Can't Smile Without You, Ships, Somewhere in the Night... my favourite Barry Manilow songs mum used to play them when I was a little girl

My second daughter is named Mandy.

Barry always seems to come out on drunken Karaoke nights...and it's always great!

Neil shows up on those occasions as well!

I've seen him many times, waited on him a couple. He's really very quiet. Without knowing who he is, you'd never guess him to be the kind of person to get up and entertain anywhere, let alone huge audiences.

Haven't ever seen him perform in person though. Was the same for Sinatra.

Meh....

The dude is the poster child for bland. He should compose a commercial jingle and become the spokesperson for rice cakes.

I didn't vote. There was no "utterly and completely indifferent" option available. How can one possibly love OR hate someone who churns out material which is so perfectly middling and unremarkable in any way?

Never liked his songs.

i like him... he 'fires it up' on the stage

I couldn't think of any Barry Manilow songs, so I looked up some and listened on Youtube. I got to Copacabana and the song seemed familiar, then I realized I know the vocal melody of that song because Weird Al parodied it. But I've honestly never listened to any of his songs.

I've loved Barry since I was little, thanks to my mom's rabid fandom. I also love the episode of "Will & Grace" where I first heard the term "Fanilow."

I think I’m the odd ball out... in the posts you all are at worst ok with Barry Manilow ... well, I am not a fan ... it’s a not even at gunpoint thing... he is clearly talented but if I had to listen on a car trip I’d be looking for a cliff to drive off. My sister played I Write The Somgs on the piano so much when we were kids I almost had a seizure. But I think you are all wonderful people even if you like Barry, lol

a major bore.

I love singing along to his music ? ?

I am not a fan out of dispreference, not dislike, but when I skim through his music, I notice that he has a nice vocal smoothness in some songs.

I read his biography in high school, it was a small novel, and that qualified for my novel class, I am not a fast reader, I have sped up my reading a little bit since then, but at the time of my novel class, I had to read like five novels by the end of the semester. His big break was when he got play his piano for Beth Middler's performances.

I loved him in the 70's but my taste changed.

Please that guy makes me wanna puke..

If you would have asked me what I wanted to be when I was five year old it was Barry Manilow. It's terribly funny and embarrassing now because it was absolutely the truth. Side note: I sound exactly like Johnny Cash when I sing.

I'm not a fan, but I think he's talented.