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Face it, the only reason there's any public uproar over Milli Vanilli's faked singing is that 10 million people who bought "Girl You Know It's True" feel duped, suckered and ripped...
They shouldn't--because they weren't anymore suckered this time than they have in the past. Chances are someone who's unknown to the public ghost-wrote that favorite tune just as surely as someone "ghost-sung" Milli Vanilli's entire album. What difference does it make? The music remains the same. Enjoy it--don't analyze...
...whether or not that musical talent belongs to Vanilla or Milli Vanilli or someone never mentioned, is irrelevant. Because on that CD or tape, the sound you hear is the sound you get. Deception gets artists "in the door"--talent keeps them from getting thrown...
Some may say that the public is deprived of their "money's worth" if groups like Milli Vanilli perform in concert as they are obviously lipsyncing someone else's voices. But even so-called legitimate artists like Paula Abdul use taped backups to enhance their voices while on stage, according to Rolling Stone. Again, the deception is necessary: If Paula came out on stage sounding like Tone-Loc on helium, showing her "true" talent, the public would feel even more cheated...
...public truly wants in an acceptable package. So what if the closest Vanilla Ice came to the Florida ghettos was watching reruns of "Miami Vice"? His CDs weren't bought to trace his life--they were bought for the music associated with the enigma called "Vanilla Ice." Likewise, Milli Vanilli albums weren't purchased for overgrown braids in biker shorts, but for the music associated with that image...