He was making money knowing this and it didn't bother him. Only when they wanted to start singing on their own did he say it was a fraud. He made millions off this and one of these people took his own life. For him, only money is important
You can have a bit of mercy here. They were tempted, and they fell for that temptation. They admitted to their weakness and greed, however they were tormented by the lies, and frustrated by the industry's control. Yes they were wrong, but so was everyone else involved. A poor kid coming from the projects thought the American dream of fame and fortune would bring him salvation, he was deceived and spent the rest of his life tortured by it, which finally led to suicide. It's a sad thing. He didn't deserve that but it was unfortunately a consequence of that temptation.
This is so sad the way they just yelling and screaming at them. It’s disgusting how people treated them before and after horrible and they can actually really sing and they were they work they asses off. They were great performers.🙏🏾💯
Frank Farian used the he// out of these two young men! Then industry (Arista/Clive Davis) ate them up and spit them out. The only ones who suffered in this scenario was Rob & Fab, not Farian or Arista/Davis. I hope the movie releasing in August shows what really happened.
That's such an ncredible story... I was born in 81 and saw these guys come up to fame ! My friend even brought his mini stereo at school and played Milla Vanilli during recess ! Fab if you are watching this man I really wish you could sign my Vinyl album ! Thank you !
I just watched the movie! Its sad that Rob never recovered from this. He went downhill since that day! I'm really surprised it took “the industry” over 30 years to tell what really happened in a movie. Way overdue! RIH Rob…..🕊️❤ Fab? Keep your head up! 👊🏽
I use to work at the hospital where they did their rehab .. use to run into them all the time .. feel so bad for rob .. i can't imagine that pain that lead to his demise
the guts and integrity to even stand in front of the vultures and media that wanted more than anything to tear these guys apart. they were naive, and had fame in their eyes. as much as everyone wants to say they wouldn't do it, until you are presented with the situation, nobody knows how they would react. they came clean, and they tried to live their dream again...but nobody wanted to give it a try.
@@Joys-sy5kt when you watch this, you almost get the feeling that rob felt they were going to be embraced, and still be mega-stars. fab looks mortified.
They lied to them from the beginning, had them sign those contracts that they couldn’t even read because the contracts were in German. I’m getting pissed off even listening to the way they’re asking them these questions with such disrespect. They got into this situation under false pretense they were told they were going to cover the song, and when they refused, then they reminded them they were under assigned contract. They control their life. Disgusting.💯
Rob got addicted because of what happened how cruel people can get when they see that they can destroy you even when they know you are a victim damn this...
I think the public and media were both really naive to the reality of the music industry. It was a super common practice in 80's European dance music to have a model on the album cover instead of the studio musician behind the scenes. The Milli Vanilli situation really wasn't anything new in that sense but it was the first one to get that kind of attention, probably because of the Grammy.
How time changes. Today it wouldn’t a surprise to anyone let alone turn into this huge scandal where everyone was blaming performers and not the producers and management.
He was making money knowing this and it didn't bother him. Only when they wanted to start singing on their own did he say it was a fraud. He made millions off this and one of these people took his own life. For him, only money is important
I cried watching this when they got up and sang and people were clapping for them. This is so sad. Unfortunate it’s 2024 and this is heartbreaking. I’m literally crying for them right now.😥🥲😔😞so so sad
I remember this interview and Clive Davis, was the same one that said its a celebration when Whitney Houston pass away and he had a big party about it. The nerve.
22:44 Did i hear them say "Did they do this to Janet Jackson." 🤨..☝🏽😌 Ummm let me say this i still like "Milli Villi songs..WHOEVER sang them..but Janet lip-Sync to her OWN Vocals while Dancing...Not a totally different person. Thank u very much✌🏽
22:21 was just a poor answer to retreat the damaged views towards any artistic merit they contributed ... It's the smugness that emanates from all of them including Frank believing they could package and ship Black American RnB without repercussion....they were complaining that Frank promised them the chance to sing.What would that album have sounded like?(Did either of them practice singing off stage? Write songs to begin with? Practice runs? Hum a Stevie Wonder song???Their actual singing voices were terrible compared to the Albums and they should've just continued the act without changing a thing
22:21 The Real Milli Vanilli (Rob & Fab) Nowadays my music tastes are situated in rock, electronic, Celtic music and experimental & progressive rap and not these overplayed mainstream pop and rap bullshit oversaturating the domestic modern top 40 radio stations in my country alongside reggae and dancehall (though I do have a spot for classic African American soul and R&B from the 1970s and 1980s).
