Beautiful reaction to Robin’s signature song, which was played at his funeral. May he rest in eternal peace.

Franklly, I think you are one of the most thoughtful and sensitive music reviewers online. I'm 72, but always appreciate your reactions. Keep it going, man!

I had a rough childhood. I was 13 when this came out. I thought of this as my anthem. I’m almost 69. I survived. Thank you, BeeGees. ❤

Robins voice was hauntingly beautiful. We still miss you Robin. And Maurice too. ❤❤

I know that Barry got most of the attention and praise in the group mainly for his falsetto and I understand that but this vocal by Robin is second to none in my humble opinion.

I admire a man that can be moved to tears. That means you have a Soul!

Robin's voice is vulnerable, & heartbreaking on it's own, so when he sings something sad, I always start crying.......he was one of those unique voices, that can literally pierce your soul 💖💖💖

This song always brought me to tears. I'm 82 and it delights me to see a young man who can be so moved, as well.

His son played that on his phone and placed it on his Dad’s chest after he was pronounced dead. A wonderful tribute from his son. 🥹😇🥰

Words is Barry's big solo song- this was Robin's. His vibrato just makes this song even more poignant. What a great choice.

I saw the Bee Gees in Perth Western Australia in the mid 70's. When Robin sang this song as he sang higher at the end he nearly lifted the roof off the stadium and the standing ovation was incredible. Such a powerful voice that cannot be heard on record, cd or dvd. Also saw him during his solo tour.

Your reaction was beautiful. Robin has the affect on so many. He didn't realize he was as popular as his brother. He was tormented internally I think. You can see that with the songs he writes. But his voice is the most beautiful I've ever heard. Thanks for the awesome reactions. Keep it up.

It takes a man to show his emotions to the extent of tears. Robin has a voice that can touch within.

Their music BEFORE the disco era was their best music

If you love Robin's voice try Run To Me.

Robin had such a beautiful voice.

There is nothing as pure as Robins voice. It stirs the soul.

A beautiful sad song! Always loved Robins voice

Robin’s voice always gets me, especially in their song For Whom the Bell Tolls (1993) That song made me weep the first time I heard it. Definitely do more Robin lead songs. Maurice also had a very beautiful and unique voice and sang lead on some great songs too. Definitely worth checking out ❤

As an older listener, I much prefer the early BeeGees to the 70’s disco era. I love Robins voice in many of the early songs

The Bee Gees actually began their careers in Australia, where they lived for many years when very young. Their first number 1, Spicks and Specks was in Australia. That would be the reason for the first two albums being released in Australia. I have been a Bee Gees fan since they started in Australia. Robin Gibb had one of the finest voices of his generation, imo. It is glorious.

Robin's voice is 1 in a million. A later song that highlights Barry and Robin's voices is For Whom the Bell Tolls. It's been said that the Bee Gees don't write lyrics, they write emotions. You are a wonderful and thoughtful reactor. Great work

One of the best Bee Gees songs. Totally unique voice and perfectly done by Robin.

The Bee Gees were remarkable singers and songwriters 💕 Oh my goodness Robins voice was so gorgeous.

Wasn't that simply amazing? This was my first real exposure to the Bee Gees-- Me, a 19 year old angsty college sophomore, lonely for home and feeling awkward and strange with everyone. I loved this song. I felt Robin was a kindred spirit.

Everyone is so taken by Barry's voice, his incredible falsetto, that they forget that Robin sang lead on a lot of their earlier songs. Robin has a distinctive sound, he is incredible with I'VE GOT TO GET A MESSAGE TO YOU and he wrote and sang of my home state MASSACHUSETTS.. One of my absolute favorite Bee Gees songs is TRAGEDY. A much more hard rocking sound.

Love the Bee Gees' early music especially 60's-70's. You are hearing Robin Gibb's voice in this song "I Started A Joke" from 1968. He also sang lead on "Massachusetts", "I've Gotta Get A Message To You", "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart" etc. Some of their other early hits were "New York Mining Disaster 1941", "To Love Somebody", "Holiday", "World", "And The Sun Will Shine", "Really & Sincerely", "Words", "The Singer Sang His Song", ""Lonely Days", "Melody Fair", "First Of May", "Give Your Best", "Lamplight" etc.

Robin’s son RJ pulled this song up on his phone when he passed away, placed phone on his dad’s chest and played it. RJ said brought a whole new meaning to him. RJ does a great tribute to his dad singing this song as part of the Gibb Collective in my opinion. 😢always brings me to tears

❤Beautiful reaction. Robin also leads off How Can You Mend A Broken Heart💔 and he was lead on the amazing For Whom The Bell Tolls. His vibrato is so unique.

Robin had the most beautiful voice. Tears are the natural reaction to this rendition.

I've noted for awhile , that overlooking Robin , and his notable solo s ......was / is a mistake . This tune , I Started a Joke , is actually my favorite , of all BeeGee s songs . Robin also does a terrific solo of . : Massachusetts ".Thanx for this reaction .

Robin definitely has a very emotional voice. Great reaction.

I miss his voice. RIP Andy, Mo and Robin. You are missed.

Robin's beautiful, ethereal voice went forever quiet way too soon...💜

Robin Gibb had one of the most unique voices ever to exist. This song is so haunting. Lyrics just are so sad but beautiful. No one will ever compare to the bee gees

Emotion is nothing to be ashamed of. I found that very touching I even teared 😢 up. Robins voice just goes threw ur heart. BRILLIANT🎉

No one has as much emotion in their voice as Robin Gibb…no one

Robin my favorite. His voice, omg. Pierces my soul. This song hurts my heart and then his puppy dog eyes R.I.P Robin.

I love this song. One of my faves. Robin was so special. He sang his soul!😊

I'm 72 and English. I remember when the Bee Gees were new in Britain. They were all born on the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea, but then moved to Manchester, their mother's home town, where they started singing in public at a very young age. Then they moved to Australia, where they became professional and left school early. They were amazed by the Beatles when they went to Australia and tried for some years to have a hit record. Then decided to return to England and sign up with Brian Epstein, the Beatles manager. He was too busy and passed them to Robert Stigwood, who took them to success. I always liked Robin the best he had a beautiful voice and when I found out that he was short-sighted like me, it was even better. He said it gave him confidence to go on stage, as he couldn't see the audience. Barry always said that Robin punched more than his weight, both physically and musically.

Whenever I hear this song...I am reminded of how it might be a song of someone spiraling into depression. That is how I see this song. It is incredibly deep and beautiful...and SAD AND HELPLESS at the same time. Robin's voice is unique and I have never heard anyone else sound like HIM...in my 62 yrs on this Planet. The BeeGees will always be remembered fondly and with a ton of love and respect for their work...and their contributions to music. They have written songs for other artists...I believe.

One of my favourite Bee Gees songs! Robins voice was so unique, a strength coupled with a vulnerability that you cannot really put into words.

SalvoG, what a wonderful reaction to Robin's signature song. Every time he performed it live he received a standing ovation sometimes lasting over a minute. One live performance that you should check out would be 1989's Melbourne concert, one of his most notable performances of this amazing song where he did receive a very long standing o. One very horrible incident in Robin's life that probably contributed to him writing very sad songs like "I Started a Joke" was the November 1967 Hither Green train disaster where he and future wife Molly were almost killed. Robin, still a teenager, was nearly decapitated from a train rail that came through their car and missed him by mere inches. He got out through a window and helped Molly out as well and continued to help others who were badly hurt or worse and this horrible experience stayed with him his entire life. Barry even said that it brought the pathos out in his brother and he was never the same. What a brave young man he was that day but it had a very lasting effect on him. Thank you for reacting to one of Robin's most beautiful leads and if I could suggest one other. "I Can't See Nobody" is another amazing Robin lead and "The Midnight Special" channel recently released a 1973 live performance which, in my humble opinion, is his best performance ever of this extraordinary song. He poured his heart and soul into all his live performances but this 1973 performance was just mesmerizing. Please consider reacting to this wonderful Robin lead. It would be greatly appreciated.

I really enjoy watching young people enjoy music from my days, but you are now my favorite. I love that you allow us to see your real response and feelings!

Thanks for going back past the disco. The Bee Gees are probably my all time ever vocal group.

It says something about those times, that a song like that would be played on the airwaves, right next to rock and roll and pop. There is always a place for profound music that actually makes us transcend our mundane lives and see a bigger picture ❤

I love Robin’s voice! So talented and the harmony of all 3 brothers is something that has no comparison

Wow, I love hearing the early BeeGees. Robin's voice brings out my emotions. Tears to my eyes. Not sad, majestic.

The song HOLIDAY ❤ Robin’s vibrato has a haunting quality, strong and clear. Most BeeGees songs that are sad, feature his voice as lead. His voice is so unique that I actually recognized it when I heard an “unknown” Bee Gees song used as a sound track on a TV show. Maurice has the deepest voice of the 3, but they know where to use the voices on their songs to get the best emotional response from listeners. The combination of voices makes magic. Listen to them sing live at concerts. You can see how they combine their voices and some live performances are even better than studio versions. Listen to their individual voices and see how they mesh together so beutifically kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g7J4rMqpx5-ZlnU.htmlsi=hdbbxwtM_52iHFui Song My World also showcases his vocals

This was the BeeGees I knew!!! Loved them before their Disco phase. At this time they were phenomenal.

Yes it's an amazing song and Robin doing it in his beautiful voice ❤️

Robin's voice and the lyrics of the song are haunting and I cry every time I hear it even though it's so beautiful it's hard to explain, great reaction ...so good to see a man not afraid to cry

Robin sang lead on many of their earlier songs. You can usually tell it's him by his incredible vibrato. Other early songs to check out: Got to Get a Message to You, To Love Somebody, Lonely Days, How Can You Mend a Broken Heart and Massachusetts. And post Saturday Night Fever: Nights on Broadway, Tragedy, Love You Inside and Out and Jive Talking. All these songs are superb!

“Words” is another fantastic song by the Beegees

Thank you for playing this. Robin was my angel. I loved him my whole life through. No one on this earth will ever have this gorgeous voice! RIP, my love.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

My favorite Bee Gees song Robins voice is the best. ❤

Hi SalvoG, This is one of my favourite songs of all time. I was introduced to it by a lovely lady called Christine in the late 1980's. I had a holiday in 1989 to Kenya, and I played this multiple times through my headphones on the outbound flight. After 3 glorious weeks, I returned, with this amazing piece of music whirling around my head for the whole 8 hour flight! I cried. Cried some more....... I thank you for your reaction to this, and completely understand why it brought tears to your eyes. What an honest reaction. Robin's voice was astonishing. From Robin to Robin.

It's so beautiful isn't it...God I miss those lads. A huge part of my youth along with Simon and Garfunkel, Cat Stevens and many others who were poets with amazing voices. Thank you, all of you.

The Gibb family moved from the Uk to Australia & lived in the Redland Shire here in Queensland Australia. My late Mums friend was the one who gave the brothers there first break on local tv when they were still kids.

🇬🇧 This one had the same effect on me the first time I heard it. It still does tbh. RIP Robin & Maurice. You will always be loved & missed. 🎼💔

Robin's voice is mesmerizing. Great reaction ❤

This is the 1st time I have listened to this song for nearly 30 years - for reasons. Thank you - also - as much as I love them as a group - Robin's voice always hits me in the heart. Maurice also has a lovely voice- and their younger brother Andy. But Robin - always special. 😉

I love they way you look up information about the songs before reacting, so that you have good grasp of their background. Not many reactors take the time to do that!

Robin's voice has that quality of just hitting you right in the feels. I've been waiting for a year for you to react to this beautiful song...and for this very reason. You should check out a live version. You won't regret it.

Best BeeGees song... For Whom The Bell Tolls

Robin had a way to evoke emotions on so many levels I’m not this least surprised to see his voice made your tears pour from your eyes like it did for many. Including me too. All of the brothers were here to make us smile, cry and say goodbye. Long live the songs, sounds and harmonies they created for all of time. Timeless and beautiful.

My favorite Bee Gees song that Robin is singing the Lead, it’s definitely an emotional one

Robin had such a warm voice. He'd pull you in to his songs

Wasn’t that beautiful, Salvo! “ this song by The Bee Gees is my favorite & yes, very emotional.👍♥️😪

"Robin, do you have anything to say?" " Yes, yes I do. "

This was my first favorite song of the Bee Gees. They changed their sound so many times through the years. Always moving on with the musical tides.

*Robin live performance around 1987 is perfection*

Love your reactions, Salvo, but, heck, it's about time for this one... Robin was such an incredible talent. Well done! More of Robin's leads, please.

I'm a new listener but, your reaction to this wonderfully haunting song just got you a new follower. All four brothers had great voices, but Robin's was always more emotional to me. Thank you for being an old soul.

Its his Voice. Their mother says his voice raised the hair on her neck. You're the Best... thank you❤

Though this song is considered old in musical reference, it still springs new to the masses who perpetually discover and rediscover the talents of the Bee Gees. Even those of us who have been fans for the span of a generation find new meaning in old lyrics as life carries us into dimensions we have never before explored. Often seen as a spiritual commentary on Robin's part, he has never claimed that to be the basis of the piece, as such. Experience draws us all in a diversity of directions, often all at once, and inspiration is the trickle-down of that overload. I am not one to climb into the great minds of our times and autopsy their brainchild of work but I have an awareness of something woven into the lyric here that I've never before seen discussed. The piece encompasses only eight lines of poetic statement, clean and straight-forward in appearance and delivery, yet steeped in the mystery of a thousand ages. This song leaves naked, parts of the soul we tend to keep covered, even from our own deeper selves. We see in it, our own personal sins of omission that do not look so pretty in black and white and are even more haunting when presented in a package of understated music and single-voiced verse. Although I do see where the spiritual intonation peers through the lyric at us, I see here, too, the personal commentary of an inner moral dilemma being posed by the subject and the step by step process by which he rationalizes his justification for not following his inner personal voice. This person wants desperately to shed his etiquetted skin and stand on the purity of truth rather than cower in civilized silence in the face of injustice. He theorizes the consequences of such an action on his part. He knows his statement will upset the world that, up to this point, was living comfortably in its own shallow self-deception. Because his view is so different from everyone else, he knows this will upset the sedate tranquility of those around him. In defensive retaliation, rather than re-examining, reforming, and admitting to the error of their ways, society would turn its collective, disdainful back on his statement and proclaim the fundamental truth he has exposed to be merely the folly of a prankster. He goes on to see that he will not be taken seriously and cries in the frustration of being the only one who has had this vision of truth and reality. He feels alone and small in the cosmos. At this, he knows the world will take great delight in his outward appearance of weakness and defeat and in their arrogance he knows they will unite in crushing declamation and mercilessly taunt him wherever he goes, all the days of his life. He looks up, seeking heavenly approval and resolve of the issue. He attempts to clear his eyes searching for a sign of the miraculous awakening of those around him. Just as he begins to dry his eyes in the faith that, because of his sincerity of heart, there will surely now be change, he tumbles out of his dream-state into reality. He falls hard from grace back into the moment. The enormity of the entire situation crashes over him like a tidal wave as he sees the ramifications of what he has started by his simple statement of truth. He is paralyzed in thought and can no longer make sense of his own words as they drown in the whirlpool of confusion between human emotion and soulful truth. He eventually dies a broken man because he knows the truth but never pursued it to the fullest of its intent due to his lack of courage in his own personal convictions. He saw himself as wholly inadequate to challenge what he did not approve of in this world so he never stood up for what he believed in. After his death, civilization perpetuates itself in its blithe ignorance, unscathed by the voice of truth he held within. He is gone, and with him, the potential threat he posed to a thinly-skinned euphoric society. In the end, he sees that he had indeed been right and that society was truly wrong. He knows then, all too late, that he would have made a difference if only he had not given in to his own imagined fears. He wasted a lifetime repressing himself and the truth he had once envisioned. He had become his own worst enemy. He had shackled his own soul down - not the society that he had tried to hold accountable for his lack of action. He ultimately became the very thing he once morally raged against - a silent, self-deceiving member of a pretentious urbane society. Yes, the joke WAS on him.

This song touches your heart and gives it a little squeeze….❤️

it came out after the Bee Gees got back together. In the concert version of this. Barry turned his back to the audience so that they'd concentrate on Robin.

The Bee Gees music library is primarily love & happiness. The first time you hear this song, its surprising cuz your not expecting it. Great reaction!

So glad you heard some of Robin’s lead vocals. The brothers Gibb are just phenomenal.

This could be my favorite Bee Gee song. I love Robin's voice!

This song is so amazing and I love your heartfelt truthful reactions. I love the Bee Gee's and always have, always will and Robin's voice is just phenomenal here. Thank you!

I LOVE THIS SONG. Makes me cry. We all feel this way at some time.

Their first two albums were probably only released in Australia because the British Invasion wasn't just British bands becoming known around the world. The Australian music scene was fairly insular until The Seekers' 1964 breakout hit "I'll Never Find Another You" topped charts worldwide. That opened the door for The Bee Gees, Helen Reddy, Olivia Newton-John and all the others who followed.

I think you should watch their concert One Night Only, from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas in 1997. They sing a great variety of their songs, and at one point the three of them gather at one mic and sing only to Barry’s guitar. Amazing concert!

the quiver in robin's voice is what gets you. combined with the lyrics of this song it's hard to hold back the tears. RIP

Beautiful reaction. I love that you got emotional. Robin has an amazing voice. Angelic. 😔

I don’t think that in all these years have I ever seen someone so moved by this song. Although, I understand where you’re coming from. For me, I usually react to the pain in a singer’s voice. But it’s also tough for me to watch some reactor’s as their reaction can make me become overly emotional to the point of choking up and getting weepy. But then again, I find these moments to be cathartic and healing. Thanks for being human and not a non-emotional block of granite. And as far as the early Bee Gee’s go, my favorites have always been “Words” and “Massachusetts”.

They lived in Australia as children, and started their career there.

One of their very best. Robin's voice, the lyrics, the background vocals, the whole production, make it a special song. Their early stuff was so good. I started hearing their music when I was eight or nine. One of my good friend's older siblings had their 'best of' album and we would listen to that a lot way back then. It's impossible for me to comprehend hearing this (or any of the music from back then) for the first time now, as an adult. This video is a good example of why I often enjoy watching reaction videos. Not so much the reaction itself, but seeing someone discover something new, seeing their appreciation of it and being affected by it. And the 'sharing' of it - even though you're not with that person, it still feels like you're sharing the experience of hearing the song.

Such a haunting song. I saw them live and they sang this song. One of my favorite groups ever. Hugs brother. It is sad and very moving.

The Gibb family moved from England to Australia in 1958 when the Gibb brothers were young. They formed the band after they had moved here ( Brisbane Australia ). I remember listening to them on the local radio. I assume the early albums were Australian recordings. They then got a contract with producer Robert Stigwood and moved back to England where they became famous worldwide

Great song with Robin doing a fantastic job at lead vocals like he did so many times in their early years.

I hope you do more of their earlier work. They are so much more than disco.

This is an absolute beautiful song ❤️ and a heartfelt reaction. When music touches your soul 🎶❤️

Amazing song!!! Excellent Reaction 🙌🏻👏🏻

Nice to see such a wonderful reaction from a young man to the wonderful bee gees music

This song is beautiful. You should see it live. Wonderful!

I like how you really listened to the song before commenting. A lot of reviewers interrupt every 5 seconds. I first saw the Bee Gees on Australian TV in the early 60's. I Started A Joke is one of my favourite songs. 😊

Words is a beautiful song. One if my favorites