![]() It’s sometimes hard to convey to those who know only the hits how weird the Bee Gees’ late 60s albums can be. ![]() Singing lead, he sounds as if he is about to burst into tears. Subsequently covered by Nina Simone, I Can’t See Nobody – originally the B-side of New York Mining Disaster 1941 – introduced audiences outside Australia to the extraordinary voice of Robin Gibb, which even his mother said made her “go cold”. Sweet Song of Summer’s eerie analogue synth backing and ominous mood is a haunting anomaly in their catalogue. The title of the album To Whom it May Concern underlines its unfocused contents, but just occasionally the Bee Gees’ increasing confusion about their purpose led them to try something completely off-beam. ![]() Soft and straightforward by Bee Gees ballad standards, the lyrics nevertheless dealt with a hippy hitching to San Francisco but getting no further than New England. But Massachusetts sat somewhere in the middle. The No 1 singles of 1967 usually fit one of two categories: turned-on psychedelia, or the MOR reaction against it. The Bee Gees: Massachusetts (live in 1989) – video
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