Nah, you just never know. They played the game in my guess and were on board with the plan until they got fucked up, see people like to point fingers when they get caught, you should know if you are older then 21, and if you have kids, don't let them do this to you.

@@johnvines4875 It's not true.

I got the same feeling for Fab.

yes Fab is so beautiful, he does not hate or blame anyone. I'm so sick and tired of seeing these comments from people. You don't know these men or their lives, they were kids at the time (yes 22 is a kid). If you go to his channel "Fab Morvan", you will hear him sing these very songs and sing them well. Milli Vanilli are not the only people that Frank Farion did this to. They signed contracts that they legally could not get out of. On top of that they had arguments and all kind of things going on, they did not want to do this at first but after they sign the contract it was too late. No none of us really knows what went on, but you don't either😡 Fab is a very beautiful and positive person, he deserves to move on just like any other person. He's in his fifties now, let it go 😒

@@johnvines4875 really? They was companies behind them Frank Farian and his entire fucking team two young poor men in their 20s with no musical experience scamming an entire indusry how the fuck does that work? As far as I'm concerned Fabrice Morvan's story is more believable given the fact that Frank Farian fucked over alot of artists like Boney M Bobby Farrell wasn't the one performing the vocals it was written and performed by none other than Frank Farian himself Bobby was just a show man like Fab and Rob Frank even fired Farrell from the group in the 80s because he wanted to sing his own vocals himself

With a little bit of a support, who knows😉 www.ipetitions.com/petition/give-fab-morvan-his-grammy-back

The difference between then and now though is the industry just learned how to manipulate the artists real voice enough to where it sounds cool if not passibly decent in post production so now if they’re lip syncing people say well at least it’s to there own voice sooo meh who cares

Ikr.. 😢

31 years ago now

I got all youse topped. 33 years now!!!

Duane Mac maybe autotune cld hv helped

Duane Mac actually Rob could not, he was horrible

@@GenuwineG on their solo album his kinda different. Still not good.

@@edencrush2223 Fab is a singer and sings LIVE.

Genuwine6799G Go listen to Don’t give up the fight and you’ll see he can sing.

And many others

LOL that's an example of common prison level intellect

you damm right todays music is most fake Milli Vanilli was hanged by daylight WHY?

So if I rape or murder someone, and the media exposed me (report it), then they ruined my life? so the mistake not from me? Got it.

I agree that today auto tune and so forth is music, at a certain percentage. Some at 0% and some at 100%, but this is different, they DID NOT EVEN SING, they can’t sing for shit, watch 5:00 and see the way the French guy was singing.

@@johnvines4875 he's German you idiot the black guy is french

David Maine Looks like *he* didn't mind sounding like _sour grapes_

+Arthur Hakhverdian He still sounds like sour grapes.

Brizzio Very much so, yeah.

Lmao for sure

He's bitter

Well the fact they really couldn't sing means they weren't the total package lol

@@JazzyUte they were the total package to ME

no. the 80's were known as the worst era for music, rock was glam and appearance was more important than anything.

i strongly disagree with you the 80s is actually the best decade of music with legends like michael jackson and whitney houston and prince

White Rock fans only complain about the 80's......

Right, music today is completely about "appearance" and "packaging"...not talent,. Its so sad.

@@keneshamarshall3062 Facts

Right here he was pissed but he seemed nice when Oprah interviewed him years later after this.

@@sc30002001 Yeah he seemed peaceful.

Because he clearly felt Rob & Fab were getting credit for work he did.

Frank could have put them in lessons

@@rasheemthebestfirstone3274 he was a lazy bastard he could even afford to get real music contracts he he made them sign those dodgy contracts forcing them to lip sync

Exactly. I am SO glad my mother introduced me to the music I mostly listen to today, weirdly I returned the favor for her when I introduced her to Arctic Monkeys and both of us love them and they are one of the few acts we go to see live as they are just amazing. I have a younger cousin who is sort of into the likes of Rihanna, Katy Perry etc and I am dreading the day when I may have to take her to one of their concerts as I begrudge paying shit loads of money to see lots of dancing and messing around but no live singing.

M LT They were duped into being frauds by their manager to be a kind of competion to the New kids on the block as well as to introduce a new style of music. Unfortunately it was not their music

joe coquerre Sad you have to be a bitter person when it comes to music. Plus side there are great vids on youtube about anger management and how to have a decent polite conversation. You should check them out. Have a good day

Cally O'lonegan the really sad part is that Frank Farian earned millions on Milli Vanilli he should have payed the price but just stepped back with the money

😂😂😂😂😂😂💯

Nikolas Ngarso Oh what a tragedy ;o) What ever the greedy producer Frank Farian touched turned into shit. Do you remember the 'Far Corporation' doing 'Stairway To Heaven' with Robin McAuley? I could not believe he would turn a Led Zep song into some Disco crap!

George Tempest And Bobby Kimball, David Paich and Steve Lukather from Toto. Wow.

Iggy Montpellier Yes mate - the list goes on, eh?

Not sure about that, he was a pro and knew their voices didn't cut it to make it big. They can barely speak english and have superthick accents, especially Rob has strong southern German accent. The voice on the songs is so much better but the real voice didn't have Rob's looks and stage presence/ performing skills so the producer was actually smart to conbine both and it made them rich as well. Let's be honest their real voices would have never sold 20 million around the world.

Marcus Reindl They’re saying blame the producer due to him having the idea of Milli Vanilli and the conspiracy. He is the blame he knew this was an illegal idea he is all to blame.

I highly doubt it. She did this for several different producers. She simply flipped the story to take advantage of the Milli Vanilli scandal and use grievance to launch her own recording career.

Yes, the Recording Academy is a very important organization in the music industry.

margaret brown if only autotune was around

If Rob was here he'll be so proud of fabrice but I know that he's smiling at fab

Actually Rob couldnt sing... Fab was ok and is a much better singer these days

@@reginalram9050 Fab could sing even then you should listen to their 1993 album Fabrice was an excellent singer just needed some more vocal coaching although agree Rob needed more improvement

He sounded real corny. Like his rap was so good.

@@nlee4566 like who the fuck nose Charles Shaw? He rapped in one song and think he's a rapper he's just salty because he's ugly and knew that's why Frank Farian made him a studio musician he was fired by Farian after girl you know it's true

He likely wanted money from the producer.

George Tempest WHAT ABOUT RECORD COMPANY THEY LOOK TO ME MUCH MORE MILI VANILI WERE VERY YOUNG PEOPLE SOMEBODY IS BEHIND THIS STORY******************

+George Tempest _Any man wearing jackets with shoulder pads almost as wide as he is tall, looks suspicious_ In *that* category, the winner would probably be Charles Shaw, not Rob and Fab. I mean, look at that: 6:27

They got style, that's all

The real singers were Charles Shaw, Johnny Davies, and music by Frank Farian.

My speaking voice doesn't sound like my singing voice

...but singing like a black American gospel singer...lol

@@exoduskimkai3844 does that mean I'm a lip singer?

@@lisalisalisa7329 are you stupid? Ace of Base and ABBA don't sound like their singing accents at all. Accent for Americanized singing has nothing to do with your actual accent. Nigerian and South African singers even use American accents to sing.

You had to be lucky to catch it on linear television.

That likely only was put on after Rob & Fab were exposed.

Yeah

Because they were the guys out in front and nobody in America knew who their producer was. He only was well known in his home country of Germany.

On some gossip sites there is the one story how a major American woman singer is not the real singer on her records. I doubt it will ever come out who it is but the gossip is thick on that one.

Exactly. I thought something was strange in the "Girl I'm Gonna Miss You" video, and I didn't even speak english back then. I was just a french kid. A part didn't match, as if Rob Pilatus wasn't pronouncing it right (watch the video, the chorus. Sounds like he's miming : "the dream is OVAIR, and I never VILL forget"). It turned out to be the truth !

marius offing alot of english singers go unknowest by americans in their music until you hear them speak. they are speaking your language. and when you sing. english or american. its hard to hear an accent because the words are sung. not spoke.

has anyone ever heard abba' speak english - they were swedish and their english were terrible, i thought milli vanilli - they sang english phonetically - beyonce and christina aguilera sang in spanish phonetically

has anyone ever heard abba' speak english - they were swedish and their english were terrible, i thought they sang english phonetically - beyonce and ch

@@edencrush2223 Actually, ABBA's English wasn't that bad - Bjorn and Benny definitely could, but you could tell it wasn't their first language. Agnetha was terrible though...

Rob died of an accidental drug overdose

@Notorious1503 Maybe it's not Britney's voice sometimes.

Orube Kdo true, sometimes its literally not her voice. Remember when everyone was like why is she singing in a British accent in Scream & shout? It was a british accent cuz it was a british girl singing

She actually sang her songs so this was a fail shady remark.

@@maxrosato1784 nope. she sang it. Unfortunately, Britney donned a fake British accent in 2007 when she went crazy so she has done a bad British accent before.

@@sware84 no she didn't it was Tulisa from N-Dubz there was a lawsuit and everything

+Jake Miles this was in the 80s. People actually sang back then.

+Andrew Behrend Now every popstar is a Milli Vanilli. These boys were just ahead of their time really.

the overreaction is real. most popstars of our generation have really good voices

Andrew Behrend not really, pepples couldn't sing, neither can janet jackson and I find most of the pop singers of that era br talentless.

These guys had talent.

Fiendstein

+xhemexx Listen I'm only going to say this once, Frank and his crew said they were unattractive that's why Rob and Fab were used. Now put them side by side and do a survey and I guarantee Rob and Fab would be picked.

The success would not be that big.

The producer tried to continue Milli Vanilli with the original singers. A second album was ready by the time Rob & Fab were fired, but it mostly failed to catch on. The American record labels ultimately rejected Milli Vanilli with the actual singers, so the album was never released in the States.

No it was fun and people were enjoying themselves and nobody gave a fuck how ridiculous you look not like nowadays when everything is about looking cool 24/7

Okay first of all they always wanted to sing they signed the contract and spend half the money on rent . When they heard the record the producer told them they not going to sing and they was mad. They quit but the producer said they had sign a contract and spend the money already so they had to do it. They did girl you know it’s true and wanted to quit finding out they sign a contract for 3 albums. They begged to sing and when they was trying to escape the producer and sing he exposed them in from of everyone. They did not deserve all the scrutiny they got all. It’s very disappointing that in your mind set you can’t see other people POV and shoes. Not everything in life is black and white or right or wrong there’s always a gray area. These guys was passionate about music and dancing and they performed amazingly even if they was lip syncing they’re talented dancers

Very true.

Le'Vin Moser it was cool in the 80's. if you were 15-40yr old boy or girl in the mid to late 80's. chances are you had 2 or more outfits with shoulder pads sewed in them. as well as tight jeans. it was the in thing to have.

The main singers were Brad Howell and John Davis. Charles Shaw was the original singer on “Girl You Know It’s True” before John Davis replaced him for the other songs recorded.

Wasn't C&C Music Factory using a pretty black model for their video as well when Martha Walsh was singing Gonna Make You Swear as well?

@@Marc-zi5cqThe person they used was a singer that was actually a part of the group, Zelma Davis. She sang on their hit single “Here We Go.”

Exactement !!!les Milli Vanilli restent Rob et Fab.Rip Rob😪

What are you talking about? Fab acknowledged everything a longtime ago

Sorry, but Beyonce can actually sing.

saj8 And has a rocking body.

beyonce has a great vocal rang with a flexible voice and she can sing live. don't hate it's not cute

Jake Miles Her sister too, Solange did some great tracks with Chromeo.

+Jake Miles who gives a shit. if she thinks beyonce sucks then so be it youre not the carter family's lawyer.

But the big difference is that she lip synced to her own voice. These guys lip synced to other session vocalists entirely

Greg Stephens Other way around, Fab actually can sing... but Rob could not, partially because of his thick German accent.

I think you inverted the names.

Fab was the one that could sing Rob could've sing listen to their song we can get it on for yourselves

afro german

voice of reason Nigga then. Better?

Nothing american about him, Afro German born and raised in Munich.