Barry Gibb With Tim Roxborogh On The 40th Anniversary Of Living Eyes - 2021
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- Bee Gees legend Barry Gibb joins Tim Roxborogh to talk about the 40th anniversary of one of the great forgotten albums of his catalogue, 1981's Living Eyes. Hear why it wasn't just the anti-disco backlash against the group that caused the album to stall, plus what Barry thinks of songs like Don't Fall In Love With Me.
I bought 'Living Eye's' when it came out. I love it! The title track is so great! I hated the F'n Backlash!! Love you Barry! R.I.P. Robin & Maurice!
Really hoping for a Living Eyes 40th Anniversary Edition in CD/LP with a bonus disc with all the unreleased, demos, instrumentals, booklet and all that stuff that the true loyal fans deserve.
The backlash was jealousy, and I will always believe that. The songs still hold up today. Love the Bee Gees. Every decade! Simply the best.
Yes!! I think their songs lives eternally through generations and people will appreciate them always because what's good is good!!!!!!!
"There 's a bright new star when somebody dies",i love this line. Don't fall in love with me is a true masterpiece. " All of us in later sixtyes try to sing like Robin Gibb" _ (Peter Gabriel)
Yeah, Barry, you should listened Living Eyes again and put unreleased songs of Brothers Gibb available to your fans.
I concur!👍😎
I have been a fan of the Bee Gee's since day 1 in the 60's. Your music has always meant so much to me! Thank you!
Living Eyes is my very favorite Bee Gees' album. It just breaks my heart that such a masterpiece, such a mountain peak of the brothers' soaring songwriting and musical abilities as Living Eyes was and is didn't receive the recognition and admiration it deserved. I greatly appreciate Barry's explanation of the behind-the-scenes litigation and unrest that was going on at the time of the release of Living Eyes. I wonder if had the brothers had Robert Stigwood and his team in their corner as they had before making Living Eyes would he have been able to promote it as the shining star it was and is... We'll never know. To me it's their most sophisticated album, and perhaps it requires a more refined and mature ear to fully appreciate. I would truly rank it as one of their all-time most beautiful, elegant, soul touching albums, and that's saying a whole lot.
That's very true. I think true listeners will understand it.
To me the music of this album has so much power spiritually, and I appreciate it very much because it gives me God's Strength in my lower times. It gives me visions of the Lord Almighty and His glory, reminding me of His Love, Power and Promise.
So much love, goodness, meaning and power in it. Uplifts my spirit. Just like all their music, it always keeps on the sunny side of life!!!!!!!
I couldn't be more thankful for them keeping on doing their music. so that we all can continue to enjoy and appreciate. I especially respect Barry for doing his (sublime!) work now, a sure evidence that their music will live always and forever!!!!!!!❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊
@@Raymond19774 Such a beautiful comment, thank you.
So impressed by these songwriter marvels.......incredible creative, brilliant talents........loved the BeeGees diversified styles and so many different venues
Here, in June 2022, Barry still rocks. He is a Living Legend. The soundtrack of my 48 years marriage. Love forever. ❤️
Yes!❤❤❤❤
The whole album is a masterpiece.So many great songs that should have been bigger hits.Dont even think that living eyes single did well in Britain.
Here's just another big fan of Living Eyes 💖. So many favourites on it. He's A Liar is a masterpiece to me and I love Crying Everyday,the lyrics "your love was a cathedral and I came down here to pray" are so touching to me . Wildflower with Maurice on lead,just beautiful! Please Barry,listen again and bring out an album with all these great outtakes,we want to listen to them 💖💖💖
I love The Bee Gees so much. It hurts my soul that they had to go thru the legal messes and industry backlash. Thank God we recognize today that we witnessed greatness over 4 decades. Bee Gees forever❤
Living Eyes is almost a perfect album what was a sin at the time ! Please Barry Gibb give to us more unreleased songs and outtakes from the 70's and 80"s until it is too late for the most of real fans !
Every single decade since the Bee Gees shared their talent and music has been a joy for all the fans...They will always be the best of the best...
Yes. It's simple as that!
The “Living Eyes” LP was breath of fresh air for me when it came out. I had a love/not so much love relationship with the falsettos. However, in hindsight I have come to absolutely love and adore “Too Much Heaven.” I think there may have been overlap between the recording of “Living Eyes” and the work on “Guilty.” I hear similarities between “Cryin’ Every Day” and “Never Give Up.”
The Bee Gees were the scapegoats and cover for the disco backlash. The backlash was more than about a difference of music taste. It was a backlash against minorities influence in music and culture. The Bee Gees were the cover that the haters could point to when they were called on their racism and homophobia.
Regardless of all that this album has always had a special place in my heart. 😊
Barry needs to re issue the entire bee gees catalogue
They are hard to find these days and extremely expensive
I wanna buy thier albums but it's hard to get
He has sold the catalog to Capital. I'm not sure if he could re-release them.
i agree with you...Bee Gees Forever.
The entire Bee Gees catalog has been reissued by Capitol Japan, even Living eyes.
Living in europe i bought 6 of them as imports for 20 euros each.
@@katie-didellis2437I believe Capitol is just managing it. He said in another interview the songs were never be for sale.
@@KikiKCelbar I heard him say they were not for sale. So many artists have been burnt by others owning their catalog: Beach Boys, CCR, Paul McCartney.
I still love you is my most favorite song in this album . ❤
I absolutely love “be who you are”, I can put that on loop and play it over and over again--actually the whole album. I love each decade of your work. If the day ever comes and you can’t sing anymore, I think you should narrate books. Even your speaking voice is so soothing! Just a thought!😉😎
Living Eyes is my favorite album!! I hope Sir Barry will give it a listen again. It's some of their best music!!
Happy birthday Sir Barry Gibb. Thank you for making of my Life's Soundtrack so happy.
Congratulations to, for Living Eyes Album. Soldiers have a lot and marvellous falseto.
Great album, beautiful songs, vocals, harmonies, arrangement. This album touched deeply in my soul.
Long life to my eternal idol.
Thanx Tim, enjoyed this Chat. And yes, Barry, gibb a listen again .🎧 Living Eyes is my favorite album! 💞 It's fantastic & love the harmonies . You promised me Paradise ...🎼 Wildflower , Soldiers , Don't fall in love with me baby , Nothing could be good as loving you 👍💓 But my all time fave & goosebumps song is " Be who you are "! 💞 Masterpiece !
What a shame they had to go through so much heartache over them just being the beautiful and talented musicians they were. To have Robert Stigwood do that to them is disappointing, to say the least. We love you, Barry!☮️❤️
Living eyes what a beautiful album..
Living Eyes one of my FAVORITE albums, Steve Dowell is a hater and not very bright, Barry Gibb and the Bee Gees ICONS!!!
Oh yeah, the 'Living Eyes' album. I own every LP/CD/DVD/Demotakes/Bootlegs of the bros. Gibb, so I'm what's called a die hard fan. Particulary on that one, all songs are masterpieces, but one of them is absolutely on top, just like another level, noone reached before and after. It's definately 'Be Who You Are'. Why? It combines rich classical elements with a popballad, beautiful sang by Barry with both of his vocalabilities, strong natural chestvoice and an emotional falsetto. And then the lyrics, making a statement with messages for all human beings. There should be a venue, where Barry and his band, together with for excample the New York Philharmonics, are doin' one thing: Just playing that song live to the world! BTW, showing his real face, just like he did at Glastonbury. Not like Abba(tors). What they will do, to me is simply disgusting.
Tim, thank you for being the best link as fans to Barry we could possibly have, to ask the questions we're all curious about. You're doing the lord's work!
An EXTREMELY VERY, VERY RARE talk with Barry Gibb opening up and discussing that very contentious period during the "Living Eyes" era. Indeed, like many here on this thread, how trite it may sound, the "LIVING EYES" album is and forever will be, my favorite Brothers Gibb recording...off all time; of all time.
BCRadio
Living Eyes de 1981 o melhor disco dos Bee Gees.
This is my favorite Bee Gees album ever, I found a cd copy of it in 1991 which was imported from Japan which is the only country in the world where this album is included in the Bee Gees catalog.
Capitol Japan just re-released the entire Bee Gees catalogue 4 months ago and you can get the Living Eyes cd as an import if you live in europe.
Barry made an interesting point about the BEATLES only being a 10 year existence,, but a LIFETIME impact.....where the BEEGEES lasted more than 40+ years and had such a different impact and experience but still up there and equivalent to them
Thanks for posting this! I love the living eyes album!! Barry should reissue this album and he needs to release A Kick in the head is worth eight in pants. He recently had an AMA on reddit with his son and i asked him if he is going to release A Kick in the head and he literally said: "A kick was the album we were too stoned to do". Lol I was kinda underwhelmed by the response because it felt like a cop out. However, it was still exciting that he responded to one of my questions lol 😆
Barry needs to Stop with that dismissive tone towards an Awesome album "Kick!" Some greattt tunes there. It's simply that that music, the beautiful melancholic ballads, had tanked at that time. Happens in music all the time!!
So Stop slapping down y'alls music, Barry!!
He's a Liar - that track got me through a year of (fast) running in 1981 - thank you Barry (Robin & Maurice) - you were always ahead of the curve - the sheer volume of your output is staggering - thank you from the bottom of my heart. You want your heroes to live forever but..............I suspect when the day comes, I'll be 'Crying Everyday'.
14/04/2024 ❤
I like this album as much as anything the Bee Gees have created. I like listerning to Barry even now - when he talks. Thank you. He is a good and wise Man.
I feel the same too! He has a very wonderful heart, humble and gracious personality. A very good wise man indeed!❤❤❤❤
My favorite album living eyes
Love the bee gees love all there amazing songs love all so much love always and forever so handsome and talented love always ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Living Eyes was the first album to be released on CD in 1981: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_Eyes_(Bee_Gees_album)
Living Eyes, Paradise, Be Who You Are... some of the best songs ever that this world don't understand. Only true listeners will know😊😊❤❤ God Bless Barry. God bless you all.😊😊❤❤
There are a lot of top notch songs on Living Eyes. I’m with the others who wish it had gotten the attention it deserved.
Great Barry...Bee Gees Forever!!
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Wow Barry. Just as your son Steven said, "You and your brothers thrived under so much pressure and created all these little perfect diamonds for us all to enjoy". He's so right because that's true! You guys really survived through all these and still gave the world so much perfect work of Love. I salute you!!!!!!! May the Lord God Bless you very very much!!!!!!!❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊
I appreciate you very very much Barry. Take care!!!!
How hard path that you have been through, but you all still can managed..... may God bless you always,Barry...... and RIP for Mo, Rob and Andy... life is so cruel when it comes to bussines.... i
Awesome interview, the best I ever heard! It would be nice if the Living Eyes album could be released again on this fortieth anniversary with all the material around it and songs that didn’t end on the album, plus, Staying Alive soundtrack songs and everything about it 💖
A "What If" of the Living Eyes period was that, fresh from the success of having 6 No.1 hits in succession, I thought that momentum would've continued on if they released a "neutral" album, away from the Disco backlash.
In particular, I was thinking of a Christmas album with a mixed originals & traditionals in there. I really could bet there would be at least 1-3 hits from it which we will enjoy on a yearly basis.
I found Living Eyes on cassette in a second hand tape shop 25 years ago and I couldn't believe i had never heard of the album before .( I had a few BeeGees albums by that point !)
“Living Eyes”’ besides being the 1st CD ever manufactured, is a masterpiece in both creativity and sound wise. You might the songs like it or not but you can’t deny talent and the quality of engineering is flawless.
I keep trying to identify what city and building this photo was taken.
I'm thinking prob NYC....somewhere there !
It's definitely NYC. I am 99% certain that they are standing on the observation deck of the Chrysler Building. @@kthor
The city this photo wax taken in? New York City. The building? Much harder to identify. I’m guessing this pic was taken at the photo session for the Living Eyes album cover.
@@ter521fad Yes, it was taken during Living Eyes photo session. As Buffino commented, it's from the Chrysler Buildings Observation deck in NYC.
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