‘F~ck those bastards who tried to hurt him’: Michael Jackson’s speech crashed by a Bee Gee

This was a funny moment during the Jackson 5’s induction into the Rock & Roll hall of fame – Michael asked Barry Gordy to come up to the stage, and Barry Gibb misunderstood, thinking Michael was asking him to come up!

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Barry Gibb misheard his name being called and thought Michael Jackson was calling him up on stage as part of acceptance speech during The Jackson 5’s induction into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1997.

Barry Gibb suffered many people’s worst nightmare when he got up on stage to join Michael Jackson and The Jackson 5 – only to discover it was a case of mistaken identity.

The eldest Bee Gee was in the crowd at The Jackson 5’s induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame when Michael Jackson called out for Berry Gordy – the founder of the Motown record label – to join him on stage.

As Michael can be seen hugging the famous record producer, Barry Gibb suddenly appears on stage much to the King of Pop’s surprise – “Oh the other Barry, that’s two Barrys!” he exclaims.

The eldest Bee Gee was in crowd at The Jackson 5’s induction into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame when Michael Jackson called out for Berry Gordy – the founder of the Motown record label – to join him on stage. Picture: VH1/Youtube

As Michael can be seen hugging the famous record producer, Barry Gibb suddenly appears on stage much to the King of Pop’s surprise – “Oh the other Barry, that’s two Barrys!” he’s exclaims. Picture: VH1/Youtube

The crowd gasp in surprise as Barry Gibb leans forward and hugs Michael before the Bee Gee realises his mistake and says: “Oh wrong Barry, right?” before quickly rushing off camera.

The moment happened during the The Jackson 5’s induction into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame at Rock Hall in Cleveland, Ohio.

Diana Ross inducted Jackie Jackson, Jermaine Jackson, Marlon Jackson, Michael Jackson, and Tito Jackson on the night in 1997, the same year that saw the Bee Gees, Fleetwood Mac and Joni Mitchell be also give the Rock & Roll hall of Fame honour.

The crowd gasp in surprise as Barry Gibb leans forward and hugs Michael before the Bee Gee realises his mistake and says: “Oh wrong Barry, right?” before quickly rushing off camera. Picture: VH1/Youtube

Michael Jackson’s speech crashed by a Bee Gee

However, it’s not surprising Barry thought Michael was inviting him on stage if you consider the long friendship between the two stars.

The singers had been very close for decades, and five years after the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame clip, Michael Jackson and Barry Gibb would collaborate on their one and only song together, ‘All in Your Name’.

Diana Ross inducted Jackie Jackson, Jermaine Jackson, Marlon Jackson, Michael Jackson, and Tito Jackson in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997. Pictured, The Jackson 5 in 1977. Picture: Alamy

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The song wouldn’t be released until released nine years later on June 25, 2011, the second anniversary of The King of Pop’s death, with footage also shown of intimate moments between the two stars as they recorded the track in Miami’s Middle Ear Studio.

The Bee Gees and Michael Jackson’s friendship went back decades, with Barry Gibb naming one of his sons after the singer – who was also Michael Gibb’s godfather – and Jackson attending fellow Bee Gee Maurice Gibb’s funeral in 2003.

“We are devastated,” Barry Gibb said after MJ’s sudden death on June 25, 2009, with his brother Robin Gibb adding: “We’ve not only lost a great friend in Michael, but also lost a wonderful sensitive human being.”

Barry Gibb says ‘trapped’ Michael Jackson ‘didn’t know who his friends were’

Barry Gibb has revealed he once had to “politely” ask Michael Jackson to leave his house, after overstaying his welcome because he “didn’t know who his friends were”.

The Bee Gees star worked with Jackson in 2002, shortly after the initial invasion of Iraq, with the pair writing a song responding to the conflict. However, Gibb suspected that Jackson had ulterior motives while collaborating.

“We sat around in my lounge for days at a time, just having fun, not really writing songs,” Gibb recalled to The Guardian. “We came up with one, ‘All in My Name’, but we were never that serious about it. I think Michael was just trying to escape the legal environment he was trapped in, he was visiting people he knew that he could relate to, because he didn’t know who his friends were.”

In 2002, Jackson was embroiled in controversy as a result of a documentary in which he confessed that he sometimes shared his bed with a young boy. He was also involved in a high-profile battle with his record label Sony at the time.

Gibb remembered that Jackson’s presence in his home soon became a problem for him and his family.

He remembered: “He started to hang out at the house all the time and I had to get up in the morning; I’m 12 years older than him, I had to take my kids to school. At some point, I said: ‘Michael, wherever it is you’re going, you’ve got to go.’ So I politely asked Michael Jackson to leave my house because I couldn’t get anything else done.”

Gibb is the last surviving Bee Gee following the deaths of his brothers Robin, in 2012, and Maurice, in 2003. Their youngest brother Andy, who performed solo, died in 1988.

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Their story is told in a new documentary, titled How Can You Mend a Broken Heart. It will be broadcast on 13 December on Sky Documentaries.