I am from the disco generation and contrary to what a lot of people say,,,those days were amazing! There was nothing better than going dancing on the weekends with your friends. Disco was pure fun. The Bee Gees were played on loop and we never minded.
Speaking as man who was a young adult at the time it was so awesome. I was shy and awkward around girls but I learned to dance and suddenly I had no problem meeting gorgeous girls.
@@impudentdomain I wasn’t really shy but the good thing about discos was even if none of your friends was up to going out you could still go. Someone was always up to dance. Always fun!
See, the magic of the Bee Gees is that you can be having the worst day ever and when you play their music, just for a moment - nothing is wrong and life is good. The feeling will follow you after the song is done. If it fades - reach for more Bee Gees.
Please understand, The Bee Gees... Owned a decade. Period... You had to have be there. I was there, & to say I spent 2 months dancing my a** off to just this song alone, is a gross understatement. It was in, every club & they all played it, every night. & Every body loved it. It was #1 for almost 2 months for a reason. There were even several different DJ mix tapes where this song was 12 to 15 minutes long. Did we complain, hell no, we danced like crazy & loved every minute of it.
Next up: If you'd like a ballad, Fanny Be Tender. If you'd like funk: Love You Inside and Out. Earlier: To Love Somebody, I Gotta Get a Message to You, How Can You Mend a Broken Heart. More R&B/Rock: Jive Talkin, Nights on Broadway, Tragedy. I mean there's so many, this is just a start!
Yes, I think most people love them for their singing, but their songwriting is incredible as well as their production. Fanny is a wonderful song!@@lauraallen55
It is such a great song! Yes, they wrote so many songs, including for others. I've read they wrote close to a 1000 songs altogether which is wild!@@ohfour-seven6228
I am 63. I will never forget the librarian in our school library allowing kids to clear away the study desks so that one of the kids could replicate the “You Should be Dancing”dance in the lunch break. It was electric and we all went wild! 😂
@@joemachine4714 There are two versions. One is overdubbed and has clips from Saturday Night Fever in it. There's a straight live version from that concert where Andy adds a little adlib at Barry's mic. I'll see if I can find a link.
Disco didn't last very long, and lots of people think it a "joke". But ya know what? I was a teenage during the Disco era and I LOVED it (still do). And you are right, no-one will ever replicate it. The BeeGees were genius's. Great reaction. ❤🎼🎙️🎶
I was born in 1954. The 70s were the most joyous and free era of my life. Ii could go to nightclubs in Kentucky, Houston and Atlanta and find people dancing their asses off, having a ball. For the first time in history you found blacks and whites dancing together and loving it. You also found gay people openly dancing together for the first time everywhere. It was a beautiful time, full of hope and joy. And the BeeGees were the soundtrack to that era.
Please don't ever feel you need to explain liking the BeeGees. They were all over the 70s and their music permeated everything The 70's were a GREAT time. What you see depicted in movies and tv shows of the time was really close to how it was. The problem with liking the BeeGees came with the 80's hair rock and alternative music ( new wave from the UK and college radio) which disparaged the Bee Gees. In a minute all the fun of the 70's was gone! Looking back, the 80's don't hold a candle to that era and the Bee Gees music. Plus these guys were everything, singers, instruments, writers producers and consummate professionals. In the last years thanks to RUclips, I've explored their pre-disco music of the 60's and early 70's and it is just as fab!!!! I could listen to them anytime, and I'll get in a good mood. I never tire of the songs----if one comes on the radio I'm not changing it, I'm jamming!
One that shows off their majestic harmonies well is "Fanny (Be Tender With My Love)." It's neither from their early days nor their disco era, but it hits r-e-a-l nice.
Pretty sure this is the song played during the famous John Travolta dance scene where he is by himself on the light up dance floor in Saturday Night Fever.
@@rockyroad7345It's from early 1975 and considered at the time to be R&B, not disco. No, it isn't from the late 60s/early 70s, but it's a transitional song for them, as was "Jive Talkin'" and "Fanny (Be Tender With My Love)".
I graduated from high school in 1979. I spent my teen years listening to the BeeGees and taking disco dancing lessons. It was a fantastic experience. It led to my life-long love for their music. Phenomenal musicians; who by the way, could not read or write music.
I loved trying to learn the line dances at the clubs after a drink or 2. If you messed up, so what, you laughed & tried again!! The point was fun, laughter w/friends and strangers.
Some early songs Lonely days, how can you mend a broken heart, 1st of May, To love somebody, Words(1979 live), later music Alone, When he’s gone, Kiss of life, I could not love you more and Wedding Day ❤❤❤❤
I was born in 68, so I grew up listening to 70’s and 80’s music. Best time of music ever. I’ve watched videos like yours and I love your reactions and appreciation of that great music. The BeeGees were amazing. They bring tears because of their voices are perfect.
Don't care what anyone says, Disco was the sh&% and for anyone who hated, fair play to ya, but you missed out on a whole lotta fun. There was nothing better than the club on the weekend, dressing up, dancing and spinning around - it was a blast. My condolences that you missed it. lol The BeeGees and Donna Summer completely ruled this era and we loved every single hit they produced. :)
While their disco stuff was great, they were so much more than that. In the 60s and early 70s they had some fantastic songs that were of the R&B type more than anything else. Then after disco, they had some amazing songs too. Barry had a great chest voice as well as the sustained tremolo/falsetto and Robin sang lead as much as Barry did, and had a unique voice and is *very* worth checking out. Barry once made the comment that Robin could hit a higher note than he could. The comment I see most often about Robin's singing is that he had the voice of an angel. There are a couple songs with Mo in the lead too. He usually preferred playing his bass, but Man in the middle is one with him on lead. 60s Robin songs: I've gotta get a message to you I started a joke Massachusetts Holiday Later, absolutely gorgeous songs with Robin on lead: For whom the bell tolls Alone Other early Bee Gees songs worth checking out: To love somebody Words Lonely Days Run to me One of their best is called Fanny Be Tender With My Love. They didn't sing it live as it was too difficult due to the many layers of vocals, but Quincy Jones, of R&B production fame said it was one of his all time favorite R&B songs. The Bee Gees are so much more than Barry singing lead in falsetto and the twins backing with harmonies. So much more. The three of them (mainly Robin and Barry) wrote in the neighborhood of 1000 songs, many for other artists. Their little brother had a short career. I just want to be your everything was probably his biggest and very worth giving a listen.
I do too! His voice was just so special. I knew all the older songs of his first but when I heard two of their later songs with him on lead: Alone and For Whom The Bell Tolls I was even more surprised at his vocals than before.@@jodij6280
I would love for him to know how versatile they all were, and how incredibly talented! I've seen a lot of reactors start out the same way with How Deep Is Your Love and a few of the disco numbers and all think Barry was the leader, the *one* with the falsetto and the 'other two' could harmonize well. Then, when they really get into hearing more of their early stuff, and even later (after disco) realize they were all so amazing, and not just a falsetto and two backup singers.@@impudentdomain
One of the most varied collection of songs even before the disco era. Good song though now you need to react to their early 1960’s hits like Massachusetts, Gotta Get. Message to You, 19;9 New York Mining Disaster, and To Love Somebody! All memorable tunes!
Just do react to Fanny, Be Tender With My Love in which they all sang falsetto,, alternating with their chest voices, a favorite R and B with legendary musician/producer Quincy Jones. Bee Gees' tour de force. I promise you won't regret being introduced to their masterpiece.
As my favorite line from the movie “Wayne’s World” says: “Led Zeppelin didn’t write tunes that everyone liked. They left that to the BeeGees.” Here’s a few of my favorites from other eras/decades… 1960s: I Started a Joke To Love Somebody Words Gotta Get a Message to You I Can’t See Nobody 1970s Run To Me How Can You Mend a Broken Heart Jive Talking Nights on Broadway Love You Inside Out Love So Right 1980s One You win Again Medley from Australia concert 1990s For Whom the Bell Tolls Secret Love Blue Island (MTV unplugged is my favorite) 2001 This is Where I Came In She Keeps On Coming
Tony Manero dancing at the disco on a Saturday night, oh man, a true legend, an icon, he even has his own emoji if you want to look at it that way ❤🕺🏻♥️
What a fantastic era!We were very young some of us even little kids and that world seemed so explosive and fascinating in our eyes.This song is the first one i ever heard from the BG and danced to,me being ( pre-teens age) in a discoteque with my English teacher and all classroom.Her brother was the owner of the disco and she took us there to dance for fun one great Sunday.That was another world.A fantasy land for us.
Personally never a big BeeGees fan. I loved their pre-disco How Can You Mend a Broken Heart. But this song I love every time. It makes me sing and dance no matter where I am. I have embarrassed my kids many times in public because this song came on. I just love it
I'd love to see you listen to their earlier music, so much great stuff there! Not sure what you've heard yet, but check out How Can You Mend a Broken Heart, or I Started a Joke, or Run to Me
Barry Gibb and Michael Jackson recorded a duet together in 2002 but it was only released nine years later on June 25, 2011. The song 'All In Your Name' was written by Barry Gibb and Michael Jackson.
the video of this song in a mixture of live performance and movie footage of john travlota dancing it is also one of the few times andy gibb appeared on stage with his brothers
I could be wrong, but I think they were wealthy far before disco and Barry's use of the falsetto. They were very popular (for all of their singing voices) in the 60s and early 70s.
@@lauraallen55 Forgive some lapses in accuracy, but the official accounts are thatthey were paid well by their manager and never asked questions until they were making a million sales a week worldwide with Fever-related sales and started to wonder why they weren't making more. Under Barry's insistence with his siblings, although Manager Stigwood was a family friend, they got an indie audit of their financials and they SUED management for a couple of hundred million in back pay and demanded their rights to their own music. After some real ugly publicity in the early 80's the brothers were given their music back and an undisclosed amount (millions in the hundreds) They and Stigwood renewed their personal friendship, and they got free of their contracts to become their own masters. UNFORTUNATELY on top of the Disco backlash, they alienated many music industry powers through the 1980's. So we understand looking back why the 1980's were so tough on our boys. Many big artists, however, applauded their brave stand for their artistic rights.
I was in my late 20s when the Disco era hit and I loved every second of it. I had a group of friends and we all learned to swing dance. The beat in disco music was perfect for swing dancing. We would go out several times a week to dance and always had a wonderful time. One friend said it best. Disco music is happy music. 🤣
Live version has their youngest brother Andy Gibb, who had his own solo career performing with his three brothers, all four Gibb brothers performing together on one stage! The Bee Gees brother Andy died at age 30!
People were a lot lighter, looser, friendlier, not so uptight, not hate filled like they are today. The 70s were just a fantastic time to grow up as a teenager. We had a good role, models, and groups and individuals who were just excellent at the craft they enjoy.
There’s a huge amount you can try, and many of the singles are being mentioned. I will add a few others tracks The First of May Let there be Love When the Swallow Flies I Can’t See Nobody Just beautiful tracks, heartbreak specialist. There are videos on live performances, but it’s best to get the very early ones to get the intensity, although the later live versions are excellent too.
My Uncle knew the boys when they were growing up in Redcliffe, Australia. Apparently they were a handful. Thank goodness they chose music and as they say the rest is history.
We were the BABY BOOMERS and our "teen" years were consumed by Elvis, Bee Gees, Eagles....what great music and a perfect time to be a teenager. We are NOW your grandmothers, who love you beyond life and have such a lot of wisdom to impart.
Glad you listened to a good audio. Now you have to see the music video showing all four brothers singing this - very rare to see Andy on stage with them. The same video has snippets of John Travolta dancing 🕺
I love Disco! I wasn't old enough to go to clubs back then but my best friend's older brother was in college and he and his girlfriend would practice their Disco moves in the garage all week for Fri and Sat night. They were strong and athletic and they had some killer moves. I remember just being in total awe watching them practice. To me, they were like celebrities. Sometimes they let me be DJ and OMG that was so exciting for me. I picked up a number of moves from watching them and in the New Wave 80s when I was going out to dance clubs, and the other kids were just jumping up and down, I could throw in some killer spins and funky moves.
I,m from the disco generation what fun great clothes it wa an amazing time this generation has computer generated music we had real music ! these folks could play real instruments.
Please listen to I'm satisfied and Love you inside out. Those two are absolute bangers that should have been in the top 10 charts when they came out. Criminally underrated beegees songs.
Hey there SalvoG! Just give in to the disco! You will be all the better for it. There were so many groups, that created so much amazing disco music that was fun, that was funky, that was danceable, that was upbeat, that was happy, that brought people together, that brought people out to the clubs and out on the dance floor! Don't listen to any of the disco haters. I seriously feel sorry for them, because they missed out on one of the absolute best eras. I'm not saying that all disco was the most finely-crafted music, with the most meaningful lyrics, although much of it was. I am saying it was the most absolutely-carefree and fun music, and always a great time. There was nothing ever downbeat about disco. You can't listen to disco without moving ... nodding your head, or tapping your foot, or moving your whole body. It's absolutely infectious ... and luckily, there is no cure! There is no reason a person can't like disco, and rock, and metal, and pop, and country western, and alternative, etc. Anyone that thaiks that it's cool to put down disco, does not have enough self-confidence to be themselves, and they still care more about what their friends think, than what they actually like. Aren't we way beyond peer pressure at this point in our lives? We are out of the high school bubble, so live like it! I recommend that you look at the Billboard disco charts for 1979 as a good starting place to discover many other incredible disco artists/songs. I consider 1979 to be the pinnacle year of the disco era. BTW, I DJ'd in a disco in Dallas during the summer of 1978, right after the soundtrack of Saturday Night Fever came out. What a joy to hear all of the incredible Bee Gees songs for the first time, as well as several other great artists on the soundtrack. It is still one of the top-selling soundtrack albums of all time. That should tell you a little something about how disco swept the nation. The Dallas Morning News had an entire two-page insert in every Friday edition, listing all of the discos and their location and hours, drink specials, etc., because disco was the thing… It was huge! I felt pretty "big man on campus" to have my name as the in the disco section of the newspaper every week in Dallas (as DJ for H.P. Cassidy's, every week in Dallas. We were very close to SMU, so we got lots of frat and sorority groups. It was a party! Keep up the great reactions, upbeat attitude, inquisitive nature, and both funny and incisive remarks! Perfect combination for a reactor. I am at faithful fan of your channel. If I had one disco request, I think that Boogie Oogie Oogie by A Taste of Honey, is one of the best produced and performed ... which became one of the required anthems, of the disco era. The minute the song came on, people almost climbed over each other to get to the dance floor, like they were at a Who concert trying to get into a soldout arena! ruclips.net/video/9TGrh3omHJY/видео.htmlsi=lBkGGvZNMIamN9b3 Thanks man! ☮️ Steve
You Should Be Dancing Live 93 , (prob a remaster?) is the best clip I have seen of their live concert footage of the 76 tour...all 4 brothers, yes Andy on stage with them, MUST SEE❤❤❤❤
You music the full experience by not watching the video - with a dancing John Travolta. Still a fantastic song - and one of my favourites. Cheers from Canada! :)
It would be great if you could react to the Bee Gees little brother Andy, who was a successful solo artist himself. He was about to join his brothers in becoming a Bee Gee just before his death in 1988. He had three number one hits in a row. I would start off with "Shadow Dancing".
I am 59 Years old. I graduated High school in 1982. Elvis was my favorite singer, and the Bee Gees my favorite group. Disco music was great at school Dances and Parties and at the Skateing Rink.
Happy new Year. These Bee Gees were a big part of my life from the 60s to the 70s. Their early stuff was also good. Saw them in concert in Ottawa in 1974. Glad you like their music.
Children of the World is a great album. I almost played the grooves off my vinyl back in 76! You need to watch the live version video from the 1979 Spirits tour with younger brother Andy joining them onstage.
You needed to be in a Disco for the full experience of this song. Floor is illuminated in flashing colours & everyone dancing their hearts out. Love them.
I too am from the Disco dance music Era. It was SOOO much FUN!! People line dancing together, having a blast!! You really felt & were moved by the music. It was true talent!! The huge shiny disco balls & strobe lights!! An experience I will never forget!! I loved the Bee Gees & Donna Summers!! No gunplay, date rape drugging, or kidnapping. People were there to have a night of fun wearing their bell bottom pants, shiny shirts w/big collars!! Man!!! 😎❤
Almost 99.99999 percent Bee Gees song had great melody...groovy.. lyrics+unique Gibb brothers falsetto and vocals..... this was the reason why I became their die hard fans forever 😊😊🎉
Our favorite club to dance at was named Mondos, outside of Kansas City, Mo The lighted floor, the overhead lighting all pulsed to the music. Great time, always. We were dancing. Pure magic.
Salvo, you make me smile!! Love the Bee Gees, was a teenager in the 70's and love all music from 70 and 80's!! Have you ever watched episodes from American Bandstand and Soul Train? These shows were music and dance shows from the 70's, watched every Saturday!! You should watch some, you will love it. Had lots of good musical talents from the time on both shows. You should have lived in these eras, best music ever!!❤❤
I feel like watching Saturday Night Fever now. This might be my favorite Bee Gees song but older I have another favorite in "Lonely Days" - This song is impossible not to groove to!
How many times can they do this? Every time. There isn't another group ever that I can say I love all of their songs but only 150 some are my favorites. It's a once in a lifetime, maybe one time ever phenomenon.
Please, your next BeeGees review should be these: 1. Alone (1997) 2. Immortality (duet with Celine Dion) -- especially now that Celine couldn't sing anymore, this is so timely for you to show her video 3. Our Love (Don't Throw It All Away) -- check their live version in Las Vegas concert in 1997
I grew up in Palm Springs CA and the hottest spot in the desert was a place called Oil Can Harry’s! It was a gay bar but it was a mixture of all! No one had a problem with it and we would disco our butts off! Fantastic! Nothing beats the 70’s!
Love me some BeeGees .I was 18 and disco was so it! Then I met the Eagles. My sister played their older songs and they were sooo good. Check it out. I heard the clubs were so fun! Never have that again. Also, what's your sign?😁😁😁. I believe that was a conversation starter🙂✌️
In Central Florida, we had ABC Liquor Store and Lounge, on Highway 436 in Casselberry, and the bar had one huge, central, ROTATING bar! They also had a Disco dance floor that had forever changing colors, while we drank, took Quaaludes, and danced on the colors under the huge Disco Ball, that was reflecting light flashes all throughout the place! Only downside... Going to dance and never finding your seat at the bar until the closing lights came on... Because it was always revolving... So you just went back and danced sone more! 😊
I am from the disco generation and contrary to what a lot of people say,,,those days were amazing! There was nothing better than going dancing on the weekends with your friends. Disco was pure fun. The Bee Gees were played on loop and we never minded.
Speaking as man who was a young adult at the time it was so awesome. I was shy and awkward around girls but I learned to dance and suddenly I had no problem meeting gorgeous girls.
I was a disco baby for a few years. It was fun. Five or six of us would hit the club Friday or Saturday night.
@@lightatthecape2009 Me too ☺️
@@impudentdomain I wasn’t really shy but the good thing about discos was even if none of your friends was up to going out you could still go. Someone was always up to dance. Always fun!
I'm right there with you. It was so much fun and were amazing.
See, the magic of the Bee Gees is that you can be having the worst day ever and when you play their music, just for a moment - nothing is wrong and life is good. The feeling will follow you after the song is done. If it fades - reach for more Bee Gees.
This is exactly why my morning alarm is set to Amazon's Bee Gee station. That is how I start my weekday mornings.
I rise, I fall asleep, and I like to stop throughout my day with more Bee Gees. It's my pick-me up-and praise the wonder that is the Brothers Gibb!
Perfectly said 👍🧡
Well said, wow!!!
Disco gets a bad rap but back then,it was fun fun fun.
The clubs were packed,everyone WAS dancing.
The 70’s man,THE best decade for EVERY genre.
Agree 10000%
There was so much mediocre disco, just like in any genre. There was also a lot of great disco. Huge Donna Summer fan
Absolutely, I lived it & I danced until I dropped!
@@CindyLarson-p8xI loved her sound. Spent many weekends dancing to her music!!!
It really was a great decade for music :)
Your love and enthusiasm for the BeeGees is just absolutely infectious! Thank you!
Please understand, The Bee Gees... Owned a decade. Period... You had to have be there. I was there, & to say I spent 2 months dancing my a** off to just this song alone, is a gross understatement. It was in, every club & they all played it, every night. & Every body loved it. It was #1 for almost 2 months for a reason. There were even several different DJ mix tapes where this song was 12 to 15 minutes long. Did we complain, hell no, we danced like crazy & loved every minute of it.
Next up: If you'd like a ballad, Fanny Be Tender. If you'd like funk: Love You Inside and Out. Earlier: To Love Somebody, I Gotta Get a Message to You, How Can You Mend a Broken Heart. More R&B/Rock: Jive Talkin, Nights on Broadway, Tragedy. I mean there's so many, this is just a start!
Fanny Be Tender With My Love was so complex they couldn't do it live, and just so good. All of their were - never a bad song.
Yes, I think most people love them for their singing, but their songwriting is incredible as well as their production. Fanny is a wonderful song!@@lauraallen55
It is such a great song! Yes, they wrote so many songs, including for others. I've read they wrote close to a 1000 songs altogether which is wild!@@ohfour-seven6228
I am 63. I will never forget the librarian in our school library allowing kids to clear away the study desks so that one of the kids could replicate the “You Should be Dancing”dance in the lunch break. It was electric and we all went wild! 😂
You should find the live video of this where their younger brother Andy Gibb sings with them! It's amazing & you get to see the live audience react.
Yes! 😊
It's not really "live" it's dubbed over and still great.
Came here to find this comment, or I would have made it! YES! The live version with Andy is electrified energy!!!!!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@@joemachine4714 There are two versions. One is overdubbed and has clips from Saturday Night Fever in it. There's a straight live version from that concert where Andy adds a little adlib at Barry's mic. I'll see if I can find a link.
ruclips.net/video/y47pXFUjgFI/видео.htmlsi=9XP3l-Wso_rdghxd
John Travolta has an iconic dance scene to this song in Saturday Night Fever. Definitely worth checking out.
Disco didn't last very long, and lots of people think it a "joke". But ya know what? I was a teenage during the Disco era and I LOVED it (still do). And you are right, no-one will ever replicate it. The BeeGees were genius's. Great reaction. ❤🎼🎙️🎶
Being a teenager during this time was awesome. So much fun dancing, learning the moves.
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🇬🇧 It certainly was. I miss those days. 😊🎶🎼
I was born in 1954. The 70s were the most joyous and free era of my life. Ii could go to nightclubs in Kentucky, Houston and Atlanta and find people dancing their asses off, having a ball. For the first time in history you found blacks and whites dancing together and loving it. You also found gay people openly dancing together for the first time everywhere. It was a beautiful time, full of hope and joy. And the BeeGees were the soundtrack to that era.
Between the hit songs they sang themselves and the ones they wrote for others, the Bee Gees changed the music world for decades
Please don't ever feel you need to explain liking the BeeGees. They were all over the 70s and their music permeated everything The 70's were a GREAT time. What you see depicted in movies and tv shows of the time was really close to how it was. The problem with liking the BeeGees came with the 80's hair rock and alternative music ( new wave from the UK and college radio) which disparaged the Bee Gees. In a minute all the fun of the 70's was gone! Looking back, the 80's don't hold a candle to that era and the Bee Gees music. Plus these guys were everything, singers, instruments, writers producers and consummate professionals. In the last years thanks to RUclips, I've explored their pre-disco music of the 60's and early 70's and it is just as fab!!!! I could listen to them anytime, and I'll get in a good mood. I never tire of the songs----if one comes on the radio I'm not changing it, I'm jamming!
The quintessential disco song. Difficult calling it a song, lyrically there's not very many words. It just makes you want to get up and dance. Love it
One that shows off their majestic harmonies well is "Fanny (Be Tender With My Love)." It's neither from their early days nor their disco era, but it hits r-e-a-l nice.
Pretty sure this is the song played during the famous John Travolta dance scene where he is by himself on the light up dance floor in Saturday Night Fever.
You really should watch them perform this live, little brother Andy joins them for this one and it's FABULOUS!
Love your Bee Gees love! They were incredible artists and songwriters. Early songs you should try…To Love Somebody, Run to Me, Lonely Days
also "Nights on Broadway"
@@reddoxx4754That's a disco song....not one of their amazing early songs before disco came out.
@@rockyroad7345It's from early 1975 and considered at the time to be R&B, not disco. No, it isn't from the late 60s/early 70s, but it's a transitional song for them, as was "Jive Talkin'" and "Fanny (Be Tender With My Love)".
I graduated from high school in 1979. I spent my teen years listening to the BeeGees and taking disco dancing lessons. It was a fantastic experience. It led to my life-long love for their music. Phenomenal musicians; who by the way, could not read or write music.
My 8th grade gym teacher spent a semester teaching us dances from Saturday Night Fever. Not sure it was the approved curriculum 😂🤷♀️
I was taking dance lessons in 78 and we used most of the songs from SNF as our themes. What fun we had! Love those days! ❤
I loved trying to learn the line dances at the clubs after a drink or 2. If you messed up, so what, you laughed & tried again!! The point was fun, laughter w/friends and strangers.
Some early songs Lonely days, how can you mend a broken heart, 1st of May, To love somebody, Words(1979 live), later music Alone, When he’s gone, Kiss of life, I could not love you more and Wedding Day ❤❤❤❤
I agree, Words is one of my favorites 🎉
@@michelechronister1401 I also love Words (1989 in Melbourne) and him singing it to Linda in I believe 2013/2014.
NOW is the winter of my Disco Tent! The Bee Gees were great and the 70s was an amazing decade.
When those horns let out, its exhilarating.
This song was also on the Saturday night fever movie soundtrack. The iconic dance scene with John Travolta. Great reaction.
I rock to this all over the house cleaning up singing and dancin' Love it❤Much love from Canada❤🇨🇦
I was born in 68, so I grew up listening to 70’s and 80’s music. Best time of music ever. I’ve watched videos like yours and I love your reactions and appreciation of that great music. The BeeGees were amazing. They bring tears because of their voices are perfect.
“Love So Right” is amazing!!
Don't care what anyone says, Disco was the sh&% and for anyone who hated, fair play to ya, but you missed out on a whole lotta fun. There was nothing better than the club on the weekend, dressing up, dancing and spinning around - it was a blast. My condolences that you missed it. lol The BeeGees and Donna Summer completely ruled this era and we loved every single hit they produced. :)
Yeah I laughed at all the disco sucks crowd sitting at a shitty bar with other guys while I was dancing and loving up a storm with the girls.
My whole neighborhood loved Disco except for the "Hillbillies" they hated it and loved Ted Nugent 😅
@@joemachine4714lol!
This song is just pure FUN! Made for the dance floor.
While their disco stuff was great, they were so much more than that. In the 60s and early 70s they had some fantastic songs that were of the R&B type more than anything else. Then after disco, they had some amazing songs too.
Barry had a great chest voice as well as the sustained tremolo/falsetto and Robin sang lead as much as Barry did, and had a unique voice and is *very* worth checking out. Barry once made the comment that Robin could hit a higher note than he could. The comment I see most often about Robin's singing is that he had the voice of an angel. There are a couple songs with Mo in the lead too. He usually preferred playing his bass, but Man in the middle is one with him on lead.
60s Robin songs:
I've gotta get a message to you
I started a joke
Massachusetts
Holiday
Later, absolutely gorgeous songs with Robin on lead:
For whom the bell tolls
Alone
Other early Bee Gees songs worth checking out:
To love somebody
Words
Lonely Days
Run to me
One of their best is called Fanny Be Tender With My Love. They didn't sing it live as it was too difficult due to the many layers of vocals, but Quincy Jones, of R&B production fame said it was one of his all time favorite R&B songs.
The Bee Gees are so much more than Barry singing lead in falsetto and the twins backing with harmonies. So much more. The three of them (mainly Robin and Barry) wrote in the neighborhood of 1000 songs, many for other artists. Their little brother had a short career. I just want to be your everything was probably his biggest and very worth giving a listen.
Agreed, Salvo needs to check out some of their older stuff. I would begin with Words.
I love 'I Started a Joke'. Robin's voice holds so much emotion.
I do too! His voice was just so special. I knew all the older songs of his first but when I heard two of their later songs with him on lead: Alone and For Whom The Bell Tolls I was even more surprised at his vocals than before.@@jodij6280
I would love for him to know how versatile they all were, and how incredibly talented! I've seen a lot of reactors start out the same way with How Deep Is Your Love and a few of the disco numbers and all think Barry was the leader, the *one* with the falsetto and the 'other two' could harmonize well. Then, when they really get into hearing more of their early stuff, and even later (after disco) realize they were all so amazing, and not just a falsetto and two backup singers.@@impudentdomain
Not much more needs to be added to this. I love their earlier music too.
A great early Bee Gees song is "I Started a Joke" with Robin as the lead singer.
One of the most varied collection of songs even before the disco era. Good song though now you need to react to their early 1960’s hits like Massachusetts, Gotta Get. Message to You, 19;9 New York Mining Disaster, and To Love Somebody! All memorable tunes!
I was young in the 70’s but I loved going to the skating rink and watching the older ones just flying around the rink to disco! Disco rocks!!!
Just do react to Fanny, Be Tender With My Love in which they all sang falsetto,, alternating with their chest voices, a favorite R and B with legendary musician/producer Quincy Jones. Bee Gees' tour de force. I promise you won't regret being introduced to their masterpiece.
That song is just so amazing! Love all of theirs but that one is off the charts.
Best of the disco era!! It is really difficult to sit still with this song playing. Love the Bee Gees - all eras!!
As my favorite line from the movie “Wayne’s World” says: “Led Zeppelin didn’t write tunes that everyone liked. They left that to the BeeGees.” Here’s a few of my favorites from other eras/decades…
1960s:
I Started a Joke
To Love Somebody
Words
Gotta Get a Message to You
I Can’t See Nobody
1970s
Run To Me
How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
Jive Talking
Nights on Broadway
Love You Inside Out
Love So Right
1980s
One
You win Again
Medley from Australia concert
1990s
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Secret Love
Blue Island (MTV unplugged is my favorite)
2001
This is Where I Came In
She Keeps On Coming
Love that list! I would add Massachusetts, Fanny Be Tender With My Love, and Alone to the list too! :)
@@lauraallen55 YES! Darn it. Too many to mention! Feel free to to add those too! Thanks!
Yes, so many of theirs are worth a mention. Sal thinks he's a disco fan. Wait until he finds out the Bee Gees aren't just disco!@@lt6134
Tony Manero dancing at the disco on a Saturday night, oh man, a true legend, an icon, he even has his own emoji if you want to look at it that way ❤🕺🏻♥️
What a fantastic era!We were very young some of us even little kids and that world seemed so explosive and fascinating in our eyes.This song is the first one i ever heard from the BG and danced to,me being ( pre-teens age) in a discoteque with my English teacher and all classroom.Her brother was the owner of the disco and she took us there to dance for fun one great Sunday.That was another world.A fantasy land for us.
You’re absolutely right, nothing will ever duplicate this song or The Bee Gees!!!!
Oh how this takes me back! Disco was everywhere! Great roller rink song! We didnt know, then that the 70s would be the pinnacle of music
OMG! I haven't thought of roller rink music in decades. lol! Those were the days.
Always makes me smile, always sets my head nodding, and if I'm doing housework, there's the odd shrug and twirl... Such an upbeat vibe....
Personally never a big BeeGees fan. I loved their pre-disco How Can You Mend a Broken Heart. But this song I love every time. It makes me sing and dance no matter where I am. I have embarrassed my kids many times in public because this song came on. I just love it
I'd love to see you listen to their earlier music, so much great stuff there! Not sure what you've heard yet, but check out How Can You Mend a Broken Heart, or I Started a Joke, or Run to Me
Barry Gibb and Michael Jackson recorded a duet together in 2002 but it was only released nine years later on June 25, 2011. The song 'All In Your Name' was written by Barry Gibb and Michael Jackson.
the video of this song in a mixture of live performance and movie footage of john travlota dancing it is also one of the few times andy gibb appeared on stage with his brothers
Sir Barry & his "fab falsetto"....the voice that made them millionaires & to this day he's still put down for it!🕺
I could be wrong, but I think they were wealthy far before disco and Barry's use of the falsetto. They were very popular (for all of their singing voices) in the 60s and early 70s.
@@lauraallen55 Forgive some lapses in accuracy, but the official accounts are thatthey were paid well by their manager and never asked questions until they were making a million sales a week worldwide with Fever-related sales and started to wonder why they weren't making more. Under Barry's insistence with his siblings, although Manager Stigwood was a family friend, they got an indie audit of their financials and they SUED management for a couple of hundred million in back pay and demanded their rights to their own music. After some real ugly publicity in the early 80's the brothers were given their music back and an undisclosed amount (millions in the hundreds) They and Stigwood renewed their personal friendship, and they got free of their contracts to become their own masters. UNFORTUNATELY on top of the Disco backlash, they alienated many music industry powers through the 1980's. So we understand looking back why the 1980's were so tough on our boys. Many big artists, however, applauded their brave stand for their artistic rights.
@@AlamoDame7 Thanks for explaining this!👍
I was in my late 20s when the Disco era hit and I loved every second of it. I had a group of friends and we all learned to swing dance. The beat in disco music was perfect for swing dancing. We would go out several times a week to dance and always had a wonderful time. One friend said it best. Disco music is happy music. 🤣
Disco clubs were so much fun in the 70s And we have a Club now in Ferndale, Mi.called Boogie Fever. Its still alot of fun.
Live version has their youngest brother Andy Gibb, who had his own solo career performing with his three brothers, all four Gibb brothers performing together on one stage! The Bee Gees brother Andy died at age 30!
Mark Ronsen who wrote “Uptown Funk” for Bruno Mars LOVES The Bee Gees. You will find the use of horns in that song very similar to this one.
I didn't know that about Ronson, but not surprising. He's helped write a lot of great music, & is married to Meryl Streep's daughter!
People were a lot lighter, looser, friendlier, not so uptight, not hate filled like they are today. The 70s were just a fantastic time to grow up as a teenager. We had a good role, models, and groups and individuals who were just excellent at the craft they enjoy.
There’s a huge amount you can try, and many of the singles are being mentioned.
I will add a few others tracks
The First of May
Let there be Love
When the Swallow Flies
I Can’t See Nobody
Just beautiful tracks, heartbreak specialist. There are videos on live performances, but it’s best to get the very early ones to get the intensity, although the later live versions are excellent too.
You'll love Gloria Estefan - "Turn The Beat Around" (Extended)
Bro, RUclips the scene of John Travolta from Saturday Night Fever taking this song to the next level!
another great song to dance to was killing me softly by Roberta Flack The ladies loved the slow dancing
My Uncle knew the boys when they were growing up in Redcliffe, Australia. Apparently they were a handful. Thank goodness they chose music and as they say the rest is history.
We were the BABY BOOMERS and our "teen" years were consumed by Elvis, Bee Gees, Eagles....what great music and a perfect time to be a teenager. We are NOW your grandmothers, who love you beyond life and have such a lot of wisdom to impart.
Glad you listened to a good audio. Now you have to see the music video showing all four brothers singing this - very rare to see Andy on stage with them. The same video has snippets of John Travolta dancing 🕺
Massachusetts,
Words,
Love so right,
To love somebody
You can't just sit and listen, you have to move when you hear this song. You can't help it. ❤ I feel so lucky to have grown up during this time.
I love Disco! I wasn't old enough to go to clubs back then but my best friend's older brother was in college and he and his girlfriend would practice their Disco moves in the garage all week for Fri and Sat night. They were strong and athletic and they had some killer moves. I remember just being in total awe watching them practice. To me, they were like celebrities. Sometimes they let me be DJ and OMG that was so exciting for me. I picked up a number of moves from watching them and in the New Wave 80s when I was going out to dance clubs, and the other kids were just jumping up and down, I could throw in some killer spins and funky moves.
My older brother was literally the John Travolta character, a ladies man. Ended up marrying nine times, divorced twice by age 19!! 😅
Love Bee Gees disco era! You really should also listen to How Do You Mend A Broken Heart. ❤
Amazing Voices Amazing Song Amazing Bee Gees ❤❤❤
I,m from the disco generation what fun great clothes it wa an amazing time this generation has computer generated music we had real music ! these folks could play real instruments.
You should check out the songs Massachusetts and I started a Joke that feature Robin’s voice and also some of their younger brother, Andy’s music.
Please listen to I'm satisfied and Love you inside out. Those two are absolute bangers that should have been in the top 10 charts when they came out. Criminally underrated beegees songs.
Great suggestions! Have you heard SUBWAY from the same album as this reaction is from?
Hey there SalvoG! Just give in to the disco! You will be all the better for it. There were so many groups, that created so much amazing disco music that was fun, that was funky, that was danceable, that was upbeat, that was happy, that brought people together, that brought people out to the clubs and out on the dance floor!
Don't listen to any of the disco haters. I seriously feel sorry for them, because they missed out on one of the absolute best eras. I'm not saying that all disco was the most finely-crafted music, with the most meaningful lyrics, although much of it was. I am saying it was the most absolutely-carefree and fun music, and always a great time.
There was nothing ever downbeat about disco. You can't listen to disco without moving ... nodding your head, or tapping your foot, or moving your whole body. It's absolutely infectious ... and luckily, there is no cure!
There is no reason a person can't like disco, and rock, and metal, and pop, and country western, and alternative, etc. Anyone that thaiks that it's cool to put down disco, does not have enough self-confidence to be themselves, and they still care more about what their friends think, than what they actually like. Aren't we way beyond peer pressure at this point in our lives? We are out of the high school bubble, so live like it!
I recommend that you look at the Billboard disco charts for 1979 as a good starting place to discover many other incredible disco artists/songs. I consider 1979 to be the pinnacle year of the disco era.
BTW, I DJ'd in a disco in Dallas during the summer of 1978, right after the soundtrack of Saturday Night Fever came out. What a joy to hear all of the incredible Bee Gees songs for the first time, as well as several other great artists on the soundtrack. It is still one of the top-selling soundtrack albums of all time. That should tell you a little something about how disco swept the nation. The Dallas Morning News had an entire two-page insert in every Friday edition, listing all of the discos and their location and hours, drink specials, etc., because disco was the thing… It was huge! I felt pretty "big man on campus" to have my name as the in the disco section of the newspaper every week in Dallas (as DJ for H.P. Cassidy's, every week in Dallas. We were very close to SMU, so we got lots of frat and sorority groups. It was a party!
Keep up the great reactions, upbeat attitude, inquisitive nature, and both funny and incisive remarks! Perfect combination for a reactor. I am at faithful fan of your channel.
If I had one disco request, I think that Boogie Oogie Oogie by A Taste of Honey, is one of the best produced and performed ... which became one of the required anthems, of the disco era. The minute the song came on, people almost climbed over each other to get to the dance floor, like they were at a Who concert trying to get into a soldout arena!
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Thanks man!
☮️ Steve
Well said & thank you!👍
@@kthor ... hey thank you for the compliment, and glad you agree. It's always nice to get positive feedback.
You Should Be Dancing Live 93 , (prob a remaster?) is the best clip I have seen of their live concert footage of the 76 tour...all 4 brothers, yes Andy on stage with them, MUST SEE❤❤❤❤
your reactions to the Bee Gees are always wonderful, you should be dancing...in your chair...lol Try Tragedy next!
You should watch the music video of them singing this song with the youngest brother, Andy on stage with them❤❤❤❤
You music the full experience by not watching the video - with a dancing John Travolta. Still a fantastic song - and one of my favourites. Cheers from Canada! :)
It would be great if you could react to the Bee Gees little brother Andy, who was a successful solo artist himself. He was about to join his brothers in becoming a Bee Gee just before his death in 1988. He had three number one hits in a row. I would start off with "Shadow Dancing".
I was a big Andy fan.
Or his first #1 hit, I JUST WANT TO BE YOUR EVERYTHING!
I am 59 Years old. I graduated High school in 1982. Elvis was my favorite singer, and the Bee Gees my favorite group. Disco music was great at school Dances and Parties and at the Skateing Rink.
Happy new Year. These Bee Gees were a big part of my life from the 60s to the 70s. Their early stuff was also good. Saw them in concert in Ottawa in 1974. Glad you like their music.
Children of the World is a great album. I almost played the grooves off my vinyl back in 76! You need to watch the live version video from the 1979 Spirits tour with younger brother Andy joining them onstage.
It was so fun to see them do this live!! They killed it!
In 1979, with fake IDs in hand, my boyfriend and I went to the disco clubs and danced, danced, danced! So much fun!
You needed to be in a Disco for the full experience of this song. Floor is illuminated in flashing colours & everyone dancing their hearts out. Love them.
Heavy chair dancing up here in Canada! Thanks Salvo!!!! Have you tried their Jive Talking yet? it's a whole different sound again.
I just love them.❤ Do Alone and Fanny Be Tender.😊
Those two are amazing!
Absolutely could not remain sitting when this song played, still can't!
Bee Gees top notch of all time❤❤❤
I graduated HS in ‘78
Our school dances were a blast!
“How many times can they do this?!?” - SalvoG
“All. ALL the times!” - anyone alive in the disco era 😂💐
There is some Disco I don't mind and then there is the Bee Gees.
The music for this also shows scenes from the movie saturday night fever
I was 15. I loved them. Still do. They are the best ever
I too am from the Disco dance music Era.
It was SOOO much FUN!! People line dancing together, having a blast!!
You really felt & were moved by the music. It was true talent!!
The huge shiny disco balls & strobe lights!! An experience I will never forget!!
I loved the Bee Gees & Donna Summers!!
No gunplay, date rape drugging, or kidnapping. People were there to have a night of fun wearing their bell bottom pants, shiny shirts w/big collars!! Man!!! 😎❤
Almost 99.99999 percent Bee Gees song had great melody...groovy.. lyrics+unique Gibb brothers falsetto and vocals..... this was the reason why I became their die hard fans forever 😊😊🎉
Our favorite club to dance at was named Mondos, outside of Kansas City, Mo The lighted floor, the overhead lighting all pulsed to the music. Great time, always. We were dancing. Pure magic.
Salvo, you make me smile!! Love the Bee Gees, was a teenager in the 70's and love all music from 70 and 80's!! Have you ever watched episodes from American Bandstand and Soul Train? These shows were music and dance shows from the 70's, watched every Saturday!! You should watch some, you will love it. Had lots of good musical talents from the time on both shows. You should have lived in these eras, best music ever!!❤❤
I feel like watching Saturday Night Fever now. This might be my favorite Bee Gees song but older I have another favorite in "Lonely Days" - This song is impossible not to groove to!
This song was part of the amazing Saturday Night Fever movie and soundtrack record.
How many times can they do this? Every time. There isn't another group ever that I can say I love all of their songs but only 150 some are my favorites. It's a once in a lifetime, maybe one time ever phenomenon.
Need to hear the Dee Gees ( Foo Fighters ) version. They released an entire album of Bee Gees songs recently.
Please, your next BeeGees review should be these:
1. Alone (1997)
2. Immortality (duet with Celine Dion) -- especially now that Celine couldn't sing anymore, this is so timely for you to show her video
3. Our Love (Don't Throw It All Away) -- check their live version in Las Vegas concert in 1997
I grew up in Palm Springs CA and the hottest spot in the desert was a place called Oil Can Harry’s! It was a gay bar but it was a mixture of all! No one had a problem with it and we would disco our butts off! Fantastic! Nothing beats the 70’s!
Love me some BeeGees .I was 18 and disco was so it! Then I met the Eagles. My sister played their older songs and they were sooo good. Check it out. I heard the clubs were so fun! Never have that again. Also, what's your sign?😁😁😁. I believe that was a conversation starter🙂✌️
Best tune the BeeGees ever did. That horn break in the middle still gives me goosebumps.
In Central Florida, we had ABC Liquor Store and Lounge, on Highway 436 in Casselberry, and the bar had one huge, central, ROTATING bar! They also had a Disco dance floor that had forever changing colors, while we drank, took Quaaludes, and danced on the colors under the huge Disco Ball, that was reflecting light flashes all throughout the place! Only downside... Going to dance and never finding your seat at the bar until the closing lights came on... Because it was always revolving... So you just went back and danced sone more! 😊
This is the song to which John Travolta had his big dance scene in Saturday Night Fever. If you have not seen that video its worth doing.