Barry Gibb is Hotter than Paul McCartney

[irishgrl]

Originally Posted by Für Elise

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

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.

I realized I got the title of the song wrong after I posted it and corrected it, big deal.

As far as Im concerned, Paul took a big dive once he no longer had John's brilliance to lean on. Wings was about as mediocre a group as you could ask for, and Paul's once bright star fell quite a bit. And his latest works? Garbage.

The Bee Gees continued to be successful and transitioned thru the decades much more gracefully than many of the other British bands (with the exception of the Stones who are Rock Gods!)

Lonely Days was very much "Sgt Pepper" in musical style, not just lyrics, you obviously missed that fine point. And most of the songs you mentioned from Sgt Pepper werent Pauls, they were Johns! so you cant even support your own argument that way

Whatever. I happen to be a Beatles fan and enjoy their music. I just think its a bit much to think that Paul is some sort of uber songwriter on his own. Especially when his solo career sucked, IMO.

and, back OT: Barry was BY FAR better looking. (still is!)