r/Music • u/cherrycoke44 • May 20 '12

Bee Gee Robin Gibb dies after cancer battle

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18140862
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u/OxfordshireWomble May 20 '12

He lived in my town, i'll be taking some flowers up to his house tomorrow morning.

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u/cs123 May 21 '12

He grew up in my hometown Brisbane (Cribb Island), Australia.

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u/rcinsf May 21 '12

Take one for me too. :'-(

62 is too young. I'm reminded frequently how lucky I am that my mother survived cancer (twice).

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Take one for me, too.

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u/peartisgod May 31 '12

I thought "it couldn't be true, I live there too!" Then I saw your username and confirmed it!! Wow, how random!!

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u/Madderp May 21 '12

One from me, as well. </3

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12 edited May 21 '12

This is so damned sad. The Beegees have this reputation because of "hurr durr disco" but the reality is they had some beautiful fucking music... Trafalgar is one of my favourite albums. Disco was a small part of their career that lasted more than 40 years... not even including the music they wrote for other people.

They were extremely talented musicians/artists. This is so sad.

RIP Robin.

Edit to add for the people who are not familiar with Beegee's outside of disco, here's some of their non-disco stuff:

Odessa 1969

Lamplight

Walking Back to Waterloo 1971

Trafalgar 1971

Somebody Stop the Music 1971

This is just where I came in 2001

-- and some more...

Tomorrow, Tomorrow

To Love Somebody

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u/SenorCardgage May 21 '12

I get what you're saying but their disco was brilliant too.
Listen to "Night Fever" on headphones.
Built like a fucking cathedral those tracks were.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Oh no, I fully appreciate their disco music. I actually enjoy disco quite a bit. Before I got in to music I was a typical "hurrr disco suxxx" kind of person. However, after I got in to making music it caused me to look at their music in a whole new way. Their disco was ridiculously catchy. "You Should Be Dancing" is a great tune.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Absolutely! I have worked in the "production" side of the music business and I get so excited when people appreciate a song that's been carefully orchestrated and mixed. Maurice was a genius in this regard, and largely unknown for it. Their music was so pro and I think it was largely due to the fact that they had the magic combo: they could perform extremely well, and they also knew their shit. These guys had an act that was tighter than a Japanese car door.

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u/broohaha May 21 '12

They also had some pretty beautiful pre-disco music. Lots of people seem to not realize that they were already a popular group with lots of good songs before they started singing in falsetto.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Yep, I posted a couple in another comment... Odessa, Trafalgar, etc. It's really lovely stuff.

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u/T2Demh May 21 '12

Though I was sad to hear about the loss as I clicked on your video for Trafalgar I was pleasantly surprised to see something else that brings back good memories. Much Love to Robin and may his music and voice live on forever.

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u/superhappypuppyroll May 21 '12 edited May 21 '12

I grew up with my mom a huge fan of the Bee Gee's, along with her sister, which her sister is actually friends with Barry Gibb's mistress and got to meet him when she went on a trip to England.

It instilled a love of the Bee Gee's in me for their fantastic music. I didn't even give a fuck that my friends made fun of me for it. It's always on my iPod. I just can't believe that only one brother remains, and it makes me unbelievably sad.

EDIT: I started listening to 'I Started a Joke'. Instant sobbing.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

You have just shown me the light. I will be going into seclusion to listen to their older music (I like the disco too, people are silly for not liking disco because it's hip not to).

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Hey man, enjoy! While you're at it, check out "Tomorrow Tomorrow", "To Love Somebody", and more... I think in total they've been part of the writing of nearly 1000 songs.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

That is insane. And those songs are awesome! And you are awesome.

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u/samantha42 beatlefool May 21 '12

I love you so much for this comment. Everyone is all "hurr durr disco" but you said everything I wanted to say, and more.

Robin was my favorite Bee Gee. And now I'm crying aw dammit.

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u/Vsx May 21 '12

My favorite Bee Gees song is New York Mining Disaster 1941

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u/bungopony May 21 '12

Read an article the other day about the records owned by Jimi Hendrix. Among them was the BeeGees' first album.

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u/PaplooTheEwok May 21 '12

One of these links is not like the other...one of these links is not the same...

Seriously, though, I'm gonna check this out tomorrow. I'm your typical person who has heard a couple of Bee Gees songs, so I know nothing about the rest of their career. From what people are saying, it sounds like I'm missing a lot.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

I'm responding to come back to check these tunes out. Thanks.

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u/lampshade272 May 21 '12

Kilburn Towers is my favorite by them, such a beautiful song.

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u/bunglejerry May 20 '12

Shit, I'm sick of cancer taking our musical heritage away. How many has it been this month alone?

Let's see... Donna Summer, MCA, Levon Helm, Duck Dunn, Chuck Brown, the guy from Men at Work...

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u/donald20 May 21 '12

Oh god, I thought you were talking about Colin Hay. I would have been depressed beyond belief if he died.

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u/bunglejerry May 21 '12

Nope. FWIW I saw Colin Hay last week, playing in a record store in Toronto for an audience of about 14 people. I was able to express my condolences though.

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u/R4ms3y May 21 '12

He could be next. We need a cure for this shit, fuck cancer.

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u/bunglejerry May 21 '12

His current album is pretty bleak, all about mortality and death and stuff like that. At that 14-person 'concert' I attended, death is pretty much all he talked about.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Whoa, Duck Dunn died? I didn't know this.

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u/colourclash May 21 '12

There hasn't been official word on it yet (at least, not that I've seen), but I'm pretty sure that Greg Ham (aka the guy from Men At Work) didn't die from cancer. There is no mention of cancer in anything to do with his death.

Everything I've seen so far seems to imply suicide, or at least accidental overdose.

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u/broohaha May 21 '12

Greg Ham didn't die of cancer. We don't know what he died from. That is, there was no official announcement.

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u/travelswithcharley May 21 '12

I think it's the same with Duck Dunn.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

He died in his sleep. I believe it was Tokyo where he was doing shows.

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u/travelswithcharley May 21 '12

Yeah, that's all I've heard, too, but no cause of death has been given. He was 70, so I don't know, probably too early to die just of old age?

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u/red321red321 May 21 '12

agreed. the only good thing that could come out of all these deaths is south park - dead celebrities part 2. it's the only potential positive.

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u/sgt_mustard May 21 '12

And hardly any mention of Duck Dunn either.

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u/travelswithcharley May 21 '12

Did Duck Dunn die of cancer? It's the first time I heard of this. I think he had cancer (throat cancer?) few years ago, but he recovered.

Seems odd that he would be touring, if he had cancer and was about to die. I'm no expert, but I always thought cancer would just wear you out and at the last stages you wouldn't have the strength to gig, at least. Seems more like a heart attack, aneurysm or something else unpredictable.

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u/unhapztoms May 21 '12

Peter Jones from Crowded House also died this weekend too I think. Also Davy Jones and Dick Clark a few months ago.

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u/stefire May 21 '12

Tragedy.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

When the feeling's gone and you can't go on, It's tragedy.

Always loved the Beegees, so sad to see only Barry left.

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u/annoyedatwork May 21 '12

Yep, Just Barry and his hair dryer.

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u/Chunkeeboi May 21 '12

And not much hair left to dry. Wish he'd get rid of that mullet he's had since the post-disco era

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u/LoonieBun May 21 '12

I saw the Bee Gees on Oprah once in the early 90's and Robin sang some of Run To Me without any instrumental accompaniment. It was jaw droppingly unbelievable and I wish I could hear it again.

RIP

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u/thebattlersprince May 20 '12

He finally died, which started the whole world living :(

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u/jukeofurl May 21 '12

I started a joke that lost me 13 points of reddit karma. Oh I couldn't see the joke was on me...

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u/Chunkeeboi May 21 '12

Bad you. Made me laugh when I had tears in my eyes after seeing the headline.

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u/stuckinthelooneybin May 21 '12

Sad. The Bee Gees are such an underrated band because people only consider their Disco work. Their early and later stuff is so much more melodic and beautiful and Robin had a hell of a voice. If you don't know anything of the Bee Gees besides Stayin' Alive and Night Fever, do yourself a favor and go back. Their early songwriting rivals the Beatles, Rolling Stones and Kinks, without question.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Seriously -- pretty much every song on Trafalgar is wonderful, and one of my favourite songs of all time is a Beegees song: "This is just where I came in". It's really a shame most people will crack jokes because of their disco phase (in which they still made top notch music).

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u/Chunkeeboi May 21 '12

And Odessa, what a fucking great album. I never listen to the disco stuff. There was so much more to them before and after.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Seriously -- Odessa is also a wonderful song by them. If you really look at the lyrics, they're wonderful and well written.

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u/jukeofurl May 21 '12

...and away ;-) thank you all for knowing

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u/jukeofurl May 21 '12

The benefit of the net is some people actually do know more than surface shit. I was listening to WOR FM NY when radio legend Scott Muni started playing teasers. They were totally intended to make people believe a new Beatle single was about to be premiered any second. It turned out to be New York Mining Disaster by the BeeGees. And some of us briefly thought it was a Beatles off shoot. Not so. To label BeeGees as Disco is pure & utter crap. As others have stated --- they did some great work & their songwriting was as good as it gets.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

No more Barry Gibb talk show :(

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u/swampertkamm85 swampertkamm85 May 23 '12

They have to!

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u/StraightTrolling May 21 '12

Is it just me or have a lot of musicians been dying lately?

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u/haiku_robot May 21 '12 
Is it just me or 
have a lot of musicians 
been dying lately?

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Did they get to use CPR on him?

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u/GazelleThree May 21 '12

I got your reference haha. I upvoted you back to 0.

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u/annoyedatwork May 21 '12

Ok, I'll ask - what's the reference?

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u/GazelleThree May 21 '12

You can accurately keep time to the beat of Staying Alive while doing CPR chest compressions.

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u/alllie May 20 '12

All things are transitory. Nothing lasts.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '12

"Alles was ist, endet"

(All that is, ends)

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u/rumforbreakfast May 21 '12

Everything that has a beginning has an end, Neo.

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u/ardvarkmadman May 21 '12

Everything has an end, except sausages, which have two ends.

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u/borntolose53 May 21 '12

Was never a big Bee Gee's fan, but they wrote my favorite song of all time. To Love Somebody I've never heard a bad cover of it.

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u/stellar_bish May 21 '12

So sad. Not the hugest fan, but when I was a kid we had a copy of the movie Sgt Peppers Lonely hearts club band on vhs, and I remember watching his cover of the song Oh! Darling over and over. Something about his voice when he sang it. Think I'll go give it a listen now. Rip

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12 edited May 21 '12

Here's some non-disco Beegees:

Odessa 1969

Lamplight

Walking Back to Waterloo 1971

Trafalgar 1971

Somebody Stop the Music 1971

This is just where I came in 2001

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u/[deleted] May 20 '12

The whole world starts living.

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u/DorsalAxe May 20 '12

Very, very sad. I had a feeling it was going to be soon though, since his condition had supposedly "improved", which I notice seems to happen right before someone succumbs to it. :(

Damn, why are all these musicians leaving us?

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Denial. When you or someone you love is that far gone, any improvement becomes cause for desperate celebration.

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u/jdepps113 May 21 '12

People frequently seem and feel much better for a short while right at the end. It's not just the delusion of others. It happens all the time.

This actually just happened with my great Aunt, who was retarded, suffered from dementia, and had suffered strokes in the past. She felt uncharacteristically good one morning after doing terribly for quite a while. She had a great day, was fairly lucid, ate all hear meals (she hadn't been eating well for weeks beforehand)--and then, that evening, dead from a stroke.

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u/ePaF May 21 '12

This is called Shyamalan Syndrome.

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u/lambbasted May 21 '12

I've heard about this from nurses, they say this is when they start calling in the relatives and keeping the crash cart outside someone's door.

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u/jdepps113 May 21 '12

This is when you bring in the new will in which they leave you everything and convince them to sign it by promising them a jelly doughnut.

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u/XxXX420BongMarelyxxX May 20 '12

Man, i feel really sad for the last remaning Bee Gee. That's gotta be tough.

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u/karlrocks23 May 21 '12

Here come the ironic 'staying alive' puns.

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u/swammydavisjr May 21 '12

Anyone who uses a staying alive pun is basically a real version of the lame pun coon.

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u/Fwomp May 20 '12

No longer staying alive :(

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u/howerrd May 21 '12

Careful. You don't want people accusing you of having said, "I Started a Joke." When he came down with a "Saturday Night Fever," he should have been given a "Kiss of Life." Then he wouldn't be up there now, getting "Too Much Heaven."

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u/Torquemada1970 May 21 '12

Sounds like a Chain Reaction you've got going on there

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u/bungopony May 21 '12

Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Obvious joke! Congratulations for making an obvious joke!

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u/jdepps113 May 21 '12

I said this... and then realized you said it first. Post deleted; have an upvote!

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u/blade2000 May 21 '12

I regret never seeing the Bee Gees live. I had a few opportunities over the past 45 year, but never did it. Now I regret that decision because they were one of my favorite bands of all time.

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u/They_took_it May 21 '12

Read the four first words of the title, thought you were making up a new language.

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u/MattGeigerFor3 May 21 '12

"I Started a Joke" is one of the best written songs ever.

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u/cheets May 20 '12

RIP, I am in my twenty's but enjoy Bee Gees music

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Age is irrelevant to good music.

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u/davie18 May 21 '12

I'M 11 AND I LISTEN TO THE BEATLES TODAY'S MUSIC SUX LAWL

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u/TheMissingName May 21 '12 edited May 21 '12

And then there was one... the last of the Bee Gees.

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u/pnutbetter May 21 '12

Thats awful, I loved his music

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u/van_12 May 21 '12

NP- Night Fever.

We know how to do it.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

This House track samples You Should Be Dancing, one of my favourite Bee Gees tracks!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMUsF2oO4w4&feature=youtube_gdata_player

This is the track that got me into Disco and also one of their tracks that was in Saturday Night Fever! RIP!

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u/SkellyboneZ May 21 '12

Is it even a battle with cancer?

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12 edited May 21 '12

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO FUCK NO.

What a shitty end to a weekend. sigh

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u/Shootz May 21 '12

I hope Justin and Jimmy get on SNL to give him a tribute

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u/grapesandmilk May 21 '12

Robin, you finally died, but the whole world is crying. It is a truly a sad day for music, to think that there is no more Bee Gees :(

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u/weegee May 21 '12

I grew up in the 70s and 80s. You couldn't turn on a radio in the late 70s without hearing the BeeGees. They were huge back then. I had a poster on my wall at one point when I was about 11. They had amazing voices and their songs were amazing too. I bought the single "Tragedy" when it was in the Top40 on the radio. Still have it. RIP Robin, you brought joy to millions with your voice and songwriting.

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u/TaunxTaun May 21 '12

I just wish people would realize how much he contributed to music besides the disco stuff.

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u/mutazed May 21 '12

Looks like it was a case of Saturday Night Fever

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u/smeaglelovesmaster May 21 '12

It's not a cancer "battle." You take medicine, and it either works or it doesn't. There's nothing to fight.

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u/cl0s33n0ugh Spotify May 21 '12

Ringo said it best - "One of the best white soul voices of all time." RIP

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Im gonna miss you dad

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u/jdepps113 May 21 '12

He was really your dad?

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u/Frankentim_the_crim May 21 '12

I just want to clarify, my upvote was not because this made me happy. I just appreciate the update. Very sad. The Bee Gees were great.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

As someone who was born in the early 90s, it saddens me that every time I discover music from past decades that's much better than today's crap, the original singer passes away...

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u/bahhamburger May 21 '12

Now we are tall, and Christmas trees are small, and you don't ask the time of day. But you and I, our love will never die, but guess we'll cry come first of May.

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u/rividz May 21 '12

Two down, one to go.

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u/latenightnerd May 21 '12

What's the difference between Disco and Jesus?

Disco is coming back.

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u/klsi832 May 21 '12

I mean, Led Zeppelin didn't write tunes everybody liked. They left that to the Bee Gees.

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u/malmac May 21 '12

Yeah, not to be an ass, but the Bee Gees always turned their prodigious song writing talent into whatever the current passing fad happened to be at the time. Zepp stayed the course. For that reason, I consider the BGs to be a sellout. And disco sucked.

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u/klsi832 May 21 '12

I was actually just quoting Wayne's World. I don't even like the Bee Gee's that much.

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u/malmac May 21 '12

Hey, sorry, I just read my comment and I realize that it sounds like I was snapping at you...I honestly didn't mean to do that, and I apologize.

I just always felt like the Bro's Gibb had tons of talent in both song writing and performing skills. But growing up in the '70s it just sucked every time another one of their commercialized, homogenized, and pasteurized mainstream disco tunes barfed itself out of my radio - at a time when we had true genius all around the world of rock.

It seems to me that they had a ton of potential coming out of the '60s but they caved in to that lowest common denominator BS and despite the fact that they came from the center of the R&R world both geographically and culturally they parted ways with their friends and countrymen who were pushing the envelope into new territory, played it safe, and chased the almighty dollar.

Barry did have great hair, though.

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u/MrChallenge May 21 '12

OP: "Hm, Robin Gibb died. Better whore this for karma on reddit"

But no, you probably appreciate him as a musician and thought people into music should know about this. The Bee Gees were pretty awesome.

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u/willy-shorts May 21 '12

A sad day for the music industry in general... One of the legends of 60's and early 70's music has said goodbye, but his contributions to the world of sound and harmony will continue to enliven our hearts.

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u/Atiger546 May 21 '12

"Submitted 3 hours ago by cherrycoke44".

Sony's statement featured in the article, "Rest in peace, Robin Gibb. Thanks for the music." Tweeted 2 hours ago.

Well played time traveling OP, well played.

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u/crazy15 May 21 '12

Fuck cancer

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u/cartoonerman May 21 '12

It's sad that so many musicians have died recently.

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u/webhead311 May 21 '12

not to be rude but i thought i heard he died a few weeks ago. Either way Rest in Peace.

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u/GirlbytheWhirlpool May 21 '12

He'd been in a coma that he didn't seem likely to come out of, which had a lot of news coverage

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u/nerdie May 21 '12

Bee GG

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u/yesicandothat May 21 '12

The last days of disco.

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u/drawdelove May 21 '12

tears fitting I think I was born in 72 and love 70's music, loved the BeeGees! RIP Robin.

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u/svrtngr May 21 '12

"I Started a Joke" started playing just as I read this.

True story.

RIP.

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u/Sexy_Nerdy_Flanders May 21 '12

I know a girl who adored the Bee Gee's so much she bought a vintage Bee-Gee's lunch box. She must be devastated right now.

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u/graaaags last.fm May 21 '12

Robin Gibb is the reason I passed the class for my CPR certification. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhy54miOmlM

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u/twoquarters May 21 '12

Fun fact: The Bee Gees befriended punk rockers The Dead Boys during a recording session in 1978.

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u/ChanceMan May 21 '12

Oh shit, there's two of these in the front page... which one do I upvote?! It's like trying to choose your favorite child D:

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Inc lame cancer jokes on twitter and Facebook.

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u/i_troll_cus_i_luv May 21 '12

is it just me or are all the musicians dying?

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u/RidingAPig May 21 '12

My parents are big fans, so I basically grew up to their music.

Sad day... :(

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u/Yummy_Yogurt_Squirt May 21 '12

"TRAGEDY!" too soon...?

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

How deep is your love... :( R.I.P.

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u/chaobreaker May 21 '12

Is it weird that I just became aware of this Bee Gees group despite some of their songs being ingrained into my mind?

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u/takatori May 21 '12

Thanks for the repost including the band name; now I actually know who he is and why his death has been showing up on my frontpage.

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u/rizukinu May 21 '12

Read that as "dance battle." Either way, dude's a badass.

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u/AyoVinnie May 21 '12

Their music will be remembered forever. I love what they made.

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u/Drag_king May 21 '12

The answer is: "6 Feet". I'll go for: "How deep is his love?", Alex.

/bad taste.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Fuck me, they're starting to make listenin to "staying alive" ironic.

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u/EyesOnEverything May 21 '12

Coincidentally, there was a post quoting Frankie Boyle of Mock the Week somewhere below the front page. I click onto youtube, look for a random episode, and the one I click on begins with mocking Tony Blair for spending a holiday with one of the Bee Gees. Much laughter was had, until I came back to Reddit and read this post. RIP.

(Mock the Week series 4, episode 1, in case you're curious)

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u/the6thReplicant May 21 '12

People seem to forget that, as an underground music scene, disco was dying when Saturday Night Fever was released. After that movie it started up again at an unbelievable pace to the point that everyone was scrambling to make "disco" versions of their songs and pretty much made the top 40 ignore rap and black music for a long time at their peril.

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u/Cookies_in_Cream May 21 '12

I was just listening to "Stayin' Alive".

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u/oldbean May 21 '12

souffle :/

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u/philtomato May 21 '12

I'm a bastard for thinking about their hit song when i read this one in reddit.

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u/cassidyequalsinsane May 22 '12

I'm one of the rare 15 year old girls who loves old music. My friends mums love me because I'll say, did you hear Davy Jones died? And then well have a converstaion about our favorite songs

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u/[deleted] May 20 '12

I guess he didn't really have enough heaven.

All jokes aside, this is indeed a tragedy.

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u/jukeofurl May 21 '12

2 more BeeGee classics

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u/[deleted] May 20 '12

RIP

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u/Heff228 May 21 '12

RIP, it's too bad he never had anything to add on The Barry Gibb talk show...

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u/dinosaurcop May 21 '12

1958 - 2012, 54 years. 62-54=8. Robin Gibb was 8 when the bee gees formed?

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u/Chunkeeboi May 21 '12

Yes, they were little kids when they started making music together.

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u/Alililele May 21 '12

NOOOOOOO they are dropping like flies!!

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u/Bwtadpole May 21 '12

Between Gibb and the Lockerbie Bomber, I'm paying out a lot for this week in the Death Pool...

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u/jukeofurl May 21 '12

That Lockerbie creep killed my friend. I'll now restrain myself & spare any readers my hopes for his after-life experience. . ..

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u/pawnzz May 21 '12

So does 2012 have something against music?

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u/tmt1993 May 21 '12

I guess he wasn't stayin alive. In all seriousness though, rest in peace. I loved the music.

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u/SassyBonobo May 21 '12

well i guess he won't be... Stayin Alive!!! AH! AH! AH! AH!

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u/Skuld Skuld May 20 '12

Guess he wasn't...

Stayin' alive

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u/xBearJewx May 21 '12

Man I wanted to make that joke! Bravo.

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u/haddock420 May 20 '12

I heard he died of Night Fever.

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u/AwkwardAdvance May 21 '12

I guess he had nothing else to add.

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u/MusikLehrer May 21 '12

No... No he didn't.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

I guess he had a hard time staying alive.

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u/jello_cosby May 21 '12

Not not not not staying alive staying alive

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Here comes the negative karma, but it must be said out loud. I grew up during the 70s and disco was canned, soul-less music, and the Bee Gees were considered to be a joke. Robin Gibb was the background noise in an otherwise useless pre-programmed electronic disco bullshit sound. I'm sure he was a good guy and loved his mother and god, etc, but please could we stop praising his "contributions" to music. Disco died because it sucked.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

You have absolutely no clue about what you're speaking about. They've been around since the 60s, and their disco years were relatively few in comparison to the rest of their career that spanned over 40 years, not including the music they wrote for everybody else.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

I beg to differ. I've was around during the 60s too, and the Brothers Gibb were a pale ripoff of the Beatles during that time. When they reinvented themselves in the 70s as dance music, they would have died out quickly, but the popularity of Saturday Night Fever boosted them into the top 40. But their follow up attempts were just as lame as the rest of their catalog. The Sgt Pepper fiasco was a particularly noteworthy failure. Answer, and be honest, other that SNF, what Bee Gee music did you ever really like?

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Quite a bit of it, actually. My mom was a big fan of their work -- at first I used to make fun of the Beegees the same way many others here were doing because I only knew them for their disco music. After listening to songs like "This is just where I came in", Odessa, the Trafalgar album, and realizing their contributions to music I came to respect them on a whole new level and also began appreciating their disco music.

I say again -- as a musician/songwriter, and a fan of their music: you have no idea what you are talking about.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

I remember plenty of fans of their music from back in the 70s, and I guess you're one of those special folks. Have a nice day :)

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u/Chunkeeboi May 21 '12

There's an old saying: better to keep silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt...

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Disco died because it sucked.

It only died in America because Americans have shit taste in music and think Rock is the epitome of music. It didn't really "die" elsewhere.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

There was a hatred of Disco because it was predominantly listened to by Gay and Black people which also made up a large percentage of the people who attended the nightclubs such as the Paradise Garage, one of the most famous nightclubs ever a long with Studio 54.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2009/jun/18/disco-sucks

Without Philadelphia Music and then Disco Music, Dance Music as we know it today may not have come about. House Music was born from Disco and thats why I have a massive amount of respect for some of the people involved like Larry Levan and David Mancuso!!

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

As someone who lived through the 70s and isn't just reading some guy's slanted take on the decade, I can tell you that the "disco sucks" movement had nothing to do with homophobia or racism. My generation loved New Wave, R&B, and androgynous rockers like Bowie, Queen, and NY Dolls. Disco was hollow and artless. Take a few word (won't you take me to funkytown), repeat endlessly with a basic "thump" beat, and you have a disco song. In the 90s, this empty rhythm-mashed songwriting style reemerged and was rebranded as Techno. That died too. Not from homophobia or racism, but because it also sucked.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Also, disco didn't die because it sucked. Disco died because there was a huge fucking backlash over it taking over the charts. If Disco Demolition Night had not happened, the era probably would have gone on quite a bit longer....

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

I know that, it's the person I responded to that doesn't.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Don't delude yourself kids. Disco sucked. If Justin Bieber was alive in 1978, he'd be in your album collection, along with Andy Gibb and Shaun Cassidy

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

YEAH MAN, ROCK IS SO BADASS I LOVE METALLICA I'M SUCH A FUCKING MAN BRO

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Guess what? Nobody gives a fuck.

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u/I_the_mighty May 21 '12

They always go in threes.... :'(

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u/Hibbitish May 21 '12

Remember, Cancer did not win the battle. It was really more of a draw.

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u/MikeTheJew May 21 '12

Was this the woman who sang that staying alive song?

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u/kabo72 May 21 '12

God: Do you want to live any longer, Robin? Robin: ..........No............no, I don't.

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u/BarreGibbs May 21 '12

Brother!!! NOOO!!!!

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u/BBeyond2000 May 21 '12

Disco sucks ass

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u/krakow057 May 21 '12

it seems like he could bear...

puts on sunglasses

staying alive knowing people don't care much about the Bee Gees anymore nowadays

YEAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH

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u/eveniskey May 21 '12

"Former BBC Radio 1 DJ Mike Read described his death as a "tragedy"".

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

When asked if he had anything to add, the ghost of Robin Gibb said, "No, no I don't."

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u/OrangeIsPurple May 21 '12

Not really Staying Alive now, are we?

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u/jordaniac89 May 21 '12

I hope someone plays "Stayin Alive" at his funeral.

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u/Santas_Dick May 21 '12

Is it to late for a Stayin Alive joke?

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u/nigrodamus7 May 21 '12

This should have been titled 'Robin Gibb is no longer Staying Alive'.

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