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"'''Alone Again'''" is a [[blues rock|blues-rock]] number released by the [[Bee Gees]]' on the 1970 album ''[[2 Years On]]''. This track was written and sung by [[Robin Gibb]], Another track from the album "I'm Weeping", was also written and sung by him. In December 1970, the Bee Gees performs "Alone Again" in 192 TV without drummer Geoff Bridgford.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1m6sAOqFAE</ref> |
"'''Alone Again'''" is a [[blues rock|blues-rock]] number released by the [[Bee Gees]]' on the 1970 album ''[[2 Years On]]''. This track was written and sung by [[Robin Gibb]], Another track from the album "I'm Weeping", was also written and sung by him. In December 1970, the Bee Gees performs "Alone Again" in 192 TV without drummer Geoff Bridgford.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1m6sAOqFAE</ref> |
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[[Robin Gibb]] wrote the song, his handwritten lyrics for an early version of this song were published in Germany's ''Bravo'' magazine in 1969:<ref name="handwritten">{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com.ph/books?id=KugbDQHX0R8C&pg=PT469&dq=bee+gees+tomorrow+tomorrow&hl=en&sa=X&ei=EmveUv90x6KIB8nPgJAP&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=bee%20gees%20tomorrow%20tomorrow&f=false |title=The Bee Gees - Tales of the Brothers Gibb |first=Andrew |last=Hughes |accessdate=21 January 2014}}</ref> |
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''Baby, you've hurt me for the very last time''<br/>''And you show it''<br/>''Everyone around me just knows it, baby''<br/>''Could be, you really had me tied up in string''<br/>''And you believe it''<br/>''And now I'm the one who must leave it''<br/>''I could be wrong''. |
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''I am alone again<br>You can't believe the tears that I've shed''<br>''I'm on a bound down train<br>Don't desert me now or I am dead |
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Chorus: |
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| ⚫ | There is a promotional video for this song, but was only a rare, and was filmed in black and white with Robin holding the mike, Maurice on grand piano, and Barry playing his [[Gibson J-160E]] guitar.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1m6sAOqFAE |title=Bee Gees - Alone Again |publisher=You Tube |accessdate=3 June 2013}}</ref> On the outro, the trumpets was heard. |
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''People, the sun is going down on your heads''<br/>''So read your paper''<br/>''I said you've been complaining about your legless beds''. |
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Robin had reworked the lyrics to such an extent that the original bears little relation to the finished work.<ref name="handwritten"/> |
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| ⚫ | It was recorded in October 5 same day as they recorded "Lost" (unreleased), "Portrait of Louise", "Fantasy" (not released) and "[[Tell Me Why (Bee Gees song)|Tell Me Why]]"<ref>[http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/70.html Gibb Songs 1970]</ref> Maurice played the piano, bass and guitar, Geoff Bridgford on the drums and Bill Shepherd on the orchestra, [[Barry Gibb|Barry]] was not sing backing and harmony vocals or playing guitar on this song. The song starts with a pianos, Robin's vocal here was double-track. On the chorus, it features that Robin and Barry sing harmony:<ref>[http://www.lyricsfreak.com/b/bee+gees/alone+again_20015785.html Alone Again by the Bee Gees at Lyricsfreak]</ref> ''I am alone again, you can't believe the tears that I've shed', im on a bound down train, don't desert me now or I am dead''. |
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| ⚫ | There is a promotional video for this song, but was only a rare, and was filmed in black and white with Robin holding the mike, Maurice on grand piano, and Barry playing his [[Gibson J-160E]] guitar.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1m6sAOqFAE |title=Bee Gees - Alone Again |publisher=You Tube |accessdate=3 June 2013}}</ref> On the outro, the trumpets was heard. On its intro, it features a [[piano]], and the [[bass (guitar)|bass]] played by Maurice, and the Bill Shepherd's orchestra, This song has a plenty of Maurice's instrumentals and [[harmony vocal]]. |
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"Alone Again" is a blues-rock number released by the Bee Gees' on the 1970 album 2 Years On. This track was written and sung by Robin Gibb, Another track from the album "I'm Weeping", was also written and sung by him. In December 1970, the Bee Gees performs "Alone Again" in 192 TV without drummer Geoff Bridgford.[1]
Writing and recording
Robin Gibb wrote the song, his handwritten lyrics for an early version of this song were published in Germany's Bravo magazine in 1969:[2]
Baby, you've hurt me for the very last time
And you show it
Everyone around me just knows it, baby
Could be, you really had me tied up in string
And you believe it
And now I'm the one who must leave it
I could be wrong.
Chorus:
People, the sun is going down on your heads
So read your paper
I said you've been complaining about your legless beds.
Robin had reworked the lyrics to such an extent that the original bears little relation to the finished work.[2]
It was recorded in October 5 same day as they recorded "Lost" (unreleased), "Portrait of Louise", "Fantasy" (not released) and "Tell Me Why"[3] Maurice played the piano, bass and guitar, Geoff Bridgford on the drums and Bill Shepherd on the orchestra, Barry was not sing backing and harmony vocals or playing guitar on this song. The song starts with a pianos, Robin's vocal here was double-track. On the chorus, it features that Robin and Barry sing harmony:[4] I am alone again, you can't believe the tears that I've shed', im on a bound down train, don't desert me now or I am dead.
There is a promotional video for this song, but was only a rare, and was filmed in black and white with Robin holding the mike, Maurice on grand piano, and Barry playing his Gibson J-160E guitar.[5] On the outro, the trumpets was heard. On its intro, it features a piano, and the bass played by Maurice, and the Bill Shepherd's orchestra, This song has a plenty of Maurice's instrumentals and harmony vocal.
Personnel
- Robin Gibb — lead and harmony vocal
- Maurice Gibb — harmony vocal, piano, bass, guitar
- Geoff Bridgford — drums
- Bill Shepherd — orchestral arrangement
References
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1m6sAOqFAE
- ^ a b Hughes, Andrew. The Bee Gees - Tales of the Brothers Gibb. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
- ^ Gibb Songs 1970
- ^ Alone Again by the Bee Gees at Lyricsfreak
- ^ "Bee Gees - Alone Again". You Tube. Retrieved 3 June 2013.