Special Issue (#2003-3506) - Topics this issue: 1) Maurice Tribute, 2) Maurice Tribute, 3) I don't say good by., 4) Mo, 5) Robin articles in UK magazines, 6) Digest (01/14/2003 16:03) Special Issue (#2003-3498), 7) A poem from a fellow fan, 8) Tears, 9) funeral, 10) Several questions, 11) Where are you??, 12) funeral, 13) Several questions, 14) photo of funeral, 15) photo of funeral, 16) Digest (01/15/2003 12:01) (#2003-3505), 17) Totally sick, 18) photo of funeral, 19) photo of funeral, 20) Queen guitarist on Maurice/Bee Gees, ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 08:59:21 -0800 From: "Christine Secrist" Subject: Re: Maurice Tribute Beautiful, thank you. CES ----Original Message Follows---- From: Mary Rose Reply-To: words@brothersgibb.com To: "words List Member" Subject: Maurice Tribute Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 07:28:22 -0800 (PST) http://fortheloveofthebeegees.com/belovedmo.htm This is a memorial video I made for Maurice, Hope you like it , Mary Rose The Bee Gees - http://fortheloveofthebeegees.com Andy Gibb:Shadow Dancer - http://andygibb.50megs.com The Bee Gees Message Board - http://www.bandlink.net/forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=18 The Jeff Sheu Fan Club - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/officialjeffsheufanclub Poetry by Jeff Sheu - http://jeffsheu.50megs.com Above and Beyond:Jeff Sheu - http://jeffsheumusic.50megs.com TJ's World - http://tjbaker.50megs.com --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now "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. _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 09:04:47 -0800 (PST) From: MaryC Subject: Re: Maurice Tribute Thanks, Mary Rose. I loved it ... and it helped. Mary C --- Mary Rose wrote: > > http://fortheloveofthebeegees.com/belovedmo.htm > > This is a memorial video I made for Maurice, > > Hope you like it , > > Mary Rose > > > The Bee Gees - http://fortheloveofthebeegees.com > Andy Gibb:Shadow Dancer - http://andygibb.50megs.com > The Bee Gees Message Board - > http://www.bandlink.net/forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=18 > The Jeff Sheu Fan Club - > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/officialjeffsheufanclub > Poetry by Jeff Sheu - http://jeffsheu.50megs.com > Above and Beyond:Jeff Sheu - > http://jeffsheumusic.50megs.com > TJ's World - http://tjbaker.50megs.com > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now > "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. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 14:12:46 -0300 From: "Zulema Nicotra" Subject: I don't say good by. This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001B_01C2BCA0.2DA87840 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear Morice and family. We don't say good by . You 'll be always with = all of us. The BeeGees will be forever in our lifes. THANKS MAURICE!!! Thanks for all you have given us. Thanks for your = wonderfull life. This is the feeling of all the Argentine Fans. Don't say good by... only=20 Le'ts see you again some day. God bless you. Zule. Bs.Aires.,2.15pm ...................................................... Time.. has.. gone But I'll go anywhere Yes I'llgo anywhere with you***BRM.Gib ------=_NextPart_000_001B_01C2BCA0.2DA87840-- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 12:42:48 -0500 From: Debbie Howell Subject: Mo I haven't been able to make myself read any Words posts since last Friday. I've been affected more profoundly by what happened than I could ever have possibly imagined. Even though I can no longer bear to listen to Bee Gees music and I've done my best to try to get my mind on other things, I thought it would make me feel better to share with you the thoughts I expressed to The Miami Herald: Maurice Gibb -- in addition to being a versatile and talented singer and musician -- was a man of extreme grace and graciousness. He never met a person who didn't come away feeling he'd just talked with a friend instead of a world-famous celebrity. He exhibited all the patience and kindness in the world when confronted with a horde of overwrought fans, and he was a gentleman in every sense of the word. Mo had the energy of a whirling dervish and the dazzling smile of a mischievous imp. It was wonderful to see him enjoy the fruits of his labors -- whether it was in the music industry or on the paintball field. Mo was an integral part of the Bee Gees who is totally irreplaceable. Barry has always been the dashing, multi-talented front man of the group and Robin possesses that supernaturally beautiful, melodic voice, but Maurice was and always will be the heart of the Bee Gees. I love him and will never forget him. I would give anything to have him back. Debbie ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 17:56:44 -0000 From: "G.R.Gooch" Subject: Robin articles in UK magazines #1. Mojo special edition (Feb.2003) page 67 - Robin interviewed on 12 Dec 2002 about new album and previous solo albums..including Sing Slowly Sisters. #2. "25 Beautiful Homes (Feb.2003) pages 14-18 - Celebrity Home feature on Robin's home in Thame, with colour pics of the interiors & Robin and Dwina in happier times, of course. Graham in Manchester, UK. -- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 10:05:21 -0800 From: "Full Spectrum Records" Subject: Re: Digest (01/14/2003 16:03) Special Issue (#2003-3498) Well put, Joe. Brian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Brennan" To: "words List Member" Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 6:15 AM Subject: Re: Digest (01/14/2003 16:03) Special Issue (#2003-3498) > Maurice was mentioned in passing; George bleepin' Harrison was not. > > I take it some of you guys have not listened to Top 40 radio for twenty > years. Can we just say that, and move on, and cut the moaning and wailing > over the state of music today and whether these kids can sing. I actually > had to go check the calendar... all this questioning what that Dick Clark > fella is thinking, I was afraid I'd fallen back into 1962 or something. > > Joe Brennan > > > > "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: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 18:19:18 GMT+00:00 From: robin-alexis@talk21.com Subject: A poem from a fellow fan All, I would like to share with you a poem that was written by one of my fellow contributors to the Ordinary People project, shortly after we lost Maurice. It really touched me. Steve Barry is the same age as me and and though he lives in a different continent we share a lot. Some of this became apparent during the making of the record. Clearly we are sharing a lot during these sad times: STEVE'S POEM Dear Omega Man in the Middle You Know it's for you that we mourn. Suddenly, Overnight, I find myself, All By Myself. Such A Shame. Where are you? It's Just The Way that you went, Like a Wildflower which has faded too Fast. Now, you are Walking On Air In other dimensions. We will miss you. (c) Steve Barry, January 12th 2003 Kilburn Towers Order copies of Ordinary People, the new Bee Gees tribute album with a difference: www.tophatevents.co.uk/tribute.html -------------------- talk21 your FREE portable and private address on the net at http://www.talk21.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 15:07:28 -0300 (ART) From: scurrenti@arnet.com.ar Subject: Tears All your fans in Argentina feel you as an old friend, dear Mo. Your spirit will be allways with us. We\'ll never, never, forget you. You\'ll live in our hearts forever! Thank you Maurice!! We love you!! BEE GEES FAN CLUB DE ARGENTINA beegeesargentina@tutopia.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 13:36:40 EST From: CAPEGIRL606@wmconnect.com Subject: funeral --part1_188.144e7c0e.2b570438_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Channel 4, WBZ in Boston at least mentioned the fumeral was today and went to a reporter in Maimi. They showed the funeral Home and did a little tribute to him. Thank you channel 4 Laurie Lowe --part1_188.144e7c0e.2b570438_boundary-- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 14:04:40 EST From: LGRAF118@aol.com Subject: Re: Several questions --part1_f6.273aba96.2b570ac8_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I've been searching the web for all kinds of Maurice sites. through a series of clicks I came upon the name Beri Gibb (Beri Rhoades after marriage) which said she was the brother's niece. Does anyone know who this is? Also, do they keep in touch with Andy's daughter & does anyone know if the Gibb kids are close knit? Thanks, Lynn --part1_f6.273aba96.2b570ac8_boundary-- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 14:16:10 -0500 From: "Ronnie Olsson" Subject: Re: Where are you?? To Karen - Thanks for your concern :o) I'm letting everyone know that I'm still around, reading all the posts (of which there are many). Still stunned although the initial reaction has subsided. Work keeps me somewhat busy although I can't keep from thinking about Mo and that I will never see him or hear him sing ever again. I just can't grasp the fact that he is gone for good. When the Bee Gees tour again, if they tour again, I will look to the place where Mo usually stands and see... nothing. No Mo. I just can't grasp it. Injecting a little bit of humour (what's left in me anyway). I can picture a future concert with Mo's keyboard in the usual place, the bass right beside it, his hat hanging on the microphone stand and there's also a note saying "Gone to the loo, back in a jiff". I think he would have loved that. I will really miss his incredible sense of humour and I wish I could've experienced it in the flesh. To me Bee Gees has always been Barry, Robin and Maurice and they will always be no matter what - but Mo's corporal absence will be hard to deal with. His voice will always be missing and that beautiful three-part harmony that only they could do is never to be heard again. I think Mo's death has made me realize that I'm wasting my time on things I don't care doing. I don't care for my job and I don't see myself still working there in 10 years time. Things will have to change or I will be a bitter old man one day. /Ronnie http://www.brothersgibb.com Bee Gees News and Information ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 14:31:00 -0500 From: LAgerg@aol.com Subject: Re: funeral On the BBC Website, they gave the name of the funeral site and said there would be a cremation ceremony after the funeral. Michael Jackson and LuLu will be attending the funeral. I hope the media has enough respect to not turn it into a circus as anything The fans have lost the persona/image of Maurice Gibb-we will always have the music and the videos,perhaps the memories of meeting him, the interview clips. The family has lost the person-the individual they knew and loved and saw practically every day-for ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 14:32:20 -0500 From: Joseph Brennan Subject: Re: Several questions --On Wednesday, January 15, 2003 14:04 -0500 LGRAF118@aol.com wrote: > I've been searching the web for all kinds of Maurice sites. through a > series of clicks I came upon the name Beri Gibb (Beri Rhoades after > marriage) which said she was the brother's niece. Does anyone know who > this is? She's Lesley's daughter. Lesley is a year older than Barry. Joe Brennan Gibb Songs http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 21:00:45 +0100 From: marion budde Subject: photo of funeral --=====================_29473124==_.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2659847.stm Private funeral for Maurice Gibb The ceremony will be followed by a cremation Family and friends of Bee Gees singer Maurice Gibb are attending his private funeral in Miami, United States, following his death on Sunday. The ceremony at Riverside Gordon Memorial Chapel on Miami Beach is a ceremony for friends and family will be followed by a cremation service. The only stars reported to be attending the service are Michael Jackson and Scottish singer Lulu, who was married to Gibb for four years from 1969. Gibb died from a heart attack after being admitted to hospital for an operation on his intestines. The Bee Gees management have asked in lieu of flowers, contributions be sent in Maurice Gibb's name to: The Andy Gibb Memorial Foundation, c/o Dade Community Foundation, 200 South Biscayne Boulevard, Suite 505, Miami, Florida or sent to a charity of the contributor's choice. Barry and Robin Gibb have been talking to officials at the hospital where their brother died, after expressing their concern over his treatment. Speaking exclusively to the BBC, the brothers said they were perplexed as to how their brother had been admitted with a stomach blockage - and then apparently died from another illness. In an emotional state soon after Maurice's death, the brothers said they were "devastated" and "completely pole-axed" by their loss and paid tribute to the "most sweetest, generous" man. Barry Gibb confirmed he had not been present at the Mount Sinai Medical Centre for many of the key moments of his brother's treatment and said he had been told much of what he knew second-hand. But he said: "We will pursue every factor, every element, every second of the timeline, of the final hours of Maurice's life." The brothers, who have been performing together since the late 1950s, made almost 30 albums together and sold more than 110 million albums in their career. There are also two photos, 1 of Robin, Dwina and Ken arriving. Marion --=====================_29473124==_.ALT-- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 12:02:01 -0800 (PST) From: Mary Rose Subject: Re: photo of funeral --0-406311840-1042660921=:5838 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii WATCH/LISTEN ON THIS STORYThe BBC's Fergal Parkinson in Miami "They are planning a bigger memorial service" Be sure to watch this video!!! Mary Rose The Bee Gees - http://fortheloveofthebeegees.com Andy Gibb:Shadow Dancer - http://andygibb.50megs.com The Bee Gees Message Board - http://www.bandlink.net/forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=18 The Jeff Sheu Fan Club - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/officialjeffsheufanclub Poetry by Jeff Sheu - http://jeffsheu.50megs.com Above and Beyond:Jeff Sheu - http://jeffsheumusic.50megs.com TJ's World - http://tjbaker.50megs.com --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now --0-406311840-1042660921=:5838-- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 15:18:51 -0500 From: "Michele Johnson" Subject: RE: Digest (01/15/2003 12:01) (#2003-3505) If you go to www.webshots.com and search Bee Gees their are some great pictures posted that you can use as background on your computer. The Family Picture of everyone is very nice http://community.webshots.com/photo/7716381/12752603VJLzEvHuuQ Also here is one dedicated to just Mo http://community.webshots.com/album/60687321fnVJZR Michele ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 15:22:12 EST From: Bgstruck@aol.com Subject: Totally sick --part1_15d.1a73f16b.2b571cf4_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I had been play a tape of Bee Gees BBC2 concert that I had taped off the radio a while back. Somehow I forgot and left the tape in my machine and my two year old daughter who plays with everything pushed the right buttons and taped over the whole thing. :(* Is there anyone out there that has a copy of the BBC concert I could buy from them? Totally SICK :(*** over it. Susan --part1_15d.1a73f16b.2b571cf4_boundary-- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 12:28:14 -0800 (PST) From: Lois Subject: Re: photo of funeral --0-1540952195-1042662494=:69847 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Already have! Thanks. Lois S. Mary Rose wrote:WATCH/LISTEN ON THIS STORYThe BBC's Fergal Parkinson in Miami "They are planning a bigger memorial service" Be sure to watch this video!!! Mary Rose The Bee Gees - http://fortheloveofthebeegees.com Andy Gibb:Shadow Dancer - http://andygibb.50megs.com The Bee Gees Message Board - http://www.bandlink.net/forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=18 The Jeff Sheu Fan Club - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/officialjeffsheufanclub Poetry by Jeff Sheu - http://jeffsheu.50megs.com Above and Beyond:Jeff Sheu - http://jeffsheumusic.50megs.com TJ's World - http://tjbaker.50megs.com --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now "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. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now --0-1540952195-1042662494=:69847-- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 12:29:48 -0800 From: "mitch sommers" Subject: Re: photo of funeral Thank you Mary Rose. I have been watching the news off and on all morning to see something. I hope the London memorial service is played here in the US, maybe BBC America will show it. I have been checking the official site to see if they have posted anything. http://www.beegeesonline.com/ They have a front page dedicated to Maurice. I set it as the background for my computer. There is also new news when you enter the site. A rather long piece from David Leaf. Michelle ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Rose" To: "words List Member" Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 12:02 PM Subject: Re: photo of funeral > WATCH/LISTEN ON THIS STORYThe BBC's Fergal Parkinson in Miami > "They are planning a bigger memorial service" > > > > Be sure to watch this video!!! > > Mary Rose > > > The Bee Gees - http://fortheloveofthebeegees.com > Andy Gibb:Shadow Dancer - http://andygibb.50megs.com > The Bee Gees Message Board - http://www.bandlink.net/forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=18 > The Jeff Sheu Fan Club - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/officialjeffsheufanclub > Poetry by Jeff Sheu - http://jeffsheu.50megs.com > Above and Beyond:Jeff Sheu - http://jeffsheumusic.50megs.com > TJ's World - http://tjbaker.50megs.com > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now > "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: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 15:41:42 -0500 From: "Ronnie Olsson" Subject: Queen guitarist on Maurice/Bee Gees Brian May wrote this on his website http://www.brianmaynews.com/brian/brianssb/brianssb.html MAURICE GIBB 1949-2003 Very sad to hear of the passing of Maurice Gibb. It's so shocking to realise he was only 53. Deepest sympathies to his family and to his brothers. It must of course be a devastating blow for them. I'm starting to dread seeing the news and wondering who will be taken next. Of course I was, and am a huge fan of the Bee Gees creations in music. Undoubtedly at the pinnacle of song-writing considered over the last - 30 years, is it?! My fondest recollections are not of the "Saturday Night Fever" days, which were really a re-birth in the Bee Gees popularity, but the early ground-breaking songs - "New York Mining Disaster", "Massachusetts," "To Love Somebody," "Words," "World" and "I Started a Joke" were all great favourites of mine - I remember singing these with my pal Tim Staffell and Freddie in the REAL old days!!!... Their performances on record as well as the writing were always immaculate - and of course their vocal harmonies are a text-book for anyone wishing to study vocal arrangements in Pop Music. Strangely enough, though, one of my moments of "Gasp!" was when I first heard a much later work, "You Win Again". To me it's a modern masterpiece of production - devastating simplicity executed with devastating subtlety. What a wonderful wall of sound, yet what sensitivity! Around that time I got my only chance to meet with the Bee Gees and work with them, just briefly. It was at a concert at the Albert Hall for the Prince's Trust. I was part of the "House Band" MD'd by Midge Ure for the night, so we were the back-up for various artists, including the Bee Gees, who were to sing this very song. I was very excited, and had a nice conversation with them about this song, and my appreciation for their history. Actually Maurice was by far the most friendly and forthcoming - very modest and down-to-earth. And of course he was the only one of the Brothers who was to play as part of the band as well as sing. He played Bass guitar, and very excellently too. He also watched us sound-checking with another artist and commented on how much he liked my guitar tone - it turned out they knew a lot about Queen anyway. Anyway the rest of the story isn't so glorious! I had already given the song some thought, and was all ready to give it a big kick, to go with the wall of sound effect I'd heard on the record. But when we sound-checked we discovered that the Bee Gees vocal sound was only achievable live with them singing very quietly. Now this means that their microphones have to be turned up very loud, and become very sensitive to picking up every other sound on stage. They were standing more or less in front of my amplifiers, so it was immediately a BIG problem !!! My guitar only sounds good with the amps turned up to 10, so a decision had to be made. The decision was that I rethought my part completely and became a very passive part of the arrangement, a bit of a disappointment for me, but much better than messing up the famous Bee Gees vocals! The World will miss him, but forever enjoy his work. Brian May - 12th Jan 2003 http://www.brothersgibb.com Bee Gees News and Information ------------------------------ End words@brothersgibb.com Digest [01/15/2003 15:41] ----------------------------------------------------