Bee Gees' singer Robin Gibb has died after battle with cancer

BBC ^ | May 21st, 2012 | Staff

[AnAmericanAbroad]

Bee Gees' singer Robin Gibb has died following a lengthy battle with cancer, his family have said.

[AnAmericanAbroad]

I imagine more news will follow. Diana Ross, now Robin Gibb.

[mountn man]

RIP

[dfwgator]

Bad week for disco.

[mountn man]

You mean Donna Summer?

[oh8eleven]

Diana Ross
I think you meant Donna Summer.

[A.A. Cunningham]

Diana Ross

Did she get popped for another DUI?

Donna Summer

[Dallas59]

Couldn’t stand the Bee Gees after that disco movie, but liked them before that. Hope he went painlessly.

[MrEdd]

I can think of younger days when living for my life
Was everything a man could want to do.
I could never see tomorrow, but I was never told about the sorrow.

And how can you mend a broken heart?
How can you stop the rain from falling down?
How can you stop the sun from shining?
What makes the world go round?
How can you mend a this broken man?
How can a loser ever win?
Please help me mend my broken heart and let me live again.

I can still feel the breeze that rustles through the trees
And misty memories of days gone by
We could never see tomorrow, noone said a word about the sorrow.

And how can you mend a broken heart?
How can you stop the rain from falling down?
How can you stop the sun from shining?
What makes the world go round?
How can you mend this broken man?
How can a loser ever win?
Please help me mend my broken heart and let me live again.

[Revolting cat!]

Diana Ross croaked?

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.

[Revolting cat!]

This is the end of the Bee Gees , the Supremes and those others, too. At least we still have the Beach Boys and Bill Haley’s Comets.

[stephenjohnbanker]

No, Donna Summer

[fatnotlazy]

Not yet, but last time I saw her on tv, she didn’t look good.

[Leep]

man, I have a lot of bad jokes. To whoever died this week..RIP

[AnAmericanAbroad]

Yeah. Oops; meant Donna Summer.

[rockinqsranch]

I enjoyed the Bee Gees music when I heard them on the radio, just about any song of theirs, but never persued purchasing any of their work.

May he R.I.P.

[Dallas59]

[Revolting cat!]

Might as well write her off along with the Rolling Stones now that Brenda performed their and not his own tunes on SNL last night with other bands, no doubt to annoy Keef who complained about this practice in his memoirs.

[TwelveOfTwenty]

I wasn’t crazy about the music from SNF, but I liked a lot of the stuff they turned out otherwise. RIP.

[ilovesarah2012]

Diana Ross died???

[Morgana]

always liked this one..

http://youtu.be/A3b9gOtQoq4

Whether you’re a brother
or whether you’re a mother
you’re stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive
Feel the city breakin
and everybody shakin’
and were stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin’ alive

[AnAmericanAbroad]

The Saturday Night Fever soundtrack made the Bee Gees’ superstars, yet it also was the absolute zenith of their career. And once you’ve hit the zenith, well, there’s really only one direction you can go.

I used to HATE disco with a fanatical passion in my heavy metal/punk rock days, but on balance, and with a little perspective, the Bee Gees’ were very, very talented.

RIP Robin Gibb and Donna Summer.

[Revolting cat!]

No, she just jumped the shark.

[ProfoundBabe]

Yes, the early music was much better.

How tragic for Barry. The oldest brother has buried all his younger siblings, starting with the youngest. It is a shame.

RIP Robin and prayers for the remaining family.

[chuckee]

Diana Ross?

I think she’s still stayin alive

[AnAmericanAbroad]

LOL! Good one.

I don’t know why, but I totally got Diana Ross and Donna Summer mixed up.

[dfwgator]

Both Robin and his twin, Maurice died of problems with their intestines....coincidence?

[Leep]

Jonathan Winters and Phyllis Diller are still alive!

[AnAmericanAbroad]

Yes, their earlier music was better.

But I have to admit, “Staying Alive” has a hook that just grabs you. Perfect strut.

Sad for Barry, as you said.

Prayers and condolences to the Gibb family.

[Dallas59]

To Love Somebody

[Revolting cat!]

Valerie Simpson is alive, but Nick Ashford is dead.

[Morgana]

From what I have read that whole Gibb family has had genetic health problems. Not surprised Robin got sick like Maurice. The Gibbs just has that kind of illness that runs in families. Pity because they had talent.

[Borges]

‘Saturday Night Fever’ is a very good film if you can get past its pop culture baggage.

[GOPsterinMA]

RIP Robin Gibb...your music taught the world how to dance.

I'm playing the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack in your honor.

We may die, but DISCO LIVES FOREVER!!!

[Morgana]

http://youtu.be/BBMriOspUvA

[Dallas59]

Nina Simone -To Love Somebody

[Dysart]

This is kind of a tragedy. People scoff at the Bee Gees, what with the disco association and all. But they had tight, soaring harmonies, and while the music maybe wasn’t groundbreaking or profound it was sincere. Any given Gibb boy had more talent in one chest hair than most of today’s pop performers can muster at all.

[Dallas59]

Ok. I wasn’t in love then.

[Las Vegas Ron]

Bad week for disco.

Bad week for another icon of times past by.

Makes be feel old.

I wasn't a huge fan of their music, but the memories their music invokes takes me back to a sweet time in life I'll never forget.

On the flip side, they're # two this week....

[Clintonfatigued]

RIP, he and his brothers made some memorable music.

[SilvieWaldorfMD]

That poor family — first Andy, then Maurice and now Robin!

May he R.I.P.!!!!

[shalom aleichem]

come on - That’s Janet Jackson (Michael’s sister)

[M1903A1]

Very true. I remember reading a similarly-themed article in either NR or American Spectator.

[Dallas59]

The Bee Gees - I've Gotta Get A Message To You

[Las Vegas Ron]

Woo hoo....makes ME feel old...

HE is # two this week.

I’ll resume my usual screw ups later!

[Dallas59]

Bee Gees - Time Is Passing By (1960)

[A.A. Cunningham]

Stand up straighter. The jokes won’t go so far over your grape.

[Dysart]

Nights On Broadway - Midnight Special 1975

I remember this performance. I was 8! and was bemused by Robin's covering his right ear during solos. Great tune, too.

[Ezekiel]

RIP Robin Gibb...your music taught the world how to dance. I'm playing the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack in your honor.

And I fell out of bed
hurting my head
from things that I said

'Til I finally died
Which started the whole world living
Oh if I'd only seen
That the joke was on me.

RIP Robin.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

His contribution to the 80s scene. I think it's one of the better lesser known efforts from that time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqsM-rhF8Ns