Bee Gees music created in the 70's

T H E B E E G E E S

 
While the Bee Gees are best known for the music they
created in the ’70s, their early hits were also familiar
radio staples that stand up on their own

 
1. “NEW YORK
MINING DISASTER
1941”
The first song written by Barry and Robin in 1967 after moving from Australia
to England, it became  U.S. single. Inspired by a studio power outage and the Welsh mining accident in 1966, the song isperhaps more commonlrecalled by a line in the chorus: “Have you seenmy wife, Mr. Jones?”
 

 

2. “TO LOVE SOMEBODY”

 
The Bee Gees’ second single release, Barry and
Robin wrote this ballad with the intention of giving
it to Otis Redding. Thes ong was a hit in America, climbing to No. 17 on
the charts, but topped out at No. 41 in the U.K.
Considered one of the most soulful Bee Gees
songs, it was also one of the band’s most-covered.

 
3. “HOLIDAY”

 
Barry and Robin share lead vocals in a song, and
longtime concert favorite, that features an orchestral
arrangement and slow pace. When performed
on stage, Maurice would provide entertainment
by hamming it up for the audience by pretending
to try to sing the song alongside his brothers
but failing to join them in time.

 
4. “MASSACHUSETTS”

 
The Gibb brothers had never even been to the
New England state when they wrote this song in
1967. The song was a response to flower-power
anthems that seemed tosuggest that most young
Americans were all going to San Francisco. Robin
imagined a person feeling homesick for a place he
didn’t even know.

 5. “WORDS”

 
Credited to all three brothers, “Words” was inspired
by something familiar tothe entire group: arguing.
“[It] reflects a mood,” Robin recalled. “Barry
had been arguing with someone. I had been ar-
guing with someone and happened to be in the
same mood. [The arguments were about]
absolutely nothing.They were just words.”

 
6. “I’VE GOTTA GET A MESSAGE TO YOU”

 
Credited to Barry, Robin,and Maurice, the song is
based on a dark premise: a prisoner on death row who
is about to be killed wants to send a message to his
wife. The band envisioned Percy Sledge recording
it (he eventually did) but the Bee Gees’ version was
the hit in both the U.K. and the U.S.

 
7. “I STARTED A JOKE”

 
With a haunting lead vocal by Robin and lyrics
that unfold like a riddle,
“I Started a Joke” was the Bee Gees’ attempt at
psychedelic music. “Therewas a lot of that in those
days,” Barry recalled.
“The idea that if you wrote something, even
if it sounded ridiculous, somebody would find the
meaning for it.”

 
8. “FIRST OF MAY”

 
Written by all three brothers, Barry sings
about the birthday of his dog Barnaby. The song
was released as a lead single over the fl ip-side
recording, “Lamplight,”which featured Robin. This
decision confi rmed forRobin a resentment that
that their manager favored his brother.
Soon after, Robin left the group to go solo

 

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