# Is the bee gees old people music? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [June 20, 2024, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bee-gees-old-people-music/1003092 "2024-06-20T05:11:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bee-gees-old-people-music/1003092/21 "2024-06-20T14:09:30Z")
Why are you all bothering with this? You should be dancing, YEAH! ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bee-gees-old-people-music/1003092/22 "2024-06-20T14:13:49Z")
Damn. You’re right; I _should_ be. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bee-gees-old-people-music/1003092/23 "2024-06-20T14:24:44Z")
Old people music. I thin I can tell this story again. When I was oh 12, at a KFC, they were playing music on the speakers, and it was “old fogey” music, think Lawrence Welk, maybe 50s hit parade. I complained to my dad, “why don’t they play young people music?” Flash forward to when I was 50, sitting is a different KFC, and they were plying 80s alternative. I thought, “all right!”, and then I realized that now 80s alternative IS “old fogey” music! Per the OP, I liked the Bee Gees in the pre-disco era. Lonely Days, NY Mining Disaster 1941, Massachusetts, hated them during disco, but came to appreciate the SNF stuff MUCH later. So, yes, old people music. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bee-gees-old-people-music/1003092/24 "2024-06-20T16:08:58Z")
I have the Bee Gees hits album on my playlist. Yes, I’m older. They had some success in the early 70’s before disco. Adding the falsetto to the harmony made them perfect for Disco. The John Travolta movie brings new fans? ---
**Author:** ![Jaycat.again](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat.again/32/11525_2.png) [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bee-gees-old-people-music/1003092/25 "2024-06-20T16:10:46Z")
The answer is “yes.” Along with The Clash, Elvis Costello, The Pretenders, etc. etc. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bee-gees-old-people-music/1003092/26 "2024-06-20T16:11:36Z")
I listen to music from the fifties all the way up to now, and I enjoy a lot of it. I think every genre has something to offer. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bee-gees-old-people-music/1003092/27 "2024-06-20T16:18:52Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > The Bee Gees was old people music when it was made. Yeah. I was never a fan. I can unironically listen to ABBA, but not the BeeGees. > [@penultima\_thule](#): > > The Heebeegeebees with “[Meaningless Songs in Very High Voices](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-gZKRKNy4w)” LOL. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bee-gees-old-people-music/1003092/28 "2024-06-20T19:48:51Z")
The SiriusXM station “70s on 7” plays disco regularly. ---
**Author:** ![Retzbu\_Tox](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/retzbu_tox/32/11829_2.png) [@Retzbu\_Tox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Retzbu_Tox)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bee-gees-old-people-music/1003092/29 "2024-06-21T14:46:26Z")
The Brothers Gibb are perpetually relevant in the healthcare field due to the rhythm of _ **Stayin’ Alive** _ being the reference tune for timing your CPR compressions. 🎶 ---
**Author:** ![batsto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b2d939/32.png) [@batsto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/batsto)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bee-gees-old-people-music/1003092/30 "2024-06-21T17:04:53Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Out of sheer curiosity, could you give an example? I am also curious what on Earth this is a reference to. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bee-gees-old-people-music/1003092/31 "2024-06-22T07:06:26Z")
Eh, he responded earlier (post 17 think?) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bee-gees-old-people-music/1003092/32 "2024-06-22T07:15:36Z")
> [@Retzbu\_Tox](#): > > The Brothers Gibb are perpetually relevant in the healthcare field due to the rhythm of _ **Stayin’ Alive** _ being the reference tune for timing your CPR compressions. 🎶 - So is Queen with “Another One Bites The Dust”. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bee-gees-old-people-music/1003092/33 "2024-06-22T07:40:36Z")
Yeah, but _damn_ that’s some negativity when trying to resuscitate a dying person. “Stayin’ Aliiiiiiiiive!” is at least a more positive sentiment. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bee-gees-old-people-music/1003092/34 "2024-06-22T12:54:03Z")
As I am reading this thread, “To Love Somebody” just came up on my Spotify Discover Weekly. Say what you like, that’s a good song. ---
**Author:** ![Rangerdanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/67e7ee/32.png) [@Rangerdanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rangerdanger)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bee-gees-old-people-music/1003092/35 "2024-06-22T13:56:11Z")
My EMT class taught me that if i ever got caught humming Another One Bites the Dust during CPR i should claim it was not the BGs, but Weird Al’s Another One Rides the Bus (slang for ambulance). Being an old people, i remember Death Before Disco. Using Staying Alive for CPR rhythm means the sequence is now: Death (well cardiac arrest), Disco, then Death again (given CPRs survival statistics). Some people claim there ain’t no progress… ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bee-gees-old-people-music/1003092/36 "2024-06-22T14:04:54Z")
Can we all agree that Michael Bolton’s version should be taken out back and beat with a two-by-four until it stops feeling good? ---
**Author:** ![Retzbu\_Tox](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/retzbu_tox/32/11829_2.png) [@Retzbu\_Tox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Retzbu_Tox)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bee-gees-old-people-music/1003092/37 "2024-06-22T17:11:02Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > > [@Retzbu\_Tox](#): > > > > The Brothers Gibb are perpetually relevant in the healthcare field due to the rhythm of _ **Stayin’ Alive** _ being the reference tune for timing your CPR compressions. 🎶 - > > So is Queen with “Another One Bites The Dust”. Might I suggest the mashup so we can agree to disagree? 😁 [https://youtu.be/gU00rZlc9Rg/](https://youtu.be/gU00rZlc9Rg/) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bee-gees-old-people-music/1003092/38 "2024-06-22T21:57:41Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Can we all agree that Michael Bolton’s version should be taken out back and beat with a two-by-four until it stops feeling good? Every song, no, every _note_ Michael Bolton ever sang should get that treatment. Really, there are some very fine covers of “To Love Somebody”, I really like the song, but it’s one of the songs that hack should never have touched (and I’m glad I never heard his version). Now don’t start me talking of the monstrosity that was his cover of “When A Man Loves A Woman”, or else we’d have to move to the pit. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bee-gees-old-people-music/1003092/39 "2024-06-22T22:51:30Z")
“Blue-eyed soul” should not be “blue-eyed whining,” and that’s pretty much his entire repertoire. He’s mangled some really fine tunes — I guess I have to give his producer some credit for picking songs that should have been easy to compile into a memorable discography, but whatcha gonna do? ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bee-gees-old-people-music/1003092/40 "2024-06-22T23:03:07Z")
I actually had a chance to meet Andy and Barry Gibb when I was in high school. My dad was an attorney on a case they were involved with. My dad invited us (my brother and sister and me) to go meet them. I refused in some stupid fit of disco is dead pique. My brother and sister went though. I still very much regret that decision of mine. However, they also gifted my dad two bottles of nice wine which friends and I drank at a party I had at my parent’s house. Which was fun but a complete waste of good wine…we sure had no idea it was good. But we had fun so… I love listening to them now and they are on my playlists. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bee-gees-old-people-music/1003092.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bee-gees-old-people-music/1003092.md?page=3)