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OK, so last night (10/29/11) my wife and I went to see the Australian Bee Gees show at Excalibur. Expecting a bit of a hooky, lame, but hopefully somewhat amusing performance, WE WERE BLOWN AWAY!
These guys are good!
Sure, they go out of their way to look and dress like Maurice, Robin and Barry (no word on Andy), but they actually have captured about 90% of the unique Bee Gees sound. They were spot on with their harmonies when they did How Deep Is Your Love, and many of the other numbers were very close as well. The falsettos that marked the Bee Gees new and most successful sound in the 80s were authentic, with Barry standing up well to the strain, but Robin needing 6-8 short moments to swig water to soothe his tortured voice.
Sure, they do a little mindless banter between themselves which is at best quaint, but it does elicit a chuckle now and then. But add in the production values (video on three screens, dazzling/blinding lights, stage smoke, live video of the audience by Maurice) and the excellent instrumentation (lead guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, drums) and you have a great band.
They were able to engage the audience at several points ("Can you spot the country you're from in the following montage of our global concerts?") and had the obligatory audience member (from Auckland, NZ) come up on stage and dance with Robin. Their real impact came when they encouraged the audience to get up and dance to a number of their famed disco tunes.
Tentatively a few did, but when the 30-ish guy got up and asked the white haired 80-ish lady to dance, the place went nuts! From young 20s to literally the 80s people were jamming the isles and dancing themselves into a lather. It was some of the best fun we'd all had in many moons.
The theater is modestly sized, so there can't be a bad seat in the house. We paid for VIP seats which put us in the front row (and got us a program and a CD), right in front of the big speakers. Upon checking in at the box office we begged to be "downgraded" to seats further back.
We got the best seats in the house, table 12, seats 1 and 2. Get them if you can. We had a great view, and we left still able to hear!
Run, don't walk, to the Australian Bee Gees tribute show. And take your dancin' shoes. You'll be glad you did, mate.
Dean Herrington
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