In the very beginning of Jive Talkin' by the Bee Gees, where did Barry Gibb get the inspiration for that bit of the instramental rythym? cant figure it out... thanks.
2007-09-17 11:42:33 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Other - Music
He was driving over the Brooklyn bridge and heard the bumps in the pavement...(NO LIE!!!) It was on a great PBS documentary/biography about them...darn if I can't remember what it was called...(you'd of liked it!)
2007-09-17 11:46:00 · answer #1 · answered by The Wonder Years 1988-1993 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The song was originally called "Drive Talking". The song's rhythm was modeled after the sound a car would make crossing the Biscayne Bay into Miami. Producer Arif Mardin wished to market the song toward the teen market, and suggested the change to "Jive Talkin'" (the phrase "jive talkin'", slang for "telling lies", was a popular colloquialism at the time). Barry Gibb wrote the song and then had to fix the lyrics upon completion because he had assumed "jive talkin'" referred to "speaking in jive", a then-popular term for extreme forms of Ebonics, or African-American Vernacular English. All actual "talking jive" references were fixed so they meant "lying".
2007-09-17 11:57:22 · answer #2 · answered by Peepaw 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This was called "Drive Talking" in its early stages, but producer Arif Mardin suggested the change to "Jive" to play to teenage sensibilities. "Jive Talkin'" is a term for slang.
The rhythm was inspired by the chunka-chunka-chunka sound of a car rolling over a bridge crossing Biscayne Bay near Miami.
There are more tidbits on this site.
http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1793
2007-09-17 11:49:19 · answer #3 · answered by pipi08_2000 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋