Bee Gees at Shibuya Kokaido Hall, March 23, 1872
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40 years ago today, the Bee Gees played at Budokan, Tokyo, as the second of the four concerts they played in Japan that year. They visited Japan as part of what is known as the Trafalgar Tour. Actually, that is the one and only time for this fabulous trio of brothers to play at Budokan. It was a chilly March night. The opening act was Shiro Kishibe and Bread & Butter from Japan, probably because of their Tigers (or Polydor) connection.
To commemorate the 40th (!) anniversary of their first Japanese tour, we'll be doing a two-part piece about their 8-day stay in Japan. (For our questionnaire last year, we had quite a few people requesting more information about their four Japanese tours. So here it is.)
Incidentally, the article on the right is not about their Budokan appearance, but about their very first concert from the evening before at Shibuya Kokaido Hall, probably from one of the two FM magazines, Weekly FM or FM Fan, available at that time. (After all this time we are not really sure which. We should have written on the back of the cutting where it was taken. A lesson learned too late as it so often happens in life.)
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Sunday Express, March 11, 2012
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Sunday Express has a feature entitled "My Titanic battle to defeat cancer" (see the picture on the right) on Robin Gibb's "Titanic Requiem" in its March 11, 2012 issue.
You can read the online version of the article here.
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"Grey Ghost" is dedicated to Japan
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"Grey Ghost" was written by Barry Gibb, Stephen Gibb and Ashley Gibb in 2006, recorded in 2007, and was uploaded on BarryGibb.com in late 2011.
As reported earlier （Barry Gibb's song for Japan and concert information）, Barry dedicated this song to Japan with the announcement on his website: "This song is dedicated to the beautiful people of Japan, may they find peace in the rebuilding of their lives and may they find solace in the loss of their loved ones."
With the use of sitar, the song has an Asian feel to it. The song begins quietly as the grey ghost that tells the sad story of loss walks in the room, but you can hear the determination of the singer in the bridge.
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