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.