OT: Bee Gees' Robin Gibb in a coma.

[JpScoey]

Robin Gibb's, of The Bee Gees, health has apparently taken a turn for the worse -

 

with reports that not only has he contracted pneumonia,

 

but also another cancerous tumour has been discovered, and he is now in a coma.

 

 

The prospects aren't looking good.

 

 

This is very sad news for everyone who appreciates great songwriting talent -

 

and he has been a part of one the great songwriting teams, along with his brothers, for six decades.

 

 

Here's wishing him the very best of luck.

 

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/apr/15/robin-gibb-in-coma-pneumonia?INTCMP=SRCH

[Dana.]

[video:youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvdK1gx4Zhk

[MuzikTeechur]

I recognize the talent, but I cannot listen to it. Hope he gets better, or the end comes quickly. That is all.

[timwat]

Very sad news indeed.

 

I originally started digging them long before the days of disco. Those guys comprise one of those cautionary Chinese proverbs ("the only thing worse than not getting what you wish for, is getting it"...or something like that).

 

Great pop songwriting, exploding success, rule the charts, outstay your welcome, become musical pariah and punchline ("Their new album - Meaningless Songs in Very High Voices").

 

Me, I just give props to anyone who has made it in the business and lived to tell about it. Every one of us dies eventually, getting to make music for others for a long time is a grace and a privilege.

 

My 0.0002.

[Mark Schmieder]

The Brothers Gibb have been one of those rare bands that frequently outdoes themselves even in late career (several of my favourite Bee Gees albums are from the mid nineties and beyond, and have been a huge inspiration to me in my own arranging). It's a shame they got slapped with the disco label, but even in that genre they rose above the cliches and produced hits that were pure genius.

 

It is sad to hear of yet another major health challenge in the family. Very few families that perform together have stayed as emotionally close as the Gibbs have (cf. The Kinks, amongst others). It must be especially hard for them each time one of them takes a turn for the worse.

[ABECK]

The Brothers Gibb have been one of those rare bands that frequently outdoes themselves even in late career (several of my favourite Bee Gees albums are from the mid nineties and beyond.)

 

I always liked the Still Waters album.

[HammondDave]

Loved the Bee Gees before their disco days... but even their disco tunes were well composed... Nights on Broadway, etc. But Lonely Days is one of my favorites songs from my youth.

 

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To Love Somebody....

 

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[Joe Muscara]

I always thought it must have been hard on Robin to have his twin brother die like that and at that age, but he continued on, it seemed. I hope he had the chance to appreciate what he had.

[Tonysounds]

Its hard to call the Bee Gees a guilty pleasure when the stuff is so well written, arranged and executed. Anything as popular as they were is bound to have a similar backlash, but so what: its just proof of their mark on culture.

 

I own some of their early albums, ending with Main Course, and of course during their reign on popular radio I would not have been caught dead listening to them (I was in high school from 76-80), but my younger sister was a rabid fan, so I heard that stuff all the time. And even in high school, when I would Nights on Bway, or Jive Talkin, or You $hould Be Dancin, or Tragedy, I knew that stuff was on a par with the music I did like (ELP, UK, Tull), just completely different.

 

[Outkaster]

From what I understand a lot of stuff from that disco period had a lot of really good studio musicians on their tracks.

[ITGITC]

Its hard to call the Bee Gees a guilty pleasure when the stuff is so well written, arranged and executed... I knew that stuff was on a par with the music I did like (ELP, UK, Tull), just completely different.

 

Wow. Those sentences speak volumes.

 

Having (and keeping) an open mind to new music is more important now than ever.

 

My daughter plays classical music - viola. I know SQUAT about classical music. However, it's beautiful. I've been told that she plays well. What I HEARD at her Senior recital the other day was very, very good. The point is that I try to keep an open mind because it would be wrong for me not to. She's graduating in May. I hope she continues in school... So - I have no option. I've got to keep up with all this.

 

The Bee Gees had some great melodies, great harmonies, and great production work. OK, some people don't like the Disco tunes while others don't care for the falsetto range. (Although I don't hear a lot of hate for Frankie Valli.)

 

I don't know... I LIKED much of the Bee Gees' music. The total package of what they offered was of high quality.

 

I just didn't say a lot about it to my friends.

 

My best wishes go out to Robin Gibb and the family.

 

Tom

 

[drawback]

From what I understand a lot of stuff from that disco period had a lot of really good studio musicians on their tracks.

 

Top of my head I know that among other 'really good' studio musicians were Steve Gadd, Richard Tee and Eric Gale on "Do The Hustle." Steve pretty much invented the "disco beat" on that track.

 

Awful news about Robin Gibb. I always respected the Bee Gees and give them credit for reinventing themselves and the very high quality with which they wrote, produced and performed. How do you lose three brothers and still go on, let alone in the public eye.

 

 

 

 

[Joe Muscara]

He is still not well, but this could be a good sign.

 

The 62-year-old singer fell into a coma last week after contracting the pneumonia. Thillainayagam said that three days ago he had warned Gibb's family that he may not wake up. Instead, Gibb is now fully conscious and able to speak.

 

Thillainayagam said Gibb is still in intensive care and is "exhausted, extremely weak and malnourished." He is breathing with the help of an oxygen mask and needs intravenous feeding and antibiotics.

 

http://www.chron.com/entertainment/article/Spokesman-Bee-Gee-Robin-Gibb-wakes-from-coma-3500917.php

[KenElevenShadows]

Its hard to call the Bee Gees a guilty pleasure when the stuff is so well written, arranged and executed. Anything as popular as they were is bound to have a similar backlash, but so what: its just proof of their mark on culture.

 

And even at their most kitschy, insanely groovy music played by amazing musicians.