The GREAT song stylist Al Green, my ABSOLUTE favorite male soul singer. PLEASE react to Here I Am, Love and Happiness, Still in Love with You, and For the Good Times just to name a few. 😊💛
Al Green is still performing. He concentrated on gospel music for a while, but his tours feature a mixture of gospel and his hits. I think his last gig was in Cincinatti about two weeks ago.
This song is not a love song, it refers to the break up of the singing group The Bee Gees. "How Can You Mend.." was never released a single by Stax Records, later in 1978 Vogue released it as a 45 rpm. This tune was written after a breakup of the Bee Gees. “How Can You Mend A Broken Heart”, originally released by The Bee Gees, was the lead single on the Bee Gees album Trafalgar. Primarily written by Barry and Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees, this song was the groups first U.S. number one hit! The song was written after a period of distance between the brothers. The writing of the song helped bring the brothers back together. Billboard ranked the track as No. 5 song for the year of 1971. Lyrically, the song is genius. Its central question about how to mend a broken heart is answered in one word never actually uttered by Robin Gibb: Love. Barry and Robin wrote the song as they were bringing the band back together after the Bee Gees had split up. It really is a song about the brothers and for the brothers but it reflects the universality of sorrow being vanquished by joy, the joy of love. This most human of truths will remain a constant as long as people live. Al Green's one and only number one hit was in 1972, Al Green went to No. 1 on the US singles chart with "Let's Stay Together," his only US chart topper.
Enjoyed your reaction immensely! You drifted off into the song a few times which shows you enjoyed it as you should. It was a phenomenal performance by Mr. Green! He is one of those people who truly deserves the title "legend".
