MY FIRST TIME HEARING Bee Gees - Nights On Broadway (The Midnight Special 1975) *REACTION VIDEO* 

The Midnight Special was a late Friday night( Technically Saturday morning 1am original time slot )music show with various artists . I love the contrast of the low and high vocals on this etc . Another winner from the band on Bee Gee week, and definitely another winning performance from Mee Gee!!!

Maurice does the falsetto perfectly when they did this song live.

Maurice did the falsetto during this show...on the album it was Barry singing falsetto...Mo nailed the falsetto all the brothers were so talented

You forgot the 90s, they had fabulous LPs in the 90s. Even though American radio didn't recognize them since “79”, they were recognized in other countries.

When I was a kid my parents let me stay up every Friday night to watch the Midnight Special! I loved that show!

According to Barry, this is the song where he discovered his high falsetto in a scream near the end of this song. After the discovery they had 6 number ones in a row.

Just love when youngins finally hear our music 🎶

The Bee Gees wrote over 100 top 10 hit songs for themselves and other artists

Maurice singing the top line on this one. Fabulous voice.

All the great groups came through the Midnight Special.

The Midnight Special was on Friday nights after the Tonight Show. It featured many of the great seventies artists like the Bee Gees, performing live!

I saw them in concert as a teen in the late 70’s and they were electric live.

The Midnight special was a show on TV late night on Saturday. And they had ALL the top Rock and pop acts of the day, performing live. I believe it got replaced by Saturday night live.

A young girl with very good taste.

Midnight Special was a hugely popular variety show that featured various artists. It was important when a newer artist was featured because as far as I know everyone under 40 watched it.

I agree with you Miaaaa, they are awesome and they are good in all decades they sang in.

I agree with your comments! The Bee Gees are so deeply gifted as singer-song-writers and musicians. This was from the Main Course landmark album. Midnight Special was a great weekend TV show, and Bee Gees were hosts for three of them. They were guests several other times, but did such a great job hosting, too.

That show caught some of the best live performances ever. High standard. Definitely vibing with you reacting to the lads! No Jive Talking here.

They are not just talented. They are legendary brothers that harmonize to perfection. They work harder in writing and performing than just about everyone!

Always watched the Midnight Special. Made sure I was home by midnight on Friday nights. Every week they had 4 or 5 singers or bands.

I just LOVE Barry's natural "chest" voice. It's so rich. This is my favorite song from the pre-disco era.

Probably best song and performance ever.

The midnight special was on every Friday night and featured a bunch of acts performing live . It featured all types of music even in the same show.

Nights On Broadway was a groundbreaking important song for the Bee Gees because it was the first song where Barry tried out and began using his falsetto (Hi Pitched) signature voice. It set the stage for their huge megahits during the Disco era. At the end of the song you will hear him break out and start singing that way. If you listen to the Saturday Night Fever Bee Gee songs you will hear him use it again and again in their songs. You had live through it to know what a big deal the Saturday Night Fever songs were.

I remember watching the midnight special every weekend! It was awesome! They don’t have stuff like this anymore unfortunately.

Their “Hits Medley” on Midnight Special (1975) is pretty amazing.

Mee gee you can never go wrong with the bee gees. Great reaction.

Their range, harmony and song writing skills are second to none. Musical geniuses. The Brothers Brilliant never disappoint. Love Barry’s chest voice here, Mo nailing that falsetto and rocking that bass and Robin’s velvety vibrato!

Midnight special would come on every Saturday night at midnight! They had sooooooo many awesome artists!!!!

this is my first time hearing this also. but the bee gees are always in funky harmony together

bee gees emotion

I watched it all the time ! It was an awesome show and had all the greatest artists of the day. 70's were amazing !

Look up midnight, special performances, and you will find some of the best live performances ever

Awesome that you love and appreciate the Bee Gees too... IMHO they are the greatest band of all time. So many hits and great songs. They also wrote so many hit songs for other artists. Have you heard their song Fanny Be Tender? If not, please listen to it and post the reaction video of you listening to it. It's my favorite Bee Gee song. Legendary Music Producer Quincy Jones said it's one of his favorites and one of the greatest songs ever.

Midnight Special was THE music show before MTV came on the scene. Maurice did a lot of the high fills onstage that Barry sang in the studio recordings. Please check out 'Alone' for another super-falsetto experience! Maurice hits notes singing 'just the beat of a lonely heart' that sounds more flute-like than human!

The Midnight Special show videos are to react to. They had a great diversity in artists, and artist hosts.

Brother chemistry, and great supporting musical talent, not to mention great songwriting.

The BeeGees were great long before Saturday Night Fever. I remember watching Mignight Special Friday Nights.

They were on Midnight, often...they even hosted it often. No men more fabulous!!❤❤❤

We waited all week to watch the Midnight Special, followed by the Don Kirshner Rock Concert! Had to sneak out of bed since my bedtime was earlier. It was the bomb. Otherwise, unless you were lucky enough to have a band come to your town, and you had the money & a ride to get a ticket, you didn't see your idles! So glad you are enjoying MUSIC and not just canned beats.

One of my favorite Bee Gee's songs. I remember watching The Midnight Special then on Fridays. Got to see so many greats.

I’m 73, and The Bee Gees have been my world! My actual favorite was Robin! Tho Barry was gorgeous! But no one in this world will ever have the voice of Robin Gibb!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

It was an awesome show.. I had to go stay with my sister to get to watch it!! Lol I was 15,I'm 62 now. Got to grow up with this awesome music!!!!!

I love your journey down the rabbit hole and your reactions are soooo heartfelt. The BeeGees were: the tallest and oldest brother (with the big hair and beard), Barry Gibb, born September 1, 1946, the only surviving Gibb brother. Robin Gibb (with the long hair, no beard), born December 22, 1949-passed away May 20, 2012, and Robin's fraternal twin brother Maurice (the balding brother with the beard, 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. All 4 brothers are just natural musical talents. All of them dropped out of high school in their early teens and none of them could read or write music. All their compositions were created completely organically. 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' (and was also actually the first album on which their logo was introduced). 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 Other great songs to analyze: great album tracks from the 1979 Spirits Having Flown album, the title song: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WH_j90fCIk4.html, the outrageously beautiful song Reaching Out ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vfHUS5Mf00Q.html. From their Still Waters album, Smoke and MIrrors: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MT9vRHSWNbk.html. From the 1960's I've gotta get a message to you ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-CA4CInDnTk8.html. And from the 1990's the simple song Blue Island live in an accoustic version: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-162GlAEpfrY.html. Andy was kind of Barry's mini me, about half a foot shorter and 12 years younger but they were the only lefties of the family. However, his voice was nowhere near as broad in range or as strong as Barry's. As producer Alby Galuten said in the book "Tales of the brothers Gibb "Andy's falsetto was nowhere near Barry's." Andy had a lower, huskier, sound to his voice and his range was not as big as Barry's. I personally always thought his voice was much better suited to songs of his first album, Flowing Rivers. Andy died of myocarditis - which is an inflammation of the heart - on March 10, 1988, 5 days after his 30th birthday. His heart had been weakened by his drug addiction over the years which, by the way, was also the main reason for his split from Victoria Principal. He also had a congenital heart problem that was later also discovered in Barry and Barry's second son Ashley. Try listening to the song Dreamin' on ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--KdBVKcSSSw.html which is kind of a duet with Barry. And here are the 4 brothers live on stage in 1979 doing You Should Be Dancing ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_6MR-E_Qzz0.html And finally a few photos of Barry and Andy: i.postimg.cc/jS6n3Jkv/Barry-Andy.jpg and i.postimg.cc/TwnPh8M0/82c126fc42a35d3b737867af41338199.jpg and the 4 brothers with their mother i.postimg.cc/FRNMbwkD/b9b2561eadffee11347573c97063c2f8-zpsd89478eb.jpg

If you haven't already I can highly recommend one of their earlier songs, How Can You Mend a Broken Heart.

i am so glad u are listening to these awesome men! i grew up in the 70's and they are one of my favorite groups!

Oh my god The Midnight Special was magical. Check out Fleetwood Mac's performance of Rhiannon from that show.

If you are looking up a video and you see Midnight Special performance, watch it!! That show, along with Soul Train and Don Kirschner's Rock Concert has live performances of the greatest artists of the 70's in their prime with all of their style showing!

@Miaaa- I absolutely love The Bee Gees. Happy 77th Birthday Barry. The only group better than them was The Beatles but thats nothing to feel ashamed about bc they were the greatest group to ever live.

Mia great reaction!!!! Robin came out with the smooth 1st tenor, their harmony is tight!!!!

They are. This song is about a stalker.. Creepy as hell. Love the combined voices of Brothers Gibb.❤❤❤

The Bee Gees are phenomenal. You are right about the vibe they bring, my heart soars with love when I hear them sing. Great review!

I'm almost 63, building a playlist of all the good old stuff, this song got my attention and added it instantly. Funny thing is I just don't recall this song as a 14 year old. With age comes appreciation for the greatness of the songwriters and top 40 artists of the rock boom era. Plus I can listen now with lyrics to understand all of the words that I've had wrong for 50 years.

Mo sang Alto in this song I loved when I got to hear him. Mo sung lead in "Closer Than Close" and ",Man in the Middle". He wrote both songs. He sung in his natural voice. All 3 could sing in Alto. I just think it's a shame we didn't get to hear more of Mo. Man in the Middle was about his being an alcoholic and trying to keep peace with Barry and Robin tit tats. He actually was the man in the Middle. The song was for his wife when he got clean. It's a awesome song both songs are great!

Bee Gees are the best, can you reaction to the song YOU SHOULD BE DANCING, of Bee Gees, please.

All of my favorite bands and artists have appeared in the midnight special. I wish I could have gone to the shows. It was in California and I lived in NYC 🗽

It was a very popular show back in the early 70s. This song was where the falsetto started. But on the show Maurice sang the adlibs and the falsetto but on the studio album Barry sings it

The Midnight Special with their younger brother Andy Gibb singing I Just Wanna Be Your Everything.

Wow🔥🔥 this was my mom’s favorite Bee Gees song(Words was her other) I truly loved this!! It just shows The Bee Gees can sing different styles of music 🎶…Mee-Gee getting into the groove 💃🏾🪩 love it ❤️❤️🔥🔥

They are beyond amazing. Please react to Michael Jackson and Barry Gibb All In Your Name. BeeGees Kiss Of Life. Living Eyes. Me Natural. And The Sun Will Shine. Wedding Day.

The Midnight Special was awesome! Great live music, the top acts of the day, sheer talent! In other news, I’m new to your channel, but I love your reaction and your vibe! Really digging your commentary in the subtitles. I’m a new fan!

Hello Mia! Great reaction as always!😀

Great reaction Mia. Tom Jones with Paul Anka do an awesome cover of "Nights on Broadway" Loved watching The Midnight Special. The 70's were cool.

Yes it was a weekly song fest if you will. All kinds of music each week. I'm glad I watched it.

YAY!!!! This is the song where Barry found his falsetto!!! I’m glad you’ve done their older music!!! Awesome reaction as always!!!❤❤

EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT AT MIDNIGHT - a concert in your living room in the 70's on "The Midnight Special" !!

You need to react to the host, Natalie Cole. Her father is the great Nat Cole. She was able to establish herself as an artist of a highly successful career in her own right. Songs like, THIS WILL BE, I'VE GOT LOVE ON MY MIND, MISS YOU LIKE CRAZY, were big hits. She even managed a video tribute to her father on his most iconic song. UNFORGETTABLE was magic. Natalie gathered musicians and people who worked with her father to collaborate with her. The best part is the two of them singing together, seemingly to each other by way of video postcard. Songs by her father include SEND FOR ME, A BLOSSOM FELL, RAMBLIN' ROSE. Enjoy

Great reaction as always. This is the song Barry discovered the falsetto, on recording he does it. Live Maurice does it wonderfully You are right all three have great voices ❤. Barry had an album in 2016 called In the now(great song), and album in 2021 called Greenfields. Could you do In the now, End of the rainbow(his song for Robin).

SHE IS SMITTEN WITH THEM, ITS SO CUTE!

I did get to see the Bee Gees and others in real time the one thing I can say about some of these great talents of my era is that when you hear a new song that there's for the very first time it's a shock and a treat and you never ever forget the first the very first time you heard one of these great songs back when they were creating all of this beautiful music

Maurice was the highnote guy before Barry tried his in Jive Talkin (according to Barry) Of course Robin did it with that fabulous vibrato!

There was also a show called solid gold that came on

You need to hear Exile sing “Kiss you all over” on the midnight special

This the song where Barry found his falsetto.

This song has a little different style that I'm used to hearing from them. Might be my favorite song by them so far. Great reaction again Mia!❤

bee gees you stepped into my life

Great reaction! Thank you for keeping their music alive!!

Such talented guys. I've always loved their songs.

bee gees king and country

Amo os Bee Gees ❤❤❤❤ Amo essa música ❤❤❤🇧🇷💪💪👏👏👏👏👏👏

even it takes a lifetime.....💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞

Great reaction. There is a one minute clip on YT showing them singing a portion of this song in 1997 at their Las Vegas One Night Only performance. It is a totally different arrangement.... amazing and highlights Mo's vocal range. For me he was the hidden gem of the group. He was really coming into his own at the end of his life. They were all simply fantastic as was their younger brother Andy.

Love your reaction again! Bee Gees are still the BEST!

Thanks, Miaaa! This was a great show featuring live performances from popular groups at the time.. and I LOVE this one especially - b/c I love Robin... not the usual lead singer, but my favorite.. (gotta dig those geeky 70's fashions!) and also all three of them are featured... Maurice never got enough credit... lol

Watch All the old Midnight Specials... there were hundreds!!! And The Bee Gees hosted it often!!

Friday nights, at midnight, it was special

The Midnight Special was exactly what it's called it was a show that came on at midnight and it was special because it was like a 2-hour show of multiple great musical talents there was quite a few really good shows back then showcasing great musical Talent but my two favorites was The Midnight Special and another one called The Soul Train the Soul Train was basically 100% R&B music and I loved up R&B music.

Should try Bee gees 1987 number 1 hit song called You win again Please

The midnight special was kind of like American bandstand in the seventies and every week they had different bands on everything from Sly and the family Stone to Bay City rollers Joe cocker you named them they had it it was awesome show in the 70s

Love your written notes & your reaction❤❤❤ Hope to hear more especially from the BeeGees' "This is where I came in" album of 2001! It would be interesting to hear your reactions of that. Also Winds of Change, All this Making Love, & Baby as you turn Away from the Main Course album.❤

Robin actually has the highest falsetto. BTW, he does the high falsetto harmony on "Staying Alive"

youtube midnight special great acts doing their songs Live!

Yes it was the top names appeared. I watched it every Friday!😅

this was the start of their disco hits

Friday nights we'd get together and go to "The Midnight Special" concert. It was going to a concert in your living room - late night.

WHAT YOU'RE FEELING IS WHAT WE WERE FEELING ALL THOSE YEARS AGO. I GUESS IT SHOWS THAT A GOOD SONG WILL ALWAYS BE A GOOD SONG NO MATTER WHEN YOU HEAR IT DARLIN'? GOOD REACTION KIDDO, I'LL BE WATCHING....

You would get the TV Guide magazine at the store every week. Then you’d look through it to see who was going to be on the Midnight Special that upcoming Saturday night. Rock and Soul bands didnt get to go on TV all that much, so when you saw that the Bee Gees were going to be on TV next Saturday night, it was a big deal, and you’d make sure you didn’t miss it or you might have to wait for months and months tonsee it in a rerun. No streaking, no RU-vid no DVR or DVD. It was a big deal!

In my top 3 Gee Bees songs for sure

Yes late night, very popular show!

I grew up in the 70's and even at the height of their popularity in the disco era, I wasn't into the Bee Gees' music (the "B", btw, stands for Brothers, and the "G" stands for Gibb -- "B.G.s", "Bee Gees"). However... I've always loved this song! It was a staple on A.M. Radio in the mid-70's. And for as good as this song is live, I think the sudio version is even better. Glad you like it, too, Miaaaa.