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| From | Michael vg <govango@yahoo.com> |
| Subject | Re: Bridge Riff |
| Date | Sat, 18 Nov 2006 12:19:44 -0800 (PST) |
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Thanks Michael. I knew it was a BeeGee a bridge and
a BeeGees song. At least I got the band right. :)
michael
--- Michael McCartney <michaelmccartney@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Michael Vg asked:
>
> Wasn't it Barry Gibb who said he got the idea for the
> beat in either Staying ALive or Nights on Broadway from
> the sound the car tires made crossing the Brooklyn Bridge?
> you can find music almost anywhere.
>
> Another Michael replies:
>
> I believe the song is "Jive Talking". The guitar riff for that record was inspired
> by that sound. Memory doesn't tell me if it was Barry, Robin or Maurice that
> was inspired by the drive across the bridge. I've heard the story told by more
> than one of them. It was mentioned on VH-1's "Storytellers" too. I always thought that was
> the coolest story about song inspiration.
>
>
> Aloha,
> Michael McCartney
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