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==Controversy and episode edits== | ==Controversy and episode edits== | ||
Despite their popularity, Milli Vanilli attracted suspicions of {{wp|lip sync}}ing | Despite their popularity, Milli Vanilli attracted suspicions of {{wp|lip sync}}ing during their shows, rumors that were exacerbated by Morvan and Pilatus' thick German speaking accents (compared to their American-sounding singing voices) and a notorious live performance where a guide vocal locked up mid-song, only two weeks after the initial airing of "Kootie Pie Rocks", and one week after the group won the 1990 Grammy Award for Best New Artist. In November 1990, producer {{wp|Frank Farian}} revealed that not only was this true, but the pair also never recorded a single note on their studio recordings. In actuality, the vocals were performed by three different singers – {{wp|John Davis (singer)|John Davis}}, {{wp|Brad Howell}}, and {{wp|Charles Shaw (singer)|Charles Shaw}} – who Farian saw as unmarketable.<ref>{{cite|author=Richard Harrington|date=November 16, 1990|title=Pop Duo Milli Vanilli Didn't Sing Hit Album|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1990/11/16/pop-duo-milli-vanilli-didnt-sing-hit-album/aee6720b-3459-40cd-8b52-1f1e387d337e/|publisher=The Washington Post|language=English|accessdate=July 14, 2024|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20190706045030/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1990/11/16/pop-duo-milli-vanilli-didnt-sing-hit-album/aee6720b-3459-40cd-8b52-1f1e387d337e/?utm_term=.1325383be065|archivedate=July 6, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Chuck Philips|date=November 21, 1990|title='We Sold Our Souls to the Devil' : In a Wide-Ranging Interview, the Duo Tell the Whole Story About What It Was Like to Live a Lie|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-11-21-ca-4670-story.html|publisher=Los Angeles Times|language=English|accessdate=July 14, 2024|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705203237/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-11-21-ca-4670-story.html}}</ref> Morvan and Pilatus relinquished their Grammy in light of the confession, with conflicting accounts stating that they either returned it voluntarily or had it revoked. The band's US label, {{wp|Arista Records}}, additionally pulled their catalog from print and erased the master tapes that they possessed. | ||
In the wake of the scandal, subsequent airings of "Kootie Pie Rocks" cut their songs and replaced them with different instrumental music (the pair still move their lips while performing these songs in the re-releases, however, as the episodes were not reanimated to reflect the change), as well as cutting any references to Milli Vanilli throughout the episode. Milli Vanilli's song at the end of the episode was completely cut, without even an instrumental replacement. | In the wake of the scandal, subsequent airings of "Kootie Pie Rocks" cut their songs and replaced them with different instrumental music (the pair still move their lips while performing these songs in the re-releases, however, as the episodes were not reanimated to reflect the change), as well as cutting any references to Milli Vanilli throughout the episode. Milli Vanilli's song at the end of the episode was completely cut, without even an instrumental replacement. | ||
== | ==Trivia== | ||
*The name of the ''[[Mario Party 4]]'' minigame "[[Blame It on the Crane]]" is a pun on the name of the Milli Vanilli song "{{wp|Blame It on the Rain}}." | *The name of the ''[[Mario Party 4]]'' minigame "[[Blame It on the Crane]]" is a pun on the name of the Milli Vanilli song "{{wp|Blame It on the Rain}}." | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
