Barry Gibb's ability to make a kick ass record ca. THAT turn of the decade is a hell of a wonderful thing. Rather "mega" sounding high gloss analog magic.
He was smart to take on this project - as a collective, the Bee Gees were rather instant pariahs by then.
Streisand is an easy target, but...also, maybe the last of "Yeah, I can sing some shit" mainstream female vocals that pre-dates the altogether spazzier likes of Whitney, Mariah, etc.
He could write and arrange for her voice, and she seemed to really connect with the material.
It's a "diamond" record, song, etc. in my book.
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Matt 'interesting' Wilson wrote:So I went from looking at the "I'm a Man" riff, to showing how the rave up was popular for awhile.
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Wow, I haven't heard that one in AGES! I'm pretty sure either my sister or my dad had a copy of 'Guilty' so it got a lot of air time at our house when I was a kid and I've got pretty fond memories of that period of my life - 10 years old, going on 11 - the world seemed wide open to me. I guess what I'm saying is I've got a lot of sentimental attachment to it. Not quite enough to say "LOVE LOVE LOVE IT", but pretty close.
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Re: one you don't know WHAT to think about
"Guilty" is a track I kind of like.
This track I do not like one iota.
This track I do not like one iota.
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Good stuff. I once read somewhere that one reason Babs didn't get a nose job was because she was afraid it would affect her singing voice.
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harvey k-tel wrote:Wow, I haven't heard that one in AGES! I'm pretty sure either my sister or my dad had a copy of 'Guilty' so it got a lot of air time at our house when I was a kid and I've got pretty fond memories of that period of my life - 10 years old, going on 11 - the world seemed wide open to me. I guess what I'm saying is I've got a lot of sentimental attachment to it. Not quite enough to say "LOVE LOVE LOVE IT", but pretty close.
and that’s close enough to my own thoughts to save me the effort
Matt 'interesting' Wilson wrote:So I went from looking at the "I'm a Man" riff, to showing how the rave up was popular for awhile.
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Re: one you don't know WHAT to think about
A bit treacly but it's Barry.
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Hot love from me.
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It certainly isn’t a record that allows you to feel even the slightest bit cool for listening to it. But Barry Gibb had spent a decade grooming me to someday love a Barbara Streisand record by the time this one came out.
I can’t help it. The melody is so inventive (especially the melodic phrasing - Gibb’s superpower), and lyrically the words, “it’s a right I defend, over and over again” just hit the bell for me every. single. time.
The arrangement should bother me, but it is just barely on the right side of the RSO pleasure-center line for me. I actually love the guitar work.
A stone-cold classic. God help us all.
I can’t help it. The melody is so inventive (especially the melodic phrasing - Gibb’s superpower), and lyrically the words, “it’s a right I defend, over and over again” just hit the bell for me every. single. time.
The arrangement should bother me, but it is just barely on the right side of the RSO pleasure-center line for me. I actually love the guitar work.
A stone-cold classic. God help us all.
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I find it overblown and schmaltzy. Sure it's a well crafted song, but it's not something I'd ever want to voluntarily hear. If it had been written by Manilow I suspect it wouldn't be getting half the praise.
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Re: one you don't know WHAT to think about
There are a handful of Manilow people on here, I’m sure!
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Stille Baron wrote:There are a handful of Manilow people on here, I’m sure!
True!
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Re: one you don't know WHAT to think about
A decent song brilliantly rendered by Babs.