Tastelessness intrudes only twice, with "Night on Disco Mountain" and "A Fifth of Beethoven," but these excursions into awfulness may be overlooked in view of the overwhelming excellence of everything else.Īn all-star lineup, spearheaded by the Bee Gees, join forces on this two-record soundtrack from the forthcoming flick starring John Travolta. The featured Bee Gees provide a thread of consistency that binds into a more or less coherent listening experience that high-level offerings by Yvonne Elliman ("If I Can't Have You"), Tavares ("More Than a Woman"), and a host of others - including the Trammps, who drive it all how with a fiery conclusion with "Disco Inferno." Some of the material has been begged or borrowed, but apparently not stolen, from previously released sets, and the selections achieve a collective impact that exceeds the mere sum of their separate impressions.
The music here has an unflagging thrust, yet it is sufficiently varied in style, mood, and instrumentation to transcend the trite strictures commonly associated with disco.
But after listening to this stunning two-record set, with its unrelenting disco rhythms, I think I'd enjoy the move whether or not John Travolta really is a new and more agile Marlon Brando (as some claim). God bless 'em.īeing fundamentally suspicious of any film advertised heavily in the subway, I have so far refrained from seeing Saturday Night Fever, though some cinema addicts have judged it the harbinger of an emerging blue-collar chic. Though Saturday Night Fever is more dross than gloss, it winds up being saved by the grace of the Bee Gees. and the Sunshine Band, Tavares and MFSB are better represented by their own LPs. "Night on Disco Mountain," adapted by David Shire (who did most of the scoring) from Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain, is but one example of high hilarity, while K.C. Generally, however, this double album is irritating when it's supposed to be exciting, funny when it's supposed to be dramatic. They perform six of their own songs (four new, two old) and wrote the record's only other worthwhile track, "If I Can't Have You," sung by Yvonne Elliman, who sounds authentically resonant enough to give it the necessary poignancy. Indeed, "You Should Be Dancing" comes as close to disco perfection as anything I've heard, save perhaps Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes' "Bad Luck" and Labelle's "Lady Marmalade." The Bee Gees are very busy on Saturday Night Fever. The Bee Gees have everything going for them: lyrics that don't insult, a band that can open up and utilize each and every electric and/or acoustic possibility without sounding overproduced, great harmonies, superb dance music. The brothers Gibb not only have the best falsettos in the business, but also the keenest sense of disco's potential for transcendence. While the soundtrack for Saturday Night Fever is generally uninteresting, the Bee Gees are an exception.
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“Night Fever” then reigned the charts for eight weeks, before Elliman’s version of “If I Can’t Have You” took the top spot.Saturday Night Fever - The Original Movie Soundtrack The Bee Gees were usurped by their youngest brother, Andy Gibb, with his hit, “Love is Thicker Than Water,” which Barry Gibb co-wrote with Andy. The string began with “Stayin’ Alive,” which remained at no.
With this album, Barry Gibb achieved the unique honor of penning four consecutive number one hits. The Bee Gees and composer David Shire earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Score, and the Bee Gees were a contender for Best Original Song with “How Deep Is Your Love?” The album became the biggest selling soundtrack of all time and racked up more awards at the Grammys, including the coveted Album of the Year in 1979. It was added to the National Recording Registry in the Library of Congress in 2012 for its significance. To call this album a cultural behemoth would practically be an understatement. and the Sunshine Band’s “Boogie Shoes.” Additionally, you’ll find two previous Bee Gees hits on this release: “Jive Talkin'” from Main Course (1975), and “You Should Be Dancing” from Children of the World (1976). The album contains numerous other pop hits, including Kool & The Gang’s “Open Sesame,” and K.C. The Bee Gees wrote several songs for the now iconic soundtrack, including the instantly recognizable hit “Stayin’ Alive,” “Night Fever,” “How Deep Is Your Love?”, and “More than a Woman.” They also penned “If I Can’t Have You,” which was performed by Yvonne Elliman. The film Saturday Night Fever (1977) followed Tony Manero (John Travolta), a young Italian-American man who becomes a fixture in the nightclub scene of 1970s New York.
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