The BeeGees! Unplugged.
This is a an audio-only recording of the BeeGees in the studio as they are actually putting one of the most incredibly beautiful and timeless songs together for posterity. You hear them toy with lyrics and experiment with different chord progressions. For almost 10 minutes, you are caught up in the creative process hearing those amazing voices, the magic 3 becoming one polyganol, complex arianic harmony reverberating through your very soul and blending effortlessly as they explore various possibilities for the final rendition.
Originally recorded in 1977, this song hung out in the top ten on the charts for 17 weeks. LISTEN TO THIS (really!) and see how a classic love song is composed, discovered, birthed, created. I am in love with the process, the era, the melody, the creativity and the breath and poetry of it!
There is no question they were pulling song from the very heavenlies, where embrocated music flows thick for healing, crescendo and diminuendo, the rise and fall of sweet sound swelling like the ocean and leaving its imprint as it recedes. What’s captured on this recording is so soft and gentle, yet full-heavy with fervent emotion. And though I have always mourned my inability to be poetic and lyrical and fear to even attempt it, there is also no question that listening to these voices pulls on
my strong desire
to be able to say in words
what I simply cannot,
yet feel.
so.
deeply.
How deeply? Mmmm, mm… So very.
you have to disagree with everything except the piano, black
and white keys marking the path you must climb step…
-Anthony Walton on Jazz
If the remaining two brothers Gibb could just be at a piano in my house doing this forever ~ then aaaahhhh…heaven, almost too much {veiled reference, wink wink}. And if music, and all art, really, is meant to invoke emotion from those who experience it…this is art – the art on the walls of my heart.
The flawless recording as we have all come to know and love it, How Deep is Your Love
From Saturday Night Fever.
BeeGees on YouTube A great live performance of this same song.
Thats really cool!
One of the reasons I nominated your blog as awesome is that I believe you can put into words my own thoughts better than I can myself. How ironic that you mentioned you feel that way about songwriters such as The BeeGees! It is really neat to be able to sit in the studio with them and feel like you’re a part of history-making. While on YouTube I also found a version of this song that says “recorded at Michael Jackson’s” (Mr. StudioVoice). I think you’ll like it as well! You must have a listen! :0)
Oh, Tami~ that is horrendous!