i just trolled though 143 songs to put this case together.
crazy how an established band with a particular sound, dabbles in another, and that ends up being their legacy. you may think disco when hearing the bee gees, but after exploring their catalog i think early beatles-era pop and super-sappy ballads. super-sappy in the same sense that spinal tap's amps go to 11.
i'm going to save dragging you through every bad break-up you've survived for later, and first present the country side of the bee gees:
"the lord" (from "cucumber castle")
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"marley purt drive" (from "odessa")
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"give your best" (from "odessa")
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ok, now take some time and reflect back on all the low moments in your life. remember on the beach when you looked down and there was only one set of footprints in the sand? well that was when the bee gees were carrying you. they were there and you didn't even know it:
"how you mend a broken heart" (from "trafalgar")
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"if i only had my mind on something else" (from "cucumber castle")
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"to love somebody" (from "bee gees 1st")
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"alone again" (from "2 years on")
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and then just some all around great songs:
"all this making love" (from "main course")
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"sir geoffrey saved the world" (from "horizontal" bonus disc)
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no examples of their early beatles-era pop, but that's not really their strongest material so...
update: two days after i post this wfmu's "beware of the blog" makes this post (click me) regarding an unreleased bee gees recording that's been attributed to the beatles on bootlegs. they got the track streaming or for download
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