Bee Gees - Ordinary lives

What this video is

Released 27 March 1989 as the lead single from the album 'One' (Warner Records), 'Ordinary Lives' arrived in the immediate aftermath of Andy Gibb's death in March 1988. The Bee Gees dedicated both the single and the album to their youngest brother, imbuing the project with a layer of grief and philosophical reflection rarely foregrounded in mainstream late-80s pop. The video's use of 1929 Wall Street crash archival…

Why it matters

Represents a pivotal late-career moment in the Bee Gees' evolution from disco icons to adult contemporary artists. The production — co-helmed with Brian Tench — reflects the sophisticated, understated balladry that defined their post-Saturday Night Fever second act, and the archival-footage…

The director

Leslie Libman is an American director with a career spanning music videos, commercials, and television since 1976. In the late 1980s she directed music videos for artists including the Bee Gees, Roy Orbison, Rod Stewart, The Bangles, Chicago, and Michael…