Barry Gibb

[Joseph Manzi]

Dolly

https://youtu.be/GnJqrLALsOc

[Tom Fones]

I remember a lot of great numbers from their pre-disco days.

I had their 1st greatest hits album.

I hope Barry is doing well.

Thanks

[Joseph Manzi]

 

 

Thomas I have the first greatest hits cd too.

I like them best when they did those songs Thomas. The disco stuff I could take or leave.

It’s the same with the Stones.

[Jacki Hopper]

Yes, I do like  the Bee Gees music, sad that Barry is the lone one left out of his brothers…

[Roger Penn]

I like the Bee Gees very much, but wouldn’t say I’m a huge fan or anything. I’m definitely not a country fan. However, I do enjoy hearing songs (especially iconic ones) redone in a totally different interpretation. My favorite version of “To Love Somebody” is probably the Animals, but it’s been covered by so many, including Hank Williams Jr.

[Jung Roe]

Hey Joe, how are you doing!  I remember back in the late 70s after the Bee Gees became a household name riding the disco wave, I discovered their earlier pre-disco greatest hits 1969 album, and had a new found respect for them.  I Started A Joke, Massachussetts, Word, Holiday are so great.  I have to admit a few of their disco hits like Stayin Alive, Jive Talkin when I first heard it I thought sounded cool too.

[Jung Roe]

Hi Roger, that Animal’s version of To Love Somebody, sounds like the Rolling Stones doing it!  Nice.

Thomas, my earliest freshest memory of Disco was when my friend and I listened to his brand new album by a group called KC and The Sunshine Band (That’s The Way I Like It).  It sounded cool for a few months, and then….  🙂

 

[Tom Fones]

The thing is…

can any of us remember when the disco stuff was fresh after three years of hearing nothing else ?

I think it was innovative.  But then the radio forgot to play anything else.

I liked the mining disaster song a lot on that early Greatest Hits album.

 

[Joseph Manzi]

Hey Jung, Doing fine.  I agree with you on that Greatest Hits album.

I know there were better songs they did that were great. But this one is my all time favorite.

 

https://youtu.be/nk3VCrPaL2Y

[Jung Roe]

Joe, that’s a great one too.  In fact on that 1969 Greatest Hits album, I like every song on there.

Here is another earlier one from the 60s.  This sounds like something from the Beatles or Hollies.

https://youtu.be/rBF6u_Qt-A0

 

[Jung Roe]

and this one.

https://youtu.be/S43YhQ_eGTw

 

[Joseph Manzi]

Jung, My 2nd favorite song NY Mining Disaster. Wow they really look so young in that video.

Thanks for that one my friend. Enjoy your day.

Joe

[Tom Fones]

Me too Jung, thanks

[David Herrick]

Does anyone here have an opinion about the Bee Gees’ 1978 Sgt. Pepper’s movie? I’ve never seen it, but I remember the promos for it when it was released. I knew nothing about the Beatles at the time, so it didn’t interest me.

[PASCAL]

Found it on the web :

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?view=detail&mid=ECE577F66C74D2C08FAFECE577F66C74D2C08FAF&q=sergent+pepper+lonely+heart+babd+bee+gee+s&shtp=GetUrl&shid=f8f109f1-0c63-4f0e-a3cb-1604b57bd607&shtk=U2d0IHBlcHBlcnMgbG9uZWx5IGhlYXJ0cyBjbHViIGR2ZCByaXA%3D&shdk=QmVlIGdlZXMgcGV0ZXIgZnJhbXB0b24gYWxpY2UgY29vcGVy&shhk=gNUPbrS7yN4jTdWTpaA13iaWNvhRFp7pINbMx1cEFrM%3D&form=VDSHOT&shth=OSH.3J%252BU38UeopKmfDbJap1oLQ

[David Herrick]

Thanks for the link, Pascal! I just watched it. Man, what an excruciatingly painful experience, apart from the excellent covers by Earth, Wind & Fire and Aerosmith.

That’s not to say that the Bee Gees couldn’t competently cover the Beatles’ music; they certainly could. But the attempt at a storyline to connect all the songs together was just abysmal.