Track Listing: You Should Be Dancing, Alone, Massachusetts, To Love Somebody, I've Gotta Get A Message To You, Words, Closer Than Close, Islands In The Stream, One, Our Love (Don't Throw It All Away) (featuring Andy Gibb), Night Fever, More Than A Woman, Still Waters, Lonely Days, Morning Of My Life, New York Mining Disaster 1941, Too Much Heaven, I Can't See Nobody, Run To Me, And The Sun Will Shine, Nights On Broadway, How Can You Mend A Broken Heart, Heartbreaker, Guilty, Immortality (featuring Celine Dion), Tragedy, I Started A Joke, Grease, Jive Talkin', How Deep Is Your Love, Stayin' Alive, You Should Be Dancing.
Taped as a lavish cable television special in 1997, One Night Only trades on the Bee Gees' shape-shifting career as pop survivors. Over the course of 111 minutes, this straightforward concert, produced at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and groomed for both video and CD posterity, sprints through 31 songs from their past three decades. Even after the inevitable disco jokes are expended, and the jaundiced viewer contemplates the role hats, hairspray, and comb-overs now play in dressing the once stylishly long-haired troika, the Gibb brothers' signature vocal harmonies and hook-laden song craft beg respect.
Casual listeners can't be blamed for equating the Bee Gees with the dance floor bonanza they reaped through 1978's Saturday Night Fever, yet that commercial zenith was actually the culmination of a comeback for a group that had seemed washed up by the early '70s. One Night Only thankfully takes an even-handed view of both their original late '60s hits ("Massachusetts," "To Love Somebody," "Lonely Days"), building from a cannily Beatle-browed vocal sound, and the '70s blue-eyed soul ("Jive Talkin'," "Nights on Broadway") that led them naturally into disco. The Fever hits are here, as are Gibb originals that clicked for other acts; the family circle also widens for a posthumous duet with their late brother, Andy Gibb, while Celine Dion gets star billing in the collaborative "Immortality." --Sam Sutherland
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Supurb!:
This concert was one of the best I have seen of any performers ever. I have watched it over and over and never get tired of it. One hit after another including probably the best harmony in the business. If you don't buy another DVD concert, get this one!
A must:
This is a must for anyone who loves pure, soft, warm, and touching music. There is a song for everyone on this video. A pure delight, and hard to pass up if you want a real collection of fine music concerts.
TALENTED FAMILY:
BEAUTIFUL, enjoyed it tremendously, one of the best concerts (based on songs) that I have watched. Cant rate it high enough.
FUNtastic:
I really enjoyed watching the concert.I got one before but it was broken by my son. I tried to go to walmart, best buy and Target but never found a copy so tried at AMAZON and BINGO! I've found a lot to choose. I did purchased 3 copies, 1 for me and 2 for my friends.Thank you AMAZON and thank you BEEGEES.
