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catlover79

10-06-2007, 11:50 PM

^ Phoebe, I love your Keith Richards quote. :rofl: AWESOME.

Stayin' Alive has long been a favorite in my family. My sister is also a fan of Jive Talkin', and my mom has always loved Too Much Heaven and First of May.

I've also enjoyed several of Robin Gibb's solo songs: Saved by the Bell, Danger, and especially 1982's Another Lonely Night in New York. The latter has that atmospheric tone that reminds me of Gerry Rafferty's Baker Street or Foreigner's Waiting For A Girl Like You. The video, however, is slightly creepy. No, the 80s fashions and hair have nothing to do with the creepy part. Check out the video for yourself and you'll see what I mean. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thUSUtQ-gdg

Yooch

10-06-2007, 11:54 PM

In no particular order:

Gotta Get a Message to You

First of May

Every Christian Lion-Hearted Man will show you

And the Sun Will Shine

Our Love (Don't Throw it all Away)

To Love Somebody

Lonely Days

And I don't Want to be Alone

I Can't See Nobody

Words

phoebe7165

10-07-2007, 02:30 AM

^ Phoebe, I love your Keith Richards quote. :rofl: AWESOME.

Thanks!!:lol:

But I have to give credit to this radio station I was listening to. They did top 10 signs you're too old to be trick or treating and the Keith Richards one is the one I really remembered laughing at.

Poor Keith!!:D

Nighthawk76

10-08-2007, 09:41 PM

Dean Winchester

10-08-2007, 10:00 PM

I like everyone's picks. :) Everyone has a nice variery of songs on their lists. As Sharop once mentioned, when some people hear the name the Bee Gees, they go "Aren't they those disco guys?" And no matter how great such songs as "Stayin' Alive", "More Than A Woman", "Night Fever'', "You Should Be Dancing", "Tragedy" and "Jive Talkin" are, the Gibb brothers have done much more than just disco. Even during the period of 1975-1979 they did more than just disco music. "How Deep Is Your Love" isn't disco. "Too Much Heaven" isn't disco. Neither is "Love So Right", "Fanny (Be Tender With My Love" or "Love You Inside Out". If a person were to look at the brothers' entire body of work, they would see that only about 5% of it is disco music.
I agree, that irks me too. Several years back, I took a "History of Rock N' Roll" class in college as an easy A and the teacher started on about "why do people still like The Bee Gees? disco was bad enough then", maybe it's because they weren't always disco? I mean, disco didn't even exist when they were doing songs like Words, I Started A Joke, Gotta Get A Message To You, etc...

LuLu Rogers

10-15-2007, 10:26 PM

1)How Deep Is Your Love
2)Lonely Days
3)Stayin Alive
4)You Should Be Dancing
5)Jive Talkin'
6)Night Fever

catlover79

10-17-2007, 01:29 AM

Even though Stayin' Alive was a flop movie, the songs the brothers contributed to the soundtrack, like Woman In You and Someone Belonging to Someone, were very enjoyable. They really have quite an underrated body of work.

catlover79

12-11-2007, 10:30 PM

I just bought Bee Gees Greatest, and am listening to it now! I have to say that probably Wind of Change would be my all-time favorite Bee Gees song. I LOVE that song!! :D

Nighthawk76

12-12-2007, 01:06 AM

I just bought Bee Gees Greatest, and am listening to it now! I have to say that probably Wind of Change would be my all-time favorite Bee Gees song. I LOVE that song!! :D

That's great, Monika. :) Not counting the soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever, Bee Gees Greatest was the first album from them that I ever bought. Aren't most of the songs on it though also on the box set that you have?

catlover79

12-12-2007, 01:18 AM

That's great, Monika. :) Not counting the soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever, Bee Gees Greatest was the first album from them that I ever bought. Aren't most of the songs on it though also on the box set that you have?
There are 6 songs (plus the 5 remixes) on Greatest that are not on the Tales From the Brothers Gibb: 1967-1990 box set. Plus it's a great CD set to take to work instead of lugging around the 4 CDs in the box set. :lol:

Nighthawk76

12-12-2007, 01:21 AM

There are 6 songs (plus the 5 remixes) on Greatest that are not on the Tales From the Brothers Gibb: 1967-1990 box set. Plus it's a great CD set to take to work instead of lugging around the 4 CDs in the box set. :lol:

Really? What are the six songs?

catlover79

12-12-2007, 01:31 AM

Really? What are the six songs?
Wind of Change
Warm Ride
You Stepped Into My Life
Love Me
Rest Your Love on Me
Children of the World

Nighthawk76

12-12-2007, 01:37 AM

Wind of Change
Warm Ride
You Stepped Into My Life
Love Me
Rest Your Love on Me
Children of the World

"Warm Ride" is not on my copy of Greatest, so that must be a bonus track included on the new edition that was released a few months back (which I'm guessing is the one that you bought). "You Stepped Into My Life" is one of my favorites. I really think that should have been one of the singles off of Children of the World. I think it was a better choice for a single than "Boggie Child". I'm really surprised that "Wind of Change" was not included in the box set.

catlover79

12-12-2007, 01:42 AM

"Warm Ride" is not on my copy of Greatest, so that must be a bonus track included on the new edition that was released a few months back (which I'm guessing is the one that you bought). "You Stepped Into My Life" is one of my favorites. I really think that should have been one of the singles off of Children of the World. I think it was a better choice for a single than "Boggie Child". I'm really surprised that "Wind of Change" was not included in the box set.
I'm also surprised Wind of Change wasn't included on the box set. The only 3 tracks from Main Course on the box set that made the cut were Jive Talkin', Nights on Broadway, and Fanny. Not that those aren't great songs (they are!), but Wind of Change should definitely have been included.

Greatest was reissued this past September with bonus tracks. Here's some info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee_Gees_Greatest

Dean Winchester

12-12-2007, 01:46 AM

catlover79

12-12-2007, 01:49 AM

they should rerelease 1981's Living Eyes on CD. The album was a huge flop for them because it was the height of the anti-disco movement (even tho it's funny that you couldn't pay people to buy Bee Gees records in the early 80's, but Barbra Streisand and Dionne Warwick albums which were all written and produced by the Gibbs were successful sellers). He's A Liar is one of their best, if not most overlooked, singles but it only got to #30, breaking a string of #1 hits.
I love He's a Liar. What a great beat. Dean, I'd also love to see the Living Eyes album reissued.

A few months back, I was told by the owner of a local music shop that Rhino bought the Bee Gees' catalog once their contract with Polydor was up. Rhino is slowly but surely reissuing their output with bonus tracks. Here's what is available thus far:

http://www.rhino.com/store/SearchResults.lasso?SearchTerm=bee+gees

Dean Winchester

12-12-2007, 01:57 AM

well, since this is a Bee Gees thread, how about top 10 songs written by Bee Gees but done by other artists? (not counting blatant cover songs 20 years later)

1. Barbra Streisand - Woman In Love
2. Dionne Warwick - Heartbreaker
3. Olivia Newton-John - Carried Away
4. Barbra Streisand - Make It Like A Memory
5. Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton - Islands In The Stream
6. Yvonne Elliman - If I Can't Have You
7. Barbra Streisand (and Barry Gibb) - What Kind Of Fool (actually, the entire Guilty album with Barbra and Barry was ace, her finest work)
8. Diana Ross - Chain Reaction
9. Olivia Newton-John - Come On Over
10. Samantha Sang - Emotion

Nighthawk76

12-12-2007, 02:01 AM

I'm also surprised Wind of Change wasn't included on the box set. The only 3 tracks from Main Course on the box set that made the cut were Jive Talkin', Nights on Broadway, and Fanny. Not that those aren't great songs (they are!), but Wind of Change should definitely have been included.

Greatest was reissued this past September with bonus tracks. Here's some info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee_Gees_Greatest

Thanks for the link, Monika. :) I'm very happy to see the album selling so well. If someone were to ask me what the perfect introduction to the music of the Bee Gees is, I would recommend this album.

catlover79

12-12-2007, 02:01 AM

I loved the Guilty album - but I never listened to the Guilty Pleasures recording that came out in 2005. I remember hearing about it and seeing some things on TV about it. I've seen it at my local library, maybe I'll check it out one of these days.

Islands in the Stream was one of the best songs that came out of the 1980s! That's one song I can sing to and play over and over again. :D

Dean Winchester

12-12-2007, 02:02 AM

I love He's a Liar. What a great beat. Dean, I'd also love to see the Living Eyes album reissued.

A few months back, I was told by the owner of a local music shop that Rhino bought the Bee Gees' catalog once their contract with Polydor was up. Rhino is slowly but surely reissuing their output with bonus tracks. Here's what is available thus far:

http://www.rhino.com/store/SearchResults.lasso?SearchTerm=bee+gees
have you ever seen the He's A Liar video? it pops up on YouTube from time to time, it's rather primitive (after all, it was 1981) but kinda cute

catlover79

12-12-2007, 02:06 AM

Thanks for the link, Monika. :) I'm very happy to see the album selling so well. If someone were to ask me what the perfect introduction to the music of the Bee Gees is, I would recommend this album.
No problem. Two of those songs appeared on Andy Gibb's 1980 album After Dark - Warm Ride and Rest Your Love on Me. The latter was done as a duet with Olivia Newton-John. This unfortunately was when Andy was losing himself in drugs and wasn't really up to recording. I read several interviews that said Barry had to do some of the leads as well as the backups in Andy's style. Except for a few new cuts on a Greatest Hits album (which also came out in 1980) and a few demos which were recorded just before his passing in 1988, Andy's recording career was finished. :(

Dean Winchester

12-12-2007, 02:06 AM

I loved the Guilty album - but I never listened to the Guilty Pleasures recording that came out in 2005. I remember hearing about it and seeing some things on TV about it. I've seen it at my local library, maybe I'll check it out one of these days.

Guilty Pleasures was awful. At this point, Babs doesn't really care and is the first to say she basically just does albums now to fill her contract and because Sony expects them from her. I liked the remixes to Night Of My Life, but besides those and "Come Tomorrow" (the UK single), the rest of the album was as disposable as any other album Babs has released in the past twenty years. I believe it's all been downhill since "The Broadway Album" for her

catlover79

12-12-2007, 02:09 AM

have you ever seen the He's A Liar video? it pops up on YouTube from time to time, it's rather primitive (after all, it was 1981) but kinda cute
I never have - I'll have to check it out. Thanks for the headsup! :cool:

Dean Winchester

12-12-2007, 02:11 AM

I never have - I'll have to check it out. Thanks for the headsup! :cool:
MTV.com has it I believe. Maurice sees his girlfriend making out with Robin, so he shoots both of them (neither die though) and runs from the cops and a hilarious car chase ensues

Nighthawk76

12-12-2007, 02:11 AM

No problem. Two of those songs appeared on Andy Gibb's 1980 album After Dark - Warm Ride and Rest Your Love on Me. The latter was done as a duet with Olivia Newton-John. This unfortunately was when Andy was losing himself in drugs and wasn't really up to recording. I read several interviews that said Barry had to do some of the leads as well as the backups in Andy's style. Except for a few new cuts on a Greatest Hits album (which also came out in 1980) and a few demos which were recorded just before his passing in 1988, Andy's recording career was finished. :(

I own the Andy Gibb Millennium collection CD. Even though I would never put him on the same level as his brothers, I do think he had some really good songs. I especially like "Shadow Dancing".

catlover79

12-12-2007, 02:17 AM

MTV.com has it I believe. Maurice sees his girlfriend making out with Robin, so he shoots both of them (neither die though) and runs from the cops and a hilarious car chase ensues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbZYxyaejL0

Oh my...that is indeed a Bee Gees novelty!! :rofl:

Dean Winchester

12-12-2007, 02:19 AM

catlover79

12-12-2007, 02:23 AM

I own the Andy Gibb Millennium collection CD. Even though I would never put him on the same level as his brothers, I do think he had some really good songs. I especially like "Shadow Dancing".
I also own the Millennium CD, as well as his only 3 studio albums: Flowing Rivers, Shadow Dancing, and After Dark. Andy's own songs (the ones that Barry did not have a hand in writing) were more in the country-pop-rock style of the Eagles. He sure had a lot of promise as a singer, songwriter and guitarist. Such a shame that he threw it all away and turned to drugs. :(

Has anyone else heard his version of All I Have to Do is Dream, sung as a duet with his then-love, Victoria Principal? Rest assured Barry, Robin and Maurice had nothing to do with THAT recording. puke:

Dean Winchester

12-12-2007, 02:27 AM

Has anyone else heard his version of All I Have to Do is Dream, sung as a duet with his then-love, Victoria Principal? Rest assured Barry, Robin and Maurice had nothing to do with THAT recording. puke:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNUzjumPYT0

sounds like an aborted Carpenters demo when they harmonize together

catlover79

12-12-2007, 02:28 AM

I like a couple of Andy's songs (namely I Just Want To Be Your Everything and Everlasting Love) but it did seem like he always did songs the Bee Gees themselves didn't really think would be right for them. I know that whole genre of music went out for a long time in the 80's (Donna Summer had to reinvent her sound to rock/new wave in the early 80's to stay alive) but I'm surprised that he didn't even enter the studio again after 1980 until months before his untimely death.
Andy did other things in the entertainment business: he co-hosted Solid Gold (1981-82), he took to the stage in productions of Pirates of Penzance and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and had his own stage show in Vegas for awhile. But those gigs all proved short-lived as his drug and alcohol addictions made him miss shows and would get him fired. :(

I highly recommend hunting down Andy's VH1 Behind the Music if you've never seen it before. It was made in 1997, and all the Bee Gees as well as their mom are interviewed, as well as Andy's ex-wife and their daughter. Victoria Principal, Marie Osmond and Pam Dawber were also interviewed.

catlover79

12-12-2007, 01:12 PM

catlover79

12-12-2007, 03:23 PM

Oh, actually there is a 7th track on Greatest that was not on the box set: Spirits (Having Flown). Plus there are 2 remixes of Staying Alive, and remixes of You Should Be Dancing, If I Can't Have You, Night Fever, and How Deep Is Your Love.

Nighthawk76

12-13-2007, 12:31 AM

Has anyone else here read The Bee Gees: Tales of the Brothers Gibb - The Ulitmate Biography? It's over 700 pages long, and was updated in 2003 upon the passing of Maurice. I've taken it out of the library several times and it also has great pictures! I would totally recommend it to any Bee Gees fan! :cool:

I haven't read this book. However, I did read a book written in 1979 about the Gibb brothers that I bought in a used bookstore earlier in the year. There was a lot of great pictures from the 60's and 70's. :D

catlover79

12-13-2007, 10:47 AM

I haven't read this book. However, I did read a book written in 1979 about the Gibb brothers that I bought in a used bookstore earlier in the year. There was a lot of great pictures from the 60's and 70's. :D
What's the title of that book, Mike? Maybe I can check it out of the library.

Dean Winchester

12-13-2007, 09:48 PM

According to Fred Bronson from Billboard.

ANOTHER NOTABLE RETURN: Another famous trio returns to the Billboard charts this week, The Bee Gees are back on Hot Dance Club Play for the first time in 28 years. A remix of "If I Can't Have You" (Rhino) opens at No. 50.

This is only the fourth entry on this chart for the Bee Gees. "You Should Be Dancing" was a No. 1 hit in 1976. "Stayin' Alive," "Night Fever" and "More Than a Woman" from the soundtrack to "Saturday Night Fever" shared the No. 3 spot in 1978 and "Tragedy" stopped at No. 22 in 1979.

catlover79

12-13-2007, 11:43 PM

^ Awesome! :cool: Thank you for sharing that info.

catlover79

12-13-2007, 11:44 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNUzjumPYT0

sounds like an aborted Carpenters demo when they harmonize together
OUCH, the Carpenters were WAY better!!

Dean Winchester

12-13-2007, 11:45 PM

yea, I want to hear the mix. I always preferred their If I Can't Have You to Yvonne Elliman's

catlover79

12-13-2007, 11:47 PM

yea, I want to hear the mix. I always preferred their If I Can't Have You to Yvonne Elliman's
Same here! My dad prefers the Yvonne Elliman version, and I prefer the Bee Gees' version. :lol:

Dean Winchester

12-13-2007, 11:48 PM

OUCH, the Carpenters were WAY better!!
well, you're right there. But it cracks me up, Andy has a solo in the song, but yet Victoria always seems to have at least two voices besides her singing at the same time, was she really THAT bad a vocalist? lol. One of the YouTube replies had someone say "who knew Victoria could sing?" and a direct response to that was "oh, you mean that was what she was doing?" :lol:

catlover79

12-14-2007, 12:05 AM

It's hard to tell what kind of a singer she is. Like you said, VP doesn't have one solo line in the number! When the 45 came out in 1981, the B-side was Good Feeling, which first appeared on Andy's 1978 album Shadow Dancing. I believe that's the only time VP ever ventured into the music aspect of show business.

It also says something about Andy's condition at the time - he didn't even have a new song for the B-side of the single, he just used a 3-year-old, previously released track! The duet on the A-side was co-produced by Andy and Michael Barbiero.

catlover79

12-15-2007, 01:49 AM

Here's a great website documenting all the Gibb compositions/productions/albums. This guy really knows his stuff!

http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/

Nighthawk76

12-15-2007, 11:27 AM

yea, I want to hear the mix. I always preferred their If I Can't Have You to Yvonne Elliman's

I do too. Though I like Yvonne's version as well.

catlover79

12-16-2007, 12:20 AM

I've also heard some of Robin's solo work from the 1980s. He has a Christmas CD, released last year, of his favorite carols. It is mainly religious carols on the disc from what I understand. I haven't heard this CD, but I'd like to.

Nighthawk76

12-29-2007, 10:04 PM

Dean Winchester

12-29-2007, 10:11 PM

Cat, I bet you'll be interested to know I acquired a number of Solid Gold episodes from a trader (same person I got FOL episodes and some vintage MTV from) and five of them came from Andy's season as host (1981-1982), I'll let you know how they are when they arrive

Cactus Jack

12-29-2007, 10:13 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNUzjumPYT0

sounds like an aborted Carpenters demo when they harmonize together
WHAT THE ****?The Everly Brothers shouldve hunted them down ,that is THE CHEESIEST THING EVER, one of them, I LOVE that song, and they murdered it.

LOL I think theyre on the same level of cheesiness.

Seasons in the Sun,welcome to Jack's least fav song spot #3

catlover79

12-30-2007, 12:16 AM

WHAT THE ****?The Everly Brothers shouldve hunted them down ,that is THE CHEESIEST THING EVER, one of them, I LOVE that song, and they murdered it.

LOL I think theyre on the same level of cheesiness.

Seasons in the Sun,welcome to Jack's least fav song spot #3
I agree - the Everlys' version is one of my all-time favorites. Those two should never have covered a classic like that. puke:

catlover79

12-30-2007, 12:17 AM

Nighthawk76

12-30-2007, 12:20 AM

I agree - the Everlys' version is one of my all-time favorites. Those two should never have covered a classic like that. puke:

I guess that I should count myself lucky that I haven't heard this song. :eek:

catlover79

12-30-2007, 12:24 AM

I guess that I should count myself lucky that I haven't heard this song. :eek:
I also heard they recorded "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow", but didn't release it since Andy had previously performed it with Pat Arnold. Gee, couldn't anyone have given them an ORIGINAL song to do?? :mad:

Nighthawk76

12-30-2007, 12:25 AM

I also heard they recorded "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow", but didn't release it since Andy had previously performed it with Pat Arnold. Gee, couldn't anyone have given them an ORIGINAL song to do?? :mad:

I don't like the duet between Andy and Pat Arnold. That is the only song on the Andy Gibb Millennium CD that I don't like. Who is Pat Arnold anyway? :confused:

catlover79

12-30-2007, 12:44 AM

I don't like the duet between Andy and Pat Arnold. That is the only song on the Andy Gibb Millennium CD that I don't like. Who is Pat Arnold anyway? :confused:
She worked with Barry and Maurice on the Cucumber Castle album back in 1969 (or 1970), and is pretty popular overseas. I also found her website:

http://www.pparnold.com/

Nighthawk76

12-30-2007, 12:52 AM

She worked with Barry and Maurice on the Cucumber Castle album back in 1969 (or 1970), and is pretty popular overseas. I also found her website:

http://www.pparnold.com/

Cucumber Castle I beleive came out in 1970. I wish I could find some of their earlier albums. The only songs from the 1960's and early 1970's that I have in my collection are the dozen or so on The Record: Their Greatest Hits. I would like to hear more of their early material, but I can't find those CDs anywhere.

catlover79

12-30-2007, 12:55 AM

Cucumber Castle I beleive came out in 1970. I wish I could find some of their earlier albums. The only songs from the 1960's and early 1970's that I have in my collection are the dozen or so on The Record: Their Greatest Hits. I would like to hear more of their early material, but I can't find those CDs anywhere.
Mike, The Bee Gees First (1967), Idea (1968), and Horizontal (1968) have been re-issued by Rhino with bonus tracks. They might be worth hunting down. I'd like to see the Cucumber Castle special - Vincent Price co-starred!!! :D

Nighthawk76

12-30-2007, 12:59 AM

Mike, The Bee Gees First (1967), Idea (1968), and Horizontal (1968) have been re-issued by Rhino with bonus tracks. They might be worth hunting down. I'd like to see the Cucumber Castle special - Vincent Price co-starred!!! :D

Yeah, I remember reading an article that stated that those CDs had just been rereleased. I haven't seen them anywhere though. Do the stores in Ohio carry them? I would find it strange if they were sold everywhere but here in Chicago. :confused:

catlover79

12-30-2007, 01:01 AM

Yeah, I remember reading an article that stated that those CDs had just been rereleased. I haven't seen them anywhere though. Do the stores in Ohio carry them? I would find it strange if they were sold everywhere but here in Chicago. :confused:
Yes, I've seen copies of them in my local FYE, Best Buy and Circuit City.

Nighthawk76

12-30-2007, 01:06 AM

Yes, I've seen copies of them in my local FYE, Best Buy and Circuit City.

Really? I wonder why they aren't sold here? When I was at Best Buy the other day all they had was Children of the World, Greatest, One Night Only and The Record. Last month I was in FYE and they just had Bee Gees Greatest and One Night Only. Very strange.

Dean Winchester

12-30-2007, 01:10 AM

I see the box set that has the first three albums all the time at Borders, but it's quite costly, like $75 or so.

catlover79

12-30-2007, 01:11 AM

Really? I wonder why they aren't sold here? When I was at Best Buy the other day all they had was Children of the World, Greatest, One Night Only and The Record. Last month I was in FYE and they just had Bee Gees Greatest and One Night Only. Very strange.
That's odd. :confused: Maybe you should try the used stores.

Nighthawk76

12-30-2007, 01:11 AM

That's odd. :confused: Maybe you should try the used stores.

I tried used stores too.

Nighthawk76

12-30-2007, 01:12 AM

I see the box set that has the first three albums all the time at Borders, but it's quite costly, like $75 or so.

Borders, really? I hadn't thought of Borders. I'll have to look there. Thanks for the tip, John. :)

catlover79

12-30-2007, 01:24 AM

I was listening to the Staying Alive soundtrack this afternoon. I have to admit that this is the Bee Gees album that I probably listen to least, though I've always said that I like the songs "I Love You Too Much" and "Someone Belonging to Someon". Listening to the album again I have to say that "The Woman In You" is pretty good too. Still these songs are far from the Bee Gees at their best and are certainly not aywhere as good as the songs from Saturday Night Fever. They might be three enjoyable songs, but they are not good enough to have carried a movie.

When I was listening to the CD I was laying on my bed and I actually fell asleep during the Frank Stallone selections. :lol:
I've never heard the entire Staying Alive soundtrack - but I do have "The Woman In You" and "Someone Belonging to Someone" on the 1967-1990 4-CD box set. I love both songs - especially "Someone" because it is just so pretty. Frank Stallone put you to sleep, huh?? :lol: Guess that puts him on the same level as John Tesh and Yanni. :rofl:

Dean Winchester

12-30-2007, 01:35 AM

Borders, really? I hadn't thought of Borders. I'll have to look there. Thanks for the tip, John. :)
before you shop at Borders, go to the forums at DVDTalk where they link to Borders coupons, since you could get the set for 25-30% off on some weekends.

Nighthawk76

12-30-2007, 02:00 PM

before you shop at Borders, go to the forums at DVDTalk where they link to Borders coupons, since you could get the set for 25-30% off on some weekends.

I'll do just that, John. Thanks again for all your help. :) And thanks again for recommending the McCartney CD. I'm loving it! :D

Nighthawk76

12-30-2007, 02:22 PM

I've never heard the entire Staying Alive soundtrack - but I do have "The Woman In You" and "Someone Belonging to Someone" on the 1967-1990 4-CD box set. I love both songs - especially "Someone" because it is just so pretty. Frank Stallone put you to sleep, huh?? :lol: Guess that puts him on the same level as John Tesh and Yanni. :rofl:

I would never compare Frank with Yanni and John Tesh. That would be too much of an insult to Yanni and Tesh. :lol: The thing with the Stallone songs is that they are just sooooo bad. Most of them sound like they were written for a Rocky movie. Which in a way they were, since Staying Alive to me at least has always been Rocky with dancing.

I'm not even sure that the soundtrack to Staying Alive is even available anymore. I haven't seen it in a long, long time. I bought my copy in June 1997 at Tower and I don't think that I've seen a copy of it since then. "Someone" is indeed a very nice song.

The soundtrack has 12 songs on it. There's, of course, "The Woman In You", "I Love You Too Much" and "Someone Belonging To Someone". There are also two other Bee Gees songs called "Breakout" and "Life Goes On", which, sadly, are not very good. The Bee Gees section of the soundtrack ends with a edited (I would use the term "butchered") version of "Stayin' Alive" which features just the first verse and the bridge (you know where Barry sings "I'm going nowhere...").

Frank Stallone's "Far From Over" comes next. This is followed by a really bad song called "Look Out For Number One" by some guy named Tommy Faragher. Then there is a song sung by the film's leading lady Cynthia Rhodes called "Finding Out the Hard Way". Frank Stallone returns with a song called "Moddy Girl" which was co-written by J.B. Esposito who contributed the much superior "Lady, Lady, Lady" on the Flashdance soundtrack (a song I like a whole lot). Then there is another number by this guy Tommy Faragher called "We Dance So Close To The Fire", which is actually okay. It is certainly the best of the none Bee Gees tracks. The album sends with a horrible duet between Frank Stallone and Cynthia Rhodes called "I'm Never Gonna Give You Up"

I think it is safe to say, Monika, that you already have the highlights of this soundtrack. At least most of them anyway.

Dean Winchester

12-30-2007, 03:48 PM

I would never compare Frank with Yanni and John Tesh. That would be too much of an insult to Yanni and Tesh. :lol: The thing with the Stallone songs is that they are just sooooo bad. Most of them sound like they were written for a Rocky movie. Which in a way they were, since Staying Alive to me at least has always been Rocky with dancing.

I'm not even sure that the soundtrack to Staying Alive is even available anymore. I haven't seen it in a long, long time. I bought my copy in June 1997 at Tower and I don't think that I've seen a copy of it since then. "Someone" is indeed a very nice song.

I think it is deleted for the time being since it was distributed by Polygram and the rights switched hands to Rhino (a totally different company), who has been slowly remastering and rereleasing their material originally released on RSO

catlover79

12-30-2007, 09:14 PM

Dean Winchester

12-30-2007, 09:38 PM

when it comes to bad 80's fight music songs from movies, you might remember Esposito's "You're The Best" from the Karate Kid soundtrack, recently lampooned on a South Park episode a few seasons back. Wasn't he also one of Elvis' closest friends?

Nighthawk76

12-31-2007, 12:20 AM

Joe Bean Esposito also was part of the Brooklyn Dreams, which dueted with Donna Summer on "Heaven Knows" in 1979 (fellow member Bruce Sudano married Donna the next year). He also sang a duet with Donna on her long-shelved 1981 album I'm A Rainbow. "Lady, Lady, Lady" is indeed a very pretty song.

You sure do know your music, Monika. :) "Heaven Knows" is also quite probably my favorite Donna Summer song. It is either "Heaven Knows", "On the Radio" or "She Works Hard for the Money".

Nighthawk76

12-31-2007, 12:21 AM

Dean Winchester

12-31-2007, 12:40 AM

He may have been. I don't know. I know very little about Elvis, I'm afraid.
I checked. Elvis' best friend (and eternal cash-in on his friendship with him) was "Diamond" Joe Esposito, not to be confused with Joe "Bean" Esposito, who sang "Lady Lady Lady", "You're The Best" and "Heaven Knows" with Donna Summer. It would've been kinda funny if Elvis was best friends with a guy who went on to have a hit song with Donna and tracks on the Flashdance and Karate Kid soundtracks :lol:

catlover79

12-31-2007, 12:48 AM

I checked. Elvis' best friend (and eternal cash-in on his friendship with him) was "Diamond" Joe Esposito, not to be confused with Joe "Bean" Esposito, who sang "Lady Lady Lady", "You're The Best" and "Heaven Knows" with Donna Summer. It would've been kinda funny if Elvis was best friends with a guy who went on to have a hit song with Donna and tracks on the Flashdance and Karate Kid soundtracks :lol:
I also read somewhere that Joe Bean Esposito has a son who pitches in the Colorado Rockies organization. Donna, Joe Bean Esposito, Bruce Sudano and Eddie Hokenson also co-wrote "Bad Girls".

Nighthawk76

12-31-2007, 12:50 AM

I also read somewhere that Joe Bean Esposito has a son who pitches in the Colorado Rockies organization. Donna, Joe Bean Esposito, Bruce Sudano and Eddie Hokenson also co-wrote "Bad Girls".

Show off! :lol: ;)

catlover79

12-31-2007, 12:55 AM

Show off! :lol: ;)
:rofl:

Nighthawk76

12-31-2007, 12:57 AM

:rofl:

You might think you've gotten the better of me catlady, but in the words of the great Frank Stallone, "I am down. But I am far from over". :lol: ;)

catlover79

12-31-2007, 01:06 AM

You might think you've gotten the better of me catlady, but in the words of the great Frank Stallone, "I am down. But I am far from over". :lol: ;)
Mike, you're not going to start playing "Dueling Banjos", are you?? ;) :lol:

Nighthawk76

12-31-2007, 01:07 AM

Mike, you're not going to start playing "Dueling Banjos", are you?? ;) :lol:

Maybe :lol: ;)

catlover79

01-01-2008, 08:56 PM

Dean Winchester

01-01-2008, 09:46 PM

Speaking of Donna's I'm A Rainbow album, two future movie soundtrack songs are there - "Romeo" from Flashdance and "Highway Runner" from Fast Times at Ridgemont High. While she had one of the best producers in the business at the time in Giorgio Moroder, I wonder what it would've been like had Barry Gibb and company teamed up with her. That would've been awesome! :D
another planned collab I would've loved to see come true was ABBA. In the late 70's when ABBA were trying to break the states (granted, they had some hits in America, but in England, Australia and Sweden, they were the biggest group since The Beatles), there was talk about Barry working with Benny and Bjorn. There's been talk that "If I Can't Have You" was going to be given to ABBA to perform (tho I'm a little surprised there since Benny and Bjorn wrote and produced all ABBA songs, it wouldn't be like them to take someone else's song) to give them a surefire US smash hit, but ABBA were in the middle of their 1977 tour as well as recording "The Album" in Sweden, that they couldn't get enough time off to work with the Gibbs before the SNF album was already pressed and ready to go.

catlover79

01-01-2008, 09:57 PM

another planned collab I would've loved to see come true was ABBA. In the late 70's when ABBA were trying to break the states (granted, they had some hits in America, but in England, Australia and Sweden, they were the biggest group since The Beatles), there was talk about Barry working with Benny and Bjorn. There's been talk that "If I Can't Have You" was going to be given to ABBA to perform (tho I'm a little surprised there since Benny and Bjorn wrote and produced all ABBA songs, it wouldn't be like them to take someone else's song) to give them a surefire US smash hit, but ABBA were in the middle of their 1977 tour as well as recording "The Album" in Sweden, that they couldn't get enough time off to work with the Gibbs before the SNF album was already pressed and ready to go.
According to the liner notes in the 4-CD boxset Tales From the Brothers Gibb: 1967-1990, "If I Can't Have You" was indeed written by the Gibbs with ABBA in mind. When that didn't work out, Yvonne Elliman recorded the song and the rest is history.

Dean Winchester

01-01-2008, 09:58 PM

According to the liner notes in the 4-CD boxset Tales From the Brothers Gibb: 1967-1990, "If I Can't Have You" was indeed written by the Gibbs with ABBA in mind. When that didn't work out, Yvonne Elliman recorded the song and the rest is history.
I definately could picture Agnetha and Frida harmonizing to the song

catlover79

01-01-2008, 09:59 PM

I definately could picture Agnetha and Frida harmonizing to the song
So can I...that would've been cool.

Nighthawk76

01-02-2008, 12:03 AM

another planned collab I would've loved to see come true was ABBA. In the late 70's when ABBA were trying to break the states (granted, they had some hits in America, but in England, Australia and Sweden, they were the biggest group since The Beatles), there was talk about Barry working with Benny and Bjorn. There's been talk that "If I Can't Have You" was going to be given to ABBA to perform (tho I'm a little surprised there since Benny and Bjorn wrote and produced all ABBA songs, it wouldn't be like them to take someone else's song) to give them a surefire US smash hit, but ABBA were in the middle of their 1977 tour as well as recording "The Album" in Sweden, that they couldn't get enough time off to work with the Gibbs before the SNF album was already pressed and ready to go.

I didn't know that "If I Can't Have You" was actually written for ABBA. I had read that the brothers originally wrote that song for themselves and "How Deep Is Your Love" for Yvonne Elliman. However, their manager and SNF producer Robert Stigwood suggested that they record "How Deep Is Your Love" themselves and give "If I Can't Have You" to Yvonne who was than a singer in Eric Clapton's band (Clapton was also managed by Stigwood).

catlover79

01-02-2008, 12:38 AM

Yvonne Elliman also played Mary Magdalene in the 1973 film version of Jesus Christ Superstar, which was a Robert Stigwood Production. I've never seen it myself, but probably should.

Nighthawk76

01-02-2008, 12:39 AM

Yvonne Elliman also played Mary Magdalene in the 1973 film version of Jesus Christ Superstar, which was a Robert Stigwood Production. I've never seen it myself, but probably should.

I actually knew that.

catlover79

01-02-2008, 12:42 AM

Nighthawk76

01-02-2008, 12:43 AM

catlover79

01-02-2008, 12:50 AM

I saw it in 1993.
I just saw it last year! :lol:

Nighthawk76

01-05-2008, 12:41 AM

Has anyone else here seen 1978's ill-fated Sgt. Pepper?? I actually didn't think it was THAT bad (it wasn't THAT good, either), and it was fun in a cheesy sort of way. I mean, where else can you see Barry Gibb punch out Alice Cooper, or see Peter Frampton duke it out with Steven Tyler?? :brent Robin also did an excellent cover of "Oh! Darling" (one of my favorite Beatles songs and one of Paul's best performances).

I actually didn't like it that much. Part of the problem may be that with the exception of the Bee Gees and Aerosmith, I don't really like most of the artists who were featured in the movie. I don't like Peter Frampton at all. How Frampton Comes Alive sold as much as it did is beyond me. I was more than happy to see Barry knock out Alice Cooper. :lol: Alice Cooper is creepy. :lol: I also didn't like Robin's cover of "Oh! Darling". Even though I did like it better than Frampton's cover of "The Long And Winding Road".

Dean Winchester

01-05-2008, 12:55 AM

I never understood why Frampton Comes Alive was so big either, especially when you consider none of his other albums were remotely as successful. He actually toured with David Bowie as his lead guitarist back in the late 80's, which was kind of an odd and quick fall from fame since it was barely a decade after Frampton was the #1 artist in the world.

Nighthawk76

01-05-2008, 12:59 AM

Dean Winchester

01-05-2008, 01:03 AM

A town near to where I live had Frampton performing at their 2007 October Fest. :lol:
the first time I saw the Frampton Comes Alive album cover, as my older sister had the vinyl, I thought it was a girl

Nighthawk76

01-05-2008, 01:03 AM

the first time I saw the Frampton Comes Alive album cover, as my older sister had the vinyl, I thought it was a girl

Poor Peter. :lol:

catlover79

01-05-2008, 12:29 PM

A town near to where I live had Frampton performing at their 2007 October Fest. :lol:
OUCH!! When you're reduced to playing Oktoberfests and Rib Cookoffs...:eek: :lol:

Nighthawk76

01-05-2008, 06:48 PM

OUCH!! When you're reduced to playing Oktoberfests and Rib Cookoffs...:eek: :lol:

:lol:

Our town has a yearly Septemberfest and in both 2006 and 2007 Christopher Cross performed. :lol: He's another person who went from having huge hits to playing town fests.

catlover79

01-05-2008, 10:28 PM

:lol:

Our town has a yearly Septemberfest and in both 2006 and 2007 Christopher Cross performed. :lol: He's another person who went from having huge hits to playing town fests.
That's gotta hurt!!!! :eek: :lol:

Dean Winchester

01-05-2008, 10:31 PM

what is sad about this is that you'd think someone like Frampton or Cross would've saved their money better. Frampton Comes Alive sold over 10 million yet he's playing Oktoberfest's to make ends meet? something's wrong there

Nighthawk76

01-05-2008, 10:37 PM

That's gotta hurt!!!! :eek: :lol:

Pat Benatar played at the Septemberfest last year as well. K.C. and the Sunshine Band played in 1996 and Eddie Money in 1997.

Dean Winchester

01-05-2008, 10:47 PM

I would've probably gone to see Pat Benatar. I saw her live at a free state fair concert several years back and she was excellent and didn't at all act upset that she had resorted to doing free state fair shows, and put on a good show for 90 mins

Nighthawk76

01-05-2008, 10:48 PM

catlover79

01-05-2008, 10:51 PM

Nighthawk76

01-05-2008, 10:57 PM

Even the Bee Gees had to resort to playing some cheap dives in the early 1970s, including a place called Batley's Variety Club. Even that turned out for the good, as Maurice met his future wife Yvonne there.

During the early shows of the Main Course tour in 1975 they were still playing clubs. In the book I read on the Bee Gees, they looked upon that as a low point in their career. Of course, Main Course would continue to sell well and they began to move up to bigger venues again.

Dean Winchester

01-05-2008, 11:02 PM

I think sometimes smaller venues are actually nicer than arenas for the fans. I feel like an intimate setting is a lot more memorable. On the documentary I saw on The Scissor Sisters, they talked about how they enjoy playing America more than any other country, despite the fact they're only a fraction as popular here as in Europe, because playing 2000-3000 seat theaters where every single person in the room loves every single song and sings along to every word is more exciting for them than when they're in England and playing a 35,000 seat venue loaded with a lot of people who just want to hear "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'". They make more money playing large arenas in Europe and abroad but the smaller shows in the US seem to be more personal and passionate for them.

catlover79

01-06-2008, 01:14 PM

I agree - smaller venue shows are more personal and intimate, and of course, less crowded!! :D I love those kinds of shows.

Dean Winchester

01-10-2008, 10:19 PM

I have been watching some of the Solid Gold episodes I acquired, and you could see Andy deterorating just over the course of that season. He looked really tired and burnt out in the episodes in early 1982, while he was full of life and energy in the late 1981 episodes when he joined. Kind of sad because he did have a charismatic personality on there. One really chilling thing on one of those episodes is him performing "Leader Of The Band" (since the Solid Gold hosts always performed one of the top 10 songs on a given week), especially what the song is about and the fact that both Andy and Dan Fogelberg are not with us any longer.

catlover79

01-10-2008, 11:22 PM

Dean Winchester

01-10-2008, 11:27 PM

The Gibbs (and Dan Fogelberg) were the sons of a bandleader as well, which makes the song even more touching. That is such a beautiful song - a labor of love.

John, for a second I thought that was Michael Jackson in your avatar. My apologizes to Bjork. :lol:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=oBr2Pp91CrI is the clip of Andy singing Leader Of The Band

Michael does kind of look like Bjork, and that's kinda scary on both behalfs

catlover79

01-10-2008, 11:49 PM

Dean Winchester

01-10-2008, 11:57 PM

^ Very scary resemblance. I can even see some facial similarities between Michael and Yoko Ono. You thought Paul McCartney had nightmares before?? :eek: :lol:

I guess you could call the Bee Gees an early hair band. Did you notice the long, flowing manes of Barry and Robin throughout the 1970s?? :lol:
well, Bjork and Yoko have Asian blood in their veins (Bjork is half-Asian if I recall), and Michael has been trying to look like an Asian lady, so Bjork and Yoko would definately be women he'd aspire to look like, much like he used to try to look like Diana Ross

catlover79

01-11-2008, 12:07 AM

well, Bjork and Yoko have Asian blood in their veins (Bjork is half-Asian if I recall), and Michael has been trying to look like an Asian lady, so Bjork and Yoko would definately be women he'd aspire to look like, much like he used to try to look like Diana Ross
He hasn't looked like Diana Ross in 20 years!! :eek: :lol: Ironically, Michael and Barry Gibb both worked on Diana's 1985 album Eaten Alive.

Dean Winchester

01-11-2008, 12:25 AM

"Chain Reaction" by the Gibbs off that album is arguably Diana's last great song. It wasn't very popular in America but in the UK, it was as big as Upside Down.

Nighthawk76

01-11-2008, 01:19 AM

I guess you could call the Bee Gees an early hair band. Did you notice the long, flowing manes of Barry and Robin throughout the 1970s?? :lol:

I thought Barry looked cool during the 70's. :cool:

catlover79

01-11-2008, 01:00 PM

I thought Barry looked cool during the 70's. :cool:
Oh, I never said the hair wasn't cool - it was. :cool:

catlover79

01-11-2008, 02:30 PM

"Chain Reaction" by the Gibbs off that album is arguably Diana's last great song. It wasn't very popular in America but in the UK, it was as big as Upside Down.
Chain Reaction is a cool song. It's too bad it didn't chart higher in the States.

Nighthawk76

01-11-2008, 11:42 PM

Oh, I never said the hair wasn't cool - it was. :cool:

If I had been 30 years older during the late 70's I would have wanted to look just like Barry. :cool:

Nighthawk76

01-12-2008, 12:24 AM

Barry in all his 70's cool: :cool:

catlover79

01-15-2008, 05:50 PM

^ :cool:

Steve M.

01-17-2008, 12:25 AM

Lonely Days
I've Gotta Get a Message To You
Run To Me
How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
To Love Somebody
Jive Talkin'
Nights On Broadway
How Deep Is Your Love
New York Mining Disaster 1941
Fanny (Be Tender WIth My Love)

Nighthawk76

01-17-2008, 02:17 AM

Yesterday I bought the 2005 Bee Gees ballad collection called Love Songs. It features some of the brothers' best known love songs like "How Deep Is Your Love", "More Than A Woman", "Too Much Heaven" "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart" and "Words". I actually already have all but one of the songs on the CD (the Robin Gibb solo song "Juliet") already in my collection, but I had a Borders gift certificate that was about to expire, and I thought it would be nice to have all the great Bee Gees ballads on one CD. This is a great collection of songs for anyone looking for timeless love songs.

The songs featured on the CD include:

To Love Somebody
Words
First of May
Lonely Days
How Can You Mend A Broken Heart
How Deep Is Your Love
More Than A Woman
Too Much Heaven
Secret Love
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Closer Than Close
I Could Not Love You More
Wedding Day

As I mentioned above, the CD also includes the Robin Gibb solo song "Juliet" and four cover songs the brothers did for greatest hits collections of songs that they had originally wrote for other artisits. There is "Emotion" (written for Samantha Sang in 1978), "(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away" (which Barry wrote for younger brother Andy in 1978), "Heartbreaker" (for Dionne Warwick) and "Islands In the Stream" (for Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton). I actually would have perferred that "Juliet" and the covers be left off the album to make room for a number of Bee Gees classics that are not included like "Love So Right" and "Fanny (Be Tender With My Love". "You Stepped Into My Life", "Someone Belonging To Someone" and "One" could also have been included.

Nighthawk76

01-17-2008, 02:20 AM

With the addition of Love Songs, I now have 12 Bee Gees albums in my collection. They are:

Main Course
Children of the World
Saturday Night Fever
Spirits Having Flown
Bee Gees Greatest
Staying Alive
Size Isn't Everything
Still Waters
One Night Only
This Is Where I Came In
The Record: Their Greatest Hits
Love Songs

catlover79

01-17-2008, 03:06 PM

^ Awesome!! :cool:

Nighthawk76

01-27-2008, 12:46 AM

catlover79

01-27-2008, 12:48 AM

This afternoon on YouTube I saw the 1978 promotional video for "Night Fever" for the first time. I didn't even know there was one for that song. We used to get VH1 Classics through out old cable provider, and they often played the videos for "Stayin' Alive" and "How Deep is Your Love" but never for "Night Fever". What's most interesting about the video is that Barry doesn't have a beard in it.
Wow, I didn't know there was a video for it either. Mike, did you ever see the video on YouTube for He's a Liar? John recommended it. The link is on this thread somewhere...