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Post by Mr. FOLLARD on Sept 14, 2021 18:19:34 GMT
I was spinning this beauty earlier:
as much as I love the 60s stuff (and quite honestly I've got a lot of people here to thank for that) I think this marks a peak just as high as they reached with 'To Love Someone' or 'Words'.
I think if you grew up with it (as I did), it might be a struggle to separate it from the icky Radio 2 feel and the ubiquity - it still has that smell, frankly. Yet it's kind of a masterpiece.
Isn't it?
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Post by Charlie O. on Sept 14, 2021 18:21:13 GMT
Yeah, I'll buy that.
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Post by fearlessfreap on Sept 14, 2021 18:26:52 GMT
I think it's by far the best thing they ever did -- I'm not much of a fan of the 60's stuff, however.
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Post by Mr. FOLLARD on Sept 14, 2021 18:32:23 GMT
I think it's by far the best thing they ever did -- I'm not much of a fan of the 60's stuff, however. We can convert you! |
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Post by bungo the mungo on Sept 14, 2021 18:36:03 GMT
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Post by fange on Sept 14, 2021 23:09:49 GMT
It's a fab tune, totally agree. The backlash against disco, for various musical, fashion, social reasons, made many people react against this period of the band's music in an unfair way. It is killer.
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Post by toomanyhatz on Sept 14, 2021 23:31:50 GMT
I always think two things when Bee Gees Disco comes up:
1) They were always class songwriters, and wrote some of their better songs during the era, including this one. I've always been a big fan of "Fanny (Be Tender With My Love)" too. Most of the hits during the era, for sure, and even the non-hits that led up to them.
2) I've said this before, but anyone shocked at ANY change in their style shouldn't be. They always used 'the charts' as a starting point. Hence fake folk-rock, then fake Beatles, then blue-eyed soul, then CSN harmonies, then disco, etc. Not to say they didn't bring their personality to it, but they weren't visionaries. They were craftsman. I think some of the criticism leveled at them is for that, but I think it's unfair. They knew what they were good at.
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Post by Charlie O. on Sept 15, 2021 2:08:22 GMT
I've said this before, but anyone shocked at ANY change in their style shouldn't be. They always used 'the charts' as a starting point. Hence fake folk-rock, then fake Beatles, then blue-eyed soul, then CSN harmonies, then disco, etc. Very true. In 1990, when their first box set came out, I wrote a (favorable) review of it in which I noted "If the next big commercial trend turns out to be Bulgarian women's choral music" - (it was having a sort of "moment" at the time) - "the Gibb brothers will suddenly develop breasts and a fluency in the Bulgarian language. They can't help it." |
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Post by DarknessFish on Sept 15, 2021 8:05:20 GMT
"If the next big commercial trend turns out to be Bulgarian women's choral music" I'd take it over anything the Bee Gees recorded (I was actually recommended this by someone at work): |
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Post by iliyanfromsofia on Sept 15, 2021 9:12:47 GMT
"If the next big commercial trend turns out to be Bulgarian women's choral music" I'd take it over anything the Bee Gees recorded (I was actually recommended this by someone at work): Oh yes, fishy darkness, this is most beautiful music! Next time you come to Sofia will have much good time dancing and eating. |
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Post by DarknessFish on Sept 15, 2021 9:33:20 GMT
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Post by ~ / % ? * on Sept 15, 2021 11:25:17 GMT
I'd take it over anything the Bee Gees recorded (I was actually recommended this by someone at work): Oh yes, fishy darkness, this is most beautiful music! Next time you come to Sofia will have much good time dancing and eating. Our esteemed leader will be there in a week or so, please be kind and show him a good time. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2021 11:26:50 GMT
"If the next big commercial trend turns out to be Bulgarian women's choral music" I'd take it over anything the Bee Gees recorded (I was actually recommended this by someone at work): I enjoyed that. Something pure about it. |
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Post by DarknessFish on Sept 15, 2021 12:26:02 GMT
I enjoyed that. Something pure about it. There's something about Eastern European folk, I was listening to a lot of Albanian polyphony on youtube a while back, and this seems kind of adjacent to that. One of those styles which I don't know enough about, if there's a decent compilation series to dig through or not, but I like dipping into online occasionally. Gotta be better than a thread on the Bee Gees, anyway. Or at least impressive that a thread on the Bee Gees has gone down this route. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2021 15:03:07 GMT
Let's get this thread back on track. They deserve better.
The thing is you can find nuggets from pretty much anytime in their career.
This one is about a year before the disco reinvention. Listen to the way it builds, stirring stuff.
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