Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive - Isolated Vocals - Analysis and Tutorial + Recording Production Tips
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Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive - Isolated Vocals - Analysis and Tutorial + Recording Production Tips
The Bee Gees were known for both creating beautiful melodies and for their unique ability to harmonize together which are qualities that seem to be particularly strong among family members.
What other groups can you think of that possessed that family connection of really being in sync with one another? Let me know in the comments!
In “Stayin’ Alive” the band predominantly uses reinforced falsetto and as we go through the vocal stems, I’ll show you how to build up your sound to get that nice, bright tone.
We’ll talk a lot about the phenomenal job they did of blending as we also explore how effects were used to create that sound for the recording.
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Barry Gibb, sole surviving BeeGee, is an absolute world treasure... just as his brothers were.
When the brothers blend in harmony it is breathtaking. Seriously, no pun intended.
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Maurice is the x factor
When Justin Timberlake said in the HBO Max doc ‘How Can You Mend a Broken Heart’ that their voices together sounded like trumpets to him, I was like...yes! Because that’s exactly what I have always thought. Just so unbelievably talented.
I agree!
Yes, their voices were instruments!@@kentamplin
They actually did this music for Saturday night fever in a Chateau in France. They said they were working on their new album when Robert Stigwood ask them for songs to go with his movie he was producing, they ended up sending him a cassette of some of the songs they were planning for their new album. If you haven't watch it yet I recommend " How do you mend a broken heart" it delves into their career as the Bee Gees. Your videos are always very informative
The falsetto is absolutely immaculate. Very horn like. 👍
Thanks for watching, Tyler!
@@kentamplin you’re welcome 😊💃
Wow - never noticed those breaths in between phrases before. Now I can't unhear them.
Same
If you are able to listen to this song without dancing you’re a stronger person than me. 🕺
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I think we're stronger for dancing.
haha - I can't :-)
Thats the ticket sunny
Lol omg your so right I just wrote a comment ..and then saw yours ...ken is amazing
Interesting observation on the "horn sound like" vocals.
Thanks for listening!
@@kentamplin You're on a roll Ken, talk about iconic tracks...thank you so much. I thank the Bug for bringing the BGs the recognition they deserve, I love Barry's new album. Their father was a Big Band leader, so there's that. Their eclectic cultural and geographical background makes them unique, they are like no other.
I suggest to listen to "Stop, think again". Barry's falsetto often flows effortlessly into the saxophone solo's.
I laughed so hard when Ken said that, but he's so right. I never thought of it like that, but it's true.
BeeGees for no formal music training were Brilliant !!
Hello, from Russia !
I love this band.😍 The song is a hit. It is a pity, there is only one brother left, health to him !
Gone too soon.
Love the story about getting pulled over! Bee Gee's are amazingly talented!!!
Yes they are!
Thanks for this Ken. As an Aussie Bee Gees fan who has been a fan forever its awesome hearing your analysis of the legendary Bee Gees. A couple of things to say that you might not know. Barry started singing falsetto actually on the Main Course album. He was asked by the producer if he could scream in tune during the song Nights on Broadway. The result of which is the "Blaming it all" and the screaming towards the end of the song. The falsetto then appeared more regularly and in Fanny Be Tender he sang layers of his own voice as well as the falsetto, and the other boys mixed in as well (actually that is a very complicated song that made it virtually impossible to sing live due to all the layers of the different part singing so never was).
All 3 boys by the way never received any singing lessons and cant read music at all. Which is interesting to me when I hear your analysis of Barry's falsetto and breath control. He wasnt taught how to sing so the result was that Staying Alive was not on his lists of favourites singing live. He did though and he personally felt it was abit breathless and went on and on and on as he says lol. He also suffered really bad back problems due to arthritis and had to put up with alot of pain singing Staying Alive. Could never understand why it would effect his back until seeing your analysis. I can understand that strain now. Fabulous analysis Ken. Would really love to hear more of your analysis on the Bee Gees. In my opinion the greatest songwriters ever and those 3 part harmonies like no other.
I love the Bee Gees. Barry was my pin up when I was younger. I got to see him sadly without his brothers a while back and he was brilliant.
Geniuses in figuring out electronica and using it but the voices are real and great and don't even think about the prolific writing. Unbelievable artists and human beings too. This much analysis by so many people means that they really made a lasting and very special impression on so many. Wish we still had them but we do, we have the music.
"You can laugh" is actually "Music loud and women warm". Interesting, though, that you compare the way they attack notes to horn sections. Because they never learned how to read or write music, they would "sing" the sound effects, instrumental parts and melodies to the musicians who had to then repeat that on their individual instruments.
Thanks for the info!
Love the Bee Gee’s! Amazingly talented group of Brothers, Andy included
Couldn't agree more!
Bee Gees are incredible! The disco era started with them! They rock!🤘🤘🤘🤘🎶🎶🎶
Absolutely!
I am not a native person, I just am an English learner. When I listened to this dynamic song I googled to get a teacher who can teach me this specific song and I found you. I have great respect for you, great instructor. I want to be your student and do more for the rest of my life.🙏🙏🙏.
He's one of my very favorite singers. What an amazing voice, and he's truly nice as a person. Okay, and yeah, he's incredibly handsome. 😊
Thanks for watching, Playful Kitten!
wonderful for their era!
I enjoyed this one a lot, I'm a big fan of the Bee Gees. Their harmonies are great. Their voices are very distinctive, the unusual mix of Mancunian and Australian accents works.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I noticed they had the breath for singing those 4-tone "Alives." You can also hear how they just tap any hard consonants. Legendary group.
Totally.
Another great vocal analysis, Ken! I remember the Bee Gees saying that Stayin' Alive and the other songs that they wrote for Saturday Night Fever were actually recorded for another album that they were recording, but their manager, Robert Stigwood, who was producing the movie, told them he needs five songs for the film. The rest, of course, is history, and thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the visit!
Ken's singing....smile, t-shirt AND The Bee Gees! What a way to start the morning. I am on my way to the treadmill and definitely know what will be on my mix.. Staying alive! Great video! Thank you👌👏
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What a really awesome video!
You are so fantastic!
Thanks
They started off sounding a lot like the beatles and when disco came they pivoted amazingly and owned that space. I would love to here you do holiday. Many folks think they were a 70s group and have no idea how old they are and how amazing their older music is. 2 of my all time favs is How can you mend a broken heart and I started a joke😀
Thanks for the suggestion!
Just happened to stumble across this video. The Bee Gees are my all-time favorite group. I enjoyed your analysis of them. I remember Barry saying in an interview that they approach songwriting by making sure there is always something going on in the song. There has to be something interesting with the lyrics or with the music throughout the whole song to keep the listener engaged. They always put something unexpected in their songs. That's what made them such brilliant songwriters.
Ken, we might be close in age, but I am a classically trained musician who has always loved pop music. Your videos have made me go back and listen to these great songs with new ears. Thanks so much. Tim
That is awesome!
Omg their vocals are amazing!
RIght?!
I take voice lessons for fun, and I love The Bee Gees. This was fascinating to watch and highly informative. I've always wanted to be able to do a Bee Gees falsetto song.
I'll never be able to listen to Staying Alive again without thinking about Barry breathing. Thanks Ken. 😂
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The Everly Brothers comes to mind on great harmonizing. The #BeeGees are remarkable in so many ways! TY!
Spot-on analysis about the voices being presented as one would a 3 piece brass horn section. I never thought about it before you pointed it out; but, once you did, I had to laugh in a good way, because it is so true about singing horn-lines.
How Deep is Your Love is my favorite song by The Bee Gees
Grandpa’s been doing this along time! Lol!
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So have the Bee Gees !!!!!!!!!!
I just found this video, love it!! The Foo Fighters have an utterly delightful cover of several Bee Gees songs under the moniker The “Dee Gees”. It’s brilliant!!!
Possibly the most well know family harmony group and a great example of the tone blending you mentioned is The Beach Boys
When I went to New York a few years ago, my parents and I did a bus tour around the city and we got to see where most of the scenes of Saturday Night Fever were filmed, including the iconic sidewalk John Travolta walked down to while “Staying Alive” played. The bus also played nothing but the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. Lol. It was a fun time
Very cool!
The Everly Brothers also had that siblings’ magical vocal blend. Great video! I love the Bee Gees.
So good!
I remember we were on tour somewhere around 1997-98 and the next stop was in Pennsylvania. On the way there we wrote a song and actually finished it in the parking lot about 15 minutes before we went on and played it that night....good times
Sometimes lightning strikes!
Those vocal stabs, changing the rhythm on repeats are reminiscent of be bop rhythmic displacement a la Dizzy Gillespie trumpet & Thelonious Monk piano IMHO & you've just demonstrated the massive influence those jazz pioneers had on the Gibb brothers - as well as Burt Bacharach's jazz writing which Barry G always claimed as a big arrangement influence...
Sheer class..
The Jackson 5 comes to my mind Ken, far as another family that could harmonize effortlessly together. It's crazy just how popular the song "Stayin Alive" was back when I was growing up ! The stars really aligned for them in the late 70s. Lol, I'm a metal guy by nature, but man I gotta respect the Bee Gees talent. Super hooky rythum guitar too 🎸
Absolutely!
Also, on the funny, I've been told while administering CPR , you should compress the chest to the tempo of "staying alive" LOL
Indeed!
120 bmp
Just keep Dwight away from the scene.
I believe every man visualizes walking into a store and all the women dropping their parcels when they break the threshold to that song playing! Ha! To love somebody, is another great one. Youre on track to those awesome, Wilson brothers with Love and Jardine. Good job!
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Yay to a BeeGeesathon . There are SO many brilliant songs. You Win Again.. - a huge hit everywhere BUT the U.S. yet music makers in the U.S. wanted to copy the famous stomp from the intro.. AND the Sountrack to the Sat. Night Fever sequel never got the recognition it deserved.
What Dolly said about siblings sounding alike made me remember that Nancy Wilson of Heart is singing lead on "These Dreams", not Ann. It took me seeing it on video way back when, to realize the switch.
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Always liked closer than close beegees did
Beautiful.
Yes it has a beautiful melody
I think that was Maurice's song
Never be ashamed to listen to Dolly Parton! She is so good!!!
I watched a Saturday Night Fever documentary and they were fired by the original director then that director was fired and they were hired back. Love the BeeGees
Thanks for the info!
I'm only aware of the director that was fired. They only supplied the music. Stigwood was afterall the producer of the movie.
This is the best series ever Ken! EVER!!!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
The breaths add to the DRAMATICS of the song and the grove, No pun intended
Thanks for listening!
There's actually an all-horn instrumental version of Stayin' Alive (by the Magic Orchestra) with the Bee Gees vocals replaced by saxophones. Really awesome and I highly recommend it.
I’m continuing this dance party with YOU SHOULD BE DANCING & Andy’s SHADOW DANCING 💃🏻
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Wow, never did I ever hear how much breath their taking!! I still enjoy their music and you make me laugh when you imitate them..... Not in a bad way, but your honest opinion of The Bee Gees. Al in all, their good and you have a nice singing voice too! Thanks!
Ken:
Would like to hear Maurice's isolation on "Nights on Broadway" and "Fanny Be Tender..."
Son di-vi-nos!!!
3 bombonazos, bellos talentosos!!!!!!😘😘😘😘😘
Congrats, Ken. This was beyond magnificent in quality and pedagogy.
Thank you kindly!
thank you for this analyze and you could not pick any better group - the Bee Gees with their incredible harmonies and their sick vocals, falsetto or not . And of course, their great songs.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Wow. You sound pretty much exactly like him. At least 99.5% the very same voice. Best singing teacher in the work! 🥇
Thanks, Ben!
Great soundtrack from that movie,I can tell, what have I danced on that music!!! Indeed great songwriters, and that "all in the family"!!! Thanks Ken for your approach and explanations 🥰
Thanks for listening!
This is just where I came in was a good one to by beegees
Indeed!
Sure is Ken
Love these videos! Like sitting across the table from a really smart friend, discussing my favorite subject!
Glad you like them!
You sir make me feel happy😊😊🎹🎹
I am happy to hear that!
I sing like love sick frog! But at least I learned something. I always knew that song was special thanks for helping me understand it!
Singing since they were kids together on t.v. helped .
I'm sure it did!
The analogy with the writing for and the playing of a dynamic Horn section is absolutely correct. Their vocals BOUNCE on the harmonic carpet, in contrast of the linear writing of the arrangements, ... like a ball off the floor.
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Please more soul disco and all that crossover styles 😍
As always, an excellent analysis Ken,. Would you consider doing a vocal analysis of the BeeGees’s Fanny be Tender? It’s a great example of their blending/ harmonies. I’ve read they never sang it live because it was so complicated, and it was their mom’s favorite.
It's very possible!
I found this to be very interesting. The extra breaths I didn't know about, until now. Now I hear them easily. I love way they harmonized. Maurice and Robin left us way to soon. Would have loved a few more songs from them as older men. The twins were only 2 years older than myself. I could so relate to the age, and they handled it beautifully. Thank you for what you do. I am now a subscriber. Deme in Bama.😊
Love the beegees Ken one of my favourite bands from the 70s they definitely were one of the best love stay in alive Barry Gibb has great falsetto I have the beegees hits on CD Ken beegees are awesome always loved Barry Gibb falsetto they had a lot of great songs Barry Gibb made it in falscetto stayin alive was definitely one of their best songs loved more than a woman night fever should be dancing how deep is your love too much heaven all great songs however Barry Gibb did by using his falsetto worked for him beegees rule love them love the falsetto loved all their songs Ken lonely days lonely nights was great to they had great harmonies in stayin alive awesome video ken👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
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🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌all hail beegees lol😂😂😂😂😂
Love the emojis ken
I'll do that sounds great I'll have to check out the albums
There's an early demo with a "slow bridge" in the middle of Stayin' Alive. It's very similar to "Nights on Broadway". It's very interesting to listen to it for the first time with the slow bridge.
Rock on! 😀
That isn't a demo. It was a version they tried doing but it just didn't work on the song, so they got rid of it.
No doubt essential, beautiful
music. Horn stabs 100%. Thise pushes and pulls are what I'd call swagger or strut. Complete confidence; and thorough understanding of what you're trying to accomplish. No doubt, this far exceeds the boundaries of the disco ut was lumped with. Thank you for thus KT. We may like alot of tge same music.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I absolutely enjoyed this so "Barry" 🤭 much. The Bee Gees, Barry Gibb is incredible. Thank you so much loved it.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Ken Du hast heute viel Spaß gehabt und verbreitet. Ich kann nicht ruhig sietzen,wenn ich Bee Gees höre. Hyperventilieren kann manchmal sexy wirken, kann auch Kopfschmerzen verursachen😧. Ich hoffe, dass Du von Kopfschmerzen verschont worden bist. Danke für die Reaktion und den Spaß den ich heute hatte!!💞💞💞💞💞
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Dude...LOVE THE SHIRT!
Cool!
This information exactly what I was looking for! thank you very much!
Dang, brother. You have a good channel! I foresee happy hours and hours inside the youtube vortex in my future. Thanks!
The more I watch, the more I realise you're a lovely guy 👍🏼
Thanks!
Very interesting with the heavy breathing at the beginning. Thanks for sharing!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you so much for sharing your musical knowledge and of course your fabulous "impersonations"! Now, I find it difficult to not hear their little gasps!!
Thanks for watching, Butchie Block!
Always love those side stories you bring up during the videos
Glad you enjoy it!
love their music
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I love the extra stories you toss in, Bee Gees like the Soulful King diamond
Haha!
I really prefer Barry not in falsetto. He has a beautiful voice.
This was an awesome episode. Loved it and I loved your story! I am a fan of the Bee Gees but more so the 60's version. I always loved Robins voice the most, and it was he who sang a lot of the lead vocals in the early days, before they discovered Barry's falsetto. Listen to I started a Joke...heartbreaking. Or Massachusetts....or Run to me. Keep the episodes coming....really enjoy them!
More to come, Ruth!
Barry discovered his falsetto on Fanny (be tender with my love)... before that, he was just Barry. Maurice did high notes on Nights On Broadway. Many times, when we think it's Barry... he said it's actually Maurice.
Thanks for sharing!
Excellent commentary! Love this!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Excellent, Ken. I love your knowledgeable breakdowns, musicality and your sense of humor. Thanks.
My pleasure!
Would love to hear your take on Robin's voice. Now THERE is one of the truly unique voices in music. I've tried to reproduce it, not a standard vibrato that usually comes from deep in the larynx, but that he generates somewhere higher up, just high enough in the mouth to have just a touch of banality. I have to wonder, as well -- Freddy Mercury used to say that his teeth lent a lot to his vocal quality. I wonder just how much Robin's teeth lent to his unique tone. I listen to songs on which he took lead -- Massachusetts or I Started a Joke, or a solo piece he did called Saved by the Bell, and that voice just sends chills up my spine. You do Barry's voice so well. Can you do Robin's?
Noted!
Awesome vid/ analysis as always!
Love this series, I’m only 40 so missed the 60s and 70s but wish I had been born earlier to experience the music first hand. Would be great to hear Tom Jones’ isolated vocals.
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Love the Newport anecdote! I have good memories of this place!
Glad you enjoyed it!
You would fit the B G's perfectly
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Ha! Just gave this the 1000th like. Even though I am a metal-head, Always loved this song, I was into disco before I discovered metal, and I went to see 'Saturday Night Fever' when it first came out. Also have always loved 'Seven Bridges Road' - so enjoyed that cool story about the friendly traffic cop! :-)
Rock on!
Horns: I think I remember hearing in the documentary that the reason Barry first added the falsetto responses to "Nights On Broadway" was to get a horn-like sound.
Interesting! Thanks for the info!
They never had vocal training. Pretty impressive to say the least.
Indeed!
The side story had me dying lol
When i was young ... a thousand times i heard the whole Album... on cassette! but my favorite .. you should be dancing...
Cool!
So cool!
Thanks Ken… awesome tutorial….
Very good! Incredible singers.
Totally!