This music was in the second movie Staying Alive which opened to Travalto in a dance studio. Saturday Night Fever featured Travolta walking to Night Fever. I saw both when they debuted in theaters. Both intros are here on UA-cam.
@@thobbit60 A lot of people misremember the song John Travolta dances to in the night club as Stayin Alive instead of You Should Be Dancing. I don't know of anyone that doesn't know he struts down the sidewalk to Stayin Alive.
When I took my CPR class, this is the song they recommended that we sing in our heads when we do chest compressions. You need to do about 120 compressions per minute, and this song is at about 120 beats per minute, which is a common walking pace. So if you can sing this song, you can save a life.
That was my comment too. As a former teacher, I always played this song when the students learned about CPR. They had the option at our school to become certified. And trust me sixth graders don’t forget that song when you’ve played it in the classroom and let them dance to it. They’ll always know the rhythm and timing of CPR..
How lucky were those of us who grew up with 70's Rock. Bee Gees, Queen, Janis Joplin, Aerosmith, Lynard Skynard, Journey, Chicago, Kiss, and the King of Rock and roll Elvis. We lived this, danced to this music and made lots of love with this music. Great memories.
Bee Gees did the soundtrack for film Saturday Night Fever, this is the lead song. It's set in a NYC working class neighborhood, John Travolta plays the tough kid who copes with his difficult life by being a hot shot dancer at local clubs. Great movie.
Anyone alive during this era has to have heard this song. Love the Bee Gees...This is THE song...Those incredible high notes...I wanna dance...NOW!🤣Watch the movie, BP!
Back in the day when The Bee Gees ruled the disco days..we used to go to the clubs just to watch the dancers, the clothes,the way they moved and that big disco ball were all jaw dropping..A great time to be alive!
I was right there also! BUT! As a hard rock fan I still must say "Disco Still Sucks" LOL! However there was a lot of great music that came out of disco. Disco just disrupted the flow of R & R at the time and as I remember it Punk Rock replaced disco. Somewhere in there Bruce Springsteen brought back R & R more or less.
i was congratulated by guys a couple of times for my dancings kills. One was when I was 21. i had just moved to london to live and work and was working in advertising. We were invited to a party on a river boat laid on by one of our clients. One of the executives there was Mickey Dolentz of the Monkees. He had investments. Very nice man. he asked me to dance.. a complete gentleman. he had been watching me kicking my legs out.. improvising.. and said you know you are a VERY good dancer. I hadn;t had any lessons.. and only dance in night clubs and discos. made my first week in London. years later, now in the Police, I was at charity show for a fallen police officer in the West end of London and a group of the cast of East Enders were standing around near me. A jazz band was playing and i was standing the back, in plain clothes as security, We had a lovely dance.. another perfect gentleman.. and he played a policeman on he show as well.
Barry not alone had #1 hits his brothers were apart of them all. They were all important to make them as successful as they were. Mo was probably the most talented of them all and I think he never got the credit he deserved.
This is the perfect musical accompaniment to John Travolta strutting down the streets of Brooklyn in Saturday Night Fever- a must watch! This IS the actual soundtrack! The movie is all about struggle.
Tragedy, Nights on Broadway, More than a Woman, I started a joke…all excellent. Our Love (Don’t throw it all away) tribute to Andy. Amazing and emotional.
That might be the single most hilarious statement ever set forth on this channel. There are probably no fewer than 1000 better singles. It’s good, but seriously? Maybe you grooved to this with Mary Jane Rottencr*tch at some disco 50 years ago, and maybe you even had it playing during your 30 second performance with said Mary Jane in the back of your ‘73 Roadrunner, but it’s nostalgia that’s driving your grossly exaggerated worship of this song.
Said some random music snob who makes Jack Black in ‘High Fidelity’ look like my 10 year-old nephew talking over last week’s VMAs. I stand by my comment. Now I dare you to embarrass yourself by naming three better known, more beloved songs.
Don't forget that when this song came out in the late 70s New York City was probably at its all-time low economically and socially. Garbage strikes, city-wide blackouts, unemployment... This song's lyrics always seemed to me a great encapsulation of a lot of social and economic woes occurring there during that time.
Stayin' Alive was used (along with a bunch of other Bee Gees music) in the disco movie Saturday Night Fever (1977). And then, it became the title song of the 1983 sequel.
Video was filmed at MGM's back lot in Culver City, California. An abandoned subway terminal set. Barry is alive and married to his wife Linda for over 50 years. Maurice (pronounced Morris) died of a heart attack awaiting surgery for a stomach condition. (2003) . Robin (in red) is Maurice's "older" twin brother". He died in 2012 from cancer.
The Bee Gees have been around since the the 60's. There are one of the few groups that got better in their later lives. There is a great biographical special that shows their range of voice, talent and staying power.
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 1967. 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 ua-cam.com/video/7niXSh7vWRI/v-deo.html Other great songs to analyze: great album tracks from the 1979 Spirits Having Flown album, the title song: ua-cam.com/video/WH_j90fCIk4/v-deo.html, the outrageously beautiful song Reaching Out ua-cam.com/video/vfHUS5Mf00Q/v-deo.html. From their Still Waters album, Smoke and MIrrors: ua-cam.com/video/MT9vRHSWNbk/v-deo.html. From the 1960's I've gotta get a message to you ua-cam.com/video/CA4CInDnTk8/v-deo.html. And from the 1990's the simple song Blue Island live in an accoustic version: ua-cam.com/video/162GlAEpfrY/v-deo.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 ua-cam.com/video/-KdBVKcSSSw/v-deo.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 ua-cam.com/video/_6MR-E_Qzz0/v-deo.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 As for Barry Gibb's speaking voice: ua-cam.com/video/rVbHWLvTCCw/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/users/shortsGrAF6yAEFz0
I was a teenager when this came out and we LOVED the Bee Gees. We would put on our roller skates and go to the rinks every Friday night. My grandmother even made me some pom poms for the top of my skates. What fun being a teenager in the 70's.
@Linda-w8d Hi I was much younger than a teenager when the BeeGee's started their career but I did also go roller skating at the nearest rink listening to the BeeGee's while skating. I also had a bike from my Dad that had a radio in the middle of my handle bars and I would listen to the BeeGees's and all my other favorites while bike riding. Those were some of my favorite moments .
They have a great song “Alone” and at the end of the song Barry sings “…and I don’t wanna be alone”. His youngest brother died, then the twins. He lives in FL and his older sister in Australia.
Fun fact: Most, if not all, of the drums are a loop. According to wikipedia, The band's drummer Dennis Bryon left the recording sessions early as his mother died. The shortage of qualified replacement drummers in the area prompted the group to try a drum machine, but it did not offer satisfactory results. After listening to the drum track of the already-recorded "Night Fever", the group and producer Albhy Galuten took two bars from that track, rerecorded them as a recurrent loop on a separate tape (creating the song's constant rhythm), and proceeded with sessions for "Stayin' Alive". In an interview Albhy Galuten stated, "As we started to lay tracks down to it, we found that it felt really great-very insistent but not machinelike. It had a human feel. By the time we had overdubbed all the parts to the songs and Dennis came back, there was no way we could get rid of the loop. We chose a bar that felt so good that we ended up using that same loop on 'Stayin' Alive,' and 'More Than a Woman,' and then again on Barbra Streisand's song 'Woman in Love.'"
Barry Gibbs is still alive as far as I know. You need to check out the Tribute to the BeeGees. Barry n his wife of 50 years in the audience. Keith Urban, a country legend in His own rights, sings one of their songs - To love somebody - check out the version they did, back in the late 60s early 70s, not blocked and is a video, before you watch the tribute. They had a different sound back then. I think you will love both. Not to mention, Keith Urban plays a mean guitar and rips a solo in his version. As always, thanks for your reaction. 😊
The Bee Gees were so amazingly talented, not only did they have their own hits they also wrote huge massive hits for others. Pure unadulterated talent ❤️👌🏼
Robin recalls, "The subject matter of 'Stayin' Alive' is actually quite a serious one; It's about survival in the streets of New York, and the lyrics actually say that". Barry Gibb also recalls, "People crying out for help. Desperate songs. Those are the ones that become giants. The minute you capture that on record, it's gold. 'Stayin' Alive' is the epitome of that. Everybody struggles against the world, fighting all the bullshit and things that can drag you down. And it really is a victory just to survive. But when you climb back on top and win bigger than ever before, well that's something everybody reacts to everybody".
I love the intro to movie where Travolta is doing the strut to this song.. The movie is very disturbing in many ways.. but shows turmoil of young man with dreams trying to survive.
The Bee Gees were SO talented. Not only their voices, but they wrote their music and the music of countless artists. Look online and see if you can find a list of the music they wrote for other artists - really popular songs and artists. Listen to their EARLY music - I Started A Joke, Massachusetts, Words, New York Mining Disaster 1941. I say again - THE BEE GEES WERE SO GREAT. RIP Robin and Maurice and Andy.
The New York Times Used To Be The Most Powerful Programming Institution In The World. That's What They Were Singing About. The Fact That Many Younger People Have Never Heard Of It Shows How Things Have Really Changed 🤔
Andy Gibb was and still is my favorite of the Brother's Gibb he was a solo artist and very talented in his own right no one can take a damn thing from Andy i hate when people compare him to Barry i know how it is to live in a siblings shadow it feels very sad and lonely. R.I.P. Sweetheart. I pray Andy found the peace he so longed for on earth and never achieved. I take comfort that Andy is in heaven and doesn't have to compete with anyone or walk in anyone's shadow. Barry is still alive.
I love Andy too! But are you aware Barry was outvoted twice by the twins, for Andy to join the Bee Gees? And both times he was clean & sober, or Barry would've never suggested it.
well remember my Dad on hearing it said, with utter certainity.. that's a woman singing.. then again, had he lived he would have been 100 this year. lol.
From what the Documentary on the BeeGee's said they were in NY at the time and a lot of murders and break-ins where happening and on the News and in the papers were saying of another death someone's Son and the Mothers were pleading with their Son's to stay home. It effected them so much that they wrote this song within a few hours or days.
I especially like pre-disco Bee Gees - totally different sound but the same fabulous voices! Words, I Started a Joke, To Love Somebody, New York Mining Disaster 1941, I Can't See Nobody...
Not only could they sing (his falsetto is awesome) they not only wrote most of their songs for themselves they wrote for other artists as well. The theme song to the movie Grease was written by Barry but they had Frankie Valli sing it
I can't think of another song that portrays urban decay as well as this. The city breaking down, the struggle for survival, and the equally difficult struggle for the people to maintain a sense of pride. The BeeGees are, and have always been, masters of their craft.
Barry is 78 years old and put his depression behind him and climbed back in the saddle again. He is writing songs and singing in Nashville, The 2 younger brothers are fraternal twins named Robin and Maurice
It's called a falsetto voice and Barry discovered it by accident when they needed a high background voice and he just tried. Frpm that moment it became their signature sound. LJ
DNA is a crazy thing. All 4 brothers are completely gifted with singing voices. While they all look like brothers, two got the looks and two got the swing and a miss! Love the entire family! Amazing talents!
Yeah, Barry is now 78. The Twins in vid are Maurice and Robin. his sister Leslie is 79, she’s still living in Australia. Youngest Andy sadly passed aged 30.
Still a great song even today. Loved the Bee Gees growing up. There's also a song called Jive Talking you'd like, BP. Barry is still alive. There's a documentary called The Last Bee Gee, which is probably still on UA-cam.
I was 16 years old the year this song was released, and believe me, even the people who said they didn't like it, liked it! This song has been on a lot of people's playlists before there were playlists! Great reaction, BP!
Bee Gee’s Disco Era. Songwriting the soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever…The Songs Are Perfect! You won’t be able to decipher because you’ve not watched the movie.
For a totally different vibe, check out Robin singing lead on 'I started a joke'. These guys were amazing & so was their little brother Andy Gibb. He had the same voice & I like his song 'Shadow dancing'. LOL Those Gibbs genes were strong.
Life and Death are in the power of the tongue. Words are very powerful. What's crazy is Barry out lived all 3 of his younger brothers. I'm sure that's hard for him loosing his younger siblings. Same time I'm sure he's grateful to still be alive.
I was 16 years old when this song was released and bought every record they produced except the ones they released in Australia. What an awesome time to be a teen and be able to hear their music.
The lyrics "New York times effect on man" literally means the day to day stresses that take its toll on one living in New York City during the 70's. Has nothing to do with the newspaper.
Saturday Night Fever (which this song is from) was about lives of young men living in Brooklyn working dead-end jobs but live for their nights dancing at the local discotheque
He's still alive and he's the oldest brother of 4. Andy Gibb was the youngest, I think, and he died first. He wasn't in the Bee Gees, but was a successful solo artist.
They are absolute legends of the industry both with their singing and the songs they wrote for so many other superstars of the time. RIP Robin, Maurice and of course the youngest brother Andy. So much talent in one family is incredible and now Barry the oldest of the brothers performs with his son and also did a performance on his first tour without his brothers of Stayin Alive as a tribute to his siblings with his son Stephen and his niece Samantha who was Maurice's daughter.
The opening scene of Saturday Night Fever with John Travolta walking down the sidewalk to this song is movie magic!
This music was in the second movie Staying Alive which opened to Travalto in a dance studio. Saturday Night Fever featured Travolta walking to Night Fever. I saw both when they debuted in theaters. Both intros are here on UA-cam.
They wrote nearly all the songs on that soundtrack
Barry Gibb is still alive, his three other brothers have all passed away.
Yeah, he stops off along the way and grabs two slices of pizza from his real life sister. That pizza place is still there too.
@@thobbit60 A lot of people misremember the song John Travolta dances to in the night club as Stayin Alive instead of You Should Be Dancing. I don't know of anyone that doesn't know he struts down the sidewalk to Stayin Alive.
When I took my CPR class, this is the song they recommended that we sing in our heads when we do chest compressions. You need to do about 120 compressions per minute, and this song is at about 120 beats per minute, which is a common walking pace. So if you can sing this song, you can save a life.
Yep! Former fire/medic.
That was my comment too. As a former teacher, I always played this song when the students learned about CPR. They had the option at our school to become certified. And trust me sixth graders don’t forget that song when you’ve played it in the classroom and let them dance to it. They’ll always know the rhythm and timing of CPR..
I just taught this at a senior center this week. 🕺🎶❤
This! And Another One Bites The Dust! - the song, not the patient
@@paulaanderson7691 Training it to staying alive sounds better than another one bites the dust. :D
Barry just celebrated his 54th wedding anniversary and his 78th birthday on September 1, 2024
@Sandra6411
God bless him.🩵✨️
How lucky were those of us who grew up with 70's Rock. Bee Gees, Queen, Janis Joplin, Aerosmith, Lynard Skynard, Journey, Chicago, Kiss, and the King of Rock and roll Elvis. We lived this, danced to this music and made lots of love with this music. Great memories.
I like everyone you mentioned. Do you also like the Beatles and The Rolling Stones?
Love the Bee Gees. RIP to Andy, Maurice and Robin. Barry is the last surviving brother.
Barry still has great hair.
Such a sad family history...just one brother left...🙏
Staying alive is from the movie Saturday NightFeaver with John Travolta
Barry Gibb was and still is a beautiful man, RIP Mo, Robin and Andy.
I had such a crush on him!
@@Noelle0026yes and crazy about Andy Gibb
I SECOND THAT!!!
@@Noelle0026 Lordy! I still do! 😁He was so gorgeous and sexy and he's still a nice looking man today at age-78🥰🥰🥰
Robin lost some of himself after MO’s passing. He never seemed himself afterwards.
Bee Gees did the soundtrack for film Saturday Night Fever, this is the lead song. It's set in a NYC working class neighborhood, John Travolta plays the tough kid who copes with his difficult life by being a hot shot dancer at local clubs. Great movie.
Anyone alive during this era has to have heard this song. Love the Bee Gees...This is THE song...Those incredible high notes...I wanna dance...NOW!🤣Watch the movie, BP!
That was the sequel Stayin' Alive
Back in the day when The Bee Gees ruled the disco days..we used to go to the clubs just to watch the dancers, the clothes,the way they moved and that big disco ball were all jaw dropping..A great time to be alive!
I was right there also! BUT! As a hard rock fan I still must say "Disco Still Sucks" LOL! However there was a lot of great music that came out of disco. Disco just disrupted the flow of R & R at the time and as I remember it Punk Rock replaced disco. Somewhere in there Bruce Springsteen brought back R & R more or less.
@@OddBall1958you don’t like any of the old disco music? Donna Summer? Now if you don’t like her yr just lyin…like the Democrats, lol😢
i was congratulated by guys a couple of times for my dancings kills. One was when I was 21. i had just moved to london to live and work and was working in advertising. We were invited to a party on a river boat laid on by one of our clients. One of the executives there was Mickey Dolentz of the Monkees. He had investments. Very nice man. he asked me to dance.. a complete gentleman. he had been watching me kicking my legs out.. improvising.. and said you know you are a VERY good dancer. I hadn;t had any lessons.. and only dance in night clubs and discos. made my first week in London. years later, now in the Police, I was at charity show for a fallen police officer in the West end of London and a group of the cast of East Enders were standing around near me. A jazz band was playing and i was standing the back, in plain clothes as security, We had a lovely dance.. another perfect gentleman.. and he played a policeman on he show as well.
Sir Barry Gibb has had No.1 songs in the 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's and 2000's.
And a prolific songwriter too!
@@Noelle0026all 3 brothers together were
All 3 brothers
The only Bee Gee to have a solo #1 was Robin with "Juliet".
Barry not alone had #1 hits his brothers were apart of them all. They were all important to make them as successful as they were. Mo was probably the most talented of them all and I think he never got the credit he deserved.
This is the perfect musical accompaniment to John Travolta strutting down the streets of Brooklyn in Saturday Night Fever- a must watch! This IS the actual soundtrack! The movie is all about struggle.
Tragedy, Nights on Broadway, More than a Woman, I started a joke…all excellent.
Our Love (Don’t throw it all away) tribute to Andy. Amazing and emotional.
Additionally, to the great ones you have listed I recently discovered their gem "Love you inside and out"
Totally agree!!
Lonely Days, Lonely Nights
Barry still alive, he was just knighted by the King
Bee Gees will always be one the best groups ever to exist ❤ Thanks for this reaction 😊
I totally agree!!!
@@karenfrasure6973 70s and 80s music will always be my favorite such a wonderful time for music ❤️🎵🎶
The Greatest Single Ever Recorded. Play it in any club, or at any wedding, in any part of the world, and people will instantly fill the dance floor.
That might be the single most hilarious statement ever set forth on this channel. There are probably no fewer than 1000 better singles. It’s good, but seriously? Maybe you grooved to this with Mary Jane Rottencr*tch at some disco 50 years ago, and maybe you even had it playing during your 30 second performance with said Mary Jane in the back of your ‘73 Roadrunner, but it’s nostalgia that’s driving your grossly exaggerated worship of this song.
Said some random music snob who makes Jack Black in ‘High Fidelity’ look like my 10 year-old nephew talking over last week’s VMAs. I stand by my comment. Now I dare you to embarrass yourself by naming three better known, more beloved songs.
@@isaacvanwart-i2vyr nuttttts…you a lousy Democrat?? Lol
@@MasterJohnMoss I agree with you 100 percent!!!👍💯😊
@@MasterJohnMoss You can stand by all year, and it won’t change a thing. Some people think “Muskrat Love” is a great song.
No honey , our Barry is still alive, thank god!!
Barry's Falsetto is undeniable !
That's so true! You instantly recognize his great voice!!!
In 1978 this was one of the 5 songs the BeeGees had in the top 10 at one time.
Don't forget that when this song came out in the late 70s New York City was probably at its all-time low economically and socially. Garbage strikes, city-wide blackouts, unemployment... This song's lyrics always seemed to me a great encapsulation of a lot of social and economic woes occurring there during that time.
Walking the streets of the South Bronx and East NY back then was like being transported to WWII Europe.
Black Pegasus you've got to watch Saturday Night Fever. The Bee Gees are all throughout it.
The Bee Gees music is all through Saturday Night Fever. If you want to see them, you have to watch Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
Dope movie Black P !!!
Movie is very hard to watch for me... so be emotionally ready.
This song was made for the movie Saturday Night Fever with John Travolta. It starts out with this song and John Travolta walking down the street.
Yes , we knew this !!!! I always see Travolta strutting down that sidewalk when I hear this song .
And in that scene Travolta bumps into Sylvester Stallone on the the street, just a short cameo of Sly.
@markcarter822 are you serious? Never noticed that,now I have to watch it again. Thanks!!
@@juanmendivilvalencia yes you can also Google - Sylvester Stalon cameo in Saturday Night Fever.
Stayin' Alive was used (along with a bunch of other Bee Gees music) in the disco movie Saturday Night Fever (1977). And then, it became the title song of the 1983 sequel.
No matter what type of music you're into, if this doesn't make you tap your toe or nod your head . . . you're dead.
Barry's son has joined him as a band member. The brothers have past but they all left children. So their souls live on..
Barry was known for one of the best falsetto singing voices ever, which is why his high pitch seems so excellent.
@bfitzsenry Yes Sir Barry was very well known for one of the best falsetto voices around. ❤️
One of the greatest groups ever.
Video was filmed at MGM's back lot in Culver City, California. An abandoned subway terminal set. Barry is alive and married to his wife Linda for over 50 years. Maurice (pronounced Morris) died of a heart attack awaiting surgery for a stomach condition. (2003) . Robin (in red) is Maurice's "older" twin brother". He died in 2012 from cancer.
The subway was used at the beginning of a Fred Astaire movie, The Band Wagon, if I remember correctly. It was also used for Funny Girl
The Bee Gees have been around since the the 60's. There are one of the few groups that got better in their later lives. There is a great biographical special that shows their range of voice, talent and staying power.
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 1967. 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 ua-cam.com/video/7niXSh7vWRI/v-deo.html Other great songs to analyze: great album tracks from the 1979 Spirits Having Flown album, the title song: ua-cam.com/video/WH_j90fCIk4/v-deo.html, the outrageously beautiful song Reaching Out ua-cam.com/video/vfHUS5Mf00Q/v-deo.html. From their Still Waters album, Smoke and MIrrors: ua-cam.com/video/MT9vRHSWNbk/v-deo.html. From the 1960's I've gotta get a message to you ua-cam.com/video/CA4CInDnTk8/v-deo.html. And from the 1990's the simple song Blue Island live in an accoustic version: ua-cam.com/video/162GlAEpfrY/v-deo.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 ua-cam.com/video/-KdBVKcSSSw/v-deo.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 ua-cam.com/video/_6MR-E_Qzz0/v-deo.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 As for Barry Gibb's speaking voice: ua-cam.com/video/rVbHWLvTCCw/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/users/shortsGrAF6yAEFz0
Barry is very much alive
I was a teenager when this came out and we LOVED the Bee Gees. We would put on our roller skates and go to the rinks every Friday night. My grandmother even made me some pom poms for the top of my skates. What fun being a teenager in the 70's.
@Linda-w8d Hi I was much younger than a teenager when the BeeGee's started their career but I did also go roller skating at the nearest rink listening to the BeeGee's while skating. I also had a bike from my Dad that had a radio in the middle of my handle bars and I would listen to the BeeGees's and all my other favorites while bike riding. Those were some of my favorite moments .
They have a great song “Alone” and at the end of the song Barry sings “…and I don’t wanna be alone”. His youngest brother died, then the twins. He lives in FL and his older sister in Australia.
They sings not only tons of songs, they wrote all the songs... And they wrote also many, many songs for other great artists.......😆😊
Barry wrote the song “Grease” for the movie Grease
They covered many Beatles songs.
@@gerrym.9354 - Only when they were young and in the Sergeant Pepper movie.
The Bee Gees were signing together since they were little kids. Even on TV in Australia. Thats why they sound so good in harmony.
"This song should be on everyone's playlist." True story, my brother. The groove is just so epic.
Bee Gees were always fire !!!
Except for that "Sgt Pepper's" movie.
@@susanmontgomery7121 - So true. It was a stinker!
Fun fact: Most, if not all, of the drums are a loop. According to wikipedia, The band's drummer Dennis Bryon left the recording sessions early as his mother died. The shortage of qualified replacement drummers in the area prompted the group to try a drum machine, but it did not offer satisfactory results. After listening to the drum track of the already-recorded "Night Fever", the group and producer Albhy Galuten took two bars from that track, rerecorded them as a recurrent loop on a separate tape (creating the song's constant rhythm), and proceeded with sessions for "Stayin' Alive".
In an interview Albhy Galuten stated, "As we started to lay tracks down to it, we found that it felt really great-very insistent but not machinelike. It had a human feel. By the time we had overdubbed all the parts to the songs and Dennis came back, there was no way we could get rid of the loop. We chose a bar that felt so good that we ended up using that same loop on 'Stayin' Alive,' and 'More Than a Woman,' and then again on Barbra Streisand's song 'Woman in Love.'"
It's hard to believe this song is about 45 years old and has stood the test of time. It still makes me want to "Get Up and Boogie!"
Yep.
Barry Gibbs is still alive as far as I know. You need to check out the Tribute to the BeeGees. Barry n his wife of 50 years in the audience. Keith Urban, a country legend in His own rights, sings one of their songs - To love somebody - check out the version they did, back in the late 60s early 70s, not blocked and is a video, before you watch the tribute. They had a different sound back then. I think you will love both. Not to mention, Keith Urban plays a mean guitar and rips a solo in his version. As always, thanks for your reaction. 😊
The Bee Gees were so amazingly talented, not only did they have their own hits they also wrote huge massive hits for others. Pure unadulterated talent ❤️👌🏼
I freaking love this song and The Bee Gees! “You Should Be Dancing “ is another fantastic dance song.
Robin recalls, "The subject matter of 'Stayin' Alive' is actually quite a serious one; It's about survival in the streets of New York, and the lyrics actually say that". Barry Gibb also recalls, "People crying out for help. Desperate songs. Those are the ones that become giants. The minute you capture that on record, it's gold. 'Stayin' Alive' is the epitome of that. Everybody struggles against the world, fighting all the bullshit and things that can drag you down. And it really is a victory just to survive. But when you climb back on top and win bigger than ever before, well that's something everybody reacts to everybody".
I love the intro to movie where Travolta is doing the strut to this song.. The movie is very disturbing in many ways.. but shows turmoil of young man with dreams trying to survive.
The Bee Gees were SO talented. Not only their voices, but they wrote their music and the music of countless artists. Look online and see if you can find a list of the music they wrote for other artists - really popular songs and artists. Listen to their EARLY music - I Started A Joke, Massachusetts, Words, New York Mining Disaster 1941. I say again - THE BEE GEES WERE SO GREAT. RIP Robin and Maurice and Andy.
Barry is still alive and so is his older sister Leslie.
Barry GIbb, oldest of 4 brothers and the last man standing. Imagine that loss...
The New York Times Used To Be The Most Powerful Programming Institution In The World. That's What They Were Singing About.
The Fact That Many Younger People Have Never Heard Of It Shows How Things Have Really Changed 🤔
Remember this is from the movie SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER. It was written for the movie, which was in New York.
Brooklyn, NY
Noone will ever match those harmonies great voices
Andy Gibb was and still is my favorite of the Brother's Gibb he was a solo artist and very talented in his own right no one can take a damn thing from Andy i hate when people compare him to Barry i know how it is to live in a siblings shadow it feels very sad and lonely. R.I.P. Sweetheart. I pray Andy found the peace he so longed for on earth and never achieved. I take comfort that Andy is in heaven and doesn't have to compete with anyone or walk in anyone's shadow. Barry is still alive.
I love Andy too! But are you aware Barry was outvoted twice by the twins, for Andy to join the Bee Gees? And both times he was clean & sober, or Barry would've never suggested it.
Barry is still alive. Turned 78 on 9/1/2024 also celebrated 54 years of marriage to his wife Linda.
The Bee Gees are iconic. The falsetto is enough to make you fall out of your seat. Love your reaction!
well remember my Dad on hearing it said, with utter certainity.. that's a woman singing.. then again, had he lived he would have been 100 this year. lol.
From what the Documentary on the BeeGee's said they were in NY at the time and a lot of murders and break-ins where happening and on the News and in the papers were saying of another death someone's Son and the Mothers were pleading with their Son's to stay home. It effected them so much that they wrote this song within a few hours or days.
Barry has an older sister that is still alive but all of his younger brothers including Andy have passed on. His sister’s name is Lesley.
I especially like pre-disco Bee Gees - totally different sound but the same fabulous voices! Words, I Started a Joke, To Love Somebody, New York Mining Disaster 1941, I Can't See Nobody...
Truly timeless songs, i remember
Run to me is my favourite.
You should start with their initial hits in the sixties: Massachussetts, Words, etc. Different, but gorgeous, like the brothers.😉
Massachusetts is one of my favourites
Not only could they sing (his falsetto is awesome) they not only wrote most of their songs for themselves they wrote for other artists as well. The theme song to the movie Grease was written by Barry but they had Frankie Valli sing it
I can't think of another song that portrays urban decay as well as this. The city breaking down, the struggle for survival, and the equally difficult struggle for the people to maintain a sense of pride. The BeeGees are, and have always been, masters of their craft.
Barry is 78 years old and put his depression behind him and climbed back in the saddle again. He is writing songs and singing in Nashville, The 2 younger brothers are fraternal twins named Robin and Maurice
Oh Barry! Luv his hair, his hairy chest, medallion, walk, pants and voice!
Not to forget his long straight legs, his humor and his laugh!
Barry is 78 . Still kickin'
R.I.P.
ANDY
MAURICE
ROBIN
No one will ever beat the Bee Gees not only were they siblings they were the best there ever was
It's called a falsetto voice and Barry discovered it by accident when they needed a high background voice and he just tried. Frpm that moment it became their signature sound. LJ
DNA is a crazy thing. All 4 brothers are completely gifted with singing voices. While they all look like brothers, two got the looks and two got the swing and a miss!
Love the entire family! Amazing talents!
Yeah, Barry is now 78. The Twins in vid are Maurice and Robin. his sister Leslie is 79, she’s still living in Australia.
Youngest Andy sadly passed aged 30.
Fun fact. The first ever drum loop is from this song. The drummers mum got sick so they had to innovate.
Still a great song even today. Loved the Bee Gees growing up. There's also a song called Jive Talking you'd like, BP.
Barry is still alive. There's a documentary called The Last Bee Gee, which is probably still on UA-cam.
I was 16 years old the year this song was released, and believe me, even the people who said they didn't like it, liked it! This song has been on a lot of people's playlists before there were playlists! Great reaction, BP!
Bee Gee’s Disco Era. Songwriting the soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever…The Songs Are Perfect!
You won’t be able to decipher because you’ve not watched the movie.
in 2023 barry was honored st the kennedy center honors
When I hear this song, I immediately see John Travolta walking through New York.
This a movie soundtrack - this song introduces the movie's storyline - life in NYC in the 70's.
For a totally different vibe, check out Robin singing lead on 'I started a joke'. These guys were amazing & so was their little brother Andy Gibb. He had the same voice & I like his song 'Shadow dancing'. LOL Those Gibbs genes were strong.
Life and Death are in the power of the tongue. Words are very powerful. What's crazy is Barry out lived all 3 of his younger brothers. I'm sure that's hard for him loosing his younger siblings. Same time I'm sure he's grateful to still be alive.
I'm a french heavy metal singer but this song is so iconic love it 🙏😁
I was 16 years old when this song was released and bought every record they produced except the ones they released in Australia. What an awesome time to be a teen and be able to hear their music.
The Documentary How do You Mend a Broken Heart is really good and something I think you would enjoy
Matchstick Men, Massachusetts, I Started a Joke. List goes on and on.
"Matchstick Men" wasn't the Bee Gees.
To Love Somebody and New York Mining Disaster are two of my favorites - even after 40 years plus they still get to me every time.
The lyrics "New York times effect on man" literally means the day to day stresses that take its toll on one living in New York City during the 70's. Has nothing to do with the newspaper.
So the capital T in the lyric subtitles is an error 🙂
Saturday Night Fever (which this song is from) was about lives of young men living in Brooklyn working dead-end jobs but live for their nights dancing at the local discotheque
Bee Gees - To Love Somebody (1967).
And live performance of -For Whom The Bell Tolls ( WebTwinkle).
It’s the perfect song to do CPR with, Seriously.
It used to be Another One Bites the Dust
Jive Talking and You Should be Dancing, live and Studio versions Pure joy.Loved the Chutzpah of the 70s.
Loved all of their songs even at their very beginning
He's still alive and he's the oldest brother of 4. Andy Gibb was the youngest, I think, and he died first. He wasn't in the Bee Gees, but was a successful solo artist.
They have a sister too.😉
Loved The Bee Gees! I don’t listen to them enough! Thanks BP this was fun! Makes me want to dance 💃🏻❤️🔥✌🏻🫶🏻
STAYING ALIVE was released in 1977 my faverit deacde EVER for so many breat songs the FANTASTIC 1970s
There's a documentary, "Bee Gees: In Our Own Time," which covers their story, how they began and evolved over the years. Worth a watch.
Barry is still with us, Andy, Robin and Maurice passed. Barry has performed Bee Gees songs with his daughter
Barry Gibb received the Kennedy Center Honors in 2023. Love their sound. Incredible. Such great music then.
Back in the day it was one of the most requested songs going.
Barry Gibb b. September 1, 1946 78 years old
They are absolute legends of the industry both with their singing and the songs they wrote for so many other superstars of the time. RIP Robin, Maurice and of course the youngest brother Andy. So much talent in one family is incredible and now Barry the oldest of the brothers performs with his son and also did a performance on his first tour without his brothers of Stayin Alive as a tribute to his siblings with his son Stephen and his niece Samantha who was Maurice's daughter.
We're still stayin' alive ☺
Pre-disco BeeGees were good but this period of their's changed things up in such a fun way.
Remembering the iconic John Travolta walk to this song in Saturday Night Fever! Perfect!❤
Those 3 men sounded like 30 men!
Born on the Isle of Man, (between England and Ireland) Barry is the only brother still alive and his falsetto voice is unmistakable.
This is a song from Saturday Nigh Fever based on a disco in NYC hence the New York references,
bee gees paying the price of love
This IS on everybody's playlist!