When the Bee Gees released their single “Jive Talkin’” in May 1975, it marked a major stylistic turning point in the band’s history. The brotherly trio had already enjoyed success. Between 1967 and ...
Of all the qualities that America has to offer to visitors, you wouldn’t expect poorly tended roads would be high among them. Yet the Bee Gees will forever be grateful to a rugged stretch of Florida ...
“Jive Talkin’” is based around some appropriated lingo the Bee Gees shouldn’t have been using. There’s a reason you don’t hear it today. The fact that this song topped the Billboard Hot 100 in the ...
Firstly, some background. Listen to the Bee Gees’ early catalog, you’ll hear soft rock (“How Do You Mend a Broken Heart”) and Beatlesque baroque pop (“Lonely Days”) but not disco. According to The ...