The Bee Gees’ musical evolution
Here’s an overview of four-plus decades of the Bee Gees’ careers.
I wouldn’t have made exactly the same choices. There are two Beatles covers and a Carol King cover that I’d eliminate, as well as some obscure and some not so great songs that are included, while other really great ones are excluded. But it’s still a nice quick – very quick, sometimes too quick – sampler that shows the changes in their sound and the changes in their sartorial and tonsorial styles:
“sartorial and tonsorial” – two rhyming words crying out for a poem to be attached. Something Frostian, by preference.
I thought at first the boys had just gotten bald, but their younger photo shows very high hairlines even then.
PS You truly can find everything on the internet.
https://books.apple.com/us/book/sketches-sartorial-tonsorial-and-the-like/id525433367
“A collection of rhyming couplets, these wry and witty poems ponder the foibles and vanities of mortals. Cartoon pen-and-ink drawings by well-known illustrator Barrington Barber accompany the limerick-like lyrics, which capture the ridiculous—such as absurdly trimmed mustaches and outrageous hairstyles—with humorous rhymes and amusing titles. Perfect for any lover of light verse, these observations are both keen and catchy.”
By someone named “St Claire Bullock” no less!
Huh. that was interesting. A lot of songs before and after 1980 that I didn’t recognize. And, a lot of songs that happened before my memory thinks they did.
It seemed like there was a fair bit of Beatles influence that ended when the Fab Four exited. And then, in 1975 or so, suddenly they were a group that no longer appealed just to teens. It’s probably because Robin got his teeth straightened.
I count that period–1975 to 1982–as their strongest. Odd that it coincides with my adolescence, but hey. Those songs from Saturday Night Fever–those were supposed to be background soundtrack for a minor movie. Evonne Elliman would be a forgotten footnote in a liner, but for that, and yet “If I can’t have you” is instantly recognizable to people from the first two bars.
As a rule, rock and roll acts have seven years of fame followed by a slide. The Bee Gees managed it twice, the second time reaching heights no other act has.
I have this impression that someone likes the Bee Gees.
It’s Carole King, with an “e.”
Depends. In those days vowels were expensive. A family might not be able to afford a superfluous “e” for a daughter. Later, when she made it big in songwriting, she could afford the “e,” probably with special financing.
Gordon Scott: You’re a funny guy, and I appreciate your spending an “E” to replace the “Y” in Yvonne Elliman’s name in your earlier comment. What a wit!
ah, wondered about that last night. Shoulda checked.
Great collection! Need to add more beautiful songs – “I Can`t See Nobody”, “And The Sun Will Shine”, “Morning Of My Life”, “Odessa”, “Lamplight”,”Alive”,”I Still Love You”, “Tokyo Nights”, “Rings Around The Moon” etc..