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To me, that was a very spiritual song, about faith and survival in life. As soon as I got on the ground that night I completed the song with Barry and Maurice. ROBIN GIBB: The idea for the song came when I was sitting on a plane over Germany, and I heard a melody in the droning of the engine. Before we cut the song we knew we could fuse some of our own personalities into the track. It has universal connotations and it clicks with everyone. ROBIN GIBB: Personalities are examined in this tune, but female or male aren't even mentioned. We finished it with Mo, and the Bee Gees were reborn. It was a cold, wet day and this song was born. Sad to say, Barnaby's gone but the song lives on.īARRY GIBB: Fifteen months after we broke up, Robin dropped into my place in Kensington. When Linda and I first moved into an apartment near St Paul's Cathedral, we got ourselves a Pyranian mountain dog and named him Barnaby. This one's for you ArifīARRY GIBB: 'First of May,' that was my dog's birthday. I love Arif Mardin's production and his understanding from three brothers who love Rhythm 'n'Blues. MAURICE GIBB: Without a doubt one of the best best R&B songs we ever wrote. MAURICE GIBB: One of the rare tracks recorded in L.A., CA that was briefly available as a B-side Johnny Cash, you have nothing to worry about.īARRY GIBB: A humorous flight of fancy about an alien and his pet dog. MAURICE GIBB: My country, or swamp music period. The days when we were discovering probably one of the finest studios in America. MAURICE GIBB: From the CHILDREN OF THE WORLD album, recorded at Criteria Studios in North Miami. So we wrote 'Blue Island' and dedicated it for the children of Yugoslavia, because even though they may not survive, the hope is that they, as well as us, are all going to this beautiful place. Good or bad, this is where we all end up. And from there we are processed before we move on to our next reality. I loved the tuba and reverse cymbal effect.īARRY GIBB: The other side, what we call heaven, in fact is blue and it's an island. The memories of this session will always be remembered. MAURICE GIBB: Always with experimentation in mind, this was a fun time. We all do feel the same way about most things, but why is it that nobody feels the same way I do about everything? So you're alone. I guess that's because everybody's unique in their own way. That "How do I, why is it always end up alone?" Well, I'm not alone, but I might feel alone, that no one really thinks the way I do. It's that abstract feeling we all have that no matter how close or how many relatives we have or how many people around us we love, we still feel alone. THE MEANING OF SONGS Collaborator: Stephan KoenigĪLONE (1997) BARRY GIBB: What the song's really about is that little child inside.