(#2006-2173) - Topics this issue: 1) Above & Beyond, 2) Above & Beyond, 3) Digest (06/19/2006 15:01) (#2006-2172), 4) Digest (06/19/2006 15:01) (#2006-2172), 5) If you'd know the brothers when you were young?, 6) Above & Beyond, ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 16:12:43 -0400 From: "Lumdeloo" Subject: Re: Above & Beyond > How come that in 35 years > the Bee Gees never released a single with Maurice's lead vocal in it? Yeah, they never tried that. We only have Railroad and Hold her in your hand, but sadly those singles did not become hits. Would have been great though. I'm wondering, is there a hit single which features just a little Maurice solo vocal? Perhaps Melody Fair, which was a number 1 hit in Japan I believe. > For instance, Wildflowers would have been a good single in 1981. It's such a wonderful song, Maurice at his best, but would it have been a hit? I'm not sure. Michel -----Original Message----- From: "David Yang" To: "words List Member" Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 11:12:57 -0300 Subject: [words] Above & Beyond > There is one in a bootleg album titled "Live and Acoustic". I also > heard it in concert (ONO). There we have Barry's voice drowning > Robin's in the chorus line of For Whom the Bell Tolls. > > Mo only version of A&B would be fantastic. How come that in 35 years > the Bee Gees never released a single with Maurice's lead vocal in it? > For instance, Wildflowers would have been a good single in 1981. > > > On 6/17/06, Lumdeloo wrote: > > That's true, the verses with just Maurice singing are very > infectious. I > > would love a Maurice-only version of A&B! (And Robin's interlude in > Secret > > Love, it's just beautiful I think) > > > > Michel > > > > PS: is there a recording of a live version of For whom the bell > tolls? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: "David Yang" > > To: "words List Member" > > Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 20:46:53 -0300 > > Subject: [words] Above & Beyond > > > > > That's what I meant (Motown arrangements) by "basically the same > > > track". > > > I love Robin's interlude in Secret Love. However, there is > something > > > very infectious in A&B. I think it's the gentle voice of Mo and the > > > prominent rhythm guitar. > > > > > > As to Barry's falsetto in Overnight and A&B (and even in For Whom > the > > > Bell Tolls' chorus, especially the live version), I could not agree > > > more with you Michael. > > > > > > We miss you Maurice. > > > > > > David > > > > > > > > > On 6/17/06, Lumdeloo wrote: > > > > I have to disgree with you David ;-) They have very similar > Motownish > > > > arrangements, but i don't see them as basically the same track. I > > > absolutely > > > > love both Chain Reaction and Secret Love. A&B is just good. The > thing > > > I > > > > really don't like about it - dare I say it - is Barry's falsetto > on > > > the Some > > > > love never dies, story of our lives line. The same thing with > > > Overnight. I > > > > think Barry's falsetto is too much on the foreground in those 2 > > > songs. Let > > > > Maurice sing the song! > > > > > > > > Michel > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: "David Yang" > > > > To: "words List Member" > > > > Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 06:39:17 -0300 > > > > Subject: [words] Above & Beyond > > > > > > > > > They are all basically the same track: Secret Love, Chain > Reaction, > > > > > and Above and Beyond. A&B is definitely my favorite song among > > > them. > > > > > It's genuinely cheerful and there we have the late Mo singing > lead. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.brothersgibb.com > > > > Bee Gees News and Information > > > > > > > > > > > > "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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "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. > > > > > > > > http://www.brothersgibb.com > > Bee Gees News and Information > > > > > > "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. > > > > > > > "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. http://www.brothersgibb.com Bee Gees News and Information ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 21:52:49 +0100 From: "Richard O Donoghue" Subject: RE: Above & Beyond Unless I am mistaken I think Man in the Middle was released as a single in Turkey and made the number 1 spot. Regards Richard -----Original Message----- From: listmember@brothersgibb.com [mailto:listmember@brothersgibb.com] On Behalf Of Lumdeloo Sent: 19 June 2006 21:13 To: words List Member Subject: [words] Above & Beyond > How come that in 35 years > the Bee Gees never released a single with Maurice's lead vocal in it? Yeah, they never tried that. We only have Railroad and Hold her in your hand, but sadly those singles did not become hits. Would have been great though. I'm wondering, is there a hit single which features just a little Maurice solo vocal? Perhaps Melody Fair, which was a number 1 hit in Japan I believe. > For instance, Wildflowers would have been a good single in 1981. It's such a wonderful song, Maurice at his best, but would it have been a hit? I'm not sure. Michel -----Original Message----- >From: "David Yang" To: "words List Member" Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 11:12:57 -0300 Subject: [words] Above & Beyond > There is one in a bootleg album titled "Live and Acoustic". I also > heard it in concert (ONO). There we have Barry's voice drowning > Robin's in the chorus line of For Whom the Bell Tolls. > > Mo only version of A&B would be fantastic. How come that in 35 years > the Bee Gees never released a single with Maurice's lead vocal in it? > For instance, Wildflowers would have been a good single in 1981. > > > On 6/17/06, Lumdeloo wrote: > > That's true, the verses with just Maurice singing are very > infectious. I > > would love a Maurice-only version of A&B! (And Robin's interlude in > Secret > > Love, it's just beautiful I think) > > > > Michel > > > > PS: is there a recording of a live version of For whom the bell > tolls? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: "David Yang" > > To: "words List Member" > > Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 20:46:53 -0300 > > Subject: [words] Above & Beyond > > > > > That's what I meant (Motown arrangements) by "basically the same > > > track". > > > I love Robin's interlude in Secret Love. However, there is > something > > > very infectious in A&B. I think it's the gentle voice of Mo and the > > > prominent rhythm guitar. > > > > > > As to Barry's falsetto in Overnight and A&B (and even in For Whom > the > > > Bell Tolls' chorus, especially the live version), I could not agree > > > more with you Michael. > > > > > > We miss you Maurice. > > > > > > David > > > > > > > > > On 6/17/06, Lumdeloo wrote: > > > > I have to disgree with you David ;-) They have very similar > Motownish > > > > arrangements, but i don't see them as basically the same track. I > > > absolutely > > > > love both Chain Reaction and Secret Love. A&B is just good. The > thing > > > I > > > > really don't like about it - dare I say it - is Barry's falsetto > on > > > the Some > > > > love never dies, story of our lives line. The same thing with > > > Overnight. I > > > > think Barry's falsetto is too much on the foreground in those 2 > > > songs. Let > > > > Maurice sing the song! > > > > > > > > Michel > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: "David Yang" > > > > To: "words List Member" > > > > Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 06:39:17 -0300 > > > > Subject: [words] Above & Beyond > > > > > > > > > They are all basically the same track: Secret Love, Chain > Reaction, > > > > > and Above and Beyond. A&B is definitely my favorite song among > > > them. > > > > > It's genuinely cheerful and there we have the late Mo singing > lead. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.brothersgibb.com > > > > Bee Gees News and Information > > > > > > > > > > > > "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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "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. > > > > > > > > http://www.brothersgibb.com > > Bee Gees News and Information > > > > > > "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. > > > > > > > "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. http://www.brothersgibb.com Bee Gees News and Information "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: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 17:23:18 EDT From: LawrenceFulham@aol.com Subject: Re: Digest (06/19/2006 15:01) (#2006-2172) In a message dated 19/06/2006 20:04:03 GMT Standard Time, listmember@brothersgibb.com writes: Mo only version of A&B would be fantastic. How come that in 35 years the Bee Gees never released a single with Maurice's lead vocal in it? For instance, Wildflowers would have been a good single in 1981. that has been in my thoughts for years, beatles done it with ringo, abba done it with the men lead singing but never maurice, I cant recall a stones single without jagger singing either Brian ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 17:26:52 EDT From: LawrenceFulham@aol.com Subject: Re: Digest (06/19/2006 15:01) (#2006-2172) In a message dated 19/06/2006 20:04:03 GMT Standard Time, listmember@brothersgibb.com writes: Soaring or flagging hense the tempter of its contents. I am with you $50!!! Sheesh he's already got an estimated $200 million of fans hard spent cash and yet he wants more??? I ain't buying into the Barry retirement fund .. its full enough already ~Laced put me with julian and you, would'nt it be nice to get something back, you know will be flamed for this laced Brian ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 23:12:18 +0100 From: "melissagibson" Subject: If you'd know the brothers when you were young? Supposing you'd been born around the same time as the brothers and had = know them them when they were kids/teenagers, before they were famous. Do you think you'd have got on with them? Would you have been friends = with all of them/some of them? I think it would have been interesting to know them as youngsters; they = certainly seemed to have fun. I would imagine I'd have got on well with = all of them, although Maurice would probably have been the easiest to = befriend. And I'd have loved to play with young Andy. I'm 17, and I sometimes = babysit the 6-year-old boy who lives across the street from me; he's = very lively and cute; I imagine that's what Andy would have been like = when he was younger. When I meet Doc Brown, I'm going to ask him to take me back to 1965 in = the DeLorean so I can meet the Bee Gees and babysit Andy. Michelle ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 18:20:34 -0400 From: "Ronnie Olsson" Subject: Re: Above & Beyond -----Original Message----- From: "Richard O Donoghue" > Unless I am mistaken I think Man in the Middle was released as a single > in Turkey and made the number 1 spot. Do we have a definite on that? As far as I could tell from digging 'round the internet at the time this was purely one Turkish radio channel's play list chart and not an official Turkish singles chart list. A devout Turkish radio DJ slash Bee Gees-fan perhaps? /Ronnie Apatisk livsnjutare http://www.brothersgibb.com Bee Gees News and Information ------------------------------ End words@brothersgibb.com Digest [06/19/2006 21:01] ----------------------------------------------------