This has to be one of the finest and saddest songs ever,every fan has their own reasons for why this song is so special,for myself,is the loss of my friend/sister claire,who lost her battle with cancer in 2013,she was a big bee gees fan,the lyric..the day i kissed your cheek and you were gone...captures the moment in the hospice,i was too late,i had traveled over 100 miles through snow/ice to reach the hospice to say goodbye,by the time i arrived,she had already passed away,i kissed her cheek,the song reminds me of those childhood christmases we had together,and the apple tree at the bottom of our garden.
Thumbs up to the Irish contingents. With First of May it was a sing along with Barry. I hope we do the same with First of May when he comes to the US.
I was there that night in Dublin. I travelled from Canada just to attend the concert. The entire concert was a singalong for some of the audience. I prefer to hear a concert and so I mouth the words as I am part of the audience, not the performer. I wished others had done the same. It seems quite nice in theory, but in reality it is annoying when you are hearing someone "singing" off-key loudly right behind you. I did not expect people to not make any noise, but to at least have some restraint in the volume of their voice and not almost drown out the voice of Barry Gibb. Despite that complaint the concert was fantastic.It was well worth the journey.
it is truly sad to see him alone on the stage. he is the only one left :(
I reckon Barry still has a couple more world tours left in him yet :-)
Long after the song The melody lingers
