slo’s TUESDAY 12/12 poll - Barry Manilow 🎶🎤🎵

[Wood Nymph]

I like Barry Manilow. He has some great songs and a very good voice. But I don't go out of my way to listen to his music.

 

[lynxstch]

I love Barry! I fell in love with him way back in the 70's., and have seen him in concert many times, most of them from the front row. It's hard to believe that he's 80 now and seems to still be going strong. His music can evoke so many memories for me., and has gotten me through some hard times in my life.

 

[GAN]

I did know the special was on but didn't have much interest. He's always been a good performer -I saw him on the Rockefeller Center thing but its hard to enjoy watching someone perform with all the surgery ...like watching a Barbie/GI Joe figure sing to me. He was big in the 70's growing up so I can see women my age enjoying the show -I'm thinking most men didn't go out of their way last night to watch.

 

[fly girl]

I don't dislike Barry Manilow, just not someone I listen to on the regular.

I will pass on his Christmas special.

 

[NYCgrrl]

Add him to the list of Neil Diamond and someone else I’ve fortunately been able to completely blank out of my mind and you’ll have a HARD noooooooo.
The man and I had very different tastes in music but we were united in our dislike.
If someone (besides my older sister) in my circle liked them I’d just scratch my head and continue talking amiably.

 

[Praying Colonel]

Kind of like ABBA, I loved him in the 70s, disliked his music when he went out of style. Now I love him again. It's good!

 

[tvguy]

Had no idea he had a Christmas Special on last night, but it was on after my bed time. I like his music and my wife and I saw him in concert.

 

[disneychrista]

I didn’t know about this but will now make a point to watch it on Peacock. I’ll watch all the different musical Christmas shows that are airing maybe this weekend.

Barry, country Christmas, Demi Lovato, I know there are others.

 

[FQLover]

I watched it because it came on right after The Voice. Can't believe he still has such a powerful voice at 80 years old.
I really enjoyed hearing him do his old classics that I loved in high school and college. Like others have said, it brought back a lot of good memories. "Even Now" is my fave of all of his songs. Love that one.

 

[lovesmurfs]

Loved his music as a teen. I still have most of his older songs memorized. I guess it's downgraded into "like," as I don't go out of my way to listen.

We have Peacock, so maybe I'll stream it at some point -- thanks for the heads up.

 

[Micca]

He's fine, just not my cuppa tea. I've never owned any of his music, but I'd recognize his hit material.

 

[CynBeth]

I really like him. I knew of the special but certain nights I have a bunch of shows on at the same time so planned to watch it this weekend.

 

[Moliphino]

Indifferent. I don't hate him, but I'm also not going to seek any of his work.

 

[E&Cmom]

I like Barry. I like this music. I don’t think I would set out to see him live but I do enjoy his music. In my first nursing job back in the 90s in a seniors residence one of the residents listened to him all day long and his music always reminds me of her now.

I did not know about his Christmas special. I would watch though if I come across it.

 

[Forevermarypoppins]

I like him!
I will say, his concert about 15 or 15 years ago was AMAZING!!!
The man is very, very talented.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

I love Barry! My friends and I growing up had all his albums and knew all the words to all his songs. Lol.

I saw him in concert once and dragged my now-DH along. Barry actually mentioned at the start of the show his empathy “for all the men who got dragged along here tonight”! That actually made DH like him more.

I didn’t know the special was on but I have Pluto so I will try to catch it again.

 

[Frwinkley]

Kind of like ABBA, I loved him in the 70s, disliked his music when he went out of style. Now I love him again. It's good!

Same!! Songs from the 70s take me right back to my teen years.

 

[BlueStarryHat]

I like him okay. I like some of his songs. I have an older friend in Scotland who is crazy about him. She goes to multiple shows when he's playing, and they (I guess it's his official fan club and not a bunch of stalkers) decorate his dressing room before he arrives.

 

[DodgerGirl]

I can never figure out how in the world Barry Manilow became popular but he seems to have a big fanbase? My mom got one of his albums and when I listened to it with Mom I was surprised at why he had a big fanbase and I can see why he was a big star in the 70's with songs like Mandy and Can't Smile Without You and he even sang Bandstand Boogie for American Bandstand. But what's really surprising is that even in his 80's Barry still has talent and keeps releasing albums. I was shocked at his Greatest Songs Of The 80's album that Barry Manilow is amazing at his age now. But my mom likes the song Weekend In New England and was there a movie starring Alan Alda of the same name too?

 

[AppleDumpling]

Didn’t see the show, but yes I like Barry. I saw him live a few years ago, which happened to be a Christmas concert. People call him schmaltzy, but sometimes I’m in the mood for that, LOL. My taste in music covers a wide range, and I can appreciate Barry’s talent as a songwriter and showman in the old-school style. IMO, his songs are timeless.