fairfarmhand Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 So my drama group is doing a show with a 70s theme and I'm checking out music. I come across this video. So, I was born in 1979, and the song's not new to me. But how in the world did I go all my life thinking that the Beegees were a group of Black women? I'm questioning everything I know about my life. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothersweets Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 So my drama group is doing a show with a 70s theme and I'm checking out music. I come across this video. So, I was born in 1979, and the song's not new to me. But how in the world did I go all my life thinking that the Beegees were a group of Black women? I'm questioning everything I know about my life. That's hilarious! :lol: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edelweiss Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 LOL! No idea how you thought that the Bee Gees were a group of black women! That is cracking me up! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selkie Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 :laugh: Well, they do have very highpitched voices, so I could see mistaking them for women if you had never seen them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 So my drama group is doing a show with a 70s theme and I'm checking out music. I come across . So, I was born in 1979, and the song's not new to me. But how in the world did I go all my life thinking that the Beegees were a group of Black women? I'm questioning everything I know about my life. :lol: :lol: :lol: That is hilarious. Must be those high-pitched voices. You don't see men with that kind of range very often. I was born in 1969 and have always been a fan of 70's music in particular, so of course I had to actually play that entire video. :party: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeAgain Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 :huh: :lol: I'm dying. You really want to get freaked out? Watch Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Watching the Bee Gees sing Beatles music is whoa! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairfarmhand Posted March 13, 2017 Author Share Posted March 13, 2017 LOL! No idea how you thought that the Bee Gees were a group of black women! That is cracking me up! Yeah! Imagine my shock when I saw skinny white dudes with Jesus hair on that video. At first, I thought someone had made a lip syncing video. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outdoorsy Type Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 I'm convinced that Sirius Black was a member of the BeeGees - I can't post photos, but the style from the movies is awfully reminiscent of Barry Gibbs from the early 80's 😂 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Yell Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 How did you live to be 38 years of and never see a photo of the group, or a news photo when one of them died? I'm 10 yrs older so I grew up seeing their faces plastered everywhere... newspapers, magazines, tv shows, friends posters, album covers, movies, videos... plus the Barry Gibb skits on SNL And you should know: BeeGees stands for Brothers Gibb. Barry, and Robin and Maurice who were twins. Also younger brother Andy had a solo career and sold quite a few posters as the heart throb of his day. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Yell Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 :huh: :lol: I'm dying. You really want to get freaked out? Watch Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Watching the Bee Gees sing Beatles music is whoa! OH MY GOSH I forgot about this! I saw this movie before I ever heard of the Beatles, so to my ear, the Beatles versions sound "wrong" and I really wasn't ever a fan of any of the Gibb Bros! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Yell Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 (edited) Double post Edited March 13, 2017 by Rebel Yell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephanier.1765 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 It's funny the things we think we know but don't. Fortunately for me I had a poster of them on my wall as a young teen, so I knew what they looked like. I still own their records. I'm dating myself here. :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKim Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Oh my goodness! I love the BeeGees, but then I was born in 66. I still listen to their songs and a couple of Andy's. And had you all seen this a while back dealing with the song linked? https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/if-you-thought-cpr-was-too-hard-start-humming-stayin-alive-and-read-this/2015/04/13/30c34422-aa11-11e3-b61e-8051b8b52d06_story.html?utm_term=.09bb6924c42d 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 (edited) my problem with that video is they're not on a back lit multicolored lighted stage with flashing multicolored lights flashing at them while they're wearing white lycra spandex suits with bling along the collars while jumping around. . . disco. don't miss it. I prefer 60s music. Edited March 13, 2017 by gardenmom5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 But how in the world did I go all my life thinking that the Beegees were a group of Black women? Best quote of the day! I was born in 72. I remember a friend had a BeeGees lunchbox and mine was Bengie. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denise in IN Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 (edited) I'm dying here - It's hilarious that you thought the Bee Gees were a group of black women! The ONLY explanation for that can be that YOU'RE TOO YOUNG!!! You knew about the Bee Gees, but you didn't live it, like all of us lucky girls born in the 60's! :lol: I loved the Bee Gees. Even now, I think, "wow, that's weird music, but still fun to listen to." Plus they had a younger brother Andy who was quite a heartthrob in the 70's. Edited March 13, 2017 by Denise in IN 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaillardia Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Whoa, we thought they were so hot. Reminds me of Jimmy Fallon and his tight pants song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothersweets Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 :huh: :lol: I'm dying. You really want to get freaked out? Watch Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Watching the Bee Gees sing Beatles music is whoa! I remember seeing that movie in the theater!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercyA Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 LOL. I :001_wub: that song. How many other 80's music fans remember the song the Bee Gees released in 1989, ? I love it, too! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 OMG! Have you never seen the Barry Gibb Talk Show skits on SNL??? :lol: This thread is absolutely cracking me up... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairfarmhand Posted March 13, 2017 Author Share Posted March 13, 2017 I'm dying here - It's hilarious that you thought the Bee Gees were a group of black women! The ONLY explanation for that can be that YOU"RE TOO YOUNG!!! You knew about the Bee Gees, but you didn't live it, like all of us lucky girls born in the 60's! :lol: I loved the Bee Gees. Even now, I think, "wow, that's weird music, but still fun to listen to." Plus they had a younger brother Andy who was quite a heartthrob in the 70's. I played the song for my kids and they don't hate it, except that it easily gets stuck in their heads. But the video, the tight pants, the wind blown hair...they weren't so much into that! [emoji16] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 So my drama group is doing a show with a 70s theme and I'm checking out music. I come across . So, I was born in 1979, and the song's not new to me. But how in the world did I go all my life thinking that the Beegees were a group of Black women? I'm questioning everything I know about my life. LOL.....that is hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wintermom Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 (edited) That is pretty sad, and very funny at the same time. I have to admit that I didn't realize Freddie Mercury was the only one singing all the parts of the "chorus" in Bohemian Rhapsody. I was sure that one of the guitar players had the soprano voice. :laugh: What an amazing range Freddie had. Edited March 13, 2017 by wintermom 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vida Winter Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 I love the Bee Gees! They were at the height of popularity when I was in high school. This is my favorite video - - with footage of Barry and Robin as kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 So my drama group is doing a show with a 70s theme and I'm checking out music. I come across . So, I was born in 1979, and the song's not new to me. But how in the world did I go all my life thinking that the Beegees were a group of Black women? I'm questioning everything I know about my life. I. Love. This. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty ethel rackham Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Hilarious! I almost peed my pants laughing to hard. I guess if you had never seen them, I can totally see that. Have you ever seen the SNL skits with Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake as Barry and Robin Gibb? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 So, I was born in 1979, and the song's not new to me. But how in the world did I go all my life thinking that the Beegees were a group of Black women? I'm questioning everything I know about my life. See that there--1979? You're too young to have been part of the Saturday Night Fever/BeeGee craze as a preteen/teen girl. Too young to have talked with your friends about how Maurice is pronounced like Morris and that Barry and Robin were twins. Too young to have seen their faces in Tiger Beat (presumably). Too young to have bought their music on 45's (because you couldn't afford a whole album) so you could listen to your favorite one over and over. That's why. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 See that there--1979? You're too young to have been part of the Saturday Night Fever/BeeGee craze as a preteen/teen girl. Too young to have talked with your friends about how Maurice is pronounced like Morris and that Barry and Robin were twins. Too young to have seen their faces in Tiger Beat (presumably). Too young to have bought their music on 45's (because you couldn't afford a whole album) so you could listen to your favorite one over and over. That's why. not that it matters much, but pretty sure maurice and robin were the twins - barry was the oldest. and I miss my record player from the 60's and the things you could do you couldn't on later (and better quality) players. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 not that it matters much, but pretty sure maurice and robin were the twins - barry was the oldest. That's what I get for not looking it up and trying to go by memory. lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree Frog Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 , with Barry Gibb is both incredibly sad and funny. I didn't realize how many songs he had written for so many different artists. Emotion, which is sung by Samantha Sang, always sounded like the Bee Gees to me. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 I was born in 70 and my first singer crush was andy gibb ( the cute younger brother that of) I loved the beegees had to keep my disco era music likes a secret for years LOL My sons knew my secret and always thought it was a girl group too 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarfoot Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Oh, my gosh! I'm suddenly 10 years old again, roller skating under a disco ball... It's funny how a strutting John Travolta appears in my mind right along the 3 of them :coolgleamA: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarfoot Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 :huh: :lol: I'm dying. You really want to get freaked out? Watch Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Watching the Bee Gees sing Beatles music is whoa! I've got a 9-year-old who can sing any Beatles song. His favorite album is Sgt. Pepper :huh: It's hilarious to see the 70-year-olds come up to him while he's wearing a Beatles shirt and be drawn into a huge conversation about them. Which one was left-handed, who spent a lot of their childhood in the hospital, where did they sign the contract to officially break-up, and on and on. We took all of the kids to see a group that tours the country singing the Sgt. Pepper album. Guess who sang along with every song... The looks on peoples' faces were priceless. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baseball mom Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 I Love It :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alice Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 :lol: :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 I'm so old that when some mentions the BeeGees this is the first song that pops into my mind: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 I'm so old that when some mentions the BeeGees this is the first song that pops into my mind: I was about to post that I'm so old that when someone mentions The Bee Gees I don't think of disco music. Other songs that come to mind when I hear their name: I Started a Joke and How Can You Mend a Broken Heart 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 And let's not forget this classic: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 I saw St. Pepper's movie in Junior High I think, on video or tv. I tried to watch it a few years ago and couldn't get through it. I still love the music though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairfarmhand Posted March 14, 2017 Author Share Posted March 14, 2017 How did you live to be 38 years of and never see a photo of the group, or a news photo when one of them died? I'm 10 yrs older so I grew up seeing their faces plastered everywhere... newspapers, magazines, tv shows, friends posters, album covers, movies, videos... plus the Barry Gibb skits on SNL And you should know: BeeGees stands for Brothers Gibb. Barry, and Robin and Maurice who were twins. Also younger brother Andy had a solo career and sold quite a few posters as the heart throb of his day. I'm dying here - It's hilarious that you thought the Bee Gees were a group of black women! The ONLY explanation for that can be that YOU'RE TOO YOUNG!!! You knew about the Bee Gees, but you didn't live it, like all of us lucky girls born in the 60's! :lol: I loved the Bee Gees. Even now, I think, "wow, that's weird music, but still fun to listen to." Plus they had a younger brother Andy who was quite a heartthrob in the 70's. See this is what happens when you grow up in a household where the only acceptable music is Sacred Music. All else is of the devil. So I do have gaping holes in my pop culture education. Oh, my gosh! I'm suddenly 10 years old again, roller skating under a disco ball... It's funny how a strutting John Travolta appears in my mind right along the 3 of them :coolgleamA: I was watching Welcome Back Kotter the other day and...Vinnie Barbarino...what an interesting show. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Thank you for sharing. Because that's the funniest thing I've read today. I guess disco was the great uniter. So overproduced you couldn't tell what sort of voice was doing the singing. And yes, now I'll have Stayin Alive stuck in my head. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 I didn't watch Saturday Night Fever until a year or two ago on Netflix. I was surprised at how depressing it is, as I associate the soundtrack mostly with roller skating and happy times. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angie in VA Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 I guess you never heard that The Bee Gees (B.G.'s) stands for The Brothers Gibb? :lol: That's OK. I had heard of Adam Levine. I'd even seen him enough here and there to recognize him. I also like a lot of Maroon Five's songs that I hear on the radio. Only in the past few weeks did I realize that Adam Levine is the lead singer of Maroon Five. :blushing: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edelweiss Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 (edited) I guess you never heard that The Bee Gees (B.G.'s) stands for The Brothers Gibb? :lol: That's OK. I had heard of Adam Levine. I'd even seen him enough here and there to recognize him. I also like a lot of Maroon Five's songs that I hear on the radio. Only in the past few weeks did I realize that Adam Levine is the lead singer of Maroon Five. :blushing: DH did the same thing with Gwen Stefani. A few years ago we were watching something on TV and DH wondered aloud why she was performing with No Doubt. LOL! He never realized that she was the lead singer. Edited March 14, 2017 by edelweiss 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peach Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 AHh Tiger Beat...that takes me back :) Also 16 was another in that vein. We used to devour those magazines and read 'em till they fell apart..LOL. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 AHh Tiger Beat...that takes me back :) Also 16 was another in that vein. We used to devour those magazines and read 'em till they fell apart..LOL. Mine fell apart because I cut out the photos to hang in my locker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFG Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Mine fell apart because I cut out the photos to hang in my locker.I had a photo collage on my bedroom wall. Bobby Sherman had a prominent place. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 I had a photo collage on my bedroom wall. Bobby Sherman had a prominent place. It has been a few years since I've spotted him, but Bobby Sherman lives (or lived) in my general neighborhood and he has a vintage fire truck that he brings to events as part of fundraising efforts for a charity he's involved with. Earwig alert: http://youtu.be/Lvluf32HT1E 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 (edited) AHh Tiger Beat...that takes me back :) Also 16 was another in that vein. We used to devour those magazines and read 'em till they fell apart..LOL.In the heyday of Tiger Beat my best friend's dad was the publisher of the magazine. I remember thinking his dad was crazy when he left Tiger Beat to publish a boring magazine for adults called Los Angeles. Later I realized adults are smarted than kids. Bill Edited March 14, 2017 by Spy Car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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