So every other Pac 10 champion should have similar tragedies, right?
It's a false narrative, and a dumb one.
Watched an HBO series about the Bee Gees. You can love them, hate them, but Barry Gibb said something at the very end...he would give up all of the hits to have his brothers back who died way too young. Sounds like Biggs feels the same way. I too think it was a high price to pay.
Makes sense Biggs is a Bee Gees fan.
Correct and 6 years later the coach played a rookie center and Halliday broke his leg… I think that was within a couple of games scoring 60 and losing … and I think within seven years of playing a freshman left tackle and our qb’s head is bouncing around on the turf , gets taken off on a board head strapped down—- then missed the apple cup. And maybe if Luke broke something against Portland state maybe we win like they won in 2008 .
Except the fact that I don't see how that team's success had anything to do with the tragic and untimely deaths/addiction problems these guys had later in life.
How is the Bee Gee story about fame going to their head? Barry simply made the point how much he missed his brothers. One brother died after routine surgery, the other died of cancer. And one died of a heart attack with a good chance his coke problem brought on the attack.
Its not about a month worth of practice. It was a 66 year hiatus that had to be broken. Let me simplify it for you in a math equation that Biggs and others may share....Healthy Boose, Bender, Homes, Gleason, Leaf >1998 Rose Bowl.
That one and History of the Eagles are very good. Totally forgot how the industry marketed disco at the time and how they went as far as having a song sung by a duck . But it did take me back to how popular Saturday Night Fever was in that time period and how many hits came from that album .
Saw them in Seattle for the fourth time, very first concert I ever went to , One of The Nights tours, 1975. Joe Walsh is a miracle of modern science and medicine. How he put what he did in his body and to come out the other end....
Joe Walsh....my favorite Eagle. Back to the BG's. One was a drinker, one a pill popper and one a stoner. The oldest "stoner" is still alive. Like Willie Nelson. Pretty amazing how young these guys were (early 20's) living in mansions and driving very expensive cars. Good stuff.
Fro...I forgot with all the other posts...you are Cougzone's music historian. I never had an appreciation for the Bee Gee's until I saw the documentary. Talk about reinventing themselves.
Don't forget about Joe Walsh's best work- the James Gang! Now THAT was some outstanding music. I remember the liner note on one of their albums- "Made Loud to be Played Loud!" yet, there was still some quiet stuff like "Ashes, the Rain, and I", "White Man/Black Man", "Tend My Garden", and "Again". Playing that stuff is some of the music that transports me back to the years spent in Pullman!
Fro… went looking on YouTube for some highlights of The Bee Gees . You inspired me. I clicked on one where some black youth were watching the video Staying Alive for the first time . It was interesting they thought they were black . It was funny to see the reaction . Music is a bridge ….to generations and to different cultures .
It was someone else who thought he should sing like that. It's funny you should mention people being shocked the Bee Gees sang Stayin Alive. The first time I heard Lonely Days was a year or two after it came out and I asked sister if it was John singing lead. She told it the the Bee Gees and not The Beatles. People always associated the Bee Gees with songs like Massachusetts or any of their earlier stuff. "Wow, that sounds like a Beatle's song".
Joe's sound was pretty unique. I think Alex Lifeson had a similar style and maybe influenced by Joe. Here's a cool intro to the guitarists of The Gang. The second song by Tommy Bolin sounds way too much like Lennon's Dear Prudence. I watch this kind of stuff for hours. Scott's gonna erase everything anyway.
Fro...just sent shovers down my spine. The year before I arrived on campus Earth Wind and Fire played at Beasley.
Fro… that is the beauty of my story . It is a he said she won’t say story . Plausible deniability . No self respecting woman would admit to having a few too many dime beers and invite me over . Hell my wife won’t even admit it .
I can imagine it is weird for you . I probably should have told you it was a guy , a transgender better yet.
I'm sorry sir, there's a fever and the only prescription is more cowbell. BOC , don't fear the reappear.
Hey- very interesting stuff here. Unfortunately, pretty much everything he said sounded like a cross between Greek and Chinese to me, as I know absolutely nothing about the technical aspects of music. Cannot recognize a note, or a chord, could not play a note on an instrument if my life depended on it. I do sing along with my favorite songs, but only if nobody else is in the car or room with me. Why would I subject them to that punishment? LOL But I know what I like and what is good music, so I am just a listener, not a player. I DID recognize those James Gang songs though, and it got me revved up so I played my Best of James Gang album while sitting at the PC earlier. Sweet!
Another song that I sent to a friend as my favorite Pink Floyd song and favorite guitar solo.
Fro …. You did it again . Music marks time for me. I haven’t heard this song since 10/1975.
