This music was in the second movie Staying Alive which opened to Travalto in a dance studio. Saturday Night Fever featured Travolta walking to Night Fever. I saw both when they debuted in theaters. Both intros are here on TH-cam.
I was a teenager when this came out and we LOVED the Bee Gees. We would put on our roller skates and go to the rinks every Friday night. My grandmother even made me some pom poms for the top of my skates. What fun being a teenager in the 70's.
well remember my Dad on hearing it said, with utter certainity.. that's a woman singing.. then again, had he lived he would have been 100 this year. lol.
When I took my CPR class, this is the song they recommended that we sing in our heads when we do chest compressions. You need to do about 120 compressions per minute, and this song is at about 120 beats per minute, which is a common walking pace. So if you can sing this song, you can save a life.
That was my comment too. As a former teacher, I always played this song when the students learned about CPR. They had the option at our school to become certified. And trust me sixth graders don’t forget that song when you’ve played it in the classroom and let them dance to it. They’ll always know the rhythm and timing of CPR..
How lucky were those of us who grew up with 70's Rock. Bee Gees, Queen, Janis Joplin, Aerosmith, Lynard Skynard, Journey, Chicago, Kiss, and the King of Rock and roll Elvis. We lived this, danced to this music and made lots of love with this music. Great memories.
Barry not alone had #1 hits his brothers were apart of them all. They were all important to make them as successful as they were. Mo was probably the most talented of them all and I think he never got the credit he deserved.
Bee Gees did the soundtrack for film Saturday Night Fever, this is the lead song. It's set in a NYC working class neighborhood, John Travolta plays the tough kid who copes with his difficult life by being a hot shot dancer at local clubs. Great movie.
Anyone alive during this era has to have heard this song. Love the Bee Gees...This is THE song...Those incredible high notes...I wanna dance...NOW!🤣Watch the movie, BP!
BP, another GREAT and WONDERFUL hit by the Bee Gees is "Night Fever," also from the soundtrack of Saturday Night Fever ! They were the DISCO Kings of the day.
Back in the day when The Bee Gees ruled the disco days..we used to go to the clubs just to watch the dancers, the clothes,the way they moved and that big disco ball were all jaw dropping..A great time to be alive!
I was right there also! BUT! As a hard rock fan I still must say "Disco Still Sucks" LOL! However there was a lot of great music that came out of disco. Disco just disrupted the flow of R & R at the time and as I remember it Punk Rock replaced disco. Somewhere in there Bruce Springsteen brought back R & R more or less.
i was congratulated by guys a couple of times for my dancings kills. One was when I was 21. i had just moved to london to live and work and was working in advertising. We were invited to a party on a river boat laid on by one of our clients. One of the executives there was Mickey Dolentz of the Monkees. He had investments. Very nice man. he asked me to dance.. a complete gentleman. he had been watching me kicking my legs out.. improvising.. and said you know you are a VERY good dancer. I hadn;t had any lessons.. and only dance in night clubs and discos. made my first week in London. years later, now in the Police, I was at charity show for a fallen police officer in the West end of London and a group of the cast of East Enders were standing around near me. A jazz band was playing and i was standing the back, in plain clothes as security, We had a lovely dance.. another perfect gentleman.. and he played a policeman on he show as well.
I was 16 years old the year this song was released, and believe me, even the people who said they didn't like it, liked it! This song has been on a lot of people's playlists before there were playlists! Great reaction, BP!
Same as the above; the rythm of heartcompressions when doing CPR! Helpfull as one working in the field!! Glad just had to work it in practise so far!!!
I watched Saturday Night Fever in the theatre when it came out. I can tell you with confidence, there is no way you could imagine what it felt like to hear this music for the first time. Your generation is so spoiled with fantastic musical sound effects that this song can`t feel as original and mindblowing to you as it was for us in the 70s. But that is true for most groundbreaking music, movies, technology, etc. I am a hardcore Elvis fan. When I discovered him in the 70s, I was blown away. But there`s no way I could have been as blown away as the teenagers who heard and saw him for the first time in the 50s. We lack the cultural aspects and surroundings of the past when we discover certain music in a newer timeline.
1978. The Omni in Atlanta, Georgia, seven of us went to see their concert.😊😊😊😊 It was a happening, a uplifting, wonderful show from some very talented brothers! Crowd never sat down 20,000 people. No need to sit down with the Bee Gees performing in front of you. We enjoyed ourselves so much and it was like yesterday. 😊😊😊😊💙💙💙
My nurse friends told me they're taught to sing in their head, "Stayin' Alive" when doing chest compressions to keep the correct rhythm during CPR. ❤All those online Newspapers are now called "Viewspapers", haha. We loved doing our line dances at the clubs when Stayin' Alive was played. I still have the 45. ❤🕺
Tragedy, Nights on Broadway, More than a Woman, I started a joke…all excellent. Our Love (Don’t throw it all away) tribute to Andy. Amazing and emotional.
You are doing a great service by waking people up through music. We need the younger generations to wake up to the corruption in Governments, Corporations, Military, Law enforcement, The Judicial system, etc. In another 20 years many Boomers and Gen Xr's will be gone. It'll be up to the younger generations to be aware, continue to fight for our freedoms, and protect our History and our children. History repeats itself. Without History we are lost to what will come.
He's still alive and he's the oldest brother of 4. Andy Gibb was the youngest, I think, and he died first. He wasn't in the Bee Gees, but was a successful solo artist.
That might be the single most hilarious statement ever set forth on this channel. There are probably no fewer than 1000 better singles. It’s good, but seriously? Maybe you grooved to this with Mary Jane Rottencr*tch at some disco 50 years ago, and maybe you even had it playing during your 30 second performance with said Mary Jane in the back of your ‘73 Roadrunner, but it’s nostalgia that’s driving your grossly exaggerated worship of this song.
Said some random music snob who makes Jack Black in ‘High Fidelity’ look like my 10 year-old nephew talking over last week’s VMAs. I stand by my comment. Now I dare you to embarrass yourself by naming three better known, more beloved songs.
The New York Times Used To Be The Most Powerful Programming Institution In The World. That's What They Were Singing About. The Fact That Many Younger People Have Never Heard Of It Shows How Things Have Really Changed 🤔
When this comes out you either liked disco or didn't period. Looking back, it is awesome. Remember there was still great music ahead, during and after this, that was mainstream and rock & roll. So much good music and talented musicians and singers, what a time to have lived through all this that was taken for granted, actually at the time in my opinion. 67 years old and a musician.
They also have a song called Alone where Barry sings ( an I don't wanna be alone ) and now he's the only one left. If you want to hear how versatile their voices can be, listen to the song Nights On Broadway in the video that's on the Midnight Special.
Don't forget that when this song came out in the late 70s New York City was probably at its all-time low economically and socially. Garbage strikes, city-wide blackouts, unemployment... This song's lyrics always seemed to me a great encapsulation of a lot of social and economic woes occurring there during that time.
You are right about song. It was inspired by a trip to New York during Son of Sam madness and the struggles they saw people going through. New York Times very large newspaper so saying what effect does media have. Song had very deep meaning but the Bee Gees made it so upbeat and hopeful. Great reaction ❤
I especially like pre-disco Bee Gees - totally different sound but the same fabulous voices! Words, I Started a Joke, To Love Somebody, New York Mining Disaster 1941, I Can't See Nobody...
Yes, Barry is still alive and currently working on a biopic about The BeeGees. This video came out before Saturday Night Fever and this was a treat as music videos were not that common in the late 1970s. We usually had to catch music acts live on TV.
The introduction of Disco in the late 70's Was considered the second time 'The Music Died ". It was a teeny bopper fad. Promoted by Hollywood for a few years. God bless our ears and the sound ways it was over. Amen
The Bee Gees were so amazingly talented, not only did they have their own hits they also wrote huge massive hits for others. Pure unadulterated talent ❤️👌🏼
Classic Bee Gees is before Disco. They have a number of hit records in the 60s and early 70s. Spicks And Specks was a number one hit in Australia before they went to England and became famous.
You have to remember that part of the vibe this song captures is the urban despair that crept in (at least in the US) in the post-Vietnam, disco-era 70s. The economic slump, gas shortages, factories shutting down and a lot of blue collar workers losing out on previously good paying jobs with pensions. Stayin' Alive certainly partially refers to that struggle of just trying to get by. A couple of other songs that talk about that malaise (even though all three songs have wildly different vibes): Allentown by Billy Joel and Born in the USA by Springsteen.
Barry not only lost his brothers Robin and Maurice, he also lost his little brother Andy who looked so much like him. You should react to little brother Andy who had his own successful solo career. Try his hit, "Shadow Dancing", or "I Just Want To Be Your Everything."
Stayin' Alive was used (along with a bunch of other Bee Gees music) in the disco movie Saturday Night Fever (1977). And then, it became the title song of the 1983 sequel.
Robin recalls, "The subject matter of 'Stayin' Alive' is actually quite a serious one; It's about survival in the streets of New York, and the lyrics actually say that". Barry Gibb also recalls, "People crying out for help. Desperate songs. Those are the ones that become giants. The minute you capture that on record, it's gold. 'Stayin' Alive' is the epitome of that. Everybody struggles against the world, fighting all the bullshit and things that can drag you down. And it really is a victory just to survive. But when you climb back on top and win bigger than ever before, well that's something everybody reacts to everybody".
It should be on everybody's playlist. Don't believe any gov't/big pharma/corporate b.s. and you will stay alive longer. Love the Bee Gees. It's hard not to dance to it. Great movie, Saturday Night Live, back in the day! Thanks, BP!
The opening scene of Saturday Night Fever with John Travolta walking down the sidewalk to this song is movie magic!
This music was in the second movie Staying Alive which opened to Travalto in a dance studio. Saturday Night Fever featured Travolta walking to Night Fever. I saw both when they debuted in theaters. Both intros are here on TH-cam.
They wrote nearly all the songs on that soundtrack
Barry Gibb is still alive, his three other brothers have all passed away.
Yeah, he stops off along the way and grabs two slices of pizza from his real life sister. That pizza place is still there too.
@@thobbit60 Not sure what theaters you’ve been going to, but *Saturday Night Fever* absolutely opens with Travolta walking to “Stayin’ Alive.”
Greatest song writer of all time period!!!!!
Oh Barry! Luv his hair, his hairy chest, medallion, walk, pants and voice!
Not to forget his long straight legs, his humor and his laugh!
I was a teenager when this came out and we LOVED the Bee Gees. We would put on our roller skates and go to the rinks every Friday night. My grandmother even made me some pom poms for the top of my skates. What fun being a teenager in the 70's.
The Bee Gees are iconic. The falsetto is enough to make you fall out of your seat. Love your reaction!
well remember my Dad on hearing it said, with utter certainity.. that's a woman singing.. then again, had he lived he would have been 100 this year. lol.
Barry just celebrated his 54th wedding anniversary and his 78th birthday on September 1, 2024
@Sandra6411
God bless him.🩵✨️
Loved all of their songs even at their very beginning
When I took my CPR class, this is the song they recommended that we sing in our heads when we do chest compressions. You need to do about 120 compressions per minute, and this song is at about 120 beats per minute, which is a common walking pace. So if you can sing this song, you can save a life.
Yep! Former fire/medic.
That was my comment too. As a former teacher, I always played this song when the students learned about CPR. They had the option at our school to become certified. And trust me sixth graders don’t forget that song when you’ve played it in the classroom and let them dance to it. They’ll always know the rhythm and timing of CPR..
I just taught this at a senior center this week. 🕺🎶❤
This! And Another One Bites The Dust! - the song, not the patient
@@paulaanderson7691 Training it to staying alive sounds better than another one bites the dust. :D
What is the best Song from the Bee Gees? The next Song. ❤❤❤ best Group ever.
How lucky were those of us who grew up with 70's Rock. Bee Gees, Queen, Janis Joplin, Aerosmith, Lynard Skynard, Journey, Chicago, Kiss, and the King of Rock and roll Elvis. We lived this, danced to this music and made lots of love with this music. Great memories.
I live this video, they have so much swagger, and that hair!! Love them
Barry Gibb was and still is a beautiful man, RIP Mo, Robin and Andy.
I had such a crush on him!
@@Noelle0026yes and crazy about Andy Gibb
I SECOND THAT!!!
@@Noelle0026 Lordy! I still do! 😁He was so gorgeous and sexy and he's still a nice looking man today at age-78🥰🥰🥰
I never really listened to the words before, so I am glad that I could see them here.
Sir Barry Gibb has had No.1 songs in the 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's and 2000's.
And a prolific songwriter too!
@@Noelle0026all 3 brothers together were
All 3 brothers
The only Bee Gee to have a solo #1 was Robin with "Juliet".
Barry not alone had #1 hits his brothers were apart of them all. They were all important to make them as successful as they were. Mo was probably the most talented of them all and I think he never got the credit he deserved.
In thls era we had two iconic figures, Farrah Faucet and Barry Gibbs with the awesome hair styles. ❤
BEE GEES FOREVER ❤🧡💛💚💙💜
Bee Gees did the soundtrack for film Saturday Night Fever, this is the lead song. It's set in a NYC working class neighborhood, John Travolta plays the tough kid who copes with his difficult life by being a hot shot dancer at local clubs. Great movie.
Anyone alive during this era has to have heard this song. Love the Bee Gees...This is THE song...Those incredible high notes...I wanna dance...NOW!🤣Watch the movie, BP!
That was the sequel Stayin' Alive
Grew up listening to the Bee Gees alot as a kid growing up. One of my mom's favorite groups. She wore their album out. Pure classic.
WOOOHOOOO!!! DISCO DAYS!!! LOVE IT!!! Thanks, BP!!! BAD A SONG!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
No honey , our Barry is still alive, thank god!!
OMG SO LUCKEY !!! we lived through the 70s 80s and 90s 😁😀
BP, another GREAT and WONDERFUL hit by the Bee Gees is "Night Fever," also from the soundtrack of Saturday Night Fever ! They were the DISCO Kings of the day.
Love the Bee Gees. RIP to Andy, Maurice and Robin. Barry is the last surviving brother.
Barry still has great hair.
Such a sad family history...just one brother left...🙏
Barry was known for one of the best falsetto singing voices ever, which is why his high pitch seems so excellent.
I like to see you react to one of the greatest songs ever by the beegees , god only knows ❤
That is The Beach Boys.
And their live performances were super. Disco at it's best.
Bee gees are the best !
This definitely a play pick on the jukebox anytime 🎶 🎵 💃
Disco was everything when you were a young adult back then. I was in Australia when the Bee Gees were riding the Disco wave.
Back in the day when The Bee Gees ruled the disco days..we used to go to the clubs just to watch the dancers, the clothes,the way they moved and that big disco ball were all jaw dropping..A great time to be alive!
I was right there also! BUT! As a hard rock fan I still must say "Disco Still Sucks" LOL! However there was a lot of great music that came out of disco. Disco just disrupted the flow of R & R at the time and as I remember it Punk Rock replaced disco. Somewhere in there Bruce Springsteen brought back R & R more or less.
@@OddBall1958you don’t like any of the old disco music? Donna Summer? Now if you don’t like her yr just lyin…like the Democrats, lol😢
i was congratulated by guys a couple of times for my dancings kills. One was when I was 21. i had just moved to london to live and work and was working in advertising. We were invited to a party on a river boat laid on by one of our clients. One of the executives there was Mickey Dolentz of the Monkees. He had investments. Very nice man. he asked me to dance.. a complete gentleman. he had been watching me kicking my legs out.. improvising.. and said you know you are a VERY good dancer. I hadn;t had any lessons.. and only dance in night clubs and discos. made my first week in London. years later, now in the Police, I was at charity show for a fallen police officer in the West end of London and a group of the cast of East Enders were standing around near me. A jazz band was playing and i was standing the back, in plain clothes as security, We had a lovely dance.. another perfect gentleman.. and he played a policeman on he show as well.
Yes ,Barry is alive
I was 16 years old the year this song was released, and believe me, even the people who said they didn't like it, liked it! This song has been on a lot of people's playlists before there were playlists! Great reaction, BP!
Loved your reaction
It's amazing how many songs the Gibbs have written for themselves and many others.
Same as the above; the rythm of heartcompressions when doing CPR!
Helpfull as one working in the field!! Glad just had to work it in practise so far!!!
Brilliant hair
I watched Saturday Night Fever in the theatre when it came out.
I can tell you with confidence, there is no way you could imagine what it felt like to hear this music for the first time. Your generation is so spoiled with fantastic musical sound effects that this song can`t feel as original and mindblowing to you as it was for us in the 70s.
But that is true for most groundbreaking music, movies, technology, etc.
I am a hardcore Elvis fan. When I discovered him in the 70s, I was blown away. But there`s no way I could have been as blown away as the teenagers who heard and saw him for the first time in the 50s. We lack the cultural aspects and surroundings of the past when we discover certain music in a newer timeline.
1978. The Omni in Atlanta, Georgia, seven of us went to see their concert.😊😊😊😊
It was a happening, a uplifting, wonderful show from some very talented brothers! Crowd never sat down 20,000 people. No need to sit down with the Bee Gees performing in front of you. We enjoyed ourselves so much and it was like yesterday. 😊😊😊😊💙💙💙
My nurse friends told me they're taught to sing in their head, "Stayin' Alive" when doing chest compressions to keep the correct rhythm during CPR. ❤All those online Newspapers are now called "Viewspapers", haha. We loved doing our line dances at the clubs when Stayin' Alive was played. I still have the 45. ❤🕺
This is every other song on my WALK playlist, with songs just a bit slower in between. Helps keep this older lady movin and groovin !
Bee Gees will always be one the best groups ever to exist ❤ Thanks for this reaction 😊
I totally agree!!!
@@karenfrasure6973 70s and 80s music will always be my favorite such a wonderful time for music ❤️🎵🎶
Black Pegasus you've got to watch Saturday Night Fever. The Bee Gees are all throughout it.
The Bee Gees music is all through Saturday Night Fever. If you want to see them, you have to watch Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
Dope movie Black P !!!
Movie is very hard to watch for me... so be emotionally ready.
'For whom the bell tolls' is my favourite from them. Robin is like here Barry hold my beer I got this one.
❤❤❤❤oh yeah, got me dancing
Barry is 78 . Still kickin'
R.I.P.
ANDY
MAURICE
ROBIN
Excellent analysis from my favorite reaction analyst. You have such a commendable ethical and humane view of the world.
I preferred the Bee Gees in their pre-disco days. They have always been great but their early music was better IMO. 🌸💐✌️
I love Bee Gees!!!
Thanks.. I’ll remember to strut today ❤
Tragedy, Nights on Broadway, More than a Woman, I started a joke…all excellent.
Our Love (Don’t throw it all away) tribute to Andy. Amazing and emotional.
Additionally, to the great ones you have listed I recently discovered their gem "Love you inside and out"
Totally agree!!
Lonely Days, Lonely Nights
You are doing a great service by waking people up through music. We need the younger generations to wake up to the corruption in Governments, Corporations, Military, Law enforcement, The Judicial system, etc. In another 20 years many Boomers and Gen Xr's will be gone. It'll be up to the younger generations to be aware, continue to fight for our freedoms, and protect our History and our children. History repeats itself. Without History we are lost to what will come.
He's still alive and he's the oldest brother of 4. Andy Gibb was the youngest, I think, and he died first. He wasn't in the Bee Gees, but was a successful solo artist.
Oh the disco days great dancing music
Barry still alive, he was just knighted by the King
This IS on everybody's playlist!
A perfect soundtrack for the film
I remember back in the day roller skating to the Bee Gees. They have a younger brother named Andy who had a couple hits too.
The Greatest Single Ever Recorded. Play it in any club, or at any wedding, in any part of the world, and people will instantly fill the dance floor.
That might be the single most hilarious statement ever set forth on this channel. There are probably no fewer than 1000 better singles. It’s good, but seriously? Maybe you grooved to this with Mary Jane Rottencr*tch at some disco 50 years ago, and maybe you even had it playing during your 30 second performance with said Mary Jane in the back of your ‘73 Roadrunner, but it’s nostalgia that’s driving your grossly exaggerated worship of this song.
Said some random music snob who makes Jack Black in ‘High Fidelity’ look like my 10 year-old nephew talking over last week’s VMAs. I stand by my comment. Now I dare you to embarrass yourself by naming three better known, more beloved songs.
@@isaacvanwart-i2vyr nuttttts…you a lousy Democrat?? Lol
@@MasterJohnMoss I agree with you 100 percent!!!👍💯😊
He is singing New York Times effect. The newspaper. At the time this was written, The New York Times newspaper was very apocalyptic. It still can be.
Barry is still alive
The New York Times Used To Be The Most Powerful Programming Institution In The World. That's What They Were Singing About.
The Fact That Many Younger People Have Never Heard Of It Shows How Things Have Really Changed 🤔
When this comes out you either liked disco or didn't period. Looking back, it is awesome. Remember there was still great music ahead, during and after this, that was mainstream and rock & roll. So much good music and talented musicians and singers, what a time to have lived through all this that was taken for granted, actually at the time in my opinion. 67 years old and a musician.
They also have a song called Alone where Barry sings ( an I don't wanna be alone ) and now he's the only one left. If you want to hear how versatile their voices can be, listen to the song Nights On Broadway in the video that's on the Midnight Special.
Barry had the best control with his falsetto. He could really extend and hold the super high notes.
Born on the Isle of Man, (between England and Ireland) Barry is the only brother still alive and his falsetto voice is unmistakable.
" Love You Inside Out " is a must by the Bee Gees.
This is part of a soundtrack to the movie Stayin’ Alive. They are referring to the character John Travolta plays
Yes
Don't forget that when this song came out in the late 70s New York City was probably at its all-time low economically and socially. Garbage strikes, city-wide blackouts, unemployment... This song's lyrics always seemed to me a great encapsulation of a lot of social and economic woes occurring there during that time.
Walking the streets of the South Bronx and East NY back then was like being transported to WWII Europe.
Every time i hear this I picture John Travolta. ❤
You are right about song. It was inspired by a trip to New York during Son of Sam madness and the struggles they saw people going through. New York Times very large newspaper so saying what effect does media have. Song had very deep meaning but the Bee Gees made it so upbeat and hopeful. Great reaction ❤
They had a greatest hits in 1969, I own it.
I especially like pre-disco Bee Gees - totally different sound but the same fabulous voices! Words, I Started a Joke, To Love Somebody, New York Mining Disaster 1941, I Can't See Nobody...
Truly timeless songs, i remember
Run to me is my favourite.
There's a documentary, "Bee Gees: In Our Own Time," which covers their story, how they began and evolved over the years. Worth a watch.
We're still stayin' alive ☺
In 1978 this was one of the 5 songs the BeeGees had in the top 10 at one time.
This was so popular with those of us who danced the hustle! So great to spin and spin to.
Your head was boppin'. I saw it. This has been in lots of movies because it's just so cool. 😊
Yes, Barry is still alive and currently working on a biopic about The BeeGees. This video came out before Saturday Night Fever and this was a treat as music videos were not that common in the late 1970s. We usually had to catch music acts live on TV.
The introduction of Disco in the late 70's Was considered the second time 'The Music Died ". It was a teeny bopper fad. Promoted by Hollywood for a few years. God bless our ears and the sound ways it was over. Amen
This is disco and I have always loved this song.
This song was made for the movie Saturday Night Fever with John Travolta. It starts out with this song and John Travolta walking down the street.
Yes , we knew this !!!! I always see Travolta strutting down that sidewalk when I hear this song .
And in that scene Travolta bumps into Sylvester Stallone on the the street, just a short cameo of Sly.
@markcarter822 are you serious? Never noticed that,now I have to watch it again. Thanks!!
@@juanmendivilvalencia yes you can also Google - Sylvester Stalon cameo in Saturday Night Fever.
I'm 55 and I love this video!
Great song. ❤️✌🏻🎶
Pre-disco BeeGees were good but this period of their's changed things up in such a fun way.
The Bee Gees were so amazingly talented, not only did they have their own hits they also wrote huge massive hits for others. Pure unadulterated talent ❤️👌🏼
When you check out Nights on Broadway you should pull up the performance on The Midnight Special. That was one album before they became disco icons.
Barry is very much alive
Classic Bee Gees is before Disco. They have a number of hit records in the 60s and early 70s. Spicks And Specks was a number one hit in Australia before they went to England and became famous.
I was 17 years old when this album was released and I bought it too 😊
I remember what I saw and felt the first time: Barry’s infamous tight white pants! 🔥 ❤😂😅 Seriously, he’s a beautiful man inside and out.
Classic song & film.
This is played at the beginning of "Saturday Night Fever" as John Travolta is walking. You DO need to watch the movie for all of the music.
This song was used as a beat to do CPR to. Michael Scott in "The Office" is doing a great job applying this.
🌸 I love your reactions I love your channel.... thanks for doing what you do.
You have to remember that part of the vibe this song captures is the urban despair that crept in (at least in the US) in the post-Vietnam, disco-era 70s. The economic slump, gas shortages, factories shutting down and a lot of blue collar workers losing out on previously good paying jobs with pensions. Stayin' Alive certainly partially refers to that struggle of just trying to get by.
A couple of other songs that talk about that malaise (even though all three songs have wildly different vibes): Allentown by Billy Joel and Born in the USA by Springsteen.
Barry not only lost his brothers Robin and Maurice, he also lost his little brother Andy who looked so much like him. You should react to little brother Andy who had his own successful solo career. Try his hit, "Shadow Dancing", or "I Just Want To Be Your Everything."
Stayin' Alive was used (along with a bunch of other Bee Gees music) in the disco movie Saturday Night Fever (1977). And then, it became the title song of the 1983 sequel.
Robin recalls, "The subject matter of 'Stayin' Alive' is actually quite a serious one; It's about survival in the streets of New York, and the lyrics actually say that". Barry Gibb also recalls, "People crying out for help. Desperate songs. Those are the ones that become giants. The minute you capture that on record, it's gold. 'Stayin' Alive' is the epitome of that. Everybody struggles against the world, fighting all the bullshit and things that can drag you down. And it really is a victory just to survive. But when you climb back on top and win bigger than ever before, well that's something everybody reacts to everybody".
It should be on everybody's playlist. Don't believe any gov't/big pharma/corporate b.s. and you will stay alive longer. Love the Bee Gees. It's hard not to dance to it. Great movie, Saturday Night Live, back in the day! Thanks, BP!
I still cannot see this without thinking of Kenny Everett's "do it yourself home BeeGee starter kit"
And from the movie “Flying High” (Airplane)