Bee Gees - To Love Somebody | REACTION

[@jamelakajamal]

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[@frodeapeland1442]

I like your reactions 🙂This song was written by Bee Gees specifically for Otis Redding, but he tragically died in an accident before he got to record it. Bee Gees decided to record it themselves. It is no wonder you have heard it as it is one of the most covered songs in history. It was covered by Janis Joplin, Nina Simone, Keith Urban, Tom Jones, Rod Stewart, Michael Buble and a bunch others. Remember Barry Gibb wrote 16 Billboard #1 songs. They sounded very different before the disco area and also very different after it. I would like you to react to Bee Gees - Words (Live 1979) or Bee Gees- For Whom The Bell Tolls

[@tigerback62]

Mr. Jamel, Please Please Consider Lonely Days by the Bee Gees 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 It's one of my all-time favorite songs 😘

[@tigerback62]

Mr Jamel, Yes this is an Original Bee Gees.

[@tigerback62]

The Bee Gees had the same manager as The Beatles. They were really popular in the 1960's. They were in a slump in the 1970's until Barry write Jive Talkin'

[@maxpower92]

Hands down you have the best reaction channel. Thanks for the good work.

[@jacobin1159]

This song was released in 1967, well before the disco era. the Bee Gees wrote all their songs, and loads of songs for other artists. They were super talented.

[@jackhebert2140]

And they originally wrote it for Otis Redding

[@pen64]

Really? 1967 was before the disco era? Lol... duh

[@sunshinerain4ever]

You got that right

[@32a34a]

@@jackhebert2140 And sadly he died before he could sing it. Would loved to have heard his vocals on this.

[@catofthecastle1681]

@@pen64 no need to be an ass! Some kids may not know when it was!

[@deborahherman7463]

"Is this their song?" Yes sir, they wrote ALL their own material.

[@susieq7401]

And tons for other artists too.

[@louisef1861]

They were all such talented song-writers they didn't need to do covers. So rare.

[@heidijagler8533]

They wrote this for Otis Redding. He unfortunately died before he could record it.

[@LordAmbrosia1]

@@heidijagler8533 However, the next best thing, or arguably, better, is James Carr's version.

[@heidijagler8533]

@@LordAmbrosia1 so true! kzbin.info/www/bejne/emSsnZxoi9unrLc

[@sonnyd1222]

This is a Bee Gees original that Barry Gibb wrote for Otis Redding, but Otis died before he could record it.

[@JoeKnows44]

Good comment. We should add the number of other artists who recorded this song: Copied from Wikipedia: 1967: Lulu included on her album Love Loves To Love Lulu. The album reached number 24 on the US charts. 1968: Gary Puckett & The Union Gap covered "To Love Somebody" on their gold-selling album Woman, Woman released in early 1968. 1968: The Sweet Inspirations recorded the song, which reached number 30 on the R&B charts. 1968: Eric Burdon and the Animals covered "To Love Somebody" released on their album Love Is. 1969: James Carr released this song as a single and reached number 44 on the R&B Charts. 1969: Nina Simone covered "To Love Somebody" released on her album To Love Somebody, which reached number five in the UK and became her second British hit single after "Ain't Got No-I Got Life". 1969: Janis Joplin covered "To Love Somebody" on her solo album I Got Dem Ol Kozmic Blues Again Mama!. 1977: Narvel Felts released the song, reaching number 22 on the Hot Country Singles chart. 1988: Bonnie Tyler covered "To Love Somebody" on her solo album Hide Your Heart. 1989: Billy "Crash" Craddock from Back on Track; peaked at number 91 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.[40] 1990: Jimmy Somerville released a version that reached number eight in the United Kingdom, becoming his most recent top-ten entry in the UK.[41] It also charted highly in several other countries, reaching number seven in Ireland[42] and attaining top-five positions in Austria, the Netherlands, and New Zealand.[43] 1992: Alternative band Mule (band) covered song on her single I'm Hell/To Love Somebody.[44] 2002: Eagle Eye Cherry covered this song in an acoustic version for the Original Soundtrack Y Tu Mamá También. 2005: Billy Corgan covered this song on his first solo album TheFutureEmbrace (with Robert Smith from The Cure for the back vocals). 2013: Michael Bublé covered this song for his eighth studio album To Be Loved, the album's fifth single. It reached number 13 in Poland.[45] 2017: Sophia Fletcher from her album Nature of Truth.[46]

[@josephligue]

@@JoeKnows44 i didnt see it listed....but michael bolton also did a version to.

[@bobthebear1246]

@@JoeKnows44 WOW!! I only knew about a couple of these covers (especially the Eric Burdon and The Animals cover, which is great), but 16 covers?! Holy fuck!! That's AMAZING!!

[@maashworth5885]

@@JoeKnows44 Roberta Flack, Ray La Montagne.

[@liamtagumpay5331]

@@JoeKnows44 you forgot Michael Bolton. It was a very big hit for him back in the late 1980s through the 1990s.

[@JRPLawyeress1]

Barry Gibb wrote this for Otis Redding. He died before he could record it. They wrote all their own music and a ton of hits for other famous musical artists, Barbra Streisand, a bunch of others. They wrote almost all of the songs for the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack without reading the script. Barry discovered by accident that he could sing Falsetto. Barry Gibb is only 2nd to Paul McCartney in writing. He’s 22 here and the twins are 18. Listen to some of their early stuff from the 1960s. They were performing professionally since they were little kids. No stage parents. They loved it. Barry wrote hits for baby brother Andy. There’s a great documentary on The Bee Gees on HBOMAX right now. It’s really worth your time. They were early Blue-eyed Soul. Barry is the eldest and the last living of the four brothers. He has an older sister. Thanks for sharing this. That song is 45 years old. Made it to the top 20 in US. Not sure if it made it to top 10. It’s Barry’s favorite song he wrote.

[@roechellebreeding8714]

In my opinion, this is one of the greatest songs ever written.

[@revjim123]

I Started A Joke is an excellent Robin lead.

[@vandeolkon]

Robin was amazing.

[@stefaniemezigian414]

My absolute favorite of theirs

[@donwarrington4916]

as is Massachusetts ..

[@VIDSTORAGE]

I just gotta get a Message To You is another with Robin .

[@rachelolson5488]

Oh yeah that voice sigh....

[@rightbraincreative]

Another great early Bee Gee song is Lonely Days.

[@melodymcdonald2140]

Absolutely.. I think its one of their best.

[@ingridfong-daley5899]

DEF do "Lonely Days"--it's remarkably lovely.

[@djmc3815]

Lonely Days my Fave

[@helenbailey8419]

And Kilburn Towers...

[@harrythunborg2057]

The Bee Gees are in the Songwriters' Hall of Fame . Great Songwriters for themselves and others.

[@francesshelton1358]

They were the real thing. They could sing anything. Their harmonies are off the charts. Yes this is their song.

[@larvt]

One of their big hits song before the Disco era is “Words”. It will hit your soul.

[@DaphneHarridge]

Vidal Trevino , Words 😭😭😭😭

[@inspirationworks8357]

That and I've Got to Get a Message to You. Phenomenally talented group.

[@bigHinMOTOWN]

"Words" is a great song...but I like the "One night in Vegas" version better than original recording.

[@aletmartins6940]

Words is beautiful, especially considering how young the were when they wrote it.

[@louisfrost4975]

Makes tough guys cry

[@damiankarras]

How Can You Mend a Broken Heart is a real gem from them. Also the name of their new HBO documentary which is amazing.

[@scarletjohnston741]

Yes & yes!!! I cried a few tears while watching 😔

[@jillgehrke7262]

Love it!

[@sharikraft1706]

One of my favorites

[@KathySandru]

One of the best rock docs out there. I cried when Barry was commenting on the loss of his 3 brothers

[@alanunderwood9924]

Do this one then do Al Green same song both are awesome

[@evaczarnojanczyk1432]

New York Mining Disaster is another great early song of theirs.

[@joelliebler5690]

A great one! It was the Bolton overdone over cooked cover!

[@d-rock5235]

Don't go talking to loud you'll cause a landslide.

[@larryronkq586]

Barry looks look ANDY OF THE 1970s

[@corvus1374]

And Massachusetts

[@susanyoung599]

I love that song !

[@maryt2290]

More songs from this era: I’ve Gotta Get a Message to You, Run to Me, Lonely Days, How Can You Mend A Broken Heart, Words.

[@rogerwhittemore9950]

Lonely Days would be a nice one for Jamel to review

[@pettee1979]

Everyone of these songs are Gold!!!!

[@michaelgaynor6866]

@@pettee1979,100%

[@lisaroye3818]

Love Gotta Get a Message to You!

[@bigjuicyproductions4489]

Then you left me is a very underrated bee gees song it’s off the album cucumber castle which was at a time where Robbin Gibb left the group only to rejoin the following year for me that is a very interesting part of The Bee Gees history

[@TheBrownlj]

The Bee Gees the greatest songwriters of all time. All their own songs.

[@one-eye1721]

The whole '67-'69 era of the Bee Gees is some of the greatest pop songwriting of all time.

[@michaelshafer5192]

They had a huge career long before the disco era. I prefer the early stuff the best.

[@derekspace]

How many bands have I said that about...all of them. But it is so true!

[@gailpattenden3821]

Ditto

[@dakert40]

One of my favorite 60's Bee Gees songs is Words

[@davidwiser3883]

I agree!!!!

[@florabunda1072]

Played it at my sister's funeral. She loved the Bee Gees

[@palmerdirector9169]

❤❤❤

[@michaelgaynor6866]

@@florabunda1072 ,Condolences on the loss of your Loved one from Philadelphia, Pa.

[@bennythedog93]

Love the Elvis cover from 1969 at the International Hotel in Las Vegas! Excellent version!!

[@paveltolz6601]

Their early years before Disco and Barry's discovery of his falsetto were pretty awesome.

[@NoExitLoveNow]

I was never a fan of the falsetto.

[@cudwieser3952]

Nights on Broadway was the song he realised the full falsetto.

[@danielstewart7163]

Most people don't know that these boys were around for a while before disco made it big.

[@louisejohnson6767]

Their disco era music was great too. Just different.

[@rwilson7197]

This is a BeeGees original & it has been covered by a couple hundred performers!❤ Yes Janis Joplin , Michael Bolton, and others covered this! Great reaction!

[@Thetwoofus02]

The Gibb Brothers are some of the best songwriters that ever lived. They all had great voices, but when they sang together, there were no better harmonizers.

[@funkyslothcomics6992]

One of the most underrated bands in music history!

[@CamiMack5616]

Underrated? Oh, hell no. They're legendary.

[@danithompson1693]

They are criminally underrated for their pre-disco career--more than a decade worth of hits. Everyone remembers the disco stuff. The Bee Gees stopped touring for a while because, as Barry put it, their disco success had made to Bee Gees "oversaturated".

[@loupi4bama]

I love their pre-disco much more.

[@jmartinez9332]

Their Library of music is astonishing.

[@kurtyoung6769]

Me too!

[@keithritchards4322]

The Bee Gees music was never Disco!!

[@palmerdirector9169]

Yes!

[@lindasmith6316]

SOOO true!

[@Tracer9GTRider8]

If you watch the Bee Gees documentary it'll blow your mind to see how many songs they wrote for themselves and other artists. I had no idea and I consider myself to be pretty knowledge on music.

[@scarletjohnston741]

Highly recommend watching it!

[@TimothySmiths]

That was a great documentary ..

[@Historian212]

Totally. I wasn't a fan of theirs in the early days, didn't like their stuff, until "Jive Talkin'." But now that I'm older I appreciate the early stuff better. Great documentary, I learned a lot about them, too.

[@Mona.555]

It wasn’t unusual for them to have more than one hit song on the radio at a time back then. So talented…

[@jerrikeefer8219]

It was an amazing documentary! Worth the watch. This song was written for Otis Redding but he tragically died before he could record it.

[@adamoc30]

Barry & Robin Gibbs wrote this song for the Legendary Otis Redding, but unfortunately he passed away, before he got it, so I guess when they did this, it was kind of a tribute to Otis!! Glad you enjoyed it & I always love and look forward to your reactions, it’s refreshing and it brings me back to when I reacted to these songs for the first time. For the record, Janis Joplin did a cover of this as well!! Much love and respect to you from your Brother and a big fan of yours, from the Great White North (Canada) 😎🤘🇨🇦

[@bigums21]

They originally wrote this song for Otis Redding, but he died in a plane crash before recording the song so they recorded it themselves

[@TheMsCrystalblue]

The BeeGees always sang their own songs. Disco was such a small part of their music. The Brothers Gibb did much more than one style. You have miles to go with these guys.

[@christophormontoya8785]

Agreed. I just turned 26 a few weeks ago but geowing up my head got turned to groups like the Bee Gees, Marty Robins, Bobby Bare, Temptations, Manhattans and more. Was always searching for all their songs when i got a hold off youtube at 15 and my ma sat me down to look at Soul Train, Old school MTV, and more taking me all the way back to them 30s with music.

[@beulahbowman6208]

Yes

[@sherrihayward4500]

Great reply? And yes miles! 😘

[@erikas3337]

@@christophormontoya8785 Very cool!

[@nathanward3271]

I'd second the others who have recommended "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" and "Words."

[@serfinemercy3067]

Favorite of mine. Ok you got me, everything of theirs is a favorite ;)

[@jimirayo]

This is the Bee Gees I grew up with. Fun fact: when Saturday Night Fever hit, Barry was asked how it feels to be kings of disco. Disco was a new term and Barry, having never heard the term, replied "what's disco? We wrote an R&B album" If you really listen to their disco songs....they really are R&B songs!

[@rogerwhittemore9950]

Exactly. They just had the right music for the right movie at the right time. :)

[@ADGarvey1]

Yep. And good R&B.

[@arnoldcaines9012]

Disco at its core is R&B. When I realized that I quit bashing it so much. You can't get around it... It has SOUL. Taste of Honey is a great example.

[@velmascarborough7680]

Exactly! I also recall, at one point, Barry was so annoyed with them having being pigeon holed as a Disco group, he said he wanted to put white pants on 'Staying Alive' and burn it😅😅. I wasn't even mad. They've done SO much great music before and after.💙💙💙🖤🖤🖤💚💚💚

[@peck404]

Jamal**

[@jgator6694]

My favorite bee gees song is “run to me”. It is worth a listen

[@caitlinhaniffy4387]

Have you listened to the newest version with Brandi Carlile? It’s brilliant!!!

[@MySherry10]

I love that song too

[@cwasatko5601]

Oh', yes... great song.

[@bobthebear1246]

Very good song

[@carmensandiego7749]

Yes that's a beautiful song, Run to Me.

[@robertcockerell3640]

We grew up with Bee Gees songs on the radio in the 60s. We knew they wrote all their own songs and many for other artists.

[@dilligaf6544]

More classics of theirs: "Gotta Get A Message To You", "Lonely Days" and "Massachusetts".

[@vdoudna]

The Bee Gees had a whole other career before the disco era arrived. Their material from the 60's to early 70's is extensive and very good!

[@rich56ca]

I kind of preferred the early Bee Gees to their disco era. Lot of great tunes in that earlier pop era. Massachusetts, I Started a Joke, Lonely Days, I’ve Gotta Get a Message To You, World...I could go on and on.

[@AdamLeone-tt8cf]

Hey Jamal, Jamel I’m a 63-year-old white man I am disabled so the biggest part of my day is scrolling through music old and new. Listening to different podcasts and reactions. Jamel I want to say thank you for bringing back some of my youth. In the classics you can’t beat them there was so much emotion and feeling and most of the songs that were written. So I just want to say thank you, thank you very much for making this old man feel young again

[@Jtmcad14]

I highly highly recommend their song "Lonely Days" it is so good!!

[@catenystrom6506]

"How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" is an AWESOME Bee Gees song from this era of their career

[@patrickdelzell4477]

Yup,, They Wrote a lot of 60s Hits,, That were covered later

[@TheGoldbaxter]

They reinvented themselves when they needed to. They were prolific song writers, they wrote all their own songs plus they wrote for many many artist, they were that good!!!!!!!!

[@sherrihayward4500]

One of the Bee Gees songs is played on the radio worldwide, every 20 seconds.

[@annecox944]

I believe the Bee Gees wrote this song for Otis Redding to sing but he died too soon. At the time when the Bee Gees transitioned to Disco, which rejuvenated their career, Barry G. previously had no clue about his falsetto.

[@akashicvizion]

Ummm, no-- If you pay attention to the earlier 1963 video, Barry used his falsetto to sing the woman's parts in the "My Dad Is The Dustman" song!! He was well aware of it even at 17!!

[@Tracer9GTRider8]

@@akashicvizion If you watch the documentary on the Bee Gees you'll hear him discuss how he discovered his falsetto. In the video from 1963 he is simply imitating a woman's voice, not singing in a falsetto as he did during the disco era and later on. There's a difference.

[@asquare9316]

@@akashicvizion That's not really falsetto IMO

[@cudwieser3952]

@@asquare9316 It's not. It is close though. It was recording Nights on Broadway that Barry realised he could hold a falsetto.

[@KathySandru]

Yes, the recent documentary on The Bee Gees said they were influenced by soul & this was written for Otis Redding but he died in the plane crash & never got a chance to record it.

[@donaldleider7382]

The Bee Gees were the chameleons of music, could sing and write any genre!!!

[@marilynrichardson340]

Yes this is their song, they wrote it. The neet thing about this group is that their music was constantly evolving and changed with the times. That's why they lasted 40 plus years!!

[@lorrainecook1061]

One of my favorite Bee Gees songs.....I was a high school senior in 1967. "To Love Somebody" is a song written by Barry and Robin Gibb. Produced by Robert Stigwood, it was the second single released by the Bee Gees from their international debut album, "Bee Gees 1st", in 1967. (This song is very special to me....I was in love, for the first time, at age 17 in 1967)

[@karenmanemeit7803]

Fanny ( be tender with my love) my favorite Bee Gees song

[@franksullivan8317]

THEY had great band in the 60s. THEY WERE HUGE!

[@revsla]

So much talent in one family is a rare thing. They wrote their own songs and mega hits for so many other artists. They stayed relevant through the years as music evolved. The falsetto was supposed to be a one time thing but it was so loved by the fans that Barry kept it in their repertoire.

[@Jude74]

I think they actually originally wrote this for Otis Redding and he died before he could record it.

[@PnkFlyd204]

Correct!

[@sassymessmess9110]

Yes. Maurice talked about it in an interview once.

[@Music--ng8cd]

Man, what could have been. Maybe someday via technology we can have Otis singing this song with the brothers.

[@tracy3364]

The most Talented brothers ever they wrote all the songs they sing

[@Greeneyedtadpole]

All the songs sung by The Bee Gees were written by them. Plus they wrote lots of hits for other artists. They have incredible God given talent.

[@peterfromgermany2431]

Having hits for over 50 years is remarkable. Some people don't even get that old!

[@brendawilson8208]

Barry is 74 yrs old; married 50 years; 5 adult kids; 8 grandchildren.

[@waynecox3958]

This was written by The Bee Gees for Otis Redding who died weeks before scheduled recording was done.

[@marcmcfinn7470]

Really? That's funny, because I've always thought of this as the greatest Otis Redding song that he never recorded. I didn't know it was actually written for him. That makes so much sense!

[@jamesleblanc7437]

It’s so easy to imagine Otis singing this!

[@agumperz]

What a shame we never got to hear that.

[@leonardshevlin7260]

The great James Carr recorded it. His version is possibly suggestive of what an Otis Redding recording would have sounded like.

[@CamiMack5616]

This was written for Otis Redding by the Bee Gees, but Otis died in a plane crash, so the Bee Gees recorded this themselves. Such a beautiful, timeless song.

[@kimberlyneely4029]

Please, please blow your mind even further by listening to their 80's and 90's songs. Yet another rebirth for this amazing and versatile band. For Whom the Bell Tolls is a MUST, along with One and Alone. There are others but these are the best. And don't forget Barry just came out with a compilation album where he sings song from The Bee Gees library with mainly country artists called Greenfields, Volume 1. The Bee Gees and Barry especially have released albums in SEVEN different decades, beginning with the 60's! Think about that....amazing band and the Greatest Of All Time!!!

[@cynthiaedwards6706]

All the songs they sing are theirs. This group was a phenomenal talent in every regard from writing, arrangement, producing to recording. The 60’s to 70’s were their best imo.

[@elisebarthalow6075]

This song... 💛💙💗 Bee Gees are one of the absolute best groups. Their harmonies were like no other and I always say we grew up in the greatest times when it came to music.Thank you Jamel for this video!!

[@dannycasson1551]

“I Started A Joke” “Lonely Days”

[@glasgavlen]

These are both MANDATORY BeeGees!!

[@andreadeamon6419]

I love lonely days. Way before it's time

[@katestotler9565]

Love, love I started a joke

[@shancan6328]

LONELY DAYS! Great song. I almost forgot that one.

[@staneads8330]

"Words" is certainly worth a listen. It was my favorite song back when it was released. Also: Holiday; New York Mining Disaster, 1943; Massachusetts; Got to Get a Message to You. All well worth your 'reaction time'. Then you will know the BeeGees as we knew them, when they first came to the world's attention.

[@sounder9393]

All Bee Gees songs were their own. They've never done a cover. Disco started around 1974-'75.

[@peck404]

They just have been around for so long.. like 62 years Jamal... they were part of every era of rock and roll 🎶🎶🎶🎸🎸🎸

[@chiknpatty]

One of the best groups ever! They adjusted to whatever the times!!

[@Mark25Mc]

Barry wrote it for Otis Redding after seeing him perform. Unfortunately, Otis Redding never had a chance to record it. Would have loved to hear him sing it.

[@keithjones6023]

There is a great Bee Gees song you don't hear very often, Spirit's Having Flown. Worth a listen!

[@amepl9763]

Yes, love that song, in fact I love the album, reaching out, stop, all great

[@PetitOiseau13]

That song is just beautiful!!

[@keithjones6023]

@@PetitOiseau13 just listened to it again on my 45rpm single, still sounds as good!

[@kimberlyneely4029]

My favorite Bee Gees song of all!

[@keithjones6023]

@@kimberlyneely4029 One of their best songs, that's for sure. I think it's my favourite too!

[@philipchambers4165]

One of my favourite Bee Gees songs was also one of their first; 'New York Mining Disaster 1941'. Being a young 14 year old in a rural part of England the title and subject matter always fascinated me. It was a long time before I found out the true inspiration for the song.

[@richardforgetcanada]

That’s all they did is original material. Super talented men.

[@theresacarmen9847]

After all these years they still give me goosebumps.

[@GatorScribe726]

"Run to Me" is a great Bee Gees song to react to, or the title track to their last-ever album, "This Is Where I Came In."

[@jamespasifull3424]

My favourite BeeGees pre-Disco songs are:- First of May, 1969 Don't forget to remember, 1969 Run to me, 1972

[@richardkeating3575]

Run to me was the first of their songs that I went out and bought and I still think that it's one of their best. I wasn't crazy about the change over to disco, SNF specifically but later on, I feel like they found a happy balance between their previous styles, on songs like Too much heaven, For whom the bell tolls etc, .

[@sandylee6025]

Run To Me... excellent!

[@timmaxey148]

While I Play is a good tune as well!

[@39thala]

You ought to listen to Al Greene's cover of their hit, "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart". And yes, that was a Bee Gees original song, written and sung by the Bee Gees.

[@MsSherrydarling]

A song from my childhood! I love their early music!! They were phenomenal!! Barry Gibb is the only one left now but he is still performing and writing.

[@gailpattenden3821]

"Words" by Bee Gees. Another great balad of the 70's.

[@sharonkeel7963]

Oh yeah! Their song! They could do no wrong 🥰🥰🥰

[@SpaceCattttt]

If you hear the Bee Gees perform a song, they wrote it. And the reason you know this song is because it's a modern standard; a classic that everyone's heard.

[@judilehman1481]

Barry just released an Album of Bee Gees music called "Greenfields" that he just recorded with other artists. This song is on the album.

[@ElusvOptmst1]

It is their original. They wrote all of their songs. They knew how to change with the times. Icons.

[@jasoncarman9656]

They were never a “Disco Group” these brothers are master song writers in any style, decade, fir them and any artist. After the sixties they started to break up. Barry (Main) and Robin fought for the spotlight a bit but early 70’s they atarted back writing what would be those great dance tunes before disco . They wanted funk, and they got that plus! , There are so much more awesome songs during that time like “Nights on Broadway “

[@jonnuanez2843]

Nights On Broadway is one of the first songs I remember hearing as a child. The song holds a special place with me because of this.

[@geoseward]

Great concise review. This group should have been much earlier induced into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame since their songwriting and songs played across so many decades.

[@dennis2966]

I've liked all of their music through their various incarnations, disco included. But these early songs will always hold a special place in my heart.

[@erueru2014]

Yes this is Bee Gees original, but Janis Joplin has made an amazing cover of this song

[@kateritter5765]

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[@jogischulz2576]

please don't forget Nina Simone's cover....

[@dannya8614]

By far my favorite cover

[@SoldrfMfortune]

@@jogischulz2576 that's the one I've heard the most.

[@jogischulz2576]

@@SoldrfMfortune me too, all the best to you from Germany

[@tomfurr7518]

Probably the only group to write 100 songs for themselves and others that were top 40.

[@wendysilva8749]

This is what I grew up with... been listening to them for 50 years and each decade their music evolved... love love love them, my favs! You need to react to more of their 60's hits!

[@michaelgaynor6866]

The depth and power of their voices singing this song...always got me teary eyed! The Bee Gee's are Phenomenal! To Love Somebody......do it today!

[@Titese174]

Yessir. It’s their song. Nina Simone did a nice cover as well. How can you a broken heart is theirs too. But the good reverend Al made it all his own didn’t he?

[@Bear78420]

Janis

[@CamiMack5616]

Hey, Jamel, when did that little high notes thing, I immediately sang the words "I just wanna be your everything" by Andy Gibb, written by his Bee Gees brothers. You hit that melody without even knowing it. 😊

[@reneewilliams2433]

I noticed that too

[@pamelahofman1785]

Not only did they write most of their own material but they also wrote songs for a wide variety of other artists. So gifted, these three, as was poor Andy, the baby of the family, who died so young. Jamel, I don't think you've listened to anything by Andy Gibb yet. He had his own solo career though he occasionally sang with his big brothers. Try "I just want to be your everything" or "Shadow dancing." Andy looks exactly like the young Barry and sounds like him too. Barry was quoted as saying, "Andy is my 12-years younger twin."

[@rogerscollier7424]

Pre disco Bee Gees has always been my personal favorite era. Never a disco guy but in the hands of these gentlemen it was exciting.

[@larryclark4297]

Bee gees original I don't think they've ever done a cover of somebody else's music 🤙💯👀

[@anthonyf8121]

“Words” should be next

[@joslynscott466]

This is what they became famous. In the 70s when this style faded, they moved to Miami to work with new producer. He kept telling them a new era in music was coming. Then they were approached to do the movie. They actually wrote all the songs before they saw the movie.

[@azredhead2357]

This knocked me on the floor! My mom was a music performer in the late 60s 70s she auditioned for many. Osmonds, Beach Boys. She knew Merrill Osmond. These songs brighten the memories flowing she gone 5yrs.this yr! This was one of her fav! I can hear her! Love your stuff!!Thank you 😊 you 😭😭

[@cliles6764]

"Islands in the Stream" was written by them also. Just brilliant...all of them. Barry, Robin, Maurice (pronounced Morris)

[@lisacoleman718]

Written by Barry Gibb

[@jacknash711]

Jamel, They wrote this for Otis Redding, their favorite singer at that time but 3 months later he died and never got to record it. That would have been awesome but they recorded it and it became a classic. It has been covered over 200 times! You need to react to to 2 more versions:1) Keith Urban's rendition performed at the Music Hall of Fame's honor night to the BeeGee's. You will be blown away with his rendition. then 2) catch Janis Joplins rendition that she performed on the Dick Cavett show. You will be blown away. Thanks!

[@tln937]

And, another rendition of this song that must be included, and my 2nd favorite: Eric Burden and the Animals.

[@OldBoiler62]

There is a whole catalog of Bee Gees songs in their pre-Disco career. Others include "Got To Get a Message To You", "Massachusettes", "Words", "First of May", and I could go on and on.

[@jeffmcdonald5901]

This song is theirs thru and thru. They were very versatile and prolific songwriters, especially Barry, who wrote hundreds of hit songs for other artists throughout the 70s and beyond.

[@karenmoore2115]

You might have heard Kieth Urban pay honors to the BeeGees in concert. He did a wonderful tribute!

[@blue4uable]

I love The Bee Gees they are a great classic band they had a lot of great hits.love you

[@lindajames978]

They sang in 60s 70s 80s 90s and 2000 they changed each decade to suit current trends they were and will always be the most versatile trio in the world...they always sung their own original songs and wrote for many many stars

[@scottt2325]

BeeGee's song covered by many....by far my favorite BeeGees tune....yes disco happened on a Saturday....friday was rock, saturday was disco.

[@gailpattenden3821]

ScoTTT2. Thanks for that reminder! You just took me back to those days, pub rock on Friday nights, and Discos on Saturday nights.

[@terri8988]

The Bee Gees always said that they weren’t disco group they just wrote and sang their music .

[@scottbegonias313]

That whole Saturday night fever album was fire when I was a kid 🔥

[@en6278]

I have a playlist of about 40 beegee songs and I never notice a change in their sound much. Mostly cause their vocals are the consistent factor in all their music. Its incredibly distinct. They were always soulful & thats what shines through whichever era you focus on. The songs were always strong.

[@nirmalsuki]

The Bee Gees have collectively written more top 10 international hits than most people.