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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsReports: Barry Manilow marries manager Garry Kief
Story hereWell, Pink News got the bulletin from the National Enquirer, so who knows? But if it's true, good.
According to a report in the National Enquirer, the Mandy singer who has never publicly spoken about his sexuality tied the knot with his manager and long-term partner.
The supermarket tabloid reports that the pair married in a surprise ceremony attended by 50 guests who were led to believe they had been invited to a lunch.
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)I assume Mandy has figured out why Barry sent her away all those years ago.
Joanie Baloney
(1,357 posts)Mandy was a dog. Listen to it again and it makes sense.
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)I'll have to look at the lyrics on that one...
For some reason I remember that he used to have a Beagle named "Bagel." I thought that was a cute name.
yuiyoshida
(41,861 posts)Music
"Mandy"
I remember all my life
Raining down as cold as ice.
Shadows of a man,
A face through a window cryin' in the night,
The night goes into
Morning just another day;
Happy people pass my way.
Looking in their eyes,
I see a memory I never realized how happy you made me.
Oh Mandy well,
You came and you gave without taking,
But I sent you away.
Oh, Mandy well,
Kissed me and stopped me from shaking,
And I need you today.
Oh, Mandy!
I'm standing on the edge of time;
I've walked away when love was mine.
Caught up in a world of uphill climbing,
The tears are in my mind and nothin' in rhyming.
Oh Mandy well,
You came and you gave without taking,
But I sent you away.
Oh, Mandy well,
Kissed me and stopped me from shaking,
And I need you today.
Oh, Mandy!
Yesterday's a dream
I face the morning
Crying on a breeze
The pain is calling
Oh Mandy
Well, you came and you gave without taking
But I sent you away oh, Mandy
Well, you kissed me and stopped me from shaking
And I need you today Oh, Mandy
You came and you gave without taking
But I sent you away oh, Mandy
Well, you kissed me and stopped me from shaking
And I need you
are you sure its about a dog?
Blanks
(4,835 posts)The name of the song was 'Brandy' but it was changed because of the song that was popular at the time it was sent in.
Casey Kasem explained that he couldn't play songs that had never been on the top 40, but a couple of years later he played the song as a tribute to the person who sent it in because it had been in the top 40.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Manilow
At least that's the story he told on the radio one week when I was listening to the top 40.
icymist
(15,888 posts)eom
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)The suggestion that Scott English wrote the song about a favorite dog is apparently an urban legend. English has said that a reporter called him early one morning asking who "Brandy" was, and an irritated English made up the "dog" story to get the reporter off his back
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandy_(song)#Scott_English_version
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)I never understood the hype around him...
This is a story about him getting married, not a CD review.
Joanie Baloney
(1,357 posts)Barry is on his farewell tour, so the marriage makes perfect sense.
Skittles
(153,193 posts)I never cared for his music either but I wish this couple all the happiness in the world
rug
(82,333 posts)Skittles
(153,193 posts)*EGREGIOUS*
that does take me back
Joanie Baloney
(1,357 posts)Went to one of his first concerts at The Troubadour way back when and several since.
His lyrics speak to many people and he is a fantastic composer as well as a showman. I wouldn't describe it as 'hype'. Fans love him and that's the way it is.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Response to CTyankee (Reply #2)
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msanthrope
(37,549 posts)Can't stand it...but also can't deny the sheer talent the man has.
DisgustipatedinCA
(12,530 posts)I love Barry Manilow tunes, but I don't tell my friends that for the most part. He's a guilty pleasure.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)don't like his music at all. Not one bit.
I was in Vegas for a family destination wedding. Escorted several older female relatives to another casino...you'd have thought we were moving the troops on D-Day..though I'd stab my eardrums out, but it turned out to be a really well-done concert.
I will only share this on an anonymous Internet board, mind you.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)point.
John1956PA
(2,656 posts)Barry's contributions to popular music are not only writing, signing, and piano playing, but arranging and producing as well.
He has the right voice and delivery for the songs he sings.
I wish happiness to him and his spouse.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)He wrote the very first song.
He put the words and the melodies together.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)joeybee12
(56,177 posts)The guys started talking abotu how awful Barry was, then one by one they admit, well Mandy is ok, and other songs aren't too bad, and in a few minutes they're like schoolgirls and run to his concert...Barry actually voiced himself.
Best wishes to them.
Kingofalldems
(38,475 posts)7962
(11,841 posts)Kingofalldems
(38,475 posts)With an ax.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)Is it where he's singing to Quagmire...replacing Mandy with Quagmire?
LuckyLib
(6,819 posts)joeybee12
(56,177 posts)Amused me that Barry played along with it.
NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)Phentex
(16,334 posts)Good for them!
steve2470
(37,457 posts)Raine1967
(11,589 posts)I love Manilow and his Music.
I have known he was gay since my college years (going back to the latter half of the 80's). It's not my place to explain why I know, but it really doesn't matter.
I am really happy that he is able to marry the love of his life.
progressoid
(49,999 posts)valerief
(53,235 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)johnnysad
(93 posts)We've come a long way
valerief
(53,235 posts)ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)valerief
(53,235 posts)Everyone knows Liberace won a lawsuit when a rag said he was gay.
He just never found the right girl. Sad. It's lonely at the top.
GoCubsGo
(32,088 posts)I'm surprised, but I'm not surprised. I'm sorry he had to wait so long, if this is indeed true.
Warpy
(111,339 posts)I was never nuts about Manilow on stage, but I've always appreciated him offstage. He's one of the good guys.
He and his husband deserve the best.
DonViejo
(60,536 posts)Manilow came out as "bisexual" during Anita Bryant's terror campaign in Miami, in 1977. David Cassidy (The Partridge Family) also came out as bi during Bryant's anti-gay campaign.