Barry Manilow cancels appearance on “The View” September 18, 2007
Posted by aeschtunes in Barry Manilow, The View, music.Tags: Barry Manilow, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, The Greatest Songs of the Seventies, The View
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Reuters is reporting that Barry Manilow has cancelled an appearance on today’s episode of The View, where he was to promote his new release, The Greatest Songs of the Seventies. Manilow, a Democratic fundraiser, claims that he didn’t want to be interviewed by conservative host Elisabeth Hasselbeck, and that The View refused to accomodate his request; therefore, he pulled out of his scheduled appearance. Meanwhile, a source close to The View claims that the show cancelled his appearance because of not wanting to comply with his demand. Manilow has appeared on the show twice over the past year, with Hasselbeck as part of the panel.
Now, the cynic in me poses a question: Did Barry stir up this controversy in hopes of selling more copies of his album? I find it hard to believe, in light of knowing he has made other appearances on the program, that he would book an appearance on the show knowing that Hasselbeck would be there. Also, how long ago did he make this demand, and why did it take until the last minute for the appearance to be cancelled?
We’ll see over the course of the week whether or not this controversy has any potential effect on his album sales…
Barry Manilow recreates the past… again September 17, 2007
Posted by aeschtunes in Barry Manilow, cover albums, music.Tags: Barry Manilow, The Greatest Songs of the Seventies
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Tomorrow (September 18), Barry Manilow releases his third covers album. In the wake of The Greatest Songs of the Fifties and The Greatest Songs of the Sixties, Manilow is now releasing The Greatest Songs of the Seventies. For this release, Manilow is covering such artists as Simon and Garfunkel, The Carpeners, Carole King, and… himself. However, the 2-disc set does not include any disco covers; however, this was due to the fact that label boss Clive Davis didn’t want Manilow to do any disco.
How much farther is Manilow going to push this? Is a Greatest Songs of the Eighties and a Greatest Songs of the Nineties just around the corner? I’m sorry, but this whole cover albums of various decades is getting old… and I’m not just referring to Barry Manilow. Rod Stewart has been guilty of this trend, and I believe that even Diana Ross did something similar as well. OK, Pat Boone did put out that metal covers album about ten or so years ago, which was rather scary, but still… please make these decade cover albums stop!
