It was Arif Mardin who worked with them producing their album.....he ask if anyone could scream in tune for the song "Nights on Broadway" Barry volunteered to go out and try it and that's when he found out that he had the ability to sing falsetto and the rest as they say.....is history. The Bee Gees are also the first group to EVER create a drum loop on "Stayin' Alive" the drums you hear are also the same drums you hear in "Night Fever" their drummer had a family emergency and had to fly back to the UK when they were getting ready to record "Stayin' Alive" so Carl Richardson, Albie Galuten and our boys went into the studio and created the first EVER drum loop. The Bee Gees and their team are legends and icons.
I feel the same. I should have been born in the 60s because I love 70s-90s music. Especially the 70s and 80s. I was born in the 80s. But I appreciate the older music. To quote Bob Seger "today's music ain't got the same soul".
Yes,Barry was 9 and the twins were 6,when they started their journey. They worked hard, and boy did it pay off. Barry said they didn't make a lot of money,but we reaped the benefit, because we are blessed with their music.
Ummm…they actually wrote ALL the music for Saturday Night Fever! They did it in 2 days even!! It was a producer that listened to the song Nights on Broadway after it was recorded and the producer said, “it’s too bad one of you can’t scream in tune!” Barry said he would try it (even though he has the lowest voice of the 3 of them)! Barry’s falsetto was then born.
That high pitch was discovered when they were making Nights On Broadway. The producer wanted a high pitch scream at the end. Disco would have never reached the heights it did without them.
Mom you did a Great Job describing the Bee Gee's Your daughter listened and learned a few facts about the Brothers . the other Brother was Andy Gibb . Sadly Berry Gibb Is The Only Living Bee Gee ! he seems to being doing Great besides missing his brothers . We All Miss Them .. Sending Love To Berry Gibb ! Thank You For The Share 💖
Listening to you two has dredged up old memories. From my earliest memory, 3 to 4 years old, very beginning of the 60's, to my High school Graduation in 1976 and of course beyond to today, this country of ours went through a titanic personnel social upheaval and change. I feel Blessed that I was here to witness it al. within 44-45 years we wood go literally from sticks, glue and fabric to fly a couple hundred feet, to rocket powered machines of steel that fly faster than Sound.
It was 1975 when the BG's were making their album 'Main Course', and as the Mom in this video said it was the Producer that thought it would be a good idea to bring in a female singer to do the vocal echo on the song 'Nights on Broadway', but Barry said he wanted to try it first and found his legendary falsetto. EPIC!
barry is the only song writer to have 4 number 1 hits that each song knocked his own song out of number 1, 4 in a row ,that record will most likely stand 4ever
Let me point out that this song and the rest of songs featuring in Saturday Night Fever were written before Robert Stigwood had told them he was producing a movie and he needed a soundtrack, so the brothers weren't thinking of a disco related film when they wrote the songs. All of them were going to be part of a new album but they were included in the soundtrack.
When the song appeared, I was listening to it between my mother's belly and the maternity ward... I was just being born. But today I can appreciate them even though I'm a fan of other music (classical, metal). All I know is that the Bee Gees never wanted to be disco music icons (and they did anyway 🤣🤣🤣) Thx girls!
@@generationgapreacts - Born on the Isle of Man. Robin sang a version of their anthem "Ellan Vannin" with the Kings College Choir shortly before he died. That version is stunningly beautiful.
I found your Channel looking for Bee Gees reactions! Elvis is my favoriteSinger and the Bee Gees are my favorite group. I am 57 almost 58 years old. The Bee gees found their Falsettos when recording Nights on Broadway. The Producers asked if they could make a screaming or excited typesound. They started Harmonizing Higher and higher and discovered they had the falsetos voice. They discovered Barry could hold ot the longest. One of the First Songs they recorded after Nights on Broad way was Fanny Be Tender WithMy Love. Please react to that song. Barry at first did not want to record using Falsetto but his brothers talked him into it.
Thank you for the wonderful comment and info on how the Gibbs brothers discovered their falsettos. We would love to do a reaction to Fanny, Be Tender With My Love. I don’t think my daughter has heard that song. We will also react to more Bee Gees and Elvis would be a great artist to add as well. We are glad you found us!
Their dad was involved with their singing. And don’t forget about the youngest brother, Andy. He was dating Victoria Principal, the actress on Dallas. Andy started off with his bothers but went out on his own. As you know, all of them have passed, but the youngest, Andy, was the first to pass on at a very young age.
Admire how you celebrate very good all time classic and here indeed the biggest smash from the seventies 😎funfact: the matter of 'Stayin' Alive' is about survival in the streets of New York inspired by the Nic Cohn paperback Tribal Rites of the Saturday Night who was the plot for the classic Saturday Night Fever Movie. It is actually claimed by a survey i guess it was 2017 of all international radio stations around the globe what is the most airplayed song of all time - every 20 seconds - this tunes with Barrys legendary falsetto with Sir Pauls Yesterday in second place by far - all time classic and here indeed the biggest smash from the seventies. This epic video was filmed on MGM Studios in Culver City in Hollywood California. It’s a part of our shared cultural heritage now - one of those pop miracles that just never gets old, never wears off, never loses its charge. It remains alive. And indeed one of the most covered pop songs in history and fifth best selling tune of all time with 32 million sold singles. 🍾
Wow Michael thank you for the super informative comment! We definitely did not know all that about the meaning of the song. It’s no surprise Stayin Alive and Yesterday are 2 of the most played songs, they are amazing! Can’t beat Barry’s vocals and of course The Beatles with their creativity and talent. We hope you enjoyed our reaction video and thank you for sharing some amazing facts about the song and the music video.
Thanks for your reaction! The BeeGees were: the tallest and oldest brother (with the big hair and beard), Barry Gibb, born September 1, 1946, the only surviving Gibb brother. Robin Gibb (with the long hair, no beard), born December 22, 1949-passed away May 20, 2012, and Robin's fraternal twin brother Maurice (the balding brother with the beard, pronounced "Morris") Gibb, born December 22, 1949-passed away January 12, 2003. They also had another, younger, brother Andy Gibb, born March 5, 1958-passed away March 10, 1988. The three oldest brothers were born on the Isle of Man (UK). Oldest brother Barry got seriously burned when he accidentally pulled boiling tea over himself at 18 months old. He was in coma for a while, nearly died and was in hospital for many months. Because of this, he did not learn to talk until after the twins were born. Later the family moved to Manchester and from there they emigrated to Australia in 1958, right after Andy was born. Their musical career, which they had started as little kids, didn't lead to international success so they moved back to the UK in 1966. Then they had a string of big hits, until they temporarily broke up around 1970 for 15 months. Started back up, looking for a new sound which they first found in 1974 with the transitional album "Mr. Natural". After that "Main Course" was the first album that moved them into a new direction: more rhythm&blues, dance music like with great hits like Nights on Broadway and Jive Talkin'. From 1976 on they went all out with falsetto driven dance music which lead to their biggest commercial success as they provided classic songs for the Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack (1977 Stayin' Alive, How Deep is Your Love, Night Fever amongst them). You should react to the 1979 live version of Stayin' Alive, too czcams.com/video/7niXSh7vWRI/video.html Other great songs to analyze: great album tracks from the 1979 Spirits Having Flown album, the title song: czcams.com/video/WH_j90fCIk4/video.html, the outrageously beautiful song Reaching Out czcams.com/video/vfHUS5Mf00Q/video.html. From their Still Waters album, Smoke and MIrrors: czcams.com/video/MT9vRHSWNbk/video.html. From the 1960's I've gotta get a message to you czcams.com/video/CA4CInDnTk8/video.html.
In the sixties, they had also huge success with songs like 'To Love Somebody', 'Words', 'Massachusetts' or 'I've Gotta Get A Message To You'. In the early seventies, US-Nr. 1's with 'Lonely Days' and 'How Can You Mend A Broken Heart'. Came up with fresh new sounds in every decade, up to 2001 with 'This Is Where I Came In'. Comin' into them, is like falling into a black whole.
Thank you Francis! We will do videos on each of those songs as well! The Bee Gees have so many amazing songs it’s hard to pick. We are looking forward to getting to all the ones you mentioned
That was Arif Mardin, their producer at the time, suggested some "screaming" ad-libs at the end of Nights on Broadway and Barry said he would give it a try, and thus his falsetto was discovered. Yes, Barry is the oldest, Rob and Mo are fraternal twins, and Andy was 12 years younger than Barry and had his own solo career, but did join his brothers sometimes on tour and he was supposed to join them on their One tour, but died of a virus that went to his heart before then and he was only 30 years old. He had a great career before then and his brothers helped write songs for him! Musical genius for sure! Their father was a musician and their mother was a singer!
Hi ladies Saturday night Fever is still the best selling movie soundtrack of all time it had 8 top 40 singles and 5 number one songs if you are going to react to more songs from this LP consider the Bee Gees More than a woman or Yvonne Elliman If I can't have you (written by Barry Gibb)
In 1975 they were doing add libs for "Nights on Broadway" and the producer asked if one of them could scream in tune. Barry said he'd give it a shot. And that's how he discovered he could sing falsetto.
Actually, Barry didn't hit his falsetto, so it's said, till he did Nights on Broadway from the Main Course album (pre-disco style). I'm not sure I can hear it there myself, but it's definitely on Fanny Be Tender on the same album.
Yes- they started out as kids but it was when they moved to Australia from the UK that they were discovered and Aussies threw those little kids onto TV and from there they flourished and grew and outgrew our little country (probably only 7-11 million population back then) and went back to the UK when they became adults and to record at Abbey Road where the Beatles recorded.
Very talented group, on a side note, I went to school with their cousin and met Barry a few times at my mates house, this was mid 80s, he was such a nice bloke..
Also found your channel looking for new BeeGees reactors. Glad you're a fan Mom, and introducing you daughter to the greatest group ever! FYI the brothers hated the term disco. They called their music contemporary r&b and blue eyed soul.
They wrote a song in that Saturday Night Fever album for a young lady named Yvonne Elliman and the name of that song it became a big hit is if I can't have you of course being the Disco era it was a disco song but it's a really great song You may wish to take a listen to sometime.
Love your reaction, love The Bee Gees and never get tired of their music. I really enjoyed your conversation and it took me back to those wonderful days. I’m older than you but my memories are very similar to yours. Thank yo so much.
Thank you for watching Angelina! The Bee Gees have always been my favorite. Listening to them just brings back so many amazing memories as I’m sure you know! We will be making more Bee Gees videos and similar type of music reactions
The Foo Fighters made a Bee Gees cover album around 2020 performing as the Dee Gees. Since you like the Bee Gees, you should check it out. "You Should Be Dancing" is so good, you won't believe it isn't the Bee Gees.
Just subscribed. Im scouring youtube for anything BeeGees. Think i might be obsessed 🤫 These guys are just fantastic. I find a new song from them often. Only recently found out that they wrote Sweetheart, the one made famous by Engelbert Humperdinck in the 60s. Who knew? They were legendary songwriters, singers, producers, performers. They arrived before their time. Today I'm loving Kiss of Life from the Size album. Love to hear it. Or One, Alone, For whom the bell tolls, Blue Island or my favourite You Win Again. Any of them would be phenomenal
Thank you for subscribing, we appreciate you! And we’re glad you found us. We have more Bee Gees in the works 😁 we are writing down the songs you mentioned and will be creating more videos.
"Huge" is the right adjective to describe the impact this song had on the listening public. The Saturday Night Fever movie and it's soundtrack album were humungous. This song was played almost endlessly on the radio. Along with "Night Fever" from the same album. A local New Orleans radio station played Stayin' Alive back-to-back one night at the height of the Saturday Night Fever mania. A first for any local radio station back then. 1977. Another Gibb brother has a catalog of hits, also -- Andy Gibb. I don't recall seeing y'all react to any of his songs. He passed away in the late 80's.
This was where the local bands learned how to mimic some of their songs & it got people dancing. Disco was alive during this time. Your mom knows. I had the Miami Vice jacket. Yeah I was cool, could dance & had the clothes. 😎
Thanks for talking about how it used to be in the "clubs". I agree... most men and virtually all the women would show up dressed nicely. I suppose I had in the back of my mind that I would meet someone special. It was a great era for dance music. I didn't listen to disco at my house but in a club it was get up and dance music for sure. Your daughter is lucky to have you talk about how it was back then and she can experience that era vicariously through your stories. Take care......
there mother used to go to all there concerts and stuff and allways took a apple with her wrapped up in her hankerchief which they mentioned one night and she was there and produced the apple was so funny im 67 and have to agree with mom about them days was fun times so many memorys for me all good ones met my wife at a local club and was together for many yrs till she passed 7 yrs back most fun times for me
Country Lanes from 1975 with Robin on lead is a favorite of mine. Also as another suggested try to react to Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow, one of the few covers they have made in their long career. This was made for a tribute album for Carole King called tapestry. Carole herself said that this was possibly the best version she had heard of her song.
This song just a few weeks ago became the most played song on the planet. I believe it was said that it is played on the radio somewhere in the world every 15 seconds. Not bad for a song that's like 45 years old ;)
Stayin' Alive is also the song recommended to use when giving CPR to someone. The frequency of beats on the song matches the rate of heart compressions used for CPR. Barry said when he found this out, he was quite pleased that their song is helping others. Their music is a lifesaver, not only musically for those who need emotional/mental healing, but physically, too!
Love this, there are actual tutorials on the dance that was created on Saturday night Fever. Another beautiful song is Happy Ever After. So great to see others that love them as much as I do.
@@generationgapreacts It was love at first sight for Barry. He went to Miami with Robert Stigwood but he couldn't get Linda out of his mind and told Stigwood he was going back to the UK for her because "she is the one". He knew it right away and 52 years later, they are still together. He said that he believes in love at first sight because it happened to him. What a beautiful love story.
Saturday Night Fever was all the rage in Jr high and high School, some parents took there kids to see the movie not me, had to wait till the video came out, 🕺💃🎤🎤🎤
last i heard or knew about only one of the bee gees was still alive not sure one of the twins or the oldest and of course andy gave their younger brother died years ago thinking the 80s.
Love your reactions and how positive you are. This is such a great song. Amazing how they could take such serious lyrics and turn them into upbeat dance music. My eyes always go straight to Barry and my ears tune in to his voice first.
Thank you for introducing the Bee Gee's to your daughter. I've been watching all your reactions to the Bee Gee's the last 2 days. I wish I could have went to at least one of their concerts
Just FYI, Barry released a new album in 2021 called Greenfields Vol 1. It is an awesome collaboration with him singing with other artists. It has become a Number 1 selling album in a number of other countries but don’t think it has reached No 1 in the US yet. You should give it a listen. He was 75 years old when he did this and has been married to his wife Linda for 52 years now. They have five children! Four boys and one girl… just like he and his brothers. Sir Barry Gibb was and is a musical genius. All three brothers were self taught! All quit school at the age of thirteen! Great history on these boys. Enjoy your adventure into bliss. 🥰
Amazing family and thank you for all that info! We will be picking up his new album too. Love him and want to support his solo career. We will also be watching their documentary
@@generationgapreacts - The documentary is really good. The Bee Gees were sadly never recognized for their incredible talent during their hay day because of their unfortunate attachment to the disco period. They were banned for being too successful! No other group was disrespected like those three brothers. And they were so amazing from the time they were little kids with a dream. All self taught. Couldn’t read or write music but wrote some of the most beautiful lyrics and soundtracks ever heard. I could sing their praises forever and they have a huge following to this day. Barry had a dream to be a pop star at the age of nine. His six year old twin brothers said “we want to do that too.” And so it began… Glad Barry is getting the respect he truly deserves. They worked their butts off and supported their family and hundreds of others throughout their career. May God continue to bless us with Barry Gibbs talent!
Love the concept of the different generation reaction. I’d love to see y’all react to the a cappella group Home Free. They cover many classics from many genres and most folks call their covers upgrades. They’ve even collaborated with original artists on classics. Give Home Free a shot. It’s a deep rabbit hole but I believe y’all will enjoy it! Subscribed.
Yeah, great track, of course… Saturday Night Fever sold more copies than … well, it eclipsed Carole King’s “ Tapestry album which had held the sales record through most of the 70s. But what is rarely mentioned, I find, is that despite all the great disco music, Saturday Night Fever was a pretty dark movie, tragic in many ways. So kids, if you watch that old film, don’t expect everything to come up rosy, like real life, it didn’t.
Yeah that high sound originated during the the sessions in Miami and it was a producer that tried to get them they wanted them to do a scream a controlled screen type of thing there and Barry and Maurice both were able to do it but Barry became the main thing because Maurice's big thing was on the instruments and riding and and the harmonies he left the singing the main singing things to Robin and Barry who were very Adept at that but you have already noticed a little bit in the song to love somebody how high Maurice's voice can get but if you really want to listen to his high voice check out the song Nights on Broadway when he does the echo singing when he does the repeats and you'll be able to see that it's him singing If you get the right video because it's shocked me I didn't know that he was able to go as high as Barry but he's literally literally got a range as as large as Berry does so just thought I'd put that out there.
They wrote over a thousand songs for themselves and many top artists. Like 100 top ten songs. No one but John Lennon and Sir Paul McCartney have written more hit songs than Sir Barry Gibb.
If you really want to see a really good song that they did when they were kids they did several but one that sticks in my mind real good is the Bob Dylan song blowing in the wind they did that on live TV too but if you look that song up you'll get to see them heck I think Robin and Maurice can't be much older than about 13 14 years old and that in that video.
It was Arif Mardin who worked with them producing their album.....he ask if anyone could scream in tune for the song "Nights on Broadway" Barry volunteered to go out and try it and that's when he found out that he had the ability to sing falsetto and the rest as they say.....is history. The Bee Gees are also the first group to EVER create a drum loop on "Stayin' Alive" the drums you hear are also the same drums you hear in "Night Fever" their drummer had a family emergency and had to fly back to the UK when they were getting ready to record "Stayin' Alive" so Carl Richardson, Albie Galuten and our boys went into the studio and created the first EVER drum loop. The Bee Gees and their team are legends and icons.
I feel the same. I should have been born in the 60s because I love 70s-90s music. Especially the 70s and 80s. I was born in the 80s. But I appreciate the older music. To quote Bob Seger "today's music ain't got the same soul".
Yes,Barry was 9 and the twins were 6,when they started their journey.
They worked hard, and boy did it pay off.
Barry said they didn't make a lot of money,but we reaped the benefit, because we are blessed with their music.
Ummm…they actually wrote ALL the music for Saturday Night Fever! They did it in 2 days even!! It was a producer that listened to the song Nights on Broadway after it was recorded and the producer said, “it’s too bad one of you can’t scream in tune!” Barry said he would try it (even though he has the lowest voice of the 3 of them)! Barry’s falsetto was then born.
bee gees love you inside out
Fantastic choice! We will record that song soon ☺️
I'm 71 and I definitely remember those times.
I love the Bee Gees music. So many good songs.
Get up an DANCE ladies.
That high pitch was discovered when they were making Nights On Broadway. The producer wanted a high pitch scream at the end. Disco would have never reached the heights it did without them.
Queen love of my life & ABBA dancing queen
Check out our Dancing Queen reaction video! And Love of My Life is a wonderful pick
They already had these songs written when they were approached about writing songs for the movie. Very cool fun fact.
Mom you did a Great Job describing the Bee Gee's Your daughter listened and learned a few facts about the Brothers . the other Brother was Andy Gibb . Sadly Berry Gibb Is The Only Living Bee Gee ! he seems to being doing Great besides missing his brothers . We All Miss Them .. Sending Love To Berry Gibb ! Thank You For The Share 💖
Thank you for watching our video! Andy, Robin, and Maurice are greatly missed
I also found out not to long ago, that I never knew. They have a older sister. Lesley Barbara Gibb
2023 and Barry is gone now as well :
Barry is still with us.
4 brother yes, I remember Andy pass away, when I was in Highschool 🙏
They have written alot of music fir others .
Listening to you two has dredged up old memories. From my earliest memory, 3 to 4 years old, very beginning of the 60's, to my High school Graduation in 1976 and of course beyond to today, this country of ours went through a titanic personnel social upheaval and change. I feel Blessed that I was here to witness it al. within 44-45 years we wood go literally from sticks, glue and fabric to fly a couple hundred feet, to rocket powered machines of steel that fly faster than Sound.
Fanny be tinder with my heart is a song that you can hear all the guys special talent
It was 1975 when the BG's were making their album 'Main Course', and as the Mom in this video said it was the Producer that thought it would be a good idea to bring in a female singer to do the vocal echo on the song 'Nights on Broadway', but Barry said he wanted to try it first and found his legendary falsetto. EPIC!
Falsetto: a method of voice production used by male singers, especially tenors, to sing notes higher than their normal range.
barry is the only song writer to have 4 number 1 hits that each song knocked his own song out of number 1, 4 in a row ,that record will most likely stand 4ever
Let me point out that this song and the rest of songs featuring in Saturday Night Fever were written before Robert Stigwood had told them he was producing a movie and he needed a soundtrack, so the brothers weren't thinking of a disco related film when they wrote the songs. All of them were going to be part of a new album but they were included in the soundtrack.
When the song appeared, I was listening to it between my mother's belly and the maternity ward... I was just being born.
But today I can appreciate them even though I'm a fan of other music (classical, metal). All I know is that the Bee Gees never wanted to be disco music icons (and they did anyway 🤣🤣🤣)
Thx girls!
This Was Definitely One Of My Late Dad's Favorite Song's, Great Reaction Ladies
Those were great times and we had great music! Mom looks much younger than her age.
That’s so nice of you Tom!
The Bee Gees are the best! Love your reactions!
a disco classic but actually never gets old...
Fact's
The BG'S lived in Australia when they we really young ,and started their TV careers on Australian television - along with Olivia
Did not know that! How interesting. The things we have been learning through YT is wonderful
@@generationgapreacts - Born on the Isle of Man. Robin sang a version of their anthem "Ellan Vannin" with the Kings College Choir shortly before he died. That version is stunningly beautiful.
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I found your Channel looking for Bee Gees reactions! Elvis is my favoriteSinger and the Bee Gees are my favorite group. I am 57 almost 58 years old. The Bee gees found their Falsettos when recording Nights on Broadway. The Producers asked if they could make a screaming or excited typesound. They started Harmonizing Higher and higher and discovered they had the falsetos voice. They discovered Barry could hold ot the longest. One of the First Songs they recorded after Nights on Broad way was Fanny Be Tender WithMy Love. Please react to that song. Barry at first did not want to record using Falsetto but his brothers talked him into it.
Thank you for the wonderful comment and info on how the Gibbs brothers discovered their falsettos. We would love to do a reaction to Fanny, Be Tender With My Love. I don’t think my daughter has heard that song. We will also react to more Bee Gees and Elvis would be a great artist to add as well.
We are glad you found us!
Did you know that the Bee gees wrote the song.. grease is the word for the movie Grease ?????
Their dad was involved with their singing. And don’t forget about the youngest brother, Andy. He was dating Victoria Principal, the actress on Dallas. Andy started off with his bothers but went out on his own. As you know, all of them have passed, but the youngest, Andy, was the first to pass on at a very young age.
They wrote a lot of songs for other artists as well. Barbara, Dolly parton for just to name a few
Admire how you celebrate very good all time classic and here indeed the biggest smash from the seventies 😎funfact: the matter of 'Stayin' Alive' is about survival in the streets of New York inspired by the Nic Cohn paperback Tribal Rites of the Saturday Night who was the plot for the classic Saturday Night Fever Movie.
It is actually claimed by a survey i guess it was 2017 of all international radio stations around the globe what is the most airplayed song of all time - every 20 seconds - this tunes with Barrys legendary falsetto with Sir Pauls Yesterday in second place by far - all time classic and here indeed the biggest smash from the seventies.
This epic video was filmed on MGM Studios in Culver City in Hollywood California. It’s a part of our shared cultural heritage now - one of those pop miracles that just never gets old, never wears off, never loses its charge. It remains alive. And indeed one of the most covered pop songs in history and fifth best selling tune of all time with 32 million sold singles. 🍾
Wow Michael thank you for the super informative comment! We definitely did not know all that about the meaning of the song. It’s no surprise Stayin Alive and Yesterday are 2 of the most played songs, they are amazing! Can’t beat Barry’s vocals and of course The Beatles with their creativity and talent.
We hope you enjoyed our reaction video and thank you for sharing some amazing facts about the song and the music video.
From a nurse's standpoint, the tempo of this song is perfect for CPR and actually someone was said to have saved a life using it for the rhythm!
@@susieq9801 yeah the CPR song #1 🔥👍
Thanks for your reaction! The BeeGees were: the tallest and oldest brother (with the big hair and beard), Barry Gibb, born September 1, 1946, the only surviving Gibb brother. Robin Gibb (with the long hair, no beard), born December 22, 1949-passed away May 20, 2012, and Robin's fraternal twin brother Maurice (the balding brother with the beard, pronounced "Morris") Gibb, born December 22, 1949-passed away January 12, 2003. They also had another, younger, brother Andy Gibb, born March 5, 1958-passed away March 10, 1988. The three oldest brothers were born on the Isle of Man (UK). Oldest brother Barry got seriously burned when he accidentally pulled boiling tea over himself at 18 months old. He was in coma for a while, nearly died and was in hospital for many months. Because of this, he did not learn to talk until after the twins were born. Later the family moved to Manchester and from there they emigrated to Australia in 1958, right after Andy was born. Their musical career, which they had started as little kids, didn't lead to international success so they moved back to the UK in 1966. Then they had a string of big hits, until they temporarily broke up around 1970 for 15 months. Started back up, looking for a new sound which they first found in 1974 with the transitional album "Mr. Natural". After that "Main Course" was the first album that moved them into a new direction: more rhythm&blues, dance music like with great hits like Nights on Broadway and Jive Talkin'. From 1976 on they went all out with falsetto driven dance music which lead to their biggest commercial success as they provided classic songs for the Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack (1977 Stayin' Alive, How Deep is Your Love, Night Fever amongst them). You should react to the 1979 live version of Stayin' Alive, too czcams.com/video/7niXSh7vWRI/video.html Other great songs to analyze: great album tracks from the 1979 Spirits Having Flown album, the title song: czcams.com/video/WH_j90fCIk4/video.html, the outrageously beautiful song Reaching Out czcams.com/video/vfHUS5Mf00Q/video.html. From their Still Waters album, Smoke and MIrrors: czcams.com/video/MT9vRHSWNbk/video.html. From the 1960's I've gotta get a message to you czcams.com/video/CA4CInDnTk8/video.html.
In the sixties, they had also huge success with songs like 'To Love Somebody', 'Words', 'Massachusetts' or 'I've Gotta Get A Message To You'. In the early seventies, US-Nr. 1's with 'Lonely Days' and 'How Can You Mend A Broken Heart'. Came up with fresh new sounds in every decade, up to 2001 with 'This Is Where I Came In'. Comin' into them, is like falling into a black whole.
Thank you Francis! We will do videos on each of those songs as well! The Bee Gees have so many amazing songs it’s hard to pick. We are looking forward to getting to all the ones you mentioned
@@nelerhabarber5602 We stand corrected! Thank you for that info. We are learning so much about music from these wonderful comments
@@generationgapreacts - The producer suggesting the falsetto was Arif Mardin who worked for Atlantic records producing people like Aretha Franklin.
That was Arif Mardin, their producer at the time, suggested some "screaming" ad-libs at the end of Nights on Broadway and Barry said he would give it a try, and thus his falsetto was discovered. Yes, Barry is the oldest, Rob and Mo are fraternal twins, and Andy was 12 years younger than Barry and had his own solo career, but did join his brothers sometimes on tour and he was supposed to join them on their One tour, but died of a virus that went to his heart before then and he was only 30 years old. He had a great career before then and his brothers helped write songs for him! Musical genius for sure! Their father was a musician and their mother was a singer!
Hi ladies Saturday night Fever is still the best selling movie soundtrack of all time it had 8 top 40 singles and 5 number one songs if you are going to react to more songs from this LP consider the Bee Gees More than a woman or Yvonne Elliman If I can't have you (written by Barry Gibb)
Love those suggestions ☺️
In 1975 they were doing add libs for "Nights on Broadway" and the producer asked if one of them could scream in tune. Barry said he'd give it a shot. And that's how he discovered he could sing falsetto.
Actually, Barry didn't hit his falsetto, so it's said, till he did Nights on Broadway from the Main Course album (pre-disco style). I'm not sure I can hear it there myself, but it's definitely on Fanny Be Tender on the same album.
Yes- they started out as kids but it was when they moved to Australia from the UK that they were discovered and Aussies threw those little kids onto TV and from there they flourished and grew and outgrew our little country (probably only 7-11 million population back then) and went back to the UK when they became adults and to record at Abbey Road where the Beatles recorded.
Very talented group, on a side note, I went to school with their cousin and met Barry a few times at my mates house, this was mid 80s, he was such a nice bloke..
That’s so cool! Great to know he’s a good guy in person
I bet he was.
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Sir Barry Gibb still looks amazing at 75-76 and still can hit those high notes
Barry can really hold those notes for a long time. Amazing. Older tunes: Walking back to waterloo and Trafalgar. Two very good ones.
Foxy dance moves, ladies - woohoo )))
Just amazing!!!
Love the Bee Gees and i love your reactions!
Also found your channel looking for new BeeGees reactors. Glad you're a fan Mom, and introducing you daughter to the greatest group ever! FYI the brothers hated the term disco. They called their music contemporary r&b and blue eyed soul.
Thank you for watching our videos Janet! And that's good to know! We will respect the artists and refer to their music as they preferred
They wrote a song in that Saturday Night Fever album for a young lady named Yvonne Elliman and the name of that song it became a big hit is if I can't have you of course being the Disco era it was a disco song but it's a really great song You may wish to take a listen to sometime.
this music video was filmed on the set of young frankenstine rember hearing them all the time on the radio
Search for "Bee Gees - Brian Henderson's "Bandstand" Australia 1963: and you will see the Bee Gees as children on Australian TV.
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"You Should Be Dancing"
Love your reaction, love The Bee Gees and never get tired of their music. I really enjoyed your conversation and it took me back to those wonderful days. I’m older than you but my memories are very similar to yours. Thank yo so much.
Thank you for watching Angelina! The Bee Gees have always been my favorite. Listening to them just brings back so many amazing memories as I’m sure you know! We will be making more Bee Gees videos and similar type of music reactions
Andy Gibb sang with them in You Should Be Dancing.
The Foo Fighters made a Bee Gees cover album around 2020 performing as the Dee Gees. Since you like the Bee Gees, you should check it out. "You Should Be Dancing" is so good, you won't believe it isn't the Bee Gees.
Just subscribed. Im scouring youtube for anything BeeGees. Think i might be obsessed 🤫 These guys are just fantastic. I find a new song from them often. Only recently found out that they wrote Sweetheart, the one made famous by Engelbert Humperdinck in the 60s. Who knew? They were legendary songwriters, singers, producers, performers. They arrived before their time. Today I'm loving Kiss of Life from the Size album. Love to hear it. Or One, Alone, For whom the bell tolls, Blue Island or my favourite You Win Again. Any of them would be phenomenal
Thank you for subscribing, we appreciate you! And we’re glad you found us. We have more Bee Gees in the works 😁 we are writing down the songs you mentioned and will be creating more videos.
Sweetheart was also recorded by Barry and Maurice. Very beautiful!
You should check out the children of all 4 brothers!!! The Gibb Collective please don’t turn out the lights!!!
@@tinakeith5822 love that one. Also spencer Gibb's Dont fall in love with me has echoes of his father Robin. Just beautiful
@@LizzieRD yes!!! And Spencer’s Empty Room is very hauntingly sad. He sounds like his dad so much in it!
They won a radio talent show In Brisbane, Australia in the 60's as children and the rest is history.
Barry gibb just released a new number 1 country album
Barry can really hold a note
may be wrong but think they had already written this music before the film and the put the music in the film which really blew it up.
"Huge" is the right adjective to describe the impact this song had on the listening public. The Saturday Night Fever movie and it's soundtrack album were humungous. This song was played almost endlessly on the radio. Along with "Night Fever" from the same album. A local New Orleans radio station played Stayin' Alive back-to-back one night at the height of the Saturday Night Fever mania.
A first for any local radio station back then. 1977.
Another Gibb brother has a catalog of hits, also --
Andy Gibb. I don't recall seeing y'all react to any of his songs. He passed away in the late 80's.
This was where the local bands learned how to mimic some of their songs & it got people dancing. Disco was alive during this time. Your mom knows. I had the Miami Vice jacket. Yeah I was cool, could dance & had the clothes. 😎
Thanks for talking about how it used to be in the "clubs". I agree... most men and virtually all the women would show up dressed nicely. I suppose I had in the back of my mind that I would meet someone special. It was a great era for dance music. I didn't listen to disco at my house but in a club it was get up and dance music for sure. Your daughter is lucky to have you talk about how it was back then and she can experience that era vicariously through your stories. Take care......
Mom has told me many wonderful stories about dancing and the clubs. Seems like a fun, wonderful time! Wish my generations "clubs" were like that
there mother used to go to all there concerts and stuff and allways took a apple with her wrapped up in her hankerchief which they mentioned one night and she was there and produced the apple was so funny im 67 and have to agree with mom about them days was fun times so many memorys for me all good ones met my wife at a local club and was together for many yrs till she passed 7 yrs back most fun times for me
Hi, hey play Polk Salad Annie and Suspicious Minds both from 1970, by Elvis
You two girls share your beauty in your fun reactions. Really fun...
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You can make a movie about the Gibb;s live,s . If it will contain their music as well it will be a hit. Even their children are musicians .
Country Lanes from 1975 with Robin on lead is a favorite of mine. Also as another suggested try to react to Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow, one of the few covers they have made in their long career. This was made for a tribute album for Carole King called tapestry. Carole herself said that this was possibly the best version she had heard of her song.
I'd love to check out those songs :) Thank you for the suggestions
Yeh love this
Wasn't there a time back in the 60's where it was the 3 brothers and then a couple extra guys? I thought I saw that somewhere.
Can you please react to
You win again by The Bee gees
Please
This song just a few weeks ago became the most played song on the planet. I believe it was said that it is played on the radio somewhere in the world every 15 seconds. Not bad for a song that's like 45 years old ;)
Their music is timeless!
Stayin' Alive is also the song recommended to use when giving CPR to someone. The frequency of beats on the song matches the rate of heart compressions used for CPR. Barry said when he found this out, he was quite pleased that their song is helping others. Their music is a lifesaver, not only musically for those who need emotional/mental healing, but physically, too!
Essa música é eterna, como os Bee Gees que são maravilhosos!!🇧🇷🇧🇷👋👋👋👋👋👍👍
Love this, there are actual tutorials on the dance that was created on Saturday night Fever. Another beautiful song is Happy Ever After. So great to see others that love them as much as I do.
Barry married over 50 years to same woman. He was very close friends with Michael Jackson.
Wonderful marriage!
@@generationgapreacts It was love at first sight for Barry. He went to Miami with Robert Stigwood but he couldn't get Linda out of his mind and told Stigwood he was going back to the UK for her because "she is the one". He knew it right away and 52 years later, they are still together. He said that he believes in love at first sight because it happened to him. What a beautiful love story.
Saturday Night Fever was all the rage in Jr high and high School, some parents took there kids to see the movie not me, had to wait till the video came out, 🕺💃🎤🎤🎤
Falsetto is the term for the higher voices.
Thank you! We used the term in later videos but wasn’t sure in this one
last i heard or knew about only one of the bee gees was still alive not sure one of the twins or the oldest and of course andy gave their younger brother died years ago thinking the 80s.
Sadly yes :( RIP to the Gibb brothers
Barry is the lonely soul left... RIP to the 3 others
Just found your channel. Here we go.
Enjoy!!
Love your reactions and how positive you are. This is such a great song. Amazing how they could take such serious lyrics and turn them into upbeat dance music. My eyes always go straight to Barry and my ears tune in to his voice first.
They have a magical way of doing that! Such meaningful songs that make you want to dance
Thank you for introducing the Bee Gee's to your daughter. I've been watching all your reactions to the Bee Gee's the last 2 days. I wish I could have went to at least one of their concerts
Also if you pay attention to background vocal in Andy's song Shadow Dancing you can hear his brothers.
Try listening to the BeeGees song Massachutt from the 60's or the Animals song House Of The Rising Sun
Yes to both! Massachusetts is on our list and I’m adding the Animals song to it as well :)
The best use of this song was in the movie Airplane!
Just FYI, Barry released a new album in 2021 called Greenfields Vol 1. It is an awesome collaboration with him singing with other artists. It has become a Number 1 selling album in a number of other countries but don’t think it has reached No 1 in the US yet. You should give it a listen. He was 75 years old when he did this and has been married to his wife Linda for 52 years now. They have five children! Four boys and one girl… just like he and his brothers. Sir Barry Gibb was and is a musical genius. All three brothers were self taught! All quit school at the age of thirteen! Great history on these boys. Enjoy your adventure into bliss. 🥰
Amazing family and thank you for all that info! We will be picking up his new album too. Love him and want to support his solo career. We will also be watching their documentary
@@generationgapreacts - The documentary is really good. The Bee Gees were sadly never recognized for their incredible talent during their hay day because of their unfortunate attachment to the disco period. They were banned for being too successful! No other group was disrespected like those three brothers. And they were so amazing from the time they were little kids with a dream. All self taught. Couldn’t read or write music but wrote some of the most beautiful lyrics and soundtracks ever heard. I could sing their praises forever and they have a huge following to this day. Barry had a dream to be a pop star at the age of nine. His six year old twin brothers said “we want to do that too.” And so it began… Glad Barry is getting the respect he truly deserves. They worked their butts off and supported their family and hundreds of others throughout their career. May God continue to bless us with Barry Gibbs talent!
Wonderful reactions ladies 👍🏻
Roy Orbison OH pretty woman
Great recommendation William!
Love the concept of the different generation reaction. I’d love to see y’all react to the a cappella group Home Free. They cover many classics from many genres and most folks call their covers upgrades. They’ve even collaborated with original artists on classics. Give Home Free a shot. It’s a deep rabbit hole but I believe y’all will enjoy it! Subscribed.
Yeah, great track, of course… Saturday Night Fever sold more copies than … well, it eclipsed Carole King’s “ Tapestry album which had held the sales record through most of the 70s. But what is rarely mentioned, I find, is that despite all the great disco music, Saturday Night Fever was a pretty dark movie, tragic in many ways. So kids, if you watch that old film, don’t expect everything to come up rosy, like real life, it didn’t.
Yeah that high sound originated during the the sessions in Miami and it was a producer that tried to get them they wanted them to do a scream a controlled screen type of thing there and Barry and Maurice both were able to do it but Barry became the main thing because Maurice's big thing was on the instruments and riding and and the harmonies he left the singing the main singing things to Robin and Barry who were very Adept at that but you have already noticed a little bit in the song to love somebody how high Maurice's voice can get but if you really want to listen to his high voice check out the song Nights on Broadway when he does the echo singing when he does the repeats and you'll be able to see that it's him singing If you get the right video because it's shocked me I didn't know that he was able to go as high as Barry but he's literally literally got a range as as large as Berry does so just thought I'd put that out there.
They wrote over a thousand songs for themselves and many top artists. Like 100 top ten songs. No one but John Lennon and Sir Paul McCartney have written more hit songs than Sir Barry Gibb.
Amazing!
Barry's scream was put in the songs at Robin's suggestion,
It’s called falsetto.
Hey girls, great reaction!!, greetings from Monterrey. Mexico!!
From the Saturday night fever soundtrack, 1977
Look for song they wrote for others. I’ll start you off with Islands in the Stream and Guilty.
If you really want to see a really good song that they did when they were kids they did several but one that sticks in my mind real good is the Bob Dylan song blowing in the wind they did that on live TV too but if you look that song up you'll get to see them heck I think Robin and Maurice can't be much older than about 13 14 years old and that in that video.
Oh wow so young! Definitely have to check that out
Fun fact.....there was/is an A&E hospital department in the UK who had this as their theme music....
You might want to watch CZcams's video favorite bee gees songs. Helpful info about bee gees.
That’s a great idea
You guys should watch them sing Grease
never saw any reaction on any channel so far,so i suggest it to you also: Eloise - Barry Ryan (if possible ,an early version)
We know. …..and miss Andy
Disco is only a tiny part of their songs