Bee Gees - Recording "Tragedy" in Criteria Studios 1979 [Reelin' In The Years Archives] 

Yup yup yup iambob bobami thecreator

Very true!

...Excellence in action that has stood the test of time -:)

first part sounds like a cat being tortured.

They were very professional.

Me too, 40 years to know that! Greetings from Egypt.

whats the Explosion sound ?

anthony w did u not watch the video? Or listen to the song?

Yes, he and Robin, and Maurice were so cool, funny and talented. I love Barry's Lion hair!

We all had hair like that at the time. It was not like we waited for the decade to change.

I agree,but the Beach Boys were pretty damn good too.

Came from Barry. That’s what’s not surprising.

@@TWarinerGuess they didn't watch the video?🤷🏻‍♀️

I didn't want it to end!

Then you're gonna love the new documentary How Can You Mend A Broken Heart. It was released last month on HBO max

I could easily watch all videos of all of their career! Just amazing. How fun it was!!! Gosh... One of the greatest bands of all times, no doubt

Yes!!! I need more. First time watching my great favorite band during their recordings.

At least Barry's Stayin' Alive.

@@jerryweber1768 nice

@@jerryweber1768 sad how one man's personal heartache turns into something comical for another

Life goes on

@@aprilgosa5779 chill out.

I think they all had a really good sense of humor and could dish it and take it equally.

@@PresidentGas1 For sure!

I loved when Robin told Barry to “loosen your shirt”. Their banter together, and their collective sense of humor was just fantastic.

@@amymarckel420 And Barry almost losing it when Robin said, "A little more saliva under the tongue."

It brings us back to a simpler time. Too much static in the world these days. They just had fun and made great music while doing it. Refreshing to watch.

They busted up a few times. Berry in an interview said he wasn’t on good terms with any of his brothers at their time of death. He really feels bad that they were on the outs.

I remember this song very well, I loved it the first time i heard it.

Lol how old are you, 15? Gibb brothers were famous for heavy fighting and 2 of them died from drug and alcohol abuse, in fact they split the trio due to those fights and vicious attitudes; and you think a 7' video heavily edited of a famous song is their real life? LOL

@@alerey4363 Wow! Thank Goodness we have you here, on this planet, to settle this.

@@monermccarthy7198 well judging for some comments you really need me

I was counting and I loved it when Barry said: oh I was just a little early...

@@AdanUmanzor they still do that in edm and indie pop.

Sorry for your loss. He left you something of great quality to remember him by.

We are waiting the resurrection promised by GOD himself, I heard this music too, Im 60 now, have two Sons in College, and I try to play cool, they enjoy a crazy father , But I m always teaching them about the resurrection when JESUS return, They will see me again, but I think Jesus will return before I died , before 2035 , So lets cheer up and have faith and be patience " after resurrection there will be no more death, Live through eternity. Amen, Im sure you believe , You want to see your father again, GOD Bless you. 🙏

Thanks to everyone for your words

@@pilgrimhere652 - Keep waiting. JC was predicted to return for hundreds of years but always a no show. Your remark has NOTHING to do with the video.

Real hard work, real voices and timeless production !!! Not that instant superficial digital 💩 we hear today...

It still is. Give younger people a break already. Jesus.

Don't kid yourself, working in the recording studio (for an actual album) today has not changed that much. You would know that if you had recorded anything within the past 15 years. Same shit, work out the parts, play live or overdub in needed, vocals press "record, stop "record".

@@skineyemin4276 Gen z apologetic. Everything is just computerized and stock music.

@@jerrylanary4889 Yeah, whatever, this song is still wack, even in an analogue setter.., so, it really doesn't matter. Wack, IS still wack.

I'm a HUGE Bee Gees fan, and my friend actually recorded some of their albums at Criteria. I play and sing a large selection of Bee Gees quite a bit. But I must say that although today is not like that era in terms of the many prolific bands, there are plenty of talented artists if you look for them. Just to name a few that write and sing, Ed Sheeran, Sia (Sia Kate Isobelle Furler) is an amazing Australian singer, songwriter, voice actress and director that has written and sung so many hits for herself and other artist i can't even begin to mention them (look it up), Adele - same story. There are many more.

Yes, they were pioneers...

I remember when they came back in the 70s with Nights on Broadway and a great favorite of mine: "Fanny, be tender with my love"

Sie produzierten zeitlose Musik somit Bee Gees für immer und ewig lebt! ❤️

Look at their body of work spread out over 6 decades... Top 3. I used to be a big Beatles fan, but they were here and gone in LESS than ONE decade. Since youtube, I've put The Bee Gees as MY number 1. From "Spicks and Specks" to "Immortality", NO band has been as prolific, AND stayed together.

MrDuds1984 No, I won’t.

The Real Top Five Groups of All Time are 1. Led Zeppelin 2. The Beatles 3. Pink Floyd 4. Queen 5. The Rolling Stones

@@raffewr7938 Ooooh, I KNEW I'd upset a few fanboys, especially the British. ;-) Based on record sales alone: 1. The Beatles 2. Eagles 3. Led Zeppelin 4. Billy Joel 5. Elton John 6. Pink Floyd 7. AC/DC 8. Rolling Stones 9. Aerosmith 10. Bruce Springsteen Every single person is going to have a different top band. Again, MY personal favorite is based on what I see and enjoy on youtube. Elton John will always be my favorite overall. I can listen to most all of his songs. Eagles too. I've been listening to The Beatles since I was a baby... old hat. I'm sorry... I KNOW Led Zeppelin has this "GREATEST BAND EVER" vibe, but seriously... look at their best and compare them with all the others. No comparison. ALL of the bands listed in the top 10, are MILES more prolific, when it comes to mainstream acceptance. Most, in the top 10 are still performing. You HAVE to take that into consideration.

@@Bakaat777 Led Zeppelin is the best Band of all time 300 million albums sold Jimmy page is one of the greatest guitarists off all time, maybe the best of all time. John Bonham is the best drummer of all time, no comparison. John Paul Jones is one of the greatest musicians of all time, incredible bass player, look at the bass lines of ramble on or dazed and confused. Robert Plant is such an incredible singer and performer. What a stage presence he has. Maybe the best frontman of all time after Freddy Mercury. Led Zeppelin played live shows that lastet for about 3 or 4 hours. Look at the concert in MSG 1973, Royal Albert Hall 1970 or Earls Court 1975. For me these are the greatest live performances off all time. Led Zeppelin has written the most incredible Rock songs/ballads Just look at Dazed And Confused, Achilles Last Stand, The Rain Song, No Quarter or Stairway to Heaven. These are incredible pieces of music.

That was so cool

threw me off too. always thought it was an actual explosion.

I remember seeing this on TV many years ago and Barry doing the explosion

@@ulphil08 Me, too.

I can't believe it. Wow! I always thought that was some fancy sound effect

I second that

@Diana Gero Me too!!!! Beautiful and talented on so many levels....

I've gone down their youtube rabbit hole at LEAST 10 times and for HOURS at a time!

Specially when went to talk shows for interviews and sing live. I'll never forget them doing "Too much heaven" with Robert Stigwood present. That live version was pure heaven.

Spot-on.....take notice COWELL!

except you'll never hear the other 200 songs + they wrote that completely sucked.

@@TouchwoodTV No one ans achieve greatness on the first attempt. So yes they probably recorded some shitty songs but they also recorded some great shit that will live forever.

@@lacqpa 100% on that.

@@TouchwoodTV Really? You must not have listened to many of them.

all three are in a way

Love Robin. :)

His high range at the end of “Nights on Broadway” is legendary.

@@fitfogeyMo's sang the high range on Nights on Broadway when they sang it live. The studio version is all Barry!

More talent than u think

They're twins what do you expect

I simply LOVE how he manage every piece of this song, to delivery this Master piece to the World! Long live Bee Gees

Love Maurice’s adorable giggle!

I was in that studio too. My friend was the head engineer on many hit albums. I visited him from Philadelphia in 1977, he was my neighbor before he moved to Florida. He took me to the studio and I helped him set some stuff up for a recording session. While I was waiting around I watched in the other studio as Lynyrd Skynyrd recorded their last album before the crash. Very eerie to think back on that scene. Among many other records, my friend recorded Allman Brothers, Eric Clapton, and went on tour with Bee Gees to record a live album.

Wait, what? Did you ever have to point to a cymbal and tell them who you were (or is that why everyone was nice to you)?

Off Dixie Hwy North Miami Beach...I have a picture outside of it.

I was there one night when Danger Danger was doing some work and ran into Lenny Kravitz. Adam Gaynor of Matchbox 20 was working the front desk.

@@joyceanderson3165 Haha ! I used to live off of Dixie & NE 151st. I could literally walk to Criteria from my house ! There was a 7-11 on the corner and the clerk would tell me the Bee Gees were just in here buying stuff !

Same!! Only I thought it was a real explosion so I guess my life is a lie there. This is one way that’s changed how I see the world.

BTW this was my comment I just had a different phone at this time... Got it for my birthday a year or two ago... Wasn't in my name yet

My favorite too !

@@katherinedupoise4604 did you want them to use the Dynamite 🧨🧨🧨🧨 as Robin Gibb had suggested?

That's exactly what I thought. Though someone up there said they were flat, I don't care, they sounded fine to me and Barry did look to me that he was breathing before his lines. Right at the moment the three brothers starting singing their harmonies, that, to me, it's too much heaven...

i love the brothers gibb , but isnt live , is playback ,

@@albertosantillanfonseca5776 Ahh ok thanks for the clarification. Still amazing.

Oh, me, too! My friend and I saw it the night before we went to see them in concert at Dodger's Stadium. In this sequence, I laughed so hard at their humor. :D

Me, too!

Me too. Remember it all these years later.

Back in those days, it was rare to see rock acts on television. IIRC this was part of an NBC special which included concert footage

@@helpinghal That's probably about the time where I started to get an appreciation for the behind the scenes work that goes into music and video.

Please don't waste your time listening to nowadays music, just focus on yesterday's to enjoy. Greetings from Egypt.

There's still good music around. The charts are a joke, but dig deep, and you can find it. I like Tame Impala, The Growlers and King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, but as they aren't constantly being played on the radio, it takes a while to get into them.

@@waelomar7065 ❤️

But also note how Robin was singing along with Barry, and sounded so much like him!

6 Billboard #1s in ONE YEAR. They are the greatest pop group of the 70s, though they were far more than just that.

HoustonIsImmortal Absolutely

In my book: 1. The Beatles 2. The Bee Gees and then the rest of great bands

Adán Umanzor The Beach Boys were in there.

I'm a huge Robin fan but Barry's bum... Butt.. Ass... Arse 🤷‍♀️ haha looked amazing in his trousers 😍

Luciano Reiswitz Porto Alegre Brasil.

@ameerah d Vegan agreed.. the all had their individual sexiness 😉😍

Luciano Reiswtz fortaleza, Ceará

Luciano Reiswitz Porto Alegre Brasil.

i just did...lol

🙋🏼‍♀️

Fixing to do it

I'm doing that right now lol

3 :34 minute

Brothers

@Ribeye Demon it is truly amazing to find one such talent among four children, but four out of four is unbelieveable!

They have a sister, Not a performer.

@@allananderson2247 Lesley did sing and even stood in for Robin at a show in 1969 when he left the Bee Gees. She gave up singing when she had her family.

I bought it too! For less than $2.00.

@Diana Gero yeah, it's still work but since the engineers can work nearly miracles now with all these plugins... the artists don't have to be as good. They can literally fix it in the mix. Remember when cutting a record literally meant cutting a record? They put a mic up in front of the whole band or two mics for stereo and record the band playing the song directly onto a vinyl record as the master. That would get copied in molds. if just ONE band member blew it... whole song had to be redone.

Creativity. It's a wonderful thing.

Music now: Download FL Studio, get loop tracks

Yes but, that was the Magic, great times to remember !

akshualy, now we would spend 6 hours messing with the Waves explosion VST 😂

David M - Robin was always in love with history. I think he and Dwina were kindred eccentric souls.

David Ziranu I agree and don’t think they got enough credit for what they did. They were just wonderful!