When you get a sailor shipwrecked on an iceberg in 1899 writing to his wife or lover who has moved to Finland for the vicar she has betrayed him with in the first 30 seconds of a 7 minute song you can only salute the gloriously unhinged brilliance of a teenaged Robin Gibb and enjoy the ride. P.S. Great images!
3:28 : THE MOST EXCITING AND INTENSE PART OF THIS WONDERFUL WORK OF ART: Treasure You know the neighbours that live next door They haven't got their dog anymore Freezing Sailing around in the North Atlantic Can't seem to leave the sea anymore I just can't understand Why you just moved to Finland You love that Vicar more then words can say Ask him to pray That I won't melt away and I'll see your face again
I absolutely love this song. I perform a cover version at charity suppers and open mics and concert halls for no money just to share the love of music and help at charity events. I love Beatles, Rolling Stones, Kinks, Animals and many others. The Bee Gees are always right beside them and always will be. The Brothers Gibb had their own tv show and act without Beatlemania although they themselves were huge Beatle fans. Robert Stigwood was a partner with Brian Epstein, so The Bee Gees were actually catapulted from the same management stable as The Beatles. Those boys had natural talent passed down in genes, genetic genes of parents. Their Dad Hugh was quite a musician himself. The spark, dad, not a surprise, the spark of life and gusto both parents, music helped steer them from delinquency to major stardom. I have more Bee Gees songs in my open mic lineup than any other band. Not ashamed. The Bee Gees are just GREAT!
@frank perry The Beatles dabbled in Satanic subliminal garbage with there music. made me lose respect for them plus they were arrogant & didn't stand the test of time ! they just weren't as versatile as the Gibbs either.
@@spudjohnsonn8122 I enjoy Beatles music and put the riff raff aside. George was my favorite Beatle. I did not care for the hare krishna stuff though. instead of getting into krishna crap I merely did what buddha did. we can all find our own path. Lennon was not a saint and he went overboard with the bed ins and shit. My opinions. I still love the beatles music though, most of them.
@@frankperry1111 Before you say how much you enjoy the Satanic Beatles ! we are in a battle for our very souls, the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan & many others sold there pathetic souls to Satan or dabbled in Satanism. John Lennon compared his popularity to Christ, Karma's a bitch, he got 5 bullets in his back, poor John. in the 70's I read a article in Rolling Stone magazine about bands who used subliminal messages in there music, my Dad being a big Beatles fan & had a phonograph that had a neutral setting, I heard the demons say Satanic crap backwards, your brain will play things backwards whether you play it forward or not ! so you're letting Satan into your mind willingly, you should stick with the BEE GEES. Riff Raff aside, it's real as Satan & Christ friend. Backmasking: Demonic Subliminal Messages in Music, A Sundial Curated Playlist, Backmasking: Demonic Subliminal Messages in Music, A Sundial Curated Playlist Motörhead - “Nightmare/The Dreamtime” Many people have associated Motörhead’s music with the devil and selling your soul. At first, it is quite a laugh because it is simply music, but when this song is played in reverse you might second guess yourself. Played forwards it sounds like an angered growl but reversed it says, “Now tell me about your miserable little lives. I do not subscribe to your superstitious, narrow-minded flights of paranoia. I and people like me will always prevail! You will never stifle our free speech in any country in the world, ’cause we will fight forever.” When the song was released, Motörhead was going through an intense legal battle with their record company and this was supposedly their message to riot ! The Beatles - “I’m So Tired” Perhaps one of the most well-known backmasking conspiracy in music history, towards the end of “I’m So Tired” John Lennon is heard speaking some sort of gibberish. But when flipped, some might hear “Paul is a dead man, miss him, miss him, miss him.” This ties into the infamous “Paul is dead” conspiracy. It was theorized that back in 1966 Paul McCartney died in a horrific car crash and the music industry replaced him with a double. Believers of this theory state that the rest of The Beatles snuck clues into their music to tell fans what really happened to McCartney. The Eagles - “Hotel California” A ’70s classic that pays homage to the twisted side of Hollywood, it is said that this hit might hold a deeper and darker meaning. If you take the time to listen to the opening verse backwards you will hear the words, “Yes, Satan organized his own religion,” or “Satan, he hears this. He had me believe in him.” It might be silly to believe these hidden messages when the band themselves deny these claims, but strangely, you can make out those spooky messages. How could it be unintentional ? Led Zeppelin - “Stairway to Heaven” The accusations of this timeless classic being a tune dedicated to Satan stems from other things the band has done. For example, guitarist Jimmy Page bought a mansion from the famed Satanist Aleister Crowley, and allegedly, he sold his soul to be successful and achieve fame. If this beloved classic rock track is played backwards you will hear, “Oh here’s to my sweet Satan. The one whose little path would make me sad, whose power is Satan. He will give those with him 666. There was a little tool shed where he made us suffer, sad Satan.” Once the band heard this conspiracy they were not amused, because “Stairway to Heaven” was made from their hearts. Page also stated in an interview that he believes slipping hidden messages backwards is not the way to make true music. Enjoy Satan, he's likes destroying us more than we are already, the Bee Gees are a clean Christian group ! Good luck. If you need Satan to help you sell LP's your garbage. may they all burn in hell, I don't like Satan shoved down my throat unwillingly.
@@jaycalloway7946 - Robin was gangly, awkward and buck toothed but I LOVED him. Such a characterful face. Soulful eyes and a great smile. So artistic and extremely intelligent. He seemed to have an affinity for the seas and also composed the Titanic Requiem for orchestra which premiered with the Royal Philharmonic but he was too ill with cancer to attend. He was instrumental in getting the memorial in London for the Bomber Command that helped save England from the NAZIS but didn't live long enough to see it, by only a few weeks. He was a genius with history and very eloquent. I loved a lot of Robin's solo stuff as much as the Bee Gee's songs.
@@susieq7401 I totally agree. The man was a genius. A truly complex character, from the depths of despair to the funniest man ever. I adored him and miss him terribly. He had a huge heart and gave so much of himself to others in his final years and months, always making light of the dreadful health he found himself in. One of a kind and lent to us to make the world sit up and take notice.
TheGreenwyvern I never knew of them before disco. I Started a Joke was the only song I had heard but never put it together. I’m enjoying hearing all their music before disco now!
This is one of the two last albums I bought before going to the US Navy in 1969 (the other being Buffalo Springfield's Retrospective.) I totally loved the Bee Gees up to SNF, and this was always my favorite album and favorite song of the BGs.
If you like this album, you might want to look for the soundtrack to the film "Melody", from about 1971. It features several "Odessa" tracks, plus one of the Bee Gees' greatest (yet relatively unknown) songs, "In the Morning" ("Morning Of My Life")---Listen to the harmonies on that one!
It reminds me of The Franklin Expedition, the mysterious, tragic, lost Arctic expedition of the 1840s. The missing ships from that expedition, "Terror" and "Erebus" were recently found.
Jay Calloway I'm not familiar with that expedition but the music and lyrics combined with the voices of the Gibb brothers really gets to me deeply. But I'm a fan now for about 50 years so my opinion is a bit in favor of the Bee Gees 👍
I'm a fan of the whole repertoire. Old, new, the moments they were as single artists trying to get feet on the ground. Al of it. However, I must confess that not all of the repertoire is as good as most of the work.
@@jaycalloway7946 Amazing album! BTW i came across the Franklin expedition cause it's sort of background in the 1989 M. Richler novel 'Solomon Gursky was here'. Amazing book also...
Thank you for posting this song with an amazing slideshow of photos! This song is so beautiful to listen to! This song feels like a beautiful piece of historical fiction. I really love Robin's vocals in this song too! 😊😊
"Lost love is still love. It takes a different form, that's all. You can't see their smile or bring them food or tousle their hair or move them around a dance floor. But when those senses weaken another heightens. Memory. Memory becomes your partner. You nurture it. You hold it. You dance with it." ― Mitch Albom . . . . . R.I.P. Will
@@jaycalloway7946 “Loss alone is but the wounding of a heart; it is memory that makes it our ruin.” Brian Ruckley, Fall of Thanes . Thank You, Jay Calloway for posting this work of message and melody. Please Be Well, Will
You're welcome. I used images that set an icy mood, other pictures of "old-timey" things that this song evokes, and some photos of vintage stereo equipment that this song was played on, plus anything that came to mind.
The truth is the timeless truth, regardless of the tongue which speaks it. My friend, you tapped in on a universal perspective of mankind's existence. Thank You for posting this video, it was a joy to watch. Please Be Well, Will
At 1:10 that Quentin Collins from the Gothic Horror TV show "Dark Shadows" from the early 1970's. He had a eerie song he'd play on the Victrola pictured with him there ("Quentin's Theme - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OHxslQBUPfg.html "). Thanks for sneaking this on a fantastic song such as "Odessa". Bee Gees were a fantastic group!
“Love and relationships are truly one of the most paradoxical aspects of being human. For it is in love that we find the greatest of strengths and the deepest of sorrows. Love can seem to be so fleeting and unachievable, yet it remains well within our reach if we only learn how to embrace its power. To experience true love, we must be willing to open ourselves up and sacrifice part of our heart and part of our soul. We must be willing to give of ourselves freely, and we must be willing to suffer. It is only when we expose our inner selves to the white-hot flame of rejection, that love can burn so brightly as to join two souls, melding the two into one, creating a bond that joins forever. It is from this bond that we draw strength eternal and power everlasting. It is in this thing that we call love that we find the means to achieve greatness, both in ourselves and in our lives.” ~ Anonymous
Grande vena melodica...qui le trame musicali sono più progressive che pop, e questa per me è stata una piacevole scoperta... c'è "qualcosa" alla Moody Blues, gruppo che amo molto...
@@jaycalloway7946 the comparison that i say it's true only for "Odessa" because Moody Blues is more progressive than Bee Gees...(i hope you understand my bad english).
@@albertomerola9127 I would recommend these titles: "Cucumber Castle", "Trafalgar', "Two Years On" and "To Whom It May Concern". "Main Course" is also a good album, but not in the style of the Moody Blues.
“She was the kind of girlfriend God gives you young, so you'll know loss the rest of your life.” Junot Díaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao . . . . . Will
@@candyc.3163 - Listen to some of Robin's solo stuff like "Juliet" or "Boys do fall in Love". More up tempo. His later songs like "Don't cry alone" are also beautiful. He wrote amazing ballads as a solo. He was one eccentric dude. Loved him. Such a loss. :(
My guess is that you are from the US, where the music media kept you ignorant of the genius of these 3 men. I find such comments as yours - really tragic - especially after all these decades. The R & B music they wrote in the '70s was just one of their many genres, and should emphasis their brilliance as versatile composers of music. How can any of us still begrudge the amazing success and wealth they achieved thru that period of time - even if it wasn't our fav era of theirs. Millions of record buyers disagreed with us. They still have record breaking statistics from that era - and STILL people want to put them down because of it!!!! It's a crazy world. THANK GOD the US music media, has finally caught on. The tragedy is Robin and Mo are not here to experience it.
The first time I heard "New York Mining Disaster 1941" I thought it was the Beatles, but I couldn't figure out who was lead singer. A few weeks later I heard it again and learned it was another group, the Bee Gees. Love it first listen.
Why Odessa? Song about the Baltic Sea, icebergs, North Atlantic, Finland. Odessa is located on the Black Sea. This is more than a thousand miles overland to the south.
This song is called City on the Black Sea...if that helps. The ALBUM is called ODESSA, Maybe Odessa is the home he'll never see again but what he describes are his last sights on this earth. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odessa_(City_on_the_Black_Sea)#Inspiration_and_recording
@@user-st7oz8bp2e Speaking of New York, listen to the Bee Gees' "New York Mining Disaster 1941". It was loosely based on a mine cave-in that actually took place in.....Wales. Just a song! "Odessa" could have been about the ill-fated Franklin Expedition, mood-wise, though not factually.
That's a great and serious reply Nbah (? how do you do that stuff). Complaining that no Joneses were lost in mining disasters in NY in 1941 overlooks that there were about 43,000 miners named Jones (mostly called Taffy, David or LLewelyn) lost in about 2911 Welsh mining disasters in each of 1937 to 1954. It's a song.
“She gave me this look - she might have been watching from a lifeboat as the ship went down. Or maybe it was the other way around.” ― Haruki Murakami, Pinball, 1973 . . . . Will
Very apt quotation! Murakami is one of my favourite authors too. I wonder what path Robin's & the Bee Gees' career would've taken if he had not left the group in that year and a half, the most productive period of his artistic life.... His leaving the group ship, put an end (sank) the most promising part of their career, artistically speaking. And their fans' hopes...to see Robin shine forever.☹
@@lilise3965 My most heartfelt apologies for not seeing your comment sooner. Haruki Murakami is a brilliant mind which has the ability to honestly write to the deepest passions of our humanity’s heart and soul on the tangle of the human experience. Even in translation, the impact of his message, loses nothing. Please Be Well, and Stay Strong, Will
Why are Odessa and Finland mentioned in the same song?....we're supposed to be going back to pre-revolution Russia....they were both part of the Tsar's realm.
