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James Lileks likes the Bee Gees, which has apparently drawn him national scorn. All I know is the mere fact that I “get” this makes me feel old:

Are the BeeGees good, then? Sure. Some of their stuff, anyway. I can do without most of the songs t on the greatest hits disk. I usually don’t like the hyperventilating castrati sound – Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, for example. Guys, listen – if you’re going to sing a song called “Walk Like A Man,” don’t sound as though you’ve had your testes kicked so hard they bounced off your diaphragm. “Stayin’ Alive,” however, is a great song. It may come from a genre that pumped out more dreck than the CB-radio story-song craze; it may bring back painful memories of John Travolta using his walk in such a way as to inform spectators that he is a woman’s man, and hence has no time to talk. But that hook holds up.

Sadly, I remember it well.

About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife and infant daughter.

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Guys, listen - if you’re going to sing a song called “Walk Like A Man,” don’t sound as though you’ve had your testes kicked so hard they bounced off your diaphragm.

ROTFLMAO

I love the BeeGees...Guess that makes me old, too.

Posted by jen | May 17, 2003 | 09:21 pm | Permalink
 

I was a HUGE fan of the Bee Gees *before* Saturday Night Fever was ever filmed.

Posted by Jay Solo | May 17, 2003 | 09:53 pm | Permalink
 

No Bee Gees please. Ugh! They sound like Prince on Valium.

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Posted by Brent | May 18, 2003 | 11:32 am | Permalink
 

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