Special Issue (#2003-3511) - Topics this issue: 1) Robin on radio, 2) Robin on radio, 3) Robin on radio, 4) old article on Maurice, 5) more magazines, 6) Robin on radio, 7) Robin on radio, 8) websites, 9) Digest (01/16/2003 12:01) (#2003-3510), 10) websites, 11) Thursday night, 12) Barry didn't Attend Services?, 13) Barry didn't Attend Services?, 14) media coverage, 15) Digest (01/16/2003 12:01) (#2003-3510), 16) Robin on radio, 17) The BBC Transcript - 01-12-2003, 18) Robin on radio, 19) Digest (01/16/2003 12:01) (#2003-3510), 20) Digest (01/16/2003 12:01) (#2003-3510), ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 08:57:37 -0800 From: "Full Spectrum Records" Subject: Re: Robin on radio I also heard Randy Newman, Lulu, and Harry ? Kasey (KC & The Sunshine Band) were there. Brian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dubois David" To: "words List Member" Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 8:26 AM Subject: RE: Robin on radio > Hello > > Is it right that only Michael Jackson came for the Maurice's funeral ? > > Is him the only star to have attended the funeral ? > > David > > www.users.skynet.be/fa235041/beegees.htm > > > > -----Message d'origine----- > De : ListMember@brothersgibb.com [mailto:ListMember@brothersgibb.com]De > la part de marion budde > Envoyé : jeudi 16 janvier 2003 16:49 > À : words List Member > Objet : Robin on radio > > > Hi guys! > > As you all might know now, Robin has decided to go back to work as soon as > possible. Which means that he will start again with his promotion of > "Please" next week in Germany. I've now got an exact date from one radio > station which will air Robin's interview/performance. You can listen to it > via internet, so here are the details: > > url: www.rsh.de > just click on the right button saying "web radio" and then click on > "realplayer" or "windowsplayer" > > date: 2.2.2003 > > time: from 9 a.m. CET onwards > (this is 8 a.m. UK time and 3 a.m. New York time) > > > There is more to come as Robin is visiting a lot of radio stations during > the next weeks here in Germany. I will keep you informed. > > Marion > > "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: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 09:02:43 -0800 From: "mitch sommers" Subject: Re: Robin on radio I also read that Cyndi Lauper and Eric Clapton were there. Who knows what to believe. The only two I saw in photos were MJ and KC Michelle ----- Original Message ----- From: "Full Spectrum Records" To: "words List Member" Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 8:57 AM Subject: Re: Robin on radio > I also heard Randy Newman, Lulu, and Harry ? Kasey (KC & The Sunshine Band) > were there. > > Brian > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dubois David" > To: "words List Member" > Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 8:26 AM > Subject: RE: Robin on radio > > > > Hello > > > > Is it right that only Michael Jackson came for the Maurice's funeral ? > > > > Is him the only star to have attended the funeral ? > > > > David > > > > www.users.skynet.be/fa235041/beegees.htm > > > > > > > > -----Message d'origine----- > > De : ListMember@brothersgibb.com [mailto:ListMember@brothersgibb.com]De > > la part de marion budde > > Envoyé : jeudi 16 janvier 2003 16:49 > > À : words List Member > > Objet : Robin on radio > > > > > > Hi guys! > > > > As you all might know now, Robin has decided to go back to work as soon as > > possible. Which means that he will start again with his promotion of > > "Please" next week in Germany. I've now got an exact date from one radio > > station which will air Robin's interview/performance. You can listen to it > > via internet, so here are the details: > > > > url: www.rsh.de > > just click on the right button saying "web radio" and then click on > > "realplayer" or "windowsplayer" > > > > date: 2.2.2003 > > > > time: from 9 a.m. CET onwards > > (this is 8 a.m. UK time and 3 a.m. New York time) > > > > > > There is more to come as Robin is visiting a lot of radio stations during > > the next weeks here in Germany. I will keep you informed. > > > > Marion > > > > "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. > > > > > "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: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 18:04:31 +0100 From: "Dubois David" Subject: RE: Robin on radio I thought that more stars will be there like Celine Dion or Barbra Streisand. Is someone know if "Jimmy Stevens" still alive ? He worked with Maurice on an album. DD www.users.skynet.be/fa235041/beegees.htm -----Message d'origine----- De : ListMember@brothersgibb.com [mailto:ListMember@brothersgibb.com]De la part de Full Spectrum Records Envoyé : jeudi 16 janvier 2003 17:58 À : words List Member Objet : Re: Robin on radio I also heard Randy Newman, Lulu, and Harry ? Kasey (KC & The Sunshine Band) were there. Brian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dubois David" To: "words List Member" Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 8:26 AM Subject: RE: Robin on radio > Hello > > Is it right that only Michael Jackson came for the Maurice's funeral ? > > Is him the only star to have attended the funeral ? > > David > > www.users.skynet.be/fa235041/beegees.htm > > > > -----Message d'origine----- > De : ListMember@brothersgibb.com [mailto:ListMember@brothersgibb.com]De > la part de marion budde > Envoyé : jeudi 16 janvier 2003 16:49 > À : words List Member > Objet : Robin on radio > > > Hi guys! > > As you all might know now, Robin has decided to go back to work as soon as > possible. Which means that he will start again with his promotion of > "Please" next week in Germany. I've now got an exact date from one radio > station which will air Robin's interview/performance. You can listen to it > via internet, so here are the details: > > url: www.rsh.de > just click on the right button saying "web radio" and then click on > "realplayer" or "windowsplayer" > > date: 2.2.2003 > > time: from 9 a.m. CET onwards > (this is 8 a.m. UK time and 3 a.m. New York time) > > > There is more to come as Robin is visiting a lot of radio stations during > the next weeks here in Germany. I will keep you informed. > > Marion > > "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. > > "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: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 12:25:05 -0500 From: "Katie Warwick" Subject: old article on Maurice ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 18:38:25 +0100 From: marion budde Subject: more magazines Hi guys! More articles on German magazines GALA and NEUE REVUE. Marion ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 12:52:26 -0500 From: Joseph Brennan Subject: RE: Robin on radio The service was for family and close friends, not for showing off. His paintball friends were there. Joe Brennan ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 18:50:22 +0100 From: "bikebuster" Subject: Re: Robin on radio That's exactly what I thought. Do you know who the tall guy behind Robin and Dwina on the BBC News = picture is? Per =20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: "Joseph Brennan" To: "words List Member" Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 6:52 PM Subject: RE: Robin on radio > The service was for family and close friends, not for showing off. > His paintball friends were there. >=20 > Joe Brennan >=20 >=20 > "Words & Music", Fans Of The Brothers Gibb ( Bee Gees ) > http://www.brothersgibb.com=20 >=20 > To change any of your list options, > please go to website listed above. > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 13:09:51 -0500 From: "Ronnie Olsson" Subject: Re: websites -----Original Message----- From: rebecca loftus To: "words List Member" Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 18:56:58 +1100 Subject: websites > I am having endless trouble trying to log on to Bee Gees sites. I > tried beegees.net and a few others. Are they shut or is it me ? Hi Rebecca, http://www.beegees.net was a second URL for the http://www.beegeesonline.com. It was quite confusing as it seemed they were using the first to promote TIWICI while the latter promoted The Record. When they suddenly shut down the beegees.net URL some people thought the official site had shut down when it really is at beegeesonline.com which also is the URL given on the Bee Gees CD's. They have changed the index-page of beegeesonline and set up a Maurice Gibb Memorium page. Scroll down and you will see "Continue to the Bee Gees site" at the bottom. Click it to enter. I don't know what the others are that you are trying to enter so I can't say anything about them. Could be a temporary thing. The owners might have taken them down temporarily. Ronnie http://www.brothersgibb.com Bee Gees News and Information ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 10:15:34 -0800 (PST) From: David Garcia Subject: Re: Digest (01/16/2003 12:01) (#2003-3510) With regard to... > a strangulated hernia, > which arises when a > hernia cuts off blood supply > to the intestine, often > requiring emergency > surgery. Hernias arise > when the outer layer of the > abdominal wall weakens > and tears, forming a sac that > juts out, like a Thanks. That's all I can handle. And also, with regard to... > says Barry didn't attend the > funeral, but went later > with Michael Jackson, > but the article clearly > has inaccuracies in other > things. Does anyone know > about this? Can't claim to actually "know about this," but today's NY Post said... "He was too distraught to go to the funeral," a family spokesman said. "He and Michael went in for private prayers." You can read the full article at: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/66803.htm It's an arcticle headlined "JACKO VISITS BEE GEE COFFIN AFTER CELEB-PACKED FUNERAL" which suffices to reply to the following query... > Is it right that only > Michael Jackson came for the > Maurice's funeral ? > > Is him the only star to > have attended the funeral ? According to the article, celebs attending included "Eric Clapton, Harry Casey of K.C. and the Sunshine Band, singer Randy Newman and criminal lawyer Roy Black." A sidebar to the article (in print, but not found on the web site) mentioned that "Jacko" was looking for a house in South Florida. What that has to do with any of this I can't really imagine, though... Topics I would pursue if I were in the mood (but aren't, so wont) inlcude... 1) Top 40 radio in NYC. What stations qualify as top 40 here? Z-100? Radio Disney? I have yet to find a single station in this town that conforms to any sort of Billboard top 40 chart. Some emphasize dance, others rap, others guitar-based angst-driven rock. Top 40? The top forty of WHAT? 2) Okay, so Barry's not doing a project with Michael Jackson. What then is the deal? Helping MJ with the aforementioned house-hunting? (Funnier lines would otherwise follow, but not in the mood for it yet...) 3) Joe's right. AMA didn't recognize George Harrison. I suspect, unlike the Gibbs, George never won an AMA award, but STILL... Do the Grammy awards have that thing that the Oscars do, memorializing all those in the industry who passed on in the previous year? Sorry, that's all I can come up with for now... David Garcia, improving somewhat but still trying to put things back together again emotionally in Staten Island, NY garcia10303@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 10:16:38 -0800 (PST) From: Mary Rose Subject: Re: websites --0-701401879-1042740998=:14856 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii The fanclub rumor was a sick joke and very poor taste. BGQ is just as st rong and healthy as it ever was. Why would it stop now, we still have the Bee Gees. 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 --0-701401879-1042740998=:14856-- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 10:37:35 -0800 (PST) From: Lois Subject: Re: Thursday night --0-196942220-1042742255=:19536 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Janie, I've been seeing the advertisement for it as well (I'm on East Coast USA time), so you're actually making sense to someone. Lois S. Janie Hyatt wrote: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 "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 --0-196942220-1042742255=:19536-- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 10:42:33 -0800 (PST) From: Lois Subject: Re: Barry didn't Attend Services? --0-1767879222-1042742553=:27900 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I also was hoping that wouldn't -- and glad it didn't -- get turned into a circus. Mo more than deserved the respect. Lois S. Christine Secrist wrote:They didn't say who were in those pictures, and Andy had 3 number ones, not two. I am glad it was private, and no one invaded their privacy. Christine ---Original Message Follows---- From: "Full Spectrum Records" Reply-To: words@brothersgibb.com To: "words List Member" Subject: Barry didn't Attend Services? Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 20:56:17 -0800 The article in Yahoo http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=638&ncid=762&e=2&u=/nm/20030116/en_nm/people_gibb_dc says Barry didn't attend the funeral, but went later with Michael Jackson, but the article clearly has inaccuracies in other things. Does anyone know about this? Brian "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. _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail "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 --0-1767879222-1042742553=:27900-- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 10:59:06 -0800 (PST) From: Lois Subject: Re: Barry didn't Attend Services? --0-1946678775-1042743546=:6811 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Oh who knows....maybe Barry and/or Jocko came to the funeral and for some reason both came back later (forgotten jacket, dropped wallet or upset and needed to pray or some such thing).... We don't know and perhaps it isn't for us to know. Lois S. BOBBIE wrote:I have seen the nightly news on all stations and one or two did say that Barry came later with michael jackson and his umbrella...bobbie ----- Original Message ----- From: "BOBBIE" > I saw that too Ann on \network ten news mid morning and 5pm news and I think > I caught a glimpse of the networks 7 & 9 news bulletins this morning... > > bobbie > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ann" > > I have just seen a funeral report on our TV. There was actually a TV coverage of Barry arriving at the Funeral Parlour with his bodyguard and Michael Jackson for the service as well as one of Robin and Dwina. So he did attend. > > > > Ann > > NZ > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Full Spectrum Records" > > > > The article in Yahoo > > > > > http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=638&ncid=762&e=2&u=/nm/20030116/e > > n_nm/people_gibb_dc > > says Barry didn't attend the funeral, but went later with Michael Jackson, but the article clearly has inaccuracies in other things. Does anyone know about this? > > > > Brian "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 --0-1946678775-1042743546=:6811-- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 11:05:31 -0800 (PST) From: Lois Subject: Re: media coverage --0-716001842-1042743931=:94829 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Which may explain why my mouth is still on the floor in shock as we speak...days after the death. Lois S. K Sexton wrote: I've been reading various posts here about media coverage- there's been NOTHING here -I am in South Carolina- which shouldn't make any difference since I watch MSNBC, CNN, and Fox. I made a point of watching the entire hour segment thinking I may have missed something and there was zip. I sat through Iraq, North Korea, bubonic plague, a possible banana shortage (I'm serious), suffered through the sports- and when they got to entertainment there was nothing but the hoopla surrounding "Joe Millionaire." Glad most of you were able to see tributes. I had stayed up late the night before the memorial, and meant to sleep late, and I awakened during the time the service would have been. I'm sorry I never got to meet Mo- he seemed like the most normal, sweet, down to earth guy with a great sense of humor. Please don't flame me, but I think he would have gotten a laugh about the "one third off" ticket. I admire the brothers stick-to-it-iveness, but after reading a lot of reports, there may be nothing to uncover about his death. It sounds as though the cause of the cardiac arrest was septic shock, and in order to avoid further damage to his system, surgery was necessary to remove the culprit. It may have been a no win situation- I do question the time it took to reach a diagnosis and the use of general anesthesia (if that's what they did). The whole thing is just so out of the blue. Karen S. "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 --0-716001842-1042743931=:94829-- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 14:28:47 -0500 From: LAgerg@aol.com Subject: Re: Digest (01/16/2003 12:01) (#2003-3510) I know Maurice and Yvonne's old mansion was up for sale-they showed this on ET a couple of weeks back-maybe Michael wants to buy it? I am perplexed at the seemingly close connection between Michael Jackson and the Gibb family. I know he is Barry's son Tra Mo come on we're getting out of here. They also interviewed friens of Maurice-the Halvorsons who indicated they did not believe what was going on at that hospital and that Barry and Robin were right to question what happened. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 20:46:50 +0100 From: marion budde Subject: Re: Robin on radio At 18:50 16.01.03 +0100, you wrote: > That's exactly what I thought. > >Do you know who the tall guy behind Robin and Dwina on the BBC News >picture is? > >Per Hi Per! It's Ken, Dwina's cousin and Robin's personal assistant, living in Prebendal. Marion ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 19:50:40 -0000 From: "Linda" Subject: Re: The BBC Transcript - 01-12-2003 Fergal Parkinson ----- Original Message ----- From: To: "words List Member" Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 6:53 PM Subject: The BBC Transcript - 01-12-2003 > Hello All, > > I could not find the name of the interviewer. I am from the USA, so the back > of his head was not familiar to me. LOL. > >> > Big Thank You, Chris!!!! > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > -------------------- > 01-12-2003 > > bbc: This, this cannot be easy for you. How are you both coping right now? > Robin: Umm, I think the, the answer to that is we're both devastated. We've > actually been in shock for the last few days since Maurice has been ill. And > so this is all going too fast for us. So we actually > {crosstalk} > Barry: Yeah, in a very strange space, but I think it's really good that we > have each other, you know. And we're taking a lot of, umm, strength from > each other right now. You know. > Robin: mmhmm, mmhmm. {agrees} > > > bbc: Could you just talk me thru the past 24, 36, 48 hours. How did you > find out he was ill and then talk me through the course of events. > Barry: You see, whatever I tell you is still subject to question because I > wasn't there, you know, and I think that umm, and Robin was in London at the > time. And I got the, I got information from Dick Ashby that Maurice didn't > feel very well. and umm. And wanted to go down to the hospital to be > checked out. And they did that. And they kept him overnight, but about 4 > o'clock in the morning umm he suffered, suddenly, cardiac arrest. And uh, > between 4 and 8 o' clock that morning the physician arrived, the doctors > arrived, the surgeons arrived and decided that whatever caused the cardiac > arrest was, was the reason that they should act immediately even though > Maurice was in shock. And so they, they did that. They made that decision > to go and examine what was going on inside Maurice's stomach and uh. This is > only my version once again. That his intestines were twisted and this may > indeed be a birth defect, and uh it may not be, but as far as we know it's a > birth defect of some form. And, so consequently they removed 80 percent of > his stomach. And, that's the percentage they put on it. And so there's very > little left and umm he suffered the cardiac arrest and the fact that they > have to operate on Maurice during the shock of cardiac arrest (Robin: is > questionable) is very questionable and we will pursue it, every factor, every > element, every second of the timeline of the final hours of Maurice's life. > We will pursue that relentlessly. That will be our quest from now on. > Robin: Yeah > > > bbc: Do you believe he may, should have never been operated on and > Barry: No, we believe that mistakes were made. Period. > Robin: We believe mistakes were made and time was wasted. > Barry: And negligence occurred. And, and whatever happened, and we allege, > we don't, we don't, umm we don't condemn. We allege that things went wrong. > Protocol was not followed. Someone is responsible for the death of one of > the world's, to our mind, one of the world's greatest recording artists, ( > Robin: that's right. and totally unnecessary) and our brother. And it wasn't > necessary. We will question it to the end of our days. We will question it, > we will examine it, and we will bring the truth out no matter what it takes. > Robin: and someone will be held to account. > Barry: and somebody will be, will have to account for this. > > > bbc: When you say it is unnecessary, what part are you, do you believe, that > the wrong decision > Barry: The immediate action, I think. It had been > Robin: Maurice was, Maurice went in at 5 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. He > was still not being treated, foolishly. > Barry: Which we shouldn't go {quick crosstalk} We really shouldn't. > Barry: But the point is, the point is that Maurice was, Maurice is not the > kind of person, Maurice is like every other guy. He won't go near a hospital. > He won't go near a doctor. Not because he didn't love them, but because > (laugh) none of us want to go to a doctor or none of us want to go to a > hospital. So, for Maurice, you know Maurice. It would take an awful lot for > Maurice to go to a hospital. So, he felt in distress. And we feel that he > should have been attended to immediately. And someone should have had a > diagnosis within the first hour as to what was going on with Maurice. And > somehow, none of the timelines, none of the minutes, none of the sequence of > events have yet made sense to us. We will make sense of that. > > > bbc: And Robin, it must have been incredibly difficult for you being so far > away from him at the time. > Robin: Yeah > bbc: How did you find out. > Robin: I found out, I was being kept abreast of everything by phone. So, > almost by the hour so I knew everything that was going on. But obviously > yes, very difficult. And I still can't come to terms with it now. It's just > almost like a dream. It's like a nightmare that you wake up to every day. > That's all you can say. It's just devastating. It's going to take a long time > even just for it to sink in. > > > bbc: And even more difficult for you because he was your twin. > Robin: Yeah, of course. You know we just had a birthday, he was, you know > he had the whole future ahead of him and all I can say is he was just one of > the most beautiful people in the world. And a very gifted man. And it's a > loss for the world. And that's {note: faded away} > > bbc: People know Maurice as a member of the Bee Gees. They know him as one > of the world's greatest recording artists, as you say. But describe to me > Maurice, the man. The man that you knew. > Robin: He was the most sweetest, generous people you could ever meet. > Barry: Maurice, Maurice was a silly man. Maurice liked being silly. His > whole, I think his whole grasp of life was silly. And I think we all are, > but Maurice really excelled. He was an extrovert. He would always be the > person. He would never walk into a room Maurice. Maurice would prance into > a room. You know. And his presence was immediate, full out, 'are you waiting > for me?' That's Mo. {lots of 'yeah' agreements from Robin} > > bbc: And millions of people around the world have taken his death very > badly. They're very shocked > Barry: Yes > bbc: by it. What do you think it was about him that people loved and people > Barry: Cause he was the average guy. Mo was. I think? > Robin: Yeah, I agree. > Barry: He reflected everyman. He didn't reflect the glamour side of the > pop business. > Robin: Very down to earth. > Barry: He was very down to earth person. And you would see that sometimes > in his performance. And in his normal attitude to life. He never really > lost his Lancashire accent. He never lost his roots. You know? Maurice was > the one who, as bad as Robin and I were, Maurice was the one who would never > steal. And when we were kids, we were always stealing. But Maurice was the > one who never would. And I think that says something about the spirit of his > person. {lots of 'yeah' agreements from Robin} > > > bbc: It must have been very important for you to have your family around at > the time in the hospital when he was laying there > {some crosstalk - yes's} > Robin: There's no question. > Barry: There's no question that Robin and me are completely pole-axed by > this whole episode. But that can't be anything compared to his wife, Yvonne, > his son, Adam, and his daughter Sammie who are, you know, this has really > just decimated their lives. It's just destroyed them. It's going to take them > years to come to terms with the loss of Mo. You know. He was everything to > them. He was their world. You know? And as we've all got different families, > that's what happens. > > > bbc: He did have a number of health problems earlier in life. He had a > well-documented problem with alcohol. But in recent years he was very fit. > He was very healthy. Lot of people say they saw him. He was tanned and he > was full of life. > Robin: Maurice had a very routine life. You know, he was a creature of > habit. And he was into paintballing. He'd go paintballing every weekend. > And he'd do things in such a routine way. His lifestyle, he had a good, > clean, kind of wholesome lifestyle compared to other people in the music > business. He didn't push the boat out. Nothing, nothing in at least the last > ten years. So this comes, I guess, absolute shock. > Barry: The last person you would expect. Robin or me, yeah, you expect > that (laughter) Just because we're both rebels. But Mo, he's always toed the > line. He's always tried to look after himself. > Robin: He's always tried to keep people happy. {garbled} even beyond the > point where you even have to. He was always {garbled} > Barry: And we're not just saying that. This was an extremely sweet person. > An extremely sweet person. > > > bbc: And he was still working, he was still working. > Barry: Always still working, always still working. > > bbc: Are you working quite recently on a new venture. > Barry: Well, we're not really doing anything at the moment except writing > songs. > We think at this point in our lives the sooner we get back to what we think > our gift is, is writing songs. And uh, it will be, Maurice will be a void > always in our lives. And we will always, he will always be featured as the > third member of the Bee Gees no matter what we do. But, one thing I will > tell you is that the Bee Gees will go on. > Robin: That's right, we will. > Barry: The Bee Gees will not stop here. The Bee Gees will not disintegrate, > because we've lost Mo. > > > bbc: What does that mean for the group > Barry: It means that we will go on and make another album. > Robin: You're looking at the Bee Gees right now. > Barry: You're looking at the Bee Gees. And we will do it in Maurice's > name. > Robin: Yeah > > bbc: So it isn't the end? > Robin: No, not at all. > Barry: No. It's the end of the beginning. > Robin: Right. > > bbc: So you're determined to carry on. > Robin or Barry: yeah > bbc: with the group you'll > Barry: It'll, it'll emerge as an abstract form of the Bee Gees. It'll emerge > as Robin and me being the best we can. > Robin: And Maurice would have wanted it > Barry: And I think Maurice would have wanted us to. > > bbc: Do you think that's what he would have wanted, for you to carry on as > normal? > Robin: Absolutely. Absolutely and it's what I would have wanted. > Barry: And if it had been me, it's what I would have wanted Maurice and > Robin to do. > > > bbc: What do you think is his legacy? > Barry: He brought a great spirit to the pop business. He just was a really > great spirit. You know, I mean he was never a negative spirit. And > Robin: I would probably, it would probably been the songs that he wrote with > us. > Barry: his melancholy, his pathos. And when Maurice touched a keyboard it > was like something from a movie. > Robin: It was magical. > Barry: You knew it was gonna be something from a movie and you'd go, what > did you just play. > Robin: Really inspirational. Delightful. It was amazing. That's what we're > going to miss. > Barry: Yeah, we're gonna miss that. > > > bbc: And what's your most endearing memory of him. > Robin: Maybe a memory of him is when, my whole life. > Barry: That's what happens at this point, when you lose someone that's close > to you like this. Is you get like a thousand visions at once. You get > thousands of things that have happened to you with Mo. Things that > Robin: It's hard to just pinpoint one memory when you know it's the whole > person. > Barry: Maurice walking along a two-foot ledge in Japan. > Robin: Yeah > Barry: Six stories up. > {crosstalk} > Barry: We both were there > Robin: We both were there > Barry: But it's true, I mean it's just crazy moments. > Robin: And there's moments when you're little kids. You know, cause > together we were little kids as well. So it's like the whole person. The > child as well. > Barry: We've lived in each other's pockets our entire lives. > Robin: That's right. > > > bbc: And how's your mother coping > Barry: Surprisingly well. You know. I think.. > Robin: This is the third person she's lost inside 14,15 years. > Barry: Yeah > Robin: So I mean she's bearing up a lot, probably a lot better than we are. > > Barry: She's holding things in and it'll come out in her way. She's that > kind of woman. > > > bbc: For a man that was obviously full of life and very talented how did you > feel when you went in and saw him lying there in that hospital bed > Robin: Well, I mean, it's devastating. It's, even I would say, it's just > too soon for it to sink in. I mean these are, these are visions that are just > myself so new to us. So you have to realize it's just a very hard thing to > even talk about. It only happened a few hours ago. and it's still so so... > so very devastating. > Barry: A sense, at least, was that he wasn't there. > Robin: Yeah > Barry: He wasn't really there. > Robin: I think for anybody, any family, and I know there are families out > there that are going thru this even now, but it is the hardest thing in the > world. Nobody is ever prepared for it. > > > bbc: Thousands of fans from all over the world have been sending their > support. They've been sending floral tributes, they've been emailing, > websites. How does that make you feel? Is that any comfort? > Robin: It is a great comfort. > Barry: It's a great comfort and very very overwhelming. > Robin: And it makes us feel that Maurice's life has meant something. > Barry: It wasn't in vain. > Robin: And it makes us feel better that everyone out there is thinking of > Maurice. > Barry: I think you always felt like he was the third man on the pole. You > know. You always felt like there was me and Robin or Robin and me, and then > Mo. And maybe he felt like he was the last UFO in close encounters. Or left > one of the band. There was that feeling about him. This will be time for > him. This will be his time. The time that he gets the respect and the > admiration of his peers and the sense of loss that is occurring right now. > > > bbc: Do you think that would have surprised him, the sense of loss that > people > Barry: I think he'd be blown away. (laughs) Absolutely blown away. > > > bbc: If you could, speak to the many fans who will be watching this and > wishing you all the best, what would you say to them. > Robin: We'd say that we just, we thank them whole-heartedly for their > support. We're feeling as devastated as they are. And nobody will ever take > Mo's place. And he'll go on with us. And he'll go on in our music. He'll go > on as a Bee Gee and always will be with us. (Barry agrees throughout) > > bbc: Barry, just general… > Barry: We're numb. That's it. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > ---------------------------- > > > > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 06:58:06 +1100 From: "BOBBIE" Subject: Re: Robin on radio thanks my eyes weren't deceiving me when I saw a resemblance...lol I saw in one clipping I was sent that robin and friend came ... idiots see you on the flipside ----- Original Message ----- From: "marion budde" To: "words List Member" Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 6:46 AM Subject: Re: Robin on radio > At 18:50 16.01.03 +0100, you wrote: > > That's exactly what I thought. > > > >Do you know who the tall guy behind Robin and Dwina on the BBC News > >picture is? > > > >Per > > Hi Per! > > It's Ken, Dwina's cousin and Robin's personal assistant, living in Prebendal. > > Marion > > "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: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 12:06:58 -0800 From: "Christine Secrist" Subject: Re: Digest (01/16/2003 12:01) (#2003-3510) Since Barry named one of children after Michael Jackson, I'd assume he is a friend of Barry's. Both were in family groups who started as children, so they may have more in common than we think. I don't think Jacko is as weird as the public thinks, I could be wrong, but I read his autobiography years and years ago, and he sounded normal to me. CES ----Original Message Follows---- From: LAgerg@aol.com Reply-To: words@brothersgibb.com To: "words List Member" Subject: Re: Digest (01/16/2003 12:01) (#2003-3510) Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 14:28:47 -0500 I know Maurice and Yvonne's old mansion was up for sale-they showed this on ET a couple of weeks back-maybe Michael wants to buy it? I am perplexed at the seemingly close connection between Michael Jackson and the Gibb family. I know he is Barry's son Travis's God Father. It seems so strange. On ET they said that Michael had gone to visit Maurice just before he died, turned on the lights in his room and said: Mo come on we're getting out of here. They also interviewed friens of Maurice-the Halvorsons who indicated they did not believe what was going on at that hospital and that Barry and Robin were right to question what happened. _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 15:15:37 -0500 From: Joseph Brennan Subject: Re: Digest (01/16/2003 12:01) (#2003-3510) David wrote, >> hernia cuts off blood supply >> to the intestine, often >> requiring emergency > > Thanks. That's all I can handle. As David is probably hinting, I also feel like I know as much about Maurice's intestines as I need to. It's not what he was known for and not one of the things I'm pondering when I reflect on the man and his music. If this was about what they had to do to remove his hat, then maybe... sorry, maybe too soon. > "He was too distraught to go to the funeral," a family > spokesman said. "He and Michael went in for private Or he wanted to keep Michael's presence from turning his brother's funeral into a media circus. > 1) Top 40 radio in NYC. What stations qualify as top > 40 here? Z-100? Radio Disney? I have yet to find a > single station in this town that conforms to any sort > of Billboard top 40 chart. Remember 77-WABC? Their chart never matched Billboard either. Z-100 covers all styles of music, *and* their playlist is influential in the business, so I'd have to call that the canonical Top 40 station at the moment. They also follow the grand tradition of playing way fewer than 40 songs in regular rotation. Joe Brennan Gibb Songs http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan ------------------------------ End words@brothersgibb.com Digest [01/16/2003 15:22] ----------------------------------------------------