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Post by windmill on Oct 8, 2022 21:01:12 GMT -5
Growing in the 60's and 70's I have always had a soft spot for the early pre-disco BeeGees hit songs, Massachusetts, I Started a Joke, 1941 New York Mining Disaster etc.
So when a member of one the groups I play bass in suggested we do a few of their songs, after we had recently worked up a set of early Beatles songs, I was all for it.
However but in addition to those 60's classics he brought along "How Deep is My Love".
If you had ever told me I started out playing guitar I would ever be playing such soppy, sappy love songs like this I would have laughed and shook my head. There was so much rockin' to be done !
Fast forward to now and I have spent the last week or so working out a bass part for this song ...and enjoying it.
Barry Gibb certainly knew how to write a tune.
One of the other things I have learnt is that one their biggest early hits, Spicks and Specks, is a take on the chord progression of Pachelbel's Çanon.
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Post by bassngtr on Oct 11, 2022 17:22:15 GMT -5
Our rock band does 'To Love Somebody' and 'I Started a Joke', at least partly as a showcase for our lead-singer/drummer. Good music is good music. And the Bee Gees made a LOT of good music. I hated disco but liked all of their disco stuff.
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Oct 12, 2022 1:27:07 GMT -5
The Bee Gees are pop royalty for a reason. They were the complete package. The fact that they made a bundle during the disco era is simply a testament to how versatile they were.
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Post by Larry Madsen on Oct 14, 2022 17:04:59 GMT -5
This is a tune I was not particularly familiar with until recently.
It has become one of my favorites
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Post by chucksmi on Dec 10, 2023 6:45:04 GMT -5
If you've ever done any music production in a studio you instantly realize that "How Deep Is Your Love" is about the most perfect recording ever made. You don't have to like the song to realize its genius.
The crispness, separation of the instruments, dynamics, blending of harmonies, its ALL there. It's a master class in how to produce.
Chuck
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