# C'mon, c'mon - give us your favourite Barry Manilow song!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 26, 2005, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cmon-cmon-give-us-your-favourite-barry-manilow-song/328000 "2005-10-26T15:08:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cmon-cmon-give-us-your-favourite-barry-manilow-song/328000/21 "2005-10-26T19:22:01Z")
Copacabana. I named my car Lola because of that song. I couldn’t help myself. She was a showgirl. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cmon-cmon-give-us-your-favourite-barry-manilow-song/328000/22 "2005-10-26T19:48:40Z")
I have to confess: I like a lot of Barry’s music. Mandy was a big one for me when I was younger, but less so now. I’ll have to think more about it… ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cmon-cmon-give-us-your-favourite-barry-manilow-song/328000/23 "2005-10-26T20:11:42Z")
> [@Caricci](#): > > Now that’s just gross. It reminds me of Kathy Griffin’s VERY funny routine about Clay Aiken. Ah yes. Gaiken. 😃 Those are two people you don’t want to imagine having sex. Separately, nor together. Yet, here I am imagining it. Now I have to go flush out my mind’s eye. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cmon-cmon-give-us-your-favourite-barry-manilow-song/328000/24 "2005-10-26T20:15:00Z")
> [@Nutty Bunny](#): > > Those are two people you don’t want to imagine having sex. Separately, nor together. Yet, here I am imagining it. Now I have to go flush out my mind’s eye. Ahhhh! I so hate you for that. ---
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cmon-cmon-give-us-your-favourite-barry-manilow-song/328000/25 "2005-10-26T20:16:37Z")
> [@Dung Beetle](#): > > Weekend in New England (sorry, **Caricci**!) and All The Time. And Memory. And a whole lot of other ones. All The Time is my favorite too! VCNJ~ ---
**Author:** ![ddgryphon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@ddgryphon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddgryphon)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cmon-cmon-give-us-your-favourite-barry-manilow-song/328000/26 "2005-10-26T21:26:54Z")
Okay, I have generally avoided Barry Manilow (not nearly as easily avoided as Clay Aiken) but it is doable. However I don’t HATE his ballads and among them, for perhaps sentimental reasons, _Weekend in New England_ and _Mandy_ are the two I actually like. Now, let’s talk about why I like Neil Diamond. . . ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cmon-cmon-give-us-your-favourite-barry-manilow-song/328000/27 "2005-10-26T21:41:49Z")
The usual suspects: Mandy, Weekend in New England, Could It Be Magic, Can’t Smile Without You. But I also like Read 'Em and Weep (written, I believe, by Jim Steinman–the guy who writes all of Meatloaf’s famous songs) and his version of Send in the Clowns. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cmon-cmon-give-us-your-favourite-barry-manilow-song/328000/28 "2005-10-26T21:44:01Z")
> [@SkipMagic](#): > > But I also like Read 'Em and Weep (written, I believe, by Jim Steinman–the guy who writes all of Meatloaf’s famous songs) Oooh, I’d forgotten about that one! It’s a good ‘angry’ song. You’re correct about the writer, too. FTR, I don’t think Manilow writes many, if any, of his own lyrics. He writes the music for them, though. ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cmon-cmon-give-us-your-favourite-barry-manilow-song/328000/29 "2005-10-26T22:00:00Z")
My favorite is a duet with Bette Midler on her album “Bette Midler Sings The Rosemary Clooney Songbook” The song is called “Slow Boat to China.” Barry sings the part that was sung by Bing Crosby originally. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cmon-cmon-give-us-your-favourite-barry-manilow-song/328000/30 "2005-10-26T22:10:03Z")
I am proud to stand up and identify myself as a Barry Manilow fan ! I like most all of his songs, but guess some of my favorites are Even Now, Weekend In New England , and Mandy. The man is ugly as homemade dirt, but MAN ! can he sing ! ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cmon-cmon-give-us-your-favourite-barry-manilow-song/328000/31 "2005-10-26T22:10:03Z")
I am proud to stand up and identify myself as a Barry Manilow fan ! I like most all of his songs, but guess some of my favorites are Even Now, Weekend In New England , and Mandy. The man is ugly as homemade dirt, but MAN ! can he sing ! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cmon-cmon-give-us-your-favourite-barry-manilow-song/328000/32 "2005-10-26T22:13:39Z")
> [@PapSett](#): > > The man is ugly as homemade dirt, but MAN ! can he sing ! Not only that, he can play pian-o and pian-ee. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cmon-cmon-give-us-your-favourite-barry-manilow-song/328000/33 "2005-10-27T01:21:04Z")
> [@norinew](#): > > FTR, I don’t think Manilow writes many, if any, of his own lyrics. He writes the music for them, though. Sadly, he did write both the lyrics and the music for “You’re Looking Hot Tonight”. The aptly named refrain (if only he had) goes: “You’re looking hot tonight You’re looking hot tonight I can see you smiling at me I know where you wanna be” “Eroic” couplets? Enough to have Pope turning in his grave. I’m still trying to hear “Sweet Melissa” (from “Could It Be Magic”) as that rather than as “sweet molester”. ---
**Author:** ![Imasquare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Imasquare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imasquare)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cmon-cmon-give-us-your-favourite-barry-manilow-song/328000/34 "2005-10-27T02:03:03Z")
I Write The Songs and Mandy. I used to like Copacabana but it has been ruined by too much airplay. ---
**Author:** ![VernWinterbottom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c67d28/32.png) [@VernWinterbottom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VernWinterbottom)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cmon-cmon-give-us-your-favourite-barry-manilow-song/328000/35 "2005-10-27T02:27:26Z")
This thread’s bringing back lots of memories. No way could I pick one favorite. One song that always stands out, though, is one I saw him perform at the Providence Civic Center just before the movie Foul Play was released. He explained the song was going to be in the movie: Ready to Take a Chance Again. It was a nice enough song. Then later, I saw the movie, which we’ve all probably seen a thousand times now. After the Chevy Chase stupid flirting scene, watching the aerial shots of the little car driving along with Ready to Take a Chance Again playing under the opening titles was kind of thrilling because I’d heard it performed live just a short time before. Copa’s one of my least favorite Manilow songs. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cmon-cmon-give-us-your-favourite-barry-manilow-song/328000/36 "2005-10-27T03:37:17Z")
No favorite here. The young lady I was dating at the time was into Barry Manilow, and when her parents would head off for the night, she’d put on his music and shortly thereafter, booty ensued. For that I owe Barry a smile and nod. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cmon-cmon-give-us-your-favourite-barry-manilow-song/328000/37 "2005-10-27T05:49:58Z")
What, no votes for _Daybreak_ (“Singing to the world, singing, singing . . .”)? _But it’s Daybreak If you wanna believe It can be Daybreak Ain’t no time to grieve Said it’s Daybreak If you’ll only believe And let it shine, shine, shine All around the world_ That’s on my iPod. Just makes me feel happy when I’m working out. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cmon-cmon-give-us-your-favourite-barry-manilow-song/328000/38 "2005-10-27T06:06:49Z")
Copacabana, hands down. Why? Because as kids, my brother and I made up our own lyrics. One stanza about a hooker who “Would do anything for a buck, even a quick and dirty…” and my favorite “His name was CoCo. He was a Monkey…” For some reason our parents complained that we ruined their enjoyment of the song 😃 But it was better than our other attempt “I write the songs that make the whole world scream, children cry…” ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cmon-cmon-give-us-your-favourite-barry-manilow-song/328000/39 "2005-10-27T08:39:13Z")
_Bermuda Triangle_, naturally. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cmon-cmon-give-us-your-favourite-barry-manilow-song/328000/40 "2005-10-27T11:45:35Z")
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