So, how do you describe the band's original sound?, well, just saying they were a psych pop band will only give a glimpse of what they had to offer, the truth is they just weren't as talented instrumentally speaking as bands like Love and their songwriting wasn't as good as Brian Wilson's but there were some aspects in their style in which they were the kings, the most important of them?: The vocal harmoniesĭuring this era Barry's voice was way more than just ultra-high pitched falsettos, the sound he created combined with his siblings's voices was just perfect. "1st" was the first album by the band released worldwide and even if it has some flaws is still an essential record for every psych pop fan. We like it or not, the Bee Gees were one of the biggest bands in pop history thanks to their many disco singles in the seventies albums like Saturday Night Fever's soundtrack are filled with cheesy, yet ultra catchy classics, but it is that success the one that overshadows their earlier work in the sixties and the fact is, that many people will laugh when you tell them that they used to be as important in the psychedelic pop scene as bands like The Zombies or The Beach Boys. After decades of reinvention, the Brothers Gibb left behind a catalog that glimmers with an enduring disco-ball sparkle.Review Summary: Before the hits and the falsettos there were The Bee Gees Their collaboration continued until Maurice’s death in 2003 and Robin’s in 2012. After the twinkling lights of the disco faded, the trio released a suite of albums through the ’80s and ’90s with mature, soulful pop that appealed to audiences who had hung up their bell bottoms. Those tracks were both on the monumental 1977 soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever, which took disco’s four-on-the-floor pulse-once a cult soundtrack to the underground club scene-and thrust it into the global mainstream. Their thoughtful songwriting added emotional depth to the effervescent disco craze, while songs like “Night Fever” and “Stayin’ Alive” were filled with the opulent energy and luxurious hedonism that defined the decade. Natural and strutting R&B of 1975’s Main Course, the Bee Gees were no longer adapting to musical trends-they were defining them. The early phase peaked with the 1969 double LP Odessa, a kaleidoscopic mix of progressive rock, soul, and country after a brief hiatus that saw a solo release from Robin, the brothers arrived at the soulful, hi-fidelity pop that perfectly suited their musical gifts.
Born to a musical family in northern England, Barry Gibb and his younger fraternal twin brothers, Robin and Maurice, spent their teen years in Australia before returning in 1967 to ride the Beatlemania wave, positioning themselves as adventurous psych-pop explorers on a string of sweet, melancholy hits. The Bee Gees may be associated with the shimmering disco grooves and stratospheric falsetto of Saturday Night Fever, but the band scored hits in four decades with substance and style, reinventing themselves through setbacks and comebacks marked by graceful harmonies and impeccable songcraft.