the bee gees cup: first semi-final

[bungo the mungo]

my favourite bee gees songs have been whittled down to six by the board. i've randomly selected the remaining tracks and placed them in two semi-finals, the winner of each to contest the final.

another glorious opportunity to marvel at the brothers gibb in all their pomp and glory.

as always, please DO choose carefully and remember... if you snooze, you lose as the poll will end tomorrow morning.

i've gotta get a message to you



melody fair



to love somebody

[osgood]

This looks to me as an anticipated final between my two fave surviving tracks, Message and To Love Somebody. Gotta give it to the latter by a nose.

[Charlie O.]

TLS.

[bungo the mungo]

i suppose there's not too much discussion to be had after the first round.

but now we're at the semi-final stage, i will confess that 'to love somebody' is my favourite song of all-time.

however, familiarity breeds contempt and there is one song left in the cup, which i think i would currently give the nod over it.

[daveythefatboy]

Sept 21, 2020 15:36:20 GMT bungo the mungo said:

i suppose there's not too much discussion to be had after the first round.

but now we're at the semi-final stage, i will confess that 'to love somebody' is my favourite song of all-time.

however, familiarity breeds contempt and there is one song left in the cup, which i think i would currently give the nod over it.

‘To Love Somebody’ is clearly their greatest song. But as I said earlier -I’m not convinced it it their best recording (in this heat,”I’ve Got To Get a Message to You” is arguably as good a record/performance).

Personally I think the best-sounding Bee Gees track is ‘Holiday.’ But that isn’t in this cup.

[bungo the mungo]

Sept 21, 2020 16:20:11 GMT daveythefatboy said:

Personally I think the best-sounding Bee Gees track is ‘Holiday.’ But that isn’t in this cup.

i take full responsibility for not including that, and 'words' too.

my apologies, but i don't think either quite make it into the bee gees pantheon.

[bungo the mungo]

Sept 21, 2020 5:57:18 GMT osgood said:

This looks to me as an anticipated final between my two fave surviving tracks, Message and To Love Somebody.

good job it wasn't, because there appears to be a very clear winner. hopefully, the final will provide stiffer opposition.

[daveythefatboy]

Hey - your cup. That’s fine.

I just think ‘Holiday’ is one of those records. I remember being a kid and hearing it late at night. It was so weirdly melancholy - and the lyrics were so mysterious and odd. It felt like it was of a different time.

I think ‘To Love Somebody’ is among the greatest songs ever - and I really like the way the arrangement nods to soul, while still sounding like The Bee Gees. But it isn’t as sonically evocative as ‘Holiday’ for me.

[bungo the mungo]

Sept 21, 2020 16:33:01 GMT daveythefatboy said:

Hey - your cup. That’s fine.

The just think ‘Holiday’ is one of those records. I remember being a kid and hearing it late at night. It was so weirdly melancholy - and the lyrics were so mysterious and odd. It felt like it was of a different time.

I think ‘To Love Somebody’ is among the greatest songs ever - and I really like the way the arrangement nods to soul, while still sounding like The Bee Gees. But it isn’t as sonically evocative as ‘Holiday’ for me.

cheers davey, i appreciate your thoughts on 'holiday'. i just listened to it again, thinking that i might have made a big error by excluding it. i find it rather cloying, so i shall rest easy having left it off the 18.

i'm more troubled by leaving off '1941 new york mining disaster'.



but with a clear head, i don't honestly think that any of the tracks i omitted would've had a shot at winning the cup. i'm convinced i have mined the cream of the the early bee gees output.

[bungo the mungo]

depsite a late rally be 'message' TLS comfortably makes it through to tomorrow's final. but what song will face?

the second semi final is going up shortly.