Words@brothersgibb.com message digest 09/20/2016 15:01 (#2016-161)

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1Rif: Rif: In the now Climbs from 65 to 26 in the UK Airplay radio chartcompoccia@aol.com
2Barry Gibb on his life and latest albumcompoccia@aol.com
3Barry Gibb on his life and latest albumgarcia10303@gmail.com
4Barry Gibb on his life and latest albumcompoccia@aol.com
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2016 21:42:38 -0400 From: Salvatore Compoccia <compoccia@aol.com> Subject: Re: Rif: Rif: In the now Climbs from 65 to 26 in the UK Airplay radio chart I wonder if it will get any decent airplay on the AC stations in the US? Sal Salvatore Compoccia compoccia@aol.com Back to top
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2016 23:36:52 -0400 From: Salvatore Compoccia <compoccia@aol.com> Subject: Re: Barry Gibb on his life and latest album Based on some of the comments describing the albums, it is obvious that the writer researched Joe's Gibb Songs webpage for the article. The reference to High Civ as "a vague concept record" is a dead giveaway. As for the interview with Barry, I was a little taken back by Barry's take on NV (and it's lack of success apparently) saying that he really didn't try because R&M didn't want him to make a solo album. Huh?? I wonder if Barry is aware that there are still Sal Salvatore Compoccia compoccia@aol.com Back to top
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2016 07:00:58 -0400 From: David Garcia <garcia10303@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Barry Gibb on his life and latest album Maybe Barry saw the opportunity to make a feature length music video, starring... him. Well, him and Michael Hordern, that famous actor who hung around the pool. Barry may have had unfulfilled ambitions to be in front of the movie cameras, and since the box office poison that was the Sgt Pepper film was a hint not taken by him, he used his album as an excuse to make his own film vehicle. In other words, Now Voyager was a multimedia vanity project with a suplementary soundtrack album of Barry Gibb songs. Having said that, I have to admit I enjoyed both film and album. But yeah, I wasn't impressed by his acting, and I am someone who is embarrassingly easy to impress... . David Garcia, knows it isn't "only a pool" in NYC . On Sep 19, 2016 11:37 PM, "Salvatore Compoccia via Words" < Words@brothersgibb.com> wrote: > Based on some of the comments describing the albums, it is obvious that > the writer researched Joe's Gibb Songs webpage for the article. The > reference to High Civ as "a vague concept record" is a dead giveaway. > > As for the interview with Barry, I was a little taken back by Barry's take > on NV (and it's lack of success apparently) saying that he really didn't > try because R&M didn't want him to make a solo album. Huh?? I wonder if > Barry is aware that there are still some Bee Gee fans out there who know > enough to detect when he is full of crap. Barry didn't try to make a good > album? C'mon ! > > Sal > > Salvatore Compoccia > compoccia@aol.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: juan guzman via Words > To: Words List Member > Sent: Mon, Sep 19, 2016 12:10 pm > Subject: [Words] Barry Gibb on his life and latest album > > Good Interview in UK magazine. > > http://www.brothersgibb.org/download/1.%20Barry%20classic% > 20pop%20autumn%202016.pdf > > > > "Words & Music", Fans Of The Brothers Gibb ( Bee Gees )http://www.brothersgibb.com > > Back to top
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2016 13:11:29 -0400 From: Salvatore Compoccia <compoccia@aol.com> Subject: Re: Barry Gibb on his life and latest album Maybe Barry saw the opportunity to make a feature length music video, starring... him. Well, him and Michael Hordern, that famous actor who hung around the pool. Barry may have had unfulfilled ambitions to be in front of the movie cameras, and since the box office poison that was the Sgt Pepper film was a hint not taken by him, he used his album as an excuse to make his own film vehicle. In other words, Now Voyager was a multimedia vanity project with a suplementary soundtrack album of Barry Gibb songs. Having said that, I have to admit I enjoyed both film and album. But yeah, I wasn't impressed by his acting, and I am someone who is embarrassingly easy to impress... . David Garcia, knows it isn't "only a pool" in NYC . Yes David, but what does all that have to do with R&M? Or more specifically, what does it have to with them holding Barry back in any way regarding NV, which I think was the clear implication from Barry's comments. As for the album being a supplementary soundtrack to the film (if that's what it was) I really think it was the other way around. The film and the videos supplemented the album. I agree that Barry must have seen the film as an opportunity to showcase his I have thought that the failure of NV and MCA's subsequent rejection of Barry's follow-up solo album two years later really stung Barry. Some of his later comments hint at some of those leftover bitter feelings. Sal Salvatore Compoccia compoccia@aol.com Back to top
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