The legendary Bee Gees and the tragedy of gaining popularity too soon

Bee Gees band used to storm the 70s with exciting disco songs such as Staying Alive, You should be dancing, Tragedy …

The famous band Bee Gees. However, now everything is just a golden memory when the Gibb family band only has a single member, the oldest brother Barry Gibb. The band’s success was also accompanied by the tragedies of its members. Glorious achievements Bee Gees is an abbreviation for Brothers Gibb, which means Gibb cousins. This family band consists of 3 siblings Barry (SN 1946) and twins Robin, Maurice Gibb (same SN 1949). Born in the Isle of Man – an island between England and Ireland, the Gibb brothers moved to Australia to settle in Australia from a young age. Starting their singing career in 1958, the 3 brothers released their first album in 1963. Arriving in London (UK) since 1967, the group has impressed with the song To love somebody and for 2 consecutive years reign at the top with a series of songs such as Holiday, Massachusetts, Words and I started a Joke. Bee Gees music blends pop, soul, disco and soft rock. Bee Gees has 2 main vocalists, in which, the second brother, Robin, is considered to have a very luxurious voice, pure vibrato. With a wide range of vocals, Robin can vibrate a full needle voice, strong attachment to the highest notes without losing breath. Thanks to vocal training techniques, Robin’s voice is even more elegant, singing the main vocals or singing the part is good. He also has a very skillful, sharp-eared way to pronounce words. However, because Robin does not have good looks like his oldest brother Barry, on the album cover art, Robin is rarely placed in the middle and Barry is pushed on the head, becoming the focus of the group. In return, Barry has a talent for writing lyrics and composing melodies. In addition to being as good at writing lyrics as the oldest brother, Maurice is also a connoisseur of music theory, who knows how to play many musical instruments. Therefore, he often takes care of arranging the choreographies, choral segments and then applies the harmony to highlight solo or chorus parts. Each person has a trait, but it can be said that Bee Gees is a monolithic entity, intertwined, difficult to separate. The proof is that Robin and Barry once had a solo singing period, but not as successful as the group’s singing period. During the period of great development in the UK, Bee Gees’s hit songs were often recorded by Robin as the main vocalist. A few years later, when the disco music movement became at its peak, Barry’s singing with split-minded voice was used, and at the same time, the group’s singing style was fully promoted, both subtle and complex, alternating with main voice. with the singer, juggling is very good. All of these elements add to the sweet melodious melodies, the layered harmony created the Bee Gees phenomenon. Many consider this to be the best trio of all time. From the years 1974-1975 onwards, the Bee Gees group switched from pop to agitated music (with Jive Talking). Bee Gees is also very successful at composing music for movies. They not only set records for the number of copies sold, but also set a framework in the way the melody was composed. With this band, the level of disco music is also increased by one level, while the side singing style is raised to the artistic level, with typical examples such as extremely romantic love songs like How deep is your love. Too much heaven. In the late 1970s, Bee Gees was at the top of the international music scene. This group was the first and only group to have 5 songs in the Top 10 at the same time thanks to the album they wrote for the 1977 movie Saturday night fever. was the best-selling band for three consecutive years from 1977 to 1980 From the 1980s onwards, Bee Gees has also been quite successful with writing for many other famous artists including Barbra Streisand with Woman in Love, Diana Ross with Chain Reaction or, more recently, Celine Dion with Immortality. By the late 1980s, the group’s career began to decline, even though they quickly switched to pop-rock, back to light music in love song writing … Famous tragedy too soon Blossoming at the same time as The Beatles, The Beach Boy, The Stones; Composing great hits, Bee Gees did not make a breakthrough like other bands because he had to maintain a cheerful, comfortable image of a family in front of a crowd. On top of that, they don’t have a spiritual leader, making their image blurry in front of the crowd. The Gibb trio has had ballads for life, with an immortal tune. During a half-century singing career, Bee Gees won 9 Grammy Awards, including 3 career achievement awards and 6 awards for best album and pop vocalist in the two consecutive years 1978-1979. The band has also sold over 240 million records worldwide, including studio albums, live music and soundtracks. However, the group’s success also comes with tragedy. Growing up in poverty in the Australian city of Brisbane, Barry once confessed: “We are a poor family. Used to have to move to 20 homes across Australia, my father could not pay the rent so the family always had to leave at midnight with a lot of luggage. We are forced to make money to live. After leaving Australia for the UK, the group’s career was “like a wind”. The aura that came after a series of bad childhood days made the 3 brothers really overwhelmed. Maurice owns 6 super luxury Rolls-Royces cars at the age of 21. However, popularity has to trade with personal tragedy. Maurice was addicted to alcohol very early, and Robin was also addicted to amphetamine stimulants. Andy, another brother in the family, also died of cocaine addiction at the age of 30. Not joining Bee Gees, Andy split up to sing solo based on his brother’s reputation. Barry Gibb has also been involved in drugs. Luckily than his brothers, Barry’s partner, Linda – a former beauty of Edinburgh city – helped him overcome his addiction crisis. “There was a time when I brought drugs into the house, but in the end I threw it in the toilet. She never wanted me to fall into that quagmire. I may have been like my younger brothers, but I was really lucky, ”he once recalled. Bee Gees’s reputation almost sank after the death of Maurice from a heart attack in 2003. The sad news continued to hit when Robin Gibb discovered liver cancer in 2011 at the age of 61 and died a year later. The group’s career has ended since then.