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Papelbon, Delcarmen take the stage as Milli Vanilli

Print | Comments () Posted by Steve Silva, Globe Staff June 21, 2008 07:40 AM

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Move over Gino, there's a new video sensation in Boston that made its debut at Fenway Park last night during the rain delay before the Red Sox-Cardinals game.

Sox relievers Jonathan Papelbon and Manny Delcarmen performed and lip synched in a remix video parody of the Milli Vanilli song, Blame it on the Rain.

Milli Vanilli were a pop and dance music project from Germany that featured Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus. The duo won a Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1990 for their debut album. But their rapid success was short-lived as their Grammy was revoked after it was revealed that the actual vocals on the record were not the voices of Morvan and Pilatus.

Without further ado, here's the new unnamed musical act featuring Papelbon and Delcarmen "performing" Blame it on the Rain: