Barry Gibb With Tim Roxborogh 2021 Pt. 2 - Exclusive Extras & Off-Cuts

In January 2021, Barry Gibb and Tim Roxborogh spoke for over 90-minutes to mark the release of Barry's acclaimed new album Greenfields. 30-minutes of that conversation played on Newstalk ZB in New Zealand on January 8th with Tim releasing a further 30-minutes of audio to YouTube on January 20th. In this second instalment of exclusive extras and off-cuts that weren't broadcast in the original ZB interview, Barry and Tim talk about the following:

- What Paul McCartney means to Barry, plus the Bee Gees song that Paul has done an unreleased cover of.
- Why Barry would love to meet Bruce Springsteen.
- Whether Lulu's recollection of witnessing firsthand how the Bee Gees wrote Run To Me in the early 70s matches Barry's memory.
- What it was like re-recording Run To Me with Brandi Carlile for Greenfields.
- Why Greenfields wasn't necessarily meant to be a full duets album.
- Memories of how Chain Reaction for Diana Ross was written.
- The experience of working with Alison Krauss and why she's one of Barry's biggest inspirations.
- How Too Much Heaven, Tragedy and Shadow Dancing were written all on the same day in 1978 in a bizarre Hollywood mansion.
- The subtle spirituality that runs through a lot of Bee Gees songs.
- How Little Big Town were the only artists who introduced themselves to Barry at the 2017 Grammy tribute to the Bee Gees.
- Why Barry felt so nervous recording the duets on Greenfields.
- Why Barry and his brothers refused to ever give up.
- What Barry thinks of 1981's Living Eyes album and why he believes the downturn in the Bee Gees' commercial fortunes in the early 80s was about so much more than a backlash against "disco".
- Whether Barry's ever met the shock jock behind the infamous 1979 "Disco Demolition", Steve Dahl.
- The story behind Islands In The Stream that Kenny Rogers always got wrong.
- Whether Barry knows which Bee Gees songs earn him the most money.
- Which artists on Greenfields preferred to record their vocals without Barry present.
- The difference between the frequently misheard "I really MEAN to learn" and "I really NEED to learn" in How Deep Is Your Love.
- Why despite Covid, Barry feels right now that he couldn't be any happier.

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