No idea about music production and composition. Bee Gees six top hits have no comparison and none artists can emulate their style. Only Yesterday have the same music quality as How deep is your love but not in interpretation. Music is music, no words... The Beatles had the same reception you are saying about the Bee Gees and many jokes aired about dumb songs as Yellow Submarine, Obladi oblada, She loves you... Yeah, yeah, yeah.... The composition, music treatment, harmony and orchestration from SNF and Spirits have no comparison in music history. And then... The most successful album from Streisand, one of the best albums of all time. The greatest hit for Warwick in her life, the most successful country song in history Islands in the Stream...all that being banned from USA radio stations. What are you talking about? You win again could be the greatest n1 top in USA too, they over sell George Michael's Faith in Germany and UK... All about quality of music because they don't dance... Staying alive is the most important song in dance music and dance needs music! It's talks about life and survability. The Beatles were a good band, more important in social media than in music influence. Lonely days is a good song but the Bee Gees have, literally, 100 better songs.
What an unnecessarily and meanspirited diatribe against the Bee Gees.
The Bee Gees #1 disco hits are masterclasses in songwriting. They have interesting and innovative structures, memorable melodies and emotional depth. I suggest you revisit them with an open mind, shorn of the era's production's excesses.
Oh, and while we're on the topic, "I Feel Fine" is a derivative rewrite of "What I'd Say," "Eight Days a Week" is vapid ("Hold me / love me / hold me / love me...") and "We Can Work it Out" is a pleasant but facile Dylan rip-off.
None of this takes away from the Bee Gees’ great talent, versatility, hard work and accomplishments. As a kid in the 70’s, I was drawn to the Bee Gees’ music because it was good and I liked it. From there, I explored their earlier work and loved them even more. To say, that I was manipulated is utterly false and insulting. Their success was not the result solely of record company interference. The Bee Gees were determined, ambitious, and hard-working musicians, beginning in the 1950’s as young boys. They continued to consistently create wonderful music until Maurice’s passing in 2003. To dismiss their almost 50 year career, is indeed, mean-spirited and hateful.
Also, you fail to mention the hate and record burning campaign instigated by that racist radio personality in Chicago. And the subsequent deliberate deprivation of airtime by US radio stations. Meanwhile, in Europe and in other parts of the world, their music was played and received very positively.
To me, and millions of others, no one will ever outshine the BeeGees. (Plus they were/ are kind and decent human beings).
No idea about music production and composition. Bee Gees six top hits have no comparison and none artists can emulate their style. Only Yesterday have the same music quality as How deep is your love but not in interpretation. Music is music, no words... The Beatles had the same reception you are saying about the Bee Gees and many jokes aired about dumb songs as Yellow Submarine, Obladi oblada, She loves you... Yeah, yeah, yeah.... The composition, music treatment, harmony and orchestration from SNF and Spirits have no comparison in music history. And then... The most successful album from Streisand, one of the best albums of all time. The greatest hit for Warwick in her life, the most successful country song in history Islands in the Stream...all that being banned from USA radio stations. What are you talking about? You win again could be the greatest n1 top in USA too, they over sell George Michael's Faith in Germany and UK... All about quality of music because they don't dance... Staying alive is the most important song in dance music and dance needs music! It's talks about life and survability. The Beatles were a good band, more important in social media than in music influence. Lonely days is a good song but the Bee Gees have, literally, 100 better songs.
What an unnecessarily and meanspirited diatribe against the Bee Gees.
The Bee Gees #1 disco hits are masterclasses in songwriting. They have interesting and innovative structures, memorable melodies and emotional depth. I suggest you revisit them with an open mind, shorn of the era's production's excesses.
Oh, and while we're on the topic, "I Feel Fine" is a derivative rewrite of "What I'd Say," "Eight Days a Week" is vapid ("Hold me / love me / hold me / love me...") and "We Can Work it Out" is a pleasant but facile Dylan rip-off.
All in all, however, a provocative piece!
None of this takes away from the Bee Gees’ great talent, versatility, hard work and accomplishments. As a kid in the 70’s, I was drawn to the Bee Gees’ music because it was good and I liked it. From there, I explored their earlier work and loved them even more. To say, that I was manipulated is utterly false and insulting. Their success was not the result solely of record company interference. The Bee Gees were determined, ambitious, and hard-working musicians, beginning in the 1950’s as young boys. They continued to consistently create wonderful music until Maurice’s passing in 2003. To dismiss their almost 50 year career, is indeed, mean-spirited and hateful.
Also, you fail to mention the hate and record burning campaign instigated by that racist radio personality in Chicago. And the subsequent deliberate deprivation of airtime by US radio stations. Meanwhile, in Europe and in other parts of the world, their music was played and received very positively.
To me, and millions of others, no one will ever outshine the BeeGees. (Plus they were/ are kind and decent human beings).
Another great piece JC