"Certain songs sounded like the human embodiment of a brass section. The same way a horn just punches - that's what Barry's voice reminds me of." - Justin Timberlake
Say what you want about these fellas (and I'm not a huge fan or anything), but you gotta admit they could write a catchy song. This documentary traces their lives in music from their earliest days to breaking through as a pop band in the 60's, and then to superstardom in the 70's. I liked hearing about the origins of songs and how they were crafted in the studio. It's a little unfortunate that the band decided to write songs around the falsetto voice Barry discovered he had, even if in doing so they produced a string of hits that seem synonymous with the 1970's. The voice would become an albatross for them of sorts, viewed as gimmicky and "unmanly" in the ugly, homophobic backlash which soon followed against disco. The analysis of what went down at Comiskey Park is brilliant here. I wish the Bee Gees had defended the disco movement instead of trying to distance themselves from it at the time, and it seems that even to this day, Barry tries hard to explain they were musicians who were more than their vocals, which they were. The documentary is also good at showing some of the pitfalls of fame and working with one's family, as well as the sadness of losing siblings.
Say what you want about these fellas (and I'm not a huge fan or anything), but you gotta admit they could write a catchy song. This documentary traces their lives in music from their earliest days to breaking through as a pop band in the 60's, and then to superstardom in the 70's. I liked hearing about the origins of songs and how they were crafted in the studio. It's a little unfortunate that the band decided to write songs around the falsetto voice Barry discovered he had, even if in doing so they produced a string of hits that seem synonymous with the 1970's. The voice would become an albatross for them of sorts, viewed as gimmicky and "unmanly" in the ugly, homophobic backlash which soon followed against disco. The analysis of what went down at Comiskey Park is brilliant here. I wish the Bee Gees had defended the disco movement instead of trying to distance themselves from it at the time, and it seems that even to this day, Barry tries hard to explain they were musicians who were more than their vocals, which they were. The documentary is also good at showing some of the pitfalls of fame and working with one's family, as well as the sadness of losing siblings.