I do not understand the Bee Gees song "More Than A Woman." Really.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

...I mean, how can you be "more than a woman?"

I understand "The Bionic Woman," who was a woman, with a few extra options installed. Is the song about Lindsay Wagner?



And if the woman the Bee Gees are singing about was a hermaphrodite, well, of course...she'd be "more than a woman," but for some the "more" would be "too much."

So I'm stumped, I always thought that a woman being a woman was enough, but apparently the Bee Gees have stumbled onto something that the rest of us have overlooked.

[kmla]

1. Actually, I like the Tavares version much better...

Although the lyrics were still very formulaic. But it was the 70's. You kinda have to excuse that...

[Wright Patman]

2. Professor Henry Higgins

(Rex Harrison) used to sing, "Why can't a woman be more like a man?"

So maybe both songs are about the woman still having the female primary and secondary sex characteristics, but the psychological makeup such as to fit in as "one of the guys."

Just my humble analysis.

[mmm]

3. They promised to stop performing after their brother died

a promise is a promise and I'm holding 'em to it

[TheWizardOfMudd]

4. Well, according to the lyrics . . . .

. . . . the object of the singer's affections is also a "baby" and a "girl." So, not only is she a grown woman, but she also encompasses younger versions of herself.

[zbird]

5. More than just a sex object.

A friend, a soul mate and a lover. More than just another woman.

[jobycom]

7. Yay. Finally a right answer.

For the times, it was appropriate, even laudable.

[demnan]

6. I always thought that was a gay song myself

It came out during an era where a lot of the popular music was gay-oriented. Pre-aids, gay people were coming out of the closet as the most fun people and this influenced music for a while, even among straight artists. I don't mean this as a derrogatory comment, simply an observation from someone who graduated high school in 1975.

[Raster]

8. Two words: DRAG QUEEN!!!