To all the fools who havent a clue, the Bee Gees had the best selling record b4 mj thriller. They have had more top ten hits, written top ten hits for other artists, and have been singing and writing music longer than any other band. So b4 u call anyone an idiot get a clue fools. Btw the Bee Gees are also the most sampled band. That for all you hater beatles fans.
Reading through the comments here and am quite surprised at the haters!! The Bee Gees are now approaching fifty years of music making and composing. That record surpasses pretty much any other group around, or defunct--including The Beatles (and I am a Beatles freak). The Brothers Gibb have had such a profound impact on music, even today their disco songs are considered classics despite the "disco haters." RIP Maurice and Andy....love you both!
Heeere we are In a room full of straaangers Discussing politics And the issues of the daaaaAAAYYY! Well, I want to talk to you Though you may not want me to! I'm still gonna taaalk to you I don't care what you saaaay! Talkin' it up! On the Barry Gibb Talk Show Talkin' about issues Talkin' about real important issues! Talkin' it up! On the Barry Gibb Talk Show Checkin' out politics In this crazy, crazy tow-ow-ow-own! Oh, yeah-ah! Yeah! YEAH! YeAH!
yes BeeGees , night on London Broadway is OK , but watch out in some big freak US cities, "Night on the broadway is not good for your health , someone may rob you !
I'l tell you; That stage just kills me! That's great! It's too bad Maurice isn't around these days. They had more music in them. Oh well, can't win them all.
@Keedeeg3 That was about the same time I saw them as well. To all: if you want to hear Barry using his voice go back and listen to stuff done pre-Saturday night fever. He was asked, during the production if any one of them could SCREAM in key and when Barry opened his mouth it was a falsetto voice that came out ( for lack of a better way to describe it). Even he didn't know he could do it and I personally LOVE his falsetto.....I also believe Some one belonging to someone is in a lower register.
The Bee Gee's were the best group of the 60's and 70's. If they would have stayed with it in the 80's and 90's they would have blown away the competition. Great group. Sorry to hear about thier brother. That was sad, I love the Bee Gee's to this day.
You have The Beatles in Washington (I Saw Her Standing There & Long Tall Sally). And you have The Bee Gees Spirits tour (Nights on Broadway & You Should be Dancing). These are the most exciting live group performances on YouTube. And teh Bee Gees wrote both theirs!
I may never forgive them for the "Saturday Night Fever" era, but songs like "Nights On Broadway", "Run To Me", and "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" will always be among mu favorites.
Superb talent, on all levels. Listen to their vocal harmonies, incredible. I would love to have been at this concert. Barry's hair is also at its finest during this period.
great song. that said was this performance pure organic ? no tape ? just curious what you real fans think ? that said what a wonderfull song . perfect.
Hmm, no formal musical training. They can't read or write music but they have written over 1000 songs. Barry sings the string and horn sections as well as the boys singing the melody so the music can be written. Songs written for other artists have all been hits. Their harmonies are probably the best ever. They have had hit records in 5 decades. SNF holds the record for best selling soundtrack. (Not even my favorite BG's songs) IMHO, the Bee Gees are simply the most talented ever.
@Jons01 Finally another Bee Gees fan who knows what hes talking about. I love the Bee Gees, always have. They have some of the best, heartfelt music ever written, even those written for artist. I think the Bee Gees were the greatest band ever. Even better than the Beetles.
@thrillho3 How many songs did the Beetles write for other artist that became #1 songs? 0 The Bee Gees had the highest selling album, till MJ Thriller. They have more songs hit #1 than the beetles, and more songs written for other artists that became #1 songs.
@jwk290 Rolling Stone put 5 Beatles album in their top 20 and 4 were in the top 10. (including 1 & 3) Thriller was 20 on the same list. Album sales don't really mean much to any musical connoisseur. If the Beatles hadn't broken up (to 4 VERY successful careers) they would have more number ones songs and albums than they had screaming fans.. The BeeGees are superb; but this is all like comparing Michael JORDAN to Pippen. You know they're both great, but there's no question who's better.
@jwk290 hahaha. I'm so glad I don't have to live with you. You sound more stubborn than a child conceived by Hitler and Delilah. You can't even spell 'Beatles,' It shows how much you know about them. I don't think I'm gonna read your response to this; it would have to proofread first.
@jwk290 Haha. but not 3 times over. Arguing with you is pointless, unless someone wants to laugh all the time. Then I highly recommend it. The Beatles broke up to pursue the rest of their lives. If Jordan, Gretzky, and Manning all played just 8 years each, they'd still be considered the best of all time. You're only fooling yourself if you spend all your time trying to convince others that 1 band is better than another on youtube. I only check this stuff when I want a good laugh.
@thrillho3 obviously talking about music with u is pointless ur a closed minded jackass. I feel sorry for u, u will never know the love of music fully. Too closed minded, Open your mind, argueing over who the best group of all time is a waste of time. Its all a matter of taste and opinion. Even a jackass like urself can understand that. Talking about music with ignorant people is a waste of my time.
@jwk290 HAHAHAHA. That's exactly what I was telling you. You're the one who started this whole thing just because I told you how to spell Beales. You're the one who said the bee gees are better cuz they have more duets. the bee gees are awesome. i love them. I think its absurd that you think they're the best of all time, but thats your opinion. and i laugh every time you respond, so please; keeping making me laugh.
@thrillho3 and u should know Hitler Jr. or is it Delilah Jr. The beatles where like a sparkler bright for short time but then gone. The Bee Gees have been bright shining stars their whole careers. Through the music they made, and the music they made for others. If u got ur head out of ur a ss u would know this. All u can see is bass hole.
@jwk290 I was around for their first songs, so I agree they are excellent and have longevity. You can think they are the best, but for various reasons, the fall short.
@thrillho3 Rolling Stone was a musical paper that was run by old hippies, their placing of artists were merely their opinions. Show me any classic songs that the Beatles had written at the age of 17, the Bee Gees wrote so many at that age, of course the Beatles were brilliant, but to me the Bee Gees had better vocals and were superior songwriters.
@jwk290 It"s spelled BEATLES. "World without Love", by Peter and Gordon, "Bad to Me" by Billy J. Kramer, and Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds by Elton John all went #1. McCartney penned 32 number 1s. Lennon penned 26 and Barry Gibb wrote 16. McCratney has 29 number 1 hits. The Bee Gees were not even on the list. Please get your facts straight before posting again. thank You.
@jwk290 I think the Beatles are better then the bea gea's. At least you could have spelled it right ;).But on the other hand i don't care. Let the members who still live join together and play all of their great songs. The Bea Geatles forever.
@Holymakinaw Clown. They have outlasted the Beatles and pretty much any other group that is in existence or has existed. You obviously have not done your research because they started composing songs in the early 60's, well before disco. Society was shocked when they "went disco" because they were known for ballads and love songs. Disco was the result of their British interpretation of soul music (Barry called it "black soul" in an interview once). Do your research, please. Idiot.
@dalsnsetters LMFAO!! What kind of mouth-breathing MORON could think that the Bee Gees could compare in any way, shape or form, to the most influential rock band of all time??? Too funny. IDIOT.
@Holymakinaw How quaint that your momma taught you how to call names...she should have taught you to do your research. If you did your research, you would know that what I say is true. The Bee Gees have had much more influence on music--for FIFTY YEARS--than the Beatles. The Beatles introduced rock n' roll but the Bee Gees introduced a helluva lot more. Once you grow up, you'll realize that. But in the meantime, do some research because to fans, you are making a fool of yourself.
@Holymakinaw You are obviously a kid who doesn't really know what you are talking about. For that reason I am able to forgive you your ignorance. In the future, instead of arguing emotions, try arguing facts. I am a Beatles freak, have been since the 70's (you probably weren't even born yet) and am able to defend the Bee Gees DUE TO my love of The Beatles. I'm not some emotional fan who fails to appreciate any other musical group. You should try it. You might find other music that is good.
17djlover they have them playing right along with them b/cause if they should stop to catch a rest or for whatever reason the sound will still be good. nothing missing beat or otherwise.. you need to get over it.. bee gees forever the greatest...... take your negative b--t and talk to yourself.. you need to take some lessons from the beegees who never spoke negative words about anyone....
@lparnell39 If they should stop to catch a rest? Are you saying they might need to stop playing their song and take a rest? The song is only 4 minutes long. I just wish people would quit making excuses for them.
I once played in a band called the Dead Trumpets mainly did the vocals a little guitar too, mainly workingmans clubs around London, wrote a few songs but I was never good enough to make a living out of it.
@Orky210 I played in a local Beatle Band called Abbey Road. I got in after the other gutarist left. I had about a week to learn the songs which included playing the horn part on Penny Lane on my guitar. I wish that band would get back togwether. The beauty of their music is that it's very complex yet people who don't know music still "get it".
@Orky210 I've never been to England. I would love to go sometime. I saw Paul on April 7 1990 at Texas Stadium in Dallas (Irving). He played for about an hour with the band, then did about 45 minutes solo. then another hour with the band, Every person there knew every word to every song.
@17DJLOVER Watch the video at 3:35. That's when the guy that is actually playing bass comes into the picture. Listen to the song and watch him play the lick. Then watch it again and watch what Maurice is doing. What a fraud. Watch from 2:16 until 3:00. Maurice has his hand on his hip yet you still hear the bass, You can see the bass player right behind him to his right. (your left). Barry only plays guitar on about half of the song. They are really only singing and have helpers on that also.
Ringo did not even make the top ten in the worlds best drummers, he scraped in at 13! Yes I did see the 12 year old brothers Gibb doing Please Please Me, fucking bubblegum music!
@Orky210 Actually that's there best video on here. It was upbeat and fun. So other than being hindered by the same 3 chord ballads, lack of imagery and imagination in their lyrics, not being able to play their own music, and people preferring to hear other people sing their songs, they have done pretty good. P.S.. please tell them to NEVER EVER try to sing Paperback Writer again. How is 13 out of 100 scraping in retard? Didn't see any BGs on that list.
@Orky210 Rolling Stone . Ringo Starr #5. I wouldn't personally put him there but i would never be stupid enough to say he wasnt any good. He was the perfect fit for the Beatles. It's hard to imagine Neal Peart in that group or Ringo in Rush. It's also hard to compare drummers from the 60s to drummers after 68. Those polls are subjective and everybody has their favorites. It's enough for me to know that The Beatles kept him and used him on their solo albums. Then some retard post that he sucked.
@Orky210 By the way, the concert for george (that Ringo played on) went 8X Platinum. Let me know when the concert for Maurice is. I also find it interesting that they didn't invite the Bee gees to come and kill any of George's songs
@OldSouthernSoldier You seem like a nice guy, a little deluded perhaps...look here is a very good offer-you teach me guitar, I am not very good, shit actually, and in return I will attempt to educate you.
@Orky210 I have an Associates degree in Electrical Engineering Technology and an Associate of Science. I don't feel a need to proof read and worry about every word I write on here. The spelling police will always point it out for me. . I'm just here having fun and felt a need to correct the person that thought he should say the BGs are better than the Beatles. Everthing you need to know for guitar is on youtube.
@OldSouthernSoldier What about using words out of context all the time eg there as opposed to their ? and then having the audacity to argue about it!! even you must feel a little foolish.
@GeorgiiiiRaWK That's a good album. It has alot of acoustic stuff on there. They were influenced by Bob Dylan around that time. You can look on the cover and see how tired they were. Norwegian wood had that sitar on it. I think it was the first time anyone used one. I think that was the first Beatle album that was released in the US and England the same.
@OldSouthernSoldier It was an exceptional album- you do not have tosell the Beatles to us, I know every song word for word and most of the B sides of their singles, most probably could name all the albums and songs, and who sang lead vocals, I just have a preference for the Bee Gees.
@Orky210 I like the Bee Gees also. That's how I ended up here. I just took exception to somebody slamming the Beatles. You can't be a fad for 50 years. I just started playing keys. I have played guitar for 46 years and I needed some easy songs to learn. I went with "Message", "To Love somebody" and "Islands". I also learned "Because" by the DC5. That's a great song also. And of course "My Girl"
@Orky210 Smokey wrote some great songs. I do play in a working band. I just don't work enough. The guys working every night are the keyboard players. We have about 500 guitarists and 3 good keyboard players. I'll work alot next year. We have 6 casinos here.
@Orky210 Great song. That was the first feedback I ever heard on a record. I'm glad you mentioned that because I remember exactly where I was when I first heard that song. I heard it on a car radio. How abot the 12 string rick on I Should have Known Better?, or the mellotron on Strawberry fields. They were always first
@OldSouthernSoldier Rumour has it they would search the studio looking for anything different to put on songs they were working on, I think they took some bird sounds and added it to the song Blackbird.
@Orky210 They used a Caliope on Mr. Kite. George Martin had the tech cut the tape into foot long pieces and randomly slice them back together, They then played it backwards. Strawberry fields was recorded in one key and then again a semi tone apart. They sped the lower pitch up and mixed it with the higher pitch tape. And of course that french horn on Penny lane.
Look at the Bee Gees Greatest Hits album,Holiday, I Started A Joke, 1st Of May, New York Mining Disaster, World,To Love Somebody, Ive Gotta Get A Message to you, Words, Massachusetts all written in their teens, they simply blow the Beatles away! The Beatles wrote Please Please Me the Bee Gees qwere writing songs like that at 13!
@Orky210 Not only is Please Please me a more complex song than any of those it's a better song. By the way, you may want to watch the Bee gees trying to cover that song on you tube LOL.
@17DJLOVER Just like the BGs made a living off the back of The Beatles. John Travolta and Saturday Night fever. That would explain the 7 uncharted albums in a row after the SNF push.They don't even play their own music. Maurice recorded 1 solo album and they wouldn't relese it. Was it really that bad? After listening to "man in the middle" my guess is it was that bad. I have a BGs "spirit" picture album that I bought for a quarter at a flea market.
You continue to witter on about numbers all the time! thats all it is with you numbers, I am English and very proud of what the Beatles have achieved, but they were extremely overated, nothing you say or ramble on about will ever change my opinion. Their vocals are weak, their musical ability was average, and their early work was poor, nothing you will say can convince me otherwise. Here in England that is a popular opinion, and the Stones were just as big at the time,now its the Bee Gees turn.
@GeorgiiiiRaWK Here's something with no numbers. The BGs are not even a band. They are a vocal group. I just watched a video from 75 with maurice playing a bass and right behind him is another bass player. Barry might as well put that guitar up. If you are going to hold it at least play it. I see Maurice on one night behind a keyboard and there is another guy playing keyboard also. They also had 3 backup singers on one night. WTF is that. The songs are only 3 or 4 chords and they cant play that
My problem when I play BGs songs is that they are all the same 3 chords and all ballads. It's very hard not to mix them up. If you new ANYTHING about music I wouldn't be explaining this to you. They never wrote anything that compares to "A day in the Life", or "Eleanor Rigby". I get people request "To Love Somebody" when I DJ but they don't want to hear the BGs sing it. They prefer Michael Bolton. Are you fucking kidding me. People prefer Michael Bolton over the BGs.
@OldSouthernSoldier If you knew anything about spelling and English your comments may have a little more credence, but you are such a thick cunt its hard to take anything you say seriously, it really does negate any opinion you hold when you struggle with basic English! I am amazed you can even read the sheet music, I play guitar too, not to any high standard it must be said, and I find some Beatles songs complex and some very simple, much the same as the brothers Gibb.
I just love it when people start cussing and pointing out English. It proves them incapable of a debate, It also negates their opinion. You must suck ass on that guitar or I wouldn't have to explain this to you. How about the 2 harmony guitar parts on "And your bird can sing" Joe walsh said his claim to fame was he could play them both at the same time. Even the two parts on "I saw her standing there were superior to anything the BGs did. Oh yea. FUCK YOU TOO.
@OldSouthernSoldier Your foul languge shows your complete lack of intellect, how can you have an intelligent conversation or debate when the other person is not intelligent? You do struggle with basic English, it becomes irksome to continue to have to decipher what you are saying, perhaps you are dyslexic?
@Orky210 My foul language was a direct reply to you calling me a cunt. I thought I might try some languague that even a dolt like you can understand. Looks like someone has a Thesaurus next to them. I'm not impressed.
@OldSouthernSoldier Why continue to dissipate time here when you clearly are in need of further education, perhaps your passion for the Beatles should be put on the back burner for a few years while you attempt to titivate your very poor English!
@Orky210 Is that really all you have left? I hit an extra letter the second time I use it in the post and you point it out. I guess the Beatles BGs debate is over. It really never was much of a debate. The only groups that ever sang as good as the Beatles were Queen and Little River Band, The Eagles were close and The Beach Boys would have been there except for the horrible singing of Mike Love
@OldSouthernSoldier Dont Worry Baby is possibly one of the finest songs ever written, but the harmony is edged out by Massachuetts by the brothers Gibb.
Now back to Ringos drumming. John Paul George and George Martin loved his drumming. When John did Plastic Ono he could have had ANYBODY> He chose Ringo. ON double fantasy he told the drummer to play it like Ringo would. Ringo played on "All things must pass" it was 6X platinum and one of the top 500 albums ever, Damn, how many top 500 albums has this guy played on. Plastic Ono came in at 22 on the top 500. He played on Dark Horse and cloud nine which both charted in the top 10.
@OldSouthernSoldier Yes Ringo was considered a joke in the 60s there were far better drummers about, and his vocals were terrible too- he was always considered the weak link. You are so parochial you forget just how huge the Bee Gees were in other countries, bigger than the Beatles in parts of South America and Europe, just look at some of the shit the Beatles wrote Fixing A Hole,Yellow Submarine, The Inner Light, Love Me Do, in fact up until the Hard Days Night album which still had fillers.
He has recorded with BB King, Howlin Wolf, Stephen Stills, Peter Frampton, The Who, Nilsson, Keith Moon, The Band, Bob Dylan, Buck Owens, Tom Petty and ELO. He has also recorded several times with all the former Beatles. He is the best selling drummer in Music history period. Coincidence? Luck? I doubt it. I can't find ANY drummers that don't like his playing. It must just be musically challenged people like you. I guess the BGs could have used Ringo on "Cucumber Castle". LOLOLOLOLOL
Thank you Nightfever77 for posting this video. Do you know if there was an official dvd released of this concert, maybe remastered to improve the quality of the video? Possibly without any words across the bottom of the screen. I would pay just about anything for that.
@OldSouthernSoldier They sang on all the songs and his source was Billboard top selling songs on Google, regarding musicanship. Ringo was possibly the worst drummer around in the 60s and there was always talk about him being replaced, the other Beatles were reasonable musicians, but nowhere near as good as Maurice Gibb, even Clapton commented about his ability to play so many instuments to such a high standard. Just look at some of the funky bass on this song and Staying Alive incredible!
@17DJLOVER Ringo was a great drummer. The drummers #1 job is to keep time and the Beatles could have had any drummer. Ringo was voted 5th best drummer ever. Paul said he had an amazing sense of knowing exactly what tempo a song should be at. John Paul and George are in the hall of fame for their solo careers yet I fail to see maurice in there. If they are such great musicians why do they have 15 piece band that includes 3 back up singers with them. Paul goes solo on several songs during his show
@OldSouthernSoldier He was considered to be the worst drummer around in the 60s and rumour has it he did not play on all the Beatles tracks, he was a joke in every way his vocals were atrocious too!
@GeorgiiiiRaWK Considered by who? He sang lead vocals on 14 songs that charted in the US including 2 #1s during his solo career. He also had a 3 a 4 a 5 and a 9. That's 6 top 10s. None of the BGs can say that. It's that many of us liked his singing. He still tours and sells out singing with his All Starr band, As for his drumming he is nothing short of great. It's really quite simple. If his drumming was bad the songs would be bad. Ringo has been the drummer on close to 2000 million sales.
@OldSouthernSoldier Everyone in England during the 60s thought he was a joke! if youlook back the music press speculated about when and who would replace him on a weekly basis!
@Orky210 It's interesting that I just looked at the Billboard top 100 singles all time and saw 4 Beatle songs, 1 Paul McCartney songs and ZERO BGs songs. I'm waiting for your source, It's also interesting that the Beatles had that many on the list. I always bought the entire album instead of the singles as did every person I knew That must account for all of their albums being on the top 500 list. . It's also interesting that the Beatles sang their songs.
@OldSouthernSoldier It is often said that the Bee Gees lived in the Beatles shadow, this film will make people aware of just how talented the Bee Gees were, there will be another Bee Gees revival other songs will come to light and they will be placed asthe top songwriters and performers of all time, which in my opinion ther really do deserve!
It's also interesting to note that the BGs third best selling Album was a collection of Beatle songs. Really? Yes! Mc Cartney by himself has 6 #1 albums and 9 #1 songs. He is "The most successful songwriter in MUSIC history". They also had a few #1s by other artist, " LSD" by Elton John and "A world without love". "Come and get i"t and "bad to me" also charted at 7 and 9. I could go on and on but I think I have made my point. Don't EVER compare these guys to the Beatles
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It's also interesting to note that the BGs third best selling Album was a collection of Beatle songs. Really? Yes! Mc Cartney by himself has 6 #1 albums and 9 #1 songs. He is "The most successful songwriter in MUSIC history". They also had a few #1s by other artist, " LSD" by Elton John and "A world without love". "Come and get i"t and "bad to me" also charted at 7 and 9. I could go on and on but I think I have made my point. Don't EVER compare these guys to the Beatles
It's also interesting to note that the BGs third best selling Album was a collection of Beatle songs. Really? Yes! Mc Cartney by himself has 6 #1 albums and 9 #1 songs. He is "The most successful songwriter in MUSIC history". They also had a few #1s by other artist, " LSD" by Elton John and "A world without love". "Come and get i"t and "bad to me" also charted at 7 and 9. I could go on and on but I think I have made my point. Don't EVER compare these guys to the Beatles
@OldSouthernSoldier Everybody knows that the Bee Gees are far superior to the Beatles, if its just a numbers game then what about Justin Bieber outselling every other artsist, or Lady Gaga? George Martin was the reason the Beatles were so successful, all of their early albums contained songs by other songwriters, the Bee Gees never had to resort to that, they were writing classic songs at the age of 16! Just look at the albums they wrote for Streisand,Diana Ross, Kenny Rogers all sold millions
@OldSouthernSoldier That was Robert Stigwoods idea you village idiot, to reiterate Barry Gibb was writing songs at 12! what were the Beatles doing then? what was the last good song McCartney wrote? why is it that all the modern bands are covering Bee Gees songs? when was the last time you saw a Beatles cover in the charts? Show me two songs written by the Beatles and covered by another artist that has over 21 million view on you tube! You need further education "there" should be "their" idiot!
@17DJLOVER You might want to graduate the the eigth grade before posting again. The word "there" is correc.t Maybe if you just try to read it slow. I don't care who's idea it was. The Bee Gees made the album. They got a BIG boost on the Saturday night live album from John Travolta. He was the biggest thing going at that time and disco was the thing. Their next album went number 1 and it doesn't compare to ANY Beatle album. The public did not like it and their next album peaked at 41.
@OldSouthernSoldier The word "there" is not correct you fucking dim halfwit! the next album was Spirits Having Flown which had three number one singles in the US billboard, one of which they gave to UNICEF and has currently made$6,million The album went to number one, get your facts right you basic imbecile!
@17DJLOVER If I used the word "their" it would refer to the Bee gees. So the sentance would read "Bee gees be a riot". Please at least learn basic language skills before posting agiain, It's becoming embarassing. How many fucking Beatle songs have these guys covered? Listen to ANY BGs Beatle cover and put it up against the original and even a tone deaf fuck like you should be able to hear the difference. Their version of Paperback Writer sucks, The Cowsills have a better version posted.
@OldSouthernSoldier Listen you ignorant cunt you cannot even spell "sentence" so fuck off back to school come back when you can at least join your writing together, you represent no challenge to me or anyone else with a semblance of education! You should be ashamed of your aparrent lack of education, were you indolent in school? did you ever attend?
@17DJLOVER Oh my God. I mis-spelled a word. That must mean the BGs are better than the Beatles. You have NOTHING to support your moronic claim that these clowns are better than the Beatles so you call me names and point out my mis-spelled word. I wasn't aware I was being graded. I see you also failed to respond to being corrected again on the use of "their" and "there". The Beatles had 11 of Rolling Stones top 500 albums. #1 ,3,5,10,14, 38 and 56 to name a few. The End dickhead.
@OldSouthernSoldier Rolling Stone is full of aged hippies who live in the past, they are just opinions, take a look at the comments on Bee Gees songs and see for yourself the inluence they had over people. My uncle was a DJ and he said that for months and months all people wanted to hear was the Bee Gees, dance clubs sprouted up all over the world. The reason I pointed out your atrocious grammar is that you are the original village idiot, so your opinion is worth nothing!
@Orky210 Well if your uncle was a DJ and he said so, case closed. LOL. Actually the voters were music critics and former and current musicians. It seems that ALL musicians were influenced by the Beatles {especially the Bee Gees} and very few ever say they were influenced by the BGs. You are correct that for MONTHS the BGs were the hottest group. They got in on the disco fad and everyone was doing coke and dancing. People bought the SNF album so they could dance to the same songs as Travolta..
@OldSouthernSoldier It's also amusing that you say Rolling Stone is a bunch of hippies that live in the past, and then cite a few months in 1977 when the BGs were hot.
@OldSouthernSoldier Actually during the 60s the Bee Gees were writing more songs than any other band or artists, during the 70s and 80s they were just as fertile too, they continued to have hits upuntil 2003, as I stated previously...the only band to have a hit in every decade. Of course the Beatles outsold the Bee Gees, they outsold everybody! their timing wasd excellent and someone made a commment that if the Bee Gees had arrived before the Beatles, they may have outsold everybody too.
@17DJLOVER I dispute your claim. The Beatles recorded 212 original songs in the 60s. Talk about excellent timing. SNF made the Bee gees. You could take their 5 songs off that album and put 5 KC and the sunshine band songs on there and it would have sold the same number of copies. The BGs could not have been first as they were basically a Beatle copy act until SNF. How many Beatle songs did they cover? The Beatles were a band for 7 years and outsold BGs 5 to 1.
@OldSouthernSoldier The Bee Gees have written 989 songs to date, Barry Gibb broke all records in the 70s by having 9 songs in the Billboard top 100! Once again I ask you how many hits had the Beatles had at the age of 17 or 18 or 19 let me tell you none, the Gibbs have far more raw talent than the Beatles ever had!
@GeorgiiiiRaWK Where are all of these songs. They had about 6 good hits before SNF and 5 on SNF and a couple on the next album. Add Islands and guilty and I count about 15 total good songs. Where are the rest?
@GeorgiiiiRaWK That"s incorrect. The Beatles had 12 songs in the top 100 during the week of 4 april 1964. Please post accurate information or don't post at all. Thank you.
@OldSouthernSoldier Just listen to the vocals on this track! incredible! ther Beatles could never compete with this, not in a million years! People still mention this tour as the best live act they have ever seen, not just a couple of dates, but 38 sold out dates! Take a listen to the song Greatest Man In The World just a guitar with Barrry and Maurice singing ad lib..pure perfection vocally, the Beatles could not come even close to the Bee Gees harmony. Numbers is all you have, nothing more!
@Orky210 If you want a true test take all the variables out. listen to the BGs TRYING to sing any of the many Beatle songs they covered and then listen to the original. The Beatles would have gone straight to number 1 with "To Love Somebody" or "Iv'e gotta get A Message to You" yet the BGs failed to do it. The Beatles were just so much more talented and yes, better singers. I have more than numbers. I have Ears.
@OldSouthernSoldier The Bee Gees managed to cover Beatles songs easily at the age of 15! thats how difficult they were, yes the Bee Gees admit to being influenced by the Beatles, but they have long surpassed the Beatles in every way...apart from record sales, but people did purchase mopre records in the 60s..then taping came in during the 70s otherwise it may be a different story.
@Orky210 They have NEVER been able to cover Beatle songs. Listen to them TRYING. There are a bunch of them on youtube. I can't seem to find any BGs songs being covered by the Beatles
@OldSouthernSoldier Rubbish! most people thought it was the Beatles! in fact when I play the album the friends, they actually think it is the Beatles, that is how easy they were to cover. The Bee Gees songs that blow the Beatles away are I started a joke, to love somebody, words, Ive gotta get a message to you, world, and so many more once again all written in their teens! As for the Beatles doing covers they were fucking grim! I have all the Beatles albums, studio albums too, sheet music too,
To all the fools who havent a clue, the Bee Gees had the best selling record b4 mj thriller. They have had more top ten hits, written top ten hits for other artists, and have been singing and writing music longer than any other band. So b4 u call anyone an idiot get a clue fools. Btw the Bee Gees are also the most sampled band. That for all you hater beatles fans.
jwk290 22 hours ago
Reading through the comments here and am quite surprised at the haters!! The Bee Gees are now approaching fifty years of music making and composing. That record surpasses pretty much any other group around, or defunct--including The Beatles (and I am a Beatles freak). The Brothers Gibb have had such a profound impact on music, even today their disco songs are considered classics despite the "disco haters." RIP Maurice and Andy....love you both!
dalsnsetters 1 day ago
MarkXsandoval 1 day ago
Gotta love the BEE GEES!!!! Best song eva!
Bigfoot004 3 days ago
These dudes ricked and I mean better than the Beatles! These dudes can actually sing!
rufus317 1 week ago
Andy gibb
MrBruce4843 2 weeks ago
The Barry Gibb Talk Show
AdrinnerV 2 weeks ago 3
yes BeeGees , night on London Broadway is OK , but watch out in some big freak US cities, "Night on the broadway is not good for your health , someone may rob you !
huynhminhtri 1 month ago
Plus they didn't get famous for being fake good band screw all the haters
jmist123 1 month ago
I am a closet bee gees fan thank you
jmist123 1 month ago
Robin, talk to me! I'm your brothaa!!!!!
bigdaddytiny210 1 month ago
Maurice cant be lip singing the falsetto because it clearly shows the ladies in the back singing them -_-
xTylevv 1 month ago
Is this live? Or miming?
sw1000xg 2 months ago
I'l tell you; That stage just kills me! That's great! It's too bad Maurice isn't around these days. They had more music in them. Oh well, can't win them all.
kja427 2 months ago
@Keedeeg3 That was about the same time I saw them as well. To all: if you want to hear Barry using his voice go back and listen to stuff done pre-Saturday night fever. He was asked, during the production if any one of them could SCREAM in key and when Barry opened his mouth it was a falsetto voice that came out ( for lack of a better way to describe it). Even he didn't know he could do it and I personally LOVE his falsetto.....I also believe Some one belonging to someone is in a lower register.
sapphireangelwings11 2 months ago
maurice didnt do the falsetto for this.. barry did.. this song was how he discovered he could sing falsetto...mo is lip syncing
tmhred1 2 months ago
Love you guys ...miss you Mo !!
TheRiceowlex 2 months ago
The Bee Gee's were the best group of the 60's and 70's. If they would have stayed with it in the 80's and 90's they would have blown away the competition. Great group. Sorry to hear about thier brother. That was sad, I love the Bee Gee's to this day.
SmalltownWriter 3 months ago
Did David Seville get a hold of this or what?
Sincopare 3 months ago
You have The Beatles in Washington (I Saw Her Standing There & Long Tall Sally). And you have The Bee Gees Spirits tour (Nights on Broadway & You Should be Dancing). These are the most exciting live group performances on YouTube. And teh Bee Gees wrote both theirs!
Viewingpublic08 3 months ago
Love this! So happy to find this great, live version...my all-time favorite Bee Gees song! Thanx so much for posting! :)
Sunspree 3 months ago
The best group
TheNomorecorruption 3 months ago
I was blessed enough to have seen them in concert back in '79. They were Brilliant!!!
Keedeeg 3 months ago
THEY HAVE MANNY SONG WITH NORMAL VOICE YOU KNOW THAT
downloaderJESSICA 3 months ago
38 dislikes i will kill you on national television and (high pitched voiced) humiliate your corpse
yomama69ist 3 months ago
I am wishing that time stood still ... and the Bee Gees stayed this way ... at their peak.
danim371 4 months ago
My favorite Bee Gee's tune...They had the voices of Angels.
WVTrish1 4 months ago
I really like the Bee Gees....What's not to like!
CuriousInPA 4 months ago
Barry is a songwriting genius.
007bookmaster 4 months ago in playlist 007bookmaster's Favorited Videos
My preferred BG song.
THEBEEGEES1978 4 months ago
Невероватно - Incredibile.
MI982 5 months ago
Is this really live? If it is it's amazing!
kingofallwhites 5 months ago
wow jt nailed robin gibbs teeth on the barry gibb talk show haha
BassDude50000 5 months ago
@BassDude50000 Holy crap, I've been watching this and the SNL clip. I never realized JT had fake teeth in that clip until you mentioned it.
wprestidge1 5 months ago
Respond to this video... Do have respect for the talent here though!
wprestidge1 5 months ago
haha thumbs up if u like the Bee Gees because of Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake doing The Barry Gibb Talk Show on Saturday Night Live
tallstupid 5 months ago
@tallstupid lol?, never heard of that. but i gave the video a thumbs up anyhoo :)
yamahonkawazuki 4 months ago
Thank god I grew up in the 70's. I enjoyed and still enjoy the Bee Gees. All time greatest!!!!
Bronx1115 6 months ago
Love it!!!
sanjy07 6 months ago
Daves a vacuous simpleton, do not feed the trolls!
17DJLOVER 6 months ago
MY favorites. And their harmonies ARE amazing.
MadCityMac13 6 months ago
I may never forgive them for the "Saturday Night Fever" era, but songs like "Nights On Broadway", "Run To Me", and "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" will always be among mu favorites.
MadCityMac13 6 months ago
Superb talent, on all levels. Listen to their vocal harmonies, incredible. I would love to have been at this concert. Barry's hair is also at its finest during this period.
vanessamcqueen11 6 months ago 2
No, no I don't
100528 6 months ago
the best band ever
michelehgalper 6 months ago 7
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youneekk 6 months ago
I never knew all these years that Maurice could hit those great fascetto notes. What a group.
skipper8257 6 months ago 27
The one band that takes me back to my childhood more than any other,love em or hate em,the talent this band had can not be disputed
Retaliation17 6 months ago 5
great song. that said was this performance pure organic ? no tape ? just curious what you real fans think ? that said what a wonderfull song . perfect.
bosoxyaz8 6 months ago 4
Hmm, no formal musical training. They can't read or write music but they have written over 1000 songs. Barry sings the string and horn sections as well as the boys singing the melody so the music can be written. Songs written for other artists have all been hits. Their harmonies are probably the best ever. They have had hit records in 5 decades. SNF holds the record for best selling soundtrack. (Not even my favorite BG's songs) IMHO, the Bee Gees are simply the most talented ever.
Jons01 6 months ago 3
@Jons01 Finally another Bee Gees fan who knows what hes talking about. I love the Bee Gees, always have. They have some of the best, heartfelt music ever written, even those written for artist. I think the Bee Gees were the greatest band ever. Even better than the Beetles.
jwk290 6 months ago 35
@jwk290 Beatles.
thrillho3 6 months ago
@thrillho3 How many songs did the Beetles write for other artist that became #1 songs? 0 The Bee Gees had the highest selling album, till MJ Thriller. They have more songs hit #1 than the beetles, and more songs written for other artists that became #1 songs.
jwk290 6 months ago
@jwk290 Rolling Stone put 5 Beatles album in their top 20 and 4 were in the top 10. (including 1 & 3) Thriller was 20 on the same list. Album sales don't really mean much to any musical connoisseur. If the Beatles hadn't broken up (to 4 VERY successful careers) they would have more number ones songs and albums than they had screaming fans.. The BeeGees are superb; but this is all like comparing Michael JORDAN to Pippen. You know they're both great, but there's no question who's better.
thrillho3 6 months ago
@thrillho3 Ur right there is no comparison The Bee Gees are the best group ever. End of conversation.
jwk290 6 months ago
@jwk290 hahaha. I'm so glad I don't have to live with you. You sound more stubborn than a child conceived by Hitler and Delilah. You can't even spell 'Beatles,' It shows how much you know about them. I don't think I'm gonna read your response to this; it would have to proofread first.
thrillho3 6 months ago
@thrillho3 its a typo genius! Everyone makes mistakes even jackass beatles fans.
jwk290 6 months ago
@jwk290 Haha. but not 3 times over. Arguing with you is pointless, unless someone wants to laugh all the time. Then I highly recommend it. The Beatles broke up to pursue the rest of their lives. If Jordan, Gretzky, and Manning all played just 8 years each, they'd still be considered the best of all time. You're only fooling yourself if you spend all your time trying to convince others that 1 band is better than another on youtube. I only check this stuff when I want a good laugh.
thrillho3 5 months ago
@thrillho3 obviously talking about music with u is pointless ur a closed minded jackass. I feel sorry for u, u will never know the love of music fully. Too closed minded, Open your mind, argueing over who the best group of all time is a waste of time. Its all a matter of taste and opinion. Even a jackass like urself can understand that. Talking about music with ignorant people is a waste of my time.
jwk290 5 months ago
@jwk290 HAHAHAHA. That's exactly what I was telling you. You're the one who started this whole thing just because I told you how to spell Beales. You're the one who said the bee gees are better cuz they have more duets. the bee gees are awesome. i love them. I think its absurd that you think they're the best of all time, but thats your opinion. and i laugh every time you respond, so please; keeping making me laugh.
thrillho3 5 months ago
@thrillho3 and u should know Hitler Jr. or is it Delilah Jr. The beatles where like a sparkler bright for short time but then gone. The Bee Gees have been bright shining stars their whole careers. Through the music they made, and the music they made for others. If u got ur head out of ur a ss u would know this. All u can see is bass hole.
jwk290 6 months ago
@jwk290 Dang, what is this? One of the top ten, OK. Great longevity
DAVWAVE 6 months ago
@DAVWAVE And which group got a life time achievement award? Great longevity!!! hahahahahaha
jwk290 6 months ago
@jwk290 I was around for their first songs, so I agree they are excellent and have longevity. You can think they are the best, but for various reasons, the fall short.
DAVWAVE 6 months ago
@DAVWAVE Nothing of the Bee Gees ever falls short.
jwk290 6 months ago
@thrillho3 Rolling Stone was a musical paper that was run by old hippies, their placing of artists were merely their opinions. Show me any classic songs that the Beatles had written at the age of 17, the Bee Gees wrote so many at that age, of course the Beatles were brilliant, but to me the Bee Gees had better vocals and were superior songwriters.
Orky210 6 months ago 3
@jwk290 It"s spelled BEATLES. "World without Love", by Peter and Gordon, "Bad to Me" by Billy J. Kramer, and Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds by Elton John all went #1. McCartney penned 32 number 1s. Lennon penned 26 and Barry Gibb wrote 16. McCratney has 29 number 1 hits. The Bee Gees were not even on the list. Please get your facts straight before posting again. thank You.
OldSouthernSoldier 3 months ago
@jwk290 I think the Beatles are better then the bea gea's. At least you could have spelled it right ;).But on the other hand i don't care. Let the members who still live join together and play all of their great songs. The Bea Geatles forever.
VagueSnake 4 months ago
@jwk290 Yes, their simplistic pop/disco melodies and grade 8 lyrics about dancing and jiving on Saturday nights compares well to THE BEATLES.
That's right.
Holymakinaw 1 week ago
@Holymakinaw Clown. They have outlasted the Beatles and pretty much any other group that is in existence or has existed. You obviously have not done your research because they started composing songs in the early 60's, well before disco. Society was shocked when they "went disco" because they were known for ballads and love songs. Disco was the result of their British interpretation of soul music (Barry called it "black soul" in an interview once). Do your research, please. Idiot.
dalsnsetters 1 day ago
@dalsnsetters LMFAO!! What kind of mouth-breathing MORON could think that the Bee Gees could compare in any way, shape or form, to the most influential rock band of all time??? Too funny. IDIOT.
Holymakinaw 1 day ago
@Holymakinaw How quaint that your momma taught you how to call names...she should have taught you to do your research. If you did your research, you would know that what I say is true. The Bee Gees have had much more influence on music--for FIFTY YEARS--than the Beatles. The Beatles introduced rock n' roll but the Bee Gees introduced a helluva lot more. Once you grow up, you'll realize that. But in the meantime, do some research because to fans, you are making a fool of yourself.
dalsnsetters 17 hours ago
@Holymakinaw You are obviously a kid who doesn't really know what you are talking about. For that reason I am able to forgive you your ignorance. In the future, instead of arguing emotions, try arguing facts. I am a Beatles freak, have been since the 70's (you probably weren't even born yet) and am able to defend the Bee Gees DUE TO my love of The Beatles. I'm not some emotional fan who fails to appreciate any other musical group. You should try it. You might find other music that is good.
dalsnsetters 17 hours ago
@Jons01 I couldnt agree more!
jwk290 6 months ago
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17djlover they have them playing right along with them b/cause if they should stop to catch a rest or for whatever reason the sound will still be good. nothing missing beat or otherwise.. you need to get over it.. bee gees forever the greatest...... take your negative b--t and talk to yourself.. you need to take some lessons from the beegees who never spoke negative words about anyone....
lparnell39 6 months ago
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17DJLOVER 6 months ago
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@lparnell39 If they should stop to catch a rest? Are you saying they might need to stop playing their song and take a rest? The song is only 4 minutes long. I just wish people would quit making excuses for them.
OldSouthernSoldier 6 months ago
NOW THATS MUSIC
purselady2 6 months ago
I once played in a band called the Dead Trumpets mainly did the vocals a little guitar too, mainly workingmans clubs around London, wrote a few songs but I was never good enough to make a living out of it.
Orky210 6 months ago
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@Orky210 I played in a local Beatle Band called Abbey Road. I got in after the other gutarist left. I had about a week to learn the songs which included playing the horn part on Penny Lane on my guitar. I wish that band would get back togwether. The beauty of their music is that it's very complex yet people who don't know music still "get it".
OldSouthernSoldier 6 months ago
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Orky210 6 months ago
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Orky210 6 months ago
@Orky210 There are just alot of good guitar players around here.Supply and Demand.
OldSouthernSoldier 6 months ago
I have been to Penny Lane and the Carvern club have you visited any of their old haunts?
Orky210 6 months ago
@Orky210 I've never been to England. I would love to go sometime. I saw Paul on April 7 1990 at Texas Stadium in Dallas (Irving). He played for about an hour with the band, then did about 45 minutes solo. then another hour with the band, Every person there knew every word to every song.
OldSouthernSoldier 6 months ago
Do you mean language? I do not need any aid to spell simple words, it would seem you certainly do lol
17DJLOVER 6 months ago
languague lmao
17DJLOVER 6 months ago
Correction once again Their* Please use English
17DJLOVER 6 months ago
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@17DJLOVER Watch the video at 3:35. That's when the guy that is actually playing bass comes into the picture. Listen to the song and watch him play the lick. Then watch it again and watch what Maurice is doing. What a fraud. Watch from 2:16 until 3:00. Maurice has his hand on his hip yet you still hear the bass, You can see the bass player right behind him to his right. (your left). Barry only plays guitar on about half of the song. They are really only singing and have helpers on that also.
OldSouthernSoldier 6 months ago
Ringo did not even make the top ten in the worlds best drummers, he scraped in at 13! Yes I did see the 12 year old brothers Gibb doing Please Please Me, fucking bubblegum music!
Orky210 6 months ago
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@Orky210 Actually that's there best video on here. It was upbeat and fun. So other than being hindered by the same 3 chord ballads, lack of imagery and imagination in their lyrics, not being able to play their own music, and people preferring to hear other people sing their songs, they have done pretty good. P.S.. please tell them to NEVER EVER try to sing Paperback Writer again. How is 13 out of 100 scraping in retard? Didn't see any BGs on that list.
OldSouthernSoldier 6 months ago
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@Orky210 Rolling Stone . Ringo Starr #5. I wouldn't personally put him there but i would never be stupid enough to say he wasnt any good. He was the perfect fit for the Beatles. It's hard to imagine Neal Peart in that group or Ringo in Rush. It's also hard to compare drummers from the 60s to drummers after 68. Those polls are subjective and everybody has their favorites. It's enough for me to know that The Beatles kept him and used him on their solo albums. Then some retard post that he sucked.
OldSouthernSoldier 6 months ago
@OldSouthernSoldier Correction Posted*
Orky210 6 months ago
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@Orky210 By the way, the concert for george (that Ringo played on) went 8X Platinum. Let me know when the concert for Maurice is. I also find it interesting that they didn't invite the Bee gees to come and kill any of George's songs
OldSouthernSoldier 6 months ago
@OldSouthernSoldier You seem like a nice guy, a little deluded perhaps...look here is a very good offer-you teach me guitar, I am not very good, shit actually, and in return I will attempt to educate you.
Orky210 6 months ago
@Orky210 I have an Associates degree in Electrical Engineering Technology and an Associate of Science. I don't feel a need to proof read and worry about every word I write on here. The spelling police will always point it out for me. . I'm just here having fun and felt a need to correct the person that thought he should say the BGs are better than the Beatles. Everthing you need to know for guitar is on youtube.
OldSouthernSoldier 6 months ago
@OldSouthernSoldier What about using words out of context all the time eg there as opposed to their ? and then having the audacity to argue about it!! even you must feel a little foolish.
GeorgiiiiRaWK 6 months ago
@OldSouthernSoldier My favourite Beatles album has to be Rubber Soul, and Girl is a song to die for.
GeorgiiiiRaWK 6 months ago
@GeorgiiiiRaWK That's a good album. It has alot of acoustic stuff on there. They were influenced by Bob Dylan around that time. You can look on the cover and see how tired they were. Norwegian wood had that sitar on it. I think it was the first time anyone used one. I think that was the first Beatle album that was released in the US and England the same.
OldSouthernSoldier 6 months ago
@OldSouthernSoldier It was an exceptional album- you do not have tosell the Beatles to us, I know every song word for word and most of the B sides of their singles, most probably could name all the albums and songs, and who sang lead vocals, I just have a preference for the Bee Gees.
Orky210 6 months ago
@Orky210 I like the Bee Gees also. That's how I ended up here. I just took exception to somebody slamming the Beatles. You can't be a fad for 50 years. I just started playing keys. I have played guitar for 46 years and I needed some easy songs to learn. I went with "Message", "To Love somebody" and "Islands". I also learned "Because" by the DC5. That's a great song also. And of course "My Girl"
OldSouthernSoldier 6 months ago
@OldSouthernSoldier My Girl a classic mowtown record, do you play in a working band?
Orky210 6 months ago
@Orky210 Smokey wrote some great songs. I do play in a working band. I just don't work enough. The guys working every night are the keyboard players. We have about 500 guitarists and 3 good keyboard players. I'll work alot next year. We have 6 casinos here.
OldSouthernSoldier 6 months ago
The DC5 were huge in America
Orky210 6 months ago
Cavern*
Orky210 6 months ago
@OldSouthernSoldier Bob Dylan now there is a three chord genius!
Orky210 6 months ago
I Feel Fine 1964 first time anyone used feedback guitar
Orky210 6 months ago
@Orky210 Great song. That was the first feedback I ever heard on a record. I'm glad you mentioned that because I remember exactly where I was when I first heard that song. I heard it on a car radio. How abot the 12 string rick on I Should have Known Better?, or the mellotron on Strawberry fields. They were always first
OldSouthernSoldier 6 months ago
@OldSouthernSoldier Rumour has it they would search the studio looking for anything different to put on songs they were working on, I think they took some bird sounds and added it to the song Blackbird.
Orky210 6 months ago
@Orky210 They used a Caliope on Mr. Kite. George Martin had the tech cut the tape into foot long pieces and randomly slice them back together, They then played it backwards. Strawberry fields was recorded in one key and then again a semi tone apart. They sped the lower pitch up and mixed it with the higher pitch tape. And of course that french horn on Penny lane.
OldSouthernSoldier 6 months ago
@OldSouthernSoldier Yes I know you told us that earlier, why are you repeating things? do you need to see a gerontologist?
GeorgiiiiRaWK 6 months ago
Look at the Bee Gees Greatest Hits album,Holiday, I Started A Joke, 1st Of May, New York Mining Disaster, World,To Love Somebody, Ive Gotta Get A Message to you, Words, Massachusetts all written in their teens, they simply blow the Beatles away! The Beatles wrote Please Please Me the Bee Gees qwere writing songs like that at 13!
Orky210 6 months ago
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@Orky210 Not only is Please Please me a more complex song than any of those it's a better song. By the way, you may want to watch the Bee gees trying to cover that song on you tube LOL.
OldSouthernSoldier 6 months ago
The records he made were a joke too, people mocked his lack of ability, Ringo made a living off the back of the Beatles its as simple as that!
17DJLOVER 6 months ago
@17DJLOVER Just like the BGs made a living off the back of The Beatles. John Travolta and Saturday Night fever. That would explain the 7 uncharted albums in a row after the SNF push.They don't even play their own music. Maurice recorded 1 solo album and they wouldn't relese it. Was it really that bad? After listening to "man in the middle" my guess is it was that bad. I have a BGs "spirit" picture album that I bought for a quarter at a flea market.
OldSouthernSoldier 6 months ago
You continue to witter on about numbers all the time! thats all it is with you numbers, I am English and very proud of what the Beatles have achieved, but they were extremely overated, nothing you say or ramble on about will ever change my opinion. Their vocals are weak, their musical ability was average, and their early work was poor, nothing you will say can convince me otherwise. Here in England that is a popular opinion, and the Stones were just as big at the time,now its the Bee Gees turn.
GeorgiiiiRaWK 6 months ago
@GeorgiiiiRaWK Here's something with no numbers. The BGs are not even a band. They are a vocal group. I just watched a video from 75 with maurice playing a bass and right behind him is another bass player. Barry might as well put that guitar up. If you are going to hold it at least play it. I see Maurice on one night behind a keyboard and there is another guy playing keyboard also. They also had 3 backup singers on one night. WTF is that. The songs are only 3 or 4 chords and they cant play that
OldSouthernSoldier 6 months ago
My problem when I play BGs songs is that they are all the same 3 chords and all ballads. It's very hard not to mix them up. If you new ANYTHING about music I wouldn't be explaining this to you. They never wrote anything that compares to "A day in the Life", or "Eleanor Rigby". I get people request "To Love Somebody" when I DJ but they don't want to hear the BGs sing it. They prefer Michael Bolton. Are you fucking kidding me. People prefer Michael Bolton over the BGs.
OldSouthernSoldier 6 months ago
@OldSouthernSoldier If you knew anything about spelling and English your comments may have a little more credence, but you are such a thick cunt its hard to take anything you say seriously, it really does negate any opinion you hold when you struggle with basic English! I am amazed you can even read the sheet music, I play guitar too, not to any high standard it must be said, and I find some Beatles songs complex and some very simple, much the same as the brothers Gibb.
GeorgiiiiRaWK 6 months ago
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OldSouthernSoldier 6 months ago
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I just love it when people start cussing and pointing out English. It proves them incapable of a debate, It also negates their opinion. You must suck ass on that guitar or I wouldn't have to explain this to you. How about the 2 harmony guitar parts on "And your bird can sing" Joe walsh said his claim to fame was he could play them both at the same time. Even the two parts on "I saw her standing there were superior to anything the BGs did. Oh yea. FUCK YOU TOO.
OldSouthernSoldier 6 months ago
@OldSouthernSoldier Your foul languge shows your complete lack of intellect, how can you have an intelligent conversation or debate when the other person is not intelligent? You do struggle with basic English, it becomes irksome to continue to have to decipher what you are saying, perhaps you are dyslexic?
Orky210 6 months ago
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@Orky210 My foul language was a direct reply to you calling me a cunt. I thought I might try some languague that even a dolt like you can understand. Looks like someone has a Thesaurus next to them. I'm not impressed.
OldSouthernSoldier 6 months ago
@OldSouthernSoldier How old are you? why do you struggle with basic English?
Orky210 6 months ago
@OldSouthernSoldier Why continue to dissipate time here when you clearly are in need of further education, perhaps your passion for the Beatles should be put on the back burner for a few years while you attempt to titivate your very poor English!
Orky210 6 months ago
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@Orky210 Is that really all you have left? I hit an extra letter the second time I use it in the post and you point it out. I guess the Beatles BGs debate is over. It really never was much of a debate. The only groups that ever sang as good as the Beatles were Queen and Little River Band, The Eagles were close and The Beach Boys would have been there except for the horrible singing of Mike Love
OldSouthernSoldier 6 months ago
@OldSouthernSoldier Yes I do like the Beach Boys and the Eagles too, are you considering that offer that was made to you about education?
GeorgiiiiRaWK 6 months ago
@OldSouthernSoldier Dont Worry Baby is possibly one of the finest songs ever written, but the harmony is edged out by Massachuetts by the brothers Gibb.
GeorgiiiiRaWK 6 months ago
@OldSouthernSoldier Yes I saw her standing there is a classic rock song, I love it!
Orky210 6 months ago
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Now back to Ringos drumming. John Paul George and George Martin loved his drumming. When John did Plastic Ono he could have had ANYBODY> He chose Ringo. ON double fantasy he told the drummer to play it like Ringo would. Ringo played on "All things must pass" it was 6X platinum and one of the top 500 albums ever, Damn, how many top 500 albums has this guy played on. Plastic Ono came in at 22 on the top 500. He played on Dark Horse and cloud nine which both charted in the top 10.
OldSouthernSoldier 6 months ago
@OldSouthernSoldier Yes Ringo was considered a joke in the 60s there were far better drummers about, and his vocals were terrible too- he was always considered the weak link. You are so parochial you forget just how huge the Bee Gees were in other countries, bigger than the Beatles in parts of South America and Europe, just look at some of the shit the Beatles wrote Fixing A Hole,Yellow Submarine, The Inner Light, Love Me Do, in fact up until the Hard Days Night album which still had fillers.
GeorgiiiiRaWK 6 months ago
He has recorded with BB King, Howlin Wolf, Stephen Stills, Peter Frampton, The Who, Nilsson, Keith Moon, The Band, Bob Dylan, Buck Owens, Tom Petty and ELO. He has also recorded several times with all the former Beatles. He is the best selling drummer in Music history period. Coincidence? Luck? I doubt it. I can't find ANY drummers that don't like his playing. It must just be musically challenged people like you. I guess the BGs could have used Ringo on "Cucumber Castle". LOLOLOLOLOL
OldSouthernSoldier 6 months ago
Thank you Nightfever77 for posting this video. Do you know if there was an official dvd released of this concert, maybe remastered to improve the quality of the video? Possibly without any words across the bottom of the screen. I would pay just about anything for that.
rednecklover2011 6 months ago
Its interesting how the Bee Gees have written 6 of Billboards top 50 singles and The Beatles could only manage 4!
Orky210 6 months ago
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@Orky210 How many of those did they sing on? What is your source?
OldSouthernSoldier 6 months ago
@OldSouthernSoldier They sang on all the songs and his source was Billboard top selling songs on Google, regarding musicanship. Ringo was possibly the worst drummer around in the 60s and there was always talk about him being replaced, the other Beatles were reasonable musicians, but nowhere near as good as Maurice Gibb, even Clapton commented about his ability to play so many instuments to such a high standard. Just look at some of the funky bass on this song and Staying Alive incredible!
17DJLOVER 6 months ago
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@17DJLOVER Ringo was a great drummer. The drummers #1 job is to keep time and the Beatles could have had any drummer. Ringo was voted 5th best drummer ever. Paul said he had an amazing sense of knowing exactly what tempo a song should be at. John Paul and George are in the hall of fame for their solo careers yet I fail to see maurice in there. If they are such great musicians why do they have 15 piece band that includes 3 back up singers with them. Paul goes solo on several songs during his show
OldSouthernSoldier 6 months ago
@OldSouthernSoldier He was considered to be the worst drummer around in the 60s and rumour has it he did not play on all the Beatles tracks, he was a joke in every way his vocals were atrocious too!
GeorgiiiiRaWK 6 months ago
@GeorgiiiiRaWK Considered by who? He sang lead vocals on 14 songs that charted in the US including 2 #1s during his solo career. He also had a 3 a 4 a 5 and a 9. That's 6 top 10s. None of the BGs can say that. It's that many of us liked his singing. He still tours and sells out singing with his All Starr band, As for his drumming he is nothing short of great. It's really quite simple. If his drumming was bad the songs would be bad. Ringo has been the drummer on close to 2000 million sales.
OldSouthernSoldier 6 months ago
@OldSouthernSoldier Everyone in England during the 60s thought he was a joke! if youlook back the music press speculated about when and who would replace him on a weekly basis!
17DJLOVER 6 months ago
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@Orky210 It's interesting that I just looked at the Billboard top 100 singles all time and saw 4 Beatle songs, 1 Paul McCartney songs and ZERO BGs songs. I'm waiting for your source, It's also interesting that the Beatles had that many on the list. I always bought the entire album instead of the singles as did every person I knew That must account for all of their albums being on the top 500 list. . It's also interesting that the Beatles sang their songs.
OldSouthernSoldier 6 months ago
@OldSouthernSoldier It is often said that the Bee Gees lived in the Beatles shadow, this film will make people aware of just how talented the Bee Gees were, there will be another Bee Gees revival other songs will come to light and they will be placed asthe top songwriters and performers of all time, which in my opinion ther really do deserve!
17DJLOVER 6 months ago
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No Beatles = No Bee Gees. Sorry Beatles win.
onewaystreetnf 6 months ago
It's also interesting to note that the BGs third best selling Album was a collection of Beatle songs. Really? Yes! Mc Cartney by himself has 6 #1 albums and 9 #1 songs. He is "The most successful songwriter in MUSIC history". They also had a few #1s by other artist, " LSD" by Elton John and "A world without love". "Come and get i"t and "bad to me" also charted at 7 and 9. I could go on and on but I think I have made my point. Don't EVER compare these guys to the Beatles
OldSouthernSoldier 6 months ago
You nailed all that right on the head!!!! Good for you!!!! They were wonderful!!!!
copemhagen23keeper 6 months ago
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In all this game, the devil is the victim, is the scapegoat, will be acused of everything cause the GOD don’t want any rivals*. Conclusion: live at the full in the freedom of GOD (praying in a right form,following the INSTRUCTIONS in the Bible - keeping the 10 commandments - including keeping the Saturday as the 7th day etc.) instead of in the incapacity and limited power of devil cause he is just a temporary puppet.
diptdipt 7 months ago
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It's also interesting to note that the BGs third best selling Album was a collection of Beatle songs. Really? Yes! Mc Cartney by himself has 6 #1 albums and 9 #1 songs. He is "The most successful songwriter in MUSIC history". They also had a few #1s by other artist, " LSD" by Elton John and "A world without love". "Come and get i"t and "bad to me" also charted at 7 and 9. I could go on and on but I think I have made my point. Don't EVER compare these guys to the Beatles
OldSouthernSoldier 7 months ago
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It's also interesting to note that the BGs third best selling Album was a collection of Beatle songs. Really? Yes! Mc Cartney by himself has 6 #1 albums and 9 #1 songs. He is "The most successful songwriter in MUSIC history". They also had a few #1s by other artist, " LSD" by Elton John and "A world without love". "Come and get i"t and "bad to me" also charted at 7 and 9. I could go on and on but I think I have made my point. Don't EVER compare these guys to the Beatles
OldSouthernSoldier 7 months ago
@OldSouthernSoldier Everybody knows that the Bee Gees are far superior to the Beatles, if its just a numbers game then what about Justin Bieber outselling every other artsist, or Lady Gaga? George Martin was the reason the Beatles were so successful, all of their early albums contained songs by other songwriters, the Bee Gees never had to resort to that, they were writing classic songs at the age of 16! Just look at the albums they wrote for Streisand,Diana Ross, Kenny Rogers all sold millions
GeorgiiiiRaWK 7 months ago 10
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@GeorgiiiiRaWK They resorted to doing an entire album of Beatle songs. It was there third best selling album.
OldSouthernSoldier 7 months ago
@OldSouthernSoldier That was Robert Stigwoods idea you village idiot, to reiterate Barry Gibb was writing songs at 12! what were the Beatles doing then? what was the last good song McCartney wrote? why is it that all the modern bands are covering Bee Gees songs? when was the last time you saw a Beatles cover in the charts? Show me two songs written by the Beatles and covered by another artist that has over 21 million view on you tube! You need further education "there" should be "their" idiot!
17DJLOVER 7 months ago 7
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@17DJLOVER You might want to graduate the the eigth grade before posting again. The word "there" is correc.t Maybe if you just try to read it slow. I don't care who's idea it was. The Bee Gees made the album. They got a BIG boost on the Saturday night live album from John Travolta. He was the biggest thing going at that time and disco was the thing. Their next album went number 1 and it doesn't compare to ANY Beatle album. The public did not like it and their next album peaked at 41.
OldSouthernSoldier 7 months ago
@OldSouthernSoldier The word "there" is not correct you fucking dim halfwit! the next album was Spirits Having Flown which had three number one singles in the US billboard, one of which they gave to UNICEF and has currently made$6,million The album went to number one, get your facts right you basic imbecile!
17DJLOVER 7 months ago 3
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@17DJLOVER If I used the word "their" it would refer to the Bee gees. So the sentance would read "Bee gees be a riot". Please at least learn basic language skills before posting agiain, It's becoming embarassing. How many fucking Beatle songs have these guys covered? Listen to ANY BGs Beatle cover and put it up against the original and even a tone deaf fuck like you should be able to hear the difference. Their version of Paperback Writer sucks, The Cowsills have a better version posted.
OldSouthernSoldier 7 months ago
@OldSouthernSoldier Listen you ignorant cunt you cannot even spell "sentence" so fuck off back to school come back when you can at least join your writing together, you represent no challenge to me or anyone else with a semblance of education! You should be ashamed of your aparrent lack of education, were you indolent in school? did you ever attend?
17DJLOVER 7 months ago 2
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@17DJLOVER Oh my God. I mis-spelled a word. That must mean the BGs are better than the Beatles. You have NOTHING to support your moronic claim that these clowns are better than the Beatles so you call me names and point out my mis-spelled word. I wasn't aware I was being graded. I see you also failed to respond to being corrected again on the use of "their" and "there". The Beatles had 11 of Rolling Stones top 500 albums. #1 ,3,5,10,14, 38 and 56 to name a few. The End dickhead.
OldSouthernSoldier 7 months ago
@OldSouthernSoldier Rolling Stone is full of aged hippies who live in the past, they are just opinions, take a look at the comments on Bee Gees songs and see for yourself the inluence they had over people. My uncle was a DJ and he said that for months and months all people wanted to hear was the Bee Gees, dance clubs sprouted up all over the world. The reason I pointed out your atrocious grammar is that you are the original village idiot, so your opinion is worth nothing!
Orky210 7 months ago
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@Orky210 Well if your uncle was a DJ and he said so, case closed. LOL. Actually the voters were music critics and former and current musicians. It seems that ALL musicians were influenced by the Beatles {especially the Bee Gees} and very few ever say they were influenced by the BGs. You are correct that for MONTHS the BGs were the hottest group. They got in on the disco fad and everyone was doing coke and dancing. People bought the SNF album so they could dance to the same songs as Travolta..
OldSouthernSoldier 7 months ago
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@OldSouthernSoldier It's also amusing that you say Rolling Stone is a bunch of hippies that live in the past, and then cite a few months in 1977 when the BGs were hot.
OldSouthernSoldier 7 months ago
@OldSouthernSoldier Actually during the 60s the Bee Gees were writing more songs than any other band or artists, during the 70s and 80s they were just as fertile too, they continued to have hits upuntil 2003, as I stated previously...the only band to have a hit in every decade. Of course the Beatles outsold the Bee Gees, they outsold everybody! their timing wasd excellent and someone made a commment that if the Bee Gees had arrived before the Beatles, they may have outsold everybody too.
17DJLOVER 6 months ago
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@17DJLOVER I dispute your claim. The Beatles recorded 212 original songs in the 60s. Talk about excellent timing. SNF made the Bee gees. You could take their 5 songs off that album and put 5 KC and the sunshine band songs on there and it would have sold the same number of copies. The BGs could not have been first as they were basically a Beatle copy act until SNF. How many Beatle songs did they cover? The Beatles were a band for 7 years and outsold BGs 5 to 1.
OldSouthernSoldier 6 months ago
@OldSouthernSoldier The Bee Gees have written 989 songs to date, Barry Gibb broke all records in the 70s by having 9 songs in the Billboard top 100! Once again I ask you how many hits had the Beatles had at the age of 17 or 18 or 19 let me tell you none, the Gibbs have far more raw talent than the Beatles ever had!
GeorgiiiiRaWK 6 months ago
@GeorgiiiiRaWK Where are all of these songs. They had about 6 good hits before SNF and 5 on SNF and a couple on the next album. Add Islands and guilty and I count about 15 total good songs. Where are the rest?
OldSouthernSoldier 6 months ago
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@GeorgiiiiRaWK That"s incorrect. The Beatles had 12 songs in the top 100 during the week of 4 april 1964. Please post accurate information or don't post at all. Thank you.
OldSouthernSoldier 6 months ago
@OldSouthernSoldier Just listen to the vocals on this track! incredible! ther Beatles could never compete with this, not in a million years! People still mention this tour as the best live act they have ever seen, not just a couple of dates, but 38 sold out dates! Take a listen to the song Greatest Man In The World just a guitar with Barrry and Maurice singing ad lib..pure perfection vocally, the Beatles could not come even close to the Bee Gees harmony. Numbers is all you have, nothing more!
Orky210 6 months ago
@Orky210 If you want a true test take all the variables out. listen to the BGs TRYING to sing any of the many Beatle songs they covered and then listen to the original. The Beatles would have gone straight to number 1 with "To Love Somebody" or "Iv'e gotta get A Message to You" yet the BGs failed to do it. The Beatles were just so much more talented and yes, better singers. I have more than numbers. I have Ears.
OldSouthernSoldier 6 months ago
@OldSouthernSoldier The Bee Gees managed to cover Beatles songs easily at the age of 15! thats how difficult they were, yes the Bee Gees admit to being influenced by the Beatles, but they have long surpassed the Beatles in every way...apart from record sales, but people did purchase mopre records in the 60s..then taping came in during the 70s otherwise it may be a different story.
Orky210 6 months ago
@Orky210 They have NEVER been able to cover Beatle songs. Listen to them TRYING. There are a bunch of them on youtube. I can't seem to find any BGs songs being covered by the Beatles
OldSouthernSoldier 6 months ago
@OldSouthernSoldier Rubbish! most people thought it was the Beatles! in fact when I play the album the friends, they actually think it is the Beatles, that is how easy they were to cover. The Bee Gees songs that blow the Beatles away are I started a joke, to love somebody, words, Ive gotta get a message to you, world, and so many more once again all written in their teens! As for the Beatles doing covers they were fucking grim! I have all the Beatles albums, studio albums too, sheet music too,
17DJLOVER 6 months ago