One hit wonders, cuz of Stayin' Alive?! Dude, by the time they did that track they already had a back catalog of hits that 95% of pop stars throughout history would've _killed_ for!

@Zlata1313

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly 1st #1 in 1967 with Massachusetts. They've had #1s in 4 decades. 200 million albums sold!

@tanisdevelopment

3 жыл бұрын

Plus all the tracks written and produced for other artists, like Diana Ross, Barbra Streisand, etc.

@MikeyA5693

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, Bee Gees also have a compilation album called Number Ones where each song was a number 1 in multiple countries. 9 songs in that album was at number 1 in the US.

@survivingthepettys6670

2 жыл бұрын

They have multiple #1's for themselves let alone other hits they wrote for other artists

@markchawner1586

Жыл бұрын

They are the only artists in Music History to have a No.1 record in 4 decades .... Nobody else goes even near that ....

Yes. They are sp phenomenol that they literally fit into every decade!!

makes me cry..they are so missed, the twins and Andy.. R.I.P. ...Robin's voice is so beautiful...I have loved everything they ever did.

I absolutely agree Wilburn, I know this was taken 2 years ago so maybe you won't see this at all. I was born in 1960 & as I got older into my teens, I was just gobsmacked by the Bee Gees!! They really were sensational & so sorry the twins have passed away. Just lovely Barry left. 💔💔💔

I listened to the Bee Gees in the 60s - and I am now in my 60s - but I hadn’t heard this before and it is STUNNING! What beauty. I find it very moving.

"Bodyguard ,"is one that you'll enjoy."For whom the bells tolls" video done in New York under the Brooklyn Bridge.

Yes. This is a song worthy of remembering. Bee Gees were being ignored when this came out.

They are phenomenal! From the 60s thru 2003. Without Maurice and Robin, Barry has struggled with grief & loss, but he keeps going to keep their music alive.

@susieq9801

3 жыл бұрын

Gayla Liles - Robin was shattered by his twin's death. He was pushed more to compose and sing until the day he died although his last couple of years were spent in agony. He wrote the classical piece, The Titanic Requiem and his own beautiful album "50 St Catherines Street". His was the voice of an angel.

My personal favorite performances of the Bee Gees is when they are being interviewed and they take out their guitars and sing one of their songs. No back up musicians, no back up singers, just one or two guitars and their voices. They sound amazing. Nothing gets better then that. Their concerts are amazing too. But they don't need anything else to sound amazing but their God given voices and talent.

Love robin's part!

@barbarabrafford7102

3 жыл бұрын

Me too! Whenever Robin sings, my heart smiles!

I think, literally, everyone smiles when they listen to the Bee Gees. I always wait for that and then it makes me smile.

@shandac1027

3 жыл бұрын

You explained the experience of them perfectly

@amymarckel420

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! Their music is like a tonic for my soul.

No backlash outside USA! That song was a big hit in Europe and aspecially GB and Germany. Just like 'You Win Again' or 'Secret Love'.

The Bee Gees were unfairly targeted/censored after the disco backlash. Watch the beautiful HBO documentary How Can You Mend A Broken Heart. You can go down a very long rabbit hole with this group. They had amazing songs in 5 decades. Barry just released a very successful country duets album in the early part of this year called Greenfields.They also wrote and/or performed songs for other artists such as Barbra Streisand, Yvonne Elliman, Destiny's Child, Samantha Sang, Dionne Warwick, Kenny Rogers, Diana Ross, and Michael Jackson. So many diverse artists covered their songs throughout the decades.

a good song by them is,,,you win again

Classic Bee Gees song right here! After the backlash they got for their "Disco" era songs they returned true to form with this wonderful tune proving that they are great songwriters.

@timbillings6884

3 жыл бұрын

🎯 Disco Sucks!!! 😁 Burned all the disco !!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤮

@xoxxobob61

3 жыл бұрын

@@timbillings6884 Well The Bee Gees didn't create Disco but they certainly did popularize it! Point being that they were good at every genre of music they tried.

@laurieshreffler5028

3 жыл бұрын

Barry said they were never a disco band. He classified the songs as R&B.

At the top of my Bee Gees favorites. “Nights on Broadway” too. Great review 💝🤠

Great singers, great compositions and one of the best musicians of the 20th century.

I love this song. I remember when I bought the CD single back in 1997.

You summoned it all up perfectly, “This group has a level of talent like no other.”

You need to set up a Bee Gees play list and get ready for more! I knew the Bee Gees from being a teen in the 70’s, but had no idea what came before or after until a couple of years ago. Obsessed now. Go back to 1967 and react the TO LOVE SOMEBODY. There’s a vintage video of a tv appearance. The fashions will date the song, but you’ll hear a beautiful, soulful timeless Gibb classic from their first international album. Barry is 20 and the twins are barely 17.

❤️❤️❤️❤️ Bee Gees!! Check out closer than close; Maurice sings lead!

They have been around since the 60's. Every decade they came on strong. As for the disco era those songs were written before the dsco era they just fit the time frame for the movie Saturday Night Fever so they used them.

Man in the Middle” Maurice takes the lead. The video is great has a lot of behind the scenes. 🔥🤘🏼

One of the best POP bands ever. They had so many hits it’s unbelievable

Bee Gees The Best!

Their was a lot more music before the disco era. I was learning to type in high school to Spicks and Specks in 1967, Melbourne Australia.

I like the bee gees songs from the 60s best from 66 and 67 sheck it out

Bee Gees 'Wind of Change'

Check out their song Inside and Out How deep is your Love Nights on Broadway

I've got a theory about why you and so many other people never did any looking at their music past "Stayin Alive." Maybe you figured that, since everyone knew that one famous song of theirs, if they'd written any other good stuff you would have heard about it. So it was easy to assume they didn't have any other good stuff. There was a kind of general silence about the Bee Gees because for a long time they were thought to be uncool. I don't know why, because their music is phenomenal.

@susieq9801

3 жыл бұрын

I love their pre Saturday Night Fever stuff AND the songs they wrote after SNF.

@cindyknudson2715

3 жыл бұрын

In the late seventies they DOMINATED the charts. The backlash was serious and undeserved.

@susieq9801

3 жыл бұрын

@@cindyknudson2715 - If you are too successful someone has to knock you down. The airwaves were saturated with their music and the US in particular turned on them. :(

@steveneardley7541

2 жыл бұрын

They were victims of the reaction against disco, which was generally considered an anti-Sixties musical movement.

Some older Bee Bees songs to try: New York Mining Disaster 1941 Massachusetts Words First of May

This was a FANTASTIC reaction and I loved how you expressed both your deep appreciation and regret of the Bee Gees, their work and brilliance. Barry spoke about this very phenomenon that you're speaking of when they accepted an award. It may have even been for their induction into the Rock'n Roll Hall of Fame when he said "we are the enigma within the stigma. We know this..." It's something they had to deal with that's unique to them and they struggled against that challenge by continuing to keep creating music/songs for themselves and others. In the end there's just no denying who they were as a group, their extensive catalogue, their song writing, their singing, harmonizing, their talent individually as singers, musicians and song writers and together a gift to everyone.

I'm a sucker for a Celtic vibe in a song so this one really does it for me. The 90s was an interesting decade with a lot of old bands releasing new music - Queen, Beatles etc. A super chill tune.

My fave song of theirs is " for whom the bell tolls " one of their later tracks and I love Robins voice the best ❤️

Thank you for playing this song. I have always thought that the Still Waters album was really good. And if you thought The Bee Gees could not write a love song after disco, listen to My Lover's Prayer from the same album.

THANK YOU for this great reaction! LOVE hearing your comments as it’s so true. Many of your generation really do get stuck on Stayin Alive & don’t think it can be topped🎼! I’ve never been on your channel but now a subscriber after a great reaction👍!

This song makes me cry since Barry is the only one still living.

How can I mend a Broken Heart! Awesome. Al Greene does an INCREDIBLE COVER

You need to see the actual studio version because it shows them as kids etc Robin n Maurice are twins.. you hear Maurice alot on this tract..ty

I was never keen on their disco era, I prefer their early stuff or later stuff, Robin featured more on the other stuff ❤️

@xoxxobob61

3 жыл бұрын

I agree with you and it's funny because a lot of people know them from their Disco era but that lasted for only a couple of years in the 1970's. Before "Saturday Night Fever" there was "Jive Talking" which was a funky R & B song & afterwards they came out with songs like "Tragedy" which wasn't Disco at all.

I agree. People love Staying Alive and Too Much Heaven you'd think people would want to dig in and find out.

The official video to this is awesome! Hope you get to see it. Lots of nostalgia. Old home videos and snapshots when the guys were young and through the years. You really must see it. 😊 beautiful song

Really great song with amazing harmonies. I admire and appreciate your style.

Love Robin's voice on the chorus

Please listen to "One" by the Bee Gees - amazing!

Their song you win again (I was only 13) was that got me liking them . And then Massachusetts beautiful songs still my 2 faves to this day..heard their disco stage didnt take to much notice of them sadly 😔 xx only rediscovered them in Dec 21 and now I get that they are truly a beautiful and extremely talented trio and have some of thr most beautiful songs and now I have more then 2 fave songs lol and robin has a very amazing unique voice just beautiful 😍 ❤ x

Yes! Thank you! One of my MANY favorite songs! Thank you! God bless you!

Very good!! React FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS LIVE BEE GEES...

They're probably the most prolific band in history.

@Isleofskye

3 жыл бұрын

They are simply fantastic but can not match The Beatles 230 Songs in just 8 years and other Groups like The Rolling Stones started before them and are still going now but I know whatyou mean.

Also check out the quality of songs they have wrote for other artists

Fun fact: this song was their last Top 40 hit. Good song, but they have better songs. Still, a pleasant song to listen to. The Brothers Gibb were great, even in their later years.

Thank you brother for not pausing! U R unique!!!

Ty so much.

I love your reactions! I love how you wait until the song is done to comment as you don't miss parts! So glad I watched! Have you thought of watching a couple of theirs when they were very young? 1960 or 1963? There are also documentaries on them that you would love!!!

Really good comments at the end of this reaction! I felt exactly like you when I first started listening to Bee Gees five years ago. There are so many great songs by this group. It would be great if you could do a reaction to Bee Gees-Mr. Natural (1974): kzread.info/dash/bejne/n6em1ZillJbVgNo.html This was not a big hit and not one of their famous song. But in my opinion this song is amazing. It truly deserves to get more attention.

This is a sweet song and sad just the same.. Barry singing about not wanting to be alone; and in essence, he now is.. without his brothers. The "Spirits Having Flown" song and album came after "Stayin Alive" and it was just as gr8. Check out Maurice's: "Man in the Middle" "Our Love, Don't Throw It All Away", "More Than A Woman", "Love You Inside and Out" and "Closer than Close" with Maurice singing lead: kzread.info/dash/bejne/fIiAkrl8ZNLfmdY.html I sure miss Maurice, Robin & Andy. :(

So glad to see a new generation discovering the amazing talent of the Bee Gees. When keeping an open mind in music there's so much more to discover. The Bee Gees have made 22 studio albums, 2 major soundtracks, and many more projects. They have made so much different style of music, that it will surprise you. Take 'Overnight' from their E.S.P. album for instance, that's a rock song. On the 'Odessa' album they wrote a symphony, they were so versatile. Well worth diving into. You might not like all of their songs, but I bet you'll love the majority of them. Although some songs you'll need to hear more often to "get" them. Anyway, it's a nice journey to be on.

I love your reactions Chod!

Check out I Surrender video, from this same album!

WHAT HAPPENED , MY FRIEND ? You have missed a fantastic accompanying Video showing endless scenes of The Bee Gees from them performing at 8 years old on Home Movies taken by their Parents. Also clips right thru' the decades. It's a great fun video yo go with this superb song.

It is always great to have Chod react to a Bee Gees tune! Heck, it's always great to have Chod react to any song, the man is such a talent at breaking down what is good or not good about every song he reacts to! Thanks for doing what you do, Chod! For more Bee Gees look for Holiday, Words or To Love Somebody, if you haven't reacted to them already! For three future blindsides put "And When I Die" by Blood Sweat and Tears, "Mmm Mmm" by Crash Test Dummies and "Fly At Night" by Chilliwack on your list to get to some hot night this summer! Cheers!!

Cool tune thx THE THE.. dogs of lust The verve pipe... freshman Isley brothers... fight the power

You need to listen to the song "For Whom the Bell Tolls"

You should have done the music video--has some great old clips! Love it.

Check out Electric LIght Orchestra "Calling America"

Feel good when u here there music

@Isleofskye

3 жыл бұрын

There is no doubt that they're one of the greatest groups as their number of hits is amazing and is there for all to see. There, I have managed to say They're, There, and Their in all it's correct forms so There you go....

Great commentary! On the money!

you need to check out their early songs from the 60's

Please do a reaction to: Not to Touch the Earth by the Doors. It’s they’re craziest, most out there song. If you do, listen to the studio recorded version only. Thank you!

Another band that's stupidly under-rated is Tears for Fears. Insanely big hit and people only know "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" and "Shout". Why? Their non radio hits are equally phenomenal.

👏👏🤜

There’s a better video of this, showing them in the studio, and also showing signs of different stages of their life, and them goofing around as younger kids. Excellent!

@tubularguynine

Жыл бұрын

‘Scenes’ of different stages of their lives…

Bee Gees are allergic to bad music

Wilburn: Love your reactions and your love of keys. You must check out Kieth Emerson Band. Lucky Man.

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Really...1 Hit Wonders??? Dude u need to google them. These guys wrote their own songs and produced. These were not about fame, they were about family doing what they Love and that's singing - "The Bee Gees have sold over 220 million records worldwide, making them among the best-selling music artists of all time.[8][9] They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997;[10] the Hall's citation says, "Only Elvis Presley, the Beatles, Michael Jackson, Garth Brooks and Paul McCartney have outsold the Bee Gees."[11] With nine number-one hits on the Billboard Hot 100, the Bee Gees are the third-most successful band in Billboard charts history behind only the Beatles and the Supremes.[12]" - LEVELS

Dude... Time to get back to some Blue Rodeo - "5 Days In May"... or "Try" or "Rose-Coloured Glasses". Just say'n...

Take a look at The Eagles Seven Bridge Road

Couldn't deal with the whole Disco era. I preferred their earlier stuff. This is a throw back sound for them. I also preferred Robin's voice tone. The falsetto from Barry was impressive but for me it was over used. They knew the formula to write a tune for sure. I kinda felt like this sing was over produced? Maybe it's just me. Good 🎵. Chod thanks for sharing. Keep up the diversity of tunes you're playing. It's like listening to a really good old FM station.

@susieq9801

3 жыл бұрын

Agree. The falsetto became overused and turned me off. I always preferred Robin's voice from day one. It was OK when they exchanged vocals in the same song. That worked best and showed the contrast between their different voices.

BG's "TO LOVE SOMEBODY' 1967(I think) 0 '

...you should really do more research on them before making comments about 1 hit wonders! Staying Alive was a great song, but they had many great songs.

I never cared for the Barry Gibb falsetto.

@cathysorge8433

3 жыл бұрын

I think his falsetto is pretty much amazing! Listen to Too much Heaven. It's fantastic. Barry's falsetto makes it even more fantastic!

@susieq9801

3 жыл бұрын

@@cathysorge8433 - The problem was it was overused. A lot of people got sick of it and it almost destroyed their career because the so called "disco" association got them blacklisted in the US. They did great in the 80's and 90's in Europe and elsewhere but couldn't beg for airplay in the US. Their loss! I was not fond of the falsetto when overused, and it was overused, and it turned me off them for several years. I preferred their pre and post "disco" era. BTW, in "Too Much Heaven" technically they were all singing in the falsetto range.

@cathysorge8433

3 жыл бұрын

I always preferred their music before disco. I grew up during that time. And really hated disco. So I was never a fan of their music during the disco Era. They were my favorite group at the time. But I only listened to their earlier songs. And since they didn't get that much air time after disco I didn't hear much of their later music. It is only recently listening to these reaction videos that I have fallen in love with their disco sound and their later music. "Words" will always be my favorite Bee Gees song. But I appreciate and love all their phases of music now.

@susieq9801

3 жыл бұрын

@@cathysorge8433 - They truly covered all the bases and reimagined themselves over and over again. They could do any style and do it well. that is talent.

I like the Bee Gees, but this song is kind of meh.

bee gees he's a liar

You don't recognize TALENT.