I was born when the Bee Gee's were on the height of the disco so I was introduced to them by my dad. He was pure rock and roll and played Bee Gee's Gold record in his rotation. This was the one with all their early hits. They still are my favorite bands today. Those I hung out with had no idea that they actually were not disco at one time. I made a compilation cd a few years back with all the hits from 1967-1972. I needed one more song so I decided to add "Morning of My Life." What a beautiful song this is. It is now my favorite. Great to discover new Bee Gee's after all this time.
Despite their musical omnipresence in the 1970s, the Bee Gees never had the #1 song of the year in the USA. Night Fever was #2 behind baby brother Andy's Shadow Dancing. Stayin Alive was #4 for 1978. How Deep is Your Love was #6. Too Much Heaven charted at #11 for the year in 1979.
Andy also had the #2 song of the year for 1977 with I Just Want to Be Your Everything.
Funny that "Stayin' Alive" didn't make to #1; that song was so catchy --- and it was everywhere!!
Andy Gibb resembles Heath Ledger, or vice versa.
Yes, he does. And for some reason, I always thought Joseph Gordon-Levitt resembled a younger Heath Ledger as well. Which is kind of weird because he was in THE DARK KNIGHT RISES. When I'd heard that before the movie came out (after Ledger's death, obviously), I had assumed they'd hired him to replace Ledger (not that anyone really could!). Odd that they'd pick someone that looked like that, and, of course, unfortunate about Ledger and that the Joker simply disappeared...
I dunno how well this clip is known outside the UK, but this is a great salutary lesson on what happens if you get the 'satirical' interview technique wrong:
Anderson was being insulting from the get go, and is clearly not a fan of the group in taking those infantile potshots.
I remember Clive Anderson from "Whose Line is it Anyway?", but is he always a lousy, condescending interviewer?
He doesn't really do interviews these days. There's a smug thing in his style that overshoots the mark, though he's not malevolent. He's also a lawyer, which might have a bearing.
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 was going to post something similar, but what you said sums it up for me as well. This is one of my favorite ever albums, and 'First of May' one of my favorite all time songs.
So is "Holiday" "Every Christian Lion Hearted Man Will Show You" (the "B" side of "Holiday"), and "Words". Interestingly, "Every Christian Lion Hearted Man Will Show You" was from The Bee Gees' first album ("Bee Gees 1st") and incorporated Gregorian chants with a mellotron.
The two guys on the right on the cover (Barry Gibb and Colin Peterson) are the only ones still alive. Also, "Spicks And Specks" was their first hit single.
Heard two Bee Gees songs this morning while running errands: "How Deep is Your Love" was on the Starbucks system, and "Night Fever" at my local supermarket.
If this were 1979, I no doubt would have heard the Muzak versions...
Why can't they remaster and release Bee Gees Gold on CD? All the newer greatest hits compilations always left a huge hit off or threw more disco material in it to annoy those fans that prefer the early era.
