Music Review: Lou Baron Remakes the Bee Gees “ If I can’t Have You” Into a New Dance Version, with Whimsical Dance-able Hedonist Pursuits
“If I Can’t Have You” is a disco song written by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb in 1977. The song initially appeared on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack in a version by Yvonne Elliman, released in November 1977.
The Bee Gees’ version appeared a month later as the B-side of “Stayin’ Alive”.
The song later appeared on the Bee Gees’ compilation Their Greatest Hits: The Record.
The remixed version was released and remastered in the compilation Bee Gees Greatest in 2007 and marked the return of the Bee Gees to the US Hot Dance Tracks charts after 28 years. According to Maurice, this track was the first song they did while they were recording the other songs for the film.
The recording was started at Château d’Hérouvilleas a basic track only and completed later at Cherokee Studios in Los Angeles.
Artist: Lourdes Duque Baron
Label: Timeless Entertainment Inc.
Lou Baron captures this 70’s Hit with the appeal of Disco; frothy music made by serious talents, like the Bee Gees, the reigning princes of music in that era; with whimsical dance-able hedonist pursuits: too-shiny suits, excessive fun, artistic consumption, where the younger generation bro down over Disco beats and pack as many dancing women as possible into Lou Baron’s version and say “It’s goofy, but incredibly fun”
