Neville Purvis Let Bee Gees be Bygones

Rip It Up, Issue 15, 1 September 1978, Page 11

Neville Purvis Let Bee Gees be Bygones

Neville Purvis

They’ve asked me to say something nice about disco musibjgQdSSSßMH After a solid hour meditating with a couple of tubes, the nicest thing I can think of is that this time: next year disco will have disap- - iwmmLmmmw ■HflMlwfllUjl peared. I said it all on me underground hit single. If the radio stations hadn’t banned it I wouuldn't have to repeat meself: Ain’t nothin' in the world Bound to make me feel sick (Eurgh!) : Like tuning: in to Crapp j Disco. music ■■ ■■llffcEor^glm; by N. Purvis Don’t get me wrong. Not all the music is bad and there are some good groups playin’ it. What tends to inflame my ulcer is the effect it’s having on the local music scene. For a working band to stay alive they do mainly pub work with whatever extra gigs they can get. In the last three months, all over the country, pubs have been switching from live music to disco. It still keeps the patrons dancing and thirsty and it's cheaper than paying a band. And without pub gigs Kiwi bands are up the well-known creek. I’ve just got back from a week in Wellington workin’ with Rough Justice the story down there is the same as Auckland. Two of the best of the Capital’s live pub venues have

switched to pimples and a turntable. At a time when the local product should be being encouraged, bands that have been professional for years are splitting. So don’t ask me about disco music. To say I'm against it is like sayin’ Mt Cook is a steep hill. The way I see it, the Hustle is a hassle, white funk is commercial junk and the sooner the Bee Gees are Bygones the happier I’ll be. I'm supposed to write more than this but I think I’ve made me point, and frankly I’ve got better things to do. So instead I'll ask for a bit of white space.

You kin look at it and meditate on the fact that the people are gettin’ fooled again. On the level,