{"id":672,"date":"2012-06-10T10:35:29","date_gmt":"2012-06-10T14:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westwoodvalley.com\/?p=672"},"modified":"2012-06-10T10:35:29","modified_gmt":"2012-06-10T14:35:29","slug":"my-musical-evolution-part-77-bfms-grease-becomes-the-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wrharrison.com\/musicalevolution\/2012\/06\/10\/my-musical-evolution-part-77-bfms-grease-becomes-the-word\/","title":{"rendered":"My Musical Evolution – Part 77 BFMS Grease Becomes The Word"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I was listening to the Saturday Night Fever<\/em> soundtrack, I realized that I never have seen that movie. I guess at some point in the 1990’s I saw a good chunk of it on TV. For me, Saturday Night Fever<\/em> was just a double album of really great dance music. My cousin had the record back then and I heard it enough to become attached to nearly every track. I have to say nearly because I was nver that crazy about Boogie Shoes<\/em> or Jive Talkin’<\/em>.\u00a0 The scientist me would love to be able to point to a formula or mathematic equation that would conclusively prove why those songs didn’t capture my affection like the rest of that album.<\/p>\n

As I scan the memory banks of the late 1970’s, once we get past the enormous impact of Star Wars, the three things that stick out are Saturday Night Fever<\/em> featuring John Travolta and The Bee Gees. Grease<\/em>, featuring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. And Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band <\/em>featuring The Bee Gees and Peter Frampton. Was it coincidental that these three seemingly montrous hits all involved some combination of John Travolta and the Bee Gees?<\/p>\n

We were already watching Happy Days<\/em> and Welcome Back Kotter<\/em> so the transition to Grease was an easy one to make.\u00a0 Mom’s Scratchy 45s<\/em>\u00a0 paved the way for the 1950’s sound. We saw the movie and like everybody else we loved it.<\/p>\n

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Greae Is The Word
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