Spicks and Specks (song)

"Spicks and Specks" is a song by The Bee Gees (chart positions: #1 Australia, #28 Germany, #2 Netherlands).

An instrumental version of the song is part of the soundtrack for Melody, which also featured several other Bee Gees songs.

Live performances

In also this year they performed on the Australian Television also their cover song "Out Of Time" original by The Rolling Stones lead vocals by Robin Gibb.

• They performed in Festival Hall in Melbourne, Australia in July 1971, filmed in a black and white version.

• In 1974, they also performed in Melbourne from their Mr. Natural tour.

• In 1989, they also performed in Melbourne from their One For All Tour.

Cover versions

Melbourne post-punk band The Shower Scene From Psycho recorded a version of the song in 1999 featuring their distinctive trash-pop electronic arrangements using Theremin, noise-producing toys and absurd samples.

A version of the song performed and produced by The Dissociatives is used as the theme song of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's music based quiz show Spicks and Specks (2005-2011).

Status Quo covered the song on their debut album Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo.

The Puhdys song Wenn ein Mensch lebt has notable similarity to this song.

References

• http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/66.html Gibb songs: 1966