I really love early BeeGees. Check out "Massachusetts", "Lonely days, lonely nights", "Words", "To love somebody", "I have got to get a message to you"
Robin was an admitted loner and very eccentric and felt for those reasons he was often misunderstood. He heard the melody for this song in a plane's engines over Germany. Many people believe this is about himself and saying things that were taken the wrong way and hurt others when not intended to do so or when being serious made others laugh. The original video is of distorted human shapes and fun house mirrors. Do people see us as we really are or distorted? A beautiful natural vibrato.
Just in case you need a good cry today: "Robin Gibb's son played this song just after his father died from kidney failure on May 20, 2012. Robin-John Gibb told The Sun: "When he passed away we went out, they took the equipment away and we came back in. I picked up my phone and found 'I Started A Joke' on RUclips and played it. I put the phone on his chest and that was the first time I broke down. I knew that song and its lyrics were perfect for that moment. That song will always have new meaning to me now."
My obsession. BeeGees. I was fortunate enough to see them in 1978 during the height of the disco era however, don’t like to use that word because the Bee Gees are so much more than that in the early 60s in my opinion is when they had the best music ever, this is a signature song featuring Robyn, who in my opinion, had the best voice, but didn’t get the credit. He deserved because of his brother was so darn attractive.
"Lonely Days", "To Love Somebody" and "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart" are from this time, and are worth a listen!! I kind of hate that they went disco, but have a grudging admiration for "Staying Alive".
The Bee Gees reinvented themselves in the seventies around the disco era. They had a whole other successful career in the sixties and started going out of style in the early seventies. They were hugely successful in the UK where I lived before moving to the US in '67. Some of their songs from the '60s include, "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart", "Massachusetts", "To Love Somebody" and "Lonely Days".
Nobo'dy showing any love for 'New York Mining Disaster 1941? Their first US hit and one of the songs that blew me away when I first heard it in 1967! Bee Gees are a whole trilogy of books in the history of rock/pop music.
I love the early Bee Gees. To Love Somebody is my favorite. It was also Barry Gib's favorite song. I also love "Fanny Be Tender With My Love". The Bee Gees are so underrated!
You should check out a live performance of this one. Robin Gibbs got a standing ovation for this because his vocals are so flawless. His voice sounds so vulnerable. Hits in the feels e every time
Early BeeGees was when they truly shined as a band. When the folk rock explosion started they kind of started to fade. Then it all exploded again with the disco scene. We all know Saturday Night Fever and Staying Alive put them back on the map. Although the discos played their songs and they were dubbed as Disco ... if you truly listen to the lyrics and the compositions, they were much bigger than Disco! They were brilliant! But to me, their sixties catalog is genius and unique. I encourage you to listen to their older albums. NY Mining Disaste, I've Got To Get A Message To You, Massachusetts... the list goes on and on!
The Bee Gees early hits were great. Songs like: Run To Me, To Love Somebody, Lonely Days Lonely Nights, Massachusetts and How Can You Mend A Broken Heart.
Great that you guys are hitting early BeeGees. In their early work like this, they were famous for wrapping deep, deep melancholy in delicately beautiful arrangements--it's almost like if the Beatles filled a whole album with songs like 'Eleanor Rigby' and 'She's Leaving Home'. If you'd like to see how deep and dark and lovely they could get, please hit 'Lonely Days, Lonely Nights', 'Massachusetts', 'To Love Somebody', 'I've Just Got To Get a Message To You', or (the deepest and darkest of 'em all...) their debut American single 'New York Mining Disaster 1941' (Yes--their debut single was about a mining disaster, if that tells you anything.. ;-)
How Can You Mend A Broken Heart was my favorite from when I was like 10 years old. Still love it. Lonely Days is really good too. I really like your reactions. It's like having my youngest son react to music i grew up with.
I was a big fan of the BeeGees before their second career in the Disco era. Funny thing is when I was in college in the early to mid 70s most people thought of the BeeGees as oldies but a group of my friends and I still played their tapes all the time. A year or two later they were bigger than ever.
So good, the harmonizing is exquisite! The Bee Gees were so much more than just "disco" icons. They did amazing & beautiful songs throughout their career! thx for sharing Andy & Alex :)
Nobody cared what it was about! The Music - The Vocals- The Drama ! The entire album was addictive. I haven’t heard this in ages but I remembered every note . The Bee Gees started singing as a group as children and yes I remember their American debut on our tv ☮️
Bee Gees actually started performing under that name in 1958 as kids. Can see first TV appearance in 1960 with Time passing by (written by Barry who was 13/14). Some early Bee Gees are Words, Holiday, 1st of May, How do you mend a broken heart and Lonely days. ❤❤
The BeeGees had several hits in the 60s, those tunes are awesome! Much more creative than their 70s and beyond work. There was lots written about the big change in their music in the 70s. I have a drummer friend, Steve Rucker, who was their touring drummer for a few years in the 90s. I'll have to ask him if they played any of their 60s songs.
The Bee Gees are another band with the ability to adapt to the era, from 60's to 70's and 80's their sound changed with the times. Few and far between.
Really love the early Bee Gees. I think you'd really enjoy, though, watching the video of these 60s songs because they're so entertaining, and it's fun to watch them especially during this time❤❤❤
Please react to "Lonely Days" next. Great song. For literally DECADES, I believed and would've bet big money that "Lonely Days" was done by The Beatles! When I discovered (about 20 years ago) that it was the Bee Gees, my jaw hit the floor! I'd be interested to know if any others ever thought it was The Beatles.
Love your reviews & have since your first vids. You asked, so early Bee Gees: Lonely Days, Nights on Broadway. All of them could sing in both they're lower register and falsetto. They swap vocal arrangements in many songs. So versatile.
I also really love early Bee Gees. I don’t love this song but I’m glad you guys listened to it. Bee Gees weren’t just about disco, though they were really good at it. I highly recommend, as I’m sure many will agree that these are the songs you should listen to next before you hit the disco “You don’t know what it’s like “ “ how can you mend a broken heart?” “You Should Be Dancing”
Yes, you guys listened to three Bee Gees songs before nights on Broadway, which is a great song. Jive talking, which would be my favorite of the three listened to before this one And how deep is your love which is not one of my favorites though it’s well put together
This one was a very big hit. It went throughout their career into the 2000's concerts. Robin's signature song. My favourite on 5 days of the week the other two are reserved for, 'I Surrender' and 'I could not love you more.'
'Spicks and Specks' from 1966 is just the coolest of the Bee Gees songs from the 60s era. 'New York Mining Disaster 1941' from 1967 has a very Elanor Rigby feel to it.
Robin heard the melody aboard a British Airways Vickers Viscount, it was a four engine prop plane and he said that the droning of the engine became hypnotic, taking on the sound of a church choir. When they landed they headed immediately to the hotel to write the song. Barry helped with the lyrics but it’s considered Robin’s signature song. May he RIP.
When they were young kids 1955 they were "The Rattlesnakes", their international career as the Bee Gees started around 1967, my older sister was a huge fan and played their records all the time in the late sixties.
Loved it. Thank you, gents A bit of 60's contemporary folk sound. To Love Somebody, is probably their best early song musically. I think. NY Mining Disaster 1941, Massachusetts.
Please listen to the BeeGee's New York miming disaster 1941, which is based on a Welsh landslide in Aberfan which killed 115 kids and 28 adults. It was a small mining village and rain caused a massive slag(coal) pile to landslide into a school and row of houses in 1966. Amazing song
The Bee Gees from the 60s was GREAT music. A Bee Gees album with this on it was my first album when I was younger than 10 years old. I have always loved their music.
As far as I know, this song is about a man did something bad. He thought he made a joke, but everybody was crying. When he realized what he had done and felt sorry, everybody started laughing on him. He and "the world", meaning the community he lives in, didn't understand each other anymore. They drifted apart and at least felt very uncomfortable and unhappy with each other. After his death, things became normal again, "which started the whole world living".
The Bee Gees discography spans 50 years! Their harmonies were angelic. You should check out Fanny Be Tender or Too Much Heaven to get a sense. Earlier songs that highlight their beautiful voices could be Lonely Days or 1941 Mining Disaster.
Three Dog Night is great! I love them. But this is a perfect Bee Gees song, and no one should DARE touch it! It's Robin's song. Barry even turns his back in concerts when they perform it.
They were inducted into the songwriters HoF, which was a most beautiful moment in their lives. And as well the RRHoF. More to those brothers than just Stayin' Alive!😊
Time to try Cold Chisel. It’s a crime to be checking out Aussie bands and not try them. Bow river (ringside) When the war is over (ringside) Wild thing (last stand) Choir girl Saturday night Forever now (official video has sound issues so find a lyric video) Star hotel One long day Che sahn Cheap wine Flame trees Hound dog As you can see this will be a deep dive you won’t regret
I have watched literally dozens of interviews with the Bee Gees and a lot of people want to know from Robyn because he wrote this song what it was about and do you know that he has never really truly answered. It’s just gonna be one of those unanswered questions you have to understand Robin’s personality. I think he battled depression. He was in a horrific train wreck when he was just 17 and it was said that there were like dead bodies around him and it really really messed up his psyche for a long long time.
Bee Gees had two careers: folk-rock in the sixties, then they disappeared and came back as disco gods in the seventies. Also, Robin Gibb (one of the twins) was the singer of this one, but Barry developed his falsetto by the seventies and took over most of the lead vocals instead of the two sharing them. If you want my opinion about the meaning, it's about someone who's always felt like he never fit into society, like when he thought something was funny it was really tragic and when he died the world went right on without him, because he never mattered to anyone.
Love it when you guys do Bee Gees songs, all eras. This is Robin's signature song. What is it about? Ha, noone really knows and Robin won't say, but I think everyone feels the depth of emotion, which is all that really matters. Bee Gees can do so much, through all the decades from late 50s all the way through 2001 (2016 if you count Barry's "In the Now". Many differnent sides. Thanks!
I really love early BeeGees. Check out "Massachusetts", "Lonely days, lonely nights", "Words", "To love somebody", "I have got to get a message to you"
Excellent list!
@penderyn8794not according to Barry Gibb
@penderyn8794Barry Gibb says that isn't the meaning
@@gagejackmanbut don’t we all have our own preferred meanings and truths and all that other woke stuff? So it means what it means.
In an interview Barry said "Loney Days" was his tribute to The Beatles.
Robin was an admitted loner and very eccentric and felt for those reasons he was often misunderstood. He heard the melody for this song in a plane's engines over Germany. Many people believe this is about himself and saying things that were taken the wrong way and hurt others when not intended to do so or when being serious made others laugh. The original video is of distorted human shapes and fun house mirrors. Do people see us as we really are or distorted? A beautiful natural vibrato.
Just in case you need a good cry today: "Robin Gibb's son played this song just after his father died from kidney failure on May 20, 2012. Robin-John Gibb told The Sun: "When he passed away we went out, they took the equipment away and we came back in. I picked up my phone and found 'I Started A Joke' on RUclips and played it. I put the phone on his chest and that was the first time I broke down. I knew that song and its lyrics were perfect for that moment. That song will always have new meaning to me now."
Was looking if someone was going to do this. Robin, man...
Wow.
The 60's Bee Gees music is more heart felt I think than the 70's. Have you listened to their song Holiday? That's a good one too.
Robin’s voice at its finest!!
To Love Somebody is my favorite Bee Gees song, very early Bee Gees and one, if not the most covered song ever.
My obsession. BeeGees. I was fortunate enough to see them in 1978 during the height of the disco era however, don’t like to use that word because the Bee Gees are so much more than that in the early 60s in my opinion is when they had the best music ever, this is a signature song featuring Robyn, who in my opinion, had the best voice, but didn’t get the credit. He deserved because of his brother was so darn attractive.
Features Robin. His voice is so pure.
"Lonely Days", "To Love Somebody" and "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart" are from this time, and are worth a listen!! I kind of hate that they went disco, but have a grudging admiration for "Staying Alive".
The Bee Gees reinvented themselves in the seventies around the disco era. They had a whole other successful career in the sixties and started going out of style in the early seventies. They were hugely successful in the UK where I lived before moving to the US in '67. Some of their songs from the '60s include, "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart", "Massachusetts", "To Love Somebody" and "Lonely Days".
BeeGees had number 1s in the 1960, 70s, 80s, 90s, and 2000s.
Robin Gibb says, "This is a very spiritual song. The listeners have to interpret it themselves, trying to explain it would detract from the song."
Nobo'dy showing any love for 'New York Mining Disaster 1941? Their first US hit and one of the songs that blew me away when I first heard it in 1967! Bee Gees are a whole trilogy of books in the history of rock/pop music.
I Can’t See Nobody Is another great early Bee Gees song. Others are To Love Somebidy and Got To Get A Message To You
I love the early Bee Gees. To Love Somebody is my favorite. It was also Barry Gib's favorite song. I also love "Fanny Be Tender With My Love". The Bee Gees are so underrated!
Robin Gibb had such a unique voice. I really like it 🔥🔥
You should check out a live performance of this one. Robin Gibbs got a standing ovation for this because his vocals are so flawless. His voice sounds so vulnerable. Hits in the feels e every time
Early BeeGees was when they truly shined as a band. When the folk rock explosion started they kind of started to fade. Then it all exploded again with the disco scene. We all know Saturday Night Fever and Staying Alive put them back on the map. Although the discos played their songs and they were dubbed as Disco ... if you truly listen to the lyrics and the compositions, they were much bigger than Disco! They were brilliant! But to me, their sixties catalog is genius and unique.
I encourage you to listen to their older albums. NY Mining Disaste, I've Got To Get A Message To You, Massachusetts... the list goes on and on!
I laughed when I saw you were showing this. But when you actually listen, it's damn good. The joke was on me!
Love the pre disco Bee Gees.
The Bee Gees have very robust 60s catalog. Ignored by the early 70s then reinvented their sound mid 70s where most people associate them.
existential mysticism. beautifully and carefully composed and performed.
This is my favorite BeeGees song and the first one I heard and bought when I was 13 in 1970.
The Bee Gees early hits were great. Songs like: Run To Me, To Love Somebody, Lonely Days Lonely Nights, Massachusetts and How Can You Mend A Broken Heart.
So cool you guys found the Bee Gees 1.0! (their 70’s stuff is as good as any of the time too) Lots of great stuff!
The Bee Gees album Odessa was one of my first albums in the 60s. This song, "The First of May" and "Never Say Never Again" were popular releases.
Great that you guys are hitting early BeeGees. In their early work like this, they were famous for wrapping deep, deep melancholy in delicately beautiful arrangements--it's almost like if the Beatles filled a whole album with songs like 'Eleanor Rigby' and 'She's Leaving Home'. If you'd like to see how deep and dark and lovely they could get, please hit 'Lonely Days, Lonely Nights', 'Massachusetts', 'To Love Somebody', 'I've Just Got To Get a Message To You', or (the deepest and darkest of 'em all...) their debut American single 'New York Mining Disaster 1941' (Yes--their debut single was about a mining disaster, if that tells you anything.. ;-)
Well put.
I can't hear this song without getting teary eyed. Robin, you are my favorite Bee Gee . I hope you are all at peace.
How Can You Mend A Broken Heart was my favorite from when I was like 10 years old. Still love it. Lonely Days is really good too. I really like your reactions. It's like having my youngest son react to music i grew up with.
I was a big fan of the BeeGees before their second career in the Disco era.
Funny thing is when I was in college in the early to mid 70s most people thought of the BeeGees as oldies but a group of my friends and I still played their tapes all the time.
A year or two later they were bigger than ever.
This so very beautiful and sad at the same time. Love the Bee Gees. Love your reactions! ♥
So good, the harmonizing is exquisite! The Bee Gees were so much more than just "disco" icons. They did amazing & beautiful songs throughout their career! thx for sharing Andy & Alex :)
This , of all the BeeGees hits , is my favorite . if Robin had gone solo , as brother Andy Gibb did , he'd have had his own solo recognition .
As a matter of fact, he did. It was 1969/1970. Robin had a hit with ""Saved by the bell", remember?
Nobody cared what it was about! The Music - The Vocals- The Drama ! The entire album was addictive. I haven’t heard this in ages but I remembered every note . The Bee Gees started singing as a group as children and yes I remember their American debut on our tv ☮️
Bee Gees actually started performing under that name in 1958 as kids. Can see first TV appearance in 1960 with Time passing by (written by Barry who was 13/14). Some early Bee Gees are Words, Holiday, 1st of May, How do you mend a broken heart and Lonely days. ❤❤
The BeeGees had several hits in the 60s, those tunes are awesome! Much more creative than their 70s and beyond work. There was lots written about the big change in their music in the 70s. I have a drummer friend, Steve Rucker, who was their touring drummer for a few years in the 90s. I'll have to ask him if they played any of their 60s songs.
They've got fistfuls of FANTASTIC hits in the late 60's, and yet I dont believe they get enough cred for their astounding 1st run!
The Bee Gees are another band with the ability to adapt to the era, from 60's to 70's and 80's their sound changed with the times. Few and far between.
Really love the early Bee Gees. I think you'd really enjoy, though, watching the video of these 60s songs because they're so entertaining, and it's fun to watch them especially during this time❤❤❤
Lonely Days!
The live b and w footage of this song is something else.
This song right here is my favorite Bee Gees song…beautiful. ♥️🌹
Please react to "Lonely Days" next. Great song. For literally DECADES, I believed and would've bet big money that "Lonely Days" was done by The Beatles! When I discovered (about 20 years ago) that it was the Bee Gees, my jaw hit the floor! I'd be interested to know if any others ever thought it was The Beatles.
Always reminds me of riding in the car with my mother who loved this song. ❤
Love your reviews & have since your first vids. You asked, so early Bee Gees: Lonely Days, Nights on Broadway. All of them could sing in both they're lower register and falsetto. They swap vocal arrangements in many songs. So versatile.
I also really love early Bee Gees.
I don’t love this song but I’m glad you guys listened to it. Bee Gees weren’t just about disco, though they were really good at it.
I highly recommend, as I’m sure many will agree that these are the songs you should listen to next before you hit the disco
“You don’t know what it’s like “
“ how can you mend a broken heart?”
“You Should Be Dancing”
They remained relevant to every generation. I love Robin's voice.
Yes, you guys listened to three Bee Gees songs before nights on Broadway, which is a great song.
Jive talking, which would be my favorite of the three listened to before this one
And how deep is your love which is not one of my favorites though it’s well put together
This one was a very big hit. It went throughout their career into the 2000's concerts. Robin's signature song. My favourite on 5 days of the week the other two are reserved for, 'I Surrender' and 'I could not love you more.'
'Spicks and Specks' from 1966 is just the coolest of the Bee Gees songs from the 60s era.
'New York Mining Disaster 1941' from 1967 has a very Elanor Rigby feel to it.
Yes, Andy, it is a blend of 50's and 60's blend. Simple blend of vocals and simple music. Just my thoughts.
PLEASE listen to For Whom the Bell Tolls by the Bee Gees (live version in New York) ❤
Love the video that faith no more fud when they covered this. Just a great cover too.
Robin heard the melody aboard a British Airways Vickers Viscount, it was a four engine prop plane and he said that the droning of the engine became hypnotic, taking on the sound of a church choir. When they landed they headed immediately to the hotel to write the song. Barry helped with the lyrics but it’s considered Robin’s signature song. May he RIP.
Robin Gibb sang like he had a Leslie Tone Cabinet in his throat.
Oh yeah...whenever I think of The Sixties I think of The Bee Gees...
When they were young kids 1955 they were "The Rattlesnakes", their international career as the Bee Gees started around 1967, my older sister was a huge fan and played their records all the time in the late sixties.
Loved it. Thank you, gents
A bit of 60's contemporary folk sound.
To Love Somebody, is probably their best early song musically. I think.
NY Mining Disaster 1941, Massachusetts.
Please listen to the BeeGee's New York miming disaster 1941, which is based on a Welsh landslide in Aberfan which killed 115 kids and 28 adults. It was a small mining village and rain caused a massive slag(coal) pile to landslide into a school and row of houses in 1966. Amazing song
That and Holiday are my favorites early BeeGees hits.
Robin sings this. I love it.
Thank you so much for playing this. Love Robins voice. I have him on my playlist.
Robin was the main songwriter and takes the lead vocals on this one.
Tioraidh an-drasta 🏴
The Bee Gees from the 60s was GREAT music. A Bee Gees album with this on it was my first album when I was younger than 10 years old. I have always loved their music.
Robin had such an amazing voice
I bet you would love their song You Should Be Dancing!!!
That era was brilliant , they had some brilliant songs
As far as I know, this song is about a man did something bad. He thought he made a joke, but everybody was crying. When he realized what he had done and felt sorry, everybody started laughing on him. He and "the world", meaning the community he lives in, didn't understand each other anymore. They drifted apart and at least felt very uncomfortable and unhappy with each other. After his death, things became normal again, "which started the whole world living".
To love somebody is one to check out.
The Bee Gees were remarkable singers and songwriters - just wonderful.
Best 60s you're missing is the Sonics "boss Hoss""he's waiting""Cinderella""psycho" 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
My favorite all time Bee Gees song. Robin’s voice is the best of all three brothers. ❤
I agree!
So much great music from the bee gees for decades
Like Art Garfunkel, Robin had an ethereal quality to his voice than was both angelic and mysterious.
Run to Me is my favourite BeeGees song
Reached Number 9 in The UK on 13th August,1972.
The Bee Gees discography spans 50 years! Their harmonies were angelic. You should check out Fanny Be Tender or Too Much Heaven to get a sense. Earlier songs that highlight their beautiful voices could be Lonely Days or 1941 Mining Disaster.
Three Dog Night is great! I love them. But this is a perfect Bee Gees song, and no one should DARE touch it! It's Robin's song. Barry even turns his back in concerts when they perform it.
Lonely days, lonely nights thumbs up
They were inducted into the songwriters HoF, which was a most beautiful moment in their lives. And as well the RRHoF. More to those brothers than just Stayin' Alive!😊
Incredible song ..... what a singer this guy was.
For whom the bell tolls should be your next reaction 👍🏻🤩🏴
Robin Gibb, OMG, what a treasure.
"New York Mining Disaster", "Massachusetts", "Lonely Days"
Time to try Cold Chisel. It’s a crime to be checking out Aussie bands and not try them.
Bow river (ringside)
When the war is over (ringside)
Wild thing (last stand)
Choir girl
Saturday night
Forever now (official video has sound issues so find a lyric video)
Star hotel
One long day
Che sahn
Cheap wine
Flame trees
Hound dog
As you can see this will be a deep dive you won’t regret
🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸 Wonderful
Also, Robin's voice literally had perfect pitch...a real treat for the ears.
Massachusetts is a great 60s Bee Gees song
It was played on most genre radio, and most would sing along
Going from these 60s tunes to their later disco era songs was a shock at the time.
I have watched literally dozens of interviews with the Bee Gees and a lot of people want to know from Robyn because he wrote this song what it was about and do you know that he has never really truly answered. It’s just gonna be one of those unanswered questions you have to understand Robin’s personality. I think he battled depression. He was in a horrific train wreck when he was just 17 and it was said that there were like dead bodies around him and it really really messed up his psyche for a long long time.
Their version of 'Blowin' in the wind' from 1963. Just kids then.
Bee Gees had two careers: folk-rock in the sixties, then they disappeared and came back as disco gods in the seventies. Also, Robin Gibb (one of the twins) was the singer of this one, but Barry developed his falsetto by the seventies and took over most of the lead vocals instead of the two sharing them. If you want my opinion about the meaning, it's about someone who's always felt like he never fit into society, like when he thought something was funny it was really tragic and when he died the world went right on without him, because he never mattered to anyone.
The early Bee Gees is my fav
Love it when you guys do Bee Gees songs, all eras. This is Robin's signature song. What is it about? Ha, noone really knows and Robin won't say, but I think everyone feels the depth of emotion, which is all that really matters. Bee Gees can do so much, through all the decades from late 50s all the way through 2001 (2016 if you count Barry's "In the Now". Many differnent sides. Thanks!
I think this is Robin on lead vocals
Sooo good!
Robin! At his very best, he can hit the shivers on you like no other.
Lonely Days Lonely Nights
This song was popular during a horrible time of my life. It really helped me cope with everything but it’s hard to listen to today.
Robin Gibb. One of the most unique voices in rock. If he sang it. He wrote it. Thats how the BG's worked.
That's not how the Bee Gees music worked. Start somewhere....& go through album by album to see who wrote & sang what.
@@kthor I am generalizing. There is a video of Barry himself saying they each sang what they wrote...even if it was just a part of the song.
@@kthor PS I dont know about you but I grew up along side the BG's as a musician myself. Trust me. I know them from their beginning quite well.
You really should check out "Nights On Broadway" by the Bee Gees.