(Enhanced) How Deep Is Your Love Writing Session

[@91jmixes40]

If you like retro things, you may enjoy my new album! It's a retro-futuristic instrumental space EP: open.spotify.com/album/3cowOO6GmmMu6O6IzatVOE?si=wjUnL3OOQX-a4oVQLZZMfg

[@BGWhisperer]

Man, I want to hear more of it. It’s like a worm nosing its way through the dirt trying to find the best outlet. Brilliant, wonderful, lovable Barry and his beautiful, God-given voice and songwriting talent.

[@davidjohnson1654]

When I hear a song being "born," like here and in the "Get Back" Beatles documentary, it brings tears to me. It's so beautiful.

[@alphabeets]

That really was a beautiful moment when they wrote “Get Back” in the documentary.

[@TheSlowBallBoy]

was thinking the same thing...amazing...it's almost like we're willing them to find the chords we all know!!! 🙂

[@lightningtree5432]

Your comment is beautiful too.

[@davidjohnson1654]

@@lightningtree5432 Thank you! That means a lot to me. ...David ;)

[@mateus_o_oficial]

Your comment reminded me of the same feeling

[@TimVineTelevisual]

To hear them looking for something when we know what they’re trying to find is just extraordinary. Geniuses at work. Utterly fascinating.

[@davidsandholm6648]

Totally. My favorite section is the “keep me warm in your love then you softly leave” part of the song. On the first pass he pretty much just sings the “keep me warm in your love” melody twice. It’s so exciting when he thinks to have the melody continue to descend for the “then you softly leave” line. It’s just so great. Really beautiful.

[@BassicVIC]

Back in the 80s I read an interview with Barry Gibb in a magazine, he said that they would lock themselves up together in a room for 3 hours and would come out with a hit, back to back. This is that sort of magic happening.

[@omnipop4936]

Wow, this confirms what Barry has always said about how they worked: they would always start with the music first, and then he would just sort of "scat sing" random stuff until they found lyrics that worked. Fascinating.

[@mikesmithz]

Wow. Just wow! This is incredible! Just like the "get back" song, you are *willing* them to sing the next line, I'm mentally screaming "I really need to learn!!, cause we're living in a world of fools" at them lol. It's things like this that really convince me that, like many other artists believe, art is discovered not created. He's almost tuning in his mental radio to find the song, it's floating in the air and he's just trying to capture it. Incredible! Thank you so much for sharing this video.

[@dinnerwithgreedo]

I really MEAN to learn.

[@mikesmithz]

@@dinnerwithgreedo exactly...that's how it felt listening to this!

[@Jimmy-the-Geek74]

“…He’s almost tuning in his mental radio to find the song, it’s floating in the air and he’s just trying to capture it.” I love this description.

[@Howdyall]

I'm glad you said "l really need to learn" because that's how l remember it. The Mandela Effect changed it to "mean to learn".

[@pbm8264]

@@dinnerwithgreedo. That has to be the British coming out in them with that line. Americans would say, “I really need to know.” Ha

[@JruizBcn]

It is incredible how many slightly different songs could have been created in that session and how, in the end, the one we know remained and became popular.

[@spotlight-kyd]

@jmwagner1995 Sorry, but I don't subscribe to that notion. Any creative process means making thousands of micro decisions. These decisions progressively narrow down what the end result will be, but that doesn't mean that there wouldn't have been equally valid different decisions. The sum of the decisions you make is your own artistic signature you impress on the work.

[@savedfaves]

Honestly feel there’s a psychic element to this songwriting here.

[@Candywarhol]

My fave Gibb song. I love the look on Travolta's face during the subway ride in SNF.

[@sagrsalem6340]

Legends are Composing immortal Song ... What a historical Moment

[@Jekaniah-jm7gq]

The birth of a song is sacred space. It’s a beautiful experience that I get when I compose. I really loved hearing this. Thank you for sharing

[@SkyzTh3Limitt]

Amazing how Barry sounds so much like Andy in his natural vocal tone.

[@bluemoon9868]

You'd better say that Andy's voice sounds very much like Barry's because Barry is the older brother.

[@lydmarl.475]

After all Barry said Andy was his mini me!! They might have twins, they had the same birthmark in the same exact spot, how crazy was that!!

[@jaggass]

If only Andy was still here today.

[@lydmarl.475]

@@jaggass wished they were all still here!

[@91jmixes40]

@@lydmarl.475 Barry is still alive!

[@geoffreydlang]

Blue Weaver, pianist/keyboard player in the Bee Gees band beginning in 1975 and lasting throughout the band’s chart-topping heyday, created the foundation for the composition of this tune along with Barry Gibb. Even though the general harmonic colour and feel for the song was largely due to BW’s input, he never received a writing credit…

[@yannisgk]

wow...what a pitty!!!

[@jaggass]

Blue Weaver added alot to the Bee Gees music in the late 70's.

[@dgarve]

Yeah, don't underestimate Blue's input into the DNA of this amazing composition.

[@ryanluchuck8445]

How he never got a credit on this track I’ll never understand. You don’t sit with a musician and bounce ideas off of them like this and then leave their name off. C’mon Barry.

[@jaggass]

Every musician in a band or session musicians with solo artists comes up with their own parts but don't get credited unless it's a huge portion. Blue Weaver did come up with a lot of parts especially the Arp riff on Tragedy, the piano part etc.

[@Studio-62]

Like Phil Collins and McCartney’s (and Brian Eno’s) writing, the music and melody came first with blee bla bloo lyrics. Everything gets recorded to capture the moment of inspiration, which often leaves the memory almost as soon as it happens. Makes me wonder how the great composers managed to get all their fantastic music down on paper, some of which was never heard or performed in their lifetimes.

[@robinwatson4282]

It's called being able to compose, you know, write it down as you go.

[@Alex-gn9px]

@@robinwatson4282 yes but in the past they didn't had a mobile telephone or a voice recorder with them. So if they were not at home it was not easy to remember the music.

[@ChrisM541]

@@Alex-gn9px A pen and paper are very mobile and certainly accessible most places, so if ideas came to mind it wouldn't be too difficult, in most cases, to write it down. More crucially though, a composer way back in time would likely have a better developed memory purely because they had to.

[@moltrufio]

It's incredible how little by little they find melody and harmony. It's not magic, it's pure talent and work.

[@kongmik]

or fake? kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZSomaCHZbJnfLs

[@africkinamerican]

10% inspiration, 90% perspiration.

[@joycehorning746]

Wow! Listening to how a song is "born" and created is truly remarkable! Amazing! 🎶🎶🎶

[@RNRCLEEDS]

I was was a child back then and had older siblings who would play this album over and over this is quite magical to hear.... takes you right back to that house, that street, those people who are no longer with us and those super long hot summers of the late 70s. Im quite moved by this....thank you for uploading this.

[@Pamsmith59]

As Robin Gibb said, "Our music is woven into time."

[@JonnyRollin]

Most underrated writers in music,with a uniquely recognizable style and beauty to their songs.

[@jkkay477]

That's stupid. The Gibb brothers wrote a huge number of hits not only for themselves but for other artists as well. The word "underrated" gets thrown around way too much.

[@JonnyRollin]

@@jkkay477 Just my point, as many people think of them, as only driving the Disco era or if they know, 60s pop too; both periods,producing absolute classic songs, but as writers alone ,they are up there with the best.

[@hugheytheboi]

@@jkkay477 I too wish people would stop using the word "underrated" for world famous musicians 🥴

[@turnerthemanc]

Its really weird. We all know this song like the back of our hands, but it seems the only ones who dont know it is the BeeGees. Im sat here going "NO, No, No....that's not the right notes or words". "Robin, Barry, give me the Mic"

[@JamesThomas-dn6ee]

They are writing it here of course they do not know how it goes yet😂

[@jj9749]

@@JamesThomas-dn6ee whoosh

[@SJHFoto]

Ever since the Beatles anthology came out in the 90s, I've been fascinated at listening to how classics are born. It's really amazing when a group composes melodies and lyrics.

[@guitart67]

When they find the right chords It bring a tear to me. Magic

[@ruebenrigor1846]

I grew up with these kind of music because of my Dad and my Uncles. Whenever I hear Bee Gees' song, I remember my Uncle. I always thought he has the same voice with Barry or the way he sings it. He's a great musician/composer too. He passed away 2 years ago. We missed him dearly.

[@drlock978]

For those of us that were there from the beginning,Jan 1st,1978 thru the next 7 months, the love that flowed from Tony to Stephanie and from Stephanie to Tony,it lit a torch in our soul that still burns today in 2023. There still hasn’t been any that captured America like the Fever did,movie or soundtrack.How deep is your love was the first song to hit number 1 for 3 weeks,then Stayin’Alive hit number 1 for 4 weeks,then Night Fever hit number 1 for 8 weeks.Saturday Night Fever ran at the mall for 6 months,then came down to valley and ran for another 4 months.Pure Domination!

[@BassByTheBay]

Remember the Record Factory? I went there to ask if they had the album, they told me to come back in a couple of days when they'd get a new shipment. When I came back, they were sold out 🤯. They told me when to come back again, and this time I got there early. Came in and they had _many_ boxes filled with only the SNF soundtrack, and they were pulling the albums out of the boxes. I asked if could get one, and an employee just handed me one out of the box. I felt a bit like Charlie getting the golden ticket (I was 12). I still have that copy today! It was truly a cultural phenomenon.

[@singluna888]

Wow! I've always thought they were geniuses. This just proves it. Also, it shows how important Maurice was to their writing process.

[@jckhammer]

For sure he was , just that this image is not accurate as maurice was not doing the piano at all in this writing session , it was all done by a fellow named blue weaver . He is the one playing here. There is a great you tube video where he describes the session with Barry

[@lydmarl.475]

MASTERS at work, what else can we say!!!

[@BGWhisperer]

That wasn’t Maurice there, but Blue Weaver.

[@matrox]

1950s-1970s The best music produced in all of history.

[@ianmccormick3453]

I love listening to musical geniuses at work. Listening to the actual creation of a classical song - is just brilliant....

[@jcv1962]

We will never again have such wonderful music creation, no more .

[@TaufikSandiman-ye8vd]

Youre true

[@luizverdecanna8023]

Believe it will , they started in Australia when little kids and they were tied brothers .In the 70 and 80´s lots of bands were making good music. Not now romance is down but it will be back.

[@thorstenwieszniewski6875]

We will….. m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4acaZuVlNinl5Y

[@brendalg4]

Has nothing to do with romance... they create songs now by copying from old songs. They don't have the talent to do this today

[@ibendiben]

Way to drop all hope, my friend

[@albertmiller8169]

It's interesting hearing their voices as they run through the melody and know that like so many of us who play guitar and also play other instruments and who write lyrics and music and sing that even they go through that short period when they were creating or arranging a song it didn't always come easily. It didn't come together all the time and their voices and harmonies weren't always there when they were working out the three vocal arrangements. It's great hearing them at work.

[@jacquelinepenaramos9792]

Y pensar que es uno de sus más grandes éxitos. The Bee Gees the best group in the world forever. I miss so much Mo and Robin one one xxxx 😢😢😢😢

[@jaykay507]

This is amazing, what a gem of a recording

[@TheReubenKincaid]

And in the end they hit way out of the park. Perfection

[@BassicVIC]

There’s a Beatles sort of magic about this recording. The BeeGees are one of the greats!

[@juanitovicencio9530]

They are really geniuses! We will never see anymore of these guys with this caliber! Wow, amazing guys!

[@jv-ep2tc]

never. been following them for decades. we can sometimes think these songs land in their lap but they seem to start with a kernel and then you follow that to where it takes you.

[@ralex3697]

Beatles

[@Redspeciality]

What about Kanye West, the greatest composer in history (in his mind)

[@ristovirtanen6396]

@@Redspecialityemphasis on: in his mind!🥴

[@karin10987]

❤❤❤ Thank you so much for sharing this little docu with us... Almost feels to be within the studio creating by Barry, Robin and Maurice this marvellous song and lyrics.. ❤❤❤

[@coolhatadventures8111]

Such awesome memories of my Childhood. The lyrics did not relate to all of the 10 year olds of this time, but the melody, harmony and music is so beautiful

[@mrfester42]

All the great songwriters have said that it is exceedingly rare that a song springs fully formed from the creative well.

[@jeffkaufman9875]

A priceless eavesdropping on the meticulous mining done for the alchemical treasure of musical GOLD!..

[@cababyboomerq6012]

Wow, this was eye opening as far as how much things change when they are roughing out a song. I actually like the way it was in this tape. The words and melody that never made it into the finished project were so good. Now I sort of understand how Barry always said he had "bits and pieces of songs all over the house." This must be an example of good bits and pieces. But they ended up keeping to really simple. Both ways it was beautiful. Like Robert Stigwood said in a documentary "you can't deny talent."

[@91jmixes40]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3Koo3WKnJyHpac Check this out, it's the full session. I hadn't found this till last week

[@mariafinn1082]

Agreed. The parts they cut seemed more bluesy, with components of jazz. My personal opinion is that the parts they cut were better than the final result. The final result is too sappy.

[@stuffa01]

does anyone else just want to just jump in and help them figure it out? hahaha this is gold.

[@waynefoote3781]

Moments like this are in some ways ..........even better than the final recording.

[@jamesmcdunn1266]

It is interesting to see what concepts never left that room.

[@hsepo]

Without actually being able to play piano, Barry somehow crafted an amazing melody and harmony. Magic.

[@91jmixes40]

Blue Weaver on piano

[@steveneardley7541]

And if you really listen, Blue Weaver is leading the song-creating process. He has the firmest idea of what the song wants to be.

[@djmips]

@@steveneardley7541 he doesn't get a credit on the song though.

[@brcfan9]

@@djmips He collected royalties though. Hefty royalties. Blue, Alan Kendall and Dennis Bryon were made junior band members in 1976 according to Dennis' book "You Should Be Dancing"

[@MagnusHistorae]

So this is how this Immortal song was composed... I was 17 or 18 when this song was a hit in the airwaves. I am now 62.

[@ericstewart9742]

It’s like, “There’s a song in there somewhere, let’s keep chipping away to find it.” Chasing it down.

[@chrispraz877]

Mega talents...I miss these guys. Luckily they blessed us with so many great songs. Thank you Brothers Gibb !!

[@amonika847]

Listening to something so beautiful be born as very very special indeed!

[@stvbrsn]

What a treat to hear this, and it really gives a new appreciation for the song as it was recorded.

[@rosiebuys254]

Wow, Barry , Barry ❤🔝✨️

[@MARILYNNEWTONGIBB]

DID YOU KNOW WHEN BARRY DID THIS SONG IT WAS ON THE MAIN COURSE ALBUM IN 1975 AND HE IS NOT JUST SINGING HE IS ALMOST YELLING 😄😄😆🤪😉🥰🥰

[@TheBrownlj]

​@@MARILYNNEWTONGIBBno this wasnt on Main Course. It was on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. Also what the hell are you talking about.

[@pete4180]

Great we can hear these developments happening...

[@eezyclsmooth9035]

This is very Special and Incredibly Rare moment in time to be hearing. Only the Artists, Producers, or Engineers have access to these type on unreleased recordings. Thanks For Uploading this!

[@lindajames978]

This shows their ability to cook a tune/song from just 3 words a slight tune, it's truly amazing. Bee Gees are legendary ❤❤❤

[@djmips]

If I'm being honest this tune and lyrics are great but the stanza ''Cause we're livin' in a world of fools. Breakin' us down. When they all should let us be. We belong to you and me' always felt awkward to me - the words not the music - particularly 'we belong to you and me'. Yes, it's just me but the rest of the song is really good. Lots of better not so stilted versions in this writing session!

[@phil-o-phobic8608]

I love knowing that the same seemingly haphazard songwriting process I go through is so similar to many of the greats who came before me. The only difference is persistance (and I'm sure a decent sized record label helps).

[@SergioGarcia-jg3yy]

7:33 Ok, we've got it! Those guys were the best and they'll be forever!

[@gerardomontes4271]

This song was played in my wedding and wife and me love song, every time we here it reminds us we were young, still married for 44 years love thanks for memories ❤😂😊

[@keep_walking_on_grass]

so you both have found true love. that is the greatest gift of life.

[@johngreenhalgh4428]

Amazing tape. A wonderful song.

[@MartianTom]

Amazing to hear this. Akin to hearing Macca beginning to compose 'Get Back' on... 'Get Back'!

[@watermelonridge]

Thank you so much! After all this time… to be a fly on the wall; watching and listening through this amazing window… What a privilege, to observe their process! This song, is from the soundtrack of my youth.

[@elinfinitoviajar]

Pretty song... There' s not a miracle, there' s a Lot of work there

[@johnnyxmusic]

Still,a bit of magic…

[@emiliojosegraobenedi450]

I think that the Bee Gees, even though they are tremendously famous, do not have the fame they deserve for their vocal innovation, for the large number and high quality of their compositions. Unforgettable.

[@AlanSamuel]

This is amazing. I would have loved to see the actual video od this working session

[@HowToShopGreen]

The Bee Gees were very talented, for sure. Not just for their singing but being able to compose for themselves and others.

[@Joel_Powell]

Being able to see into this world is amazing - wish there were much more of this.

[@fivebluelakes8948]

I love this! I could listen to them whole catalogue of work in a cappella I think. Thank you for posting and doing the enhancement work. Priceless where did you ever find this recording?

[@91jmixes40]

Just on KZbin! Here's the whole thing: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3Koo3WKnJyHpacfeature=shared

[@countycod123]

Incredible songwriting moment in time.

[@cayenneman08]

That's the lyrics I sing when I sing it!🤣

[@sundaru1]

One of sweetest song of be gees , nice to know the creation process

[@t9j6c6j51]

Everyone has a musical performer that means more to them than any other. The Gibb brothers are mine.

[@kurikokaleidoscope]

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@davehall8584]

wow! fascinating!..gives me chills actually....it really is a perfect song.

[@soniapera12]

Wow 🤩 I Love them so much❤❤

[@MikeGervasi]

Barry just had the gift of melody.

[@kthor]

No doubt!

[@brcfan9]

And that's why he received the Kennedy Center Honors. For his awesome songwriting.

[@StephanieJeanne]

That's awesome! I don't know how you got hold of this, but it's a gem! Thanks so much for sharing it! 😊

[@mgr001]

The guys are OK. They ought to start a band. They might even appear on TV.

[@hohaia01]

Fascinating to hear the creative process at work.

[@valie2254]

Wow ! Fabulous Bee Gees ❤❤❤

[@avalanche9026]

Incredibil in the making one of best heats. Wow. Just Incredibil how was done. Bee Gees. Giant

[@davkarshobby2468]

They talk in a secret code that relies so much on years of intuition and out comes a work of beauty.

[@JoeRivermanSongwriter]

Genius song.

[@geoffreysmith8768]

The pianist is amazing! Is that Maurice?!

[@91jmixes40]

Blue Weaver

[@moeszyslak3794]

Lots of people saying this is a song being born, but I think it's more like the conception and growth in the womb! Love the shout-out to Stevie Wonder.

[@thhm]

Wow.. that was amazing to listen to. The creation of something beautifully familiar, where once there was none.

[@sandiotoole4295]

When they finally went up in voices it was perfect!

[@jaggass]

I watched how Tragedy was wrote. They already had the melody and the basic idea for the track then later on finished the full song and came back downstairs with the lyrics

[@FerencHonkoop]

It's great to hear how they build it up around the hook of the chorus

[@suedemutant8196]

At 8:18 "The Chord" was found 😌

[@lancewillard]

Yes. This. The golden chord.

[@JohnNiemsMusic]

Look up RON SELLE vs The Bee Gees for this song. He was awarded 25 million before the judge over turned it the next day. I knew him in the 70's. Not saying they stole it but the jury thought they may have too!

[@kimdayne2012]

Amazing how their music evolved from the 1960s to the 1970s - Masters at their craft.

[@kadoshirecords]

That kind of song you may spent the whole day rehearsing and still get not tired of.

[@MrJoeydrms]

Misleading with the attached photo - Blue Weaver is playing piano and playing chords that then inspire a melody on top. Blue is in effect CO WRITING the song. Never received credit. Look at the run of hit records Barry had when Blue was his keyboard player.

[@91jmixes40]

Indeed. I didn't have a photo of that actual session, just a thumbnail to look at.

[@aarenmyatt4509]

that was awesome, cut this audio onto a record and put it on the next voyager spacecrafts. listening to this makes me wonder how long it was until they got it, they were still a little way off but so close.

[@darrenkelfkens8539]

It's like listening to Beethoven going...duh duh duh ping...(no dammit)...duh duh duh plonk...(shit what about) duh duh duh duuuuuh

[@91jmixes40]

Beeg-thoven

[@orionspur]

Whoa. Fascinating!

[@thesisypheanjournal1271]

Funny how different their voices sound when they're just sort of playing with it compared to when it's polished.

[@moemo284]

Yeah auto tune

[@91jmixes40]

@@moemo284 I didn't auto-tune it! And pitch correction didn't exist in the 70s, it's a complicated digital process. Just mic quality different and effort

[@melissamell1785]

​@@91jmixes40Who is playing the piano?

[@91jmixes40]

@@melissamell1785 presumably Blue Weaver, their keyboardist

[@melissamell1785]

@@91jmixes40 It's really beautiful to see them working on the melody and lyrics. Do you have more Bee Gees demos?

[@mariankennedy]

Thank you; wonderful.

[@mjears]

The most fascinating thing to me is that they wrote it in the key of E! A half step higher than the recording.

[@chrishelbling3879]

I feel like Yosemite Sam, watching Bugs play the piano, and screaming each time Bugs hits a wrong note. :D

[@SkyzTh3Limitt]

This was back when studio budgets were huge. You could use a whole session just working out the song. Not to mention once the writing process is complete, the time it takes to set up the musicians and produce and record the backing track, then vocals. Nowadays you better work it out at home and come to studio prepared to record with the music track pretty much complete with 90-100% virtual instruments because recording budgets suck.

[@yodwinbamaca2866]

8:22 🥹❤️‍🔥

[@MARILYNNEWTONGIBB]

YOU LOOK LIKE YOUR IN LOVE WITH ROBIN OR IS IT MAURICE AND BARRY 🤗🤗😍😘

[@lifeson90]

is maurice in background touching those keys bringing whole thing together

[@91jmixes40]

It's actually blue weaver, their keyboardist. I just didn't have a picture

[@KikiKCelbar]

Blue and Barry!