IM SPEAKING...| Bee Gees - Jive Talkin' (Official Music Video) REACTION

[@RastaSaiyaman]

Let's acknowledge Maurice here, king of cool with his sunglasses, playing bass like it's no big deal.

[@RockyMtnRebecca]

Yes!

[@tracismith708]

Yes, let’s please acknowledge Maurice! The definition of cool back in the day!

[@Prone2Thrill]

and his bass sounds in this were just as cool! He does that on piano for lonely days too.

[@Titese174]

That baseline 🔥

[@michaeldaugette802]

Maurice never gets enough credit but he really does his thing here !

[@The_Great_Darino]

Back in the day, talking ‘jive’ had different connotations. In THIS case, ‘jive talking’ means you are ‘talking bullshit’.

[@dianedollion6126]

^This

[@connieleighton4375]

times do change lol

[@ilvmakindolls]

Nailed it

[@davehowell3209]

Amen to that! I guess Leo’s so young that he never heard the insults that had the word jive in them.. lol. I mean between Sanford and Son, The Jeffersons, Good Times, and What’s Happening, we all knew what a jive turkey was .. lol

[@joeday4293]

@@davehowell3209 Fred Sanford and George Jefferson were the first two black men in television history to tell White America what they said about us while we weren't around. LOL

[@bettyartis3648]

Everybody thought they were black for years! You have about 40 years of songs to catch up with! Nights on Broadway, You win again, and everything in between.

[@laynuh7002]

The 70s was a different world for a short time--and into the 80s, just different styles.

[@Titese174]

“The Bee Gees are built different “ and that ain’t no “jive”

[@bluetopguitar1104]

The Bee Gees went from a moderately successful folk pop group to a huge success with funky disco. This was the start. Catchy tune. I think it's just about jive talking....lying back in the day .

[@jamestickle3070]

What made that white lady talking Juve was that she was June Cleaver from Leave it to Beaver, about the whitest show on TV. For her to know jive was hilarious. She said in an interview that she got on set and the two gentlemen actors taught her what to say. They were really nice to her and thought it was super funny.

[@joeday4293]

It would be funny enough with any older white lady, but the fact that it was Beaver Cleaver's mom just sent it over-the-top into greatness.

[@lindapowers8592]

😂

[@debbyemerson3877]

@james !!!! I did NOT know that! Omg i gotta watch that again now!

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

Nah, it's just as funny with any old white lady. In fact, it would've even been funnier if the lady was really old, like 80. Barbara Billingsley was a young-looking 64-year old in the film.

[@elysehfm8797]

Back when calling someone a jive turkey was normal lingo.

[@If6turnsouttobe9]

My babysitter's nickname when i was 8, 10, around 78, was 'turkey' because everyone called her ' jive turkey' for so long it got edited. Lol

[@elysehfm8797]

@@If6turnsouttobe9 lol! Poor girl!

[@joeday4293]

I miss "jive turkey." Imma start calling everyone that again.

[@elysehfm8797]

@@joeday4293 ha ha! GO FOR IT! :)

[@joeday4293]

@@elysehfm8797 Heh. My dad is 75, and he still calls people "turkey" when they frustrate him. Minus the "jive," "turkey" is an old-school southern white people word for "jackass" or "jerkoff." Of course, black people could have still said it first, but white people have been saying it for a real long time.

[@j.jennings1722]

Haha! Nah, man, there's a difference between jive talking and talking jive. Jive talking is when people talk a bunch of crap and lie, while talking jive is what happened in Airplane! (can't forget the exclamation mark). Haha! 😀

[@dopiaza2006]

What it is, big mama? My mama no raise no dummies. I dig her rap!

[@vegasbaby3669]

yup

[@peaches6419]

never heard it explained better

[@theodoreritola9758]

LEO LOL THE BEE GEES WERE ALL MARRIED

[@KarenWahlenberg-pv7xz]

Perfectly said❤

[@snucka21]

The HBO documentary was incredible. Noel Gallagher said it best. “When you’ve got brothers singing it’s like an instrument that nobody else can buy.”

[@parinthianquattropani9071]

🔥 Jive Talking 🔥

[@emiliarodriguez1364]

Bee Gees: Nights On Broadway Bee Gees: How Can You Mend A Broken Heart Bee Gees: More Than A Woman Thank you.

[@emiliarodriguez1364]

​@@marshajoslin Thank you Marsha!! It's also one of my all time favorites. Have a Blessed day. 🙏🏽💜😔💜🙏🏽

[@emiliarodriguez1364]

@@marshajoslin 💜💜💜💜💜

[@otisdylan9532]

All are good choices.

[@emiliarodriguez1364]

​@@otisdylan9532 Thank you Otis. Have a Blessed Day. 🙏🏽💜😔💜🙏🏽

[@efuayankson3216]

SECONDD!! Please react to Nights on Broadway Fun fact: Barry said he found the beat of this song while they were driving in Miami on the bridge and he liked the sounds it made

[@GivnoFyux444]

There actually are roads around the world that are built to make your car vibrate a song.

[@nonMuggle]

@Efua Yankson - Yes! "Nights on Broadway" Live!

[@jennhurl]

It's also the song where Barry found his falsetto voice for the first time!

[@kennethmcdonald2987]

When are you going to get around to baby brother Andy Gibb ? He was just as talented as his older brothers and definitely amazing in his own right .

[@dp3396]

YES! Andy charted on the R&B charts, too. Andy Gibb I JUST WANT TO BE YOUR EVERYTHING or SHADOW DANCING or ...

[@nberrypatch02]

Yes, thank you! I've asked for "baby Bee Gee", Andy many times, hoping he'll get to him. I've noticed other KZbin channels getting introduced to Andy's music recently. The older brothers helped with song writing & producing several of Andy's biggest hits such as - I just want to be your everything, Shadow Dancing, Thicker than water, Don't throw it all away, & An everlasting love. Andy was talented himself & also very popular back in the day as a solo artist.

[@carolyncoppola974]

Fun Fact: Andy Gibb was the first solo artist to have his first three hits go straight to #1. Later - Whitney Houston broke that record!

[@dp3396]

Yes, very talented. Barry was usually only involved with the hits, but Andy pretty much wrote the balance of his albums himself. I LOVE his song STARLIGHT, which in some ways seems to be more true to the real him. Great live performance available.

[@floorticket]

Damn, you've done a lot of Bee Gees, one more hit would be: "More Than A Woman" from Saturday Night Fever. Hell, react to the film on your other channel.

[@kimberlinibambini1988]

Yessssssss!!!! “Nights on Broadway” studio video too- I’ve been sooooo hoping he (or at least someone, preferably Mr. V) ) would react to Saturday Night Fever!! Love that movie!! As well as Urban Cowboy!

[@floorticket]

@@kimberlinibambini1988 "Urban Cowboy" would be cool. Rented it once back in the late 90s. I could see it a second time.

[@lordvitae]

😎👍 LV approves this recommendation for "More Than A Woman"

[@teresac25]

Yyyeessssss!

[@kimberlinibambini1988]

@@floorticket I can almost recite the entire script by heart-I couldn’t even tell you how many times I’ve watched it!!

[@mskerriboberri]

I seem to remember everybody loving the Bee Gees, but nobody wanted to admit it. I was just a kid, I admitted I loved them.

[@maryhubbard2889]

They were great and there will never be a band like them ❤

[@theodoreritola7641]

They helped make the 70s THE BEST DECADE EVEEEEER

[@lisac7965]

Night's on Broadway!!! A classic Bee Gees and,To love somebody!

[@TheAskTrixieChannel]

Fun fact..... Barry had NO IDEA what "jive talkin'" meant. Their one documentary, Maurice Gibb explains that (and it's hilarious).

[@brendajones9321]

Mo was an awesome storyteller...he was the most out-going of the three & had a great speaking voice & an equally great sense of humor, so he could make any story interesting. He & Barry also had very distinctive laughs.

[@cheriedraper1664]

Such beautiful harmonies they just definately off this planet voices are amazing

[@RockyMtnRebecca]

Jive ~ ♥ That bass line always made me... mmmmmmmmmmmoist! LOL

[@tetrisfreak9069]

That bass is FUNKY!

[@GodLovesComics]

The Beegees were definitely "built different." I had never heard men sound like this before and all these years later I still haven't. And hairy Australian dudes, no less.

[@MA-oy3sx]

Hairy yes - Australian dudes no they are not...

[@bestmusicplaylists5294]

Beegees back up vocals 💓💕💖❤💜💚💗💋💌 kenny rogers YOU AND I 😍💥🔥

[@Justamy1973]

Oh yeah! The Bee Gee’s!!!

[@mlott219]

I ❤ The Bee Gees when I was little and I ❤❤❤❤❤❤ them STILL!!!!

[@patdonnelly9392]

'The Bee Gees are Built Different'. True words right there, my friend!

[@rhondareadman]

#JiveTalking 🌟🤗💃🏼

[@louiskenny9224]

Bee Gees "Nights On Broadway" Fire!

[@ericanderson8886]

early Bee Gees were great, but disco Bee Gees ruled the mid seventies

[@theodoreritola9758]

AND LATE

[@DizzNutt93]

I'm SO stoked that you watched this. Honestly, it's my favorite by the BeeGees.

[@theodoreritola9758]

JUST ONE of the FUNKIEST songs to come out of the 1970s ,, Jive Talking came out in 1975 ,, , Love my 70s

[@gelsol]

My parents would play Jive Talkin' in the station wagon on 8-track. That Moog bass line is hot stuff.

[@Zuyfrog]

“Staying Alive”- Bee Gees at their best.

[@DrCristina1997]

Love when you call your Mom while listening to music.

[@sheiladrucker6872]

Leo, you went up to 214 thousand! I remember you were at 212! Don't go away again. You got to do Fanny be tender with my love by the B.G.s!

[@AK00777]

Jive Talkin'

[@andyb7942]

This song was originally "Drive Talkin" -- their producer suggested the change to jive which was common lingo in the day for telling lies. The song is about a guy in a relationship with a woman telling him lies/treating him cruelly. This was their comeback hit after being off the charts for 4-5 years.

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

What's "drive talkin'", supposed to mean?

[@andyb7942]

@@Cosmo-Kramer I know that the song's rhythm originated with the sound that the group heard when they would cross a certain bridge on their way to a recording studio in Miami. Not sure, but assume that "Drive Talking" was just a placeholder title reflecting the song's origins.

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

@@andyb7942 Cool, thanks.

[@Jimbodisfan]

The song first appeared on the Bee Gees' 1975 album *Main Course*.

[@vonbass1300]

On the Bee Gees documentary the guys said he was singing "Jive talking, you dance with your eyes." They were thinking of Jive as the dance that was done to jazz and early rock and roll. The producer told them that Jive talking in America meant bu*llsh*ting someone, so they changed it to, you telling me lies.

[@andreagrant4192]

Mr. Video u r so correct. The Bees Gees were built different. I truly believe like u they were supposed to be black but God decided let me have some fun and make them white and make them the biggest group on the planet. Love love love them from a child of the 70s.

[@karencolley-smidt864]

This is my favorite Bee Gees song! So fun to sing.

[@theodoreritola7641]

How do you spell the 70s ? Bee Gees

[@Pete_R]

Leo for your next movie why don't you watch Saturday Night Fever starring John Travolta because the whole soundtrack is done by the Bee Gees so it's like 2 4 1 deal or watch a film called Flash Gordon because the whole soundtrack was done by Queen again you get the best of both

[@SheynaVVV]

Pleeeeeease I almost mailed you my only copy!!!

[@whutzat]

YES to both!

[@Bitsybug217]

Watch the movie The Highlander. Freddie Mercury wrote 8 songs for the sound track that were preformed by Queen.

[@leticiasmith226]

I love the BeeGees

[@adwood201]

They were born in the UK back when it was Great Britain, then they spent a few years growing up in Australia but they were practicing their singing on the ship to Oz.....

[@larryfales58]

Back in the day 70s when you don't believe what someone says you'd say DON'T JIVE ME MAN... love your channel man keep it up and that's no JIVE..

[@mistyanderson4567]

Love the Bee Gees🤟👏😊

[@dorieann64]

Barry started writing the song like Jive Dancing. "Dance with your eyes." A producer told him jiving is like lying or BSing. The beginning of the song sounds like the bridge they drove on the way to their studio.

[@silvanamartinez7457]

I love the Bee Gees so versatile.

[@negf22]

Bee Gees wrote over 1,000 songs. They have. Been performing as the Bee Gees since 1958 up to when Maurice died. LOL on your reaction.😎

[@shawnhenry4100]

Bee gees

[@Uninvited72]

Maurice on that bass 🖤🖤🖤

[@moonstone1159]

The BeeGees got the best of the 70s music in them! The bass playing is awesome!

[@richardlee1972]

When the Bee Gees first started out in England, They were told 'White people didn't sing rhythm and blues' That all changed in the mid 1970s and they hit it in stride. They had a special and unique talent, and they had one soul people would call 'blue-eyed soul'.

[@milagrosmilliner]

“Speak to me regular, I’m the BeeGee” hahahaha!!!! Mr. Video you really do crack me up!! You are onto something though. The Bee Gees are built differently. They do have a soulful vibe in their sound.

[@josephpere3822]

BEE GEES 😍💛💛😆

[@laurafrancis2104]

BANGER!❤️

[@dubivxler]

bee gees love you inside out

[@kathymayes7004]

Love some Bee Gees🥰

[@baytown7951]

Mr. V, have you ever done a reaction to the Bee Gees "To Love Somebody"? They wrote the song for the great brother Otis Redding. Sadly he died in a plane crash so they recorded it themselves. BTW, you haven't reacted to Otis himself, one of the great ones (like you, lol)

[@bluetopguitar1104]

Janis Joplin does an awesome version of the song.

[@theodoreritola9758]

BEE GEES have sold over 200 million LPS WORLD WIDE ,, There KINDA BIG

[@denisebohar4338]

The beegees are legend

[@Bohica1988]

More Bee Gees more Bee Gees!!!! You haven’t even scratched the surface of their genius!!!!!!!

[@gnfrfan]

My favorite Bee Gee’s Song!

[@dennislawson4132]

JIVE TALKING!!

[@snakeinthegrass7443]

Bee Gees. Brothers Gibb Jive Talkin

[@David-cr3pt]

Do Bee Gees Love you inside and out!! Song is funky as hell!

[@dianejones8225]

jive talking

[@flor9389]

That bass line. Yummy

[@sherryaguilar1232]

You crack me the 'eff up Mr. Video , Jive Talkin'

[@jennifersantaguido2141]

Your joy at listening to this was infectious!!💕

[@l44va]

Bee Gees just ruled disco!

[@stevielegend325]

The word jive and jive talking was pretty much part of normal convos back in 60s and 70s...hippy lingo

[@teresac25]

One of my favourites.....this was fun...❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@sliceofheaven3026]

I mean even in the song (3:43) there is a line "nobody believing what you say". With a followup..."jive talking gets in the way".

[@jamesboyd5305]

Hit #1 on Billboards top 40 in 1975!

[@Silverstreak7878]

Nights on Broadway by the Bee Gees

[@davidpowell2356]

Pooty Tang, you never knew what he said, but you always knew what he meant. Another great movie to react to!

[@katherineporter3928]

Love love the Bee Gee’s!!

[@Wolfhoundfromthehighseas]

Yeeee, jive talkin Mr. Video! Even after all these years, I still don’t know half of the words they sing🤣🤣🤣🤗🤗🤗Anybody can talk jive. Like talkin smack today👍👍

[@SheynaVVV]

Smaaaaaack talkin', tellin' me lies .....

[@MN_Cozy]

Agree!!

[@glasgavlen]

More BeeGees! There's plenty more.

[@traceyhester4906]

I’m literally dancing on my couch 🕺🏾

[@michaelmartin9128]

They do have a little extra soul 💗🤘

[@papillonmjb]

Jive Talkin' is a perfect song for you. 😎

[@jzekas21]

Airplane is hysterical. Try you should be dancing by Bee Gees if you haven’t already

[@dp3396]

Already dun

[@melissagottlieb3381]

Jive talkin..awesome song

[@jom7604]

Brilliant musicians and brothers whose father was a professional musician. They could play numerous instruments and wrote so many songs. Especially, Barry, the oldest brother and lead singer.

[@emptybraincase4181]

Best bee gees lyrics by leo.... "Jiiiiive talking, I can't understand you" Had me on the floor, why we love ya.

[@shellyandersonballew6934]

I love your reactions you are so funny, and I’m a smoker to!

[@Beardlythekind]

Jive Talking!!!

[@TracyfromNC]

They are a whole vibe!

[@jennhurl]

Hey love! Jive-talkin is talking bullshit. 🤣 God I missed you! Man, I voted for SRV "Pride & Joy"! 🎸 One of my favorite songs! I just watched the Bee Gees documentary - it's amazing, Leo! Barry shares through the whole thing! It's a must see!

[@racsis3504]

Ok love jive talking now you gotta do Donna Summer love to love you baby😘

[@rebeccarockchik6704]

"They were built with extra soul" #truth ❤

[@trismaccarran9950]

Jive Talkin'....👍

[@caroljones8326]

Jive Talking!!!!! 😎

[@justinreiter]

Always loved that bass line. They are built different, but sure can sang. Thanks Mr. Video. Cheers.

[@Mr_Ray.]

Bruh! You just made my birthday with this cut! My all time favorite from The Bee Gees! =CHEERS=

[@sassymessmess9110]

"You JIVE Turkey!" Lol, that was actually an insult😄. "NIGHTS ON BROADWAY" please🤗

[@marshajoslin]

YES, Nights on Broadway!

[@Vonnies1929]

That bass is amazing !!!!

[@ajogg]

Originally it was supposed to be Drive Talking when he first wrote the music. The drum beat was taken from the sound Barry Heard going over a certain bridge in Miami while recording songs. On Wikipedia: According to Maurice, while hearing this rhythmic sound, "Barry didn't notice that he's going 'Ji-Ji Jive Talkin' ', thinking of the dance, 'You dance with your eyes'...that's all he had...exactly 35 mph...that's what we got." He goes on to say, "We played it to [producer] Arif [Mardin], and he went 'Do you know what "Jive Talkin'" means?' And we said 'Well yeah, it's, ya know, you're dancing.' He says 'NO...it's a black expression for bullshitting.' And we went 'Oh, Really?!? Jive talkin', you're telling me lies...' and changed it." Maurice goes on to describe how Arif gave them "the groove, the tempo, everything." Robin Gibb then goes on to mention that, because they were English, they were less self-conscious about going into the "no-go areas", referring to musical styles that were more black in styles, etc. He then said, "We didn't think that there was any 'no go' areas, it's music!" Barry's guitar strumming has a smoother version of Kool and the Gang's signature chicka-chicka and funky Nassau version of KC and the Sunshine Band's Caribbean strumming. The song's rhythm riff perhaps resembles the riff from "Shirley & Company's "Shame, Shame, Shame", with a prominent use of the Bo Diddley beat.[7]

[@gluek333]

the Bass hypnotized me

[@deborahcornell171]

I agree with others... next Bee Gees song should be "Nights On Broadway".💙