Vocal Coach reacts to and analyses The Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody
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The Righteous Brothers, an iconic American musical duo comprising Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield, are celebrated for their profound impact on the music industry with their distinctive blend of pop, blue-eyed soul, and R&B. Emerging in the early 1960s, they gained massive popularity with timeless hits like "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'," "Unchained Melody," and "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration." Their soulful harmonies and emotionally charged performances captivated audiences worldwide, earning them a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Known for their dynamic stage presence and enduring appeal, the Righteous Brothers continue to influence contemporary artists and enjoy a loyal fan base. Their music remains a staple on oldies and classic hits radio stations, underscoring their lasting legacy in the world of popular music.
"Unchained Melody" by The Righteous Brothers is one of the most enduring and beloved songs in music history. Released in 1965, this timeless classic showcases the duo's signature blend of emotive vocals and soulful harmonies, particularly highlighting Bobby Hatfield's powerful lead performance. The song's poignant lyrics and haunting melody have made it a favourite for weddings, movies, and romantic occasions. "Unchained Melody" gained renewed fame through its inclusion in the 1990 film "Ghost," solidifying its status as a cultural touchstone. With its profound emotional impact and unforgettable musical arrangement, "Unchained Melody" remains a defining moment in The Righteous Brothers' illustrious career and a staple in the repertoire of classic love songs.
Songwriter: Alex North
Producers: Hy Zaret
Genre: Pop, Soul, Rock
Origin: Orange County, California, U.S
Performed by
* Bobby Hatfield - Vocals
* Bill Medley - Vocals and instrumental
Date and Location
NBC-TV's The Andy Williams Show in 1965
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Whatever that fight was about... bro don't wanna break up I mean he went all out-all out, he really wanna get her back.
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Bobby Hatfield - Making women swoon since 1962.
Oh my God, Beth, when you are into the music your beauty is multiplied fourfold. Your enthusiasm enhances your appeal.
Beautiful classic song, you analys so well, i love watching you do your thing, you're the best.
I will never get tired of hearing this song.
Thanks Beth, you're a treasure. One would think there's not much more about this gem that hasn't already been said, but you managed it. It's a pity this outstanding pop tenor didn't score more big hits, but such is pop. RIP Bobby.
This song never gets old!
Beth, again, I must tell you how much I appreciate the effort and research you put into these reactions. It's why I subscribe. OK. This is a great quality video considering the year and it's as live as it can be. The story I heard is that Bobby Hatfield was nervous during this performance because his mother was in the audience.
In 2002, while I was working at a 'Classic Hits' radio station in a very large market here in the U.S., I was tapped to emcee a Righteous Brothers concert. Before the show, I was able to hang out with the guys in the dressing room. While they were getting ready for the show, they acted like two brothers, they chided each other (hurry up, Bill, you're gonna make us late), swore at each other, not in a mean spirited way, but in a way that demonstrated how long they had been together. Didn't matter that I, a complete stranger, was in the room. I really cherish that memory, especially since, the very next year, Bobby Hatfield was gone.
He makes it look effortless while giving me chills up my spine at the end. Thank you for your voice coach analysis.
This might be my favorite reaction yet. I love the idea that solid technique opens the ability for spontenaiety and serindipity to create something special.
This seems very likely to be the most classic love song of all time. Devoted, emotional and impassioned. Itâs been capturing hearts for decades and always will.
Fluid and flowing is such a perfect description of this song.
Thank you Beth. This song is amazing. đđ„°
He had a cold that night. A COLD, PEOPLE!!!!! And still made one of the most beautiful recordings ever.
True. But I think I prefer The Platters version?
What's your point? If he had a cold (I doubt it) it had no effect on the performance. By the way, since this sounded exactly like the record, it is still disputed whether the performance was lip synced.
@@stevenmeyer9674 A head cold is difficult to sing around. Also, you're full of shit on the lip-synch allegation. You can hear the head cold in his voice, for fuck's sake. Troll somewhere else.
@@stevenmeyer9674 It was considered better than the studio recording which drove the speculation- "Recently, my producer Kyle and I reacted to an old clip of The Righteous Brothers (more precisely, Bobby Hatfield) performing âUnchained Melodyâ on The Andy Williams Show. While I had already seen the video, this was Kyleâs first viewing. In introducing the clip, I noted that, while there was a possibility that Hatfield was lip syncing, the vocal take was both different and better than the original studio version and was thus worth a listen regardless.
As we watched the video, I observed the performance closely, coming to the conclusion that Hatfield was not lip syncing. I announced my conclusions in the commentary, and Kyle agreed."
â@@snorelacks7069 How do you explain the backing orchestra ? It was exactly the same as the record, and it could only be reproduced in a studio. I remain cynical of this performance being live.
I remember this being done by Al Hibbler in 1955 and it got a lot of plays. The Righteous Brothers did it about 1965 and theirs is an all time classic. On a technical note, he held the mike so his mouth could be seen which helps make the words more clear to the listener. So many cover their mouths with the mike which makes the words less clear and might even distort the sound. Bobby Hatfield also had incredible breath control and creative runs and riffs which made it so easy on the ear.
Bobby had such a ANGELIC voice. Heâs now singing in Gods Choir and in the front row
One of the most beautiful love songs ever written...sung by one of the most beautiful voices that ever existed. I first heard this song on an album by John Gary...a phenomenal irish/American tenor from the 60's-70's...another beautiful version. BTW..John also sang 'Softly as I leave you' in 1968 or so....now there's another absolutely beautiful song (made famous by Frank Sinatra). BTW2...Bill Medley sings Unchained Melody in his Vegas show...saw it...for a bass/baritone, he did a pretty good job. Thanks for the redo, Beth đâ€
Simply putting it short and sweet, they "broke the mold" after Bobby Hatfield was born. His natural talent has never been matched to this very day!
Notice that Bobby moves his microphone closer to or farther from his mouth, to change the volume creating elegant fades. He's essentially "tuning" himself as he sings. That's practically a lost art today.
Beth Hart does it very well. See her live version of "I'd Rather Go Blind" with Joe Bonamassa.
Great analysis, presentation Beth. Bobby was one of the greatest singers ever. He and Bill Medley were inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame and surely deserved it
I love the explanatory pop-ups you added for this video. Well done!
Glad you like them!
60 years later people still react to this song...
Such an iconic song. I never knew that it was named after a movie. Iâve always thought that the title was a reference to the freeness and fluidity of the melody.
Another deep dive reaction and analysis by Beth, on this outstanding classic performance, of an already great song.
The song on the charts would have been the studio version not this live one, which some people believe is better. Shout out also to the beautiful orchestral backing.
You are the best vocal couch on youtube! your details on the reactions... just let us know how good you are. nobody else knows or detects all those details, and explain them so well as you do. I'm glad I found you.
that typo made me laugh out loud! thank you for that.
Austin Brown does this as a solo AND Home Free does the song too. BOTH are quite good.
Technically, this was a #1 hit for Les Baxter in 1955, but the Righteous Brothers' superior version reached #4 in Billboards Top 100. However, it may have reached #1 on the Adult Contemporary Charts.
I love your inclusion of text explanations of technical terms and concepts. They are very helpful.
Love your analysis. Love the song. I remember hearing it on the radio as a child.
Occasionally, the Innocence Project in the US succeeds in overturning the death penalty for prisoners on death row. For me, this song was a long slow dance marvel in my youth. Now I think of it as an anthem for those wrongly convicted and ultimately released. Your analysis is the best, Beth.
Actually HUNG ON YOU was the A side of Unchained Melody. Just once in my Life is another great song by them.
Best reaction yet. Thanks for information
Thanks for bringing it up â€
Great reaction, Beth! IMO, one of the greatest live performances.
So beautiful! This is my platonic ideal of the love song...
Bobby was handsome, and a great singer. He sung this song beautifully. â€
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HOLA PASAN LOS AĂOS Y ESTAS MAS HERMOSA QUE NUNCA . OK SI BOBY CANTABA MUY BIEN.. DESDE URUGUAY SALUDOS.
One of the best songs to dance with your lover withđđâ€â€
9:00 oh that's a bit of the story i hadn't known before, that's fascinating, I first encountered this song entirely from its piano instrumental in 5th grade jazz band and fell in love, it's cool to know more about where it came from (as my writing instructors put it, style is what you can't help doing)
I first heard of "The righteous Brothers" in an episode of "Cheers" where they sang for Rebeca "You've lost that loving feeling" on a side more important note, let me just say that you Beth, really know your stuff!
Bout time, girl. â€
I really do love your detailed knowledge of the human voice. I am a novice singer at best that has never been instructed in any way so its nice to hear why I do certain things. Kinda cool!
Lucy Thomas recently released this song and itâs amazing.
YES!!!! And she raised the bar more than a few notches !!!
Certainly most any operatically trained tenor could hit that note.
Would like to hear Beth sing one of the great songs all the way through.
Many fine artists have covered this song, but it will always be Bobby Hatfield's. This is one of the greatest live performances ever recorded. BTW when he sang this on the Andy Williams Show he was only 25.
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Remarkable talent, no auto tune. No tricks.
Back then there was no auto tune, great voice
Just because there was no auto tune back then doesn't necessarily mean that it hasn't been auto tuned, more likely pitch corrected since? Sad but true.
Not every artist uses auto tune such a played out argument.
Thats the standard we're going by, that not every single singer used auto tune? So we don't have any argument or cant have the observation bc, well, not everyone was enhanced by auto tune?
Such a silly, played-out argument.
Bobby Hatfield is one of the best, if you enjoyed this you need to listen to him doing "Summertime"
Great Reaction !
Imagine if Bill Medley had won the coin toss and sang this. Would he have gone the other way and done it deep bass/baritone?
Truth is there never was a coin toss. Seems Bill years later (after Bobby's death) probably tired of being asked why he didn't sing it or why it wasn't a duet flippantly said maybe they tossed a coin. Previously he always said it was Bobby's song. Even before he met Bill, Bobby had been singing it with his group, The Variations. He really liked the song and brought it to the studio to be his solo.
By the way, in addition to being the producer, Bill played piano and sang the almost inaudible background vocals on the record. In that sense, it was a collaboration. đ
Hello Beth, I know that in the past you reacted to Gabriel Henrique, a Brazilian singer who recently participated in the program America's Got Talent.
I would love for you to react again to him singing Mariah Carey's song "I Want to Know What Love Is"
I love your channel, you are very friendly and you sing very beautifully;
They didn't just use this song in one movie but two. The second with this version.
Beautiful choose!â€
Don't just consider Bobby's high notes. Also look at the low notes in his chest voice. He had a five-octave range. And no, his high notes were not falsetto. That's why they're so rich and clean, his range went into counter-tenor.
if you did not hear the switch, i don't know about you.
An opera singer confirmed the countertenor as well as every reference to his range anywhere you look.
@toodlescae sure. Part of the range can still be falsetto
This live version is superior to the recording. Bobby Hatfield's falsetto is absolutely incredible. And performed decades before autotune. A masterclass in singing. Thanks, Beth, for revisiting the finest version of this song - ever.
Could you do a react and analyses to art Garfunkel 'bright eyes' and also The Rembrandts. Love the content.
I love your reactions videos about Rammstein! Please more reactions of them!
Can I say that this might be one of those times where copyright issues actually benefits, us, the audience(?) because we got to see your reaction again and in more depth?
Bellissima e bravissima Beth â€
you need to watch the beginning of this before he starts singing. Its pretty funny.
Hope sometime youâll react to Soul and Inspiration sung by the righteous brothers.
If you haven't you should watch the movie Ghost this song was a big part of that movie
I think this is only their second best hit:
3. Bring Back That Loving Feeling
2. Unchained Melody
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They certainly don't make singers with this kind of talent anymore.
They do, but they donât get the necessary exposure because theyâre not easy for the record companies to pigeonhole and package like cereal.
@@robertcampopiano6001 That is true, and it is terrible that brilliant vocalists are left to wither because they aren't "the whole package" and aren't easily marketable for one reason or another.
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Brandi Carlile has amazing range and expressivity
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Never let your girlfriend or wife watch this video. If you do, immediately after she will go out to the garage and try to turn a Delorian into Time Machine so she can go to 1965 and run off with him.
Why did the camera pull away from the close-up of his face? Grrr
Generally my music tastes run to hard rock and heavy metal, but I absolutely love this song.
Oohh.. you should do a reaction to Home Free's rendition of this song.
Think u look at yesteryear with lens of 2day. How many tenors r there in the world 100k? When this was created population was less than half which means everything is halved including tenors.
I think there are a lot more tenors than that. 35% of male singers are tenors and there are a lot of people in the world that sing.
@@BethRoars and there are only a few million musicians worldwide which includes all aspects not just singing.
Now Beth that you have listened to what HAS BEEN the standard, check out Young Lucy Thomas's, (20) version and see what the standard is NOW !!!!! Thanks....
Not even close. 1) he was singing live 2) her version lacks any emotion 3) her version sounds autotuned. I'm not saying there couldn't be a better version than Bobby's but this isn't it for sure.
@@thomasflynn5366 Lucy has stated she does NOT use auto, she does not have to as she can REALLY sing !!!! And Lucy out emotioned Bobby by a mile and out sang him also. too bad you are tone and emotionally dead !!!
@@wilburfinnigan2142 Then let's see her do it live like he did. Just because someone says they don't autotune doesn't mean it's true LOL. Bobby also changed the way the song had been sung in the past. she was copying him. Just not as well IMO. Keep in mind I at least took the time to listen to it before commenting.
@@thomasflynn5366 OOOOH I heard Booby sing the song when it first came out I am that old !!! Lucy just had a concert in March where she sang 17 songs live and has published 4 of them and she sang them better than the studio version as she was older,and NOTHING phony about Lucy's voice and she is Live now, not dead, she is the NOW !!! And Gawd I get tired of dum @$$'s like you telling me what I have done and what I should listen to !!!! go watch and listen to what you want and never mind what I do !!! GOT IT ?????
@@thomasflynn5366 I sure get tired of idiots like you trying to tell me what I know or watch, its none of your damn business and I have an opinion as well as you and they do not have to be your opinion. Who the hell do you think you are trying to bully people around to your thoughts ???? Mind you own damn business !!!
I hope Michael Buble' is watching! I'd love for a Baritone to clobber this one!
they don't understand all the things you say with that modern analyses, they just sing as they can, it's talent. why you talked so much about the emotion instead of feeling it? this 21st century...
Please do Rascal Flats or Alison Krauss they are awesome
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Also, let's not forget this was done live and WAY before autotune.
A lot of women could hit that note but not too many heterosexual men ?
About 35% of men are tenors and sexuality makes not difference to vocal range
How are things in the 19th century?
Iâm a bit disappointed with Beth. While undoubtedly, some other Tenors could hit those notes, she totally glossed over the fact the high notes were on the E vowel which makes it much more difficult than on a consonant or even other vowels.
Also, he goes into the countertenor range. He actually hit sharp of Gâ” at the end. And, there she goes againđ€ŠđŒââïž: falsetto and head voice are not the same thing. Can we at least pretend we aren't in the 19th (or previous centuries) century and know we can use scopes and see what vocal chords do using chest, head, mixed, falsetto voice. I'm done ranting. đ
What they call music presently pales in comparison.
Tiny microphone.
Big fail, Patrons. Yawn.
I kinda agree that Patron requests can take over but then they are paying for it. This might not be your thing but the guy did have a really good voice, which is afterall what this analysis reaction channel is actually about?
@@mikeb7379 They don't always pick singers with a good voice (Leonard Cohen). My beef is that this song- and this performance in particular, has flooded reaction channels. Granted, they don't all do the in depth analysis, and share the knowledge that Beth possesses. But I have been seeing this over and over. I just did a search for reactions to this video- I stopped counting at 70. We all know how this happens. The same people go from channel to channel, requesting the same songs over and over.
You might be right? But I could point to the same with Angelina Jordan reactions, Night wish, The Warning, FIR, etc. I'm from the UK so imagine how disappointed by the mostly American tunes I have to endure? It's all out there in the mix, but unfortunately YT pushes everyone to the US.
@@mikeb7379 Well..that's due to the population size difference. 300+million to 67million. Maybe some reactors could start doing some only Euro, or only UK artist polls.