The combined musical genius of the Bee Gees and Michael Jackson cannot be disputed. Hell, it can barely be comprehended! Between the two acts is a dazzling amount of sales and a breathtaking back catalogue.
However, what also can’t be disputed is that both camps contain some of the weirdest faces in pop. Michael, of course, looks like wax ankle and in Barry Gibb, we have a man who looks like a griffin with dentures.
And the two actually teamed up. Of course, it wasn’t that long ago which means neither act was at the peak of their powers, but still, the thought of it is rather exciting! And better yet, there’s a video clip of them in action together.
Bee Gee Barry Gibb has posted a 30-second clip of an unreleased collaboration with Michael Jackson which shows the pair singing, writing and whatnot together for the track ‘All In Your Name’, which you can see below.
Obviously, we would’ve liked to see them tag-teaming on some glorious disco pop, but alas, the track was recorded in 2002 when Michael was more concerned with message songs, rather than the infinitely superior throwaway pop he once graced us with.
Gibb says:
“Michael Jackson and I were the dearest of friends, that's simply what it was. We gravitated towards the same kind of music and we loved collaborating and he was the easiest person to write with.”
“The more we got to know each other the more those ideas entwined and it all came to this song ‘All In Your Name’.
“All in Your Name” is in fact the message that Michael wanted to send out to all of his fans all over the world that he did it all for them and for the pure love of music. I hope and pray that we all get to hear it in its entirety. This experience I will treasure forever.”
Here it is.
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Cookie Monster says
On the last part of that quote, did anyone else mistakenly read it as, “I count myself as a particular fan of making money off of MJ’s still somewhat warm corpse”? Maybe it was just me.
It is too bad that this wasn’t pursued more vigorously as a project by Gibb and Jackson. Back in 2002, the dogs of the world could have used a good falsetto war.
We’ll always have “Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin alive… ” and now it’s in your head. You are welcome.
eh says
Does anyone else think that ole Mikey sounds a bit like Mickey mouse in a nut twister?
JoeMomma says
This makes Erasure sound manly.
Cookie says
Cookie, you’re such a dick. Like we needed that endless tune stuck in our heads. Jackass.