First Time Hearing "Righteous Brothers" - Unchained Melody 

It's OK. Until they had those time life records, or cassettes, 8 tracks, or dvds, showing the actual people, I got all kinds of races and sexes wrong. But music crosses the barriers.

@@impossibledrms True. But the shock of their color was a bit more electric because of the times: the 'mid 60's. Jim Crow mentality (not yet dead) not only split the races, it made blacks cling tightly to the things that, we felt, defined us e.g. our distinct musical sound. Otherwise we were made invisible.

I first heard this in the 80s when I was a kid, which was right around the time of the milli vanilli lip sync scandal and the C&C music factory video where they replaced the big woman with a skinny woman. All that to say that at the time, the ol' switcheroos weren't uncommon. I spent the next decade or so convinced that the righteous brothers were actually black, and the white guys were the "place holders" lol.

Sam Cook sang this song as well prior to the Righteous Brothers. He had a voice like silk. So many great singers covered that song since the late 40s or early 50s, such a classic.

Billy Cawdwell threw me for a loop

That's the way it should be.

This song was playing during one of the MANY, MANY powerful moments in The Wonder Years with Kevin Arnold and Winnie Cooper. Man that show was so good in the 80's and 90's

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Music have all the colours of the world..

best response !

I have a few recommendations. Jerry reed sugarfoot rag, Motley cru live wire , kc and the sunshine band keep it coming love

Absolutely! Plus, they could perform their music live, no lip syncing. 😸👍

Yes….no auto-tune. Pure talent. We just don’t have it nowadays.

Also listen to Al Hibbler who I believe recorded the song in 1955.

To the point your comment.

Preach it!!!

Absolutely! I also like the fact that Bobby holds the microphone at a distance - shows how naturally powerful his voice is !

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Precisely!

Did not expect you guys to react intelligently typical

Pure talent ♥️

Not beyond belief to me. What a lot of people don't realize is that music takes thousands and thousands of hours of practice. Put that in, have a decent talent to begin with, and you too will sing live in ways that move people-- without a ton of equipment, just voice and maybe a mic. It's how music is made.

Me too. I was introduced to the RB by my Mum. Thank you Mum 😍

Funny huh! In this day and age most only can sing with auto tune 🤣.

Hahaha. Zackley!

I remember when MTV started Unplugged shortly after the Milli Vanilli scandal. That show really tested a lot of mettle. I wish someone would bring that back.

Church and school everyone sang every day back then.

@@gritnixdo you ever kinda feel for Milli Vanilli ?? They were crucified and their lives ruined to the point one committed suicide if I remember right. And you know they were the lowly little kids music execs who used then made the calls. Fast forward 2000’s and few word changes (backing tracks etc) They stole Ashanti’s voice for JLo, no one sings even “live” in live performances.

So very sorry.

@@trudyjohns5150 thankyou💖

Many sympathies.

God Bless Him and you for your loss.

🙏🏽💗

My husband passed 1 year and a day af my father passed. It's been the worst. My soulmate of 37 yrs. I am beyond traumatized. My husband was my life and I was his. We talkedb about every topic under the sun. And we were best friends. Unchained melody was the song for us. We did wait a long time bf we got married it was the happiest day of our lives. I miss him so much that it hurts to breathe. Can't sleep, eat, nothing. Have no interest in anything I just want to be with him again, I miss him so much he was my life. Feels like my heart and soul were ripped torn fr my body. I've had a pain in my chest since the second Ray passed, heart is shattered toa trillion pieces and can never be repaired. There was only one person in the whole world for me there will be no one else, you only get one soulmate and so grateful to God for him and for us to have been together for 37 yrs, not many people get this in life we were lucky enough to have a lifetime together,most people don't get to have that, so I'm very grateful to God for that, it's just that we wanted to grow old together. I'm sure neither of us thought that it would be so soon. And making the pain worse, my daddy and I were very close, I'm an only child, just me. And I was daddy's little girl till the day he passed. I didn't have time to grieve for my daddy cause it was too hard, I've Always Been terrified of losing my Daddy and Mommy, so I had to pushed all the pain down in to the back of my mind as was . Time to deal with at a later date cause it's just to fresh and raw. Then the day af the one yr anniversary of my Daddy passing , my husband passed in my arms at 55 yrs old, natural causes. It was very traumatic to me, and it has only gotten worse instead of better. Nothing will ever be better for me. I Love him for eternity and miss him desperately until we meet again, and we will I know that as sure as I know the sun will rise tomorrow..

Rarely does a life shine so brightly🌟 How lovely that you and your husband were, and are always, so much in love. The world needs so much more of a love like that.

Thank you for your very kind words they made me smile and touched my heart so much, thank you. It's very hard to even breathe right now. ​@@mindiification

@@neatadair4303I’m so sorry for your grief. Your life sounds so sorrowful; but rest assured, you will one day be greeted by your parents and your loving husband never to be separated again. Bless you, my dear.

Mine and my wife’s song too. We’re an English couple who married in Lake Tahoe of all places. I’m sorry for your loss. I’m a Ray too and I just hope my wife loves me as much as you obviously loved your Ray. God Bless.

One of the top 5 voices since the 1950s

A performer could not nail a live performance without any voice manipulation any better than this. This is perfection.

@@krismikewill Bobby was tense and worried because he was just coming off a bad chest cold and his mom and dad were in the audience. Back then, devotion to the craft and to your audience were holy things in blues and soul. The same reverance for whatever music does in the body heart and mind was carried from gospel to 'the devil's music'. Devil or no, there were so many times when voices like this kept me sane and safe - often from myself.

Wow just wow!!

AMEN!

Amen❤😊

Agreed100 👏👏👏👏👏👏🔥🔥

ABSOLUTELY...TALENT HAS NO BOUNDARIES!!!

Facts

It's 2 of them and they're not brothers.

​@@patriciamissie8763 This performance is just him, and everyone knows they weren't really brothers.

Unbelievable. Thanks for providing this context.

Yes he sounds nasally congested.

Guys talking all thru it except for guy on right.

Yes!!

I sure did. Some singing back in the day. By the way I'm also an 76yrs old golden oldie😘

Yes!! Me, too. Loved their reactions.

👍👍👍 Exactly! A white man hitting the soprano range. I really like the black 76 year old (in this comment section) who talks about how frequently artists were mistaken for the wrong race! A new artist would play on the radio for months before wed see them on Solid Gold or the Midnight Special. And we didnt always get to see them on an album cover, much less buy another album every time a new artist debuted on the radio Chuck Barry, Alicia Bridges, & Amii Stewart were the ones a got TOTALLY wrong until I saw them on TV back then. Also Johnny Mathis, when I was still small- - about 8 years old Back then there was only the lead singer of the Temptations & one other black singer who was widely known as a true male soprano. (Sorry, I cant remember which singing group he was in. The Marvels, the Emotions, or something like that) White men were definitely NOT expected to be as soulful as Bobby Hatfield, Paul Davis, & Tom Johnston

I did. The one on the right seemed unimpressed, and I was thinking 'wait til Bobby goes into that falsetto...that'll get him'. And it did

Hahaha riiight??! 💗🎉

Thanks for that little bit of info made me smile as well

You guys are just fun. Time for you to listen to Roy Orbison’s Crying.

And because he FUCKING NAILED IT

​@@MM-ex4ggYes. Nailed it, knew he nailed it, and remained humble on stage.

And because he owned this song even with a terrible head throat n chest cold🤣🔥👍

Yes, it's Great..

I work with a bunch of young millennials and zoomers at a fairly radical organization. They'll listen to new stuff, most of them obscure punk outfits or whatever the hell "orc core" is, but so many have deep respect and affection for the classics. My boss is obsessed with the Eagles as well as Taylor Swift. The janitorial lead is a fan of Lizzo, Destiny's Child, and the Four Seasons and doo wop in general. Yesterday I had a lively conversation about Traffic and Smith with someone much younger than 9/11. A 20 year old was intensely jealous that I got to meet members of Yes, The Zombies, and the Yardbirds. I have boomer parents but none of them do. The greats are great for a reason.

You had the good stuff

I wish you could download this version on itunes.

That's so true, voices & words meant inspiration!!

@@MicheleElysMer Absolutely and don’t forget “The Beat!” As long as we could dance to it, then it was a big hit! Such good times!

Watch Ghost.

the lead did I had the time of my life from dirty dancing of course we all new that

The most forever outstanding quality of Bobby's performance is how that on paper, this song is a ballad. But with his gifts, Bobby transforms what is already a beautiful song into practically an _OPERATIC AURIA._ No one among our general population even knows what an auria is anymore. Someone with diversified musical experience such as Simon Cowell, Alicia Keys, Elton John. Sure, they could define an auria for you exactly. Maybe even Bruno Mars. But not everyday people like you & me Our younger generation is starved of the experience of a live opera. Sure, Italian Opera becomes a turnoff after too long because you have no idea what the song is about. But its so refreshing to hear an artist (or a composer) who takes the time to translate an opera into English. Even still, you would have to reach back to recordings from the time of Enrico Caruso & Marion Anderson to hear true aurias. And I must admit I am too out of touch with the orchestral & operatic world of today to know about anyone who performs them now. Operas? Thats easy to look up. But present-day opera singers who perform actual aurias? Not so convenient to find. Good luck! Its just so heartachingly unusual now. I took for granted that someone on PBS would put on an Italian opera, sung in English, back in the 80's. But 35 years later I cant remember what songs of what operas, or what artists performed. At least we still have the legacy of NYC's Metropolitan Opera & its videotaped performances, sung in Italian with English subtitles The only other pop hit my tired mind can think of at this late hour is Amii Stewart's _Knock On Wood._ And its more _soulful_ than it is _auriatic._ Amii sustains soprano heights a couple of times, but she doesnt perform an auria like Bobby does here, each time he leads up to & during the climax of his refrain "I need your love/ Oh, I need your love/ God speed your love to me." Thats twice he hits the soprano range & pulls off an auria while up there. And then he hits an auria a third time at the conclusion of his song

THIS is the internet I wanted to see!! People communicating the joy of life!

Thank you for sharing your comment and congrats on your long lived love💓

Joyce Hossaflook, that is such a beautiful story and I love it! I find it so inspiring when I hear that a couple stayed together for so long. My parents have been together 52 years my mom is 76 and dad is 80 and they are still together. I grew up listening to music like this and for sure my taste in music was influenced by my parents. I love so many different styles, country, metal, rock, pop and appreciate real talent.....I am very picky with artist when it comes to saying they have real talent. Thank you so much for your post! So inspiring. I wish you and your husband so many more years together! Keep dancing!

Thank you for sharing. Maybe you & your hubby should do a sit down interview with a grandchild or something. They'd appreciate it & so would a bunch of people on YT.

It's so hard losing people we love no matter how "prepared" we think we are for their passing. My mom is 87-88 and she has dementia too. I'm not looking forward to the stage in my life when she is no longer here. I'm sorry for your loss.

@@Pepper-rn4hh I'm sorry for what you're going thru. Dementia diseases have to be the worst, because it's like we lose our loved one while they are still with us. My mom stayed relatively healthy physically until the last year, but she couldn't remember anything, not even from one minute earlier. She had a brain bleed in the end, that caused her death. Same thing that happened to her mother, and probably the same that will happen to me. I'm 60, and already experiencing signs that I will have dementia.

I lost mom in 2019. She was 89. I sure lost a great friend. Of course she was my mother. I tried to prepare myself for that. But our friendship...missing that..it kind of blindsided me. Good memories of you and mom. I wish that for you.

@@gregorywebster6640 I'm sorry for your loss. We all have to go thru this at some point. Keep those memories alive in your thoughts. Our mothers are wonderful beings! 💞

My mom has dementia. She lives with me and my husband. She didn't know it was my birthday today. When my husband told her she tried to remember the words to a traditional Spanish song. She couldn't remember the words so I put a video on of it and she sang along. For a few minutes I had my mother back. There are many kinds of love and losing a parent is so very hard

Absolutely!

There's plenty of drama and contortions... what are you talking bout? Guess the question is what is your definition of drama and contortions? You mean a boring performance? Him standing still? I'm sure he didn't have rhythm so trying to move would throw him and everything off.

@@empoweryouwellnessandtarot so do you think he should be twerking in spandex so he’s not so “boring”? Or maybe have a giant projection of the Grand Canyon or the lunar surface or the Taj Mahal behind him so we have something interesting to look at because his voice isn’t enough?

@@davidserlin8097 most ppl you find on the internet have brain worms. safe to just ignore these. good comment. a huge number of vocal experts have expressed the same assessment youre making, so youre in good company. the 'wellness and tarot' brain worm infested npc responding to you is not.

Best of all, no one simulating sex anywhere around him. Imagine that.

She must have some awesome stories.

Their talent is timeless.

and their songs, too. @@marilynluster

Good sounds ,always transcend time .

People shouldn't just dig this song, they should be keeping it in their keepsakes, because this is one of those songs that needs to live forever

I love Unchained Melody but it's a distant second to You've Lost That Loving Feeling

The brothers harmony was outstanding.

Oh yea, I second this! Their voices give give you the chills. You feel that all down your backbone.

Yesssss!

Blue-eyed soul.

Oh, I love your comment. I am envisioning this in my head. Sounds like your papa was a smart & fun man.

@@private-jet-rental he was one of a kind, only way to put it, thank you for your kind words

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That's awesome! 👌

True. I don't even like to hear anyone else sing it cause no one can beat Bobby on this song.

Patrick Swayze was a gorgeous man. He only began to age when he got sick.

@@Rosiejanedoe yes, he was absolutely GORGEOUS!

I was looking for this comment. Love ghost and Patrick Swayze

Best performance i'd say ☺️

That is falsetto. His falsetto is part of his vocal range. What's so impressive is how seamlessly he slips into it and how beautiful it sounds.

Yes, that is falsetto and it's great!

Yes. There are natural counter tenors.

@@zerores2005 Not falsetto, as a counter-tenor, it's his natural head voice. You need Barry Gibb for falsetto.

One of my favorite Patrick swayze movie's ever loved the chemistry between Demi Moore Patrick swayze and woopie Goldberg dirty dancing is another good Patrick swayze movie

Idk Patrick Swayze died... Rip

@@etlarm5514 - a few years ago from pancreatic cancer. Very sad.

@@carolynnewcomb2153 ohhh.... The worst kinda Cancer RIP🌹

Carolyn I loveeeee that movie, n my heart just broke when patrick passed..

Yes, Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield are out of this world in terms of talent. Two of the greats.

Best slow dance song ever

This song always moves me to tears. So full of emotion

Luv "brutal talent"

It's weird how people like you keep posting your age lately. Is there a RU-vid plus three for people over sixty this weekend?

Listen to Righteous Brothers sing I Believe

I did too. Gymnastics. They deserve so much respect.

@shockvalueracing Trump won't win in 2024, in fact he won't be a free man. I love it.

True story :)

This song was always played at high school dances back in the 60s. There teachers would go around and make sure all the couples dancing were 6 inches apart.

@@u4riahsc plenty of room haha thats easily reachable..pow

He had a bad cold when he sung this. If you listen real close you can hear a tattletale nasally sound! He did nail it!!

Back when it was cool to show your mom is important. Now, they're gone with the wind

There's a cute little interaction between Bobby & Billy on the Andy Williams show. Search it out.

His mom was in the crowd that night. He made her proud.🙂

I wants heard that it was the most played song in history. I don’t have any facts to back it up but I believe it

@@susanmcavoy9213 - I used to listen to Andy Williams all the time.

First time his mother had ever seen him sing live. This MATTERED to him, more than just about any other performance in his life.

LOl he does look nervous but sounds epic, better than the studio

Whoa, serious? What could he, would he sound like were he NOT sick??

@@debramason1898 That part might be apocryphal. Every time someone has a great vocal performance, someone creates a backstory that they were sick at the time. I've seen this when David Draiman (Disturbed) sang 'Sound of SIlence" on Conan. It was also repeated when Hailey Reinhart sang "Creep" for Post Modern Jukebox.

@@kevinhenderson5928 my mom told me he was sick when she watched it. She passed in 96

Wow!!! Omg you are so lucky

What an awesome memory 💗💗💗

Did they sing to you??

OMG no way!!!! What a life experience indeed. What Airline?? My dad flew for Eastern Airlines for 35 years. He finished his career in a B727 stretch.

Awesome, they moved STARS across the sky's

He sure did.

He's my favorite! He moves with every feeling from each note just like I do! It was great to watch!

I thought that too 🤣🤣🇬🇧🇺🇸💕

Yeah, he’s always super precious and humble with his compliments!!

Yes, he makes it look so easy. Amazing!

I love him I love this song....

Outside my upper range at the end, that's for sure!

Amazing talent, sad today’s music is not the same or close to this

If there’s a “Rock and Roll Heaven “ you know they’ve got a hell of a band.

@@Cookie54ize Great song.

Amy, may you find peace and solace in beautiful memories. The power of music is boundless.

I'm so glad you played it for your Dad, Amy. As my mother was dying, I played old gospel piano music for her as a soothing backdrop to everything that was going on. I made sure to choose a piano style that was just like hers. She couldn't communicate the last several days, either, but she'd squeeze my hand so tight - so I knew she was completely aware, and I spoke to her as normal. Sorry for your loss - please accept my condolences. I know it's still too fresh for you to have finished grieving your Dad. I pray you'll have a very healthy & healing grief process. God Bless you and yours.💖✨

@Cookie54ize Lucifer was choir director in heaven before he was cast to Earth. Aleister Crowley was idolized by many rock stars, including Bowie who said, "Rock has always been the Devil’s music…I believe rock’n’roll is dangerous. I feel we’re only heralding something even darker than ourselves.”

Yep cool.

I figured he didn't much like it. Loved the two on the left!

Agree. He didn’t make any movement of show any emotion until he just couldn’t help it.

He was trying hard not to show it! Love them all

YES ❤️😻❤️ I loved watching their faces as the emotions developed. ❤️❤️❤️🎶🎶🎶❤️❤️❤️

I'm so sorry for your loss. I know you don't ever really "move on" or forget your parents, especially no matter how long ago. I lost my dad in 94 (I was 33) and my mom in 2010, my husband in 2012, and my only sibling, my brother the next year. My dad was a "country boy" (which I'm not) but this song was one of his favorites, and although I did love Elvis's rendition, too, I thought this was so amazing, seeing these young guys just enjoying the original version, no frills, and giving the guy his propers as Aretha would say!

Giving u love and hugging u God loves u honey

When parents depart, they never leave because they are in you.

I wish peace and love to you too !

Linda, sorry it's been a rough time for you, and hope it all has a happy ending. Listening to RBs is a great start. : O )

My dad (USAF retired 1973) has a comp album with Unchained Melody and You've Lost That Loving Feeling. Whenever he came back from TDY he would put that on the stereo. We rarely knew when he was leaving or coming back. But if we heard that album we knew he'd be inside, sitting in his chair with a beer. Hearing these songs always gives me the warm fuzzies. 😊

@rositaallen..Hi.I totally agree 👍Bless him.. His arm gave a shudder and then "oh my days" He just had to give in😂Wonderful song,brilliant rendition live!! came out when I was in high school 😂So I've lived through the best music ever 💃🎶From the UK ❤️

@rositaaallen...Hi again.. Hope u watched until the end.. He says"that was nice, very nice"😂 Bit of an understatement! But then adds " angelic vocal chords" .. And that's so the truth 😍from the UK ❤️

I think he's just not the type to say everything he thinks the second he thinks it. Not everybody wears their heart on their sleeve. Some people like to process it first and then say what they think in just one short sentence.

@@GameChanger597 👍 that's true talk

He can only deny it for so long

That's what we lack now. I wish u could have seen so many artists like this live 🙏🏽🥰

Absolute must! ❤️‍🔥

Bigger than unchained melody??

@@cavy83_73 yes, it’s the most played song of the 20th century

@@cavy83_73 it’s not he just wanted to sound cool

Definitely

The best ever

It 'BRINGS BACK THAT LOVING FEELING'!

I feel your comment 100%. It's so good to see young people 'get' the music we grew up with and why it rocked our souls.

❤

This brings back so many good memories!

no doubt.

Back in the day it was just called talent.

😢 a beautiful life you had together! Prayers, friend!!

I lost mine too I miss his love everyday. I'm lost without him but I'm making myself live if I can. One day we'll be together again! Prayers

God Bless you xx

Write with you dear lady. We was married 43 years. I always sang this to my husband. Don't make music like this anymore. And they're right nobody sings like this either.

Makes me want to cry

And I actually like the official recorded version better. But he killed the live one too. This is one of my fave songs.

Agree. Some of the best voices I've ever heard.

@@dingle5115 Don't rag on these guys they are willing to listen and appreciate the music of artists from so long ago. There is really no reason why they should have known who the righteous brothers were.

@@maryc8552 I was being light hearted. I didn't mean to come across as ragging them . I do appreciate their age and what their doing listening to music they have never heard

@@dingle5115 Oooh, my bad! Sorry!

Honestly so impressive