Odessa (City on the Black Sea)

About Odessa (City on the Black Sea)

"Odessa (City on the Black Sea)" is a song by the English rock band the Bee Gees, written by Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb in 1968 and released in early 1969. The song opened the album of the same name. The song was recorded twice. The first version of the song (without the orchestra) was later to appear on Sketches for Odessa and has a duration to 6:40. The song was a very long song about the survivor of a shipwreck, and was originally intended to form the basis of the whole album. Musically it was dominated by strings and acoustic guitar. It was originally proposed to be the first single of the album. In 2010, the song appeared on the 4CD compilation Mythology on the disc devoted to Robin's work with the group. more »

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1969

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Fourteenth of February, eighteen ninety-nine,
The British ship Veronica was lost without a sign.

Baa baa black sheep,
You haven't any wool.
Captain Richardson
Left himself a lonely wife in Hull.

Cherub,
I lost a ship in the Baltic sea.
I'm on an iceberg running free.

Sitting,
Filing this berg to the shape of a ship;
Sailing my way back to your lips.
One passing ship gave word that
You have moved out of your old flat,
You love the Vicar more then words can say.
Tell him to pray
That I won't melt away and I'll see your face again.

Odessa, how strong am I?
Odessa, how time goes by.

Treasure,
You know the neighbors that live next door,
They haven't got their dog anymore.

Freezing,
Sailing around in the North Atlantic,
Can't seem to leave the sea anymore.
I just can't understand
Why you just moved to Finland.
You love that Vicar more then words can say.
Ask him to pray
That I won't melt away and I'll see your face again.

Odessa, how strong am I?
Odessa, how time goes by.

Oh oh
Fourteenth of February, eighteen ninety-nine,
The British ship Veronica was lost without a sign.

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Bee Gees

The Bee Gees were a musical group founded in 1958. The group's line-up consisted of brothers Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The trio were successful for most of their decades of recording music, but they had two distinct periods of exceptional success: as a pop act in the late 1960s/early 1970s, and as prominent performers of the disco music era in the late 1970s. The group sang three-part tight harmonies that were instantly recognisable; Robin's clear vibrato lead was a hallmark of their earlier hits, while Barry's R&B falsetto became their signature sound during the late 1970s and 1980s. The brothers wrote all of their own hits, as well as writing and producing several major hits for other artists. more »

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