Paul Williams/YMMV


 * Award Snub: "Rainbow Connection" lost to "It Goes Like It Goes" from Norma Rae. Critics and fans alike let the Academy hear it. And who even remembers the other song anymore?
 * Awesome Music: His recorded output until about the mid-'70s is almost unanimously thus. You're welcome.
 * As for his own opinion, he considers the Phantom of the Paradise soundtrack to be the best thing he ever did.
 * Dork Age: His work from the mid-'70s to his musical hiatus in the early '80s. Except where soundtracks were involved.
 * Germans Love David Hasselhoff: By way of the Draco in Leather Pants effect of portraying Swan in, he has become very popular with Canadian women, a following that exists to this day.
 * Also, he has a bit of a following in Japan, where all of his old albums have been re-released before they ever were in the west. He even recorded a live album in Japan.
 * Hilarious in Hindsight: "Roan Pony".
 * Tastes Like Diabetes: A common complaint lodged against his music, starting roughly around 1974 with the release of A Little Bit of Love. Williams himself acknowledges this.
 * The Woobie: When in the thrall of his addiction.