The Foo Fighters are transforming into the “Dee Gees” for the release of a disco album.
With the band’s temporary name referencing the initials of its founder, David Grohl, and a play on the name of the Bee Gees, the album Hail Satin will release July 17.
“Introducing…the Dee Gees!!! HAIL SATIN — coming to a local record store & dance party near you July 17th,” the band tweeted Thursday.
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Introducing…the Dee Gees!!!
HAIL SATIN – coming to a local record store & dance party near you July 17th!!! https://t.co/tBmhSkPpMm #RSDDrops #RSD21 @recordstoreday pic.twitter.com/j0g6Kh5jSj
— Foo Fighters (@foofighters) June 17, 2021
The Dee Gees will cover four hits written by the Gibb brothers when they were active in the 1970s as the Bee Gees: “Night Fever,” “Tragedy,” “You Should Be Dancing,” and “More Than a Woman.”
Also on the 70s-style vinyl LP is a cover of Andy Gibb’s No. 1 1978 solo hit “Shadow Dancing.”
Grohl got the idea for the album from appearances on various TV shows and livestreams in which the Foo Fighters covered “You Should Be Dancing” and “Shadow Dancing.”
“So I was like, ‘Why don’t we just do a Bee Gees song?’ And someone was just like, ‘OK, how do you wanna do it?’ And I said: ‘Well, let’s do it like the Bee Gees,’” Grohl recounted, describing the band’s process of recording the “You Should Be Dancing” cover.
“I have never, ever in my life sung like that,” Grohl added. “But it was the easiest song I have ever sung in my entire life. I sang the song, and it was like six minutes and I was done. I should have been singing like this for the last 25 years!”
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The classic vinyl LP will have two sides: one dedicated to the covers of the Bee Gees songs and the other containing live recordings of songs from the Foo Fighters album, Medicine at Midnight.
