EP 21 - The Midnight Special | June 22, 1973 

Pre disco Bee Gee's were pretty good in their own right with mountains of hits!!

All eras of the Bee Gees were really good!🎶

Sarah Vaughn also recorded a great cover version of Run To ME. 😊

@@AdrianDeVore I shall check that out!

@@effjay8010 Please do.

Amazing live vocals here. Beautifully written song with a superb melody and harmonies.

Me as well🤣

@@Brandysky1 beautiful!

Same here. All better. ❤

"Morning of My Life" is an interesting song.

My farts are older n yoo son..hell my diaper is older n yu

@@deja75m thanks for sharing☠😯

Same but I’m 26

They're my favourite too! I'm 34. Why do I have to go and love a band which I will never get to see live 😢. Thankfilly there are videos like this ❤

Ooof, I’m OLD 😂

That episode was posted a couple months ago & is on their YT channel.👍

​@@kthorthank you. Will have a look.

He said he watches YT videos....hoping he's watches these great memories!🎶

@@kthor Just hope he doesn't read all the haters lies on here.

@@brcfan9 Me too.🥲

Rob, I felt just like you felt 50 years ago when I take the show. Burt

Taped

@@themidnightspecialtvshow Thanks again for posting these episodes, I have told my wife it's not the hits you hear on oldies radio that was my life's soundtrack, it's the songs that were low on the Hot 100 that link to specific memories. All songs I like take me back to a specific moment, and the fact that the Midnight Special has such a diverse range, I get nostalgia for things I had forgotten, but were very dear to me. This makes me eagerly await each new episode,

@@robmatlock7675 Thanks for the note. Glad you are enjoying them.

@@robmatlock7675Well said & I feel the same way....many times the show takes me back to a place in time! If only there was really such a thing as a Time Machine!☺️

Hey, I just looked up when they do "I Can't See Nobody." It was on the next episode they hosted, from August 10, 1973. It's the one with "Turn of the Century" and the Beatles medley.

@@janicetrimmell6897 Thanks, J3. Now I really can't wait for that episode to air. Between the Beatles medley and our precious angel singing "I Can't See Nobody" I'm already getting giddy! 😊 When do you think it will air? Maybe the beginning of December? I can't believe the medley is almost at 1 million views. That's just wild and wonderful!

@@lauriebarnes2999 It's the 28th episode of the 1st season, so seven more weeks if they keep up with one every week, I'm guessing the first week of November. It's one with 60's bands as guests, like the Hollies, Herman's Hermits, Gerry and the Pacemakers.

J3, what a show that's going to be. Can't wait! Beginning of November sounds great!

Kay actually had "Drift away" recorded before they released Dobie Gray's version of it but the label screwed around and didn't get it out in time!

I loved Shu ba du ma ma ma ma! I was the only geek in high school who even knew the song. Thank you!

A voz dele é a mais bonita sem dúvida. Cada um tem seu timbre, mas a do Robin é suave e forte ao mesmo tempo

By contrast, It really reveals what a wasteland music is today. Now, there are few great acts while the 60s and 70s were just FULL of them & that music resonates to this day....

@@myguitardetective5961 The end of bars and dance halls along with DJs and Disco music had a lot to do with it. Without the live venues to hear music in and to expose kids in every town in America to the performance arts the talent pools dried up. Kids no longer had local cover bands to emulate as they grew up and no places left to book them on the weekends where they could expand their talents.

@@myguitardetective5961we~were~so spoiled!

@@KittyGrizGriz ....we REALLY were, weren't we?

I thought that was strange too, and I thought since Steve Miller is Less Pual's godson, he would play Gibsons.

The white one he plays here was ordered by Jimi Hendrix, but he died before he could pick it up. Steve thought that having the controls up top made sense after seeing Hendrix play right handed guitars upside down which is why he ended up with a white and black left handed Strat from Manny's.

Early Steve Miller Band is underrated. Shame people just know them for their hits, like Thin Lizzy

Was just visiting @ family cabin, lots of vinyl’s I’ve picked up @ thrift stores. Listened to Steve Miller’s “Your Saving Grace” for the very 1st time & was utterly blown away, it’s fantastic! Have you heard of it?

@@KittyGrizGriz No, but I will, thanks for the tip.

He’s 🥵!!

Indeed, finally!!!

Think we posted about Jimmie at the same time, I love his music too & nice to meet other fans! Did you see him live?

@@KittyGrizGriz Yes I saw him live at the Shaboo Inn in Willimantic CT way back in October of 1976. The show was recorded by friends and coworkers of mine at the time and broadcast on a local FM radio station ( WHCN). It was released on CD some time ago called "An Evening with Jimmie Spheeris". You are probably familiar with that recording. It was one of the best shows I've ever seen and seeing this video of him brings back great memories of that night.

@@bobbuettner6981 Saw him Wichita, KS in 1979 opening for the Moodies. Beautiful evening.

@@janicetrimmell6897 I also saw him opening for the Moody Blues..must have been the same year. It was either Springfield Mass. or New Haven CT. The crowd was noisy when he came out and he told everyone that his friends the Moody Blues would not play unless the crowd quieted down so he could play. Just him and his acoustic guitar and once he started everyone took notice and he received a standing ovation after his set.

His backup singers do too!

Big fan

He came from Germany

@@OWR0406get you motor runnin’

@@KittyGrizGriz Brooooooooom broooooooom 🏍️

"Run To Me" is one their greatest ballads... Robin's second lead vocal on that raises gooseflesh....Mo playing acoustic guitar in standard tuning (that Barry can't do either...he was the undervalued top musician of the trio and the "glue" that holds the 3-part harmony together )...their incomparable vocal blend is like the Everly Brothers but on massive steroids...

Agree with both of you, love Run To Me, gives me chills every time 😅

@@myguitardetective5961 Yes Mo was a great musician and guitarist as well as their music arranger. Barry always complimented Mo on his talent and said he was invaluable and irreplaceable to the band. That's the reason he didn't perform with Robin after Mo died as he said the Bee Gees could never be the Bee Gees with out Mo. He was completely devastated with Mo's death and did not want to continue on as the Bee Gees. A decision he is crucified for making by the rabid Barry haters to this day. Also your little dig at Barry was uncalled for about his guitar playing. Barry learned open tuning when he got his first guitar at nine. His neighbor, a World War Two army veteran who had been stationed in Hawaii taught him to play that way.( Also both Barry and Andy are lefties but played guitar with their right hands. )Just after they signed their first contract in Australia the record company sent all three brothers for 6 weeks of guitar lessons. Mo and Robin learned custom tuning and Barry was told he was fine with open tuning as it would just confuse him. He's done just fine with that method and several people working with them at the Criteria Recording studio have said he is the best rhythm guitar player they have ever seen. Of course he can't compare to Mo as he was just totally awesome on his bass and he also was great on the keyboards. His talent and proficiency on any instrument he tackles is just awe inspiring!.

@@brcfan9Settle down, that wasn't a dig at Barry. I merely pointed out that Maurice, while not one of the two principal composers in the band, made up for that by being indispensable in other ways including being the best musician and guitarist. In fact Barry's tuning, Vestapol D Tuning, was a huge plus for him as a songwriter! He doesn't know theory or how to write music (any more than McCartney or Lennon ever did); but, in that tuning, that turns out to be a boon for your creativity! Every time you pick up the guitar, any of the basic 4 chords that Barry used could be moved around anywhere if your imagination is not constrained and restricted by theory. And, that's precisely what he did! I've tabbed out most of their biggest hits as Barry plays them and I'm always floored by how he took that limitation of 4 chords and turned them into into a HUGE catalog of hit songs: 4 CHORDS! I showed this to a friend of mine and his jaw dropped. He said, "that's GENIUS!" and, indeed, it is....I may do a video on this subject at some point.

@@myguitardetective5961 I'm so sorry if I misunderstood your words. Please accept my apologies. It's really hard to tell if someone is bashing Barry these days as there are so many Barry haters all over the boards. Thanks for all your kind words about Barry.❤❤❤

Fantastic show! I'm on a natural high! 🤩

I bet Steve Miller was really a midnight toker 😹😂😹

No. It belongs only to those who lived it. The youngsters can make their own great decade if they can take their filters off long enough.

@@gaylehudson7267 Hi Gaylehudson I definitely. Lived it, enjoyed it, dressed it, danced to it and loved it the 70's were amazing. The Bee Gees were perfect for the sound track for my life in the 70's and on. Their music is incredible, simply the best, but the 70's had something extra special about.

I know. During that era The Bee Gees and Linda Blair really turned heads.

@@user-iq6cc3df3l 🤭 the Exorcist, that was funny!

Just once.

"Let It Flow" from "Isle of View" is one of my favorites.

@@janicetrimmell6897 Very pretty! I like “I Am the Mercury”, it’s nice to meet someone else who’s heard of Jimmie 😊

@@KittyGrizGriz He was wonderful in concert. I saw him open for the Moody Blues in 1979. It was a large venue, but his set was still intimate and lovely.

@@janicetrimmell6897I’d love to see the Moody Blues too, made the mistake of seeing U2 instead, tickets went on sale close-together, ugh lol.

@@KittyGrizGriz Big fan of him, myself. "For I am the Mercury, light of the morning looking for shelter in this thunder and this rain, and you like some windmill weave light where its storming, and love like a potion for the hunger and pain." From memory, hopefully I got it mostly right. "Isle of View" is a fantastic album!

He’s hot too!! 😅

This is incredible-I’m a big JS fan, but never imagined I would actually be able to watch this type of quality live footage of him. It’s ever so slightly disappointing that the featured songs are from my least favorite album of his, thus perhaps not the best showcase of what he was capable of, but ANY video is a treasure. I’m so happy that Midnight Special is posting all these old episodes for posterity.

@@stantonthezag1109 Seeing JS is a real treat! Thank you Midnight Special for posting this episode. Jimmie died young, (way) before the proliferation of video and streaming. Any video of Jimmie is precious.

I love both of those songs too, get goosebumps texting this ha! Great music does that to me, don’t even need to be hearing it . . . telepathic & fantastic

@@stantonthezag1109Feel the same way, seeing him perform live is a visual treat!

😂 That was so funny!! His super sized fro was awesome too

The Gibb brothers (especially Barry😍) & Wilson brought it!🎶

We agree. Thanks again for the support.

J I M I

It is a good album too.