Artist Survey #3: The Bee Gees

[Dawn]

Today's featured artist is:

The Bee Gees




Favorite group member: Maurice Gibb

Most underrated group member: Maurice Gibb

Best Vocalist: tie between Barry & Robin Gibb

Best Musician: Maurice Gibb

Best Writer: Barry Gibb

Favorite Bee Gees songs:

1. Jive Talkin'
2. Nights on Broadway
3. Wind of Change
4. Fanny Be Tender (With My Love)
5. Love You Inside Out
6. Night Fever
7. How Deep is Your Love
8. You Should Be Dancing
9. Tragedy
10. More Than a Woman

Most underrated song(s): Mr. Natural, Wind of Change

First Bee Gees song you can remember hearing: Jive Talkin'

Favorite album: Children of the World

Favorite album cover: Bee Gees 1st

First 45 you owned: Stayin' Alive
First LP: Bee Gees Greatest
First cassette: None
First CD: Greatest Hits: The Record

Favorite Barry Gibb collaboration: Guilty, with Barbra Streisand

[SAT-I need more room!!]

Member-Robin

Underrated-Probably Maurice

Vocalist-Robin

Musician-Probably Maurice

Writer-Barry of course

Songs-

10. New York Mining Disaster
9. (The Lights Went Out in) Massachusetts
8. I Can’t See Nobody
7. To Love Somebody
6. Lonely Days
5. Holiday
4. I’ve Got to Get a Message to You
3. Run to Me
2. Nights on Broadway
1. How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

Underrated-Run to Me, Holiday

First-Not sure, maybe Nights on Broadway?

Album-I don't know their individual albums

Cover-That one, Odessa or whatever

45-none
LP-none
Cassette-Gold (wish this made it onto CD!)
CD-Still Waters (actually Bekki's)

Collaboration-Guilty

[Ken]

Favorite group member: Maurice Gibb

Most underrated group member: Maurice Gibb

Best Vocalist: Barry

Best Musician: Maurice Gibb

Best Writer: Barry Gibb

Favorite Bee Gees songs:

1.Bad Bad Dreams
2.Night Fever
3.Run To Me
4.Road To Alaska
5.This Is Where I Came In
6.Lonely Days
7.Jive Talkin'
8.Edge Of The Universe
9.Jumbo
10.New York Mining Disaster 1941

Most underrated song(s): Bad Bad Dreams , Wouldn't I Be Someone

First Bee Gees song you can remember hearing: Holiday

Favorite album: Best Of Bee Gees / Main Course

Favorite album cover: Bee Gees 1st

First 45 you owned: Jive Talkin' - back in '75 - oh the memories
First LP:Best Of Bee Gees
First cassette: None
First CD:None

Favorite Barry Gibb collaboration: Heartbreaker - does that count ? - he sang background on it.

[Pete70s]

Favorite group member: Barry Gibb

Most underrated group member: Maurice Gibb

Best Vocalist: Robin (he has a weird voice, but there's just something about it...)

Best Musician: Maurice Gibb

Best Writer: Barry Gibb

Favorite Bee Gees songs:

1. How Can You Mend A Broken Heart
2. Never Say Never Again
3. This Is Where I Came In
4. Lonely Days
5. Please Read Me
6. How Many Birds
7. Love So Right
8. One
9. You Win Again
10. How Deep Is Your Love
(There's MANY more, these are off the top of my head, and a good representation of ALL eras)

Most underrated song(s): You Win Again, This Is Where I Came In

First Bee Gees song you can remember hearing: Massachusetts

Favorite album: Odessa

Favorite album cover: Odessa

First 45 you owned: Night Fever (bought it brand new in '78!)
First LP:Horizontal (it was my moms, and has remained a lifelong fave!)
First cassette: Gold
First CD: Best Of Vol. 1

Favorite Barry Gibb collaboration: Emotion

[Triple J]

Favorite group member: Barry

Most underrated group member: Maurice

Best Vocalist: Barry

Best Musician: Maurice

Best Writer: Barry

Favorite Bee Gees songs:

1. New York Mining Disaster 1941
2. Stayin' Alive
3. Jive Talkin'
4. You Should Be Dancing
5. Holiday
6. I've Gotta Get A Message To You
7. Lonely Days
8. To Love Somebody
9. You Win Again
10. I Started A Joke

Most underrated song(s): Spicks and Specks

First Bee Gees song you can remember hearing: I'm guessing "Stayin' Alive"

Favorite album: The Record

Favorite album cover: Saturday Night Fever

First 45 you owned: None
First LP: I think Mom had "Bee Gees 1st"
First cassette: None
First CD: Bee Gees 1st

Favorite Barry Gibb collaboration: Wrote "Grease"

[Dawn]

SAT-Laney's said:

Member-Robin

Underrated-Probably Maurice

Vocalist-Robin

Musician-Probably Maurice

Writer-Barry of course

Songs-

10. New York Mining Disaster
9. (The Lights Went Out in) Massachusetts
8. I Can’t See Nobody
7. To Love Somebody
6. Lonely Days
5. Holiday
4. I’ve Got to Get a Message to You
3. Run to Me
2. Nights on Broadway
1. How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

Underrated-Run to Me, Holiday

First-Not sure, maybe Nights on Broadway?

Album-I don't know their individual albums

Cover-That one, Odessa or whatever

45-none
LP-none
Cassette-Gold (wish this made it onto CD!)
CD-Still Waters (actually Bekki's)

Collaboration-Guilty

Gold is a great collection - I have it on cassette also. I agree that it should have made it onto CD. How is Still Waters? I'm not as familiar with their newer CDs, but what I've heard from them has been good.

[Dawn]

Ken said:

Favorite group member: Maurice Gibb

Most underrated group member: Maurice Gibb

Best Vocalist: Barry

Best Musician: Maurice Gibb

Best Writer: Barry Gibb

Favorite Bee Gees songs:

1.Bad Bad Dreams
2.Night Fever
3.Run To Me
4.Road To Alaska
5.This Is Where I Came In
6.Lonely Days
7.Jive Talkin'
8.Edge Of The Universe
9.Jumbo
10.New York Mining Disaster 1941

Most underrated song(s): Bad Bad Dreams , Wouldn't I Be Someone

First Bee Gees song you can remember hearing: Holiday

Favorite album: Best Of Bee Gees / Main Course

Favorite album cover: Bee Gees 1st

First 45 you owned: Jive Talkin' - back in '75 - oh the memories
First LP:Best Of Bee Gees
First cassette: None
First CD:None

Favorite Barry Gibb collaboration: Heartbreaker - does that count ? - he sang background on it.

Oh, I know what you mean about Jive Talkin', Ken - every time I hear that song, it takes me right back to summer '75. That was such a great time!

Heartbreaker - sure does! He and Dionne both did a great job with it.

[Dawn]

Pete70s said:

Favorite group member: Barry Gibb

Most underrated group member: Maurice Gibb

Best Vocalist: Robin (he has a weird voice, but there's just something about it...)

Best Musician: Maurice Gibb

Best Writer: Barry Gibb

Favorite Bee Gees songs:

1. How Can You Mend A Broken Heart
2. Never Say Never Again
3. This Is Where I Came In
4. Lonely Days
5. Please Read Me
6. How Many Birds
7. Love So Right
8. One
9. You Win Again
10. How Deep Is Your Love
(There's MANY more, these are off the top of my head, and a good representation of ALL eras)

Most underrated song(s): You Win Again, This Is Where I Came In

First Bee Gees song you can remember hearing: Massachusetts

Favorite album: Odessa

Favorite album cover: Odessa

First 45 you owned: Night Fever (bought it brand new in '78!)
First LP:Horizontal (it was my moms, and has remained a lifelong fave!)
First cassette: Gold
First CD: Best Of Vol. 1

Favorite Barry Gibb collaboration: Emotion

I agree about Robin's voice, Pete - the vibrato in it is wonderful. He really sounds great on the ballads.

I've always loved the mid-late 70s hits, but have started to get into their earlier material more and more - their harmonies are outstanding on those songs.

[Dawn]

TripleJ said:

Favorite group member: Barry

Most underrated group member: Maurice

Best Vocalist: Barry

Best Musician: Maurice

Best Writer: Barry

Favorite Bee Gees songs:

1. New York Mining Disaster 1941
2. Stayin' Alive
3. Jive Talkin'
4. You Should Be Dancing
5. Holiday
6. I've Gotta Get A Message To You
7. Lonely Days
8. To Love Somebody
9. You Win Again
10. I Started A Joke

Most underrated song(s): Spicks and Specks

First Bee Gees song you can remember hearing: I'm guessing "Stayin' Alive"

Favorite album: The Record

Favorite album cover: Saturday Night Fever

First 45 you owned: None
First LP: I think Mom had "Bee Gees 1st"
First cassette: None
First CD: Bee Gees 1st

Favorite Barry Gibb collaboration: Wrote "Grease"

You've listed some excellent songs in your favorites! I remember New York Mining Disaster took a little while to grow on me at first, but I really enjoy it now.

[lora]

Favorite group member: Barry Gibb

Most underrated group member: Maurice

Best Vocalist: Barry

Best Musician: Maurice

Best Writer: Barry Gibb

Favorite Bee Gees songs:

1. Stayin' Alive
2. Jive Talkin'
3. Islands In The Stream
4. Night Fever
5. How Deep Is Your Love

Most underrated song(s): I dunno.

First Bee Gees song you can remember hearing: Stayin' Alive

Favorite album: don't have one

Favorite album cover: don't know

First 45 you owned: none
First LP: none
First cassette: none
First CD: Greatest Hits: none

Favorite Barry Gibb collaboration: also Guilty

[m c dornan]

fave songs:

Massachusetts
New York Mining Disaster
Night fever
More than a Woman
To Love Somebody
And the Sun Will Shine
World
Lemons Never Forget
Words



underrated song: And the Sun Will Shine


first song I heard: NY MIning Disaster

fave LP: Horizontal

fave cover: Odessa

first 45: none

first LP: Horizontal

fisrt cassette & CD: none

[djdave]

Favorite group member: Barry

Most underrated group member: Colin Peterson (early drummer)

Best Vocalist: Barry

Best Musician: Barry

Best Writer: Barry

Favorite Bee Gees songs:

1. Jive talkin'
2. Night fever
3. Stayin' alive
4. You should be dancing
5. Love so right
6. Tragedy
7. How deep is your love
8. Too much heaven
9. I've gotta get a message to you (version that appears on "For the Record" and LP "Gold")
10. Nights on Broadway

Most underrated song(s): Throw a penny, Charade (Their era between "Alive" and "Jive Talkin" is VERY overlooked)

First Bee Gees song you can remember hearing: How can you mend a broken heart

Favorite album: Spirits having flown

Favorite album cover: Idea

First 45 you owned: Boogie child
First LP: Children of the World
First cassette: None
First CD: The 4-CD box set; For the record came later.
(for album questions above, Sat. Night Fever shouldn't count, because there are many other artists on it)

Favorite Barry Gibb collaboration: Wow, tough. I'll go with Samantha Sang's "Emotion".

[Dawn]

Lora said:

Favorite group member: Barry Gibb

Most underrated group member: Maurice

Best Vocalist: Barry

Best Musician: Maurice

Best Writer: Barry Gibb

Favorite Bee Gees songs:

1. Stayin' Alive
2. Jive Talkin'
3. Islands In The Stream
4. Night Fever
5. How Deep Is Your Love

Most underrated song(s): I dunno.

First Bee Gees song you can remember hearing: Stayin' Alive

Favorite album: don't have one

Favorite album cover: don't know

First 45 you owned: none
First LP: none
First cassette: none
First CD: Greatest Hits: none

Favorite Barry Gibb collaboration: also Guilty

I was really impressed with the Brothers' live version of Islands in the Stream. Their voices blend together so well on it.

[Dawn]

m said:

fave songs:

Massachusetts
New York Mining Disaster
Night fever
More than a Woman
To Love Somebody
And the Sun Will Shine
World
Lemons Never Forget
Words



underrated song: And the Sun Will Shine


first song I heard: NY MIning Disaster

fave LP: Horizontal

fave cover: Odessa

first 45: none

first LP: Horizontal

fisrt cassette & CD: none

Massachusetts is probably my favorite early-era hit from them. A beautiful mellow tune, with superb vocals.

[Dawn]

DJ said:

Favorite group member: Barry

Most underrated group member: Colin Peterson (early drummer)

Best Vocalist: Barry

Best Musician: Barry

Best Writer: Barry

Favorite Bee Gees songs:

1. Jive talkin'
2. Night fever
3. Stayin' alive
4. You should be dancing
5. Love so right
6. Tragedy
7. How deep is your love
8. Too much heaven
9. I've gotta get a message to you (version that appears on "For the Record" and LP "Gold")
10. Nights on Broadway

Most underrated song(s): Throw a penny, Charade (Their era between "Alive" and "Jive Talkin" is VERY overlooked)

First Bee Gees song you can remember hearing: How can you mend a broken heart

Favorite album: Spirits having flown

Favorite album cover: Idea

First 45 you owned: Boogie child
First LP: Children of the World
First cassette: None
First CD: The 4-CD box set; For the record came later.
(for album questions above, Sat. Night Fever shouldn't count, because there are many other artists on it)

Favorite Barry Gibb collaboration: Wow, tough. I'll go with Samantha Sang's "Emotion".

I completely about the '73-early '75 period being overlooked. It's a shame, too, because that was a great transitional period for them, when they were experimenting with new directions.