Bee Gees - How Do You Mend A Broken Heart *DayOne Reacts* 

This is fairly early BeeGees. Their R&B roots come through strong here. They weren't always a disco band. In fact, their disco period was a brief detour.

This is one of the few times I would recommend a live version. The screams Barry gets on the Live By Request show is funny.

Number One record in the summer of 1971. I remember buying it all those years ago. ♥️🎼🎶🎵🇨🇦

' Fanny ' is one of the best bee gees tracks. The brothers show off the entire song and midway thru the song you will be singing along with the song like many of the others who have reacted to it. A true masterpiece by this group.

please check out "i started a joke' with robin on lead vocals...AMAZING song!!!

Run to me is terrific song

There are many many live versions of this song. Too bad you didn't find one. Watching them sing this song just adds to the beauty of it.

It’s very heart wrenching. I’ve loved the cover by Al Green since 1972. This original is quite effective in its expression.

The best Bee Gees song!!!

bee gees if i can't have you

Absolutely love the Bee Gees my sister used to go out with Barry's son a while ago. What an absolutely wonderful family they have. Rip Andy, Robin and Maurice thanks for giving the world your unbelievable talent 🙏

I wish people would send you the proper versions of things they request. So many times you’re listening to alternate versions or not the polished songs and you are missing out.

Al Green did a superb rendition of this,heart and soul in it...❤

This song was one of their early hits, if not their first big hit. The song opens with Robin singing by himself, and then Barry and Maurice join in. Barry, who was the oldest sibling, after the death of Maurice and Robin, stopped performing in public. I saw a video of him as a special guest at a concert, and Barry did this song, singing the intro that Robin would always do. He broke down and stopped singing where they would all join in. The band kept playing and the audience picked up the slack, singing the song while Barry composed himself in the next 10 seconds or so, and then started singing again. He had tears in his eyes, and it effected me too, as the Bee Gees were just making their mark, as I was graduating high school. They were great talents, and unique in their music.

They wrote this song after the group broke up then got back together. Barry was heartbroken and started writing this song and asked Robin if he would like to help him finish it. It has a special meaning for all of us Bee Gees fans.

Well, this was a very beautiful, wistful song. I could still feel the breeze rushing through the trees as Barry delivered those lines.

I think the most emotional thing I've seen from The Bee Gees is from the "One Night Only" film when they sing "Our Love (Don't Throw It All Away)." It's a tribute to their late brother Andy. There's a video clip of the song on RU-vid.

"To love somebody" is another great one of theirs.

Robert Stigwood said "you can"t deny talent" the day he signed them to a 5 year contract in 1967.

Always loved this song. The words ring so true. And as you said, overcoming a broken heart can be difficult. Enjoyed your reaction.

The way to mend your broken heart is to find another woman… have a kid and open up all your love for that child. You don’t know what love is u til you have a child.. I was 56 before I figured that out.. don’t wait as long as I did.

They say "Time washes clean" but loves wounds are unseen. Hedlok

Love your reactions- throwing in my request for Fanny Be Tender!! 👍🏻

There's a lot more to the BeeGees then their GREAT dance songs! The Disco period was only from 1975 to 1980, and the BeeGees started making albums in 1967, and their last studio album was made in 2001! The RABBIT HOLE is very deep!!

One of their first hits.

Great song from early Bee Gees (1971). The Bee Gees were superstars twice .. once in the late 60s into the 70s and then again in the mid to late 70s during the disco era. Robin sings the first verse with his distictive voice then Barry finishes the reset of the song.

This is an underrated hit by the Brothers Gibb mainly because of the massive success that followed in the 7o's. For further proof of their greatness the tracks LOVE SO RIGHT, NIGHTS ON BROADWAY, and FANNY BE TENDER (WITH MY LOVE) show versatility and the poetry of words to music that mark their best work. It has been mentioned that the Reverend Al Green gives a soulful rendition of this song live that leave you silent with your reverential thoughts.

Need to do Beegees song “Nights on Broadway”

How about some Blood, Sweat and Tears- "You've Made Me So Very Happy"

listened to this song alot on my old am walkman radio in the 70s

These are my favorite era of Bee Gee songs

Need to watch the live version

If you have a chance listen to Al Green’s rendition live - talk about stage presence - you’ll love it.

From that long ago, summer of '71 .-----------it fit perfectly in my life, at the time, so I took this song very personally. -------Gorgeous Bee Gees harmony. --------------------MJL< 75 y/o

Barry had a huge crush on a girl and told her that she should be his girlfriend because he was going to be famous. Lol, true story. She dissed him

Thanks for playing some old school Bee Gees, they had a tremendous pop rock career with tons of great songs in the 60s to mid 70s, before the disco era. Some prefer that, I like the song writing from the earlier period. They sound great in any event and thanks for giving them another listen. Try To Love Somebody Holiday, I Started a Joke and Massachusetts. Also, you look good as always, nice, positive energy. Enjoy! 😎

I know about that because many years ago my wife and daughter were both killed by a drunk driver. And as hard as it it was, I had to learn how to compartmentalize my emotions. So for the past ten years I've been spending my time speaking to college students about this and about texting and driving. I always hope that if what I'm doing saves just one life, it was worth it.

"Run to Me" is another early period BeeGees song you can check out; it's one of my favorites. I prefer the harmonies in "Run to Me" over those in "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart." Not to say the latter are bad, just my preference.

You’re right, it is a good song. Bee Gees are one of my favourites; they’re brilliant. Al Green, though, does a fantastic version of How Can You Mend A Broken Heart. He’s certainly worth a reaction or three.

Al Green's cover of this is fan-f'n-tastic

This was written when they got back together not only as a group but as brothers.

I LOVE early Bee Gees! ❤️😁

When I walked the floor with my infant daughter back in 1989, night after night I would softly "da da da" the melody of the verses (not the breathy chorus) in her ear. It's one of the most uniquely beautiful extended note sequences in all of music. The lyrics are okay, but this song is much more about the feeling it conveys, in my opinion. When she was about 30, I had her listen to the song, then asked her if she knew it. She said it was familiar, but she didn't know why. When I revealed its special relevance to her, she really choked up.

Robin and Barry shared the writing and vocals. Robin *without beard) sang many of their earlier hits. Great insightful reaction Angela.

What great harmonies

The audio is perfect

This is original Bee Gees. Before they were 1970s superstars. I'm dating my age, but this is the group I knew before Disco. You want to hear something more upbeat, listen to Nights On Broadway. It's very a powerful vocal performance.

Angela..I can tell yr getting teary eyes...I'm already crying.

The LIVE version after the death of their younger Brother:Andy was very sad yet beautiful :)

very true. men are taught how to be brave, non-emotional, etc. Mom's warn them of love and possible heartaches, but men aren't shown how to recover and deal with it.

This is so beautiful there version is the best 👌

I just heard a 7 year old Chinese Girl sing the National Anthem and you won't believe her awesome Lung's wow it blew everyone's mind!!!! OMG yes

al green did this also and knocked it out of the park.

My heart was broken 40 years ago and confidence taken at the same time, never did recover, now in my 60's and still alone and single, I wish i had known how to mend a broken heart years ago, I just got used to being alone and lonely, someone lost out on a whole lot of good loving.

This is "classic" Bee Gees before the disco portion of their careers skyrocketed with Saturday Night Fever & Staying Alive, etc., etc....Al Green also did a beautiful cover of this song as well, you may want to check it out too!!!

Great song. I was really surprised when I found out that they were making music in the 60s quite different from the disco sound that came later.

I strongly recommend searching RU-vid for the bee gees life story.

Time wounds all heels.

The song is about the brothers breaking up

You simply cannot go wrong making your way through The Bee Gees catalogue. And you can stay in there for a very long time

A great song about heartache is "Rainy Night In Georgia" by Brook Benton. The studio version might be the best one.

The Bee Gees in their career wrote, sang and produced 1032 songs. Several number 1's for other artists. The Saturday Night Fever soundtrack album is the greatest selling soundtrack album of all time. Over 30 million sales.

You just listened to a masterpiece.

Early Bee Gees before the Disco Craze. A number one song for them back in my Freshman year of high school (1971)

This is also a older song (1971) which is a good example of the Bee Gee's singing in their natural voices.

VERY GOOD!! REACT HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART LIVE ONE NIGTH ONLY BEE GEES...

"You have to go through it yourself..." How true. And yet through those times hopefully we grow in compassion and understanding for others going through it.

Pre-disco explosion for these guys. It amazes me still that a folk band was turned into a disco phenomenon. But they did it.

this song was one of the tracks in the movie Notting Hill

Sorry about the low quality of that audio track...

Another vote for the Al Green version. There has to be a better Bee Gees version for you to listen to.

A song that pierces your heart and soul Very thought provoking and sentimental Let me suggest a song by the Rolling Stones Time Waits For No One Goodbye!

Check out Lonely Days, was written on the same day. Both were written after a short breakup of the band and about how much they missed each other...being brothers and all. Another great song released soon after was Run To me. Try Lonely Days and Run to me, both great songs.

Good choice by the Bee Gees. For another reaction, I suggest "Strange Young Girls" by The Mamas and the Papas. It's an enchanting song from their self-titled album of 1966.

Hi Angela! At your leisure, you should check out this instrumental called Angela - Bob James (1978) It was a smooth pleasant groove, that ended up being adopted by a 70s show called Taxi for the it's intro, so the show has no connection to the original song/title, but if you ever changed your channel intro music.....just sayin' 😊

One of the saddest things is Barry is the last brother alive, Andy died young, Maurice, then Robin. They wrote and performed so many good songs, the harmonized so well together.

that's Robin on lead vocals

So so beautiful 👌

Love your focus on meaningful lyrics

Yah! The 60s BeeGees.

Great song,and yes...How do you?

stylistically speaking this was a breakthrough song in that barry discovered his falsetto.

Love watching your eyes during this

Checkout the group Bread and the song Diary or Everything I own. Checkout the group Ambrosia and the song Thats How Much I Feel or Biggest Part Of Me.

best BGs tune

As you've done a nice dive into a favorite all time group, the Brothers Gibb... I slapped that Subscribe button. Thank you!!

The sound on that was strange.

Thank you!Memories of my junior year.

Thank you for your reaction to a great Bee Gees song, Ang! Unfortunately this is not a great sounding version - I have heard much better including live versions. More early Bee Gees would be great! Try "Words", "Run To Me", "I Started A Joke", "I've Gotta Get A Message To You", "Holiday", and "Lonely Days". For some songs that are not from the Brothers Gibb I would like to echo William Pritchard's request of "Angie" by The Rolling Stones (a natural for you!) as well as the Stones doing "Ruby Tuesday" and "Wild Horses"! Keep on rocking!!

ANGELA : FROM THE SUMMER OF 1971 -----------THIS SONG HAS TOO MANY MEMORIES FOR ME -------------FAR, FAR, TOO MANY. ------------------MJL, 75 Y/O

Such a sweet tender heart 💜

I was married to my ex wife for 17 years..we divorced in 1990 and my heart has never mended til this day

I am a Spaniard who loves your videos, thank you

Beautiful...❤❤😢❤❤

This was their first number on in the US, released in 1971 on the album "Trafalgar". In 1969 they broke up mostly because of disagreements between Barry and Robin and 18 months later they were back together again. On their first recording/writing session after they rejoined they wrote 2 hit songs "Lonely Days" released in 1970 on the album "2 Years On" and "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart". Both songs reflect in a way what they felt when they were apart. As Barry said once: The three of them working seperately was ok, but when they worked together it was magic. In this fight between Barry and Robin, Maurice was caught up in the middle and The Bee Gees wrote a song on their last album in 2001 where Maurice sings lead and the song is called exactly that: " Man In The Middle"

The real deal Bee Gees!!!!!

My first exposure to The Bee Gees

Since you're just discovering the Bee Gee's may I suggest their song "Run to Me". Another song that will tug at your heart.

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Great reaction beautiful lady