BARRY MANILOW - Could It Be Magic (Live 1975) | FIRST TIME HEARING REACTION

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[@tonidarcy5515]

Omg, I love Barry Manilow!! So underrated, every song he has sung is so great beautiful voice he has, great piano player!!❤❤

[@Butterflyandhearts95]

Barry Manilow takes me back to high school. Love him.

[@fayesouthall6604]

Barry Manilow has a huge fan base. He’s been touring for decades. Chopin is pronounced showpan

[@melaniebrown4660]

This is a great rabbit hole to explore! Weekend In New England, Mandy, Even Now, Copacabana, This One’s For You, I Write The Songs, Can’t Smile Without You, just to name a few!

[@subwaygoddess1]

When he sings "This One's For You," he dedicates it to his grandpa, not a dry eye in the house

[@ApricotRse]

Shawn did a reaction I paid for several months ago to Barry's live performance of "Weekend in New England" live at the Greek Theatre in 1978. If you scroll back in the archives to search, I'm sure you can find it.

[@melaniebrown4660]

@@ApricotRse nice. Thanks for the tip!

[@kathleenwilson2708]

Love me some Barry Manila highly underrated musician! Very talented musician! ❤️💕♥️

[@kathyrizzi8754]

Barry Manilow had many hit songs in his hay Day’s, too many to remember, I’m old. 😂 Oh Mandy is one of them & it’s a good one.🥰♥️

[@godbluffvdgg]

Barry is such an amazing composer...We who were adults in the 70's heard his works hundreds of times...So many amazing songs...He's a One off!

[@TheTish]

I just saw him again last night at Radio City Music Hall, the 16th time! I fell in love with him when I first saw him on the Mandy tour in ‘76 ❤❤❤ Could It Be Magic. Barry says he wasn’t sure if this would be a hit because it’s melody come from classical composition. Barry, BTW, wrote many commercials jingles which are still used today. And he played backup piano for Bette Midler.

[@dagmar.6954]

Loved Barry Manilow's music back in the 70's-80's even though some people didn't consider it cool. Barry is a great singer songwriter & his music career spans nearly 7 decades. My favorite song by him is "Weekend In New England". But he had so many great songs such as "Mandy", "I Write The Songs", "Looks Like We Made It", "Can't Smile Without You", "Copacabana (At The Copa)", "Bandstand Boogie", "Tryin' To Get The Feeling Again", "Ready To Take A Chance Again", "Even Now", It's A Miracle" etc.

[@phyl1042]

Funnily enough, he had a big hit with I Write the Songs, which he didn't write. It was written by Bruce Johnston.

[@wendymotogirl]

@@phyl1042 The "I" in "I write the songs" is music. As in, "I am music, and I write the songs"

[@ApricotRse]

Shawn did a reaction I paid for several months ago to Barry's live performance of "Weekend in New England" live at the Greek Theatre in 1978. If you scroll back in the archives to search, I'm sure you can find it.

[@phyl1042]

@wendymotogirl yes, but everyone attributed Barry with writing the song, and he didn't, that's all I said, not the meaning behind the song.

[@justjack0715]

Wow! This was a surprise. Thanks! As someone just mentioned "Weekend In New England" by him is the epitome of sublime!

[@ApricotRse]

Shawn did a reaction I paid for several months ago to Barry's live performance of "Weekend in New England" live at the Greek Theatre in 1978. If you scroll back in the archives to search, I'm sure you can find it.

[@lauraallen55]

Or even just type it into the search bar ;)@@ApricotRse

[@annewoodard6803]

I remember watching this live. I loved Barry Manilow.

[@cattewest]

Saw him in concert in 1991. Yes, he did this song and every one of my favorites.

[@phyl1042]

Unbreak My Heart was recorded by Toni Braxton

[@lauraallen55]

Maybe Diane Warren was a fan of this song?

[@HRConsultant_Jeff]

Manilow wrote many of the most famous commercial ad songs of the time (I am stuck on Band-aids cause band-aids stuck on me) Literally dozens of them. He had tons of hits and before becoming famous, he was also a pianist for Bette Midler.

[@RayEvans-j1q]

There was so much musical variety in the seventies! More than just disco! Even one of my hard rocking friends loved the music of Barry Manilow!

[@marciapeak893]

The studio version will blow you away especially when the backup comes in. The backup ladies in the live are subpar. Love, love Barry. This song is a masterpiece.

[@garygoodrich7495]

Mid to late 70's it was one monster hit after another. Funny note: he started out playing commercial jingles.

[@gailvolm3862]

You would be shocked to learn how much of "modern music" borrowed, often without attribution, from the great composers of classical music! It was a great slow skate at the roller rink! Any Manilow tune is great, but if you get the chance look up and listen to him do all the jingles he wrote for TV commercials before he became well known! He also accompanied Bette Midler for a while too.

[@JoeCruz-hs2yt]

What A God Given Talent !

[@kmach1000]

My favorite of BM! Love him!❤

[@willfromyadkinville]

alot of people might not admit it but i was a huge fan!

[@70sMusicLady]

Love Barry. Saw him first in (about) 1975. Saw him again in the late nineties. Such a fantastic super talent and showman!!

[@kallsop2]

The Manilow song that would make women melt if you played it. Just a brilliant work, by far the best of his early years. Just love the way it builds to a high point and then slows at the end.

[@wendymotogirl]

Weekend in New England made me melt into a puddle, more than this one.

[@ApricotRse]

@@wendymotogirl Shawn did a reaction I paid for several months ago to Barry's live performance of "Weekend in New England" live at the Greek Theatre in 1978. If you scroll back in the archives to search, I'm sure you can find it.

[@victoriav389]

If a song could sweep you off of your feet, it is this one. ❤

[@KJ-4321]

Beautiful!!!! Would love to hear you react to his “Copacabana!” He had a lot of amazing songs! 😀

[@VernonOdom-jw4ko]

The Classical composer Frederich Chopin was Barry's inspiration for the song. One of my all-time favorite most beautiful songs. I LITERALLY CRY every time I heard it. Because the song expresses the emotions felt when i fell in love.

[@NoCanDu]

I was a single digit kid in the 70s, but grew up hearing Barry all over the radio and from my older brother. Although it was very uncool to listen to him as an 80s teen, a friend took me to see him in the 90s - best show ever! Saw him about three times! Always fantastic! ❤

[@MichaelAndrews-uy1gl]

This guy is a tremendously great song writer...what a talent. This magnificent.

[@sagitt1856]

Heartbreaking musical composition. Masterpiece. Thanks.

[@lauraallen55]

Barry Manilow wrote loads of songs and commercial jingles. Huge fan base. This is my favorite of his, with Copa Cabana in second. By the way, the accent is on the first syllable in pianist rather than on the second. :)

[@womanonthinice1276]

This is my favorite of all his tunes!❤ Donna Summer sings this son brilliantly.

[@rozequinn1519]

Oh my...my favorite song is EVEN NOW

[@subwaygoddess1]

Barry is now around 80 years old. His range is still very good, but Could It Be Magic is not easy to sing. He sings a few lines, then launches into the disco version that Donna Summer did. He says "I wasn't sure how I felt hearing this beautiful song made into a disco record, but then, it went to #1, so I love it!" Its easier to sing Donna's version, so he does. Later in the show, up on the screen, there's an old video of Mandy. Some time into the song, Barry comes out, sits at the piano, sings Mandy live, then launches into the 2nd half of Could It Be Magic. I'm going to see him for a 2nd show tonight

[@godbluffvdgg]

:)...That's nice to know...I like to think of him as we saw him in the 70's-80's ...

[@ritathomas5167]

Shawn, I think the song you couldnt place is "Un-Break My Heart" by Toni Braxton, which came out in 1996. The piano prelude and piano postlude played by Barry Manilow alone (no singing or accompaniment) is from the Chopin piece. I took 8 years of piano lessons growing up, and played a lot of the classics - Chopin, Beethoven, etc. I always thought this one by Barry Manilow was a very clever blending, seemlessly, of the old with the new!

[@leticiaserna2924]

MANDY is another great song by Barry Manilow

[@MisterWondrous]

Barry Manholecover, as he was known, had a Bacharach knack when it came to catchy ass tunes. Mandy is also purty. Tear-jerkers. Nature's neti cleanse.

[@streettalk4thesoul]

fanilow here. :) my very favorite of his. 'mandy' is also quite beautiful.

[@marthaz]

Best love song ever. End of story. ❤️🎹

[@ChrisMehl-h2z]

We can all be grateful, that two masters of entertainment started together,, Barry started out as Bette Midler piano player,

[@paulrt3]

Barry Manilow is the king of commercial jingles. Some of those include: “Like a Good Neighbor” for State Farm, “Stuck on Band-Aid” for Band-Aid, “Grab a Bucket of Chicken” for KFC, “You Deserve a Break Today” for McDonald’s, Pepsi Generation songs including "Feelin' Free"! He is talented.

[@librarylady13]

💖💖💖 Try his songs "I Write The Songs", "Copacabana" and "Looks Like We Made It".

[@Az777]

1810-1849. Chopin was only 39 when he died. I've often wondered how he would react if he heard this.

[@subwaygoddess1]

I think he would've loved it

[@BadErnest]

Great record by Barry. Donna Summer made a disco cover version of this that’s pretty cool, too.

[@joelliebler5690]

A classic and sounds good live! My brother had most of his records and I liked some of them though at the time I could not admit that to my friends!😄

[@EC-dz3fb]

This is sex-on-piano-legs. And those backup vocals! ᗯOᗩᕼ!

[@clifton8929]

One of the reasons we love you so much, Shawn, is that you'll play those particular songs for your fans with a request or donation request, and the donation request is a way we can send our love and appreciation for you, your family, and all your hard work; I appreciate you and try to help in your journey because they have left a light in life that you create with music that cannot be removed.

[@dgator3599]

Notice how he sits at the piano...he has to because his legs are so long. He has spoken about it before because someone commented that he looked uncomfortable the way he sits. Of course the bigger he got (star wise) everything was custom made for his size. Just a fun fact.

[@lauraallen55]

Pianos were made for him custom? He is 6'0" I would think there are a lot of men that height.

[@subwaygoddess1]

Maybe the song reminds you of Toni Braxton "Unbreak My Heart."

[@talltulip]

The song you were reminded of is Unbreak My Heart, by Toni Braxton. One of my favorites.

[@jerrycoolbaugh4962]

Exceptional…

[@beeseewill2407]

The song you are looking for might be Toni Braxton"Unbreak My Heart".

[@carlataliaferro4326]

Yes Toni Braxton Unbreak My Heart is definitely the song he was looking for. THIS was my favorite Barry Manilow song. ❤

[@steveg2288]

Hi Shawn - I think the track you are thinking of is "unbreak my heart" by Toni Braxton. I hope I'm right on that for you! Best regards Steve

[@MoMoMyPup10]

I saw the Eagles once, on their Hell Freezes Over tour, and they didn't play my favorite song from them, "Take It to the Limit" and it still bugs me to this day.

[@lauraallen55]

They didn't do the song from the time Randy left the band until after HFO, then Glenn did it until he passed. I think now Don lip-syncs it like he does everything else. To me, it will always be Randy's song anyway.

[@sarablack2547]

Your thinking of unbrake my heart by Toni Braxton.i love the dance version of her song. Please do take that's cover.robbie takes the lead in that one.gary Barlow usually sings lead in their songs. Take that are a British boy band now men that have had 28 top 40 singles 12 number ones.

[@RandoReport]

Unbreak My Heart

[@intothesunset3]

Beautiful song! Great request and reaction♥

[@larryclemens]

You're thinking of "Unbreak My Heart" by Toni Braxton. A great song that you should react to.

[@richardviglione7943]

Donna Summer did a disco remake of this song. Worth a listen.

[@bradsense7431]

Not exactly a fan of Barry Manilow. He has talent just not my thing. However this song is the exception. A real special piece of music I believe. Very moving.

[@bradsense7431]

Donna Summer did a disco version.

[@richardviglione7943]

The song you’re thinking of is Unbreak My Heart by Toni Braxton.

[@badrobot3159]

Take that, an English boy band, covered this in 1992/93.

[@dalemerrifield8308]

While this is a great version, his album version is exquisite, and his vocals on there are rarely raspy at the end

[@altreml4048]

Since you love piano, you really should listen to Yanni. I suggest "Keys To Imagination" although he has a large number of great songs. Thanks

[@rayrodriguez8417]

Shawn , Donna Summer has an awesome version of this tune as well.

[@joy88867]

Barry sampled Chopin but he had to tell on himself because we’re not sophisticated enough to know 😂

[@lauraallen55]

Speak for yourself lol! He had to give credit I believe too. Eric Carmen didn't because the song he worked with was in the public domain in the US but not outside of here, unbeknownst to him.

[@JimD56]

You're thinking of Unbreak My Heart by Toni Braxton.

[@jimfrederick3907]

This is his opus.

[@lindaleebahr6651]

Shawn. Chopin is pronounced Show Pan.

[@lauraallen55]

Accent on the second syllable: show-PAN

[@MoMoMyPup10]

This was an average Live recording for this song. And the studio completely torches it, but who really _CARES_ about that in this world?

[@subwaygoddess1]

What is a better live recording?

[@MoMoMyPup10]

@@subwaygoddess1 just saying the quality of this recording is average as far as Live recordings go -- not that it's average in comparison to other recordings of the song

[@ApricotRse]

@@MoMoMyPup10 You are correct. This live recording is highly edited for TV and lacks full orchestration. The original full studio recording is the master recording and it's the ONLY one from which the listener gets the full impact. I wish Shawn had listened to that one.

[@dalemerrifield8308]

I absolutely agree with this comment

[@randytorres8211]

For a fun song please react to Ray Stevens song, Please Help Me Barry Manilow

[@ApricotRse]

The actual title is "I Need Your Help, Barry Manilow".

[@Ronster64]

As good as this is, treat yourself to the studio version too. Both epic

[@jimfrederick3907]

His Vegas shows sold out everytime.

[@horstschafer1839]

I appreciate your love to his music. And just have to say, I think he had a hard time as a gay musician that time. Nowadays nobody cares about, I hope.

[@JulieFreyHomeWebBiz]

If you learn to play the piano, start with Chopin.

[@JulieFreyHomeWebBiz]

Chopin - Classical Era (rigid format) (as opposed to "tone poem" Romantic with a freer format and style)

[@malingor7042]

Frederick '' choppin''?? DUDE it's Frederic Chopin, I can't believe you've never heard of him but PLEASE look up the pronunciation!

[@jhamptonjr]

There aren't a lot of Barry manilow songs that an old rock and roller like me actually liked but this was one I did. It had a lot of soul to it and a real sweet message. The other song that I liked by him was the American bandstand song that he did. I thought that was a great update for the song. Peace!

[@subwaygoddess1]

He sang the American Andstand song