Well, this weekend we get a small twin spin from the Brothers Gibb. That's what they were originally known as before the universe came to love them as the "Bee Gees." Ask a soul under 30 today what the "Bee Gees" stands for. Most would say "disco," and I suppose they are partially right.The Bee Gees were an - perhaps the - iconic band of the disco era, recording the soundtrack for "Saturday Night Fever," which included arguably the greatest dance song ever in "You Should Be Dancing.
I take it. I wish their stuff . but it's a lot broader and deeper than many know.
I recall my old man singing "How Can You Fix a Low Heart" when the call was on the wireless in the early 70's. Maybe you have heard some of the Bee Gees' older stuff, too, such as the "New York Mining Disaster" or "I Gotta Get a Substance to You." Suffice it to say, it's slightly different than, oh, "Jive Talking."
The accuracy is that the Bee Gees - born on the Islet of Man to British parents but raised in Australia - were adaptable chaps who completely remade their music style several times, and they managed to stay relevant and popular through four decades.
Still, many folks understandably know them virtually entirely for the disco hits of the 70's. Like most of us, the Bee Gees are known by the world at large for one thing, and by a few who really love them for something different, deeper, and maybe even better.
What most us out here on the internet? What about people in a political movement? Truth is, we are hardly known at all by those who follow from afar. There are scalawags on the left and right, though the ideas be perfect or profane. Life is complicated. One thing I care near the Bee Gees is that if you mind to them all the way from "I Started a Trick" to "Smooth Waters" their music reflects an ambiguity, indeed, the secret that is living on this fallen earth.
In some ways, that's why it's so intriguing to me that they are actually known for disco music - the anti-matter of music.
So, this weekend, I take you two Brothers Gibbs' tunes that are approximately of their best . and also tunes that you probably have yet to hear. If you have heard both before reading this post, well, let me live in the comments. And . I wish to company with you.
Our first tune, well, is pretty amazing because my granddad liked it. I think him coming over to the mansion once and saying, "I only heard this beautiful song . by the Bee Gees." When I came to, I heard him say that it was acting on his favorite station - yes, the country station.
And it's a fairly good country tune folks . to my knowledge, the sole one recorded by the Brothers Gibb:
Video (only one I could find, thus the Gallic and Karaoke mixture . my apologies, what can I say? . is HERE. As you can hear, it's a mighty-fine country tune (with a note of trains and all) by these chaps.Ah, and so there's the following song, which right ahead of "Fanny" (no, I am not stoking the posterior fires here again, folks) is my all-time favorite Bee Gees song. Most know little of "Songbird", but it means a lot to me. It's almost a confused person who dreams of getting good and taking off again some day . and obviously does . with no guaranteed results.
So many times, we get caught up in beholding the endgame. For sure, life is about results on many levels. But I think that spirit is actually found in the daily struggle to do the following good thing, to do what we were natural to do, to open our once-broken wings and try again . especially after a deep disappointment.
So, until we call again next week, I give you with a strain that reflects this, and more, the Brothers Gibbs' unknown magnum opus - "Songbird":
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