It’s rough.īut that’s not how we remember Saturday Night Fever. His big moment of triumph, winning a dance competition, is a total sham, and he knows it. He gets into a gang fight with a Puerto Rican crew, the culmination of a feud built on racism and mistaken identity.
He sits by silently while his friends commit rape. The film is one of those shaggy, downbeat ’70s character studies about people with deep, unresolved problems. Pretty soon, he doesn’t even feel that escape anymore. The only place where he really comes alive is on the dancefloor.
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He starts out the movie with a go-nowhere job by the time it ends, he doesn’t even have that. He doesn’t like his friends much, and they don’t like him much either. His parents don’t understand him, and he doesn’t understand them. Brooklyn teenager Tony Manero - John Travolta, who will appear in this column pretty soon - is an electric dancer, a joy to watch, but his life is a mess. He said, "It's about a bunch of guys who are just like us, except they get laid".In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present.Īs a movie, Saturday Night Fever is one hell of a downer. One of my buddies saw it before the rest of us, and I asked him what the movie was about. Oh, yeah, I forgot something else personally funny about the movie. It was one of the coolest moments I'd ever seen. I never saw the Beatles in concert, but the sound made by the girls at a Beatles concert must have been a lot like the sound made by the girls when they realized who that bearded guy was. Yep, John Travolta was in town filming "Urban Cowboy", and joined the Brothers Gibb for their finale. Who is that bearded dude? It sure isn't Andy Gibb. But wait - there's a fourth guy singing with them now. They played "Tragedy", and then broke into "Jive Talkin'". Their show at the Summitt was electric, but it was the encore that will be remembered forever. The Bee Gees came here (Houston) in 1977, at the height of Saturday Night Fever. E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator ***The number of hits on this album is absurd.Of it's 17 tracks,no less than 10 were hit singles in the US and/or the UK,including six US chart-toppers. ***Likewise,there is also a Bee Gees version of "If I Can't Have You",a song they later gave to Yvonne Elliman her version appears on the soundtrack and in the movie (the Bee Gees version is the B-side of the "Stayin Alive" single). ***In 1976,The Bee Gees toured and their opening act was Tavares.When it was time for a new Tavares album,The Bee Gees offered them a song-"More Than A Woman"-which was later included on the soundtrack.For the dance contest scene in the film,the Bee Gees recorded their own,softer version. ***Curiously,on some early copies of this album,The Bee Gees song "Jive Talkin" is presented in it's 1977 live version.Later versions of the album (and the CDs) feature the studio version. ***In the latest VHS release of the film,which is in surround,some of the music has been altered (probably for copyright problems?).When the Puerto Rican couple are dancing during the dance contest,the song "K-Jee" has been replaced by some generic-sounding music.This same music is played instead of "Disco Duck" in the brief glimpse of the dance studio owner giving lessons to a group of people.(This is why you must buy the DVD,which includes all the original songs!) >"an instrumental version of "How Deep Is Your Love",which can be heard in a few scenes" >"an instrumental that is played when Annette and Tony are rehearsing for the dance contest" ***There are at least five songs that appear in the movie but are not on the soundtrack album.If the CD is ever remastered and expanded to include bonus tracks,these songs could possibly be added. Here's a little interesting trivia about this album,which is the biggest-selling movie soundtrack of all time (22 million copies sold). The 'Saturday Night Fever' movie soundtrack is one of my favorite albums.The Bee Gees created songs that work like magic in the film.There are so many other gems.the hypnotic instrumental "K-Jee" by M.F.S.B.,the catchy "Boogie Shoes" by KC and the Sunshine Band,the take-no-prisoners funk of "Disco Inferno" by the Tavares,and the beautiful,swirling "Manhattan Skyline" by David Shire.
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