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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:00,749 --> 00:00:03,292 [bright tone] 2 00:00:04,749 --> 00:00:07,666 [funky bass line] 3 00:00:07,749 --> 00:00:12,958 ♪ ♪ 4 00:00:13,041 --> 00:00:15,958 [remix of "Stayin' Alive"] 5 00:00:16,041 --> 00:00:17,583 [funky disco music] 6 00:00:17,666 --> 00:00:20,375 - ♪ Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk ♪ 7 00:00:20,458 --> 00:00:23,000 ♪ ♪ 8 00:00:23,083 --> 00:00:25,333 ♪ Music loud ♪ 9 00:00:25,417 --> 00:00:27,333 ♪ Kicked around ♪ 10 00:00:27,417 --> 00:00:29,833 ♪ And now it's all right, it's okay ♪ 11 00:00:29,916 --> 00:00:32,125 ♪ And you may look the other way ♪ 12 00:00:32,208 --> 00:00:34,499 ♪ We can try to understand ♪ 13 00:00:34,583 --> 00:00:36,875 ♪ "The New York Times'" effect on man ♪ 14 00:00:36,958 --> 00:00:38,666 ♪ ♪ 15 00:00:38,749 --> 00:00:39,833 [siren wails] 16 00:00:39,916 --> 00:00:41,583 ♪ ♪ 17 00:00:41,666 --> 00:00:43,875 ♪ Ah, ha, ha, ha ♪ 18 00:00:43,958 --> 00:00:50,875 ♪ Stayin' alive ♪ 19 00:00:50,958 --> 00:00:54,499 ♪ ♪ 20 00:00:54,583 --> 00:00:56,583 [indistinct chatter] 21 00:00:56,666 --> 00:00:58,749 [crowd cheering] 22 00:00:58,833 --> 00:01:00,749 - Okay, fellas, when you're ready. 23 00:01:00,833 --> 00:01:02,083 Okay, fellas, get back in line. 24 00:01:02,167 --> 00:01:03,309 - How did you people get back here? 25 00:01:03,333 --> 00:01:04,541 Come on. Come on. Sorry. 26 00:01:04,624 --> 00:01:05,904 - Excuse me. Have you got a pen? 27 00:01:05,958 --> 00:01:07,226 - I'm sorry, you can't come in here. 28 00:01:07,250 --> 00:01:08,725 - Get him out of here. - You can't come in here. 29 00:01:08,749 --> 00:01:10,833 What are you doing? This is a private session! 30 00:01:10,916 --> 00:01:12,541 [crowd cheering] 31 00:01:12,624 --> 00:01:15,041 - Thank you. 32 00:01:15,125 --> 00:01:18,583 Thank you very, very much. Good evening to all of you. 33 00:01:18,666 --> 00:01:19,875 Thank you. 34 00:01:19,958 --> 00:01:22,833 ["How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?"] 35 00:01:22,916 --> 00:01:24,583 [soft ballad] 36 00:01:24,666 --> 00:01:28,833 - ♪ I can think of younger days ♪ 37 00:01:28,916 --> 00:01:31,958 ♪ When living for my life ♪ 38 00:01:32,041 --> 00:01:36,250 ♪ Was everything a man could want to do ♪ 39 00:01:36,333 --> 00:01:42,624 ♪ I could never see tomorrow ♪ 40 00:01:42,708 --> 00:01:45,250 ♪ No one said a word ♪ 41 00:01:45,333 --> 00:01:50,083 ♪ About the sorrow ♪ 42 00:01:50,167 --> 00:01:51,749 - ♪ And ♪ 43 00:01:51,833 --> 00:01:54,624 ♪ How can you mend ♪ 44 00:01:54,708 --> 00:01:58,958 ♪ A broken heart? ♪ 45 00:01:59,041 --> 00:02:00,791 ♪ How can you stop the rain ♪ 46 00:02:00,875 --> 00:02:04,250 ♪ From falling down? ♪ 47 00:02:04,333 --> 00:02:07,791 All: ♪ How can you stop ♪ 48 00:02:07,875 --> 00:02:10,583 ♪ The sun from shining? ♪ 49 00:02:10,666 --> 00:02:15,250 ♪ What makes the world go round? ♪ 50 00:02:15,333 --> 00:02:19,958 ♪ Na, na, na-na-na-na ♪ 51 00:02:20,041 --> 00:02:23,458 ♪ Na-na-na-na-na ♪ 52 00:02:23,541 --> 00:02:26,292 ♪ Na-na-na-na ♪ 53 00:02:26,375 --> 00:02:29,083 ♪ Na-na-na ♪ 54 00:02:29,167 --> 00:02:32,791 ♪ Please help me mend ♪ 55 00:02:32,875 --> 00:02:36,916 ♪ My broken heart ♪ 56 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:41,125 - ♪ And let me live again ♪ 57 00:02:41,208 --> 00:02:45,125 [cheers and applause] ♪ Da-da, da-da-da ♪ 58 00:02:45,208 --> 00:02:49,499 ♪ Da-da-da-da ♪ 59 00:02:49,583 --> 00:02:55,541 ♪ Da-da-da-da-da-da ♪ 60 00:02:55,624 --> 00:03:02,624 ♪ ♪ 61 00:03:13,250 --> 00:03:15,666 I am beginning to recognize the fact 62 00:03:15,749 --> 00:03:18,666 that nothing is true. 63 00:03:18,749 --> 00:03:20,499 Nothing. 64 00:03:20,583 --> 00:03:22,458 It's all down to perception. 65 00:03:24,250 --> 00:03:26,375 My immediate family is gone. 66 00:03:26,458 --> 00:03:28,541 But that's life. 67 00:03:28,624 --> 00:03:30,208 It's the same thing with every family, 68 00:03:30,292 --> 00:03:32,292 that someone will be left in the end. 69 00:03:34,958 --> 00:03:36,916 And this time of life, 70 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:39,541 I have fantastic memories, 71 00:03:39,624 --> 00:03:41,875 but everybody's memory is different, 72 00:03:41,958 --> 00:03:44,499 so they're just my memories, you know? 73 00:03:46,292 --> 00:03:48,000 I know that Maurice and Robin would've had 74 00:03:48,083 --> 00:03:50,541 a different kind of memory. 75 00:03:50,624 --> 00:03:51,708 [projector whirring] 76 00:03:51,791 --> 00:03:53,541 [Richard Swift's "Lady Luck"] 77 00:03:53,624 --> 00:03:56,083 - ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ 78 00:03:56,167 --> 00:03:57,208 ♪ ♪ 79 00:03:57,292 --> 00:03:59,208 - I remember Barry saying that one day, 80 00:03:59,292 --> 00:04:01,250 we're gonna be really famous. 81 00:04:01,333 --> 00:04:04,041 And we said, "Oh, yeah." You know, "Whatever you say." 82 00:04:04,125 --> 00:04:06,541 He's the big brother, you know. 83 00:04:06,624 --> 00:04:08,417 - ♪ Ooh ♪ 84 00:04:08,499 --> 00:04:10,083 - We kind of saw ourselves as triplets 85 00:04:10,167 --> 00:04:12,250 rather than me and Maurice being twins, 86 00:04:12,333 --> 00:04:14,749 and we always had the same goals growing up 87 00:04:14,833 --> 00:04:16,666 that it became impossible to see each other 88 00:04:16,749 --> 00:04:19,250 as normal brothers. 89 00:04:19,333 --> 00:04:20,916 - My ninth Christmas, 90 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:22,960 there was an acoustic guitar at the end of my bed, 91 00:04:23,041 --> 00:04:25,083 and Robin and Maurice started to collaborate 92 00:04:25,167 --> 00:04:26,791 and pretend to sing with me, 93 00:04:26,875 --> 00:04:30,333 and we started doing gigs as a teenage act. 94 00:04:30,417 --> 00:04:31,499 ♪ I, O ♪ 95 00:04:31,583 --> 00:04:33,083 - We emigrated as a whole family 96 00:04:33,167 --> 00:04:35,250 from England to Australia. 97 00:04:35,333 --> 00:04:37,083 - All three of us had the same understanding 98 00:04:37,167 --> 00:04:38,417 that we were going to be famous 99 00:04:38,499 --> 00:04:39,958 come hell or high water. 100 00:04:40,041 --> 00:04:43,250 ♪ You know I love getting up in the morning ♪ 101 00:04:43,333 --> 00:04:47,083 ♪ When the sun first strikes the trees ♪ 102 00:04:47,167 --> 00:04:48,958 Our father, he had his own band, 103 00:04:49,041 --> 00:04:52,208 but it didn't work out, so he became our manager, 104 00:04:52,292 --> 00:04:53,292 and it was a team. 105 00:04:53,333 --> 00:04:54,749 There was us three and Dad. 106 00:04:54,833 --> 00:04:56,125 And Mum, of course. 107 00:04:56,208 --> 00:04:58,417 - My mother, she was always the person 108 00:04:58,499 --> 00:05:00,791 who kept the calm between Dad and us. 109 00:05:00,875 --> 00:05:03,417 Very strong, very loyal. 110 00:05:03,499 --> 00:05:04,417 ["How Many Birds"] 111 00:05:04,499 --> 00:05:05,417 [crowd screaming] 112 00:05:05,499 --> 00:05:06,958 - The Beatles have just arrived 113 00:05:07,041 --> 00:05:08,833 for the first time in our country. 114 00:05:08,916 --> 00:05:10,375 - When the Beatles came on the scene, 115 00:05:10,458 --> 00:05:13,250 it was like, "That's what we've been trying to do." 116 00:05:13,333 --> 00:05:14,933 - They turned pop music into an art form, 117 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:16,517 and they were singing three-part harmony 118 00:05:16,541 --> 00:05:17,666 like we did. 119 00:05:17,749 --> 00:05:19,083 - So we made up our own minds 120 00:05:19,167 --> 00:05:22,125 that we were going back to be part of the British Invasion. 121 00:05:22,208 --> 00:05:23,916 - Making music was what we wanted to do 122 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:25,458 for the rest of our lives, 123 00:05:25,541 --> 00:05:27,559 so we thought, you know, whatever's going to happen, 124 00:05:27,583 --> 00:05:29,958 we'll make happen. 125 00:05:30,041 --> 00:05:33,292 ["Spicks and Specks"] 126 00:05:33,375 --> 00:05:35,208 - ♪ Where is the sun ♪ 127 00:05:35,292 --> 00:05:37,083 Before we left Australia, 128 00:05:37,167 --> 00:05:39,167 we did an album called "Spicks and Specks," 129 00:05:39,250 --> 00:05:41,208 and they became our best demos. 130 00:05:41,292 --> 00:05:43,292 ♪ The sun in my life ♪ 131 00:05:43,375 --> 00:05:45,666 ♪ It is dead ♪ 132 00:05:45,749 --> 00:05:47,708 Dad and I did the rounds, 133 00:05:47,791 --> 00:05:49,167 met with industry people, 134 00:05:49,250 --> 00:05:50,708 and as we sat in everyone's office, 135 00:05:50,791 --> 00:05:52,292 they would say the same thing: 136 00:05:52,375 --> 00:05:55,000 "No, no, I'm sorry, lads. We can't help you." 137 00:05:55,083 --> 00:05:57,708 - My dad, he was very, you know, "We gotta do this." 138 00:05:57,791 --> 00:06:00,000 Because my dad was really the most ambitious man, 139 00:06:00,083 --> 00:06:02,000 I think, in the Gibb clan. 140 00:06:02,083 --> 00:06:03,250 - We loved the Beatles, 141 00:06:03,333 --> 00:06:05,624 so Dad had sent this stuff to NEMS, 142 00:06:05,708 --> 00:06:08,292 the Brian Epstein offices. 143 00:06:08,375 --> 00:06:10,499 - Brian Epstein, the man who built the Beatles 144 00:06:10,583 --> 00:06:11,833 into a cult, 145 00:06:11,916 --> 00:06:13,791 is now as well-known as they are. 146 00:06:13,875 --> 00:06:17,167 - I was doing Brian's mail most of the time. 147 00:06:17,250 --> 00:06:18,875 There was a letter by the father 148 00:06:18,958 --> 00:06:22,666 of these three handsome, cute guys 149 00:06:22,749 --> 00:06:26,250 who were very proactive and who'd had some success. 150 00:06:26,333 --> 00:06:27,541 They came from Manchester, 151 00:06:27,624 --> 00:06:30,208 but they were writing from Australia. 152 00:06:30,292 --> 00:06:31,708 I showed it to him. 153 00:06:31,791 --> 00:06:33,875 Brian said, "Yeah, yeah. That's very nice. No, nice." 154 00:06:33,958 --> 00:06:35,833 He said, "Well, give it to Robert." 155 00:06:35,916 --> 00:06:36,916 ["Wine and Women"] 156 00:06:36,958 --> 00:06:38,583 "He's Australian 157 00:06:38,666 --> 00:06:40,583 and he's good at these kind of things." 158 00:06:40,666 --> 00:06:41,749 - Somebody sent you a tape 159 00:06:41,833 --> 00:06:43,541 of these boys from Australia? 160 00:06:43,624 --> 00:06:44,666 - Yes, they did. 161 00:06:44,749 --> 00:06:46,541 - Oh. [laughter] 162 00:06:46,624 --> 00:06:50,708 - I heard it, and I was absolutely astounded. 163 00:06:50,791 --> 00:06:52,708 It was the most brilliant harmony singing 164 00:06:52,791 --> 00:06:54,875 and composing I'd ever heard. 165 00:06:54,958 --> 00:06:56,791 All: ♪ If this should end ♪ 166 00:06:56,875 --> 00:06:59,250 ♪ I don't mind ♪ 167 00:06:59,333 --> 00:07:00,875 ♪ If this should end ♪ 168 00:07:00,958 --> 00:07:04,417 ♪ I will find ♪ 169 00:07:04,499 --> 00:07:06,583 - ♪ What shall I do? ♪ 170 00:07:06,666 --> 00:07:08,458 Both: ♪ What shall I do? ♪ 171 00:07:08,541 --> 00:07:10,458 - ♪ What shall I do? ♪ 172 00:07:10,541 --> 00:07:12,624 Both: ♪ What shall I do? ♪ 173 00:07:12,708 --> 00:07:14,250 ♪ ♪ 174 00:07:14,333 --> 00:07:17,250 - At the time, Robert was my manager. 175 00:07:17,333 --> 00:07:20,125 Cream was signed to Robert 176 00:07:20,208 --> 00:07:22,417 on what I thought was an exclusive deal. 177 00:07:22,499 --> 00:07:26,250 I was surprised that other bands were coming in. 178 00:07:26,333 --> 00:07:27,791 All: ♪ If this should end ♪ 179 00:07:27,875 --> 00:07:29,833 - Robert was so eccentric. 180 00:07:29,916 --> 00:07:32,417 I mean, absolutely bonkers. 181 00:07:32,499 --> 00:07:35,875 He was Australian, but he spoke like an English gentleman, 182 00:07:35,958 --> 00:07:38,499 and he would wear these really big, flashy ties, 183 00:07:38,583 --> 00:07:41,958 and he had a combover, and it was all... 184 00:07:42,041 --> 00:07:43,624 Who is this guy? 185 00:07:43,708 --> 00:07:46,083 - Whoever this man was, he really believed in us. 186 00:07:46,167 --> 00:07:48,167 He was almost like a parent. 187 00:07:48,250 --> 00:07:50,666 - You can't deny talent, 188 00:07:50,749 --> 00:07:53,458 and the talent was so obvious. 189 00:07:53,541 --> 00:07:56,666 All: ♪ Ooh ♪ 190 00:07:56,749 --> 00:07:58,583 ♪ ♪ 191 00:07:58,666 --> 00:08:01,458 - Somebody mentioned that the Bee Gees were in town. 192 00:08:01,541 --> 00:08:05,208 They were good friends of mine from Australia. 193 00:08:05,292 --> 00:08:07,624 So I phoned them up. 194 00:08:07,708 --> 00:08:08,976 I said, "Is Maurice there, then? 195 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:10,184 Put Maurice on." [champagne cork pops] 196 00:08:10,208 --> 00:08:11,958 He said, "We've being signed up 197 00:08:12,041 --> 00:08:13,958 "by this guy called Robert Stigwood. 198 00:08:14,041 --> 00:08:15,749 "We're doing this recording. 199 00:08:15,833 --> 00:08:18,083 Why don't you come and play guitar?" 200 00:08:18,167 --> 00:08:22,125 Caught a train into London and found IBC Studios. 201 00:08:22,208 --> 00:08:23,499 So there they were. 202 00:08:23,583 --> 00:08:25,292 There were Barry, Robin, and Maurice 203 00:08:25,375 --> 00:08:28,000 and the drummer, Colin Petersen. 204 00:08:28,083 --> 00:08:29,083 That night, 205 00:08:29,125 --> 00:08:32,167 my life changed completely. 206 00:08:32,250 --> 00:08:34,083 Completely. 207 00:08:35,541 --> 00:08:36,559 - The first evening we were in there, 208 00:08:36,583 --> 00:08:38,167 there was a blackout. 209 00:08:38,250 --> 00:08:40,184 So while we were waiting for the power to come back on, 210 00:08:40,208 --> 00:08:41,125 we just sat on the steps, 211 00:08:41,208 --> 00:08:43,000 and Barry was playing his guitar. 212 00:08:43,083 --> 00:08:44,666 It was so echoey. 213 00:08:44,749 --> 00:08:47,167 I mean, it was a wonderful echo in this place. 214 00:08:47,250 --> 00:08:48,666 - There we were in the dark. 215 00:08:48,749 --> 00:08:50,101 The first thought was, "In the event 216 00:08:50,125 --> 00:08:51,268 of something happening to me." 217 00:08:51,292 --> 00:08:52,708 both: ♪ In the event ♪ 218 00:08:52,791 --> 00:08:55,624 ♪ Of something happening to me ♪ 219 00:08:55,708 --> 00:08:57,600 - And we thought, "Well, what could come from that?" 220 00:08:57,624 --> 00:09:01,708 both: ♪ There is something I would like you all to see ♪ 221 00:09:01,791 --> 00:09:03,017 - We made believe we were in a mine. 222 00:09:03,041 --> 00:09:08,375 Both: ♪ It's just a photograph of someone that I knew ♪ 223 00:09:08,458 --> 00:09:14,041 all: ♪ Have you seen my wife, Mr. Jones? ♪ 224 00:09:14,125 --> 00:09:19,041 ♪ Do you know what it's like on the outside? ♪ 225 00:09:19,125 --> 00:09:24,000 ♪ Don't go talking too loud, you'll cause a landslide ♪ 226 00:09:24,083 --> 00:09:26,541 ♪ Mr. Jones ♪ 227 00:09:26,624 --> 00:09:28,101 - Because it was gonna be our first single, 228 00:09:28,125 --> 00:09:29,934 we wanted a title that captured the imagination, 229 00:09:29,958 --> 00:09:31,749 that got people's attention. 230 00:09:31,833 --> 00:09:34,000 - And "New York Mining Disaster" was born then. 231 00:09:34,083 --> 00:09:36,417 - We had our first hit record within the first five months 232 00:09:36,499 --> 00:09:37,666 of being in England. 233 00:09:37,749 --> 00:09:39,875 The thrill was that it did the same thing in America. 234 00:09:39,958 --> 00:09:41,559 We thought that we might get a hit in England, 235 00:09:41,583 --> 00:09:42,934 but we never dreamed that we might get a hit 236 00:09:42,958 --> 00:09:44,458 in England and America as well. 237 00:09:44,541 --> 00:09:47,458 [Otis Redding's "Respect"] 238 00:09:47,541 --> 00:09:49,375 ♪ ♪ 239 00:09:49,458 --> 00:09:51,250 - So I came over to the United States 240 00:09:51,333 --> 00:09:53,417 to make a record deal for them. 241 00:09:53,499 --> 00:09:57,583 I made a decision to place the group with Atlantic. 242 00:09:57,666 --> 00:09:59,250 - ♪ What you want ♪ 243 00:09:59,333 --> 00:10:00,458 ♪ Honey, you got it ♪ 244 00:10:00,541 --> 00:10:02,421 - He said, "I'm taking you to meet Ahmet Ertegun 245 00:10:02,499 --> 00:10:05,250 and to get you into the American music scene." 246 00:10:05,333 --> 00:10:08,417 Otis Redding was playing at the Apollo. 247 00:10:08,499 --> 00:10:09,791 Ahmet Ertegun and Robert Stigwood 248 00:10:09,875 --> 00:10:11,708 took me down there to see Otis. 249 00:10:11,791 --> 00:10:13,749 - ♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪ 250 00:10:13,833 --> 00:10:15,375 - And it was amazing. 251 00:10:15,458 --> 00:10:17,958 - Soul has always had a special place 252 00:10:18,041 --> 00:10:19,125 in the Bee Gees' music. 253 00:10:19,208 --> 00:10:20,976 - We've always been influenced by Black music. 254 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:23,208 Smokey Robinson, Motown, 255 00:10:23,292 --> 00:10:25,250 all that was a big influence on us. 256 00:10:25,333 --> 00:10:26,833 - Robert introduced us. 257 00:10:26,916 --> 00:10:30,458 He said, "I want you to write a song for Otis Redding." 258 00:10:30,541 --> 00:10:32,458 "To Love Somebody" was born that night. 259 00:10:32,541 --> 00:10:34,624 - ♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪ 260 00:10:34,708 --> 00:10:36,583 - But unfortunately, 261 00:10:36,666 --> 00:10:38,458 Otis never got to record the song. 262 00:10:38,541 --> 00:10:41,458 ["To Love Somebody"] 263 00:10:41,541 --> 00:10:42,916 [soulful ballad] 264 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:46,791 ♪ There's a light ♪ 265 00:10:46,875 --> 00:10:49,749 ♪ A certain kind of light ♪ 266 00:10:49,833 --> 00:10:52,333 ♪ That never shone on me ♪ 267 00:10:52,417 --> 00:10:54,958 ♪ ♪ 268 00:10:55,041 --> 00:10:58,292 ♪ I want my life to be ♪ 269 00:10:58,375 --> 00:11:00,916 ♪ Lived with you ♪ 270 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:03,125 ♪ Lived with you ♪ 271 00:11:03,208 --> 00:11:05,292 - I mean, I must have always known 272 00:11:05,375 --> 00:11:06,958 "To Love Somebody," 273 00:11:07,041 --> 00:11:10,000 'cause that song is just, like, in the ether. 274 00:11:10,083 --> 00:11:11,851 Those lyrics, "There's a certain kind of light 275 00:11:11,875 --> 00:11:13,000 that never shone on me," 276 00:11:13,083 --> 00:11:14,725 like, I don't even know if he's talking about himself, 277 00:11:14,749 --> 00:11:17,125 but there was some point where I got obsessed, 278 00:11:17,208 --> 00:11:19,000 like, tracking down every cover version, 279 00:11:19,083 --> 00:11:21,499 like Nina Simone, the Animals. 280 00:11:21,583 --> 00:11:23,833 Some great singers have sung that song, obviously, 281 00:11:23,916 --> 00:11:26,208 but his vocal, when he sings it, 282 00:11:26,292 --> 00:11:28,499 I can still get chills thinking about it. 283 00:11:28,583 --> 00:11:29,833 - ♪ Baby ♪ 284 00:11:29,916 --> 00:11:34,333 all: ♪ You don't know what it's like ♪ 285 00:11:34,417 --> 00:11:39,167 ♪ Baby, you don't know what it's like ♪ 286 00:11:39,250 --> 00:11:41,791 ♪ To love somebody ♪ 287 00:11:41,875 --> 00:11:44,499 ♪ To love somebody ♪ 288 00:11:44,583 --> 00:11:47,875 ♪ The way I love you ♪ 289 00:11:47,958 --> 00:11:50,541 - ♪ Aw, no, no ♪ 290 00:11:50,624 --> 00:11:54,375 both: ♪ You don't know ♪ all: ♪ What it's like ♪ 291 00:11:54,458 --> 00:11:58,041 - I just remember this music being on, 292 00:11:58,125 --> 00:12:00,041 and I'm like, "Who's this?" 293 00:12:00,125 --> 00:12:03,375 And, "Why, it's the Bee Gees." 294 00:12:03,458 --> 00:12:04,833 And I was like, "The Bee Gees?" 295 00:12:04,916 --> 00:12:06,833 ["In My Own Time"] 296 00:12:06,916 --> 00:12:08,749 It actually blew my mind. 297 00:12:08,833 --> 00:12:12,208 Those early records sound like the Beatles' early records. 298 00:12:12,292 --> 00:12:15,833 - ♪ I received an invitation ♪ 299 00:12:15,916 --> 00:12:18,375 - It's classic '60s guitar pop sound, 300 00:12:18,458 --> 00:12:19,809 but then it had another thing going on. 301 00:12:19,833 --> 00:12:23,208 - ♪ "Come to the United Nations" ♪ 302 00:12:23,292 --> 00:12:25,167 - You've got the brothers singing, 303 00:12:25,250 --> 00:12:27,167 and when you've got brothers singing, 304 00:12:27,250 --> 00:12:29,541 it's like an instrument that nobody else can buy. 305 00:12:29,624 --> 00:12:32,958 - ♪ That was when I was somebody ♪ 306 00:12:33,041 --> 00:12:35,916 [bouncy rock music] 307 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:40,791 all: ♪ In my own time ♪ 308 00:12:40,875 --> 00:12:43,250 - You can't go buy that sound in a shop. 309 00:12:43,333 --> 00:12:44,559 You can buy a Fender Stratocaster 310 00:12:44,583 --> 00:12:47,916 and put it through a VOX amp and sound like Buddy Holly. 311 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:49,417 You can't sing like the Bee Gees, 312 00:12:49,499 --> 00:12:50,583 because when you've got 313 00:12:50,666 --> 00:12:52,125 family members singing together, 314 00:12:52,208 --> 00:12:53,708 it's unique. 315 00:12:53,791 --> 00:12:56,875 - It's the blend of the tones of each brother. 316 00:12:56,958 --> 00:13:00,250 And Robin had this wonderful, tear-jerking voice. 317 00:13:00,333 --> 00:13:02,749 ["I Started a Joke"] 318 00:13:02,833 --> 00:13:04,458 [somber ballad] 319 00:13:04,541 --> 00:13:06,250 - Robin was a joyous kid. 320 00:13:06,333 --> 00:13:08,083 Hysterically funny. 321 00:13:08,167 --> 00:13:10,749 He took great joy in being on television. 322 00:13:10,833 --> 00:13:13,167 This was the funniest kid you could ever meet. 323 00:13:13,250 --> 00:13:15,017 - My father always used to call him the nanny goat. 324 00:13:15,041 --> 00:13:16,801 'Cause Robin would go... [silly vocalization] 325 00:13:16,875 --> 00:13:18,515 He'd be rehearsing in the back of the car, 326 00:13:18,541 --> 00:13:19,821 you know, doing all these phases 327 00:13:19,875 --> 00:13:21,624 and, you know... ♪ I love you-ooh ♪ 328 00:13:21,708 --> 00:13:22,958 And he'd go, "Shut up! 329 00:13:23,041 --> 00:13:24,309 You sound like a bloody nanny goat." 330 00:13:24,333 --> 00:13:25,958 ♪ ♪ 331 00:13:26,041 --> 00:13:29,624 - ♪ I started a joke ♪ 332 00:13:29,708 --> 00:13:34,833 ♪ Which started the whole world crying ♪ 333 00:13:34,916 --> 00:13:37,458 - Robin was always a bit of a loner. 334 00:13:37,541 --> 00:13:39,666 - I like being spontaneous. 335 00:13:39,749 --> 00:13:40,892 I like being funny with people, 336 00:13:40,916 --> 00:13:43,292 but you won't get that right away with me, you see. 337 00:13:43,375 --> 00:13:46,125 - Robin had a wit that no one could compete with. 338 00:13:46,208 --> 00:13:47,833 And he could be very dark too. 339 00:13:47,916 --> 00:13:51,292 - ♪ I looked at the skies ♪ 340 00:13:51,375 --> 00:13:52,855 - Robin is not a person who would say, 341 00:13:52,916 --> 00:13:54,167 "Oh, I love my brothers," 342 00:13:54,250 --> 00:13:56,292 or, "Group hug." 343 00:13:56,375 --> 00:13:57,583 You know, none of that stuff. 344 00:13:57,666 --> 00:13:59,375 - I'm basically a very shy person. 345 00:13:59,458 --> 00:14:01,167 I'm very hard to get to know. 346 00:14:01,250 --> 00:14:05,000 I have to really know somebody before I reveal myself. 347 00:14:05,083 --> 00:14:08,875 ♪ Till I finally died ♪ 348 00:14:08,958 --> 00:14:15,000 ♪ Which started the whole world living ♪ 349 00:14:15,083 --> 00:14:18,167 ♪ Oh ♪ 350 00:14:18,250 --> 00:14:19,559 - You know, I mean, that's the voice. 351 00:14:19,583 --> 00:14:22,333 That's the voice that reaches your heart. 352 00:14:22,417 --> 00:14:27,499 ♪ ♪ 353 00:14:27,583 --> 00:14:29,333 - We did a show at the Saville Theatre, 354 00:14:29,417 --> 00:14:32,167 and Paul McCartney was there with Jane Asher, 355 00:14:32,250 --> 00:14:33,458 because Robert had said, 356 00:14:33,541 --> 00:14:35,708 "Would you come and see the boys?" 357 00:14:35,791 --> 00:14:36,708 - When you think that 358 00:14:36,791 --> 00:14:39,333 five months before all this was going on, 359 00:14:39,417 --> 00:14:42,499 I was in Pitt Street buying up the Beatle fan club book, 360 00:14:42,583 --> 00:14:45,250 and now here I am partying with these guys. 361 00:14:45,333 --> 00:14:47,333 We felt like we'd arrived. 362 00:14:47,417 --> 00:14:49,666 Now I'm living out in Highgate outside London. 363 00:14:49,749 --> 00:14:51,875 Barry's got a place in Eaton Square. 364 00:14:51,958 --> 00:14:53,875 Robin's got a house in St. George's Hill, 365 00:14:53,958 --> 00:14:55,041 beautiful area. 366 00:14:55,125 --> 00:14:57,541 - And Mum and Dad had their own place, 367 00:14:57,624 --> 00:15:00,083 and, of course, Andy lived with them. 368 00:15:00,167 --> 00:15:01,708 He was just like us, 369 00:15:01,791 --> 00:15:03,541 and he was always tagging along, 370 00:15:03,624 --> 00:15:06,041 hoping that one day, he would do this too. 371 00:15:06,125 --> 00:15:07,541 He would like to sing. 372 00:15:07,624 --> 00:15:09,666 - There was a lot of hits in that short time, 373 00:15:09,749 --> 00:15:11,083 you know, and after all the work 374 00:15:11,167 --> 00:15:13,000 we had done through clubs and everything, 375 00:15:13,083 --> 00:15:14,666 I felt grown up, you know, 376 00:15:14,749 --> 00:15:16,208 so we made the most of it. 377 00:15:16,292 --> 00:15:18,292 - Very talented group of men, the Bee Gees. 378 00:15:18,375 --> 00:15:20,458 - Once again, the fabulous Bee Gees. 379 00:15:20,541 --> 00:15:22,184 - Here they are, and get involved with the Bee Gees. 380 00:15:22,208 --> 00:15:23,125 Here they are. 381 00:15:23,208 --> 00:15:25,417 - ♪ I am man and you are woman ♪ 382 00:15:25,499 --> 00:15:26,749 ♪ Who needs marriage? ♪ 383 00:15:26,833 --> 00:15:29,292 ♪ We are humans all ♪ 384 00:15:29,375 --> 00:15:30,499 By then, we were flying, 385 00:15:30,583 --> 00:15:33,541 you know, just the most amazing experience. 386 00:15:33,624 --> 00:15:35,875 ♪ Then it would please you if I should call ♪ 387 00:15:35,958 --> 00:15:37,417 ♪ ♪ 388 00:15:37,499 --> 00:15:39,417 ♪ Doesn't matter what your name is ♪ 389 00:15:39,499 --> 00:15:42,583 ♪ I can do a million things to you ♪ 390 00:15:42,666 --> 00:15:43,708 As a pop group, 391 00:15:43,791 --> 00:15:45,749 this was the biggest moment of our lives. 392 00:15:45,833 --> 00:15:47,250 Never expected. 393 00:15:47,333 --> 00:15:50,083 Hoped for but never really expected. 394 00:15:50,167 --> 00:15:52,624 [drum solo] 395 00:15:52,708 --> 00:15:56,083 ♪ ♪ 396 00:15:56,167 --> 00:15:58,583 [crowd shouting] 397 00:15:58,666 --> 00:16:00,791 ♪ No, no, no ♪ 398 00:16:00,875 --> 00:16:02,458 ♪ No, no ♪ [tires squealing] 399 00:16:02,541 --> 00:16:04,167 [engine revving] 400 00:16:04,250 --> 00:16:06,458 Then came "Massachusetts." 401 00:16:06,541 --> 00:16:08,791 Robin said, "I've got this idea for a song." 402 00:16:08,875 --> 00:16:10,666 He sang the melody, 403 00:16:10,749 --> 00:16:13,541 and I just remember our jaws dropping. 404 00:16:13,624 --> 00:16:17,000 [sweeping ballad] 405 00:16:17,083 --> 00:16:20,250 - ♪ Feel I'm going back ♪ 406 00:16:20,333 --> 00:16:23,125 ♪ To Massachusetts ♪ 407 00:16:23,208 --> 00:16:26,167 ♪ ♪ 408 00:16:26,250 --> 00:16:29,458 ♪ Something's telling me ♪ 409 00:16:29,541 --> 00:16:32,292 ♪ I must go home ♪ 410 00:16:32,375 --> 00:16:34,458 ♪ ♪ 411 00:16:34,541 --> 00:16:36,833 all: ♪ And the lights ♪ 412 00:16:36,916 --> 00:16:39,083 ♪ All went down ♪ 413 00:16:39,167 --> 00:16:43,375 ♪ In Massachusetts ♪ 414 00:16:43,458 --> 00:16:46,833 - ♪ The day I left ♪ 415 00:16:46,916 --> 00:16:51,833 ♪ Her standing on her own ♪ 416 00:16:51,916 --> 00:16:55,000 - For me, they connected from very early on. 417 00:16:55,083 --> 00:16:57,624 "Massachusetts" is probably the first song, 418 00:16:57,708 --> 00:16:59,541 I think, that really resonates. 419 00:16:59,624 --> 00:17:03,958 There is a gospel quality to it. 420 00:17:04,041 --> 00:17:06,666 There is a folk quality to it. 421 00:17:06,749 --> 00:17:09,624 I didn't know where the hell Massachusetts was, 422 00:17:09,708 --> 00:17:11,041 but I found myself singing that 423 00:17:11,125 --> 00:17:15,167 and translating it to where I was from. 424 00:17:15,250 --> 00:17:16,417 - Robert runs up and he goes, 425 00:17:16,499 --> 00:17:18,833 "'Massachusetts' has just gone to number one." 426 00:17:18,916 --> 00:17:20,000 We went, "What?" 427 00:17:20,083 --> 00:17:22,000 To have a number one in England, 428 00:17:22,083 --> 00:17:23,875 you have no idea how much we dreamed of this 429 00:17:23,958 --> 00:17:24,875 back in Australia. 430 00:17:24,958 --> 00:17:28,333 - ♪ And Massachusetts ♪ 431 00:17:28,417 --> 00:17:33,916 ♪ Is one place I have seen ♪ 432 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:36,208 ♪ ♪ 433 00:17:36,292 --> 00:17:38,875 - "Massachusetts" from the Bee Gees. 434 00:17:38,958 --> 00:17:41,041 - I met the Bee Gees at "Top of the Pops." 435 00:17:41,125 --> 00:17:42,541 I was young. 436 00:17:42,624 --> 00:17:45,167 Was I 16? Maybe I was even 17. 437 00:17:45,250 --> 00:17:48,041 - Top pop girl in America, top pop girl in Britain, 438 00:17:48,125 --> 00:17:49,583 the one and only Lulu. 439 00:17:49,666 --> 00:17:51,499 - ♪ Some people live within the world ♪ 440 00:17:51,583 --> 00:17:53,583 ♪ And some people live without it ♪ 441 00:17:53,666 --> 00:17:55,666 ♪ Some people gotta whisper their love ♪ 442 00:17:55,749 --> 00:17:58,541 ♪ And some, they gotta shout it ♪ 443 00:17:58,624 --> 00:18:02,083 The Bee Gees were always in the studio. 444 00:18:02,167 --> 00:18:03,708 They were always recording. 445 00:18:03,791 --> 00:18:05,125 [melodic piano notes] 446 00:18:05,208 --> 00:18:06,642 They would literally go into the studio 447 00:18:06,666 --> 00:18:08,208 and start writing. 448 00:18:08,292 --> 00:18:11,417 I had never known anything like that before. 449 00:18:11,499 --> 00:18:12,958 - We don't usually write our lyrics 450 00:18:13,041 --> 00:18:14,791 till the day we sing them. 451 00:18:14,875 --> 00:18:17,250 We usually write our lyrics in the studio itself. 452 00:18:17,333 --> 00:18:19,417 That seems to work through thick and thin. 453 00:18:19,499 --> 00:18:21,250 It always works for us. 454 00:18:21,333 --> 00:18:23,791 - It's very hard to describe how we write, 455 00:18:23,875 --> 00:18:25,292 but the only way I can describe 456 00:18:25,375 --> 00:18:28,041 how we work at it is by becoming one mind. 457 00:18:28,125 --> 00:18:30,208 - Maurice had unique insight 458 00:18:30,292 --> 00:18:32,083 into the way Robin and I thought. 459 00:18:32,167 --> 00:18:33,708 [experimental piano chords] 460 00:18:33,791 --> 00:18:35,958 He would just be fiddling around on the piano. 461 00:18:36,041 --> 00:18:38,417 He'd suddenly play something, and, 462 00:18:38,499 --> 00:18:39,541 "What was that?" 463 00:18:39,624 --> 00:18:41,624 He was trying to please us 464 00:18:41,708 --> 00:18:44,167 and the way that we would all try to please each other, 465 00:18:44,250 --> 00:18:46,833 and that sometimes was the birth of a song. 466 00:18:46,916 --> 00:18:48,059 - All of a sudden, we'll wake each other's 467 00:18:48,083 --> 00:18:49,958 little instincts up and the melodies come. 468 00:18:50,041 --> 00:18:52,499 It's wonderful when you hear it taking shape. 469 00:18:52,583 --> 00:18:53,791 Then it all blossoms. 470 00:18:53,875 --> 00:18:55,458 - The third verse is four bars. 471 00:18:55,541 --> 00:18:56,958 - It's rolling. 472 00:18:57,041 --> 00:18:58,892 - They'd say, "Okay, we're ready to roll," right? 473 00:18:58,916 --> 00:19:00,851 And they'd play the song, and I'd work the chords out. 474 00:19:00,875 --> 00:19:02,125 Colin would figure out 475 00:19:02,208 --> 00:19:03,916 what he's gonna do on the drums. 476 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:05,583 They'd say, "Right, here we go. 477 00:19:05,666 --> 00:19:07,125 Let's go. Bang, bang, bang." 478 00:19:07,208 --> 00:19:08,208 Down it went. 479 00:19:08,250 --> 00:19:10,458 ["Idea"] 480 00:19:10,541 --> 00:19:14,791 And that spontaneity came out in the songs. 481 00:19:14,875 --> 00:19:17,916 - In those days, you knocked an album out in three weeks. 482 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:20,167 I think we had three albums out in one year. 483 00:19:20,250 --> 00:19:23,333 Both: ♪ But that was when I got an idea ♪ 484 00:19:23,417 --> 00:19:26,125 ♪ Came like a gun and shot in my ear ♪ 485 00:19:26,208 --> 00:19:27,250 [crowd shouting] 486 00:19:27,333 --> 00:19:28,892 - ♪ Don't you think it's time you got up ♪ 487 00:19:28,916 --> 00:19:31,000 ♪ And stood alone? ♪ 488 00:19:31,083 --> 00:19:32,125 ♪ ♪ 489 00:19:32,208 --> 00:19:33,833 - When we went to Europe, 490 00:19:33,916 --> 00:19:36,499 there'd always be a big bunch of kids outside 491 00:19:36,583 --> 00:19:38,167 waiting for us to arrive. 492 00:19:38,250 --> 00:19:39,833 It was a frightening time, 493 00:19:39,916 --> 00:19:42,375 because they crawled all over the Mercedes. 494 00:19:42,458 --> 00:19:45,292 They were on the roof. They were at the window. 495 00:19:45,375 --> 00:19:47,208 It was crazy. 496 00:19:47,292 --> 00:19:48,583 "Hey, guys. 497 00:19:48,666 --> 00:19:50,958 Do you think we're famous? Could be." 498 00:19:51,041 --> 00:19:51,958 [laughs] 499 00:19:52,041 --> 00:19:54,041 [crowd cheering] 500 00:19:54,125 --> 00:19:55,375 - The Bee Gees, 501 00:19:55,458 --> 00:19:58,333 the most exciting sound in the world. 502 00:19:58,417 --> 00:19:59,499 ["World"] 503 00:19:59,583 --> 00:20:01,833 - ♪ Now ♪ 504 00:20:01,916 --> 00:20:04,666 ♪ I found ♪ 505 00:20:04,749 --> 00:20:07,458 ♪ That the world ♪ 506 00:20:07,541 --> 00:20:09,833 ♪ Is round ♪ 507 00:20:09,916 --> 00:20:12,167 - If you've never been famous, 508 00:20:12,250 --> 00:20:13,583 the first time it happens, 509 00:20:13,666 --> 00:20:15,875 it's a very difficult thing to handle. 510 00:20:15,958 --> 00:20:17,541 You don't know how to behave. 511 00:20:17,624 --> 00:20:19,167 You don't know how to experience it. 512 00:20:19,250 --> 00:20:22,375 And that affected all of us in its own way. 513 00:20:22,458 --> 00:20:24,041 [somber rock music] 514 00:20:24,125 --> 00:20:26,417 - I had six Rolls-Royces before I was 21. 515 00:20:26,499 --> 00:20:27,779 I don't know where they are now. 516 00:20:27,833 --> 00:20:28,749 [laughs] 517 00:20:28,833 --> 00:20:30,375 But I mean, that's how crazy it was. 518 00:20:30,458 --> 00:20:33,125 - We were all very selfish at that point. 519 00:20:33,208 --> 00:20:35,833 The testosterone kicked in, 520 00:20:35,916 --> 00:20:38,041 and the competition of life began. 521 00:20:38,125 --> 00:20:40,041 ["I've Gotta Get a Message to You"] 522 00:20:40,125 --> 00:20:41,250 [mellow music] 523 00:20:41,333 --> 00:20:45,791 ♪ I told him I'm in no hurry ♪ 524 00:20:45,875 --> 00:20:48,417 ♪ But if I broke her heart ♪ 525 00:20:48,499 --> 00:20:50,499 ♪ Then won't you tell her I'm sorry? ♪ 526 00:20:50,583 --> 00:20:54,083 - There was always a conflict between Barry and Robin 527 00:20:54,167 --> 00:20:56,749 'cause they both had fantastic voices 528 00:20:56,833 --> 00:20:58,708 and Robin wanted to sing the song 529 00:20:58,791 --> 00:21:00,041 and Barry wanted to sing it. 530 00:21:00,125 --> 00:21:05,083 Both: ♪ I've just gotta get a message to you ♪ 531 00:21:05,167 --> 00:21:07,791 all: ♪ Hold on ♪ 532 00:21:07,875 --> 00:21:09,916 ♪ Hold on ♪ 533 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:12,624 - Both of us wanted to be individual performers. 534 00:21:12,708 --> 00:21:14,916 We all wanted individual recognition. 535 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:18,583 And therein lies the issue. 536 00:21:18,666 --> 00:21:22,333 All: ♪ Hold on ♪ 537 00:21:22,417 --> 00:21:26,083 - I'm speaking to you from a club in Hamburg, 538 00:21:26,167 --> 00:21:27,791 and I'm Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees. 539 00:21:27,875 --> 00:21:29,083 Robin here. 540 00:21:29,167 --> 00:21:31,017 Robin, we've heard rumors that the group is splitting up. 541 00:21:31,041 --> 00:21:32,517 Would you like to verify those rumors? 542 00:21:32,541 --> 00:21:33,809 - If I was to say that was true, 543 00:21:33,833 --> 00:21:35,749 then I would be the premier of Russia. 544 00:21:35,833 --> 00:21:37,125 - I don't know. 545 00:21:37,208 --> 00:21:38,309 - Thank you very much, Mr. Petersen. 546 00:21:38,333 --> 00:21:39,393 How about you, Mr. Melouney? 547 00:21:39,417 --> 00:21:40,791 - Oh, no. I don't think it is. 548 00:21:40,875 --> 00:21:43,250 - No. No. No. 549 00:21:43,333 --> 00:21:46,125 ["Don't Wanna Live Inside Myself"] 550 00:21:46,208 --> 00:21:50,125 - I always say that making music 551 00:21:50,208 --> 00:21:52,666 with your family 552 00:21:52,749 --> 00:21:55,916 is equally the greatest strength 553 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:57,791 and the greatest weakness you could ever have 554 00:21:57,875 --> 00:21:59,833 in a musical partnership. 555 00:21:59,916 --> 00:22:01,624 [somber piano ballad] 556 00:22:01,708 --> 00:22:03,958 To get to the top or near the top, 557 00:22:04,041 --> 00:22:06,250 you've gotta be incredibly driven, 558 00:22:06,333 --> 00:22:09,167 and what drives you is your ego. 559 00:22:09,250 --> 00:22:10,666 And when you get there 560 00:22:10,749 --> 00:22:12,958 and everybody's got an ego about it, 561 00:22:13,041 --> 00:22:15,375 it can be tricky to stay there. 562 00:22:15,458 --> 00:22:17,833 - ♪ I am the searcher ♪ 563 00:22:17,916 --> 00:22:22,375 ♪ Of my fortunes ♪ 564 00:22:22,458 --> 00:22:25,666 ♪ I got my right hand ♪ 565 00:22:25,749 --> 00:22:28,167 ♪ On the wheel ♪ 566 00:22:28,250 --> 00:22:30,101 - The three of us stopped looking inwards to each other 567 00:22:30,125 --> 00:22:31,958 and all started looking outwards 568 00:22:32,041 --> 00:22:34,666 to what we could be individually. 569 00:22:34,749 --> 00:22:36,833 "To hell with what my brothers think." 570 00:22:36,916 --> 00:22:39,499 And each one of us was thinking that. 571 00:22:39,583 --> 00:22:42,666 Both: ♪ Don't wanna live ♪ 572 00:22:42,749 --> 00:22:46,000 ♪ Inside myself ♪ 573 00:22:46,083 --> 00:22:47,351 - To travel the world when you're young 574 00:22:47,375 --> 00:22:48,458 with a family member 575 00:22:48,541 --> 00:22:50,875 gives you a certain sense of who you are 576 00:22:50,958 --> 00:22:52,958 and where you've come from and all that. 577 00:22:53,041 --> 00:22:56,167 So you kind of walk that tightrope. 578 00:22:56,250 --> 00:22:58,208 - We'd been together all our lives, don't forget. 579 00:22:58,292 --> 00:22:59,934 - We'd been together since Robin and I were five, 580 00:22:59,958 --> 00:23:01,417 singing professionally. 581 00:23:01,499 --> 00:23:02,749 You know, it's a lot of years. 582 00:23:02,833 --> 00:23:05,041 - We'd been kids living together with each other 583 00:23:05,125 --> 00:23:06,708 right up until the time we arrived 584 00:23:06,791 --> 00:23:09,375 and even after we arrived in England. 585 00:23:09,458 --> 00:23:14,375 - ♪ Don't wanna live inside myself ♪ 586 00:23:14,458 --> 00:23:15,708 Robin was first to say, 587 00:23:15,791 --> 00:23:18,541 "Well, I'm quitting the group." 588 00:23:18,624 --> 00:23:22,499 I stopped really knowing Robin 589 00:23:22,583 --> 00:23:26,250 and his personal life once we became famous. 590 00:23:26,333 --> 00:23:27,708 And the same with Mo. 591 00:23:27,791 --> 00:23:31,375 Our three lives were three different lives. 592 00:23:31,458 --> 00:23:33,666 We were no longer living the same life. 593 00:23:33,749 --> 00:23:40,708 ♪ ♪ 594 00:23:40,791 --> 00:23:42,208 - Brothers... 595 00:23:42,292 --> 00:23:44,749 in general, it's a very complicated thing, 596 00:23:44,833 --> 00:23:46,875 you know? 597 00:23:46,958 --> 00:23:48,208 Emotions are heightened, 598 00:23:48,292 --> 00:23:52,167 and there's things that go back to childhood about, you know, 599 00:23:52,250 --> 00:23:54,833 if one kid got more attention than the other, 600 00:23:54,916 --> 00:23:56,708 and all these things play out 601 00:23:56,791 --> 00:23:58,541 in front of just a small group of friends, 602 00:23:58,624 --> 00:24:00,875 but when you magnify that with the whole world, 603 00:24:00,958 --> 00:24:02,791 it changes the game a little bit. 604 00:24:02,875 --> 00:24:04,875 - Robin, that's a good picture. 605 00:24:04,958 --> 00:24:07,583 That's you, Barry, Colin, Vince. 606 00:24:07,666 --> 00:24:09,749 - That's correct, yes. - Do you miss 'em? 607 00:24:09,833 --> 00:24:11,125 - Well, it's not really a matter 608 00:24:11,208 --> 00:24:12,458 of missing them, really. 609 00:24:12,541 --> 00:24:14,143 But I still see them on and off, you know, 610 00:24:14,167 --> 00:24:16,125 so that's the way things go. 611 00:24:16,208 --> 00:24:18,000 I'll show you the studio anyway. 612 00:24:18,958 --> 00:24:21,333 [George Bizet's "Habanera"] 613 00:24:21,417 --> 00:24:24,624 - It was really me and Robin that were in conflict, 614 00:24:24,708 --> 00:24:26,624 and I think Maurice was in the middle. 615 00:24:26,708 --> 00:24:28,458 - Story of my life, really. [laughs] 616 00:24:28,541 --> 00:24:29,559 Barry would call me up and say, 617 00:24:29,583 --> 00:24:30,725 "Well, can you call Robin and tell him 618 00:24:30,749 --> 00:24:31,791 if he wants to do this?" 619 00:24:31,875 --> 00:24:33,184 And Robin would go, "Well, give Barry a call 620 00:24:33,208 --> 00:24:34,351 and let him know that I'm gonna be over." 621 00:24:34,375 --> 00:24:35,655 I said, "Robin, you call Barry." 622 00:24:35,708 --> 00:24:36,958 "Barry, you call Robin." 623 00:24:37,041 --> 00:24:39,125 And they both said, "No, we won't." 624 00:24:39,208 --> 00:24:41,000 And for 18 months, they never did. 625 00:24:41,083 --> 00:24:42,833 - We had this fascination 626 00:24:42,916 --> 00:24:46,250 with calling the newspapers up. 627 00:24:46,333 --> 00:24:49,417 You called "NME" or you called "Disc" or "Music Echo" 628 00:24:49,499 --> 00:24:50,791 and you'd say... [grumbles] 629 00:24:50,875 --> 00:24:52,642 "Robin said this about me, and I just wanna be able 630 00:24:52,666 --> 00:24:55,167 to correct the record," and all that stuff. 631 00:24:55,250 --> 00:24:57,583 - It was a whole strange episode of our lives, 632 00:24:57,666 --> 00:25:00,292 but a lot of things had gone down at that time, 633 00:25:00,375 --> 00:25:04,000 and we needed time apart to think about them. 634 00:25:04,083 --> 00:25:06,541 - At Caxton Hall, VIP transport 635 00:25:06,624 --> 00:25:09,208 for very important pop star Barry Gibb. 636 00:25:09,292 --> 00:25:10,333 He's getting married 637 00:25:10,417 --> 00:25:12,167 to 20-year-old former Miss Edinburgh 638 00:25:12,250 --> 00:25:13,833 Linda Gray. 639 00:25:13,916 --> 00:25:16,333 [cheery music] 640 00:25:16,417 --> 00:25:18,708 - Their world was crazy at that time. 641 00:25:18,791 --> 00:25:20,833 You know, at one time, there was three brothers, 642 00:25:20,916 --> 00:25:24,167 and then all of a sudden, it was three wives. 643 00:25:24,250 --> 00:25:27,000 - Maurice Gibb and Lulu became Mr. and Mrs. 644 00:25:27,083 --> 00:25:28,791 At St. James' Parish Church 645 00:25:28,875 --> 00:25:31,333 at Gerrards Cross in Buckinghamshire. 646 00:25:31,417 --> 00:25:34,541 - You think, by marrying someone 647 00:25:34,624 --> 00:25:37,375 that you absolutely adore, 648 00:25:37,458 --> 00:25:39,708 you think it's gonna solve all your problems, 649 00:25:39,791 --> 00:25:41,250 but really... 650 00:25:41,333 --> 00:25:42,499 - At Caxton Hall, 651 00:25:42,583 --> 00:25:45,083 Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees marries Molly Hullis. 652 00:25:45,167 --> 00:25:46,375 [upbeat rock music] 653 00:25:46,458 --> 00:25:48,541 - Molly was my first real love. 654 00:25:48,624 --> 00:25:50,417 The first serious one. 655 00:25:50,499 --> 00:25:52,375 But it was a very traumatic time for me. 656 00:25:52,458 --> 00:25:55,375 [bombastic music] 657 00:25:55,458 --> 00:25:57,583 I went with my manager. 658 00:25:57,666 --> 00:25:59,000 He said, "Look, Robin, 659 00:25:59,083 --> 00:26:00,583 I'm gonna send you to New Zealand." 660 00:26:00,666 --> 00:26:03,666 He says, "You're doing the Redwood Park Festival." 661 00:26:03,749 --> 00:26:04,892 So I went there, and of course, 662 00:26:04,916 --> 00:26:06,642 it was advertised that the Bee Gees were coming, 663 00:26:06,666 --> 00:26:08,041 not just Robin Gibb, you see. 664 00:26:08,125 --> 00:26:11,708 [crowd shouting] 665 00:26:11,791 --> 00:26:13,833 All right. Okay. 666 00:26:13,916 --> 00:26:16,208 - How'd you feel last night? 667 00:26:16,292 --> 00:26:17,642 - I have an obligation to my audience 668 00:26:17,666 --> 00:26:19,041 not to look scared, and... 669 00:26:19,125 --> 00:26:22,250 I can't say I really felt scared. 670 00:26:22,333 --> 00:26:23,458 I was terrified. [laughs] 671 00:26:25,499 --> 00:26:29,041 ♪ How far am I able to ♪ 672 00:26:29,125 --> 00:26:31,417 [microphone feedback whining] 673 00:26:31,499 --> 00:26:34,499 [crowd screaming] 674 00:26:37,791 --> 00:26:40,041 - All three of us became isolated, 675 00:26:40,125 --> 00:26:44,083 and all three of us did things to each other 676 00:26:44,167 --> 00:26:46,083 that I think we're all sorry for. 677 00:26:46,167 --> 00:26:48,916 [soft music] 678 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:50,083 We loved each other. 679 00:26:50,167 --> 00:26:52,624 There was an enormous amount of love between us. 680 00:26:52,708 --> 00:26:54,749 Growing up, we did everything together. 681 00:26:54,833 --> 00:26:57,375 - We often thought we were triplets. 682 00:26:57,458 --> 00:27:00,125 Because we all had the same love. 683 00:27:00,208 --> 00:27:01,268 We had the same sense of humor. 684 00:27:01,292 --> 00:27:03,375 We had the same love of the same kind of music. 685 00:27:03,458 --> 00:27:05,458 - Just typical kids, you know? 686 00:27:05,541 --> 00:27:07,958 But the one thing that no one else was doing 687 00:27:08,041 --> 00:27:09,458 was that we were singing in harmony, 688 00:27:09,541 --> 00:27:12,250 and beyond anything else, that's all we cared about. 689 00:27:12,333 --> 00:27:14,499 ♪ ♪ 690 00:27:14,583 --> 00:27:16,916 We fell in love with the Mills Brothers. 691 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:19,958 They all did something unique in their own way. 692 00:27:20,041 --> 00:27:20,958 And at the same time, 693 00:27:21,041 --> 00:27:23,000 Robin and I did two different leads, 694 00:27:23,083 --> 00:27:25,666 and Maurice would always know where to put that other melody 695 00:27:25,749 --> 00:27:27,000 to make a three-part harmony. 696 00:27:27,083 --> 00:27:29,791 They mirrored what we wanted to be. 697 00:27:29,875 --> 00:27:32,458 - Do you find you miss Robin and Maurice musically? 698 00:27:32,541 --> 00:27:33,624 - Yeah. [chuckles] 699 00:27:33,708 --> 00:27:35,749 Not musically. 700 00:27:35,833 --> 00:27:38,292 I miss them both as brothers. 701 00:27:38,375 --> 00:27:40,749 - Something about entering the world 702 00:27:40,833 --> 00:27:43,125 from the same place, I think, has an effect 703 00:27:43,208 --> 00:27:44,916 on your ability to sing together, 704 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:49,541 your creative awareness, and your artistic voice. 705 00:27:49,624 --> 00:27:52,875 - Could we see the Bee Gees back together again? 706 00:27:52,958 --> 00:27:56,167 - That's a very strong point that it could be. 707 00:27:56,250 --> 00:27:57,333 I can't say definitely, 708 00:27:57,417 --> 00:27:59,875 but I'd like to see the Bee Gees again. 709 00:27:59,958 --> 00:28:02,375 [solemn music] 710 00:28:02,458 --> 00:28:05,375 - Mr. Epstein has been unwell now for some months. 711 00:28:05,458 --> 00:28:07,458 And he's been in the habit of taking tablets 712 00:28:07,541 --> 00:28:09,208 to help him sleep at night. 713 00:28:09,292 --> 00:28:11,292 He was found in his second-floor bedroom 714 00:28:11,375 --> 00:28:14,167 just after 2:00 this afternoon by his housekeeper. 715 00:28:14,250 --> 00:28:17,666 - When Brian died and we restructured NEMS, 716 00:28:17,749 --> 00:28:19,333 Robert asked to become 717 00:28:19,417 --> 00:28:21,000 a more important senior executive 718 00:28:21,083 --> 00:28:22,833 for the Beatles, 719 00:28:22,916 --> 00:28:24,708 and that wasn't acceptable to them, 720 00:28:24,791 --> 00:28:28,250 so he then left the company 721 00:28:28,333 --> 00:28:31,875 and took with him Eric Clapton and Bee Gees 722 00:28:31,958 --> 00:28:33,833 so he could start off on his own. 723 00:28:33,916 --> 00:28:35,208 - We were an asset. 724 00:28:35,292 --> 00:28:37,041 We were one of those people Robert needed 725 00:28:37,125 --> 00:28:39,041 as an element of going public. 726 00:28:39,125 --> 00:28:40,708 [camera shutters snapping] 727 00:28:40,791 --> 00:28:42,375 It was at the launching of the company 728 00:28:42,458 --> 00:28:43,958 where we started to communicate again. 729 00:28:44,041 --> 00:28:45,875 [applause] 730 00:28:45,958 --> 00:28:47,916 And once we came back together again, 731 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:49,666 we wrote "Lonely Days," 732 00:28:49,749 --> 00:28:52,875 which reflected the idea that we'd been broken up. 733 00:28:52,958 --> 00:28:56,708 - We'd always been boys going up together, 734 00:28:56,791 --> 00:28:59,208 and I think we came back together as men. 735 00:28:59,292 --> 00:29:01,292 We respected each other's opinions, 736 00:29:01,375 --> 00:29:02,875 which we didn't before that. 737 00:29:02,958 --> 00:29:05,000 ["How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?"] 738 00:29:05,083 --> 00:29:06,268 If anything, that was the good thing 739 00:29:06,292 --> 00:29:07,666 about the breakup. 740 00:29:07,749 --> 00:29:09,708 [soft ballad] 741 00:29:09,791 --> 00:29:12,791 ♪ I can think of younger days ♪ 742 00:29:12,875 --> 00:29:14,875 - I had already started a first verse and chorus. 743 00:29:14,958 --> 00:29:17,250 I knew what "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?" was, 744 00:29:17,333 --> 00:29:19,125 but then Robin walks in. 745 00:29:19,208 --> 00:29:21,250 I said, "I'm just working on this song. 746 00:29:21,333 --> 00:29:22,624 Do you wanna do it with me?" 747 00:29:22,708 --> 00:29:23,958 And he went, "Yeah, of course." 748 00:29:24,041 --> 00:29:29,417 - ♪ I could never see tomorrow ♪ 749 00:29:29,499 --> 00:29:31,458 - We'd been apart for two years. 750 00:29:31,541 --> 00:29:32,624 If we hadn't been brothers, 751 00:29:32,708 --> 00:29:34,208 we wouldn't have lasted half an hour. 752 00:29:34,292 --> 00:29:36,250 It just wouldn't have happened. 753 00:29:36,333 --> 00:29:38,583 ♪ ♪ 754 00:29:38,666 --> 00:29:40,458 ♪ And ♪ 755 00:29:40,541 --> 00:29:43,458 ♪ How can you mend ♪ 756 00:29:43,541 --> 00:29:44,875 ♪ A broken heart? ♪ 757 00:29:44,958 --> 00:29:48,583 Things started to just improve over time, you know? 758 00:29:48,666 --> 00:29:50,583 ♪ How can you stop the rain ♪ 759 00:29:50,666 --> 00:29:52,250 ♪ From falling down? ♪ 760 00:29:52,333 --> 00:29:54,292 We became the Bee Gees again. 761 00:29:54,375 --> 00:29:58,000 All: ♪ How can you stop ♪ 762 00:29:58,083 --> 00:30:01,250 ♪ The sun from shining? ♪ 763 00:30:01,333 --> 00:30:05,292 ♪ What makes the world go round? ♪ 764 00:30:05,375 --> 00:30:07,167 ♪ ♪ 765 00:30:07,250 --> 00:30:08,749 - We came back together, and we made 766 00:30:08,833 --> 00:30:10,417 two number one records in America, 767 00:30:10,499 --> 00:30:12,083 so we were on a bit of a high. 768 00:30:12,167 --> 00:30:14,624 ♪ ♪ 769 00:30:14,708 --> 00:30:17,292 But we were not really that good 770 00:30:17,375 --> 00:30:20,958 when it came to just doing anything without a pill, 771 00:30:21,041 --> 00:30:22,791 you know, or without a drink. 772 00:30:22,875 --> 00:30:24,125 It was destroying us. 773 00:30:24,208 --> 00:30:26,458 All: ♪ My broken heart ♪ 774 00:30:26,541 --> 00:30:29,333 And that became the battle, 775 00:30:29,417 --> 00:30:31,833 the fight to survive being a pop group. 776 00:30:31,916 --> 00:30:35,041 All: ♪ Da-da-da-da ♪ 777 00:30:35,125 --> 00:30:39,333 - ♪ Da-da-da-da-da-da ♪ 778 00:30:39,417 --> 00:30:42,417 [cheers and applause] 779 00:30:47,541 --> 00:30:50,292 Thank you very, very much on behalf of my brothers, 780 00:30:50,375 --> 00:30:52,833 Robin 781 00:30:52,916 --> 00:30:56,083 and Maurice, 782 00:30:56,167 --> 00:30:59,417 and this beautiful orchestra, 783 00:30:59,499 --> 00:31:03,208 our lead guitarist, Alan Kendall... 784 00:31:03,292 --> 00:31:04,333 - Robert Stigwood said, 785 00:31:04,417 --> 00:31:06,333 "The Bee Gees are gonna go on a tour, 786 00:31:06,417 --> 00:31:08,666 and they want a guitar player who can play bass as well," 787 00:31:08,749 --> 00:31:10,666 'cause in those days, 788 00:31:10,749 --> 00:31:14,791 Maurice played bass, but he would go on piano sometimes. 789 00:31:14,875 --> 00:31:18,499 And so I called him and I said, "Well, I can't play bass," 790 00:31:18,583 --> 00:31:21,000 and he said, "Just say you can play bass," 791 00:31:21,083 --> 00:31:23,083 so I said, "Okay, I can play bass." 792 00:31:23,167 --> 00:31:25,875 [mellow rock music] 793 00:31:25,958 --> 00:31:29,250 I'll be honest, I was very much into the lifestyle. 794 00:31:29,333 --> 00:31:30,573 I just loved being on the road. 795 00:31:30,624 --> 00:31:33,083 I loved playing music, chasing women. 796 00:31:33,167 --> 00:31:34,749 ♪ ♪ 797 00:31:34,833 --> 00:31:36,000 Maurice is so funny, 798 00:31:36,083 --> 00:31:38,041 'cause he was good at magic tricks, 799 00:31:38,125 --> 00:31:41,208 and he'd like to drink a little, as I did. 800 00:31:41,292 --> 00:31:43,250 Robin, I never really knew. 801 00:31:43,333 --> 00:31:46,583 I mean, I'd converse with him but not as much as the others. 802 00:31:46,666 --> 00:31:48,916 And I would bump into him every now and then 803 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:51,875 wandering the corridors of the hotel. 804 00:31:51,958 --> 00:31:55,041 And there's Barry with his glamorous wife 805 00:31:55,125 --> 00:31:57,083 smoking a bowl, you know? 806 00:31:57,167 --> 00:31:58,333 ♪ ♪ 807 00:31:58,458 --> 00:32:00,916 My early days with the Bee Gees 808 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:03,791 were, for me, thrilling, 809 00:32:03,875 --> 00:32:06,375 even though I can understand why it wasn't for them, 810 00:32:06,458 --> 00:32:08,958 'cause they weren't necessarily selling out. 811 00:32:09,041 --> 00:32:11,624 [solemn music] 812 00:32:11,708 --> 00:32:12,916 - When we were broken up, 813 00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:15,958 the world changed radically very quickly. 814 00:32:16,041 --> 00:32:17,749 And that was the beginning of the period 815 00:32:17,833 --> 00:32:20,583 when there was just no interest in us at all. 816 00:32:20,666 --> 00:32:22,292 - Remember, we were on tour. 817 00:32:22,375 --> 00:32:23,875 They'd try to keep Robin 818 00:32:23,958 --> 00:32:25,708 from looking out into the audience, 819 00:32:25,791 --> 00:32:27,916 in case it was only half full. 820 00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:30,541 - When we got back home, I turned to more drinking. 821 00:32:30,624 --> 00:32:33,583 I'd go to the pubs. The police knew my car. 822 00:32:33,666 --> 00:32:36,583 I was becoming the town drunk. 823 00:32:36,666 --> 00:32:38,624 I mean, I think I had about 2 grand in the bank 824 00:32:38,708 --> 00:32:40,833 and lived next order to a fish and chips shop. 825 00:32:40,916 --> 00:32:42,916 - So by '74, 826 00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:46,292 we didn't think there was gonna be much of a future. 827 00:32:46,375 --> 00:32:48,958 When you become famous, you think everyone loves you 828 00:32:49,041 --> 00:32:50,309 and they're gonna love you forever, 829 00:32:50,333 --> 00:32:51,624 and it's not true. 830 00:32:51,708 --> 00:32:53,791 ["Marley Purt Drive"] 831 00:32:53,875 --> 00:32:55,624 [bluesy rock ballad] 832 00:32:55,708 --> 00:32:57,351 - All of a sudden now, we had to work the clubs 833 00:32:57,375 --> 00:32:59,208 at the north of England to pay the taxman, 834 00:32:59,292 --> 00:33:01,083 so we had the Sheffield Fiesta, 835 00:33:01,167 --> 00:33:02,458 the Golden Garter in Manchester, 836 00:33:02,541 --> 00:33:04,292 Batley Variety Club, 837 00:33:04,375 --> 00:33:06,083 great clubs of our time. 838 00:33:06,167 --> 00:33:07,749 - The Batley thing, 839 00:33:07,833 --> 00:33:10,125 it's where all the has-beens went to play, 840 00:33:10,208 --> 00:33:11,684 and not saying that they were has-beens, 841 00:33:11,708 --> 00:33:14,292 but it was like, "Oh, God, not Batley," you know? 842 00:33:14,375 --> 00:33:16,333 - ♪ Sunday morning, woke up ♪ 843 00:33:16,417 --> 00:33:19,375 - I was a waitress at the Batley Variety Club. 844 00:33:19,458 --> 00:33:23,499 I really wasn't a fan of the Bee Gees. 845 00:33:23,583 --> 00:33:25,708 The only thing I knew about them was, 846 00:33:25,791 --> 00:33:26,851 you know, Maurice was mar... 847 00:33:26,875 --> 00:33:29,541 Well, he was going through a divorce with Lulu. 848 00:33:29,624 --> 00:33:33,041 - Yvonne came in, and I saw her eyes. 849 00:33:33,125 --> 00:33:34,351 I don't know about the rest of her. 850 00:33:34,375 --> 00:33:36,000 I just saw her eyes. 851 00:33:36,083 --> 00:33:39,000 And I said, "I'm gonna marry her." 852 00:33:39,083 --> 00:33:41,583 And I knew I was gonna marry her. 853 00:33:41,666 --> 00:33:43,125 - He was so cute. 854 00:33:43,208 --> 00:33:45,833 His personality was amazing. 855 00:33:45,916 --> 00:33:47,624 - Maurice had this childlike quality, 856 00:33:47,708 --> 00:33:50,333 which is something very special in men. 857 00:33:50,417 --> 00:33:53,708 - He loved dressing up in police uniforms. 858 00:33:53,791 --> 00:33:55,875 Wherever we went on tour, 859 00:33:55,958 --> 00:33:57,708 they'd give him a hat, give him a badge. 860 00:33:57,791 --> 00:33:58,851 - Is that his wallet? - It's a badge. 861 00:33:58,875 --> 00:34:00,333 - Whoa! [laughter] 862 00:34:00,417 --> 00:34:02,666 What was that? - I'm not showing you now. 863 00:34:02,749 --> 00:34:04,041 - People loved him. 864 00:34:04,125 --> 00:34:05,875 He had the best smile ever. 865 00:34:05,958 --> 00:34:09,375 - I remember him teaching me the showbiz smile, 866 00:34:09,458 --> 00:34:10,875 and he said, "Well, the trick is, 867 00:34:10,958 --> 00:34:13,250 "you don't move your eyes 868 00:34:13,333 --> 00:34:15,583 and you just go like this." 869 00:34:15,666 --> 00:34:17,375 [laughs] 870 00:34:17,458 --> 00:34:19,000 And I'll be honest with you, 871 00:34:19,083 --> 00:34:22,208 I think Maurice was the glue that held it all together. 872 00:34:22,292 --> 00:34:24,000 - Oh, I'm Mr. Fix-It. 873 00:34:24,083 --> 00:34:27,083 Either some discrepancy between Barry and Robin, 874 00:34:27,167 --> 00:34:28,976 or if we're gonna make a decision about something, 875 00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:30,375 "Well, what does Maurice think?" 876 00:34:30,458 --> 00:34:33,708 But most of the time, I'm like my mum. 877 00:34:33,791 --> 00:34:34,916 I'm the peacemaker. 878 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:36,708 - You know, if they'd not been brothers, 879 00:34:36,791 --> 00:34:38,875 they would not be together. 880 00:34:38,958 --> 00:34:41,250 No doubt in my mind. 881 00:34:41,333 --> 00:34:44,375 ♪ ♪ 882 00:34:44,458 --> 00:34:46,041 [soft music] 883 00:34:46,125 --> 00:34:48,250 - I met the Gibbs when they were on a bit of a... 884 00:34:48,333 --> 00:34:50,125 Shall we say, a downturn in their career. 885 00:34:50,208 --> 00:34:51,624 Robert Stigwood made me, 886 00:34:51,708 --> 00:34:53,624 unaccountably, the head of his record label. 887 00:34:53,708 --> 00:34:55,916 I was only 21 years old. 888 00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:57,440 I truly believed it was because I was 889 00:34:57,499 --> 00:34:59,791 the only guy in the room that I got the job. 890 00:34:59,875 --> 00:35:00,976 It was odd to me because I thought, 891 00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:02,101 "If they can write those songs, 892 00:35:02,125 --> 00:35:03,791 how come they can't be consistent?" 893 00:35:03,875 --> 00:35:05,115 If you got the ability to write 894 00:35:05,167 --> 00:35:06,309 "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?" 895 00:35:06,333 --> 00:35:07,541 and "To Love Somebody," 896 00:35:07,624 --> 00:35:09,583 where does that talent go? 897 00:35:09,666 --> 00:35:13,208 - I mean, there was two albums in a row that were dismal. 898 00:35:13,292 --> 00:35:15,292 - Ahmet Ertegun said to Robert, 899 00:35:15,375 --> 00:35:17,250 "You know, maybe their time has gone," 900 00:35:17,333 --> 00:35:18,809 'cause it was Atlantic who were paying 901 00:35:18,833 --> 00:35:19,958 for these recordings, 902 00:35:20,041 --> 00:35:22,250 and Robert wouldn't hear of it, of course. 903 00:35:22,333 --> 00:35:24,125 He would never let the Bee Gees go. 904 00:35:24,208 --> 00:35:27,833 - There was this thing about Stigwood... [laughs] 905 00:35:27,916 --> 00:35:31,417 Stigwood and his loyalties. 906 00:35:31,499 --> 00:35:33,666 I had a kind of deep-seated resentment 907 00:35:33,749 --> 00:35:37,458 about the fact that, you know, they were still 908 00:35:37,541 --> 00:35:38,541 his favorite. 909 00:35:38,583 --> 00:35:40,417 [Eric Clapton's "Motherless Children"] 910 00:35:40,499 --> 00:35:42,333 [rollicking guitar music] 911 00:35:42,417 --> 00:35:44,833 I had come out of a long period 912 00:35:44,916 --> 00:35:46,624 of addiction and alcoholism, 913 00:35:46,708 --> 00:35:49,583 and I went into the sort of recovery period. 914 00:35:49,666 --> 00:35:51,167 ♪ ♪ 915 00:35:51,250 --> 00:35:54,292 All these musical ambitions came to the surface, 916 00:35:54,375 --> 00:35:57,666 so I went to Miami to record. 917 00:35:57,749 --> 00:36:00,875 ♪ ♪ 918 00:36:00,958 --> 00:36:02,184 - We had a conversation with Eric 919 00:36:02,208 --> 00:36:03,958 about making a comeback. 920 00:36:04,041 --> 00:36:05,226 Eric said, "Well, I've just made this album 921 00:36:05,250 --> 00:36:07,749 "called '461 Ocean Boulevard' in Miami. 922 00:36:07,833 --> 00:36:09,393 "Why don't you guys make an album in America 923 00:36:09,417 --> 00:36:11,499 "instead of always making an album in England, 924 00:36:11,583 --> 00:36:13,417 "and maybe the change of environment 925 00:36:13,499 --> 00:36:15,666 will do something for you?" 926 00:36:15,749 --> 00:36:18,041 - The studio there was unbelievable, 927 00:36:18,125 --> 00:36:21,666 and I think that's what 928 00:36:21,749 --> 00:36:23,833 the suggestion was about, really. 929 00:36:23,916 --> 00:36:27,833 I thought those guys were actually an R&B band 930 00:36:27,916 --> 00:36:30,541 that hadn't really worked that out yet. 931 00:36:30,624 --> 00:36:32,833 And I thought, "Man, this would be so good 932 00:36:32,916 --> 00:36:36,000 if they could pick up on what's going on in America." 933 00:36:36,083 --> 00:36:39,624 - I do know that they had to change something. 934 00:36:39,708 --> 00:36:40,833 That's when the whole idea 935 00:36:40,916 --> 00:36:43,958 of actually being more of a band together 936 00:36:44,041 --> 00:36:45,125 rather than, you know, 937 00:36:45,208 --> 00:36:47,499 musicians and orchestras and all that stuff. 938 00:36:47,583 --> 00:36:49,292 ["Mr. Natural"] 939 00:36:49,375 --> 00:36:51,375 - Alan Kendall, who was a friend of mine, 940 00:36:51,458 --> 00:36:54,624 said, "The Bee Gees are looking for a drummer. 941 00:36:54,708 --> 00:36:56,916 You know, are you interested?" 942 00:36:57,000 --> 00:36:59,708 And I went, "Yes." [laughs] 943 00:36:59,791 --> 00:37:02,624 "I think I'm interested. Yeah. I am interested." 944 00:37:02,708 --> 00:37:05,208 - We needed to get more energized 945 00:37:05,292 --> 00:37:06,708 and don't rely so much 946 00:37:06,791 --> 00:37:09,083 on the ballads that we had been doing. 947 00:37:09,167 --> 00:37:12,041 - We wanted to be a band so bad, 948 00:37:12,125 --> 00:37:14,041 and that was basically the birth of it. 949 00:37:14,125 --> 00:37:16,875 - We had a great bass player, Maurice. 950 00:37:16,958 --> 00:37:19,041 We had a great guitar player, Alan. 951 00:37:19,125 --> 00:37:20,541 So really, the only thing we needed 952 00:37:20,624 --> 00:37:22,375 was a keyboard player, 953 00:37:22,458 --> 00:37:24,375 and I thought, "Blue." 954 00:37:24,458 --> 00:37:27,375 [lively piano solo] 955 00:37:27,458 --> 00:37:30,916 ♪ ♪ 956 00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:32,708 - Dennis called and said, 957 00:37:32,791 --> 00:37:34,434 "Look, you know, I'm putting a band together 958 00:37:34,458 --> 00:37:35,624 "with the Bee Gees, 959 00:37:35,708 --> 00:37:39,167 "and I've spoken to Barry, and everybody's in agreement. 960 00:37:39,250 --> 00:37:40,916 Are you interested?" 961 00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:42,749 I said, "No. No. 962 00:37:42,833 --> 00:37:45,916 I'm having great fun. I'm in a rock and roll band." 963 00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:47,708 Queen was our support act. 964 00:37:47,791 --> 00:37:50,749 I'm touring America and living the rock and roll life. 965 00:37:50,833 --> 00:37:53,958 All: ♪ You don't get me, I'm part of the union ♪ 966 00:37:54,041 --> 00:37:57,875 ♪ You don't get me, I'm part of the union ♪ 967 00:37:57,958 --> 00:38:01,041 - We'd grown up together playing in bands in Cardiff. 968 00:38:01,125 --> 00:38:02,417 I said, "We've known each other 969 00:38:02,499 --> 00:38:03,541 for a long time, right?" 970 00:38:03,624 --> 00:38:06,333 He said, "Den, don't do this to me." 971 00:38:06,417 --> 00:38:08,417 And I said, "I am doing it to you." 972 00:38:08,499 --> 00:38:10,541 I said, "Just do me one favor: 973 00:38:10,624 --> 00:38:12,417 "meet Barry. 974 00:38:12,499 --> 00:38:15,791 "And after you've met Barry, if you don't wanna do it, 975 00:38:15,875 --> 00:38:17,624 I'll leave you alone." 976 00:38:17,708 --> 00:38:19,125 ["Voices"] 977 00:38:19,208 --> 00:38:21,292 - Maurice and I had moved to the Isle of Man, 978 00:38:21,375 --> 00:38:22,958 which is where we were born. 979 00:38:23,041 --> 00:38:25,916 Blue was the guy who was gonna come to the Isle of Man 980 00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:28,167 and audition for us on piano. 981 00:38:28,250 --> 00:38:32,791 - ♪ If I were you and you were me ♪ 982 00:38:32,875 --> 00:38:34,583 - We were staying in Barry's house, 983 00:38:34,666 --> 00:38:37,624 and it was Linda, and then Maurice came over 984 00:38:37,708 --> 00:38:40,292 and Huey, the father. 985 00:38:40,375 --> 00:38:43,000 Instantly, you feel comfortable with them. 986 00:38:43,083 --> 00:38:45,417 - They started talking about synthesizers 987 00:38:45,499 --> 00:38:47,916 and Moogs, 988 00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:49,749 and Blue had them all. 989 00:38:49,833 --> 00:38:51,583 - There's the Sunday evening I was leaving, 990 00:38:51,666 --> 00:38:55,083 and Huey said, "Hey, we haven't heard you play." 991 00:38:55,167 --> 00:38:56,167 [laughs] 992 00:38:56,250 --> 00:38:58,833 - But my piano was so bad 993 00:38:58,916 --> 00:39:02,000 that he played something and it just sounded awful. 994 00:39:02,083 --> 00:39:04,624 - It was just, like, totally embarrassing. 995 00:39:04,708 --> 00:39:07,000 - I said, "Sounds fine to me, man. 996 00:39:07,083 --> 00:39:08,292 Let's do it," you know? 997 00:39:08,375 --> 00:39:10,000 - Barry offered him the job. 998 00:39:10,083 --> 00:39:12,208 - I'd always loved the music, 999 00:39:12,292 --> 00:39:14,666 but the first time you ever hear the Bee Gees 1000 00:39:14,749 --> 00:39:16,499 just when they're in a room like this, 1001 00:39:16,583 --> 00:39:18,167 you know, it's just magic. 1002 00:39:18,250 --> 00:39:20,833 I think that's what won me over with them. 1003 00:39:20,916 --> 00:39:22,083 I said yes, 1004 00:39:22,167 --> 00:39:25,167 and January the 1st, we left. 1005 00:39:25,250 --> 00:39:27,167 All: ♪ Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo ♪ 1006 00:39:27,250 --> 00:39:30,791 ♪ Doo-dee-doo, dah, day ♪ 1007 00:39:35,417 --> 00:39:38,791 ["Wind of Change"] 1008 00:39:38,875 --> 00:39:41,749 [upbeat R&B music] 1009 00:39:41,833 --> 00:39:48,833 ♪ ♪ 1010 00:39:51,583 --> 00:39:53,250 - Miami's a gateway city, 1011 00:39:53,333 --> 00:39:56,041 but in those days, it was kind of sleepy. 1012 00:39:56,125 --> 00:39:59,333 You know, a little off the beaten path. 1013 00:39:59,417 --> 00:40:01,916 But in the winter, that was the place to be, 1014 00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:04,875 so Atlantic Records would always book their acts 1015 00:40:04,958 --> 00:40:06,541 down at Criteria. 1016 00:40:06,624 --> 00:40:08,583 - ♪ And the lights ♪ 1017 00:40:08,666 --> 00:40:10,250 - I was about the number three engineer 1018 00:40:10,333 --> 00:40:11,375 at the studio. 1019 00:40:11,458 --> 00:40:12,499 I worked my way up, 1020 00:40:12,583 --> 00:40:14,833 and I was at that point in my career 1021 00:40:14,916 --> 00:40:17,167 where I was ready for anything. 1022 00:40:17,250 --> 00:40:18,875 - ♪ Get on up ♪ 1023 00:40:18,958 --> 00:40:20,749 ♪ Look around ♪ 1024 00:40:20,833 --> 00:40:24,749 ♪ Can't you feel the wind of change? ♪ 1025 00:40:24,833 --> 00:40:26,793 - When we got to Miami, all of a sudden, sunshine, 1026 00:40:26,875 --> 00:40:28,708 and, oh, you know? 1027 00:40:28,791 --> 00:40:30,458 This is paradise. 1028 00:40:30,541 --> 00:40:31,541 - We'd come from England, 1029 00:40:31,624 --> 00:40:34,083 and so there was nothing sleepy about America. 1030 00:40:34,167 --> 00:40:36,309 - Put them in the same house I'd rented for Eric Clapton, 1031 00:40:36,333 --> 00:40:38,417 461 Ocean Boulevard. 1032 00:40:38,499 --> 00:40:40,017 - I think the first thing all of us did was 1033 00:40:40,041 --> 00:40:41,958 take pictures against that palm tree, you know, 1034 00:40:42,041 --> 00:40:44,250 doing the Eric Clapton pose. 1035 00:40:44,333 --> 00:40:47,083 - ♪ We need a god down here ♪ 1036 00:40:47,167 --> 00:40:48,541 - Being in that house together, 1037 00:40:48,624 --> 00:40:50,292 you know, we were creative, 1038 00:40:50,375 --> 00:40:51,292 and we were a family. 1039 00:40:51,375 --> 00:40:53,083 I mean, I felt like that. 1040 00:40:53,167 --> 00:40:55,041 - It did make us close. 1041 00:40:55,125 --> 00:40:58,041 I mean, you had to be. And we'd all watch TV at night. 1042 00:40:58,125 --> 00:41:00,083 The chemistry was very exciting. 1043 00:41:00,167 --> 00:41:01,351 - When you got up in the morning, 1044 00:41:01,375 --> 00:41:03,017 you went to breakfast; you had a cup of tea. 1045 00:41:03,041 --> 00:41:05,833 It was all very relaxed. 1046 00:41:05,916 --> 00:41:11,167 - ♪ Can't you see the wind of change? ♪ 1047 00:41:11,250 --> 00:41:13,624 - It was strange, considering the amount of pressure 1048 00:41:13,708 --> 00:41:16,083 that was really on the Bee Gees at that time. 1049 00:41:16,167 --> 00:41:17,541 - They were about to drop us. 1050 00:41:17,624 --> 00:41:19,417 We had to adopt a new sound. 1051 00:41:19,499 --> 00:41:21,167 We had to adopt a new attitude. 1052 00:41:21,250 --> 00:41:23,624 - So the next step was, we brought Arif Mardin in 1053 00:41:23,708 --> 00:41:24,791 to produce them. 1054 00:41:24,875 --> 00:41:26,333 [Aretha Franklin's "Day Dreaming"] 1055 00:41:26,417 --> 00:41:28,791 - ♪ Daydreaming and I'm thinking of you ♪ 1056 00:41:28,875 --> 00:41:30,184 - We'd often work with other people, 1057 00:41:30,208 --> 00:41:31,499 but they weren't producers, 1058 00:41:31,583 --> 00:41:34,000 and this man was a literal producer. 1059 00:41:34,083 --> 00:41:36,417 - They had expressed how much they wanted to do 1060 00:41:36,499 --> 00:41:38,250 American R&B kind of stuff, 1061 00:41:38,333 --> 00:41:41,000 and Arif was, you know, top of the heap for that. 1062 00:41:41,083 --> 00:41:44,208 - Arif was so instrumental in producing Black artists, 1063 00:41:44,292 --> 00:41:45,666 and we wanted that input. 1064 00:41:45,749 --> 00:41:51,292 - ♪ It turns me right on when I hear him say ♪ 1065 00:41:51,375 --> 00:41:54,333 - We actually did an album with Arif before that, 1066 00:41:54,417 --> 00:41:57,000 but Arif said, "We've gotta go more into R&B," 1067 00:41:57,083 --> 00:41:58,791 and we started working together 1068 00:41:58,875 --> 00:42:02,083 right here in Miami, down at Criteria. 1069 00:42:03,083 --> 00:42:05,000 - Well, I was in Studio B, 1070 00:42:05,083 --> 00:42:06,875 and Arif says to me, 1071 00:42:06,958 --> 00:42:09,875 "Carl, have I got a group for you." 1072 00:42:09,958 --> 00:42:12,666 And of course, everybody knew the Bee Gees. 1073 00:42:12,749 --> 00:42:14,833 It was a surprise out of nowhere. 1074 00:42:14,916 --> 00:42:16,000 I was excited. 1075 00:42:16,083 --> 00:42:17,309 You know, they sing like angels. 1076 00:42:17,333 --> 00:42:20,125 And they were as excited as I was. 1077 00:42:20,208 --> 00:42:22,333 And Arif was right in there with them. 1078 00:42:22,417 --> 00:42:23,499 - He said, "Look, 1079 00:42:23,583 --> 00:42:25,916 "if you're ever going to break out brand-new, 1080 00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:27,083 "you gotta start now. 1081 00:42:27,167 --> 00:42:28,475 "You gotta shock the pants off these people 1082 00:42:28,499 --> 00:42:29,708 who don't believe in you." 1083 00:42:29,791 --> 00:42:32,541 - Robert came and saw us when we were making the album, 1084 00:42:32,624 --> 00:42:35,499 sat down with us on the beach, and said, "Right. 1085 00:42:35,583 --> 00:42:37,250 "We're gonna start from scratch. 1086 00:42:37,333 --> 00:42:38,791 "This is gonna be it. 1087 00:42:38,875 --> 00:42:40,083 Let's make it big." 1088 00:42:40,167 --> 00:42:42,041 - ♪ Whoa ♪ 1089 00:42:42,125 --> 00:42:44,250 - If you said to me or anyone, 1090 00:42:44,333 --> 00:42:46,875 "Just go and write a hit song right now," 1091 00:42:46,958 --> 00:42:48,708 they would be able to craft something good, 1092 00:42:48,791 --> 00:42:51,000 but it would probably be missing this magic 1093 00:42:51,083 --> 00:42:53,208 that, if you work in music long enough, 1094 00:42:53,292 --> 00:42:56,791 you understand is running everything. 1095 00:42:56,875 --> 00:42:59,708 Like surfers with waves. Surfers don't make the waves. 1096 00:42:59,791 --> 00:43:01,833 Fishermen don't make the fish. 1097 00:43:01,916 --> 00:43:03,356 Songwriters don't really write songs. 1098 00:43:03,417 --> 00:43:04,749 You receive songs. 1099 00:43:04,833 --> 00:43:06,417 ["Jive Talkin'"] 1100 00:43:06,499 --> 00:43:08,916 - Driving backwards and forwards to Criteria, 1101 00:43:09,000 --> 00:43:11,417 this clickity-click thing was going on in this bridge 1102 00:43:11,499 --> 00:43:13,292 every time we crossed over it. 1103 00:43:13,375 --> 00:43:14,708 And in my head, it sounded like, 1104 00:43:14,791 --> 00:43:15,791 "ch, ch-ch, ch-ch." 1105 00:43:15,833 --> 00:43:19,125 [rhythmic clacking] 1106 00:43:19,208 --> 00:43:20,708 And it was gone. 1107 00:43:20,791 --> 00:43:23,749 And eventually, I started singing to it in my head. 1108 00:43:23,833 --> 00:43:26,666 ♪ Just your jive talkin' ♪ 1109 00:43:26,749 --> 00:43:28,083 - I remember going to the studio. 1110 00:43:28,167 --> 00:43:30,624 Barry said, "Can you do chicken picking, Alan?" 1111 00:43:30,708 --> 00:43:33,583 I didn't really know what it was. 1112 00:43:33,666 --> 00:43:35,708 So I just played this one note and muted it. 1113 00:43:35,791 --> 00:43:37,111 Thought it sounded like a chicken. 1114 00:43:37,167 --> 00:43:39,875 [mimicking guitar lick] 1115 00:43:39,958 --> 00:43:41,309 And mixed with Barry's rhythm part, 1116 00:43:41,333 --> 00:43:43,208 it really worked, you know? 1117 00:43:43,292 --> 00:43:45,916 - ♪ It's just your jive talkin' ♪ 1118 00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:48,333 ♪ You're telling me lies, yeah ♪ 1119 00:43:48,417 --> 00:43:50,250 ♪ Jive talkin' ♪ 1120 00:43:50,333 --> 00:43:52,624 ♪ You wear a disguise ♪ 1121 00:43:52,708 --> 00:43:54,417 ♪ Jive talkin' ♪ 1122 00:43:54,499 --> 00:43:56,958 ♪ So misunderstood, yeah ♪ 1123 00:43:57,041 --> 00:43:58,791 ♪ Jive talkin' ♪ 1124 00:43:58,875 --> 00:44:01,000 ♪ You really no good ♪ 1125 00:44:01,083 --> 00:44:02,125 - At that time, you know, 1126 00:44:02,208 --> 00:44:04,499 a handful of R&B artists were using synthesizers, 1127 00:44:04,583 --> 00:44:08,125 so we went into this field 1128 00:44:08,208 --> 00:44:10,499 pioneering, in a way. 1129 00:44:10,583 --> 00:44:13,499 [synth solo] 1130 00:44:13,583 --> 00:44:14,666 ♪ ♪ 1131 00:44:14,749 --> 00:44:18,499 - Music is this huge energy flying around everywhere, 1132 00:44:18,583 --> 00:44:20,791 and if you're lucky, you get little slices of it 1133 00:44:20,875 --> 00:44:21,916 that turn into songs. 1134 00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:23,083 - There is a sort of... 1135 00:44:23,167 --> 00:44:25,226 - Like a radio transmitter. - It's exactly like that. 1136 00:44:25,250 --> 00:44:26,851 It's almost as if somebody's already written 1137 00:44:26,875 --> 00:44:28,916 the songs in the air and they're giving them to us. 1138 00:44:29,000 --> 00:44:32,333 ♪ Leaving me looking like a dumbstruck fool ♪ 1139 00:44:32,417 --> 00:44:34,791 ♪ With all your jive talkin' ♪ 1140 00:44:34,875 --> 00:44:35,892 ♪ You're telling me lies ♪ 1141 00:44:35,916 --> 00:44:37,101 - It was Robert who really pressed 1142 00:44:37,125 --> 00:44:39,333 for "Jive Talkin'" to come out as the first single, 1143 00:44:39,417 --> 00:44:41,875 because it was something totally unexpected from us. 1144 00:44:41,958 --> 00:44:43,125 - We sent the record out 1145 00:44:43,208 --> 00:44:44,688 but without naming the Bee Gees on it, 1146 00:44:44,749 --> 00:44:48,167 because by then, their stock had fallen so low 1147 00:44:48,250 --> 00:44:49,875 with radio stations in America, 1148 00:44:49,958 --> 00:44:52,167 and within hours 1149 00:44:52,250 --> 00:44:53,684 of the record landing at all the radio stations, 1150 00:44:53,708 --> 00:44:55,059 they were calling in, saying, "Who is this? 1151 00:44:55,083 --> 00:44:56,458 This is amazing." 1152 00:44:56,541 --> 00:44:59,292 [radio tuning] 1153 00:44:59,375 --> 00:45:01,833 - The British group who move into number one this week 1154 00:45:01,916 --> 00:45:02,833 hit number one 1155 00:45:02,916 --> 00:45:05,292 exactly four years ago to the week. 1156 00:45:05,375 --> 00:45:06,375 [drumroll] 1157 00:45:06,458 --> 00:45:09,167 The brand-new number one song in the USA, 1158 00:45:09,250 --> 00:45:12,041 the Bee Gees and "Jive Talkin'." 1159 00:45:12,125 --> 00:45:16,791 ♪ ♪ 1160 00:45:16,875 --> 00:45:18,375 - When "Jive Talkin'" came out, 1161 00:45:18,458 --> 00:45:19,624 everybody went, "Who? 1162 00:45:19,708 --> 00:45:21,541 "The Bee Gees? 'Broken Heart' Bee Gees? 1163 00:45:21,624 --> 00:45:22,916 Are you kidding?" 1164 00:45:23,000 --> 00:45:24,541 - Something different was happening, 1165 00:45:24,624 --> 00:45:26,167 and the brothers felt it too. 1166 00:45:26,250 --> 00:45:27,417 Miami, Miami Beach, 1167 00:45:27,499 --> 00:45:29,499 that whole vibe turned them on. 1168 00:45:29,583 --> 00:45:31,875 - I just fell in love with the atmosphere here. 1169 00:45:31,958 --> 00:45:34,749 It reminded me so much of growing up in Australia. 1170 00:45:35,624 --> 00:45:36,833 - That's great, Rob. 1171 00:45:36,916 --> 00:45:38,875 - And from "Jive Talkin'" onwards, 1172 00:45:38,958 --> 00:45:40,875 we kicked it up. 1173 00:45:40,958 --> 00:45:43,167 - The songwriting was just very unique. 1174 00:45:43,250 --> 00:45:44,333 Nothing like it. 1175 00:45:44,417 --> 00:45:45,708 They would write on the spot, 1176 00:45:45,791 --> 00:45:47,875 and they would bounce off each other. 1177 00:45:47,958 --> 00:45:50,417 - Okay, you let us know when you're ready. 1178 00:45:50,499 --> 00:45:52,208 - "Nights on Broadway" was one of those. 1179 00:45:52,292 --> 00:45:54,351 The guys had been to New York, and they go, "Oh, this is... 1180 00:45:54,375 --> 00:45:56,250 We gotta write a New York kind of song." 1181 00:45:56,333 --> 00:45:57,833 - Here we go. Take ten. 1182 00:45:57,916 --> 00:45:59,916 - They just did it naturally in the studio, 1183 00:46:00,000 --> 00:46:01,417 and everybody chipped in. 1184 00:46:01,499 --> 00:46:02,499 - Three, four. 1185 00:46:02,541 --> 00:46:05,916 [funky music] 1186 00:46:06,000 --> 00:46:08,041 ♪ ♪ 1187 00:46:08,125 --> 00:46:11,417 - ♪ Well, here we are ♪ 1188 00:46:11,499 --> 00:46:13,541 ♪ In a room full of strangers ♪ 1189 00:46:13,624 --> 00:46:15,583 Ahmet Ertegun came to Miami. 1190 00:46:15,666 --> 00:46:18,083 He was there when we were cutting "Nights on Broadway." 1191 00:46:18,167 --> 00:46:20,458 At the time, it was "Lights on Broadway." 1192 00:46:20,541 --> 00:46:22,749 ♪ Blaming it all ♪ 1193 00:46:22,833 --> 00:46:24,875 ♪ On the lights on Broadway ♪ 1194 00:46:24,958 --> 00:46:25,875 [music distorts] 1195 00:46:25,958 --> 00:46:28,458 And Ahmet went, "No." [laughs] 1196 00:46:28,541 --> 00:46:30,791 He said, "You know, you've got to get more adult 1197 00:46:30,875 --> 00:46:32,375 about the song." 1198 00:46:32,458 --> 00:46:34,749 So "Lights on Broadway" became "Nights on Broadway." 1199 00:46:34,833 --> 00:46:38,624 - ♪ Well, I had to follow you ♪ 1200 00:46:38,708 --> 00:46:40,250 ♪ ♪ 1201 00:46:40,333 --> 00:46:43,916 both: ♪ Though you did not want me to ♪ 1202 00:46:44,000 --> 00:46:46,000 ♪ ♪ 1203 00:46:46,083 --> 00:46:49,083 all: ♪ But that won't stop my loving you ♪ 1204 00:46:49,167 --> 00:46:50,791 ♪ ♪ 1205 00:46:50,875 --> 00:46:54,541 ♪ I can't stay away ♪ 1206 00:46:54,624 --> 00:46:57,125 ♪ Blaming it all ♪ 1207 00:46:57,208 --> 00:47:00,125 ♪ On the nights on Broadway ♪ 1208 00:47:00,208 --> 00:47:02,458 ♪ Singing them love songs ♪ 1209 00:47:02,541 --> 00:47:04,708 ♪ Singing them "straight to the heart" songs ♪ 1210 00:47:04,791 --> 00:47:06,309 - We were completing "Nights on Broadway." 1211 00:47:06,333 --> 00:47:08,167 We'd just done most of the vocal tracks. 1212 00:47:08,250 --> 00:47:09,559 Usually, you know, at the end, you know, 1213 00:47:09,583 --> 00:47:11,226 you have some ad-libs or some kind of thing 1214 00:47:11,250 --> 00:47:12,725 to take us away from the original melody 1215 00:47:12,749 --> 00:47:13,958 and have some fun. 1216 00:47:14,041 --> 00:47:15,666 - Arif suggested to the band, 1217 00:47:15,749 --> 00:47:18,167 "Hey, you know, we really need some kind of background parts 1218 00:47:18,250 --> 00:47:21,375 that come in and express the meaning of the song." 1219 00:47:21,458 --> 00:47:23,833 - He was looking for one of us to scream, 1220 00:47:23,916 --> 00:47:25,875 in tune, if possible. 1221 00:47:25,958 --> 00:47:28,208 I said, "I'll go out and give it a shot." 1222 00:47:28,292 --> 00:47:30,624 - Are we almost ready? Let's do it. 1223 00:47:30,708 --> 00:47:32,000 - So he went out there and he did 1224 00:47:32,083 --> 00:47:35,666 the "blaming it alls." 1225 00:47:35,749 --> 00:47:36,916 - [falsetto] ♪ Blame it all ♪ 1226 00:47:37,000 --> 00:47:38,458 - ♪ On the nights on Broadway ♪ 1227 00:47:38,541 --> 00:47:41,000 - ♪ Blame it on the nights on Broadway ♪ 1228 00:47:41,083 --> 00:47:42,875 - Everybody in the control room woke up, 1229 00:47:42,958 --> 00:47:45,666 and it was like, "Oh, this is a new sound." 1230 00:47:45,749 --> 00:47:46,791 - ♪ Blame it all ♪ 1231 00:47:46,875 --> 00:47:48,458 - ♪ On the nights on Broadway ♪ 1232 00:47:48,541 --> 00:47:49,976 - ♪ Blame it on the nights on Broadway ♪ 1233 00:47:50,000 --> 00:47:51,360 I was thinking, "My God, I don't... 1234 00:47:51,417 --> 00:47:52,497 "where is this coming from? 1235 00:47:52,541 --> 00:47:53,541 I can do this." 1236 00:47:53,583 --> 00:47:55,958 My whole life, I didn't know I could do this. 1237 00:47:56,041 --> 00:47:57,333 - Everybody's giving me credit. 1238 00:47:57,458 --> 00:47:59,583 No, he was singing it. I said, "Keep on doing it." 1239 00:47:59,666 --> 00:48:01,666 - ♪ Blame it on the nights on Broadway ♪ 1240 00:48:01,749 --> 00:48:03,417 ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ 1241 00:48:03,499 --> 00:48:05,083 ♪ Ah ♪ 1242 00:48:05,167 --> 00:48:07,167 ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ 1243 00:48:07,250 --> 00:48:09,083 - Arif brought it out of us, all that. 1244 00:48:09,167 --> 00:48:10,767 I mean, we weren't the first to sing falsetto. 1245 00:48:10,791 --> 00:48:14,541 [The Stylistics' "Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)"] 1246 00:48:14,624 --> 00:48:15,708 We loved the Stylistics. 1247 00:48:15,791 --> 00:48:18,708 We loved the Spinners, the Delfonics. 1248 00:48:18,791 --> 00:48:21,333 They were all falsetto lead singers. 1249 00:48:21,417 --> 00:48:24,749 - ♪ If I had money, I'd go out ♪ 1250 00:48:24,833 --> 00:48:29,208 ♪ Buy you furs, dress you like a queen ♪ 1251 00:48:29,292 --> 00:48:31,250 - There's something to be said about all music 1252 00:48:31,333 --> 00:48:33,541 is that it doesn't happen in a vacuum. 1253 00:48:33,624 --> 00:48:37,208 The falsetto is very much a Black tradition, 1254 00:48:37,292 --> 00:48:38,541 but they've translated it 1255 00:48:38,624 --> 00:48:42,624 into this interesting interpretation of soul. 1256 00:48:42,708 --> 00:48:44,458 But I guess more importantly for me, 1257 00:48:44,541 --> 00:48:45,458 it's emotional. 1258 00:48:45,541 --> 00:48:50,916 - [falsetto] ♪ Ah ♪ 1259 00:48:51,000 --> 00:48:52,475 Because we were so excited about this, 1260 00:48:52,499 --> 00:48:54,791 we started writing songs for this voice. 1261 00:48:54,875 --> 00:48:57,250 - It created another dimension of sound... 1262 00:48:57,333 --> 00:48:59,417 That's what we thought... You know, emotionally. 1263 00:48:59,499 --> 00:49:02,875 It became another icon of the Gibbs. 1264 00:49:02,958 --> 00:49:05,417 Everybody knew, when you heard that falsetto, 1265 00:49:05,499 --> 00:49:07,041 that's the Bee Gees. 1266 00:49:07,125 --> 00:49:09,250 Both: ♪ Be tender ♪ 1267 00:49:09,333 --> 00:49:12,208 ♪ With my love ♪ 1268 00:49:12,292 --> 00:49:16,417 ♪ You know how easy it is to hurt me ♪ 1269 00:49:16,499 --> 00:49:17,749 - When we sing songs like... 1270 00:49:17,833 --> 00:49:21,624 ♪ You know how easy it is to hurt me ♪ 1271 00:49:21,708 --> 00:49:23,499 It's Barry and Robin singing in unison. 1272 00:49:23,583 --> 00:49:27,000 But they mesh together so well that it sounds like one voice. 1273 00:49:27,083 --> 00:49:30,125 But it's a different voice from them separately. 1274 00:49:30,208 --> 00:49:31,958 - ♪ With my love ♪ 1275 00:49:32,041 --> 00:49:36,624 both: ♪ You know how easy it is to hurt me ♪ 1276 00:49:36,708 --> 00:49:38,791 ♪ Fanny, be tender ♪ 1277 00:49:38,875 --> 00:49:40,916 - It's delivered with such delicacy, 1278 00:49:41,000 --> 00:49:45,624 and the message in the lyrics 1279 00:49:45,708 --> 00:49:49,624 was what guys should say, didn't say, couldn't say, 1280 00:49:49,708 --> 00:49:50,791 for whatever reasons. 1281 00:49:50,875 --> 00:49:52,624 It's the kind of music you might've bought 1282 00:49:52,708 --> 00:49:53,809 and given to your girlfriend. 1283 00:49:53,833 --> 00:49:55,000 [laughs] 1284 00:49:55,083 --> 00:49:57,333 But that's what was special about them. 1285 00:49:57,417 --> 00:50:00,958 Both: [vocalizing] 1286 00:50:01,041 --> 00:50:03,333 ♪ Fanny, be tender ♪ 1287 00:50:03,417 --> 00:50:04,541 ♪ With my love ♪ 1288 00:50:04,624 --> 00:50:07,167 - "Main Course" became a turning point for us. 1289 00:50:07,250 --> 00:50:08,958 Dennis Bryon on drums 1290 00:50:09,041 --> 00:50:12,000 and Blue Weaver and Alan Kendall, 1291 00:50:12,083 --> 00:50:13,708 that became our band. 1292 00:50:13,791 --> 00:50:15,666 ♪ With my love ♪ 1293 00:50:15,749 --> 00:50:18,167 - ♪ 'Cause it's all that I've got ♪ 1294 00:50:18,250 --> 00:50:21,125 ♪ And my love won't desert me ♪ 1295 00:50:21,208 --> 00:50:23,292 both: ♪ Be tender with my love ♪ 1296 00:50:23,375 --> 00:50:26,708 - One of their best qualities was adaptability. 1297 00:50:26,791 --> 00:50:30,833 In many ways, they were chameleons of pop. 1298 00:50:30,916 --> 00:50:32,333 - The way they changed 1299 00:50:32,417 --> 00:50:34,458 and the groove they got into there 1300 00:50:34,541 --> 00:50:36,499 was so profound. 1301 00:50:36,583 --> 00:50:40,000 If that was something that was initiated by me, 1302 00:50:40,083 --> 00:50:41,083 I can't think of any... 1303 00:50:41,167 --> 00:50:43,833 One of the great things I've done in my life. 1304 00:50:43,916 --> 00:50:45,583 I'll take full credit. 1305 00:50:45,666 --> 00:50:47,208 [laughs] 1306 00:50:47,292 --> 00:50:50,292 [waves crashing] 1307 00:50:54,167 --> 00:50:57,583 - We're getting ready to record the next album, 1308 00:50:57,666 --> 00:50:58,706 and we get this phone call 1309 00:50:58,749 --> 00:51:01,666 that Arif can't be involved in this album. 1310 00:51:01,749 --> 00:51:04,000 [tense music] 1311 00:51:04,083 --> 00:51:06,375 Robert chose to take 1312 00:51:06,458 --> 00:51:08,417 the organization away from Atlantic Records 1313 00:51:08,499 --> 00:51:11,041 and go private. 1314 00:51:11,125 --> 00:51:13,333 Atlantic, who were not happy about that, said, 1315 00:51:13,417 --> 00:51:14,767 "Well, you're not using Arif anymore 1316 00:51:14,791 --> 00:51:16,375 as a house producer." 1317 00:51:16,458 --> 00:51:18,041 I said, "What about the next album?" 1318 00:51:18,125 --> 00:51:19,583 Arif... you know, I said, 1319 00:51:19,666 --> 00:51:21,916 "Who do you think can continue where you left off?" 1320 00:51:22,000 --> 00:51:23,916 ♪ ♪ 1321 00:51:24,000 --> 00:51:25,749 - I got a call from Barry, 1322 00:51:25,833 --> 00:51:27,791 and he said, "I want my studio time back 1323 00:51:27,875 --> 00:51:28,958 and I wanna work with you." 1324 00:51:29,041 --> 00:51:31,958 [scratchy music playing] 1325 00:51:32,041 --> 00:51:33,250 ♪ ♪ 1326 00:51:33,333 --> 00:51:35,000 And I'm in the control room. 1327 00:51:35,083 --> 00:51:36,767 I said to Dennis, the drummer, I says, you know, 1328 00:51:36,791 --> 00:51:37,934 "That pattern you're playing right now 1329 00:51:37,958 --> 00:51:39,583 is just a little too busy." 1330 00:51:39,666 --> 00:51:41,749 ♪ ♪ 1331 00:51:41,833 --> 00:51:43,417 He said, "Well, what do you mean?" 1332 00:51:43,499 --> 00:51:45,458 I said, "I can't get into specifics 1333 00:51:45,541 --> 00:51:47,250 about the note values." 1334 00:51:47,333 --> 00:51:50,250 I didn't have a technical term for the open and closed hi-hat 1335 00:51:50,333 --> 00:51:51,583 or any of that stuff. 1336 00:51:51,666 --> 00:51:55,250 So apparently, you know, I needed a communicator. 1337 00:51:55,333 --> 00:51:58,208 [funky groove] 1338 00:51:58,292 --> 00:51:59,725 - I was working as an independent producer 1339 00:51:59,749 --> 00:52:01,958 on some pub band in London. 1340 00:52:02,041 --> 00:52:04,417 Carl called and he said, "What are you doing?" 1341 00:52:04,499 --> 00:52:05,976 And I said, "Well, I just finished the mix. 1342 00:52:06,000 --> 00:52:07,000 I'm on a plane tomorrow." 1343 00:52:07,041 --> 00:52:08,916 - Albhy went to Berklee School of Music 1344 00:52:09,000 --> 00:52:10,000 in New England, 1345 00:52:10,041 --> 00:52:12,458 and he was one of my best friends. 1346 00:52:12,541 --> 00:52:14,749 And he says, "I'll be on the next flight to Florida." 1347 00:52:14,833 --> 00:52:17,208 - ♪ Baby, keep it coming ♪ 1348 00:52:17,292 --> 00:52:19,958 - I got off the plane. I went straight to the studio. 1349 00:52:20,041 --> 00:52:21,125 I walked in. 1350 00:52:21,208 --> 00:52:23,167 They were working on "You Should Be Dancing." 1351 00:52:23,250 --> 00:52:24,351 They came in the control room, 1352 00:52:24,375 --> 00:52:25,916 and Barry said, "What did you think?" 1353 00:52:26,000 --> 00:52:27,458 And I said, "Well, I just got in, 1354 00:52:27,541 --> 00:52:29,624 but sounds awfully good." 1355 00:52:29,708 --> 00:52:32,125 We seemed to hit it off, so I came back the next day. 1356 00:52:32,208 --> 00:52:34,292 - Now, what you have to remember at the time, 1357 00:52:34,375 --> 00:52:35,499 Albhy was a hippie. 1358 00:52:35,583 --> 00:52:37,125 I mean, he was just different. 1359 00:52:37,208 --> 00:52:39,833 - ♪ I get nothing ♪ 1360 00:52:39,916 --> 00:52:42,125 - Albhy used to hang around the studio, 1361 00:52:42,208 --> 00:52:43,624 and I got on really well with him. 1362 00:52:43,708 --> 00:52:46,791 I found out he played on "I Shot the Sheriff" 1363 00:52:46,875 --> 00:52:47,958 with Eric. 1364 00:52:48,041 --> 00:52:51,499 - Albhy had an inroad into technology, 1365 00:52:51,583 --> 00:52:52,749 and he had a great ear. 1366 00:52:52,833 --> 00:52:55,624 - Everybody just seemed to be, I think, relieved 1367 00:52:55,708 --> 00:52:59,000 to have another ear in the control room 1368 00:52:59,083 --> 00:53:01,250 to hear what they were doing as a whole. 1369 00:53:01,333 --> 00:53:04,208 ["Love So Right"] 1370 00:53:04,292 --> 00:53:07,208 [mellow ballad] 1371 00:53:07,292 --> 00:53:10,167 ♪ ♪ 1372 00:53:10,250 --> 00:53:12,167 In the beginning, when I came, 1373 00:53:12,250 --> 00:53:14,666 the three brothers were clearly a unit. 1374 00:53:14,749 --> 00:53:16,509 Each of them knew the way their brothers sang 1375 00:53:16,583 --> 00:53:18,041 and would be on the same mic 1376 00:53:18,125 --> 00:53:19,833 and they would lean in or lean out 1377 00:53:19,916 --> 00:53:22,125 or complement each other's voices. 1378 00:53:22,208 --> 00:53:24,000 They were in perfect synchrony. 1379 00:53:24,083 --> 00:53:27,833 All: ♪ How a love so right ♪ 1380 00:53:27,916 --> 00:53:31,875 ♪ Can turn out to be so wrong ♪ 1381 00:53:31,958 --> 00:53:34,499 - We found another sound. We found a new sound. 1382 00:53:34,583 --> 00:53:36,666 I came up with a lot of new ideas 1383 00:53:36,749 --> 00:53:38,333 to suit the falsetto. 1384 00:53:38,417 --> 00:53:40,208 Everybody was saying the same thing: 1385 00:53:40,292 --> 00:53:42,541 "Do that falsetto again. Do that falsetto again." 1386 00:53:42,624 --> 00:53:45,041 And so that was fine for me. I was having a ball. 1387 00:53:45,125 --> 00:53:48,041 ["You Should Be Dancing"] 1388 00:53:48,125 --> 00:53:50,708 [upbeat disco music] 1389 00:53:50,791 --> 00:53:54,375 - A lot of new music has been coming out of Miami lately, 1390 00:53:54,458 --> 00:53:56,541 enough so that we've even heard mentioned 1391 00:53:56,624 --> 00:53:59,041 the term "Miami Sound." 1392 00:53:59,125 --> 00:54:00,208 ♪ ♪ 1393 00:54:00,292 --> 00:54:03,916 - ♪ My baby moves at midnight ♪ 1394 00:54:04,000 --> 00:54:06,708 ♪ Goes right on till the dawn ♪ 1395 00:54:06,791 --> 00:54:08,708 - This is actually a really important period 1396 00:54:08,791 --> 00:54:11,833 for musicianship and production and songwriting 1397 00:54:11,916 --> 00:54:13,791 that targets the dance floor. 1398 00:54:13,875 --> 00:54:15,624 ♪ ♪ 1399 00:54:15,708 --> 00:54:17,250 - ♪ What you doing on your back? ♪ 1400 00:54:17,333 --> 00:54:18,642 - It's a different emotional energy, 1401 00:54:18,666 --> 00:54:21,083 which is about, can you make the body move? 1402 00:54:21,167 --> 00:54:22,958 Can you make the body happy? 1403 00:54:23,041 --> 00:54:25,499 - ♪ You should be dancing ♪ 1404 00:54:25,583 --> 00:54:27,749 ♪ Yeah ♪ 1405 00:54:27,833 --> 00:54:29,583 ♪ Dancing, yeah ♪ 1406 00:54:29,666 --> 00:54:31,083 - And certain songs sounded like 1407 00:54:31,167 --> 00:54:34,791 the human embodiment of a brass section. 1408 00:54:34,875 --> 00:54:36,916 The same way a horn just punches... 1409 00:54:37,000 --> 00:54:38,250 - Yeah. 1410 00:54:38,333 --> 00:54:39,973 - That's what Barry's voice reminds me of. 1411 00:54:40,041 --> 00:54:42,958 - ♪ Gives me power ♪ 1412 00:54:43,041 --> 00:54:45,624 ♪ Goes right down to my blood ♪ 1413 00:54:45,708 --> 00:54:49,417 - I was always into arrangement of instruments. 1414 00:54:49,499 --> 00:54:50,708 "You Should Be Dancing," 1415 00:54:50,791 --> 00:54:54,208 their voices together sound like trumpets to me. 1416 00:54:54,292 --> 00:54:58,000 - ♪ You should be dancing, yeah ♪ 1417 00:54:58,083 --> 00:54:59,624 - I am not high, for the record. 1418 00:54:59,708 --> 00:55:02,958 I just wanna... [laughter] 1419 00:55:03,041 --> 00:55:06,916 - [scatting to horn section] 1420 00:55:07,000 --> 00:55:07,916 It was a discovery. 1421 00:55:08,000 --> 00:55:09,916 We've discovered a new audience. 1422 00:55:10,000 --> 00:55:10,916 - At the clubs, 1423 00:55:11,000 --> 00:55:13,499 "You Should Be Dancing" exploded. 1424 00:55:13,583 --> 00:55:15,666 Not just, "Oh, well, I heard that record 1425 00:55:15,749 --> 00:55:16,916 and I really liked it." 1426 00:55:17,000 --> 00:55:21,417 It was three times a night at any club that you went to. 1427 00:55:21,499 --> 00:55:23,292 There was a whole industry 1428 00:55:23,375 --> 00:55:26,208 that was built around this clubbing thing. 1429 00:55:26,292 --> 00:55:30,458 "Billboard" started a chart that was dance music chart. 1430 00:55:30,541 --> 00:55:34,499 This billion-dollar industry was being built 1431 00:55:34,583 --> 00:55:36,499 way before the Bee Gees. 1432 00:55:36,583 --> 00:55:38,624 A lot of people don't realize 1433 00:55:38,708 --> 00:55:42,708 disco started in the gay and the Black community. 1434 00:55:42,791 --> 00:55:44,167 People don't understand 1435 00:55:44,250 --> 00:55:46,791 what it was like back then for gay people. 1436 00:55:46,875 --> 00:55:48,375 There was a law in New York 1437 00:55:48,458 --> 00:55:51,833 that did not allow people of the same sex 1438 00:55:51,916 --> 00:55:53,333 to dance together 1439 00:55:53,417 --> 00:55:57,000 in a place that had a liquor license. 1440 00:55:57,083 --> 00:55:59,041 And then the law changed, 1441 00:55:59,125 --> 00:56:01,875 and that allowed me to open my club. 1442 00:56:01,958 --> 00:56:03,375 - ♪ Whoo-hoo ♪ 1443 00:56:03,458 --> 00:56:06,292 - A new era of dance music started 1444 00:56:06,375 --> 00:56:09,041 in the gay underground clubs. 1445 00:56:09,125 --> 00:56:12,499 - [scatting to disco beat] 1446 00:56:12,583 --> 00:56:13,725 [Don Downing's "Dream World"] 1447 00:56:13,749 --> 00:56:18,333 - So the record industry wants to name it, 1448 00:56:18,458 --> 00:56:20,749 package it, sell it. 1449 00:56:20,833 --> 00:56:23,541 That was the explosion 1450 00:56:23,624 --> 00:56:26,000 of the disco sound. 1451 00:56:26,083 --> 00:56:28,208 - ♪ Dream world ♪ 1452 00:56:28,292 --> 00:56:32,708 ♪ ♪ 1453 00:56:32,791 --> 00:56:35,541 - We're down at Criteria Sound Studios, 1454 00:56:35,624 --> 00:56:37,875 and currently, it's the studio 1455 00:56:37,958 --> 00:56:40,292 that's being used by the Bee Gees. 1456 00:56:40,375 --> 00:56:43,041 What particular thing about the studio 1457 00:56:43,125 --> 00:56:44,333 makes it so attractive? 1458 00:56:44,417 --> 00:56:46,333 - It's cheap. - It's cheap, yeah. 1459 00:56:46,417 --> 00:56:50,208 - No. Cheap it isn't, but... 1460 00:56:50,292 --> 00:56:53,000 - But the actual atmosphere of the place is very relaxing. 1461 00:56:53,083 --> 00:56:54,642 We create better here than we do anywhere else. 1462 00:56:54,666 --> 00:56:55,708 - Yeah. 1463 00:56:55,791 --> 00:56:57,268 - That's my story, and I'm sticking to it. 1464 00:56:57,292 --> 00:56:58,916 [laughter] 1465 00:56:59,000 --> 00:57:02,375 [upbeat disco music] 1466 00:57:02,458 --> 00:57:04,916 America was the ultimate dream. 1467 00:57:05,000 --> 00:57:07,250 As three kids, we said, 1468 00:57:07,333 --> 00:57:09,250 "One day, we're gonna have houses in America 1469 00:57:09,333 --> 00:57:11,583 all next door to each other with swimming pools." 1470 00:57:11,666 --> 00:57:12,791 [laughs] 1471 00:57:12,875 --> 00:57:14,184 And we thought, "Oh, that'll be great." 1472 00:57:14,208 --> 00:57:19,417 ♪ ♪ 1473 00:57:19,499 --> 00:57:21,791 - It was a huge uprooting. 1474 00:57:21,875 --> 00:57:23,458 ♪ ♪ 1475 00:57:23,541 --> 00:57:25,541 It's a very large family, 1476 00:57:25,624 --> 00:57:28,417 and it just kept getting bigger and bigger over time. 1477 00:57:28,499 --> 00:57:30,250 ♪ ♪ 1478 00:57:30,333 --> 00:57:33,583 Mum and Dad came to Miami as quickly as we did. 1479 00:57:33,666 --> 00:57:35,809 I think they were probably the happiest they'd ever been 1480 00:57:35,833 --> 00:57:36,958 in their lives. 1481 00:57:37,041 --> 00:57:40,375 And of course, Andy came here with them. 1482 00:57:42,541 --> 00:57:45,833 - Andy was a gift out of left field. 1483 00:57:45,916 --> 00:57:50,000 But I never knew he existed until one day, he shows up 1484 00:57:50,083 --> 00:57:52,958 fresh from Australia. 1485 00:57:53,041 --> 00:57:55,083 - Andy was a great kid. 1486 00:57:55,167 --> 00:57:57,458 He could do anything he set his mind to. 1487 00:57:57,541 --> 00:58:00,125 - Barry was Andy's idol. 1488 00:58:00,208 --> 00:58:02,250 They were almost like twins. 1489 00:58:02,333 --> 00:58:03,583 - We were very much alike. 1490 00:58:03,666 --> 00:58:05,833 We looked alike. We had the same birthmarks. 1491 00:58:05,916 --> 00:58:07,624 I would say that we were as much like twins 1492 00:58:07,708 --> 00:58:09,624 as Maurice and Robin. 1493 00:58:09,708 --> 00:58:11,583 - "Main Course" and "Children of the World," 1494 00:58:11,666 --> 00:58:12,666 which followed that, 1495 00:58:12,708 --> 00:58:13,809 they were, like, triple platinum. 1496 00:58:13,833 --> 00:58:16,624 I think he really wanted to be a part of that. 1497 00:58:16,708 --> 00:58:18,458 - They suggested that I go to Australia, 1498 00:58:18,541 --> 00:58:20,125 as my brothers first did in 1958 1499 00:58:20,208 --> 00:58:21,791 when I was only five months old, 1500 00:58:21,875 --> 00:58:25,000 and start working there and get some records released. 1501 00:58:25,083 --> 00:58:27,167 - Andy was very young then. 1502 00:58:27,250 --> 00:58:29,125 He had his little band. 1503 00:58:29,208 --> 00:58:30,708 - It was a process of building him up, 1504 00:58:30,791 --> 00:58:34,083 getting him to play live, getting him to be an artist. 1505 00:58:34,167 --> 00:58:35,499 - I was there for two years. 1506 00:58:35,583 --> 00:58:36,892 Out of the blue, a phone call came 1507 00:58:36,916 --> 00:58:37,791 from my brother Barry 1508 00:58:37,875 --> 00:58:39,541 and said, "I wanna produce you," 1509 00:58:39,624 --> 00:58:41,434 and I think it was, like, two weeks or something, 1510 00:58:41,458 --> 00:58:44,499 I was in the studio to do a new album in Miami. 1511 00:58:44,583 --> 00:58:46,167 I didn't think I was ready. 1512 00:58:46,250 --> 00:58:47,250 - The first few times 1513 00:58:47,292 --> 00:58:49,375 on a real professional studio microphone, 1514 00:58:49,458 --> 00:58:51,499 Andy was, like, petrified, 1515 00:58:51,583 --> 00:58:54,041 but, you know, Barry was there 1516 00:58:54,125 --> 00:58:56,875 and guided him through and helped him with lyrics. 1517 00:58:56,958 --> 00:58:59,666 He was very receptive to new ideas. 1518 00:58:59,749 --> 00:59:02,791 [Andy Gibb's "I Just Want to Be Your Everything"] 1519 00:59:02,875 --> 00:59:05,083 And it didn't take him long, you know, 1520 00:59:05,167 --> 00:59:08,208 to find, like, you know, another groove. 1521 00:59:08,292 --> 00:59:11,167 [upbeat pop music playing] 1522 00:59:11,250 --> 00:59:13,250 ♪ ♪ 1523 00:59:13,333 --> 00:59:16,708 - ♪ For so long ♪ 1524 00:59:16,791 --> 00:59:19,083 ♪ You and me been finding each other ♪ 1525 00:59:19,167 --> 00:59:21,208 ♪ For so long ♪ 1526 00:59:21,292 --> 00:59:23,708 - The Bee Gees' point of view was about having hit records 1527 00:59:23,791 --> 00:59:24,708 and being on the radio, 1528 00:59:24,791 --> 00:59:27,208 and so the greatest gift that you could give 1529 00:59:27,292 --> 00:59:28,583 to your younger brother 1530 00:59:28,666 --> 00:59:30,417 would be to give him that success, 1531 00:59:30,499 --> 00:59:33,333 to write songs with him, to teach him to be a star. 1532 00:59:33,417 --> 00:59:36,000 - ♪ I, I ♪ 1533 00:59:36,083 --> 00:59:39,916 ♪ I just want to be your everything ♪ 1534 00:59:40,000 --> 00:59:41,541 - And then suddenly, out of nowhere, 1535 00:59:41,624 --> 00:59:43,916 Andy had about three number ones in a row. 1536 00:59:44,000 --> 00:59:45,875 - He was a teen idol. 1537 00:59:45,958 --> 00:59:47,958 There was talk about him becoming a Bee Gee. 1538 00:59:48,041 --> 00:59:50,208 I think Robert saw he had a younger audience. 1539 00:59:50,292 --> 00:59:52,208 Smart to keep him on his own. 1540 00:59:52,292 --> 00:59:55,916 - ♪ Oh, if I ♪ 1541 00:59:56,000 --> 00:59:58,708 ♪ If I stay here without you, darling ♪ 1542 00:59:58,791 --> 01:00:00,708 ♪ I will die ♪ 1543 01:00:00,791 --> 01:00:02,749 - All of a sudden, he was the big thing. 1544 01:00:02,833 --> 01:00:05,041 There was a period when we lived in the shadow 1545 01:00:05,125 --> 01:00:07,749 of Andy's band. 1546 01:00:07,833 --> 01:00:11,541 - ♪ To be your everything ♪ 1547 01:00:11,624 --> 01:00:16,749 ♪ ♪ 1548 01:00:16,833 --> 01:00:18,541 - After "Children of the World" album, 1549 01:00:18,624 --> 01:00:19,749 the next project, 1550 01:00:19,833 --> 01:00:22,000 we were booked to record in France 1551 01:00:22,083 --> 01:00:24,916 'cause of the Elton John album "Honky Château." 1552 01:00:25,000 --> 01:00:26,125 It sounded great. 1553 01:00:26,208 --> 01:00:29,250 - ♪ Bye-bye, château, I must leave you ♪ 1554 01:00:29,333 --> 01:00:30,749 ♪ Though it breaks my heart ♪ 1555 01:00:30,833 --> 01:00:33,000 - Robert sent us there... 1556 01:00:33,083 --> 01:00:34,666 I think it was some kind of tax thing. 1557 01:00:34,749 --> 01:00:37,458 - We thought, "Well, if this studio sounds that good, 1558 01:00:37,541 --> 01:00:39,292 "hell yeah, let's go off to France. 1559 01:00:39,375 --> 01:00:40,375 Why not? 1560 01:00:40,417 --> 01:00:43,333 [Elton John's "Honky Cat"] 1561 01:00:43,417 --> 01:00:44,833 ♪ ♪ 1562 01:00:44,916 --> 01:00:48,583 - It wasn't the honky château that Elton John had used. 1563 01:00:48,666 --> 01:00:51,666 [upbeat piano rock] 1564 01:00:51,749 --> 01:00:53,624 - Now, château sounds absolutely gorgeous, 1565 01:00:53,708 --> 01:00:54,791 doesn't it? 1566 01:00:54,875 --> 01:00:56,958 Beautiful building, great grounds and gardens 1567 01:00:57,041 --> 01:00:58,458 and ponds and fountains. 1568 01:00:58,541 --> 01:00:59,458 No. 1569 01:00:59,541 --> 01:01:01,458 [laughs] It's nothing like that. 1570 01:01:01,541 --> 01:01:05,333 It was a half-built castle, no central heating, nothing, 1571 01:01:05,417 --> 01:01:06,458 and it was a dump. 1572 01:01:06,541 --> 01:01:08,958 - We seemed to be in the middle of nowhere. 1573 01:01:09,041 --> 01:01:11,083 Not a happy place to be. 1574 01:01:11,167 --> 01:01:12,833 - It was really kind of decrepit. 1575 01:01:12,916 --> 01:01:15,292 I think it'd been used to make porn movies. 1576 01:01:15,375 --> 01:01:17,167 - This was not right. 1577 01:01:17,250 --> 01:01:19,167 But because there was a contract, 1578 01:01:19,250 --> 01:01:22,417 we just decided to, you know, plow on through. 1579 01:01:22,499 --> 01:01:24,125 - We were going there to mix a live album 1580 01:01:24,208 --> 01:01:26,375 called "Here At Last... Live." 1581 01:01:26,458 --> 01:01:28,333 - But also, we were getting songs ready 1582 01:01:28,417 --> 01:01:29,583 for our new studio album, 1583 01:01:29,666 --> 01:01:32,000 which would be the follow-up to "Children of the World." 1584 01:01:32,083 --> 01:01:35,333 - And we got a call from Robert Stigwood. 1585 01:01:35,417 --> 01:01:38,333 [dramatic disco music] 1586 01:01:38,417 --> 01:01:41,541 ♪ ♪ 1587 01:01:41,624 --> 01:01:43,000 - A friend of mine, Nik Cohn, 1588 01:01:43,083 --> 01:01:45,041 wrote this piece for "New York" magazine, 1589 01:01:45,125 --> 01:01:46,833 "Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night." 1590 01:01:46,916 --> 01:01:50,375 Disco was really underway, in Manhattan, anyway, 1591 01:01:50,458 --> 01:01:52,041 but Nik Cohn's point was that 1592 01:01:52,125 --> 01:01:54,000 rather than just being underground gay clubs, 1593 01:01:54,083 --> 01:01:56,375 straight couples are now going to do the hustle 1594 01:01:56,458 --> 01:01:58,541 on a Saturday night in the suburbs. 1595 01:01:58,624 --> 01:01:59,934 So I got Robert to buy the film rights 1596 01:01:59,958 --> 01:02:02,708 to a magazine article, of which there was no story. 1597 01:02:02,791 --> 01:02:04,417 But it caught Robert's attention 1598 01:02:04,499 --> 01:02:06,292 because he saw 1599 01:02:06,375 --> 01:02:08,083 that that's a lead role for an actor 1600 01:02:08,167 --> 01:02:09,708 if it was a movie. 1601 01:02:09,791 --> 01:02:10,791 He announced 1602 01:02:10,833 --> 01:02:12,268 at the Beverly Hills Hotel at breakfast, 1603 01:02:12,292 --> 01:02:14,499 "I'm signing John Travolta to a three-picture deal," 1604 01:02:14,583 --> 01:02:15,833 and people thought he was mad. 1605 01:02:15,916 --> 01:02:17,499 He was a TV actor. 1606 01:02:17,583 --> 01:02:19,833 No one gets a million dollars for three pictures. 1607 01:02:19,916 --> 01:02:21,767 Turned out to be the bargain of the century, of course, 1608 01:02:21,791 --> 01:02:23,417 because he got him for "Grease" 1609 01:02:23,499 --> 01:02:25,041 and the movie we don't talk about, 1610 01:02:25,125 --> 01:02:26,708 "Moment by Moment," 1611 01:02:26,791 --> 01:02:28,208 but two out of three's not bad. 1612 01:02:28,292 --> 01:02:30,375 [David Shire's "Salsation"] 1613 01:02:30,458 --> 01:02:31,875 I was still running RSO Records, 1614 01:02:31,958 --> 01:02:34,499 so my job was to do the soundtrack, 1615 01:02:34,583 --> 01:02:35,875 and my brief was, 1616 01:02:35,958 --> 01:02:37,916 "Put all of your favorite disco tracks 1617 01:02:38,000 --> 01:02:39,184 "and everyone will play it at a party 1618 01:02:39,208 --> 01:02:40,475 and they'll never stop dancing." 1619 01:02:40,499 --> 01:02:43,458 [percussive dance music] 1620 01:02:43,541 --> 01:02:45,583 ♪ ♪ 1621 01:02:45,666 --> 01:02:47,417 These were comparatively easy, 1622 01:02:47,499 --> 01:02:50,916 but we needed the Bee Gees to write a few songs. 1623 01:02:51,000 --> 01:02:52,541 - Phone call came through from Robert, 1624 01:02:52,624 --> 01:02:54,417 saying, "I wanna make this film." 1625 01:02:54,499 --> 01:02:56,749 - He said, "But I'm gonna need two or three songs." 1626 01:02:56,833 --> 01:02:59,083 - It wasn't the idea that they would do the soundtrack. 1627 01:02:59,167 --> 01:03:00,292 We knew they were busy. 1628 01:03:00,375 --> 01:03:02,208 "But have you got some songs?" Robert said, 1629 01:03:02,292 --> 01:03:05,250 and they said, "Yeah, sure." 1630 01:03:05,333 --> 01:03:07,749 - Robert said, "I'm sending you a script." 1631 01:03:07,833 --> 01:03:10,417 But we decided not to read the script. 1632 01:03:10,499 --> 01:03:12,624 - We weren't writing the "Fever" music. 1633 01:03:12,708 --> 01:03:16,417 We were writing our new album and just having fun doing it. 1634 01:03:16,499 --> 01:03:17,725 - They already had a couple of tunes 1635 01:03:17,749 --> 01:03:19,167 or some titles, anyway. 1636 01:03:19,250 --> 01:03:20,684 We thought, "Let's leave it with them." 1637 01:03:20,708 --> 01:03:25,458 - What we ended up doing was the demos of these songs. 1638 01:03:25,541 --> 01:03:26,559 - And I was really surprised 1639 01:03:26,583 --> 01:03:28,017 that, you know, it was only a few weeks later 1640 01:03:28,041 --> 01:03:30,083 we got the songs. 1641 01:03:30,167 --> 01:03:34,749 We got a cassette, and to this day, it's amazing. 1642 01:03:34,833 --> 01:03:37,749 ["Stayin' Alive"] 1643 01:03:37,833 --> 01:03:39,875 ♪ ♪ 1644 01:03:41,208 --> 01:03:42,458 [tape whirring] 1645 01:03:42,541 --> 01:03:44,749 - ♪ On the waves of the air ♪ 1646 01:03:44,833 --> 01:03:46,125 [tape whirring] 1647 01:03:46,208 --> 01:03:47,791 ♪ You're in my life ♪ 1648 01:03:47,875 --> 01:03:49,017 - It was just one after the other. 1649 01:03:49,041 --> 01:03:51,333 You know, "Stayin' Alive," "More Than a Woman," 1650 01:03:51,417 --> 01:03:53,833 "How Deep Is Your Love," "If I Can't Have You," 1651 01:03:53,916 --> 01:03:54,958 "Night Fever" 1652 01:03:55,041 --> 01:03:56,292 on one cassette. 1653 01:03:56,375 --> 01:03:58,333 And I thought, "Yes. 1654 01:03:58,417 --> 01:03:59,875 We've got a soundtrack." 1655 01:03:59,958 --> 01:04:01,791 - You know, you listen to that tape, 1656 01:04:01,875 --> 01:04:03,499 whoever was playing on those records, 1657 01:04:03,583 --> 01:04:04,583 they would've been hits. 1658 01:04:04,624 --> 01:04:05,791 Those songs are so good. 1659 01:04:05,875 --> 01:04:07,958 You think, "Shit," you know? 1660 01:04:08,041 --> 01:04:10,167 "That's so cool." 1661 01:04:10,250 --> 01:04:11,458 - We had the demos, 1662 01:04:11,541 --> 01:04:12,767 and then we went into the process 1663 01:04:12,791 --> 01:04:14,624 of making real records. 1664 01:04:14,708 --> 01:04:17,624 - Barry and Carl and I lived in that control room, 1665 01:04:17,708 --> 01:04:19,167 I don't know, 16 hours a day. 1666 01:04:19,250 --> 01:04:21,541 - Yeah. That was the only thing to do. 1667 01:04:21,624 --> 01:04:23,916 ["Night Fever"] 1668 01:04:24,000 --> 01:04:25,833 We recorded "Night Fever" first. 1669 01:04:25,916 --> 01:04:27,458 We actually had that in the can. 1670 01:04:27,541 --> 01:04:29,499 ♪ ♪ 1671 01:04:29,583 --> 01:04:32,499 - Robert called and said, "I need a title for the film." 1672 01:04:32,583 --> 01:04:35,292 "What I've got at the moment," I said, "is two titles: 1673 01:04:35,375 --> 01:04:37,499 'Stayin' Alive' and 'Night Fever.'" 1674 01:04:37,583 --> 01:04:40,499 And he said, "'Night Fever.' 1675 01:04:40,583 --> 01:04:42,208 Hmm," he said, "sounds okay," he said, 1676 01:04:42,292 --> 01:04:45,083 "but it sounds a bit too pornographic. 1677 01:04:45,167 --> 01:04:47,749 It'd need to be called 'Saturday Night, '" he said. 1678 01:04:47,833 --> 01:04:49,916 So it turned into "Saturday Night Fever." 1679 01:04:50,000 --> 01:04:53,041 ♪ Night fever, night fever ♪ 1680 01:04:53,125 --> 01:04:55,041 ♪ We know how to do it ♪ 1681 01:04:55,125 --> 01:04:57,875 - We were editing "Fever" on the lot at Paramount. 1682 01:04:57,958 --> 01:05:00,333 I was deluged by Paramount people saying, 1683 01:05:00,417 --> 01:05:02,375 "How's your little disco movie coming along?" 1684 01:05:02,458 --> 01:05:03,916 So that was a bit patronizing. 1685 01:05:04,000 --> 01:05:05,375 But the inspiring thing was 1686 01:05:05,458 --> 01:05:07,333 that Stigwood, during postproduction, said, 1687 01:05:07,417 --> 01:05:08,809 "Why do we wait for the release of the film? 1688 01:05:08,833 --> 01:05:09,958 Let's put out a single now." 1689 01:05:10,041 --> 01:05:12,250 And then he started with the heads of Paramount, 1690 01:05:12,333 --> 01:05:13,375 like, "How many theaters?" 1691 01:05:13,458 --> 01:05:15,167 And they told him something like 200. 1692 01:05:15,250 --> 01:05:17,708 He said, "I'm releasing the record in every city. 1693 01:05:17,791 --> 01:05:19,875 Why can't it be in every single city?" 1694 01:05:19,958 --> 01:05:21,208 So they made a deal 1695 01:05:21,292 --> 01:05:23,250 whereby if the record got to the top 20, 1696 01:05:23,333 --> 01:05:25,083 they would increase the number of screens. 1697 01:05:25,167 --> 01:05:27,208 If it got top ten, they'd go more. 1698 01:05:27,292 --> 01:05:28,749 He said, "I need the first record 1699 01:05:28,833 --> 01:05:29,833 to be number one." 1700 01:05:29,875 --> 01:05:32,749 ["How Deep Is Your Love"] 1701 01:05:32,833 --> 01:05:34,375 [soft ballad] 1702 01:05:34,458 --> 01:05:37,583 - Stigwood phoned up and said to Barry, 1703 01:05:37,666 --> 01:05:39,083 "I need the best love song 1704 01:05:39,167 --> 01:05:42,083 you've ever written for the movie." 1705 01:05:42,167 --> 01:05:44,916 So we went into a room in the château. 1706 01:05:45,000 --> 01:05:46,916 Chopin had stayed there. 1707 01:05:47,000 --> 01:05:48,541 So every time I looked at this piano, 1708 01:05:48,624 --> 01:05:51,208 I envisaged Chopin sitting down and playing. 1709 01:05:51,292 --> 01:05:52,749 ♪ ♪ 1710 01:05:52,833 --> 01:05:53,875 I sat down at the piano 1711 01:05:53,958 --> 01:05:56,417 and thought of his Prelude in E Flat, 1712 01:05:56,499 --> 01:05:59,875 and I knew Barry could sing in E flat. 1713 01:05:59,958 --> 01:06:01,250 When we were working like that, 1714 01:06:01,333 --> 01:06:03,083 I had a cassette player. 1715 01:06:03,167 --> 01:06:06,083 - [vocalizing with piano] 1716 01:06:06,167 --> 01:06:09,458 ♪ ♪ 1717 01:06:09,541 --> 01:06:13,250 [indistinct chatter] 1718 01:06:13,333 --> 01:06:17,292 ♪ Love again ♪ 1719 01:06:17,375 --> 01:06:19,458 ♪ Still in love ♪ 1720 01:06:19,541 --> 01:06:21,958 - And I'm sure it happened at that point. 1721 01:06:22,041 --> 01:06:24,208 Through the stained glass window 1722 01:06:24,292 --> 01:06:27,000 came a beam of sunlight, you know? 1723 01:06:27,083 --> 01:06:30,167 ♪ Your eyes in the morning sun ♪ 1724 01:06:30,250 --> 01:06:31,666 ♪ ♪ 1725 01:06:31,749 --> 01:06:35,958 - ♪ I know your eyes in the morning sun ♪ 1726 01:06:36,041 --> 01:06:40,666 ♪ I feel you touch me in the pouring rain ♪ 1727 01:06:40,749 --> 01:06:44,000 And that's a memory... That'll last me all my life. 1728 01:06:44,083 --> 01:06:46,208 Never forget it. 1729 01:06:46,292 --> 01:06:47,333 Never forget it. 1730 01:06:47,417 --> 01:06:50,624 ♪ ♪ 1731 01:06:50,708 --> 01:06:51,725 - You know, all the feelings, 1732 01:06:51,749 --> 01:06:53,208 all the emotions are still there. 1733 01:06:53,292 --> 01:06:55,875 When you talk about it, it all comes back, you know? 1734 01:06:55,958 --> 01:06:58,083 ♪ ♪ 1735 01:06:58,167 --> 01:07:01,375 I have a... 1736 01:07:01,458 --> 01:07:04,666 My heart is in that song. 1737 01:07:04,749 --> 01:07:08,958 - ♪ I know your eyes in the morning sun ♪ 1738 01:07:09,041 --> 01:07:13,749 ♪ I feel you touch me in the pouring rain ♪ 1739 01:07:13,833 --> 01:07:18,333 ♪ And the moment that you wander far from me ♪ 1740 01:07:18,417 --> 01:07:22,833 ♪ I wanna feel you in my arms again ♪ 1741 01:07:22,916 --> 01:07:27,541 ♪ And you come to me on a summer breeze ♪ 1742 01:07:27,624 --> 01:07:32,333 ♪ Keep me warm in your love, then you softly leave ♪ 1743 01:07:32,417 --> 01:07:35,875 ♪ And it's me you need to show ♪ 1744 01:07:35,958 --> 01:07:38,916 ♪ How deep is your love? ♪ - ♪ How deep is your love? ♪ 1745 01:07:39,000 --> 01:07:42,083 All: ♪ How deep is your love? ♪ 1746 01:07:42,167 --> 01:07:45,167 ♪ I really mean to learn ♪ 1747 01:07:45,250 --> 01:07:49,666 ♪ 'Cause we're living in a world of fools ♪ 1748 01:07:49,749 --> 01:07:52,541 ♪ Breaking us down ♪ 1749 01:07:52,624 --> 01:07:57,041 ♪ When they all should let us be ♪ 1750 01:07:57,125 --> 01:08:01,417 ♪ We belong to you and me ♪ 1751 01:08:01,499 --> 01:08:03,041 ♪ ♪ 1752 01:08:03,125 --> 01:08:05,541 - Everything came together. 1753 01:08:05,624 --> 01:08:08,417 But sadly, Dennis had had some bad news. 1754 01:08:08,499 --> 01:08:11,624 - My mother was in hospital. She had Alzheimer's. 1755 01:08:11,708 --> 01:08:14,875 So, you know, I told Barry what was going on. 1756 01:08:14,958 --> 01:08:18,292 He said, you know, "Get Dick to book you a flight now." 1757 01:08:18,375 --> 01:08:22,375 - He had to fly back to the UK, and we had no drummer. 1758 01:08:22,458 --> 01:08:24,417 - We thought, "Well, we gotta carry on writing 1759 01:08:24,499 --> 01:08:26,916 and getting these tracks together." 1760 01:08:27,000 --> 01:08:29,250 [distorted rewinding drum] 1761 01:08:29,333 --> 01:08:30,875 - Okay, I know now. 1762 01:08:32,333 --> 01:08:35,000 [drumbeat playing] 1763 01:08:35,083 --> 01:08:37,375 - When I was at Berklee, I had studied things 1764 01:08:37,458 --> 01:08:39,041 where they were moving tapes around 1765 01:08:39,125 --> 01:08:41,541 and make sort of these interesting sonic loops. 1766 01:08:41,624 --> 01:08:43,749 And when Dennis was not there, 1767 01:08:43,833 --> 01:08:46,125 I said, "Well, why don't we just 1768 01:08:46,208 --> 01:08:47,488 "take a bar out of 'Night Fever'? 1769 01:08:47,541 --> 01:08:48,892 "I think it's a little slower tempo. 1770 01:08:48,916 --> 01:08:50,333 "We'll slow it down a little bit 1771 01:08:50,417 --> 01:08:51,851 and see if we can make a loop out of it." 1772 01:08:51,875 --> 01:08:54,833 ["Night Fever" playing] 1773 01:08:54,916 --> 01:08:57,666 ♪ ♪ 1774 01:08:57,749 --> 01:09:00,833 We found a bar that we thought had a really nice feel to it. 1775 01:09:00,916 --> 01:09:02,458 We copied it over to a... 1776 01:09:02,541 --> 01:09:05,333 - 1/2 inch four-track. - 1/2 inch four-track. 1777 01:09:05,417 --> 01:09:08,749 - And spliced the tape into a loop. 1778 01:09:08,833 --> 01:09:09,833 Tape dump. 1779 01:09:09,875 --> 01:09:13,458 [drumbeat playing] 1780 01:09:13,541 --> 01:09:15,000 - I was pretty good at imagining 1781 01:09:15,083 --> 01:09:16,624 what you might be able to do, 1782 01:09:16,708 --> 01:09:18,749 but Carl was able to make it happen. 1783 01:09:18,833 --> 01:09:22,624 - It was just necessity being the mother of invention. 1784 01:09:22,708 --> 01:09:24,958 - No one had taken a drumbeat before 1785 01:09:25,041 --> 01:09:27,541 and created a two-bar phrase. 1786 01:09:27,624 --> 01:09:29,791 We were breaking new ground. 1787 01:09:29,875 --> 01:09:30,958 - Perfect. Good. 1788 01:09:31,041 --> 01:09:34,541 - This is the first time we had ever taken the song 1789 01:09:34,624 --> 01:09:36,875 and built it piece by piece from the ground up, 1790 01:09:36,958 --> 01:09:38,458 and we started with this drum loop. 1791 01:09:38,541 --> 01:09:40,000 [drumbeat] 1792 01:09:40,083 --> 01:09:41,791 And then we did a bass line. 1793 01:09:41,875 --> 01:09:43,666 [funky bass line] 1794 01:09:43,749 --> 01:09:44,833 And then a guitar part. 1795 01:09:44,916 --> 01:09:47,791 [swinging guitar riff] 1796 01:09:47,875 --> 01:09:49,833 ♪ ♪ 1797 01:09:49,916 --> 01:09:53,250 Never again would we rely as much on the liveness. 1798 01:09:53,333 --> 01:09:54,208 We would always know 1799 01:09:54,292 --> 01:09:55,572 that we could construct the song 1800 01:09:55,624 --> 01:09:56,833 and put the pieces together 1801 01:09:56,916 --> 01:09:59,499 based on the original vision of the song 1802 01:09:59,583 --> 01:10:01,000 and how we imagined it. 1803 01:10:01,083 --> 01:10:04,000 ["Stayin' Alive"] 1804 01:10:04,083 --> 01:10:07,624 - I got back to the sessions, and there was just a buzz. 1805 01:10:07,708 --> 01:10:08,624 - When we did it, we thought, 1806 01:10:08,708 --> 01:10:10,167 "We're just doing this temporarily," 1807 01:10:10,250 --> 01:10:11,499 and when Dennis comes back, 1808 01:10:11,583 --> 01:10:13,167 we'll replace it with real drums," 1809 01:10:13,250 --> 01:10:15,875 but what happened is, the feel was so amazing 1810 01:10:15,958 --> 01:10:17,101 that we couldn't get rid of it. 1811 01:10:17,125 --> 01:10:19,375 - He played it for me, and I could tell 1812 01:10:19,458 --> 01:10:21,000 from the first listen. 1813 01:10:21,083 --> 01:10:24,541 I said, "Man, that is amazing." 1814 01:10:24,624 --> 01:10:26,417 - When you listen to the drum track 1815 01:10:26,499 --> 01:10:29,000 on "Stayin' Alive," like, by itself, 1816 01:10:29,083 --> 01:10:31,708 it's really this super rugged, like, tough thing. 1817 01:10:31,791 --> 01:10:35,875 It's like... [mimicking drumbeat] 1818 01:10:35,958 --> 01:10:37,558 It's not pretty or pop like you remember. 1819 01:10:37,583 --> 01:10:38,499 It's pretty tough. 1820 01:10:38,583 --> 01:10:41,708 ♪ ♪ 1821 01:10:41,791 --> 01:10:43,499 - "Stayin' Alive" was the influence 1822 01:10:43,583 --> 01:10:45,541 that New York gave to us. 1823 01:10:45,624 --> 01:10:47,041 And the energy level at that point 1824 01:10:47,125 --> 01:10:50,333 in the late '70s was really that, you know? 1825 01:10:50,417 --> 01:10:51,875 It's survival. It's survival. 1826 01:10:51,958 --> 01:10:52,875 - This is '77. 1827 01:10:52,958 --> 01:10:54,749 Everybody know that time is hard now. 1828 01:10:54,833 --> 01:10:56,250 You know, if I was out there myself, 1829 01:10:56,333 --> 01:10:57,791 I would've got what I wanted too. 1830 01:10:57,875 --> 01:10:58,976 - You were not among the looters? 1831 01:10:59,000 --> 01:11:00,749 - No, I wasn't. Unfortunate. 1832 01:11:00,833 --> 01:11:02,017 - Do you feel personally threatened 1833 01:11:02,041 --> 01:11:03,250 by the .44 Caliber Killer? 1834 01:11:03,333 --> 01:11:04,417 - Yes, I do. 1835 01:11:04,499 --> 01:11:05,619 I don't feel free to go out, 1836 01:11:05,666 --> 01:11:08,083 to walk the streets or go out at all. 1837 01:11:08,167 --> 01:11:10,208 - Very few people realize 1838 01:11:10,292 --> 01:11:11,642 it's to do with anything but dance, 1839 01:11:11,666 --> 01:11:14,125 but the lyrics don't talk about dance at all, 1840 01:11:14,208 --> 01:11:16,583 and the lyrics very obviously state 1841 01:11:16,666 --> 01:11:18,125 the scenario of survival. 1842 01:11:18,208 --> 01:11:20,309 - ♪ Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother ♪ 1843 01:11:20,333 --> 01:11:22,916 ♪ You're stayin' alive, stayin' alive ♪ 1844 01:11:23,000 --> 01:11:24,958 ♪ Feel the city breaking and everybody shaking ♪ 1845 01:11:25,041 --> 01:11:27,708 ♪ And we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive ♪ 1846 01:11:27,791 --> 01:11:29,916 ♪ Ah, ha, ha, ha ♪ 1847 01:11:30,000 --> 01:11:31,499 ♪ Stayin' alive, stayin' alive ♪ 1848 01:11:31,583 --> 01:11:34,417 - If you think about... ♪ Ha, ha, ha, ha ♪ 1849 01:11:34,499 --> 01:11:37,624 I mean, that could very easily have just been a horn line, 1850 01:11:37,708 --> 01:11:39,624 but instead, their voices are so sick, 1851 01:11:39,708 --> 01:11:42,250 they're like, "Nah, we're gonna sing it." 1852 01:11:42,333 --> 01:11:43,250 ♪ ♪ 1853 01:11:43,333 --> 01:11:46,375 - ♪ Oh, when you walk ♪ 1854 01:11:46,458 --> 01:11:49,041 - The general fever at the time 1855 01:11:49,125 --> 01:11:51,624 was, "You must see this film." 1856 01:11:51,708 --> 01:11:55,292 The songs precipitated the interest. 1857 01:11:55,375 --> 01:11:57,958 It was this cultural phenomenon. 1858 01:11:58,041 --> 01:12:00,791 ["More Than a Woman"] 1859 01:12:00,875 --> 01:12:02,125 - In the first week of release, 1860 01:12:02,208 --> 01:12:05,167 they were having to hire extra staff in some cinemas 1861 01:12:05,250 --> 01:12:06,624 to stop them dancing in the aisles. 1862 01:12:06,708 --> 01:12:08,958 - ♪ Girl, I've know you very well ♪ 1863 01:12:09,041 --> 01:12:10,393 ♪ I've seen you growing every day ♪ 1864 01:12:10,417 --> 01:12:11,749 - Other movies were being put back 1865 01:12:11,833 --> 01:12:14,208 or taken out of other screens to make room for "Fever." 1866 01:12:14,292 --> 01:12:16,666 I mean, it was really quite a phenomenon. 1867 01:12:16,749 --> 01:12:19,333 John took me aside at one point and said, 1868 01:12:19,417 --> 01:12:20,458 "Hey, what do you think? 1869 01:12:20,541 --> 01:12:23,292 You think maybe an Academy Award nomination?" 1870 01:12:23,375 --> 01:12:24,815 And I'm thinking, "Jesus Christ, no." 1871 01:12:24,875 --> 01:12:26,292 I mean, this is ridiculous. 1872 01:12:26,375 --> 01:12:28,333 It's a dance movie, you know? 1873 01:12:28,417 --> 01:12:29,458 He had the last laugh. 1874 01:12:29,541 --> 01:12:31,833 - And John Travolta in "Saturday Night Fever." 1875 01:12:31,916 --> 01:12:34,624 [cheers and applause] 1876 01:12:34,708 --> 01:12:35,725 - The "Fever" thing happened. 1877 01:12:35,749 --> 01:12:37,167 That's when everything exploded. 1878 01:12:37,250 --> 01:12:39,000 Other record companies were printing it. 1879 01:12:39,083 --> 01:12:41,017 Then our record company couldn't keep up the pace. 1880 01:12:41,041 --> 01:12:42,059 - We didn't know what was going on 1881 01:12:42,083 --> 01:12:44,958 because this was just a soundtrack. 1882 01:12:45,041 --> 01:12:46,101 - Could I ask, for example, 1883 01:12:46,125 --> 01:12:48,541 what "Saturday Night Fever" has grossed thus far? 1884 01:12:48,624 --> 01:12:50,833 - Around 110 million. [audience cheers] 1885 01:12:50,916 --> 01:12:53,666 At the moment. In America. 1886 01:12:53,749 --> 01:12:55,499 - In America? - In America, yeah. 1887 01:12:55,583 --> 01:12:56,833 - And the album? 1888 01:12:56,916 --> 01:12:58,958 - The album, I think, is nearing 1889 01:12:59,041 --> 01:13:02,292 18 million double albums worldwide. 1890 01:13:02,375 --> 01:13:04,268 - But I mean, that would be the record-breaker of all time. 1891 01:13:04,292 --> 01:13:07,375 - Yes, it's already the biggest-grossing album 1892 01:13:07,458 --> 01:13:09,041 in the history of music. 1893 01:13:09,125 --> 01:13:11,541 - The statistics are just incredible. 1894 01:13:11,624 --> 01:13:14,250 Four singles from "Saturday Night Fever" 1895 01:13:14,333 --> 01:13:17,208 have hit number one since the album was released, 1896 01:13:17,292 --> 01:13:20,333 more than from any other new album in history. 1897 01:13:20,417 --> 01:13:22,208 That's just a few of the statistics 1898 01:13:22,292 --> 01:13:25,041 that lead to gold records like this. 1899 01:13:25,125 --> 01:13:27,125 And so it's my privilege to say, 1900 01:13:27,208 --> 01:13:29,417 ladies and gentlemen, will you welcome 1901 01:13:29,499 --> 01:13:31,041 the Bee Gees! 1902 01:13:31,125 --> 01:13:32,208 [cheers and applause] 1903 01:13:32,292 --> 01:13:33,809 [Walter Murphy's "A Fifth of Beethoven"] 1904 01:13:33,833 --> 01:13:37,250 Has it changed your lives, the enormous success of it? 1905 01:13:37,333 --> 01:13:38,833 [disco-tinged classical music] 1906 01:13:38,916 --> 01:13:41,791 - Yes, I can safely say it's changed our lives. 1907 01:13:41,875 --> 01:13:44,250 [camera shutters clicking] 1908 01:13:44,333 --> 01:13:46,791 - The Bee Gees, I think, were stunned by their success. 1909 01:13:46,875 --> 01:13:49,250 ♪ ♪ 1910 01:13:49,333 --> 01:13:51,875 - We were aware we were creating a specific sound, 1911 01:13:51,958 --> 01:13:53,434 but we didn't know what it was gonna do. 1912 01:13:53,458 --> 01:13:55,125 ♪ ♪ 1913 01:13:55,208 --> 01:13:57,250 - It did end up with them having half the top ten 1914 01:13:57,333 --> 01:13:59,125 with these songs. 1915 01:13:59,208 --> 01:14:00,333 It was extraordinary. 1916 01:14:00,417 --> 01:14:01,809 Kind of the same domination the Beatles had 1917 01:14:01,833 --> 01:14:03,292 in the '60s in America. 1918 01:14:03,375 --> 01:14:05,791 ♪ ♪ 1919 01:14:05,875 --> 01:14:08,292 - They were just everywhere. 1920 01:14:08,375 --> 01:14:10,309 - But our own friends don't treat us the same way. 1921 01:14:10,333 --> 01:14:11,809 - What, from a distance, they treat you? 1922 01:14:11,833 --> 01:14:14,114 - Well, I was speaking to one of my friends the other day, 1923 01:14:14,167 --> 01:14:15,976 and as he was cleaning my shoes, I said, "Listen." 1924 01:14:16,000 --> 01:14:17,292 [laughter] 1925 01:14:17,375 --> 01:14:18,916 - Stigwood said, 1926 01:14:19,000 --> 01:14:20,642 "Let's give the band half a point or a quarter." 1927 01:14:20,666 --> 01:14:23,791 Now, that's not a percentage. That's a tiny amount of money. 1928 01:14:23,875 --> 01:14:25,184 - But when you sell as many copies 1929 01:14:25,208 --> 01:14:27,708 as "Saturday Night Fever" sold, 1930 01:14:27,791 --> 01:14:29,833 it turns out to be big money. 1931 01:14:29,916 --> 01:14:31,833 ♪ ♪ 1932 01:14:31,916 --> 01:14:32,916 - What are you doing 1933 01:14:33,000 --> 01:14:34,541 with these millions of dollars? 1934 01:14:34,624 --> 01:14:36,351 - What are you doing with your millions of dollars? 1935 01:14:36,375 --> 01:14:38,666 - Oh, no. [laughter] 1936 01:14:38,749 --> 01:14:40,458 - It is the biggest night of the year 1937 01:14:40,541 --> 01:14:41,892 for people in the recording industry, 1938 01:14:41,916 --> 01:14:42,916 the Grammy Awards. 1939 01:14:43,000 --> 01:14:45,458 - And the winner is "Saturday Night Fever." 1940 01:14:45,541 --> 01:14:48,250 [cheers and applause] Whoo! 1941 01:14:48,333 --> 01:14:51,292 - For a soundtrack to win Best Album was amazing. 1942 01:14:51,375 --> 01:14:52,851 It went on to be one of the best-selling albums 1943 01:14:52,875 --> 01:14:54,167 in history. 1944 01:14:54,250 --> 01:14:56,791 ♪ ♪ 1945 01:14:56,875 --> 01:14:59,125 - We didn't know we were defining the culture. 1946 01:14:59,208 --> 01:15:01,250 We were just still Barry, Maurice, and Robin 1947 01:15:01,333 --> 01:15:02,749 wondering what the hell's going on. 1948 01:15:02,833 --> 01:15:09,708 ♪ ♪ 1949 01:15:11,083 --> 01:15:13,208 - The fever has been contagious. 1950 01:15:13,292 --> 01:15:16,000 Discos, the places in which to dance away the night 1951 01:15:16,083 --> 01:15:18,167 and the morning hours, are thriving. 1952 01:15:18,250 --> 01:15:19,791 What the fever has done is made 1953 01:15:19,875 --> 01:15:22,916 just about anything related to disco profitable. 1954 01:15:23,000 --> 01:15:24,499 Where there's money to be made, 1955 01:15:24,583 --> 01:15:26,292 disco is the business. 1956 01:15:26,375 --> 01:15:29,499 - We didn't categorize our songs as disco, 1957 01:15:29,583 --> 01:15:31,916 but then we weren't thinking that way at all. 1958 01:15:32,000 --> 01:15:33,393 We were just thinking about writing songs 1959 01:15:33,417 --> 01:15:35,624 based on this discovery of this falsetto voice 1960 01:15:35,708 --> 01:15:37,833 and how well that seemed to work. 1961 01:15:37,916 --> 01:15:39,041 - What the Bee Gees brought, 1962 01:15:39,125 --> 01:15:41,833 I always felt they brought melody to disco. 1963 01:15:41,916 --> 01:15:45,167 Most disco at that point was melody-free, you know? 1964 01:15:45,250 --> 01:15:47,583 This was a different take on disco. 1965 01:15:47,666 --> 01:15:49,458 It was completely for... 1966 01:15:49,541 --> 01:15:51,541 For the broadest possible audience. 1967 01:15:51,624 --> 01:15:52,749 - You got the lyrics? - Yes. 1968 01:15:52,833 --> 01:15:53,833 - Great. - Right here. 1969 01:15:53,875 --> 01:15:55,309 - Okay. Let's go. - Straight into it. 1970 01:15:55,333 --> 01:15:56,749 [guitar strumming] 1971 01:15:56,833 --> 01:15:58,708 One, two, three, four. 1972 01:15:58,791 --> 01:16:02,208 [rough disco music playing] 1973 01:16:02,292 --> 01:16:03,833 Right. Okay. 1974 01:16:03,916 --> 01:16:07,041 ♪ ♪ 1975 01:16:07,125 --> 01:16:10,208 [both vocalizing] 1976 01:16:10,292 --> 01:16:12,875 ♪ ♪ 1977 01:16:12,958 --> 01:16:15,375 - Hey, guys. - It's too slow. 1978 01:16:15,458 --> 01:16:16,642 It would be nice if we could find a bigger sound 1979 01:16:16,666 --> 01:16:17,666 for that solo. 1980 01:16:17,749 --> 01:16:18,666 - Great. 1981 01:16:18,749 --> 01:16:19,666 - The way we rehearsed it last night. 1982 01:16:19,749 --> 01:16:21,916 - All right. [punchy synth notes] 1983 01:16:22,000 --> 01:16:23,041 - Yeah. Just like that. 1984 01:16:23,125 --> 01:16:24,041 Yeah. Beautiful. 1985 01:16:24,125 --> 01:16:25,434 Bring that sound in. That's great. 1986 01:16:25,458 --> 01:16:26,791 [synth note] Yeah. 1987 01:16:26,875 --> 01:16:28,375 - Okay, let's try it again. - Okay. 1988 01:16:28,458 --> 01:16:30,583 One, two, three, four. 1989 01:16:30,666 --> 01:16:32,125 ♪ Tragedy ♪ 1990 01:16:32,208 --> 01:16:34,125 ♪ When the feeling's gone and you can't go on ♪ 1991 01:16:34,208 --> 01:16:36,250 ♪ It's tragedy ♪ 1992 01:16:36,333 --> 01:16:38,458 ♪ When the morning cries and you don't know why ♪ 1993 01:16:38,541 --> 01:16:40,250 ♪ It's hard to bear ♪ 1994 01:16:40,333 --> 01:16:42,250 ♪ With no one beside you ♪ 1995 01:16:42,333 --> 01:16:44,749 ♪ You're going nowhere ♪ 1996 01:16:44,833 --> 01:16:45,916 ♪ ♪ 1997 01:16:46,000 --> 01:16:47,208 ♪ Ah ♪ 1998 01:16:47,292 --> 01:16:49,052 - When we brought out "Spirits Having Flown," 1999 01:16:49,125 --> 01:16:51,083 it did phenomenally well. 2000 01:16:51,167 --> 01:16:54,250 At the same time, "Fever" was still in the top ten. 2001 01:16:54,333 --> 01:16:56,749 You know, we could've left it another year, 2002 01:16:56,833 --> 01:16:59,333 and it still probably would've been a little too soon 2003 01:16:59,417 --> 01:17:01,458 with what was going on with "Fever." 2004 01:17:01,541 --> 01:17:04,541 [Odyssey's "Native New Yorker"] 2005 01:17:04,624 --> 01:17:07,958 [jazzy disco music] 2006 01:17:08,041 --> 01:17:10,583 ♪ ♪ 2007 01:17:10,666 --> 01:17:11,833 - Good morning, everybody. 2008 01:17:11,916 --> 01:17:13,791 Charley Steiner, 99X. 2009 01:17:13,875 --> 01:17:15,624 As is per usual for Monday, 2010 01:17:15,708 --> 01:17:19,125 a very busy day coming into town. 2011 01:17:19,208 --> 01:17:21,833 I'm working at a top 40 station 2012 01:17:21,916 --> 01:17:23,791 in New York, big one, 2013 01:17:23,875 --> 01:17:26,583 WXLO, but it was known as 99X. 2014 01:17:26,666 --> 01:17:29,541 And I was the morning news guy. 2015 01:17:29,624 --> 01:17:33,499 Most radio stations had a very small playlist, 2016 01:17:33,583 --> 01:17:37,791 and the Bee Gees probably had the top four, top five hits 2017 01:17:37,875 --> 01:17:38,875 any given week. 2018 01:17:38,958 --> 01:17:40,958 - 13 CFRW. 2019 01:17:41,041 --> 01:17:42,309 Music of the Bee Gees and "Tragedy." 2020 01:17:42,333 --> 01:17:43,351 - Get out on the dance floor 2021 01:17:43,375 --> 01:17:45,125 and do one more with the Bee Gees. 2022 01:17:45,208 --> 01:17:46,851 - All the Gibb brothers together, the Bee Gees, 2023 01:17:46,875 --> 01:17:47,958 "You Should Be Dancing." 2024 01:17:48,041 --> 01:17:49,559 You should be shaking that thing one time. 2025 01:17:49,583 --> 01:17:52,333 - And for those of us at the radio station, 2026 01:17:52,417 --> 01:17:53,499 we're... [laughs] 2027 01:17:53,583 --> 01:17:55,125 We're gonna take hostages. 2028 01:17:55,208 --> 01:17:56,875 ["Too Much Heaven"] 2029 01:17:56,958 --> 01:17:59,167 - And if you haven't had enough Bee Gees music yet, 2030 01:17:59,250 --> 01:18:01,333 well, we've got more. 2031 01:18:01,417 --> 01:18:04,167 Guess you could kind of call it over-giving. 2032 01:18:04,250 --> 01:18:05,666 - And then Andy Gibb too. 2033 01:18:05,749 --> 01:18:09,125 He was like the caboose on this musical train. 2034 01:18:09,208 --> 01:18:12,958 It was like waves in the sea. 2035 01:18:13,041 --> 01:18:17,208 - ♪ Nobody gets too much heaven no more ♪ 2036 01:18:17,292 --> 01:18:19,375 - You're right on the top of the world. 2037 01:18:19,458 --> 01:18:22,666 What is it that drives you back on the road? 2038 01:18:22,749 --> 01:18:25,375 - When we make records and when we're in the studio, 2039 01:18:25,458 --> 01:18:28,333 we never really see who buys those records. 2040 01:18:28,417 --> 01:18:30,292 I think getting on the road means that to us. 2041 01:18:30,375 --> 01:18:33,208 It means that we come face-to-face with people 2042 01:18:33,292 --> 01:18:34,833 to whom our records mean a lot. 2043 01:18:34,916 --> 01:18:38,208 But to be sure, doing a tour is an enormous amount of work. 2044 01:18:38,292 --> 01:18:40,541 The only thing that I noticed that's not right is, 2045 01:18:40,624 --> 01:18:41,934 it doesn't actually say the Bee Gees, 2046 01:18:41,958 --> 01:18:43,101 and I think it should actually... 2047 01:18:43,125 --> 01:18:44,184 The Bee Gees' name should be... 2048 01:18:44,208 --> 01:18:46,583 It should be "Bee Gees, Spirits Having Flown." 2049 01:18:46,666 --> 01:18:49,208 ["Love You Inside Out"] 2050 01:18:49,292 --> 01:18:52,000 - The '79 tour was a complete sellout. 2051 01:18:52,083 --> 01:18:55,000 - The Bee Gees hadn't toured since 1976, 2052 01:18:55,083 --> 01:18:56,624 and that tour was a promotion 2053 01:18:56,708 --> 01:18:58,143 for the "Spirits Having Flown" album, 2054 01:18:58,167 --> 01:18:59,417 but it was celebrating 2055 01:18:59,499 --> 01:19:01,541 "Saturday Night Fever" as well, you know. 2056 01:19:01,624 --> 01:19:03,541 - 25,000 people are supposed to be here. 2057 01:19:03,624 --> 01:19:04,791 - It's gonna be great. 2058 01:19:04,875 --> 01:19:06,434 - You don't mind the Bee Gees in the rain? 2059 01:19:06,458 --> 01:19:07,916 - No. - No, not at all. 2060 01:19:08,000 --> 01:19:09,916 - We've been here since 9:00 this morning. 2061 01:19:10,000 --> 01:19:12,041 - They're worth waiting in the rain for. 2062 01:19:12,125 --> 01:19:14,583 - I mean, it was huge. 2063 01:19:14,666 --> 01:19:16,749 Dodger Stadium, places like that. 2064 01:19:16,833 --> 01:19:18,875 We used to dream of this. 2065 01:19:18,958 --> 01:19:20,958 Having people in the audience like Barbra Streisand 2066 01:19:21,041 --> 01:19:22,749 watching your show and loving it, you know, 2067 01:19:22,833 --> 01:19:25,292 I mean, these are fantasies. 2068 01:19:25,375 --> 01:19:27,083 You're in a sort of goldfish bowl on tour. 2069 01:19:27,167 --> 01:19:28,475 You know, it's like, you don't see much 2070 01:19:28,499 --> 01:19:29,417 of what's going on out there. 2071 01:19:29,499 --> 01:19:31,083 - Anyway, the most important thing is 2072 01:19:31,167 --> 01:19:32,351 what we're gonna do after the show. 2073 01:19:32,375 --> 01:19:33,708 [laughter] - What do you wanna do? 2074 01:19:33,791 --> 01:19:35,143 - That's what we're here to talk about. 2075 01:19:35,167 --> 01:19:36,583 - It's here. 2076 01:19:36,666 --> 01:19:38,417 The Disco Body Shaper, 2077 01:19:38,499 --> 01:19:40,666 the brand-new exerciser sensation 2078 01:19:40,749 --> 01:19:42,250 that's sweeping the country. 2079 01:19:42,333 --> 01:19:44,083 Send for yours today. 2080 01:19:44,167 --> 01:19:47,499 - Buy it today, be a disco star tonight. 2081 01:19:47,583 --> 01:19:49,583 - Let's disco to Burger King. 2082 01:19:49,666 --> 01:19:51,749 - It all goes back to one thing 2083 01:19:51,833 --> 01:19:53,417 and the same thing that's happening now: 2084 01:19:53,499 --> 01:19:54,583 greed. 2085 01:19:54,666 --> 01:19:56,292 [Rick Dees' "Disco Duck"] 2086 01:19:56,375 --> 01:20:00,292 Greed is the thing that happens in people 2087 01:20:00,375 --> 01:20:03,333 that really ruins a lot of shit. 2088 01:20:03,417 --> 01:20:04,958 - ♪ Went to a party the other night ♪ 2089 01:20:05,041 --> 01:20:06,041 - In the beginning, 2090 01:20:06,083 --> 01:20:07,958 you would buy a disco-bannered record 2091 01:20:08,041 --> 01:20:09,791 and it would be a great song, 2092 01:20:09,875 --> 01:20:11,666 no matter which one you picked out. 2093 01:20:11,749 --> 01:20:14,499 - ♪ Moving my feet to the disco beat ♪ 2094 01:20:14,583 --> 01:20:18,833 - But then some executive in diapers decided, 2095 01:20:18,916 --> 01:20:21,000 "Let's put 'disco' 2096 01:20:21,083 --> 01:20:23,749 on all these records we wanna sell," 2097 01:20:23,833 --> 01:20:26,125 and it wasn't good music anymore. 2098 01:20:26,208 --> 01:20:27,958 It was garbage. 2099 01:20:28,041 --> 01:20:29,624 - ♪ Look at me ♪ 2100 01:20:29,708 --> 01:20:33,125 ♪ I'm the disco duck ♪ 2101 01:20:33,208 --> 01:20:35,749 - [Donald Duck voice] Ah, get down, mama. 2102 01:20:35,833 --> 01:20:37,059 - So that was, I think, the straw 2103 01:20:37,083 --> 01:20:38,208 that broke the camel's back. 2104 01:20:38,292 --> 01:20:39,499 - ♪ Disco ♪ 2105 01:20:39,583 --> 01:20:40,708 ♪ Disco duck ♪ 2106 01:20:40,791 --> 01:20:42,916 - Disco as a purely musical form 2107 01:20:43,000 --> 01:20:45,000 is, you know, dead. 2108 01:20:45,083 --> 01:20:46,000 - I hated it. 2109 01:20:46,083 --> 01:20:47,483 Couldn't think of anything redeem... 2110 01:20:47,541 --> 01:20:48,666 It was old people's music. 2111 01:20:48,749 --> 01:20:51,333 - It was a very easy thing 2112 01:20:51,417 --> 01:20:54,833 to get involved with for commercial reasons. 2113 01:20:54,916 --> 01:20:56,559 - [Donald Duck voice] ♪ Everybody's doing ♪ 2114 01:20:56,583 --> 01:20:58,375 ♪ The disco ♪ 2115 01:20:58,458 --> 01:20:59,833 - I'd like to show you 2116 01:20:59,916 --> 01:21:02,208 how we destroy the disco records. 2117 01:21:02,292 --> 01:21:04,499 This is how I do it. 2118 01:21:04,583 --> 01:21:06,833 Have to kind of get worked up a little bit. 2119 01:21:06,916 --> 01:21:08,125 It's like... - Yeah. 2120 01:21:08,208 --> 01:21:10,000 - And then I just... 2121 01:21:10,083 --> 01:21:11,958 [music slows to a stop] 2122 01:21:12,041 --> 01:21:13,333 Oof. That felt good. 2123 01:21:13,417 --> 01:21:14,517 [Ted Nugent's "Stranglehold"] 2124 01:21:14,541 --> 01:21:16,333 - Our next guest tonight is Steve Dahl. 2125 01:21:16,417 --> 01:21:19,208 And he is a disc jockey for station WLUP-FM 2126 01:21:19,292 --> 01:21:20,875 out in Chicago, Illinois, 2127 01:21:20,958 --> 01:21:22,541 and he hates disco music. 2128 01:21:22,624 --> 01:21:25,375 - Steve Dahl was kind of hard to avoid in Chicago. 2129 01:21:25,458 --> 01:21:28,541 [bold rock music] 2130 01:21:28,624 --> 01:21:34,041 ♪ ♪ 2131 01:21:34,125 --> 01:21:36,541 Steve Dahl was on the radio saying, "Disco sucks. 2132 01:21:36,624 --> 01:21:38,541 Disco sucks." 2133 01:21:38,624 --> 01:21:40,541 I was 14. 2134 01:21:40,624 --> 01:21:42,541 I listened to the Loop, 2135 01:21:42,624 --> 01:21:45,666 the radio station that this kind of centered around. 2136 01:21:45,749 --> 01:21:47,708 - He brings helium to the studio, 2137 01:21:47,791 --> 01:21:50,417 inhales it and imitates the Bee Gees on the air, 2138 01:21:50,499 --> 01:21:52,208 and then breaks up their records. 2139 01:21:52,292 --> 01:21:54,167 - [high-pitched] ♪ How deep is your love? ♪ 2140 01:21:54,250 --> 01:21:57,083 [laughter] ♪ How deep is your love? ♪ 2141 01:21:57,167 --> 01:22:01,250 ♪ I really need to know ♪ 2142 01:22:01,333 --> 01:22:04,916 - You know, when you do all those things, 2143 01:22:05,000 --> 01:22:06,458 like put out garbage, 2144 01:22:06,541 --> 01:22:10,250 you know, have radio being... feeling ostracized 2145 01:22:10,333 --> 01:22:13,250 and a lot of straight people feeling threatened, 2146 01:22:13,333 --> 01:22:17,250 it creates a real poison. 2147 01:22:17,333 --> 01:22:19,624 [crowd cheering] 2148 01:22:19,708 --> 01:22:21,041 - Hello again, everybody. 2149 01:22:21,125 --> 01:22:23,916 Harry Caray and Jimmy Piersall from Comiskey Park, 2150 01:22:24,000 --> 01:22:27,417 where we're gonna have a wild night tonight, 2151 01:22:27,499 --> 01:22:29,041 a twilight doubleheader. 2152 01:22:29,125 --> 01:22:31,583 - I was an usher at Comiskey Park. 2153 01:22:31,666 --> 01:22:33,125 That was my first job. 2154 01:22:33,208 --> 01:22:36,250 - Look at that crowd out there. 2155 01:22:36,333 --> 01:22:37,375 - 50,000 people, 2156 01:22:37,458 --> 01:22:38,738 the largest crowd of the season, 2157 01:22:38,791 --> 01:22:41,250 showed up at Chicago's Comiskey Park. 2158 01:22:41,333 --> 01:22:43,125 Many had come for Disco Demolition Night, 2159 01:22:43,250 --> 01:22:44,916 a promotional gimmick. 2160 01:22:45,000 --> 01:22:47,958 15,000 others had to be turned away. 2161 01:22:48,041 --> 01:22:49,125 - Steve Dahl says, 2162 01:22:49,208 --> 01:22:52,333 "We're gonna let everybody in the White Sox park 2163 01:22:52,417 --> 01:22:55,417 "for 98¢ 2164 01:22:55,499 --> 01:22:57,250 "if you bring a disco record, 2165 01:22:57,333 --> 01:22:58,813 "and we're gonna blow those records up 2166 01:22:58,875 --> 01:23:00,333 in the middle of center field." 2167 01:23:00,417 --> 01:23:02,624 [tense music] 2168 01:23:02,708 --> 01:23:05,125 We're letting people in. 2169 01:23:05,208 --> 01:23:09,250 I pointed out to my chief usher, 2170 01:23:09,333 --> 01:23:11,833 "That record, that record, that record, 2171 01:23:11,916 --> 01:23:14,167 "that record, that record, that record, 2172 01:23:14,250 --> 01:23:16,250 "those aren't disco records. 2173 01:23:16,333 --> 01:23:18,583 Those are just... Those are R&B records." 2174 01:23:18,666 --> 01:23:20,875 ♪ ♪ 2175 01:23:20,958 --> 01:23:24,000 And the thing that I noticed 2176 01:23:24,083 --> 01:23:26,333 more than anything 2177 01:23:26,417 --> 01:23:29,167 was just mostly Black records. 2178 01:23:29,250 --> 01:23:30,791 [crowd cheering] 2179 01:23:30,875 --> 01:23:31,958 - At the same time 2180 01:23:32,041 --> 01:23:34,000 all this stuff is going down in Chicago, 2181 01:23:34,083 --> 01:23:35,833 we were playing the stadiums. 2182 01:23:35,916 --> 01:23:38,375 It was an amazing tour. 2183 01:23:38,458 --> 01:23:41,000 We were sort of, like, in our own little world, 2184 01:23:41,083 --> 01:23:43,125 not thinking about the outside world. 2185 01:23:43,208 --> 01:23:46,125 [upbeat disco music playing] 2186 01:23:46,208 --> 01:23:50,292 ♪ ♪ 2187 01:23:50,375 --> 01:23:53,292 [crowd roaring] 2188 01:23:53,375 --> 01:24:00,375 ♪ ♪ 2189 01:24:15,791 --> 01:24:18,333 - He struck him out, and the ball game is over. 2190 01:24:18,417 --> 01:24:21,167 [cheers and applause] 2191 01:24:22,833 --> 01:24:26,375 - Okay, let's usher Steve down to the explosives 2192 01:24:26,458 --> 01:24:30,375 with a loud "Disco sucks" chant. 2193 01:24:30,458 --> 01:24:32,375 Disco sucks! 2194 01:24:32,458 --> 01:24:34,583 All: Disco sucks! 2195 01:24:34,666 --> 01:24:36,666 Disco sucks! 2196 01:24:36,749 --> 01:24:38,833 Disco sucks! 2197 01:24:38,916 --> 01:24:40,749 Disco sucks! 2198 01:24:40,833 --> 01:24:42,250 Disco sucks! 2199 01:24:42,333 --> 01:24:43,875 ["You Should Be Dancing" playing] 2200 01:24:43,958 --> 01:24:45,558 - Ladies and gentlemen, our brother Andy. 2201 01:24:45,624 --> 01:24:48,583 [crowd cheering] 2202 01:24:48,666 --> 01:24:50,583 ♪ ♪ 2203 01:24:50,666 --> 01:24:52,541 ♪ My baby moves at midnight ♪ 2204 01:24:52,624 --> 01:24:54,250 ♪ ♪ 2205 01:24:54,333 --> 01:24:55,791 ♪ Goes right on till the dawn ♪ 2206 01:24:55,875 --> 01:24:58,000 ♪ ♪ 2207 01:24:58,083 --> 01:25:00,292 ♪ My woman takes me higher ♪ 2208 01:25:00,375 --> 01:25:01,791 ♪ ♪ 2209 01:25:01,875 --> 01:25:03,916 ♪ My woman keeps me warm ♪ 2210 01:25:04,000 --> 01:25:05,916 ♪ ♪ 2211 01:25:06,000 --> 01:25:08,000 all: ♪ What you doing on your back? ♪ 2212 01:25:08,083 --> 01:25:09,292 ♪ Oh-ho ♪ 2213 01:25:09,375 --> 01:25:11,916 ♪ What you doing on your back? ♪ 2214 01:25:12,000 --> 01:25:15,417 ♪ Ah, you should be dancing ♪ 2215 01:25:15,499 --> 01:25:17,708 ♪ Yeah ♪ 2216 01:25:17,791 --> 01:25:20,541 ♪ Dancing, yeah ♪ 2217 01:25:20,624 --> 01:25:25,499 ♪ ♪ 2218 01:25:25,583 --> 01:25:26,749 - Come on! 2219 01:25:26,833 --> 01:25:28,600 - Andy joined us onstage for "You Should Be Dancing," 2220 01:25:28,624 --> 01:25:30,958 and it was the four of us together, 2221 01:25:31,041 --> 01:25:32,583 and Andy joined my mic, 2222 01:25:32,666 --> 01:25:34,458 so we were singing around the one mic, 2223 01:25:34,541 --> 01:25:36,666 and he kept looking up, and he stood back and he goes, 2224 01:25:36,749 --> 01:25:39,041 "Can you believe this shit?" 2225 01:25:39,125 --> 01:25:41,250 all: ♪ Yeah ♪ - Come on. 2226 01:25:41,333 --> 01:25:43,749 - Nobody could believe what was going on. 2227 01:25:43,833 --> 01:25:45,153 And to see the four of us onstage, 2228 01:25:45,208 --> 01:25:46,642 when I looked over and saw Barry and Robin 2229 01:25:46,666 --> 01:25:48,059 and I saw Andy in front of me, I thought, 2230 01:25:48,083 --> 01:25:50,458 "This is how it's gotta be." 2231 01:25:50,541 --> 01:25:53,583 - ♪ Yeah ♪ 2232 01:25:53,666 --> 01:25:58,833 ♪ ♪ 2233 01:25:58,916 --> 01:26:00,624 - How 'bout the Bee Gees? 2234 01:26:00,708 --> 01:26:04,458 [crowd booing] 2235 01:26:04,541 --> 01:26:06,292 Well, listen, we took all the disco records 2236 01:26:06,375 --> 01:26:08,499 that you brought tonight, 2237 01:26:08,583 --> 01:26:11,708 threw 'em in a giant box, 2238 01:26:11,791 --> 01:26:15,333 and we're gonna blow 'em up real good. 2239 01:26:15,417 --> 01:26:22,417 ♪ ♪ 2240 01:26:25,749 --> 01:26:28,167 [fireworks popping] 2241 01:26:28,250 --> 01:26:32,499 One, two, three, boom! 2242 01:26:32,583 --> 01:26:35,041 [explosion booms] 2243 01:26:35,125 --> 01:26:37,624 [cheers and applause] 2244 01:26:37,708 --> 01:26:40,000 That blew 'em up real good! 2245 01:26:40,083 --> 01:26:46,499 ♪ ♪ 2246 01:26:46,583 --> 01:26:48,292 - ♪ Dance ♪ 2247 01:26:48,375 --> 01:26:51,167 - They'd tell you as an usher, every now and then, 2248 01:26:51,250 --> 01:26:53,125 you're gonna get a drunk person 2249 01:26:53,208 --> 01:26:54,833 storming the field. 2250 01:26:54,916 --> 01:26:57,375 Try to grab 'em, hold on to 'em, or whatever. 2251 01:26:57,458 --> 01:27:00,167 But everybody ran on the field. 2252 01:27:00,250 --> 01:27:02,749 - ♪ Dance ♪ 2253 01:27:02,833 --> 01:27:04,375 ♪ Dance ♪ 2254 01:27:04,458 --> 01:27:06,250 ♪ Dance ♪ 2255 01:27:06,333 --> 01:27:08,833 ♪ Dance, dance ♪ 2256 01:27:08,916 --> 01:27:11,208 - When I got older, I recognized 2257 01:27:11,292 --> 01:27:15,708 that this was actually the end of a era. 2258 01:27:15,791 --> 01:27:17,208 - ♪ Dance ♪ 2259 01:27:17,292 --> 01:27:18,208 ♪ Dance ♪ 2260 01:27:18,292 --> 01:27:19,708 - It was a book burning. 2261 01:27:19,791 --> 01:27:22,167 It was a racist, 2262 01:27:22,250 --> 01:27:25,041 homophobic book burning. 2263 01:27:25,125 --> 01:27:28,666 And the Bee Gees got caught up in that 2264 01:27:28,749 --> 01:27:31,083 because they were part of that culture 2265 01:27:31,167 --> 01:27:33,875 that was lifting a lot of people up. 2266 01:27:33,958 --> 01:27:38,250 ♪ ♪ 2267 01:27:38,333 --> 01:27:39,583 [cheers and applause] 2268 01:27:39,666 --> 01:27:40,958 - Thank you. We love you. 2269 01:27:41,041 --> 01:27:43,333 And we'll see you again. Bye-bye. 2270 01:27:45,541 --> 01:27:48,458 [solemn music] 2271 01:27:48,541 --> 01:27:49,916 ♪ ♪ 2272 01:27:50,000 --> 01:27:53,791 - Nearly 7,000 spectators held their very own demolition. 2273 01:27:53,875 --> 01:27:56,666 Game two of the doubleheader was canceled last night. 2274 01:27:56,749 --> 01:28:00,208 That game will be forfeited. 2275 01:28:00,292 --> 01:28:02,499 - The anti-disco movement 2276 01:28:02,583 --> 01:28:05,083 was almost anti-Bee Gees at that point. 2277 01:28:05,167 --> 01:28:07,916 - Ironically, the soundtrack to "Saturday Night Fever," 2278 01:28:08,000 --> 01:28:09,916 the album that made them superstars, 2279 01:28:10,000 --> 01:28:12,583 also branded them as a disco group. 2280 01:28:12,666 --> 01:28:14,250 - Because you can dance to it, I mean, 2281 01:28:14,333 --> 01:28:15,933 doesn't necessarily make it a disco song. 2282 01:28:16,000 --> 01:28:17,583 I mean, you can dance to lots of songs. 2283 01:28:17,666 --> 01:28:20,000 - You really don't wanna be labeled "disco"... 2284 01:28:20,083 --> 01:28:21,292 - No, no. - At all, do you? 2285 01:28:21,375 --> 01:28:23,000 - Because our music is a variety 2286 01:28:23,083 --> 01:28:24,250 of different kinds of music. 2287 01:28:24,333 --> 01:28:25,958 It shouldn't be called just that. 2288 01:28:26,041 --> 01:28:28,000 - So people hated disco. 2289 01:28:28,083 --> 01:28:30,167 Hated it. 2290 01:28:30,250 --> 01:28:31,583 - We had FBI and Secret Service 2291 01:28:31,666 --> 01:28:33,684 around the airplane every time we landed in a certain place 2292 01:28:33,708 --> 01:28:35,458 'cause of the bomb threats. 2293 01:28:35,541 --> 01:28:37,958 It was scary stuff. 2294 01:28:38,041 --> 01:28:39,292 - We were perplexed, 2295 01:28:39,375 --> 01:28:40,708 'cause I got that vibe from them. 2296 01:28:40,791 --> 01:28:42,499 You know, "Why are people doing this?" 2297 01:28:42,583 --> 01:28:44,250 - The Bee Gees claim 2298 01:28:44,333 --> 01:28:46,458 some radio stations around the country 2299 01:28:46,541 --> 01:28:49,167 are refusing to play their new single. 2300 01:28:49,250 --> 01:28:50,517 - The Bee Gees are not allowed to have a hit 2301 01:28:50,541 --> 01:28:51,821 because they had a lot of success 2302 01:28:51,875 --> 01:28:52,995 with "Saturday Night Fever." 2303 01:28:53,041 --> 01:28:54,125 That, to me, is crap. 2304 01:28:54,208 --> 01:28:56,791 - Radio is, of course, very difficult to get back 2305 01:28:56,875 --> 01:28:58,250 once you lose them. 2306 01:28:58,333 --> 01:29:00,541 Back then, if you weren't on the radio, 2307 01:29:00,624 --> 01:29:01,624 there was nothing. 2308 01:29:01,708 --> 01:29:03,541 - Let's all grow up. We're just a pop group. 2309 01:29:03,624 --> 01:29:04,833 We're not a political force. 2310 01:29:04,916 --> 01:29:06,333 We're just making music. 2311 01:29:06,417 --> 01:29:07,976 But I don't think there's any reason to chalk us off 2312 01:29:08,000 --> 01:29:09,499 because we existed in the '70s 2313 01:29:09,583 --> 01:29:11,503 and we would like to exist in the '80s, you know. 2314 01:29:11,583 --> 01:29:14,375 Does anybody mind if we exist in the '80s, thank you? 2315 01:29:14,458 --> 01:29:17,000 - It was so overwhelming, 2316 01:29:17,083 --> 01:29:20,041 and the whole dynamic changed. 2317 01:29:20,125 --> 01:29:22,791 - There were just crazy days. 2318 01:29:22,875 --> 01:29:25,041 I preferred Maurice as Maurice not being a Bee Gee, 2319 01:29:25,125 --> 01:29:26,499 if that makes sense to you. 2320 01:29:26,583 --> 01:29:30,041 I preferred him as Maurice, not being a Bee Gee. 2321 01:29:30,125 --> 01:29:31,708 - Suddenly, they realized 2322 01:29:31,791 --> 01:29:34,000 that they were in a different position. 2323 01:29:34,083 --> 01:29:37,083 Robin went through a kind of... 2324 01:29:37,167 --> 01:29:39,833 It wasn't a breakdown, but it was just something 2325 01:29:39,916 --> 01:29:43,208 where he felt very shy of being in public 2326 01:29:43,292 --> 01:29:45,417 and doing things for a while. 2327 01:29:45,499 --> 01:29:48,041 - The backlash was a very frightening experience. 2328 01:29:48,125 --> 01:29:49,833 When things get to that point, 2329 01:29:49,916 --> 01:29:53,208 you're out of control of the whole thing. 2330 01:29:53,292 --> 01:29:55,226 - We thought the Bee Gees better go on the back burner 2331 01:29:55,250 --> 01:29:57,375 for a while until this dies down 2332 01:29:57,458 --> 01:29:59,041 or something, you know. 2333 01:29:59,125 --> 01:30:01,417 We couldn't do anything as the Bee Gees at all. 2334 01:30:01,499 --> 01:30:03,208 ♪ ♪ 2335 01:30:03,292 --> 01:30:05,458 - Well, backlash, I'm really good on. 2336 01:30:09,666 --> 01:30:13,541 Any band that is successful 2337 01:30:13,624 --> 01:30:16,499 is going to have 2338 01:30:16,583 --> 01:30:20,208 some form of resist... That's just the law of nature. 2339 01:30:20,292 --> 01:30:21,208 [somber music] 2340 01:30:21,292 --> 01:30:23,417 When they get so successful, 2341 01:30:23,499 --> 01:30:24,916 sometimes the only interesting thing 2342 01:30:25,000 --> 01:30:27,292 to say about them is, "Oh, I don't like them. 2343 01:30:27,375 --> 01:30:29,517 "Everyone else likes, you know, 'How Deep Is Your Love.' 2344 01:30:29,541 --> 01:30:32,333 I don't... You know, it's stupid." 2345 01:30:32,417 --> 01:30:34,250 For bands of my generation, 2346 01:30:34,333 --> 01:30:36,250 you understand about the ups and downs. 2347 01:30:36,333 --> 01:30:38,583 You can see it. Like, where are the pitfalls? 2348 01:30:38,666 --> 01:30:40,916 What is the shit you're gonna take? 2349 01:30:41,000 --> 01:30:43,083 When might this happen? When might that happen? 2350 01:30:43,167 --> 01:30:44,958 For those people that were on the first wave 2351 01:30:45,041 --> 01:30:48,208 of sort of global pop superstardom, 2352 01:30:48,292 --> 01:30:49,958 if you wanna call it that, 2353 01:30:50,041 --> 01:30:51,083 it was new to them. 2354 01:30:51,167 --> 01:30:52,976 Like, "Why does everyone suddenly hate our band? 2355 01:30:53,000 --> 01:30:55,083 "We sold 8 billion records last year. 2356 01:30:55,167 --> 01:30:57,208 What's the deal?" 2357 01:30:57,292 --> 01:30:59,458 So it's confusing. 2358 01:30:59,541 --> 01:31:01,250 - It was not just the Bee Gees 2359 01:31:01,333 --> 01:31:05,791 but the idea of dance 2360 01:31:05,875 --> 01:31:07,458 in that period, 2361 01:31:07,541 --> 01:31:10,417 it was no longer acceptable 2362 01:31:10,499 --> 01:31:13,000 for this kind of music to carry the weight, 2363 01:31:13,083 --> 01:31:15,000 to carry the industry. 2364 01:31:15,083 --> 01:31:16,583 ♪ ♪ 2365 01:31:16,666 --> 01:31:18,499 Everybody was at that point in their lives 2366 01:31:18,583 --> 01:31:22,375 where they began to look for other things to do. 2367 01:31:23,875 --> 01:31:26,417 And Andy was having problems too. 2368 01:31:26,499 --> 01:31:28,125 - Andy? Andy... 2369 01:31:28,208 --> 01:31:30,125 - I saw him in Malibu. 2370 01:31:30,208 --> 01:31:31,250 He'd been involved 2371 01:31:31,333 --> 01:31:33,624 with a lot of people who were doing drugs, 2372 01:31:33,708 --> 01:31:35,333 and he was doing drugs. 2373 01:31:35,417 --> 01:31:37,791 He was doing cocaine. 2374 01:31:37,875 --> 01:31:40,583 I talked to him outside on the balcony, 2375 01:31:40,666 --> 01:31:42,642 saying, you know, "This is really a nice house, Andy. 2376 01:31:42,666 --> 01:31:44,749 "It's a nice car out there, that Porsche. 2377 01:31:44,833 --> 01:31:46,000 "Really nice. 2378 01:31:46,083 --> 01:31:48,375 You're not gonna keep all this, you know." 2379 01:31:48,458 --> 01:31:49,833 And he said, "What do you mean?" 2380 01:31:49,916 --> 01:31:51,833 I said, "You do what you're doing, 2381 01:31:51,916 --> 01:31:53,333 "this stuff will vanish. 2382 01:31:53,417 --> 01:31:54,791 "All this stuff will go. 2383 01:31:54,875 --> 01:31:57,167 Your career will go out the window, everything." 2384 01:31:57,250 --> 01:32:00,208 And he says, "I know. I know. I know what I have to do." 2385 01:32:00,292 --> 01:32:03,041 - There was a lot of chaos that I didn't witness, 2386 01:32:03,125 --> 01:32:05,666 but I was aware of it. 2387 01:32:05,749 --> 01:32:07,059 We were scattered all over the place 2388 01:32:07,083 --> 01:32:08,333 for a little while. 2389 01:32:08,417 --> 01:32:10,208 ♪ ♪ 2390 01:32:10,292 --> 01:32:14,041 Robin was either in New York, or Maurice was in England. 2391 01:32:14,125 --> 01:32:15,499 I was alone at the time, 2392 01:32:15,583 --> 01:32:18,000 and I got a phone call from Barbra. 2393 01:32:18,083 --> 01:32:20,708 ♪ ♪ 2394 01:32:20,791 --> 01:32:23,333 She asked me about writing songs for her, 2395 01:32:23,417 --> 01:32:26,666 and that terrified me. 2396 01:32:26,749 --> 01:32:29,375 I don't know if I can do this, you know? 2397 01:32:29,458 --> 01:32:30,708 So I called my brothers, 2398 01:32:30,791 --> 01:32:33,375 and I said, "This is what we gotta do. 2399 01:32:33,458 --> 01:32:35,499 And let's do it." 2400 01:32:35,583 --> 01:32:37,749 And that's how the "Guilty" album came about. 2401 01:32:37,833 --> 01:32:40,499 [Barry Gibb's "Woman in Love"] 2402 01:32:40,583 --> 01:32:41,875 [acoustic pop music] 2403 01:32:41,958 --> 01:32:44,833 We really could not get on the radio. 2404 01:32:44,916 --> 01:32:48,375 So the whole idea was to write for other people. 2405 01:32:48,458 --> 01:32:49,708 Let's be songwriters. 2406 01:32:49,791 --> 01:32:52,417 Let's try and graduate from being a group 2407 01:32:52,499 --> 01:32:55,583 that's probably... 2408 01:32:55,666 --> 01:32:58,000 beginning to fade, you know? 2409 01:32:58,083 --> 01:33:00,708 Let's see if we can dance around that. 2410 01:33:00,791 --> 01:33:04,292 ♪ Life is a moment in space ♪ 2411 01:33:04,375 --> 01:33:07,041 ♪ When the dream is gone ♪ 2412 01:33:07,125 --> 01:33:10,208 ♪ It's a lonelier place ♪ 2413 01:33:10,292 --> 01:33:12,583 - It was more about outlets for writing, 2414 01:33:12,666 --> 01:33:16,125 writing songs that aren't Bee Gees songs. 2415 01:33:16,208 --> 01:33:18,083 They have an attitude somewhere else. 2416 01:33:18,167 --> 01:33:19,833 - ♪ I stumble and fall ♪ 2417 01:33:19,916 --> 01:33:24,541 ♪ But I give you it all ♪ 2418 01:33:24,624 --> 01:33:28,292 ♪ I am a woman in love ♪ 2419 01:33:28,375 --> 01:33:30,417 ♪ And I do anything ♪ 2420 01:33:30,499 --> 01:33:33,458 ♪ To get you into my world ♪ 2421 01:33:33,541 --> 01:33:36,083 - Now, Robin, you and Barry cowrote "Woman in Love," 2422 01:33:36,167 --> 01:33:38,541 which became the international smash. 2423 01:33:38,624 --> 01:33:41,208 Was it difficult taking the woman's perspective? 2424 01:33:41,292 --> 01:33:43,791 - Oh, no. [laughter] 2425 01:33:43,875 --> 01:33:45,250 - It's our way of doing things. 2426 01:33:45,333 --> 01:33:46,333 We will assume that role 2427 01:33:46,375 --> 01:33:47,916 within the song to write the song. 2428 01:33:48,000 --> 01:33:49,875 - After the Barbra Streisand album, 2429 01:33:49,958 --> 01:33:52,083 managers would call up all the time: 2430 01:33:52,167 --> 01:33:53,958 "Gee, can I get together with you guys? 2431 01:33:54,041 --> 01:33:55,333 Will you make my record?" 2432 01:33:55,417 --> 01:33:56,833 And, you know, established artists. 2433 01:33:56,916 --> 01:33:58,333 - ♪ Oh ♪ 2434 01:33:58,417 --> 01:34:03,000 ♪ Why do you have to be a heartbreaker ♪ 2435 01:34:03,083 --> 01:34:04,541 ♪ When I'm just being ♪ 2436 01:34:04,624 --> 01:34:06,749 ♪ What you want me to be? ♪ 2437 01:34:06,833 --> 01:34:10,458 - ♪ Get in the middle of a chain reaction ♪ 2438 01:34:10,541 --> 01:34:12,624 ♪ You get a medal when you're lost in action ♪ 2439 01:34:12,708 --> 01:34:13,851 - It was just as important for us 2440 01:34:13,875 --> 01:34:15,583 to have an artist singing one of our songs 2441 01:34:15,666 --> 01:34:18,333 and being on the radio as it was for ourselves. 2442 01:34:18,417 --> 01:34:19,916 Both: ♪ Islands in the stream ♪ 2443 01:34:20,000 --> 01:34:21,958 ♪ That is what we are ♪ 2444 01:34:22,041 --> 01:34:23,958 ♪ No one in between ♪ 2445 01:34:24,041 --> 01:34:26,333 ♪ How can we be wrong? ♪ 2446 01:34:26,417 --> 01:34:27,583 ♪ Sail away with me ♪ 2447 01:34:27,666 --> 01:34:29,458 - When you write a song with someone in mind 2448 01:34:29,541 --> 01:34:31,000 that you really love 2449 01:34:31,083 --> 01:34:33,833 and then that person ends up singing it, 2450 01:34:33,916 --> 01:34:35,624 there's no reward like it. 2451 01:34:35,708 --> 01:34:40,208 - ♪ Immortality ♪ 2452 01:34:40,292 --> 01:34:41,833 ♪ Oh, baby ♪ 2453 01:34:41,916 --> 01:34:45,541 ♪ There is a vision and a fire in me ♪ 2454 01:34:45,624 --> 01:34:47,624 ♪ Oh ♪ 2455 01:34:47,708 --> 01:34:50,833 - We wrote so many different types of song, 2456 01:34:50,916 --> 01:34:53,666 and that created that new determination 2457 01:34:53,749 --> 01:34:56,833 for us to become the Bee Gees again. 2458 01:34:56,916 --> 01:34:59,333 All: ♪ When a lonely heart breaks ♪ 2459 01:34:59,417 --> 01:35:02,541 ♪ It's the one that forsakes ♪ 2460 01:35:02,624 --> 01:35:05,833 ♪ It's the dream that we stole ♪ 2461 01:35:05,916 --> 01:35:07,583 - I think, over time, 2462 01:35:07,666 --> 01:35:10,041 we became more and more unified. 2463 01:35:10,125 --> 01:35:11,499 By '85, 2464 01:35:11,583 --> 01:35:13,041 we really got it together as a group. 2465 01:35:13,125 --> 01:35:15,167 ♪ ♪ 2466 01:35:15,250 --> 01:35:17,791 We became a real band again. 2467 01:35:17,875 --> 01:35:20,375 ["For Whom the Bell Tolls"] 2468 01:35:20,458 --> 01:35:23,541 all: ♪ For you, it's goodbye ♪ 2469 01:35:23,624 --> 01:35:25,708 ♪ For me, it's to cry ♪ 2470 01:35:25,791 --> 01:35:29,749 ♪ For whom the bell tolls ♪ 2471 01:35:29,833 --> 01:35:31,624 - We never really had a category. 2472 01:35:31,708 --> 01:35:33,875 We just had different periods, 2473 01:35:33,958 --> 01:35:36,499 and we managed to fit into different eras, 2474 01:35:36,583 --> 01:35:38,375 and we saw a lot of people 2475 01:35:38,458 --> 01:35:41,499 who were the champions of their era come and go. 2476 01:35:41,583 --> 01:35:44,499 We didn't always connect, but we stayed around. 2477 01:35:44,583 --> 01:35:46,791 We managed to defy the criticism 2478 01:35:46,875 --> 01:35:47,875 most of the time. 2479 01:35:47,958 --> 01:35:50,875 All: ♪ It's the one that forsakes ♪ 2480 01:35:50,958 --> 01:35:54,583 ♪ It's the dream that we stole ♪ 2481 01:35:54,666 --> 01:35:55,875 - And I just hope and pray 2482 01:35:55,958 --> 01:35:58,250 that the music lasts, you know? 2483 01:35:58,333 --> 01:35:59,749 Because I begin to recognize 2484 01:35:59,833 --> 01:36:01,875 that there's not as much time in front of me 2485 01:36:01,958 --> 01:36:04,624 as there is behind me. 2486 01:36:04,708 --> 01:36:07,624 [somber music] 2487 01:36:07,708 --> 01:36:10,749 ♪ ♪ 2488 01:36:10,833 --> 01:36:11,916 - Hi, Australia. 2489 01:36:12,000 --> 01:36:13,791 This is Andy Gibb here in Miami, 2490 01:36:13,875 --> 01:36:15,583 and I'd like to wish all you kids... 2491 01:36:15,666 --> 01:36:16,958 One more time? 2492 01:36:17,041 --> 01:36:19,916 ♪ ♪ 2493 01:36:20,000 --> 01:36:21,083 Hi, Australia. 2494 01:36:21,167 --> 01:36:22,749 This is Andy Gibb here in Miami, 2495 01:36:22,833 --> 01:36:24,125 and I'd like to wish all the kids 2496 01:36:24,208 --> 01:36:26,791 and all my friends in Australia a very merry Christmas 2497 01:36:26,875 --> 01:36:28,125 and a happy New Year. 2498 01:36:28,208 --> 01:36:29,958 ♪ ♪ 2499 01:36:30,041 --> 01:36:34,250 - ♪ Ah, ah ♪ 2500 01:36:34,333 --> 01:36:38,958 ♪ Ah, ah ♪ 2501 01:36:39,041 --> 01:36:45,958 ♪ Ah, ah, ah ♪ 2502 01:36:46,041 --> 01:36:48,417 ♪ ♪ 2503 01:36:48,499 --> 01:36:49,666 - Barry was first, 2504 01:36:49,749 --> 01:36:51,851 and then, in fact, Robin's half an hour older than I am, 2505 01:36:51,875 --> 01:36:53,250 and we're twins, 2506 01:36:53,333 --> 01:36:55,958 and that's how we basically met. 2507 01:36:56,041 --> 01:36:56,958 [laughs] 2508 01:36:57,041 --> 01:37:01,125 - ♪ Ah, ah ♪ 2509 01:37:01,208 --> 01:37:05,833 ♪ Ah, ah ♪ 2510 01:37:05,916 --> 01:37:10,167 ♪ Ah, ah ♪ 2511 01:37:10,250 --> 01:37:11,517 - Robert Stigwood, this is for you. 2512 01:37:11,541 --> 01:37:12,458 - No, you didn't do it. 2513 01:37:12,541 --> 01:37:13,851 You gotta react to the thing. - What line? 2514 01:37:13,875 --> 01:37:14,958 Oh, the reaction? 2515 01:37:15,041 --> 01:37:15,958 - Yeah. - All right. 2516 01:37:16,041 --> 01:37:17,499 - It's a close-up. - Okay. 2517 01:37:17,583 --> 01:37:19,101 Oh, yeah, that's right. Sorry, do it again. 2518 01:37:19,125 --> 01:37:20,485 - Yeah, do it again. - Do it again. 2519 01:37:20,541 --> 01:37:22,000 Okay. 2520 01:37:22,083 --> 01:37:23,624 Robert Stigwood, this is for you. 2521 01:37:23,708 --> 01:37:28,041 - ♪ Ah ♪ 2522 01:37:28,125 --> 01:37:33,375 ♪ Ah, ah, ah ♪ 2523 01:37:33,458 --> 01:37:37,833 ♪ Ah, ah ♪ 2524 01:37:37,916 --> 01:37:41,375 ♪ Ah, ah ♪ 2525 01:37:41,458 --> 01:37:46,167 [cheers and applause] 2526 01:37:46,250 --> 01:37:47,292 - Ladies and gentlemen, 2527 01:37:47,375 --> 01:37:49,833 an Oscar nominee for "Saturday Night Fever," 2528 01:37:49,916 --> 01:37:52,458 John Travolta. 2529 01:37:52,541 --> 01:37:54,541 - Tonight 2530 01:37:54,624 --> 01:37:57,125 the Recording Academy is celebrating 2531 01:37:57,208 --> 01:38:00,167 three brothers who changed my life 2532 01:38:00,250 --> 01:38:02,541 and the world of music forever, 2533 01:38:02,624 --> 01:38:05,624 and though brothers Robin and Maurice are sadly gone, 2534 01:38:05,708 --> 01:38:08,666 we are thrilled to be joined by a brother like no other, 2535 01:38:08,749 --> 01:38:11,458 one of the most successful singer-songwriters 2536 01:38:11,541 --> 01:38:14,417 of our times, my friend Barry Gibb. 2537 01:38:14,499 --> 01:38:16,708 [cheers and applause] 2538 01:38:16,791 --> 01:38:21,208 - ♪ Hmm ♪ 2539 01:38:21,292 --> 01:38:25,666 [vocal looping] 2540 01:38:25,749 --> 01:38:28,666 ♪ Feel I'm going back ♪ 2541 01:38:28,749 --> 01:38:31,666 ♪ To Massachusetts ♪ 2542 01:38:31,749 --> 01:38:34,375 ♪ ♪ 2543 01:38:34,458 --> 01:38:37,375 ♪ Something's telling me ♪ 2544 01:38:37,458 --> 01:38:40,167 ♪ I must go home ♪ 2545 01:38:40,250 --> 01:38:43,292 - They're a brilliant chapter in the book of music. 2546 01:38:43,375 --> 01:38:44,875 You know, some people are a footnote. 2547 01:38:44,958 --> 01:38:45,958 Some people take up... 2548 01:38:46,000 --> 01:38:48,458 The Beatles and Dylan take up huge... 2549 01:38:48,541 --> 01:38:49,875 But the Bee Gees are there. 2550 01:38:49,958 --> 01:38:53,417 All: ♪ The day I left ♪ 2551 01:38:53,499 --> 01:38:57,208 ♪ Her standing on her own ♪ 2552 01:38:57,292 --> 01:38:59,458 - You go back and look at their body of work, 2553 01:38:59,541 --> 01:39:01,916 and it's some of the best songs ever written. 2554 01:39:02,000 --> 01:39:05,208 - ♪ About the life in Massachusetts ♪ 2555 01:39:05,292 --> 01:39:06,809 - There's nothing else to say about the Bee Gees 2556 01:39:06,833 --> 01:39:08,417 except they were fucking awesome. 2557 01:39:08,499 --> 01:39:11,458 - ♪ Speak about the people ♪ 2558 01:39:11,541 --> 01:39:15,292 ♪ I have seen ♪ 2559 01:39:15,375 --> 01:39:19,250 all: ♪ And the lights all went down ♪ 2560 01:39:19,333 --> 01:39:22,958 ♪ In Massachusetts ♪ 2561 01:39:23,041 --> 01:39:26,041 ♪ And Massachusetts ♪ 2562 01:39:26,125 --> 01:39:30,958 ♪ Is one place I have seen ♪ 2563 01:39:31,041 --> 01:39:34,083 - ♪ And Massachusetts ♪ 2564 01:39:34,167 --> 01:39:39,333 all: ♪ Is one place I have seen ♪ 2565 01:39:39,417 --> 01:39:42,417 [cheers and applause] 2566 01:39:46,541 --> 01:39:49,541 [birds singing] 2567 01:39:52,041 --> 01:39:55,458 - When I think about it now, 2568 01:39:55,541 --> 01:39:57,875 I think about how it all sort of started. 2569 01:39:59,541 --> 01:40:01,791 We just had this dream, 2570 01:40:01,875 --> 01:40:04,292 and we thought, "Well, 2571 01:40:04,375 --> 01:40:06,292 what do we want to be famous for?" 2572 01:40:08,417 --> 01:40:11,041 It turns out it was the songwriting. 2573 01:40:11,125 --> 01:40:14,833 [somber piano music] 2574 01:40:14,916 --> 01:40:18,041 And I think everything we set out to do, 2575 01:40:18,125 --> 01:40:20,208 we did, against all odds. 2576 01:40:20,292 --> 01:40:22,333 ♪ ♪ 2577 01:40:22,417 --> 01:40:24,333 I can't honestly come to terms with the fact 2578 01:40:24,417 --> 01:40:26,167 that they're not here anymore. 2579 01:40:26,250 --> 01:40:28,167 Never been able to do that. 2580 01:40:28,250 --> 01:40:32,333 ♪ ♪ 2581 01:40:32,417 --> 01:40:34,167 I'm always reliving it. 2582 01:40:34,250 --> 01:40:35,559 It's always, "What would Robin think?" 2583 01:40:35,583 --> 01:40:37,333 or, "What would Maurice think?" 2584 01:40:37,417 --> 01:40:39,167 And Andy. 2585 01:40:39,250 --> 01:40:40,624 It never goes away. 2586 01:40:40,708 --> 01:40:43,666 ♪ ♪ 2587 01:40:43,749 --> 01:40:47,041 And what I wanted to say earlier 2588 01:40:47,125 --> 01:40:49,000 is that I'd rather have 'em all back here, 2589 01:40:49,083 --> 01:40:50,583 no hits at all. 2590 01:40:50,666 --> 01:40:55,749 ♪ ♪ 2591 01:40:55,833 --> 01:40:58,749 ["Run to Me" playing] 2592 01:40:58,833 --> 01:41:01,749 [heartfelt acoustic guitar music] 2593 01:41:01,833 --> 01:41:05,541 ♪ ♪ 2594 01:41:05,624 --> 01:41:08,541 [cheers and applause] 2595 01:41:08,624 --> 01:41:13,541 ♪ ♪ 2596 01:41:13,624 --> 01:41:16,916 ♪ If ever you got rain in your heart ♪ 2597 01:41:17,000 --> 01:41:18,417 ♪ ♪ 2598 01:41:18,499 --> 01:41:20,041 ♪ Someone has hurt you ♪ 2599 01:41:20,125 --> 01:41:22,499 ♪ And torn you apart ♪ 2600 01:41:22,583 --> 01:41:23,666 ♪ ♪ 2601 01:41:23,749 --> 01:41:25,875 ♪ Am I unwise ♪ 2602 01:41:25,958 --> 01:41:28,208 ♪ To open up your eyes ♪ 2603 01:41:28,292 --> 01:41:30,916 ♪ To love me? ♪ 2604 01:41:31,000 --> 01:41:33,749 ♪ And when you got nothing to lose ♪ 2605 01:41:33,833 --> 01:41:35,125 ♪ ♪ 2606 01:41:35,208 --> 01:41:37,083 ♪ Nothing to pay for ♪ 2607 01:41:37,167 --> 01:41:39,375 ♪ And nothing to choose ♪ 2608 01:41:39,458 --> 01:41:40,458 ♪ ♪ 2609 01:41:40,499 --> 01:41:42,708 ♪ Am I unwise ♪ - ♪ Oh, no ♪ 2610 01:41:42,791 --> 01:41:44,916 - ♪ To open up your eyes ♪ 2611 01:41:45,000 --> 01:41:47,958 ♪ To love me? ♪ - ♪ Run to me ♪ 2612 01:41:48,041 --> 01:41:51,208 ♪ Whenever you're lonely ♪ 2613 01:41:51,292 --> 01:41:53,541 ♪ Run to me ♪ 2614 01:41:53,624 --> 01:41:56,624 ♪ If you need a shoulder ♪ 2615 01:41:56,708 --> 01:41:59,125 all: ♪ Now and then ♪ 2616 01:41:59,208 --> 01:42:01,875 ♪ You need someone older ♪ 2617 01:42:01,958 --> 01:42:05,958 ♪ So, darling ♪ 2618 01:42:06,041 --> 01:42:11,000 ♪ You run to me ♪ 2619 01:42:11,083 --> 01:42:14,208 [cheers and applause] 2620 01:42:38,666 --> 01:42:41,583 ["Stayin' Alive"] 2621 01:42:41,666 --> 01:42:48,666 ♪ ♪ 2622 01:42:51,791 --> 01:42:54,541 - ♪ Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk ♪ 2623 01:42:54,624 --> 01:42:57,208 ♪ I'm a woman's man, no time to talk ♪ 2624 01:42:57,292 --> 01:42:59,167 ♪ Music loud and women warm ♪ 2625 01:42:59,250 --> 01:43:01,499 ♪ I've been kicked around since I was born ♪ 2626 01:43:01,583 --> 01:43:04,000 all: ♪ And now it's all right, it's okay ♪ 2627 01:43:04,083 --> 01:43:06,333 ♪ And you may look the other way ♪ 2628 01:43:06,417 --> 01:43:08,708 ♪ We can try to understand ♪ 2629 01:43:08,791 --> 01:43:11,041 ♪ "The New York Times'" effect on man ♪ 2630 01:43:11,125 --> 01:43:13,226 ♪ Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother ♪ 2631 01:43:13,250 --> 01:43:15,666 ♪ You're stayin' alive, stayin' alive ♪ 2632 01:43:15,749 --> 01:43:17,791 ♪ Feel the city breaking and everybody shaking ♪ 2633 01:43:17,875 --> 01:43:20,333 ♪ And we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive ♪ 2634 01:43:20,417 --> 01:43:22,666 ♪ Ah, ha, ha, ha ♪ 2635 01:43:22,749 --> 01:43:24,875 ♪ Stayin' alive, stayin' alive ♪ 2636 01:43:24,958 --> 01:43:27,125 ♪ Ah, ha, ha, ha ♪ 2637 01:43:27,208 --> 01:43:31,499 ♪ Stayin' alive ♪ 2638 01:43:31,583 --> 01:43:35,708 [cheers and applause] 2639 01:43:35,791 --> 01:43:37,499 - ♪ And you walk ♪ 2640 01:43:37,583 --> 01:43:41,375 ♪ ♪ 2641 01:43:41,458 --> 01:43:43,541 ♪ Life going nowhere ♪ 2642 01:43:43,624 --> 01:43:46,583 ♪ Somebody help me ♪ 2643 01:43:46,666 --> 01:43:48,375 ♪ Somebody help me, yeah ♪ 2644 01:43:48,458 --> 01:43:52,875 ♪ ♪ 2645 01:43:52,958 --> 01:43:55,041 ♪ Life going nowhere ♪ 2646 01:43:55,125 --> 01:43:58,250 ♪ Somebody help me ♪ 2647 01:43:58,333 --> 01:44:05,250 ♪ I'm stayin' alive ♪ 2648 01:44:05,333 --> 01:44:08,875 ♪ ♪ 2649 01:44:08,958 --> 01:44:11,041 ♪ Life going nowhere ♪ 2650 01:44:11,125 --> 01:44:13,833 ♪ Somebody help me ♪ 2651 01:44:13,916 --> 01:44:15,875 ♪ Somebody help me, yeah ♪ 2652 01:44:15,958 --> 01:44:17,916 ♪ ♪ 2653 01:44:18,000 --> 01:44:20,083 ♪ Somebody ♪ 2654 01:44:20,167 --> 01:44:22,417 ♪ Life going nowhere ♪ 2655 01:44:22,499 --> 01:44:25,958 ♪ Somebody help me ♪ 2656 01:44:26,041 --> 01:44:32,958 ♪ I'm stayin' alive ♪ 2657 01:44:33,041 --> 01:44:36,250 ♪ ♪ 2658 01:44:36,333 --> 01:44:39,333 [cheers and applause] 2659 01:44:56,125 --> 01:44:59,167 crowd: Barry, Barry, Barry, 2660 01:44:59,250 --> 01:45:03,666 Barry, Barry, Barry, Barry, Barry, Barry, 2661 01:45:03,749 --> 01:45:08,624 Barry, Barry, Barry, Barry, Barry, Barry. 2662 01:45:08,708 --> 01:45:11,624 ["Butterfly"] 2663 01:45:11,708 --> 01:45:14,125 [soft acoustic guitar music] 2664 01:45:14,208 --> 01:45:16,833 One, two, three, four. 2665 01:45:16,916 --> 01:45:23,875 ♪ ♪ 2666 01:45:27,541 --> 01:45:30,749 all: ♪ Green fields ♪ 2667 01:45:30,833 --> 01:45:34,749 ♪ Where we used to wander ♪ 2668 01:45:34,833 --> 01:45:36,791 ♪ ♪ 2669 01:45:36,875 --> 01:45:42,041 ♪ Purple valleys ♪ 2670 01:45:42,125 --> 01:45:45,167 ♪ Near my home ♪ 2671 01:45:45,250 --> 01:45:47,458 ♪ ♪ 2672 01:45:47,541 --> 01:45:52,167 ♪ We would play there ♪ 2673 01:45:52,250 --> 01:45:55,541 ♪ Beneath the sky ♪ 2674 01:45:55,624 --> 01:45:58,125 ♪ ♪ 2675 01:45:58,208 --> 01:46:00,708 ♪ Then I kissed you ♪ 2676 01:46:00,791 --> 01:46:03,499 ♪ ♪ 2677 01:46:03,583 --> 01:46:06,499 ♪ Butterfly ♪ 2678 01:46:06,583 --> 01:46:10,208 ♪ ♪ 2679 01:46:10,292 --> 01:46:14,208 ♪ Young girl ♪ 2680 01:46:14,292 --> 01:46:17,708 ♪ You came restless ♪ 2681 01:46:17,791 --> 01:46:19,499 ♪ ♪ 2682 01:46:19,583 --> 01:46:24,875 ♪ And you left me ♪ 2683 01:46:24,958 --> 01:46:27,875 ♪ Here to cry ♪ 2684 01:46:27,958 --> 01:46:30,208 ♪ ♪ 2685 01:46:30,292 --> 01:46:35,375 ♪ My big teardrops ♪ 2686 01:46:35,458 --> 01:46:39,208 ♪ In red pastures ♪ 2687 01:46:39,292 --> 01:46:40,541 ♪ ♪ 2688 01:46:40,624 --> 01:46:43,167 ♪ For I loved you ♪ 2689 01:46:43,250 --> 01:46:45,916 ♪ ♪ 2690 01:46:46,000 --> 01:46:48,749 ♪ Butterfly ♪ 2691 01:46:48,833 --> 01:46:51,083 ♪ ♪ 2692 01:46:51,167 --> 01:46:55,041 ♪ Butterfly ♪ 2693 01:46:55,125 --> 01:46:57,541 ♪ Yeah ♪ 2694 01:46:57,624 --> 01:47:00,167 ♪ I dream about you ♪ 2695 01:47:00,250 --> 01:47:04,208 ♪ Lonely without you, butterfly ♪ 2696 01:47:04,292 --> 01:47:06,624 ♪ ♪ 2697 01:47:06,708 --> 01:47:10,417 ♪ Butterfly ♪ 2698 01:47:10,499 --> 01:47:13,041 ♪ Yeah ♪ 2699 01:47:13,125 --> 01:47:15,624 ♪ Each night I'm sleeping ♪ 2700 01:47:15,708 --> 01:47:19,624 ♪ Your face comes creeping, butterfly ♪ 2701 01:47:19,708 --> 01:47:23,208 ♪ ♪ 2702 01:47:23,292 --> 01:47:26,375 ♪ Green fields ♪ 2703 01:47:26,458 --> 01:47:30,208 ♪ Where we used to wander ♪ 2704 01:47:30,292 --> 01:47:32,083 ♪ ♪ 2705 01:47:32,167 --> 01:47:37,417 ♪ Purple valleys ♪ 2706 01:47:37,499 --> 01:47:40,125 ♪ Near my home ♪ 2707 01:47:40,208 --> 01:47:42,417 ♪ ♪ 2708 01:47:42,499 --> 01:47:46,958 ♪ We would play there ♪ 2709 01:47:47,041 --> 01:47:50,499 ♪ Beneath the sky ♪ 2710 01:47:50,583 --> 01:47:52,791 ♪ ♪ 2711 01:47:52,875 --> 01:47:55,250 ♪ For I loved you ♪ 2712 01:47:55,333 --> 01:47:57,833 ♪ ♪ 2713 01:47:57,916 --> 01:48:00,833 ♪ Butterfly ♪ 2714 01:48:00,916 --> 01:48:02,958 ♪ ♪ 2715 01:48:03,041 --> 01:48:06,458 ♪ Butterfly ♪ 2716 01:48:06,541 --> 01:48:09,333 ♪ Yeah ♪ 2717 01:48:09,417 --> 01:48:11,791 ♪ I dream about you ♪ 2718 01:48:11,875 --> 01:48:15,791 ♪ Lonely without you, butterfly ♪ 2719 01:48:15,875 --> 01:48:18,083 ♪ ♪ 2720 01:48:18,167 --> 01:48:21,583 ♪ Butterfly ♪ 2721 01:48:21,666 --> 01:48:24,333 ♪ Yeah ♪ 2722 01:48:24,417 --> 01:48:26,708 ♪ Each night I'm sleeping ♪ 2723 01:48:26,791 --> 01:48:30,958 ♪ Your face comes creeping, butterfly ♪ 2724 01:48:31,041 --> 01:48:33,375 ♪ ♪ 2725 01:48:33,458 --> 01:48:40,375 ♪ Butterfly ♪ 2726 01:48:40,458 --> 01:48:47,208 ♪ ♪ 2727 01:48:47,292 --> 01:48:50,208 ["Words"] 2728 01:48:50,292 --> 01:48:53,208 [soft piano ballad] 2729 01:48:53,292 --> 01:48:59,000 ♪ ♪ 2730 01:48:59,083 --> 01:49:03,333 - ♪ Smile an everlasting smile ♪ 2731 01:49:03,417 --> 01:49:07,333 ♪ A smile can bring you near to me ♪ 2732 01:49:07,458 --> 01:49:10,041 ♪ ♪ 2733 01:49:10,125 --> 01:49:15,041 ♪ Don't ever let me find you gone ♪ 2734 01:49:15,125 --> 01:49:19,417 ♪ 'Cause that would bring a tear to me ♪ 2735 01:49:19,499 --> 01:49:22,708 ♪ ♪ 2736 01:49:22,791 --> 01:49:26,833 ♪ Talk in everlasting words ♪ 2737 01:49:26,916 --> 01:49:31,250 ♪ And dedicate them all to me ♪ 2738 01:49:31,333 --> 01:49:33,875 ♪ ♪ 2739 01:49:33,958 --> 01:49:38,708 ♪ And I will give you all my life ♪ 2740 01:49:38,791 --> 01:49:43,083 ♪ I'm here if you should call to me ♪ 2741 01:49:43,167 --> 01:49:45,708 ♪ ♪ 2742 01:49:45,791 --> 01:49:47,499 ♪ You think ♪ 2743 01:49:47,583 --> 01:49:50,458 ♪ That I don't even mean ♪ 2744 01:49:50,541 --> 01:49:56,083 ♪ I single word I say ♪ 2745 01:49:56,167 --> 01:49:59,624 ♪ It's only words ♪ 2746 01:49:59,708 --> 01:50:02,708 ♪ And words are all I have ♪ 2747 01:50:02,791 --> 01:50:06,875 ♪ To take your heart away ♪ 2748 01:50:06,958 --> 01:50:08,417 ♪ ♪ 2749 01:50:08,499 --> 01:50:12,208 ♪ It's only words ♪ 2750 01:50:12,292 --> 01:50:15,749 ♪ And words are all I have ♪ 2751 01:50:15,833 --> 01:50:18,333 ♪ To take your heart ♪ 2752 01:50:18,417 --> 01:50:22,541 ♪ Away ♪ 2753 01:50:22,624 --> 01:50:29,624 ♪ ♪ 2754 01:50:40,041 --> 01:50:42,041 [bright tone] 2755 01:50:42,065 --> 01:50:44,065 >>>>oakislandtk<<<<< www.opensubtitles.org 199293

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