Heart Songs: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (68230)
United States
January 27, 2021 11:48am CST
Sometimes you just can’t win. I thought John Fogerty’s rocking song yesterday would be good, but it gave some people CMS (Country Migraine Syndrome). NO chance of that happening today! Although these guys did write a country hit (“Islands in the Stream”), there’s NOTHING country about them or this.
How Can You Mend a Broken Heart - Bee Gees
Ah, those Gibb boys. I love using songs from their earlier career to help those who only know them from Saturday Night Fever realize they were NOT one trick ponies.
This is one of their greatest ballads, and one of their most memorable songs from either era of success.
And yes, they really did write the Kenny Rogers/Dolly Parton hit “Islands in the Stream.”
How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
Written by Barry and Robin Gibb
Recorded by The Bee Gees
From Trafalgar, 1971
I can think of younger days:
I can think of younger days when living for my lifeWas everything a man could want to doI could never see tomorrowBut I was never told about the sorrowAnd ho...
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@spiderdust (14760)
• San Jose, California
27 Jan 21
I thought you were talking about John Fogarty in your post, and I was confused about why it showed Barry Gibb in the thumbnail. Now it all makes sense!
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@RebeccasFarm (89980)
• Arvada, Colorado
28 Jan 21
I will tell you..I figured out how to mend it..run away and never look back
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@FourWalls (68230)
• United States
28 Jan 21
Here. I just posted this in another discussion. It should do the trick.
Provided to YouTube by BMG Rights Management (UK) LimitedHit Me With Your Rhythm Stick · Ian Dury · The BlockheadsSex & Drugs & Rock & Roll? 1979 Templemill ...
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@TheHorse (219080)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Jan 21
@FourWalls If I can do it better than the original artist...
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@LindaOHio (179153)
• United States
28 Jan 21
Love, love, love the Bee Gees and all their music.
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@RasmaSandra (80030)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
28 Jan 21
Now this song I really love and I love how The Bee Gees sang it
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@UriahAnne (701)
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27 Jan 21
My father likes BEE GEES. He always play that song.
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