Bee Gees - New York Mining Disaster 1941 | REACTION

[@hereonthe3L]

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[@jimfrederick3907]

Their early stuff was pure genius!

[@rosanamelin56]

This one of their first songs i heard. Love love it forever..

[@Tessiefaye]

The three brothers had such different personalities and styles and Mo was just cool.

[@kimbarrett4179]

Love it when they all come together on on Mike Aslo another one of my fave songs x

[@RK-gg4dd]

Ahhh they sound so good around one mike. So talented.

[@dp3396]

You really should watch the 1967 video:) Barry was 20, and the twins 17. The story goes that Robert Stigwood asked for one more song to complete their first album. Because they liked to write songs in a location with an echo, they went into a stairwell. It’s also been told that the lights were out. Sitting in the dark, they imagined that it must be what it would feel like to be trapped in a mine.... then out came the song. It was released as their first single, but went out in a white wrapper as part of Stigwood’s marketing plan. Everyone thought the Beatles had gotten back together. And then the Bee Gees appeared on the BBC as you can see in the video - NOT the Beatles. Also, they believed that including the name of a specific location would help songs sell, so to help sell in the US (which had the largest record market) they chose NY to be the location for their imagined 1941 mining disaster. There is humor behind much of their music, but they deliver it in sincere, dramatic fashion... like actors. It’s just pure entertainment from 3 very creative brothers!! Thanks for the reaction.

[@foxesofautumn]

It wasn't a coincidence they chose to write about a mining disaster. It was less than a year on from the awful Aberfan disaster in Wales and the brothers wrote the song, in part, to deal with their feelings about that (Hence the name Jones, the reference to the landslide and the straining of the ear for a sound). There was no such event in New York in 1941 but they were being discrete because it was so recent and painful.

[@ellenmontgomery8533]

This song was written by Barry and Robin. I don't think Mo was there sitting in the dark with them.

[@traceysaporito1048]

They wrote it in a dark stairwell at a studio that actually HAD a power outage. They were sitting in the stairwell, loved the echo there and came up with the concept, sound and lyrics while there.

[@garyjones451]

Oh, and I saw the Bee Gees in 1989. awsome amazing wonderful.

[@gwenmorantz7767]

They were on a break in a studio and went into a stairwell, they liked the echo for their voices. I think the lights all went out, as they were sitting in the dark the idea of being trapped in a mine came to them, hence this song came about.

[@cyndi.K9090]

There was a mining disaster in New York in 1939. The song "New York Mining Disaster 1941" was inspired by the Aberfan disaster in Wales in 1966.

[@carolynsaint6263]

Singing from the perspective of someone trapped in a mine that has had a cave in

[@rwilson7197]

Love the Talking/ Listening adage at the end 😊

[@KCoda1248]

I LOVE that Mo look!

[@psrfpsrf]

Chad is I told you few vids before I was 15 years in 1968 when I visited my first life concert in Cologne as a young fan of the Bee Gees with their first relased no. 1 singles in Germany Massachusetts and Words just month before. Now 55 years later, I never forget the opening. Total darkness in the concert hall and the start of the concert with the New York Mining Desaster.

[@brendajones9321]

An excellent composition from the imaginations of three young men, writing of a miner facing his own mortality while trapped in the total darkness & silence of a coal mine cave-in...you notice it's a one-sided conversation & Mr. Jones never responds.

[@stephaniebuie2750]

I’m their documentaries they talk about composing this song when sitting in stairwell next to an old elevator shaft and the power went out. Lyrics kind of odd but good song. Just shows how the could write about and sing anything.

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

This was the Bee Gees’ first big hit in America...in 1967.

[@Secret_Agent_Mark]

Fun fact: the idea for this song came when they were taking a break in a stairwell in the recording studio on a recording night. The electricity suddenly went out and they were in sitting there in a pitch black space. So one of them said "This is what it must feel like when you're in a collapsed mine" (or something in that line), also because of the reverberation in the stairwell. They began to hum and came up with the dramatic and haunting first sounds of this song. The title and the subject though are totally made up. I believe in America the song is also known by "Have you seen my wife, mr. Jones?", but I'm not 100% sure about that.

[@garyjones451]

That's correct!

[@DiscoDoll79]

The Bee Gees "One Night Only" concert (11-14-97) was, in this long-time fan's opinion, THE BEST. They excelled vocally every song - I was one of the fortunate individuals who attended. Most memorable segment? Robin Gibb singing "I Started a Joke" - he received a well-deserved standing ovation. PLEASE listen to "I Can't See Nobody"...makes me shiver hearing his voice sing and the added harmonies. Best version? 1974 Melbourne, Australia concert video (not the 60's single). Incredible. "I Can't See Nobody" is one of the hidden GEMS from the Brothers Gibb massive song catalog. "New York Mining Disaster" - That song was a sample in the late 1960's how talented the Bee Gees were - just a tease of the great hits ahead in the 70's and beyond.

[@vernacohen6988]

Hi. Robin is my favorite. Barry is amazing and the most popular. There's just something about Robin's voice really got me. Loved your comment.

[@kimbarrett4179]

Totally agree I can't see nobody melbourne 74 was his best performance 👏

[@นวลพรรณศาสตร์เวช]

Great words ..total agree with your comment ❤❤❤❤

[@psrfpsrf]

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[@bettyartis3648]

Barry said it the Aberfan mining disaster in Wales that inspired the song but they just changed the details as they didn't want to hurt the families involved. Worth googling as it was a tragic event with children dying as well.

[@susieq7401]

betty artis - Yes, the school was buried and the children died.

[@singluna888]

I love this song. Written in a blackout in London at,I think, polydor studios. They were in a basement stairway. It started them wondering about how people would feel in that situation.

[@ingejustavanderhelm5208]

Hi Chad, when I Googled, "bee gees new york mining disaster 1941 meaning", I found this piece of text: "The song recounts the story of a miner trapped in a cave-in. He is sharing a photo of his wife with a colleague ("Mr. Jones") while they hopelessly wait to be rescued. According to the liner notes for their box-set Tales from the Brothers Gibb (1990), this song was inspired by the 1966 Aberfan mining disaster in Wales."

[@josephworthfiftiesguy]

i watched the story of this song, the bee gees said it was about a coal mine cave in --in wales in the 1960,s,but they thought by changing the scene to ny in 1941 it would bring more attention to the song--but it never happened at all in ny-but great song after all

[@ruthgrimley7653]

Apparently about a miner trapped underground. Inspired by a mining disaster in Aberfan, Wales in early 60s. One of my very first fave bee gee songs

[@tonydecobellis1234]

They used that title and did that in a staircase, the lights went off and it was echo. It took them 30 min to write that song. There was a mining disaster in NY in the 30es. They felt they were in a Mining disaster. Take care

[@garyjones451]

This song was actually made up! the 3 made it up in turned off all the lights in the room and sang and wrote this .amazing that's real talent.

[@trudywolfe2795]

Great song by Robin. Love him. Miss you Robin and Maurice. ❤️❤️❤️

[@stanB950]

Maurice had style and I’m sure was seen by everyone first, or at least I see him firstly ( Robin even back then looked strangely thin, and so much less hair than he normally had. Barry’s hair was shorter but still was easily seen

[@trishafaulk2067]

They didn't write it in 41, that was before they were born, lol. They based it on a mining disaster, with a mine collapse and men hoping to get out alive. One miner talking to another miner who were trapped together. They wrote it during a power outage.

[@raineontheworld7618]

I like the way you care about the music. U listen with your soul.

[@francisxray9900]

They leave you to build up your own story, like they do in many other songs. The story behind is, they were in an elevator, that stopped at once and it's gettin' dark, 'cause also, the lights went out. And like so many times in their career, a vision was born. This song is so easy constructed, but so dramatically in lyrics that you have no chance to escape. So it happened to me, when as a 13 year old boy, I saw and heard them first on German TV in 1967. They really got me and awoke my interest in music till nowadays. And so I learned playing guitar and singing together with friends. Is'nt that wonderful?

[@allisons3663]

Quintessential Gibb brothers lyrics from the 60's - very dark, broody and full of despair. This was the song that everyone thought was The Beatles new song as the single was released to radio stations with only the name of the song and not the artist's name.

[@carolinegilles9181]

This song is the one G’s sung to Bob Stigwood when they get their first record contract in 🇬🇧 There was no mining disaster in New York in 1941, although there was one in McIntire, Pennsylvania, which killed six people. The song, though, was vaguely inspired by the Aberfan tragedy in South Wales.

[@nikkiharris6091]

One that every one likes,. For them to do around the mine. They wrote this song in a stair well. When the lights had went out in a few hours for Robert stigwoid. Their manager. You look good in your hats. 👍👍❤️

[@christinestornable1816]

This was an actual event in history. Being from coal mining country of Pennsylvania and have seen actual coal mining disaster at the age of 7. The lyrics tell of those underground and hoping for being saved thus not talking too loud in the event of a further collapse of the mine. Also the lack of hope that no one is continuing to rescue or if they have been left for dead. The inference to have you see my wife or do you know what it's like on the outside are basically thoughts the trapped may be going through in face of potential death. I'm 68 and I grew up with the Bee Gees and I have their first on vinyl. My favorite is Robin. He was the heart and soul of the group. Unfortunately if you don't seek his solos you will never get what he brought to the Bee Gees. If you want to hear a real beautiful song by him just listen to Ellan Vannin.

[@jessiemyrle4907]

Just a song written in the dark. They could write about anything and have a hit and they did!!! The best of the best THE BEE GEES FOREVER❤️❤️❤️

[@timothywinfrey1200]

This is where they're in concert and you need to hear Robin singing, "I started a joke" He's does a really great job. You have to check it out

[@foots-qt4pk]

They invented the story, lol! Their manager asked them to write one more song for an album they were recording so they went to the basement of the studio and sat in the dark with the echo of the elevator shaft and it made them think what it would be like to be trapped in a mine and wrote this in 15 minutes, lol!

[@jackielh1]

No mining disaster in NY, it was written in a stairwell when the lights went out. They were very young when they wrote this song, they have said numerous times in interviews they are "storytellers" not everything is about them but they use there emotions when writing. They say sometimes it's like they pulled the words out of the air. None of them had any formal music education, they laughed in a interview saying they could not even read sheet music. They were a cut above❤

[@trudywolfe2795]

LOVE THIS SONG. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@katie-didellis2437]

There was no mining disaster in New York in 1941. It was the name they gave the song to sort of captivate the audience. I believe this song was released in the United States in 1967, I might be off on the date a little. This was the song that caught my attention and started my lifelong journey with BG music. I was a BG fan from the very beginning and I liked the group as a whole, later I became very enthralled with Barry. He is such a musical genius much less very good looking and sexy even in 2021 at the age of 74. I love the brothers and I miss Maurice and Robin.

[@TallyDrake]

I have the One Night Only CD, and on it they sing Night Fever, which then turns into More Than A Woman. Great track, great album.

[@jamihede4440]

In the later years, especially, Maurice usually wore a hat to hide his baldness. It also made him look pretty cool. I once heard his daughter say that he could do a fedora better than anyone. Oh, and he also frequently wore a long coat on stage. I remember a black leather one that made him look darned sexy.

[@michaelbailey6980]

This is a song about a fictitious disaster. But there were many mining disasters where thousands of men and boys died in the U.S. As an aside, this song was the first Bee Gee's single I owned. I then bought (actually, my parents did) eight more of their singles in 1967 and 1968. This is still my favorite era of their songs.

[@susieq7401]

Michael Bailey - It was based on the 1966 disaster in Aberfan, Wales where the town and school was buried and the children died. They changed it to New York to reach a wider audience.

[@philliplear4836]

Yes…Stairwell in the dark when this was written….

[@philliplear4836]

Been to 10 of their concerts over the years….outstanding….Robins voice left me stunned every time I heard it…love to see you review ‘Now he’s gone’ from the civilisation album….thank you….

[@cyndi.K9090]

They're actually was a mining cave-in. And I think Maurice looks sexy.

[@denisehedden5108]

Good luck on this song I've been trying to figure out this song to.

[@tinacapone7587]

Hey, Hi 🙋🏻‍♀️ Chad Did you Say Al Capone ?!! 😏😜

[@hereonthe3L]

_Lol.. interesting that you share that name! Was your great-great-great grandfather....Just kidding!_

[@tinacapone7587]

@@hereonthe3L long story but Rumor has it ..lol

[@HeatherMyfanwyTylerGreey]

It was written in London at Polydor in a stairwell by a lift shaft in the dark. They started thinking about being trapped underground. In 1966 there had been a landslide mining disaster in Aberfan, Wales, UK. Most of the dead were Children and teachers at a junior school (Kindergarten) though some houses on the slope the huge slag heap descended were also flattened. They were unable to write directly about that and the song was to be released in the USA so the name was tagged New York Mining Disaster 1941. There was no disaster in 1941 but they found out later that New York State had a Mining Disaster in 1939. I hope this helps.

[@tonielliott8659]

It deals with a fictional coal mining accident. They just wrote it with new York cause it sounded better

[@pennykaine2306]

I read this song eas inspired by a power failure in the studio they were recording in at the time.

[@ronneranthonylutasemais8923]

Very good!! React STILL WATERS live one nigth only Live BEE GEES...

[@nikkiharris6091]

Chad, please watch. (O n o). Vegas 1997. You will understand them better,. I sure did. It has some good supprise s in the video. 👍👍❤️

[@marybordick6843]

This song was based on an actual cave in, in a mine. Aparently young people don't know that people used to work in mines which were holes in the earth that sometimes collapsed trapping the workers underground.

[@giovannib.9260]

React please Bee gees. "lonely days" live 1997

[@charlesturner3688]

Bee Gees Words one of their best. Islands in the stream later done by Dolly Parton

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[@charlesturner3688]

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[@LoveStory-pg5gt]

Chad react to (Kiss of life ) by the bee gees . It's a great song .

[@robertasirgutz8397]

Hi Chad, it's an amazing song. The title still confuses me. New York is not a mining town. It must be a metaphor. They were almost dropped by the label, songs were too sad.

[@LillyMarz777]

I have been watching a lot of Bee Gees videos lately and I think I see that Barry is having trouble with his back. Does anyone know if there was ever an interview or something about that?

[@DianaJG8]

Actually, yes - several. He eventually had surgery. You can see him on crutches in Maurice's wedding pictures with Yvonne. He had surgery the same time his daughter ended up being born very prematurely and they were both in the hospital at the same time - poor Linda!! In fact, Maurice had back surgery before Barry did. Funny thing, Mo was born with one less lumbar vertebrae and Robin with one too many! Mo used to tease Robin that he "took his"!

[@LillyMarz777]

@@DianaJG8 Wow, I didn't know that.

[@DianaJG8]

@@LillyMarz777 - Yup, I get a little carried away with Bee Gee's trivia, Lilly. LOL 🤭 💟

[@christinestornable1816]

I believe it was because of some kind of accident he had that he had to have surgery.

[@christinestornable1816]

@@DianaJG8 that may be the reason that Robin is one inch taller than MO. However I think MO took some of the weight that may have belonged to Robin. 😆

[@nikkiharris6091]

Around the Mike

[@li22ietopper26]

The joke is that a photo is not much use in pitch darkness.

[@kaynewsom6780]

The title means nothing. Watch Michael Parkinson interview with them. When they are younger. It’s 20 min. They talk about this song

[@vtbn53]

It's unbelievable you don't get the lyrics, you obviously have never been in a mine collapse...

[@hereonthe3L]

_No, I haven't. And thankfully not. Thanks for watching!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!_

[@ThePmfan]

Just Google to avoid ignorance.

[@hereonthe3L]

Not a research channel, bro. REACTION channel. Take away the element of surprise and it becomes research. I'm a single dad, not enough time in the day with everything else.

[@denisehedden5108]

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[@denisehedden5108]

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[@denisehedden5108]

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[@denisehedden5108]

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