Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2016 15:12:08 -0500
From: marjlarue@gmail.com
Subject: Re: In The Now reviews
Merging their different styles is what made their musical marriage work, obviously not their brotherhood, according to Barry.
All three have written beautiful music, but better together. Barry moved further into more complex song structure, but Robin has been known to veer away from the simple structure. They both have written catchy songs, but Robin seems to know exactly where
I think Robin struggled with commercial vs art. Barry, to me, was always more of the commercial writer. I also think it was Barry that kept Robin from veering too far off into left field. But Robin may have pushed Barry in a different direction.
To address 50SCD, I still listen to it, often, but TR and SBTB are part of my most played playlist. TR is a beautiful piece of music. It pulls me directly into the opening festivities before pushing me into the lifeboat, while saying goodbye. SBTB takes m
One of Barry's best heartfelt vocal delivery is TLS, but when I play TLS back to back with I Can't See Nobody, as someone said, no one compares to Robin's vocals. His delivery, the versatility of his voice cannot be matched, IMO.
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> On Oct 14, 2016, at 1:31 PM, Salvatore Compoccia via Words wrote:
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> >I have always thought that Robin wrote more catchy songs than Barry, but as a whole I >like Barrys songs better.
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> I think there may be some truth to that, but in the later years. Barry obviously wrote a lot of catchy songs going back to when he was a kid in Australia and through the 70's. You would figure he came up with most of those catchy hooks on all those late
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> Robin or R&M, remained largely commercial songwriters with the ever present goal of the hit song. While Barry did also, I think the difference was that Barry was comfortable going a little far afield from the pop song format, while Robin seemed to have
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> > I am not a big fan of the noisy electric guitar parts.
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> >Per
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> Me neither really. In smaller doses maybe. Barry did seem to use the lead electric guitar more than usual on the new album and as I speculated in an earlier post I think this may have been Steve pushing for a more prominent guitar sound. Or perhaps it w
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> There was a recent interview where Barry confided that both Steve and Ashley were unhappy about some things. As usual, Barry did not provide specifics and he didn't say if it was related to the musical direction of the album or their songwriting partner
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> Sal
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> Salvatore Compoccia
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Per Bausager
> To: Words List Member
> Sent: Thu, Oct 13, 2016 11:38 am
> Subject: [Words] In The Now reviews
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> I have always thought that Robin wrote more catchy songs than Barry, but as a whole I like Barrys songs better.
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> IMO Robins voice was as strong as ever until the very end. Obviously Barrys voice is thinner than it used to be but already in TIWICI that was a fact. It has lost it's richness. But for me he still delivers. I find that he puts over the ballads very sto
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> I always have to wait a few months before I really can judge an album a a whole. But after listening 15-20 times I really like. Although I am not a big fan of the noisy electric guitar parts.
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> Per
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> 2016-10-13 14:02 GMT+02:00 nibor75 via Words :
>> I agree with Bill and Toni. In fact I have been playing 50SCD continually in my car. Nothing compares to
>> Robin's voice, for me anyway. I am always picking up some nuances I missed previously.
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>> Debbie
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Toni Quintana
>> To: Words List Member
>> Sent: Wed, Oct 12, 2016 11:05 am
>> Subject: [Words] In The Now reviews
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>> Totally agree
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>> El 12/10/2016 16:54, "Bill Busch" escribió:
>>> Not necessarily.
>>> I absolutely loved the vast majority 50SCD from the first play. In fact I still play the entire album to this day.
>>> I still do not like In The Now, particularly the vocals. Has nothing to do with a Bee Gees sound. Has everything to do with Barry’s voice having retired a while back.
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>>> I see others who have done the same, instantly liked 50SCD but not In The Now.
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>>> People need to stop ‘assuming’ we can’t separate the individual’s music from the group’s. It’s time to put that silly notion to rest.
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>>> Bill
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>>> Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2016 09:43:12 +0200
>>> From: "julian@theglassfamily.co.uk"
>>> Subject: In The Now reviews
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>>> I would not be surprised their being mixed reviews. Barry sin Robin and Maurice is a very different sound. Not what the reviewers would expect. More importantly I think there is a need to grow into Gibb albums, so one or two plays is too soon to judge
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>>> Regards,
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>>> Julian
>>> "Words & Music", Fans Of The Brothers Gibb ( Bee Gees )
>>> http://www.brothersgibb.com
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From: juan guzman <bjornborg64@yahoo.com>
Subject: Barry Gibb enters at 2 in the UK CHARTS
From Music Week
Barry Gibb has had 23 Top 75 albums with his late brothers Robin and Maurice as part of the phenomenally successful Bee Gees, but Barry Gibb makes his first solo chart appearance this week with In The Now debuting at No.2 on sales of 15,017 copies. Writt
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From: "karimkassai@yahoo.it" <karimkassai@yahoo.it>
Subject: Rif: Barry Gibb enters at 2 in the UK CHARTS
Great news for a Legend that has produced an album that is simply a
Masterpiece!!
Thanks Juan
Karim
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