Barry Gibb is Hotter than Paul McCartney

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Originally Posted by irishgrl

I beg to differ: the tunes You dont Know what its like (covered by the great Janis Joplin), Holiday, I started a Joke, Massachusetts, Ive gotta get a message to you, I cant see nobody are at least as good as any of the early Beatles tunes. And Lonely Days was every bit as envelope pushing as anything from Sgt Pepper...and thats just from their EARLY stuff! Im not even counting their Disco years which they dominated quite handily. They even had further success with duets and writing tunes that other people covered. You obviously dont know anything about the BEE GEES or you wouldnt have said what you did.

i do know some things about the bee gees. You Don't Know What It's Like is called To Love Somebody and I started a Joke was mainly robin gibb's writing so what's that got to do with barry's talent? just reading this i think i actually even know more about them. i saw them in concert i'm not an idiot when it comes to then i just don't think they're anything compared to mccartney.

lonely days was as enevelope pushing as anything on sgt pepper?!!!!!! a day in the life? lucy in the sky with diamonds? fixing a hole? she's leaving home? being for the benefit of mr kite? within you without you? lovely rita? the kind of new sounds that came out of that album are so far above being compared to "lonely days lonely nights where would I be without my woman". maurice using one finger to hit a key. the tune is catchy but.......hello! those songs on sgt pepper pathed the way for music at that time they broke through new boundaries not lonely days by the bee gees.

john was far better at lyrics but its hard when your in a band with basically the greatest cause anything you do looks inferior. but look at his lyrics without thinking of johns, they are some great lyrics.

Eleanor rigby picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been
Lives in a dream
Waits at the window, wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door
Who is it for?

All the lonely people
Where do they all come from ?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong ?

Father mckenzie writing the words of a sermon that no one will hear
No one comes near.
Look at him working. darning his socks in the night when there's nobody there
What does he care?

All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?

Eleanor rigby died in the church and was buried along with her name
Nobody came
Father mckenzie wiping the dirt from his hands as he walks from the grave
No one was saved

All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?

the arrangement and lyrics in that song had a mood far more intriguing than any beegees song i can think of

Not only that, but Paul was only one HALF of a songwriting team. John Lennon had much pithier lyrics IMO. Paul's stuff was pretty smarmy much of the time whereas John was pointed, and intelligent and had something to SAY. I think if anything, Paul's melodies were nicer than Johns, but as for being a lyricist, I think he took a back seat to John by FAR.

Barry was the linchpin in the BEE GEES. Every song was a collaboration between the various brothers, but Barry was in every song. I'd say he more than holds his own against Paul.

spicks and specks is my favourite bee gees song and i like ii started a joke but john AND PAUL'S collection of music and lyrics is so much more intellectual and experiment than barry's.