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I love their music! What about you guys?
At the age of a primary schoolchild, it is Melody Fair that was played well for the lunch break
in the school.
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May 15, 2011 - 3:22 AM
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Urs Lesse
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I always liked their pre disco output ("To Love Somebody", "Holiday", "Words",
"Massachusetts", "Lonely Days"). Their disco material doesn't hold up well today, because it was a formula that wore itself out after five years. By the early '80s, it considered old hat, and The Bee Gees never regained their former glory.
Frankly, I have no doubt that that is your preference, but I am 100% sure that what people remember and love from the Bee Gees today is not MASSACHUSETTS, but their disco sensation STAYING ALIVE. In terms of longevity, it ranks in the same drawer as Michael Jackson's biggest hits.
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May 15, 2011 - 7:38 AM
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Timmer
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I always liked their pre disco output ("To Love Somebody", "Holiday", "Words",
"Massachusetts", "Lonely Days"). Their disco material doesn't hold up well today, because it was a formula that wore itself out after five years. By the early '80s, it considered old hat, and The Bee Gees never regained their former glory.
Frankly, I have no doubt that that is your preference, but I am 100% sure that what people remember and love from the Bee Gees today is not MASSACHUSETTS, but their disco sensation STAYING ALIVE. In terms of longevity, it ranks in the same drawer as Michael Jackson's biggest hits.
Absolutely Urs, there is no doubt you are right but like filmusicnow I too prefer the early stuff.
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May 15, 2011 - 8:20 AM
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Octoberman
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Me too! I could do without the infinite recycled hits collections, but that is the record company's doing, not theirs. They are pop geniuses.
The Bee Gees own the rights to their own material, not Universal Music.
My comment had nothing to do with who owns the rights. Generally (and there are exceptions), it is the record company and/or the artists' managers that decides, "Hey, a few years have passed since a Bee Gees compilation was issued. Let's put one out for a newer generation". What this means is that it is granted a budget for track selection, remastering, packaging and, most importantly, advertising and promotion. It is unlikely that it's ever a case of Barry Gibb sitting on top of the masters and thinking, "Hmm, who can I shop these around to now".
When you look at a Bee Gees compilation, I don't think there are too many where the liner notes say, "Conceived by The Bee Gees".
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May 15, 2011 - 3:38 PM
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filmusicnow
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Their disco material doesn't hold up well today.
Yes it does. When those tunes come on at a social, wedding reception, nightclub, or what have you, the dance floor becomes instantly PACKED. Young and old alike. Without fail. 
If you are referring to what gets airplay, then I have to say that the disco tunes get far more than the earlier ones (depending on the station, of course). Personally, I'd love to hear things like the aformentioned "Melody Fair" on air more often, but I can settle for what does get played. One can always go home and play it for oneself.
Their disco stuff came form the late '70s, which I felt was the worst part of the decade.
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I always liked their pre disco output ("To Love Somebody", "Holiday", "Words",
"Massachusetts", "Lonely Days"). Their disco material doesn't hold up well today, because it was a formula that wore itself out after five years. By the early '80s, it considered old hat, and The Bee Gees never regained their former glory.
I agree, I prefer their earlier 70's songs.
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May 15, 2011 - 4:09 PM
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Octoberman
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Their disco material doesn't hold up well today.
Yes it does. When those tunes come on at a social, wedding reception, nightclub, or what have you, the dance floor becomes instantly PACKED. Young and old alike. Without fail.
If you are referring to what gets airplay, then I have to say that the disco tunes get far more than the earlier ones (depending on the station, of course). Personally, I'd love to hear things like the aformentioned "Melody Fair" on air more often, but I can settle for what does get played. One can always go home and play it for oneself.
Their disco stuff came form the late '70s, which I felt was the worst part of the decade.
Well then you're just throwing the baby out with the bathwater. There was a lot of great music in the late 70's. You just had to look for it, sometimes. To categorize all of it as bad just because there was also a lot of dreck is sort of a narrow view. The same could be said for ANY decade.
Oh, and "Main Course" (one of their finest records, which unfortunately for some, also contained "Jive Talkin'") came out in 1975. (I would call "Jive Talkin'" more R&B than disco. The hard, 4-to-the-bar dance beat didn't really start until "Children Of The World", a year later.)
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