To Poll Somebody - The Robin Gibb Memorial BEE GEES TRACKS POLL (voting thread) - FINAL DEADLINE IS FRIDAY, JUNE 15, NO FOOLIN'

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Everything written and/or performed by one or more of the Brothers Gibb is eligible, including solo tracks, tracks written for other artists, collaborations, and of course the Bee Gees discography itself.

* 30 Track Ballots, Scoring as usual: 1:40, 2:36, 3:33, 4:30, 5:28, 6:26, 7:25, 8:24, 9:23, 10:22, 11:21, 12:20, 13:19, 14:18, 15:17, etc.
* Please send all ballots to xtaplapacetl at yahoo dot com. DON'T ILXmail me your ballots.
* Voting ends <b>, Friday, June 1st at 11:59:59 PST.</b>

complete list of the nearly 1,000 songs written by the Brothers Gibb

Given the theme of the moment, watching the Bee Gees "In Our Time" documentary gave me inspiration for several later cuts I wasn't as familiar with.

These feature killer Robin solos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSg-y4AEL3A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6eaCpRs3gw

Also, I would rep for any of these, from Robin's solo album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1DLqOPpUL8

Sarah Silverman ‏@SarahKSilverman

RIP Robin Gibb. Wish I had gotten that message to him to hold on.

I dunno how it's going to stack up against the big-guns, but I still really love "You Win Again". Granted it's a little too mechanical sounding for my ears now, music-wise, but they still have a great ear for hooks, even that late in their career

You Win Again is one of my favorites. Will definitely be in my top 5 (or 3).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBkLeI9PZcc

it's kind of awesome how their distinct way with harmonies still come through with voices as different as Dolly and Kenny's

This, along with You Win Again, is one of my favorite of their post-disco tracks..."Paradise"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ho35ySu18QA

this is going to be a niche poll

i'll rep hard for this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW0S0-K3xlM

Islands is one of my all-time favorite ballads EVER..as a kid that song was all the convincing I needed that Kenny & Dolly were going to get married, lol.

oh shit heartbreaker

I totally forgot. what a killer song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jZpjdPkuV8

p p arnold was so hot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2oGZV851kU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6_amz92gdI

had no idea this band had been covering the Bee Gees live for several years:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7o-9JuzlD4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvDCMxSAA8A

second one is John Frusciante solo

did you really have to sully this thread with the RCHP

here's a little Elvis palette cleanser:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwwplStgzp4

I always like unlikely or unexpected cover versions. It's not like i'm a huge RHCP fan, although I don't share your animosity towards that group

I dunno is that really that unexpected? RHCP have been mining 70s funk & disco since the beginning, and the SNF sdtk is like the most well-known disco album in the world

funk, yes. disco? didn't know. Again, not a big fan.

I lived near a college campus in the 2000s and there's a certain species of 20something dude whose aural diet consisted of Linkin Park, Sublime, and RHCP. I never heard these guys listening to the Bee Gees

well there isn't that much difference between, say, the Ohio Players' "Love Rollercoaster" and disco-era Bee Gees imho

er difference difference

DISTANCE

stupid fingers

bee gees were so fucked up. those voices could be pretty fucked up. i'll hear some early track by them and think...what the hell were they thinking with those voices? don't get me wrong, i'm a fan, but talk about over the top.

feel like there are probably alien races on distant planets that could really vibe to those voices. they sound like aliens sometimes.

robin even prays for his extraterrestrial lover on this song. and will go to the depths of hell for them!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn0yv5P9kW4&feature=related

still want someone to make this into a doom metal epic. nothing says 1969 like a thirteen minute sea dirge. (??!!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipJN5XIYza4

re "You Win Again," here's Freaky Trigger, published a couple years ago:

http://freakytrigger.co.uk/popular/2010/04/bee-gees-you-win-again/

well then

It's remarkable that until 1989's "One" (a song I like a lot) the Bee Gees had, like, NO American hits under their own name.

I hadn't heard of "You Win Again" until a few years ago. A huge hit everywhere around the world except here.

It was pretty big in Australia at the time, I remember.

It's remarkable that until 1989's "One" (a song I like a lot) the Bee Gees had, like, NO American hits under their own name.

?

what criteria are you going by here?

non-SNF Top 10 US Chart placings:

I've Gotta Get a Message to You - #8
I Started a Joke - #6
Lonely Days - #3
How Can You Mend a Broken Heart - #1
Jive Talking - #1
Nights on Broadway - #7
You Should Be Dancing - #1
Love So Right - #3
Too Much Heaven - #1
Tragedy - #1
Love You Inside Out - #1

bee gees were so fucked up. those voices could be pretty fucked up. i'll hear some early track by them and think...what the hell were they thinking with those voices? don't get me wrong, i'm a fan, but talk about over the top.

― scott seward, Monday, May 21, 2012 6:24 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

You and Daltrey both, man:

"Look at great huge Maurice Gibb, singing like Donald Duck on 'Stayin' Alive.' And that's a great song. Bruce Springsteen could sing that lyric."

I meant the eighties, Shakey.

ah. yeah the 80s were a weird time for them - they had gotten overexposed and they knew it, were sort of smart to retreat behind the curtain a bit imo

on a different note, this whole album is underrated:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8QpGS9i91c&feature=related

I hadn't heard of "You Win Again" until a few years ago. A huge hit everywhere around the world except here.

Also, that's not just the band flailing around chasing a ZTT-ish sound or anything -- it's Arif Mardin, who loved the stomps Maurice had recorded in his garage studio in Miami for the demo and asked him to sample them for the final version. According to the band anyway, there are no *real* drums on it at all.

I am 100% in love with and will rep for Spicks & Specks forever....I love Barry's voice in this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-e8QjU2WRM

It'll be in my top 5 for certain

haha roger daltrey should be careful when accusing others of singing goofily

Hoping to see a lot of love for both Emotion by Samantha Sang and Boys Do Fall in Love by Robin Gibb itt.

first ballot received!

I will submit one in the next day or so

d/ling Sing Slowly Sisters, never heard this before

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PLeNdfkoBI

well the sound quality is really shitty, but can't say I'm digging Sing Slowly Sisters. reaaaaaaally maudlin and monotonous.

Shakey, search "The Flag I Flew" and "A Very Special Day" -- I think you might hear the forest thru the trees.

Robin's song about his dog >>>>>> Macca's song about his dog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sjSRfY8o2s

er, BARRY'S song

gonna vote in this & hope my deep cut #1 will place high b/c of bad turnout

entirely likely!

epic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0L_3SehWCk

four Andy Gibb songs on my ballot! I think all were Barry co-writes

14 ballots in so far

It will be weird if this actually gets as many ballots as Abba.

It will speak well of Shakey Mo's browbeating prowess, though nobody will ever match Armond Ratfucker.

Hey, I have been beating many a brow as well!

*Jumps on browbeater bandwagon*

only TWO days of voting left!!! OMG SO EXCITING

As it stands, is the #1 track expected or unexpected?

it is a lustrous pop pearl of the highest quality, buffed and polished to perfection

Oh great, that could be 50 different Bee Gees songs.

I guess more people should vote so the right pearl wins!

at this stage, more votes will make the lower ranks more diverse/interesting, rather than being a string of entries all separated by less than a single point. I don't expect the top 10 to change too much.

I'm sending in a ballot today. I just keep being introduced to new awesomeness by y'all.

JessF's ballot brings the total up to 15... still waitin on some dude

i'm trying man

your welcome for explaining to you how these things actually work and what would help w/ turnout though

domo arigato some dude-san

voted

16! a few more and we'll beat ABBA

we can do it you guys!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdCzzHJDwfc&feature=fvwrel

oh shit it's the last day to vote

Did anyone ever realize that they wrote the opening song to "Grease"?! I didn't, but listening to it now I can hear them all over it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phwOOmFYudU

hi

yeah Grease appeared on several people's ballots

Next: 4 Seasons Tracks Poll

Damn...if I had realized, it would probably have been on mine too.

I am hoping that more ballots will break up the number of ties in the lower ranks...

how many spots are on the countdown?

my original plan was to do 50

interestingly, there is not a single song that has appeared on every ballot

really? wow!

i'd vote but i only really know the 70s era. looking forward to getting an education though.

by "70s era" do you mean the Saturday Night Fever sdtk

yeah and your Main Course and Spirits Having Flown type stuff etc. i knew the Staying Alive sdtrk pretty well as a kid; wouldn't like to hear it now.

eh you should still vote imho

Barry co-produced "Grease" as well

we're at 17 ballots now... clock is ticking for anyone else plannin a last minute vote!

c'mon just two more votes and we'll at least TIE with ABBA

do it peoples!

you should be voting!

how deep is yr love of the Bee Gees, ilxors?

is there a thread of gibb bros (esp barry)-produced stuff that was recorded by other singers?

like this song, which is the shit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW0S0-K3xlM

on a similar note

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGx4sBseM-Q

and to close the circle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUFBlkbqwko

I think this is that thread, it covers the most ground