Bee Gees - Live 2009 (Promo-The Mail)(mp3 320kbs)ICM369

Bee Gees - Live 2009 (Promo-The Mail)(mp3 320kbs)ICM369
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In his own words: Robin Gibbs track-by-track guide.

JIVE TALKIN
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We had already thought up the title for this song, but it wasnt until Barry, Maurice
and I drove from Biscayne Bay to Miami that we realised what the tune was going to
be.We had the idea as we passed over a bridge.
Some tar noises made a rhythmic sound on the wheels of our car, which created the
feel to the type of song we wanted to write, we finished the song at the Criteria
studios that day.
It is an R & B track that got to number one in the US and also did very well in the
black charts there, we were one of the first white groups to explore that territory.

WORDS
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This was actually written for Cliff Richard, but he never got round to recording it
as he wasnt making an album at the time, we were – and dont like wasting songs – so
we sung it instead, Elvis Presley had a number one with a cover version of it, as
did Boyzone,we never met Elvis but Boyzone’s lead singer Ronan Keating is a friend
of ours.

IVE GOTTA GET A MESSAGE TO YOU
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This is about a prisoner on Death Row who only has a few hours to live.
He wants the prison chaplain to pass on a final message to his wife, theres a certain
urgency about it,myself and Barry wrote it. Its a bit like writing a script.
Sometimes you can sit there for three hours with your guitar and nothing will happen.
Then in the last ten minutes something will spark.

TO LOVE SOMEBODY
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We originally wrote this song for Otis Redding while we were staying at the St Regis
hotel in New York. Then, of course, he died in a plane crash. We were huge admirers
of his, so we decided to record it ourselves. It is one of our most covered songs.
I like our version the best, but then I’m biased. I think Nina Simone’s cover is
fantastic too.

I STARTED A JOKE
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This is a very spiritual song, the listeners have to interpret it themselves –
trying to explain it would detract from the song.
It got to number five in the US, but it wasn’t released in the UK as a single.
Faith no More covered it as their final single as a band.

NIGHTS ON BROADWAY
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This was produced by Arif Mardin, it was a huge hit for us in the States and has been
covered a heck of a lot since then, it was the first song Barry introduced his famous
falsetto vocals on, which became an important part of our sound for many years.
Like a lot of artists, such as McCartney and Prince, we were experimenting. It was
important to us as songwriters as well, we didn’t want to stick to a certain formula.

HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART
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This was our second number one in the States after a two year split, the first number
one was Lonely Days, and we wrote both singles in the same afternoon in our basement
flat in Addison Road in Kensington, it was a happy time – any time we reunite is happy.
Barry and I dont really speak about the split, we focus on being back together because
thats what were all about.

RUN TO ME
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We wrote this is at our manager Robert Stigwoods house in Beverly Hills, he was a great
visionary and championed our beliefs and chemistry as brothers, if he hadnt got in touch
with us when we arrived back in the UK from Australia our career could have gone a
different way entirely, we are always in and out of Los Angeles.

NEW YORK MINING DISASTER 1941
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We recorded this at Londons IBC studio because it was dark and emulated a mining shaft.

The result was a very lonely sound, it was our first UK and US single after meeting
Robert Stigwood and our first hit on both sides of the Atlantic, We had been making
records in Australia but this was a notch up, it was a great buzz.

MASSACHUSETTS
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This was a bittersweet victory, the day it went to number one it was Bonfire Night and I
was in the Hithergreen Rail Crash in Lewisham, Forty-nine people died and it was one of
Britains worst rail disasters, luckily I didnt get injured. I remember sitting at the side
of the carriage, watching the rain pour down, fireworks go off and blue lights of the
ambulances whirring, it was like something out of a Spielberg film.
I thought, at least there is one consolation, we have our first UK number one.

CLOSER THAN CLOSE
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This is very special to us, as Maurice sings the main vocals, it is taken from the One
Night Only album and was never released as a single, we performed it at the Brit Awards
in 1997, when we won a Lifetime Achievement Award.
This is a dedication to him. Although we lost Maurice in 2003 his legacy lives on in
our music. Turn on the radio, you hear the song and hes there.

HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE
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This was the first of six consecutive number ones in the States. Nobody had ever done
that before and very few people have done it since, at one stage there were around seven
of our songs – which we had either sung or written for other people – in the US Billboard
top ten. It doesn’t get much better than that. If you accomplish half of what we have
youre happy.
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1) Jive Talkin

2) Nights on Broadway

3) Ive Gotta Get A Message To You

4) To Love Somebody

5) Words

6) I Started A Joke

7) How Can You Mend A Broken Heart

8) Run To Me/World

9) New York Mining Disaster

10) Massachusetts

11) Closer Than Close

12) How Deep Is Your Love
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