflower, and 15 Minutes, which is about the perils of fame.
  • Cover Version: The Greatest Songs Of... albums. And Manilow Sings Sinatra. And all those Christmas albums.
    • And "Mandy," which was originally done by Scott English under the title "Brandy." And "Somewhere in the Night," a hit for Helen Reddy a few years previously. Even "Can't Smile Without You" was previously recorded by The Carpenters.
  • Cowboy Bebop at His Computer: Despite endless claims to the contrary by journalists who Did Not Do the Research, Manilow did not write the famous "You Deserve A Break Today" McDonald's commercial, but he did sing the vocal on it.
    • "I Write The Songs" is not Manilow going on an ego trip about what a fantastic songwriter he is. The "I" in the title actually refers to the spirt of Music, and in fact the very last line of the song is, "I am Music, and I write the songs". As Manilow himself is constantly at great pains to point out, he didn't even write that song; Bruce Johnston did.
  • Darker and Edgier: 15 Minutes.
  • Everyone Is Christian At Christmas: Three Christmas albums, Barry? Really??
  • He Also Did: A jazz album, two swing albums, and two Concept Albums.
    • In the early Seventies, he worked as a jingle writer for commercials, and wrote several famous ones such as the "Like A Good Neighbor" jingle for State Farm Insurance. As noted above, he also sang the vocal on the famous "You Deserve A Break Today" McDonald's commercial, but he didn't write one bit of it.
      • VSM (Very Strange Medley) with the commercials is here.
    • He's produced other artists as well, notably Dionne Warwick ("I'll Never Love This Way Again").
    • In The Eighties, Copacabana was made into a musical Made for TV Movie starring Manilow as Tony Starr and Annette O'Toole as Lola Lamar. See it here.
  • I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: "Somewhere Down the Road."
  • Intercourse with You: Many, many times. "I Wanna Do It With You", "I'm Your Man", and lots of others.
  • Large Ham: Have you seen the page pic?
  • Let's Duet: Hasn't happened as many times as you might think, but he recorded a cover of The Bee Gees' "Run to Me" as a duet with Dionne Warwick.
  • Lonely Together: "Lonely Together". Fits this trope so well that it should possibly be the Trope Namer.
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 Wouldn't it be fine bein' lonely together?

Wouldn't it be fine havin' a shoulder to share?

You could tell me how he broke your heart,

And I'll tell you how she broke mine.

Then maybe later on I could take you home.

Now, wouldn't it be sad bein' lonely all alone?

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 You start off with the verse

That's the part that tells you

What the song is gonna be about.

You gotta grab 'em first

Dope is good, or death is nice

But love is still the best way out.

And then you pad, and then you fill,

Or you complain, or get a chill.

But most of all, you move along

To the center of the song.

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Cquote1

 Yes, that's the chorus

Sing it for us

Never overlook givin' it a hook

You see sometimes I really do write the songs!

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Barry Manilow Shows Examples of the Following Tropes:[]