(#2003-3507) - Topics this issue: 1) unsubscribe, 2) A poem from a fellow fan, 3) unsubscribe, 4) WATCH/LISTEN ON THIS STORYThe BBC's Fergal Parkinson in Miami, 5) unsubscribe, 6) unsubscribe, 7) unsubscribe, 8) Thank you Ronnie, 9) Totally sick, 10) Queen guitarist on Maurice/Bee Gees, 11) Digest (01/15/2003 15:41) Special Issue (#2003-3506), 12) Thank you Ronnie, 13) For Susan in NS, ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 15:55:16 EST From: Mariebahons@aol.com Subject: Re: unsubscribe 
Don't know why you are being so nasty, I did not want or as far as I know 
unscribe to anything Bee Gee...I love them to bits, must have been a computer 
error.

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Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 12:57:00 -0800
From: "Christine Secrist" 
Subject: Re: A poem from a fellow fan


The name of the one who wrote the poem has the same name of the person from 
ebay who I bought Living Eyes from in December (Which I received in the mail 
today, Maurice funeral day) Could it be the same person?
It was a nice poem, thank you for posting it.
Christine

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From: robin-alexis@talk21.com
Reply-To: words@brothersgibb.com
To: "words List Member"  
CC: bgq@videotron.ca,settyr@aciworldwide.com
Subject: A poem from a fellow fan
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 18:19:18 GMT+00:00

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


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Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 16:02:37 EST
From: Mariebahons@aol.com
Subject: Re: unsubscribe


Don't understand why u sent me this...Is it suppose to be my message, don't 
remember it...IM very confused. I am a dedicated Bee Gee Fan (always will 
be). Have I unscribe to them by mistake, get a lot of shit sent from sites, 
not Bee Gee related, maybe in a tired moment I unsribe by mistake, if so no 
one more sorry than me. And I will amend ASAP. Please get back to me, 

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Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 16:05:38 EST
From: Bgstruck@aol.com
Subject: WATCH/LISTEN ON THIS STORYThe BBC's Fergal Parkinson in Miami 


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In a message dated 1/15/2003 2:38:56 PM Central Standard Time, 
ListMember@brothersgibb.com writes:

> WATCH/LISTEN ON THIS STORYThe BBC's Fergal Parkinson in Miami
> "They are planning a bigger memorial service"
> 
> 
> 
> Be sure to watch this video!!!
> 
> 

I have BBC America on my cable system. What day and time will it view or how 
can I see this video ?
Thanks
Susan

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Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 13:11:29 -0800
From: "Christine Secrist" 
Subject: Re: unsubscribe

We are all very tired.  I haven't slept well since Maurice passed, if I, or 
someone else inadvertadly insulted you, I apologize.  I think we are a 
little on edge.
Someone sent a terse unsubscribe letter, and usually I ignore them, but this 
time I was very upset about all this.  Anyway, if it was you, I apologize if 
I was rude.
Christine E
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From: Mariebahons@aol.com
Reply-To: words@brothersgibb.com
To: "words List Member"  
Subject: Re: unsubscribe
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 16:02:37 EST


Don't understand why u sent me this...Is it suppose to be my message, 
don't
remember it...IM very confused. I am a dedicated Bee Gee Fan (always will
be). Have I unscribe to them by mistake, get a lot of shit sent from sites,
not Bee Gee related, maybe in a tired moment I unsribe by mistake, if so no
one more sorry than me. And I will amend ASAP. Please get back to me,
"

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Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 16:15:10 EST
From: Mariebahons@aol.com
Subject: Re: unsubscribe

OPsssss...Just sent U email (see below) thought u ment me (for some-reason)
Please excuse me been very tired/stressed lately Misread.
You must be thinking wot a idiot...and rightly So....Sorry

Don't understand why u sent me this...Is it suppose to be my message, don't 
remember it...IM very confused. I am a dedicated Bee Gee Fan (always will 
be). Have I unscribe to them by mistake, get a lot of shit sent from sites, 
not Bee Gee related, maybe in a tired moment I unsribe by mistake, if so no 
one more sorry than me. And I will amend ASAP. Please get back to me, 

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Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 16:17:02 EST
From: Mariebahons@aol.com
Subject: Re: unsubscribe

OPPssss...Just sent U email (see below) thOPPssssssought u ment me (for 
some-reason)
Please excuse me been very tired/stressed lately Mis-read.
You must be thinking wot a idiot...and rightly So....Sorry

Don't know why you are being so nasty, I did not want or as far as I know 
unscribe to anything Bee Gee...I love them to bits, must have been a computer 
error.

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Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 16:29:29 EST
From: Bygrace28@aol.com
Subject: Thank you Ronnie


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In a message dated 1/15/2003 2:38:18 PM Central Standard Time, 
ListMember@brothersgibb.com writes:

> 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.
>  

Ronnie,
My husband mentioned this to me as well.  We discussed a future concert with 
Mo's hat on a microphone stand and his glasses on top of his keyboard.  It 
was the one thing we actually smiled about since this terrible loss.

I'm not sure if anyone saw the picture of Robin with Dwina(although she was 
labeled as an unidentified woman).  I went to Yahoo News to do a search on 
any memorial information. What really caught my attention was the hat Robin 
was wearing.  I swear I wish I could turn back the hands of time and Mo was 
here.  I can't even express how sad I am.  I have waves of anger too but it 
does help as soon as I put on a video or listen to their music.  AOL and 
Netscape radio have a continuous radio station playing only the Bee Gees. 
That helps as well.  

I was a member of this list for awhile (mostly a lurker only posting when I 
had information).  I had to come back because only Bee Gee fans understand 
and can support each other.  My husband understands to a point but others 
really don't get the meaning of being a fan.  The Bee Gees have been there my 
entire life.  My father was already a fan when I came along in 1968.  He had 
the 1st album at that time.  His collection grew as I grew so to me the Bee 
Gees were my extended family.  That's how the loss of Maurice feels-like a 
major loss in my family.  

"And the rain will fall-it falls for you"

Shannon Ross
Louisiana


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Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 08:28:07 +1100
From: "BOBBIE" 
Subject: Re: Totally sick

and this time take the tab out of the side so it doesn't happen again...can
happen to anyone...bobbie
----- Original Message -----
From: 


> 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
>




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Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 22:26:32 +0100
From: "bikebuster" 
Subject: Re: Queen guitarist on Maurice/Bee Gees

It=B4s incredible how respected and admired the guys are among other =
artists and how mistreated they are among jounalists.

Per

----- Original Message -----=20
From: "Ronnie Olsson" 
To: "words List Member" 
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 9:41 PM
Subject: Queen guitarist on Maurice/Bee Gees


> Brian May wrote this on his website
>=20
> http://www.brianmaynews.com/brian/brianssb/brianssb.html
>=20
> MAURICE GIBB 1949-2003
>=20
> Very sad to hear of the passing of Maurice Gibb. It's so shocking to=20
> realise he was only 53. Deepest sympathies to his family and to his=20
> brothers. It must of course be a devastating blow for them.=20
>=20
> I'm starting to dread seeing the news and wondering who will be=20
> taken next.=20
>=20
> Of course I was, and am a huge fan of the Bee Gees creations in=20
> music. Undoubtedly at the pinnacle of song-writing considered over=20
> the last - 30 years, is it?! My fondest recollections are not of the=20
> "Saturday Night Fever" days, which were really a re-birth in the Bee=20
> Gees popularity, but the early ground-breaking songs - "New York=20
> Mining Disaster", "Massachusetts," "To Love Somebody," "Words,"=20
> "World" and "I Started a Joke" were all great favourites of mine - I=20
> remember singing these with my pal Tim Staffell and Freddie in the=20
> REAL old days!!!... Their performances on record as well as the=20
> writing were always immaculate - and of course their vocal=20
> harmonies are a text-book for anyone wishing to study vocal=20
> arrangements in Pop Music.=20
>=20
> Strangely enough, though, one of my moments of "Gasp!" was when=20
> I first heard a much later work, "You Win Again". To me it's a modern=20
> masterpiece of production - devastating simplicity executed with=20
> devastating subtlety. What a wonderful wall of sound, yet what=20
> sensitivity!=20
>=20
> Around that time I got my only chance to meet with the Bee Gees and=20
> work with them, just briefly. It was at a concert at the Albert Hall =
for=20
> the Prince's Trust. I was part of the "House Band" MD'd by Midge Ure=20
> for the night, so we were the back-up for various artists, including =
the=20
> Bee Gees, who were to sing this very song. I was very excited, and=20
> had a nice conversation with them about this song, and my=20
> appreciation for their history.=20
>=20
> Actually Maurice was by far the most friendly and forthcoming - very=20
> modest and down-to-earth. And of course he was the only one of the=20
> Brothers who was to play as part of the band as well as sing. He=20
> played Bass guitar, and very excellently too. He also watched us=20
> sound-checking with another artist and commented on how much=20
> he liked my guitar tone - it turned out they knew a lot about Queen=20
> anyway.=20
>=20
> Anyway the rest of the story isn't so glorious! I had already given =
the=20
> 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=20
> sound-checked we discovered that the Bee Gees vocal sound was=20
> only achievable live with them singing very quietly. Now this means=20
> that their microphones have to be turned up very loud, and become=20
> very sensitive to picking up every other sound on stage. They were=20
> standing more or less in front of my amplifiers, so it was=20
> immediately a BIG problem !!!=20
>=20
> My guitar only sounds good with the amps turned up to 10, so a=20
> decision had to be made. The decision was that I rethought my part=20
> completely and became a very passive part of the arrangement, a bit=20
> of a disappointment for me, but much better than messing up the=20
> famous Bee Gees vocals!=20
>=20
> The World will miss him, but forever enjoy his work.=20
>=20
> Brian May - 12th Jan 2003
>=20
>=20
>=20
> http://www.brothersgibb.com
> Bee Gees News and Information
>=20
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> http://www.brothersgibb.com=20
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Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 21:58:12 -0000
From: "RICHARD O DONOGHUE" 
Subject: Re: Digest (01/15/2003 15:41) Special Issue (#2003-3506)

Richard From Ireland Here


I know Robin did not write Please, But aren't the lyrics fitting for this
moment.
Listen to Please and you'll find it difficult not to cry again.
Regards
Richard

----- Original Message -----
From: 
To: "words List Member" 
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 8:42 PM
Subject: Digest (01/15/2003 15:41) Special Issue (#2003-3506)


> 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
>
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> 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
> >
> >
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>
> 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.
>
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>
> 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
>
>
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>
> ------------------------------
>
> 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
> >
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> >
> >
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> 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
>
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> ------------------------------
>
> 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
>
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>  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
>
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>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 14:04:40 EST
> >From: LGRAF118@aol.com
> Subject: Re: Several questions
>
>
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> 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
>
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>
> ------------------------------
>
> 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 Michael Jackson attends usually turns into
one.
>
> 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 the brothers a part of their spirit, the man
they knew and loved from childhood, who they worked with to create some of
the best music in history. For Yvonne and the kids-the husband/best friend
and father they knew. For his Mom-the second child she has lost. This must
be totally devastating. They are the ones I am truly sad for. The media and
the tributes will go away shortly-the Family are the ones who will wake up
every morning and have to deal with this enormous loss. My heart goes out to
them and I pray they have the strength to deal with all of those sad
tomorrows
>
> ------------------------------
>
> 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
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>
> 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
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>
> 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
>
>
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>
> ------------------------------
>
> 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
>
>
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> ------------------------------
>
> 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
> >
> >
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> ------------------------------
>
> 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
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
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Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 14:13:54 -0800 (PST)
From: Lois 
Subject: Re: Thank you Ronnie

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One really doesn't see that the press has photographed them in public together, at least not here in the States ... so that would be understandable.
Lois S.
 Bygrace28@aol.com wrote:In a message dated 1/15/2003 2:38:18 PM Central Standard Time, 
ListMember@brothersgibb.com writes:

I'm not sure if anyone saw the picture of Robin with Dwina(although she was labeled as an unidentified woman). I went to Yahoo News to do a search on any memorial information. What really caught my attention was the hat Robin was wearing

Shannon Ross
Louisiana


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Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 18:27:02 -0400
From: susan 
Subject: Re: For Susan in NS

yes i did have that moment, i put in a code and walked off when some one
wanted me i just said give me a moment. it was a very hard moment.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Meta D" 
To: "words List Member" 
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 11:39 AM
Subject: Re: For Susan in NS


> You're not alone Susan - I'm in Nova Scotia too, and I will be standing
> silently in my office trying to keep it "together", and likely failing
> miserably - but that's OK too.
>
> Meta
>
>
>
>
>
>
> >From: susan 
> >Reply-To: words@brothersgibb.com
> >To: "words List Member"  
> >Subject: Re: WHY can't they leave me
> >Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 20:13:12 -0400
> >
> >I know that feeling anne!!!! Sunday i thought my mom and dad would call
to
> >see how i was. I thought one of my friends would call. I guess they just
> >don't get it. The only person that care was my best friend kevin, he come
> >down to spend the night. When he knew how upset i was he told me about
the
> >times when we were a couple and i would leave him lunch at my house while
i
> >was at work, he would play still waters . He told he loved alone and
still
> >waters. But no one else thought  too check up on me where i live.
> >Tommorrow it going to be a very hard day, I going to be in my mourning
> >clothes and have a picture of maruice a my desk. And at one o'clock
(12:00
> >eastern) i'm going to have my moment of silence.
> >I work at a call center and i know those people will not understand. They
> >think i'm weird, but i don't gave a g** damn. because this man was and is
> >part of my life and will give him the respect he is due.
> >
> >alone in nova scotia
> >susan
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Anne Simpson" 
> >To: "words List Member" 
> >Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 7:48 PM
> >Subject: Re: WHY can't they leave me
> >
> >
> > > Why doesn't anyone care about me?  NOT ONE of my friends, who know
that
> >the
> > > Bee Gees have been the most important part of my life for the past
> >quarter
> > > century, has called to see how I am.  That hurts.  At least your
family
> >and
> > > friends care, and may just want to say, "I'm sorry."
> > >
> > > Anne
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: 
> > > To: "words List Member" 
> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 5:17 PM
> > > Subject: WHY can't they leave me
> > >
> > >
> > > > Why can't they leave me alone. My family and friend keep calling me.
> >It's
> > > > been going on since Sunday. I don't answer their call I let the
answer
> > > phone
> > > > get it. Because I don't want to talk to them! What could they have
to
> >say
> > > to
> > > > me that is so important? I mean I can almost guess everything they
are
> > > going
> > > > to say. "Well, He was not a family member, Or it must have been
God's
> > > will,
> > > > or some stupid thing!!!! :(* I mean what do they want? ME to cry in
> >their
> > > > face? Is any one else going through this ??? :(
> > > > Can't people leave me alone and let me mourn Mo's passing? I just UN
> > > hooked
> > > > all my phones. I pray they don't come over. I just can't deal with
> >friends
> > > > and family right now!!!! :(***
> > > >
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