O jornal The Sun informa que Robin tem realizado tratamento alternativo após sete sessões de quimioterapia. Os médicos estariam satisfeitos com os resultados. O porta-voz do Robin preferiu não comentar. Nós aqui continuamos atentos e esperando por boas notícias, mas sem falsas ilusões e cientes do que significa um câncer de fígado.
Robin Gibb ‘seeks alternative cancer treatment’
Robin Gibb is said to be fighting liver cancer with “dignity and courage”. Robin Gibb has reportedly turned to “a team of alternative medics” as he battles liver cancer.
The Bee Gees star was diagnosed with the disease last year.
He has received conventional treatment, including seven rounds of chemotherapy. Doctors are pleased with his progress and Robin has decided to add in other methods which may aid his recovery.
“Bee Gees star Robin Gibb has flown in a team of alternative medics from Switzerland as he battles liver cancer,” reports British newspaper The Sun.
It’s claimed the group of people are on hand to help Robin 24 hours a day. The “naturopath nutritionists” encourage him to eat foods which are good for the body so it is as strong as possible as he fights the disease.
The star’s wife Dwina reportedly asked her husband to speak to the professionals as she is a big believer in natural medication.
“Robin is fighting this with dignity and courage. He's trying everything possible to beat this disease,” a source told the publication.
It’s thought Robin, 62, has also been spending time in a special detox hut where his body sweats and so loses toxins.
Robin’s diagnosis was first reported in November and came after the musician was seen looking increasingly frail in public. At the time it was claimed he was seeing doctors in London for treatment, but was also pursuing alternative care arranged by Dwina.
Shortly after his diagnosis was reported Robin posted a message on his website reassuring fans he was doing well.
“I have been very unwell and am now on the road to recovery, and your prayers and wishes are a great tonic to me. I believe because of you I will get well and my deepest love goes out to you all,” he wrote.
Robin’s spokesperson has not commented on the new claims.
Robin Gibb - Robin Gibb Turns To Alternative Treatment
Robin Gibb has flown in a team of alternative medics from Switzerland to help him fight liver cancer after undergoing seven rounds of chemotherapy.
Robin Gibb has flown in a team of alternative medics from Switzerland to help him fight liver cancer.
The Bee Gees star has undergone seven rounds of chemotherapy in his bid to beat the disease and he is now receiving 24-hour care from naturopath nutritionists - which are thought to be the idea of his wife Dwina - at his home in Thame, Oxfordshire.
As well as the naturopathic approach - which relies on the body's ability to heal itself through good nutrition, rather than relying on surgery and drugs - Dwina has encouraged the singer to have 20-minute detox sessions.
A close family friend told The Sun newspaper: "Robin is fighting this with dignity and courage. He's trying everything possible to beat this disease."
In November 2011, Robin - who is a teetotal vegan - revealed details on his battle with liver cancer, which was diagnosed in April.
At the time, he said: "I have been very unwell and am now on the road to recovery, and your prayers and wishes are a great tonic to me. I believe because of you I will get well and my deepest love goes out to you all."
The diagnosis came as a massive blow to Robin after he thought "everything had gone back to normal" following his successful treatment for an intestinal blockage in 2010.
Speaking of the ordeal, he explained: "All this time I'd thought it was wind cramps. But the surgeon said that was typical of the way it manifests. The blockage was so bad that he was surprised it hadn't burst the day before, but it was too dangerous to delay any longer.
"The relief was enormous, and afterwards I needed no painkillers. Not even an aspirin. I have a vegetarian diet, and a great appetite. Everything seemed to go back to normal."
quarta-feira, 11 de janeiro de 2012
segunda-feira, 2 de janeiro de 2012
ROBIN PLANEJA CONCERTO PARA NOVO CD
Durante as festas de final de ano, Robin disponibilizou uma música inédita em seu site, que faz parte do novo CD em tributo ao Titanic, cujo naufrágio completa 100 anos em abril próximo. Na matéria a seguir, curiosidades sobre a jovem cantora de 13 anos (foto) que gravou esta canção e também sobre este possível evento. Claro, tudo dependerá das condições de saúde do Robin - não houve mais notícias sobre o assunto.
Ao mesmo tempo, o Barry também disponibilizou duas canções inéditas em seu site.
Isabel Suckling sings with Bee Gee Robin Gibb on The Titanic Requiem album
YORK’S famous choirgirl Isabel Suckling has teamed up with a Bee Gee to mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.
Isabel, 13, from Fulford, was asked by Robin Gibb to perform a track on The Titanic Requiem – the album he has written with his son Robin-John ahead of the anniversary of the sinking of the ship in April.
Christmas Day saw Isabel performing alongside the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra to tell the story of a young girl on one of the lifeboats singing about her father who died on the liner.
Robin said: “This song is paramount in expressing the respect and admiration for those who bravely gave up their seats for the women and children, complete strangers as well as their own kin.
“Isabel Suckling has made Christmas Day come to life. She has the right voice for the song and it was a pleasure working with her.”
The track is described as a “poignant example” of the many personal tragedies caused by the sinking of the Titanic on April 1912, which resulted in the deaths of more than 1,500 people.
Isabel is expected to join other artists at a concert in London to perform The Titanic Requiem near to the time of its release in the spring. It is the latest career success for the classical star who was signed by Decca Records last year following a nationwide search to find Britain’s most talented choirgirl. The Queen Margaret’s School pupil, who is managed by former chorister-turned-TV presenter Aled Jones, performed before the Royal Family at the televised Festival Of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall in 2010.
Earlier this year she went head to head with some of the biggest names in the industry including Shane MacGowan and Aled Jones in the best album category at the Classical Brit awards.
Catherine Suckling, Isabel’s mum, said her daughter was in the studio with Robin for a couple of hours to record the track.
She said: “Isabel was very pleased to do it.
“It’s a nice song and Robin was a very nice man.”
segunda-feira, 12 de dezembro de 2011
BOAS NOVIDADES DO ÚLTIMO SÁBADO
Como já informamos aqui, neste último dia 9 a TV britânica levou ao ar um especial em que o público escolheu as suas canções preferidas dos Bee Gees.
Isso é muito subjetivo, meu ranking seria completamente diferente, mas acabam prevalecendo os hits. Eis aí o resultado final da votação - surpreende perceber como You Win Again é lembrada por lá.
Com a mídia promovida por esse programa, as vendas do recém-relanção CD Numeber Ones subiram, levando-o para a posição número 40 do ranking de vendas no país.
Neste programa, parece que foi apresentada pela primeira vez a "bridge" lenta em Stayin Alive (que não foi usada na versão final da canção). Esta raridade fez sua estreia no Brasil há cerca de dois anos no encontro BR GIBB - quem estava lá conheceu bem antes. Resta saber se no especial de TV a versão inédita foi apresentada na íntegra e com boa qualidade de áudio.
O programa começou com 17% da audiência e subiu para 22%, assumindo a primeira posição, deixando a BBC em segundo lugar com 20%.
Outra citação que cabe é o comentário que Blue Weaver colocou na internet, que segue abaixo. Diz a lenda que How Deep Is Your Love, a número 1, tem não um dedo, mas uma mão inteira do BW, em co-autoria não creditada.
Veja o que ele disse sobre o conteúdo do programa:
What session musicians were trotted out? Although not made obvious in the program we, myself, Dennis Bryon and Alan Kendal (not interviewed) were part of the Bee Gees at that time and not just the trotted out session musicians. We, the same as the brothers, received royalties from the recordings and were not payed as session players. We worked not only as a team but as friends and for the first years lived and worked together when recording. I agree with you over the program being a little soft both myself and Dennis contributed more of an incite into how the songs were created but I suppose we don't bring in the much needed ratings (even you didn't consider mentioning our names) so the talking heads were used. Maybe one day a more in-depth harder story will be told. Blue Weaver
Abaixo o ranking estabelecido pelo programa.
Outra dica para hoje é assistir no youtube ao video com com a homenagem que o Barry recebeu também neste sábado em Miami, no Winterfest Grand Marshal. Use estas palavras-chave e faça sua busca.
E mais pra baixo, uma outra matéria sobre a eleição das favoritas. Para começar a semana, é isso:
20 - Guilty
19 - Chain reaction
18 - Nights on Broadway
17 - Run To Me
16 - You Should Be Dancing
15 - Jive Talkin'
14 - Immortality
13 - To Love Somebody
12 - Too Much Heaven
11 - Tragedy
10 - I Gotta Get A mesaage To You
9 - Islands In The Stream
8 - How Do You Mend A Broken Heart
7 - Night Fever
6 - More Than A Woman
5 - Stayin' Alive
4 - Words
3 - Massachusettes
2 - You Win Again
1- How Deep Is Your Love
The Nation's Favourite Bee Gees Song, ITV1
A safe but sincere tribute to the biggest hits of the Brothers Gibb
They’re some of the greatest pop songs ever written,” declares Sir Elton John. He’s right. The Bee Gees – Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb – are responsible for songs that will live forever, songs that are part of successive generation’s cultural furniture. Yet although the title was The Nation’s Favourite Bee Gees Song, the question asked on the ITV website was “Just what is the greatest Bee Gees song ever?” Favourite and greatest aren’t the same thing. They can be, but they aren’t.
This kitten-soft stroll through 20 of The Bee Gees’ evergreens wasn’t concerned with any such existential dilemma. Amanda Holden’s excited-puppy voiceover wasn’t made for questioning. So thankfully, we had help from Sirs Elton John and Cliff Richard, Neil Sedaka, Bob Harris and Katie Melua. Dave Grohl too. And Barry and Robin Gibb. It was obvious from before the off that the concept album Odessa, oddities like “Harry Braff” or the classics “Red Chair, Fadeway" and “Kilburn Towers” weren’t going to get a look in. Of course, there are other programmes to be made about their songs: The Bee Gees' Most Idiosyncratic Songs maybe, or one dedicated to the songs they’ve given away. Let’s hope they get made.
Still, whatever the Bee Gee torch held, it’s extraordinary that the band's survival instinct – perhaps strengthened at different times by the deaths of both Maurice and solo brother Andy – has given their songs a seemingly endless shelf-life, while they themselves write songs that suit any of pop’s generations. “They defined an era,” wittered the wildly perky voiceover. Which one? As Sir Cliff noted, they reinvented themselves.
Judging by the session musicians trotted out, the Gibbs relied on studio keyboard players to realise their ideas, as well as the producers they worked with. Robin Gibb said they always started with a melody and recorded the complete backing track before adding a vocal. Barry Gibb said of his trademark wordless high vocal that “I went out there and screamed, and it didn’t sound like a scream”. Of Barbra Streisand he insightfully offered, “She’s great, she’s Barbra.”
This was about the 20 chosen songs, whoever delivered them. Celine Dion, Diana Ross, Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton figured in the rundown to the top choice. Adam Faith was mentioned in passing as a recipient of one of their songs and, as a tribute to their songwriting talent, this obscurity can be heard below - listen out for The Bee Gees on what are more than backing vocals. All these singers had songs specially written for them but didn’t appear, so we got Ronan Keating who, with Boyzone, had a hit covering “Words”. Keating said he heard it and thought, “This is Boyzone.” Pity poor Cliff for whom it was originally written. He recalled of “Words” that “the office couldn’t get it to me”.
Odd moments brought gentle insights into the talking heads paraded. Sir Elton John revealed that “Islands in the Stream" always gets people going during karaoke sessions at his home. Um, well, I look forward to the invite. Simply Red's Mick Hucknall was interviewed, indoors, in sunglasses. He sat before a window overlooking the Houses of Parliament. A detour into the Saturday Night Fever stage show found its star Adam Garcia recalling that “unexpectedly I became a huge pop star, a h-u-u-ge pop star. Number 15”. Huge, then. Dave Grohl singing "Tragedy" was priceless, but Ronan Keating telling us The Bee Gees have been around for decades was less so.
There was also some sloppiness. “To Love Somebody” was described as their second single. It was certainly not that in Australia and was actually their third UK single (after "Spicks and Specks" and "New York Mining Disaster"). Lulu was mentioned as having covered “To Love Somebody” without noting her marriage to a Bee Gee. A sequence on their arrival in the UK in the Sixties was immediately followed by a "Staying Alive" era clip. Yep, it was off the boat and straight into the disco.
The programme asked how their career will be remembered. Was this an epitaph? “I don’t think we’ll see the likes of them again,” said Beverley Knight. These past tenses were a tad depressing. However their music is delivered – through themselves, through other performers – The Bee Gees have always seemed current. This celebration of their songs undercut that, making it seem as though it's over. I’d prefer to think it isn't.
Isso é muito subjetivo, meu ranking seria completamente diferente, mas acabam prevalecendo os hits. Eis aí o resultado final da votação - surpreende perceber como You Win Again é lembrada por lá.
Com a mídia promovida por esse programa, as vendas do recém-relanção CD Numeber Ones subiram, levando-o para a posição número 40 do ranking de vendas no país.
Neste programa, parece que foi apresentada pela primeira vez a "bridge" lenta em Stayin Alive (que não foi usada na versão final da canção). Esta raridade fez sua estreia no Brasil há cerca de dois anos no encontro BR GIBB - quem estava lá conheceu bem antes. Resta saber se no especial de TV a versão inédita foi apresentada na íntegra e com boa qualidade de áudio.
O programa começou com 17% da audiência e subiu para 22%, assumindo a primeira posição, deixando a BBC em segundo lugar com 20%.
Outra citação que cabe é o comentário que Blue Weaver colocou na internet, que segue abaixo. Diz a lenda que How Deep Is Your Love, a número 1, tem não um dedo, mas uma mão inteira do BW, em co-autoria não creditada.
Veja o que ele disse sobre o conteúdo do programa:
What session musicians were trotted out? Although not made obvious in the program we, myself, Dennis Bryon and Alan Kendal (not interviewed) were part of the Bee Gees at that time and not just the trotted out session musicians. We, the same as the brothers, received royalties from the recordings and were not payed as session players. We worked not only as a team but as friends and for the first years lived and worked together when recording. I agree with you over the program being a little soft both myself and Dennis contributed more of an incite into how the songs were created but I suppose we don't bring in the much needed ratings (even you didn't consider mentioning our names) so the talking heads were used. Maybe one day a more in-depth harder story will be told. Blue Weaver
Abaixo o ranking estabelecido pelo programa.
Outra dica para hoje é assistir no youtube ao video com com a homenagem que o Barry recebeu também neste sábado em Miami, no Winterfest Grand Marshal. Use estas palavras-chave e faça sua busca.
E mais pra baixo, uma outra matéria sobre a eleição das favoritas. Para começar a semana, é isso:
20 - Guilty
19 - Chain reaction
18 - Nights on Broadway
17 - Run To Me
16 - You Should Be Dancing
15 - Jive Talkin'
14 - Immortality
13 - To Love Somebody
12 - Too Much Heaven
11 - Tragedy
10 - I Gotta Get A mesaage To You
9 - Islands In The Stream
8 - How Do You Mend A Broken Heart
7 - Night Fever
6 - More Than A Woman
5 - Stayin' Alive
4 - Words
3 - Massachusettes
2 - You Win Again
1- How Deep Is Your Love
The Nation's Favourite Bee Gees Song, ITV1
A safe but sincere tribute to the biggest hits of the Brothers Gibb
They’re some of the greatest pop songs ever written,” declares Sir Elton John. He’s right. The Bee Gees – Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb – are responsible for songs that will live forever, songs that are part of successive generation’s cultural furniture. Yet although the title was The Nation’s Favourite Bee Gees Song, the question asked on the ITV website was “Just what is the greatest Bee Gees song ever?” Favourite and greatest aren’t the same thing. They can be, but they aren’t.
This kitten-soft stroll through 20 of The Bee Gees’ evergreens wasn’t concerned with any such existential dilemma. Amanda Holden’s excited-puppy voiceover wasn’t made for questioning. So thankfully, we had help from Sirs Elton John and Cliff Richard, Neil Sedaka, Bob Harris and Katie Melua. Dave Grohl too. And Barry and Robin Gibb. It was obvious from before the off that the concept album Odessa, oddities like “Harry Braff” or the classics “Red Chair, Fadeway" and “Kilburn Towers” weren’t going to get a look in. Of course, there are other programmes to be made about their songs: The Bee Gees' Most Idiosyncratic Songs maybe, or one dedicated to the songs they’ve given away. Let’s hope they get made.
Still, whatever the Bee Gee torch held, it’s extraordinary that the band's survival instinct – perhaps strengthened at different times by the deaths of both Maurice and solo brother Andy – has given their songs a seemingly endless shelf-life, while they themselves write songs that suit any of pop’s generations. “They defined an era,” wittered the wildly perky voiceover. Which one? As Sir Cliff noted, they reinvented themselves.
Judging by the session musicians trotted out, the Gibbs relied on studio keyboard players to realise their ideas, as well as the producers they worked with. Robin Gibb said they always started with a melody and recorded the complete backing track before adding a vocal. Barry Gibb said of his trademark wordless high vocal that “I went out there and screamed, and it didn’t sound like a scream”. Of Barbra Streisand he insightfully offered, “She’s great, she’s Barbra.”
This was about the 20 chosen songs, whoever delivered them. Celine Dion, Diana Ross, Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton figured in the rundown to the top choice. Adam Faith was mentioned in passing as a recipient of one of their songs and, as a tribute to their songwriting talent, this obscurity can be heard below - listen out for The Bee Gees on what are more than backing vocals. All these singers had songs specially written for them but didn’t appear, so we got Ronan Keating who, with Boyzone, had a hit covering “Words”. Keating said he heard it and thought, “This is Boyzone.” Pity poor Cliff for whom it was originally written. He recalled of “Words” that “the office couldn’t get it to me”.
Odd moments brought gentle insights into the talking heads paraded. Sir Elton John revealed that “Islands in the Stream" always gets people going during karaoke sessions at his home. Um, well, I look forward to the invite. Simply Red's Mick Hucknall was interviewed, indoors, in sunglasses. He sat before a window overlooking the Houses of Parliament. A detour into the Saturday Night Fever stage show found its star Adam Garcia recalling that “unexpectedly I became a huge pop star, a h-u-u-ge pop star. Number 15”. Huge, then. Dave Grohl singing "Tragedy" was priceless, but Ronan Keating telling us The Bee Gees have been around for decades was less so.
There was also some sloppiness. “To Love Somebody” was described as their second single. It was certainly not that in Australia and was actually their third UK single (after "Spicks and Specks" and "New York Mining Disaster"). Lulu was mentioned as having covered “To Love Somebody” without noting her marriage to a Bee Gee. A sequence on their arrival in the UK in the Sixties was immediately followed by a "Staying Alive" era clip. Yep, it was off the boat and straight into the disco.
The programme asked how their career will be remembered. Was this an epitaph? “I don’t think we’ll see the likes of them again,” said Beverley Knight. These past tenses were a tad depressing. However their music is delivered – through themselves, through other performers – The Bee Gees have always seemed current. This celebration of their songs undercut that, making it seem as though it's over. I’d prefer to think it isn't.
quinta-feira, 8 de dezembro de 2011
PRESENTE DE NATAL
Imagine passar o Natal em um show desses. O que poderia ser melhor que Bee Gees + Eagles ao vivo e na sua frente? Reparem que, em 1972, com os Bee Gees em baixa, todo o destaque ficou para os Eagles. Aliás, responsáveis por um dos (talvez O) melhores shows que eu já assisti em DVD. Se você não viu Eagles Farewell Tour Australia 2004 não sabe o que está perdendo. Agora, quanto não valeria esse encontro lá por 1978, após os fenômenos Hotel California e Saturday Night Fever? Isso sem falar no Stevie Wonder. Música é mesmo uma arte que passou e ficou no tempo.
ESPECIAL BEE GEES 50 ANOS
Vamos prestigiar mais essa iniciativa do amigo Leo, autor da única biografia dos Bee Gees na língua portuguesa. O Leo está entre aqueles que persistem e investem na divugação e preservação da obra dos irmãos Gibb apenas por ideal. É um exemplo pra todos nós. Parabéns ao amigo Leo por mais essa iniciativa. E se você ainda não comprou a biografia, não deixe de fazê-lo no site www.beegeesbrasil.com.br
"Pessoal, estamos programando a primeira parte de um programa especial na rádio MÚSICA FM http://musicafm.com.br/programas.php - ou, como preferirem http://www.musicafm.com.br/aovivo/ - ou ainda simplesmente http://musicafm.com.br/. O programa é BEE GEES ESPECIAL – 50 ANOS. Será apresentado em duas partes. A primeira, creio eu, alcançará até 1979 e a segunda partirá de 79 até os dias de hoje. Estou estreiando como produtor, portanto, PRESTIGIEM, DIVULGUEM E MANDEM MUITOS EMAILS DURANTE A PROGRAMAÇÃO, ok?
O horário que me passaram é 20:00 horas deste sábado. AGORA.
LEO/SPIRITS
www.ciapress.com.br
"Pessoal, estamos programando a primeira parte de um programa especial na rádio MÚSICA FM http://musicafm.com.br/programas.php - ou, como preferirem http://www.musicafm.com.br/aovivo/ - ou ainda simplesmente http://musicafm.com.br/. O programa é BEE GEES ESPECIAL – 50 ANOS. Será apresentado em duas partes. A primeira, creio eu, alcançará até 1979 e a segunda partirá de 79 até os dias de hoje. Estou estreiando como produtor, portanto, PRESTIGIEM, DIVULGUEM E MANDEM MUITOS EMAILS DURANTE A PROGRAMAÇÃO, ok?
O horário que me passaram é 20:00 horas deste sábado. AGORA.
LEO/SPIRITS
www.ciapress.com.br
quarta-feira, 7 de dezembro de 2011
ROBIN ATUALIZA SITE. COM INFORMAÇÕES VELHAS
O site do Robin foi "atualizado", mas com informações que os leitores deste blog e da lista BR GIBB já conhecem há muito tempo. Nenhuma novidade sobre a saúde do Robin, apenas a informação do "lançamento" (??!!) do CD number ones que, pelo jeito, ao contrário do que havia sido divulgado antes, vai continuar com a mesma capa. Muito barulho por absolutamente nada.
Também fala sobre o especial que vai ao ar dia 9 na TV britânica com a eleição das músicas dos Bee Gees preferidas pelo público - que também não vai trazer novidade nenhuma. O release desse evento você também já leu aqui faz tempo.Que saudade do tempo em que o ano terminava com uma edição tripla especial do Odessa, com um CD cheio de extras.
Ficamos no aguardo de alguma informação realmente importante sobre a saúde do Robin. Segundo divulgou um site da região em que ele mora, em sua casa as luzes e a decoração de Natal já foram inauguradas.
SOBRE OS COMENTÁRIOS NO BLOG
SOBRE OS COMENTÁRIOS NO BLOG
No nosso encontro no sábado o pessoal questionou a caixa de comentários aqui do blog.
A ferramenta do blogger permite que os usuários cadastrados em certas contas, como por exemplo o yahoo, possam acessar bastando para isso usar sua conta de e-mail. Há também uma opção de open ID, que livra a pessoa dessa obrigação.
Mas esses procedimentos são sempre burocráticos e ninguém tem tempo ou paciência para o passo a passo.
Assim, vou deixar a caixa liberada para todos. Porém, peço que os que eventualmente tiverem algo a acrescentar se identifiquem para que os leitores possam saber de onde vem as opiniões.
Não preciso dizer que se o nível baixar vou ter que fechar de novo o acesso. Mas, claro, como quem gosta de Bee Gees é educado, tenho certeza que o espaço será bem usado, com o propósito de contribuir para a divulgação da vida e da obra dos Bee Gees. Qualquer discordância do que digo aqui é bem-vinda, só peço que tudo seja feito em altíssimo nível.
Vamos lá, comentem!
A ferramenta do blogger permite que os usuários cadastrados em certas contas, como por exemplo o yahoo, possam acessar bastando para isso usar sua conta de e-mail. Há também uma opção de open ID, que livra a pessoa dessa obrigação.
Mas esses procedimentos são sempre burocráticos e ninguém tem tempo ou paciência para o passo a passo.
Assim, vou deixar a caixa liberada para todos. Porém, peço que os que eventualmente tiverem algo a acrescentar se identifiquem para que os leitores possam saber de onde vem as opiniões.
Não preciso dizer que se o nível baixar vou ter que fechar de novo o acesso. Mas, claro, como quem gosta de Bee Gees é educado, tenho certeza que o espaço será bem usado, com o propósito de contribuir para a divulgação da vida e da obra dos Bee Gees. Qualquer discordância do que digo aqui é bem-vinda, só peço que tudo seja feito em altíssimo nível.
Vamos lá, comentem!
Vai aí o release da Rhino sobre o "novo" CD.
Bee Gees
Release ‘Number Ones’ on December 5th on Rhino
Records UK
Album coincides with the ITV special
‘The Nation’s Favourite Bee Gees song’
Rhino Records UK will release a Bee Gees hits compilation entitled ‘Number Ones’ on December 5th.
‘Number Ones’ features twenty global hits, all of which count amongst the Bee Gees’ most loved songs. The album features all five of the group’s UK #1 hits (‘Massachusetts’, ‘I’ve Gotta Get A Message To You’, ‘Night Fever’, ‘Tragedy’ and ‘You Win Again’) as well as countless other timeless classics from their 200 million selling career including ‘Words’, ‘Jive Talkin’’, ‘You Should Be Dancing’, ‘How Deep Is Your Love’ and ‘Night Fever’.
The album is completed with ‘Man In The Middle’, a tribute to the late Bee Gee Maurice Gibb, and the original demo version of ‘Immortality’ which they wrote and performed backing vocals for Celine Dion.
The majority of the songs on the album are featured on the shortlist to the upcoming ITV programme The Nation’s Favourite Bee Gees Song. The show invites the public to vote for their favourite Bee Gees song and the results of the poll are revealed in a 90-minute special that will be aired during primetime in December.
This celebration of the Bee Gees’ incredible music will also feature footage and interviews with Barry and Robin Gibb.
The tracklisting is:
1. Massachusetts
2. World
3. Words
4. I’ve Gotta Get A Message To You
5. I Started A Joke
6. Don’t Forget To Remember
7. How Can You Mend A Broken Heart
8. Jive Talkin’
9. You Should Be Dancing
10. How Deep Is Your Love
11. Stayin’ Alive
12. Night Fever
13. Too Much Heaven
14. Tragedy
15. More Than A Woman
16. Love You Inside Out
17. You Win Again
18. Man In The Middle**
19. Islands In The Stream*
20. Immortality* (original demo version)
* Bonus track
** Special Maurice Gibb tribute track
segunda-feira, 5 de dezembro de 2011
Meus ídolos sofrem do fígado
Não sei quantos ídolos uma pessoa tem em média na vida, também não sei se já fizeram essa estatística e nem mesmo sei se de fato a maioria das pessoas tem ídolos. Conheço muitas que não têm. Portanto, às vezes acho que eu é que sou estranho em minhas manias e idolatrias. Falando sob o ponto de vista unitário, tenho pouquíssimos, mas talvez para a média nacional sejam muitos. Sei lá. O que sei é que dois deles passaram muito tempo este ano sofrendo do fígado. Acompanhando a agonia do Robin e torcendo para que ele possa dar a volta por cima, me deparo com a perda do único ídolo que tive no futebol – e talvez aí sim esse seja um número pequeno, pois futebol é algo que não distingue classe social, raça nem religião, em geral o futebol faz muitos ídolos entre os brasileiros em diferentes épocas – mas não no meu caso. Só tive um. E ainda sem o mesmo impacto daqueles que tenho, por exemplo, na música. Mas tava lá. Vítima de complicações outras, mas certamente decorrentes de décadas maltratando um fígado inocente, meu único ídolo no futebol se foi ontem. Comemorar o penta nem teve tanta graça. Espero que o fígado de um dos meus heróis do universo musical não me traia também. Este mês Robin comemora seu aniversário e o Natal, que seja com muita disposição e, quem sabe até, alegria.
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