How can one family have so much talent. RIP, Andy, Maurice and Robin.

I just love Mo on that bass guitar. The man lays down one of the funkiest beats ever recorded. This song is just another example of why he is often considered the most musically talented of the trio. He played multiple instruments & was a master composer/producer. Musical genius runs deep in the Gibb clan. I'm sure I had heard their earlier stuff on the radio, just too young to remember those. But this song was the first time I remember being instantly captivated by the beat, then melody, then the vocals. I closely paid attention to the radio DJ when he said the song title & band name. I was 8 years old & that was the first time I became conscientiously aware of who The Bee Gees were. 😍 we never got tired of The Bee Gees, whether it was them singing or one of their amazing songs they wrote for other artists. I've been listening to them for almost 46 years - can never get enough of their music. Sadly, there is nothing like it these days.

Mo is killing it on the bass! You done went down the rabbit hole! Watch Fanny be tender with my love! Quincy Jones said it was one of his favorite R&B SONGS

Barry is receiving the Kennedy Center Award in December!! I highly recommend watching the awards show, as the tribute performances should be STELLAR!!❤

Maurice rocks the bass! Music genius....plays the keyboards as well and was the musical director for their concerts.

@SweetThing

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And Maurice can sing falsetto as well. Very obvious on the Midnight Special with the Bee Gees performing "Nights on Broadway".

@bettyartis3648

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@@SweetThing love when I watch people try to see where the falsetto is coming from and realise it's not Barry but Maurice!

@maryblum8365

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@@SweetThing absolutely love that live version. Mo does not get enough credit. He is the most multi talented brother. If you have not seen to love somebody orginal video Mo will blow you away

@patticriss2238

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I loved Maurice’s contributions.

@tinakeith5822

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@@maryblum8365 Mo was/is VERY underrated! I love his voice!!! Man in the Middle and Closer than close are 2 of my favorites!!!

You really can't go wrong with any Bee Gees song.

They had 5 songs in the top 10 in the same week, absolutely unheard of by any group ever.

Maurice on the bass is everything on this track!!

The Bee Gees wrote 9 songs that went to number one on the Billboard charts. How Can You Mend a Broken Heart 71 Jive Talkin’ 75 You Should Be Dancing 76 How Deep Is Your Love 77 Stayin’ Alive 77 Night Fever 78 Too Much Heaven 78 Tragedy 79 Love You Inside Out 79

@kthor

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Plus the several Number One Hits that the Bee Gees or Barry wrote for others!🎼

“ Still haven’t reacted to “ Love you inside out” number #1 or “ Fanny be tender” organic soul/Rnb right there with those signature harmonies.

I was born in 1943 and still listening to all this beautiful music. im 79

Barry could be in the middle of a conversation and write a song in the back of his mind. People said they'd be talking to him and out of the blue he'd say "I just wrote a song." They were all gifted.

You're not stupid baby boy, you actually nailed it. Between the Bee Gees and Andy Gibb, they completely dominated the airwaves and the top 10. They pissed off so many artists because at that time no one really came close.

And a lot of OTHER people's No. 1's were written by the Bee Gees! You might recognize "Islands in the Stream" recorded by Dolly Parton and Kenny Rodgers. Or, "Heartbreaker" by Dionne Warwick. And a little song called "Grease" sung by Frankie Valli.

@lilly5157

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Chain Reaction by Diana Ross too. Emotions by Samantha Sang and If I Can't Have You by Yvonne Elliman.

@dp3396

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Multiple #1’s for baby brother Andy, Conway Twitty Rest Your Love (Country charts, but Barry’s #39 version and Andy’s duet with ONJ are my favorites), ...

@dp3396

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...Woman In Love for Barbra Streisand

Yes, Mo played bass and was GREAT at it!! I love the other guitar sound too ❤ No, they don't dance, by their own admission, but sometimes you can catch a little hip action☺ especially to You Win Again ❤ There are several documentaries re: Bee Gees!! Keppel Road is a really good one and the most recent is How Can You Mend a Broken Heart that documents their rise to superstardom and their broken hearts over the backlash from the disco crash. And they were never even a disco group, that title was given to them by the radio DJ's, they considered themselves blue-eyed soul/R&B.

The Bee Gees wrote and produced pver1,000 songs to include songs they wrote for Diana Ross, Dion Warrick, Celine Dion, Barbara Streisand, Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton and even Michael Jackson. They have sold over 120 million records worldwide (with estimates as high as over 225 million records sold worldwide), making them among the best-selling music artists of all time. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997; the Hall's citation says, "Only Elvis Presley, the Beatles, Michael Jackson, Garth Brooks and Paul McCartney have outsold the Bee Gees." 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. The Bee Gees are the 3 Brothers Gibb. Barry was born in 1946. Robin (long blond hair) and Maurice (pronounced Morris) are fraternal twins born in 1949. They started singing when Barry was 8 and the twins Maurice and Robin were 5 in 1958. Their first albums came out in the early 1960’s. Their career ran from 1958 to 2009. After 2009 Robin and Barry still produced music and albums but not under the Bee Gees. Their father was a drummer who had a band that played in clubs. Their mother was a dance hall singer. They started singing and playing their instruments as young children on the back of a pickup truck at the Sidney, Australia speedway for the coins tossed to them for spending money. The music producer Bill Gates saw them at the speedway and offered to manage them. Once the boys started getting a lot of gigs their father became their manager and the boys supported the family of 7 (Mother, father, Barry, the twins, a sister, and their younger brother Andy). When they were in their later teens they dropped out of school and eventually moved back to the UK where they were born. This was the same time as the Beatles phenomenon. The rest is history. The twins passed away, Maurice (1/12/2002) and Robin (5/20/2012). Barry is still alive at the age of 76, and still writing songs, performing, and putting out albums. One of the great things about the Bee Gees and their long career is that they were constantly growing and reinventing themselves. They have a younger brother Andy (born 3/5/1958) who performed on his own. The Bee Gees wrote songs for him and sometimes they all performed together. Andy was just as talented as his older brothers. Andy died in 3/10/1988 from inflammation of the years, as a result of a viral infection.

I've never seen them all dance in the 45 years I've been into them. If you react to Nights on Broadway, live in the Midnight Special, you'll see Robin do a few steps, AND.. you'll see why they don't dance ..2 left feet 🤣

@eviekelpie1

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@@susanhunter7065 hah, don't know about cute. He danced like my hubby does...the "robot"🤣

@eviekelpie1

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@@susanhunter7065 oh absolutely! I love all the boys so much. Miss Mo and Rob and Andy very much. Have a great day!

@lydmarl.475

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@Susan Hunter He sure was! They were never really dancers, besides their great music!!

@lydmarl.475

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@@eviekelpie1 you are funny, I hear you!

You’re not going to be disappointed. It’s fire🔥🔥🔥

Thing is, besides they're own recorded No 1 hits, they've written for so many other artists, and those were No.1 too. Incredible! Check out, "If I can't have you", Yvonne Elliman, "Islands in the stream", Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers

@mayehemmings

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Heart Breaker by dionne Warwick too, I believe

@eviekelpie1

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@@mayehemmings oh yes and many more I'm sure

@Banyandio

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I think Barry wrote or co-wrote, and produced the "Guilty" album by Barbara Streisand, and also performed on it with her. There is a great performance of Island In the Stream by the Bee Gees on the "One Night Only" concert from 1997(?). They never recorded it in the studio, but played it live.

The Bee Gees DOMINATED THE ‘70’s

Check out a couple of duets with Barry Gibb and Barbra Streisand, "Guilty" and " I am a woman in love", written by Barry for Barbra(multi award winner, for singing and acting. She's the singer's singer!

There is a documentary out that you can watch called "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart". Yes there is a movie bioptic in the pipeline.

Thanks for your reaction! Yeah, Maurice (pronounced Morris) was a mean bass player. Barry on the rhythm guitar. 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. Their musical career, which they had started as little kids, didn't lead to international success so they moved back to the UK in 1966. 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'. 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 kzread.info/dash/bejne/aaKdurWhZ9m9gqw.html Other great songs to analyze: great album tracks from the 1979 Spirits Having Flown album, the title song: kzread.info/dash/bejne/iXyTzJtplqavm5c.html, the outrageously beautiful song Reaching Out kzread.info/dash/bejne/qJp8t7VufcmWYLQ.html. From their Still Waters album, Smoke and MIrrors: kzread.info/dash/bejne/f4ht2LSBg7q0ks4.html. From the 1960's I've gotta get a message to you kzread.info/dash/bejne/dXVopaundNG6m5s.html.

@solitarybee3714

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Thanks for this info, I've been enjoying the Bee Gees for many years but never really looked into details. I see that my husband shares a birthday with Barry, except for the year.😊

The Bee Gees were well-known in the early 70s, but then became Beatles-level popular in the late 70s and after that there was a huge backlash against disco, so it's nice to see it being appreciated again. People who lived at that time and say they never liked disco are lying. How Can You Mend a Broken Heart is one of my favorites.

Barry said the inSpiration for Jive Talking' was the clacking sound their car tires made when crossing Interstate 195 each day from Biscayne Bay to Criteria Studios in Miami, FL

The were internationally successful 1967 to 1968 (4 albums), split up then got back together in 1970 and had a couple of hits, and then were written off as a has been 60’s group. They went to Miami in 1974 to record, but DJ’s weren’t interested. Jive Talkin was sent out to DJ’s with a plain white label with only the song title. Within hours, the phones were ringing wanting to know who it was. I remember when it started playing on the radio. It was an instant hit. They had successfully reinvented themselves for a new generation, and dominated the charts through 1979..... and then we’re written off as a 70’s disco group, and couldn’t get played.... So they wrote and produced VERY SUCCESSFUL albums for others, and then came back again in 1987. At that point, the industry quit writing them off. Their 60’s stuff was more successful in Europe, because that’s the audience they targeted. Their 70’s stuff was more successful in the US than Europe. They again targeted the European market for their 80’s comeback. Barry does a little dancing in his video for ONE NIGHT FOR LOVERS that you can react to, and there are great compilation videos of Robin’s dance moves, but they didn’t do choreographed dancing.

@robinfry4408

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Andy can move though, he's the dancer in that family as well as a charismatic, versatile showman

I love the Bee Gees, I was 13 years old when this came out, and girls were wearing hugger bell bottom jeans and halter tops. It was a good year.

Nice to hear a young man today knows what jive talking is! lol Thanks so much. The words really do get tossed around a lot, but these dudes really are some of the best that ever lived.

The Bee Gees were really big in the UK and Europe in the 60’s with thousands of girls screaming for them, unfortunately not as big in the US. They broke up in 69 for 18 months when Robin left the group because he thought their manager Robert Stigwood preferred Barry, and got back together in late 1970. They then wrote How can you mend a broken heart that became a # 1 in the US for 4 weeks and Lonely days which reached to #3 in the US billboard. But after they got back together they just could not get back the momentum they had before they broke up. They moved to Miami and started recording and wrote Jive talkin’ a #1 Nights on Broadway, when Barry discovered his falsetto. Fanny (be tender with my love) from their Main course 1975 album, then to super stardom with Saturday night fever. Disco became so hated and The Bee Gees were caught up with it that radio stations refused to play their songs even though they were not disco. The documentary from HBO called How can you mend a broken heart is really good with a lot of inside into The Bee Gees.

Their songwriting ability is beyond belief they have written songs for everyone from Barbra Streisand to Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers those songs went to number one as well

They have a documentary on HBO Max. Fantastic and well written story of the BeeGees.

Fanny be Tender With My Love, brilliant R&B song by the magnificent Bee Gees, check it out oh and For Whom The Bell Tolls, I Started A Joke.

You will love their songs "I will" "Closer than close" "With my eyes closed" from their 1997 album "Still Waters" title song is good too, and "Paying the price of love" from 1993's "Size isn't everything"

They actually did a lot of joking around about the fact that they couldn't dance. But Mo moves like a dancer in some of their performances.

I was never tired of them you simply can't deny talent.

These guys could do no wrong back in the day and are still luved and respected to this day! 🤙

The recorded version is longer. Love these musical genuises! And Maurice rocks on bass! I've never seen them dancing in the true sense. They've been recording and writing songs since they were kids (you can see vids of them as kids singing here on You Tube). So many eras, so many top notch hits!

Maurice : He was a multifaceted and multifunctional musician, he was the quiet Genius among the BeeGees , he play several musical instruments, he played guitar , piano , trompet , organ , etc . He was the was the quiet BeeGee, he was the multi instrumentalist among his brothers, he was very playful, he is the brains behind : Nights on Broadway and Fanny be Tender with my love ( this was arranged with his brothers ) they called him man in the middle, Barry was the oldest , Robin was his Twin brother and Andy was his baby brother, they were the Gibb brothers .or as the whole world learned to called them = The Bee Gees .

They dance with their instruments, and sway a little with the music, but they don't dance like you are wanting to see!! LOL

When that song was released, the radio dj's didn't mention who sang and everyone thought they were black

Barry originally wrote the song about Drive Talkin. And talking with your eyes. Someone suggested that he write jive talkin to appeal to young fans. They had to explain to him what jive talkin means because he thought it was about the jive dance from the 50s or 60s. He was told it’s about lying.

❤ 😁😄😆😂🤣 Oh Lord, don’t dis the drummer. They got it hard as it is. 🤣

Those vocals were originally the "scratch track" (throwaway), with the Gibbs intending to re-record vocal overdubs once all the instrumental tracks were laid down and mixed. But these original session vocals were so good, spontaneous and natural that the Brothers and their producer Arif Mardin decided to keep them. It really makes the song sound organic and "live."

There are at least 100 BeeGees songs that should have been number one that didn't make the top 10 or 20 because radio stations wouldn't play them after the Disco era. So unfair. I mean excellent songs.

I just want to tell you one of the reasons i like your reactions is you don't curse! Your grandma raised your family right😊 Love your love for this trio!❤❤❤

This was one of their "comebacks" they heard the rhythm while driving over a bridge in Miami on the way to the studio.

Maurice, playing that bass, a Rickenbacker 4001, is the reason I bought the one in my picture...HAD to have it if Mo played one!

Robin Gibb's dancing is legendary. I love him, even his dancing, lol. He has so much musical intuition, grace, and talent... but his dancing, hehe, you've just got to see it. Check out the videos: "The Bee Gees - Nights On Broadway - The Midnight Special 1975" and "BEE GEES: JIVE TALKIN´/ NIGHTS ON BROADWAY (1975 JOHNNY CARSON TV SHOW)" for a glimpse of his dancing. It's worth it.

They reinvented themselves to keep up with the change in music.

This song was done before Barry and the brothers started singing falsetto. The song Nights on Broadway was their first experiment using falsetto where Barry did it on the album, and Maurice did it in the live performances.

The Bee Gees are some baaaad boys!!!! Great reaction.

Forget the reaction (which was the bomb) , I'm dying over your hoodie 🤣🤣😭🤣🤣😁

@MMBxMOB

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Thank you Shannon lol!

The song hasn’t started yet, and you have me laughing and smiling. I appreciate you.

The inspiration for this song is a bridge. Twice a day everyday the boys had to cross a bridge in Miami to get to and from their accommodation to the recording studio. The scratchy groove apparently was the sound they heard crossing the bridge.

They said, they were no dancers and never on a dance floor, but if you want to see them moving to a songwatch this live performance from the song You win again in the Netherlands! kzread.info/dash/bejne/laydraOneardlaw.html

In a documentary, Robin said that they never went to a club or a disco, and they never danced. He makes some attempts himself, but is strangely completely out of beat :)

bee gees if i can't have you

@gavinmcleod7446

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Great disco jam that never gets a reaction.

Yay! So glad you reacted to this one. It's one of my favorites and I included it in a long list of suggestions for you the other day. Can't wait to watch! Honestly, I don't think Robin could dance... He always seemed just a beat off... And just an fyi....Maurice was pronounced 'Morris.' I keep editing this as I watch your reaction. 😊 Yes, there was a documentary that was released about 2 years ago. It aired on HBO. I think a bio pic, similar to the one about Queen, is in the works.

You'll probably also like "Nights on Broadway"

"Love You Inside Out" is another great Groove from Bee Gees

LOVE!!! I grew up with this music on radio!!!

Robin is the only one to dance and he took dance classes but he is comical!!!😂😂😂

They had a documentary about them that came out in 2020 called How can you mend a broken heart on HBO Max......it's worth a watch......hope you get to it.....enjoy.....

Maurice & that BASS are the stars on this one!! Phenomenal

The Bee Gees band that they recorded and toured with from about 1974-75 through 1980 were lead guitar Alan Kemble, drummer Dennis Bryon, and keyboardist Blue Weaver. Blue even shares writing credit on How Deep is Your Love. To answer your question, no they don't dance. You can see Robin "dance" on the Midnight Special clip of Jive Talking. Mo moves with more rhythm while he plays in some of the concerts. Barry doesn't even try, but he does keep rhythm well while playing. Saturday Night Fever was their high point as far as sales and global popularity go, but they were very popular when they first hit the charts in 1968. They have an amazing backstory. They started singing professionally as children. There are several documentaries on them on KZread. I thing "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" the documentary is still on HBO. Their earliest recorded appearance is from 1960 kzread.info/dash/bejne/q4J71ayTnNnMotI.html singing a song Barry wrote. They were 14 and 11 at the time.

There are many documentaries and interviews that are more exciting and more real than biopics

This song came out when I was in high school. I always wished it would be longer.

Love the hoodie sentiment 🖕👮🏛️🗽

This song came about while driving down the highway one day on the road...and the intro to this song sounded like the tires clicked over the road...which brought Barry to writing it!

You have got to hear the song Reachin out by the beegees. It is mind blowing and they sing the entire song very high in falsetto. No video just studio recorded. You will not be disappointed at all.

check out their first #1 from 1971 How Can You Mend A Broken Heart studio version

Enjoy your journey of discovering their catalogue of music. “ You win again” was another big hit for them. You might want to check out “He’s a liar”, great funny video too.

You’ve gotta try Love You Inside Out. Really funky and I bet you’ll play the beginning a few times.

Dennis Byron was their Drummer during the Disco Era.

Thanks, MMB -- Robin was always my favorite... Maurice (they pronounce it "Morris") - was totally under-rated.. he not only played bass, but also keys, and any one of those bros could hit any of those notes on any day of the week... check out some of their later live stuff.. like "Massachusetts" -- (Robin was the lead on that one....)... look forward to more...

“Fanny Be Tender” will blow. Your. Mind!

There is a documentary about the BeeGees. They actually started in the sixties.

The 7/4 keyboard riff makes this for me.

There is a documentary by hbo and they’re working on a biopic with Barry’s involvement. It seems that the film was derailed by COVID but they’re still pursuing it.

Did you notice the "soul clapping?"

Ahhhhh, the Disco

Maurice is actually pronounced Morris. His brothers sometimes called him Mo.

Its all about that bass... You rocket it Mo.❤❤❤

You have to do love you inside out.Bee Gees It is super funky and one of my favorites

I love all BeeGees,Mo rocks out bass and keyboards,love Mo

Back-in-the-day dance music ... Bee Gees were so good ... thanks for the memories !

There is a documentary film on them on HBO called : The Bee Gees How Can You Mend A Broken Heart

Love this song! Love how you couldn’t stay in your seat!!! ❤

I really enjoy your reaction videos. Tho I liked The Bee Gees growing up, I missed at least a decade of their music which I am discovering now; they quickly have become my favorite musical group and their talent amazes me.

Mo is on bass and keyboard ( not all time )but they always pretty much stand in same place.

Right before Saturday Night Fever, they had a hit, Nights on Broadway, which was their pre-disco song. I think it was in 1975. They had many hits on the '60s, too, though.

You have to react to "Love You Inside Out."

Go on, discovering them and yes, they were one of the greatest groups ever if not in top of, by having all aspects in view. A biopic will come in 2023/2024. Also a book, Barry writes about their career over so many years, since being lil boys. Check'em out with 'Children Of The World' out of the same named album.

Their genius shows in every song. My favorite band ever. Jive Talkin' is beyond!

Love the beat...Massachusetts was an earlier song. Please check it out.

To answer a couple of your quesrions: I've seen them sway & bob but never seen them dance. A lot of their music they hover around the same mike or are playing instruments. Not seen any real dancing! Love them just the way they are!!! ❤❤❤ In the 60s they sounded more folky and some of their songs sounded like the Beatles. As Rock got inundated with grreat groups, their soft songs were not as in style or the latest trend anymore. Their ."Main Course" album got them attention again with this song Jive Talking and few others from this album, the best being "Nights on Broadway" ( just my opinion). Hope you react to that one! Love you sweetie!❤

How do you mend a broken heart is one you should watch

Just found your channel I love it I love your reactions💖 You definitely need to watch Saturday Night Fever !

I like this guy !!Q!

Maurice and Barry can dance...Robin does too once in awhile. And Maurice pronounces his name with the accent on the first syllable, MAUR-iss. There is a film...How Do You Mend A Broken Heart, about the Bee Gees music and family, and I think, not sure, Barry was in on the writing. There are other documentaries about them, too...lots of them on KZread.