70s Legend Made History When He REPLACED Himself at #1 THREE Times in a Row! | Professor of Rock
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- Up next we go behind the signature song behind a ground-breaking album that boasted 11 Top 40 singles on the Hot 100, and seven #1 hits*. Just unbelievable numbers. I’m talking about Saturday Night Fever the soundtrack from 1978 that really is a Bee Gees album. the record was so big you almost have to call it a movement…The song most associated with this movement the Bee Gees Staying Alive has been misunderstood for decades! Everyone knows it as a carefree, jolt of swagger but it’s actually a very serious song from a group that absolutely dominated the charts even doing something the Beatles didn’t do. Barry Gibb replaced himself at #1 not once, not twice but three times with four straight #1 hits. With Staying Alive, Night Fever, If I Can’t Have You, and Love Is Thicker Than Water… Stayin’ Alive started the momentum and it almost didn’t get released… the story is coming up… NEXT on the Professor of Rock.
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In 1977 the Bee Gees, comprised of twin brothers Robin and Maurice Gibb and big brother Barry, were in Paris working on material for their next album. While there, they received a call from their manager and entertainment mogul Robert Stigwood. He was putting together a new movie and wanted the brothers to write some songs for the soundtrack. At this point, the film was still untitled and there wasn’t much to tell them, only that it was going to be about the disco-craze. That film would of course become the famed Saturday Night Fever.
According to Robin, the three brothers had no concept of the movie during the writing process, except for a very rough draft of the script. He said, “We didn’t really want to take our chances on a film… But we had a bunch of songs written and said they [the movie execs] were quite welcome to come and have a listen.”
When the Paramount reps arrived in France to hear what the Bee Gees had written, they were predictably underwhelmed. I say that because this is a familiar story in the music industry…
Record executives, or in this case movie executives, who are completely clueless about what they are listening to. If it doesn’t sound like anything that’s already popular on the radio, they want nothing to do with it. Well, as it turns out, the batch of songs they were listening to included three iconic disco-era tracks that would all go to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100… How Deep is Your Love, Night Fever, and today’s featured track Stayin’ Alive.
Poll; What is your pick for the greatest movie soundtrack album?
I like the Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack.
It's the only movie record I own.
The Forest Gump soundtrack is a good collection of classic rock.
I also like the theme song Chariots Of Fire by Vangelis.
Can't pick just one ... in addition to Saturday Night Fever:
Top Gun
The Big Chill
Dirty Dancing
Purple Rain
Last Action Hero
The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
Original music Help - The Beatles
Non original music - American Graffiti
It always drove me nuts when people said that they hated the BeeGees because they hated Disco. Give me a break, they harmonized and sounded as good as anyone out there. I feel bad that Barry is all by himself now. What a talented family...
Right? thanks David!
He’s been through a lot of heartbreak with the losses of all of his brothers and his parents. Hope he’s doing good.
The Bee Gees are so much more than Disco..their early stuff is great
@@ASalvaro It is, but as someone who loves disco as much as any rock, I’m glad they made some of the genre’s best songs. Great music is great music.
@@littlecatfeet9064 i love their disco era too i'm just saying the stuff they put out before disco was great
No matter the decade it's from, each Bee Gee song sounds timeless.
Agreed!
For sure!
To this day If I here the song "night fever" Im singing along Beepin and Boppin and it always puts me in a good mood
Definitely 👍🏻
The Bee Gees were just phenomenal , “top notch” song writers, above all else. Their songs will live on…
Classics.
As a Cardiac Nurse for 31 years, I will confirm the song is used for a compression rate and have heard professionals sing it under their breath during chest compressions
I worked with the BeeGees and Arif Mardin at Atlantic Studios for a month in 1987. They were the finest human beings I ever had the pleasure to work with.
So cool.
Which songs did you do? Esp sessions right?
How cool! There are some really wonderful songs on the E.S.P. album. Thank you for contributing for the group which means so much to me.
I agree! Having met them several times myself, they always treated their fans like old friends rather than strangers. The 3rd time I met them, Robin even remembered where I was from. That blew my mind considering how many people they met every year.
Cool ❤.
Simply put, the Bee Gees will always be the best of the best on SO MANY LEVELS!!!!
💯
Finally someone showing the immense respect the Bee Gees worked so hard for and earned time and time again. Their legacy is just as important as the Beatles. Their humour and humility are second to none and their talent was always off the charts! Thank you for a well informed commentary on a great career.
Agree about respect but they do not come close to comparing with the Beatles, mainly because no one else does either. I say this as not a particular fan or obsessive, l like all kinds of things. It’s just the way it is
The Bee Gees do NOT have the same influence and musical importance that the Beatles had/have. Those two bands are not on the same level. The Bee Gees were hit makers and very talented, but there's only one Beatles. They are incomparable.
@@JJ-ju6ky Think I'll agree with you and give the edge to the Beatles. The Fab Four were all over the board musically as a band and individually. Plus they were popular in different social eras. That doesn't take away from the BeeGee's talent though as I'd put them in a Top 5 or Top 10 list, and I like their music.
The later 1970s were a different time socially and psychologically than the 1960's, which has an effect on the music of the period. All is just IMHO. I love good music regardless when it was made.
The BeeGees ability to 1. Write their own music...2. Each of them played a number of instruments....3. Each could sign both high and low pitch voices.....4. Write songs for other well-known artists....puts them near the top musical artists of all-time. The royalties that their descendants will earn will keep them living the good life for a long time.
Thank you so much for giving the Bee Gees their long overdue respect. The Disco backlash hurt their image as a serious band considerably, but in recent years, after the deaths of Maurice and Robin, many people have come to realize just how amazing they were. The HBO documentary definietly spurred a newfound appreciation for their body of work. I was a fan of their early work in the late sixties and always thought their talent was amazing. Lately I've had old friends come up to me and say, "Hey, you were right, those guys are great! I love the Bee Gees!
I loved "I Started a Joke" first and my love for the Bee Gees rose from there. They were astounding!
I was so young during that time. I
always teared up listening to that song.
I felt so sorry for him. So many lyrics "How can you mend this broken man?" 😢
Massachusetts for me. Along the lines of I Started a Joke. Shows my age.
Great, tragic song. 'First of May' also always hits me right in the feels. The line "Now we are tall, and Christmas trees are small" sums up the loss of childhood wonder in such a perfect, heartbreaking way.
Their albums from the 1960s were just amazing. I love every song on these albums:
Spicks and Specks (1966)
Bee Gees' 1st (1967)
Horizontal (1968)
Idea (1968)
They were amazing songwriters.
The Bee Gees are NOT a guilty pleasure. There is no guilt associated with listening to great harmonies and thought provoking lyrics. They're simply one of the few giants in music history.
Agree…100%!
Especially when you stop to consider that they basically wrote a WHOLE NEW TYPE of popular music AND the vocals too! I love Rock and Metal etc..but many talented musicians from all types of music are properly awed and impressive by this family's talent. Rightly so. I don't happen to love speed metal or emo, but I can still appreciate the talent it involves 🖤✨🖤
I agree. But, it certainly seemed like a guilty pleasure to me when I was 10 years old, in 1985.
100% agree, never again in my lifetime will there be anyone as great as The Bee Gees. Loved them dearly as a teen in the 70s and still love all four of the Gibb brothers. RIP Andy, Mo and Robin.💔
So sad. Only one still standing.
I have watched the documentary "How do you mend a broken heart" 4 times now...and I cry at the end everytime. When Barry says he'd trade every hit song they ever had to have all his brothers back...😢
I understand that!!! Would give anything to have my brother back.
I have always thought that Barry is/was in touch with "the other side" and has some psychic ability that helped him pull in the melodies. When he started that documentary with the statement "nothing is true", my belief was confirmed. I think I'll watch it again tonight.
@@twilagitschlag5662I agree! I would give anything to have my parents back. They passed away from cancer when they were way too young. My mom was 66 in 2017 and my dad was 57 in 2007. I’m 47 which is extremely close to those numbers. It’s quite a sobering thought. Not to complain, but why do good people( like my parents) pass away? All the while mean and nasty people live long lives? I don’t get it?! It’s not fair… wow that sounds like I’m whining, sorry
From the last week of December 1977 to the first week of January 1979, a span of 54 weeks, Barry Gibb had the #1 song 27 weeks. He was #1 half the time.
Sooo many great, well written songs.
"Nights on Broadway" is a masterpiece
"Fanny" is a true masterpiece ...
@@57highland Incredible song! The Bee Gees' tribute band Stayin' Alive has a fantastic version on TH-cam. They have a backup singer that is unbelievable with the soprano part.
th-cam.com/video/NxLxCqFRvjQ/w-d-xo.html
Love nights on Broadway.. then Timberlake re-wrote the Lyrics for Barry Gibb Talk Show sketch and i can't get that out of my head
I agree. Barry uses his "chest voice" and it sounds totally different from the "Disco" falsetto.
Nights on Broadway was a great song, so was jive talking
Barry Gibb- musical genius in my opinion. So versatile!
Amazing talented man!
"You Win Again" is a great song that suffered from the fallout of people not giving the BeeGees a fair listen after disco died. But that was mostly in the U.S. I had a close friend that joined the BeeGees road crew in the early 80s. He shocked me on one of his trips home when he told me that they were packing stadiums all over the planet through the 80s, in every country but the United States.
That's right! I lOVE that song!
They were being largely ignored, and it was so unfair.
People think they disappeared at this time but they were writing and producing for other artists. The haters were rocking out to their songs without even knowing it.
I think it was the industrial sound that was the reason it never got traction in the U.S. It was a very intellectual sounding song, almost baroque. Now if they'd turned it into a rhythmic party song in 1987...
This major Bee Gees fan thinks "You Win Again" is a really excellent song except for one aspect. Part of the lyrics go, "I shake you from now on, I'm gonna break down your defenses one by one, I'm gonna hit you from all sides, lay your fortress open wide, nobody stops this body from taking you." I was shocked; it really sounds abusive to me. it sounds like he won't accept if she complains he is making her uncomfortable and if she wants him to go slower or stop. A couple of female Bee Gees fan friends of mine were horrified at those lyrics; I am a guy and so was I. Then later it goes "I could never let you cast aside the greatest love of all." Never "let" her? She has a right to break up with him if she wishes to. After all those lyrics I quoted, I think the song's guy then calling what he feels "the greatest love of all" is egotistical abuser tactic. I am amazed at how the sinister aspect of these lyrics go over the heads of so many fans, who think after seven years it was all still about the disco backlash, why this song was not a bigger US hit. Program directors audition intently, and maybe some of them were put off by those lyrics I quoted. Just the title alone "You Win Again" does sound kind of gentlemanly, but what I quoted makes me wonder if the title is meant to be sarcastic. I'm not saying all the lyrics are or were the Bee Gees' own personal ways of treating women, but if they were playing a character, what's the point? I wish someone would ask Barry Gibb about those lyrics.
Years ago, I saw an interview of Alice Cooper who said, “In a decade when everyone said they hated disco, along come the Bee Gees and produce one of the greatest albums of all time!”
There is so much more to the Bee Gees than their disco era. They were very successful in 1966/ 67 after going to back to the UK. They performed from an early age on Australian TV and before that as fillers between the races. All three( four) brothers are/were so talented. I love their early work, anything before and after their Disco era.
Their music from the disco era is imo some of their best music people ,people are so dumb
@@robertmichalscheck3072 Hasn't got anything to do with intelligence. I just prefer their styles from their early years and after the disco era. I know they had the songs ready to go before they were even approached for SF and that just shows how they could gauge upcoming trends, in this case disco-dancing music. Then they had success again after until Maurice's death. Maybe it also depends were the listener is at that point of time, teenage years, young adult, middle age.I can remember when I first heard them on my late Grandma's radio( secretly), with so many other groups emerging at that time, they, to me stood out. At that time, they had a new song out almost daily( it seemed), I just preferred the BeeGees to the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Small Faces, Kinks. and so on, all the groups my older brother admired and listened to.
I love their early work too!
@@judyludlum2371 yes it was great too
I’m a huge fan of the BeeGees. I consider them to be one of the greatest song writing groups of all time. Never mind there performances as signers. I happen to be a person that really listens to music , meaning I pay attention to the lyrics and try to figure out what they mean. The BEE GEES will never be forgotten. Their music will live on!
I always down played the Bee Gees because "disco" but then in like 1997 or 1998 I saw a VH1 behind the music. And my buddy and I were like, "So wait! Basically, the Bee Gees were the greatest band ever." From there I started giving them the respect they deserved.
I love trying to sing high like Barry
I love how they reinvented themselves so many times. What other songwriters wrote so many hits for so many artists, across so many genres.
My love for the Bee Gee’s began when my parents relentlessly played the Bee Gees Greatest album over and over! At that time, disco partner dancing was all the rage and they actually took lessons. I can still see them practicing their moves in the living room with the album blasting! I was probably 8 or 9 years old at the time. The visions are as clear today as they were then. Unfortunately, both of them were taken way too early… my father had bone cancer and was 58 and my mom had Glioblastoma and was 67. Cancer sucks, NOT disco!
Such great memories! Thanks for sharing Lisa!
My younger bother-in-law also died of a Glioblastoma at 34. Cancer takes too many for sure!!
@@kariqualters5908 Anyone who knows what Glioblastoma is, is someone who either knows someone who had it or is a physician. I had no idea what it was until the doctors told me what it was. My mother went from being an extremely independent woman to a hollow shell of a person, sort of like someone with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. I think it’s probably the most horrible disease that I’ve ever seen
The kings of disco! My condolences Lisa. 😢
@@lisaanderson135 I agree, but the night bf Tony passed away, although he couldn’t speak or move anything else, somehow he was able to move his arms and he knew who we were and held my kids hands in one hand and would point up with the other letting them know he had to go, it really was a miracle!!!!!!!
For some of us who are Viet Nam era vets, "get a message to you" has a special place, because it said what many of us felt. How ever, the sound track from "Saturday Night Fever" is the music that defined DISCO. Starting with Travolta walking along to the beat of "Stain' Alive" (the defining tune of disco) right on through the entire sound track, you felt the beat and emotion spelled out in the movie.
The Bee Gee's were great writers, artists and performers and few ever even came close to their unique talent. I'm not a disco fan, but every time I hear that guitar lick on
"Stayin" Alive" My NON DANCING feet start to shuffle a little to the beat. ;-)
Thank you for your service!!
It’s instantly recognizable.
Love that song
I was just a little kid when staying alive . Night fever etc. My dad's Vietnam vet. But yeah to this day I still love the music. My dad likes some of the early BG stuff as well be also really like Saturday night fever soundtrack. He had the album
SNF opened with "Stayin' Alive" and closed with "How Deep Is Your Love?" Brilliant musical bookends.
Bee Gees have become my favorite band of all time - so talented and diverse. I am so happy you highlighted their vast catalog and variety of genres. Some of their most genius music is outside the disco fever era. It is strange that a band can be so successful and get so underrated at the same time, especially in the U.S. Thanks for featuring the Bee Gees.
They have a lot of records.
Try their fairly little known classic, in my opinion. called 'The Only Love'. A live performance is on youtube and showcases their unbelievable talent and genius. Cheers.
There are too many hidden gems to list. 50+ years of great music across many genres.
I am a die hard rocker, but I love the Bee Gees. Their music, from all stages of their career, is excellent. Funny story about me as a rocker and the Bee Gees. At work, a friend came to my office and saw I was listening to "For Whom the Bell Tolls" and gave me the rock and roll horns and commented on how great Metallica is. My reply was, yes Metallica is great, but so are the Bee Gees in a very different way. I'm actually listening to the Bee Gees.
I love that song
I grew up thinking they were just a cheesy disco band that my mom liked. I remember seeing them perform an acoustic version of This is Where I Came In (on Oprah of all places 🙄) when I was a teen, and having a complete change of heart. I absolutely love their music and have an entire playlist on my phone just dedicated to them. They are so iconic for the Gen X era. Anyone who claims to not like them in my presence is immediately subjected to a repeated barrage of BeeGee’s music until they change their mind.
Brilliant!
Professor, you are continuing to do a fantastic job. One cool dude
Thanks a lot!
If you were alive in the 70s you had this album in your house if you didn't buy it yourself someone in your house did. It was an absolute monster that started disco clubs throughout the country. ah ah ah Stayinggg alive! Great episode professor.
We didn't have this album. Irrelevant, the music was everywhere.
Thanks!
I don’t know a single person who has never heard at least one song from Saturday Night Fever.
I have this album next to my Michael Jackson’s ‘Off the Wall’ LP
I was in college 1975-79. I never had this album, nor did I have any intention of buying it. I had a number of friends who, like me, changed the radio station when a BeeGees song came on. I don’t think there’s much comparison between the BeeGees and Michael Jackson. Michael was called the King of Pop for damn good reason. There were also good reasons you could buy T-Shirts and bumper stickers that said, “ DISCO SUCKS!”
Whether you loved or loathed the soundtrack ( I loved it ) it was undeniably the soundtrack to and defined the late 70s.
Just the FACTS.
ABBA: Hold my beer..
What about Frampton Comes Alive
The Bee Gees, like Fleetwood Mac, went through several distinct phases from 1967 through 1977, each one great. In 1976-78 their singles were all over the radio and heard played at roller rinks and nightclubs and from car windows. I thought they were nice, catchy but I was not completely won over. Couple years later when playing the original 45s I couldnt believe how great they were. Just smoking hot. Great melodies and beat. Yeah, they're one of the absolute best groups ever.
It’s sad that none of the songs got nominated for an Oscar, but the AMPAS had some ridiculous rules at the time which kept the soundtrack of this film out of the running in the music category.
When I was 9, my father got a perm and grew a beard. I didn't know why. Today, I'm convinced it was because of my mom's crush on Barry Gibb.
Smart man👍❤️
The Bee Gees are one of the best groups for me since the 60's. I was no fan of disco, but when they became the "Disco Kings", they were to me like a brother in jail: you love him, but you don't talk about it. I still have all their vinyl LP's, and many of their CD's. The Bee Gees' talent was always second to none. I wish I could have given this video more than one "like". Thank you.
Like your guilty pleasures. It’s okay.
Disco Kings wasn’t something they were trying to be.
I got that album for my 16th birthday and I still have it. I’m now 62. I also went to the drive-in after prom to see this movie. At the drive-in, the first movie would play again after the second movie. Got home after 1 am and was in trouble. So worth it!
Thanks Kim!
Hmmmm! Wanna go to the movies 😉? I was just a few years younger than you but yeah those were some good times back then, seemed like everything was fun.
@@williamsherman1089 Only if we go to the drive-in and see Saturday Night Fever! 😘
My aunt saw Saturday Night Fever and Grease at the drive-in.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Stranded at the drive in , branded a fool what will they say Monday at school?
Great summation of one of the greatest pop groups in history, encompassing over 5 decades. Incomparable. Indisputable. Enduring. So sad to have lost Mo and Robin so soon, but their harmonies, range of vocals and emotion still go on…
I turned of age when Saturday Night was released....I WAS the dancing queen of the disco ❤
And the Bee Gees are my forever favorites.
Takes me right back to my 20s💃💃💃
Execs were underwhelmed by "Staying Alive"? LOL - They had no business being in that business then. :)
Right?
Screw them. 😂
Sometimes it's even the artist who hates a song! There's a long list of songs that were assigned to artists who disliked them intensely but which became huge hits after they were forced to record it. Good and bad are very subjective.
GREAT VIDEO! Been a Bee Gees fan since the first time I heard "Massachusetts" upon it's release on the top 40. I've got the entire Bee Gees catalog plus Barry's solo efforts. Rarely does a day go by that I don't play at least one Bee Gees song but it's usually more than one. He is probably the most underappreciated singer/songwriter of the 20th century behind only perhaps Jeff Lynne of ELO fame IMHO.
Bee Gees are alot more than disco. Their music before and after being my preferred . Blue eyed soul yes. Robin with his weeping vocals and Barry with his strong vocals. And the harmony like none other. The Bee gees to me are the Best group and the best music I've come to hear. Timeless...
The Bee Gees are almost an anomaly, in that the whole family was so gifted, from songwriting, singing, and being able to arrange and produce their own compositions. Saturday Night Fever came out, and my oldest brother and my sister, of course, had the album and 8 track. The movie came out when I was four almost five years old, and I especially loved Night Fever, and Staying Alive. However, at that time I was too young to realize about the early Bee Gees, and all of the great music that they created, which is nothing like the dominant disco-theme of Saturday Night Fever. That's when I realized just how special these guys really were. I Started a Joke, is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard in my life and still brings tears to my eyes when I hear it to this day. Just incredible emotion from Robin, not to mention absolutely no auto-tune or studio tricks whatcha see is whatcha get live as well. That's saying something. And I would only be lying if I said that I could endure and soldier on the way Barry has. I know it certainly isn't easy for Barry to carry so much for his family now that he is the only one, and my heart goes out to him, not so much as for pity, but for being an inspiration of bravery. Thanks for the wonderful music Bee Gees.
Best episode yet. The Bee Gees, no words can describe. Barry Gibb, in my opinion one of the most illustrious artists around.....whether it was for himself or producing for other. Thank you POR
A great many of their songs, over 1000 is estimated, were written by all three brothers, or at least by Barry and Robin.
They wrote everything together and there's no one to compare them to. Together they made magic and history!!
I have made it clear for decades, and I made a rant on my popular FaceBook Page about how I have never considered the Bee Gees to be "Disco" or dance music. Their music transcends all generations, genres and trends. Barry in this house of mine is considered one of the top three songwriters of all time and a true musical genius. I absolutely love this segment (again) 😆. Great Job Adam..!
Good call Steve. They ARE NOT DISCO
I would agree Steve. They made so much more than just disco music. They were good at rock songs, ballads, even new wave.
I think Robin was as good a singer, if not better than Barry. And also just as good a songwriter. He's just never got the same recognition.
Executives have been proven wrong too many times over the years. Look where the industry is now. Bee Gees are one of those groups that has left their mark on music, much like Elvis and Michael Jackson. One of the greatest groups ever.
I have always LOVED the Bee Gees since I first heard New York Mining Disaster. I went to 4 of their concerts throughout the years. They were always awesome and fantastic....perfect live performances. Thank you so very much for recognizing their genius and talent.
The Bee Gees are ALWAYS timeless!!! They are probably the MOST "gifted" group to EVER grace the music industry, IMHO!!! Barry Gibb's range is one of the best, if not the best, of all time!!! "Still Waters" is a masterpiece in itself!!!
It’s unfortunate that so many people still remember the Bee Gees as mostly a disco group. Yes, they were the kings of disco, but they wrote and recorded so many other great songs before disco, as well as into the 80s and 90s. I’m glad you mentioned the song One. That’s one of my personal favorites of theirs.
They had a lot of good new wave songs too.
I started a joke. Massachusetts. You come to me... their 60's era was phenomenal.
Then you must try 'The Only Love' live on youtube. Cheers.
True man, always the first song I think of them is NY Mining
"In the event of something happening to me...there is something that I'd like you all to see....it's just a photograph of someone that I knew.
.have you seen my wife, Mr. Jones? Do you know what it's like on the outside? Don't go talking too loud, you'll cause an avalanche...Mr Jones". Loved this since I was a kid in the 60s, along with To Love Somebody, Massachusetts, 1 Started a Joke, First of May, etc. Best of the BeeGees album, still have it. Then, a beautiful song, Run to Me, about 1972, I think. I've always loved them!
"If it doesn't sound like something already popular, they (record execs) want nothing to do with it." Rick Beato says exactly the same thing.
It's the age old tale. No innovation.
True statement. 👍
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 ......and - exactly why all of todays music is so.......lackluster ??
I think the only time that wasn't true was after the death of disco. It was so huge and then its demise was equally huge, leaving a gigantic void and all these new genres tried to fill it like rap, new wave, new romantics, hair metal, goth, thrash, etc. No one sounded the same in the early 80s.
Bee Gees are so timeless, they practically defined the genre they are iconic for. Cheers as always.
Couldn't agree more!
@@ProfessorofRock Thank you!
One could go so far as to say that they invented disco. The late 70s version of it.
Boy ... Barry Gibb really DID have the most luxuriant hair!
One of the greatest 70s hairstyles.
I know MTV gets all the credit for music video clips, but Ian "Molly" Meldrum in Australia who ran Countdown, Australia's iconic rock show on Sunday nights from around '74, was very influential with starting that years before MTV began in the 80s. He may not be known outside of Australia, but all the music industry worldwide knew him, he was friends with all the big stars of the day and pretty much every artist that came to Australia went on Countdown. He encouraged artists to make video clips for their singles because Australia was so far away, live wasn't possible, so Coundown needed video clips to showcase the music to Australia. Australia is credited with "breaking" a lot of artists to the world, Blondie, Abba, etc, which was done through Countdown and it was done through these video clips. Ian Meldrum had an ear for new artists and he was incredibly influential. I argue he blazed the way for video clips, well before MTV came along. The BeeGees would have known all about that growing up in Australia. I was mid-teens for Saturday Night Fever, couldn't go see it because you had to be 18, but the music was HUGE. Eventually got to see the movie years later and didn't like it, but Travolta was amazing. I like disco because it makes you wanna dance and, to me, that's what music is all about, making you happy, lifting you up, making you want to dance in a celebration of life. That's why I love 80s music, the music was little 3-4 minute pockets of heaven. Everyone had their own sound, unlike today, they all seem to want to sound the same and so boring. Anyway...
I always wondered as a kid where those clips came from b/c Casey Kasem's Top 10 Countdown (on television) would show certain artist's music & only speak about others, in a time before MTV. I remember Blondie & Abba always getting their songs/clips played on the show. Big advantage.
In the states, Mike Nesmith of the Monkees fame was a pioneer of music videos with Elephant Parts (1981)
The video of AC/DC's Jailbreak was filmed in a quarry outside Melbourne in 1976 for Countdown. And yet Malcolm (and Angus) never really got how important videos could be, just filming a performance on an empty stage until 1985 when they tried for thematic with Fly on the Wall and finally understood in 1986 by hiring David Mallet to remake You Shook Me All Night Long and make Who Made Who, beginning a relationship that continued uninterrupted until Pwr/Up.
Hmmm I was in 7th grade when SNF came out, and I went to see it. I loved the movie and the music. I still love the music. I can't stand Travolta now.
First album I ever bought with my own money. Even at just 7 years old I knew how great the Bee Gees music was. The Brothers Gibb literally wrote the soundtrack of my childhood. ❤
I’ve lived with them since elementary school!
My first purchased album was In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.
As one from a family of working bands (I am the amateur there) I have always thought of the BeeGees as the most underrated band of my lifetime - possibly better than (you know who). This past winter, I've become obsessed with learning everything I could about their talent - so much more than singing; the writing, the arranging, the flexibility, the VOLUME. It used to be a bit of a "joke" to say they were my favorite band... It is good to see them finally getting the recognition they deserve!
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Yeah I remember being mocked at school for having the nerve of admiting I like the Bee Gees.
I love The Bee Gees. Came to this realization many years after the disco era. And when Stayin’ Alive plays, I always walk at that pace.
Fun fact: The main drums for this track were repurposed from Night Fever. They cut a piece of tape that had the drums from Night Fever, looped it, and slowed it down a bit.
grew up in the 70's, the youngest of 7 sibs. My older brothers always listened to bread, america, boston, and yes the beegees. grew up on this music. I clicked the like button; but in all honesty, i love it.
The Bee Gees are probably one of the all time greatest singer/ song writer groups ever. They started in the 60’ & wrote, produced & sang their own hits. Then wrote , produced & sang backing vocals on hits for other stars. I would settle for 1% of their success. Amazing.👍
Actually they started in 1958-2021
You couldn't have said any plainer. They are one of the greatest bands of all time. Too many people in the world like you said think of them as a disco band and aren't giving the respect and recognition they deserve. I started listening to them because of my mother back in the late 60s. And never stopped loving them
I Started a Joke is one of my favorite songs from them.
Stayin' Alive just makes you move....you can't help tapping your foot or shaking your leg as *soon* as it starts playing....it's absolutely infectious and undeniably inspiring....amazing tune - amazing band ❤
I've got to say I feel the same way about Don't Fear The Reaper and Godzilla By Blue Öyster Cult.
I love going to Redcliffe, a modest little beach suburb where the Gibbs lived in Australia. There’s a little memento to them, nothing like Graceland. Record executives are clueless. Hearing the first 10 seconds of Staying Alive still gives me the shivers. The movie is a classic of a working class man’s escape from depressing reality through music. The soundtrack is a classic for every era and story.
In the late '70s I watched a panel discussion on TV hosted by a notorious disco hating radio DJ. On the panel was Meatloaf who, I guess, didn't know what it was about.
The DJ, ragging on disco music, started breaking disco albums, one after another. He got to the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack album and Meatloaf grabbed it out his hands.
The DJ asked him why and Meatloaf said that he liked 'Stayin Alive.'
I've carried that memory for 45 years, now, and it always pops up whenever I hear that song.
I saw that show too, but can't remember what it was.
Steve Dahl was the DJ.
The album has to STAY ALIVE.
The Bee Gees were Incredible!!
Barry Gibb is Fantastic singer and an even better song writer!🙏
You could find some really old footage of the Bee Gees when they were just kids. Totally amazing to watch and listen to them. These guys were singers and musicians from such an early age. Love those guys
Apples and oranges to compare The Bodyguard Soundtrack to the Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack in sales. If SNF had the accessibility in its day that Bodyguard did, it would have absolutely exceeded it for all-time sales. Not to mention, and as much as I love Whitney, Bodyguard was a piece of existing Pop music, where SNF helped jumpstart an entire genre. No comparison in my book as to who was the 'biggest' soundtrack of all time...
I agree!
For me, the Bee Gees are the best. From the '60s to the 2000s they made incredible songs. Did you know that Barry Gibb in one year wrote eight number one songs? Incredible. They had success in the '60s '70s '80s '90s and the 2000s plus they wrote number one songs for other people.
Barry Gibb is a genius. Thank you for keeping the Bee Gees alive.
You had to be alive in the 70s to actually FEEL what disco did for the world.
Two members and a younger brother gone too soon. Only Barry is left to carry on. Such talent left behind such a glorious repertoire.
It always bugged me how this band, the Bee Gees was credited with saving the music industry and dominated the last few years of the decade was suddenly discarded as soon as 1980 came around.
You’re absolutely right. The Bee Gees are one of the greatest groups EVER! I was into them in the 60s when they had a string of great hits, too many to mention. It’s unfortunate that they got saddled with a negative disco reputation. They were so much more than Saturday Night Fever. They proved that by writing so many hits for other artists that most people weren’t even aware of. Great tribute Professor! Well done as usual.
Wow thanks for this video. I think the Bee Gees are up there in the top 5 with the Beatles, Elvis, Stones, etc. I didn't realize until I was older they wrote so many songs I loved growing up like Islands in the Stream and Heartbreaker. So happy they got the kudos they deserved later in life and pray to God Barry makes it for a long time.😀
Hope we don’t lose him in like the next 5 years. He’s been keeping the music alive for so long.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Agree 😀
I was a kid when disco duck came out and I LOVED it!
My parents bought me album and I couldn't get enough!
I felt connected to the adult world of disco and partying w my fave Cartoon characters....lol.
Adults had no business listining to Disco Duck or judging it.....🙄
Professor of Rock, thank you! for this tribute to the Bee Gees' amazing songwriting and musical abilities and career. It's crazy for some people to learn that the Bee Gees actually began as a group in 1958, they were just kids in Australia then following their own dreams of becoming famous pop stars. They truly were R&B, Blue Eye'd Soul, songwriters, but they were able to change with the always changing times, and the songs featured in Saturday Night Fever were all written before the movie was made, the Bee Gees were that good! It's like they were ahead of their time and the movie caught up to them and then propelled them into the stratosphere of ultimate fame and chart domination. As you've explained, the Bee Gees got caught up in the Disco Sucks backlash because they were the biggest hit makers featured in SNF, but the Bee Gees were NOT a Disco band! The Bee Gees didn't even know what disco was when they wrote the songs that would be featured in SNF. So unfairly, not only did the Bee Gees get knocked off the charts for almost a decade along with numerous other R&B and dance music groups, but it was a black listing of the Bee Gees from U.S. radio stations and an attempted tarnishing of their image as a band. It was a book burning. However, the Bee Gees were strong enough as individuals, as brothers, and as band members to keep on going, enduring the slings and arrows, the death threats, and the black listing to rise above it all to new levels as songwriters for many famous iconic singers and musicians, as you so eloquently mentioned. The Bee Gees never gave up, even when the going got very very tough, they believed in themselves and their musical craft enough to persevere and so many fans around the world, myself included, are so very glad they did. The Bee Gees accomplishments speak for themselves and they belong right beside the Beatles as one of the world's all time greatest songwriters and musical groups ever.
Bee Gees are a huge part of my growing up. They were everywhere in the radio. I remember growing up in the 70's and 80's one of the first 45's I ever bought with my allowance was a copy of Tragedy and I wore that song out on my record player!
Possibly their finest song, along with "Love You Inside and Out".
Such a great song.
I'm a HUGE Bee Gees fan! I celebrate their entire catalog. Doesn't get better than 'I Started a Joke' and 'New York Mining Disaster 1941'. Guess I'm an old soul, growing up spinning my dad's records (without his knowledge, lol) which included several Bee Gees records. Been a music junkie ever since!
Agreed..I love their album “Odessa” from 1969. They were amazing long before the disco era.
Massachusetts, To Love Somebody.
So glad you mentioned You Win Again, it is my favorite Bee Gees tune. It’s NUTS that it only peaked at 75 in the US! Talk about Number 1 in our ❤️’s!
Some of the bass lines that Mo Gibb came up with……wow!
I had their "Horizontal" album (still do) released in 1968, and have loved them ever since. 🎶♥
The Bee Gees were just Pop Music hit machines. Their songwriting and melodic singing were simply unparalleled at the time in Pop music.
It’s not that Simple they didn’t start in America they started in Australia if you broaden your horizon past the border of the USA you will discover a lot of things going on.
The US military know about it
They blow up sovereign nations pipelines check it out for yourself.
I agree but got me thru my first year of college. 😂
Every one could sing all the lyrics .
Saturday Night Fever would not have been the same without the BeeGees!
Edit: I love The Tavares cover of “More Than a Woman”!
So good!
I agree, it’s a great version.
I've actually learned First Aid CPR using this song, which is insanely helpful, and gives a whole new meaning to "Staying Alive!" 😊
Right on Trina!
@Trina Q-speaking as a medical professionall, the songs beat is perfect for helping someone know they are doing 100 compressions/minute. I saw this with my then best friend as a 12 y.o. in 6th grade. Her dad took us to the theater, and he saw something else. Totally appropriate for that age group? Not really 😅.
I’m about to start CPR training in the fall for my senior year and I need to steal this idea.
This technique is Dr Mike approved! 😁
I have heard many times that staying alive is a universally approved measure for doing CPR because of its exact beat to how fast you are to do the compressions! And yes, the ironic name LOL
Love the Simon and Garfunkel album in the background there! My absolute favorite music duo of all time! My dad had the same influence on my love for music as your dad had on yours. I lost him the day after Christmas in 2010 and I still miss him. He was my best friend and I don't know who or where I'd be without his influence.
One of my all time favorite bands. Spirits Having Flown album is perfect. I was 9 when that album came out.
I stood in line for HOURS to get into the movie theater to see this movie when it first appeared in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I wasn't alone though, there were 3 other friends with me, including 2 guys. I'll never forget it. My feet still make me get up and dance around the room when I play this song on the internet. Now 71, but it was clear to me even then that the movie was SO much more than just a "disco" movie. It's a classic about a late teenage male struggling to come of age as a man in tough surroundings, and about the struggles of all the other characters in the movie along with him. It has a story line, basically, similar to "Rocky," which is a classic as well. P.S. I think my favorite Bee Gee's song is "To Love Somebody," but there were so many hits before "Staying Alive" - people forget all those great songs from the 60s and early 70s.
I have been a Bee Gees fan since before they left Australia in the 60s to return to the UK. One of the finest bands EVER to exist.
They’re so classic.
Especially on Brian Henderson's 'Bandstand' on Channel 9 ... th-cam.com/video/WGQj0kdjPJc/w-d-xo.html
The Bee Gees are absolutely one of the greatest bands ever. And the Saturday Night Fever album was the sountrack to the best New Year's Eve Party I ever went to.
'You Win Again' is one of my favourite songs ever. I remember trying to tape it from the radio, and trying to figure out the station play lists for when it would come on. Bee Gees disco might be what they are most remembered for, but the rest of what they did, before and after SNF, is what I like best.
Some of the tracks off the Staying Alive soundtrack are among my favorite songs of all time. Always loved the Bee Gees.
They have been one of the greatest musical phenomenon ever. And yes, it’s still sickening to think about that disco dissing era, when they were „outlawed” so to say, for being part of dreaded disco. In my family, the BeeGees are seen as absolute icons. And icons they were. But to quote the last surviving brother: “I would trade all my hits to get my brothers back!”
I love BeeGee songs! I remember being a little kid and really being attracted to their harmonies (course, being 6, what did I know about harmonies. It wasn’t till I was older and could put a name I what I loved so much). My MOM is still a huge BeeGee fan. I was a huge Andy Gibb fan when I was young. Their sound, with or without the falsetto, will go down in musical history.
All the brothers had huge contributions to the music world.
The Sgt Pepper's movie is an unsung classic in my opinion. I love that movie.
Robin's cover of Oh Darling was a highlight, it was released as a single and made the charts top 20
@@Zlata1313 Robin has one of the greatest ever voices. When he comes in on "For Whom the Bell Tolls" it lifts the song to another level and gives you chills.
@@kidcharlemagne926 absolutely agree ❤
I saw them in 78 & still have the 11x14 glossy color program! What a great concert!! Never sat down once the music started, EVERYONE was up dancing the entire time!!
How could you NOT dance to them?
Loved the Bee Gees before during and after disco. One of my favorite bands
I love that you brought up Another One Bites The Dust. Beatles are my #1 group, but Queen and BeeGees are my very close runners up. I always thought that funny that a song that tells you to stay alive, and another that tells you that someone died are the two songs you can pick for CPR. 😂
Thank you so much for this video! One of the greatest groups of all time and definitely some of the greatest songwriters! The Beatles and the Bee Gees were a huge part of the soundtrack of my childhood
I know Barrys falsetto took them through the late 70's but to me Robin had the most unique voice I've ever heard. I have all his solo albums.
Robin’s harmonies are bliss.
In the Bee Gees documentary, their dad made fun of Robin's voice, saying he sounded like a "Billy Goat." Didn't bother Robin at all. Cracked me up. Kind of true, but it's what made his voice so unique. Watch him as a kid, he had a great personality.
The only band that could compete with the Beatles. Considering all the songs they wrote for other artists and their professional career going back to them as kids in Australia,they may be the greatest group ever.cheers
I used to step out onto the dance floor back in the disco era. I had a powder blue suit and 2 inch high platform shoes. I still listen to some of the old disco classics.
I absolutely love "Night Fever." Such a great song.
Same! My favorite from the soundtrack.
Agree!!!
Me too. It’s a 70s classic.
I’ve played guitar for almost 50 years. Back in the 70’s I had a BeeGees song book that I credit to learning guitar. I’m a 70’s 80’s rocker at heart but man there are so many great Bee Gee’s songs. Run to me, Words, New York mining disaster 1941, Massachusetts, Fanny, Nights on broadway, Too much heaven,…the list goes on and on.
I also love to play BeeGees songs.
Nights On Broadway when I'm feeling funky and How Deep is Your Love for a soulful acoustic ballad.
Like you point out, there are so many more. They have a catalog of music that never disappoints.
@@charlie-obrien Fanny and Love so right are two of my favorite later years songs
They had been around since the 60s, when there was no disco.
Hi Prof, In 1978 my wife and I (now ex) used the Saturday Night Soundtrack to teach people (mostly older) to disco. We actually played the album completely every weekend night... dancing. The Bee Gees had amazing songs without the "disco" sound. I'll never forget the smiles and fun we had. JRR
Another example that shows how much executives actually know about music.
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