Why do some people on here claim they are/were Aussies. All three NEVER gave up their British citizenships. They only lived in Australia for 9 years. They even spoke with English accents. Barry spent most of his childhood in the British Isles and the twins were nearly 9 when they left England for Australia in 1958.
I had tight pants in the 70s Never talked High Woman wore tight pants Bell bottom pants and were Soo with feathered hair ,They were so sexy . Man i miss them 70s
Interesting tid-bit, they didn't actually write the songs FOR the movie. They were approached for new songs for a dance movie, that was in early stages. They sent songs they'd already written, but hadn't recorded yet. Barry said he thought one reason SNF was such a success, is because the scriptwriters wrote the scenes to fit the music (rather than what's usually done, where a songwriter tries to write a song to fit an already filmed scene).
@@MatthewC137 Nope. I'm 55, and they were still playing this at the rink in my school days. It wasn't on the radio any longer, that's true. But it seems to be timeless roller rink fare. 😁
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The one Asia was talking about is Barry! Robin was also a lead but not in this song! You need to check out their song Man in the Middle or Closer than Close to hear Maurice’s voice as a lead!
Barry, tallest and oldest, was always the hottie !!........great voice, beautiful face, best hair in the business (along with Robert Plant) !!.....they both had better hair than i ever had and i'm a lady so i was always jealous !!.....LOL
The Bee Gees’ name actually came to be after they began performing at Brisbane Speedway by promoter & driver Bill Goode, who then introduced them to local radio DJ Bill Gates. With their initials being the same as Barry’s & their mother Barbara Gibb’s, they were first known as The BGs…..later changing it to The Bee Gees. Despite popular belief, the name was not specifically a reference to “Brothers Gibb”.
One of the things that helped create their signature sound is the fact that they were actual brothers and therefore had very similar voice qualities which makes for incredible blends on the harmonies. This was their "Disco" era. They had a long and very successful career before this but this era pushed them up several levels in popularity and acclaim.
Barry is the lead you’re actually referring to- AND Y’all gotta watch the MOVIE Saturday Night Fever! Please! All this great music and how they dressed and partied in the 70’s/NYC- My top 5 movies of all time- Young John Travolta! He can play ANY role and dance ANY dance- Aldo shown in the movie “Urban Cowboy!”😝. 💝💙✌️👍
The way I interpret this song, is that LIFE IS MOTION; therefore, STAYING ALIVE, is them singing that they are in motion - THE WAY THEY WALK, TALK, DANCE, BEING KICKED AND REJECTED is LIVING and SUSTAINS THEM TO STAY LIVING. Notice how they act this out in the video, they are literally IN MOTION, WALKING around buildings shot up and in ruins, stopping just long enough to remind the listeners, they are STAYING ALIVE and still in motion. This song is very addictive and the beat demands MOTION from the listener. So, in a beautiful ironic twist, they singing about STAYING ALIVE, also compels their fans to do the same. This is R&B on steroids, even though it's Disco.
As gorgeous as this man is..I believe he was singing about the movie and not himself...he is gorgeous in this video!!!! Saturday Night Fever is the movie this is from..
The lead singer is Barry. Bee Gees and Celine Dion duet Immortality. Barry wrote it for Celine. For the celebration of the Bee Gees she sung it to Barry. Absolutely beautiful! She dedicated it to the 4 brothers, her brother and husband
Correction Barry wrote the majority of the songs Robin did most of the lyrics for the songs and Maurice arranged and did the technical aspects of the music
Barry with those long, lean legs...damn he was sexy. And sang like an angel. I was in my 20's during disco and I had so much fun dancing and drinking Saturday nights, before I had kids and live got complicated.
This whole best-selling movie soundtrack came out in 1977. The Bee Gees had hits way before that too, in the 60's. Check out one of their biggest hits from a decade earlier. .."I Gotta Get A Message To You".💙 Btw, if you haven't done "You Should Be Dancing" yet (also from Saturday Night Fever) please do! Can't NOT dance to that one (or chair dance)!💙☮
The Bee Gees were around since the late 50's but started hitting the charts in the late 60's. Yes the second half of the 70's was all Bee Gees with 7 #1 hits.
The guys just expressed themselves. The joy of having talented brothers that have your back. They didn't need to pretend to be anything they're not. Add the supreme talent and the next level songwriting ability then you have the greatest songs of all time.
Barry was in the lead most of the time but Robin lead a lot and Maurice also had some songs that he lead but their harmonies were everything.Barry's falcetto was amazing ,but they all could do a nice falcetto."Fanny be tender with my Love"really showed their range.Check out' Love You Inside Out".When those guys harmonized it sounded like an instrument. The Brothers Gibb knew how to find that groove .
Robin's vibrato was unlike ANYONE else and totally amazing. In the 60's and after the disco era Robin and Barry sang lead about 50/50. I preferred Robin's voice by far.
They wrote a song "If I Can't Have You" for Yvonne Elliman. IMO, the best disco song ever - she totally owned it. Hope you can react to it sometime. Best version on youtube: "Yvonne Elliman -- If I Can´t Have You Live Video HQ"
I’m 64 and grew up listening to the Bee Gees. Thanks for the best, most entertaining reaction video of the Gibb brothers. Subscribed, thumbs up. Keep staying alive!
People are most familiar with the disco era Bee Gees, but their musical styles actually varied a lot. If you want to experience their versatility, check out Closer Than Close with Maurice singing the lead, or Heart Like Mine with Robin singing lead, out or For Whom The Bell Tolls. They're all very different and all excellent.
As other mentions, the lead singer on this one is Barry, the only brother still alive. If you want to hear them sing in the lower register then go Predisco with songs from 1967 to 1974 with songs like I Started A Joke (Robin on Lead), Words (Barry on lead) or I've Gotta Get A Message To You (Shared Lead), in 1973 they recorded a song called Elisa, here each brother had a verse, to my knowledge the only song where this happened. Also Past Disco 1981 to 2001 nearly all songs where with the lower registry voices. My favorites of this periode would by My Lovers Prayer, Alone, The Only Love, You Win Again, For Whom The Bell Tolls, Wedding Day, Still Waters, I Will, Bodyguard, Happy Ever After and Rings Around The Moon. These all have either Barry, Robin or shared lead. Maurice also had songs where he was lead, a good example would be Man In The Middle, a song that captures the thing about him being the man in between the 2 ego's of Barry and Robin.
BJ, the 'sound' that puts them apart is their harmony. Very few bands can even come close to the perfect harmony of their three voices. And Happy Thanksgiving.
Okay. Education time. Fun fact. The Bee Gees wrote..produced..recorded all 5 songs for Saturday Night Fever in 1 weekend for that movie. Guess what else. All 5 songs were #1 hits. No one has broken that record and probably never will. That’s how talented they are guys. Again listening to 70’s greatness.
"Stayin' Alive" was written and recorded by the Bee Gees in 1977 specifically for the "Saturday Night Fever Motion Picture Soundtrack", It was the opening track. It was one of the Bee Gees signature songs and one of their most recognizable. When the brothers were just starting out Robin was usually the lead vocalist because of his clear Vibrato BUT at the height of their popularity (mid to late 70's early 80's) it was Barry Gibb and his R & B falsetto that gave them their signature sound. An interesting piece of trivia, when medical professionals are training for CPR they are recommended to play this song in their head because this song has about 104 beats per minute and it is recommended to perform between 100 and 120 chest compressions per minute while doing CPR.
Saturday Night Fever was the mutts nuts back in the day. A fairly simple and straightforward story line, but a must watch. Every song on that soundtrack is a banger. If this doesn't make you want to get up n boogie, then you got no soul. Loving your vibe guys 👍
They have been around since the 60's. Barry still making music with his sons at 75 years old and it's great still. Barry just celebrated his 50th wedding anniversary.
Iconic. Killer bass line. 104 bpm drum loop. Using violins to accent the keyboards in places other producers would likely fill with guitars gives a lightness in the overall sway of this song that sets it apart. Dig the timbale accents too! The music evokes images of the spinning dancers it inspired. Disco was such a big thing in the middle 1970's, the elementary school I went to taught us how to dance "The Hustle" on its annual carnival day. "The Hustle" was the dance that went with "The Hustle", an instrumental disco song by Van McCoy that went to number one in the summer of 1975, opening the door for more disco music, like the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack two years later. Another track by The Bee Gees from that album that is more than worthy of a reaction is "Jive Talkin'".
Great reaction. BeeGees stands for the people who discovered them: Bill Gates, Bill Good, the oldest brother Barry Gibb, their mother Barbara Gibb and later for the Brothers Gibb. In this clip: the tallest guy in the middle with the big hair and beard, the lead singer: Barry Gibb born September 1, 1946, the only surviving Gibb brother. Guy with long hair and red t-shirt: Robin Gibb, born December 22, 1949-passed away May 20, 2012, balding guy with beard Robin's fraternal twin brother Maurice (pronounced "Morris") Gibb, born December 22, 1949-passed away January 12, 2003. They also had another, younger, brother Andy Gibb, born March 5, 1958-passed away March 10, 1988. The three oldest brothers were born on the Isle of Man (UK). Oldest brother Barry got seriously burned when he accidentally pulled boiling tea over himself at 18 months old. He was in coma for a while, nearly died and was in hospital for many months. Because of this, he did not learn to talk until after the twins were born. Later the family moved to Manchester and from there they emigrated to Australia in 1958, right after Andy was born. Their musical career, which they had started as little kids, didn't lead to international success so they moved back to the UK in 1966. Then they had a string of big hits, until they temporarily broke up around 1970 for 15 months. Started back up, looking for a new sound which they first found in 1974 with the transitional album "Mr. Natural". After that "Main Course" was the first album that moved them into a new direction: more rhythm&blues, dance music like with great hits like Nights on Broadway and Jive Talkin'. From 1976 on they went all out with falsetto driven dance music which lead to their biggest commercial success as they provided classic songs for the Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack (1977 Stayin' Alive, How Deep is Your Love, Night Fever amongst them). You should react to the 1979 live version of Stayin' Alive, too ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7niXSh7vWRI.html
No, the lead singer is Barry and I believe this was made for the "Saturday Night Fever" movie. The Bee Gees wrote & sang their own music, but they couldn't read nor write music. So that is real talent! And no auto tune. Barry's not talking about himself being a "woman's man"; unless he's talking about his wife Linda, of whom he's been married to for over 50 years. He wrote the words for John Travolta's role. This was 1977. The Bee Gees had a lot of hits in the 80's as well, past the disco era. They weren't just about disco. And they had a younger brother, Andy, who had his own solo career. He had performed with them on stage & was going to join the group. He died at age 30. Barry is the only one left. RIP Maurice, Robin & Andy. xxx
The Bee Gees were asked to & wrote all the songs to Saturday Night Fever in a span of two weeks! The “I am a woman’s man” lyric is not about Barry; it was written by the Bee Gee’s as an apt description of John Travolta’s character & attitude in the Saturday Night Fever movie.
When they first got signed they were supposed to be the next Beatles. The lead singer is Barry Gibb, but Robin could sing higher than Barry. All of the brothers can sing and if you look it up you can see all of them take the lead please show them 🙏MUCH LOVE to you and your family 💕. Brandi Modrak.
History Check: The subject matter of 'Stayin' Alive' is about survival in the streets of New York inspired by the Nic Cohn paperback Tribal Rites of the Saturday Night who was the plot for the classic Saturday Night Fever Movie. Since 1977 it is the fifth biggest single of all time with 31 million single sold worldwide 👍 It is claimed from in a survey of all radiostations around the globe as most airplayed song of all time in 2017- every 20 seconds - this plays everywhere around the world and for sure it is the most iconic song of the 70´s decade. It’s a part of our shared cultural heritage now - one of those pop miracles that just never gets old, never wears off, never loses its charge. It remains alive. And indeed one of the most covered pop songs in history This epic video was filmed on MGM Studios in Culver City in Hollywood California in the filmset ruins of That’s Entertainment starring Fred Astaire from 1974 during the same time when the BeeGees filming the Beatles movie, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 1978 on the lot at the same time.
The lead singer is Barry Gibb, the other two brothers are twins...Robin and Maurice. Both Robin and Maurice have passed away...and their youngest brother Andy Gibb was also a singer and he passed away in the '80s.
Well, his name is Sir (has been knighted by Prince Charles) Barry Gibb. Due to Guinnes Book Of Records, on second place by most successful songwriters of all times, only behind Sir Paul Mc Cartney. Most of the songs, he wrote together with his brothers, so they also have their share.
I only wish all of his brothers Robin, Maurice AND Andy could've all long enough to be knighted. They all deserve it. Especially Andy. He never even got his chance.
Nope, the lead singer is Barry Gibb. Robin Gibb used to be the lead singer of the Bee Gees in the late '60s - by the mid-'70s that changed and Barry Gibb became the lead singer.
Please cover some "pre disco" Bee Gees there are some absolute classics for you both to discover...love your channel much love from New Zealand.....btw Barry Gibb is the Gibb brother you are trying too remember.
They had been songwriters n singing since the twins were 9 n Barry was 12 he's the tallest,,, Robin n Maurice are the twins, soooooo gifted luv them 🥰😍🤩
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Arguably, one of the biggest and well known pop songs in music history. This was just past the midway point in the disco era (‘73-‘79) ….the beginning of the massive Disco explosion.
@@theodoreritola7641 1976? The hustle came out in 1975, loves theme came out in 1973, TSOP came out in 1973… All were disco songs… 1980 disco was out of fashion and back underground changing into house music… that 80s stuff you’re speaking of is called , “Post Disco“… look it up. It’s right there.
No-- Middle brother and lead singer here for "STayin' Alive" is the older brother BARRY GIBB. Robin is the beardless twin who shares the lead occasionally. The other bearded guy is Robin's fraternal twin "Mo" or Maurice Gibb. The twins are 3 years younger than Barry. Robin sang the lead more in the pre-Disco hits and after the Disco phase, the two alternated leads and sang less falsetto in the 80's thru 2001 --when Mo died in 2003 suddenly at 52, the Bee Gees "died". Robin and Barry did mostly solo work. Robin died of cancer in 2012. Barry is the last of the four brothers still standing (Andy Gibb died at age 30 in 1988). There is the oldest sib still alive living in Australia --a sister, Leslie, who once subbed for Robin for a big gig because Robin split for 18 mos. from the Bee Gees in 1969-70. They re-united, Leslie went back to marriage and motherhood.
@Asia and BJ A deep dive into the BeeGees is very well worth it! I don't think you will be disappointed. Their song "Words" is so beautiful it makes me cry. Another one no one has reacted to, is "Alone". BeeGees been legit since the 60's.
They did not start the Falsetto until the middle seventies but it really took off on this soundtrack. Barry is the eldest brother and the lead singer on this song, the one with the gorgeous hair :)
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The BEE GEES was formed in 1958 in Radcliffe, Australia. The trio were Barry Gibb and twin brothers Robin(12/22/1949-5/20/2012) and Murice(12/22/1949-12/12/2003) Barry is preforming. Hit include More Than A Woman(1977) , Night Fever (1977) , To Love Somebody (1967), Words (1969) Jive Talkin'(1975) Massachusetts (1968).the main lead was Barry.