BB say no to Bee Gees
Source: Toronto Sun and bsbfan.net
*Note: This article is confusing so the following background information has been included. The Boys did not WANT to turn down the BeeGees, but had to because of technical problems.
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From MTV News: The Bee Gees just keep coming back.
The Brothers Gibb disappeared from the public eye after their mid-1960's heyday only to reappear as the disco kings of the late 1970's. Now they're reinventing themselves again, this time as songwriters for other artists such as The Backstreet Boys.
Maurice Gibb told the BBC news service "The Net" that the band has just completed a track for the Backstreet Boys, and are now looking at writing one for Brandy. He adds that they've also been talking to The Verve's Richard Ashcroft about a tune.
From MTV News:
The Backstreet Boys will launch its first full-scale U.S. tour next week, but the band is always looking forward to its next record, for which a Bee Gee has already lent an early hand and which may include a Backstreet/Blackstreet team-up.
"It's pretty incredible," Backstreet's Kevin Richardson told the MTV Radio Network, "we've already received a couple of demos from the Bee Gees. Barry Gibb actually sent a demo in with his voice on it for us. We're excited about the possibility of doing some work with him."
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By JANE STEVENSON -- Toronto Sun
Not even the Bee Gees could get the Backstreet Boys to record Sacred Trust, which they specifically wrote for the uber boy band. Instead, the tune ended up on the Bee Gees' new album, This Is Where I Came In, released this week.
"The Backstreet Boys actually loved (it)," says Robin Gibb, who will appear on A&E's Live By Request tonight (9-11 p.m.) with brothers Barry and Maurice. "But they don't choose their own material, the producers do. And they write their own material, and the producers write material for the band. They get a bigger piece of the pie if they just keep writing material. So it's a kind of closed shop for anybody to get in to write a Backstreet Boys song."
Gibb says that, in addition to being a fan of both the Backstreet Boys and NSYNC -- "I like good singers, boy bands or otherwise," -- he also favours such U.K. acts as Manic Street Preachers, Oasis and Blur, and various black artists.
"I think black artists are still coming up with the most innovative forms of expression, say in terms of blues," he says.
As for tonight's A&E special, Gibb says they'll be performing four or five new songs, along with taking requests.
"You can't rehearse everything that might be asked for, nor will we be able to do everything everyone asks for."
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