Bee Gees were the best. ❤️

Robin at the start and then Barry is the softer tone and then again Barry sings the second verse. This was the first song they wrote when they got back together after their break up in the early 70s. Even better when sung live. Bee Gees were the best!

Blue island, kiss of life, bodyguard, for whom the bell tolls.. All great ones

Great song. Always loved it!

Just the first verse is Robin. The rest of the song is Barry on lead vocals, and then all of them come together for their signature three part harmonies. This song, and Lonely Days were written after they had been broken up for around 18 months, so there’s a lot of meaning behind the lyrics. You should check out Lonely Days next. 😊

Robin started the first verse and then Barry. Love these brothers the best. Al Green recorded this about a year after the Bee Gees and did very well with it. But it is a Bee Gees song. Heart reaction. FYI MJ would call and ask Barry to sing it for him. Michael loved this sony.

Robin with intro. Barry at "aaand..." in that soft affecting tone and the rest of verses. Then all three come in for harmonies. Yes, I agree that covers can be very different yet as good as the original. I think, J, that the fact this song was about the brothers' break-up for 18 months in 1969-70 and a make-up song lends their track a special poignancy. There was a deep sadness and heartache to recover from and a trust to re-establish. Took several years to do it, but the sibling love was unextinguishable, always there. I adore these guys for baring their emotions to their fans. Robin, Maurice, and Barry talked openly about those heart-growth months. My having 4 siblings being scattered all over the country and very loving --I understand about sibling rivalry and heartbreaks it can cause.

You're right...Robin started off the first verse but Barry did the rest with all three came in on the harmonies...... fun fact Al Green's cover is the favourite of the beegees of all the covers other artists did of their material ( three were tons btw)..... loved your reaction....please do more....

Speaking of Grease… The title song was written by Barry, offered to falsetto icon Frankie Valli, and produced by Barry. They performed it live in Vegas with ONJ and her daughter on the front row. Please react to it. Your reactions are always great. Thanks!

The hallmark of Brothers Gibb tunes is soundwise their compositions hug you totally warm and tender and shows how amazing it is to tell you how powerful love is, what really counts in our life, the base of their million fans around the world and make them so eternal, their masterpieces will still played in hundred years from following generations 🔥❤ craft in songwriting and transport emotions like no other band in the music industry

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Great reaction, I love your analysis. I love both versions but they’re so different and wonderful in their own way. ❤

Robin sings the first verse. I loved these early Bee Gees songs before I heard the word disco. There’s a video for I Started A Joke from 1969 with Robin on lead.

It started with Robin, then it was Barry. Singing in in that whispering voice.

This was a favorite with MJ. He would call up Barry and ask him to sing it to him over the phone. MJ and Barry wrote a duet together "All in Your Name"

@gavinmcleod7446

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There’s a KZread clip with MJ and a friend singing this .

@nelerhabarber5602

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@@gavinmcleod7446 There is the song with Barry and MJ singing. I don`t think, that there is another one, bc. it was released 9 years later, 2years after MJs death.

@gavinmcleod7446

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@@nelerhabarber5602It’s just a 2 minute clip of MJ expressing how much he loved the BG’s and how much the Saturday Night Fever album inspired him - then he breaks out in song with a pal singing this song…tap in Micheal Jackson “ How can you mend a broken heart” it’s a 2 minute clip.👍🏻

Love your observation of the "coexistence" factor. Funny you should mention "Help." If you want to hear an amazing live performance that shows a really different dimension of this Beatles classic, check out the cover of "Help" done by John Farnham with The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in 1980. Addendum: I see now that I read the comments that someone else recommended John Farnham's cover of "Help." Don't miss it. It is stunning, emotional, and brings out the poignant side of the lyrics, and John gives a totally, totally different feel to the music in his dramatic pauses and his ability to make the notes soar!

@J.Fro90

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Thank you! I will check it out

If you like good covers that take their own course I would recommend John Farnham's live version of 'Help', performed with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. It is incredible!

The brothers Barry and Robin wrote this for Al Green and then the BeeGees sung their version after Al did his.

@kthor

5 ай бұрын

The Bee Gees didn't write this for Al Green & their version was released before Al's was.

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Hi J 👋 New subscriber here. Been enjoying your Bee Gees reactions. I would like to recommend "For whom the bell tolls". There is a haunting video of them singing it under the Brooklyn Bridge with the Twin Towers and Statue of Liberty in the background. It is really haunting but beautiful. 😉

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Who ever fooled around with the audio to get the deeper base distorted the other frequencies and also left behind an echo from their speakers

I always listened to Al Green, this one was a little different.

Nobody has mentioned there is a strange reverb on this audio - like a slight echo. Just fyi - this is not the norm on the original studio versions ive heard. ❤ p.s. nice reaction! love this song!