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They were still having hits until MO passed in 2003. So they had hits in 5 decades
They’ve been relevant in music for 5 decades because they’re first and foremost songwriters.
Those of us who grew up in the 60s will tell you that The Bee Gees’ best era was the 60s, not the 70s. Robin was the one everyone went crazy over because of his unique voice. Their songs brought out so much emotion.
Yes that’s Robin. He had the best voice, n I’m not the only one. All three together were amazing. Miss Robin…💕
Robin featured on a lot of their early stuff. I started a Joke, New York Mining Disaster, Gotta get a Message to you... watch Robin sing Massachusetts live in 1989 concert in Melbourne and I started a Joke from the same concert. Absolutely brilliant!
It's ALL Robin!! Love His Voice!❤
Robin was always my guy!❤❤
Yep it's Robin. In my opinion the greatest singer! Supposedly it's about the hippie era and missing home/going back home after experiencing the loose life if the 60's.
What? Not live??? There are sooooo many great live versions!!! Yes Robin sang this whole song...alone!!
The 60's and 80's was some of my favorite Bee Gees eras, although I love ALL their music.
Bee Gees are the best! For me they always be a no.1 You should react to Closer Than Close. That's a great ballad and Maurice is a lead singer 😊❤
I used to have an 8 track player in my 1965 Mustang and would ride around listening to these guys all night long!!!!! They are one of the greatest groups EVER!!!
Exactly, the same for me, even the 1965 Mustang ! 🤭
@@renep2220, how cool! Was it navy blue? LOL
I love love love Robins voice. You should do a reaction video of their song Rings around the moon. Robins sings and his voice is hauntingly beautiful.
Barry and Robin, two unique voices yet blended together, some of the most magical moments in music history.Maurice's voice as well. All hail the brothers Gibb, may their voices and music go on forever.
Weren’t they magnificent 💕💕
All of their 60’s music and songwriting was amazing. 💕💕
I love Robins voice the most.
Love you to react
to, To Love Somebody 1967 live version, Lonely Days (considered an anthem for Bee Gee fans) and I Started a Joke, all simply divine.
Yes that is so Robin, very good!!
Yes every Bee Gees Song is a suprice. I love it so much. You will see what a amazing Group the Bee Gees are. 🕺
You must find a live performance of this, there are many clips to choose from--the one where Maurice takes a camera from the cameraman & films Robin while he's singing is a gem. Gibb Brothers always bring it for live performances & that includes Andy.
I love the acoustic version from the Michael Parkinson Show, all very casual, with just Barry and Maurice accompanying Robin on their acoustic guitars. Robin's voice is sheer magic, and of course the brothers' harmonies are perfect. It feels like having them performing in one's own living room.
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🎼The best live performance of Massachusetts is their 1989 Melbourne tour, which is also the same concert when Mo uses the camera to film Robin & Barry singing their medley!😂
@@papercup2517 - He also did a live acoustic version on the Johnny Carson Show. Beautiful!
50 year run 60's to early 2000's. They also have an entire string of hits they wrote that were performed by other artists.
The Bee Gees were still making great music and in demand for live shows, touring, etc. until Maurice died unexpectedly in Jan. 2003, after complications from a twisted intestine. He suffered a cardiac arrest.The death ended the Bee Gees. Robin and Barry pursued other projects and did solo work, but they laid their brother and the band to rest.
Most of their early international hits were lead by Robin solo, Robin and Barry singing unison, or Robin and Barry trading off lead vocal during the song. For singles released in 1967 and 1968, 7 out of 9 were US top 20 and 5 out of 9 were UK top 20. 5 of those hits were song ideas from Robin that the 3 of them fleshed out together. Two of those songs were UK #1 singles. In the 1960's Robin's strength was emotional ballads, and that style sold well at that time. When musical tastes started to change in the 1970s it took the Bee Gees a couple of albums to find their new sound, more funk and R&B oriented which was better suited to Barry's voice. All 3 could sing falsetto very well, however Barry preferred to sing it as a lead voice and wrote songs between 1976 to 1981 more suited to a falsetto lead. The "disco" sound was a very small period of time in their career but since it was so successful it is what they are remembered and reviled for. They recorded and toured almost non-stop from 1967-1969 and drew huge crowds of screaming fans similar to the Beatles in their heyday. Their 1960's success was not considered nominal at that time. They were huge even back then. They just had a career lull from 1971 to 1975. The Main Course album which had "Nights on Broadway", "Fanny Be Tender", and "Jive Talking" was their comeback album.
Robin sang lead on a lot of their early music. Who would sing lead was at the root of their break-up. I would also argue that their music spanned 5 not 4 decades. "This Is Where I Came In" was released in 2001, Maurice died in 2003 so they were still doing their thing through the 60s, 70s, 80s 90s and into 2000; that's not including solo projects by Barry and Robin after Maurice died.
You know, Robin and Maurice were only 17 or 18 and Barry was 20 or 21 when this song came out. Robin wrote most of it. The Bee Gees are amazing. They only stopped being a group when Maurice died in 2003.
They were also very prolific songwriters. Islands in the stream for Kenny Rodgers and Dolly Parton, Woman in love for Barara Streisand, and many many more,
Yes, that is Robin.
To Love Somebody is a great one from the 60s era ..
You should hear Robbin Gibbs son Spencer Gibbs sing this.. Sounds so haunting and beautiful.
Who would sing lead? Barry often explained this. If Robin came with an idea, like Massachusetts, I've got to get a message to you, i started a joke, then he would sing the song and they would naturally distribute the harmonies according to who suited better. They always wrote the music first then fit the lyrics in. There is a video bouncing around on YT about the making of Tragedy. Definitely worthwhile
Sometimes they also tried to match the voice to the lyrics and mood of the song.
Yes...their 60’s was soooooooo fabulous. For Whom 5he Bell Tolls!
This is one of my favorites robin starts it yes
Hi! I have to say that I'm so happy to see many young people reacting the Bee Gees wonderful songs. I was a teen when I heard them for the first time (in the late seventies) here in Brazil. Since them, I love all the Bee Gees songs! They deserve all recognition because they are the best group ever! See their intervews on UA-cam ando you will know all about them. They have a great sense of humor and answer all questions. Go on reacting the Bee Gees songs! 😊
Patty-I was a junior in high school when the first album came out. I was hooked.
My favorite live performance of Massachusetts is the one called "Live For All Tour 1989". It's great!! Another fantastic Robin song is the live version of "I Can't See Nobody" (Live @ Melbourne 1974) with Robin singing lead. And in case you hadn't learned yet, all three brothers could sing falsetto. Barry was usually the main falsetto they featured, but both Robin and Mo could sing falsetto and often did, and all three sang falsetto in harmony sometimes (such as in Too Much Heaven). Anyway, they really were prominent over 4 decades as you know--1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. Unbelievable! And I love how cute they look as kids in the younger videos here on You Tube. You should check them out. and you're right, a 40+ year career is unheard of. Legend is the right word. Legend and genius. And check it out, Michael Jackson thought Barry was the best falsetto he ever heard, and used to visit Barry for coaching on occasion. Barry was the primary lead for the Bee Gees, but Robin also sang lead quite frequently, and Mo once in a while. And in some songs I'm sure you've noticed that they switch back and forth during the song between Barry and Robin (such as in "Alone"). Thanks for sharing your wonderful journey with us!
60s 70s 80s 90s to the year 2000 their voice is never changed ever
I love all the songs they sang, starting in the 60s was great and all throughout the 70s was phenomenal. One of the best albums for me was Main Course I love it, of course I loved all of their songs. Love the Bee Gees!!! The best group ever!!! Great reaction !!! A young group of Bee Gees sing ...To Love Somebody 1967.... A beautiful song. Michael Jackson told Barry that the Bee Gees inspired him to Thriller.. Also Barry and Michael recorded a song together..All in your name...They were great friends.
Many great great songs in the 60’s. (For whom the bells Toll.)
Your love and enthusiasm for their music always makes me smile.
My favorite BeeGee songs are all led by Robin
Robin was my first crush ;) To Love Somebody is another HUGE 60s hit that’s been covered by so many famous artists.
Such a great song
This was their first UK #1 in 1967.....would you be interested in doing a reaction to a few of their interviews...they can be really entertaining.....
Great channel. Robin’s voice was so silky smooth it almost brings tears!
One of the albums I grew up listening to was "Bee Gees Gold" so their earlier songs are the ones that mean the most to me, especially "Run to Me" and "Words." After that and prior to Saturday Night Fever were two more of my favorites: "Nights on Broadway" and "Jive Talking." They're extraordinary.
First verse it's Robin alone, also on the lines after the chorusses, second and third verse he sings in unision with Barry, who lil dominates the chorusses, where he comes in very powerful. Maurice fullfilling it for harmonies on chorusses. Barry and Robin were sharing leadvocals very often. To talk about the sixties, on singles by 50/50, on albums lil more Barry-leads. If you want, I can send you a list, so I'm owning every Bee Gees Single/LP/CD/DVD.
Drew....."(The Lights Went Out In) Massachusetts" is a song by the Bee Gees, written by Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb and released in 1967.[3] Robin Gibb sang lead vocals on this song and it would become one of his staple songs to perform during both Bee Gees concerts and his solo appearances. It later appeared on their 1968 album, Horizontal.
The song became the first of the group's five No. 1 hits in the UK Singles Chart, reached No. 1 in twelve other countries, peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and eventually sold over five million copies worldwide.[2][4] When the brothers wrote the song, they had never been to Massachusetts.[3] In a UK television special on ITV in December 2011, it was voted third (behind "How Deep Is Your Love" and "You Win Again") in "The Nation's Favourite Bee Gees Song".[5]............The song was originally intended for The Seekers. Upon arriving in London from Australia (following in the path of the Seekers, who had arrived several years earlier) the Bee Gees had been unsuccessful in getting the song to the group, so they recorded it themselves. During a chance meeting in London between the Seekers' lead singer Judith Durham and Maurice Gibb, Durham learned that "Massachusetts" was originally intended for her group and in 2003 the Seekers recorded the song as a tribute to Maurice following his death earlier that year.
The Bee Gees had never actually been to Massachusetts when they recorded the song; they just liked the sound of the name as it was unusual, containing a lot of S's.[8]
A 5+ decade career!! Their last album was This Is Where I Came In, released in 2001. Try Deja Vu from that album, another Robin lead :-) Massachusetts is their answer to the 60s flower-power period when everyone was leaving home. I think they said whoever had the idea or whoever's voice fit best, sang lead. Just In Case was Barry's idea but Robin sang lead. That would be a great reaction...Making of Just In Case 😀
For Whom the bell tolls. Massachusetts is Robin's song along with I started a joke. They were still teenagers in that picture you were looking at. They were still writing and performing up until Maurice's death in 2003. They also wrote number 1 hits for other artists. The BeeGees started out at 9 and 6 here in Australia. There are film clips on UA-cam as them as children. Barry and Robin shared the lead after Robin rejoined the group in 1970. Whoever came up with the idea of the song ususally took lead except Mo. He usually stayed back on harmonies until the late 90s. He did however have a lot of music he did solo as did the other two. I think he felt after the group broke up for a couple of years in the late 60s because of the rivalry between Barry and Robin when they regrouped he didn't want to rock the boat. As usual Mo the peacemaker. Barry and Robin both admitted it was Mo that kept them all together.
I give alot of credit to Maurice for his humbleness because he didnt compete for the limelight like Barry and Robin was the glue that really held the BeeGees together thoughout their career and molded the voices, instruments, and sounds of the group. When he died the BeeGees ultimately came to an end.
They’re actually from Manchester, England (where they started harmonizing), then moved to Australia for several years, then back to London before settling in Miami.
@@payleighsteele1540 technically they are from the Isle of Mann lol. Semantics
You’re correct, they were indeed born there, but didn’t live there very long. I was correcting the often misreported information that they’re Australian. ;)
Yes, that’s Robin!!❤❤❤
It was a management decision. Robin was doing more lead vocals the their manager wanted to switch the tonal sound and put Barry in the front man position
Patty-I'm glad you pointed that out. Most people don't realize that point. The lead change apparently caused a little bit of turbulence between Robin and Barry.
They had a album's worth of hit songs in 60s, you could do a years worth of videos on those alone. However like many Australian and British bands they initially found it difficult to crack the US (which they obviously did in the 70s).
Robin and Maurice were still teenagers when this was released. Hard to believe.
The four brothers Gibb were genius producing music
They were ALL teenagers in that photo, Robin and Mo @14 or 15 and Barry @17 or 18. Early on in the 60's Robin and Barry shared leads @50%. A lot of their early stuff was ballads and that was Robin's forte. The story of writing this song varies. In one bio Barry said Robin came to him and sang the melody and his mouth dropped open. He loved it. Maurice didn't like it. Then all three finished writing the song. You can always tell Robin's voice because he was the only brother with the natural vibrato, that quavering sound that is a very rapid variation in pitch. It was his trademark. This was their first #1 in the UK. Robin credited it with saving his life. He was in a train wreck at 17 that killed over 50 and he was a hero who helped pull out mangled victims both dead and alive. Because it was a #1 he was able to afford 1st class tickets and the people who died were in 2nd class although a rail crashed through his window and missed taking off his head by inches. They had a career from the late 50's until 2003 when Mo died, 6 decades.
Check out their 2001 hit...'This is where I came In' (live by request concert).
They still give me chills after all these years !!
I have a greatest hits album of theirs that was released in 1969. The disco stuff for them was something of a comeback, and in a completely different style. I'm partial to their 60s stuff.
"I've Got to Get A Message to You" is also fantastic
5 decades. They weren’t normal. I believe their best year were the early, and later years!!❤❤❤
60s Bee Gees musts! To Love Somebody, I Started A Joke, I’ve Got To Get A Message To You. trust me 🤔
You've got to hear "I Started A Joke"! Watch the one with the trippy visuals. Robin's voice is spectacular
The first national appearance on TV was 1960. Barry was 13 and the twins younger. I believe it was on the Andy Williams show. They sang. It's on UA-cam. Lol. They were good even at that young age.🥰
This was one of the first songs I'd hear them sing back in 1967/68. I was 15
You gotta love those boys and their music! You need to watch the movie musical "Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band" Performing the Beatles catalog of music and playing the lead characters. There are so many cameo appearances in that movie it is unreal. Love that you love and appreciate the Bee Gees!!! Love from Texas!!!
Check out their tv appearance in 1960,in Australia. Baby Bee Gees. 🥰
Massachussetts was a bigger hit than a lot of their 70s songs (definitely in the UK). It's one of their songs where I prefer live versions, either in concerts or on TV chat shows accoustically when it's absolutely gorgeous.
In the UK their best selling singles are 1) Night Fever, 2) You Win Again (80s)3) Massachussetts (60s) 4) Gotta get a Message to You (60s) so they were as big here in the 60s as the 70s. In comparison, their top 5 best sellers in the US were all from the late 70s.
"I started a joke" was never released in the UK as a single!!! Crazy! Should have been another #1.
@@susieq9801 Yet Holiday was released here instead and not in the US so, in a way, we got two of my favourite Bee Gees songs classed as singles rather than hidden away as album tracks. They then both appear on compilation and greatest hits albums so I don't mind the way they handled it. I actually prefer Holiday.
Every breath you take is the song you were thinking of.
Ya got to have LIVE, man!
Massachusetts was recorded and released in 1967. It is one of my favorites.
Also, they started out as children in the late 50's so by the time the mid to late 60's came, they were veterans in the music industry.
My favorite BeeGee song is I've gotta get a message to you.
Barry said in an interview that they did eventually go to Massachusetts.
Talk about prolific groups, The Rolling Stones were around in the mid 60s, and are still touring and recording (a new album is coming out after 18 years). Heck, we all thought that Keith Richards wouldn’t make it past 35, but here he is now in his 80s, and still going strong.
Do listen to their 1967 gem "To love somebody"!
The Bee Gees were the straight up best. All of them could lead!!! You should do a reaction to Baby Come Back by Player! That’s the 70’s era
They loved their music and were flexible enough to change when it was needed. Robin was my favorite voice, I saw them in the early 70's just before the disco years, The Mr Natural tour, and listened to them all through their career. They loved The Mills brothers (look them up) Everly brothers, they were harmonizing together the twins were 6 and Barry was 9.
They determined who would sing lead in different ways. Sometimes whoever came up with the idea of a song, or who’s voice was better suited to the song. In the 70’s when Barry discovered his falsetto they wrote songs for his falsetto although all three could sing in falsetto as you could tell from Too much heaven, Barry was able to sing whole songs while Robin and Maurice couldn’t. Sometimes Barry and Robin shared lead, and sounded like one voice even though they were both singing at the same time. Actually their career lasted 5 decades because they started professionally 1958-2003 when Maurice passed away. If could react to a very beautiful song from the 70’s called LOVE YOU INSIDE OUT, thanks
Yes! Love You Inside Out-- their last #1 in that amazing 70's streak.
Robin couldn’t sing a song all the way through? Huh? He did so many, many times and brilliantly. Whether Barry liked Robin to sing songs all the way through is another matter and probably more to the point but he most certainly could.
@@beeharbour Robin has a very beautiful voice and he can certainly sing a song all the way through and he has proven many times. Singing a whole song in falsetto all the way through is another matter. Barry and Robin after their breakup in 1969 said that they came to compromise as who would take the lead. In interviews they said that no one was leader, they took lead according to who was better suited to that song, so no Barry did not decide if Robin could take lead.
I wonder why Barry recently said, in a moment of reflection, “I should have let him (Robin) sing more leads.” I wonder why third party biographers report that Barry took leads in songs that Robin primarily wrote. There is nothing terribly challenging about singing a song all the way through in falsetto. If you have a falsetto, and Robin did, you can sing it til the cows come home.
@@beeharbour I’ve also read several biographies about The Bee Gees, particularly by David Mayer that was total hogwash. I bought the book without reading the reviews until I started reading it and saw how he demeaned The Bee Gees and particularly hated Barry. There are other biographies that are not particularly accurate, that are based on third hand information. I I’ve watched hundreds of interviews were Robin himself has said that all three were equal in their decisions. It’s up to you if you want to make Barry the bad guy. I don’t believe it because I have not seen any proof. They loved and respected each other and it shows in their interviews and especially in their authorized biography by Barry, Robin, and Maurice as told to David Leaf. Please let me know what song Robin sang all in falsetto, I’m willing to be convinced.
You are so right...relevance through 4.5 decades is NOT normal. They are so special!!❤❤❤ Whoever had the idea of the song, the lead would be sung by the initial creator & then the song would be fleshed out by all three working on the lyrics & music. So Robin took the lead more in the 60s, but Spirits Have Flown was mostly Barry in the lead I believe. To hear Maurice in the lead (sometimes on solo albums, sometimes with his brothers) please listen to Wildflower, Railroad, Lay it On Me, and Man in the Middle. You will not regret it! I Love Maurice's lower range voice.❤❤❤ Great reaction!!
This is a true fact, every four minutes around the world. There is a song playing that the Bee Gees wrote or sang
bee gees emotion
Check out teen Bee Gees "Wine & Women". One of their best early songs. Very underrated.
That's Robin, yep.
You should listen to this live in their 1989 concert
Robin had an interesting tune called "I held a party" (1972's "To whom it may concern" album) about a guy who gave a party and no one came and he was sad and that's it
This is another one where their live version is even better
There are some videos from, I think, 1956 from Australia when they were young.
Please check out the brothers Gibb’s children (yes all 4 brothers) in The Gibb Collective with Please Don’t Turn Out The Lights! You’ll hear Andy and Maurice’s daughters and Robin and Barry’s son’s sing!
Maravilhosa música!👋👋👋🇧🇷❤❤
Almost always, they sang totally together. If one of them came up with the idea, they sang lead on that song.
Check out their little brother Andy’s songs! Start with Shadow Dancing! Andy Gibbs
I love older Bee Gees (60s early 70s) better than disco Bee Gees but still appreciate the songs
A driving thru the neighborhood song. Great observation. Just be sure it is on a summer's night. I had never been to Massachusetts in the 60s, yet because if this song, I fell in love with the state. Hugs, Chuck in NC
Their manager determinded who was lead
Barry Gibb's latest Number 1 hit was Greenfield in 2020 so they have had hits for 60 years for themselves and many other artists
For Whom the Bell Tolls.
For Whom the Bell Tolls
For Whom the Bell Tolls!
For a taste of Mo’s voice, Man In The Middle is great!
Play the song called run to me by the bee gees and you will see Barry and robin co lead and Maurice did back up
The beat you were talking about was from the police Every breath you take
That's Robin!!!
Since you enjoy orchestra, you should hear Paul McCartney, "Live and Let Die". Movie theme song
Funny thing..they were never in Massachusetts! This was Robin's solo.
Robin lead in many hits through the 60's and up to the early 70's. Watch the 1974 Montreal Concert. To be recommended.