Robin Gibb is my favorite Bee Gee, am I crazy?

Just wondering, because everyone else likes Barry (it's Saturday night and I'm listening to a radio station's 70's Saturday night, if you're wondering where this came from)!

Why do you even have one? :)

(Not that they weren't great 60's/70's AM stars - it's just like someone having a favorite member of, I don't know, Three Dog Night) :)

...put out an album like "Odessa."

Bee Gees from Odessa:

http://www.tuff-teach.com/pics/bee_gees-7seas.mp3

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but sadly, not much else.

..gave me some tactile stimulation while I was stoned. You couldn't roll joints on it, though. I liked "Melody Fair," "Edison," and "Marley Purt Drive."

It was horribly over-produced and I guess it was their attempt at a Sgt. Pepper-type theme album.

Ranked up there with the Stone's "Satanic Majesties Request" as an "oops, guess only The Beatles can do that, huh?" LP.

As an historical aside, I found "Wheels Of Fire" to be particularly helpful when rolling, due to its foil-like cover. :)

a great group! And there's so much more to the Bee Gees than just their disco/Saturday Night Fever stuff, a LOT more!!!

"New York Mining Disaster 1941", "Massachusetts", "To Love Somebody" - I could go on. Remember, I'm old enough enough to remember this stuff for real. <creaks away to look for prunes>

Or, for that matter Who is one's favorite disco star? is clearly a true/false question to which the only possible answer is false.

Let's just agree that some of us have different tastes than others and leave it at that!!!!!

Did they find out why he committed suicide?

He died from a heart condition most likely brought on by years of drug abuse. :(

n/t :P

How come I always end up liking the dead guys?

He was good, too, but there's just something about Robin I always liked, and still do.

(Just pulling your chain, sorry)

I did always want to be a Pip, however!:P

what an image that conjures up!!!

Yes I have to admit it. Never was a big Barry fan and when he started doing all the vocals I stopped listening.

Barry always got on my nerves a little, not sure what it was but he just did and still does. But, again, there's just something about Robin I always liked, both then and now.

same here. Ok so I had a big crush on Robin back in the mid 70's. ;) Not something I admit to very many people.

Their last couple of cd's weren't bad since the work was more evenly distributed. Even Maurice got some time in.

he has the best voice

not alone in this! I felt really bad for him when Maurice died, they were twins and apparently very close.

and remember, he already lost his younger brother.

Here is my favorite sung by him:

I Started A Joke
(Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb)

I started a joke, which started the whole world crying
But I didn't see that the joke was on me, oh no
I started to cry, which started the whole world laughing
Oh, if I'd only seen that the joke was on me

I looked at the skies, running my hands over my eyes
And I fell out of bed, hurting my head from things that I'd said
Til I finally died, which started the whole world living
Oh, if I'd only seen that the joke was on me

I looked at the skies, running my hands over my eyes
And I fell out of bed, hurting my head from things that I'd said
Til I finally died, which started the whole world living
Oh, if I'd only seen that the joke was on me

'Til I finally died, which started the whole world living
Oh, if I'd only seen that the joke was one me
Oh no, that the joke was on me

from Idea (1968)

To those that think "disco" when you think of the Bee Gees, you have a lot to learn. The disco era was just a piece of what the Bee Gees are all about.