(#2003-3508) - Topics this issue: 1) Maurice Tribute/stamps, 2) Bee Gees' attention, 3) Mo (Debbie Howell), 4) Storytellers, Andy Gibb, A&E Biography schedule USA, 5) Storytellers, Andy Gibb, A&E Biography schedule USA, 6) No Jive Talkin' -- The 'Quiet' Bee Gee Did His Job Well, 7) Missing Maurice, 8) belovedmo.htm, 9) A Few Words Of Comfort, 10) Thursday night, 11) Stamps, 12) Disco Ball on ABC, ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 18:45:50 -0500 From: Jacqueline Gifford Subject: Maurice Tribute/stamps Hi. I was toodling around on the web for some online Bee Gees' music and came across this offer. Stampville.com is offering, until February 1, 2003, a free set of the Isle of Man Bee Gee stamps in recognition of Maurice's death. Here is the link with the details: http://www.beegeesstamps.com Just thought folks might wanna know. = jg ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 19:10:22 EST From: YMcKenz@aol.com Subject: Bee Gees' attention --part1_1dd.5e072.2b57526e_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I hope I can write this and not offend anyone, but I feel the need to express this. Thanks to whomever clued me in that AOL was playing nonstop BeeGees through the AOL radio; I have it on right now. Mo's funeral was today, and I held together the best I have so far. I did observe a moment of silence for the funeral, and my thoughts are just constantly with the family. But now listening to the music, I am angry. I can't help it. I'm angry because this should never have happened. I am angry because I live in the US, who has shunned and made fun of the Bee Gees for years, wouldn't give them the time of day, and now all of the sudden everyone has suddenly loved them all of these years----and we just didn't know it!!! I am so mad at people. I keep saying out loud "Where were YOU when he was still alive???" I guess I just have to be satisfied that they have NO IDEA what they missed, and I DO. I'm sorry. I'm grateful for the exposure, and I'm glad that people now aren't afraid to come out and say they liked them, but shame on them. I'm like everyone else; I'm very emotional, and I guess anger is just another step in this grieving process.. Yvonne --part1_1dd.5e072.2b57526e_boundary-- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 19:29:20 EST From: DAG5695@aol.com Subject: Re: Mo (Debbie Howell) --part1_72.28d6344b.2b5756e0_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <> I've been thinking about you a lot since Maurice's passing Debbie. I know what he meant to you. Comforting good wishes coming your way..... Dale --part1_72.28d6344b.2b5756e0_boundary-- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 19:27:13 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time) From: "BeeGeesFool" Subject: Storytellers, Andy Gibb, A&E Biography schedule USA I just searched the TV Guide listings and found that these shows will be shown in the Eastern USA in the next few days. My county -- Oswego, New York -- is expected to get 3 to 4 FEET of snow overnight . . . guess I'll be home tomorrow to watch Storytellers and Andy; I'll probably be home until spring -) Date Start Time Title Ch# Attributes Thu 16 2:00 PM Storytellers: The Bee Gees VH1 Thu 16 4:30 PM Behind the Music: Andy Gibb VH1 Fri 17 8:00 PM Biography: The Bee Gees: This Is Where I Came In A&E Sat 18 12:00 AM Biography: The Bee Gees: This Is Where I Came In A&E I have never stopped listening to music and felt a lot better after watching the Larry King interview -- I think it's much better to watch Mo alive than to think about him as gone from us. At times like this we can't help but focus too much on what seems to be the finality of death but that's just our perception from a material standpoint -- the vision that lies before us is not reality -- because we die to a new life . . . we never stop thinking, we never stop feeling, we never stop loving. Love Never Dies, remember? Mo still feels our love just like he did when he was here; nothing's changed! That is what makes up human beings: our minds, our wills, our souls. People who have been brain dead have come out of comas and been just as they were before with all their memories and faculties -- my Aunt has a goddaughter that was a vegtable for 7 years and her mother wouldn't pull the plug . . . she prayed and prayed and her prayers were answered. Yes, it's called a miracle, but Miracles Happen, remember? We cannot begin to understand what we will be in eternity any more than we can comprehend eternity. I think our minds are trapped in our brains just like our souls are trapped in our bodies. Ah, the freedom, Mo! Your Spirit, Having Flown, must be exhilerated! You must know by now how much we all love you and miss you and respect your work, and how thankful we are that you left us so much beautiful music; that s so much more than any of us will ever leave behind. And if I know you, you ll do whatever you can from the other side of that veil that separates our worlds to inspire Barry and Robin to write more beautiful music :-) And I thank you; yes, I thank you. Pat ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 19:39:37 -0500 From: "Teri Coon" Subject: Re: Storytellers, Andy Gibb, A&E Biography schedule USA <> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pat! You all are getting pounded...I'm just in the next county over (Onondaga)...B-ville to be exact. I listened to a couple of cd's this morning...it felt good. Thanks for the heads up on the television stuff. Teri ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 20:09:55 -0500 From: Randy Scott Subject: No Jive Talkin' -- The 'Quiet' Bee Gee Did His Job Well Hi to all, I don't post often but of course just like all of you I was shocked and saddened to hear that Maurice has passed away on Sunday. I remember looking in the online papers that morning to see any news updates on what seemed to be his improving condition, when I saw the news. I remember saying out loud "oh sh*t!" in disbelief. Don't know if any of you read the Wall Street Journal ... in it today I was surprised to read an article on Maurice on p. D20 / Personal Journal section. "His work was understated and underappreciated, as is so often the case with musicians who fail to catch the public's imagination and simply do their jobs very well." There is a caricature of Maurice in the print version of the article. They also ran the Associated Press obit on the 12th. Randy Scott No Jive Talkin' -- The 'Quiet' Bee Gee Did His Job Well By JIM FUSILLI The passing on Sunday of Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees from cardiac arrest at age 53 reminds us not only of the temporal nature of life, but of the temporal nature of celebrity. And, in Mr. Gibb's case, of how inadequate the language of celebrity is when discussing a working musician's life. While it may be that the bare facts of the Bee Gees story seem well known -- three English brothers embrace a sub-genre of black dance music, place their songs in a film that captures the moment, and go on to become an enormous international sensation before disappearing when the moment passes -- there is more to it than that. Maurice, his twin Robin and older brother Barry had performed together as professionals since the late 1950s. But his musical legacy began before that: His father Hugh and mother Barbara were a drummer and singer, respectively, who moved the family to Australia and encouraged Maurice and his brothers to share their passion. By the time Maurice was nine years old, he and his brothers were appearing on Australian TV as the Brothers Gibb or the Bee Gees. Long before disco was born and "Saturday Night Fever" brought them world-wide renown, the Bee Gees scored a series of pop hits, all original compositions to which Maurice, who played several instruments, contributed. "To Love Somebody," one of their four hits of 1967, was typical of their work then. Three minutes or so of pure melodrama, it was a meticulously constructed tune that featured equally meticulous three-part harmonies inspired by the Everly Brothers. After a career-threatening dry patch, the trio's popularity exploded with the disco craze and the 1977 film "Saturday Night Fever," for which they wrote and recorded four new songs. Six Bee Gees songs appeared on the soundtrack, which sold some 30 million copies. A chunk of the credit for their string of disco hits, which began in 1975 with "Jive Talkin'" and "Nights on Broadway," is given to their producer, Arif Mardin. But Mr. Mardin worked with other artists who didn't fare as well as Maurice and his brothers. What made the Bee Gees special was the quality of the songs Maurice and his brothers conceived and how well they sang them. Barry's quivering falsetto over the funky rhythms and sweeping strings is what's best remembered of the Bee Gees' disco hits, but the hallmarks of their lifelong sound are there as well -- perfect harmonies over catchy verses and unforgettable choruses, to which Maurice contributed in a typically unobtrusive fashion. He remained an integral part of the group through its final recording, 2001's "This Is Where I Came In." And though their popularity waned in the U.S., the brothers remained a commercial success in Germany and the U.K. As the Bee Gees were more or less scandal-free by rock standards and Maurice rarely held the spotlight, his was the kind of public life that today's language of celebrity can't embrace. It was youngest brother Andy, a non-Bee Gee who had a solo career in the 1970s, who served as fodder for the celebrity gristmill. He died in 1988 at age 30 of a heart ailment brought on by his cocaine addiction. In an attempt to be sordidly topical, obituaries and TV remembrances of Maurice this week revived stories of his failed marriage to the British pop singer Lulu and bouts with alcoholism. That he had been married for more than 26 years to his second wife, with whom he had two children, would seem to be more worthy of note, but not, apparently, in the world of celebrity evaluation. Mr. Gibb's life, like that of George Harrison of the Beatles, who died in 2001, and John Entwistle of the Who, who died last year, doesn't lend itself to lurid "Behind the Music" treatment. To his audience, Maurice Gibb, like Harrison and Entwistle, was the "quiet" member of his group. His work was understated and underappreciated, as is so often the case with musicians who fail to catch the public's imagination and simply do their jobs very well. But, like the others and their groups, his contribution to the Bee Gees' overall sound, and thus its success, was fundamental. And just as it is impossible to imagine the Beatles without Harrison's scrupulous guitar playing, or the Who without Entwistle's booming bass and horn charts, it's not possible to imagine the Bee Gees without Maurice. Mr. Fusilli last wrote for the Journal on new CDs by singer-songwriters. Updated January 15, 2003 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 01:57:52 +0000 From: "Janel Clayton" Subject: Missing Maurice I thought I was getting over this. But then on my way into work I listened to some of "The Record" and lost it all over again. Our cable station provides "Music Choice" ... commerical free music. Around 1010 Tuesday night they played "Shadow Dancing" and showed a picture of Andy ... as well as the facts of his life. While the music is playing, the station also shows pictures of various bands from the 70's. Before this tragedy, they showed my favoritest picture of the brothers ... the one from the disco-era 1970's that's inside "The Record". ( you know, the silver shirts, the white pants ). Now they show a picture of Mo sitting by himself and the day he was born and the day he died. When that came up while "Shadow Dancing" was playing ... I lost it. Just knowing Maurice will never sing or play an instrument again ... is heartbreaking. Last night I rewatched my tape of the Larry King interview and noted how Barry and Robin talked about how writing songs is how they coped with Andy and their dad's death. I am sure the emotions are flowing just as freely now. I got a break at work around 1245 this afternoon and had my "moment of silence". I asked whomever it is up there that decided Mo was better off away from us, to give the Gibb family the strength to get through this difficult time. I also asked him to look after Maurice and the rest of us. And then I cried some more. Earlier in the day, I had to give someone my cell phone number ... the last four digits are 7453. I always say, "here's how to remember it. 74, the year I was born, 5, the number of Gibb children, 3 the number of surviving Gibb brothers." Today I caught myself halfway through that last part and got angry at myself. I realized then, I am going to have to come up with another way of remembering my number. I saw some footage from the funeral too ... Until today, I hadn't seen Robin wear a hat in a long time, and it almost looked like one of Mo's. Then I heard someone ( who was that anyway ? ) talk about what happened inside. The thought of Robin going in front of a congregation and remembering his brother ... gosh ... I am welling up, trying to picture him doing it. BTW ... VH1 is rebroadcasting the Storytellers at 2PM Thursday afternoon. and then they might show the BTM on Andy at 430 ... again, I question the decision to show that. Not so much because of taking attention from Mo and diverting it to Andy, but capitalizing on the grief the surviving family members have. I mean, before Maurice died VH1 couldn't show enough of the Aaliyah, Puff Daddy, and other silly acts. Now they are. I go from anger to sadness to anger to sadness and back again. I still am in shock he's gone. I read an interview Maurice gave about a year ago where he talks about a new album and possible tour in 2003. That was hard to read ... but nowhere near as hard as when the reporter asked him if he and Barry and Robin ever considered writing an autobiography. Maurice said something like he didn't want to do that, because that makes it seem as if their lives and career is over. To which the reporter said something like "and its not over?" And Mo said there's a lot more to do. We will never know what he meant by that. Janel _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 21:14:11 -0500 From: spotatoe@juno.com Subject: Re: belovedmo.htm I've got a 56k modem & when I try to watch this it's choppy... just comes & go. It never plays is with out skipping. How do I get it to stop doing that? Thanks to all! http://fortheloveofthebeegees.com/belovedmo.htm ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 19:35:17 -0800 From: "Pat Wong" Subject: A Few Words Of Comfort I am so behind on the mail right now, I've only picked through a few messages on this list. I just wanted to tell everyone about a really nice one-liner e-mail I got from the program director, John Foster, at radio station KXXO (Olympia, Washington - USA) today, expressing his condolences over Maurice's death. If you'll recall, when TIWICI was released I got in touch John to try and get the single played on the radio. In the course of several e-mail exchanges at the time, I guess it was pretty obvious to him that I'm a huge fan of the Bee Gees. Anyway, I thought it was cool that he still remembered talking with me and that he sent that e-mail. On a slightly different note, for those who may not visit the Bee Gees newsgroup and may not be aware, there has been a huge outpouring of sympathy and support from all kinds of people that normally hang out in other newsgroups. Most notably is a Who fan; they of course lost John Entwistle just a few months ago. Their pain is still pretty fresh, too, which makes it even more remarkable they could still reach out to fans of another group. It just goes to show that the world really does care about our loss. ~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: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 21:50:11 -0600 From: Janie Hyatt Subject: Thursday night Hi guys, The last digest I received was #2003-3507. Has anyone received any others? I was just watching a show on ABC a few minutes ago and they advertised a special coming on Thursday night. Go to: http://abc.abcnews.go.com/specials/discoball.html "The Disco Ball" will air on ABC Thursday night (January 16) 7:00 p.m. central (my time zone). They were advertising a Tribute to the Bee Gees. I think the show is mainly disco songs and in light of what has happened to Mo they mentioned a Tribute because Bee Gees songs are listed. Maybe I'm not making a lot of sense. Anyway, after what's happened this week, who is. Sorry if I have botched this up. Janie ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 20:29:35 -0800 From: "Full Spectrum Records" Subject: Stamps This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00AB_01C2BCD4.D19D22A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Did anyone else get a bounce-back when trying to email about the stamps? Brian ------=_NextPart_000_00AB_01C2BCD4.D19D22A0-- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 20:53:15 -0800 From: "Full Spectrum Records" Subject: Disco Ball on ABC This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0101_01C2BCD8.20392910 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I too heard there will be "a very special tribute to the Bee Gees" on = the show tomorrow on ABC. Brian ------=_NextPart_000_0101_01C2BCD8.20392910-- ------------------------------ End words@brothersgibb.com Digest [01/16/2003 00:02] ----------------------------------------------------