You've Lost That Loving Feeling: Righteous Brothers

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1964.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Wow, what a great blast from the past! ♥

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3. Power voices, great song

[Arne]

2. No matter how high I turn the volume, this song always has to be louder

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4. Blue eyed soul. What a great combination of voices.

The deep, raspy baritone sound of Bill Medley and the tenor of Bobby Hatfield that could reach very high falsetto notes, both staples of Black, R&B male groups, still holds up and sounds great today.

I've watch reaction videos of young, Black reviewers who are amazed at the sound and the voices and the fact the the singers are White and not Black.

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7. Bobby rarely used falsetto as his range was a good 5 octave

and probably one of the finest pure singers in rock.

You are so right about the blend of their voices.

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11. Ok. He never did seem to strain to reach those notes.

What a voice.

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12. He made it look so easy that most couldn't grasp how

difficult and complex it was to master that control and use that full range.

His Unchained Melody live performances is really unmatched. There is a current rendition by Austin Brown, which is really good, but there is definitely sweetening effects on the vocals which didn’t exist in 1965.

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5. One of those background singers is a 16yo Cher.

There is a great compilation video of younger women hearing and reacting to this song for the first time. It focuses on the verse, Baby, baby, I’ll get down on my knees for you.

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6. Just for fun, a great cover by Daryl Hall and Darius Rucker

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9. Fun

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10. Thanks. That is a great cover...two voices from different groups.

[niyad]

8. Thank you. Always loved them.