onenitealone said:

DavidEye said:

I like all but one song on Spirits. But yeah, far too much falsetto throughout the whole thing.

Cloudbuster said:

Which one is that, Cloudy?
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Cloudbuster said:

One of my mate's parents used to teach 'H' from Steps. As far as I know, H has never made any reference to his sexuality but, apparently, even at a young age he was very 'theatrical' and a 'drama luvvie'.

Does 'H' stand for 'Horrendous'?

onenitealone said:

Stop (Think Again). I just find it both a little overwrought and over performed.
The rest of the album is dandy.

onenitealone said:

Maybe it stands for Happy. You know, as in light-hearted, carefree and, er.... gay.

Cloudbuster said:

I thought you might say 'Again'. I find that a little, er, um, I don't even know how to describe it! But I can see what Barry was trying to achieve.

Cloudbuster said:

Maybe the record company thought 'G' would be a bit too obvious!

onenitealone said:

Yeah, he just tried too hard, bless him.

onenitealone said:

I guess so.

"Living Together" is the best uptempo song on 'Spirits Having Flown'.I like it even better than "Tragedy".

DavidEye said:

That's a great song. Dunno why that wasn't pulled off as a single. The coolest thing about it is that Robin sings a rare falsetto lead on the verses. I think it's the only time he did that on a Bee Gees record. All the other falsetto leads are Barry's.

Cloudbuster said:

that should have been the first single,imo.

DavidEye said:

I do like it but 'Love You Inside Out' gets my vote. The first time I heard that horn intro on 'Search, Find', though, I was Once I got over the cheese factor, I realised it's a great song.

I know this is from the 90's but one song hardly anyone mentions is 'How To Fall In Love Part1'. I adore that song.

DavidEye said:

Yeah, it's one of those that sticks the first time you hear it. Whether you like it or not.

onenitealone said:

I hear you, I used to have exactly the same opinion. But now that cheese is superfine.



That's a great song. That and For Whom The Bell Tolls are the absolute winners from Size. I think that's one of the best of their later albums.

Cloudy - without having to do a search for it - what's that album from around 1981 that's completely out of print? The Living Years??? Do you have that?

onenitealone said:

Living Eyes. Yeah, I got it. Luckily. It's pretty rare. I got sent a mail saying that it was out of print and that they apologised for taking my order. Then a few days later it showed up.

Cloudbuster said:

That's odd.

Now you know what I'm going to ask...?

onenitealone said:

How good is it, maybe?

Cloudbuster said:

Well, yeah, I suppose. That would be a start.

onenitealone said:

It's a nice album. Back to natural voices for the most part. The best songs are the ballads, Maurice's track Wildflower being my fave. The lead single He's A Liar is utter shit, tho'. One of my least fave songs of theirs. Even Barry now hates it.

Cloudbuster said:

Not the best sign when your frontman is slagging it off!

onenitealone said:

It really is rather crap. It shouldn't have even made the album nevermind being the first single. One of the outtakes City Of Angels is a much better song. Altho' I've not heard it for a long time and the quality was poor it was a cool tune. Don't know why that one didn't get through.