(#2007-3706) - Topics this issue: 1) Too old to write??, 2) Too old to write?, ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 21:00:32 EDT From: Compoccias@aol.com Subject: Re: Too old to write?? In a message dated 10/31/2007 2:28:24 PM Eastern Daylight Time, robin@familysetty.com writes: Tony Quintana wrote >> The problem is that those songs won't come out to see the light because >> there is no market for them (and they are too old to push again to try >> success) so we won't hear them, but they must exist and surely are great. > >I hear what you say and have some sympathy for it, but I've just bought the >new Eagles album. They're old but they've decided to push forward with the >album. The album's great...and from what I can tell, it's selling >shedloads. >Kilburn towers The album market is still there for artists their age. The singles are almost entirely a different story, at least in the US. A problem may be that the Gibbs always liked the big hit single. The fact that the singles market is not there for them anymore may have an impact on their decreased input. This may apply more to Barry than Robin. Sal ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2007 03:32:12 +0100 From: Juan Perea y Monsuwe Subject: Too old to write? It's my opinion, we mustn't Barry's and Robin's talent of song writing view as something that is absolute and they can get in touch with, as easily age 17 or 60. Writing is all about feeling inspired as well, being in touch with the decade, feeling the buzz on the street, going to parties, seeing people. In the 60's, Barry was the best dressed man in Carnaby street, they wrote New York Mining Disaster cause they felt like they were in a tunnel... They were very much part of the era. In the 70's, they wrote 3 number one hits in one day, and were on a creational high, playing warm sounding instruments with that great 70's groove. Robert Stigwood could call and Barry came up with Grease, in 15 minutes. It's my assumption, he couldn't do that again now, so there is a difference. Somehow the Bee Gees got out of touch with the contemporary era and things that inspired them to create number one hits. No more writing on stairs, or in the dressing room for a tv show, but doing it in their own studio, while being family men. Guilty Pleasures proved that if Barry is challenged and inspired, he can still write a selection of great songs. Drown on the River is a fun track, yet perhaps the time has gone he'd come up with number one hit material like I Just Wanna Be Your Everything, he wrote on his own, and which is a very skillful and rich musical score. -- Juan ------------------------------ End words@brothersgibb.com Digest [11/01/2007 03:01] ----------------------------------------------------