Download Instrumental    You remember the Bee Gees, right?  And who can forget the movie Saturday Night Fever?  Well, you might not have been born yet, but surely you youngsters have seen it.  In that iconic motion picture,  the brothers Gibb introduced us to the driving bass and drum arrangements that came to be known as “disco”.   We all had big fun with the disco craze, back in the day.  I still have a big disco ball buried deep in my closet.

But, believe it or not, there was life before disco for the Bee Gees.  There was a time in the late 60’s when they were writing and recording actual love ballads – “To Love Somebody” was one of the best.  But I’m about to upset all you females out there who swooned over Barry Gibb.  Handsome lad, that one.  It seems their manager, Robert Stigwood, was an integral part of the gay show business crowd in London (you can see where this is going, can’t you?).  He asked Barry Gibb to write a song just for him.  Gibb said in an interview much later, “Personally, the song was for Robert.  I don’t think it was a homosexual thing”.  Well, take from that what you will, it’s still a great love song.  Sorry ladies… this Bud’s not for you.

As is the case with so many tunes, the Bee Gees let this one fade out at the end.  I hate that!  And it certainly doesn’t work on stage.  The ending on this arrangement is a bit unorthodox, but I think it works.  Might make you smile… wait for it.