Great reaction Cliff, born on the Isle of Mann, moved to Manchester as young kids. Wrote for Diana Ross, Kenny Rogers and many others. If you haven’t seen Saturday Night Fever, it’s worth watching or even a blind reaction. ❤️👍🏽👍☘️
The Bee Gees song writing and harmonies are so tight, they’re unrivaled. I have loved them since I was a child and they were first getting started. ❤ Barry Gibbs did the majority of the lead singing.
I believe the line that says "We can try to understand the New York Time's effect on man" is simply a statement about how the media influences everything, which is even more true today. Don't overthink it.
I think all the Gibb brothers each had their own physical charm. Don’t short change yourself over your hair but I agree Barry had epic hair. One thing about these guys is they were master song writers. Their music stands the test of time.
Barry is the oldest and the one with “the hair.” Robin & Maurice (bald) are twins. They had a younger brother, Andy, who had a solo career. He also played/toured occasionally with his brothers. Sadly, Andy passed away at age 30. Their harmonies are considered to be among the best ever. The Bee Gees (Brothers Gibb) had a legendary career not only as performers, but as song writers. They wrote hundreds of songs not just for themselves, but many other artists as well. You can look up how many charting songs they wrote, it’s a lot. Growing up in the 70/80s, their songs are interwoven in the soundtrack of my life. This particular song was part of the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. If you were a teen at the time, that movie was *everything*.
Barry was the lead singer on most of the songs. Barry is the lone survivor of his brothers, including younger brother Andy who was not in the group, but had a successful solo career.
The song was inspired by a trip they made to NY during Son of Sam times and all the struggles they saw. NY Times is a newspaper so talking about how media can affect people. Barry lead in this song is the oldest (only one still with us), fraternal twins Robin (no beard) and Maurice (pronounced Morris) have both passed. They have a huge catalogue. You would enjoy Wind of change (1979), You should be dancing (1979), Jive Talking and Fanny be tender. They wrote all their own songs and hits for others. ❤❤❤❤
It's such a great song. I remember when I actually learned the lyrics to this song. I've known the song since it was released in 1977 but I didn't exactly know all the lyrics. And I can't remember what show it was there was a show on our cable Network I think it was like a half hour show and they would pick a song and go over the lyrics of it. And I was like whoa wait okay I just remembered I had the album from the movie soundtrack it was the title song of a hit movie with John Travolta but I had no idea that the song had nothing to do with a disco dancing at all LOL.
🌸 the one in the middle is the oldest brother named Barry.. the other two are actually twins, Robin and Maurice. they also had a little brother named Andy, who sadly passed away right when he turned 30.💔
The reference to The New York Times: "Released in 1977, just over a year after serial killer David “Son of Sam” Berkowitz terrorized New York during the summer of 1976 with eight unprovoked slayings across the city, the song was produced during the time, aptly described by Irish writer Dermot McEvoy, when “New York’s grime was golden” and the lyrics reflect the uncertain state of things in America’s biggest city. In fact, the Bee Gees wrote the song as an homage to New York’s gritty streets during that era, as to their influences from Black culture and R&B, as noted by the lyrical references to the plights of minority New Yorkers sprinkled in between the catchy chorus. “‘Stayin’ Alive’ was the influence New York gave to us, and the energy level at that point in the late 70s was really survival,” Barry Gibb"
If you do a dive into Bee Gees, I’m there. I didn’t appreciate them when their songs were new, but I now love them. They span so much, and do it all well.
I don’t think they intentionally wrote this to go with the heart beat. It’s just a very happy coincidence that the beat falls within the ideal range for chest compressions.
I learned CPR after I graduated, they taught me to follow this tempo. I didn't know they WROTE it to be that way. Genius. I always assumed it was an odd coincidence.
Barry is the oldest and is the only one still alive! Barry is the one singinglead here. Robin in the red shirt died from cancer in 2012 and his twin brother Maurice (pronounced Morris) died in 2003 when he had to be taken into surgery to clear a blocked intestine after he had a heart attack. The Bee Gees are one of the biggest groups EVER! They performed for 50 years before the first one died. They were in stories in newspapers all over America but The NY Times was a big one. Barry received a Kennedy Center Award last year from President Biden and Barry mentioned that he would not be the person he is today without his brothers. RIP Robin and Maurice, we love and miss you!🫶
A very talented family, the Gibb brothers. Barry (lead vocalist) is the oldest, Robin (the other one with hair)..RIP, twin brother Maurice (balding one)..RIP, and the youngest Andy who passed in his 30s...RIP
So cool growing up with The Bee Gees, Saturday Night Fever, etc. “How Deep is Your Love” is another beautiful hit of theirs. But there are soooooo many.
This song was part of the soundtrack for the movie Saturday Night Fever with John Travolta. Many parts of the lyrics have to do with the lead character. If you want to hear more you should see the movie or the full soundtrack. It is fabulous and iconic in music history.
The BeeGees were: the tallest and oldest brother (with the big hair and beard), Barry Gibb, born September 1, 1946, the only surviving Gibb brother. Robin Gibb (with the long hair, no beard), born December 22, 1949-passed away May 20, 2012, and Robin's fraternal twin brother Maurice (the balding brother with the beard, pronounced "Morris") Gibb, born December 22, 1949-passed away January 12, 2003. They also had another, younger, brother Andy Gibb, born March 5, 1958-passed away March 10, 1988. The three oldest brothers were born on the Isle of Man (UK). Oldest brother Barry got seriously burned when he accidentally pulled boiling tea over himself at 18 months old. He was in coma for a while, nearly died and was in hospital for many months. Because of this, he did not learn to talk until after the twins were born. Later the family moved to Manchester and from there they emigrated to Australia in 1958, right after Andy was born. All 4 brothers are just natural musical talents. All of them dropped out of high school in their early teens and none of them could read or write music. All their compositions were created completely organically. Their musical career, which they had started as little kids, didn't lead to international success so they moved back to the UK in 1967. Then they had a string of big hits, until they temporarily broke up around 1970 for 15 months. Started back up, looking for a new sound which they first found in 1974 with the transitional album "Mr. Natural". After that "Main Course" was the first album that moved them into a new direction: more rhythm&blues, dance music like with great hits like Nights on Broadway and Jive Talkin' (and was also actually the first album on which their logo was introduced). From 1976 on they went all out with falsetto driven dance music which lead to their biggest commercial success as they provided classic songs for the Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack (1977 Stayin' Alive, How Deep is Your Love, Night Fever amongst them). You should react to the 1979 live version of Stayin' Alive, too th-cam.com/video/7niXSh7vWRI/w-d-xo.html Other great songs to analyze: great album tracks from the 1979 Spirits Having Flown album, the title song: th-cam.com/video/WH_j90fCIk4/w-d-xo.html, the outrageously beautiful song Reaching Out th-cam.com/video/vfHUS5Mf00Q/w-d-xo.html. From their Still Waters album, Smoke and MIrrors: th-cam.com/video/MT9vRHSWNbk/w-d-xo.html. From the 1960's I've gotta get a message to you th-cam.com/video/CA4CInDnTk8/w-d-xo.html. And from the 1990's the simple song Blue Island live in an accoustic version: th-cam.com/video/162GlAEpfrY/w-d-xo.html. Andy was kind of Barry's mini me, about half a foot shorter and 12 years younger but they were the only lefties of the family. However, his voice was nowhere near as broad in range or as strong as Barry's. As producer Alby Galuten said in the book "Tales of the brothers Gibb "Andy's falsetto was nowhere near Barry's." Andy had a lower, huskier, sound to his voice and his range was not as big as Barry's. I personally always thought his voice was much better suited to songs of his first album, Flowing Rivers. Andy died of myocarditis - which is an inflammation of the heart - on March 10, 1988, 5 days after his 30th birthday. His heart had been weakened by his drug addiction over the years which, by the way, was also the main reason for his split from Victoria Principal. He also had a congenital heart problem that was later also discovered in Barry and Barry's second son Ashley. Try listening to the song Dreamin' on th-cam.com/video/-KdBVKcSSSw/w-d-xo.html which is kind of a duet with Barry. And here are the 4 brothers live on stage in 1979 doing You Should Be Dancing th-cam.com/video/_6MR-E_Qzz0/w-d-xo.html And finally a few photos of Barry and Andy: i.postimg.cc/jS6n3Jkv/Barry-Andy.jpg and i.postimg.cc/TwnPh8M0/82c126fc42a35d3b737867af41338199.jpg and the 4 brothers with their mother i.postimg.cc/FRNMbwkD/b9b2561eadffee11347573c97063c2f8-zpsd89478eb.jpg
Actually the Bee Gees were the first band in history to have Written, Produced, and Recorded six consecutive N01 hits in a row, Staying Alive was one of the six, this was between 1977-79 , the brothers also had the best selling album in history until Michael Jackson brought out his THRILLER album, Jackson mentioned that his inspiration for the THRILLER album came from the Bee Gees,The brothers first and foremost always considered themselves songwriters before being vocalists, but they are so amazing, no auto tune in them times just pure talent, it’s estimated they have written a thousand songs,and have been diverse in their music over 6 decades, they were also considered to be one of the best songwriters and have written songs for many famous artists and film, Bee Gees have sold over 230 million records worldwide,one song for you to check out by these amazing guys is, ( Fanny Be Tender With My Love)which is more R - B than disco, great reaction thanks 🙏
Fun Fact - Bee Gees stands for The Brothers Gibb. Kinda did an Eminem there 20 years before Em did it. This and I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor are my top 2 favorite Disco songs of all time. Thanks for doing the reaction Cliff. I respect your love for songwriters, no matter the genre.
I was born in early 70s, and I was brought up with 50s, 60s rock and R&B. 1977 was a big year. Star Wars came out and a movie called Saturday Night Fever staring a young John Travolta, with a lot of Bee Gees songs including this song was on the soundtrack that I used to have that soundtrack on Vinyl. And always heard this song on the radio. That movie made Disco famous. Fun Fact, back in 1997 Wyclef Jean teamed up with John Forte and Pras and used a sample of Stayin Alive and made a song called We Trying to Stay Alive, that you should check out.
1.2 BILLION views on YT. 800 million for the official video uploaded 14 years ago to their official site, and 400million views for the remastered uploaded 7 years ago, also on their Bee Gees YT site. Also 23+ million monthly listeners on spotify currently.
You know, Cliff, you said "They don't make songs like this these days".... you're a ghost-writer, bro..... start bringing this kind of music back. Trust me, you'll get a lot of recognition for doing so! I see a LOT of younger people long for music like this.... it's absurd that the music industry doesn't realize that, and tap into that market. "Be the change in the world that you want to see happen".
@@CliffBeatsOfficial Cliff, you know I love you, man. We've talked on occasion. So let me give you a little bit of advice: YOU control your own destiny. Sure, you may have to conform to the wishes of your employer, but something I learned a long time ago, is that you can figure out a way to circumvent their demands, push forward the kind of change you want to see happen, AND all parties can profit from it. Yes, you can STILL work within the boundaries they set, but also create change where you feel it needs to be. It's about figuring out the "work-around", and either they can profit from it, or you both can. Remember this: Subtle change can work wonders, and patience is the key to subtle change. Nothing full on changes over night, it takes time. Believe me, I know this from experience. You're a smart dude, you just need to figure out how to pull it off. But I have nothing but confidence in you. Take care, brother!
Im getting close to hitting the 60 yr mark. Some spent their lives vacations, clothes shoes. I spent my life going to concerts BEE GEES were my first concert in the 70s. You can do CPR with the timing of this beat in your mind. With compressions
i think it was barry gibb that said he came up with the idea for the rythmn from the train they were travelling on. when u hear that ch-ch-ch sound (snare drums?), that's similar to the train sound.
Another Aussie classic band that’s made it big in America. 🎉 this was released 3 months before I was even born 😂 I remember my mum was listening to this when I was little. That record player would just play non stop to the Bee Gees that I was starting to get sick of it😂😂😂😂 now it’s a classic. 😂😂
Dont forget about their youngest brother, Andy who also had a very good singing career before he died. BEE GEES also have written Many songs for othet even the movie zGrease title song. So many musicians have had the pleasure of their lyrics
Robin sang the lead on some of there earlier music 60’s and early 70’s , I started a joke, I’ve just got a message to you, Massachusetts, Come on over, How can you mend a broken heart , please check out there early stuff on TH-cam The Midnight Special, they did so many amazing performances on that show.
I graduated high school in 1975... The Bee Gees were top chart in the Disco era and I was on that dance floor every weekend!! One of my favorites is "Too Much Heaven". P S. @Cliff I listen to them a lot, but yes this does help the heart rhythm... I've had 2 heart attacks.
I recommend checking out the movie, Saturday Night Fever, which this and other songs were written for. Saturday Night Fever reflected the disco era which was peaking in popularity with the help of this movie and music. Saturday Night Fever was a breakout role for John Travolta. It's one of my favorite movies of all time. Really well done and reflects life in the city in the 1970s.
The Bee Gee's are creative power houses as singers, performers and song writers and should be up there with the other rock greats like the Beatles. They had a long performing career in the 60's (Medaly 1963 they were very very young) ) other hits in the later 60's ( To Love somebody (written by Barry and Robin) Spick n Specks, Massachusetts, New York Mining Disaster 1941) in the 70's they got such songs as Stayin Alivia, Dance Fever, You Should be Dancin, Jive Talkin and if you want soul and Smoooth in one song react to "too much heaven" . They also wrote hits for other artists "Islands in the stream" for Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers, 'Grease' performed by Frankie Valli, 'Woman in Love' by Barbra Streisand, 'Heartbreak' by Dionne Warwick to name a few
My daughter has SVT and takes medication for it, stays hydrated and keeps electrolye drinks available, uses an ice cube on her left collar bone with an episode happens. The cough maneuver doesn't help her, unfortunately. She's never been told this about this song. I'll have to have her try it out. Side note, when you said, "as someone who feels their heart 24/7", my daughter said if she can't feel her heart she thinks she's dying. She said she'll lay there and think, "this is it, this is where I go out." I feel for her and anyone that has SVT.
@@theodoreritola7641 Absolutely. We know where all the current music stems from. I watch and can pick out stuff that's been done before. Kids just don't know the history lol.
The beat is the way you count chest compressions when doing CPR, we were always taught to sing this in our heads when being taught CPR... So very happy it works for you.. I love Bee Gees classic songs.
This is very interesting to hear about the super ventricular tachycardia and the Bee gees stayin alive song fixing it. Right before my mother was diagnosed with a rare lung disease she was having what she thought were panic attacks and something that she had had off and on since she was like 19. But it turned out it wasn't panic attacks it turned out it was super ventricular tachycardia. And like she kept ending up in the hospital because of it we got pretty familiar with 911 and the paramedics in our area put it that way for the year before she got diagnosed with her rare lung disease that turned out it wasn't COPD that she had it all she had pulmonary arterial hypertension. Well no wonder COPD medicines wasn't working LOL. She actually was in the first one of the first groups of people here in the USA to be treated with the medicine that they created for that rare disease that she had. She made it like a good 6 years or so after diagnosing her properly and treating her for what she had. Yes so sometimes super ventricular tachycardia can come up not just as a disease type thing of its own but as a way of your body trying to get someone's attention because something is going wrong. Because after she finally started getting treated for the pulmonary arterial hypertension, , , 🤔 she no longer was having any problems with her super ventricular tachycardia that had been putting her in the hospital over and over because it wasn't just happening like randomly you know maybe once a year or so when she also was pushing herself a bit too hard I think. I remember inquiring with her pulmonologist how to wow she is not even on any medication anymore for the super ventricular tachycardia and seems to have no problem at all with it now. Did it just go away ? Like WTF. But it's just one of the bodies ways of being able to get attention sometimes before it's too late. Had she not gotten diagnosed properly and then treated properly she would have been dead within a couple years at the most. Her body was going to get attention somehow. Of course it just kept being putting a Band-Aid on the super ventricular tachycardia by trying to shut it up. But it was persistent enough until she ended up in the right emergency room in the right condition and they decided to do the test well they had her there in the ER. The only kind of tests they can do to tell the difference between just your standard COPD or chronic bronchitis or one of the other lung elements is to do a right heart cath test where they run a wire up through the artery in your groin to your heart and touch it your heart a bit and see what your heart does about it. That's why a lot of people a lot more people put it that way have what my mother had is not as rare as they were thinking it's just it's being misdiagnosed a COPD and being dedicated as if it was COPD and it turns out it's much much more than that. And the medication is completely different now that they've developed medication for it that is. Anyways enough about super ventricular tachycardia and pulmonary arterial hypertension for now 👈😉👍 believe me I've never taken a medical course but I sure know a lot about these conditions now after caring for my mom until she passed. Much 💕 to you & yours. Always stay safe out there Theresa Northwest coast USA
Queens live aid concert. Is an absolute amazing performance. You should check that one out. 🔥🔥 Or theres a video of the crowd at a green day concert breaking out into Queen Bohemian rhapsody and singing the whole song that is wonderful. A real homage to how great he was. And how people still love his music. Anyways I enjoyed this react Cliff. Love the classics ✌️🖤
My inner teenager so happy right now! This was my childhood! I am very proud to say that “Saturday Night Fever” was the first R-rated movie I saw in a movie theater. I was 14.❤
Actually, at the age of 70 I miss the tight pants. During my time they were so tight you'd have to rub soap on the zipper to get them on. God I miss those days! Pants so tight you'd be able to tell their religion!
When prforming CPR you count "ONE and TWO and THREE and FOUR" hitting the compressions on the number. This is aprox 100 beats/ min which is what is needed for effective CPR
My husband always used to start singing this to me when I was angry or sad to make me laugh. Just weeks after he died suddenly, my mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Driving home from her house after doctors told us it was the end and started hospice, I was sobbing. I had a country music radio station on. The song stopped mid-song and Staying Alive started playing. I had to pull over. When Staying Alive was over, which would never be on a country station, the country song I had been listening to started right back up where it was cut off. If the stations crossed signals or something, that song would have been long over. I was weird, and I never have been able explain it.
I believe it. A similar thing happened to me when I was upset. I didn't even have the radio on, and it came on by itself playing my husband's cd. I took it as him trying to comfort me.
Bee Gees is for Brothers Gibb. They had a younger brother who had a somewhat successful musical career. He also died young. You might really appreciate their song “Massachusetts”-it’s different than most of their other music and Robin displays an unusual vocal technique.
That's crazy. I had SVT several years ago. Got corrective ablation surgery after 3 ER trips. Somehow got over 220 bbp without passing out during one of the ER trips. Anyway - what you said about this - I had no clue.
Also - MORE BeeGees!!! They've written so many hits for themselves and others through their 4 decades! You definitely need to check out "Too Much Heaven" A super hit that they wrote and donated to UNICEF which has made millions for the charity.
As others have mentioned, this is a perfect song to sing in your head as you administer heart compressions to someone whose heart has stopped, as it provides the correct rhythm. However, an amusing fact is that there's another song that also has the right rhyrhm, but because it's called "Another One Bites the Dust" (by Queen), it seems a bit macabre to sing that in your head at such a moment, LOL!! "Stayin' Alive" is much more fitting.
My mom loved the bee gees. The solo Andy gibb the youngest brother died at 30. And the twins have passed now. So just Barry is still alive Sorry about your heart. My youngest son was born with a very rare heat condition and most babies would pass. He is still with us as are you. He turned 35 this year. Huge Em fan also. I am close to Ems age. A bit older. And agree. They do not make music like this anymore the two On the outside are the twins. Maurice and Robin. Saw them in concert also. Thx. I was very young when they were out.
Apparently if you follow the heartbeat when saving someone's life 😂 You should be dancing with youngest brother Andy live is a banger. Great reaction and Peace out 🙏 ✌️ ☮️
We can try to understand the New York Times' effect on man. We can discuss the topics of the day....have deep conversations, or we can just dance. He's good either way.....that's my interpretation.
I always thought the NYT reference was a comment on how media and corporate culture could influence perception and image, which doesn’t accurately reflect the lives of many people.
New sub for your reaction & keeping BG's music alive for new generations. So many of their songs you'd like: Too Much Heaven, Tragedy, Love You Inside and Out, Nights on Broadway, etc. Also check out BG''s x 50 Cent mashup of Stayin' Alive x In Da Club. Stay healthy ❤
Great reaction Cliff, born on the Isle of Mann, moved to Manchester as young kids.
Wrote for Diana Ross, Kenny Rogers and many others.
If you haven’t seen Saturday Night Fever, it’s worth watching or even a blind reaction.
❤️👍🏽👍☘️
I can’t go a day without listening to The Bee Gees❣️So much to choose from. Hi Bee Gee lovers. ❤️
So true & hi!☺️
BeeGees = Brothers Gibb.
The Bee Gees song writing and harmonies are so tight, they’re unrivaled. I have loved them since I was a child and they were first getting started. ❤
Barry Gibbs did the majority of the lead singing.
Barry Gibb is the only one alive at 78. Actually, Morris had some solo songs as well. Barry is known worldwide for his unusual falsetto.
I believe the line that says "We can try to understand the New York Time's effect on man" is simply a statement about how the media influences everything, which is even more true today. Don't overthink it.
I think all the Gibb brothers each had their own physical charm. Don’t short change yourself over your hair but I agree Barry had epic hair. One thing about these guys is they were master song writers. Their music stands the test of time.
If you were a kid in the late 70's and early 80's, this was played regularly in roller rinks nation wide.
Barry is the oldest and the one with “the hair.” Robin & Maurice (bald) are twins. They had a younger brother, Andy, who had a solo career. He also played/toured occasionally with his brothers. Sadly, Andy passed away at age 30. Their harmonies are considered to be among the best ever. The Bee Gees (Brothers Gibb) had a legendary career not only as performers, but as song writers. They wrote hundreds of songs not just for themselves, but many other artists as well. You can look up how many charting songs they wrote, it’s a lot.
Growing up in the 70/80s, their songs are interwoven in the soundtrack of my life. This particular song was part of the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. If you were a teen at the time, that movie was *everything*.
Yep. What they said. Lol
Barry was the lead singer on most of the songs. Barry is the lone survivor of his brothers, including younger brother Andy who was not in the group, but had a successful solo career.
Barry 💕 💕
These guys are iconic. The only one left is Barry, and he still sings. Love your reaction.
I was 10 when this came out, I feel old
Me too !!
Thats a blast from the past! I had posters of Barry and Andy Gibb on my wall as a teen. ❤❤❤
Love Love Love the bee gees❤❤❤ cliff please do jive talkin
In CPR class, the instructor said to use this beat. However, you could probably just crank the song and the person would revive and start boogying.
This was used for the movie Saturday Night Fever which was the story of the disco scene in NYC in the 70s. It was John Travolta’s breakthrough role.
I thought this was used in the Travolta movie Staying Alive?
@@jenniferobin7260The movie Staying Alive was the sequel to Saturday Night Fever.
Still married 😊
The song was inspired by a trip they made to NY during Son of Sam times and all the struggles they saw. NY Times is a newspaper so talking about how media can affect people. Barry lead in this song is the oldest (only one still with us), fraternal twins Robin (no beard) and Maurice (pronounced Morris) have both passed. They have a huge catalogue. You would enjoy Wind of change (1979), You should be dancing (1979), Jive Talking and Fanny be tender. They wrote all their own songs and hits for others. ❤❤❤❤
It's such a great song.
I remember when I actually learned the lyrics to this song. I've known the song since it was released in 1977 but I didn't exactly know all the lyrics. And I can't remember what show it was there was a show on our cable Network I think it was like a half hour show and they would pick a song and go over the lyrics of it. And I was like whoa wait okay I just remembered I had the album from the movie soundtrack it was the title song of a hit movie with John Travolta but I had no idea that the song had nothing to do with a disco dancing at all LOL.
@ only the Gibb brothers could write music on such serious subjects and make seem so upbeat.
🌸 the one in the middle is the oldest brother named Barry.. the other two are actually twins, Robin and Maurice. they also had a little brother named Andy, who sadly passed away right when he turned 30.💔
The movie with John Travolta was so great! The Bee Gees have always been 🔥.
The reference to The New York Times:
"Released in 1977, just over a year after serial killer David “Son of Sam” Berkowitz terrorized New York during the summer of 1976 with eight unprovoked slayings across the city, the song was produced during the time, aptly described by Irish writer Dermot McEvoy, when “New York’s grime was golden” and the lyrics reflect the uncertain state of things in America’s biggest city.
In fact, the Bee Gees wrote the song as an homage to New York’s gritty streets during that era, as to their influences from Black culture and R&B, as noted by the lyrical references to the plights of minority New Yorkers sprinkled in between the catchy chorus.
“‘Stayin’ Alive’ was the influence New York gave to us, and the energy level at that point in the late 70s was really survival,” Barry Gibb"
Great info 🙏
wow i did not know that TY
Barry sings the lead…you need to check out their little brother Andy gibb…shadow dancing…it’s great
If you do a dive into Bee Gees, I’m there. I didn’t appreciate them when their songs were new, but I now love them. They span so much, and do it all well.
They actually wrote this to go with the heartbeat. And when you do cpr you do the chest compressions to the beat of this song.
When I went through the EMT program, this is exactly what we we’re practicing to! We even got to watch the Office skit for fun 🤣
I don’t think they intentionally wrote this to go with the heart beat. It’s just a very happy coincidence that the beat falls within the ideal range for chest compressions.
I learned CPR after I graduated, they taught me to follow this tempo. I didn't know they WROTE it to be that way. Genius. I always assumed it was an odd coincidence.
@@MiddleAgedBobI always assumed this, I'm curious if the OP has proof on it being wrote that way
The beat of this is much faster than a normal heartbeat but is ideal for CPR.
Barry is the oldest and is the only one still alive! Barry is the one singinglead here. Robin in the red shirt died from cancer in 2012 and his twin brother Maurice (pronounced Morris) died in 2003 when he had to be taken into surgery to clear a blocked intestine after he had a heart attack. The Bee Gees are one of the biggest groups EVER! They performed for 50 years before the first one died. They were in stories in newspapers all over America but The NY Times was a big one. Barry received a Kennedy Center Award last year from President Biden and Barry mentioned that he would not be the person he is today without his brothers. RIP Robin and Maurice, we love and miss you!🫶
Memories, I would dance the night away. I see John Travolta strutting 🔥🔥🔥. Gmaw👵🏼.
Memories..... light the corners of my mind...... misty water colored memories...... of the way we were.....
A very talented family, the Gibb brothers. Barry (lead vocalist) is the oldest, Robin (the other one with hair)..RIP, twin brother Maurice (balding one)..RIP, and the youngest Andy who passed in his 30s...RIP
No other group like this! 50 years of music from these legends.
So cool growing up with The Bee Gees, Saturday Night Fever, etc. “How Deep is Your Love” is another beautiful hit of theirs. But there are soooooo many.
Loved there younger brother. This song was from the Saturday night fever movie. With John Travolta
This song was part of the soundtrack for the movie Saturday Night Fever with John Travolta. Many parts of the lyrics have to do with the lead character. If you want to hear more you should see the movie or the full soundtrack. It is fabulous and iconic in music history.
I’ve taken CPR classes before and they’ll Play this song to help people maintain the beat when giving chest compressions
The BeeGees were: the tallest and oldest brother (with the big hair and beard), Barry Gibb, born September 1, 1946, the only surviving Gibb brother. Robin Gibb (with the long hair, no beard), born December 22, 1949-passed away May 20, 2012, and Robin's fraternal twin brother Maurice (the balding brother with the beard, pronounced "Morris") Gibb, born December 22, 1949-passed away January 12, 2003. They also had another, younger, brother Andy Gibb, born March 5, 1958-passed away March 10, 1988.
The three oldest brothers were born on the Isle of Man (UK). Oldest brother Barry got seriously burned when he accidentally pulled boiling tea over himself at 18 months old. He was in coma for a while, nearly died and was in hospital for many months. Because of this, he did not learn to talk until after the twins were born. Later the family moved to Manchester and from there they emigrated to Australia in 1958, right after Andy was born. All 4 brothers are just natural musical talents. All of them dropped out of high school in their early teens and none of them could read or write music. All their compositions were created completely organically.
Their musical career, which they had started as little kids, didn't lead to international success so they moved back to the UK in 1967. Then they had a string of big hits, until they temporarily broke up around 1970 for 15 months. Started back up, looking for a new sound which they first found in 1974 with the transitional album "Mr. Natural". After that "Main Course" was the first album that moved them into a new direction: more rhythm&blues, dance music like with great hits like Nights on Broadway and Jive Talkin' (and was also actually the first album on which their logo was introduced).
From 1976 on they went all out with falsetto driven dance music which lead to their biggest commercial success as they provided classic songs for the Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack (1977 Stayin' Alive, How Deep is Your Love, Night Fever amongst them). You should react to the 1979 live version of Stayin' Alive, too th-cam.com/video/7niXSh7vWRI/w-d-xo.html Other great songs to analyze: great album tracks from the 1979 Spirits Having Flown album, the title song: th-cam.com/video/WH_j90fCIk4/w-d-xo.html, the outrageously beautiful song Reaching Out th-cam.com/video/vfHUS5Mf00Q/w-d-xo.html. From their Still Waters album, Smoke and MIrrors: th-cam.com/video/MT9vRHSWNbk/w-d-xo.html. From the 1960's I've gotta get a message to you th-cam.com/video/CA4CInDnTk8/w-d-xo.html. And from the 1990's the simple song Blue Island live in an accoustic version: th-cam.com/video/162GlAEpfrY/w-d-xo.html.
Andy was kind of Barry's mini me, about half a foot shorter and 12 years younger but they were the only lefties of the family. However, his voice was nowhere near as broad in range or as strong as Barry's. As producer Alby Galuten said in the book "Tales of the brothers Gibb "Andy's falsetto was nowhere near Barry's." Andy had a lower, huskier, sound to his voice and his range was not as big as Barry's. I personally always thought his voice was much better suited to songs of his first album, Flowing Rivers. Andy died of myocarditis - which is an inflammation of the heart - on March 10, 1988, 5 days after his 30th birthday. His heart had been weakened by his drug addiction over the years which, by the way, was also the main reason for his split from Victoria Principal. He also had a congenital heart problem that was later also discovered in Barry and Barry's second son Ashley. Try listening to the song Dreamin' on th-cam.com/video/-KdBVKcSSSw/w-d-xo.html which is kind of a duet with Barry. And here are the 4 brothers live on stage in 1979 doing You Should Be Dancing th-cam.com/video/_6MR-E_Qzz0/w-d-xo.html And finally a few photos of Barry and Andy: i.postimg.cc/jS6n3Jkv/Barry-Andy.jpg and i.postimg.cc/TwnPh8M0/82c126fc42a35d3b737867af41338199.jpg and the 4 brothers with their mother i.postimg.cc/FRNMbwkD/b9b2561eadffee11347573c97063c2f8-zpsd89478eb.jpg
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Actually the Bee Gees were the first band in history to have Written, Produced, and Recorded six consecutive N01 hits in a row, Staying Alive was one of the six, this was between 1977-79 , the brothers also had the best selling album in history until Michael Jackson brought out his THRILLER album, Jackson mentioned that his inspiration for the THRILLER album came from the Bee Gees,The brothers first and foremost always considered themselves songwriters before being vocalists, but they are so amazing, no auto tune in them times just pure talent, it’s estimated they have written a thousand songs,and have been diverse in their music over 6 decades, they were also considered to be one of the best songwriters and have written songs for many famous artists and film, Bee Gees have sold over 230 million records worldwide,one song for you to check out by these amazing guys is, ( Fanny Be Tender With My Love)which is more R - B than disco, great reaction thanks 🙏
This song is famously associated with CPR because the tempo matches the ideal rate for chest compressions during CPR
Cliff you said it!! They don’t make songs like this anymore!
Fun Fact - Bee Gees stands for The Brothers Gibb. Kinda did an Eminem there 20 years before Em did it. This and I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor are my top 2 favorite Disco songs of all time. Thanks for doing the reaction Cliff. I respect your love for songwriters, no matter the genre.
Too much heaven . Will blow you away
I was born in early 70s, and I was brought up with 50s, 60s rock and R&B. 1977 was a big year. Star Wars came out and a movie called Saturday Night Fever staring a young John Travolta, with a lot of Bee Gees songs including this song was on the soundtrack that I used to have that soundtrack on Vinyl. And always heard this song on the radio. That movie made Disco famous. Fun Fact, back in 1997 Wyclef Jean teamed up with John Forte and Pras and used a sample of Stayin Alive and made a song called We Trying to Stay Alive, that you should check out.
1.2 BILLION views on YT. 800 million for the official video uploaded 14 years ago to their official site, and 400million views for the remastered uploaded 7 years ago, also on their Bee Gees YT site. Also 23+ million monthly listeners on spotify currently.
Wowww!!!😳
You know, Cliff, you said "They don't make songs like this these days".... you're a ghost-writer, bro..... start bringing this kind of music back. Trust me, you'll get a lot of recognition for doing so! I see a LOT of younger people long for music like this.... it's absurd that the music industry doesn't realize that, and tap into that market. "Be the change in the world that you want to see happen".
I’m not in control of what I write. My label dictates what is acceptable and isn’t, unfortunately.
@@CliffBeatsOfficial Cliff, you know I love you, man. We've talked on occasion. So let me give you a little bit of advice: YOU control your own destiny. Sure, you may have to conform to the wishes of your employer, but something I learned a long time ago, is that you can figure out a way to circumvent their demands, push forward the kind of change you want to see happen, AND all parties can profit from it.
Yes, you can STILL work within the boundaries they set, but also create change where you feel it needs to be. It's about figuring out the "work-around", and either they can profit from it, or you both can.
Remember this: Subtle change can work wonders, and patience is the key to subtle change. Nothing full on changes over night, it takes time. Believe me, I know this from experience. You're a smart dude, you just need to figure out how to pull it off. But I have nothing but confidence in you.
Take care, brother!
@@CliffBeatsOfficialthat sucks.
Read about the drummer on Stayin Alive responsible for keeping that beat: Barnard Lupe!! You will then want to react to NIGHT FEVER.
I to this day cannot understand what they are saying but it always makes me feel good and happy ☺I was 4 when this came out
Im getting close to hitting the 60 yr mark. Some spent their lives vacations, clothes shoes. I spent my life going to concerts BEE GEES were my first concert in the 70s. You can do CPR with the timing of this beat in your mind. With compressions
i think it was barry gibb that said he came up with the idea for the rythmn from the train they were travelling on. when u hear that ch-ch-ch sound (snare drums?), that's similar to the train sound.
That is the song they use when you do compressions for CPR. Good to know it helping your beating heart.
Another Aussie classic band that’s made it big in America. 🎉 this was released 3 months before I was even born 😂 I remember my mum was listening to this when I was little. That record player would just play non stop to the Bee Gees that I was starting to get sick of it😂😂😂😂 now it’s a classic. 😂😂
you should do More Than a Woman and Night Fever by The Bee Gees as well! They're awesome
Barry is the one with the high voice.
🌸 and Barry has been married for 54 years
Dont forget about their youngest brother, Andy who also had a very good singing career before he died. BEE GEES also have written Many songs for othet even the movie zGrease title song. So many musicians have had the pleasure of their lyrics
Robin sang the lead on some of there earlier music 60’s and early 70’s , I started a joke, I’ve just got a message to you, Massachusetts, Come on over, How can you mend a broken heart , please check out there early stuff on TH-cam The Midnight Special, they did so many amazing performances on that show.
Barry was the lead for most of the popular songs
I tell you what man... there's just something about 70s bass grooves... LOVE them!
I graduated high school in 1975... The Bee Gees were top chart in the Disco era and I was on that dance floor every weekend!! One of my favorites is "Too Much Heaven". P S. @Cliff I listen to them a lot, but yes this does help the heart rhythm... I've had 2 heart attacks.
I recommend checking out the movie, Saturday Night Fever, which this and other songs were written for. Saturday Night Fever reflected the disco era which was peaking in popularity with the help of this movie and music. Saturday Night Fever was a breakout role for John Travolta. It's one of my favorite movies of all time. Really well done and reflects life in the city in the 1970s.
This was the Early days of Disco
The Bee Gee's are creative power houses as singers, performers and song writers and should be up there with the other rock greats like the Beatles. They had a long performing career in the 60's (Medaly 1963 they were very very young) ) other hits in the later 60's ( To Love somebody (written by Barry and Robin) Spick n Specks, Massachusetts, New York Mining Disaster 1941) in the 70's they got such songs as Stayin Alivia, Dance Fever, You Should be Dancin, Jive Talkin and if you want soul and Smoooth in one song react to "too much heaven" . They also wrote hits for other artists "Islands in the stream" for Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers, 'Grease' performed by Frankie Valli, 'Woman in Love' by Barbra Streisand, 'Heartbreak' by Dionne Warwick to name a few
The new york times affect on man was a newpaper article... that is what he is referring to
the disco era, loved dancing to this song back in the day.
I understand what you are saying. They actually do commercials w/Staying Alive for CPR.
My daughter has SVT and takes medication for it, stays hydrated and keeps electrolye drinks available, uses an ice cube on her left collar bone with an episode happens. The cough maneuver doesn't help her, unfortunately. She's never been told this about this song. I'll have to have her try it out. Side note, when you said, "as someone who feels their heart 24/7", my daughter said if she can't feel her heart she thinks she's dying. She said she'll lay there and think, "this is it, this is where I go out." I feel for her and anyone that has SVT.
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70s disco. Soul Train, Sugar Hill Gang, etc. I'm old LMAO!
So am i all most 64 we where very blessed to be 70s BRATS
@@theodoreritola7641 Absolutely. We know where all the current music stems from. I watch and can pick out stuff that's been done before. Kids just don't know the history lol.
The beat is the way you count chest compressions when doing CPR, we were always taught to sing this in our heads when being taught CPR... So very happy it works for you.. I love Bee Gees classic songs.
LOOOOVE THE BEE GEES!💜💜💜
bee gees love you inside out
This is very interesting to hear about the super ventricular tachycardia and the Bee gees stayin alive song fixing it.
Right before my mother was diagnosed with a rare lung disease she was having what she thought were panic attacks and something that she had had off and on since she was like 19.
But it turned out it wasn't panic attacks it turned out it was super ventricular tachycardia. And like she kept ending up in the hospital because of it we got pretty familiar with 911 and the paramedics in our area put it that way for the year before she got diagnosed with her rare lung disease that turned out it wasn't COPD that she had it all she had pulmonary arterial hypertension. Well no wonder COPD medicines wasn't working LOL.
She actually was in the first one of the first groups of people here in the USA to be treated with the medicine that they created for that rare disease that she had.
She made it like a good 6 years or so after diagnosing her properly and treating her for what she had.
Yes so sometimes super ventricular tachycardia can come up not just as a disease type thing of its own but as a way of your body trying to get someone's attention because something is going wrong.
Because after she finally started getting treated for the pulmonary arterial hypertension, , , 🤔 she no longer was having any problems with her super ventricular tachycardia that had been putting her in the hospital over and over because it wasn't just happening like randomly you know maybe once a year or so when she also was pushing herself a bit too hard I think.
I remember inquiring with her pulmonologist how to wow she is not even on any medication anymore for the super ventricular tachycardia and seems to have no problem at all with it now. Did it just go away ?
Like WTF. But it's just one of the bodies ways of being able to get attention sometimes before it's too late. Had she not gotten diagnosed properly and then treated properly she would have been dead within a couple years at the most.
Her body was going to get attention somehow. Of course it just kept being putting a Band-Aid on the super ventricular tachycardia by trying to shut it up.
But it was persistent enough until she ended up in the right emergency room in the right condition and they decided to do the test well they had her there in the ER.
The only kind of tests they can do to tell the difference between just your standard COPD or chronic bronchitis or one of the other lung elements is to do a right heart cath test where they run a wire up through the artery in your groin to your heart and touch it your heart a bit and see what your heart does about it. That's why a lot of people a lot more people put it that way have what my mother had is not as rare as they were thinking it's just it's being misdiagnosed a COPD and being dedicated as if it was COPD and it turns out it's much much more than that. And the medication is completely different now that they've developed medication for it that is.
Anyways enough about super ventricular tachycardia and pulmonary arterial hypertension for now 👈😉👍 believe me I've never taken a medical course but I sure know a lot about these conditions now after caring for my mom until she passed.
Much 💕 to you & yours.
Always stay safe out there
Theresa
Northwest coast USA
Queens live aid concert. Is an absolute amazing performance. You should check that one out. 🔥🔥 Or theres a video of the crowd at a green day concert breaking out into Queen Bohemian rhapsody and singing the whole song that is wonderful. A real homage to how great he was. And how people still love his music. Anyways I enjoyed this react Cliff. Love the classics ✌️🖤
bee gees too much heaven
My inner teenager so happy right now! This was my childhood! I am very proud to say that “Saturday Night Fever” was the first R-rated movie I saw in a movie theater. I was 14.❤
It’s also used in the film men in black, and that track was a hit for Will Smith.
Not only did Barry hit that note, he held it for 13 beats!
Great reaction! Ready for the next!
Actually, at the age of 70 I miss the tight pants. During my time they were so tight you'd have to rub soap on the zipper to get them on. God I miss those days! Pants so tight you'd be able to tell their religion!
Hilarious!
Yeah that's Barry Gibb right there with that incredible range okay.
Oh yeah and they have a little brother as well Andy Gibb
Bee Gees = BGs = Brothers Gibb
Robyn had a beautiful voice. His cover of 'oh Darling' by The Beatles is amazing
Love Robin's version of that song!!!
Agreed!❤❤❤
Yes.
It's the first time a drum loop was ever used in a song.
Barry is the lead singer. Robin and Maurice did mostly backup vocals.
Wrong. Robin also sang lead on many songs. Barry and Robin also shared leads.
When prforming CPR you count "ONE and TWO and THREE and FOUR" hitting the compressions on the number. This is aprox 100 beats/ min which is what is needed for effective CPR
This is like "all life matters" the 70's edition
My husband always used to start singing this to me when I was angry or sad to make me laugh. Just weeks after he died suddenly, my mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Driving home from her house after doctors told us it was the end and started hospice, I was sobbing. I had a country music radio station on. The song stopped mid-song and Staying Alive started playing. I had to pull over. When Staying Alive was over, which would never be on a country station, the country song I had been listening to started right back up where it was cut off. If the stations crossed signals or something, that song would have been long over. I was weird, and I never have been able explain it.
I believe it. A similar thing happened to me when I was upset. I didn't even have the radio on, and it came on by itself playing my husband's cd. I took it as him trying to comfort me.
Bee Gees is for Brothers Gibb. They had a younger brother who had a somewhat successful musical career. He also died young. You might really appreciate their song “Massachusetts”-it’s different than most of their other music and Robin displays an unusual vocal technique.
That's crazy. I had SVT several years ago. Got corrective ablation surgery after 3 ER trips. Somehow got over 220 bbp without passing out during one of the ER trips. Anyway - what you said about this - I had no clue.
Also - MORE BeeGees!!! They've written so many hits for themselves and others through their 4 decades! You definitely need to check out "Too Much Heaven" A super hit that they wrote and donated to UNICEF which has made millions for the charity.
As others have mentioned, this is a perfect song to sing in your head as you administer heart compressions to someone whose heart has stopped, as it provides the correct rhythm. However, an amusing fact is that there's another song that also has the right rhyrhm, but because it's called "Another One Bites the Dust" (by Queen), it seems a bit macabre to sing that in your head at such a moment, LOL!! "Stayin' Alive" is much more fitting.
If I remember correctly, their original band name was Brothers Gibbs but they shortened it to Bee Gees
My mom loved the bee gees. The solo Andy gibb the youngest brother died at 30. And the twins have passed now. So just Barry is still alive Sorry about your heart. My youngest son was born with a very rare heat condition and most babies would pass. He is still with us as are you. He turned 35 this year. Huge Em fan also. I am close to Ems age. A bit older. And agree. They do not make music like this anymore the two On the outside are the twins. Maurice and Robin. Saw them in concert also. Thx. I was very young when they were out.
Apparently if you follow the heartbeat when saving someone's life 😂 You should be dancing with youngest brother Andy live is a banger. Great reaction and Peace out 🙏 ✌️ ☮️
We can try to understand the New York Times' effect on man. We can discuss the topics of the day....have deep conversations, or we can just dance. He's good either way.....that's my interpretation.
When doing CPR training, we were told to think of this song when doing the chest compressions on the dummy.
Barry is the hair and the falsetto. The balding brother was Maurice and the other side was Robyn.
‘the balding brother’??🤨
Robin not Robyn.
Barry was the lead singer on this track and also the brother with the lions mane hair. 😂
I got married in November 1977 😊
💯 down for more Bee Gees!! Must check out More Than A Woman! 🙌🙏
I always thought the NYT reference was a comment on how media and corporate culture could influence perception and image, which doesn’t accurately reflect the lives of many people.
New sub for your reaction & keeping BG's music alive for new generations. So many of their songs you'd like: Too Much Heaven, Tragedy, Love You Inside and Out, Nights on Broadway, etc. Also check out BG''s x 50 Cent mashup of Stayin' Alive x In Da Club. Stay healthy ❤
You need to do stayn in black bee gees singing and acdc sound track it's awsome and a laugh
"New York Times don't make a man" I believe 💜