Billy Gilman

[25th Annual Speller]

Billy Gilman#1

Posted: 6/10/08 at 1:29am

Okay, So I know this is entirely off-Topic. Hence why I am posting on the off topic board. Does any-one remember Billy Gilman? Was any-one else madly in love with him, and planned on marrying him? I sure was. I wonder what he has been up to lately.

"I've had a lot of failed relationships, I don't get involved because I'm not equipped. I believe that the world should revolve around me"

[mattonstage]

re: Billy Gilman#2

Posted: 6/10/08 at 7:25am

That's so funny you brought this up, I was watching Nashville Star last night, and I thought one of the contestants kind of looked like Billy Gilman.

I killed the boss, you don't think they're gonna fire me over a thing like that!!!!

[Unknown User]

re: Billy Gilman#2

Posted: 6/10/08 at 7:57am

He's 20 now. Must be hard to score your biggest hit at 12.

[Auggie27]

re: Billy Gilman#3

Posted: 6/10/08 at 8:22am

His big hit was a Columbine-era song with a quasi-spiritual element. "One Voice" I believe was the name. It was surprisingly moving and effective, with a very strong vocal performance and a catchy 'hook.' I remember it clearly -- about a boy throwing a gun in the river at the end. He sang it everywhere, but I recall seeing him on Rosie O's show -- the song certainly spoke (simplistically if on target) to one of her concerns. It was just an effective pop melody -- the lyric not as heavyhanded as it sounds.

"I'm a comedian, but in my spare time, things bother me." Garry Shandling

[clever name]

re: Billy Gilman#4

Posted: 6/10/08 at 3:02pm

Doesn't he co-host the Jerry Lewis telethon? ..... ok that sounds like I'm kidding but I'm serious. I think he co-hosts the telethon.

[Calvin]

re: Billy Gilman#5

Posted: 6/10/08 at 3:09pm

One his own Web site, the appearances stop at 2007, and the most recent ones are at fan fairs, casinos and Wal-Mart. Not a good sign!
Link

[Borstalboy]

re: Billy Gilman#6

Posted: 6/10/08 at 3:17pm

That grotesquely phallic "Snake Song" couldn't have helped matters.

"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.” ~ Muhammad Ali

[mejusthavingfun]

re: Billy Gilman#7

Posted: 6/10/08 at 3:26pm

I saw him in a PSA recently (like last month). He still looks really cute. He's no Charlotte Church.

[25th Annual Speller]

re: Billy Gilman#8

Posted: 6/11/08 at 2:17am

haha

Walmart?

How sad.

"I've had a lot of failed relationships, I don't get involved because I'm not equipped. I believe that the world should revolve around me"

[JbaraFan1]

re: Billy Gilman#9

Posted: 6/11/08 at 2:55am

I like the version of "Ben" (yeah, the Michael Jackson song) that Gilman sang when he was a kid. You can find the video at YouKnowWhere.

[Jane2]

re: Billy Gilman#10

Posted: 6/11/08 at 9:18am

He creeps me out.

<-----I'M TOTES ROLLING MY EYES

[MTVMANN]

re: Billy Gilman#11

Posted: 6/11/08 at 4:24pm

A couple of years ago while at the dentist's office, I read an article about him in a christian magazine and it said that he had a bit of a hard time when his voice was getting deeper.

[cfmiller]

re: Billy Gilman#12

Posted: 6/11/08 at 6:23pm

The oversaturation of him was getting old then. All he needed was a crappy Disney series to make his suckage complete.