only i wasn t enjoying it. it was just a big job. reporter: for manilow popular success is not come with positive reviews. at the beginning the critics were pretty tough on you. yes. that would be i guess. it was rough. it was rough. i look back at these days and i don t know how i actually got through it. they were trying to annihilate me. they do not want me on that stage. reporter: what was there criticism? they put down all the songs that i was singing. they put down my demeanor. they put on my clothes. they put down my face. they just hated me. but it wasn t just one critic. it was all of them. reporter: that must ve been