Well, in the interest of musical fidelity, I made the supreme sacrifice and actually spent about 7 minutes of my life listening to that wonderful Manilow creation--all the way through. (At least, thanks to You-Tube, I didn't have to buy it.) I hope you appreciate what I have suffered.

What Manilow has done is taken one riff from the Chopin, and, in the best pop tradition, hammered it into the ground ad nauseam. I can see why a young listener might think it was a variation on the Chopin. I would hope an older listener would realize the difference between what he has done and a theme and variations approach.