Barry Gibb Album and Tour 2016 update

"Barry's album and tour 2016: (message received November 25th!!)

 no confirmations yet. still plans of releasing album first part of 2016, probably around March and plans for tour after album release in 2016. "

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Dionne Warwick "Take the Short Way Home" "Misunderstood" "Heartbreaker"(Aplauso 13-11-82)

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Dionne Warwick "Yours"(Aplauso 13-11-82)

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Titanic live concerts

TITANIC LIVE CONCERT is a show written and produced by Robin Gibb, a member of the legendary Bee Gees, who died prematurely the May 20, 2012, together with his younger son, RJ GIBB.

The project aims to pay homage to the victims of the sinking of the Titanic, the "unsinkable" ship, which sailed on April 10, 1912 from the English harbour of Southampton and sank five days later in the freezing cold and deep waters of the North Atlantic, after hitting against a massive iceberg.

The symphonic concert becomes a unique spectacle in the genre. The orchestra composed of 60 elements and 30 elements of chorus with the addition of soloist singers are incorporated in the holographic scenography, which creates a virtual environment with images and high definition video able to instil in the audience the feeling of living the experience of the Titanic in first person. A real revolution, a fundamental turning point for live show that has never before been so captivating.
The sounds of the sea and the notes of the live orchestra and choir will be the soundtrack to the projection of hologrammed dancers that will enchant the audience with a moving choreography

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Bee gees on American Music Awards

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What peers say about the Bee gees

PETER GABRIEL: "I tried to sing a bit like Robin Gibb on the second verse (of Genesis' Silent Sun) I'm sure we would have denied it at the time"
PAUL McCARTNEY: "It was the 'mining disaster' song that Robert Stigwood played me. I said 'sign them, they're great! And they went on to be even greater"
MARC BOLAN: "I remember David Bowie playing me Space Oddity in his room and I loved it and said he needed a sound like the Bee Gees"
BONO: "In terms of bands, there are five extraordinary catalogues that make me ill with envy. It doesn't have to be said the Bee Gees are up there with the Beatles"
MICHAEL JACKSON: "The Bee Gees are brilliant" "Saturday Night Fever is what inspired me to record the Thriller album."
JOHN TRAVOLTA: "I've always felt that when Barry, Robin and Maurice get around a microphone - it's pure magic"
ROD STEWART: "They're everlasting"
CLIFF RICHARD: "They led the field in music that was totally singable and absolutely danceable"
ROBERT STIGWOOD: "I can't claim any contribution to their songwriting. I wish I could. I'd be taking their royalties"
JAMES BELUSHI: "They changed the face of music"
STEPHEN STILLS: "Barry Gibb is one hell of a record maker. And by God, he has written some damn fine songs"
MEL GIBSON: "They're the best in the business"
NOEL GALLAGHER: "I wish I had written a song like 'To Love Somebody'
BJORN ULVAEUS: "These are classic pop songs. Lennon and McCartney and the Bee Gees are the best and most consistent songwriters. I am green with envy"
ELTON JOHN: "Their concerts are the best"
GEORGE MARTIN: "I don't know anybody who can sing harmony quite so naturally as they do"
CELINE DION: "I'm a big Bee Gees fan, no party without them"
OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN: "Their music will touch me forever"
TINA ARENA: "The Bee Gees are gorgeous. They're beautiful people. I was a big 'Saturday Night Fever' fan. In terms of Aussie rock, I always liked the Bee Gees and INXS"
TONI BRAXTON: "I love them. I have all their records"
TIM RICE: "I rate the Brothers Gibb as one of the greatest songwriting combinations of the 20th century"
DESTINY'S CHILD: "The Bee Gees are Legends"
N'SYNC: "Congratulations on 'staying alive' for 35 years. You will always be an inspiration to us and future singers and songwriters"
BRIAN WILSON: "Total magic"
ALICE COOPER: "Great songwriters. I love their music"
STEPS: "I think the reason why so many people have covered their songs or done versions is because they are great songs"
BARBRA STREISAND: "I really love their music"
TERRY ELLIS: "We are big Bee Gees fans, and we always loved that song How deep is your love and always wanted to record it. It's just so sweet and sultry.  We tried to make the Bee Gees proud of us."
DANA INTERNATIONAL: "Woman in love is one of the greatest love songs ever. I always wanted to record a version of it. The Bee Gees have been an inspiration with their lovely harmonies - the pioneers of dance music."
LOUISE: "The Bee Gees are excellent songwriters and performers and I'm a great fan of disco music."
SIMON COWELL: "The songs of course, were absolutely sensational. The Bee Gees have produced so much great work, from their early pop songs, through to their disco classics."
HUMAN NATURE: "As a vocal group, they are the group we aspire to be. It's also inspirational how they have managed to have such an impact with such great songs."
SHAUN RYDER: "They're just absolutely brilliant musicians, brilliant songwriters." - Shaun Ryder (lead singer of the band the Happy Mondays)
PETER WATERMAN: "The Bee Gees filled every club I worked at. All you had to play was one of the night fever tracks every fifteen minutes, you could keep your dance floor full all night, it was fantastic! - Pete Waterman (Record producer of Kylie Minogue, Cliff Richard, Bananarama, etc.)
KYM MARSH: "They're so talented, I mean they're just phenomenonal songwriters. Everybody from all walks of life knows those songs. Everybody knows "Night Fever" everybody knows "Stayin' Alive" - Kym Marsh (Popular UK singer now in the English stage version of "Saturday Night Fever")
LEO SAYER: "Barry Gibb is an amazing writer and it was a thrill to have him write a song for me."
NEIL SEDAKA: ""They write the best songs. They are standards, evergreen and they appeal to every age group.  http://beegeesfanfever.blogspot.nl/ "

Tragedy: The Sad Ballad of the Bee Gees Part 2

http://www.abc.net.au/overnights/stories/s4350411.htm?site=melbourne


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COMMENTS ABOUT THE BEE GEES

ROBERT STIGWOOD(Bee Gees manager from 1967 to 1980) Reporter: Mr. Stigwood, what do the fans of the Bee Gees find appealing about them? Stigwood: This might sound corny, but it is their poetry. These boys are completely uneducated. They don't even know how to spell. They write the lyrics out spelled phonetically. And the simple poetry appeals to the public. Robin: We start with a title. The rest just flows from there. It's like a spiritual thing when we write. We know what the other one is thinking. Lonely Days was written in 10 minutes. (Rolling Stone, 1971)

ARIF MARDIN(producer, credited for helping create the band's signature falsetto vocal style and revitalizing their sound into a dance/R&B sound) "Usually when Barry writes the songs, or actually the three brothers write them, Barry would have the electric guitar or the acoustic guitar, and the song would take shape with the instruments they used. And Maurice would go to the piano and play the chords. It's not like one brother goes into seclusion and comes out with a song. They write them together. In the beginning their process is that they have nonsensical syllables to accomodate the melody, and then the lyrics come after that. They do the melody first. Most songwriters teams have their own system. "During the recording of Main Course I asked Barry to take his vocal up one octave. The poor man said 'If I take it up one octave I'm going to shout and it's going to be terrible.' He softened up a little bit and that's how their falsetto was born." (The Light Gibb)

ALBHY GALUTEN(co-producer with Karl Richardson of several Bee Gees and solo albums from 1976 thru 1985) "Karl, Barry and I were the main ones. We had a vibe very powerful and very creative. Maurice was usually out in the lobby holding court, drinking Perrier - which much of the time had vodka in it-, being social and hanging out. Robin was pretty active in the writing, and then he and Maurice were usually not in the studio. Robin was often not around at all, except when he came in to sing, but he often had good incisive comments, which were often quite useful and sort of objective in certain ways." DAVID FOSTER (Well known producer. He produced two songs for the Still Waters album) "They sing as magnificently now as I remember them 30 years ago. They haven't lost any range. You know, the voice is a muscle and like everything, we all get a little older, lose your range, whatever. I see no difference in the way they sing now than when I was a fan like everyone else. Next to The Beatles, they were probably the most creative group ever  http://beegeesfanfever.blogspot.nl/

Richard Wilkins catches up with Barry Gibb sept 12 2015

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Lulu Learned To Write Music By Watching The Bee Gees At Work

The Shout hitmaker, who was married to the late pop star for four years from 1969, reveals the 1970s icons taught her how to pen tracks.
She tells Britain's Attitude magazine, "I first got master classes in songwriting when I was married to Maurice - I used to sit and watch the Bee Gees write at home... So that's where I learned. I never wrote with Maurice, my brother did. I was slow, but I finally got there."


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