Bee Gees ~ Stayin' Alive 1977 Disco Purrfection Version
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- Опубликовано: 6 фев 2025
- Robert Stigwood was looking around for an idea for a disco oriented movie when he read a story in the June 7, 1976 issue of New York Magazine, entitled "Tribal Rites Of The New Saturday Night" written by Nik Cohn. During preproduction on the movie he remembered a song he had heard The Bee Gees sing a few years earlier entitled "Saturday Night, Saturday Night" and put in a call to them to contribute music for the movie project. He asked them for an eight minute version of that song to release to radio that "would have a nice dance tempo, a romantic interlude and all hell breaking loose in the end". When Barry presented the song to him, it was now called "Stayin' Alive" and did not have the romantic interlude, the two things his employer had asked for. Barry reasoned that "Saturday Night, Saturday Night" as the song title was already approaching over saturation, so "Stayin' Alive" would really stand out and that a break in the songs tempo would kill the momentum and stood firm. Artistic freedom reigned that day as Stigwood gave in to his better instincts and he was repaid in spades. The recordings were completed and "Stayin' Alive" was used in the electrifying theatre teaser for "Saturday Night Fever". That sent patrons rushing to the local record stores to get the double LP soundtrack, I know I asked for it for my birthday (January 1) and I still have that gift my brother bought me in my vinyl collection. "Stayin Alive" was then used for the opening credits with Travolta famously strutting his way into superstardom. The single spent four weeks at #1, then dropped to #2, then #6 as "Night Fever" was rising to #2. The following week "Fever" hit #1 and an amazing thing happened, the #6 "Stayin Alive" reclaimed the #2 spot and stayed there for five weeks, giving the BeeGees a lock on the top 2 most popular songs of the rock era. The Beatles hold the record for having the top 5, count em FIVE songs in the country, #1 "Can't Buy Me Love" , #2 "Twist & Shout", #3 "She Loves You", #4 "I Want To Hold Your Hand" and #5 "Please Please Me". Suck on that Justin Bieber. PS Their music is being played fifty years later, and they are hell of lot nicer.
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I'm 91 and I STILL groove to this beat. Beat that ya young whippersnappers!
👏👏💯💯💯👐👐👐🌟🌟
You ain’t 91
@@rogerlambert7642 naaah…he’s probably 92 now 😂
I have a friend that's 97 still doing what she wants including driving her Mazda Miata convertible
Heck yeah! Age ain't nothin but a number! 💜
I'M 59 NOW AND I REALLY HOPE YOU YOUNGER PEOPLE LISTENING TO THIS JAM RESPECTS THE BEE GEES MUSIC AS MUCH AS I STILL DO.
They’ll struggle, and will never decipher Bee Gees meaning Brothers Gibb … Ho Lee Fuk I gave it away😂
@@johnd1466 I am, and it is straight up FIRE along with other disco. I really do wish my generation explored the 70s and 80s. Best music of all time.
i'm Almost 19 and i hoenstly respect this song, probably one of the best 70's disco music i've ever listened to. My parents were probably like 10 or 12 when this came out and they loved Bee Gees growing up. This would be Great song for young people like me to listen to.
I got you man
@@EanEan-zu3vx THANKS MAN
Disco never dies... it’s just Stayin’ Alive! 😊
#Stayin' Alive ❤️❤️🕺
I remember when they started bashing disco and breaking the albums and tapes, saying how bad it was, etc. Now, these are true classic that bring back a great feeling from a great time!
Needs more likes 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Even if it did, the BeeGees aint dying. They r in their own lane.
Sho'nuff that's right disco never dies
When I was 14 years old in the 9th grade back in 1998, in my drama/theater class at school, the teacher gave us an assignment/project where we would pick a song and lip sync to it in front of the class. I had always loved Stayin' Alive, so I decided that this was the song I was going to do my lip sync to. I got my mom to take me to a vintage clothing store and I bought an awesome 70's disco outfit to wear for my lip sync...white bell bottom pants, platform shoes, and a brown yellow and orange disco shirt with a big wide pointed collar...When the day came and it was my turn to perform, I walked into the room in my disco outfit and started lip syncing and dancing to Staying Alive. The whole class went crazy...everyone loved it (well, most people did) and my performance was voted the class favorite...needless to say I got an A for the assignment, lol. I was so nervous about doing it, because I had always been really shy and quiet at school, but after it was over I was so glad that I decided to go through with it. I will remember it for the rest of my life. 😁
***Update*** The teacher actually did have a student who filmed each performance, so there probably is a video of it somewhere, so I'm working on trying to figure out where it could or who might have it. I have contacted several people that were in that class with me to see if they might have any idea who might have it. So far I haven't had any luck. I'm pretty sure the teacher probably had the original video tape, but unfortunately she passed away several years ago.
And yes, I have posted this comment before on this and other videos of Stayin' Alive, I just enjoy sharing my story with the people who may not have seen the original comment.
Cool memories! 💖🕺💃
Good luck on your search!
Love reading about everyone’s memories to songs
No lie!!! This is THE BEST COMMENT on here!!!!!
I'll help you search, where did you to school?
If all the BEE GEES were still alive and performing, they would still pack them in by the 10's of thousands 50 years after their prime. WE ALL MISS YOU !!!
When I hear this version of the song, I don't just hear the song. I can hear the entire 70's. It's almost as if I can reach out and touch them.
I am 83 years old and still love to listen to the Bee Gees
This version makes you appreciate even more just how good this song really is
I totally agree with you 💯
I completely agree with this statement (no matter how long ago it was posted). It also makes you appreciate the music we had back in the day and just how Legendary this group was/is. Thank You again @DJDiscoCat for another awesome body of work ;-)
I'm 66 and this still makes me MOVE.....
David Gorton im 62 i still got i think 🤔🤔🤔🤣🤣✌
I’m 67 and this song is ageless
.....till death meets us all, and still....
61 and still rockin.
Guess I'm the youngster here (53) LOL but I'm grooving to this mix in my library seat. @David Gorton
One of the greatest songs in the history of music 🎶
Very good
Obviously there’s loads of reasons for the whole 3 minute limitation, but I wonder what artists would have really done if they had no such limits. There would have been so many masterpieces like this
Well, the 12" is a thing. If they wanted, they usually could (and did) create longer versions, so it's likely that Bee Gees just didn't want to make one.
Disco was mostly underground, not mainstream, until the film _Saturday Night Fever_ exploded it and the Bee Gees into pop culture. It happened even faster than Michael Jackson's _Thriller." Just BOOM, Disco madness. Oh, what a great time it was.
The 80s: _Lived 'em. Loved 'em. Miss 'em._
Disco was def mainstream music, wasn't underground and was around long before Saturday Night Fever which came out in 1977 not the 80's lol
Agreed ! BOOM & there was dancing madness happening, then...
@@Strode78
Disco started underground, then became mainstream after "Saturday Night Fever" hit practically every movie theater on the planet.
What a great time it was...
Thriller beat the whole thing.
I'm 57 and I still give it all I got on the dancefloor to this GLORIOUS song
Me too, same age!!
I’m 40 but my childhood was watching great movies and listening to great music like this oh the good old days
@@Yannisastra
me too!!
Im 149 yrs old... i love this tune so much....
Hope u make it to 150 👍😂
I'm an alien from Venus and I'm 420 years old and we Venusians have been grooving to Disco since the 70's.
@@gangstaGbut bananarama ...they bought the song the venus to earth tho 😂😂
149 420 them ages I'm only 33 😮 so my whole life I been lied too I guess a chosen one can live a lil more longer I have extra fingers on the left hand and my right hand I knew I was the last breed of my family tree 😁 I'm kids don't have em neither my brothers and sisters just my mom and my grandparents had them strange but real
Barry Gibb is a musical genius, glad he's still with us
I am too! I loved the Bee Gees, but Barry was my favorite and I thought he was so handsome.❤️
SniffyPoo Me too Barry I loved y'all music since I was a baby.Im now 40 now
@@chermainebigby6539 Me too! Ever since I was little!
BARRY GIBB IS THE SECOND MOST PROLIFIC SONG WRITTER OF ALL TIME - SECOND ONLY TO PAIL MCCARTNEY
BOTH HAVE WRITTEN MORE THAN 1000 SONGS, THEY BOTH HAVE BEEN KNIGHTED !!!
BARRY ALLAN CROMPTON GIBB WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 1 1946.
MANCHESTER ENGLAND
HIS WIFE'S NAME IS LINDA GRAY
( NOT THE ONE ON DALLAS !)
BARRY WROTE THE BIGGEST
SELLING COUNTRY SONG
ISLANDS IN THE STREAM.
HE ALSO WROTE
BARBRA STRIESAND'S BIGGEST
SELLING ALBUM GUILTY & HER
BIGGEST HIT WOMAN IN LOVE
AS WELL AS DIONNE WARWICK'S BIGGEST HIT HEARTBREAKER !!!!
How many of you actually realize the amount of lives that have been saved by this song alone?!!!!
They still teach to this day that you do Chest compressions to this beat!!!
True to its title.
I am 59 years old and I still listen to this song i was 13years old when this song came out this is when music was outstanding love the bee gees they are legends
Plugged it into my car and turned it up. Amazing
i’m one year behind you sir
British armed forces
uk 🇬🇧 deployment
brilliant years the 70s growing up
chopper bikes
griffta bikes
skate boards
and the Bee Gees too
head phones on in uniform dancing to this tune
i must look like an absolute nutter with my full body flack jacket on
congratulations for still being here
cpl k
If this plays while you're walking down the street, you know you're the man
Or delusional 😭😅😅
@@leah6029 oh no.. the main man. Lol!
LOL, good one!!
Big Paulie - 💕👍
I'm so THANKFUL to have experienced this track in real time - and now, I get to recall all the FUN I had dancing the night away to this GEM...💃💃💃
True that bro ... I used to sing it to my lil bro as we went for a night out and straight away you get the "Johns on" :) Good times bruh
I'm 65 yr.s old and on diabetic insulin every day and just got the shingles D_ _ MIT
This song Staying Alive
JUST JACKED ME-UP!!!
STAYING ALIVE 🥳🎉❤❤❤️💯
1977. We did the damn thing!! (Staying Alive!)
And 2020/21 we survived Trump, Covid 19, and a few hurricanes !
It never gets old...
A masterpiece turned into a masterpiece, well done.
This has got to be the best version of the best disco song of all time!
I love this song from the Bee Gees. RIP Andy, Robin and Maurice.
Dang how time fly by so fast. I was 16 years old when this song was played in AM top 40 radio back in 1977.👍❤💖
yes
Мне было 7 лет, но я отлично помню эту песню. Играла в Советском Союзе у каждого человека. Мы любили вашу музыку. Слушали свободно!!!
WOW, I WAS YOUNGER THAN YOU I WAS 14 IN 1977 I PLAYED THIS SONG OVER AND OVER AND THEN I MET BARRY WALKING WITH ROBIN & MAURICE UP TO ME AND BARRY SAID HELLO AND HE GAVE ME A KISS 1. Love stories aren't just found in movies, they actually happen in real life! Barry and I met back in 1977 and we've been in love ever since.
2. People say that love at first sight isn't real, but I beg to differ. When Barry met me, it was instant love!
3. I found my soulmate when I was only 14 years old. Barry came into my life and swept me off my feet.
4. true love never fades, and I can proudly say it hasn't. Barry and I fell in love back in 1977 and we're still going strong!
5. Some people take years to find true love, but I found mine when I was just a teenager. Barry and I met and fell in love, and we've been inseparable ever since.
@@MARILYNNEWTONGIBBno you're not
Remember very well when this iconic movie and song came out. 🎉🎉🎉🎉
I could play this over and over and not find it annoying, thats how good this song is
slayed5000 is a hell on Pioneer mixing
This is a great version. It's almost a different song at the beginning. Awesome to hear how many layers of instruments are forming this great song.
The orchestra of strings are insane
IDGAF what anyone says or who tries to hate on this track - I will never deny my love for this tune lol
Foot tapping disco dance music with the aid of a full orchestra. Do we ever hear that today? NO!
The 1970's and 80's were THE decades of good music.
Exactly what I tell people. It's an Orchestra..!
This is the national anthem of the people who are still alive.
This is your national anthem.
Oh yessss
Especially in the COVID-19 lockdown situation. Helps a lots during the pandemic situation
I'm only 15 years old, but.. it's this generation that bothers my ears.. STAYIN' ALIVE
Being almost 22 years old, I like to imagine myself when this song was popular. Like I'm actually in 1977 in a club and the DJ plays this song, and the energy and the vibe of everybody out on a dance floor just enjoying life. I think about that a lot, is that weird? I'm sure some of y'all on here could tell me some stories
I'm 22 years old too and i feel you absolutely but unfortunately i don't have story's to tell I would also have liked to live this moment and share it with someone, being not of this generation I regret that I could not taste these moments
Well, I was 8 in 1978 (the song was released in December and so it was a signature song of New Year parties that year). The whole of 1978 was about the Bee Gees, by last week April 1978 4 of the US Top 10 songs were Bee Gees.
The discos worldwide could not cope up with the demand and many DJs played the SNF double LP 5 times in a night. My uncles and aunts (in their 20s) spoke of their experiences at that time. Everything was driven by John Travolta, his elevator shoes, his printed shirts with large collars and his incredible dancing skills. It was a wafer thin plot, held together with the great songs of the time.
I’m 62. I was 16 when this dropped. EVERYBODY hit the dance floor when the DJ played this track. Got my 1st grind from an older woman on this track. The age limit was 18, but I was with my brother and his crew and nobody checked my ID!
If you saw the movie, we were dressed EXACTLY like you would picture being in a dance club in 1977 Bell bottom continental pants, platform shoes that made me 6’4 instead of 6’…drinking Brass Monkey and sloe gin. Good times!
There is no age for music you can be as old as God will let you live and you still be jamming to some 70s I'm happy for you I'm happy for you that you still like to listen to music that is so wonderful❤❤❤❤😊😊
I'm speechless at how good this remix is. Simply purrfection.
When I was a 9-year-old kid this ALBUM was in a lot of black American homes
The 4-bar instrumental break that comes in at 0:44 is a knock out!!
I heard it too, and backed up, lol
Armand Tatevossian No No Was Good
YASSSS
Agree 100%
I live for those chords alone
Long live the 70s..bee gees feel good 👍 vibes ❤
Fantastic Bass!
BeachBoysRemembered Hell yeah!
legendary
Maurice president
maurice bass line so smooth!
Totally love that bass totally kick ass
This remix is nothing short of awesome.
I LOVE this song. No matter where you are mentally ( heartache wise) or physically, you cannot help but perk up when hearing this song. Thank you DJ for these golden songs.
If this doesn't make you dance around your living room then we need to check your pulse 🕺🕺🕺
Music like this will NEVER be produced again.
This is probably the best version of Stayin Alive
Who else is tapping their toes to this?
my whole bodies going haha
WorthlessDeadEnd all the way in Washington D.C. 👌✌
Alright, I tapped my toes a little bit on....
🎼 Stayin' Alive 🎶
Anyone who can listen to this without foot tapping should have their pulse checked to see if they are alive.
#Me right now ☺
This is my favorite Bee Gees song
more than 40years later this is still a smahing hit! long life to the bee gees' music!
Barry Gibb is a musical genius, glad he's still with us
Amazing long version
This version is badassery! 🎶🎼🎵💃🏿💃🏿💃🏿
hell yessery!!!
Im 14yo and I LOVE THIS TYPE OF MUSIC.....
This GREAT!!!!!
I listen to it everyday.
When all the other kids were off in Star Wars. It was the Bee Gees and Saturday Night Fever for me!!!!!
Super!
But have you ever watched Star Wars with the Bees Gees playing in the background? Epic.
Shivers down my spine.... never heard like this
Com 54 anos, voltei aos meus 11 com essa música... linda!
61 e a cena do filme com Travolta retorna.
HELLO !! I AM 62 YEARS OLD AND DISCO NEVER DIES , ITS TRUE !!
Amazing how a piece of good music can take you straight back to childhood-- good memories...
This is the most adorable comments section because a lot of younger people are making tons of disco house edits in the scene nowadays and I see a lot of older people here commenting on how refreshing these tracks are and how much they bring them back.
Star Wars, Muppet Show, SNL, Bee Gees us kids had quite a time taking it all at once. We forever thank our lucky stars we ran around the house excited about staying young and feeling alive in the 1970's.
listening to this version over and over again
This is an immortal song.
A remix like this one is pure genius. There is no way you are not moving your feet or wiggling your toes listening to this beauty.
Come on and party.
Great , fantastico !! ;)
10 1/2 minutes of memories from back then and tapping my feet.
50 years old and o will never let this sound goes down. From Brazil! ❤🕺🕺🕺
I am vision me walking down the street listening to Bee Gees Staying Live just like opening scene in Saturday Night Fever!
Great opening, great soundtrack, great Film!!!
@@qwj68boots You are so right on every level on that reply.
This made me jump up and boogie and I dame near broke my spleen.😔
Now this is my most favorite disco hit from the Bee Gees, infectious drive to the core...what???!!!!
Ha ha, yes it does , born in 81 , just missed the boat , but thanks for postin ,,one glove !!
Turning a masterpiece into a masterpiece...love it.
Michael Vafides: MY ALL TIME FAVORITE SONG ! IN THE LAST 41 YEARS I HAVE LISTENED TO THIS SONG STAYIN' ALIVE ABOUT 100,000 TIMES ! ( I actually stopped listening to other songs and played STAYIN' ALIVE on my walkman and other media about 100 TIMES A DAY!!!! - seriously !!!)
~ The Bee Gees, Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Philly New Orleans Memphis & Motown in general, the entire British roster of artists from the 1960s & 1970s: still fresh in 2018 and never to be bested or replaced. Cheers, DAVEDJ ~
YESSS!
I'll claim them as Aussies thanks! Grew up in Redcliff near Brisbane of all places.
Absolutely stunning! I’ve waited for someone to do justice to this masterpiece & you’ve exceeded my expectations! Congratulations!
hey thanks man, this is one of my favorites!
I was 15 when this came out, what a Great time to be a Teenager.
Lived through the Disoc years the 1st. time around from 1977 to 1984 as a teen, then the 2nd time around starting in the 90's to now. It's always better the 2nd time around.. Disco lives long, strong and proud
in the City of Champions Pittsburgh PA !!
Wow, you’re from Pittsburgh too? So am I.
If ur of a certain age and mindset, THIS song is UR national anthem. No explanation needed.
I stopped doing this in 2000, but I once picked a song that best represented and defined each of the first five decades of the rock era. Took me about five seconds to pick Staying Alive for the 70's.
I'll accept that! 😍
Gary Weaver- That's me exactly. Purrfect
@@davidshulimson9491 Ok. Yeah. I agree. Now pick one for the Eighties
@@sarahwalker377 Born In The USA by Bruce Springsteen. Starting with the Iran hostage crisis and the U.S. hockey team's 1980 gold medal, there was an increased sense of nationalism and national pride in the U.S. and this song was used as a rallying cry throughout the decade.
The irony, of course, is that wasn't what the song was about. It was about a soldier returning from Vietnam and experiencing desperate circumstances. But Springsteen himself said he was okay with the song being used as a rallying cry. Helped him sell lots of records!
These guy's are musical geniuses. PERIOD
The golden years of disco music, I was thirteen with long blond hair and with a white shirt on cream-colored pants with wide legs. Man those were times, recently had me made the same clothes again in preparation for the reopening of my club after the covid-19 pandemic with a full disco evening and disco costumes required.
The acoustic guitar during the intro makes this sound like something from a spaghetti western. Then the bass groove kicks in and all bets are off!
🤣🤣O M G Spaghetti Western, crazy📲🍝🗽🗽
BY FAR THE BEST VERSION .
66 years old and still got my moves. Disco era was the best
Soy mexicano pero en realidad, me encanta este tipo de música!
Me hubiese gustado nacer en los años 60's para poder haber disfrutado mucho más estás melodías!
That intro is godlike.
This 'extended mix" is exactly 10 minutes: and 31 seconds long!!!!!!!!!! It is earning almost 5,500,000 views!!!!!!!
I just had to comment on your message. JB is a NOBODY, The Beatles and Bee Gees will be remembered FOREVER!!!!🕺🕺🕺🕺💃💃💃💃
Una obra maestra, nunca dejará de ser escuchada
all the disco purrfection remixes are insanely good to roller skate to
Fantastic remix....love it 👍💕
Би Джиз любили в Советском Союзе! У моего отца была пластинка и записи на магнитофоне!!! Мы слушали, мы были детьми и танцевали под неё!!! 😊Версия этой песни просто Супер!!! 💐💐💐🔥🔥🔥
If you're feeling down, this song will help in stayin' Alive.
Awww, that bass at the beginning makes my heart pound. No wonder I needed a pacemaker installed 2 weeks ago!
Judy Williams 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👌👍✌
Oh shit 😭😭😭🙏🏾
Just turned 98 last month. All dressed up, wearing my striped sailor tee-shirt, platform shoes and bell-bottoms and discoing and swaying to the Bee Gees, K.C. and the Sunshine band and many other disco artists. Its 1977 again in June 2020.
An EXTENDED instrumental added remaster. The want for such a remix is so ahead of its time for someone to make it.
Such an amazing version mate. This music of these legends needs to be kept alive for as long as possible! I would love this on Vinyl 👍🏻
Glad i grew up in the era of disco old time rock and roll hair bands and genuine old school heavy metal. Most of all music these days just doesnt compare. Disco was our rap of the 60's & 70's what a time to be alive
New era DJ´s should listen to this freaking perfect mixing
Tengo 25 años de edad y daria lo que fuera por estar en esta epoca, esa sensacion de la fiebre del sabado por la noche en las discotecas con plataformas de luces, amare siempre estas canciónes❤
That song description is already better than modern pop
ESSA VERSÃO DE STAYIN ALIVE FICOU LINDA!
A MÚSICA É UM CLÁSSICO MUNDIAL!
Disco heaven - cant get any better! That incredible bassline now extended for 10 minutes.....Maaaan!
Im 57 years old and i still remember those days of 1977 when i was 10 years of going to the movies , it was the best years of my life, bring back good memories hearing this songs.
Disco at it's best! Salute. Now let's party and enjoy the memories of the best music ever. 1977 was a great year. Best music era that ever lived!!