(#2005-1261) - Topics this issue: 1) Technicolor Dreams, 2) Danish review, 3) Run Wild, 4) Looking out for Number One..., 5) Which tracks does Barry play guitar?, 6) N/A, ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 20:33:41 +0100 From: "Maggie Bleksley" Subject: Re:Technicolor Dreams Thanks Jan - and Will - for drawing our attention to that. I did enjoy it. I notice the KMA at the beginning has been edited out :o) Maggie > Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 10:14:46 -0700 > From: Jan Glover > Subject: Technicolor Dreams > > Barry's web page now has the full version on Technicolor Dreams to watch. > > Jan, Seattle > > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 21:46:18 +0200 From: "Per Bausager" Subject: Danish review One of the leading danish newspapers (BT) gives 5 out of 6 stars and writes: - chokolade to the ears - Barbra and Barry bring out the the best in each other - Barry hasn't composed ad produced better since the heydays of The Bee Gees - The ballad Letting Go is the best the 2 B's ever have given to the world Per ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 20:25:35 +0000 From: "Janel Clayton" Subject: RE: Run Wild Hello Bev and Richard .... Thanks for posting! I'll have to give "Run Wild" another listen in my car soon. Janel >From: BevSully@aol.com >Reply-To: words@brothersgibb.com >To: "words List Member" >Subject: [words] Run Wild >Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 23:26:07 EDT > >In a message dated 9/27/2005 8:11:08 PM Eastern Standard Time, >listmember@brothersgibb.com writes: >What Kind of Fool >Hi Janel - > >I've always liked "What Kind of Fool?" better, but my favorite is "Run >Wild." > This is one of my all time favorite Streisand songs. > >Bev > > > > > >"Words & Music", Fans Of The Brothers Gibb ( Bee Gees ) >http://www.brothersgibb.com > >To change any of your list options, >please go to website listed above. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 17:17:03 -0500 From: "Genny" Subject: Re: Looking out for Number One... Grant said: "Promotion is essential now...if artists and their labels want big numbers, they have to absolutely make the push to stand out. Having said that, though, aside from its online appearance on places like Amazon.com and AOL, the exposure for this album was pretty low-key, which makes it even more phenomenal that it debuted as high as it did." I'm not sure what your definition of "pretty low-key" is, but Barry did do an interview(s) on "The Insider" with Kathie Lee plus Barbra did an interview with "Primetime...Diane Sawyer". Neither one seem to make the rounds of the many talk shows, but I have seen Guilty Pleasures heavily promoted on TV in my area. In addition to that, Virgin Mega Stores in Times Square (NY) had a huge billboard of Guilty Pleasures. No, it wasn't an all out push to sell this album, but it made a pretty good showing at 5th place in the US charts. Just one comment about Barbra. (I've been a fan of hers, longer than the BeeGees, BUT I do get weary hearing her political views, on whatever. Stick with the music, Barbra, you do THAT best and save the rest of it for another day.) Genny ----- Original Message ----- From: "Grant Walters" To: "words List Member" Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 1:51 PM Subject: [words] Looking out for Number One... > Grant Walters wrote: > >> The fans' disappointment is understandable, but the US chart market has >> become significantly less pop friendly than it was when she had her last >> chart-topping album ("Higher Ground" in 1997). Promotion is essential >> now...if artists and their labels want big numbers, they have to >> absolutely make the push to stand out. Having said that, though, aside >> from its online appearance on places like Amazon.com and AOL, the >> exposure for this album was pretty low-key, which makes it even more >> phenomenal that it debuted as high as it did. As far as its endurance on >> the charts, her fans are probably right about the fact that it won't >> progress after the first week - neither Barbra or Barry will tour to >> support the album, and my guess is that they won't be doing a lot of >> personal appearances either. Although, Columbia is a creative company >> and has always fared well in the album market, so perhaps Barbra's team >> is already devising a strategy to keep the album in the public >> consciousness awhile. Or, perhaps Barbra doesn't really care about chart >> positions anymore, and is really just happy to appeal to her longtime >> fans. We'll have to see. >> >> In terms of sales, 100,000 copies as an opening is not shabby - we are >> living in a time of a severely declining record market, and albums in >> general are getting less attention. Five years ago, a big debut would >> have meant 500,000 copies plus (thinking of NSYNC's "No Strings Attached" >> that entered in the spring of 2000 with 2.4 million copies). Even the top >> debut of this week from Disturbed was only 239,000. The danger of >> digital media in this regard is that most new releases are usually leaked >> out in some form prior to the official street date. Even with "Guilty >> Pleasures", virtually the entire album was available weeks before it hit >> stores. For those who are less faithful than Barbra and Barry's fans, >> that means less incentive to run out and snatch up a copy in its first >> week. Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free? Of course, in >> light of recent world events, money is just probably being spent >> elsewhere, plain and simple. >> >> We should be really really happy with #5. >> >> Grant >> >>> It's funny that the fans on the Barbra message board do not think it is >>> too good-they wanted it to debut at #1 so she could have a #1 album in >>> each of 5 decades. They have also indicated it is her lowest amount sold >>> in the first week in awhile. They do not think it will ever reach #1 >>> now. It is not surprising to me because of not a lot of publicity >>> directed at her target audience which would be 35-65. These people >>> generally have busy lives and are not waiting with baited breath to go >>> out and buy an album during its debut week. In order for the album to >>> sell well, it has to have a strong single and alot of publicity- like >>> Barbra and Barry making key appearances on some day and night time talk >>> shows. I doubt if ths will happen. >>> >> >> > > > > > > "Words & Music", Fans Of The Brothers Gibb ( Bee Gees ) > http://www.brothersgibb.com > To change any of your list options, > please go to website listed above. > > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 17:52:40 -0500 From: jthompson@iquest.net Subject: Which tracks does Barry play guitar? First a straighforward question: Does anyone know for sure which tracks on GP Barry plays some guitar on? I'd love to know. Now, some of my thoughts on GP and Barry -- All I can say about GP is masterpiece! All the way around and back. Every track is great in every way...like back in the "Spirits" days. I'm a very happy Gibb fan right now! And...Barry's voice...I never have and still just don't "hear" any "decline" at all. To my ears, he sounds as perfect as always. You can flame me or say I'm tone deaf, but I listen to lots of music and own over 2500 CDs (including pretty much everything Bee Gees, released and unreleased) so I think I can hear as well as anyone! As far as songs "sounding" like other songs...I don't buy it. You can take any song ever recorded, listen a few times, and then name one or more songs you know that sounds similar. I also just don't see such a close connection between "I'll Be There" and "It's Up To You" (in fact this is one of my favorite tracks on the CD) any more than you can find for any song if you think about it long enough and have been exposed to a lot of music over many years. Hideaway and All The Children are flat out masterpieces! Barry continues to impress with his songwriting ability...I think an argument can be made (I know not all would agree-and its very subjective) that he's the very best ever...and it's an argument I strongly agree with personally. Wow! Barry - Please keep writing (and producing!)! I also believe Barry's lyrics are and have always been WAY under-rated (even by many/most fans) and that is because there is a lot more to them than most understand or take the time to de-code. There are usually several layers and meanings to the lyrics but if you spend enough time with them some alternate understandings usually emerge. Let's just say I find Barry's lyrics quite abstract and spiritual...even songs that seem very simple and straightforward on the surface. To me that's what great lyric writing is all about -- multiple layers that can evoke different kinds of feelings and emotional sentiment depending on the listener. Gotta go for now....it's time for more "Guilty Pleasures"! Jill P.S. Yes, I am Guilty. I am and have always been a die-hard Barry fan. I can't help it, he's my main man when it comes to music (and really anything else for that matter! :-)) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 18:16:23 -0500 (GMT-05:00) From: Vivian Subject: Took this off of the front page of EArthlink: Streisand, Gibb Reunite After 25 Years September 29, 2005 5:42 PM EDT NEW YORK - Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb hadn't worked together in 25 years. But Gibb still knew the best way to express what Streisand was thinking - especially when it came to the war in Iraq. The result was "Stranger in a Strange Land," written by Gibb for Streisand's new album, "Guilty Pleasures." "I loved the first stanza, because to me this war is kind of senseless, and I don't know why we're there," Streisand told The Associated Press. "Just the sadness of, we're there, but don't want to have those people in harm's way, and yet we do have to support (the troops). It's kind of painful, and I had always imagined just seeing footage of the troops, it's like history repeating itself - here Streisand and Gibb first worked together on her best-selling 1980 album "Guilty," which contained hits like the title track and "Woman In Love." Streisand calls that album "really the easiest album I ever made." "Barry is so talented that he can write songs and produce them and make the tracks and sing the background," she said. Their new collaboration debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard albums chart, selling more than 101,000 copies. When asked why it took so long to reunite, Streisand had a simple answer: "Because times flies." While the album contains romantic duets and ballads tailor-made for the legend's soaring voice, "Stranger In a Strange Land" may be the most compelling track simply because of its subject matter. Though it never mentions Iraq, its message is clear from th While few mainstream artists infuse current political events in their music, Streisand wasn't worried about alienating anyone. "I never think about that, I just think about the song itself," she said. "If I believe in something, than I just say, let it out there." Of course, Streisand, a liberal Democrat, has never been one to shy away from politics. She regularly updates her Web site with scathing missives against the Bush administration and articles that underscore her views. Her Web site is one of the few ways Streisand expresses herself in public these days. She rarely speaks to the media, and her artistic endeavors are limited: her appearance in last year's blockbuster comedy "Meet the Fockers," with Ben Stiller, Robert De Making the film did inspire her to relaunch her movie career - but only to a certain point. "I'd actually like to direct a movie that I was not in. It was interesting, to go back to the smell of the greasepaint, the roar of the crowd," she laughs. "(But) you have to get up early. I'm spoiled, living my free life." Not that her time is all that free. She's building a home-away-from home on her estate, a barn with a screening room, gym, and even a doll shop to showcase her antique finds. The project was started more than a year ago, and is only half finished. When she finally completes it, she hopes to turn her attention to a new project - not in movies or in music, but a book: Her life story. That is, if anyone is interested. "Sometimes when I think about it - who wants to relive my life?" she asks. "(But) it would be nice to set the record straight about the truth. I'm an advocate of the truth. To me it's so much more powerful and interesting than peop le making up stories ab --- On the Net: http://www.barbrastreisand.com ------------------------------ End words@brothersgibb.com Digest [09/29/2005 21:01] ----------------------------------------------------