THIS ONE HAD TO PACK THE DANCE FLOOR! First Time Hearing Andy Gibb - Shadow Dancing Reaction!

[@phantomcollector1976]

ONE OF THE GREATEST SONGS OF ALL TIME

[@dagmar.6954]

Barry Gibb wrote a lot of Andy's songs. Andy's biggest hits in the later 70's were "I Just Want To Be Your Everything", "(Love Is) Thicker Than Water", "An Everlasting Love", "(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away". Sadly he passed away at only 30 years of age. Now only Barry is left from the 4 brothers. But at least we have a great legacy of their music.

[@TerryL421]

Andy wasn't part of the Bee Gees because he was too young. His brothers formed their group in 1958 which was the year Andy was born. Their first hit was in 1967 and their first number one in 1971. Andy began his career in 1973 at the age of 15. His first song released in the US in 1977 was "I Just Want to Be Your Everything" which went to #1, followed by "(Love is)Thicker than Water" (1977) and "Shadow Dancing" (1978). While I absolutely loved the Bee Gees, it was Andy that I was crazy about. You'll understand when you see him perform live why all the girls adored him. His death in 1988 was just so sad.

[@ESUSAMEX]

Barry Gibb is a song writing genius. Barry does the backing vocals with Andy.

[@RandoReport]

Andy's duet with Olivia-Newton John "I Can't Help It" is terrific. A great love song.

[@brcfan9]

Thanks so much for featuring Andy's beautiful song Shadow Dancing. Andy was a very talented singer and it was such a tragic loss when he passed just a few days after turning 30 years old. Andy loved, adored and hero worshipped his 12 years older brother, Barry. Barry loved and treasured Andy. Andy always said that Barry was his favorite brother. Barry bought Andy his first guitar and his first horse. Barry and Andy were very close and the similarities between them were uncanny. Barry said he and Andy were more like twins than the real set of fraternal twins in the family, Mo and Robin. Andy sounded so much like Barry as well as looked like him. His voice and his mannerisms were just like Barry's. They both had the same birthmarks, The same persona and charisma on stage. They were the only brothers who played sports (tennis) and both were left handed but played guitar with their right hands. Andy was always said to be beautiful Barry's little Mini Me. Barry mentored Andy and wrote a lot of his songs ,sang back up on most of them and helped get Andy started in the music business. He took him under his wing in Miami and helped him through the recording process. Andy was also a great song writer as well. When Andy passed away Barry was completely devastated. I don't think he has ever gotten over it.😢😢😢 Thanks again and I hope you have more music by Andy and the Bee Gees. 👍❤

[@kthor]

The Bee Gees considered this type of music R&B. So disco-R&B blend makes sense.

[@kathieovercash8414]

Barry and Andy were 12 years apart but had identical birthmarks. The Bee Gees were established the year Andy was born. He wanted to make it on his own. He didn't want to be successful on their coattails so to speak. In January of 88 they announced Andy would be joining the Bee Gees as a permanent member but sadly he passed away March 10th of 88 just 5 days after his 30th birthday. Also they wrote Too Much Heaven, Tragedy and Shadow Dancing all on the same day and all were number one hits. None of them could read music. I'd say it was in their blood. All four brothers were incredible. Sister Leslie could sing too. Dad was a drummer during the Big Band era and mom was a backup singer. Their children record together also. The Gibb children have a compilation album. Pretty cool. More Andy hits, I Just Wanna Be Your Everything. Love Is Thicker Than Water. Everlasting Love. (Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away. Desire. Time Is Time. Words. He also recorded a couple of duets with Olivia Newton John.

[@bjw0515]

I believe the Bee Gee's were back up on this. Thanks for all the reactions, much appreciated!

[@jamesvomsaal]

The Bee Gees are backing him up Great reaction

[@davidfoucher9098]

You're right they were the backup singers on this

[@catserver8577]

He was the back up for them on a couple of songs too.

[@kthor]

Only Barry on backup, as the twins never sang on Andy's songs.

[@brcfan9]

No I'm sorry but only Barry sang on Andy's songs.

[@dawnprice6914]

Watch the You Should Be Dancing video of the Bee Gee's and he joined them on that tour and was going to be the 4th member of the group in only a few months before his death. He co-hosted the Solid Gold show that used to come on every week.

[@hopeklemann1]

🌸 you can actually look up photos of him next to his brother Barry and the resemblance is eerily uncanny....

[@e.s.7272]

The Bee Gees were officially founded in 1958, when brothers Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb performed together as a band for the first time. Andy was born that same year.

[@debratroeak77]

Still love shadow dancing after all these years. I remember hearing this all the time in the summer of 1978 - This was hot! ❤😂

[@willfromyadkinville]

Barry loved his little brother so much he had plans for him to join the Bee Gees but we all know what happened. so sad!

[@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.]

An excellent reaction, please also react to a couple of his other hits, "I Just Want To be Your Everything" and "(Love Is) Thicker Than Water". To answer your question, The Bee Gees had been performing since the '50s and Andy wasn't born until '58 so, he was too young to join the group, by the time he was of age his brothers were living in the U.S.A. Andy was living in Australia with his parents and his sister Lesley, he started bands there, and met his wife through his sister.

[@pistachioqueen2024]

OMG The memorys I am having now. I was 16 when this song came out . Teen Beat Magazine was all the rage with photos and gossip.... Andy Gibb and Rick Springfield were the main posters on my wall as a teenager. I am 62, if Andy had lived he would be 66......... When he passed in 1988, I cried so much ...... Ty for sharing this and reminding me that the music will live on , and my memorys will will be forever.

[@RuthBair-ht1fj]

Fun fact Bee Gees wrote Too much heaven and Tragedy in the afternoon and that night with Andy wrote this song. 3 #1s in one day. Barry and his team produced all 3 of Andy’s album, A song Andy wrote on his own was Fool for a night and his daughter Peta sang that song with the Gibb Collective (The Gibb brothers children).

[@renee176]

Disco was dance and groove music, It will Never die!❤😊

[@theresaneeds4514]

Barry sang back up and harmonies on several of Andy's songs, this one included.

[@dracula7644]

he was way younger. When the BEE GEES were formed

[@susanrombak7959]

Andy Gibb was a huge pop sensation with all the girls crazy for him. I would know because I was one of the millions. This song reminds me of that great era in the late 70’s. We were wearing colorful satin bomber jackets and roller skating at the roller rink on Friday night with all our friends. 🤩

[@RockinMamaT]

You should be dancing live is with Bee Gees and Andy 😊 I played this 8-track over and over again 😅

[@beckiramsey9561]

Love this one too, he has a great voice, they all do! An awesome performer!!❤❤

[@louisb5563]

I remember how he was part of the Tiger Beat/Teen Idol community at that time along with Leif Garrett, Shaun Cassidy, Eddie Money, and The Bay City Rollers; therefore as a 13yr old who was anti-disco but PRO-Rock & Roll, this was 1 of my secret favs, definitely my favorite by Andy Gibb!

[@starlightperkins330]

Andy developed a cocaine addiction, but he wasn't using it when he died but he suffered long term damage as far as his heart was concerned. He was using alcohol prior to his death and getting drunk. He was having issues being alone at Robin's estate in England trying to write new music for his new LP. His Mom flew out because he was having problems. Despite that he was still drinking. He suffered chest pains and was rushed to hospital. Some of the last words he spoke to his Mom, had to do with whether or not he was going to die and moments later he was gone.

[@vonbass1300]

Andy is the baby. His brother's sang the background on his songs. He was awesome.

[@kthor]

Only Barry sang on his songs.

[@vonbass1300]

@kthor No, Barry wrote most of Andy's songs, the Beegees sang on about half of Andy's songs.

[@kthor]

@@vonbass1300 The twins never sang on any of Andy's songs.

[@vonbass1300]

@kthor desire

[@kthor]

@@vonbass1300 Yes, but those were recorded a year earlier, before Barry decided to give the song to Andy.

[@jesterforhire]

Such a vibe! Disco was fabulous. All about dancing. This is ULTIMATE disco. Disco was literally sexiness and dancing with a mirrored ball.

[@catserver8577]

I don't know what there is about this song, which I heard about a million times as a kid, that makes it one of the most powerful ear worms ever. I hear this at 2AM in my brain, I wake up with it in my head, and sometimes I hear it when I am trying to go to sleep. I probably should not have watched you guys review it right before bed.

[@markmartineau1015]

Barry sang backup vocals on a few of Andy’s tracks. I remember one live performance of the BeeGees Andy was onstage. I think this is one Barry did backup.

[@brcfan9]

He did. The twins never sang back up on Andy's songs.

[@ellenb2498]

My first concert when I was 12! He put on a great show. Loved his music, and the Bee Gees as well.

[@wm8498]

He was very successful during this time. He also co-hosted Solid Gold for a short time, a very popular music countdown show of the most popular hits of the day. It was also hosted by two other popular singers....Dionne Warwick and Marilyn McCoo. Who could forget The Solid Gold Dancers!!! LOL!! Loved them! It aired during the early to mid 80's.

[@Angelina-ot8rx]

Yes next time see him live in the song 💯💜😎

[@kdavis9943]

You should have chosen the live version to see him perform. He was so handsome and he had the whole hip thing going on. Whew! He was so much like Barry. His brothers helped him get started. I feel that he could have easily been a 4th Bee Gee. He died way too young. So sad.

[@kthor]

Barry helped him get started, as the twins had little to do with his career. Barry wanted to make him the 4th member of the Bee Gees. Sadly, he was outvoted twice by the twins.

[@lisaclark6044]

Agree with this. He had charisma!

[@Sandra6411]

Barry did the orchestra arrangement and background vocals

[@mikefixx7177]

Great song, and great pick. The 70s was such a good time for music.

[@tomnewman7682]

should have watched the live version !!

[@mamamac70]

I was 11 when Andy came on the scene. I loved him so much. His death broke my heart. 💔 Andy had a lot of great songs in his short career. He can be seen on the live release version of the Bee Gees song You Should Be Dancing. I believe they intended for him to join the group but he had his problems.

[@charlottedixon6628]

⭐️♥️⭐️♥️ Thank you both, for this reaction.😀

[@leeyaferguson9019]

RIP. Andy 💔🙏

[@KimPalko]

Andy was my very first concert. I was 15 and absolutely loved him.

[@tommythompson9565]

" You are the question and the answer am I " nice lyric

[@robinfry4408]

Andy wrote most of his debut album, Flowing Rivers. Around this time he was featured on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert & The Midnight Special--would recommend checking out his performance of I Just Want To Be Your Everything on MS, it's better than the record as are most live performances by the Gibb Brothers. Talent overload just like his brothers❤

[@karinanderson9722]

Aww the memories. I’m not sure who was my first celebrity crush, Andy Gibb or Shaun Cassidy. But another great song by Andy is Love is higher than a mountain.

[@kthor]

Do you mean (Love Is) Thicker Than Water?!

[@samueltabo3390]

Baby BG was very successful in his own right. He was a lot younger than his bros so he wasn't part of the group.He also co hosted a tv prime time top 40 music show called Solid Gold with Marlyn McCoo of the 5th dimension in the mid 80s

[@DavidBrookes007]

I bought the single when it first came out. Still love it. So groovy 😎

[@glennallen239]

The plan was for Andy Gibb to join the BeeGees full time. The plan was for him to start out as a solo artist and to sing part time with the Bee Gees, His Brothers helped write his songs and sang backup on the Studio Version of the songs. It was announced that Andy Gibb was joining the Bee Gees full time. However, this never happened as he passed away 5 days after his 30th Birthday. Andy sang the most like Andy. Please react to the Live version of You Should be Dancing. Andy Gibb is singing with his brothers. It was so exciting seeing All four brothers singing together.

[@robcolditz7000]

You guys are the king & queen of audio reactions :(

[@jamesdagenais6494]

In the beginning, Andy wasn't part of the Bee Gees because he was so much younger. I believe Andy also wanted to start out solo to show that he could do it, then he had drug problems. About the time he died, they did have plans to make him part of the group. It was believed that he got off the drugs, but it damaged his heart.

[@brcfan9]

No they didn't. The documentary said he was going to join them before he died but Barry said nope. The twins voted against him joining twice.

[@rundbaum]

i'm BACK!! and your seats are reversed!! plus you have a wonderful new drape for your backdrop i've been loving . . . i LOVE that!! i love you guys . . .

[@johnmcknight1975]

I loved yall show happy new year in yall listening to Andy Gibbs song desire

[@andreadeamon6419]

Oh i miss Andy 😢

[@andreadeamon6419]

Think it's - love is thicker than water - you have 2 of the 4 members of Mr Mister playing keys and singing backing vocals.

[@SCVIndy]

Loved his music .. very popular .. sad about his passing

[@pvdogs2]

I saw Andy Gibb and Barry Bostwick staring in a live stage performance of the musical 'The Pirates of Penzance'. They were fantastic!!

[@kthor]

Lucky you!

[@FallenHellscape]

He was too young to be part of the group when the trio started. He was going to join his brothers, making it a group of 4. But then he passed.

[@danielle5980]

Oh wow i didnt know that. Love learning about these things.

[@kthor]

Barry & Andy both wanted him to join. Sadly, the twins voted against it twice. So it never was gonna happen.

[@roystoyscomics1361]

Andy Gibb also did a duet with Olivia Newton-John called I can't help it. He had a cocaine addiction due to his exposure to the clubbing lifestyle. He eventually overcame the addiction but the damage to his heart was already done. 😢

[@kthor]

Andy also recorded Rest Your Love On Me with ONJ.

[@lisalovemc717]

Oh i had his poster on my wall when I was about 12. He was great.

[@rdr413]

The Bee Gee's did all the back up vocals on this song...

[@kthor]

The twins never sang on any of Andy's songs, just Barry.

[@brcfan9]

Again no they didn't. It was only Barry.

[@michealdixon7110]

Great reaction. If I am not mistaken pretty sure his brothers did the backing vocals on this and also on other songs of Andy's.

[@kthor]

Just Barry on backing vocals, as the twins didn't sing on his songs.

[@gordonpatterson8615]

He had just joined his brothers and become fully fledged Bee Gee when he passed. He wrote many songs with Barry who produced and sang backing vocals.

[@kthor]

He never was a Bee Gee, as the twins voted against it twice.

[@hopeklemann1]

🌸 we lost him way too soon...💔

[@travismorris9303]

Do it light, taking me through the night Shadow dancing, baby you do it right Give me more, drag me across the floor Shadow dancing, all this and nothing more Such a simple but great lyric, really paints a picture in the mind

[@memorast]

❤❤❤❤ I don’t know if you know this, but you guys were made for each other❤❤❤ you have the same point of view it’s crazy❤❤❤

[@michaelgibson6204]

Andy joined the group for You should be dancing but was more popular solo

[@williamyates694]

AWESOME guys! This is not my usual thaaaang lol! But i wad a kid when this was out and I LOVED it!!!! Good memories of my childhood woth this song...so...thanks! CHEERS guys...🍻👏🤟🍀

[@jeremycole3008]

"Time is Time" is a pretty decent song, underrated though by AG

[@paulmason6474]

He went out with Victoria Principal for a while. They even recorded a song together ( on YT I think)❤❤❤

[@kthor]

Yep! All I Have to Do Is Dream.

[@tinakeith5822]

The family talent extends down to all of their children too!! Check out The Gibb Collective. The group includes Andy’s daughter, Maurice’s daughter, and Barry’s and Robin’s sons. They sing The Bee Gees song Please Don’t Turn Out The Lights. Andy’s daughter, Peta Gibb, sings Andy’s song Fool for a Night.

[@maureenbaker5348]

He also has more moves than his brothers, little hip action!

[@pennyfarmer1423]

I had this record I liked it I was in the fifth grade

[@Pacrat86]

Had the 45 as a kid, the b-side was Let It Be Me.

[@CindyMoore-te2yj]

At times would think him and Barry were the twins

[@toddlandry5736]

I was a teenager when this song hit number one and i did not particularly like it. A few months back this apoeared on a music feed and because i was doing something I didn't turn it off but decided to just listen to it. Im glad i did. Theres a lot more going on in the background than i realized back then. A much better song than I remembered.

[@ESUSAMEX]

Barry is the eldest brother and then twins Maurice and Robin came a long 3 years later. And ten years after the twins came Andy arrived. He was too young for the group, but he did appear on stage at one concert in 1978 or so. It's on KZbin. The family called Maurice Gibb Morris. Maurice is normally a French name and I found that fact interesting when I saw the BeeGees being interviewed.

[@michaellynch9550]

Watching this and looking at that picture, it just dawned on me how much Jon Bon Jovi looks like him

[@dubivxler]

barbra streisand make it like a memory

[@sallyphillips9175]

My second celeb crush after Donny Osmond! This one reminds me of weekends at Roller Disco, the roller rink in my town back in the day. I turned 11 in 1978.

[@EnsignTaurik]

It was announced that Andy was officially going to become the 4th Bee Gee and a date was set but he died before it came to be.

[@kthor]

Sadly, the twins had outvoted Barry twice, so it never was gonna happen.

[@Renkk17]

He took after his older brother Barry and got a lot of help from him..... the back up singing was his brothers helping him out! When his brothers starting singing he was still way too young.... later before he passed away he did some concerts with his brothers on stage.

[@Jeanne-ne2ln]

Back up singing is Barry only

[@dubivxler]

💪👌👌

[@cathrynafagervik]

Andy was the baby and I think they got famous when he was young. He wanted his own thing. There was a fourth Bee Gee it was there sister Lesley Gibb when they first started and before they got famous. She wanted marriage and family, but she was there in the beginning. Barry and Lesley Gibb are the oldest and only ones still alive.

[@sassymess7111]

Honey, Andy was HUGE! EVERLASTING LOVE. I JUST WANT TO BE YOUR EVERYTHING. LOVE IS THICKER THAN WATER. I think big brother Barry wrote EVERLASTING LOVE? I think he's sing backup as well. When Andy died ( at his brother Robin's home in England) his tombstone says EVERLASTING LOVE.

[@claytondietl8136]

Andy’s official cause of death was listed as Myocarditis (inflammation of the heart) caused by a virus. But some sources say that it was caused by drug use. Andy did have a severe drug addiction, which helped end his marriage to actress Victoria Principal. Either way, he was an awesome talent that was taken from us much too soon.

[@tonielliott8659]

All the brothers including Andy wrote this song, plus they wrote Tragedy and Too Much Heaven all in one afternoon. And you asked he wasn't a Beegee. First, he was 12 years younger than Barry and it was hard to come into a band that was already famous. He needed to make his was on his own and succeeded. And he died of a heart disease which was made worse by years of cocaine usage. In 1988, they working on the One album together and he was to join the band as their 4th member. He unfortunately passed away before that could happen

[@leannmiller7153]

Backing vocals were Barry Gibb and John Sambataro

[@ronnix23]

Andy was not a member of the Bee Gees because he was much younger than his older brothers. I believe he was 11 years younger than the twins, so The Bee Gees were already well established by the time Andy became an adult and embarked on a solo music career. However, on the Bee Gees song You Should Be Dancing Andy joins his older brothers. maybe that should be your next Bee Gees song.

[@vivien408]

Rip Andy Gibb the young one died of myocarditis an inflammation of the heart muscle most likely caused by a virus (10/ March 1988 😢 his brother Barry is singing backing vocals on this track and Barry wrote this song for Andy to sing

[@joemachine4714]

There's a TV show performance you gotta see, he's fun to watch.

[@rhill109]

The #1 Billboard single of 1978. That's crazy if you review the other monster hits of that year.

[@jayeginn5963]

Andy was kind of Barry's mini me, about half a foot shorter and 12 years younger but they were the only lefties of the family. However, his voice was nowhere near as broad in range or as strong as Barry's. As producer Alby Galuten said in the book "Tales of the brothers Gibb "Andy's falsetto was nowhere near Barry's." Andy had a lower, huskier, sound to his voice and his range was not as big as Barry's. I personally always thought his voice was much better suited to songs of his first album, Flowing Rivers. Andy died of myocarditis - which is an inflammation of the heart - on March 10, 1988, 5 days after his 30th birthday. His heart had been weakened by his drug addiction over the years which, by the way, was also the main reason for his split from Victoria Principal. He also had a congenital heart problem that was later also discovered in Barry and Barry's second son Ashley. Try listening to the song Dreamin' on kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3zHc4mBmLiGidk which is kind of a duet with Barry. And here are the 4 brothers live on stage in 1979 doing You Should Be Dancing kzbin.info/www/bejne/lWewg2B7lLatsJI And finally a few photos of Barry and Andy: i.postimg.cc/jS6n3Jkv/Barry-Andy.jpg and i.postimg.cc/TwnPh8M0/82c126fc42a35d3b737867af41338199.jpg and the 4 brothers with their mother i.postimg.cc/FRNMbwkD/b9b2561eadffee11347573c97063c2f8-zpsd89478eb.jpg The BeeGees were: the tallest and oldest brother (with the big hair and beard), Barry Gibb, born September 1, 1946, the only surviving Gibb brother. Robin Gibb (with the long hair, no beard), born December 22, 1949-passed away May 20, 2012, and Robin's fraternal twin brother Maurice (the balding brother with the beard, pronounced "Morris") Gibb, born December 22, 1949-passed away January 12, 2003. The three oldest brothers were born on the Isle of Man (UK). Oldest brother Barry got seriously burned when he accidentally pulled boiling tea over himself at 18 months old. He was in coma for a while, nearly died and was in hospital for many months. Because of this, he did not learn to talk until after the twins were born. Later the family moved to Manchester and from there they emigrated to Australia in 1958, right after Andy was born. All 4 brothers are just natural musical talents. All of them dropped out of high school in their early teens and none of them could read or write music. All their compositions were created completely organically. Their musical career, which they had started as little kids, didn't lead to international success so they moved back to the UK in 1967. Then they had a string of big hits, until they temporarily broke up around 1970 for 15 months. Started back up, looking for a new sound which they first found in 1974 with the transitional album "Mr. Natural". After that "Main Course" was the first album that moved them into a new direction: more rhythm&blues, dance music like with great hits like Nights on Broadway and Jive Talkin' (and was also actually the first album on which their logo was introduced). From 1976 on they went all out with falsetto driven dance music which lead to their biggest commercial success as they provided classic songs for the Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack (1977 Stayin' Alive, How Deep is Your Love, Night Fever amongst them). You should react to the 1979 live version of Stayin' Alive, too kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZ_MiYaebNuKiKs Other great songs to analyze: great album tracks from the 1979 Spirits Having Flown album, the title song: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXnCm2xmm6h8oZY, the outrageously beautiful song Reaching Out kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJerhoZrgstjZrM. From their Still Waters album, Smoke and MIrrors: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4Wcp4V-iLyBmM0. From the 1960's I've gotta get a message to you kzbin.info/www/bejne/eXKXdHykedOHoZo. And from the 1990's the simple song Blue Island live in an accoustic version: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2eVeJ93etWZqLs.

[@meadowlakes]

You have to do a live video of him . I'm pretty sure there's one from this

[@jamesfejedelem5831]

I believe Barry said Andy was going to join The Bee Gees.

[@chrislind57]

Should check out the Gibb Children as well

[@jocelynalarcio6137]

His brothers sang back up on the recording

[@artxxx7832]

the bee gees are making backing vocals

[@kthor]

Just Barry!

[@richardhoward6564]

Andy died from a Broken 💔 Heart

[@gregorygant4242]

Yes Andy died of a heart attack he already had heart issues but he was also addicted to drugs which only worsened his heart condition . Heard this as a kid back in Australia in 1979-80. Great song sad story.

[@kennyjones6369]

You guys will never understand how huge the Bee Gees were and Andy Gibb was just getting, This song was the number one song of 1979, It’s spent I believe 11 weeks at number one, Absolutely huge. And yes, he did die from a drug overdose, unfortunately. There’s a biography on the night he died and he got into an argument with Barry because he died. I believe on his mother‘s birthday and they were all supposed to meet at Robin’s house and he showed up a mess. Tragic story

[@BrianMcphedran-tp7de]

That is his brothers in the background. He is much younger than the others that is probably why he was not in the group

[@kthor]

Just Barry in the background.

[@Mario-it3po]

Barry was the "backup" singer.

[@stevetanner3019]

Andy wasn’t part of the band because he was so much younger than Barry, Robin and Maurice. And that’s his brothers on backing vocals.