The Story of the Bee Gees: Children of the World

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Price
$29.95  $27.85
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Publish Date
Pages
400
Dimensions
6.1 X 9.1 X 1.4 inches | 1.14 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9781639365531

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About the Author
Bob Stanley, author of the acclaimed Let's Do It: The Birth of Pop Music and Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!: The Story of Pop Music from Bill Haley to Beyoncé, has worked as a music journalist, DJ, and record-label owner, and he is the cofounder and keyboard player for the band Saint Etienne. He lives in London.
Reviews
"Stanley is a wonderful guide . . . showing us gems of their vast catalogue with enthusiasm, insight and wit."--The Telegraph
"A loving vindication of the band. Alert to the comedy of pop star existence but also tells a deeply melancholy tale."--The Times (London)
"The author and musician's engaging biography of the Gibb brothers explores their idiosyncrasies as well as musical brilliance. Stanley is a highly articulate proponent of pop. Here's a summer project for pop fans: read this book, then listen to the music."--The Guardian
"A rewarding deep dive. Stanley meticulously investigates the chart-busting Bee Gees' paradoxical 'outsider status' and gives welcome due to their idiosyncratic lyrics and lush harmonies. The band's devotees will celebrate this definitive biography."--Publishers Weekly
"A tribute to an epic yet underappreciated group in pop music history. Stanley puts his seasoned narrative flair to entertaining use, recounting the group's evolution as a global sensation stemming from the wave of hits they wrote, produced, and performed across every decade. A bright, informative, essential retrospective for Bee Gees fans."--Kirkus Reviews
"Finally, the definitive biography of the Bee Gees. Bob Stanley tells one of the most extraordinary stories in the history of pop, epic and mythical, with tales of heart-stopping joy and sadness. Children of the World does full justice to the Gibb brothers' extraordinary musical legacy. I pretty much inhaled it in one sitting."--Pete Paphides, journalist and broadcaster
"Gifted and prolific songwriters, they produced a vast catalogue of hits for themselves and others, yet a certain suspicion lingered. Stanley is on a mission to right this wrong, to get The Bee Gees 'their rightful place at the head of pop's table.' The Story of The Bee Gees takes a songwriter's approach to biography. Bob Stanley makes a strong case for the Bee Gee's impact on twentieth-century music, but his portrayal also reveals them as harbingers of the global pop of the twenty-first."--The Times Literary Supplement
"The Bee Gees had wild success with pop hits including 'Stayin' Alive' and 'More Than a Woman, ' yet never received the respect they deserved. So argues British author and musician Bob Stanley in The Story of the Bee Gees, his biography of and passionate homage to this 'deeply odd, and quite wonderful' band of brothers."--AARP magazine
"Bob Stanley's definitive book is a nuanced exploration of a group that was praised and mocked in equal measure. Long before The Story of the Bee Gees ends, the brothers have stopped being a single pop band and become a mirror of all the musical acts covered by Stanley in his two earlier books: loved and hated, obscure and celebrated, shaped by both luck and a deathless work ethic. By the end, the brothers become a microcosm of everything that happened in the 20th century pop world."--The Washington Post
"A vital reassessment of one of popular music's most chameleonic acts. Stanley takes great pains to not only explore the Gibbs' musical growth across the decades, but to afford readers with a stirring look at the dramatic arc of the relationships and experiences that marked their lives. He is to be commended for elevating the human story at the heart of the Bee Gees' music."--Salon