Townsville Bulletin

Careers silenced after duo’s lip-sync scandal

- TROY LENNON HISTORY EDITOR

When popsters Rob Pilatus and Fab Morvan, frontmen of the group Milli Vanilli, accepted the Grammy Award for best new artist in February 1990, some people were sceptical. There had been rumours the pair had been lipsynchin­g their way through a concert tour and that theirs were not the voices heard on their hit album Girl You Know It’s True.

The rumours continued for months after the award and the pair decided it was time to do something about it.

On November 14 they went to their producer Frank Farian, the man who had also created Boney M, and told him they were sick of the deception. They I do not demanded condone they vigilantes, be however allowed the gent to who sing was on their charged should be follow-up afforded the album. same punishment as the Farian juvenile sacked slap them on the and wrist. He has revealed had a hard the life truth, (had that to work they and pay were for his not property), the singers his on home the album broken at into, a press a personal conference trauma on November for the 15. family, The next did the day, child November get tested 16, 1990, for Mike drug/aloc. Greene, Fair president is fair. of the National Academy MARTY MT of LOUISA Recording Arts & Services, organisers The Puddleduck of the gov Grammys, (us) now said has he a might bigger revoke outer ministry, their award. at enormous Days later they cost, were than it formally had before stripped the election, of their Grammy. just because In of the factional 30-year paybacks. history of Qld the music pollies awards get more nobody than their had ever Canberra had a Grammy counterpar­ts. taken Where’s from them the money and it has never coming happened from in our again, already despite eyethe widespread wateringly debt-wracked use of autotune, state? digital Pollies sampling, pay seems image to be the manipulati­on only growth and other industry methods we have. of turning AGS HERMIT non-singers PK into Like recording it or not labor stars is that in power have for proliferat­ed another 4 long since. years, let’s hope the lefties Milli and Vanilli climate was set change in motion in 1984 extremists when Morvan don’t have and a Pilatus free hand, met. so Pilatus let’s hope was that born Les in Munich Walker fights in 1965, a the son good of fight an African-american for the people of soldier North and Queensland, a German time stripper will who tell. gave him up CRIS for WULGURU adoption. He spent four years in an Heard orphanage on Macca and Aust. was Allover adopted that by a German farmers at family. Giru are Subjected screaming to racist for taunts mango at pickers school with he ran accommodat­ion away from

home at 14. He German record label. They entertaine­d worked as a dancer, audiences with their looks and their model and a DJ. dance moves, but it was when they

What a great Fabrice story in “Fab” Saturday’s Morvan Bully about were the discovered owners of the by Einasleigh Farian that pub they making was a born big call in and 1966 not in allowing Paris, the use of mobile became devices stars. in Farian the pub. had So a many song he son of restaurant immigrants and from cafe owners Guadeloupe. in Townsville thought should try he and could have turn mobile into free a hit, days Girl Morvan to had try and been encourage set on a people career to as talk a face to You face. Know They It’s may True, even eat and and had drink hired trampolini­st more without before mobile a neck devices. injury Everywhere Brad you Howell, dine out so Charles many people Shaw are and on John

their mobiles or smart watches. This includes staff. Not sure why so many

forced him to look for other work. He Davis to record the lead vocals. But he

young staff have mobile phones in their back pocket while working. Or

decided on music. needed some good looking front men

continuall­y looking at their smart watches. As they are definitely not checking

He what went the to Guadeloupe time is! with his to sell it. He had used a similar strategy grandfathe­r, a fisherman and musician, to create Boney M, hiring dancer to learn BOB a few 4818 things from him, before Bobby Farrell to lip synch and do heading to Germany in 1984. He ended dance moves in front of the real up modelling and dancing and was at a singers, pretending to be the frontman. dance seminar in Los Angeles when he Farian signed Morvan and Pilatus to met Pilatus at a disco. They hit it off a contract, and credited them as lead straight away, finding they had a lot in vocalists on their first album All Or common, and after returning to Nothing. Released on a European label Germany they became good friends. in 1988 it featured Girl You Know It’s

Later they decided to form a band. True, as well as a cover version of the They called it Milli Vanilli, later Boney M hit Ma Baker (which was claiming it came from an ad campaign written by Farian). available. they noticed Why while have visiting we bludgers Turkey on and Remembranc­e It did well enough day! Molachino for Farian to you welfare that it meant not taking “positive up these energy”. jobs? But are rework not it a for full a time major serving global air release. force FRED many WULGURU believe that it came from a officer, Renamed you Girl are You a reservist, Know It’s you True, put in What defunct kind German of answer disco. was that from 2 with weeks some a year, track changes you should (including apologise the They deputy played mayor a few to shows a defence in clubs to ditching current Ma serving Baker and and adding past defence Blame veteran and recorded regarding with a the small flag independen­t on personnel, It On The Rain) the flag it was should launched have in flown all day, it is Remembranc­e day not Remembranc­e morning.

March SHOELACE 1989 4812 and raced up the charts. Joe Morvan Biden IS and NOT Pilatus President went Elect on tour, yet but and rumours people shouldn’t the two handsome be told he is. leads It’s of just the an group assumption were faking at this began stage to as it grow. hasn’t That been seemed officially to called. be confirmed There is at a concert still recounting in July, to when be done Pilatus and ran counties off stage that are after subject a computer to the high glitch court.. caused the the media recording are the to only jump. people saying he’s won.. After they winning need to their report Grammy the truth the men regardless became if they increasing­ly love or hate dissatisfi­ed Trump. with jan 4815 having to maintain the deception. We Farian are all sacked Australian­s. them in How November hard is when that to they accept? insisted No? on Build more a creative bridge, input, it’s about the producer time. then went public, perhaps STEVE B. hoping HMT PRK the publicity 4812 would make Shari, if a hit you of want a second us to album. believe the scientists, But public then outcry you should led to Morvan also believe and Pilatus our Chief losing Scientist their Alan Grammy. Finkel, They when he became said that pariahs even if in we the turned industry. off every Farian released switch in the Australia, album it Moment would make Of Truth no in difference 1991, renaming to climate his change. session musicians Our The output Real is just Milli too Vanilli, small but by comparison it was a flop. with Morvan the world. and PHIL4807 Pilatus worked on an album, Cris Wulguru. but Pilatus I am died working in 1998 hard from on an accidental my retirement. drug and If you alcohol have overdose. money in the Morvan bank spend later released it. You can’t solo take albums it and with toured you and singing as a taxpayer Milli Vanilli I am hits. not According going to work to reviews, on your he children’s sounds almost exactly inheritanc­e. like the SD original KIRWAN recording.

 ??  ?? Rob Pilatus (left) and Fab Morvan give a thumbs up after the Grammy win; (inset) producer Frank Farian.
Rob Pilatus (left) and Fab Morvan give a thumbs up after the Grammy win; (inset) producer Frank Farian.

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