Re: Back To The 70's
Posted on: 10/14/2009 12:12 PM
BLUEY,HOW ARE YOU. I LOOKED ON YOUR LIST OF BILLBOARD TOP SONGS OF 1972. BESIDES AMERICA,I REALLY ENJOYED SEALS AND CROFTS. GREAT BAND,VERY TALENTED. SUMMER BREEZE,WE MAY NEVER PASS,HUMMINGBIRD,GET CLOSER,-ALL GREAT SONGS, JIMMY SEALS & DASH CROFTS WERE GREAT TO SEE IN CONCERT. P.S. JIMMY'S BROTHER WAS DAN SEALS-AKA ENGLAND DAN,FROM ENGLAND DAN AND JOHN FORD COLEY. ANOTHER 70'S POP GROUP WITH HITS LIKE I REALLY LOVE TO SEE YOU TONIGHT . SADLY,DAN PASSED AWAY A SHORT TIME AGO.
Re: Back To The 70's
Posted on: 10/14/2009 05:41 PM
BLUEY,THE BOBBY SHERMAN VIDEO WAS QUITE AMUSING. BOBBY USED TO BE A REGULAR ON SHINDIG,WHICH WAS A MUSIC SHOW IN THE SIXTIES THAT FEATURED OTHERS LIKE THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS AND THE BLOSSOMS. THE BEATLES PERFORMED ON SHINDIG,AS DID THE ROLLING STONES AND EVERY OTHER BIG BAND AT THE TIME. A FEW YEARS AGO HE PLAYED WITH PETER NOONE AND DAVY JONES ON THE TEEN IDOLS TOUR. BOBBY STILL SOUNDED THE SAME. HOW ABOUT JULIE JULIE JULIE DO YOU LOVE ME. VERY FUNNY.
Re: Back To The 70's
Posted on: 10/14/2009 10:49 PM
G'Day Steve,
"Shindig" had a great Aussie fan base. From memory the only international Oz acts at that time were The Easybeats,
The Bee Gees (although they called themselves a UK act when
"New York Mining Disaster" was released in 1967) and
The Seekers.
Nice to see Micky Dolenz with Dewey and Gerry on twitpic.
Re: O/T: - Back To The 70's
Posted on: 10/15/2009 02:14 PM
Bluey, The Bee Gees were amazing.They were one of the best live bands that I ever saw. I loved New York Mining Disaster,Alive, and Words. When I was a kid ,I thought that The Easybeats were a British band. Friday on My Mind was a great song. I did find out many years later that they were an Aussie band. Finally,I Really like The Little River Band. I saw them a couple of times and thought they were spectacular. Of course,the present version of the band is not anything other than a cover band. Incidentally, there was a past member of The Little River Band that came from my neck of the woods in Baltimore,Md. His name was Tony Scuito and he played with them for about 6-8 years.Tony played keyboards and guitars and is really talented. P.S. Thanks for the great Bobby Sherman video [ julie,do you love me.] Awesome-just kidding.
Re: O/T: - Back To The 70's
Posted on: 10/26/2009 01:39 PM
G'Day Steve,
I just watched the last half of Austar's PayTV Music Max's
"Top 40 70's Icons" and The Bee Gees were #1 with
"Stayin' Alive".
A bit of trivia. In 1966 they left Australia by ship and headed to England. Whilst in-transit, "Spicks And Specks" became
their first #1 in Oz. At the same time, it was reported in Sydney's Daily Mirror that the band planned to change their name to
"Rupert's World", apparently thinking that The Bee Gees ("Brothers Gibb") sounded too corny.
The same newspaper later reported that, due to the success of "Spicks And Specks", when they eventually arrived in the UK they were greeted by a large contingent of Oz fans and the name change was shelved.
Due to the fact that Little River Band and America have been on the same bill a number of times, they have been mentioned numerous times on America's blogs. The US fans really took them to heart.
Just a pity "Reminiscing" didn't reach #1. From memory,
"Hot Child In The City" kept them out?
Re: O/T: - Back To The 70's
Posted on: 10/27/2009 04:07 PM
Bluey, great information as usual. Birtles,Shorrock,& Goble.-the real Little River Band. I hate when bogus bands go out and use the name of a legendary band like the Little River Band. Those guys were the real deal.Thanks for the info on the Brothers Gibb.They were an amazing band. I hope that Barry and Robin get together again and tour. It would be great for them to pay tribute to their lost brothers,Maurice and Andy.
Re: O/T: - Back To The 70's
Posted on: 10/28/2009 02:55 PM
Hi Chaz, according to author Albert Goldman, in his 1988 book - "The Lives Of John Lennon" - he stated that
Reminiscing" was also a favorite with the ex-Beatle.
The song was off their "Sleeper Catcher" album which was the first Australian recorded album to reach platinum status in the US. According to BMI, "Reminiscing" is one of the most frequently played songs in the history of American radio.
Steve, without researching Bee Gees sites, they were very young when they started their musical career here. An early photo is displayed in the inner sleeve notes of their "The Record - Greatest Hits" CD. Their father played drums, Barry guitar. They were regular acts on early Oz TV shows like Brian Henderson's "Bandstand", "Six O'Clock Rock" and others. From memory their very first Oz success was a song written by Barry, but recorded by Bryan Davies, called "I Don't Like To Be Alone".
They became very prolific songwriters, nearly all songs credited with "Gibb/Gibb/Gibb", and had a lot of success here with singles like - "Wine And Women", "Three Kisses Of Love", "Timber", "Take Hold Of That Star", "The Battle Of The Blue And Gray" etc. "Spicks And Specks" was their first #1. They also wrote songs for a number of other Oz artists that charted well.
When they left Oz in 1966, The Bee Gees line-up also included lead guitarist, Vince Mahouney (formerly with Billy Thorpe And The Aztecs) and drummer, Col "Smiley" Peterson. A few years later, for whatever reasons, they left the group at different times.
Re: O/T: - Back To The 70's
Posted on: 10/28/2009 09:55 PM
Bluey,I think that Barry Gibb is one of the greatest writers ever.Guilty,Woman in Love,and What Kind of Fool are 3 great songs that were written for Barbra Streisand.Islands in the Stream is a great song that Kenny Rogers and Dolly parton recorded.I do like their version as well. I also like the song Grease -as recorded by Franki Valli.Emotion by Samantha Sang ,and Olivia Newton John and John Travolta-You're the one that I want.This doesn't even count the hits that were recorded by little brother Andy.These are the ones that I remember,although I am sure there are many others.Do you remember the song Breakout on the Stayin Alive soundtrack? That was the film that was the follow up to Saturday Night Fever.Breakout is one of my favorite Bee Gees songs and no one even remembers it.
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Re: O/T: - Back To The 70's
Posted on: 10/29/2009 09:25 AM
Gotta say,as a big BeeGees fan,I don't recall the song "Breakout",but I do have the "Stayin' Alive" soundtrack here. I find that as I get older,I'm more open to checking out some of these forgotton album cuts and tracks. Some of my favorite BeeGees songs weren't necessarily 'hits' and if they were singles,they didn't get very high. Those songs would include "Living Eyes","Someone Belonging To Someone","Subway","Songbird", and "Reaching Out." Their best albums--at least to me--are probably "Main Course"(1975) and "Children Of The World."(1976)
SteveO
"...When will there be a harvest for the world....?"
Re: O/T: - Back To The 70's
Posted on: 10/29/2009 10:48 AM
Hey SteveO
I'm with you! MAIN COURSE & CHILDREN OF THE WORLD were imho the best albums by the BeeGees. Two of my absolute favourite tunes were/are FANNY BE TENDER and...yes...SUBWAY!
I saw the BeeGees in concert at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto back in the fall of 1976. I was in grade 13 and going through a major BARRY GIBB stage. My boyfriend had some binoculars strapped around his neck & every time Barry sang, I grabbed them for a long, lingering stare. My poor boyfriend probably has neck issues to this very day.
Re: O/T: - Back To The 70's
Posted on: 10/29/2009 03:15 PM
Likewise SteveN, I haven't heard "Breakout". Again without doing any research, I believe Barry Gibb is credited as writing more
US #1's than any other songwriter.
For me the difference between being a fan of America and other artists, like The Bee Gees, is the fact that I bought every America album, sometimes on pure faith, when released. To my knowledge "Hourglass" and "Human Nature" were not preceded with a single, given any media promotion or airplay. Unfortunately I never got around to buying those two Bee Gees albums mentioned in the above posts.
I just logged onto Amazon and found early Bee Gees material available on two interesting double CDs -
"Brilliant From Birth" - released 1997 - has most of their early Australian hits.
"Bee Gees 1st" [Original Recordings Remastered] - released by Rhino/Wea 2006 - has early Oz/UK hits when the group included Vince Mahouney and Col Peterson. All five appear on the front cover.
One of my favorite non-hits of theirs is "Mr Natural".
From memory, Barry only wrote two songs for Olivia Newton-John. An early minor hit called "Come On Over" and her 1980 duet with Andy Gibb called "I Can't Help It".
"You're The One That I Want" was written by her longtime friend, Australian John Farrar, who also wrote a lot of her other hits including "Hopelessly Devoted To You", "Greased Lightin'", "Don't Stop Believin'", "Make A Move On Me", "Magic", "Sam" and "Have You Never Been Mellow'.
Re: O/T: - Back To The 70's
Posted on: 10/29/2009 04:59 PM
Bluey,there are a couple of videos on you tube that feature the song "Breakout'.It is a great one. You are correct with the writer for "You're the one that I want". I don't know why I thought that b.g. wrote it. Chaz and Steve O. - I agree with you that Main Course is one of the best albums by the Brother's Gibb.Fanny has always been one of my favorites. I also have all of the America albums and agree that Hourglass and Human Nature are special. Wednesday Morning and From a Moving Train are two of America's best songs and I also liked Dewey on the song" Hot Town".When the album came out,the band played a bunch of the songs in concert.I wish that they would play "HOPE" again,because Gerry used to really get into it and the lead guitar on the song was outstanding. I would rather hear some of these songs in concert than some of the greatest hits.However, I do understand that certain songs have to be played for the people who are casual fans.Bluey,once again you have enlightened us with more Bee Gee info.
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Re: O/T: - Back To The 70's
Posted on: 02/03/2010 02:01 AM
Hi Bluey, Stevenom, Chaz & all....Bluey is correct, I am a huge Bee Gees fan!! There has been so much controversy about what would become of the Bee Gees after the untimely passing of Maurice. Maurice was nicknamed "the man in the middle" and he lived up to that name as Barry and Robin are both strong-willed and butted heads often...Maurice came in as the peacemaker to bring them together.
Bluey, their first break-up that you mentioned was partly because Barry and Robin were young and feuding over who go the most lead vocals, attention, etc....i.e., "ego"...and both decided to try going solo. They found that they were both successful BUT nothing topped the three together as the Bee Gees, they missed being brothers and the comraderie.
I also have to address the "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack...it is termed "disco" because of the movie (people were so sick of their "disco" music that eventually one radio station actually blew their records up). The Bee Gees call their songs "R&B". They had been working on an album and had written most of the songs for it when asked to write songs for "Saturday Night Fever". They tried to refuse as they wanted to finish the album but, instead, they eventually submitted the songs they wrote and the songs fit the bill for the soundtrack. They hate the disco label but whether termed disco or R&B the music, as always, was fantastic and defined that era.
When Maurice passed suddenly, Barry and Robin at first said they would go on being the Bee Gees. Shortly after that statement, they stated what Bluey wrote "Anything we do, we will do together but it'll be as brothers and not under the name of The Bee Gees. We don't want to be The Bee Gees again". Shortly after that, Barry and Robin were feuding again...over Robin's solo release, "Magnet", and about a tribute to Maurice. "Magnet" had been slated to come out right around the time Maurice passed so the release was put off for a few months. When it came out, Robin had his own version of "Wish You Were Here" which ticked Barry off..."Wish You Were Here" had originally been written in honor of Andy and was released on the Bee Gees 1989 album, "One". Actually, before Andy died they had discussed him as being the "4th Bee Gee" on the One Tour..,sadly, that did not come to pass. WYWH was a very emotional song for the brothers to record and Barry felt it should have not been redone by Robin. What makes the song even more poignant was the passing of Maurice so close to the release, Robin ended up singing it for both Andy and Maurice ~
Robin started planning a tribute for Maurice but Barry got upset stating he did not have enough creative input so it was called off. Barry and Robin apparently didn't speak up until about last summer. Barry and Robin finally got together on a talk show (possibly Entertainment Tonight) saying they both had been so overcome with grief that they had to do their own thing and work through it but were now ready to carry on as the Bee Gees. On the last season of "Dancing With The Stars", they made an appearance together...it was great seeing them together but bittersweet with no Mo. But, so far, no word about a tribute for Maurice although I know all us fans are hoping for one.
Re: O/T: - Back To The 70's
Posted on: 02/03/2010 10:40 AM
Hi Joy. Great insight on The Brothers Gibb. I also hope that they tour again. One was a great album and they were outstanding when they performed most of the songs live. I really enjoy listening to Ordinary Lives. I think that it is one of their greatest compositions. Thanks for the two versions of Wish You Were Here. Both are done very well,but I prefer the original.
The book was published by Omnibus Press in 2001, but re-released January 2004 to include Maurice's death in
February 2003.
Around 1966-7, I was working nightshift as a cub reporter for Sydney's leading afternoon newspaper. I got a call from a female (apparently Barry's first wife, who was also their secretary) and she asked me if I knew The Bee Gees? When I said yes, she told me that Maurice and producer, Ossie Byrne, had recently been assaulted while walking down a street by some lunatic with a brick . Maurice was treated at a local hospital for superficial injuries and allowed to leave but unfortunately Byrne's injuries were more severe and he was admitted.
When she said that Maurice was there, I asked to speak to him. We spoke for sometime and I got all the details. He was extremely polite and helpful. In those days, there was only one senior reporter, plus a photograher and driver, on nightshift duty covering the entire city of Sydney. Jeff Wells went out and interviewed Maurice, Barry, Robin, took photos etc, but the story was canned.
According to a newspaper article I have here, written by Mark Skelsey, they met Byrne in 1966 and recorded their first #1 hit, "Spicks And Specks" at his St Clair studio, a former butcher's storeroom, located in 56 Queens Road, Hurstville. For two months in 1966, they recorded 30 songs there, sometimes sleeping on the floor.
The studio featured a mono tape deck, soundproofing using old carpet and mattresses, a glassed-in control booth and an echo chamber made from a bricked-in toilet. The studio was demolished in mid-1970s.
From memory, their "ESP" album was dedicated to memory of Ossie Byrne.
From the vault -
Here's one of their first TV appearances on Brian Henderson's
(Australian) Bandstand singing a cover of a then little known
UK band - The Beatles - "Please Please Me".
At the time, they hadn't recorded any of their own records.
Re: 70s/Bobby Sherman/LRB/The Bee Gees
Posted on: 02/06/2010 03:18 PM
Bluey. great story about the Bee Gees. The video of Please Please Me is quite amusing. I still hope that they tour again because they are one of the best live bands that I have ever seen.
Re: 70s/Bobby Sherman/LRB/The Bee Gees
Posted on: 02/23/2010 02:13 PM
Bluey and Joy, I just read that the Bee Gees were chosen to induct Abba into the Rock Hall of Fame next month. That should be very interesting.It will be great to see Barry and Robin again.
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Re: 70s/Bobby Sherman/LRB/The Bee Gees
Posted on: 02/26/2010 02:21 AM
Steve...thanks for the heads-up on the RRHOF induction, I hadn't heard that the Bee Gees would be inducting Abba! I'll be watching for sure :)
Bluey...I'm doing well, just busy. I hope you are doing well after the knee surgery, saying prayers for a swift and full recovery. I enjoyed the links you posted...I had never seen the youtube video of the Bee Gees singing "Please Please Me". Do you have "The Ultimate Biography of The Brothers Gibb/The Tales Of The Brothers Gibb"? I have it and it is awesome, it is so detailed many fans call it the "Bee Gees Bible". Did you see the DVD bio called "Keppel Road" or the DVD bio "This Is Where I Came In"? Good vids along with the "One Night Only" concert DVD (Vegas) and their "Live By Request" concert. I never did get to see the Bee Gees live but I have most of their concerts on DVD (many boots).
Re: 70s/Bobby Sherman/LRB/The Bee Gees
Posted on: 04/18/2010 04:44 AM
For Aussie and LRB fans, Glenn Shorrock is celebrating
"45 Years Of Song" with his "It's A Long Way There"
concerts at Sydney's State Theatre, 10 July and Melbourne's
Regent Theatre, 16 July.
What a show that will be. I saw his "Birtles, Shorrock & Goble" "Full Circle" concert a couple of years ago...just brilliant.
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Re: 70s/Bobby Sherman/LRB/The Bee Gees
Posted on: 04/18/2010 03:05 PM
Bluey,I'm sure Shorrock's show will be much more worth the price of admission than the $17 that the current "fake" version of the LRB is charging when they come to the nearby casino in this portion of Upper Michigan...
SteveO
"...When will there be a harvest for the world....?"
Re: 70s/Bobby Sherman/LRB/The Bee Gees
Posted on: 04/18/2010 09:11 PM
Tomorrow on my Good Time Old School Classics Time Machine online at www.hawkradio.com 4-6pm EST/1-3pm PST/9-11pm,I will be featuring April 19th,1972 during my Class Reunion Yearbook! God Bless Dr Johnny P LoveTrain
Re: 70s/Bobby Sherman/LRB/The Bee Gees
Posted on: 04/19/2010 06:29 PM
LRB [USA], AS BLUEY REFERS TO THEM, IS COMING TO ANNAPOLIS,MD. IN MAY AND THEY ARE CHARGING $ 45.00 PLUS SERVICE CHARGE TO SEE THEM. I'D RATHER GO WITH BLUEY AND SPEND THE $ 85.00 FOR THE SHORROCK SHOW. P.S.,THE VIDEO WITH GLENN AND RINGO IS A CLASSIC.
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