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Early Bee Gees I love. "To Love Somebody," "Holiday," "Words," "Massachussets" -- all great songs. Their harmonies were fabulous. The disco stuff I don't care for.
Bands who change and update their sounds are bands that I respect. The old stuff was great and the disco stuff was equally great. Stayin Alive is classic.
I like both the 1960's and 1970's Bee Gees (almost sound like two different groups) ...their early stuff is very good ...."To Love Somebody" is a classic ...their songs usually have strong melody ....ironically their tunes were featured in a 1971 movie "Melody" which has become a cult classic (sadly very hard to find only released on DVD in Japan) ...songs in the movie are mostly from their double album "ODESSA" ....I have it on vinyl ...it is an amazing album recorded between June and December 1968...released January 1969 ....it took an emotional toll on the group and The Bee Gees split up for almost 2 years ....the group got back together in early fall 1970 and recorded the album "2 Years On" ...it featured their "comeback" single "Lonely Days" ...another instant classic followed up in 1971 with their first US number 1 hit "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" ....again a fantastic tune .....by 1974 The Bees were considered "has beens" ...there music no longer selling well .....however a huge comeback was in the works ....while recording their next album in Miami they stumbled on a catchy funky rhythm while driving over expansion joints on the causeway to the studio giving inspiration for "Jive Talking" ...a big hit in 1975 ....all of a sudden people forgot about the pop balladeers of old and they became the new kings of disco ....I was in high school during the disco era and it was "cool" to hate The Bee Gees ... Led Zeppelin were considered "God-like" and disco sucked ...but there is no denying that The Bee Gees disco tunes were very well crafted ...by late 1979 the disco era was over and so was The Bee Gees career ...suddenly they couldn't buy a hit ....they still wrote hits for others ....like "Islands in the Stream" ....but their days of being a major player in music were essentially over ....their best songs were very good ...definitely worth getting their greatest hits
Annoying, unnecessarily high-pitched dudes with tight pants from an era best forgotten?
-OR-
Catchy, funky, way-funky disco Gods with great songs?
I go with the latter - as if "Night Fever" is NOT the greatest song ever?
You?
I go with the latter. Their music had a certain sophistication and genius to it that set it apart. The best stuff of that era has stood the test of time, and a good chunk of the best stuff is Bee-Gees stuff.
I was a budding teenager when the BeeGees heralded in the Disco era and I despised them after what Robert Stigwood made them do in that icky icky icky Sgt. Peppers movie. I broke every 45 I had of the BeeGees ... such an angry 12 year old I was to take my Beatles music so seriously!
After a few years, I revisted the Brothers Gibb and found that they were victims of a trend and actually are very talented.
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