Everything written and/or performed by one or more of the Brothers Gibb is eligible, including solo tracks, tracks written for other artists, collaborations, and of course the Bee Gees discography itself.
* 30 Track Ballots, Scoring as usual: 1:40, 2:36, 3:33, 4:30, 5:28, 6:26, 7:25, 8:24, 9:23, 10:22, 11:21, 12:20, 13:19, 14:18, 15:17, etc.* Please send all ballots to xtaplapacetl at yahoo dot com. DON'T ILXmail me your ballots.* Voting ends <b>, Friday, June 1st at 11:59:59 PST.</b>
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 21 May 2012 17:54 (11 months ago) Permalink
complete list of the nearly 1,000 songs written by the Brothers Gibb
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 21 May 2012 17:58 (11 months ago) Permalink
Given the theme of the moment, watching the Bee Gees "In Our Time" documentary gave me inspiration for several later cuts I wasn't as familiar with.
These feature killer Robin solos:
Also, I would rep for any of these, from Robin's solo album:
― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 21 May 2012 18:29 (11 months ago) Permalink
Sarah Silverman @SarahKSilverman
RIP Robin Gibb. Wish I had gotten that message to him to hold on.
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 21 May 2012 18:37 (11 months ago) Permalink
I dunno how it's going to stack up against the big-guns, but I still really love "You Win Again". Granted it's a little too mechanical sounding for my ears now, music-wise, but they still have a great ear for hooks, even that late in their career
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 21 May 2012 18:43 (11 months ago) Permalink
You Win Again is one of my favorites. Will definitely be in my top 5 (or 3).
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 21 May 2012 18:48 (11 months ago) Permalink
it's kind of awesome how their distinct way with harmonies still come through with voices as different as Dolly and Kenny's
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 21 May 2012 18:48 (11 months ago) Permalink
This, along with You Win Again, is one of my favorite of their post-disco tracks..."Paradise"
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 21 May 2012 18:49 (11 months ago) Permalink
this is going to be a niche poll
i'll rep hard for this one
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Monday, 21 May 2012 18:50 (11 months ago) Permalink
Islands is one of my all-time favorite ballads EVER..as a kid that song was all the convincing I needed that Kenny & Dolly were going to get married, lol.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 21 May 2012 18:50 (11 months ago) Permalink
oh shit heartbreaker
I totally forgot. what a killer song.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 21 May 2012 18:51 (11 months ago) Permalink
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Monday, 21 May 2012 18:53 (11 months ago) Permalink
p p arnold was so hot.
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 21 May 2012 20:56 (11 months ago) Permalink
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 21 May 2012 21:01 (11 months ago) Permalink
had no idea this band had been covering the Bee Gees live for several years:
― Lee971 (Lee626), Monday, 21 May 2012 21:39 (11 months ago) Permalink
second one is John Frusciante solo
― Lee971 (Lee626), Monday, 21 May 2012 21:41 (11 months ago) Permalink
did you really have to sully this thread with the RCHP
here's a little Elvis palette cleanser:
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 21 May 2012 21:49 (11 months ago) Permalink
I always like unlikely or unexpected cover versions. It's not like i'm a huge RHCP fan, although I don't share your animosity towards that group
― Lee971 (Lee626), Monday, 21 May 2012 21:59 (11 months ago) Permalink
I dunno is that really that unexpected? RHCP have been mining 70s funk & disco since the beginning, and the SNF sdtk is like the most well-known disco album in the world
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 21 May 2012 22:03 (11 months ago) Permalink
funk, yes. disco? didn't know. Again, not a big fan.
― Lee971 (Lee626), Monday, 21 May 2012 22:07 (11 months ago) Permalink
I lived near a college campus in the 2000s and there's a certain species of 20something dude whose aural diet consisted of Linkin Park, Sublime, and RHCP. I never heard these guys listening to the Bee Gees
― Lee971 (Lee626), Monday, 21 May 2012 22:11 (11 months ago) Permalink
well there isn't that much difference between, say, the Ohio Players' "Love Rollercoaster" and disco-era Bee Gees imho
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 21 May 2012 22:14 (11 months ago) Permalink
er difference difference
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 21 May 2012 22:15 (11 months ago) Permalink
DISTANCE
stupid fingers
bee gees were so fucked up. those voices could be pretty fucked up. i'll hear some early track by them and think...what the hell were they thinking with those voices? don't get me wrong, i'm a fan, but talk about over the top.
― scott seward, Monday, 21 May 2012 22:24 (11 months ago) Permalink
feel like there are probably alien races on distant planets that could really vibe to those voices. they sound like aliens sometimes.
― scott seward, Monday, 21 May 2012 22:26 (11 months ago) Permalink
robin even prays for his extraterrestrial lover on this song. and will go to the depths of hell for them!
― scott seward, Monday, 21 May 2012 22:32 (11 months ago) Permalink
still want someone to make this into a doom metal epic. nothing says 1969 like a thirteen minute sea dirge. (??!!)
― scott seward, Monday, 21 May 2012 22:37 (11 months ago) Permalink
re "You Win Again," here's Freaky Trigger, published a couple years ago:
http://freakytrigger.co.uk/popular/2010/04/bee-gees-you-win-again/
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 21 May 2012 23:24 (11 months ago) Permalink
well then
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 21 May 2012 23:25 (11 months ago) Permalink
It's remarkable that until 1989's "One" (a song I like a lot) the Bee Gees had, like, NO American hits under their own name.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 21 May 2012 23:28 (11 months ago) Permalink
I hadn't heard of "You Win Again" until a few years ago. A huge hit everywhere around the world except here.
It was pretty big in Australia at the time, I remember.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 21 May 2012 23:29 (11 months ago) Permalink
?
what criteria are you going by here?
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 21 May 2012 23:30 (11 months ago) Permalink
non-SNF Top 10 US Chart placings:
I've Gotta Get a Message to You - #8I Started a Joke - #6Lonely Days - #3How Can You Mend a Broken Heart - #1Jive Talking - #1Nights on Broadway - #7You Should Be Dancing - #1Love So Right - #3Too Much Heaven - #1Tragedy - #1Love You Inside Out - #1
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 21 May 2012 23:33 (11 months ago) Permalink
― scott seward, Monday, May 21, 2012 6:24 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
You and Daltrey both, man:
"Look at great huge Maurice Gibb, singing like Donald Duck on 'Stayin' Alive.' And that's a great song. Bruce Springsteen could sing that lyric."
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Monday, 21 May 2012 23:38 (11 months ago) Permalink
I meant the eighties, Shakey.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 21 May 2012 23:39 (11 months ago) Permalink
ah. yeah the 80s were a weird time for them - they had gotten overexposed and they knew it, were sort of smart to retreat behind the curtain a bit imo
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 21 May 2012 23:42 (11 months ago) Permalink
on a different note, this whole album is underrated:
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 21 May 2012 23:45 (11 months ago) Permalink
Also, that's not just the band flailing around chasing a ZTT-ish sound or anything -- it's Arif Mardin, who loved the stomps Maurice had recorded in his garage studio in Miami for the demo and asked him to sample them for the final version. According to the band anyway, there are no *real* drums on it at all.
― Naive Teen Idol, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 02:36 (11 months ago) Permalink
I am 100% in love with and will rep for Spicks & Specks forever....I love Barry's voice in this
It'll be in my top 5 for certain
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 02:44 (11 months ago) Permalink
haha roger daltrey should be careful when accusing others of singing goofily
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 03:41 (11 months ago) Permalink
Hoping to see a lot of love for both Emotion by Samantha Sang and Boys Do Fall in Love by Robin Gibb itt.
― Blue Collar Retail Assistant (Dwight Yorke), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 10:11 (11 months ago) Permalink
first ballot received!
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 17:23 (11 months ago) Permalink
I will submit one in the next day or so
― buzza, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 18:14 (11 months ago) Permalink
d/ling Sing Slowly Sisters, never heard this before
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 21:01 (11 months ago) Permalink
― Three Word Username, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 21:14 (11 months ago) Permalink
well the sound quality is really shitty, but can't say I'm digging Sing Slowly Sisters. reaaaaaaally maudlin and monotonous.
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 21:57 (11 months ago) Permalink
Shakey, search "The Flag I Flew" and "A Very Special Day" -- I think you might hear the forest thru the trees.
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 01:18 (11 months ago) Permalink
Deadline added.
― Biff Wellington (WmC), Monday, 11 June 2012 22:20 (11 months ago) Permalink
― retro-shittified (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 12 June 2012 15:44 (11 months ago) Permalink
― retro-shittified (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 12 June 2012 17:31 (11 months ago) Permalink
(^^^entire movie is absolutely amazing fwiw, but that is the only Bee Gees song in it. He does do "Bridge Over Troubled Water" later tho)
― retro-shittified (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 12 June 2012 17:34 (11 months ago) Permalink
Robin's song about his dog >>>>>> Macca's song about his dog
― a dense custard of infinity (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 12 June 2012 22:48 (11 months ago) Permalink
er, BARRY'S song
gonna vote in this & hope my deep cut #1 will place high b/c of bad turnout
― Euler, Tuesday, 12 June 2012 23:41 (11 months ago) Permalink
entirely likely!
― a dense custard of infinity (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 12 June 2012 23:43 (11 months ago) Permalink
epic
― a dense custard of infinity (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 15:41 (11 months ago) Permalink
four Andy Gibb songs on my ballot! I think all were Barry co-writes
― Lee626, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 17:12 (11 months ago) Permalink
14 ballots in so far
― a dense custard of infinity (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 20:56 (11 months ago) Permalink
It will be weird if this actually gets as many ballots as Abba.
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 21:30 (11 months ago) Permalink
It will speak well of Shakey Mo's browbeating prowess, though nobody will ever match Armond Ratfucker.
― Biff Wellington (WmC), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 21:32 (11 months ago) Permalink
Hey, I have been beating many a brow as well!
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 21:42 (11 months ago) Permalink
*Jumps on browbeater bandwagon*
― Jeff W, Thursday, 14 June 2012 14:10 (11 months ago) Permalink
only TWO days of voting left!!! OMG SO EXCITING
― a dense custard of infinity (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 14 June 2012 17:26 (11 months ago) Permalink
As it stands, is the #1 track expected or unexpected?
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 14 June 2012 17:32 (11 months ago) Permalink
it is a lustrous pop pearl of the highest quality, buffed and polished to perfection
― a dense custard of infinity (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 14 June 2012 17:38 (11 months ago) Permalink
Oh great, that could be 50 different Bee Gees songs.
I guess more people should vote so the right pearl wins!
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 14 June 2012 17:42 (11 months ago) Permalink
at this stage, more votes will make the lower ranks more diverse/interesting, rather than being a string of entries all separated by less than a single point. I don't expect the top 10 to change too much.
― a dense custard of infinity (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 14 June 2012 17:44 (11 months ago) Permalink
I'm sending in a ballot today. I just keep being introduced to new awesomeness by y'all.
― JessFlip, Thursday, 14 June 2012 19:59 (11 months ago) Permalink
JessF's ballot brings the total up to 15... still waitin on some dude
― a dense custard of infinity (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 14 June 2012 21:10 (11 months ago) Permalink
i'm trying man
― bronytheus (some dude), Thursday, 14 June 2012 21:11 (11 months ago) Permalink
your welcome for explaining to you how these things actually work and what would help w/ turnout though
― bronytheus (some dude), Thursday, 14 June 2012 21:12 (11 months ago) Permalink
domo arigato some dude-san
― a dense custard of infinity (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 14 June 2012 21:20 (11 months ago) Permalink
voted
― Euler, Thursday, 14 June 2012 21:22 (11 months ago) Permalink
16! a few more and we'll beat ABBA
― a dense custard of infinity (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 14 June 2012 22:10 (11 months ago) Permalink
we can do it you guys!!
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 14 June 2012 22:38 (11 months ago) Permalink
― a dense custard of infinity (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 14 June 2012 23:16 (11 months ago) Permalink
oh shit it's the last day to vote
― a dense custard of infinity (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 15 June 2012 15:35 (11 months ago) Permalink
Did anyone ever realize that they wrote the opening song to "Grease"?! I didn't, but listening to it now I can hear them all over it.
― JessFlip, Friday, 15 June 2012 15:37 (11 months ago) Permalink
hi
― buzza, Friday, 15 June 2012 15:38 (11 months ago) Permalink
yeah Grease appeared on several people's ballots
― a dense custard of infinity (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 15 June 2012 15:39 (11 months ago) Permalink
Next: 4 Seasons Tracks Poll
― Lee626, Friday, 15 June 2012 17:10 (11 months ago) Permalink
Damn...if I had realized, it would probably have been on mine too.
― JessFlip, Friday, 15 June 2012 17:21 (11 months ago) Permalink
I am hoping that more ballots will break up the number of ties in the lower ranks...
― a dense custard of infinity (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 15 June 2012 18:26 (11 months ago) Permalink
how many spots are on the countdown?
― bronytheus (some dude), Friday, 15 June 2012 18:27 (11 months ago) Permalink
my original plan was to do 50
― a dense custard of infinity (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 15 June 2012 18:35 (11 months ago) Permalink
interestingly, there is not a single song that has appeared on every ballot
― a dense custard of infinity (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 15 June 2012 18:36 (11 months ago) Permalink
really? wow!
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 15 June 2012 18:49 (11 months ago) Permalink
i'd vote but i only really know the 70s era. looking forward to getting an education though.
― piscesx, Friday, 15 June 2012 19:23 (11 months ago) Permalink
by "70s era" do you mean the Saturday Night Fever sdtk
― a dense custard of infinity (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 15 June 2012 19:26 (11 months ago) Permalink
yeah and your Main Course and Spirits Having Flown type stuff etc. i knew the Staying Alive sdtrk pretty well as a kid; wouldn't like to hear it now.
― piscesx, Friday, 15 June 2012 20:18 (11 months ago) Permalink
eh you should still vote imho
― a dense custard of infinity (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 15 June 2012 20:21 (11 months ago) Permalink
Barry co-produced "Grease" as well
― Lee626, Friday, 15 June 2012 20:39 (11 months ago) Permalink
we're at 17 ballots now... clock is ticking for anyone else plannin a last minute vote!
― a dense custard of infinity (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 15 June 2012 21:15 (11 months ago) Permalink
c'mon just two more votes and we'll at least TIE with ABBA
― a dense custard of infinity (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 15 June 2012 22:52 (11 months ago) Permalink
do it peoples!
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 16 June 2012 03:47 (11 months ago) Permalink
you should be voting!
― bronytheus (some dude), Saturday, 16 June 2012 03:56 (11 months ago) Permalink
how deep is yr love of the Bee Gees, ilxors?
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 16 June 2012 04:03 (11 months ago) Permalink