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Band Name Origins:
- It is an acronym for Brothers Gibb, as mentioned. However, the reason they chose an acronym was because there were originally some members who weren't members of the Gibb family. (The BGs started out as a self-contained five-piece rock and roll band and only later evolved into a 3-piece singing group.) Submitted by: Tim Horrigan
- In addition to the information Bobo posted about the name's origin, Barry Gibb has said in interviews that it reflected the number of people they knew with the initials BG - Barry Gibb, their mother Barbara Gibb, etc. While they were performing as kids and before they settled on their permanent name, they used the names Wee Johnny Hays and the Blue Cats, the Rattlesnakes, and Barry and the Twins. See www.beegees-world.com for a more complete bio. Incidentally, after brother Maurice's death, Barry and Robin have decided to retire the Bee Gees name. Submitted by: Martha Irvin
Better Off Solo:
Name | New Career | Comments & Submitter Name |
| "Andy Gibb" | "I'm not sure what Andy would have been if he hadn't split from his brothers and become addicted to drugs. He knew that he didn't want to do what Barry, Maurice, and Robin were doing. " | - Celeste |
Song Titles Not Used as Lyrics:
Song Name | Comments & Submitter Name |
| "New York Mining Disater 1941" | It should be known as 'Have you seen my wife, Mr. Jones' sice that's the line that is uttered more in this song. - Paul Warren |
Better Names for Current Songs:
Original Song Name | New Song Name | Submitter Name |
| "Bee In A Hive" | "Stayin' Alive" | Kaylie L |
| "5th Of May" | "1st Of May" | Paul Warren |
| "Eat Drink Man Woman" | "More Than A Woman" | abc123 |
| "How Clean Is Your House?" | "How Deep Is Your Love?" | pickle* |
| "How Deep Is The Snow?" | "How Deep Is Your Love?" | winter |
There are additional new song names available. | ||
Literally Impossible Song Titles:
Song/Performer | Comment | Submitter Name |
| "Lonely Days," | Days don't have emotions, including loneliness. | oldtimer |
| "I Just Want To Be Your Everything," | well, you can't be her water, food or air | oldtimer |
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name | Comments & Submittor Name |
| "Nowhere To Run" | "Run To Me," Bee Gees | Kathy |
| "Runaway" | "Run To Me," Bee Gees | Kathy |
| "Baby Come Back" | "Run To Me," Bee Gees | Kathy |
| "Where's Captain Kirk" | "Massachusetts," Bee Gees | britrock |
| There are additional songs titles that answer other songs available. | ||
Remove a Letter From a Song Title:
"How Can You End A Broken Heart" originally "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart"
Jessica Childress
"Fist Of May" originally "First of May"
Was
"How Can You Mend A Broken Heat" originally "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart"
Peter
"Sacred Rust" originally "Sacred Trust"
Heck Noover Nuck
Add a Letter To a Song Title:
"First Of Many" originally "First Of May"
Regina Haniger
"How Can You Mend A Broken Hearth" originally "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart"
Peter
"Knight Fever" originally "Night Fever"
It can be pretty hot in those suits they wore.
Peter
"Swords" originally "Words"
Heather Brockwell
"How Can't You Mend A Broken Heart" originally "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart"
There are some ways not to mend one!
Paul Warren
Change a Letter In a Song Title:
"Lovely Days" originally "Lonely Days"
Chandra
"How Can You Send A Broken Heart" originally "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart"
Jessica Childress
"How Can You Vend A Broken Heart" originally "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart"
Jessica Childress
"How Can You Tend A Broken Heart" originally "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart"
Jessica Childress
"How Can You Rend A Broken Heart" originally "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart"
Jessica Childress
There are additional song titles with a letter changed available.
Song Parodies:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "You Should Be Dancing" | "You Should Meet Francis" | Alvin Rhodes |
| "Words" | "Just Words" | Steve Kalafut |
| "Night Fever" | "Night Vision" | Arwen |
| "Stayin' Alive" | "Slayin' A Knight" | Phil Alexander |
| "New York Mining Disaster 1941" | "A Marriage Diaster " | Stan Hall |
| "Stayin' Alive" | "Party All Night" | the_conqueror_of_parodies |
| "Stayin' Alive" | "Slain With A Knife" | Alvin Rhodes |
| "Massachusetts" | "Wisconsin Dells" | Kahuna Accidentale of the Dells |
| "Night Fever" | "I Hate Algebra" | Dylan Baranski |
| "I've Gotta Get A Message To You" | "This Parody Is Not About Poo" | Rex Ungericht |
There are additional song parodies available. | ||
Untapped Commercial Ideas:
Song Name | Product | Submittor |
| Words | Scrabble | Alice |
Bad Choices for On Hold Music:
Song Name | Company/Organization | Submittor |
| Staying Alive | Suicide hotline | nightrain express |
| More Than A Woman | Transgender Helpline | VJON |
| Staying Alive | Hospital | JoeKing |
| Jive Talkin' | National Center For Political Correctness | Kevin |
| You Should Be Dancin' | Paraplegic Association | Kevin |
| There are additional on hold music ideas available. | ||
Duets Not Yet Performed:
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
| Even the Nights Are Better Air Supply | Nights on Broadway The Bee Gees | Even the Nights on Broadway Are Better | Martha Hankins |
| Take The Money And Run Steve Miller Band | Run To Me Bee Gees | Take The Money And Run To Me | Martha Hankins |
| Boulevard Of Broken Dreams Green Day | Nights On Broadway The Bee Gees | Nights On Boulevard Of Broken Broadway | phantom |
| It Only Takes A Minute Tavares | To Love Somebody The Bee Gees | It Only Takes A Minute To Love Somebody | Gretchen Wieners |
| There are additional duets that haven't been done yet available. | |||
If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be :
Kenny B.G.
Kenny G combined with The Bee Gees
I've just gotta get a message to you...by way of soprano sax.
Submitted By: Martha Hankins
The B.G. 52's
The B-52's combined with Bee Gees
Submitted By: Tasha
Killer Bee Gees
The Killers combined with Bee Gees
We all know what killer bees are. Now if we take this one step further...
Submitted By: Mr. X
Booker T and the BGs
Booker T and the MGs combined with Bee Gees
Submitted By: Evan
There are additional Combined Groups that haven't been done yet available.
Misheard Lyrics:
"Stayin' Alive"
Misheard Lyrics: music cities breakin
and everybody's shakin Original Lyrics: Feel the city breakin'
and ev'rybody shakin'. | "Stayin' Alive"
Misheard Lyrics: New York Times front paper man
Original Lyrics: The New York Times' effect on man
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"You Should Be Dancing"
Misheard Lyrics: She fakes it to be good.
Original Lyrics: She gets it to me good.
| "Stayin Alive"
Misheard Lyrics: Stennie the Lad, Stennie the Lad!
Original Lyrics: Stayin' alive, stayin' alive!
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| There are additional misheard lyrics available. | |
Misheard Lyrics Story:
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"More Than a Woman"
Misheard Lyrics: Four-letter woman
Original Lyrics: More than a woman
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Story about this misheard lyric by: Edward C'mon, it's falsetto heard on AM radio at the time. I was amazed the station was even playing such a "dirty song!" From that moment on, that's how I heard it until I was singing along somewhere in the early 21st century and a friend commented, "That's just rude." I replied, "I know. I can't believe they got away with that." Then the conversation got a little confusing for me until I figured out I had been mishearing the lyrics for the last 30+ years! |
| There are additional misheard stories available. | |
Song Parody Fragments:
"Stayin' Alive"
Better Lyrics:
People try to understand
Why I'm such a girly man
Why I'm such a girly man
Original Lyrics:
People try to understand
The New York Times' effect on man
The New York Times' effect on man
Submitted by: Ashley Gundlach
"Tragedy"
Better Lyrics:
'Tragedy
In the middle of town
When your pants fall down
Its tragedy
When the elastics stuffed
And your pants won't stay up
It's hard to find
A good pair of pants
That won't fall down
In the middle of town
When your pants fall down
Its tragedy
When the elastics stuffed
And your pants won't stay up
It's hard to find
A good pair of pants
That won't fall down
Original Lyrics:
Tragedy
When the feeling's gone And you can't go on
It's tragedy
When the morning cries
And you don't know why
It's hard to bear
With no-one to love you
You're goin' nowhere
When the feeling's gone And you can't go on
It's tragedy
When the morning cries
And you don't know why
It's hard to bear
With no-one to love you
You're goin' nowhere
Submitted by: James Schipper
"Lavatory"
Better Lyrics:
Lavatory
This song was found floating in a
Lavatory
This song was found floating in a
Lavatory
Original Lyrics:
Tragedy
When the feeling’s gone and you can’t go on
It’s tragedy
When the feeling’s gone and you can’t go on
It’s tragedy
Submitted by: Stevie T
Repetitive Lyrics:
"Lonely Days"
The Repetitive Lyrics: Lonely days
Lonely nights Where would I be without my woman? Why They're Repetitive: These are the most-repeated lines in the song; in fact, this is the chorus, which is repeated ad nauseam!
Submitted by: crazydon
| "Living In Chicago"
The Repetitive Lyrics: If you're living in Chicago
It's your home If you're living in Chicago You're alone Why They're Repetitive: From their obscure 1973 album Life in a Tin Can. It sounds as if they were stretching for a rhyme to the word 'alone.' Of course Chicago is your home if you're living in it.
Submitted by: Martha Irvin
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Insincere Lyrics:
"Stayin' Alive"
The Insincere Lyrics: Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk
I'm a woman's man: no time to talk Why They're Insincere: Is it possible to really sell that line in falsetto? A more apt phrasing might be 'I'm a girly man'.
Submitted by: The Walrus
| "I Started a Joke"
The Insincere Lyrics: I finally died,
which started the whole world living, Why They're Insincere: If you're dead, who's singing?
Submitted by: 'Sioux Denim' (real name on file)
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Song Lyrics That Mention Brand Name Products:
"Stayin' Alive"
The Lyrics: We can try to understand
The New York Times' effect on man Product Brand Name: New York Times
Submitted by: Cat
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Song Lyrics That Mention Other Songs:
"Night Fever"
The Song Lyrics: And that sweet city woman
She moves through the light Song They Mention: "Sweet City Woman" by the Stampeders
Submitted by: RJSchex
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Songs That Open With Their Titles:
"Too Much Heaven"
Opening Lines: Nobody gets too much heaven no more, It's much harder to come by, I'm waiting in line.
Comments: It took a year (December 1977) from the release of the Bee Gees' "Night Fever" (the last #1 song from the group from the "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack) to "Too Much Heaven" (December 1978). That was the longest time since their release of "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart" (1971) to "Jive Talkin'" (1975) for the Brothers Gibb. "Too Much Heaven" the first of three #1's for the group in 1979 culled from the "Spirits Having Flown" lp (the other two were "Tragedy" and "Love You Inside Out") was also a throwback to the group's days of MOR/ easy listening material.
Submitted by: Peter
| "Jive Talkin' "
Opening Lines: It's just your jive talkin', You're telling me lies, yeah!
Comments: So started the disco era for the Bee Gees. Unlike what the Bee Gees released before and become known for (soft ballads, MOR), "Jive Talkin'" released in 1975 was the first of many disco songs for the Brothers Gibb. It went to #1 in the fall of 1975, and was an instant Disco classic.
Submitted by: Peter
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Scary Song Lyrics:
"Nights on Broadway"
The Lyrics: Well, I had to follow you
Though you did not want me to But that won't stop my loving you I can't stay away Why: These lines sound like they're being sung by a stalker. In fact, a few of my fellow Bee Gees fans jokingly call this "the stalking song."
Submitted by: Martha Hankins
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Song Title Space Change:
"Stay In Alive" originally "Stayin' Alive"
Submitted by: Peter
Bad Grammar in Song Lyrics:
"Paying the Price of Love"
The Lyrics: How did you find there was somebody more than you want me? I never understood...
Why: The Brothers Gibb songwriting style was to write the song's melody first, then make the lyrics fit the melody. Sometimes the grammar didn't work. This is a more extreme example - it should have correctly been more like "How did you find there was somebody you want more than you want me?."
Submitted by: Martha Hankins
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Band Name Anagrams:
Be Geese Submitted by: Elsie Greer
Real Places Mentioned in Songs:
"Living in Chicago"
The Lyrics: If you're living in Chicago, it's your home
If you're living in Chicago, you're alone Why: Mentioning Chicago, Illinois on their obscure album "Life in a Tin Can."
Submitted by: Martha Hankins
| "Massachusetts (The Lights Went Out)"
The Lyrics: Tried to hitch a ride to San Francisco
Gotta do the things I wanna do And the lights all went out in Massachusetts They brought me back to see my way with you Why: The song is written as a sort of reverse of the Summer of Love, about a person who went to San Francisco but now wants to go home back East.
Submitted by: Martha Hankins
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Super Long Pop Songs:
"Odessa" Length: 7:33
This was when the Bee Gees has gone more symphonic.
Submitted by: Paul Warren
Super Short Pop Songs:
"With all Nations (International Anthem)" Length: 1:47
It's too bad that the Bee Gees didn't do any more classical pieces after the album 'Odessa'.
Submitted by: Paul Warren
Song Title Acrostics:
MOM: "Mind Over Matter"
Now joining DAD.
Submitted by: Beegees
Upbeat Songs With Depressing Lyrics:
"I started a joke"
The Lyrics: I started a joke, that started the whole world crying.
Why: Many of the Bee Gees early recordings are upbeat, but they have sorrowful lyrics. And this song is no exception.
Submitted by: Paul Warren
| "Tragedy"
The Lyrics: Tragedy. When the feeling's gone and you can't go on
It's tragedy. When the morning cries and you don't know why It's hard to bear. When no one's beside you you're going nowhere Why: The whole song is about a guy's anguish over a breakup yet it set to among the most upbeat rhythms possible.
Submitted by: Rich Braham
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