Righteous Brothers - 'Unchained Melody' Live 1965 (First Time Reaction)
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- Those old school vocals! They don't make em like that anymore. There was so much talent back then. This was great to see.
Righteous Brothers - 'Unchained Melody' Live 1965
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No autotune, no ear piece for timing, nothing. Just a man and a mic. Pure talent.
No gimmicks. Just one man with the voice of an angle and a microphone.
Now maybe you young whipper snappers understand why us 'old' people say music was so much better back in the day! No auto-tune, no computers....just pure talent. On a side note, and please don't think I'm weird but it is sooooo nice to see a clean room! Your place looks so nice and pulled together.
I am so glad you young reactors have brought back this LIVE performance. Everyone who is familiar with the song in the movie, needs to SEE him sing this so they can appreciate his natural effortless talent. This is a master class in performance. Period.
Pure voice... a simple microphone with no auto-tune, reverb, nothing... pure blue eyed soul....
That's right. They don't make 'em like that anymore. Praise be to ALL the great singers and songs of that era when you could turn on a radio or play it on vinyl and hear REAL vocals. Take me back!
This was recorded back in the days when talent was a requirement.
Bobby Hatfield (Rip 1940-2003) was a legendary tenor, arguably the greatest ever. Perfect pronunciation and vowels singing. He sang this solo and was his achievement. Beautiful voice 👌
This dude had vocal range. He hit 21 notes with this song , ending with a G5 note. I can't think of 1 Male performer in this day and age who can come close to that. Unbelievable!!!
Yep, no technical hanky panky, pure joy
In the 50's this song was recorded by the great All Hibbler, an many others. But this is Bobby's Song." He made it his alone.
No, that was NOT falsetto! Bobby was the greatest!
Dee Snyder is just about the only living non-opera singer with this voice.
Bobby passed in 2003 I believe. I am pleased you took the time to recognize his great talent.. thank you !
This song meant a lot to people serving in the Vietnam War and their families at home. “I’ll be coming home.Wait for me!”
Bro I'm crying watching this man sing. You're just looking at the video of pure talent.
Pure beauty! How many babies were made because of this song? The song is timeless and it's so gratifying to see another generation appreciate this talent.
sooo much beauty in a humble no gimmick trying way....pure singing talent , a feast for the senses....just fantastic
This song melted the hearts of women in 1965...and it still does today!
One of the finest vocal performances I’ve seen
Talent. No autotune. Just talent.
He sang it,hit ever note and put it in his back pocket. This is talent then,now and forever he owns this song. Not even the great Elvis or anyone else can come close. It's yours Bobby then and forever. What a Voice. RIP Sir
You got it -- Bobby Hatfield sang this song with his original group The Variations and said in an interview that "I had that one in my pocket" -- !
Best performance in recorded history. I listen to everything from country to metal to hip hop but this specific performance actually makes me tear up. Pure perfection and beauty.
That is the most beautiful love song you will ever hear in your life.
No auto tune-here folks.... just pure natural talent 😆🎙
The most amazing thing to me is his range and the ease in which he delivers, that my friends is years of hard work, delivered with a smile. Bobby Hatfield was one of maybe 10 or 15 singers in the 50s, 60s and early 70s with unique voices. RIP Bobby Hatfield.
A whiter shade of pale Gary Brooker; AL Greene , Gladys Knight and the Pips,
Eric Clampton - Tears in Heaven or Holy Mother, REM, Everybody hurts sometime, Tĥe Hollies ' He ain't heavy he's my brother. Brandÿ
There’s nobody like Bobby Hatfield. I was so sad when he died. We lost a great talent.
It’s awesome...No effects, just crystal clear vocals
Beautiful song and man. No straining, just God-given talent. Amazing.
The Righteous Brothers are known as "Blue Eyed Soul"; ther voices compliment each other; this is pure talent; you don't hear music like this tdy; this is live
This is the greatest male vocal I’ve ever heard in terms of beauty
That's when music was real music. No better era than the '60's. He didn't write the song. Live, no auto tune just raw talent.
Excellent reaction. You kept your interruptions to a minimum and let your face express what you were feeling. Well done!!
No auto-tune needed.
The greatest love song of all time.
no auto tune, live. It was a cover. He now owns this song forever and should never be covered by anyone again. They only embarrass themselves. Pure god given talent.
So glad you appreciate the pure sound of the music from my days growing up - the 60's. No theatrics, no light shows, just beautiful music that we could actually understand the lyrics. This is the music my son heard when he was growing up. He is 34 & says there has never been better music than this. The Righteous Brothers was the first concert I took him to in the 90's. He was 11.
There is so much good music from the 60s and 70s. Glad you listened to them. I’m 68 yrs old & this music brings back such old memories. Thanks for this reaction.
HE HIT 49 NOTES EFFORTLESSLY......PURE AMAZING AND STUNNING VOICE WITHOUT ANY CRUTCHES !
See you discovered the very talented Bobby Hatfield , this was a solo & to this day it is his SONG ! No autotune back then , his singing partner Bill was also just as talented . Sadly Bobby now sings excluviely with the angels 😇🥰 all their songs are epic !!
I remember hearing the Righteous Brothers in concert about 1965....the year I graduated from high school. It still gives me chills! ❤
His voice had a five octave range, and he had full control over all of them. Everything he sang was recorded without any post production. Indeed, the performance you see here was presented live on television, before a studio audience, and he made it look so effortless.
That was a crazy ending! He hits that crazy note with no effort whatsoever, then bites hit lip and grins? No one topping that tonight and he knows it.
toanzhou That lip bite always gives me shivers
His mom was in the audience, and he was nervous. Then at the end he knew he nailed it. I'd bite my lip like that, too.
toanzhou , glad you caught that! He absolutely nailed it and he knew it.
That ending high note was not in the original record or even most versions from Bobby Hatfield. That was live, and it was special.
or in 100 years.
I'm a 50-year-old white lady who literally learned *today* that this song was sung by a white guy. And so much *control* in his voice. It was really a joy to watch you watch this.
Most romantic song ever. Gives me goosebumps every time.
So much talent ....no auto tune ....straight voice !!
Not only was his voice great but he sings effortlessly with passion!!!
He seems hardly to need to breathe Yet theyres a cry within his voice
This became an anthem for our servicemen in Vietnam for their wives and girlfriends for when…if…they came home! So blessed to grow up with this kind of music. Raw pure talent… no auto tune, lip syncing… every woman loves to slow dance to this song with that someone special.
I love seeing the appreciation for a good voice from these young Adults hearing this song sung by Bobby Hatfield, the other half of this duo is Bill Medley a beautul bass-baritone deep voice . According to Medley, they adopted the name "The Righteous Brothers" for the duo because black Marines from the El Toro Marine base started calling them "righteous brothers".starting with one Marine hearing them sing and said "thats Righteous Brother" and called it Blue Eyed Soul, Sadly Bobby Hatfield passed away in 2005 but Bill Medley still performs at the age of 79 and sounds awesome, try listening to, You've lost that loving feeling, beautiful song
Tragiçally, Bobby left us 2003, but he left his millions of fans many great recordings and videos.
Still, he left a big hole in our lives, a hole that can't be filled. RIP Bobby!❤
He and his singing partner, Bill Medley, flipped a coin to see who would sing this. Bobby won the toss. I've been hearing this performance for over 50 years and it never gets old. In 50 years from now, you'll listen to this and it will still feel amazing. Just wait!
I don’t think the other guy would have done this song justice. His voice was too deep.
Actually, I've watched the show that this was taped on called The Andy Williams show and Bobbie Hatfield was the only one intended to sing this song!
@@terriwilliamson8991
Yes, Bill told Andy he didn't think the song was something they should do. So he just played the piano...he also told Andy if he had known what a hit it would turn out to be , he would have hired a better piano player and sang on the recording. But no one could do it as well as Bobby. He was so afraid of messing up this live performance , since his parents were there. He didn't want to disappoint his mother...no worries.
The coin toss was when the album was recorded, as they both wanted to sing it. After Bobby made it his own, no one else was signing this live that night.
@@vaultofhorror1 It was always Bobby's solo. He had been singing it for years, before and after he met Bill. That coin toss tale seems to have materialize after his death.
DT, that's Bobby Hatfield and that Sir is called TALENT and it's very rare to find.
No auto-tune, just plain, great vocals! He knew that he hit it out of the park when he ended. Great song, forever.
Just pure talent. No electronic enhancement. Very true comment
Musicians were held to a higher standard back then.
Check out John Farnham
@Jeff Young There was this youtube video of the origin and history of Unchained Melody. I thought that the Platters was the original version but it was not. And there were so many versions before the Platters.
80 years old and still hold my breath when Bobby Hatfield sings this beautiful song
The late great Bobby Hatfield. They called it blue eyed soul.
Bobby was amazing. He had a vocal range to die for, you're right he was great.
Absolutely the greatest. LOVE YOU BOBBY
Sharon Nelson Me too, he was so talented & oh so gorgeous! ❤️
Blue eyed soul
Too bad he OD'd on cocaine. Died too young.
Along with what everyone else has commented, I love the smile at the end that says it all.
They don't make singers like that anymore so true mate pure raw talent different class ❤
Actually Unchained, based on the book Prisoners are People, was a low-budget film released to limited acclaim in 1955. It features a scene, though, in which an inmate perches on a bed in his prison dorm and sings a song-accompanied only by a mournful acoustic guitar-for a group of his fellow prisoners: “Time … goes by … so slowly … and time can do … so much…”
He can literally make me fall asleep very deeply and never wake up with his voice.
Maybe the most perfect song.
The good old days, real talent, real music!
Imagine if men still sung/talked to women like that! Game changer, I’d think. Thankful I grew up in the 60’s.
It's the complete command of his incredible voice that's amazing.
A great live performance no studio tricks, Just a man and a microphone.
And that's all him and no Autotune that's when singers knew how to sing 🎤😎✌🏼🇺🇸
What you were hearing was raw talent, zero autotune and performed on live TV absolutely flawlessly. One of the best. Blue eyed soul.
Many scared and lonely soldier boys wished their girl back home was still waiting
Yep born in 55 grew up listen to the greatest music from country music, blues, rock right through this day. Always like hearing older stuff don't need a translation hear every word crisp and clear.
He very well have been singing to someone special. But Bobby always sang every song with every emotion in his soul. I have heard many tenors in my life, but he brings a special element to it which cannot be matched, even by a Pavorati.
His mother was in the audience that night and he was so nervous, that lip bite at the end was “I’ve nailed it”
So many through the years if they never saw the Righteous Brothers thought they were black. Also, remember this was LIVE! No auto tune & Bobby hit 20 individual notes in that one part, which is over 1 octave & with control. I still love this video & remember when I was a 4yr old kid seeing it.
I get chills when I hear this song. m Man, live he can hit all those notes.
No stress, no autotune, just pure voice! You had to be able to REALLY sing! There is nothing today that even comes close to this timeless classic!
The things that bring us together are more important than the things that can tear us apart. Music is a great way to come together.
You are absolutely correct,,, they do not make em like that anymore..... that's God given natural talent...
He sang this live. Amazing. Great song, great memories.❤
Great reaction. Thank you for not stopping it like 10 times.
I'm 60 now and I knew that when I was a kid collecting records that I was living in the best era of music-I really felt that deep in my heart!
The Righteous Brothers sang with heart and soul. That's why I love to hear their songs.
They r the best Singers ever! Nobody can match there talents.
Yes! Guarantee many babies made with this song and others of their melodies. My parents left the dinner table to dance to this song when it played on radio 💛💚💜💙👣👣👣
More I hear this dam he was good then,now and forever. His song no else come close. What a Talent. RIP Bobby
I was born in 1972 and Unchained Melody was one of the first Oldies but Goldies I heard in my teen years on radio back in the 80s and ever since it has been a favourite of mine to this day.
I have loved this song since way before Ghost...It makes me cry
Yeees
Denise Fowler Ghost enhanced that scene with this song; otherwise it wouldn’t have had any effect on its viewers
@@flitemedic55 true but, a lot of viewers thought the song new, thats why I commented the way I did. great song tho
As much as i love this song even this live version the ending of ghost the music got to me all.Proofs that this song was one of the best songs in history.
One of the many great things in that performance is that it's EVEN better than the studio version. That shit was recorded on a talk show. It's incredible.
Welcome to Blue-Eyed Soul. Note also how Bobby Hatfield (1/2 of the Righteous Brothers; there's plenty more available from them) made constant use of vibrato but you can't see his throat move...! Superb and effortless control. And his range - simply magnificent.
Pure magic, pure soulfulness. His music can melt even hearts of stone.
Blue eyed soul! So amazing what talent there used to be.
Your eyes and facial expression says it all. You recognize talent and musical ability. There's more to discover in the 1960s.
I grew up listening to these guys because this is my parents' song. They've been married for almost fifty years, so it must've worked. 💏
I grew up listening to these guys because I was born in 1949. I'll be married 50 years next year (2021). I am very fortunate to have been a witness to such great music. Wouldn't trade it for anything.
@@billmarsden8585 Definitely! and Congratulations 🎉
OMG 😭😭😭 I always love this song.. I must be very old...
Bobby did something I never have seen. It's somehow very easy and calm. I can't think of any other person with such range that exerted so little effort to hit notes. It's quite bizarre.
My favorite male vocalists are Michael Jackson and Freddie Mercury. But Bobby could do the high notes and the powerhouse notes in a way that was effortless. He was one of a kind for sure.
I believe he was the reason for the term "panty dropping music". I could be wrong, don't sue me. But I'm pretty sure it was him.
Back in the day when we slow danced to this song the only thing moving was the beat of our heart
I remember school dance nights and the sounds of the Righteous Bros., Roy Orbison and the like pouring into the gymnasium.
And the sound of panties hitting the floor.
Thanks, Every time I listen to this song it reminds why I sill love my wife after all these years. Yea, I am an old man. LOL.
No auto tune, no filters, no trickery, just pure talent
This goes down as one of the best songs ever made. This live performance is also one of the best ever.
I Love that you started with “ we’re going way back In time” . I totally saw your appreciation of him right away. It’s beautiful to listen to. I have watched him so many times and you are the first to mention his pinky ring. Very observant.
There are two of them & I love that song, I was25 at the time & every time I hear it makes me cry
And that was live!
No autotune, just pure voice...
So cool to see Bobby Hatfield & Bill Medley getting the respect they deserve.
SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY IT CAME OUT ON THE RADIO, HARD TO TOP THESE TWO MEN!!!!🇺🇸
Fantastic voice.
Greatest he was the greatest most beautiful voice you've ever heard
Great song great singer.
He was amazing! Such beautiful talent.
Genius,no they don't make them like that anymore... pure unadulterated talent... peace.
Blue eyed soul ! Sings amongst the Angels today.
Please check out You've Lost That Loving Feeling with Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield. That was the real Righteous Brothers. Bill's voice was so low and smooth and Bobby's higher and they complimented each other. It was one of the most popular songs of its time.
It was the song that got the most airplay on the radio of the 20th century than any other song.
And, "You're My Soul and Inspiration." Fantastic!
Antoinette Porter Exactly, my friend. And their music, just as Ray Charles, the Supremes, Elvis and other groups, crossed all racial barriers and they all became world famous and musical history was made.
Bobby sung that at the age of 25, passed away at 63..r.i.p brother.