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RBA · 05-20-2012, 06:41 PM

RedFanAlways1966 · 05-21-2012, 08:35 AM

It is hard to believe that there is only one singing Gibb brother left (incl. Andy). Makes me feel one of two thinsg or perhaps a little bit of both... I am getting old or they are passing too early.

cumberlandreds · 05-21-2012, 10:28 AM

R.I.P. Robin Gibb. The music business has lost some great ones lately. Houston,Summer and now Robin Gibb. The Bee Gees were really,really big in the 70's. One top hit after another. Just in the last few years did I realize that they had a few hits in the late 60's too. I think I enjoyed those songs better than their 70's disco stuff.

texasdave · 05-21-2012, 06:05 PM

R.I.P. Robin Gibb. My all-time favorite Bee Gees' record.

The Bee Gees- 'New York Mining Disaster 1941' - YouTube

redsmetz · 05-22-2012, 08:15 AM

Nice obit in the Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/21/ar...ies-at-62.html

The Bee Gees were always a bit of an enigma to me. As Cumberlandreds noted, they first rose to fame in the late 60's and that's when I first new of them, while I was in my junior high years. I wasn't a big fan, but liked their stuff and I think I actually had a copy of their 45 "The New York Mining Disaster, 1941." As the obit notes, their career waned as rock moved to a harder edge. It was very interesting to read about their recreation in the 70's with the rise of disco (a phase I thankfully missed - never wore a leisure suit, thank you very much), but in more recent years, I realized they wrote some great songs that really moved (and were easy to dance to, if that was your thing - I'm in the three left feet category myself).

There are clips of the brothers from as early as 1963 when the twins were just 14 from Australian TV shows. I actually was very surprised that Robin (and Maurice) were as young as they were, almost exactly just a year old than my oldest brother. When they started charting their first hit records, they were just 18.

Yachtzee · 05-22-2012, 01:03 PM

Anyone remember this?

SunDeck · 05-22-2012, 01:43 PM

We had their Saturday Night Fever soundtrack on vacation last year and my kids loved it. The songs are great and I've always been struck by Robin's ability to make the lyrics sound so urgent, no matter how inane.

I offer:

Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk, I'm a woman's man; no time to talk.
Music loud and women warm, I've been kicked around since I was born.

RIP Robin Gibb, every time I hear your voice my mind returns to Summer at the swim club where they blared Q102.

muddie · 05-22-2012, 05:53 PM

RIP Robin.

The Bee Gees were so awesome well before the Saturday Live stuff.

05-20-2012, 06:41 PM	#1
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05-21-2012, 08:35 AM	#2
RedFanAlways1966 For a Level Playing Field Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Oakwood, OH Posts: 11,240	Re: Robin Gibb RIP It is hard to believe that there is only one singing Gibb brother left (incl. Andy). Makes me feel one of two thinsg or perhaps a little bit of both... I am getting old or they are passing too early. __________________ Small market fan... always hoping, but never expecting.

05-21-2012, 10:28 AM	#3
cumberlandreds Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Sterling VA Posts: 7,842	Re: Robin Gibb RIP R.I.P. Robin Gibb. The music business has lost some great ones lately. Houston,Summer and now Robin Gibb. The Bee Gees were really,really big in the 70's. One top hit after another. Just in the last few years did I realize that they had a few hits in the late 60's too. I think I enjoyed those songs better than their 70's disco stuff. __________________ Reds Fan Since 1971

05-21-2012, 06:05 PM	#4
texasdave Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 9,541	Re: Robin Gibb RIP R.I.P. Robin Gibb. My all-time favorite Bee Gees' record. The Bee Gees- 'New York Mining Disaster 1941' - YouTube __________________ Let's hang a Championship Banner this year!!!!!

05-22-2012, 08:15 AM	#5
redsmetz Redsmetz Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Winton Place Posts: 10,450	Re: Robin Gibb RIP Nice obit in the Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/21/ar...ies-at-62.html The Bee Gees were always a bit of an enigma to me. As Cumberlandreds noted, they first rose to fame in the late 60's and that's when I first new of them, while I was in my junior high years. I wasn't a big fan, but liked their stuff and I think I actually had a copy of their 45 "The New York Mining Disaster, 1941." As the obit notes, their career waned as rock moved to a harder edge. It was very interesting to read about their recreation in the 70's with the rise of disco (a phase I thankfully missed - never wore a leisure suit, thank you very much), but in more recent years, I realized they wrote some great songs that really moved (and were easy to dance to, if that was your thing - I'm in the three left feet category myself). There are clips of the brothers from as early as 1963 when the twins were just 14 from Australian TV shows. I actually was very surprised that Robin (and Maurice) were as young as they were, almost exactly just a year old than my oldest brother. When they started charting their first hit records, they were just 18. __________________ “In the same way that a baseball season never really begins, it never really ends either.” - Lonnie Wheeler, "Bleachers, A Summer in Wrigley Field" The Baseball Emporium - Books & Things, that's Rallyonion.com The Baseball Bookstore http://tsc-sales.com/ http://tscsales.blogspot.com/ http://silverscreenbooks.com/

05-22-2012, 01:03 PM	#6
Yachtzee Hisssssssss Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Land of the Lost Posts: 6,985	Re: Robin Gibb RIP Anyone remember this? __________________ "I don't classify 'em, I just pacify 'em." - George Foster.

05-22-2012, 01:43 PM	#7
SunDeck First Time Caller Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 5,224	Re: Robin Gibb RIP We had their Saturday Night Fever soundtrack on vacation last year and my kids loved it. The songs are great and I've always been struck by Robin's ability to make the lyrics sound so urgent, no matter how inane. I offer: Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk, I'm a woman's man; no time to talk. Music loud and women warm, I've been kicked around since I was born. RIP Robin Gibb, every time I hear your voice my mind returns to Summer at the swim club where they blared Q102. __________________ Dusty Baker, second shooter. --Confirmed on Redszone.

05-22-2012, 05:53 PM	#8
muddie Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Raleigh, N.C. Posts: 1,956	Re: Robin Gibb RIP RIP Robin. The Bee Gees were so awesome well before the Saturday Live stuff.

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