Bee gees saturday night fever album movie#
The movie is worth watching again 45 years after its release to rediscover the deeper meanings of its themes and most especially, its music. It is the message too of the song Night Fever with its very inviting beat, luring you to the life and action of the night that has become a fever that eventually leaves one empty and lost. Everything is passing that for a while may give us pleasures but never inner peace and contentment in life. Money was not a problem with them, something we also discover in life that more important than material things is fulfillment. Like Tony and the first four disciples of Jesus – the brothers Simon Peter and Andrew, and James and John who were sons of Zebedee, the business associate of Simon – we are all searching for meaning and direction in life.Īccording to biblical scholars, the Simon and company were all financially stable as they owned boats at that time, employing some men in their fishing ventures. Very interesting in the movie too is the brother of Tony who had decided to leave the priesthood, casting some moral aspersions about our practice of faith and religion.Īnd that is why we have chosen Night Fever as our music this Sunday: the movie and the song both capture the essence of our gospel today which is Jesus Christ coming to us in our daily lives, trying to catch us to give meaning and direction to our lives in him by following him, by leaving everything behind which Tony Manero did at the end of the movie when he apologized to his former girlfriend to start anew at the other side of New York by finding a new job and new direction in life ( ). The movie has become a classic as it mirrors so many realities in life during the late 70’s like sex and promiscuity as well as issues on abortion and marriage. For this fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, we have chosen the 1977 smash hit Night Fever by the Bee Gees that is part of the soundtrack of the movie Saturday Night Fever.Īctually, we have the movie more in our mind than the music which tells the story of a young man Tony Manero played by John Travolta who was searching for meaning and direction in his life, pouring it out on the dance floor of a New York disco. Welcome back to our weekly music blog featuring songs with themes similar to the message of the Sunday gospel. Catch the Fever today before they are all sold out.The Lord Is My Chef Sunday Music by Fr. Wait till you hear track 6 Who's Sorry Now?, It's just incredible! I love this CD and highly recommend it to any Bee Gees fan and/or fan of the show and/or movie. You find yourself singing along to familiar tracks. This CD is great to listen to in the car. Lastly, if you know the show you will notice the tracks are out of order, in which they appeared in the show. If you like the sound of 3 men singing like women, this CD is not for you either. My only guess was so because they wanted to leave the integrity of the songs intact and play what people know. For some reason they didn't want to put the music written for the ending in the CD.
My only complaint with the CD is most songs just fade out instead of ending as they did in the show. The recording is super clear and you can hear the detail of every musical instrument used. However, I do not consider this purchase settling because it's just FANTASTIC. Therefore we must settle on the London cast recording. "Unfortunately, because the critics trashed the Broadway run of Saturday Night Fever, a Broadway recording was never made.
I wouldn't reccomend this to a huge Broadway fan, given the hype that this has received, they might be scared that it set a precedent." The incidents that occur (ie: Tony's brother leaving the ministry, Annette's affection for Tony) are never strongly connected, making for 5 or 6 subplots but never one strong central premise. The "plot" was incredibly weak, especially considering the writers had a movie to refer to, and at times I was wondering what purpose certain songs served in the plot. The ennunciation is also incredibly off, making many words hard to understand. While the vocal talents they chose for it are all right, it appears that they were hoping to ride on the pretty faces and familiar tunes for a Broadway hit. The London recording is also a bit different than the Broadway/Tour run. Having seen the show live, I must admit the choreography was incredible, however that was the only redeeming factor I picked out in it. However, if you are a theatre afficionado who religiously listens to Cole Porter and Stephen Sondheim, then back away from this atrocity. "If, and that's a HUGE if, you're a Bee Gees fan, or a Donna Summer fan, then perhaps you would like Saturday Night Fever: The Musical.
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