Robin Gibb in coma

[Dave W]

Doesn't look good. That family sure has had its share of woes. Hope he pulls through.

Robin Gibb gravely ill

[ilan]

Hope he recovers. Way too young to die. I met him a couple of years ago, very nice person. He looked suspiciously thin.

[uwe]

I saw him 2010 in a solo concert, he didn't look well even then. And the music - Bee Gees, old and new, and some of his solo stuff - was actually played by the then-Nikolov Kotzev band, Herr Kotzev being in his day job a Bulgarian melodic hard rock guitar hero in the Blackmore/Uli Jon Roth/Yngwie Malmsteen vein, sometimes seen with such luminaries as JLT.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HeTbIESIDg&feature=related

Just look at Robin's backing band here, not what you would expect with an ex-Bee Gee:



But they pulled it off - they played everything (from sixties ballads to disco pop) a little gutsier and perhaps a bit more heavyhanded, without Las Vegas/studio muso sheen, but with real heart and they played it well. After the first minutes of bewilderment, I was thoroughly entertained, you don't have Robin Gibb fronting a hard rock three piece too often.  

I loved his voice as a child and while I dig the disco era Bee Gees too (even though that was mainly Barrie's lead vocal do), whoever omitted any mention of the sixties Bee Gees in the article that starts this thread should be unceremoniously beheaded.

"The Bee Gees— British-born, Australia-raised brothers Robin, Barry and Maurice Gibb — had a string of disco-era hits including How Deep is Your Love and Stayin' Alive. Their soundtrack to the movie Saturday Night Fever was one of the best-selling albums of the 1970s."

Hope he gets well and if he doesn't then let him go peacefully and without pain.

[Dave W]

After the first minutes of bewilderment, I was thoroughly entertained, you don't have Robin Gibb fronting a hard rock three piece too often.  

I loved his voice as a child and while I dig the disco era Bee Gees too (even though that was mainly Barrie's lead vocal do), whoever omitted any mention of the sixties Bee Gees in the article that starts this thread should be unceremoniously beheaded.

"The Bee Gees— British-born, Australia-raised brothers Robin, Barry and Maurice Gibb — had a string of disco-era hits including How Deep is Your Love and Stayin' Alive. Their soundtrack to the movie Saturday Night Fever was one of the best-selling albums of the 1970s."

Robin always had the ability to do a wide range of music well.

The AP writer obviously really didn't know the Bee Gees and what they did in the 60s. It's probably innocent ignorance by a younger writer.

[uwe]

"Rumors of my death were grave-ly exagerrated ...".




Good news. All is well that doesn't end just yet.

[Dave W]

Let's hope it's a real recovery. He still has serious health problems aside from this.

[uwe]

He'll never be healthy again at this age and with his illnesses, but he has enough money for state of the art treatment to sustain him for a few more good years with a little luck.

One solitary Bee Gee just wouldn't be right.

[Dave W]

Unfortunately, he has died. RIP, Robin.

BBC story

[Highlander]

Nothing but headlines over here... Not my cup-of-tea but he certainly had a significant influence on the music industry during his time... RIP...

[uwe]

I always liked his slightly old-fashioned - even in the sixties - quivering vibrato as if he was to break into tears any minute. Never knew he was younger than Barry. 62 is way too early. Thanks for some great melodies and those lush early arrangements. Thre Gibbs up above now, they can start a veritable tribute act there ...