"Words" is a song by the Bee Gees, written by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb. The song reached No. 1 in Germany, Canada, Switzerland, and the Netherlands.
These fabulous musicians began their professional career in 1958, in Redcliffe, Australia. As usual, this song goes straight to the heart. Thanks for your reaction.
The song WAS written by the BeeGees. Barry had a cold here, you can hear it. And look at cheeky Robin faking his piano playing, LOL. 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 1966. 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
The BeeGees were a truly great band. The brothers started singing together in the late 50's, but first started recording as the BeeGees in the mid 60's. I especially love ther pre-disco recordings, beautiful, heartwrenching songs, sung with so much emotion and soul. I bought their singles everytime one was released. My favortie was "To Love Somebody". I played that record over and over and over - drove my mother batty 😵💫
Barry Gibb has such a hauntingly beautiful voice. Their pre-disco music had so much more substance than that of the disco years which aimed at an audience who wanted only to dance to the music, and not necessarily listen to it. I was privileged to have seen them in their pre-disco years, Mar. 22, 1974, at the Miami Beach Convention Center, with Hall and Oates opening, early in their career.
I grew up with this great group & had a lot of their albums. Most people react to their disco era. My favorites are from the 60's-70's. Some of their early hits were "New York Mining Disaster 1941", "Holiday", "World", "And The Sun Will Shine", "Really & Sincerely", "The Singer Sang His Song", "Lonely Days", "Melody Fair", "First Of May", "I Started A Joke", "I've Gotta Get A Message To You", "Massachusetts" etc.
The children's music was probably when they first started singing in the late 50's because they were 9 and 6 years old. Biz I love to see you review the official video For Whom the Bell Tolls by The Bee Gees
The golden voices of the Brothers Gibb!I used to listen to my older brother’s best of the early Bee Gees and played it all the time!They started out as young teenagers and were huge in the mid to late 1960’s before they evolved into the style that most people are familiar with in the 1970’s!Try reacting to Nights on Broadway!
Since 1958. Watch Medley in 1963. This was written by Bee Gees. I always thought it was predominantly Barry. They were already seasoned performers by 1968. Love your reaction. Barry was a romantic from a young age.
Hi Biz! You just keep giving us ALL the fantastic oldies! Thank you SO much! LOVE the BeeGees! The First of May with old video of Barry and Robin, I think Maurice was behind the camera! Also New York Mining Disaster are two of my favourites! There is two videos one from 1963 medley and another from 1960! Both were filmed in Brisbane,my city! Hope you get to at least one of these some time! I think you will enjoy them! Peace and Blessings from Australia.
Great reaction! Although not sure what site you were reading from because this beautiful song was written by all 3 of the Brothers Gibb ❤❤❤ Many have covered this classic, including Elvis.
I think 'Words' was written by Barry and the twins. I am sure they wrote it. You should maybe do 'Spicks and Specks' which made No. 1 in Aust. literally as the boys left Oz on the ship back to England. It's a great song and one of their first hits.
You stated in your reaction that this song was actually not written by The Bee Gees. That is incorrect. It is very few songs they did not write themselves and this is not one af them. It was written by all 3 Gibb brothers, Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb.
"Words" is a song by the Bee Gees, written by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb. The song reached No. 1 in Germany, Canada, Switzerland, and the Netherlands.
These fabulous musicians began their professional career in 1958, in Redcliffe, Australia. As usual, this song goes straight to the heart. Thanks for your reaction.
BeeGees are fire! Their early stuff is a surprise to many folks who thought they only did disco/falsetto. Thx for the RX!
Early Bee Gees. Such beautiful musical artistry.
Started in 1958. Yes. They did write this!!
The song WAS written by the BeeGees. Barry had a cold here, you can hear it. And look at cheeky Robin faking his piano playing, LOL.
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 1966. 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
The Bee Gees singing was always poetic and beautiful.
I saw them in 1978. Omg. He started singing the first 4 words and the screaming was SO INTENSE you couldn’t hear the rest of the song. Beautiful 😢
The BeeGees were a truly great band. The brothers started singing together in the late 50's, but first started recording as the BeeGees in the mid 60's. I especially love ther pre-disco recordings, beautiful, heartwrenching songs, sung with so much emotion and soul. I bought their singles everytime one was released. My favortie was "To Love Somebody". I played that record over and over and over - drove my mother batty 😵💫
Barry Gibb has such a hauntingly beautiful voice. Their pre-disco music had so much more substance than that of the disco years which aimed at an audience who wanted only to dance to the music, and not necessarily listen to it. I was privileged to have seen them in their pre-disco years, Mar. 22, 1974, at the Miami Beach Convention Center, with Hall and Oates opening, early in their career.
I grew up with this great group & had a lot of their albums. Most people react to their disco era. My favorites are from the 60's-70's. Some of their early hits were "New York Mining Disaster 1941", "Holiday", "World", "And The Sun Will Shine", "Really & Sincerely", "The Singer Sang His Song", "Lonely Days", "Melody Fair", "First Of May", "I Started A Joke", "I've Gotta Get A Message To You", "Massachusetts" etc.
Their pre-disco music is definitely superior.
My fav. is Spicks and Specks. It's so good.
Such a beautiful song. Goosebumps all over. Great sixties song from the Bee Gees. ❤️❤️🎶🎶👍
The children's music was probably when they first started singing in the late 50's because they were 9 and 6 years old. Biz I love to see you review the official video For Whom the Bell Tolls by The Bee Gees
The golden voices of the Brothers Gibb!I used to listen to my older brother’s best of the early Bee Gees and played it all the time!They started out as young teenagers and were huge in the mid to late 1960’s before they evolved into the style that most people are familiar with in the 1970’s!Try reacting to Nights on Broadway!
Love this song
This is a great song, and a lot of other singers have done covers of it over the years.
This track was very much written by the Brothers Gibb.....
Please, could you react to "Run To Me" from the 1972 To Whom It May Concern Bee Gees album ?
You said the Bee gees didn't write this one but they certainly did. It was covered by a lot of people.
Since 1958. Watch Medley in 1963. This was written by Bee Gees. I always thought it was predominantly Barry. They were already seasoned performers by 1968. Love your reaction. Barry was a romantic from a young age.
Love the Bee Gees
Yes the Bee Gees did write this song!!!
Older Bee Gees are the best. They wrote this, their last name is Gibb.
He needs to do his homework
This is my favorite Bee Gees era. I wish more would find their music from that period.
Not much older than kids here, savants. I like the early BGs as much as the later stuff.
Thank you so much, Biz. My favoritEST BeeGees song!!! So very much to choose from.
They grew up near me in Brisbane Australia. It was great to hear Barry sing this on the Last Man Standing tour. The whole audience sang along
They wrote it. Elvis also recorded Words.
Hi Biz! You just keep giving us ALL the fantastic oldies! Thank you SO much! LOVE the BeeGees! The First of May with old video of Barry and Robin, I think Maurice was behind the camera! Also New York Mining Disaster are two of my favourites! There is two videos one from 1963 medley and another from 1960! Both were filmed in Brisbane,my city! Hope you get to at least one of these some time! I think you will enjoy them! Peace and Blessings from Australia.
Wow….. never seen that video, that was amazing !
Amazing Voices Amazing Song Amazing Bee Gees ❤❤❤
They can sing the phone book and it would sound perfect ❤
One of the songs my dad sang to mum. This and Suite: Judy Blue Eyes.
Barry did this live on the 1979 spirits tour that was absolutely the best I’ve ever seen. Pull that one and compare.
Very early Bee Gees
The brothers Gibb..they were born in the U.K..they grew up in Australia... songwriters,singers, extrordinares.
They started singing as children at 9 and 6 years old
Loved the early BeeGees
Another older song, “To Love Somebody.” So great!
Talk in Everlasting Words
Such a pretty song. My freshman yr in HS😊
Great reaction to one of the very best of my memories❤️
Great reaction! Although not sure what site you were reading from because this beautiful song was written by all 3 of the Brothers Gibb ❤❤❤ Many have covered this classic, including Elvis.
I think 'Words' was written by Barry and the twins. I am sure they wrote it. You should maybe do 'Spicks and Specks' which made No. 1 in Aust. literally as the boys left Oz on the ship back to England. It's a great song and one of their first hits.
From this 60's era try " I Started A Joke"
"Massachusetts", " I Started A Joke".
Great thoughts on this too, Biz. Peace
They left out country, an it WAS written by the BeeGees. They had hits in the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, 90’s and into 2000. 6 decades
They started singing as children.
barry gibb and michael jackson all in your name
Andy Gibb Worlds
I love the early BeeGees better than the disco, but love all their music. Try "Massachusetts" and " I Started a Joke".
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You stated in your reaction that this song was actually not written by The Bee Gees. That is incorrect. It is very few songs they did not write themselves and this is not one af them.
It was written by all 3 Gibb brothers, Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb.
Yes it was written by Barry Gibb,Maurice Gibb and Robin Gibb! The Bee Gees wrote all their music! You must be getting false information!
Really liked the brothers, until disco took them away.......
Aren’t they great????
What do you think Bee Gees stand for 🙄🙄🙄