Comments on: Thrills and chills: the Bee Gees’ medleys

By: neo

neo — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 19:38:05 +0000

James S.:

That warms the cockles of my heart!

I had zero interest in them till about 3 months ago, when I rediscovered them and learned their story for the first time and heard the bulk of their brilliant and immensely enjoyable music output. I find them immensely charming as well, on a personal level.

By: James S

James S — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 17:20:51 +0000

I turned off the Bee Gees in the disco era, and was dismissive of them thereafter. But this series from Neo has really produced in me a new-found appreciation of their music and their abilities. Thanks for the education, Neo!

By: Celadon

Celadon — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 06:36:06 +0000

The Bee Gees always performed flawlessly live, as evidenced by this concert and countless others on YouTube. Their medleys are my favorite part of their performances as the focus is solely on their beautifully crafted melodies, powerful voices and unbelievable harmonies. Their individual voices are fantastic but when they harmonize together, it’s pure magic.

As one commenter said of their live acoustic performance of “I’ve Gotta Get a Message to You” on MTV unplugged: “Two guitars and three vocals and they sound like an orchestra. Funny what talent can do.”

And as Neo noted, it looks and sounds effortless. They just casually gather around a single mic and produce these gorgeous sounds. Bonus points for the jeans.

By: Yancey Ward

Yancey Ward — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 05:24:12 +0000

That has to be tough- to be the oldest of the 4 brothers (Gibb has an older sister, but I don’t know if she is still alive), and to outlive them anyway. I have three younger siblings (I am the eldest child of my parents), and I hope all three of my siblings outlive me by a good number of years.

By: JimNorCal

JimNorCal — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 04:09:27 +0000

Was Barry an inspiring and loving big brother? I’ve only seen a couple interviews but in that small sample I get that impression

By: Carol Shannon

Carol Shannon — Sun, 06 Jun 2021 19:39:54 +0000

I like Too Much Heaven so much better without the falsetto. Lovely! Aside from the musicality, they radiated charm. Barry had such great stage presence – or maybe that’s just me :).

By: titan28

titan28 — Sun, 06 Jun 2021 17:59:28 +0000

That was wonderful. Thanks for posting. It’s art, and the joy it can bring, that takes us away from [fill in blank] that surrounds us today.

By: Yancey Ward

Yancey Ward — Sun, 06 Jun 2021 15:15:27 +0000

JimNorCal,

The backlash wasn’t against the fans of disco- it was against the musicians that produced it. I turned 13 in the Summer of 1979- Disco dominated radio all that Summer, and had done so for the previous 3 years, then there was the huge anti-Disco bash at Comiskey Park that turned into a riot in the middle of July that year. It was like someone turned a switch in all the radio stations I listened to- you couldn’t find a single one that played Disco after about November of that year. I didn’t hear, just for an example, “Too Much Heaven” on the radio again until the 2000s, and it isn’t even a Disco song, it is just a Bee Gees song. I didn’t hear any of the Bee Gees previous non-Disco songs either. They went from selling multiple millions of albums to tens of thousands in the US even though the music quality hadn’t changed at all.

By: Yancey Ward

Yancey Ward — Sun, 06 Jun 2021 15:07:19 +0000

Mike,

People on the Discord are wondering where you are.

By: Mike+K

Mike+K — Sun, 06 Jun 2021 14:53:07 +0000

I took my kids to see them at Dodger Stadium. They filled it. Can’t recall the year but they were teens and are now in their 50s.