Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2016 15:58:29 -0500
From: KittLarue <marjlarue@gmail.com>
Subject: Barry Interview - Perth
https://m.soundcloud.com/720abcperth/barry-gibb-life-beyond-the-bee-gees
Kitt-
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Back to topDate: Fri, 28 Oct 2016 23:17:51 +0100
From: Robin Setty <robin.setty@gmail.com>
Subject: Meaning of the Word
Per wrote:
"What I enjoy the most by The Bee Gees is Barrys voice and phrasing. Both
the falsetto and the natural voice. On the new album my fave number is The
Meaning Of The Word which IMO shows Barry voice in a shape that I did
believe he could come up with anymore. I find the phrasing beautiful and
I love his balancing between full tenor and breathy style."
All I can say is that I agree 100%. It seems that Barry has been
convinced that he doesn't need to rely on that breathy voice
throughout; his full tenor has still got it :-)
Kilburn Towers
Back to topDate: Fri, 28 Oct 2016 23:30:35 +0100
From: Robin Setty <robin.setty@gmail.com>
Subject: Thoughts on Sal's thoughts on my thoughts
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> Some thoughts on some of Kilburn Towers thoughts:
> >Both Cross to Bear and Amy In Colour 'stretch' the structure of a pop
> >song. CTB is very ambitious both as a composition and vocal
> >performance.
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> This appeared to often be Barry's preference in the later years of the Bee Gees, while R&M possibly resisting and preferring to keep things more simple and catchy.
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> Not only later years. He showed this with Now Voyager too.
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> > It is a return to the first track of Side B of an album
> >(You know, there are a number of old Bee Gees albums [Main Course,
> >Children of the World, ESP] where the first track of side 2, in the
> >least conventional....agree?)
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> And probably the weakest songs on those 3 albums. Agree?
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> Arguably yes.
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> >AIC is very dark and the subject makes
> >for uncomfortable listening. The ending is also pretty wacky. I'm
> >appreciative of having this type of variety in the album.
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> I may be going out on a limb he, but could the song be about Amy Winehouse?
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> Why? Just because of the name?
> >It's probably only The Long goodbye that I would have swapped (for
> >Daddy's Little Girl, which is just sooooo sweet!)
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> Maybe a little too sweet. And I have three young daughters.
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> Are they of home-leaving age yet? It's how I felt when my (first) little
girl left for University!
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> One last thing, has anyone noticed the similarity in the title "In The Now" and Robin's song on 50 SCD "All We Have s Now". Also similar philosophy in Robin's song running through Barry's mind apparently, if not actually in the title track.
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> I hadn't but it's a good point. For Robin, it's recognition of mortality
following the loss of Mo. For Barry, it's also the need to accept that
what's gone has gone. Interestingly, with the subject of 'mindfulness'
being very much in vogue (at least here in the UK) and it's emphasis on
being in the present, "In The Now" is also quite a fashionable thing to say!
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> Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2016 07:27:00 +0200
> From: Per Bausager
> Subject: Re: Side A vs Side B
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> Funny how different opinions can be. I enjoy "side B" more. I find it less
> predictable than "side A" which of course not necessarely is a quality. But
> I really like all the songs here.
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> What I enjoy the most by The Bee Gees is Barrys voice and phrasing. Both
> the falsetto and the natural voice. On the new album my fave number is The
> Meaning Of The Word which IMO shows Barry voice in a shape that I did
> believe he could come up with anymore. I find the phrasing beautiful and
> I love his balancing between full tenor and breathy style.
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> On the whole album it's only Blowing A Fuse that I don't really care for. I
> think it's very courageous of Barry to search these new directions at his
> age. I guess the easiest thing for him would be to write simple and catchy
> songs
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> Per
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> 2016-10-28 5:57 GMT+02:00 Salvatore Compoccia via Words :
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> > Some thoughts on some of Kilburn Towers thoughts:
> >
> > >Both Cross to Bear and Amy In Colour 'stretch' the structure of a pop
> > >song. CTB is very ambitious both as a composition and vocal
> > >performance.
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> >
> > This appeared to often be Barry's preference in the later years of the Bee
> > Gees, while R&M possibly resisting and preferring to keep things more
> > simple and catchy.
> >
> >
> > > It is a return to the first track of Side B of an album
> > >(You know, there are a number of old Bee Gees albums [Main Course,
> > >Children of the World, ESP] where the first track of side 2, in the
> > >least conventional....agree?)
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> >
> > And probably the weakest songs on those 3 albums. Agree?
> >
> >
> > >AIC is very dark and the subject makes
> > >for uncomfortable listening. The ending is also pretty wacky. I'm
> > >appreciative of having this type of variety in the album.
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> > I may be going out on a limb he, but could the song be about Amy Winehouse?
> >
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> > >It's probably only The Long goodbye that I would have swapped (for
> > >Daddy's Little Girl, which is just sooooo sweet!)
> >
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> > Maybe a little too sweet. And I have three young daughters.
> >
> >
> > Kilburn Towers
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> > One last thing, has anyone noticed the similarity in the title "In The
> > Now" and Robin's song on 50 SCD "All We Have s Now". Also similar
> > philosophy in Robin's song running through Barry's mind apparently, if not
> > actually in the title track.
> >
> > Sal
> >
> > Salvatore Compoccia
> > compoccia@aol.com
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Robin Setty
> > To: Words List Member
> > Sent: Tue, Oct 25, 2016 4:07 pm
> > Subject: [Words] Side A vs Side B
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> > Interesting thoughts from Julian Glass about his thoughts of the first
> > six songs being a lot better than the second six....
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> > I kind of felt the same after my first few listens. I think there are
> > two main reasons for this:
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> > (1) The first six (Side A) are so incredibly stonkingly, jawdroppingly
> > brilliant. [As is Diamonds too IMO]
> >
> > (2) There are a couple of tracks in the second half that are little
> > less accessible than the first and take a bit of getting used to.
> >
> > Both Cross to Bear and Amy In Colour 'stretch' the structure of a pop
> > song. CTB is very ambitious both as a composition and vocal
> > performance. It is a return to the first track of Side B of an album
> > (You know, there are a number of old Bee Gees albums [Main Course,
> > Children of the World, ESP] where the first track of side 2, in the
> > least conventional....agree?) AIC is very dark and the subject makes
> > for uncomfortable listening. The ending is also pretty wacky. I'm
> > appreciative of having this type of variety in the album.
> >
> > (Interestingly, the radio 2 album show drew upon Amy In Colour as a
> > contrast to the rest of the album, which was seen as being a little
> > too safe, albeit exceptionally 'charged with emotion throughout')
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> > It's probably only The Long goodbye that I would have swapped (for
> > Daddy's Little Girl, which is just sooooo sweet!) TLG is a return to
> > Barry's 60s Beatlesque writing style. (think Swan Song?) But Barry's
> > writing has matured so much since then that unless the song is
> > actually totally gorgeous, it's not going have the wow effect.
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> > BTW I was out with the wife last night celebrating our wedding
> > anniversary. I told her how blessed I felt........that after nearly
> > forty years since buying my first Gibb record I can get a treat such
> > as In The Now. I think I lost a few brownie points with that one!!
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> > Kilburn Towers
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> > "Words & Music", Fans Of The Brothers Gibb ( Bee Gees )
> > http://www.brothersgibb.com
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Back to topDate: Sat, 29 Oct 2016 07:59:05 +0800
From: Paul Bache <paulbache@westnet.com.au>
Subject: Re: Barry Interview - Perth
I've been over in Perth for the past week and heard this when it was broadcast. Good interview.
Paul - Oz.
> On 29 Oct. 2016, at 4:58 am, KittLarue wrote:
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> https://m.soundcloud.com/720abcperth/barry-gibb-life-beyond-the-bee-gees
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> Kitt-
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