Words@brothersgibb.com message digest 01/27/2022 03:01 (#2022-1835)
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Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2022 22:11:58 -0500
From: <cmathis@brothersgibb.com>
Subject: RE: Whole album, then write?
Nope. It was from Robin:
https://youtu.be/OJq9ElNFmuw
video time location at 22 minutes and 22 seconds
He said, “we always record the whole record completely, without lyrics, then when we finish the record…”
Now was he referring to one song, or as he stated, “the whole record”
I can believe recording ‘song by song’, (then writing the lyrics) but recording the music for a complete record, (album) and then writing all the lyrics for every song on that record, would be quite a task.
I would imagine doing it that way, many of the songs would be =E2related’ and would complete a story, each song being a part of that story.
???
Chris…
From: Words@brothersgibb.com On Behalf Of Joseph Brennan
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2022 2:02 PM
To: Words List Member
Subject: [Words] Whole album, then write?
Is that a reporter's notes of what Robin said? Certainly he and Barry both spoke of writing the complete melody of a song and then fitting lyrics to it. It well explains why the words so often sound like stream of consciousness, just words and phrases tha
I noticed years ago when I got hold of the recording dates (thank you Bill Levenson) that a few times the first single for an album has the first two songs they recorded, as if they had all or most of the songs and chose where to start.
I think they did mention starting sometimes with a few words that suggest a melody, but those words might not be in the finished song. The words "portrait of Louise" begin and end with a stressed syllable and with three unstressed in the middle, and the l
Joe Brennan
... waiting to hear whether this Louise person figures in Town of Tuxley Toymaker, part 2.
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Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2022 22:14:37 -0500
From: <cmathis@brothersgibb.com>
Subject: RE: Whole album, then write?
Possibly. But Robin stated “the whole record”…
I have just never heard this before, interesting.
ABBA is cool.
From: Words@brothersgibb.com On Behalf Of Edward Vlasov
Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2022 12:44 PM
To: Words List Member
Subject: [Words] Whole album, then write?
Most likely it's true for the majority of their material. The exceptions would be the times when some words were embedded in the melodies
from the start. However it doesn't mean they would work on an album as a whole piece. It only means they were writing melodies and making sure
they would sound good on a record, then once there was enough of them for an album, they'd work on the lyrics.
Makes sense if you want to save time.
Eddy
P.S. ABBA would have recorded their back tracks first, then add vocals, then re-create the back tracks from scratch all over again. No, it's not
the same thing, but it's just one of those things the best records are made of.
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Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2022 22:02:01 -0600
From: Kitt <marjlarue@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Whole album, then write?
I tend to think that Robin was referring to the record as in the track. They were never a big albums band, they focused more on singles.
Kitt-
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> On Jan 26, 2022, at 9:28 PM, cmathis@brothersgibb.com wrote:
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> Now was he referring to one song, or as he stated, “the whole record”
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