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Bee Gees' Barry and Robin Gibb Discuss Their Legacy and Future Plans
- Posted on Mar 17th 2010 1:00PM by David Chiu
At Monday night's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony, ABBA were officially inducted along with Genesis, the Stooges, Jimmy Cliff and the Hollies. The Swedish pop group was presented by Barry and Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees who, like ABBA, collected plenty of pop hits in the '70s. So did a rivalry naturally develop between the two back then?"I think you start out as rivals, but you end up being friends because they're so few of you," Robin Gibb told Spinner, "You can say that about the Beatles or anybody else that's out there at the time. Then you got to have somebody to compete with."
"Actually, we were more competitive with each other than we were with any other group," added his brother Barry. "It comes from the fact that every group is like us -- everybody wants attention and everybody wants to be the lead singer. It's just the nature of every group."
Inside the press room area at New York's Waldorf Astoria hotel, where the ceremony took place, the Gibb brothers answered questions from reporters about what was going on with them currently and their musical legacy. Last year, the Bee Gees celebrated their 50th anniversary making music.
"We look back and think 'what an incredible journey,'" said Barry in response to a journalist's question. "What's shocking to us is how many different styles and different forms of popular music there have actually been. We feel really blessed."
"Our music is on the radio all over the world today and it is one of the successful catalogs of all time," Robin later said. "That is something as songwriters and as artists we're very proud of. Very few [could] achieve that. It's in the song. If that song is on the radio all the time, we achieved our goal."
Answering a question from another journalist about their late younger brother, Barry mentioned that there will be an upcoming Bee Gees box set called 'Mythology,' which will also consist of songs recorded by Andy Gibb.
"That will be the first time that all four brothers will be on one set," he said. "What we all did was choose our own favorites, so there's like 20 to 21 favorites from each brother, and that includes all the stuff that Andy did. That's really nice. And not only that, Andy's daughter was involved in choosing the favorites of [her father's songs]."
As for the possibility of the other Bee Gees members collaborating musically since the death of brother Maurice Gibb in 2003, Barry said, "We sort of look at each other and go 'We should get back into making an album or doing some live shows.' But it's like we all have families and both of us live in different countries. It's a little bit of a real effort to do it, but we'll get there and we understand each other very well. And we miss Mo and it's not really the same type of thing if we're really not all together."
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i pray the 2 beegees will record again. their music is the best.
August 21 2011 at 9:44 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Nancy
The talent of this family has will never be matched. Singers do not need to be able to stay in tune or have good voices today. Machines create sounds and much of the music currently produced is nor organic. The Bee Gees sound is pure and natural I admire them for rising above poverty at such a young age and for never giving up. The brothers have earned the right to live happy, peaceful, productive lives. They are artists and continue to create because it is engraved in their souls, hearts and minds. Money is not their motive to continue performing in their 60's. Hope to see Robin live in the US soon. All Robins' fans remember to wish him a Happy Birthday December 22, 2011. I will be a fan of Barry and Robin forever.
November 25 2010 at 5:46 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Cat
I know they don't have to but I always wanted to see them and I never got to so I would love them to do a tour even a wee mini one so they are not away from their families too long, infact they should just come to Ireland, they would have a blast
August 09 2010 at 6:07 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
BILL
CC HIT IT ON THE NOSE WHEN TALKING ABOUT WATCHING BEE GEES VIDEOS WHEN DEPRESSED. ANYTIME I AM MAD OR DEPRESSED, THE ONLY THING THAT CALMS ME DOWN IS WATCHING THE 1997 "BEE GEES ONE NIGHT ONLY". FANTASTIC!
THERE IS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT THE BEE GEES WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS THE GREATEST OVERALL MUSICAL TALENTS OF ALL TIMES. FOR FIFTY YEARS THEY HAVE BEEN MY FAVORITE GROUP. I NEVER GOT A CHANCE TO SEE THEM IN CONCERT BUT IF EVER GOT ANOTHER CHANCE I WOULD FIND A WAY. THEIR PROMINENCE IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY IS ANCHORED BY THE FACT THAT RESPECTED BY THEIR PEERS IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, NOT ONLY BY THEIR MUSICAL AND SINGING TALENTS; BUT ALSO BY THEIR ABILITY TO COMPOSE AND PRODUCE TIMELESS MASTERPIECES. WHATEVER BARRY AND ROBIN DECIDE TO DO IN THE FUTURE, IT WILL BE THE RIGHT DECISION FOR THEM. GOD BLESS BOTH OF THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES AND I WISH THEM THE BEST OF LUCK. I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR "MY WORLD" AND "FANNY, BE TENDER WITH MY LOVE", BOTH GREAT SONGS BUT RARELY HEARD OVER THE AIRWAYS. SIRIUS SHOULD HAVE A DEDICATED BEE GEES NETWORK. THERE IS CERTAINLY ENOUGH MATERIAL FOR THEM TO USE. THER MUSIC IS ETERNAL!
karen
settle a dispute please. do they pronounce the name Gibb as in GA or Gibb as in Jibb? My fiance says hes only heard it pronounced Jibb and I say never.,.
May 26 2010 at 11:52 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Thomas
Barry Gibb is on the same level of songwriters as Paul McCartney,John Lennon and Dolly Parton. These artists have written hit songs for other artists that most people don't even know about. My friends and i were long haired rock and roll fans in the 70s and we were big fans of the Bee Gees. Because some A-hole D.J. came up with Disco sucks alot of idiots went along with it. We didn't and alot of other people we knew didn't. But those people were never shown in the media, but there were millions of them.
April 06 2010 at 7:30 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
polly
I have never been a musician but I have loved music since I could hear and I would think their great love for music has been why they have kept doing it and whether they will go on to or not I am sure the want to will never leave them.
March 25 2010 at 6:52 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Wynn
No, you suck. You do not know what you are talking about. The Bee Gees have composed in several different modes of music and have been able to fit into the times. Disco was a small portion of the music they composed.
You are unintelligent and do not know what you are talking about.
jimbo
i met and married my wife at a live BG"S concert..long live disco
March 18 2010 at 7:54 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Doug
We should all be able to express our views without ridicule from other responders. Herman needs to crawl into the corner from which he came and let those of us who admire the BeeGees do just that. If he doesn't like them, thats fine, but do not criticize those of us who do.
I wonder how many hits Herman has comosed ?
Doug
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