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♪ MTV
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[VCR clicks]
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[soft music]
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♪
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We shouldn't concentrate too
much on superstar, you know?
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♪
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It's a very dangerous thing
to talk about.
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♪
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I know--I know a lot
of superstars...
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- Yeah.
- And I look back
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and I see--I don't see them
now, you know?
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So the same could
happen with us.
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♪ Girl, you know it,
girl, you know it ♪
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♪ Girl, you know it's true
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[dramatic music]
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[cheers and applause]
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Milli Vanilli,
the striking European duo,
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has made it big in America.
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First album went six times
platinum in 1989.
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It's quite a weird story.
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One minute,
Milli Vanilli were there...
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- Milli Vanilli.
- Milli Vanilli.
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- Milli--
- Milli--
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- Milli--
- Vanilli!
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And the next minute,
they weren't.
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[laughs]
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♪
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New weasel boys of
the record world.
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Everybody participated,
but they were the scapegoats.
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Record companies are oddly
silent on the whole issue.
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People don't understand
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the machine that is
underneath a pop act.
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We want to say thank you
to our producer.
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The evil genius,
I guess we could call him.
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If it wasn't for him,
this would not even take place.
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You get something,
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but for that, you make
a pact with the devil.
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♪
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Imagine you have everything...
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[crowd screaming]
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The fame, the fortune.
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They were in a dream.
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And suddenly,
everybody turns against you
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and you have nothing. Overnight.
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[indistinct shouting]
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How do you handle that?
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It cost them everything.
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There is not another story
like this
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in pop music history.
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♪
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It's been a while.
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Oh!
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Yeah, man, we were
young and fresh, man.
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That's a normal tank top but
I think he just pulled on it.
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You know, I mean,
we were fashion forward.
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[laughs]
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That was a big show in Germany.
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Yeah, that was a cool vibe.
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Hmm.
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You know, Rob Pilatus doesn't
look right in this photo.
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I can see the decline.
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'Cause that's not
what Rob looked like
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or was supposed to look like.
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He was extremely strong,
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but you can tell that
life took a toll on him.
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[soft music]
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♪
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Becoming friends
was inevitable.
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♪
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I grew up in Paris.
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♪
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When I turned 18,
I went to Munich, Germany,
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ran out of money,
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ended up being homeless for
a couple weeks.
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It was cold so I had to
sleep in the train station,
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but I was able to
get some jobs
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teaching classes
with dance school,
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'cause that was my background
in Paris.
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And then one day,
I went to a party in Munich
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and there he was,
Mr. Rob Pilatus.
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[hip-hop music]
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He was a break-dancer.
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He was onstage
doing the helicopter.
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♪
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At the end,
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when everybody gave him
his props and everything,
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he saw me and he was like,
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"Who the hell are you?
That's my turf!"
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Because there were not
many Black people
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in Munich at the time.
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[soft hip-hop music]
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Rob and I were the only
dark-skinned people.
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There were none.
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Rob was older than me
by two years.
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He had an infectious laugh--
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[imitating laugh]
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Like, really loud, you know?
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I was socially awkward.
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You know, I was shy and
I was not fluent in German.
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It was like big brother,
little brother.
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♪
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He became my best friend.
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But I felt like there was
something inside of him
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that was--that was missing.
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[soft music]
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Every time we talked about
that period of his life,
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it was kind of like taboo,
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but I understood his pain.
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Growing up, my family
was so dysfunctional.
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It was an abusive environment,
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and I ran away.
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So, just like me,
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he was looking for a family.
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[soft determined music]
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We moved in together in
an attic of a friend of his.
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Rob would take the bed,
I would take the sofa.
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But there was, like,
a stereo system,
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and that thing was on all day.
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[grungy hip-hop music]
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Music always
pulled us together.
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♪
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We both liked dancing,
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we were very social people,
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so we started throwing
parties together.
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[upbeat music]
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And they were packed.
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The girls were beautiful.
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You know, we had a DJ,
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and we brought the vibe.
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♪
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You know, a circle
would be happening.
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Rob doing break dancing,
and when he was done,
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I would come in
and I would pop, lock,
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bam, bam, bam!
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And it brought
a lot of attention.
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So we started doing shows
in this club, Piantz.
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We loved to entertain
people, like,
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make people like, "Aw, yeah!"
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We loved that energy,
that roar,
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and we wanna do more of this.
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And the dream was to do
what we did in the club,
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sing, perform, live the life,
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to become the biggest pop stars
in the world!
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♪ Hot girl, hot girl
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♪ I'm satisfaction, baby
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♪ Hot girl, hot girl
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We started dancing
for this TV show.
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♪ Hot girl
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We danced behind pop stars
of the '80s.
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We ended up modeling as well.
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♪
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We did some catalog.
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We were making a lot of noise
in Munich at that time,
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but it was like, how do
we get to the next level?
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[upbeat curious music]
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In order to become pop stars,
we had to have the look,
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so we had to study
what makes a superstar.
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And one thing we noticed was
the hair.
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♪
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I know Elvis' hair.
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I know Bob Marley's hair.
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Marilyn Monroe.
Michael Jackson.
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You could put, like, a shadow,
and you knew who that was.
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We were like,
"Hell yeah, we're doing this."
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And the hair came...
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[snaps]
Like that.
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Hoo!
The reactions were amazing.
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Every time we went to
the clubs,
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girls loved the hair,
loved the clothing--
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they loved Rob and Fab.
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♪ Go to the dance floor,
dansez ♪
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♪ Voulez vous, dansez
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We put a band together,
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Empire Bizarre...
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♪ Hey
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And we played a few gigs.
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We gave tapes to people.
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We knew we were gonna be big.
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♪ Dansez
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Since we were
spreading the word
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of us getting into
the music industry,
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we were starting to
get approached by people.
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[soft music]
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So one day, this guy came to
Rob and said, "Hey, you know,
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we're gonna connect you with
Frank Farian."
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♪
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Rob played cool to the dude,
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but to me, he was like,
"Oh, my God!
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Oh, Frank Farian!
You know this?" I didn't know.
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♪
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Rob told me,
"Hey, Frank Farian,
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he did Boney M."
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I was like,
"Oh, wow, that's--that's big"
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because Boney M., obviously,
was a huge group.
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[Boney M's "Rasputin"
playing]
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♪
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♪ There lived a certain man
in Russia long ago ♪
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♪ He was big and strong,
in his eyes a flaming glow ♪
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Boney M. were a big hit
disco group in the '70s...
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Boney M.!
[cheers and applause]
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- And they were huge worldwide.
- Huge!
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♪ He could preach the Bible
like a preacher ♪
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♪ Full of ecstasy
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Boney M. sold 80 million records.
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They had a number of
number one hits.
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"Rivers of Babylon."
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- "Daddy Cool."
- "Sunny."
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I love the song "Ma Baker."
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Ra, ra, Rasputin.
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♪ Ra, ra, Rasputin,
lover of the Russian queen ♪
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A bananas song
and it's about Rasputin.
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Mysterious figure
in czarist Russia.
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When you watch video
of Boney M.
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and you see Bobby Farrell,
you're like,
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"Wow, that dude is awesome."
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It was on the radio,
at parties.
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Boney M. made music that
you could dance to
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and get drunk to and have fun.
[laughs]
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But how did you four people
get together to form Boney M.?
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Well, it all came about from
our producer Frank Farian.
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[soft tense music]
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If you work with
Frank Farian,
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that's a high level guy.
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We realized that this could be
the one we've been waiting for,
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so we went to Frankfurt.
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♪
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Frank Farian's
compound was huge.
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And when they opened the door,
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we were greeted by all those
gold records on the wall,
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and it was amazing.
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It was the kind of stuff that
you saw with Quincy Jones.
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♪
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100 tracks, Neve console, microphones.
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It was incredible!
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Frank and his secretary,
Ingrid Segieth,
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they said,
"We're working on a project
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and we're thinking that
you could be good for it,"
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if we were interested.
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Hell, yeah, we were interested.
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Ingrid brought in
the recording contract,
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and we never really
attempted to read it.
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We were not trying to say no
to this powerful producer.
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Also, we would get, like,
1,500 deutschmark each,
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and we were like,
"Oh, hell yeah. Where? OK."
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[suspicious music]
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When we signed that contract,
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we toasted.
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♪
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We were, like, breaking bread.
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♪
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But then Frank leaned over
to Rob and told him,
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"Don't fuck with me.
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Don't ever fuck with me."
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[soft curious music]
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♪
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Several months went by.
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They never gave us
any information.
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That was driving us crazy.
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Like, why don't
they tell us, like,
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a date where we can come
to do the vocals,
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00:14:31,038 --> 00:14:33,974
or like, when do
we get started?
265
00:14:34,074 --> 00:14:37,010
♪
266
00:14:37,110 --> 00:14:39,612
Finally, Ingrid called.
267
00:14:39,712 --> 00:14:42,349
"Come to studio.
It's gonna be good."
268
00:14:42,449 --> 00:14:45,352
Oh, man, we were pumped.
269
00:14:45,452 --> 00:14:48,821
We went straight to
the studio.
270
00:14:48,922 --> 00:14:51,858
And then once everyone is
in the room,
271
00:14:51,959 --> 00:14:53,860
he plays a tune.
272
00:14:53,961 --> 00:14:56,063
[machine clicks]
273
00:14:56,163 --> 00:14:58,966
["Girl You Know It's True"
playing]
274
00:14:59,066 --> 00:15:04,237
♪
275
00:15:04,337 --> 00:15:08,641
I couldn't believe that
this music was for us.
276
00:15:08,741 --> 00:15:14,081
♪
277
00:15:14,181 --> 00:15:15,282
I saw colors.
278
00:15:15,382 --> 00:15:18,151
I saw us onstage
279
00:15:18,251 --> 00:15:20,753
singing in front of a crowd.
280
00:15:20,853 --> 00:15:22,489
And then when
the music stopped...
281
00:15:22,589 --> 00:15:25,192
[music stops]
It was like, wow.
282
00:15:25,292 --> 00:15:27,327
You could still
hear those bells--
283
00:15:27,427 --> 00:15:29,896
ding, ding, ding, ding.
284
00:15:32,132 --> 00:15:35,368
He turned, and then,
285
00:15:35,468 --> 00:15:38,338
you know, "folgen Sie mir."
You know, "follow me."
286
00:15:38,438 --> 00:15:40,807
[soft tense music]
287
00:15:40,907 --> 00:15:42,009
[speaking German]
288
00:15:42,109 --> 00:15:43,210
It felt serious.
289
00:15:43,310 --> 00:15:45,512
♪
290
00:15:45,612 --> 00:15:48,648
And then we end up
in this dark room.
291
00:15:48,748 --> 00:15:52,319
Rob and Frank start talking
really fast in German,
292
00:15:52,419 --> 00:15:54,787
so I can't really understand everything,
293
00:15:54,887 --> 00:15:57,457
but I can tell, like,
it's getting intense.
294
00:15:57,557 --> 00:15:59,993
Like, they raise their voices.
295
00:16:00,093 --> 00:16:02,362
Rob is looking at me with
his green eyes.
296
00:16:02,462 --> 00:16:03,930
Like, he looks pissed.
297
00:16:04,031 --> 00:16:05,598
♪
298
00:16:05,698 --> 00:16:08,835
Frank leaves and screams,
299
00:16:08,935 --> 00:16:11,604
and then Rob turns to me, saying,
300
00:16:11,704 --> 00:16:14,307
"They don't want us to sing
on this record."
301
00:16:14,407 --> 00:16:16,309
And I'm like, like--
302
00:16:16,409 --> 00:16:18,245
So, I'm trying to speak.
303
00:16:18,345 --> 00:16:19,379
I'm trying to talk to him
304
00:16:19,479 --> 00:16:20,747
and trying to get
as much information,
305
00:16:20,847 --> 00:16:22,582
but he was like,
"Just wait, wait.
306
00:16:22,682 --> 00:16:24,784
"They don't want us to sing!
307
00:16:24,884 --> 00:16:27,120
They want us to
lip-sync the song."
308
00:16:27,220 --> 00:16:28,588
I'm like, "What?"
309
00:16:28,688 --> 00:16:31,558
Why in the hell?
Like, he's playing us a song.
310
00:16:31,658 --> 00:16:34,227
I'm trying to understand,
like, what do you mean?
311
00:16:34,327 --> 00:16:35,795
I don't get it.
312
00:16:35,895 --> 00:16:37,930
And that's where I--I--
I black out.
313
00:16:38,031 --> 00:16:40,533
[music fades out]
314
00:16:40,633 --> 00:16:42,935
[soft suspicious music]
315
00:16:43,036 --> 00:16:45,138
I remember thinking,
"This is weird.
316
00:16:45,238 --> 00:16:47,740
Like, we don't want to
lip-sync."
317
00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:52,445
That's when Ingrid
gave us the options.
318
00:16:54,047 --> 00:16:58,485
What she conveyed to us
clearly is that
319
00:16:58,585 --> 00:17:02,522
we signed the contract,
we got money--
320
00:17:02,622 --> 00:17:05,892
if we didn't want to
take part,
321
00:17:05,992 --> 00:17:08,261
we have to pay them back.
322
00:17:08,361 --> 00:17:09,929
But Ingrid said,
323
00:17:10,029 --> 00:17:13,032
"It's not just the advance
that we paid you,
324
00:17:13,133 --> 00:17:15,034
"but also all the money that
we gave you
325
00:17:15,135 --> 00:17:17,404
through the months."
326
00:17:17,504 --> 00:17:19,972
We developed a debt
towards Frank Farian.
327
00:17:20,073 --> 00:17:22,309
♪
328
00:17:22,409 --> 00:17:24,877
We were scared as hell.
329
00:17:24,977 --> 00:17:28,381
I was 21 years old
and Rob was 24.
330
00:17:28,481 --> 00:17:32,051
♪
331
00:17:32,152 --> 00:17:34,587
We had nowhere to go.
332
00:17:34,687 --> 00:17:37,524
So we thought,
OK, it's one song.
333
00:17:37,624 --> 00:17:39,826
You do that and you're out.
334
00:17:39,926 --> 00:17:44,697
[water rushing]
335
00:17:44,797 --> 00:17:47,800
[Boney M's "Sunny" playing]
336
00:17:47,900 --> 00:17:54,874
♪
337
00:17:56,576 --> 00:17:59,546
♪ Sunny
338
00:17:59,646 --> 00:18:04,384
♪ Yesterday, my life was
filled with rain ♪
339
00:18:04,484 --> 00:18:07,053
♪ Sunny
340
00:18:07,154 --> 00:18:12,125
♪ You smiled at me and
really eased the pain ♪
341
00:18:12,225 --> 00:18:13,426
♪ Sunny
342
00:18:13,526 --> 00:18:20,467
♪
343
00:18:22,535 --> 00:18:25,372
Hold on.
[chuckles]
344
00:18:25,472 --> 00:18:28,775
I should not be so funny.
345
00:18:28,875 --> 00:18:31,043
Serious.
346
00:18:31,144 --> 00:18:34,080
[laughs]
347
00:18:34,181 --> 00:18:36,115
This is serious.
348
00:18:36,216 --> 00:18:38,718
Thank you, schatzi.
[kisses]
349
00:18:39,919 --> 00:18:41,321
Interview, "Milli."
Take one.
350
00:18:41,421 --> 00:18:43,523
Camera A and B, mark.
351
00:18:43,623 --> 00:18:46,159
I've heard that
the name Milli Vanilli
352
00:18:46,259 --> 00:18:47,727
is because of you.
353
00:18:47,827 --> 00:18:49,229
- Oh.
- Is that true?
354
00:18:49,329 --> 00:18:50,497
That's true.
355
00:18:50,597 --> 00:18:52,665
[soft music]
356
00:18:52,765 --> 00:18:54,867
I was Frank's girlfriend.
357
00:19:07,514 --> 00:19:10,983
I wrote the checks because
I was the financial controller
358
00:19:11,083 --> 00:19:13,553
of Frank's company.
359
00:19:19,392 --> 00:19:20,693
When they came into
the studio,
360
00:19:20,793 --> 00:19:22,995
they looked fantastic.
361
00:19:23,095 --> 00:19:26,132
I never saw people like that
so well-dressed
362
00:19:26,233 --> 00:19:27,834
and good-looking and braids,
363
00:19:27,934 --> 00:19:30,503
and Rob's eyes, green--
[gasps]
364
00:19:30,603 --> 00:19:32,305
You couldn't stop
looking at him.
365
00:19:32,405 --> 00:19:34,541
♪
366
00:19:47,487 --> 00:19:50,757
But they were
such good dancers.
367
00:20:01,568 --> 00:20:03,770
Frank needed American singer
like me.
368
00:20:03,870 --> 00:20:05,305
He said,
"I'm gonna make a project
369
00:20:05,405 --> 00:20:07,274
and you'll be the lead singer."
370
00:20:07,374 --> 00:20:08,908
I said, "OK, let's do it."
371
00:20:14,314 --> 00:20:16,383
I'm from Houston, Texas.
372
00:20:16,483 --> 00:20:18,251
Frank says,
"I have a new project.
373
00:20:18,351 --> 00:20:19,486
Can you rap it?"
374
00:20:19,586 --> 00:20:22,389
He wrote me a check
for $12,000.
375
00:20:22,489 --> 00:20:24,257
Just keep your mouth shut.
376
00:20:24,357 --> 00:20:27,627
Frank said, "Linda, we're
gonna need backing vocalists."
377
00:20:27,727 --> 00:20:29,262
So I brought in
my twin sister Jodie.
378
00:20:29,362 --> 00:20:31,063
And I looked at her, I said,
"If this is 'oohs' and 'ahs'
379
00:20:31,163 --> 00:20:33,300
and 'I love you,'
I'm gonna shoot you."
380
00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:34,567
I said, "Shut up."
381
00:20:34,667 --> 00:20:36,336
He hits it, he says,
"I want you to sing this."
382
00:20:36,436 --> 00:20:37,937
both: * Ooh, ooh, ooh
383
00:20:38,037 --> 00:20:39,105
- * I love you
- I said, "Don't say it!"
384
00:20:39,205 --> 00:20:40,807
[suspicious music]
385
00:20:48,247 --> 00:20:52,319
The song is ready,
and the two guys--perfect.
386
00:20:52,419 --> 00:20:55,555
♪
387
00:20:55,655 --> 00:20:57,590
When they're told
they're gonna lip-sync,
388
00:20:57,690 --> 00:20:59,191
what's their reaction?
389
00:20:59,292 --> 00:21:00,660
No problem at all.
390
00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:04,631
They agreed and said,
"OK, when can we start?"
391
00:21:04,731 --> 00:21:07,300
It was never an--an--
an argument.
392
00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:09,736
Never ever. Never!
393
00:21:09,836 --> 00:21:13,039
So you didn't have to
convince them to lip-sync?
394
00:21:13,139 --> 00:21:14,641
No! Why?
395
00:21:14,741 --> 00:21:17,310
[soft dark music]
396
00:21:17,410 --> 00:21:19,078
They want to have success and...
397
00:21:27,620 --> 00:21:30,623
Was there ever
a point you said,
398
00:21:30,723 --> 00:21:33,159
give us the advance back
that we gave you.
399
00:21:33,259 --> 00:21:34,461
[sigh] Gosh.
No.
400
00:21:34,561 --> 00:21:35,662
- No?
- No.
401
00:21:35,762 --> 00:21:37,697
- You didn't ask--
- No, no, no.
402
00:21:37,797 --> 00:21:42,268
This is not Frank's art--
artwork, yeah.
403
00:21:42,369 --> 00:21:44,904
If they would refuse,
they can go back to Munich
404
00:21:45,004 --> 00:21:46,639
and can...
[flaps lips]
405
00:21:46,739 --> 00:21:48,307
go for...
406
00:21:49,409 --> 00:21:51,043
or something like that.
407
00:21:51,143 --> 00:21:52,645
[chuckles softly]
408
00:21:52,745 --> 00:21:57,750
♪
409
00:21:57,850 --> 00:21:59,986
Well, I, uh...
[clears throat]
410
00:22:00,086 --> 00:22:05,658
The first time I went to share
my side, uh,
411
00:22:05,758 --> 00:22:06,993
I was young.
412
00:22:07,093 --> 00:22:10,262
And if you're a young artist,
413
00:22:10,363 --> 00:22:14,834
you can only tell what
they want you to tell.
414
00:22:14,934 --> 00:22:17,537
But now, fuck it.
415
00:22:17,637 --> 00:22:19,071
[laughs]
416
00:22:19,171 --> 00:22:22,141
I ain't keeping
my mouth shut for nobody.
417
00:22:22,241 --> 00:22:23,876
♪
418
00:22:23,976 --> 00:22:28,615
Frank Farian, he was just a--
419
00:22:28,715 --> 00:22:34,220
a genius of his art
of making money.
420
00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:37,924
He knew exactly
what he was doing.
421
00:22:38,024 --> 00:22:40,493
You know,
it's not the first time.
422
00:22:40,593 --> 00:22:43,095
The same game was played with
Boney M.
423
00:22:43,195 --> 00:22:46,566
♪
424
00:22:46,666 --> 00:22:50,537
Bobby was not a singer.
425
00:22:50,637 --> 00:22:51,704
He was a dancer.
426
00:22:51,804 --> 00:22:54,607
♪
427
00:22:54,707 --> 00:22:56,308
He was a dancer.
428
00:23:03,382 --> 00:23:05,084
And who sung?
429
00:23:05,184 --> 00:23:05,918
Frank.
430
00:23:06,018 --> 00:23:11,491
[distorted vocals]
431
00:23:11,591 --> 00:23:14,126
And it sold
432
00:23:14,226 --> 00:23:16,028
how many platinums,
how many golds,
433
00:23:16,128 --> 00:23:17,396
you know what I'm saying?
434
00:23:25,472 --> 00:23:28,975
You're looking at him as
a producer
435
00:23:29,075 --> 00:23:32,812
that made most his money
on Black artists,
436
00:23:32,912 --> 00:23:34,847
and it worked.
437
00:23:34,947 --> 00:23:36,649
Then years later, he came back
438
00:23:36,749 --> 00:23:39,786
and did it again
with Milli Vanilli.
439
00:23:39,886 --> 00:23:43,222
♪
440
00:23:43,322 --> 00:23:45,525
He took my voice,
441
00:23:45,625 --> 00:23:49,696
he took their faces,
442
00:23:49,796 --> 00:23:52,965
he put the project together,
443
00:23:53,065 --> 00:23:56,368
he put it on the market,
444
00:23:56,469 --> 00:23:58,638
and he got rich off it.
445
00:23:58,738 --> 00:24:03,009
♪
446
00:24:03,109 --> 00:24:06,045
Milli Vanilli was delivered
by Frank Farian,
447
00:24:06,145 --> 00:24:08,915
and we were the distributor.
448
00:24:09,015 --> 00:24:13,853
We only saw the pictures of
the both guys and the song.
449
00:24:15,822 --> 00:24:17,323
Was nice-looking guys.
450
00:24:17,423 --> 00:24:20,259
Internationally, they could be
sold because they were colored
451
00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:22,795
and everything was--every--
it fits together.
452
00:24:22,895 --> 00:24:24,964
The product was great.
The music was great.
453
00:24:25,064 --> 00:24:27,567
The whole project is fantastic.
454
00:24:31,638 --> 00:24:32,805
No, we didn't know it.
455
00:24:32,905 --> 00:24:34,741
I got tapes where--
456
00:24:34,841 --> 00:24:40,479
me, I was told that
it's Rob and Fab singing.
457
00:24:40,580 --> 00:24:45,752
[speaking German]
458
00:24:45,852 --> 00:24:47,186
One day,
we're at a friend's house
459
00:24:47,286 --> 00:24:49,956
watching "Formel Eins,"
this TV show...
460
00:24:50,056 --> 00:24:52,191
[speaking German]
461
00:24:52,291 --> 00:24:54,994
And then we see
Milli Vanilli.
462
00:24:55,094 --> 00:24:58,030
Milli Vanilli,
"Girl You Know It's True."
463
00:24:58,130 --> 00:25:01,601
Our name on television
on "Formel Eins."
464
00:25:01,701 --> 00:25:03,603
We used to dance
behind the stars
465
00:25:03,703 --> 00:25:05,237
who would come on this show,
466
00:25:05,337 --> 00:25:08,641
and suddenly,
we're in the charts.
467
00:25:08,741 --> 00:25:10,242
I mean, we went crazy.
468
00:25:10,342 --> 00:25:13,613
Running, like,
we even broke stuff.
469
00:25:13,713 --> 00:25:16,382
The song starts to blow up,
470
00:25:16,482 --> 00:25:18,551
and it happens so fast.
471
00:25:18,651 --> 00:25:20,386
Like, every week,
it was going up.
472
00:25:20,486 --> 00:25:21,988
Boom, boom, boom,
boom, boom, boom, boom,
473
00:25:22,088 --> 00:25:25,024
boom, boom, boom, boom,
boom, boom, pow!
474
00:25:25,124 --> 00:25:26,693
And the song just takes off.
475
00:25:26,793 --> 00:25:28,227
It becomes a huge hit
in Germany.
476
00:25:32,498 --> 00:25:34,901
Nobody knew
it was gonna be a hit.
477
00:25:35,001 --> 00:25:36,669
Not even Frank.
478
00:25:36,769 --> 00:25:38,871
But once he's seen
it was rising,
479
00:25:38,971 --> 00:25:41,273
then he started putting
more promotion into it.
480
00:25:41,373 --> 00:25:43,209
Suddenly,
we were in "Bravo,"
481
00:25:43,309 --> 00:25:47,479
a youth magazine in Germany,
selling millions every week.
482
00:25:47,580 --> 00:25:50,016
People that were not
taking us seriously
483
00:25:50,116 --> 00:25:52,985
were suddenly like, "Hey."
484
00:25:53,085 --> 00:25:55,387
And now it's going through Europe.
485
00:25:55,487 --> 00:25:59,091
So we travel up and down Europe
on television.
486
00:26:00,426 --> 00:26:01,828
We were nervous.
487
00:26:01,928 --> 00:26:03,395
"Can you drop your mic
a little bit?"
488
00:26:03,495 --> 00:26:05,231
No, I'm gonna keep it there.
[laughs]
489
00:26:05,331 --> 00:26:07,033
♪
490
00:26:07,133 --> 00:26:10,903
But nervousness translated
into excitement.
491
00:26:11,003 --> 00:26:15,608
♪
492
00:26:15,708 --> 00:26:18,410
A minute ago,
we didn't want to do this,
493
00:26:18,510 --> 00:26:21,113
but now, we want more.
494
00:26:21,213 --> 00:26:22,915
We were so pumped.
495
00:26:23,015 --> 00:26:25,818
You're in Italy,
you're in Spain,
496
00:26:25,918 --> 00:26:27,419
you're in Holland.
497
00:26:27,519 --> 00:26:30,056
And then all of a sudden,
it hits the States.
498
00:26:30,890 --> 00:26:31,924
Bam.
499
00:26:32,024 --> 00:26:34,293
[loud explosion]
500
00:26:34,393 --> 00:26:37,329
[rock music]
501
00:26:37,429 --> 00:26:39,565
♪ I'm in love with you, girl,
'cause you're on my mind ♪
502
00:26:39,666 --> 00:26:42,101
♪ You're the one I think about
most every time ♪
503
00:26:42,201 --> 00:26:44,637
♪ And when you pack a smile
in everything you do ♪
504
00:26:44,737 --> 00:26:46,973
♪ Don't you understand, girl,
this love is true ♪
505
00:26:47,073 --> 00:26:50,576
They came in,
braids swinging...
506
00:26:50,677 --> 00:26:52,611
Chest bumping...
507
00:26:52,712 --> 00:26:54,380
with tights on.
508
00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:58,050
It was two Black dudes
with dreads coming into pop.
509
00:26:58,150 --> 00:27:01,053
That alone was
the shock factor.
510
00:27:01,153 --> 00:27:04,657
♪ Girl, you know it's true
511
00:27:04,757 --> 00:27:07,727
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, I love you
512
00:27:07,827 --> 00:27:10,797
The hair and the bandannas
and the shoulder pads.
513
00:27:10,897 --> 00:27:12,498
♪ Yes, you know it's true
514
00:27:12,598 --> 00:27:14,433
It was a totally
different style.
515
00:27:14,533 --> 00:27:17,036
both:
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, I love you
516
00:27:17,136 --> 00:27:18,805
- That's all we knew.
- They had it all.
517
00:27:18,905 --> 00:27:20,506
Like, their visuals were
on point.
518
00:27:20,606 --> 00:27:22,641
I mean, they were
just eye candy.
519
00:27:22,742 --> 00:27:25,244
It was yummy, yummy, yummy.
520
00:27:25,344 --> 00:27:28,414
[upbeat funk music]
521
00:27:28,514 --> 00:27:30,516
"Girl You Know It's True"
becomes the number two hit
522
00:27:30,616 --> 00:27:31,684
in the United States.
523
00:27:31,784 --> 00:27:33,452
"Girl You Know It's True,"
number two.
524
00:27:33,552 --> 00:27:35,988
Oh, my God.
525
00:27:36,088 --> 00:27:40,492
It became a top five hit in
23 countries around the world.
526
00:27:40,592 --> 00:27:43,863
That's Michael Jackson
level success.
527
00:27:43,963 --> 00:27:45,464
Ah!
528
00:27:45,564 --> 00:27:46,632
[energizing music]
529
00:27:46,733 --> 00:27:48,467
Great music, it just rises.
530
00:27:48,567 --> 00:27:52,371
When those special ones come,
they come.
531
00:27:52,471 --> 00:27:55,607
As much as it wasn't
the right thing to do,
532
00:27:55,708 --> 00:27:58,210
the power of
"Girl You Know It's True"...
533
00:27:58,310 --> 00:27:59,979
♪ I'm so in love, girl
534
00:28:00,079 --> 00:28:01,080
Was pulling on us.
535
00:28:01,180 --> 00:28:02,681
♪ I'm so in love, girl
536
00:28:02,782 --> 00:28:04,150
♪
537
00:28:04,250 --> 00:28:08,387
This energy, this hype...
- Do you want to party?
538
00:28:08,487 --> 00:28:11,690
The love...
[loud cheering]
539
00:28:11,791 --> 00:28:15,027
So from that point on,
540
00:28:15,127 --> 00:28:18,164
we embraced the lie.
541
00:28:46,725 --> 00:28:48,594
- What's up?
- Running.
542
00:28:48,694 --> 00:28:50,429
Yeah.
543
00:28:50,529 --> 00:28:53,232
Number one.
[music playing]
544
00:28:53,332 --> 00:28:54,366
Every time we were
around people
545
00:28:54,466 --> 00:28:55,835
or, like, taking pictures...
546
00:28:55,935 --> 00:28:57,236
OK.
547
00:28:58,237 --> 00:29:00,506
We knew,
you know, you know.
548
00:29:00,606 --> 00:29:02,374
They don't know.
Do they know? I don't know.
549
00:29:05,644 --> 00:29:08,747
But it was too difficult to
say no to this new life.
550
00:29:08,848 --> 00:29:12,351
[music playing]
551
00:29:12,451 --> 00:29:16,522
"Girl You Know It's True"
just unveiled the beast in us.
552
00:29:22,461 --> 00:29:23,562
Yeah.
553
00:29:24,864 --> 00:29:29,401
♪
554
00:29:29,501 --> 00:29:31,737
We came from nothing
and now we were tasting
555
00:29:31,838 --> 00:29:33,840
this pop star life.
556
00:29:33,940 --> 00:29:36,408
To be adored, to be loved,
557
00:29:36,508 --> 00:29:39,711
that became very addictive.
558
00:30:02,734 --> 00:30:04,103
I was nervous.
559
00:30:04,203 --> 00:30:10,242
Being caught was something that
was always, always very aware.
560
00:30:10,342 --> 00:30:12,845
So, when will we have
your LP?
561
00:30:12,945 --> 00:30:15,447
Gonna come out in two weeks.
562
00:30:15,547 --> 00:30:20,319
It's just like very pop
dance orientated music.
563
00:30:20,419 --> 00:30:22,621
Are you ready here?
[cheers]
564
00:30:24,723 --> 00:30:28,527
For us, it was a surprise
that it developed immediately.
565
00:30:28,627 --> 00:30:30,829
It was worthwhile thinking
about what you can do.
566
00:30:30,930 --> 00:30:34,000
Do we need an album?
Yes, we need an album.
567
00:30:34,100 --> 00:30:37,169
Do we need a second single?
Yes, we need a second single.
568
00:30:37,269 --> 00:30:43,075
[soft dark music]
569
00:30:43,175 --> 00:30:45,377
I get the call.
570
00:30:45,477 --> 00:30:46,946
"Frank needs to talk to you."
571
00:30:48,447 --> 00:30:51,083
So I goes up to the studio,
572
00:30:51,183 --> 00:30:54,420
Ingrid opened the door,
I go in.
573
00:30:54,520 --> 00:30:55,654
Sit in the kitchen and wait.
574
00:30:55,754 --> 00:30:58,557
♪
575
00:30:58,657 --> 00:31:03,095
He came out--took his time,
fixed him a coffee--
576
00:31:03,195 --> 00:31:05,564
and then he said,
577
00:31:05,664 --> 00:31:08,734
"I told you,
keep your mouth shut."
578
00:31:08,834 --> 00:31:11,971
♪
579
00:31:12,071 --> 00:31:16,208
He says to me, um,
"They found out in Munich,
580
00:31:16,308 --> 00:31:18,744
"from your promotion manager
or whoever,
581
00:31:18,844 --> 00:31:21,713
"that you're the voice.
582
00:31:21,813 --> 00:31:23,815
Don't want to
see you here anymore."
583
00:31:23,916 --> 00:31:25,684
We didn't talk anymore.
584
00:31:25,784 --> 00:31:29,421
That's it.
585
00:31:29,521 --> 00:31:34,360
I was kicked to the curb.
586
00:31:34,460 --> 00:31:37,229
[mysterious music]
587
00:31:37,329 --> 00:31:39,932
One night,
Frank Farian called me up.
588
00:31:40,032 --> 00:31:42,901
He said, "John, I've got
a project I'm working on."
589
00:31:44,803 --> 00:31:49,575
"I had a rapper, Charles Shaw,
who tried the situation
590
00:31:49,675 --> 00:31:53,712
and he was not good so
can you come to the studio?"
591
00:31:53,812 --> 00:31:56,048
♪
592
00:31:56,148 --> 00:31:58,350
So that's what I did.
593
00:31:58,450 --> 00:32:00,719
He said,
"You got 10,000 D-marks,"
594
00:32:00,819 --> 00:32:02,788
and I said, "Wow."
595
00:32:02,888 --> 00:32:05,891
He said, "You're gonna do
the whole album with me."
596
00:32:05,992 --> 00:32:09,561
Frank said, "We're gonna be
doing more songs."
597
00:32:09,661 --> 00:32:11,797
We always asked,
"Where is Rob and Fab?
598
00:32:11,897 --> 00:32:13,865
When are they gonna
start singing?"
599
00:32:13,966 --> 00:32:16,202
Frank said, "They're gonna
record in the evening
600
00:32:16,302 --> 00:32:17,769
when you guys are done."
601
00:32:36,522 --> 00:32:39,158
I used to have to go through
the back door
602
00:32:39,258 --> 00:32:41,227
because Frank didn't want
nobody know
603
00:32:41,327 --> 00:32:43,529
I was the lead singer.
604
00:32:43,629 --> 00:32:45,931
This is run like
a tight military operation.
605
00:32:46,032 --> 00:32:48,500
It's on a need-to-know basis.
606
00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:50,936
It was smoke and mirrors.
607
00:32:51,037 --> 00:32:55,474
David Copperfield
couldn't have done it better.
608
00:32:55,574 --> 00:32:58,777
We like it hot, don't we?
[cheers and applause]
609
00:32:58,877 --> 00:33:01,480
You want to get down with
Milli Vanilli?
610
00:33:01,580 --> 00:33:04,150
They're coming.
It's a hit. Shake your booty.
611
00:33:04,250 --> 00:33:06,785
"Girl You Know It's True."
612
00:33:06,885 --> 00:33:09,821
[energetic music]
613
00:33:09,921 --> 00:33:17,029
♪
614
00:33:17,629 --> 00:33:18,830
- One, mark.
- Mark.
615
00:33:18,930 --> 00:33:21,267
[boards click]
616
00:33:21,367 --> 00:33:23,602
Make sure everyone's phone's
on silent.
617
00:33:23,702 --> 00:33:25,104
That's a good idea.
618
00:33:25,204 --> 00:33:30,776
♪
619
00:33:30,876 --> 00:33:34,413
Clive is a--
is a gift-seeker.
620
00:33:34,513 --> 00:33:38,350
He is like the Yoda of talent.
621
00:33:38,450 --> 00:33:39,985
He knows.
622
00:33:40,086 --> 00:33:42,354
He just knows.
623
00:33:42,454 --> 00:33:45,757
With Milli Vanilli,
Clive saw dollar signs.
624
00:33:45,857 --> 00:33:47,926
"Girl You Know It's True"
is big now.
625
00:33:48,026 --> 00:33:50,929
How can we cash in on
the immediate moment?
626
00:33:51,029 --> 00:33:54,200
Well, we moved everything up
as fast as possible.
627
00:33:54,300 --> 00:33:57,035
Clive would say every week
that we're missing,
628
00:33:57,136 --> 00:33:59,338
we're missing, like,
a million dollars.
629
00:33:59,438 --> 00:34:02,574
So we had to put
an album in motion.
630
00:34:02,674 --> 00:34:05,844
But the album that's out
in Europe, "All or Nothing,"
631
00:34:05,944 --> 00:34:09,915
was not strong enough
to release in America.
632
00:34:10,015 --> 00:34:12,484
Clive called up
Diane Warren.
633
00:34:12,584 --> 00:34:14,320
Diane Warren is one of
the biggest songwriters
634
00:34:14,420 --> 00:34:15,587
there are in the country.
635
00:34:15,687 --> 00:34:17,756
I had written
"Blame It On The Rain"
636
00:34:17,856 --> 00:34:19,325
when I was scheduled
to see Clive,
637
00:34:19,425 --> 00:34:21,693
and he goes, I want you to
hear this new group I have.
638
00:34:21,793 --> 00:34:23,262
And he played me
"Girl You Know It's True."
639
00:34:23,362 --> 00:34:24,563
I'm like, "This is so crazy
640
00:34:24,663 --> 00:34:25,864
"'cause the song
I'm bringing you
641
00:34:25,964 --> 00:34:27,366
really sounds like
the follow-up to that."
642
00:34:27,466 --> 00:34:28,767
It's even the same rhythm.
643
00:34:28,867 --> 00:34:31,270
"Girl You Know It's True,"
"Blame It On The Rain."
644
00:34:31,370 --> 00:34:33,038
I played him the song
and he loved it.
645
00:34:33,139 --> 00:34:35,874
He sent it to Frank Farian
and they recorded it.
646
00:34:35,974 --> 00:34:38,510
♪
647
00:34:38,610 --> 00:34:41,547
Normally,
when you've given the producer
648
00:34:41,647 --> 00:34:44,383
some repertoire
for them to record,
649
00:34:44,483 --> 00:34:47,453
you want to be there
to make sure it gets done.
650
00:34:47,553 --> 00:34:49,521
In the case of Frank, though,
651
00:34:49,621 --> 00:34:52,291
he didn't want anyone
in the studio.
652
00:34:52,391 --> 00:34:55,093
[mysterious music]
653
00:34:55,194 --> 00:34:59,431
It was very weird for us
to find the songs,
654
00:34:59,531 --> 00:35:01,032
send them to Frank,
655
00:35:01,133 --> 00:35:06,705
and then have them produce it
without any of our presence.
656
00:35:06,805 --> 00:35:11,143
But the speculation that
we were somehow aware of
657
00:35:11,243 --> 00:35:14,246
what was going on
behind the scenes in Germany
658
00:35:14,346 --> 00:35:17,749
is simply not the case.
659
00:35:17,849 --> 00:35:22,621
If an outside producer sends
in all the album credits,
660
00:35:22,721 --> 00:35:24,223
you have to take it on faith
661
00:35:24,323 --> 00:35:27,759
that represents what actually
happened in the studio.
662
00:35:27,859 --> 00:35:30,061
There was no reason
to think not.
663
00:35:35,267 --> 00:35:36,802
Ah, there it is.
664
00:35:36,902 --> 00:35:40,038
So this is the European version
of the album "All or Nothing."
665
00:35:40,138 --> 00:35:43,275
You see Rob and Fab on
the cover, the first album.
666
00:35:43,375 --> 00:35:45,611
That's their, like,
running man logo.
667
00:35:45,711 --> 00:35:46,745
There they are on the back,
668
00:35:46,845 --> 00:35:49,681
shirtless, of course,
'cause why not?
669
00:35:49,781 --> 00:35:54,586
And let's see
who's credited on this album.
670
00:35:57,523 --> 00:36:00,592
So it says musicians here,
671
00:36:00,692 --> 00:36:04,763
and I don't see Rob and Fab
on here at all.
672
00:36:04,863 --> 00:36:10,369
So, backing vocals, Jodie and
Linda Rocco, Charles Shaw--
673
00:36:10,469 --> 00:36:11,903
produced by Frank Farian.
674
00:36:12,003 --> 00:36:15,341
But this is the truth
in advertising version
675
00:36:15,441 --> 00:36:17,075
that doesn't have them on it.
676
00:36:17,175 --> 00:36:20,346
If I'm at a record label and
I'm putting out this record,
677
00:36:20,446 --> 00:36:23,749
and I look at the vocalists and
the guys who are on the cover
678
00:36:23,849 --> 00:36:26,485
are not listed in
the liner notes,
679
00:36:26,585 --> 00:36:27,919
I'm gonna have some questions,
you know?
680
00:36:28,019 --> 00:36:31,189
Like, that is a giant
red flag for me.
681
00:36:35,961 --> 00:36:38,297
That was the name of
the European album.
682
00:36:41,533 --> 00:36:43,769
Really?
OK. I didn't know that.
683
00:36:43,869 --> 00:36:46,972
- So that's--
- [chuckles]
684
00:36:53,011 --> 00:36:54,212
[laughs] I--
685
00:36:54,313 --> 00:36:55,213
I don't know what to say
to that.
686
00:36:57,883 --> 00:37:00,652
Yeah, but we didn't
release that record, so--
687
00:37:05,424 --> 00:37:07,893
Really? I forgot about that.
688
00:37:07,993 --> 00:37:11,029
["Blame It On The Rain"
playing]
689
00:37:11,129 --> 00:37:16,034
♪
690
00:37:16,134 --> 00:37:19,871
♪ Woo, blame it on the rain
691
00:37:19,971 --> 00:37:22,308
- * Rain
- * Yeah, yeah
692
00:37:22,408 --> 00:37:24,710
♪ Blame it on the stars
693
00:37:24,810 --> 00:37:26,244
- * Stars
- * Ooh
694
00:37:26,345 --> 00:37:28,246
Rob Pilatus, my brother,
695
00:37:28,347 --> 00:37:31,082
he loved "Blame It On The Rain"
because that was--
696
00:37:31,182 --> 00:37:34,353
that was his thing.
697
00:37:34,453 --> 00:37:35,787
♪ You said you
didn't need her ♪
698
00:37:35,887 --> 00:37:39,057
"Blame It On The Rain" is
number one hit in 1989.
699
00:37:39,157 --> 00:37:41,927
They released "Baby Don't
Forget My Number," number one.
700
00:37:42,027 --> 00:37:44,863
"Girl I'm Gonna Miss You"
is the third number one song.
701
00:37:44,963 --> 00:37:46,865
They have three number one
smashes off that record.
702
00:37:46,965 --> 00:37:48,534
That feels impossible.
703
00:37:48,634 --> 00:37:50,769
♪ To satisfy your pride
704
00:37:50,869 --> 00:37:53,872
And once you have
three big hit singles,
705
00:37:53,972 --> 00:37:56,942
you're gonna sell
a lot of albums.
706
00:37:57,042 --> 00:38:00,546
If an artist sells 500,000
and went gold, that's terrific.
707
00:38:00,646 --> 00:38:02,280
[crowd screaming]
708
00:38:02,381 --> 00:38:05,817
♪ You let her walk away
709
00:38:05,917 --> 00:38:08,620
If an artist sells a million
albums, that's something.
710
00:38:08,720 --> 00:38:10,121
♪ Got to blame it on
something ♪
711
00:38:10,221 --> 00:38:11,757
But 8 million?
712
00:38:11,857 --> 00:38:13,959
It's one of the biggest
debuts of all time.
713
00:38:14,059 --> 00:38:19,164
♪ Blame it on the rain
that was falling, falling ♪
714
00:38:19,264 --> 00:38:22,534
♪ Blame it on the stars
that didn't shine that night ♪
715
00:38:22,634 --> 00:38:24,002
To just come out of nowhere
716
00:38:24,102 --> 00:38:26,605
and have a number one
debut album for seven weeks,
717
00:38:26,705 --> 00:38:29,040
well, that just was unheard of
at the time.
718
00:38:29,140 --> 00:38:33,111
♪ Blame it on the rain,
yeah, yeah ♪
719
00:38:33,211 --> 00:38:37,182
Debut album,
hot right out of the gate.
720
00:38:37,282 --> 00:38:38,617
"Here's Milli Vanilli.
721
00:38:38,717 --> 00:38:40,051
What do you want to do
with it?"
722
00:38:40,151 --> 00:38:41,987
Well, we want to play it.
We want to dance to it.
723
00:38:42,087 --> 00:38:43,489
We want to have fun with them.
724
00:38:43,589 --> 00:38:46,224
Can we get them in the studio?
We want to meet them.
725
00:38:46,324 --> 00:38:51,363
♪ Blame it on the rain
that was falling, falling ♪
726
00:38:51,463 --> 00:38:53,131
♪ Blame it on the stars
727
00:38:53,231 --> 00:38:55,300
At that point,
what are we gonna do?
728
00:38:55,401 --> 00:38:58,670
Should we bring them over?
Should they do the MTV tour?
729
00:38:58,770 --> 00:39:00,972
Then that all kicks in.
730
00:39:01,072 --> 00:39:03,108
♪ Blame it on the rain
731
00:39:03,208 --> 00:39:06,044
Labels saw we were growing
in the charts in America.
732
00:39:06,144 --> 00:39:07,813
♪ Blame it on the rain
733
00:39:07,913 --> 00:39:10,416
Our presence was needed.
734
00:39:10,516 --> 00:39:12,117
[soft dark music]
735
00:39:12,217 --> 00:39:15,887
But Frank didn't want us
to go to America.
736
00:39:15,987 --> 00:39:17,523
Frank was apprehensive
737
00:39:17,623 --> 00:39:19,991
because of the big secret, obviously.
738
00:39:20,091 --> 00:39:23,228
Frank was concerned that
they would go to America
739
00:39:23,328 --> 00:39:25,897
and fuck up everything.
740
00:39:25,997 --> 00:39:29,034
America had our heart.
741
00:39:29,134 --> 00:39:33,304
"We want to go to the US.
USA! USA!"
742
00:39:33,405 --> 00:39:35,441
[Tone Loc's
"Funky Cold Medina" playing]
743
00:39:35,541 --> 00:39:37,943
♪
744
00:39:38,043 --> 00:39:39,911
Coming to LA for us was like
745
00:39:40,011 --> 00:39:42,514
we're living the dream,
we're doing things.
746
00:39:42,614 --> 00:39:43,849
- A'ight?
- Kick it.
747
00:39:43,949 --> 00:39:46,785
Hollywood, Malibu.
748
00:39:46,885 --> 00:39:49,455
The girls are hot there, too. Oof.
749
00:39:49,555 --> 00:39:51,557
♪
750
00:39:51,657 --> 00:39:53,191
♪ Cold coolin' at a bar
751
00:39:53,291 --> 00:39:55,661
We got a manager,
Sandy Gallin...
752
00:39:55,761 --> 00:39:56,995
♪ But like
Mick Jagger said ♪
753
00:39:57,095 --> 00:39:58,530
He was like a big player.
754
00:39:58,630 --> 00:39:59,831
♪ I can't get
no satisfaction ♪
755
00:39:59,931 --> 00:40:01,399
He had Michael Jackson
at the time,
756
00:40:01,500 --> 00:40:03,802
Dolly Parton--tons of people.
757
00:40:03,902 --> 00:40:04,970
That's why he had us,
758
00:40:05,070 --> 00:40:06,472
to handle people like
Milli Vanilli.
759
00:40:06,572 --> 00:40:09,007
♪ Funky Cold Medina
760
00:40:09,107 --> 00:40:11,276
I was truly,
in the beginning, a fan.
761
00:40:11,376 --> 00:40:13,411
I said to them,
"You know, I've never been
762
00:40:13,512 --> 00:40:14,913
a manager before,"
763
00:40:15,013 --> 00:40:19,050
and Rob said, "Well, we've
never been pop stars before."
764
00:40:19,150 --> 00:40:22,120
I was like, "OK, here we go."
765
00:40:22,220 --> 00:40:23,955
[laughs]
766
00:40:25,356 --> 00:40:29,327
My first job was putting them
on the MTV tour.
767
00:40:29,427 --> 00:40:31,963
It was gonna be
our first tour in America--
768
00:40:32,063 --> 00:40:35,567
a 107 city tour
in eight months--
769
00:40:35,667 --> 00:40:37,769
so we had to put
a band together.
770
00:40:37,869 --> 00:40:39,971
♪
771
00:40:40,071 --> 00:40:41,840
I was the band leader then.
772
00:40:41,940 --> 00:40:44,710
We had rehearsed,
we were flawless.
773
00:40:44,810 --> 00:40:47,278
Everybody was really
invested in this gig
774
00:40:47,378 --> 00:40:50,549
'cause it was
the new hottest shit, you know?
775
00:40:50,649 --> 00:40:52,718
After we had been approved,
776
00:40:52,818 --> 00:40:56,788
Rob and Fab disappeared.
They were gone.
777
00:40:56,888 --> 00:41:00,526
So we were just rehearsing
with no artist.
778
00:41:00,626 --> 00:41:04,896
And I start going, "These guys
must be really, really good.
779
00:41:04,996 --> 00:41:07,098
"They don't rehearse,
they don't fucking do nothing.
780
00:41:07,198 --> 00:41:10,736
They--
what the hell's going on?"
781
00:41:10,836 --> 00:41:12,370
We started asking
more questions.
782
00:41:12,470 --> 00:41:15,206
We got to realize, this musical
director at the time
783
00:41:15,306 --> 00:41:19,611
is programming this Oberheim.
There's where the vocals are.
784
00:41:19,711 --> 00:41:23,348
And then we understood,
"Oh, they're lip-syncing."
785
00:41:23,448 --> 00:41:26,051
So we said, "OK, we're in
a lip-sync band."
786
00:41:26,151 --> 00:41:27,519
[laughs]
787
00:41:27,619 --> 00:41:29,655
They said, "Don't say anything
about this to anybody else."
788
00:41:29,755 --> 00:41:30,856
"Fine."
789
00:41:30,956 --> 00:41:33,859
[hip-hop music]
790
00:41:33,959 --> 00:41:38,196
The show would play
to packed arenas.
791
00:41:38,296 --> 00:41:43,334
Rob and Fab were two sexy
performers selling hits,
792
00:41:43,434 --> 00:41:46,538
and they did a really
bloody good job at it.
793
00:41:46,638 --> 00:41:51,309
[wild cheers and applause]
794
00:41:51,409 --> 00:41:54,379
["Girl You Know It's True"
playing]
795
00:41:54,479 --> 00:41:58,950
♪
796
00:41:59,050 --> 00:42:04,656
[screams]
797
00:42:04,756 --> 00:42:11,096
Yeah!
798
00:42:11,196 --> 00:42:14,800
♪ Girl, you know it's true
799
00:42:14,900 --> 00:42:20,939
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, I love you
800
00:42:21,039 --> 00:42:23,008
♪ Yes, you know it's true
801
00:42:23,108 --> 00:42:26,745
[wild cheers and applause]
802
00:42:26,845 --> 00:42:28,847
The audience loved them.
803
00:42:28,947 --> 00:42:31,683
Yeah!
804
00:42:31,783 --> 00:42:34,019
It was very powerful.
805
00:42:34,119 --> 00:42:36,121
♪ Girl, you know it's,
girl, you know it's ♪
806
00:42:36,221 --> 00:42:38,523
♪ Girl, you know it's true
807
00:42:38,624 --> 00:42:40,959
♪ Girl, you know it's,
yes, you know it's ♪
808
00:42:41,059 --> 00:42:44,562
♪ Girl, you know it's true
809
00:42:44,663 --> 00:42:48,433
Performing is a drug.
810
00:42:48,533 --> 00:42:53,639
That euphoric feeling allowed
us to just forget everything.
811
00:42:53,739 --> 00:43:00,478
♪
812
00:43:02,981 --> 00:43:06,451
[wild cheering]
813
00:43:06,551 --> 00:43:08,486
Milli Vanilli,
the European duo,
814
00:43:08,586 --> 00:43:10,588
now one of the hottest
groups in America,
815
00:43:10,689 --> 00:43:13,792
made a special trip to the
Disney MGM Studios theme parks
816
00:43:13,892 --> 00:43:14,860
where we arranged
for them to have
817
00:43:14,960 --> 00:43:16,427
an exclusive interview session
818
00:43:16,527 --> 00:43:18,664
with some of
their most loyal fans.
819
00:43:18,764 --> 00:43:20,165
Wherever you've performed,
820
00:43:20,265 --> 00:43:23,334
has anything really
embarrassing happened to you?
821
00:43:23,434 --> 00:43:24,636
Yeah.
822
00:43:24,736 --> 00:43:27,005
[laughter]
823
00:43:27,105 --> 00:43:29,941
[tense music]
824
00:43:30,041 --> 00:43:34,179
♪
825
00:43:34,279 --> 00:43:36,381
It was super hot that day.
826
00:43:36,481 --> 00:43:40,752
"Downtown" Julie Brown
introduces us as usual.
827
00:43:47,759 --> 00:43:49,327
I decided to take a break--
828
00:43:49,427 --> 00:43:52,463
the show had been going now
for a few months--
829
00:43:52,563 --> 00:43:55,400
and it was while
I was in my trailer
830
00:43:55,500 --> 00:44:00,105
I heard the crowd, like,
getting a little bit rowdy.
831
00:44:00,205 --> 00:44:02,173
[crowd shouting and booing]
832
00:44:02,273 --> 00:44:04,810
The vocals that were
being cued from the emulator
833
00:44:04,910 --> 00:44:06,077
started repeating.
834
00:44:06,177 --> 00:44:07,545
♪ Girl, you know it's--
835
00:44:07,645 --> 00:44:09,981
♪ Girl, you know it's--
girl, you know it's-- ♪
836
00:44:10,081 --> 00:44:11,850
♪ Girl, you know it's--
837
00:44:11,950 --> 00:44:14,619
It was like--
[imitating heartbeat]
838
00:44:14,720 --> 00:44:15,687
Shit!
839
00:44:15,787 --> 00:44:18,189
[crowd shouting and booing]
840
00:44:18,289 --> 00:44:22,160
As I open my door,
I saw Rob go flying by.
841
00:44:22,260 --> 00:44:25,230
Rob and Fab were gone,
and I'm onstage still with
842
00:44:25,330 --> 00:44:27,232
the guitar player and the
drummer going "What the fuck?
843
00:44:27,332 --> 00:44:29,701
Do we continue the song on
or what are we doing here?"
844
00:44:29,801 --> 00:44:31,336
[crowd booing]
845
00:44:31,436 --> 00:44:32,704
So, of course,
there was outrage.
846
00:44:32,804 --> 00:44:33,972
I was furious.
847
00:44:34,072 --> 00:44:36,674
"What the fuck, you know?
Find him!"
848
00:44:36,775 --> 00:44:39,811
Rob was pissed.
He was like, "Fuck that!"
849
00:44:39,911 --> 00:44:42,080
He lost his cool.
850
00:44:42,180 --> 00:44:44,716
Rob had gotten hold of me
to say,
851
00:44:44,816 --> 00:44:45,884
"I don't know what to do."
852
00:44:45,984 --> 00:44:47,618
You know, he was scared.
853
00:44:47,719 --> 00:44:49,921
♪
854
00:44:50,021 --> 00:44:51,322
He kind of exploded.
855
00:44:51,422 --> 00:44:57,128
It was the moment where
it just burst open.
856
00:44:57,228 --> 00:44:58,897
And at that time,
we didn't know
857
00:44:58,997 --> 00:45:02,968
what pressure he was feeling
because we didn't know
858
00:45:03,068 --> 00:45:04,770
the load they were carrying.
859
00:45:04,870 --> 00:45:09,374
♪
860
00:45:29,828 --> 00:45:33,264
[radio tuning]
861
00:45:33,364 --> 00:45:36,768
♪ On the rain
that was falling ♪
862
00:45:36,868 --> 00:45:37,869
When Milli Vanilli blew up,
863
00:45:37,969 --> 00:45:39,370
I was a program director at
864
00:45:39,470 --> 00:45:44,275
WILD radio station, Boston.
1090 on the AM dial.
865
00:45:44,375 --> 00:45:49,080
The only Black station
within miles
866
00:45:49,180 --> 00:45:51,582
of Boston, Massachusetts.
867
00:45:51,682 --> 00:45:53,018
[hip-hop music]
868
00:45:53,118 --> 00:45:56,387
The guys came to our radio
station for our morning show.
869
00:45:56,487 --> 00:45:57,755
And I remember
them sitting there,
870
00:45:57,856 --> 00:45:59,357
and when I heard them talk
for the first time,
871
00:45:59,457 --> 00:46:01,860
I'm like,
"Oh, they sound very different
872
00:46:01,960 --> 00:46:04,095
than they do on the record."
873
00:46:04,195 --> 00:46:05,296
[laughs and claps]
874
00:46:05,396 --> 00:46:07,765
Please welcome Milli Vanilli.
875
00:46:07,866 --> 00:46:10,869
[wild cheering]
876
00:46:10,969 --> 00:46:13,504
Once they started doing
promotional dates,
877
00:46:13,604 --> 00:46:16,241
it became pretty clear
that something was strange.
878
00:46:16,341 --> 00:46:17,876
Fab, how are you
finding Australia?
879
00:46:17,976 --> 00:46:19,310
You enjoying it?
880
00:46:22,013 --> 00:46:23,614
Sydney?
[laughter]
881
00:46:23,714 --> 00:46:25,516
Syd-ney. Syd-ney.
882
00:46:26,151 --> 00:46:29,855
Melbourne. Melbourne.
[laughter]
883
00:46:31,356 --> 00:46:35,060
It just seemed that
they weren't comfortable
884
00:46:35,160 --> 00:46:37,295
communicating in English.
885
00:46:37,395 --> 00:46:40,031
Who inspired you
the most, Rob?
886
00:46:40,131 --> 00:46:42,533
Uh, diff--difficult.
887
00:46:42,633 --> 00:46:45,170
You could tell
they were sweating bullets.
888
00:46:45,270 --> 00:46:46,304
People were starting to,
you know,
889
00:46:46,404 --> 00:46:47,973
giggle a little bit
on the sides.
890
00:46:48,073 --> 00:46:49,574
Fab, you speak English, right?
891
00:46:49,674 --> 00:46:52,310
- Yeah, I can, too.
- Who are your--[laughs]
892
00:46:52,410 --> 00:46:54,745
And it was easy to
kind of latch on to that
893
00:46:54,846 --> 00:46:55,813
and make them a joke.
894
00:46:55,914 --> 00:47:00,018
You are Germany,
and I'm from French.
895
00:47:00,118 --> 00:47:01,887
Oh.
[laughter]
896
00:47:01,987 --> 00:47:03,621
[explosion]
897
00:47:03,721 --> 00:47:06,391
There's a way that
I think some people knew.
898
00:47:06,491 --> 00:47:10,628
[mocking]
♪ Blame it on the rain
899
00:47:10,728 --> 00:47:12,830
Arsenio Hall is someone who
had been around the business
900
00:47:12,931 --> 00:47:15,233
a long time and had seen a lot.
901
00:47:15,333 --> 00:47:17,235
Man, I think Milli Vanilli
doing crack.
902
00:47:17,335 --> 00:47:18,636
I don't think--
[laughter]
903
00:47:18,736 --> 00:47:20,505
It seemed bad to
a lot of these folks.
904
00:47:20,605 --> 00:47:22,974
Those pants too tight.
They going--
905
00:47:23,074 --> 00:47:24,809
They knew something was up.
906
00:47:24,910 --> 00:47:27,345
[cheers and applause]
907
00:47:27,445 --> 00:47:29,414
Privately, I thought, like,
908
00:47:29,514 --> 00:47:32,383
you know, "Did they really
sing everything?"
909
00:47:32,483 --> 00:47:34,285
Girls!
crowd: Girls!
910
00:47:34,385 --> 00:47:36,988
Hey, boys!
crowd: Hey, boys!
911
00:47:37,088 --> 00:47:39,958
Yeah!
crowd: Yeah!
912
00:47:40,058 --> 00:47:43,628
♪ Girl, you know it's--
girl, you know it's true ♪
913
00:47:43,728 --> 00:47:45,663
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh
914
00:47:45,763 --> 00:47:48,233
♪ I'm in love with you, girl,
'cause you're on my mind ♪
915
00:47:48,333 --> 00:47:50,301
♪ You're the one I think about
most every time ♪
916
00:47:50,401 --> 00:47:52,938
We didn't sing on
those records.
917
00:47:53,038 --> 00:47:55,306
♪ Don't you understand, girl,
this love is true ♪
918
00:47:55,406 --> 00:47:57,675
We didn't even sound like
those records.
919
00:47:57,775 --> 00:47:59,945
♪
920
00:48:00,045 --> 00:48:02,813
We were lying.
921
00:48:02,914 --> 00:48:06,384
[soft dark music]
922
00:48:06,484 --> 00:48:09,587
[speaking French]
923
00:48:13,124 --> 00:48:14,993
Lies are taking the elevators
924
00:48:15,093 --> 00:48:17,963
while the truth
takes the stairs.
925
00:48:18,063 --> 00:48:21,599
♪
926
00:48:21,699 --> 00:48:24,835
I knew that at some point,
the truth would rise.
927
00:48:24,936 --> 00:48:26,938
♪
928
00:48:27,038 --> 00:48:29,975
They were gonna catch us
at some point or another.
929
00:48:30,075 --> 00:48:31,676
♪
930
00:48:36,681 --> 00:48:40,018
♪
931
00:48:40,118 --> 00:48:43,521
This load on our shoulders,
932
00:48:43,621 --> 00:48:46,657
it was getting heavy and heavy
and heavy.
933
00:48:46,757 --> 00:48:48,659
[wild cheering]
934
00:49:02,407 --> 00:49:06,644
[wild cheering]
935
00:49:18,223 --> 00:49:21,692
[wild cheering]
936
00:49:24,529 --> 00:49:26,797
I was a little bit
tired by it, yeah.
937
00:49:36,574 --> 00:49:40,211
We drank more,
took more drugs,
938
00:49:40,311 --> 00:49:43,348
to be able to, like, numb out.
939
00:50:02,967 --> 00:50:05,436
I think next time,
next time, maybe--
940
00:50:05,536 --> 00:50:07,004
should we ask them to sing
next time?
941
00:50:07,105 --> 00:50:09,740
[wild cheering]
942
00:50:17,848 --> 00:50:19,917
Um...
943
00:50:20,017 --> 00:50:23,421
This, uh...
944
00:50:31,028 --> 00:50:33,964
[soft music]
945
00:51:26,417 --> 00:51:33,591
♪
946
00:51:43,868 --> 00:51:47,272
[shouts]
947
00:51:48,173 --> 00:51:50,308
They got double platinum.
They got gold records.
948
00:51:50,408 --> 00:51:52,943
♪
949
00:51:53,043 --> 00:51:55,346
Everybody else got
a gold record of my voice
950
00:51:55,446 --> 00:51:56,847
on their walls.
951
00:51:56,947 --> 00:51:58,483
♪
952
00:51:58,583 --> 00:52:01,952
That's my voice!
953
00:52:02,052 --> 00:52:03,754
You end up drinking,
954
00:52:03,854 --> 00:52:07,325
you end up taking drugs
to not think about
955
00:52:07,425 --> 00:52:09,927
what's really happening
in reality.
956
00:52:10,027 --> 00:52:13,063
Then my manager that I had
at that time said,
957
00:52:13,164 --> 00:52:15,032
"Well, you know what?
958
00:52:15,132 --> 00:52:19,237
We're gonna do interviews.
You're gonna go live."
959
00:52:19,337 --> 00:52:20,905
I was singing before
Milli Vanilli
960
00:52:21,005 --> 00:52:23,140
even thought about
becoming stars.
961
00:52:23,241 --> 00:52:26,844
I went abroad and said it
in a TV show,
962
00:52:26,944 --> 00:52:28,179
it's my voice.
963
00:52:28,279 --> 00:52:32,217
Music is from Frank Farian
and not from Milli Vanilli.
964
00:52:32,317 --> 00:52:39,257
♪
965
00:52:40,325 --> 00:52:43,060
And Frank denied it all.
966
00:52:43,160 --> 00:52:46,297
His words were--I can
remember them to the day--
967
00:52:46,397 --> 00:52:49,267
"This artist is a liar.
968
00:52:49,367 --> 00:52:52,036
"Look the way he's dressed.
969
00:52:52,136 --> 00:52:53,971
"The Black guy.
970
00:52:54,071 --> 00:52:55,506
He's just trying to
make money."
971
00:52:55,606 --> 00:52:58,008
♪
972
00:53:08,953 --> 00:53:10,054
Ingrid!
973
00:53:10,154 --> 00:53:11,789
She said,
"Frank don't want you to be
974
00:53:11,889 --> 00:53:15,025
"talking out there to nobody.
Keep your mouth shut."
975
00:53:15,125 --> 00:53:16,394
"How could you say that?
976
00:53:16,494 --> 00:53:19,430
You're just trying
to get publicity."
977
00:53:19,530 --> 00:53:22,233
Milli Vanilli fans?
Oh, man.
978
00:53:22,333 --> 00:53:24,269
Death threats.
979
00:53:24,369 --> 00:53:29,474
"Your next show, this and this
is gonna happen to you."
980
00:53:29,574 --> 00:53:31,576
The phone rang and
it was Charles Shaw.
981
00:53:31,676 --> 00:53:33,311
And I didn't know who he was,
982
00:53:33,411 --> 00:53:35,346
and he said, "I'm the real
singer of Milli Vanilli
983
00:53:35,446 --> 00:53:37,448
and you have to help me."
984
00:53:37,548 --> 00:53:39,484
So I called Sandy right away
985
00:53:39,584 --> 00:53:41,619
and I said, "I just got this
weird call from this guy.
986
00:53:41,719 --> 00:53:42,820
He says he's the real voice."
987
00:53:42,920 --> 00:53:46,324
"Ah, just a crazy person.
Just ignore it."
988
00:53:46,424 --> 00:53:49,093
It didn't interest anybody.
989
00:53:49,994 --> 00:53:54,231
You get tired of trying to
990
00:53:54,332 --> 00:53:57,302
lead a jackass to water
991
00:53:57,402 --> 00:53:59,270
and make him drink it.
992
00:54:18,456 --> 00:54:21,726
[crowd cheering]
993
00:54:21,826 --> 00:54:23,928
People wanted to believe
994
00:54:24,028 --> 00:54:25,696
they are really singing
these songs
995
00:54:25,796 --> 00:54:27,765
because it was
a good production.
996
00:54:27,865 --> 00:54:29,634
It was entertainment.
997
00:54:31,268 --> 00:54:34,038
It's a magic trick pulled
off in front of you onstage,
998
00:54:34,138 --> 00:54:36,240
and the audience usually
wants to be deceived
999
00:54:36,341 --> 00:54:37,842
in a magic show.
1000
00:54:37,942 --> 00:54:41,346
So if everyone benefits
from a scam like that,
1001
00:54:41,446 --> 00:54:42,813
including the audience,
1002
00:54:42,913 --> 00:54:45,516
it's very easy to
look the other way.
1003
00:54:45,616 --> 00:54:46,751
Everyone got his bonus,
1004
00:54:46,851 --> 00:54:49,086
everyone was happy to be successful,
1005
00:54:49,186 --> 00:54:51,989
and the people are happy to
have this record.
1006
00:54:52,089 --> 00:54:57,227
We all together were in
a very nice flow of success.
1007
00:54:57,328 --> 00:55:00,164
["Money" playing]
1008
00:55:00,264 --> 00:55:02,032
♪ Mo-mo-mo-money rules
the world ♪
1009
00:55:02,132 --> 00:55:04,001
♪ It's still
the same old greed ♪
1010
00:55:04,101 --> 00:55:06,637
Successful music is
a great money machine.
1011
00:55:06,737 --> 00:55:09,139
Their videos are hot,
their songs are hot.
1012
00:55:09,239 --> 00:55:11,075
Singles, albums,
maxi singles...
1013
00:55:11,175 --> 00:55:12,309
Buy it now.
1014
00:55:12,410 --> 00:55:14,979
The album made
$580 million.
1015
00:55:15,079 --> 00:55:18,115
They had sold approximately
46 million records, global.
1016
00:55:18,215 --> 00:55:20,284
There was merchandise, keychains,
1017
00:55:20,385 --> 00:55:21,519
ticket sales to the concerts.
1018
00:55:21,619 --> 00:55:23,554
It's Milli Vanilli.
Milli Vanilli!
1019
00:55:23,654 --> 00:55:25,623
What a show. What a night.
1020
00:55:25,723 --> 00:55:27,425
We're going to
a Milli Vanilli concert.
1021
00:55:27,525 --> 00:55:31,629
They could've recorded
the alphabet, the phonebook.
1022
00:55:31,729 --> 00:55:33,898
You name it,
they were selling it.
1023
00:55:33,998 --> 00:55:35,199
Their logo is
the running man
1024
00:55:35,299 --> 00:55:38,135
and it symbolizes
the pursuit of success.
1025
00:55:38,235 --> 00:55:39,937
If they do any better
next year,
1026
00:55:40,037 --> 00:55:42,072
they're gonna have
to find a new logo.
1027
00:55:42,172 --> 00:55:44,174
At that time,
Frank Farian was worth
1028
00:55:44,274 --> 00:55:45,943
almost half a billion.
1029
00:55:46,043 --> 00:55:49,146
♪ Money rules the world and
don't you love that cash? ♪
1030
00:55:49,246 --> 00:55:51,649
They continued to steamroll
through the end of the year.
1031
00:55:51,749 --> 00:55:54,184
And the winner is...
Milli Vanilli.
1032
00:55:54,284 --> 00:55:55,720
They won three
American Music Awards...
1033
00:55:55,820 --> 00:55:57,354
Milli Vanilli.
1034
00:55:57,955 --> 00:55:59,624
Milli Vanilli!
1035
00:55:59,724 --> 00:56:01,659
This train was moving.
1036
00:56:01,759 --> 00:56:04,862
Thank you to our producer,
Frank Farian,
1037
00:56:04,962 --> 00:56:06,597
to our manager, Sandy Gallin.
1038
00:56:06,697 --> 00:56:08,733
We'd like to thank
Clive Davis.
1039
00:56:08,833 --> 00:56:10,801
♪ Money rules the world
1040
00:56:10,901 --> 00:56:12,837
Arista, BMG,
1041
00:56:12,937 --> 00:56:16,441
they were cashing in
the bucks.
1042
00:56:16,541 --> 00:56:18,008
♪ Money, money
1043
00:56:18,108 --> 00:56:19,910
And the whole thing with
Milli Vanilli
1044
00:56:20,010 --> 00:56:21,278
would have kept going if
1045
00:56:21,378 --> 00:56:24,849
they had not been nominated
for the Grammys.
1046
00:56:27,785 --> 00:56:30,187
Well, because--
no, but, see,
1047
00:56:30,287 --> 00:56:33,991
most everybody knew
the secret, and I didn't.
1048
00:56:34,091 --> 00:56:35,560
They never told me this,
1049
00:56:35,660 --> 00:56:38,663
so I just assumed they sang,
you know?
1050
00:56:38,763 --> 00:56:40,164
[hip-hop music]
1051
00:56:40,264 --> 00:56:43,000
So we're at a conference
meeting and I said,
1052
00:56:43,100 --> 00:56:45,102
"I think Milli Vanilli could
get nominated for a Grammy."
1053
00:56:45,202 --> 00:56:47,204
I thought "Blame It On
The Rain" was a Grammy song.
1054
00:56:47,304 --> 00:56:49,273
They laughed at me and
they're like, "Trust me,
1055
00:56:49,373 --> 00:56:52,543
Milli Vanilli's never gonna
get nominated for a Grammy."
1056
00:56:52,643 --> 00:56:54,512
So I called
National Academy of
1057
00:56:54,612 --> 00:56:56,046
Recording Arts and Sciences.
1058
00:56:56,146 --> 00:56:57,815
They put me right through
to Mike Greene's office,
1059
00:56:57,915 --> 00:57:00,417
the president of NARAS.
1060
00:57:00,518 --> 00:57:03,353
I had no idea how somebody
actually does get nominated,
1061
00:57:03,454 --> 00:57:05,355
and he said,
"Oh, you just put it on
1062
00:57:05,456 --> 00:57:07,458
"your management company letterhead,
1063
00:57:07,558 --> 00:57:10,595
'please consider
Milli Vanilli for a Grammy.'"
1064
00:57:10,695 --> 00:57:13,831
So I typed it up and faxed it
off to the Academy.
1065
00:57:13,931 --> 00:57:16,233
Never thought another thing
about it.
1066
00:57:16,333 --> 00:57:19,970
So when that ballot came out
and Milli Vanilli was on it,
1067
00:57:20,070 --> 00:57:23,173
like, just everything
hit the fan.
1068
00:57:23,273 --> 00:57:25,810
Clive called Sandy
and threw a hissy fit,
1069
00:57:25,910 --> 00:57:28,546
and then Sandy called me
absolutely furious,
1070
00:57:28,646 --> 00:57:30,648
like, "Look what you've done!"
1071
00:57:30,748 --> 00:57:32,316
I'm like,
1072
00:57:32,416 --> 00:57:34,552
"why doesn't anybody want them
to have a Grammy award?"
1073
00:57:34,652 --> 00:57:37,655
[laughs]
1074
00:57:37,755 --> 00:57:41,926
[suspicious music]
1075
00:57:42,026 --> 00:57:44,995
If Milli Vanilli had
been nominated for
1076
00:57:45,095 --> 00:57:47,264
the lip-sync awards,
that would've been fine,
1077
00:57:47,364 --> 00:57:51,902
but they got nominated for
this prestigious musical award
1078
00:57:52,002 --> 00:57:53,938
and they were up against
people who produce music
1079
00:57:54,038 --> 00:57:55,940
and write music and sing.
1080
00:57:56,040 --> 00:57:57,407
They were up against
the Indigo Girls...
1081
00:57:57,508 --> 00:58:01,646
♪ Closer I am to fine
1082
00:58:01,746 --> 00:58:03,614
This incredible folk duo
who sang
1083
00:58:03,714 --> 00:58:05,883
these beautiful, deep songs.
1084
00:58:05,983 --> 00:58:07,017
[Tone Loc's
"Funky Cold Medina" playing]
1085
00:58:07,117 --> 00:58:08,686
They were up against Tone Loc.
1086
00:58:08,786 --> 00:58:10,320
♪ Funky Cold Medina
1087
00:58:10,420 --> 00:58:13,323
Tone Loc made brilliantly
constructed records,
1088
00:58:13,423 --> 00:58:16,026
full of incredibly clever
rhythmic artifice.
1089
00:58:16,126 --> 00:58:18,128
- * Sweetness
- Neneh Cherry, who had
1090
00:58:18,228 --> 00:58:21,231
a really interesting debut
album and had a lot to say.
1091
00:58:21,331 --> 00:58:22,833
♪ We always hang in
a buffalo stance ♪
1092
00:58:22,933 --> 00:58:25,002
♪ Back to life
1093
00:58:25,102 --> 00:58:29,339
Soul II Soul changed
the way R&B music sounded.
1094
00:58:29,439 --> 00:58:31,976
They changed the way
music moved.
1095
00:58:32,076 --> 00:58:34,912
And so, if I'm one of those artists,
1096
00:58:35,012 --> 00:58:36,446
I'm like, "These guys?"
1097
00:58:36,547 --> 00:58:39,249
♪
1098
00:58:39,349 --> 00:58:44,254
We knew that the Grammys
were the highest standard.
1099
00:58:44,354 --> 00:58:47,124
[resonant music]
1100
00:58:47,224 --> 00:58:51,395
Then here we were,
you know, Rob and Fab.
1101
00:58:51,495 --> 00:58:56,433
Not only that,
they want us to perform live.
1102
00:58:56,533 --> 00:59:00,337
I thought, how the hell are
they going to do the Grammys
1103
00:59:00,437 --> 00:59:01,939
when it's all live?
1104
00:59:06,443 --> 00:59:08,478
Live-sing.
1105
00:59:21,091 --> 00:59:24,261
Michael Greene was
the head of NARAS at the time.
1106
00:59:24,361 --> 00:59:28,999
I remember taking a picture
with him, and him saying,
1107
00:59:29,099 --> 00:59:31,802
"Be sure you do it right
tonight."
1108
00:59:31,902 --> 00:59:33,904
[whistles]
1109
00:59:34,004 --> 00:59:36,140
Money, money, money
makes the world go 'round.
1110
00:59:38,108 --> 00:59:43,447
[tense music]
1111
00:59:43,547 --> 00:59:45,149
We're at the Shrine.
1112
00:59:45,249 --> 00:59:49,019
I remember getting out
of the car and going in.
1113
00:59:49,119 --> 00:59:51,355
On that day, it was pressure.
1114
00:59:51,455 --> 00:59:52,456
[applause]
1115
00:59:52,556 --> 00:59:53,357
Ladies and gentlemen,
1116
00:59:53,457 --> 00:59:55,960
Mr. Mike Greene.
- Thank you.
1117
00:59:56,060 --> 00:59:57,762
This is a great night
for music!
1118
00:59:57,862 --> 00:59:59,429
[applause]
1119
00:59:59,529 --> 01:00:01,298
Yeah, boy!
1120
01:00:01,398 --> 01:00:04,368
All the stars are
in the building.
1121
01:00:04,468 --> 01:00:06,503
Woo-hoo!
1122
01:00:07,838 --> 01:00:10,941
Finally, it was our turn
to be on that stage.
1123
01:00:11,041 --> 01:00:13,343
Cold sweat.
[whistles]
1124
01:00:13,443 --> 01:00:15,012
Well, girl,
you know it's true.
1125
01:00:15,112 --> 01:00:18,215
It can only mean Milli Vanilli.
1126
01:00:18,315 --> 01:00:21,585
[fanfare]
1127
01:00:21,686 --> 01:00:23,120
Hit it!
1128
01:00:23,220 --> 01:00:26,223
["Girl You Know It's True"
playing]
1129
01:00:26,323 --> 01:00:32,296
♪
1130
01:00:32,396 --> 01:00:34,598
♪ I'm in love with you, girl,
'cause you're on my mind ♪
1131
01:00:34,699 --> 01:00:37,134
♪ You're the one I think about
most every time ♪
1132
01:00:37,234 --> 01:00:39,503
♪ And when you pack a smile
in everything you do ♪
1133
01:00:39,603 --> 01:00:41,071
Performing in front of
the Grammys
1134
01:00:41,171 --> 01:00:44,308
with all those artists,
that was nerve wracking.
1135
01:00:44,408 --> 01:00:47,812
- * And this is true
- * Girl, you know it's true
1136
01:00:47,912 --> 01:00:51,716
All those people who spent
years of their lives
1137
01:00:51,816 --> 01:00:53,250
to get to this point,
1138
01:00:53,350 --> 01:00:55,252
and we got here pretty fast.
1139
01:00:55,352 --> 01:01:00,524
♪
1140
01:01:00,624 --> 01:01:03,593
[cheers and applause]
1141
01:01:09,399 --> 01:01:11,535
I remember sitting there,
1142
01:01:11,635 --> 01:01:14,238
and I think the entire industry
knew at that time
1143
01:01:14,338 --> 01:01:16,273
that it wasn't them singing.
1144
01:01:16,373 --> 01:01:17,775
[clears throat]
That was great.
1145
01:01:17,875 --> 01:01:19,944
I was actually--I was supposed
to be in that number.
1146
01:01:20,044 --> 01:01:22,312
I don't know what--
[laughter]
1147
01:01:23,147 --> 01:01:25,049
When he called out
the nominees,
1148
01:01:25,149 --> 01:01:27,417
you know, it was like, "Man."
1149
01:01:27,517 --> 01:01:29,319
This year, the nominees for
Best New Artist
1150
01:01:29,419 --> 01:01:31,789
are making all kinds of music.
1151
01:01:31,889 --> 01:01:34,759
Each one of them express
themself in a unique way
1152
01:01:34,859 --> 01:01:37,027
that commands attention.
1153
01:01:37,127 --> 01:01:40,164
Now, the nominees for
Best New Artist are...
1154
01:01:41,065 --> 01:01:43,734
Do Rob and Fab
deserve the Grammy?
1155
01:01:43,834 --> 01:01:45,669
Neneh Cherry.
1156
01:01:45,770 --> 01:01:47,838
That's a tough one.
1157
01:01:48,806 --> 01:01:50,975
We didn't sing on
the record, so...
1158
01:01:51,075 --> 01:01:52,209
Indigo Girls.
1159
01:01:53,410 --> 01:01:54,644
No.
1160
01:01:55,412 --> 01:01:56,146
But...
1161
01:01:56,246 --> 01:01:57,948
[tense music]
1162
01:01:58,048 --> 01:01:59,483
[cheers and applause]
1163
01:01:59,583 --> 01:02:00,818
Milli Vanilli.
1164
01:02:00,918 --> 01:02:03,754
For the pain and everything
that we suffered...
1165
01:02:03,854 --> 01:02:05,255
Soul II Soul.
1166
01:02:05,355 --> 01:02:07,825
And the hard work that
we put into,
1167
01:02:07,925 --> 01:02:09,159
do we deserve it?
1168
01:02:09,259 --> 01:02:10,560
Tone Loc.
1169
01:02:10,660 --> 01:02:12,329
♪
1170
01:02:12,429 --> 01:02:16,066
A very small part of me
says yes.
1171
01:02:16,166 --> 01:02:18,002
♪
1172
01:02:18,102 --> 01:02:20,337
And the Best New Artist is...
1173
01:02:20,437 --> 01:02:23,407
Rob and Fab deserved
the Grammy.
1174
01:02:24,008 --> 01:02:25,075
Milli Vanilli.
1175
01:02:25,175 --> 01:02:30,247
[cheers and applause]
1176
01:02:35,219 --> 01:02:36,720
"Oh, my God."
1177
01:02:36,821 --> 01:02:39,756
Frank goes,
"Now, everybody's watching."
1178
01:02:47,197 --> 01:02:50,300
[cheers and applause]
1179
01:02:51,535 --> 01:02:53,203
Uh, we want to say
thank you very much,
1180
01:02:53,303 --> 01:02:55,940
but we want to say
there are a lot of artists
1181
01:02:56,040 --> 01:02:57,607
here in this room,
1182
01:02:57,707 --> 01:03:00,410
there are a lot of artists
outside in the world
1183
01:03:00,510 --> 01:03:03,547
who could achieve the same
award that we achieved today,
1184
01:03:03,647 --> 01:03:05,715
and it's an award for
all artists in the world.
1185
01:03:05,816 --> 01:03:07,151
Thank you very much.
1186
01:03:07,251 --> 01:03:08,718
[cheers and applause]
1187
01:03:08,819 --> 01:03:11,255
Thank you.
1188
01:03:11,355 --> 01:03:13,257
It was a joke
that went too far.
1189
01:03:13,357 --> 01:03:16,326
And once they crossed
that line into
1190
01:03:16,426 --> 01:03:20,497
something that
people really care about,
1191
01:03:20,597 --> 01:03:23,667
that was the beginning of
the end for Rob and Fab.
1192
01:03:25,335 --> 01:03:27,637
Once they won the Grammy...
1193
01:03:27,737 --> 01:03:30,140
♪
1194
01:03:30,240 --> 01:03:33,643
Once they won the Grammy,
1195
01:03:33,743 --> 01:03:36,180
they hung they selves.
1196
01:03:36,280 --> 01:03:39,783
[cheers fading]
1197
01:03:42,386 --> 01:03:45,489
[mysterious music]
1198
01:03:45,589 --> 01:03:49,459
♪
1199
01:03:49,559 --> 01:03:52,262
The afterparty
for the Grammys,
1200
01:03:52,362 --> 01:03:54,764
oh, man, we were already faded.
1201
01:03:54,865 --> 01:03:59,469
♪
1202
01:03:59,569 --> 01:04:02,907
I remember having to listen
to Mr. Clive Davis.
1203
01:04:03,007 --> 01:04:05,142
♪
1204
01:04:05,242 --> 01:04:07,411
We were so high
1205
01:04:07,511 --> 01:04:09,279
that it took a lot of energy
1206
01:04:09,379 --> 01:04:12,049
to just keep the stuff together.
1207
01:04:12,149 --> 01:04:14,818
♪
1208
01:04:14,919 --> 01:04:19,556
Frankly, Rob and Fab didn't
do themselves any favors.
1209
01:04:19,656 --> 01:04:21,892
♪
1210
01:04:21,992 --> 01:04:25,896
They were just acting arrogant
and, frankly, obnoxious.
1211
01:04:39,676 --> 01:04:42,612
"I have no time.
Who's Paul McCartney?"
1212
01:04:42,712 --> 01:04:45,449
[hip-hop music]
1213
01:04:45,549 --> 01:04:49,553
When they won,
Rob and Fab were way up here,
1214
01:04:49,653 --> 01:04:51,821
these big stars that
just won a Grammy.
1215
01:04:51,922 --> 01:04:52,990
And the bigger they got,
1216
01:04:53,090 --> 01:04:55,692
the more celebrity
they became.
1217
01:04:57,327 --> 01:04:59,529
They had to have Avión
in the limousine,
1218
01:04:59,629 --> 01:05:01,365
sushi in the dressing room.
1219
01:05:01,465 --> 01:05:04,168
They wanted for nothing.
1220
01:05:04,268 --> 01:05:06,803
The stardom made them crazy.
1221
01:05:06,903 --> 01:05:09,606
Rob said, "Oh,
can you turn on my voice?"
1222
01:05:09,706 --> 01:05:12,509
And Frank said,
"It's not your voice!"
1223
01:05:12,609 --> 01:05:15,345
Believe it.
It's Brad Howell's voice.
1224
01:05:15,445 --> 01:05:19,116
He was singing with
my voice during playback
1225
01:05:19,216 --> 01:05:21,251
and believing
that's his own voice.
1226
01:05:21,351 --> 01:05:23,420
They were believing this.
1227
01:05:23,520 --> 01:05:26,456
They started to forget
the reality
1228
01:05:26,556 --> 01:05:28,358
that they didn't sing.
1229
01:05:28,458 --> 01:05:30,394
[tense music]
1230
01:05:30,494 --> 01:05:31,895
So they were doing
this interview one time
1231
01:05:31,996 --> 01:05:33,630
and they said they were better
than The Beatles.
1232
01:05:33,730 --> 01:05:38,435
♪
1233
01:05:38,535 --> 01:05:40,304
Think about waking up
every day and knowing that
1234
01:05:40,404 --> 01:05:41,805
you don't sing
any of the vocals,
1235
01:05:41,905 --> 01:05:43,640
and then saying you're better
than The Beatles.
1236
01:05:43,740 --> 01:05:45,875
♪
1237
01:05:45,976 --> 01:05:48,578
I mean, that takes, like,
giant stones.
1238
01:05:48,678 --> 01:05:52,082
You've really gotta believe
your own bullshit to say that.
1239
01:05:52,182 --> 01:05:55,585
They got caught up in it.
1240
01:05:55,685 --> 01:05:57,988
At that point, they thought
they had the power,
1241
01:05:58,088 --> 01:05:59,623
and they did, to some degree.
1242
01:05:59,723 --> 01:06:02,159
They said, you know,
"We're in control now."
1243
01:06:02,259 --> 01:06:04,428
♪
1244
01:06:04,528 --> 01:06:06,530
Millions and millions of
dollars were at stake
1245
01:06:06,630 --> 01:06:09,899
and people depended on them.
1246
01:06:10,000 --> 01:06:12,236
Frank depended on them.
1247
01:06:12,336 --> 01:06:14,438
Clive depended on them.
1248
01:06:14,538 --> 01:06:18,075
Everybody depended on
Milli Vanilli doing their job.
1249
01:06:18,175 --> 01:06:20,110
♪
1250
01:06:20,210 --> 01:06:23,447
Frank Farian was already
preparing album number two,
1251
01:06:23,547 --> 01:06:25,149
"Keep On Running,"
and they wanted us
1252
01:06:25,249 --> 01:06:31,488
to get back to Germany to go
promote the second album.
1253
01:06:31,588 --> 01:06:35,859
But Rob and Fab were done.
1254
01:06:35,959 --> 01:06:38,362
We wanted to sing.
1255
01:06:38,462 --> 01:06:40,964
We wanted to come out
as singers.
1256
01:06:41,065 --> 01:06:45,369
[soft dark music]
1257
01:06:45,469 --> 01:06:49,273
At Arista,
we had a weekly luncheon
1258
01:06:49,373 --> 01:06:52,142
in the conference room.
1259
01:06:52,242 --> 01:06:55,745
One day, Clive got a call and
he walked into the kitchen.
1260
01:06:58,315 --> 01:07:00,050
And then came back out
and he goes,
1261
01:07:00,150 --> 01:07:04,121
"They want to sing on
the second album."
1262
01:07:04,221 --> 01:07:08,392
And I remember him saying,
"That's not gonna happen."
1263
01:07:16,233 --> 01:07:18,535
"Oh, but I would like to sing."
1264
01:07:18,635 --> 01:07:20,570
"Yeah, Rob, it's impossible.
1265
01:07:20,670 --> 01:07:22,639
"You cannot sing and
Fab cannot sing,
1266
01:07:22,739 --> 01:07:24,608
so please stop talking."
1267
01:07:26,243 --> 01:07:30,580
We couldn't continue
to be his marionette.
1268
01:07:30,680 --> 01:07:32,782
Hey, listen.
[flaps lips]
1269
01:07:32,882 --> 01:07:34,551
Done with this.
1270
01:07:34,651 --> 01:07:37,187
So we started to lawyer up,
1271
01:07:37,287 --> 01:07:39,389
and then that's when
we found out
1272
01:07:39,489 --> 01:07:43,927
we signed a contract
for multiple albums.
1273
01:07:44,027 --> 01:07:45,862
We had no clue.
1274
01:07:45,962 --> 01:07:50,100
So to get out of under
the thumb of Frank Farian,
1275
01:07:50,200 --> 01:07:53,002
we played a game
of cat and mouse.
1276
01:07:53,103 --> 01:07:54,538
♪
1277
01:07:54,638 --> 01:07:58,041
Our MO was to hurt him.
1278
01:07:58,142 --> 01:08:01,111
Let's push him to a brink
where he's gonna break,
1279
01:08:01,211 --> 01:08:03,913
and then he's gonna say,
"You know what? I'm tired.
1280
01:08:04,013 --> 01:08:05,915
Go away."
1281
01:08:06,015 --> 01:08:07,551
You know, we didn't show up
to the video of
1282
01:08:07,651 --> 01:08:09,653
"Keep On Running."
1283
01:08:09,753 --> 01:08:13,323
And we told him,
"More money. More money."
1284
01:08:13,423 --> 01:08:15,024
He's like,
"No, I'm not doing that!
1285
01:08:15,125 --> 01:08:16,826
What else do you want?"
1286
01:08:24,168 --> 01:08:27,237
They told Frank,
"If you don't give us 150,000,
1287
01:08:27,337 --> 01:08:29,439
"we will go to the producer
and telling them that
1288
01:08:29,539 --> 01:08:32,108
we are not the guys
who singing on the tape."
1289
01:08:53,797 --> 01:08:56,800
["Girl I'm Gonna Miss You"
playing]
1290
01:08:56,900 --> 01:09:02,506
♪
1291
01:09:02,606 --> 01:09:05,342
The story broke in
"The Los Angeles Times"
1292
01:09:05,442 --> 01:09:06,376
and all hell broke loose.
1293
01:09:06,476 --> 01:09:12,916
♪
1294
01:09:16,686 --> 01:09:18,755
Frank threw Rob and Fab
under the bus.
1295
01:09:18,855 --> 01:09:22,492
♪ I knew it from the start,
you would break my heart ♪
1296
01:09:22,592 --> 01:09:25,762
♪ But still, I had to play
this painful part ♪
1297
01:09:25,862 --> 01:09:28,265
♪ You wrapped me around
your little bitty finger ♪
1298
01:09:44,814 --> 01:09:46,716
He basically brushed it off
and said,
1299
01:09:46,816 --> 01:09:47,984
"You know, yeah,
they didn't sing..."
1300
01:09:48,084 --> 01:09:51,154
♪ I just don't know
what I should do ♪
1301
01:09:51,255 --> 01:09:52,956
"And who cares?"
1302
01:09:58,395 --> 01:09:59,863
Very quickly after that,
1303
01:09:59,963 --> 01:10:02,332
the whole train
came off the tracks.
1304
01:10:02,432 --> 01:10:09,038
♪ It's a tragedy for me
to see the dream is over ♪
1305
01:10:09,138 --> 01:10:12,976
♪ And I never will forget
the day we met ♪
1306
01:10:13,076 --> 01:10:14,611
♪ Girl, I'm gonna miss you
1307
01:10:14,711 --> 01:10:18,014
[ominous music]
1308
01:10:18,114 --> 01:10:20,550
The pop music world's
in shock tonight--
1309
01:10:20,650 --> 01:10:22,185
With the revelation that
pop duo--
1310
01:10:22,286 --> 01:10:23,520
Milli Vanilli didn't sing.
1311
01:10:23,620 --> 01:10:24,988
So, girl, you know
it's not true.
1312
01:10:25,088 --> 01:10:27,957
Well, I am shocked.
[audience laughs]
1313
01:10:28,057 --> 01:10:30,760
It was the lead-in story
on all the news.
1314
01:10:30,860 --> 01:10:31,928
More embarrassment today
1315
01:10:32,028 --> 01:10:33,830
for the pop singing group
Milli Vanilli.
1316
01:10:33,930 --> 01:10:38,502
Milli Vanilli turns out to be
a lot of phony baloney.
1317
01:10:38,602 --> 01:10:41,605
And it didn't just
hit America;
1318
01:10:41,705 --> 01:10:43,072
it hit worldwide.
1319
01:10:51,781 --> 01:10:53,783
One pop group this week
has been involved in
1320
01:10:53,883 --> 01:10:55,385
a feverish controversy.
1321
01:10:55,485 --> 01:10:57,153
And then NARAS got involved.
1322
01:10:57,253 --> 01:10:59,689
There's too many doubts
that have been cast now
1323
01:10:59,789 --> 01:11:02,826
for us not to go forward and
try to find out the truth.
1324
01:11:02,926 --> 01:11:06,730
The credibility of
the Grammy depends on it.
1325
01:11:06,830 --> 01:11:09,833
Having to give back
their Grammy,
1326
01:11:09,933 --> 01:11:15,171
it's the only time that has
happened in music history.
1327
01:11:16,340 --> 01:11:18,174
There was no recovering
from that.
1328
01:11:18,274 --> 01:11:22,612
The only way that that could be
ridden was to own it.
1329
01:11:22,712 --> 01:11:26,583
[indistinct chatter]
1330
01:11:26,683 --> 01:11:29,919
Robert Pilatus
and Fabrice Morvan.
1331
01:11:34,424 --> 01:11:36,125
Come together. Come together.
1332
01:11:36,225 --> 01:11:38,328
- Come together, guys!
- Right here! Right here!
1333
01:11:38,428 --> 01:11:40,897
- Right here.
- Straight ahead.
1334
01:11:40,997 --> 01:11:43,533
Fabrice and me,
we lived together in a project
1335
01:11:43,633 --> 01:11:46,102
with two other musicians
in Munich.
1336
01:11:46,202 --> 01:11:48,638
We--we had nothing to eat.
We weren't happy.
1337
01:11:48,738 --> 01:11:51,841
We wanted to be stars.
We want to get up on top.
1338
01:11:51,941 --> 01:11:53,943
So suddenly, this guy gave us
a chance and we took it.
1339
01:11:54,043 --> 01:11:55,612
He gave us a little bit money.
1340
01:11:55,712 --> 01:11:59,282
We were young, naive,
and we believed him.
1341
01:11:59,383 --> 01:12:01,150
It was an opportunity for us.
1342
01:12:01,250 --> 01:12:04,220
We feel really, really sorry
about our fans,
1343
01:12:04,320 --> 01:12:08,758
but we just hope that they
understand that we were young,
1344
01:12:08,858 --> 01:12:11,294
that we just wanted to live
the life the American way.
1345
01:12:19,035 --> 01:12:20,737
Of course. Yeah.
1346
01:12:20,837 --> 01:12:22,772
You're absolutely right.
I was seduced.
1347
01:12:22,872 --> 01:12:24,674
You have to understand
we were seduced,
1348
01:12:24,774 --> 01:12:27,677
we were abused,
and we felt very guilty,
1349
01:12:27,777 --> 01:12:28,845
and we're happy that
it's over, you know?
1350
01:12:28,945 --> 01:12:31,047
We don't understand
that it's us,
1351
01:12:31,147 --> 01:12:32,982
the two little guys
from Germany,
1352
01:12:33,082 --> 01:12:35,184
the victims who has
to play suddenly
1353
01:12:35,284 --> 01:12:37,921
the crux of a trial
that we are not.
1354
01:12:45,862 --> 01:12:48,131
I will describe it like this.
1355
01:12:48,231 --> 01:12:49,298
You get something,
1356
01:12:49,399 --> 01:12:51,334
but for that, you make
a pact with the devil.
1357
01:12:55,905 --> 01:12:57,707
I think you should
go with this tape.
1358
01:12:57,807 --> 01:12:59,008
We give you each a tape.
1359
01:12:59,108 --> 01:13:01,244
You can take it to
a scientist--
1360
01:13:01,344 --> 01:13:03,513
But you could--
1361
01:13:03,613 --> 01:13:04,748
OK, I demonstrate!
1362
01:13:04,848 --> 01:13:07,917
Fuck it. I do it. Let's do it.
1363
01:13:08,017 --> 01:13:11,421
♪ Girl, you know it's true
1364
01:13:11,521 --> 01:13:15,925
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, I love you
1365
01:13:16,025 --> 01:13:18,127
♪ I'm in love with you, girl,
'cause you're on my mind ♪
1366
01:13:18,227 --> 01:13:20,396
♪ You're the one I think about
most every time ♪
1367
01:13:20,497 --> 01:13:23,099
♪ When you crack a smile
in everything you do ♪
1368
01:13:27,471 --> 01:13:29,105
Yeah, I understand--
I really understand them.
1369
01:13:29,205 --> 01:13:31,107
I have to say
I understand them.
1370
01:13:37,981 --> 01:13:40,917
- That's a good question, but--
- A lot of your fans--
1371
01:13:41,017 --> 01:13:43,820
a lot of your fans will be
very upset by the fact
1372
01:13:43,920 --> 01:13:46,990
that the only way
you can explain the charade,
1373
01:13:47,090 --> 01:13:49,959
the farce, the fakery of
the last year, two years,
1374
01:13:50,059 --> 01:13:52,028
is money.
- It's not.
1375
01:13:52,128 --> 01:13:53,730
This is fame--
- There's no other reason.
1376
01:13:53,830 --> 01:13:56,165
That's the only pressure
that Farian put on you,
1377
01:13:56,265 --> 01:13:58,001
was financial--
- Do you live in a project?
1378
01:13:58,101 --> 01:13:59,836
Did you live in a project?
1379
01:13:59,936 --> 01:14:03,006
We had no money,
we wanted to be stars.
1380
01:14:03,106 --> 01:14:06,275
We think we are talented.
We love to be onstage.
1381
01:14:06,375 --> 01:14:08,444
That's our first aim.
It wasn't money.
1382
01:14:08,545 --> 01:14:11,080
If we wouldn't have accept that
at the start,
1383
01:14:11,180 --> 01:14:12,916
we knew we would be
still in Munich.
1384
01:14:13,016 --> 01:14:14,317
I would still work at
the McDonalds.
1385
01:14:15,585 --> 01:14:17,120
OK, thank you very much.
1386
01:14:17,487 --> 01:14:19,122
Thank you very much.
1387
01:14:27,797 --> 01:14:32,135
[indistinct chatter]
1388
01:14:41,978 --> 01:14:44,413
They ate 'em up like sharks.
1389
01:14:45,314 --> 01:14:47,951
They were
the town spectacle.
1390
01:14:49,953 --> 01:14:52,088
New weasel boys of
the record world.
1391
01:14:52,188 --> 01:14:54,357
Did you know they were exposed
for not actually appearing on
1392
01:14:54,457 --> 01:14:55,825
their Grammy-award winning
record album?
1393
01:14:55,925 --> 01:14:57,226
They do not sing...
1394
01:14:57,326 --> 01:14:58,795
- Do not sing on it at all.
- On their own record.
1395
01:14:58,895 --> 01:15:01,531
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh,
you are through ♪
1396
01:15:01,631 --> 01:15:03,499
[laughter]
1397
01:15:03,600 --> 01:15:07,303
The response was swift
and it was harsh.
1398
01:15:09,005 --> 01:15:10,874
They stopped playing on radio,
1399
01:15:10,974 --> 01:15:13,009
Arista Records took it
out of circulation,
1400
01:15:13,109 --> 01:15:14,578
and then, to top it all off,
1401
01:15:14,678 --> 01:15:17,013
there were, like, two dozen
class action lawsuits
1402
01:15:17,113 --> 01:15:18,715
from fans who were just pissed.
1403
01:15:18,815 --> 01:15:21,685
A California woman who
bought the album for her son
1404
01:15:21,785 --> 01:15:23,519
is suing to get a refund.
1405
01:15:23,620 --> 01:15:24,821
When I listened to the music,
1406
01:15:24,921 --> 01:15:26,990
I would sort of picture them singing,
1407
01:15:27,090 --> 01:15:28,792
and that's--that's how
I looked up to them.
1408
01:15:28,892 --> 01:15:31,127
They sued them for fraud
and racketeering.
1409
01:15:31,227 --> 01:15:32,829
Listen carefully
to this important message
1410
01:15:32,929 --> 01:15:34,197
about a pending
Milli Vanilli lawsuit
1411
01:15:34,297 --> 01:15:37,133
that may affect your rights.
1412
01:15:37,233 --> 01:15:39,969
I remember being surprised
by the animosity,
1413
01:15:40,069 --> 01:15:41,771
and the amount of anger
behind that
1414
01:15:41,871 --> 01:15:43,840
seemed outsized
for what happened.
1415
01:15:43,940 --> 01:15:45,675
I mean, Milli Vanilli,
to be clear,
1416
01:15:45,775 --> 01:15:48,144
had a largely white audience,
1417
01:15:48,244 --> 01:15:51,347
so a part of the betrayal
that was felt was,
1418
01:15:51,447 --> 01:15:53,116
"I can't believe
I listened to these Black guys
1419
01:15:53,216 --> 01:15:54,350
singing these songs and
it really wasn't them."
1420
01:15:54,450 --> 01:15:55,819
You're gonna have
a movie now,
1421
01:15:55,919 --> 01:15:58,221
"The Milli Vanilli Story."
Is that beautiful?
1422
01:15:58,321 --> 01:16:00,757
I play Fab, one of the dudes
in Milli Vanilli.
1423
01:16:00,857 --> 01:16:04,594
- * Girl, I love you
- * I love you
1424
01:16:04,694 --> 01:16:08,097
It was really ugly to see
that sort of hostility
1425
01:16:08,197 --> 01:16:10,867
directed at Rob and Fab.
1426
01:16:10,967 --> 01:16:12,602
Rob Pilatus told
"The LA Times" that
1427
01:16:12,702 --> 01:16:16,673
his family back in Germany was
getting harassed as well.
1428
01:16:21,077 --> 01:16:23,412
Management was gone.
1429
01:16:23,512 --> 01:16:26,082
Label was gone.
1430
01:16:26,182 --> 01:16:28,451
No representative of
a major record company
1431
01:16:28,551 --> 01:16:32,789
would discuss them with CNN
on camera.
1432
01:16:32,889 --> 01:16:35,458
Frank came out of it unscathed.
1433
01:16:48,371 --> 01:16:52,075
Rob and Fab deserved to
be called out, certainly.
1434
01:16:52,175 --> 01:16:54,678
But it was weird that
people didn't come down on
1435
01:16:54,778 --> 01:16:57,714
Frank and Arista and Clive
1436
01:16:57,814 --> 01:17:00,283
in the way that
you would think.
1437
01:17:00,383 --> 01:17:02,118
There was plausible
deniability, I think,
1438
01:17:02,218 --> 01:17:03,586
for Arista, anyway.
1439
01:17:03,687 --> 01:17:06,322
I mean, it was easy for them
to say, "We didn't know,"
1440
01:17:06,422 --> 01:17:08,557
and nobody could prove that
they knew it,
1441
01:17:08,658 --> 01:17:10,760
so they got off the hook.
1442
01:17:27,210 --> 01:17:28,845
I mean,
I just know personally,
1443
01:17:28,945 --> 01:17:30,313
that we knew before
the Grammys,
1444
01:17:30,413 --> 01:17:32,415
so there's no--there was
no question about it.
1445
01:17:33,850 --> 01:17:35,184
Yeah, maybe six months before.
1446
01:17:35,284 --> 01:17:38,354
[soft tense music]
1447
01:17:38,454 --> 01:17:40,623
♪
1448
01:17:40,724 --> 01:17:42,926
"Why didn't anybody from
the label speak out,"
1449
01:17:43,026 --> 01:17:44,660
is that what you're asking me?
1450
01:17:44,761 --> 01:17:46,229
Yeah.
1451
01:17:46,329 --> 01:17:48,164
That's a--
that's a good question.
1452
01:17:48,264 --> 01:17:50,166
I mean, I can't--
1453
01:17:52,268 --> 01:17:53,770
I have to answer truthfully,
1454
01:17:53,870 --> 01:17:56,505
and I would have to say that,
1455
01:17:56,605 --> 01:18:00,343
that, yeah, I believe that
Clive felt that this
1456
01:18:00,443 --> 01:18:02,445
not only wasn't good
for Arista,
1457
01:18:02,545 --> 01:18:05,348
but wasn't really good for
his reputation
1458
01:18:05,448 --> 01:18:07,717
and for his, you know, history.
1459
01:18:09,786 --> 01:18:13,222
The record company and
industry has all of the power,
1460
01:18:13,322 --> 01:18:15,424
so they're gonna use
everything they can
1461
01:18:15,524 --> 01:18:19,028
to point the direction at
Rob and Fab.
1462
01:18:19,128 --> 01:18:20,764
"Don't look at,
we sold these million records.
1463
01:18:20,864 --> 01:18:24,400
"Don't look at the fact that
someone inside of our industry
1464
01:18:24,500 --> 01:18:27,136
"had to have known
this was going on.
1465
01:18:27,236 --> 01:18:30,874
"No, it's these two guys
who barely speak English.
1466
01:18:30,974 --> 01:18:33,209
It's their fault."
1467
01:18:48,124 --> 01:18:49,859
Not only did Frank have
no problem
1468
01:18:49,959 --> 01:18:52,261
exploiting Rob and Fab,
1469
01:18:52,361 --> 01:18:55,999
but he also seemed to
think them foolish
1470
01:18:56,099 --> 01:18:59,368
and beneath him.
1471
01:18:59,468 --> 01:19:01,737
And just like his lineage of
1472
01:19:01,838 --> 01:19:06,209
treating Black artists as disposable,
1473
01:19:06,309 --> 01:19:11,080
he chose to get what he needed
and disposed of them.
1474
01:19:11,180 --> 01:19:12,581
- We regret it.
- We regretted it...
1475
01:19:12,681 --> 01:19:14,017
200,000 times.
1476
01:19:14,117 --> 01:19:15,785
Lying in front of my mom,
1477
01:19:15,885 --> 01:19:17,153
lying in front of the job.
1478
01:19:17,253 --> 01:19:18,621
- Everybody.
- Lying in front of everybody.
1479
01:19:18,721 --> 01:19:21,825
They were young,
just like me,
1480
01:19:21,925 --> 01:19:24,861
looking to achieve something
1481
01:19:24,961 --> 01:19:27,196
in the music branch,
1482
01:19:27,296 --> 01:19:29,532
just like me.
1483
01:19:29,632 --> 01:19:32,168
So what do you do?
1484
01:19:32,268 --> 01:19:33,903
[soft resonant music]
1485
01:19:34,003 --> 01:19:39,142
You followed the light,
but it's the wrong light.
1486
01:19:39,242 --> 01:19:42,846
At the end of the tunnel,
the light goes out,
1487
01:19:42,946 --> 01:19:45,982
and what happens?
1488
01:19:46,082 --> 01:19:48,852
Don't nobody care.
1489
01:19:48,952 --> 01:19:50,920
♪
1490
01:19:51,020 --> 01:19:54,590
It's just another scandal.
1491
01:19:54,690 --> 01:19:57,326
And the number one new job
for Milli Vanilli, "Who cares?
1492
01:19:57,426 --> 01:20:00,429
Just as long as we don't
hear from them ever again."
1493
01:20:05,268 --> 01:20:08,171
[soft music]
1494
01:20:08,271 --> 01:20:10,439
♪
1495
01:20:24,720 --> 01:20:29,292
♪
1496
01:20:54,283 --> 01:21:00,957
♪
1497
01:21:02,025 --> 01:21:04,093
Just when you thought
there couldn't possibly be
1498
01:21:04,193 --> 01:21:05,528
another twist to the story--
1499
01:21:17,706 --> 01:21:20,676
So, you know,
the thing about Frank,
1500
01:21:20,776 --> 01:21:22,678
he's always a step ahead
of everybody, right?
1501
01:21:22,778 --> 01:21:25,148
[funky pop music]
1502
01:21:25,248 --> 01:21:27,416
He had already recorded
the second record,
1503
01:21:27,516 --> 01:21:28,985
and he dropped it,
1504
01:21:29,085 --> 01:21:31,120
like, right after
this whole thing blew up.
1505
01:21:31,220 --> 01:21:34,490
♪
1506
01:21:34,590 --> 01:21:36,525
Frank Farian called me up
and said,
1507
01:21:36,625 --> 01:21:40,163
"John, now you and Brad are
gonna be stars of the show."
1508
01:21:40,263 --> 01:21:42,431
♪ Elaborate on the microphone
1509
01:21:42,531 --> 01:21:44,333
♪ Pumping some knowledge
'cause my brain ain't stoned ♪
1510
01:21:44,433 --> 01:21:45,969
It's called
The Real Milli Vanilli,
1511
01:21:46,069 --> 01:21:48,304
"The Moment of Truth."
1512
01:21:48,404 --> 01:21:52,275
But again,
it's all another facade.
1513
01:21:52,375 --> 01:21:53,876
This guy was never
in the band.
1514
01:21:53,977 --> 01:21:56,679
He's just another guy
who Frank recruited.
1515
01:21:56,779 --> 01:21:58,781
That girl had nothing to
do with the first album,
1516
01:21:58,881 --> 01:22:01,184
she had nothing to do with
the second album.
1517
01:22:01,284 --> 01:22:04,820
We are still on that album,
Jodie and I.
1518
01:22:04,920 --> 01:22:09,292
But Frank said, no touring,
no video, no being seen.
1519
01:22:09,392 --> 01:22:11,560
♪ Listen to what he says
1520
01:22:11,660 --> 01:22:12,795
"Linda, hope you understand.
1521
01:22:12,895 --> 01:22:14,197
"I have a certain
look that I want.
1522
01:22:14,297 --> 01:22:15,698
You're not Black."
1523
01:22:15,798 --> 01:22:17,900
♪ I'm not into bragging,
strutting, or bigotry ♪
1524
01:22:18,001 --> 01:22:19,768
♪ Or bigotry
1525
01:22:19,868 --> 01:22:22,305
Don't ask me how I felt.
Well, go ahead, ask me.
1526
01:22:22,405 --> 01:22:24,173
- Yeah, how did you feel?
- I felt horrible!
1527
01:22:24,273 --> 01:22:25,975
Oh, I was incensed.
1528
01:22:26,075 --> 01:22:29,712
♪ Keep on running, baby
1529
01:22:29,812 --> 01:22:32,081
You've got to be kidding me.
1530
01:22:32,181 --> 01:22:34,883
It was almost as big a lie
as the first Milli Vanilli.
1531
01:22:34,984 --> 01:22:36,485
♪ Keep on running
1532
01:22:36,585 --> 01:22:38,988
- This was Frank's MO.
- * Baby
1533
01:22:39,088 --> 01:22:40,923
He already did Boney M.,
1534
01:22:41,024 --> 01:22:44,693
and then Milli Vanilli,
and he's like, "Hey, man,
1535
01:22:44,793 --> 01:22:46,729
this is
my 'Fast and Furious 10'."
1536
01:22:46,829 --> 01:22:48,231
I'm just gonna keep
making these things
1537
01:22:48,331 --> 01:22:50,333
because you love 'em,"
1538
01:22:50,433 --> 01:22:54,037
so why would
he change his stripes?
1539
01:22:54,137 --> 01:22:58,007
[applause]
1540
01:22:58,107 --> 01:23:01,210
Do you know what they are
doing now, Rob and Fab?
1541
01:23:01,310 --> 01:23:02,945
Well, they have
a new single out--
1542
01:23:03,046 --> 01:23:05,214
- It's not out yet.
- It's not out actually.
1543
01:23:05,314 --> 01:23:06,749
They don't--
they don't have a label.
1544
01:23:06,849 --> 01:23:08,851
A lot of record companies are
scared to touch them right now
1545
01:23:08,951 --> 01:23:11,120
because, well, if you know
somebody can't sing,
1546
01:23:11,220 --> 01:23:12,421
why produce them?
1547
01:23:12,521 --> 01:23:14,923
So you want to sing
a little bit for us?
1548
01:23:15,024 --> 01:23:17,426
Yeah, we come in here
with our live band
1549
01:23:17,526 --> 01:23:18,527
and we would love to sing.
1550
01:23:18,627 --> 01:23:19,995
No, how about right now?
1551
01:23:20,096 --> 01:23:21,397
Sing something off your album.
1552
01:23:21,497 --> 01:23:23,866
- Um...
- [clears throat]
1553
01:23:23,966 --> 01:23:25,768
Some of the verse from
the first single?
1554
01:23:25,868 --> 01:23:28,371
Uh, yeah, OK.
1555
01:23:28,471 --> 01:23:30,973
♪ Girl
Back together.
1556
01:23:31,074 --> 01:23:32,275
♪ Girl
1557
01:23:32,375 --> 01:23:36,512
both:
♪ Do you want to get it on
1558
01:23:36,612 --> 01:23:40,616
♪ Then tell me now
1559
01:23:41,917 --> 01:23:44,287
Now Rob and Fab are
courageously trying to
1560
01:23:44,387 --> 01:23:46,889
make a comeback,
real voices and all.
1561
01:23:46,989 --> 01:23:50,193
both: * I just want to be
your everything ♪
1562
01:23:50,293 --> 01:23:52,795
For the last year, they've
been working on a new album,
1563
01:23:52,895 --> 01:23:55,298
on the dance steps,
and on the singing.
1564
01:23:55,398 --> 01:23:57,566
They've got a new sexy video.
1565
01:23:57,666 --> 01:24:01,537
♪ Girl, can you tell me now
1566
01:24:01,637 --> 01:24:04,173
♪ Straight up what's up
1567
01:24:04,273 --> 01:24:06,309
♪ So what's a man
supposed to do ♪
1568
01:24:06,409 --> 01:24:11,714
♪ Oh
- * Do you want to get it on
1569
01:24:12,915 --> 01:24:15,551
So this is
the "We Can Get It On"
1570
01:24:15,651 --> 01:24:19,222
12 inch LP single by Rob & Fab.
1571
01:24:19,322 --> 01:24:21,357
They're just, like, badasses,
you know?
1572
01:24:21,457 --> 01:24:23,392
They're like,
"Yeah, we're hot. We know it."
1573
01:24:23,492 --> 01:24:24,660
[laughs]
1574
01:24:26,095 --> 01:24:30,032
The expectation of the record
was based on curiosity alone
1575
01:24:30,133 --> 01:24:33,702
they could sell a million
copies of the record.
1576
01:24:33,802 --> 01:24:38,841
But the Rob & Fab album
sold 2,000 copies worldwide,
1577
01:24:38,941 --> 01:24:42,711
which is not good.
1578
01:24:42,811 --> 01:24:45,681
By the time the
Rob & Fab record came out,
1579
01:24:45,781 --> 01:24:48,016
people were just
not that interested
1580
01:24:48,117 --> 01:24:49,318
in the spectacle anymore.
1581
01:24:49,418 --> 01:24:52,521
♪
1582
01:25:07,703 --> 01:25:14,377
That's when we... grew apart.
1583
01:25:14,477 --> 01:25:18,681
Rob was going in
his own tunnel
1584
01:25:18,781 --> 01:25:21,584
and didn't want to come out, really.
1585
01:25:39,568 --> 01:25:44,139
The team Rob and Fab
had fractured.
1586
01:25:44,240 --> 01:25:49,612
He didn't see me as--
as his brother anymore.
1587
01:25:49,712 --> 01:25:51,980
And that hurt.
1588
01:26:24,213 --> 01:26:26,081
Now, where have you been
for the past six years?
1589
01:26:26,181 --> 01:26:28,016
Well, the past six years,
I was in Los Angeles
1590
01:26:28,116 --> 01:26:29,618
undercover, you know,
doing my thing.
1591
01:26:29,718 --> 01:26:31,186
You have an accent.
Where are you from?
1592
01:26:31,287 --> 01:26:32,187
I'm from Paris. I'm French.
1593
01:26:32,288 --> 01:26:33,522
- From Paris.
- Yeah.
1594
01:26:33,622 --> 01:26:35,258
Now, listen,
you've got some new music...
1595
01:26:35,358 --> 01:26:36,625
That's true, yeah.
1596
01:26:36,725 --> 01:26:38,794
And you are actually singing
on this damn thing.
1597
01:26:38,894 --> 01:26:40,663
- That's right.
- Yeah.
1598
01:26:40,763 --> 01:26:42,865
Put it together
for Fabrice Morvan.
1599
01:26:42,965 --> 01:26:44,667
["Love Revolution" playing]
1600
01:26:44,767 --> 01:26:47,736
♪ Come on, children
1601
01:26:47,836 --> 01:26:50,473
both:
♪ If you see what I see
1602
01:26:50,573 --> 01:26:52,875
♪ And you know what I feel
1603
01:26:52,975 --> 01:26:55,010
For me,
performing was vindication.
1604
01:26:55,110 --> 01:26:58,647
both:
♪ And we'll find a solution
1605
01:26:58,747 --> 01:27:01,750
I was able to, like,
blossom as a singer
1606
01:27:01,850 --> 01:27:04,086
and do what I was supposed
to do in the first place.
1607
01:27:04,186 --> 01:27:10,293
♪ Everybody,
join the love revolution ♪
1608
01:27:10,393 --> 01:27:12,495
[cheers and applause]
1609
01:27:12,595 --> 01:27:14,297
- Lovely!
- Come on.
1610
01:27:14,397 --> 01:27:15,664
- Hi, baby.
- Hi.
1611
01:27:15,764 --> 01:27:18,133
Hey, listen.
Do you ever see Rob anymore?
1612
01:27:18,233 --> 01:27:20,469
Well, we don't talk
as much as we used to
1613
01:27:20,569 --> 01:27:21,604
because he's doing
his own thing,
1614
01:27:21,704 --> 01:27:22,738
I'm doing my own thing,
you know?
1615
01:27:22,838 --> 01:27:24,172
We kind of went apart,
you know?
1616
01:27:24,273 --> 01:27:26,041
Bands broke up and
they do their own thing.
1617
01:27:26,141 --> 01:27:27,376
- Sure.
- That's what happened.
1618
01:27:27,476 --> 01:27:28,677
You done joined
the love revolution.
1619
01:27:28,777 --> 01:27:30,579
- That's right.
- Where do I sign up?
1620
01:27:30,679 --> 01:27:33,516
[soft dramatic music]
1621
01:27:33,616 --> 01:27:35,584
♪
1622
01:27:35,684 --> 01:27:40,022
I was at The Viper Room.
1623
01:27:40,122 --> 01:27:42,825
I was outside.
1624
01:27:42,925 --> 01:27:47,530
I see a dude stumbling
across the way.
1625
01:27:47,630 --> 01:27:50,533
As he was falling,
his body turned
1626
01:27:50,633 --> 01:27:52,835
and I looked into his eyes
and I was like,
1627
01:27:52,935 --> 01:27:55,270
"Oh, my God. This is not true."
1628
01:27:57,906 --> 01:28:01,677
I'm looking at Rob Pilatus.
1629
01:28:01,777 --> 01:28:03,446
So I crossed the street,
1630
01:28:03,546 --> 01:28:04,780
I picked him up,
1631
01:28:04,880 --> 01:28:09,184
and I said, "Hey, Rob.
It's Fab."
1632
01:28:10,786 --> 01:28:12,555
"Rob, it's Fab.
1633
01:28:12,655 --> 01:28:14,923
Where do you live?"
1634
01:28:15,023 --> 01:28:18,126
And then he said, "There.
1635
01:28:19,528 --> 01:28:22,064
So we ring the doorbell.
1636
01:28:22,164 --> 01:28:23,732
We're like,
"Hey, we're there with Rob.
1637
01:28:23,832 --> 01:28:26,602
Like, this is
where he live, yes?"
1638
01:28:26,702 --> 01:28:29,004
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Bring him in.
1639
01:28:29,104 --> 01:28:30,673
"It's our boy, man.
We--you know,
1640
01:28:30,773 --> 01:28:33,108
he--sometimes,
he just wanders."
1641
01:28:33,208 --> 01:28:35,378
And I'm like,
"Oh, that looks like
1642
01:28:35,478 --> 01:28:36,645
a crack house to me, man."
1643
01:28:36,745 --> 01:28:38,847
♪
1644
01:28:38,947 --> 01:28:43,318
They were doing heavy drugs
in that--in that room.
1645
01:28:45,087 --> 01:28:49,725
I'm not surprised
'cause I heard
1646
01:28:49,825 --> 01:28:52,395
that's what he's been doing
for a long time.
1647
01:28:52,495 --> 01:28:55,297
But to actually see
1648
01:28:55,398 --> 01:28:58,534
my brother in the street
1649
01:28:58,634 --> 01:29:00,969
looking like this,
1650
01:29:01,069 --> 01:29:04,673
and looking back at
my dude in his prime...
1651
01:29:04,773 --> 01:29:08,711
♪
1652
01:29:08,811 --> 01:29:12,548
Man, it was like, "Phew."
1653
01:29:12,648 --> 01:29:16,218
I didn't know what to say.
1654
01:29:32,601 --> 01:29:35,438
[soft dramatic music]
1655
01:29:35,538 --> 01:29:42,344
♪
1656
01:29:57,325 --> 01:29:59,528
What'd they do?
They just pulled you over?
1657
01:29:59,628 --> 01:30:01,096
Yeah, they pulled me over, man.
1658
01:30:01,196 --> 01:30:02,465
Unfortunately.
1659
01:30:13,108 --> 01:30:16,211
He was lost.
Everything had failed.
1660
01:30:16,311 --> 01:30:19,414
He had not been satisfied with
anything that he'd ever done.
1661
01:30:38,233 --> 01:30:41,203
♪
1662
01:31:26,982 --> 01:31:30,418
He came back from
Oberberg Clinic
1663
01:31:30,519 --> 01:31:35,423
and he stayed at a hotel
close to my house.
1664
01:31:35,524 --> 01:31:38,393
Next morning, 10:00,
I called, no answer.
1665
01:31:38,493 --> 01:31:39,628
11:00, no answer.
1666
01:31:39,728 --> 01:31:41,463
12:00, no answer.
1667
01:31:43,165 --> 01:31:46,001
At 2:00, I said, "I'm going to
the hotel right now."
1668
01:31:46,101 --> 01:31:50,005
And we go to his door
1669
01:31:50,105 --> 01:31:52,675
and the chain was from inside,
1670
01:31:52,775 --> 01:31:56,244
so the house master
has to open it.
1671
01:31:58,581 --> 01:32:02,918
And--and he was laying there
on--on the floor,
1672
01:32:03,018 --> 01:32:06,922
just with shorts.
1673
01:32:09,725 --> 01:32:11,193
Yeah.
1674
01:32:11,293 --> 01:32:12,661
And I was...
1675
01:32:52,935 --> 01:32:54,670
The call came in.
1676
01:32:54,770 --> 01:32:56,972
"Rob is dead."
1677
01:32:57,973 --> 01:33:00,108
I was like, "Wow."
1678
01:33:00,208 --> 01:33:04,512
And then I went into, like,
a state of shock.
1679
01:33:04,613 --> 01:33:08,450
And I didn't move for
a long time.
1680
01:33:14,823 --> 01:33:17,660
[somber music]
1681
01:33:17,760 --> 01:33:24,733
♪
1682
01:34:16,985 --> 01:34:24,159
♪
1683
01:34:29,231 --> 01:34:31,666
I lost a family member.
1684
01:34:31,767 --> 01:34:33,869
♪
1685
01:34:33,969 --> 01:34:35,804
I lost a brother.
1686
01:34:35,904 --> 01:34:39,007
♪
1687
01:34:39,107 --> 01:34:43,678
I lost someone that was there
with me, walking in my shoes.
1688
01:34:43,779 --> 01:34:48,083
♪
1689
01:34:48,183 --> 01:34:50,652
[softly]
You know?
1690
01:34:50,753 --> 01:34:52,454
[sniffles,
chuckles softly]
1691
01:34:54,556 --> 01:34:56,191
That's it.
1692
01:35:13,876 --> 01:35:17,980
When I went to Holland,
1693
01:35:18,080 --> 01:35:21,249
I was running away
from my past.
1694
01:35:24,686 --> 01:35:28,090
He'd introduced himself
as Fabrice,
1695
01:35:28,190 --> 01:35:31,393
but I didn't know who he was.
1696
01:35:33,428 --> 01:35:35,230
He had such short hair,
1697
01:35:35,330 --> 01:35:39,167
and he has a different face
when he has short hair.
1698
01:35:39,267 --> 01:35:40,936
So in the beginning, actually,
when we were dating,
1699
01:35:41,036 --> 01:35:42,604
people were like,
"Hey, Tessa, hey, Tessa."
1700
01:35:42,704 --> 01:35:44,739
"Hey, I'll see you tomorrow,"
and, you know,
1701
01:35:44,840 --> 01:35:46,208
I was the one being recognized.
1702
01:35:46,308 --> 01:35:51,579
So there was no signs that
he was Milli Vanilli.
1703
01:35:51,679 --> 01:35:53,782
[soft music]
1704
01:35:53,882 --> 01:35:55,283
We had just fun together,
1705
01:35:55,383 --> 01:35:56,751
and we were working out together,
1706
01:35:56,852 --> 01:35:59,287
and we had those dates.
1707
01:35:59,387 --> 01:36:01,356
I start to really
like this guy,
1708
01:36:01,456 --> 01:36:03,091
and you talk with
your friends about,
1709
01:36:03,191 --> 01:36:06,328
you know,
your new dating experience.
1710
01:36:06,428 --> 01:36:08,696
One of them said,
"Dude, that's Milli Vanilli.
1711
01:36:08,797 --> 01:36:10,198
Hello."
[chuckles]
1712
01:36:10,298 --> 01:36:11,766
And I was like, "Well, OK.
1713
01:36:11,867 --> 01:36:13,401
"If that's Milli Vanilli, fine,
1714
01:36:13,501 --> 01:36:15,437
because I like Fabrice, so..."
1715
01:36:18,040 --> 01:36:24,579
I didn't think she would,
like, want to be with me.
1716
01:36:24,679 --> 01:36:29,117
I had to tell her, "Listen,
my life is not great."
1717
01:36:29,217 --> 01:36:31,987
I was like,
"Well, don't worry, you know?
1718
01:36:32,087 --> 01:36:33,755
I got you."
1719
01:36:33,856 --> 01:36:36,825
[pan sizzling]
1720
01:36:38,827 --> 01:36:39,962
You already, Sach?
1721
01:36:40,062 --> 01:36:41,129
Drum roll.
1722
01:36:41,229 --> 01:36:43,731
One, two, and three.
1723
01:36:43,832 --> 01:36:46,668
Flip!
- Oh!
1724
01:36:46,768 --> 01:36:48,871
When Sacha came,
1725
01:36:48,971 --> 01:36:51,206
when Solange came,
1726
01:36:51,306 --> 01:36:56,544
and now Vince and Paris came,
1727
01:36:56,644 --> 01:36:59,347
then things started
flourishing all around me.
1728
01:36:59,447 --> 01:37:01,216
What?
- Hey, Sacha, look!
1729
01:37:01,316 --> 01:37:02,717
He's holding the bottle.
- [giggles]
1730
01:37:02,817 --> 01:37:04,352
That's a first.
1731
01:37:04,452 --> 01:37:06,588
Look at that.
- Cute.
1732
01:37:06,688 --> 01:37:09,091
[laughter]
1733
01:37:09,191 --> 01:37:11,493
It's amazing
1734
01:37:11,593 --> 01:37:14,829
to realize that
there is another side
1735
01:37:14,930 --> 01:37:16,965
at the end of the tunnel.
1736
01:37:17,065 --> 01:37:18,833
- Together.
- Together?
1737
01:37:18,934 --> 01:37:22,104
- Pink.
- You want pink? OK.
1738
01:37:22,204 --> 01:37:24,372
It changed everything for me,
1739
01:37:24,472 --> 01:37:26,774
and that part was like,
"Hey..."
1740
01:37:26,875 --> 01:37:28,276
Well done, Sach.
1741
01:37:28,376 --> 01:37:32,047
"You don't have to be ashamed
about nothing."
1742
01:37:32,147 --> 01:37:38,653
♪
1743
01:37:39,821 --> 01:37:41,389
Because of the way
human beings and
1744
01:37:41,489 --> 01:37:44,526
their minds are built,
1745
01:37:44,626 --> 01:37:49,731
Milli Vanilli's legacy is
they deceived the public
1746
01:37:49,831 --> 01:37:53,668
and tried to get away with it,
and then they didn't.
1747
01:37:53,768 --> 01:37:58,006
But what it should be
is a cautionary tale.
1748
01:37:58,106 --> 01:38:00,909
♪
1749
01:38:01,009 --> 01:38:04,212
All of the answers about
how pop music is made
1750
01:38:04,312 --> 01:38:07,882
rest in this story.
1751
01:38:07,983 --> 01:38:12,154
What we want to believe
our pop musicians to be
1752
01:38:12,254 --> 01:38:13,688
versus what they actually are.
1753
01:38:13,788 --> 01:38:17,425
♪
1754
01:38:17,525 --> 01:38:22,664
Show business is all part of
an illusion.
1755
01:38:22,764 --> 01:38:26,168
But that is what pop music
is supposed to do.
1756
01:38:26,268 --> 01:38:28,971
It's supposed to take us to
an elsewhere.
1757
01:38:29,071 --> 01:38:31,373
♪
1758
01:38:31,473 --> 01:38:35,143
Even if we say, "These people
deceived the public,"
1759
01:38:35,243 --> 01:38:36,878
so fucking what?
1760
01:38:36,979 --> 01:38:38,913
[cheers and applause]
1761
01:38:39,014 --> 01:38:40,582
Who was this harming?
1762
01:38:40,682 --> 01:38:45,153
♪
1763
01:38:45,253 --> 01:38:48,490
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, I love you
1764
01:38:48,590 --> 01:38:51,059
I've met people that told me,
1765
01:38:51,159 --> 01:38:53,495
"Because of your voice,
1766
01:38:53,595 --> 01:38:56,064
my daughter's here today."
[chuckles]
1767
01:38:57,599 --> 01:39:00,902
It was such a big thing
for a lot of people.
1768
01:39:01,003 --> 01:39:05,173
So many people went to their
high school prom with that.
1769
01:39:05,273 --> 01:39:08,043
That was good music,
1770
01:39:08,143 --> 01:39:09,544
and it's good music today.
1771
01:39:09,644 --> 01:39:11,946
[cheers and applause]
1772
01:39:12,047 --> 01:39:14,216
There's no real crime here,
1773
01:39:14,316 --> 01:39:15,317
if we're being honest.
1774
01:39:15,417 --> 01:39:19,021
♪
1775
01:39:19,121 --> 01:39:21,023
But it cost a life.
1776
01:39:21,123 --> 01:39:24,426
♪
1777
01:39:24,526 --> 01:39:29,664
It also cost both of them
lives that they could have had.
1778
01:39:29,764 --> 01:39:33,568
♪
1779
01:39:33,668 --> 01:39:38,240
And the heartbreaking thing is
that their legacy then became
1780
01:39:38,340 --> 01:39:40,675
that of a punch line.
1781
01:39:40,775 --> 01:39:46,948
♪
1782
01:39:48,016 --> 01:39:54,422
There was a time when
I would avoid going in public
1783
01:39:54,522 --> 01:39:59,661
because when I heard someone laugh,
1784
01:39:59,761 --> 01:40:02,930
I always thought it was
directed to me.
1785
01:40:03,031 --> 01:40:06,134
♪
1786
01:40:06,234 --> 01:40:11,873
But now I've reached a point
where I've embraced the past.
1787
01:40:14,909 --> 01:40:19,047
I'm proud of being
Milli Vanilli.
1788
01:40:19,147 --> 01:40:21,783
I'm proud of being who I am.
1789
01:40:23,118 --> 01:40:29,524
♪
1790
01:40:29,624 --> 01:40:32,660
We're going back down
memory lane with some more.
1791
01:40:32,760 --> 01:40:35,097
["Blame It On The Rain"
playing]
1792
01:40:35,197 --> 01:40:37,765
♪ Woo
1793
01:40:37,865 --> 01:40:39,601
♪
1794
01:40:39,701 --> 01:40:42,003
♪ Got to blame it on
something ♪
1795
01:40:42,104 --> 01:40:45,607
♪ Got to blame it on something,
come on ♪
1796
01:40:45,707 --> 01:40:50,578
♪ Blame it on the rain
that was falling, falling ♪
1797
01:40:50,678 --> 01:40:55,683
♪ Blame it on the stars
that didn't shine that night ♪
1798
01:40:55,783 --> 01:41:00,722
♪ Whatever you do,
don't put the blame on you ♪
1799
01:41:00,822 --> 01:41:04,526
♪ Blame it on the rain,
yeah, yeah ♪
1800
01:41:04,626 --> 01:41:06,561
When people think of
Milli Vanilli...
1801
01:41:06,661 --> 01:41:07,995
♪ You can blame it
on the rain ♪
1802
01:41:08,096 --> 01:41:10,798
The one thing I want people
to think of is that
1803
01:41:10,898 --> 01:41:11,733
when you fall...
1804
01:41:11,833 --> 01:41:13,335
♪ And the rain don't care
1805
01:41:13,435 --> 01:41:14,736
You can stand back up.
1806
01:41:14,836 --> 01:41:18,206
♪ You got to blame it
on something ♪
1807
01:41:18,306 --> 01:41:20,208
♪ Blame it on the rain
1808
01:41:20,308 --> 01:41:24,546
And Rob is part of that.
1809
01:41:24,646 --> 01:41:28,216
I am honoring his name
every time I perform onstage.
1810
01:41:28,316 --> 01:41:32,687
♪ Whatever you do,
don't put the blame on you ♪
1811
01:41:32,787 --> 01:41:36,124
You fall, you stand back up,
and you reinvent yourself.
1812
01:41:36,224 --> 01:41:40,562
♪ Yeah, yeah
1813
01:41:40,662 --> 01:41:42,997
That's the legacy.
1814
01:41:43,097 --> 01:41:48,203
♪ Blame it on the rain
that was falling, falling ♪
1815
01:41:48,303 --> 01:41:50,372
crowd:
♪ Blame it on the stars
1816
01:41:50,472 --> 01:41:52,974
♪ That didn't shine
that night ♪
1817
01:41:53,074 --> 01:41:58,380
♪ Whatever you do,
don't put the blame on you ♪
1818
01:41:58,480 --> 01:42:02,016
♪ Blame it on the rain
1819
01:42:02,116 --> 01:42:07,489
♪ Yeah, yeah
1820
01:42:10,192 --> 01:42:13,195
["Baby Don't Forget My Number"
playing]
1821
01:42:13,295 --> 01:42:20,235
♪
1822
01:42:38,686 --> 01:42:40,855
♪ Baby, don't be shy
when you're holding my hand ♪
1823
01:42:40,955 --> 01:42:43,325
♪ 'Cause as time goes by,
you got to understand ♪
1824
01:42:43,425 --> 01:42:45,159
♪ It's you
1825
01:42:45,260 --> 01:42:47,929
♪ That it's with you
1826
01:42:48,029 --> 01:42:50,432
♪ Ba-ba-ba-ba baby, in your
eyes I see it so clearly ♪
1827
01:42:50,532 --> 01:42:53,935
♪ That our love is so strong
and you never go wrong ♪
1828
01:42:54,035 --> 01:42:57,705
- * Baby
- * I did the best for you
1829
01:42:57,805 --> 01:43:00,007
♪ So when you're in doubt
and you're needing someone ♪
1830
01:43:00,107 --> 01:43:03,611
♪ Baby, call my line,
call me anytime ♪
1831
01:43:03,711 --> 01:43:06,047
- * Baby
- * I'll be there for you
1832
01:43:06,147 --> 01:43:08,216
♪
1833
01:43:08,316 --> 01:43:13,288
♪ I've been searching high
- * High
1834
01:43:13,388 --> 01:43:15,523
♪ I've been searching low
1835
01:43:15,623 --> 01:43:17,259
♪
1836
01:43:17,359 --> 01:43:18,560
♪ Ba-ba-ba-ba
1837
01:43:18,660 --> 01:43:22,397
♪ Ba-ba-ba-ba baby
1838
01:43:22,497 --> 01:43:26,801
♪ Don't forget my number
1839
01:43:26,901 --> 01:43:32,006
♪ Ba-ba-ba-ba,
ba-ba-ba-ba baby ♪
1840
01:43:32,106 --> 01:43:36,478
♪ Love is stronger
than thunder ♪
1841
01:43:36,578 --> 01:43:41,416
♪ Ba-ba-ba-ba,
ba-ba-ba-ba baby ♪
1842
01:43:41,516 --> 01:43:46,321
♪ Don't forget my number
1843
01:43:46,421 --> 01:43:50,625
♪ Love will see you through
1844
01:43:50,725 --> 01:43:55,363
♪ I've been searching high
1845
01:43:55,463 --> 01:44:00,802
♪ I've been searching low
1846
01:44:00,902 --> 01:44:04,205
♪ Want to spend my life
1847
01:44:04,306 --> 01:44:08,209
♪ With you
1848
01:44:08,310 --> 01:44:10,445
♪ Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba
1849
01:44:10,545 --> 01:44:12,847
♪ Ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba
1850
01:44:12,947 --> 01:44:15,350
♪ Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba
1851
01:44:15,450 --> 01:44:17,619
♪ And I dance with you
1852
01:44:17,719 --> 01:44:19,921
♪ Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba
1853
01:44:20,021 --> 01:44:22,457
♪ Ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba
1854
01:44:22,557 --> 01:44:24,626
♪ Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba
1855
01:44:24,726 --> 01:44:28,262
♪ Love will see you through
1856
01:44:28,363 --> 01:44:30,865
♪ Ba-ba-ba baby, in your eyes
I can it so good ♪
1857
01:44:30,965 --> 01:44:34,302
♪ That our love is so strong
and you never go wrong ♪
1858
01:44:34,402 --> 01:44:38,005
- * Baby
- * I do my best for you
1859
01:44:38,105 --> 01:44:40,274
♪ So when you're in doubt
and you're needing someone ♪
1860
01:44:40,375 --> 01:44:43,978
♪ Baby, call my line,
call me anytime ♪
1861
01:44:44,078 --> 01:44:46,314
- * Baby
- * I'll be there for you
1862
01:44:46,414 --> 01:44:48,583
♪ You, you
1863
01:44:48,683 --> 01:44:53,287
♪ I've been searching high
- * High
1864
01:44:53,388 --> 01:44:57,692
- * I've been searching low
- * Low
1865
01:44:57,792 --> 01:44:58,693
♪ Ba-ba-ba-ba
1866
01:44:58,793 --> 01:45:02,730
♪ Ba-ba-ba-ba baby
1867
01:45:02,830 --> 01:45:07,268
♪ Don't forget my number
1868
01:45:07,369 --> 01:45:08,536
♪ Ba-ba-ba-ba
1869
01:45:08,636 --> 01:45:12,239
♪ Ba-ba-ba-ba baby
1870
01:45:12,340 --> 01:45:16,644
♪ Love is stronger
than thunder ♪
1871
01:45:16,744 --> 01:45:17,912
♪ Ba-ba-ba-ba
1872
01:45:18,012 --> 01:45:21,883
♪ Ba-ba-ba-ba baby
1873
01:45:21,983 --> 01:45:26,588
♪ Don't forget my number
1874
01:45:26,688 --> 01:45:30,825
♪ Love will see you through
1875
01:45:30,925 --> 01:45:34,061
♪ I've been searching high
1876
01:45:34,161 --> 01:45:35,630
♪
1877
01:45:35,730 --> 01:45:41,369
♪ I've been searching low
1878
01:45:41,469 --> 01:45:44,506
♪ Want to spend my life
1879
01:45:44,606 --> 01:45:48,543
♪ With you
1880
01:45:48,643 --> 01:45:50,812
♪ Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba
1881
01:45:50,912 --> 01:45:53,314
♪ Ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba
1882
01:45:53,415 --> 01:45:55,049
♪ Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba
1883
01:45:55,149 --> 01:45:59,587
♪ Love will see you through
1884
01:45:59,687 --> 01:46:03,958
♪ [vocalizing]
1885
01:46:04,058 --> 01:46:06,494
♪ Baby, call my line,
baby, call my line ♪
1886
01:46:06,594 --> 01:46:08,763
♪ [vocalizing]
1887
01:46:08,863 --> 01:46:11,433
♪ Call me anytime
1888
01:46:11,533 --> 01:46:12,867
♪ [vocalizing]
1889
01:46:12,967 --> 01:46:16,871
♪ Ba-ba-ba-ba baby
1890
01:46:16,971 --> 01:46:21,643
♪ Don't forget my number
1891
01:46:21,743 --> 01:46:24,579
♪ Love will see you through
1892
01:46:24,679 --> 01:46:26,814
- Is Eddie OK?
- I don't know.