Special Issue (#2003-3482) - Topics this issue: 1) fox news, 2) memories of Maurice, 3) Digest (01/12/2003 16:00) Special Issue (#2003-3480), 4) I am devastated, 5) Maurice on Staying Alive, 6) FOX NEWS Tributes Every Hour, 7) There are no words......, 8) Maurice on Staying Alive, 9) Sad Day, 10) (no subject), 11) Maurice on Staying Alive, 12) Maurice, 13) Memorial Services?, 14) What A Long Day Its Been, 15) NBC NEWS CAST, 16) Maurice, 17) A few steps ahead us, 18) Fox News Running New Segment On Mo's Legacy At 3:30 PM EST, 19) Maurice's Songs on Lead Voicals, 20) Larry King, ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 14:52:53 -0800 From: "mitch sommers" Subject: fox news This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001B_01C2BA4A.48D72240 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Someone posted earlier about Fox News. They are giving Maurice and the = Bee Gees some justice due. Really pressing the greatness of the group. It is one now in CA Michelle ------=_NextPart_000_001B_01C2BA4A.48D72240-- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 17:56:44 EST From: DI2CABG@aol.com Subject: memories of Maurice Like all of you, I'm struggling to come to terms with this sudden, tragic loss. Having been on this list for several years, I frequently read (rarely post) the responses, observing how so many of us with one commonality have such a wide range of opinions and ideas about the goings on of the Gibbs. It is a tribute to Maurice and his brothers that we unite during this difficult time. Many of the feelings you all have expressed are so like my own thoughts right now. I'm finding small comforts: the fact that Maurice's music cannot die and that the lyrics and melodies can bring him closer than close to us all, the fact that Mo's passing has attracted the news coverage it has (I would have been doubly devastated if it hadn't warrented this much coverage), the observation that nearly all of the reporters I've heard have actually pronounced his NAME correctly, and memories of concerts, fundraisers and opportunities to have met this incredible man. My thoughts and prayers are with all the Gibb family as well as the many friends and fans who have been touched by Maurice (and his brothers). Di in New Jersey....the day the music (and laughter) died ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 22:01:27 -0000 From: "Maggie Bleksley" Subject: Re: Digest (01/12/2003 16:00) Special Issue (#2003-3480) > > What is the story on this Chris Hutchins? Anyone know? > > > I can't remember exactly where I found it, but I got a link from somewhere > on the BBC website that led me to a recorded interview on which Chris > enlarges on that comment - it's sounds like speculation and probably nothing > we haven't already figured out, but try this link: > > pnm://rm.bbc.net.uk/news/media/audio/38683000/rm/_38683893_gibb08_hutchins.r > m?title="Chris Hutchins, former Bee Gees press > I've found the page now. If the other link didn't work, try this one: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/2651145.stm Unless it's been updated, you will see a link to the interview in the top right-hand corner. Maggie ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 18:04:07 -0500 From: "Anne Simpson" Subject: Re: I am devastated Hey, Tom. YOu know Maurice wouldn't want that. Vent with the rest of us, and we'll get through this. God help Robin and Barry. Anne ----- Original Message ----- From: To: "words List Member" Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 5:46 PM Subject: I am devastated > This is Tom Fini. I am totally devastated and want to die. > "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: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 18:08:29 EST From: AbaCaB9@aol.com Subject: Maurice on Staying Alive --part1_94.32a3c2c3.2b534f6d_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Was it Maurice who played the bass line on Staying Alive, the original studio version? If so, he's probably got the most recognizable bass line in a song in popular music history. AbaCaB9 --part1_94.32a3c2c3.2b534f6d_boundary-- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 18:15:28 -0500 From: Janine Subject: FOX NEWS Tributes Every Hour In addition to the hourly live updates from Miami all day, FOX NEWS has begun running an hourly tribute segment, that includes comments from folks in the music industry, as well as comments from fans who are calling in live. Looks like they are going to do it for the rest of the evening. Nice of them to do...thanks FOX. Janine Linton, Indiana ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 17:19:03 -0600 From: Steven Johnson Subject: There are no words...... This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C2BA5E.B44C0BD0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Maurice never knew me and I barely met him once,=20 but I feel as though I've lost a family member. =20 Tears from Little Rock, Steven ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C2BA5E.B44C0BD0-- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 17:28:14 -0600 From: "Douglas E Wilson" Subject: RE: Maurice on Staying Alive It's actually Alan Kendall on guitar, I believe. I remember Mo making that point in introducing Alan at one of their concerts. Doug (no snappy taglines today) > -----Original Message----- > From: ListMember@brothersgibb.com [mailto:ListMember@brothersgibb.com]On > Behalf Of AbaCaB9@aol.com > Sent: January 12, 2003 5:08 pm > To: words List Member > Subject: Maurice on Staying Alive > > > Was it Maurice who played the bass line on Staying Alive, the > original studio > version? If so, he's probably got the most recognizable bass > line in a song > in popular music history. > > AbaCaB9 > > "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: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 15:53:37 -0800 (PST) From: debbie Wexler Subject: Sad Day I don't post much either, but I am so sad today. It is comforting to be able to read everyone's emails on this very sad occasion. I'd like to thank Maurice Gibb for making (along with his brothers) such wonderful music. I will miss him dearly. Debbie. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 23:11:30 -0000 From: "Linda" Subject: Re: (no subject) Chris Hutchins is despicable. ----- Original Message ----- From: To: "words List Member" Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 9:24 PM Subject: (no subject) > This same "tortured soul" information was stated on CNN. That may have been > true at one point in his life but does anyone here think of Maurice that way? > I think of him as a ball of energy - a funny, talented, kind, very upbeat guy > - in love with life and living it to the fullest. > > Sharon > > > >>>>I was upset over that statement too. They could have put it another way > because they were probably referring to his alcohol problem and how in the > past, many years past, it was a big problem. You describe him perfectly, > full of energy, upbeat, etc. He was probably the most gregarious person I > ever met. I wish they had not said it the way they did. > > > > "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, 13 Jan 2003 01:03:37 +0100 From: "Toni Quintana" Subject: Re: Maurice on Staying Alive Wasn't that a play on keyboards by Albhy Galuten? Toni. > > Was it Maurice who played the bass line on Staying Alive, the > > original studio > > version? If so, he's probably got the most recognizable bass > > line in a song > > in popular music history. > > > > AbaCaB9 > > > > "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. > ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 20:08:15 -0400 From: "Meta Dobson Muir" Subject: Maurice This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0239_01C2BA76.5784BF60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable All day I have been knocking about my house, trying to do something, = anything...and then coming back to check the list, reading the posts, = getting overwhelmed and then going back to wandering about in this daze. Finally, after hours of confusion, anger, tears, I keep feeling one = thing - an unbearably bittersweet and painful joy. Joy that he lived, = that he was such a kind, warm, witty man, and that we were privileged = enough to see and understand the depth of his humanity. Joy that he was = so talented, that he left so much that was so wonderful for us to hear = and see. Joy that he died without suffering months of agony and dread, = spared the pain of losing people and pursuits he loved as he grew older. = Joy that he was able to appreciate his life, fulfill his dreams, and = conquer the demons of his youth. Joy that he was able to lovingly raise = his children to their majority, and re-confirm the strength of his happy = marriage. Joy that life afforded him an extraordinary and unparalleled = relationship with his brothers. Joy that he experienced the adoration of = millions of fans, and the respect of the industry he influenced so much. = How I wish he had lived to add to his legacy, making us smile, adding = that beautiful harmony - but I wouldn't trade the grief of this = terrible day for a longer life as a lesser man. This is Maurice's life = story - the end has been written, and I rejoice in the honour of having = shared even a small part of it. "He is made one with Nature: there is heard His voice in all her music, from the moan Of thunder, to the song of night's sweet bird; He is a presence to be felt and known In darkness and in light, from herb and stone, Spreading itself where'er that Power may move Which has withdrawn his being to its own; Which wields the world with never-wearied love, Sustains it from beneath, and kindles it above." - Shelley Meta ------=_NextPart_000_0239_01C2BA76.5784BF60-- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 19:11:07 -0500 From: Jacqueline Gifford Subject: Memorial Services? Like many of you, I can't fathom that Maurice has died. It seems surreal and all too real at the same time. As I grow older, I find it more difficult to quickly express complex feelings and thoughts...and as my brain tries to catch up with the reality of his passing, I am left silence. Perhaps in a few days, words of grief may come to me. Or perhaps this is one of those rare events in life that feelings surpass the need for words.... I do have a question: I heard on my local news tonight that there will be two memorial services -- one in Miami and another in London. Does anyone know more about this or where I can find out more? Thank you. BTW: I am soooooo sooooo soooo glad that this mail group exists. I have spent the last few hours reading some of the posts. I am very thankful that because of technology we, Bee Gee fans, are able to share in this difficult time together. It provides some comfort to me. -- jg ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 00:22:41 +0000 From: "Janel Clayton" Subject: What A Long Day Its Been Earlier today, I watched one of the many Bee Gee specials I have taped over the years ... and cried ... especially when Maurice talks about "not knowing what to do" about Andy's drug problem. There's also a clip from "Sargeant Pepper's" in there, where Barry's character sings "I read the news today, oh boy" during the scene where he sings "A Year in the Life". Lost it then too. I then tried to watch "Sargeant Pepper's" but couldn't make it past the scene where they leave for LA and fame and fortune without getting upset. Watching that scene did make me realize what a great life Maurice truly had. As Robin said in one of the specials "you have to remember, at that time ( he was referring to the late 1960's ) there were thousands and thousands of people, artists trying to make it. He ( Stigwood ) believed in us, he was a very powerful man." Thousands of people try to do what the brothers did when they left for England in 1967 ... only the strong, like Maurice and his brothers, survived. I'd like to think that strength will help their family get through this. I still can't believe he's gone. I mean, it was so sudden and so unexpected ... whereas if he had some deadly disease at least we could have prepared ourselves for it. Four days ago, I was talking about the Bee Gees with a friend and explaining with a smile on my face one of the many lessons I have learned from their life story. Now I am overwhelmed with sadness everytime I think of him. My parents and in-laws are divorced, and they are all re-married. That being said, I have in a sense, four dads. But today, I feel as if a fifth father of mine, that being Maurice, has died. Something else I realized in the middle of my grief. Today is ( I think ) their sister Lesley's birthday. We have to think of her too .... she will probably never have a truly happy birthday again. And when you think of all things Maurice will miss ... I am already thinking of Samantha's wedding if she ever ties the knot. Wow ... what a bittersweet day that is going to be. I haven't caught the Fox News coverage yet ... caught a package done by CNN that had several factual errors but too uspet to do anything about it. I know I was a bit angry after watching the NBC piece ... the only person they used sound with besides file interviews of Maurice was some guy from Time magazine. He focused on how Andy's death set Maurice back several years on the road to recovery from alcholism. Never once mentioned how Maurice kicked the habit, and also focused way too much on the disco music. I know that's how most people will remember him ( them ), but come on! They were recording for ten years before Stigwood obtained the rights to the article that led to "SNF" and obviously, had recorded since then. I am pleased though that everyone has thusfar said Mo's name right. Janel _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8 is here: Try it free* for 2 months http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/dialup ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 19:25:16 EST From: CAPEGIRL606@wmconnect.com Subject: NBC NEWS CAST --part1_44.2c2820d1.2b53616c_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I, Just got through watching the NBC News cast. The story on Maurice only talked mostly of his achohol problem. Why I ask since he no longer was drinking and had done so well in the last years can,t they leave that alone and after his death talk about the good things he did in life. Laurie --part1_44.2c2820d1.2b53616c_boundary-- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 11:17:20 +1030 From: "Mary Pridham" Subject: RE: Maurice Meta - thank you SO much. My dear friend in New York asked me yesterday if I would save a copy of anything about Maurice that meant a great deal to me. I have just copied your letter, one for myself and one for Shawn. I greatly appreciate your sentiments, and I know she will, as well. They are so beautiful. Thank you again. From Mary Pridham, Adelaide, South Australia -----Original Message----- From: ListMember@brothersgibb.com [mailto:ListMember@brothersgibb.com] On Behalf Of Meta Dobson Muir Sent: Monday, 13 January 2003 10:38 AM To: words List Member Subject: Maurice All day I have been knocking about my house, trying to do something, anything...and then coming back to check the list, reading the posts, getting overwhelmed and then going back to wandering about in this daze. Finally, after hours of confusion, anger, tears, I keep feeling one thing - an unbearably bittersweet and painful joy. Joy that he lived, that he was such a kind, warm, witty man, and that we were privileged enough to see and understand the depth of his humanity. Joy that he was so talented, that he left so much that was so wonderful for us to hear and see. Joy that he died without suffering months of agony and dread, spared the pain of losing people and pursuits he loved as he grew older. Joy that he was able to appreciate his life, fulfill his dreams, and conquer the demons of his youth. Joy that he was able to lovingly raise his children to their majority, and re-confirm the strength of his happy marriage. Joy that life afforded him an extraordinary and unparalleled relationship with his brothers. Joy that he experienced the adoration of millions of fans, and the respect of the industry he influenced so much. How I wish he had lived to add to his legacy, making us smile, adding that beautiful harmony - but I wouldn't trade the grief of this terrible day for a longer life as a lesser man. This is Maurice's life story - the end has been written, and I rejoice in the honour of having shared even a small part of it. "He is made one with Nature: there is heard His voice in all her music, from the moan Of thunder, to the song of night's sweet bird; He is a presence to be felt and known In darkness and in light, from herb and stone, Spreading itself where'er that Power may move Which has withdrawn his being to its own; Which wields the world with never-wearied love, Sustains it from beneath, and kindles it above." - Shelley Meta "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: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 21:35:37 -0300 From: "Zulema Nicotra" Subject: A few steps ahead us I apologyse for my mistake.Among my tears I corrected my post. > > Subject: A few steps ahead us.. > > > > > This is a thought that might help. > > Life in earth is so short .Some day we all will meet Morice again. He = > > must be in the light with Andy by now. Time is also an big ILUSSION, = > > so several years for us are scarcelly seconds --for them - in the = > > eternity..Life pass too fast. > > Just wait Mo and all will be togueder.You are only a few steps ahead > > us. Zule. > > ...................................................... > > Time.. has.. gone > > But I'll go anywhere > > Yes I'llgo anywhere with you***BRM.Gibb ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 20:00:23 -0500 From: "Anne Simpson" Subject: Re: Fox News Running New Segment On Mo's Legacy At 3:30 PM EST May I repeat my request for someone who might be willing to tape the Fox coverage for me? There is NOTHING on the news here! Thanks, Anne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janine" To: "words List Member" Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 3:25 PM Subject: Fox News Running New Segment On Mo's Legacy At 3:30 PM EST > Fox News just announced that they will have an editor from > US magazine on discussing Mo & his legacy, at around 3:30 PM > EST. > > Fox coverage appears to be the most complete - have been > doing live updates from Miami all day - the only station > that I am aware of that is doing so. Just reported that so > far no funeral arrangements, & that hospital has been asked > by family to not report details regarding cause of death. > ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 17:22:12 -0800 From: "Pat Wong" Subject: Maurice's Songs on Lead Voicals I looked at the Words list archives, and they don't seem to go back far enough to answer this question. Someone posted a list a long time ago of all the Bee Gees songs where Maurice sang lead. I sure would like to have that list again. Thanks in advance. ~8^) Pat Wong (ICQ #61070813) http://www.napathon.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Senility Prayer: God grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones I like, and the eyesight to tell the difference. ------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.brothersgibb.com Bee Gees News and Information ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 18:02:25 -0800 From: "Full Spectrum Records" Subject: Larry King This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001B_01C2BA64.C3856370 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable It looks like they are replaying the Bee Gees on Larry King, starting = right now West Coast Brian ------=_NextPart_000_001B_01C2BA64.C3856370-- ------------------------------ End words@brothersgibb.com Digest [01/12/2003 21:09] ----------------------------------------------------