bee gees you don't know what its like because you don't care.
bee gees you don't know what its like because you don't care.
bee gees you don't know what its like?
you don't care
in one fell swoop, they became competitors with the likes of veteran rock bands such as the hollies and the tremeloes, and this long-player, "bee gees' 1st", is more of a rock album than the group usually got credit for generating. parts of it do sound very much like the beatles circa "revolver", but there was far more to their sound than that. the three hits off of "bee gees' 1st", "to love somebody" "new york mining disaster 1941" and "holiday" were gorgeous but relatively somber, thus giving "bee gees' 1st" a melancholy cast, but much of the rest is relatively upbeat psychedelic pop." in my own time" may echo elements of the beatles' "doctor robert" and "taxman" but it's difficult to dislike a song with such delicious rhythm guitars and a great beat, coupled with the trio's soaring harmonies; "every christian lion hearted man will show you" was close in spirit to the moody blues of this era, opening with a gregorian chant backed by a mellotron, before breaking into a strangely spaced-out, psychedelic main song body. robin gibb's lead vocals veered toward the melodramatic and poignant, and the orchestra did dress up some of the songs a little sweetly, yet overall the group presented themselves as a proficient rock ensemble who'd filled their debut album with a full set of solid, refreshingly original songs.
bee gees' 1st
bee gees gold was a compilation album, released in america and japan only (was also released in the uk), that focused on the early hits of the bee gees. labeled as "volume 1", it featured their u.s. top 20 hits between 1967 and 1972 (plus "i can't see nobody", an album cut from "bee gees 1st"). the album was intended to replace the two previous hits compilations, "best of bee gees" and "best of bee gees, volume 2". it reached #50 on "billboard"'s album chart during a time when the bee gees were topping the charts with their new r&b/disco sound found on their then current album "children of the world". "gold" went gold in america in january 1978 and has sold 1.3 million copies to date. a kind of second volume was released as "bee gees greatest" in 1980 which summed up the disco years from 1975-1979.
bee gees gold