Strangling Cats : The Bee Gees

At some point, I would eventually tackle the Bee Gees. I was a fan of their disco years, with the strangling cats falsetto vocals. But their late 1960's folk-country-rock sound evoking the Beatles and the Byrds has also aged quite nicely.

The choice here is probably my favorite Gibb song - which is in between their folk and disco years, when they were just  starting to use the squeeze-your-b@lls vocals. Fanny (Be Tender With My Love) was released in 1975 on the Main Course album, which was more R&B oriented, and which brought them to the sound of disco.

Fanny cover on 4 track

"Fanny" was never performed by the Gibbs because of the layers of vocal harmony required; and it is quite intricate. They did sing it in a simplified acoustic version in an early 2000s concert.

For this cover attempt, I used the TC Helicon Vocal Harmony machine on two tracks to create 6 vocal tracks.

The back-up singer who never complains and is always on time

Track listing :
Track 1 - bass
Track 2 - electric piano, drums, strings, brass sequenced on a Korg Kross
Track 3 - lead vocals, harmony, guitar
Track 4 - back-up vocals, harmony, guitar