[sirens] [applause] good evening to all of you. [applause] [applause] i am beginning to recognize the fact that nothing is true. nothing. it is all down to perception. my immediate family is gone, but that is life. it s the same thing with every family, that somebody will be left in the end. and this time in life i have fantastic memories, but everybody s memory is different so they re just my memories, you know? i know that morris and robin would ve had a different kind of memory. i remember barry saying that when they were going to be really famous. and we said oh yeah, he s a big brother, you know? we kind of saw ourselves as triplets, rather than me and maurice being twins. where the same polls growing up, then it became impossible to see each other as normal brothers. my night christmas there was an acoustic guitar at the end of my bed, and robin and morris started to collaborate and producing with me. we started doing gigs as a teenage act. we we
maurice being twins. where the same polls growing up, then it became impossible to see each other as normal brothers. my night christmas there was an acoustic guitar at the end of my bed, and robin and morris started to collaborate and producing with me. we started doing gigs as a teenage act. we were the whole family, from england to australia. all three of us had the same understanding, we were going to come famous come or high water. our father had his own hand, but it did not work out. so he became our manager. and it was a team, it was a three and dad. and mom of course. my mother, she was always the person who kept the calm between dad and us. very strong, very loyal. when the beatles came on the scene, it was like, that s what we ve been trying to do. they turned music into an
manager. cream was signed to robert on what i thought was an exclusive deal. it was a surprise that coming in. robert was so eccentric. i mean, absolutely bonkers. he was australian, but he spoke like an english gentlemen. and he would wear these really big flashy ties, and he had a comb over, and it was all just who is this guy. whoever this man was, he really believed in us. he was almost like a parent. you cannot deny talent. and the talent was so obvious. somebody mentioned that the beaches were in town. they were good friends of mine from australia. so, i phoned them up. i said is maurice there? put maurice on. he said, we ve been signed up by this guy called robert stede wood.
field. but i never knew he existed until one day he shows up, fresh from australia. and he was a great kid. but you could do anything he set his mind to. barry was and his idol. they were almost like twins. we were very much alike. we looked alike, we had the same birthmarks. i would say we were as much like twins as maurice and robin. main course, and children of the war that followed it, they were triple platinum. i think he really wanted to be a part of that. they suggested that i could australia, and my brother s first in 1958 when i was only five months old, and start working there and get some records released. and it was very young. he had as little banned. it was a process of building him up, getting him to play live, getting him to be an artist. i was there for two years. out of the blue, a phone call came for my brother barry, and he said i want to produce you. and i think was about two weeks or something i was in the studio to do a new album in
and we managed to fit into different eras. and we saw a lot of people who were the champions of their era come and go. we didn t always connect, but we stayed around. we managed to defy the criticism, most of the time. and i just hope and pray that the music lasts, you know. because i begin to recognize there s not as much time in front of me as there is behind me. hello australia, this is andy gibb here in miami. and i would like to wish you kids one more time. hi australia, this is andy gibb here in miami. and i d like to wish all the kids and all my friends in australia a very merry christmas and a happy new year.