I don't remember listening to the Bee Gees until sometimes in the 60's or early 70's. Deep in my memories (somewhere around the time of my divorce), I remember being in Meridian, driving my mother's GTO with the Bee Gees singing, "Catch A Wave." There was a great sense of empowerment because I had said yes to life. I had caught a wave and was sitting on top of the world. I was no longer living under the crushing weight of a rock - The Marriage. I rode the wave through Ole Miss in the 70's and one of the happiest periods of my life. I wasn't only Staying Alive , I could say, I'm Alive. It was a great time for me and a great time for women.
Other Bee Gees I like
How Deep is Your Love
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In Celebration of MHS Class of 1958
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Although I'm not a fan of Barry Gibbs and Company, if they were uplifting and/or reinforcing for you as you gained the reaffirmation of Ouida as her own person, I will listen to them, one time, as a tribute to your newly found freedom back then.
My problem with much of the music of that era is that for me it was the harbinger of a mental illness I contracted in the early '70s: discophobia.
Wow. I had to look that one up. I had no idea that this was happening back then: http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-34385420_ITM
I'm sorry to confess to you that I took private disco lessons in the fall of 1979 while I was at Ole Miss again. I was spending a semester in law school, waiting for my job to begin in New Orleans at the 5th Circuit.
Ouida,
Private disco lessons? Well, we all make mistakes. That doesn't make you a bad person.
Oh, darlin' - it wasn't a mistake.
If I were a woman, having John Travolta come by a few times a week would've been fun for me, too. You never had the courage to go public about his overweening attention and enthusiasm until now. See, it's always better to bring it out and talk about it.
I wanted to come over when you called, but aren't you glad I sent John in my place? I wanted to come, but I was too busy just "stayin' alive."
I was heartbroken when you didn't come.
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