” … from their transition period in the early 70s … this was a period in the Bee Gees’ career the brothers themselves have described as their commercial and creative nadir,” (Roxborough Report). “It was in between the first wave of orchestra-backed, Beatle-esque success that produced countless hits like ‘To Love Somebody’ and ‘Massachusetts’ and before the even bigger second wave of R&B-infused pop, beginning in 1975 with ‘Jive Talkin’‘.
But those in-between years of 1972-1974 were simultaneously more artistically and commercially fruitful than the Bee Gees may have realized …. during this period they were still having #1 hits in South East Asia and top 20 hits in Australasia, Canada, as well as parts of Europe … The oft-told tale of the stint at the Batley Variety Club in England in 1973 (where Maurice met his second wife Yvonne) is where the brothers said: ‘Right! This is the low-point, we will never be reduced to playing supper clubs again!’ And indeed, they were right … within a couple of years they were back to being one of the biggest bands on the planet and within five years, they probably were the biggest band on the planet.”
“Saw a New Morning,” from 1973’s Life In a Tin Can, features a short and simple melodic idea which wends its way through multiple key changes; the first shift is at the 0:34 mark.
modulationoftheday.home.blog 