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Ben Rogerson

“They start the song and then they just… it feels like a run-on sentence to me. I can’t find the hook. I can’t find the chorus. It just keeps on going, and then it ends”: Barry Manilow says that songwriting has changed, but he won’t be changing with it

Barry Manilow.

“I write the songs,” sang Barry Manilow, though ironically, that particular number was composed by Bruce Johnston. He has written plenty, though, but it sounds like he may not be doing it for too much longer.

Not only is Manilow in the midst of his ‘The Last Concerts’ series - he isn’t retiring, but these gigs are in cities that he claims he won’t be playing again - but he’s also indicated that his upcoming album will “probably” be his last.

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