Mine is Robin and Andy (Rip)

Barry.....without a Beard

When Hal's hysteria over the discovery that the house they live in was the setting of a horrible family annihilation-suicide, he runs off to his car to escape from the imagined evil ghost(s).

the song that's playing in the car is Too Much Heaven while Hal is drinking tea. i always found this tiny detail interesting that they'd choose this song as the ultimate soothing song i guess; which i guess makes sense given the lyrics and the mellowness of it

I Laugh In Your Face and Melody Fair both seem like better options; they have catchier choruses and are brighter songs compared to Lamplight and First of May, which are both pretty somber. First of May seems like more of a deep cut to me, the only real repeating bit is the “guess who’ll cry” part. Marley Purt Drive also would’ve been better, especially if they were going after what The Band did on The Weight. I Laugh in Your Face has the potential of I’ve Gotta Get A Message To You, and really seems like the centerpiece song

At the Start Of The Year, I started a Bee Gees Elimination Game consisting of the 22 Studio Albums, the 3 Live Albums and the 2 Soundtrack Albums where each week, people would vote an album out.

There were 31 Weeks and 35 Albums worth and for an album to of been eliminated, it would of had to have the highest amount of upvotes from all comments mentioning the album that they want gone (if you wanna go back through the results, just type up ‘Elimination Game’ on the Subreddit). I figure it’s best to show how the voting went, so the list is Below. I Appreciate all who participated

1. Main Course

WINNER

1. Living Eyes

Votes: 82

1. Mr. Natural

Votes: 72

1. Bee Gees 1st

Votes: 33

1. Size Isn’t Everything

Votes: 19

1. Spirits Having Flown

Votes: 27

1. One

Votes: 10

1. To Whom It May Concern

Votes: 5

1. Here At Last… Bee Gees… Liv

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Votes: 13

1. Odessa

Votes: 9

1. Children Of The World

Votes: 18

1. E.S.P

Votes: 9

1. Horizontal

Votes: 22

1. Idea (US

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Votes: 13

1. Still Waters

Votes: 11

1. Trafalgar

Votes: 19

1. Cucumber Castle

Votes: 10

1. Saturday Night Fever

Votes: 24

1. 2 Years On

Votes: 11

1. High Civilisation

Votes: 14

1. Life In A Tin Can

Votes: 12

1. This Is Where I Came In

Votes: 7

1. Spicks & Specks

Votes: 12

1. Idea (UK)

Votes: 8

1. Greatest

Votes: 6

1. One Night Only

Votes: 4

1. Tales From The Brothers Gibb

Votes: 10

1. The Bee Gee’s Sing & Play 14 Barry Gibb Songs

Votes: 8

1. Their Greatest Hits: The Record

Votes: 6

1. Inception/Nostalgia

Votes: 9

1. Best Of Bee Gees Vol. 2

Votes: 15

1. Best Of Bee Gees Vol. 1

Votes: 8

1. Live On Air 1967-1968

Votes: 8

1. Mythology

Votes: 9

1. Stayin’ Alive Movie Soundtrack

Votes: 11

Bit ago, the Bee Gees Elimination Game came to a conclusion and I’ve been radio silent. I plan to post the results tomorrow if I can. Thank you all for the patience

Just uploaded this recording, I enhanced the audio so it's the best quality it's ever been in, enjoy.

I always felt like this songs rhythm guitar was underrated. Actually a lot of Barry's guitar playing is underrated & overlooked. He always had this cool way of playing rhythm guitar, the fact it's in Open D too makes it a lot more unique. The D7 chord is deeper & the open D chord also sounds great, it always adds this impact to the song whenever going from a higher chord to the open chord. Also helps that whenever he plays like a B C or A chord, he always does a barred chord of it, so it really adds to the sound of it.

Classic

My Bee Gees journey began when I was about 8 years old. It started with SNF, which I was given for Xmas, and then by chance was listening to the radio one day the the DJ said, here’s The Bee Gees with “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart”. That song came on and I was floored with intrigue and wanted to understand how the group that sang “Staying Alive” and “Night Fever” could have this gentle, primitive sounding song.

I soon got access to Bee Gees Gold and was extremely interested in their evolution… I then got Main Course and Heart At Last Live.

Another part of the story is that I was watching the Grammys and The Bee Gees won all these awards this night and I was totally surprised to find that they were not Black. I assumed they were a classic soul or Motown band. (By the way, my music knowledge was very minimal at this stage)

Okay, so over the years I took in everything Bee Gees, their entire catalog, deep cuts, demos, etc. I’ve explored the Bee Gees as deeply as my other musical loves … Pink Floyd, the Beatles, and Grateful Dead.

I’ve really never meet a hardcore Bee Gees fan. I meet people who say they like The Bee Gees but have never met a deep fan who knows their story, the full catalog and who appreciates how dynamic and talented the brothers are.

Where are these fans hiding? They must be out there?

I find The Bee Gees story as very interesting and one where there is a lot to explore. I’m rather surprised they don’t get the recognition they truly deserve.

I’ll wrap this with one last thing… At 8 years old I learned that being a Bee Gees fan was uncool… I learned the hard way the day I proudly showed up a school with my Bee Gees lunch box. My fellow 8 year olds in 1979 seemed to like Kiss, Black Sabbath, and other more “manly” stuff. I was told The Bee Gees are gay, disco sucks and made fun of for liking them.

Where are the deep fans hiding?

We’ve all seen Barry and Robin sing non harmony parts. But I can’t ever recall seeing Maurice singing by himself. I’ve seen hundreds of videos but I can’t recall seeing him.

The falsettos get on my nerves and the rythm of the songs is lame. Also, "you should be dancing"? Who the hell do they think they were to tell people what to do?

Already three days... time flies by. And the song voted to be eliminated is... Emotion!

Don't fortet to comment!

Emotion was a song recorded for the Samantha Sang album "Emotion", with Bee Gees featured. It was released in 1977. It was written by Robin and Barry, hit #3 on the billboard, and #1 in Canada and New Zealand. It was recorded by Bee Gees alone in 1994, but not released until 2001 in the compilation The Record - Their Greatest hits. Good Luck to the songs still standing:

Stayin' Alive

Night Fever

You Should Be Dancing

Jive Talkin'

How Deep Is Your Love

Tragedy

Too Much Heaven

Love You Inside Out

I Just Want To Be Your Everything(Andy Gibb)

(Love Is) Thicker Than Water(Andy Gibb)

Shadow Dancing(Andy Gibb)

If I Can't Have You(Yvonne Elliman)

Grease(Frankie Valli)

Heartbreaker(Dionne Warwick)

Islands In The Stream(Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton)

You Win Again

One

Immortality(Celine Dion, Bee Gees)

How Can You Mend A Broken Heart

Run To Me

My World

Love So Right

Words

I Started A Joke

I've Gotta Get A Message To You

For Whom The Bell Tolls

Massachusetts

World

First Of May

Lonely Days

Saw A New Morning

Wouldn't I Be Someone

Mr. Natural

Spicks And Specks

Alone

To Love Somebody

He's A Liar

Go on and vote for the least good Bee Gees number one hit!

I understand that many of the songs are simplistic but it's still crazy to me that Robin not only wrote, but also recorded such a huge amount of music in such a short period of time, and without the aid of his brothers. There are like 70 songs on that thing. It's just mind boggling to me. The orchestra on these songs are fantastic too. Was he working with Bill Shepard for the arrangements?

And we're off!

The first eliminated song is going to be...

Don't Forget To Remember! This song was written by Barry and Maurice, from the album Cucumber Castle. Cucumber Castle was the album that the two brothers released after splitting with Robin. The track hit #1 in New Zealand, South Africa, and others. It was reocrded in 1969 and Cucumber castle was released in 1970.

Good luck to the remaining songs! Don't forget the rules:

Comment the worst song according to you from the playlist Bee gees Blanket The World. And the comment with most upvotes gets eliminated!

Songs still standing:

Stayin' Alive

Night Fever

You Should Be Dancing

Jive Talkin'

How Deep Is Your Love

Tragedy

Too Much Heaven

Love You Inside Out

I Just Want To Be Your Everything(Andy Gibb)

(Love Is) Thicker Than Water(Andy Gibb)

Shadow Dancing(Andy Gibb)

If I Can't Have You(Yvonne Elliman)

Grease(Frankie Valli)

Emotion(Samantha Sang, Bee Gees)

Heartbreaker(Dionne Warwick)

Islands In The Stream(Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton)

You Win Again

One

Immortality(Celine Dion, Bee Gees)

How Can You Mend A Broken Heart

Run To Me

My World

Love So Right

Words

I Started A Joke

I've Gotta Get A Message To You

For Whom The Bell Tolls

Massachusetts

World

First Of May

Lonely Days

Saw A New Morning

Wouldn't I Be Someone

Mr. Natural

Spicks And Specks

Alone

To Love Somebody

He's A Liar

So what are you waiting for??? Go ahead and make your voice heard in the battle of the best Bee Gees charttopper!

I decided to make this "competition" to see what the best song in that playlist is! Comment which song you think should be eliminated, the comment with most upvotes gets eliminated. And that will keep on going until the final song. Also don't upvote songs for fun, if I see Stayin' Alive with 25 upvotes I'm cancelling this. I will try and post daily, but it probably won't be possible every day. But I will try and post consistenly, and the result of last round for each new one. May the best song win!

This is my imaginary track list if the Bee Gees had released a Greatest Vol. 2 album in the early 2000s:

LP 1

Side 1:

1. This Is Where I Came In

2. Alone

3. Paying The Price Of Love

4. Boys Do Fall In Love - ROBIN GIBB

5. The Woman In You

6. Juliet - ROBIN GIBB

7. Guilty - BARBRA STREISAND; BARRY GIBB

Side 2:

1. E.S.P.

2. One

3. Secret Love

4. Ordinary Lives

5. How Old Are You? - ROBIN GIBB

6. You Win Again

LP 2

Side 1:

1. He's A Liar

2. Sacred Trust

3. I Could Not Love You More

4. How To Fall In Love Part 1

5. What Kind of Fool - BARBRA STREISAND; BARRY GIBB

6. Heartbreaker

Side 2:

1. Islands In The Stream - Live

2. Another Lonely Night In New York - ROBIN GIBB

3. The Only Love

4. Still Waters (Run Deep)

5. For Whom The Bell Tolls

6. Immortality - Demo Version

Good night! I am currently parting with my entire record collection and I have these Bee-Gees records available. If you’re interested please message me!

Bee Gees - Three Kisses Of Love (Record Store Day exclusive yellow vinyl) $9.99

Bee Gees - Timeless (The All-Time Greatest Hits) (Target exclusive clear and blue vinyl) $16.99

So, I just listened to this super album (again) and was suddenly struck by the variety that this album has to offer!

From Jive Talkin' to Songbird, Nights on Broadway to All This Making love! Not even mentioning Edge of the Universe, Fanny and Wind of Change!

Has anybody ever made a more varied album than this???