Massachusetts ...
The song of Massachusetts is a tricky song to sing ...
"Massachusetts" is a song by the Bee Gees, released in 1967.[3] Written by Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb. Robin Gibb
sang lead vocals on this song and it would become one of his staple
songs to perform during concerts on both Bee Gees and his solo concerts.
It later appeared on their 1968 album, Horizontal.
The song became the first of the group's five No. 1 hits in the UK, reached No. 1 in twelve other countries, peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and eventually became one of the best-selling singles of all time, selling over five million copies worldwide.[2][4] When the brothers wrote the song, they had never been to Massachusetts.[3] In a UK television special on ITV in December 2011, it was voted third (behind "How Deep Is Your Love" and "You Win Again") in "The Nation's Favourite Bee Gees Song".[5]
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"Massachusetts'' Originally sang by Bee Gees.
Written by: Bee Gees in the Regis Hotel, New York City during a tour of the United States.
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The song was written in the Regis Hotel, New York City during a tour
of the United States. The song was intended as an antithesis to flower power anthems of the time such as "Let's Go to San Francisco" and "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)" in that the protagonist had been to San Francisco
to join the hippies but was now homesick. The idea of the lights having
gone out in Massachusetts was to suggest that everyone had gone to San
Francisco.[6]
There are two different memories, Robin remembers us doing it in a boat going around New York City. And I remember us checking in at the St. Regis with Robert, going to the suite, and while the bags were being brought in we were so high on being in New York, that's how 'Massachusetts' began. I think we were strumming basically the whole thing, and then I think we went on a boat round New York. I don't know if we finished it, but I think that's where the memories collide. Everybody wrote it. All three of us were there when the song was born.
The song was originally intended for The Seekers.
Upon arriving in London from Australia (following in the path of the
Seekers who had arrived several years earlier) the Bee Gees had been
unsuccessful in getting the song to the group, so they recorded it
themselves. During a chance meeting in London between the Seekers' lead
singer Judith Durham and Maurice Gibb,
Durham learned that "Massachusetts" was originally intended for her
group and in 2003 the Seekers recorded the song as a tribute to Maurice
following his death earlier that year. The Bee Gees had never actually
been to Massachusetts when they recorded this; they just liked the sound of the name.[8] Robin Gibb explained about "Massachusetts" in 1000 UK #1 Hits by Jon Kutner and Spencer Leigh:
"We have never been there but we loved the word and there is always something magic about American place names. It only works with British names if you do it as a folk song. Roger Whittaker did that with Durham Town." [Robin Gibb also recalled to The Mail on Sunday on 1 November 2009]: "This was a bittersweet victory. The day it went to number one it was Bonfire Night and I was in the Hither Green rail crash in Lewisham. Forty-nine people died and it was one of Britain's worst rail disasters. Luckily I didn't get injured. I remember sitting at the side of the carriage, watching the rain pour down, fireworks go off and blue lights of the ambulances whirring. It was like something out of a Spielberg film. I thought, at least there is one consolation, we have our first UK number one."[8]
Massachusetts |
Bee Gees |
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| Feel I'm goin' back to Massachusetts Something's telling me I must go home And the lights all went out in Massachusetts The day I left her standing on her own Tried to hitch a ride to San Francisco Gotta do the things I wanna do And the lights all went out in Massachusetts They brought me back to see my way with you Talk about the life in Massachusetts Speak about the people I have seen And the lights all went out in Massachusetts And Massachusetts is one place I have seen I will remember Massachusetts I will remember Massachusetts Songwriters GIBB, MAURICE ERNEST / GIBB, ROBIN HUGH / GIBB, BARRY ALAN Published by Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc. Read more: Bee Gees - Massachusetts Lyrics | MetroLyrics |
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