Bee Gees - Staying Alive
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Free Music Review: Little Know Fact, The Bee Gees were Staying Alive in the 80s
Hit: 3 Stars
I admit I was one of those people who thought The Bee Gees came and went with disco. Naturally the brothers didn't, and the 1983 soundtrack Staying Alive is proof they still had their touch, whether the populous was ready to admit it or not.
Only six songs from the soundtrack are penned by the boys, and you'll have to forgive me for skipping over the other six songs by Frank Stallone, Cynthia Rhodes, and Tommy Faragher. (The last guy I don't even know who he is!) I don't care, I don't think you care. The movie is guilty pleasure cheese directed by Sly Stallone. Enough on that, let's move on.
I downloaded a few of these songs, and then I found the soundtrack on cassette. Oddly enough, the day I started this review I snagged the LP! Both formats present The Gibb tunes on Side A and the rest on Side B. The Woman In You leads off with a harsh edge to it. It's well put together but it doesn't sound like The Bee Gees from Living Eyes. Perhaps a tad too far in the rough and tumble direction.
I Love You Too Much, however, has that easy eighties vibe too it. It has some great lyrics and a recognizable Gibb sound. This might be the best song here. Lyrical balladry with a speedy track of music. The lyric of `under me is where you should be' then turned around as `under you is where I should be' symbolizes this either way style. Good stuff!
Breakout returns to this odd and rough vibe. The music overtakes Barry's vocals, which I think are about the same old surviving the city et al, but the lyrics and lack of harmony here are a miss.
Although this soundtrack didn't do as well as Fever for a number of reasons, one naturally being the song quality is a tad lower, but also, the movie and the music aren't as perfectly matched. Can anyone tell me where Someone Belonging To Someone is in the film? Granted It's been awhile, but the song is at least on par with How Deep Is Your Love, yet this ballad does not stick in my mind the way the How Deep sequence from Fever does. Someone's got a great hook and a sweet blended vocal sound to it and is worthy of much more than its second rate obscurity.
Life Goes On makes it into the plus column, and not just to give the album a split vote either, ;0) It's not comparable to More Than A Woman in quality, but similiar in style. The easy dance song with some good lyrics. Lyrics and Harmony that you can always hear and understand is a good thing.
And naturally we come to Staying Alive. I must admit this is a very symbolic and penne ultimate song that represents so much, that must be why it's been played to death! This is the one memorable part of the film, at the end where Travolta says he's feels like 'strutting' and does so into the credits. The song definitely has its place, and has indeed immortalized The Brothers Gibb. Just over and over I can't take all that clichéd Ah Ah Hah Hah Staying Alive Staying Alive. ARGH! People have come to think this is all The Bee Gees are about, and that is wrong.
Their contribution to this soundtrack may not exactly show why the Brothers are in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but its an integral part in the transition of the boys' move from Fever to producing for others, working solo, and progressing themselves. An easy find to complete your collection.
Free Music Review: yeah right...
Hit: 3 Stars
Like so many movie sequel soundtracks before it, "Staying Alive" proved to be nowhere near the success or the brilliant piece of work that "Saturday Night Fever" was. A few shining moments appear throughout the 12-track disc, but the majority of the album is dominated by mostly bland, emotionless tracks. Like "Fever", "Staying Alive" starts off with Bee Gees songs. A few fantastic numbers, "Woman in You", "Love You Too Much", "Someone Belonging to Someone" and "Life Goes On" appear, but are only mediocre highlights surrounding the boring, "Breakout". Concluding the first half of the album with an edited version of "Stayin Alive", the CD enters what I think of as a complete joke. The efforts from Frank Stallone, Tommy Faragher, and Cynthia Rhodes can only be described as bad. What Robert Stigwood (producer of the film) was thinking when he allowed such uninteresting, tasteless music in a sequel soundtrack for the phenomenal "Saturday Night Fever"; I'm not quite sure. He would have been much better off allowing the Bee Gees to write the entire album. Seriously, it is no wonder why this album has been basically forgotten by almost everyone. A few-die hard Bee Gees fans (like myself) may appreciate this album, but for no other reason than the Bee Gees songs. "Staying Alive" was, in Barry Gibb's words, "A silly film", and for all but a few tracks, contained an equally ridiculous soundtrack. This piece of "work" is most appropriately described as forgettable.Free Music Review: Side One A Winner-Side Two (yuck!)
Hit: 3 Stars
The first side of "Stayin' Alive" is an upbeat collection of five new Gibb songs. "The top hit "Woman In You" was a great departure for the Gibbs, and they followed through with the next ballad single of "Someone Belonging To Someone". "Breakout" is a great rockin' song and "Life Goes On" begs the listener to tears with a great guitar backing by Alan Kendall. Side two? "Far From Over", (and unfortunately at this point it IS far from over),a one hit wonder, was okay at the time, but the other four songs are so dreary and ordinary, you want to immediatly skip back to side one and re-enjoy the first five songs.Free Music Review: Well, it's not Saturday Night Fever, but it's an ok album
Hit: 3 Stars
Staying Alive isn't a bad album by no means. There are a several slow, love songs on the track and a 2 minute edited version of "Staying Alive" by the Bee Gees. All of the Bee Gees' songs, like on the SNF soundtrack, are good, but the fast, dancing songs from the original soundtrack are gone. All in all, this is a good companion piece to the SNF soundtrack, although this has NO disco tunes in it, with them being replaced by 80's rock songs. Best song on the CD is Frank Stallone's "Far From Over"Free Music Review: Wonderful Movie, and the music is even better!
Hit: 3 Stars
I loved the movie, especially the dancing scenes. I immediately went out and bought the cd and loved it, except for one thing. The music from the actual broadway show they did, "Satan's Alley" wasn't on the cd, which was a little disappointing. Only the song "(We Dance)So close to the fire" was on there, but I liked the whole cd all the same.If anyone can tell me where I can find that music I'll love this even better.