irreplaceable
10/05/2007
Tonight on American Idol – Bee Gees night. Barry Gibb is the guest mentor, and they’re singing his songs.
It’s soooooooooo wrong.
These kids weren’t even born when the Bee Gees sang some of these songs. More importantly, they’re completely missing the point. I’ve not heard a commercial remake of ANY Bee Gees’s cover done right, let alone better than the original.
Too Much Love, Emotions, How Deep is Your Love – they’re all lovely songs. But you can’t have a boy band sing it their lame teenybopper-loveydovey-bubblegumpop-rosesandcream way. When the Bee Gees perform, you feel their conviction in every word. Sure, Take That had a really sugary version of How Deep Is Your Love. It was missing so much personality they had to make it up with the video. L-A-M-E. Even the engineering trio at the office – Eh Don + Eevahn + Ah Leong could do a better version.
Actually, if those three will record themselves singing an entire Bee Gees song (no lip synching!) and stick it on Big Why Video or Youtube, I’ll give them S$50 each. How guys? On? Extra $10 in it for each of you if I pick the song.
Other than that, no one else should attempt any other Bee Gees cover, really, tempting as it may seem. It’s just not respectful.
