FIRST TIME HEARING Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love (REACTION!) 

Boomers definitely had the BEST tunes. It was real music. When people had respect.

Barry Gibb's voice was an instrument all by itself

No one came close simply, because they wrote all of their own songs and wrote and produced over 1000 songs for themselves and others. They wrote and produced songs for Dolley Parton, Celine Dion, Kenny Rodgers, Barbara Streisand, and many many others. They were very much underappreciated but I believe that they are greater known and appreciated now than they were then because of people like you and thousands of others who have discovered them. To answer one of your questions, back in the 70's everyone listened to the radio and bought albums. That's how groups were promoted. Although the Bee Gees were known for their disco hits for me, their greatest music was sung in the 60's, 80's '90s, and in 2003 For Whom the Bell Tolls, is unforgettable. You really must listen to Fanny Be Tender With My Heart, Jive Talking, and Tragedy just to name a few. Earth, Wind and Fire is my second favorite group after the Bee Gees.

It really doesn’t matter who was blessed with them - if you were alive in the 70s and 80s you were blessed with them.

Absolutely NO ONE compares to the Bee Gees! NO ONE!

I am 70 years old, BeeGees were my generation. Boomers from Disco scene.

These brothers had harmonies unmatched. As you go down deeper you will learn about their younger brother Andy Gibb. He was a baller also. Barry's style is just so unique and you can tell he is deeply into the emotions of the whole production.

They started their singing career in the Boomer era but didn’t become well known until the late 70s (GenX) years. Both generations loved them.

I'm 75 yo and their music brings tears to my eyes because it takes me back to the times in which they were sung! I've had a wonderful life with my beautiful wife of 54 years and our two daughters and two sons and this takes me to the 1970's which were the best of times and the worst of times. I've been spoiled by my parents with access to their good music, my young aunts who gave me rock and roll in the 1950s, and the transistor radio in the 1960s blaring the Beatles, Beach Boys, and Motown!

I was born in 1967, and the BeeGees were my heartthrobs!!! They also had a brother, Andy Gibb, who never thought he was going to be recognized as anything more than their kid brother. Sadly, only Barry, the oldest brother who can hit those high notes, is still alive today. NOBODY, but NOBODY can compare to the Bee Gees!!! ❤❤❤❤❤

That is our Barry doing his falsettos, he did it effortlessly!

They transitioned through the baby boomers and Gen X both generations had the privilege of listening to them

They were in a league of there own. Nobody can compare. Barry is so smooth, but then they all are. They have a little brother named Andy that had his own career If you haven't checked out Home Free you definitely should. Totally a cappella. Just there voices.

Barry still married to his wife since 1970. Living the song

In Europe and the world The Bee Gees were also very famous before the Fever or the so-called "disco" period. They just switched from their old sound to a new sound, with rich orchestrations and rhythms, and then US went crazy for them. We listened to them on the radio or saw them in concert on TV. At first they sang something like soft pop rock, then they went to R&B/Soul which is mistaken defined as "disco", then they wrote songs for other singers, and finally they came back again with their typical sound, which I think can only be defined as theirs name - Bee Gees style - Gentle smooth harmonies, perfectly balanced with interesting instrumental, melody and lyrics. Genius!

No one compares to the BeeGees. Their unique sound Their unique voices was all their own. We're in our 70's and still listening to this music.

This was boomers music, but us GenXers heard it as young children.. then picked it back up when we got older. I enjoy your reactions, Lil' Brother. I'm glad you're discovering all this music we've loved for decades 👍

No one came close to The Bee Gees. Chicago was great and Earth Wind and Fire but Bee Gees are everything.

The Gibb brothers wrote over 1000 songs and they wrote hit songs for other artists. They actually wrote THREE #1 singles in ONE day (Too Much Heaven, Tragedy and Shadow Dancing which was a huge hit sung by baby brother Andy Gibb). They grew up and began singing as children in Australia, then moved to England. They've changed and restarted their careers a few times over 50 years. They had big hits back before disco hit big in the late 70s. In fact, they didn't intentionally write disco music. They had these songs they'd been working on for a still untitled new album in 1977 when movie producer Robert Stigwood called them up and said he wanted five songs for the new movie he was working on called Saturday Night Fever starring a kid named John Travolta. They knocked out the songs in one long weekend (including Saturday Night Fever, Staying' Alive, How Deep is Your Love and More Than A Woman). The movie became a cultural phenomenon, and though they already had hits back in the 60s the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack shot them into super stardom.

I'm a boomer. Trust me, the boomers were blessed with BeeGees and tons of more wonderful artists! We were truly blessed!!

They were the best. Try Fanny Be Tender, Jive Talking, Run To Me, How Can You Mend A Broken Heart, Bodyguard, Alone, One, oh there are so many. No one was better than the Bee Gees. They wrote all their own songs, wrote for other artists like Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross, Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers, Dionne Warwick.

Nobody was better! I'm 64, & have been listening to them since they came out. I'm so glad I was raised during the 60s & 70s when we had REAL music.

Multi talented family. They wrote their own songs as well as hits for other artists. You can all four brothers on stage in You should be dancing (video says 1976), also would enjoy Wind of change (live 1979), Medley in Melbourne 1989 and Kiss of life. Bee Gees have videos from 1960 ( as kids) - 2001. They crossed many genres can’t really be put in a box.

Barry Gibb simply had a great voice....every register: chest, head and proably the best falsetto in pop music...ever.

You are Right on how this culture has degenerated. The 70's are the best decade for this kind of talent. I'm so blessed this was in my day.

Nobody came close to the BeeGees, and we haven’t had their like since.

Nobody came close to the BeeGees. They were musical geniuses. Nobody could write or sing a song like the Gibb brothers. ❤. These guys started singing here in Australia in the 1950s and continued until Mo passed in 2003. Their last album was released in 2001. They didn't have a genre they changed with the times.

NOBODY compares to the Bee Gees!

I am an Old Hippie and I love all of the music from the 50s 60s 70s and into the 80s when music was all about love and peace and being together whereas today's music is filled with hate and animosity and ugly overwhelms ...so it's so good to see someone like you find out how beautiful love and music can be. the flower child era of love and peace and hope and togetherness was a wonderful time and the Bee Gees grew their music through all of those eras there's nobody like them and there never will be again

BeeGees were the music geniuses of DISCO... in mid 1970s. *love* If you can make gold audible...lthis is gold)...the BeeGibbs

The movie Saturday Night Fever made the Bee Gees blow up!

Don’t forget The Beach Boys, three brothers, a cousin, and a friend. Brian is a genus.

Good stuff their harmony is unmatchable

Yes! Do the right thing! Love one girl! It helps when you both have Jesus in your lives! I loved The Bee Gees my whole life! Be the one who is different! There are girls in this world looking for that one guy who is a diamond in the rough!

The disco era started in 70’s and ended early 80’s the BEEgees had more number one albums than anyone during that time

I think both the Boomers and Gen-X were blessed with the Bee Gees. I'm 58 and considered to be the very beginning of Gen X. I remember listening to the Bee Gees in the mid 70's through early 80's. I feel so blessed to have had my childhood during that time.

When I was in high school in the mid sixties, the BeeGees took off (Words, Massachussetts), 70s more beautiful music with about 3 yrs of disco, the 80s a different sound, etc. Decades of great music, until tragedy struck the family…

Barry was and is incredible. His brothers Maurice and Robin passed away BARRY was recently honored at the Kennedy Centers honors and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth

The Bee Gees are chameleons through the decades beginning in the late 50s onto 2009. You should check out the documentary How Can You Mend a Broken Heart if you want to hear and experience the full Gibb brothers story. Great reaction!

The Bee Gees has made more money than any other group. They started their group in 1958, and are still famous to us old people today.

You can't classify them in just one genre or generation because they did music for 6 decades. In fact, Barry is still making music. They did every type of music, writing it all themselves. No one has ever matched their talent.

Teens in the ‘70s like myself listened to the radio constantly, went to concerts and the groups were on TV. we bought actual vinyl albums. It was definitely the ‘70s when these guys rose to fame. The Boomers had the best music.

Back in the day, people used to listen to the radio. They got a lot of play time in the 70s due to the movie “Saturday Night Fever”. They did the sound track to the movie

While I am a Gen X metal head, we grew up with these types of artists. We were so lucky growing up in the 70’s and 80’s. There is one more brother Andy Gibb. Same talent.

BeeGees we’re POP music. Their song Jive Talkin’ is the polar opposite of this one. Just listen to it!

I was born in ‘73 - this song came out in ‘77 and I remember as a little girl dancing with my sisters and brother who are significantly older than myself to this and this music was so soothing to me as a child. I get so warm and sentimental listening. It’s like a core memory for me

I'm mid-Gen X and when the Bee-Gee's released this, I was not even kindergarten-aged. This was definitely my parent's (Boomers) music, and my taste in music didn't start really developing until somewhere around the mid to late 80s. Although, as an adult I do admit to the Bee Gees growing on me over the years. Back in the 70s, cable TV was really not a thing in most homes. In the majority of home, there were like 3-5 network TV channels, and we had the radio. Beside reading, this was mainly our entertainment. MTV didn't even become a thing until 1981. Instead, they had shows like American Bandstand, Midnight Special, Soul Train, and other musical shows on these network channels here in the US (Britain had their own like Top of the Pops). And the radio would feature a weekly series like the American Top 40, which would introduce new songs that eventually became popular.

Who came close to the Bee Gees?? NO ONE. Absolutely No One.

No group but the Beatles had more hits than the Bee Gees. And they evolved just like the Beatles, from love songs to Disco to some songs close to techno. When all you do is sing together from age 6 and 9 until your 50s and 60s, you get really good at what you do.

Stevie Wonder said "Why didn’t I write this song?!!" as we rode down Sunset Blvd in LA, singing along with this tune on the radio. There was NO one like the BeeGees back then or since. The brothers Gibb worked since they were little boys in Australia. The 4th and youngest brother, Andy, Gibb died young.

They came out in the USA at the same time the Beatles came to America. At the same time both were in competition with The King Elvis Presley. Check Elvis Presley out. You will be just as amazed. Elvis opened the door for many, many singers. Especially black singers. Watch Elvis and the black community. Your eyes will be opened.....😂❤

The Beatles and the Bee Gees - legendary greatness. It's hard to compare the two groups as their sound is very different. Both wrote their own music and lyrics. Both popular, with surviving The Beatles still performing and dropping #1 songs. Barry still performs and no doubt writes. Iconic, all of them. I miss John, George, Robin, Maurice, and Andy to this day.

I am a boomer. It is my music.

No one compares to the Bee Gees... They are so gifted, the song writing skills they have...

It was much harder to make it as a famous musician back then. You'd have to get recognized by an A&R rep and get signed to a record label. Record labels had the money and influence to get your songs played on the radio. People would hear songs on the radio and if they liked them they would go buy their records, 8tracks or cassette tapes. It wasn't easy to even get an A&R rep to even listen to a demo. One thing that was cool about it was in the 70's and stuff, we often didn't really even know what the musicians looked like unless their picture was on their record or they had a guest appearance on a tv show. Of course some people were known for their looks, but there was more focus on the quality of the music than what the people looked like than there is now.

I'm a boomer. My dad was from the Great Generation and he listened to swing during WW2. He always said the best love songs were made then when the boys were far away from home and missed their girls. I'm loving that you hear these songs are about love. I think your generation needs to bring back love music - in your own way of course but leave all the anger and hate music behind and bring back love. Your generation needs it. I pray gen z finds love again.

Nobody came close to the BeeGees. They were musical geniuses. Nobody could write or sing a song like the Gibb brothers. ❤

You make me appreciate my music; like I am listening for the first time ! Thank you!

🇨🇦 Actually, there were 4 brothers ! You should react to "You should be dancing" ! One live version would introduce you to the 4th brother, and also it would show you another side of the Bee Gees !

As a boomer I was permanently floating in the clouds during the 70s 😀 Enjoy this decade of music, it will keep you going for a long time. Try Bee Gees - Fanny Be Tender.

No one came close to these talented brothers! It was called " the radio" back in the day...and of course concerts and TV shows!

When the BeeGee's were popular, I was driving a used '73 Mercury Comet with a V-8. Heading to the County Fair. I was born in 1964 and it currently seems that I am a Boomer. The BeeGee's transcend genres. Their voices blended beautifully and they made beautiful music. No one blends better than family members.

Just love your sincere adoration of this group. Many thanks. I'm a late boomer. Maybe I was 10 years 🤣 old during this period of the Bee Gees. We listened to the radio a lot.

The Bee Gees never classified themselves as disco. That was the publicity that came out of the blockbuster movie, Saturday Night Fever. In fact it really is a small part of their incredible career spanning decades. Pop and R&B music. Their catalog is no joke as is their harmonies and vocal talents. Everyone found out about them through their hard work and tenacity. These guys are no joke. Thank you for your reaction.

Back then we didn't have social media, but we had Television and Radio, Newspapers and word of mouth..that was our social media back then 70s 80s...thats how we found out about things..Thats how musicians became famous through Radio and Television..

The BeeGees had number one hits on the charts over a fifty year span. Multiple generations grew up hearing them

No one sounded better, the BeeGees were unique. Nobody before or since sounds like them.

Yep the Temptations, Air Supply, Gaddis Knights and the Pips, Supremes.... a Lots of Great music

MJ were on same level sales wise etc .Barry was loyal to MJ to the end..❤ I remember when MJ won an award and was saying his speech Barry came from backstage to congratulate him. They were good friends. MJ was so happy . In one of Chris Tuckers shows him and MJ went to Barry’s house and listened to them sing this song together. Oh I proud to say they grew up in my country Australia 😊

Boomers (46-64) AND Gen X (65-84) Both generations enjoyed their music. Also, anyone after who has an appreciation for their music. How Deep Is Your Love was released in September 1977 (the oldest Xers would have been 12 YO & Boomers range 12-31) and is considered a 'pop ballad'. I'm Gen X and I grew up on this stuff!❤ Pop/rock, soft rock, disco (soft disco)

Great Reaction! You should check out “Baby Come Back” by Player. I think you will love it.

The Bee Gees had hits in the 60’s 70’s 80’s 90’s and 2000’s and not only for themselves. They wrote songs for most of the top artists such as Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers, Elvis, Barbara Streisand, Diana Ross, Olivia Newton-John, Yvonne Elliman, Tavares, Frankie Valli, Jimmy Ruffin and Dionne Warwick to name but a few. They wrote over 1,000 songs are in the Songwriters Hall of Fame and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Disco is only a very small part of The Bee Gees. They were around long before then. Mind you, Staying Alive(disco) was a huge hit for them. Many Gen X were raised on this music. At least my kids were. Also, artists like Janis Joplin, Jimmy Hendrix, Marvin Gaye, Queen, Pink Floyd, Mamas and the Papas, Jefferson Airship, and Chris DeBurgh, who I've never heard anyone react to, yet his storytelling music is amazing! Check out The Painter, The Crusader, or Spanish Trains. The list goes on and on. I believe we boomers had some of the best music ever recorded and it warms my heart to see other generations discovering it.

The Bee Gees were unlike anyone else. They just did what they did, make beautiful music. I don’t think there is anyone who is comparable to them. There were some beautiful harmonizing groups. My favorite harmonizing group was Crosby, Stills, Nash and sometimes Young, the song Suite: Judy Blue Eyes. Or Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR), but they have a totally different sound, good harmony though. They were a cross of a couple different types of music, R&B, Pop and Disco. They blended those types beautifully. I was born in ‘73 (Gen X) and I remember the music when I was a little girl. I’d say it was late Boomer music/early Gen X, mostly Boomer. We had the radio, boom boxes, movies and Walkman’s.

You’d find out about groups and singers from the radio mostly. Sometimes you’d see them on TV specials or late night shows. Soul Train, American Bandstand, Solid Gold and Midnight Special were weekly shows that had singers on it. There were other shows too. Then in 1981 we got MTV (later VH-1 , CMT and BET) and more exposure came to more groups and singers. MTV used to only have music videos on it, now there isn’t much music at all on it.

The Bee Gees came to popularity through hard work and talent. Gigging around, in bars, hotels, halls. Getting on to Radio, DJs playlists, TV shows in the UK, like, Top of The Pops…Movie soundtracks.

You should really check out "Shadow Dancing" by Andy Gibb. He's the youngest of the brothers and was a fantastic singer himself. His own music was great and had a nice, funky twist to it.

So nice to see a young man enjoying our music. I’m 67 yo Puerto Rican born and raised in New York City. So I was able to enjoy 50’s 60’s and 70’s. I’m sure there’s a lot of our music you would enjoy. That was MUSIC!

You need to a little more upbeat after the two you've done. I'd recommend " More than a woman ", "Love you inside and out" and "Fanny(be tender with my love)!

Born in ‘75, so Gen X here. @IamKing thanks for posting your reaction. It’s nothing but the TRUTH!! My mom loved The Bee Gees, especially Barry😂 I remember getting a Bee Gees guitar for Christmas. So many good memories❤

The Gibb brothers started singing together when they were very young! In the sixties they started rolling out the hits. Barry Gibb is the only brother still alive. Maurice and Robin are twins and passed away a number of years rid years ago. They have a ridiculous number of hits. They’re prob in the top 5 or ten of most albums sold! Their dad was a musician i believe. They started singing anywhere- back then they might perform in a movie theater before the movie starts. They were able to create a demo record and I think they probably either mailed it to some labels or drove around and dropped it off! I’m sure when they were signed, the way to get big was probably radio play. They clearly figured it out! And well before autotune was created.

They got their start in the 1950's in England and Australia where they grew up. I'm on the cusp of boomer and gen x and grew up listening to them (still do). The 4th brother (Andy) was just as talented. Unfortunately, 3 of the 4 have passed on. If you want to hear their true talent, check out them performing Blowing in the Wind live on a show in about 1963. It's incredible.

These were on the "solid gold oldies" radio station when I was growing up. It was old people music when I was growing up, but now I appreciate it so much more, the older you get the more nostalgic you get for thing to be the way they were when you were younger. As for how you became popular back then, it just took a lot longer and involved a lot more leg work. You would have to become popular locally (the larger town/city that you started in the quicker you would often grow) by word of mouth, playing small local gigs, or pay to rent some time at a studio to record and beg a DJ to play it on the radio. You'd have to hope to get recognized by someone from a record label would happen to hear about you and discover you. Once a label picked you up their event coordination and connections would help you move quickly into popularity. They'd do their work to saturate progressively bigger markets with your music. As the artist(s) you would be traveling all over performing and doing interviews to get played on the radio. Imagine trying to get the reach of social media, but essentially one radio tower at a time. The goal was to break into the large city markets. Eventually you'd be big enough to start hitting national charts which would facilitate in international recognition. Often times the most popular artists were ones that were able to break into more than one genre so they'd appear on multiple charts.

Boomer here!!!!We have the best music so far!!!

The Bee gees were a Unique group, and no one was really close to them. The Bee Gees stood for Brother's Gibb. They had a younger brother Andy Gibb who had a Solo career, The Bee Gees wrote his songs, and he performed part time with the Bee Gees, He was announced as joining the Bee Gees full Time but passed away before that could happen. Please react to the Bee Gees Song You Should Be Dancing. One of the Live performances shows Andy Gibb singing with the Bee Gees, it was amazing when all Four sang together, I am 59 Years old, and the Bee Gees are my Favorite Group and Elvis my favorite Singer. it was the Boomers music. I was born in 1964 and that is considered the last year of the Baby Boomers. Baby Boomers was for those born between 1946 to 1964. Generation X was from those born in 1965 to 1980.

I’m a Gen X and I had a Bee Gee’s lunchbox in 1979. Loved these guys and still do. Their youngest brother Andy Gibb had a lot of great music too with The Bee Gees singing back up. Great music and a great time to live in the USA.

Vibrato. That is what you are listening to. Barry and Robin had vibrato in their voices and made good use of it. Maurice (Morris) was the tech. man behind the group and played a mean bass in many of their songs.

These songs were written and sung when you could actually understand the lyrics and they meant something unlike most of the music today.

Music is all about frequencies, and when those frequencies touch your soul, you get chills.

Back in the day, artist depended on RADIO to play their records so the songs were geared for radio. Thats why it was so sad when they started that “disco sucks” time because radio stopped playing anything by The Bee Gees. So…they started writing for other artist and radio played those songs, which many got to #1! You can’t stop greatness!!!! I never considered The Bee Gees as a disco band. They were an R&B Band to me if anything!

70s. Boomer music, but GenX were kids hearing it. I suggest you try ELO - Evil Woman (Live at Wembley Stadium). ABBA and YES are also big on the harmonies. They ALLLLL had tight pants on. All of them.

Yeah, I'm a boomer, these guys were great, I had a crush on the guy with the high voice. Good song.. try the Eagles or Fleetwood Mac. 70s stuff as well. thanks for taking me back, even if you are making fun of it

Great reaction! Back in the day we had something called a radio and communicated in person at party's with great sound systems. The most advanced communication device we had was a CB radio.

No body compares to the Bee Gees. Great lyrics too. So Romantic! 🎉❤❤

There was no one better than they were. No one could match the harmonies these three. They were into R&B. A lot of their music was R&B based. As far as where they fit, they came came out in 1958. Their first #1 hit was Massachusetts in 1967. They were never a disco band. The songs they wrote for the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack were written before the movie was even written. They continued to record music through 2001. In the early 80s they wrote for other artists. Including Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Etc.

Their dad was a drummer and they lived in Manchester 🇬🇧 they used to practice over and over as boys. They moved to Australia and had some success there as very young kids. They moved back to England and had some success. Robert Stigwood (record producer) recommended them for doing the sound track to Saturday night Fever . This shot them to stardom in America. Ps. I love them and proud to appreciate their music 🎶

The boomers were blessed with this music, because the Bee Gees became famous in the early 60's.

The radio play of their songs is what made them known in other countries. Barry’s soaring vocals of just “Ahhhhh” I think was just him feeling the music and filling the background with beautiful tones that emphasized their incredible harmonies.

To answer a few of your questions, this was baby boomers and the generation that followed, which I was blessed to be born in. They called us the baby bust since there were fewer of us than in the previous generation. Music was amazing as more television programs were focusing on music only. We had Soul Train, Solid Gold, Dance Fever, the Midnight Special, etc. Disco was big. MTV had not peaked quite yet but was making its start. Most music was made popular in movies and by radio play. However, this was the era where you would go to the record store and listen to a record before purchasing it, with the big headphones. The 70s and 80s were special. There are way too many amazing groups and singers to mention, but I will name a few. You must check out Earth Wind and Fire, The Isley Brothers, Spandau Ballet, Barry White, Teddy Pendergrass, The Doobie Brothers, The Commodores, Christopher Cross, Kenny Loggins, The Whispers, the Carpenters, and so many more. Lastly, don't forget about Andy Gibb. He was really talented too. He was much younger so he wasn't a Bee Gee, but he was not to be discounted.

I was 16 in 1977 when the movie Saturday Night Fever came out. The Bee Gees are prominent on the soundtrack. I also love Yvonne Elleman who is on the soundtrack as well. Donna Summer was popular during this period also. What fun it was to go to the underage dance club to go disco dancing! The dresses were great and the line dancing was awesome!