Sunday, May 20, 2012

Robin Gibb

By the time the Bee Gees switched to R&B based dance music in 1975, Robin Gibb's vocals, which played an integral part of the Bee Gees initial success, were pushed to the background, as Barry's falsetto took over.  Most of his leads were on album tracks.  "Come On Over" and "Love Me" are 2 of my favorite from the "Disco Years".  Both became hits for others  (Olivia Newton-John and Yvonne Elliman).  But I like some of his 80's solo records as well, "Juliet" and "Boys Do Fall In Love" are better than anything on Barry's solo album from the 80's.

So, while Barry became the face and voice of the biggest part of the Bee Gees success, it was Robin and Maurice that were as big a part of the whole sound of the Bee Gees legacy.
The brothers leave behind not just there own excellent records, but the ones they made for  Andy and the many others they wrote hits for.    A big thank you to Robin (and Maurice and Andy) for great music and memories.
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