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Post by NJtoTX on Oct 8, 2018 14:48:06 GMT
"Kids today don't know the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper. And when those who do see our film and hear us doing it, that will be the version they relate to and remember. Unfortunately, the Beatles will be secondary. You see, there is no such thing as the Beatles. They don't exist as a band and never performed Sgt. Pepper live, in any case. When ours comes out, it will be, in effect, as if theirs never existed. When you heard the Beatles do Long Tall Sally or Roll Over Beethoven, did you care about Little Richard's or Chuck Berry's version? The only credit the Beatles get on this film is for songwriting."
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Post by msdemos on Oct 8, 2018 15:10:37 GMT
Interesting......can't quite tell if Gibb actually believed anything he was saying, or was just in an "auto-pilot" type promotion mode for their movie (reminds me A LOT of John Lennon, when he casually stated in an interview during the peak of their fame (while still together), that the Beatles were 'more popular than Jesus'), or if Barry was just so full of himself at that point, due to his group's recent accomplishments (remember, this was just after the mega-success of Saturday Night Fever (1977), and just at the moment the Bee Gees and their career was going 'Super Nova').....though VERY soon it would start heading, inexorably, in the exact opposite direction.... Either way, I've yet to see this abomination of a film, but plan on doing so the day I need an especially good laugh.....which will probably be the day of the last Beatle's death, which means (I hope) that I won't be seeing it for another decade or so (if I make it!) !  SAVE FERRIS |
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Post by Terrapin Station on Oct 8, 2018 15:16:10 GMT
I actually love that film and soundtrack, but Gibb's comments are a combo of inexplicable and rather incoherent there. It's also amusing that he'd say what he said a mere ten years after the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper.
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Post by msdemos on Oct 8, 2018 15:24:09 GMT
" It's also amusing that he'd say what he said a mere ten years after the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper."
My EXACT thought as soon as I read this....  SAVE FERRIS |
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Post by NJtoTX on Oct 8, 2018 16:20:11 GMT
I actually love that film and soundtrack, but Gibb's comments are a combo of inexplicable and rather incoherent there. It's also amusing that he'd say what he said a mere ten years after the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper. The joke at the time about youth had been, "You mean Paul McCartney was in a band before Wings?" |
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Post by msdemos on Oct 8, 2018 16:58:52 GMT
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Post by mrellaguru on Oct 8, 2018 18:40:29 GMT
"Kids today don't know the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper. And when those who do see our film and hear us doing it, that will be the version they relate to and remember. Unfortunately, the Beatles will be secondary. You see, there is no such thing as the Beatles. They don't exist as a band and never performed Sgt. Pepper live, in any case. When ours comes out, it will be, in effect, as if theirs never existed. When you heard the Beatles do Long Tall Sally or Roll Over Beethoven, did you care about Little Richard's or Chuck Berry's version? The only credit the Beatles get on this film is for songwriting."
He actually said this? This is like ridiculous dialogue from a Spinal Tap style mockumentary.
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Post by amyghost on Oct 8, 2018 21:53:31 GMT
Well, it's certainly been remembered, but not for any of the reasons BG cited.
I recall the colossal, embarrassing flop this thing was when it was released, and deservedly so. Clearly ol' Barry was taking that business about the BeeGees being the musical successors to the Beatles waaaayy too seriously.
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