#barbra streisand & barry gibb

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Barry Gibb and Barbara Streisand in one of the most iconic photoshoots of music history for her album Guilty (1980)

[saebasanandvocaloid]

Tonio and Prima - Guilty (Barbra Streisand and The Bee Gees)

This is the first track of my Bee Gees Special! What you guys think?

[edgeofthegibbuniverse]

Happy 81st Birthday to Babs! 🥳

[americanprimitives]

Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb | What Kind of Fool | 1980

Who’s sorry now?

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1980

[onenakedfarmer]

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Barbra Streisand GUILTY

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💭 #ThoughtInTheNight YOU ARE IN MY HEART FOREVER. ALL I DO IS THINK OF YOU. THINKING ABOUT YOU… IN YOUR EYES… IN YOUR SMILE… EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU MAKES ME SMILE IN SPITE OF THE TEARS. AT NIGHT, IN MY SOLITUDE… I CLOSE MY EYES, I DREAM OF YOU AND I FEEL YOU BESIDE ME… THEN MY HEART STARTS BEATING TO THE RHYTHM OF THE MELODY OF MY DREAMS… A HEART THAT SINGS, LAUGHS AND DANCES TO THE RHYTHM OF THE MOST SWEET MELODY. BECAUSE YOU ARE THAT MELODY. THINKING OF YOU, I BUILD MAGIC MOMENTS FULL OF DREAMS AND FANTASIES, MOMENTS FULL OF YOU… MOMENTS THAT REST IN INSTANTS OF HAPPINESS… KILLING EVERY TEAR AND FEELING OF SADNESS… DISSIPATING THE SHADOWS OF THE NIGHT WITH YOUR LIGHT… YOU ARE MY REASON FOR LIVING. TO LOVE IS NO CRIME… IT'S THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND MAGICAL THING IN LIFE. BUT IF LOVING YOU WERE A CRIME… YES, I PLEAD GUILTY TO LOVE YOU… IT IS NOT NECESSARY FOR SOMEONE TO JUDGE ME… BUT SO ARE YOU FOR BEING SO WONDERFUL IN EVERY WAY… I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU… ALL OF ME LOVES ALL OF YOU. I LOVE YOU, AND LOVING YOU IS MY DECISION.

[alovelywaytospendanevening]

Revisiting the Charts #4: December 27, 1980 (Billboard Hot 100)

It’s Christmas time, folks! As a way to celebrate, Revisiting the Charts went back to the jolly Christmas week of 1980.

1. (Just Like) Starting Over — John Lennon Current Spotify stats: 60.865.127 plays

Lennon's final single released in his lifetime is a very dignified farewell. It’s one of his best solo singles, with a strong replay and sing-along appeal that makes it a certified classic. I listen to it more than "Imagine" nowadays.

2. More Than I Can Say — Leo Sayer Current Spotify stats: 52.676.415 plays

A throwback cover which sounds better than the song’s earlier recordings. The laid back production really suits it, and makes this fine simple song even more charming than before.

3. Love on the Rocks — Neil Diamond Current Spotify stats: 22.698.741 plays

Mr. Diamond is a talented songwriter, and while there’s nothing really wrong with the song itself, I don’t think he gave the vocal performance it needs. And yeah, it’s also overproduced.

4. Lady — Kenny Rogers Current Spotify stats: 81.060.400 plays

Some people probably think this one is too sappy, but I think it’s still a very enjoyable love song. It has a quite distinct dramatic sensibility. Lionel Richie himself recorded the song in the 1990s, but Rogers’ recording remains the definitive one.

5. Hungry Heart — Bruce Springsteen Current Spotify stats: 198.739.904 plays

It may not be one of Mr. Springsteen’s best songs, but certainly it is one of the catchiest!

6. Every Woman in the World — Air Supply Current Spotify stats: 69.225.218 plays

Speaking of sappiness, here’s Air Supply! This one is exactly the type of song you expect from them, for better or worse. It sounds too forgettable in its genericity to me.

7. Guilty — Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb Current Spotify stats: 105.962.587 plays

A Bee Gees-penned song hued with Barbra and Barry’s vocals. While this single doesn’t reach masterpiece status, it’s still a blissful piece of soft rock.

8. The Tide is High — Blondie Current Spotify stats: 77.567.813 plays

To be honest, I’m not a big fan of Blondie. Sometimes I feel their music is too pedestrian, which probably is the case here. This cover recording is a huge improvement over the original version, though.

9. Hit Me with Your Best Shot — Pat Benatar Current Spotify stats: 250.914.103 plays

A catchy rock number and a worthy hit for Mrs. Benatar. Its plain production still sounds fresh, even though I think “Love Is a Battlefield” and “We Belong” are better songs.

10. Tell It Like It Is — Heart Current Spotify stats: 643.534 plays

Another cover version of a 1960s song. Unlike the previous cases, and despite Ann Wilson trying her best, I don’t think this one is superior to the elegant original take (performed by Aaron Neville). A decent single, and that’s about it. (Check out Don Johnson’s version too, it's better than I expected.)

[thisisyourdriverspeaking]

In honour of Indycar being back this weekend, here is US racing tunes (every drivers racing number). Enjoy 😊

Helio Castoneves (10th May 1975) - The Blackbyrds - Walking In Rhythm

Takuma Sato (28th January 1977) - Al Green - Keep Me Cryin'

Katherine Legge (12th July 1980) - Queen - Play The Game

Scott Dixon (22nd July 1980) - Jermaine Jackson - Let's Get Serious

Ryan Hunter-Reay (17th December 1980) - Harry Chapin - Sequel

Will Power (1st March 1981) - Stevie Wonder - I Ain't Gonna Stand For It

Ed Carpenter (3rd March 1981) - Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb - What Kind Of Fool

Romain Grosjean (17th April 1986) - Simply Red - Holding Back The Years

Marco Andretti (13th March 1987) - Billy Joel - This Is The Time

Colin Braun (22nd September 1988) - Bruce Hornsby - Look Out Any Window

Graham Rahal (4th January 1989) - Duran Duran - I Don't Want Your Love

Tristian Vautier (22nd August 1989) - Bad English - Forget Me Not

Agustin Canapino (19th January 1990) - Michael Penn - No Myth

Marcus Ericsson (2nd September 1990) - Brother Beyond - The Girl I Used To Know

Josef Newgarden (22nd December 1990) - Madonna - Justify My Love

Alexander Rossi (25th September 1991) - Michael Bolton - Time, Love and Tenderness

Felix Rosenqvist (7th November 1991) - K.M.C Kru - The Devil Came Up To Michigan

Conor Daly (15th December 1991) - Karyn White - Romantic

Kyle Larson (31st July 1992) - Sophie B.Hawkins - Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover

Jack Harvey (15th April 1993) - P.M Dawn - Looking Through Patient Eyes

Scott McLaughlin (10th June 1993) - H-Town - Knockin' Da Boots

Tom Blomqvist (30th November 1993) - Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Boom! Shake The Room

Luca Ghiotto (24th February 1995) - 69 Boyz - Kitty Kitty

Pietro Fittipaldi (25th June 1996) - Michael Jackon - They Don't Care About Us

Alex Palou (1st April 1997) - 702 - Get It Together

Santino Ferrucci (31st May 1998) - Madonna - Frozen

Kyle Kirkwood (19th October 1998) - Savage Garden - Truly Madly Deeply

Callum Ilott (11th November 1998) - Jennifer Paige - Crush

Linus Lundqvist (26th March 1999) - TLC - No Scrubs

Pato O'Ward (6th May 1999) - Busta Rhymes ft Janet Jackson - What's It Gonna Be?

Colton Herta (30th March 2000) - Whitney Houston - I Learned It From The Best

Christian Rasmussen (29th June 2000) - Nine Days - Absolutely (Story Of A Girl)

Marcus Armstrong (29th July 2000) - Ruff Endz - No More

Rinus Veekay (11th September 2000) - Jagged Edge - Let's Get Married

Christian Lundgaard (23rd July 2001) - Babyface - There She Goes

Sting Ray Robb (3rd September 2001) - Dido - Thank You

David Malukas (27th September 2001) - Fuel - Bad Day

Theo Pourchaire (20th August 2003) - Matchbox Twenty - Unwell

Kyffin Simpson (9th October 2004) - Nelly ft Jaheim - My Place

Nolan Siegel (8th November 2004) - Maroon 5 - She Will Be Loved

All added to this playlist 😊

[doyourememberrocknrollradio]

Barbra Streisand - Guilty (Official Audio) ft. Barry Gibb

[alainamama17]

100 Days of Music - Music Challenge

Day 44 (10/3/23)

Have to say these past two days of enjoying all things British have been wonderful. I've loved the posts you all have shared. We're changing gears though now and getting on to a new theme.

Remember the old ad phrase, "Is it live, or is it Memorex?" If you're Gen-X you probably do. Well, that has a little to do with our theme for today. Our theme for today is, what is or what are some songs you enjoy the actual live recordings of?

There's a lot of good ones out there. What are some of your faves?

Ants Marching (Live at Piedmont Park) - Dave Matthews Band

Wonderful Tonight (24 Nights Live) - Eric Clapton

I'm on Fire (Live at Giants Stadium, E. Rutherford, NJ - August 1985) - Bruce Springsteen

What Kind of Fool - Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb

(Had to add one more via edit- don't know how I forgot this one knowing how much I love it)

Praying for Time (Symphonica Tour at the Royal Albert Hall, London, on 10/29/2011) - George Michael)

These are some (but not all) of my faves

What are some of yours?

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BARBRA STREISAND: ALCANZÓ EL ÉXITO SOBREPONIÉNDOSE A LOS COMENTARIOS HIRIENTES DE SU MADRE

Una noche, la pequeña Barbra, mientras soñaba en su cuarto jugando con una botella de agua caliente cubierta con un suéter, (que le servía de muñeca) le confesó a su madre que quería ser cantante.

Su madre Diana, que era una mujer frustrada por no haber llegado a cantar frente a miles de personas como alguna vez soñó, a pesar de tener una extraordinaria voz mezzo-soprano, quedó mirando a su hija directamente a los ojos para decirle:

"Más vale que te cuides las uñas de los dedos para que puedas ser mecanógrafa, porque para cantante no eres bonita".

No hace falta explicar lo que estas palabras pueden significar para una hija que amaba tanto a su madre como Barbra, pero ella no era una niña común y corriente. En algún momento, cuando se encontraba en la cúspide de su carrera, habló de este pasaje doloroso en su vida, solo para perdonar con mucho cariño a la mujer de la cual heredó su fabulosa y potente voz.

Barbra quedó sin padre a los 15 meses de nacida, pues su progenitor murió por una negligencia médica cuando le sobrevino un ataque epiléptico.

Cuando Barbra tenía 7 años de edad, Diana, su madre, eligió por esposo a un ser tenebroso y oscuro, un vendedor de autos usados de nombre Lou Kind.

Este hombre siempre la hizo de lado como padrastro, le gustaba comparar la belleza de la nueva bebé, hija que tuvo con Diana, y la supuesta fealdad de Barbra. Hacía hincapié en lo prominente de su nariz, hasta el punto que, en un caluroso día de verano, compró un helado solo para la hermanita menor, nada para Barbra.

¿La razón que les dio a las niñas?... Ah sí, bueno, que Barbra era muy fea para comer helado.

Me gustaría pensar que esta parte de la historia de Barbra Streisand, no sea más que una de las muchas leyendas urbanas que circulan en las redes sociales, pero no. Es parte de su libro autobiográfico "My Name is Barbra".

Pero todos conocemos la trayectoria de esta extraordinaria actriz, cantante, compositora, productora de cine y escritora estadounidense, la manera como se ganó al mundo con sus bellas melodías entonadas por una extraordinaria voz y haciendo dúos con los más grandes cantantes cuando se encontraban en lo más alto de sus carreras, como Barry Gibb, Donna Summer, Neil Diamond, entre tantos otros.

Actuó teniendo como galanes enamorados de ella nada más y nada menos que de la talla de Robert Redford y sostuvo romances con los hombres más guapos de Hollywood, entre ellos: Ryan O'Neal, Tom Smothers, Warren Beatty, Jon Voight, Omar Sharif, Don Johnson, Steve McQueen, Kris Kristofferson, Peter Jennings y Richard Baskin, entre otros.

En su libro, Barbra perdona a su madre repetidamente, hasta cuenta el pasaje de cómo un día, grabaron juntas un video donde cantaban a dúo. Este video lo hizo público en un concierto, frente a esa muchedumbre ella expresó la siguiente frase:

"Ya ves mamá, se cumplió tu deseo de cantar frente a miles de personas".

Así es esta bella mujer, bella por dentro y por fuera. Hoy tiene 82 años y nos deja como ejemplo, el de nunca tomar en cuenta opiniones desalentadoras que impidan tu crecimiento. Ella logró bloquear estas malas opiniones del ser que más quería, su madre. Sin embargo, ¿cuántas personas abandonan sus sueños por la opinión del amiguito o algún compañero de trabajo?

Barbra nunca se hizo una operación estética, jamás se avergonzó de su nariz y qué bueno que nunca pasó por cirugía para intervenir aquel bello perfil.

Si lo hubiese hecho, no sería Barbra Streisand.

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Playlist: The Record Connection's Top Thirty Hit Songs of 1981

(Bear with me, gonna try something new here.)

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The Record Connection's Top Thirty Hit Songs of 1981

Playlist Description: "Exploring the strange year of 1981 by choosing 30 of the best representatives from Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 Singles of 1981"

Track Listing:

"(Just Like) Starting Over" - John Lennon

"I'm Coming Out" - Diana Ross

"Another One Bites the Dust" - Queen

"Sukiyaki" - A Taste of Honey

"Together" - Tierra

"(There's) No Gettin' Over Me" - Ronnie Milsap

"Queen of Hearts" - Juice Newton

"9 to 5" - Dolly Parton

"Suddenly" - Olivia Newton-John & Cliff Richard

"Guilty" - Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb

"Just the Two of Us" - Grover Washington, Jr. & Bill Withers

"A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)" - Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio

"Lady (You Bring Me Up)" - Commodores

"Celebration" - Kool & the Gang

"Don't Stand So Close to Me" - The Police

"Urgent" - Foreigner

"Take It On the Run" - REO Speedwagon

"Too Much Time on My Hands" - Styx

"Miss Sun" - Boz Scaggs

"Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" - Christopher Cross

"Hey Nineteen" - Steely Dan

"Tell It Like It Is" - Heart

"Boy From New York City" - The Manhattan Transfer

"Hungry Heart" - Bruce Springsteen

"Hold On Tight" - Electric Light Orchestra

"Kiss On My List" - Daryl Hall & John Oates

"Jessie's Girl" - Rick Springfield

"Time" - The Alan Parsons Project

"For Your Eyes Only" - Sheena Easton

"The Winner Takes It All" - ABBA

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A Few Words About 1981

Time, Electric Light Orchestra's 1981 science-fiction concept album tells the story of a man who is transported to the far distant future of 2095. The album explores his homesickness while observing the many ways the world has changed around him. During "The Way Life's Meant to Be," bandleader Jeff Lynne sings, "I wish I was back in 1981." Lynne has never explained why he chose to use the year the album was made as the year the time traveler comes from (probably just convenience), but I've always found that yearning to return to 1981 in particular to be funny, because if people had a time machine to go back to the eighties, I highly doubt anybody would pick 1981.

For a long time, I've loved looking through Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 singles list for [insert year]. I think it's really fun to look through them and often times you can really get a good idea of what was insanely popular during a given year. Lots of stuff gets big or falls through the cracks in a given year, but this one is the stuff that everybody vibed with (or got utterly annoyed with).

1981 is a weird one. 1980 is considered a much worse year (a lot of really boring, nothing ballads got super big that year) but '81 isn't the winner that the '83-'85 years are considered. When people (over)romanticize the eighties, they're mostly going crazy about that chunk of the decade and 1987. The early eighties have no idea what the hell they're going to be yet. Then again, no decade ever knows what it's gonna be right out the gate. I think people tend to have this idea that the ball dropped on December 31st, 1979 and suddenly it was THE EIGHTIES! It doesn't work that way. Often times, the first two years of a decade are strange and they serve as a transition point.

1981 is definitely a transitional year. It's one of my favorite years in music due to just being an oddball time. Lot of strange new wave stuff was slowly crossing over, arena rock bands were really ramping up and beginning their reign, early eighties R&B was starting to find its groove, and more. The Hot 100 list doesn't reflect most of what was happening. It rarely does, but it is a really good starting point when trying to figure out what some of the biggest stuff was for a good chunk of the year. If you ask me, the eighties don't become the decade everybody loves until Duran Duran releases Rio and Michael Jackson makes the video for "Thriller." You can start to see the beginnings of what the eighties will become with 1981, but it's also not quite there yet.

So, this playlist explores that Year-End singles list and attempts to give a good overview of what was going on at that time. I listened to all one-hundred songs and cut it down to the best thirty. It was originally going to be twenty, but I found that I liked too much of the list to limit it that small. These songs are not arranged from #30 to #1, rather they're arranged in a way that highlights connections between certain songs, common themes, and hopefully ends up highlighting all the different musical worlds that were enjoying success during the year.

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Some Words Regarding The Process Behind This Track Listing

There were three John Lennon hits that year, which is fitting, considering he was killed in December, 1980 and everybody was still shaken about it for most of '81. I picked "(Just Like) Starting Over" as the representative, since I think it's tragically ironic and also reflective of why people were so upset about Lennon's murder. (Note: For the curious, "Woman" and "Watching the Wheels" were the other two hits that got big from Double Fantasy).

After Lennon, the next four songs highlight the last of the disco refugees (Diana Ross, Queen, and A Taste of Honey) and the final whispers of the previous decade (Tierra). "I'm Coming Out," "Another One Bites the Dust," and "Sukiyaki" are the songs that are just on the cusp of being eighties funk, but they're still clinging to disco in a lot of ways. "Together" by Tierra sounds has all the sonic hallmarks of a seventies one-hit wonder... but somehow came out in 1980. That's what I mean when I say that you can hear those final whispers of the previous decade.

There was a good deal of country crossover on the list. Not a lot of it survived the cut for me, mostly because a lot of it is corny and lame in a bad way. Kenny Rogers had three soft ballads get big in 1981 and I dislike all of them. Unless names like Eddie Rabbitt, Terri Gibbs, or Rosanne Cash mean anything to you, I don't think you'll be upset. Personally, I'm a much bigger fan of country in the nineties. The very best of the country crossovers are represented here. I went with Ronnie Milsap's "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me," Juice Newton's cover of "Queen of Hearts," ("Angel of the Morning" almost beat it, but I think this one is more fun) and finally, "9 to 5" by Dolly Parton. The three country songs here are light and super fun and I think represent that the country music world was having fun during the start of the decade and finding crossover appeal with the masses beyond Nashville.

After our journey to country, we explore some of the team-ups that got big during the year. "Suddenly" (a great love song from the not-so-great movie Xanadu) sees Olivia Newton-John and Cliff Richard together, "Guilty" sees Barbra Streisand and Bee Gee Barry Gibb at their best, and Bill Withers lends his vocals to an all-time classic Grover Washington, Jr. cut ("Just the Two of Us").

Ray Parker Jr. (still with his band Raydio) shows us some early eighties R&B magic and good advice with "A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)" and the Commodores and Kool & the Gang bring the funk and the party with the classics "Lady (You Bring Me Up)" and "Celebration" (the definitive party song to end all party songs). These songs are missing the disco elements that were still found with Diana, Queen, and A Taste of Honey and represent the direction funk music was heading in. Lionel Richie would pivot away from the funk as the decade went on, but the funk was just getting started for Kool & the Gang.

After the funk, we take a look at what arena rock bands were doing. In 1981, they were worried about romantic relationships. "Don't Stand So Close to Me" finds a teacher being in a secret relationship with a young student and worried about people finding out. "Urgent" finds Foreigner in panic mode. The narrator is worried that his love is being taken advantage of and only used for one night stands. REO Speedwagon enters into the frame, worried that a certain someone has been doing some cheating (though they heard this from a friend who heard it from a friend who heard it from another...) Styx lightens things up by having fun and goofing around while Tommy Shaw laments that he has "Too Much Time On My Hands." These four bands are good indicators of where rock was heading in a world where a lot of the seventies rock giants were beginning to find themselves in unknown waters.

Speaking of unknown waters, Yacht Rock was still sailing the seas in the early eighties and three representatives are found here. Cool cat Boz Scaggs sings a groovy song for "Miss Sun," Christopher Cross sings about the movie Arthur and tells you the best thing you can do when you're caught between the moon and New York City in "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)," and Steely Dan tells the tale of pathetic older dude pining for the past and finding it hard to relate to a nineteen year old girl he's trying to pick up in "Hey Nineteen." These three represent the smooth cool cats that weren't pop, but weren't rolling with the arena rock of the moment either.

Speaking of pining for the past, 1981 was a year where some bands and artists gave us some throwbacks and tried to capture that old rockabilly jukebox sound that Lennon was doing at the start of the playlist. Heart provides a wonderful cover of the 1966 Aaron Neville classic "Tell It Like It Is" and The Manhattan Transfer present a lovable and fun little cover of the 1964 Ad Libs song "Boy From New York City." Bruce Springsteen gets in on the throwback fun with the awesome "Hungry Heart," and Electric Light Orchestra lead us into the future while still writing a love letter to the past with "Hold On Tight." These songs all have the common thread of "everything old becomes new again" and are the earliest examples of the eighties bringing the sixties back to life and turning it into something brand new.

The last five songs presented have no unifying theme, they just ended up being my five favorite songs on the list. "Kiss on My List" and "Jessie's Girl" are both fan-fucking-tastic songs and show how good both Hall & Oates and Rick Springfield were as songwriters. I never get sick of those songs. "Time" by The Alan Parsons Project is my favorite ballad on the list. Vocalist Eric Woolfson had this whisper like quality to his delivery that nobody else had. The entire song is just this beautiful, melancholic, transcendent song. The whole thing feels like it's floating. It sounds the way that the bright stars at night look. Just wonderful.

The final two songs feature fantastic performances from two dynamite women. Sheena Easton's "For Your Eyes Only" is my second favorite Bond theme ("Nobody Does It Better" beats it) and "The Winner Takes It All" is the greatest song ABBA ever laid to tape. Both are these sweeping pop masterpieces and Sheena and Agnetha Fältskog deliver some of the finest performances of their careers on them. You feel every emotion and every detail is done so incredibly well. I'm hopeful that you'll find the playlist ends on a high note!

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(Thank you for indulging in this little experiment. :) Making playlists is a lot fun and I'd love to make this a semi-regular thing if there's an interest for it. So let me know your thoughts and opinions if you have them! I would love to hear from you! Thank you.)