April 8, 2016

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This week we read about a fan who wonders about Barry and what really went on during all those years.

Claire-New York

I became a fan of the Bee Gees when I was about 10. I think it was 1980, and they were world-famous. I was in love with Barry, just like every other girl in the world, I think, but it wasn’t for the reason that he was sexy and gorgeous.

I was an oldest child in a family with two sets of twins. It was hard for me growing up in a big family with all the responsibility I had, and I would just escape with the music and get lost in Bee Gee magazines and posters. There were times every week or sometimes every day that I felt a little separated from my brothers and sisters because they were twins and they seemed to have a special gift for knowing each other’s thoughts and feelings. I was the one left out, but I tried to be OK with that. It didn’t always work. There were battles and anger and bad feelings sometimes just because we were different.

I wondered what Barry was going through and how he really felt because it was really obvious to me that Robin and Maurice had that “twin thing” going on. I was young, but I was really mature for my age, and I identified with Barry because I knew he had tons of pressure on him to be a leader and he wasn’t always as close to his brothers because they were twins. I just knew it had to be that way because I lived it.

I was in awe of him. He seemed to always have it together, but I’m sure that wasn’t always the case. Fights happen in families, and the twins do stick together, I know that for sure.

Anyone who lives with twin siblings knows that it’s hard to be strong sometimes. I think Barry Gibb has been the strongest music star I’ve ever known. He was a star when he was a child, and he’s a legend now. I know he must think back on his twin brothers and all the challenges he overcame, and I love him for succeeding and never giving up. I think he must have felt like I felt at times, dealing with twin mentality, which is impossible to explain.

I am close with my brothers and sisters now, and I thank God for them;but I know that isolation is always a part of our relationship at times, and I’m all right with that now. I think Barry is tough and resilient and amazing, and I’ll be his fan forever.