In 1999 the performing-rights organization Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) ranked their song "You've Lost that Loving Feeling" as the most-played song on American radio and television in the 20th century, having accumulated more than 8 million airplays by 1999, and nearly 15 million by 2011.
Thats kinda how they got their name. When they sang together people said they sounded "Righteous". Thus the name Righteous Brothers.... but they were just friends.
I don't know who invented smooooove talking over the instrumentals, but there is no doubt that Bobby Hatfield perfected it. Add in Bill's powerful roar and it is perfection.
Bill & Bobby were the greatest male duet in music...history. period. these dudes sang so effortlessly and smoothly; like it was nothing except they're hitting octaves that mere mortals could only dream of. Bill's deep baritone paired w Bobbys' falsetto = perfect harmony I can sing (and im white w blue eyes lol) but these guys?! shhiiiiiit :)
My husband bought me this album when I met him in 1965. 1. James brown. 2. Rightous brothers. 3. Sonny &. Cher. In this order. We got married in. 1966. I was 16. Him. 19. 54 years now. Love you 2. 🎶🎶🎶💕💕
I was 16 yrs old when they came out with this one. We fell in love these guys. I'm 73 yrs old and they still give me goosebumps when I hear them. They were so handsome to us in our era of the baby boomer music!! ❤❤❤
Maryann, I was also 16 when the Righteous Brothers came out with this one. So obviously I'm also 73 years old today and these two still give me goose bumps even to this day. Yes they were indeed handsome, and so was I. The Righteous Brothers made us all think we were handsome back then. And I'll bet you were the prettiest girl in high school. 💗
This is my favorite song of theirs. It gives me goosebumps! And actually their look was the norm back then. All the singers back then had a very clean cut look and wore suits.
Back when this song came out the Righteous Brothers were at the top of their game, but young folks have to realize that there were many groups that brought their own flavor to the music of the 1960s. The Righteous Brothers were right up there with the best. Keep in mind that we would hear these songs on the radio every day. So this was one of many great songs that were being played. I guess us old folks are scratching our heads because we never thought that this kind of music would come to an end.
These guys might have been the greatest duo ever . And you're right, many songs took off from these guys. Ask you're grandmothers about the Righteous Brothers. They melted many young ladies' hearts in the 60s
This beautiful song made it to #1 in 1966 for three weeks. As far as talking in a song I do know that Diana Ross spoke in some of her songs with the Supremes in the 1960's.
"Unchained Melody", sung solo by Bobby Hatfield, the blonde guy, has been voted on radio station surveys as the most popular song of the 20th century." Soul and Inspiration" is my favourite of their songs. You missed it but Bobby does a lovely humming finish at the very end. This song had "the wall of sound", an innovation by music producer Phil Spector. These decades of music, '50s to '80s were the time of the gold standard of music.
@@barbaramarkland7441 Facts are facts. Phil Spector is/was a musical genius and contributed greatly to the music scene. And yes, he did go off the rails and do the terrible act of committing murder.
December 2022 I remember in my grandmothers church hymm book looking at the chords in a song and halfway through the song there came a part that was in parentheses and called the spoken word. Most of the song was singing but that part was spoken as a centerpiece or memorable moment in the song. Love your reactions to the Righteous Brothers as I grew up with them my entire life along with Motown.
I missed this reaction first time around! I wanted to add that the first time I heard sweet talking on a song was on my parents’ Ink Spots record, If I Didn’t Care, which first came out in 1938! So it goes ‘way back. BTW, I just saw Bill Medley in concert, and he’s still fabulous! 🥰
I was 17 in '65. Going to school mornings and working 1-9pm so missed a lot of these television recordings. Thanks to you tube and great reactors like you for bringing this beautiful music back to life.
I absolutely love Staci's reaction when Bobby started talking. It was the best reaction I've seen to date. It was like a 4th wall break in a movie and I simply loved it!!
Hi! In 1960 before the Righteous Brothers- Elvis Presley talked in the middle of the #1 MEGA hit "Are You Lonesome Tonight". Have a blessed one and Great Reaction.
The guys were fabulous. I was 11 when it came out and fell in love with bill medley. You waited all day to hear this song!!! They don’t make music like they used to. Such a shame!!
It was released when I was in high school. What did we do? We went through high school trying to find "the " girl we could tell it to and fall in love with! It was all about finding that girl who you wanted to date, fall in love with and spend your life together! That's what us guys all felt when we first heard this in the 60's. And of course, the girls wanted this too! It was the best time to grow up and the best music, the Beatles, the Bee Gees, the Rolling Stones, the Righteous Bros., the Beach Boys, the Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Carlos Santana, it went on and on every year from the early 60's to the 70"s. React to the Bee Gees song, "Too Much Heaven". Unbelievable harmonies, and they wrote all their own lyrics and music in their own voices. No electronic manipulation!
enjoyed your reaction. another LIVE performance. no auto tune here in 1966. just talent from "blue-eyed soul". And Staci, your reaction to Bobby's speech was the same that us gals experienced back in the day. (heart throb!) Don't know who started the little talking in songs, but it was fairly frequent in romance/love songs in the late 50's and 60's.
I was 11 the years old the year that this song was released. I went to see them in 1973. Bobby was awesome and Bill was equally great. Soul and inspiration still gives me goosebumps and the wall of sound is missing from the music of today. Yes, they had soul my generation was very fortunate to have quality artists. You should checkout Brown Eyed Woman. It is a great song. Enjoy.
Check out UNCHAINED MELODY live performance from 1965. Outstanding performance by Bobby Hatfield. Bill Medley is there during the performance, but off camera.
Bobby Hatfield is the best singer of the song Unchained Melody hands down. I'm 74 years old and heard them in the 60's. I never paid much attention to Bobby's voice until I heard him sing that song and was swept away.
Black R & B groups like the Chi-Lites singing 'Have you seen her' or Barry White and others from the 1970's spoke in their songs. I'm happy to see young people appreciating the music we had back in the day.
I was listening to them when I was 15. We had places in every little town to dance at on weekends after football games, etc. If you had a boyfriend and you break up these songs made us cry. We loved every kind of music whether it was blacks, whites, purple people singing it. And I lived in the south. Radio stations was playing our music. I'm sick to death of the divide in our country. I would rather live back than
This song is probably my favorite righteous brothers song because of the famous Phil specter “wall of sound” music production. Quick bit of facts: they got their name from black marines near Camp Pendleton near San Diego , ca. at a club where the righteous brothers were the house band. The background singers you hear in the background and all other righteous brothers song were a group of black women called the blossoms. Bill medley, the taller, dark haired half of the group, dated one of the members of the blossoms. They guys were native Californians.
They started doing talking parts in songs going as far back as in the 40's, 50's and 60's. In 1961there was a big rap song by Jimmy Dean titled "Big Bad John." In the 70's you had a group named "The Black Poets" who did a few rap songs before the "Cherry Hill Gang" came out with their monstrous hit " Rappers Delight (80)." Here you had the "Righteous Brothers" doing a talking part. They have done talking parts with other songs too.
I read through most of the comments and wanted to throw in my two cents. Lots of music has had spoken words imbedded in the song. Soul and Inspiration was released in 1966. Prior to that, Garnet Mimms and the Enchanters did "Cry Baby" in 1963 which Janis Joplin also recorded in 1970. Elvis did "Are You Lonesome Tonight" in 1960 and Brenda Lee's "I'm Sorry" was released that same year. Moving back a few years to 1957, the Diamonds recorded "Little Darlin". But the earliest that I recall (before I was born but familiar with it) was "If I Didn't Care" by the Ink Spots, released in 1939. But there are many more as some pointed out in comments. As for the popularity of the Righteous Brothers, it was their 1964 recording of "You've Lost That Loving Feeling" that BMI identified as the most played song, on radio and television, in the 20th Century. When my wife and I married 48 years ago, we combined our 45's/LP/Vinyl collections. We had mine, hers and her brother's (because he was away in the service). We went through them and found that we had 3 copies of Soul & Inspiration album ...and still do. So good, that we wanted to keep 2 backups! Justin and Staci did a great job on this review. I loved their interaction and opinions. ✌
Pure magic by the greatest duo of all time. This was a number one hit. I remember when it first came out in I believe 1966. No auto tune. Those days if you didn’t have the talent then forget about it. Of course they had many more hits like Unchained Melody sung solo by the late great Bobby Hatfield. Listen to his live performance in 1965. Simply amazing. Also You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling which was the most played song of the 20th Century. Yes it’s true. Real soulful music. That’s why their music was called Blue Eyes Soul. Enjoy real music
In the early days of the internet I remember coming across a Righteous Brothers CD and discovering they were white and not being able to believe it. I called my buddy Rob at work, and he told me he wasn't gonna believe it and he would never let us take them. I had to drive into work to show him the CD and we listened to the whole album just going "it just doesn't make sense". To this day, 20 years later and we're still having that same conversation (and it still hasn't advanced past "I just can't believe it") On the talking to singing thing, I think Boyz II Men's "End of the Road" is extra special because the dude singing the verse in the background. Then when they hit the climax of the talking, punctuating each line with full harmonies...hard to think of a group that made as much good music as quickly as Boyz II Men from 1991-1995.
Wonderful, insightful reaction. In response to your question: Elvis Presley, in the late fifties, sang a beautiful ballad entitled "Are you lonesome tonight? During this song, Elvis wistfully talks and charms his way through an important verse. Have a listen. Then try out "In the Ghetto" from 1969 and "If I can Dream". Both are exuded in a gripping, notably socially conscious, soulful style. You'll enjoy both - Something we could use much more of, again today.
To see your generation listening to these oldies and really appreciate them brings me to tears. I'm 52 now, and these songs I remember listening to in the mid-1970s, although not current, had a profound effect on me. They just don't make em like they used to; that's for sure. Thanks for bringing us older guys n gals back down memory lane.
The formula singing and talking was used in bebop jazz throughout the 30's 40's, as well as scat the term blued eyed soul was first coined for these two. ISAAK Hayes, was big on "Love rap" before gangsta or hip hop entered the scene. You might wanna check out "Ikes Rap!"
You are right. Experiencing this at the time and era in which it happened blew us away and became a lifelong experience. That you appreciate it so much now makes me wish you could have been there with us. As good as it is, the effect of history and its added impact cannot be recreated.
Elvis did the talking thing in "Are You Lonesome, Tonight?" He had to take SO MANY TAKES to record it, because he could never get through it, even once, without cracking up. The record was released with a take that was pieced together from multiple takes. When he performed in concert, he kept wound up cracking up, and turned it into a comedy, because he couldn't help it. He just cracked up at the cheesiness of talking all smooth and soulfully to the woman he loved.
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In 1999 the performing-rights organization Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) ranked their song "You've Lost that Loving Feeling" as the most-played song on American radio and television in the 20th century, having accumulated more than 8 million airplays by 1999, and nearly 15 million by 2011.
After a performance, someone yelled out”That was righteous, brothers!” And the Righteous Brothers were born.
Yes sir the awesome Righteous Brothers still relevant & breaking hearts in 2023..... So blessed to have them in our lifetime
Bill is still around and sings with his daughter. Bobby passed away in 2003 at 63years old.
I;m 75 and love to see young people diggin' our music.
I'm 69.. Had older sisters and this ws my introduction to music when the folks were gone.
Singers back in the day had more talent in one note than most singers have in their careers today
They always sound like they were born to be singing together. Their music is angelic!
Thats kinda how they got their name. When they sang together people said they sounded "Righteous". Thus the name Righteous Brothers.... but they were just friends.
@@justafanmiller7486 Wonder why they used Brothers though when not related. A lot of people actually thought they were real brothers.
I don't know who invented smooooove talking over the instrumentals, but there is no doubt that Bobby Hatfield perfected it. Add in Bill's powerful roar and it is perfection.
Very well said!!!
They were the boys and they brought us all together with the sound
In 1960 Elvis Presley had a speaking part in his # 1 song, "Are You Lonesome Tonight?"
The greatest duo of all time!
I've seen the Righteous Brothers 5 times live. The greatest duo ever. Cruising with your girl with these guys on the radio was the best of times.
Their were the perfect duo. No two singers IMO sound as good together as they did. Loved Bill's baritone voice and Bobby's tenor voice - Perfection.
They are always live on stage and no nonsense like todays performers --- solid vocals!
I first saw them in 1964, almost 60 years ago in NYC at Basin Street East. They sounded live just the way they sound on a recording. Just amazing.
Bill & Bobby were the greatest male duet in music...history. period.
these dudes sang so effortlessly and smoothly; like it was nothing except they're hitting octaves that mere mortals could only dream of.
Bill's deep baritone paired w Bobbys' falsetto = perfect harmony
I can sing (and im white w blue eyes lol) but these guys?! shhiiiiiit :)
Don't forget to give huge credit to the songwriters, who are rarely given the praise for this beautiful piece of music.
Writing the song is one thing. Singing it so beautifully is another.
Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil. They also wrote "You've lost that loving feeling" and a plethora of hits from the 50's - 60's.
My husband bought me this album when I met him in 1965. 1. James brown. 2. Rightous brothers. 3. Sonny &. Cher. In this order. We got married in. 1966. I was 16. Him. 19. 54 years now. Love you 2. 🎶🎶🎶💕💕
I was 16 yrs old when they came out with this one. We fell in love these guys. I'm 73 yrs old and they still give me goosebumps when I hear them. They were so handsome to us in our era of the baby boomer music!! ❤❤❤
Maryann, I was also 16 when the Righteous Brothers came out with this one. So obviously I'm also 73 years old today and these two still give me goose bumps even to this day. Yes they were indeed handsome, and so was I. The Righteous Brothers made us all think we were handsome back then. And I'll bet you were the prettiest girl in high school. 💗
Same page. Remember "old acqaintence" great girls from those days. Distant clouds but warm pleasant memories from way back then.
I'm gen X and we swooned for them too!
I just saw Bill Medley in concert. He’s 83 now (I’m 75) and let me tell you, he’s still got it! ❤❤❤
Me, too...
This is my favorite song of theirs. It gives me goosebumps! And actually their look was the norm back then. All the singers back then had a very clean cut look and wore suits.
Absolutely unmatched. Great doesn't tell half of it.
Unchained Melody from the Righteous Brothers is one of my favorite songs.
Back when this song came out the Righteous Brothers were at the top of their game, but young folks have to realize that there were many groups that brought their own flavor to the music of the 1960s. The Righteous Brothers were right up there with the best. Keep in mind that we would hear these songs on the radio every day. So this was one of many great songs that were being played. I guess us old folks are scratching our heads because we never thought that this kind of music would come to an end.
Could not agree more. Guess maybe the old Ray Price song, "For the Good Times" comes into play right about now.
These guys might have been the greatest duo ever . And you're right, many songs took off from these guys. Ask you're grandmothers about the Righteous Brothers. They melted many young ladies' hearts in the 60s
I fell in love with the Righteous Brothers in 1963 when I was 14 years old and I still love them now.
This beautiful song made it to #1 in 1966 for three weeks. As far as talking in a song I do know that Diana Ross spoke in some of her songs with the Supremes in the 1960's.
Motown copied that when they heard the Righteous Brothers doing it. Fact.
Another great Rightous Brothers song is Rock & Roll Heaven. Tribute to some of the great singers that passed away
Just love seeing you kids appreciate real music. Clark Kent haha xx
Unchained Melody next, please?
About as good as it gets...Solid Gold....
Outstanding music duo that has transcended time effortlessly.
"Unchained Melody", sung solo by Bobby Hatfield, the blonde guy, has been voted on radio station surveys as the most popular song of the 20th century." Soul and Inspiration" is my favourite of their songs. You missed it but Bobby does a lovely humming finish at the very end. This song had "the wall of sound", an innovation by music producer Phil Spector. These decades of music, '50s to '80s were the time of the gold standard of music.
LOVE ALL MUCOC.. LEAVE PHIL SPECTOR OUT HE IS A CONVICTED MURDER.
@@barbaramarkland7441 Facts are facts. Phil Spector is/was a musical genius and contributed greatly to the music scene. And yes, he did go off the rails and do the terrible act of committing murder.
I was born in 1964. My mom loved this album.
I love your reaction when Bill Medley belts it out…
This song is deep and beautiful
Music at its best! 👍🏼
You two a fun to watch. Keep having a good time.
Love this song. I use to sing it to my wife until I lost her to cancer nearly 5 years ago.
Bill and Bobby are the best I saw them when I was a teenager my mother had to go with me, I have pictures that I still enjoy them!!!
December 2022
I remember in my grandmothers church hymm book looking at the chords in a song and halfway through the song there came a part that was in parentheses and called the spoken word. Most of the song was singing but that part was spoken as a centerpiece or memorable moment in the song. Love your reactions to the Righteous Brothers as I grew up with them my entire life along with Motown.
I missed this reaction first time around! I wanted to add that the first time I heard sweet talking on a song was on my parents’ Ink Spots record, If I Didn’t Care, which first came out in 1938! So it goes ‘way back. BTW, I just saw Bill Medley in concert, and he’s still fabulous! 🥰
Blue eyed soul.....doesn't get much better.
I think they were more than just Harmony in action. They made music that spoke to the soul
Medley and Hatfield. Power and smooth
I was 17 in '65. Going to school mornings and working 1-9pm so missed a lot of these television recordings. Thanks to you tube and great reactors like you for bringing this beautiful music back to life.
I absolutely love Staci's reaction when Bobby started talking. It was the best reaction I've seen to date. It was like a 4th wall break in a movie and I simply loved it!!
Just found this channel. The combination of the two is perfect. Justin reaction is just wholesome and soulful.
A couple of other songs with talk in them: "I'm Sorry" by Brenda Lee in 1960, and "Hurt" by Timi Yuro in 1961.
Oh, you will love this. I always cry at their music, and I’m 67 years old. 😢
Hi! In 1960 before the Righteous Brothers- Elvis Presley talked in the middle of the #1 MEGA hit "Are You Lonesome Tonight". Have a blessed one and Great Reaction.
Righteous Brothers & The Blossoms - Nighttime Is the Right Time
The guys were fabulous. I was 11 when it came out and fell in love with bill medley. You waited all day to hear this song!!! They don’t make music like they used to. Such a shame!!
This is definitely the best reaction from a couple I've seen
I knew. I was lucky enough to see them in person at a dinner theater in Cherry Hill, NJ in 1966. Fabulous singers.
“Righteous “ 🙌🏾
It was released when I was in high school. What did we do? We went through high school trying to find "the " girl we could tell it to and fall in love with! It was all about finding that girl who you wanted to date, fall in love with and spend your life together! That's what us guys all felt when we first heard this in the 60's. And of course, the girls wanted this too! It was the best time to grow up and the best music, the Beatles, the Bee Gees, the Rolling Stones, the Righteous Bros., the Beach Boys, the Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Carlos Santana, it went on and on every year from the early 60's to the 70"s. React to the Bee Gees song, "Too Much Heaven". Unbelievable harmonies, and they wrote all their own lyrics and music in their own voices. No electronic manipulation!
Bill Medley (with the deep voice) is the male vocalist on the song "I've Had The Time Of My Life" from the movie "Dirty Dancing".
enjoyed your reaction. another LIVE performance. no auto tune here in 1966. just talent from "blue-eyed soul". And Staci, your reaction to Bobby's speech was the same that us gals experienced back in the day. (heart throb!) Don't know who started the little talking in songs, but it was fairly frequent in romance/love songs in the late 50's and 60's.
Love love love you two ! ❤️🌸🙏
OMG! When Bobby srarts talking then I'm finished!!! Phew!
Elvis did some talking before this in “Are You Lonesome Tonight”. This is a great song though, and really enjoyed the reaction.
You guys(And girl) are GREAT.
I was 11 the years old the year that this song was released. I went to see them in 1973. Bobby was awesome and Bill was equally great. Soul and inspiration still gives me goosebumps and the wall of sound is missing from the music of today. Yes, they had soul my generation was very fortunate to have quality artists. You should checkout Brown Eyed Woman. It is a great song. Enjoy.
Love 💕 love the Righteous Brothers. 😍
Great reaction. You make a valid point on the talking. Would be great to find out.
Keep bringing back the great music from the past.
One of my all time favorites
Check out UNCHAINED MELODY live performance from 1965. Outstanding performance by Bobby Hatfield. Bill Medley is there during the performance, but off camera.
I'll give that an enthusiastic upvote.
Bobby Hatfield is the best singer of the song Unchained Melody hands down. I'm 74 years old and heard them in the 60's. I never paid much attention to Bobby's voice until I heard him sing that song and was swept away.
67 here This was unbelievably great back then, and to be honest I was very young then!
They were the greatest in my opinion.
My favorite singers from that generation. Enjoyed your review.
I remember when they first sang this...and haven't stopped listening...dreamboats! 💖💖
Black R & B groups like the Chi-Lites singing 'Have you seen her' or Barry White and others from the 1970's spoke in their songs. I'm happy to see young people appreciating the music we had back in the day.
We were demonstrable with our feelings then and it was sweet.
this is their best song together
Beautiful song ❤️
Check out Elvis Presley's version of 'Are you lonesome Tonight' from 1960 for some smoothe talking in the middle of the song.
I was listening to them when I was 15. We had places in every little town to dance at on weekends after football games, etc. If you had a boyfriend and you break up these songs made us cry. We loved every kind of music whether it was blacks, whites, purple people singing it. And I lived in the south. Radio stations was playing our music. I'm sick to death of the divide in our country. I would rather live back than
This song is probably my favorite righteous brothers song because of the famous Phil specter “wall of sound” music production. Quick bit of facts: they got their name from black marines near Camp Pendleton near San Diego , ca. at a club where the righteous brothers were the house band. The background singers you hear in the background and all other righteous brothers song were a group of black women called the blossoms. Bill medley, the taller, dark haired half of the group, dated one of the members of the blossoms. They guys were native Californians.
Thank you. Been waiting for someone to react to this gem.
They started doing talking parts in songs going as far back as in the 40's, 50's and 60's. In 1961there was a big rap song by Jimmy Dean titled "Big Bad John." In the 70's you had a group named "The Black Poets" who did a few rap songs before the "Cherry Hill Gang" came out with their monstrous hit " Rappers Delight (80)." Here you had the "Righteous Brothers" doing a talking part. They have done talking parts with other songs too.
What a beautiful reaction
I read through most of the comments and wanted to throw in my two cents.
Lots of music has had spoken words imbedded in the song. Soul and Inspiration was released in 1966. Prior to that, Garnet Mimms and the Enchanters did "Cry Baby" in 1963 which Janis Joplin also recorded in 1970.
Elvis did "Are You Lonesome Tonight" in 1960 and Brenda Lee's "I'm Sorry" was released that same year. Moving back a few years to 1957, the Diamonds recorded "Little Darlin". But the earliest that I recall (before I was born but familiar with it) was "If I Didn't Care" by the Ink Spots, released in 1939. But there are many more as some pointed out in comments.
As for the popularity of the Righteous Brothers, it was their 1964 recording of "You've Lost That Loving Feeling" that BMI identified as the most played song, on radio and television, in the 20th Century.
When my wife and I married 48 years ago, we combined our 45's/LP/Vinyl collections. We had mine, hers and her brother's (because he was away in the service). We went through them and found that we had 3 copies of Soul & Inspiration album ...and still do. So good, that we wanted to keep 2 backups!
Justin and Staci did a great job on this review. I loved their interaction and opinions. ✌
Pure magic by the greatest duo of all time. This was a number one hit. I remember when it first came out in I believe 1966. No auto tune. Those days if you didn’t have the talent then forget about it. Of course they had many more hits like Unchained Melody sung solo by the late great Bobby Hatfield. Listen to his live performance in 1965. Simply amazing. Also You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling which was the most played song of the 20th Century. Yes it’s true. Real soulful music. That’s why their music was called Blue Eyes Soul. Enjoy real music
I think the originators of talking in the middle of songs were the Ink Spots way back in the 1940s. They had it in every song they did.
Used to see them on a regular basis in the early 70's at Disneyland.
Elvis did talking in Are You Lonesome Tonight, and probably many long before this...Check out the Elvis song, a heartbreaker.
You two make a great couple.
You guys are a real blessing. Keep on keeping on, you're a lot fun.
Man those cats were righteous baby.
❤
In the early days of the internet I remember coming across a Righteous Brothers CD and discovering they were white and not being able to believe it. I called my buddy Rob at work, and he told me he wasn't gonna believe it and he would never let us take them. I had to drive into work to show him the CD and we listened to the whole album just going "it just doesn't make sense".
To this day, 20 years later and we're still having that same conversation (and it still hasn't advanced past "I just can't believe it")
On the talking to singing thing, I think Boyz II Men's "End of the Road" is extra special because the dude singing the verse in the background. Then when they hit the climax of the talking, punctuating each line with full harmonies...hard to think of a group that made as much good music as quickly as Boyz II Men from 1991-1995.
Wonderful, insightful reaction. In response to your question: Elvis Presley, in the late fifties, sang a beautiful ballad entitled "Are you lonesome tonight? During this song, Elvis wistfully talks and charms his way through an important verse. Have a listen. Then try out "In the Ghetto" from 1969 and "If I can Dream". Both are exuded in a gripping, notably socially conscious, soulful style. You'll enjoy both - Something we could use much more of, again today.
Yes they are brothers
To see your generation listening to these oldies and really appreciate them brings me to tears. I'm 52 now, and these songs I remember listening to in the mid-1970s, although not current, had a profound effect on me. They just don't make em like they used to; that's for sure. Thanks for bringing us older guys n gals back down memory lane.
That boy got a freaking cinder block for a jaw.
My favorite!
The formula singing and talking was used in bebop jazz throughout the 30's 40's, as well as scat the term blued eyed soul was first coined for these two. ISAAK Hayes, was big on "Love rap" before gangsta or hip hop entered the scene. You might wanna check out "Ikes Rap!"
Beautiful reaction
You are right. Experiencing this at the time and era in which it happened blew us away and became a lifelong experience. That you appreciate it so much now makes me wish you could have been there with us. As good as it is, the effect of history and its added impact cannot be recreated.
I think this song was the follow up of You've Lost that Loving Feeling when she actually decides to leave.
All of their songs have been covered many times. Unchained Meledy has been covered over 600 times.
My absolute favorite Righteous Brothers song!
Subscribed, great reaction. Thanks.
Elvis did the talking thing in "Are You Lonesome, Tonight?" He had to take SO MANY TAKES to record it, because he could never get through it, even once, without cracking up. The record was released with a take that was pieced together from multiple takes.
When he performed in concert, he kept wound up cracking up, and turned it into a comedy, because he couldn't help it. He just cracked up at the cheesiness of talking all smooth and soulfully to the woman he loved.
Just....thank you from 62 year old former Marine.