Wow, that's hilarious that they didn't even know what the phrase meant. I love it.
― hutlock, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 17:57 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah I'd heard that before. I don't really get the "dancing with your eyes" thing or how anyone would interpret "jive talking" as a dance...
― a dense custard of infinity (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 18:01 (twelve years ago) link
IIRC that song was the first time I'd ever heard the word "jive". Didn't know what it meant back then either
― Lee626, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 18:03 (twelve years ago) link
you jive turkey
― a dense custard of infinity (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 18:16 (twelve years ago) link
I was ridiculed on some other thread about it. But something about the Bee Gees' version of "If I Can't Have You" has never worked for me. One of the chords in the chorus seems off somehow.
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, June 20, 2012 10:07 AM (1 hour ago)
I think the chords are the same, but the Bee Gees version has an embellishment on the chord after the "Go crazy is what I will do" line. Is that the part you're talking about?
Key centers are so far apart in the two versions. Bee Gees did it in E, Elliman version is in B.
― timellison, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 18:26 (twelve years ago) link
lol Shakey. It always makes me think of Airplane
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 18:32 (twelve years ago) link
4. How Deep Is Your Love? (Writers: Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb)286 points (13 votes, 1 first place vote)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpqqjU7u5Yc
Written and recorded by the Bee Gees in 1977 and released as a single in September. Originally intended for Yvonne Elliman, it was ultimately used as part of the soundtrack to the film Saturday Night Fever. It was a number three hit in the United Kingdom and Australia. In the United States, it topped the Billboard Hot 100 and stayed in the Top 10 for a then-record 17 weeks. The single spent six weeks atop the US adult contemporary chart. It is listed at # 20 on Billboard's All Time Top 100. Alongside "Stayin' Alive", it is one of the group's two tracks on the list. Covered by bajillion people.
― a dense custard of infinity (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 18:33 (twelve years ago) link
It's impossible for me to be impartial or objective when ranking the SNF songs, especially "How Deep Is Your Love" which is so inextricably linked to my first-ever middle-school slow dances.
― Lee626, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 18:45 (twelve years ago) link
The main thing I remember about that video is just how much taller Barry is than his brothers. Gotta be a solid 4 or 5 inches there.
― hutlock, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 18:49 (twelve years ago) link
One of my earliest home tapes is a cover of "How Deep Is Your Love", with me on backing vocals, keyboards, and maybe guitar, can't remember, with an excellent vibraphone player I haven't seen since. Not bad considering how young I was and the limitations of overdubbing with only a 2-track reel-to-reel. I need to digitize this stuff someday.
― Lee626, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 18:52 (twelve years ago) link
Interestingly, given that he isn't really featured on it, this is the song Robin wanted played at his funeral.
Re. "How Can You Mend..." to me, the Al Green version is...what you'd expect: soulful, melismatic, heartfelt. The Brothers' version, OTOH, is pure melodrama with a hit of country heartbreak. The ensemble vocal on "Please/Help me mend my/Broken heart" at the end of the chorus is among the most powerful moments in their catalog.
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 18:57 (twelve years ago) link
OK baffled now as to what at least one of the top 3 is. All the 'big hitters' seem to have gone(?)
NB - this is not an invitation to post guesses.
*Excitement* = what I'm trying to say, basically.
― Jeff W, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 18:57 (twelve years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, June 20, 2012 6:57 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Yeah, that harmony on the lines quoted above is heavenly, as is the "da-da-da-DA-da" ad-lib part at the end.
― hutlock, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 19:05 (twelve years ago) link
OK baffled now as to what at least one of the top 3 is. All the 'big hitters' seem to have gone(?) NB - this is not an invitation to post guesses.*Excitement* = what I'm trying to say, basically.― Jeff W, Wednesday, June 20, 2012 6:57 PM (7 minutes ago)
― Jeff W, Wednesday, June 20, 2012 6:57 PM (7 minutes ago)
Just so you know, we are all totally guessing in our heads.
But yeah, I don't want to see a bunch of guesses posted either -- looking forward to the surprises!
― hutlock, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 19:07 (twelve years ago) link
(but I will say that my #1 hasn't been posted yet, so I have to hope that's up here...)
― hutlock, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
3. More Than a Woman (Writers: Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb)306 points (11 votes, 1 first place vote)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjZmSkUL6Ws&feature=fvwrel
Written and recorded by the Bee Gees for the "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack. Not released as a single.
― a dense custard of infinity (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 19:19 (twelve years ago) link
*cross arms, spin round and round and round and round*
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 19:20 (twelve years ago) link
the phrasing of the verses is great, I'm so addicted to this song...the samba(?) beat, all of it
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 19:21 (twelve years ago) link
My #2. In my head, this is TOTALLY tied to the scene in the movie.
― hutlock, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 19:23 (twelve years ago) link
my mind plays out the choreography every time I hear it
everysingletime
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 19:31 (twelve years ago) link
A bit surprised this is #3 actually, but it makes sense.
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 19:34 (twelve years ago) link
It does, because it is awesome.
― hutlock, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 19:35 (twelve years ago) link
2. Nights on Broadway (Writers: Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb)309 points (14 votes, 2 first place votes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=322iA3nSMqs
From the "Main Course" album released in 1975. The second single released from the album, it immediately followed their number-one hit "Jive Talkin'".
"Nights on Broadway" reached number seven on the American Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, giving the Bee Gees back-to-back top 10 hits for the first time in seven years (since 1968).
― a dense custard of infinity (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 19:37 (twelve years ago) link
Oh, damn -- my #1. I had hopes.
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 19:39 (twelve years ago) link
Great tune, but I had it at 18 myself.
My number 1 hasn't appeared yet, so I'm hoping that is a good sign for things to come...
― hutlock, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 19:40 (twelve years ago) link
it's my #1 too, I'm guessing. (and there's no way it won't appear at this point)
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
1. Backtafunk (Writer: Barry Gibb 712 points (19 votes, 6 first place votes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8wmItpZRRo
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
d'oh
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 19:43 (twelve years ago) link
Not as good as "Meaningless Songs In Very High Voices" by The Hee Bee Gee Bees but a worthy winner lol.
― Jeff W, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 19:45 (twelve years ago) link
Nights on Broadway!!
yay I'm glad it got so high, it's so fkn good
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 19:46 (twelve years ago) link
I do really love that live take on "Nights..." by the way, almost more so than the studio cut. Fun to see Maurice hit those high notes!
― hutlock, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 19:49 (twelve years ago) link
There was some debate as to how *live* it really is.
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 19:51 (twelve years ago) link
Can I just...
http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/barry-gibb-talk-show/1329182
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 19:53 (twelve years ago) link
On Midnight Special?! Oh come on, now... Totally live, straight into the boards!
;-)
― hutlock, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 19:55 (twelve years ago) link
Can I just...http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/barry-gibb-talk-show/1329182― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, June 20, 2012 7:53 PM (2 minutes ago)
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, June 20, 2012 7:53 PM (2 minutes ago)
I thought this was funny when it first aired and it holds up well, but I gotta say, Timberlake clearly never studied Robin. He's dancing around WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too much!
― hutlock, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
otm but the teeth are pretty spot on, lol
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 19:59 (twelve years ago) link
the 'Robin, do you have anything to add?' "Naw I don't" is classic
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 20:00 (twelve years ago) link
we should discuss their worst songs at some point too
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 20:02 (twelve years ago) link
looks pretty live to me. they brought a huge band with them!
― a dense custard of infinity (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 20:10 (twelve years ago) link
Bee Gees tour in 1980 was my first concert ever. I was 8. It was magic. I had seats 10th row center. It was definitely a big band with a BIG sound.
― hutlock, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 20:12 (twelve years ago) link
omg that must have been amazing
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 20:19 (twelve years ago) link
He's feathered his hair ever since.
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 20:20 (twelve years ago) link
1. To Love Somebody (Writers: Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb)369 points (13 votes, 3 first place votes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx_R5ZMs4mo
The second single released by the Bee Gees from their third album, "Bee Gees 1st". It was written by Barry Gibb and Robin Gibb, Produced by Robert Stigwood.
At the request of Robert Stigwood, the band's manager, Barry and Robin Gibb wrote "To Love Somebody", a soulful ballad in the style of Sam & Dave or The Rascals, for Otis Redding. The Bee Gees recorded "To Love Somebody" at IBC Studios, London in March 1967 and released it as a single in mid-July 1967 in the U.S. Redding died in an aeroplane crash later that year, before having a chance to record the song.
The song enjoyed only modest chart success, reaching #41 in the UK and #17 in the US. It has been covered extensively over the years, with versions recorded by the Animals, P.P. Arnold, Leonard Cohen, Billy Corgan & Robert Smith, Janis Joplin, Gram Parsons, Nina Simone, Dusty Springfield, and Simply Red.
― a dense custard of infinity (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 20:21 (twelve years ago) link
TOTALLY amazeballs, yes. I still remember the fireworks they set off during "tragedy" -- one of those idelible childhood memories.
Also: YESSSSSSSSSSS! That's my #1, right where it belongs! Whoooo!
― hutlock, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 20:24 (twelve years ago) link
Billy Corgan & Robert Smith
Say what?
Anyway, YAY #1!!!
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 20:24 (twelve years ago) link
please nobody post that cover please
― a dense custard of infinity (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 20:26 (twelve years ago) link
aha, that's the one I was forgetting. And I voted for it! By this point I was assuming SNF era must come out on top.
― Jeff W, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 20:26 (twelve years ago) link
Not gonna lie: I'm a little disappointed. Like this song (my #23), don't love it unconditionally.
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 20:27 (twelve years ago) link
OMG can totally hear Otis Redding singing "To Love Somebody" and killing it. If only.
― Jeff W, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 20:29 (twelve years ago) link
well basically anything that got a first place vote was gonna place, this came out on top expressly because it had the most first place votes. I think it's definitely among the best of their early period material.
― a dense custard of infinity (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 20:29 (twelve years ago) link