Review
by Nicholas James |
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The Bee Gees first live album, recorded at
The Forum, Los Angeles in 1976, is a highly
recommended journey through ten years of the
group's history, recorded at a time when the
brothers were scaling the heights of pop
success gain. It perfectly bridges the gap
between the 1960s early hits and the bigger
sounds of the 1970s, and shows how well many
of their songs translate to a live stage.
The album is at its best when they are
performing recent songs, highlights being
'Love So Right', 'Edge Of The Universe' and
an extremely long version of 'You Should Be
Dancing'. The opening track, 'I've Gotta Get
A Message To You', is
an energizing update of the 1968 hit, and
'Down The Road', from the overlooked
Mr Natural
album, is a joy and is perfect in its new
live format.
This album really puts the icing on the cake
of an era in which the Bee Gees had created
such an eclectic body of music, and had
ridden the roller coaster of success and
failure. At a time when they were just about
to conquer the world again, this time with
Saturday
Night Fever, this album is one last
listen to a group that would never be the
same again.
Why Buy Here at Last...Live?
It is the Bee Gees first live album. It
would be over twenty years until they
released another one. |
