Yes, all the midnight specials were live. In the studio version of the song Barry does the falsettos, they were overlayed in the song. Now obviously he couldn’t sing lead and do the falsettos live so Maurice did the falsetto in this performance.
Barry was singing lead here - just his lower voice. Robin was in middle. Maurice was singing the high part in chorus (although on the record, Barry sang that part too)
For the diehard rock fan in the 70’s,the BeeGees were seen as cheesy,but trust me,they were EVERYONES guilty pleasure and we’ve ALL danced to many of their tracks.
It was this exact song that Barry learned to use his Falsetto. Sure enough ! He was asked to give a high pitch and he tried it and it blew the studio people away. And there rose his success.
Love, love, love them!!! This is pre-disco, pre-falsetto days. My heart always skips a beat when Robin starts singing, "Well I had to follow you.....". His voice is so captivating. And Mo's voice and musical instrumentation are just mind blowing.
Love them or hate them , the Bee Gees are larger than life !!! before the Disco Era they were a successful band born in England raised in Australia made them very popular worldwide .
Although Morris was singing a few lines in high falsetto, this is the first song where Barry Gibb was asked by their producer to do a scream near the end of the song also in high falsetto which then led to the "iconic" Bee Bee sound from that time forward.
You can tell they are really singing the song because there's no filler music in the background. if you hear the album, the song seems very different because there's a lot of their filler voices in between the music they Sing. it's really really good to hearing them sing naturally, without all the background and filler music that albums have. it shows their talent and they are very talented!!!
I love that this performance features all brothers voices, especially Maurice using his falsetto long before Barry discovered his! ☮️✌️ Edit: Barry is on the right, Robin in the middle with Maurice (pronounced Morris) on the left. Barry did sing the falsetto on the recording but could not when singing live
@@davidmoorecatdaddy6994 Because Barry is already singing lead on the main vocals. While he can multitrack in the studio, Barry can't sing two different parts at the same time live.
@@davidmoorecatdaddy6994 Early on, before the “birth” of Barry’s falsetto, he & Robin basically shared lead. Then in the 70’s is when they were asked to kind of scream is when Barry discovered he could control it much better than Robin & Maurice. All of them could sing with the falsetto, just not as easily as Barry & because of that it seems he sang lead more because of that. Before the whole disco onset, early on, in their harmonies Maurice sang the high harmony a lot. In an interview, Barry once said that Maurice was a genius at instinctively knowing how to use his voice in harmony ☮️✌️
All the brothers have very distinct voices, the magic happens when the 3 voices blend together & they sound like one in perfect harmony...they are without peer in my opinion❤
Robin Gibb is in the middle here. Barry you know already. Robin and Maurice (they pronounced it almost like "Morris") were fraternal twins. Barry was the oldest brother and today is the last living Bee Gee (2022). Robin really shines, singing the lead on "I Started a Joke".
This whole album, Main Course, is a great album! No throw away songs here! Many consider it their best album. And Fanny, Be Tender is on it. That's reason enough to own it!
I have about 13 copies now of main course from different countries. All are a different shade of green and I think its hilarious. The one from mum's teenage collection is obviously my favourite though.
I love your reaction at 4:44, which parallels my reaction to that part: The song is bopping along, and then it shifts, those ascending chords come in, and the sadness, the loss enter. One can feel it immediately. And the harmonies build, wrapping around one, and giving some solace. It is an amazing piece of art.
@@telstar4772In the studio version Barry sings the falsetto. End of story. Maurice just had to take the part live because Barry couldn’t sing two parts at once.
Barry was on the far right, Robin, with his unique quaver in the middle and Maurice on the left doing the high parts at the end. Put em all together and you have close to perfection.
Ahhh. the original 'auto tune'. Cupping the hand to the ear which allowed the singer to better hear the pitch of their own voice an adjust their vocals themselves while they were singing. Especially when singing harmonies. So many great singers used to do that. Great reaction to a disco classic.
Love all things Bee Gees- however I highly recommend the studio version as well- There’s more bass and bits you might not catch or even hear if you’re not very familiar with it- .. Much “fuller” sound in the studio version- 💙💜✌️
Kimberlini I so agree! Even though this is still good, the studio version blends the instruments and vocals evenly bringing out the greatness of all who were part of this masterpiece. 🙌
I saw one other person mention this somewhere in here, but to highlight the point. It was during the recording of Nights on Broadway that Barry discovered he could sing falsetto. It was THIS song that led to the long line of famous falsetto Bee Gees songs. Here Maurice sings the falsetto parts because it’s live and Barry is singing the lead with his full voice.
The Bee Gees are true talents. I love them and have been privileged to have listened to them all my life. So many great songs, so diverse. Amazing!!! Love your reaction it was great!!
Yeah the funky wah wah guitar effect really makes this song. I also love the moog synthesizer bass underneath holding it all down. Not to mention some of the greatest harmonies of all time from The Brothers Gibb. So sad that only Barry is the only one left now :(
That was Barry singing lead, he has a deep chest voice. Everyone thinks he just sings in falsetto…that only came out in the late 70’s. They have bunches of great songs from the 60’s and early 70’s with Barry using his chest voice. He has a fantastic range. Mo Maurice ( pronounced Morris, Mo for short) does the. Harmonies and the high parts at the end (live)
The Bee Gees were a musical hit factory! I believe that was Natalie Cole introducing them Those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end! Where does time go?
No, Barry is the one singing lead, Robin is in the middle and he does his own singing and then Maurice aka Morris, called Mo (with the black sparkly pants), is actaully the one doing falsetto in this song, not Barry.
Maurice(pronounced Morris)is singing falsetto here and Barry and Robin are singing lead. Barry sings the falsetto part on the recording. Loved The Bee Gees then and love them even more now.
Barry, the oldest brother, sang lead on this one, and Maurice played bass and did the high fill vocals at the end that Barry did on the studio version.
Actually it is Barry singing most of the lead. Actually one of my favorite because he sings with more power than normal, and shows his range more than usual
The lead was Barry just not using his falsetto voice. Actually Mo had to sing falsetto in the end just the way the song was designed. But they can all sing falsetto and harmonize. There will never be another family trio like them
So nice to see angela's emotional reactions to the songs! It enhances for me the impact of the songs! For me angelic angela is the perfect mediator for the joy of songs.
That _wacka wacka_ sound you're talking about is a guitar being run through a wah-wah pedal (yeah, that's actually what it's called). It looks like a big gas pedal from a car, and the guitarist steps on it and rocks it back and forth to alter the tone of the guitar.
Barry, the one on the right, is the oldest, and the only surviving member. Maurice (pronounced Morris - on the left) passed away first. His twin, Robin, in the middle, passed away next. But before that, their youngest brother, Andy Gibb, who was not a member of The Gee Gees also had some hit songs, passed away at only 30. There had been talk of Andy joining the group, but it ended up not happening (Although all four brothers are together onstage in the video - Andy shares the microphone with Maurice - in the video for You Should Be Dancing, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_JoZS6LgqYI.html, which is the reason I love it!). There are only Barry and a sister left.
That "wah" sound is made, coincidentally is created by a "wah pedal" which the guitar is run through and it has a pedal that is kind of like an accelerator pedal in a car. They were very common in funk music and porn soundtracks (it became kind of an inside joke thing where people would imitate the wah sounds to indicate that some kind of hankey-pankey was going on). Having the accent that the Bee Gees have, they pronounce "Maurice" as "Morris", I believe.
To listen carefully : Barry rarely singing chest..!!! My dearest,so adorable Rob Singing Bird taking leads (with his ADORABLE ❤️moves) And my FOREVER and ALWAYS Babe Mo singing falsetto (cos YEP, for whom had any doubt, Mo did FANTASTIC falsetto + being an INCREDIBLE drummer, guitar and bass player, piano player, and Keyboard) + his harmony without which BGS would never have existed..!!! Die hard fan of the Bros since I was 12, a long time ago..!!! Had the privileged to be a GEN X, and to delight MY G’s in gig multiple times...!!! BGS were music itself sent by The Lord on Earth..! 🙏🙏🙏🙏 FOREVER LOVE gorge angels... 💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
