Comments on: Was Bee Gees Week a Bad Idea?

By: Jeanne

Jeanne — Mon, 14 May 2007 05:17:21 +0000

Hmmm… I’m interested to hear what Jim has to say. That is actually a good point. Having some pre-recorded material is not uncommon on the road to “plump” up the vocals.

Doesn’t take away from the Bee Gees – like Gerri said, 40 nights on tour can leave ya a little hoarse.

By: Gerri G

Gerri G — Mon, 14 May 2007 04:27:26 +0000

Jim, pehaps you will consider something. When the Bee Gee’s went on the road tours some of the music was per-recorded. They added some sound effects as well as some of the back round vocals. After all 30 t0 40 nights of singing can be hard on your vocal chords. I heard about people on speaking engagements losing their voice.

By: Jeanne

Jeanne — Mon, 14 May 2007 00:51:46 +0000

Jim, I don’t know if this helps but I think Gerri meant that each Bee Gee sang and they layered each other their vocals on to the tracks in the studio. She may correct me but that’s what I thought.

The Bee Gees were an amazing group live and I have to agree that the songs are quite complex but sound simple. I think that is where people ran in to trouble.

However, like Gerri said, it is unfair to ask single performers to recreate songs that only sound good sung by groups. I know that there are solo songs by Barry Gibb but they are often less recognizable to the general public than the Bee Gee tunes.

By: Jim K

Jim K — Sun, 13 May 2007 15:54:38 +0000

The Bee Gee’s DID NOT HAVE a studio generated sound. They could perform live note perfect renditions of their songs from the very start in the 1960′s. Listen to Here at last.. live from 1976 and even the later One Night Only for proof. The Bee Gees songs are more complex than given credit for and the Idols did not have the time to make them work. The musical backing did not help either.

By: Gerri G

Gerri G — Sun, 13 May 2007 05:38:16 +0000

BAD IDEA

By: Gerri G

Gerri G — Sun, 13 May 2007 05:37:39 +0000

Like I said before and I guess no one caught it. The Bee Gee’s had a studio generated sound. When they recorded they layered vocal on top of vocal. How can any ONE person create that sound and sound good. COME ON