Re: RIP Robiin Gibb & Donna Summer : Tue May 22, 2012 8:19 am  

hopps wrote:

Plonkers?

The Bee Gees, yes. But as I said, they produced some great music.

Re: RIP Robiin Gibb & Donna Summer : Tue May 22, 2012 8:21 am  

Mintball wrote:

The Bee Gees, yes. But as I said, they produced some great music.

I think she was asking why you thought they were plonkers?

In fact I'd like to know. I don't think they particularly came across in a negative way.

Re: RIP Robiin Gibb & Donna Summer : Tue May 22, 2012 8:24 am  

LovesToSpooge wrote:

Disco will never die!

Re: RIP Robiin Gibb & Donna Summer : Tue May 22, 2012 8:28 am  

ROBINSON wrote:

I think she was asking why you thought they were plonkers?

In fact I'd like to know. I don't think they particularly came across in a negative way.

On the basis of a recent documentary alone, utterly lacking in any sense of self-deprecation and humour. So unbelievably full of themselves, convinced of their total genius, and also a tad creepy, in a Cliff sort of way.

As I said, I love some of the music.

Re: RIP Robiin Gibb & Donna Summer : Tue May 22, 2012 8:59 am  

Two of the most unique voices pop music ever produced.

Donna Summer may have been the queen of disco but her defining record for me was her brilliant version of Macarthur Park.

I was never 100% convinced about Robin Gibb's warbling "billy goat" style*, but loved it nonetheless. And nobody has ever improved on it in any cover version, it just has to be Robin. The Bee Gees just came up with a whole host of classic tunes, but I reckon they were at their best with schmaltzy ballads, and my defining Robin Gibb track (though it's a close call) would be I've Gotta Get a Message to You

Both leave a catalogue of music that has already stood, and will stand, the test of time.

* though nowhere near as annoying as Barry Gibb trying to look the hardman-TheBigIAm-hairy-rockstar while singing in that falsetto!

[Durham Giant]

Re: RIP Robiin Gibb & Donna Summer : Tue May 22, 2012 10:50 am  

LovesToSpooge wrote:

Disco will never die!

The only good thing to come out of that mid 70s disco crap was that it directly led to PUNK and proper music

(saying that there were one or two good songs which are worth a listen).

Re: RIP Robiin Gibb & Donna Summer : Tue May 22, 2012 11:47 am  

Mintball wrote:

... utterly lacking in any sense of self-deprecation and humour. So unbelievably full of themselves, convinced of their total genius, and also a tad creepy, in a Cliff sort of way.

Sorry, I wanted you to tell me about the Bee Gees, not you and tb

Re: RIP Robiin Gibb & Donna Summer : Tue May 22, 2012 11:52 am  

ROBINSON wrote:

Sorry, I wanted you to tell me about the Bee Gees, not you and tb

Watch it, pie man.

Re: RIP Robiin Gibb & Donna Summer : Tue May 22, 2012 3:05 pm  

I just thought I needed to point out that
"Robin Gibb, Donna Summer"
is in fact an anagram of
"Mind-numbing, rare boobs".

Odd, that, but I think they'd like it

Re: RIP Robiin Gibb & Donna Summer : Tue May 22, 2012 3:34 pm  

Rumours on the twittersphere that Mikhail Gorbachev has bought the farm too. Maybe not as popular but had a damn sight more impact in the world than a couple of warblers.

Correction, looks like he's still hanging around