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Subject: Unchained Melody
Written By: Windbreaker05 on 02/25/06 at 11:56 pm
"Unchained Melody" has been recorded many times through the years. Which version of it is your favorite?
Subject: Re: Unchained Melody
Written By: Sister Morphine on 02/25/06 at 11:59 pm
The Righteous Brothers' original version and LeAnn Rimes' cover are both the best I've ever heard.
Subject: Re: Unchained Melody
Written By: FaultyDog on 02/26/06 at 2:22 am
There's only one for me, and that's the original Righteous Brothers version.
btw: I know Leo Sayer did a version of the song in 1986 which probably needs mentioning. It's not my cup of tea, however. :P
Subject: Re: Unchained Melody
Written By: schmartypantz on 02/27/06 at 11:48 am
1965 - Righteous Brothers
:)
Subject: Re: Unchained Melody
Written By: Windbreaker05 on 02/27/06 at 2:58 pm
I voted Vito and the Salutations and June Valli. They're slightly more upbeat than the usual arrangement.
Subject: Re: Unchained Melody
Written By: whistledog on 02/27/06 at 3:20 pm
I love the Righteous Brothers version, adn the Leo Sayer version, but just to be different, I voted for the Robson and Jerome version. I thought they did a good job with it :)
Subject: Re: Unchained Melody
Written By: Paul on 02/27/06 at 4:27 pm
I chose Al Hibbler's version...fine voice that man had...
And as an out-and-out dose of madness, try Vito & the Salutations' version, or the version by Peter Sellers & Spike Milligan (which remained unreleased until 1990)...
Paul McCartney owns the publishing rights to this song...and judging by the amount of sales it's clocked up, I bet he's very happy!
Subject: Re: Unchained Melody
Written By: CeramicsFanatic on 02/27/06 at 4:43 pm
I like the Righteous Brothers' version... :)
Subject: Re: Unchained Melody
Written By: GoodRedShirt on 02/28/06 at 6:59 pm
1965 - Righteous Brothers
Subject: Re: Unchained Melody
Written By: JohnTaylorsHeart on 03/01/06 at 6:49 am
Righteous Brothers and Cyndi Lauper
Subject: Re: Unchained Melody
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/01/06 at 6:17 pm
I don't like this song in any version.
Other: The Goons
Preference to Liberace for you do not hear the lyrics.
Subject: Re: Unchained Melody
Written By: BrianMannixGirl on 03/05/06 at 12:20 am
I love the Righteous Brothers version best, followed by Elvis. Also love a version not in the list - by Cliff Richard in about 1968 or 69.
Subject: Re: Unchained Melody
Written By: Windbreaker05 on 03/05/06 at 1:04 am
I love the Righteous Brothers version best, followed by Elvis. Also love a version not in the list - by Cliff Richard in about 1968 or 69.
I would love to hear Cliff's version.
Subject: Re: Unchained Melody
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/05/06 at 3:15 am
I would love to hear Cliff's version.
The track is found on the album Listen to Cliff! released in 1961.
http://www.secondhandsongs.com/pic/6542.jpg
Subject: Re: Unchained Melody
Written By: BrianMannixGirl Guest on 03/11/06 at 2:39 am
The track is found on the album Listen to Cliff! released in 1961.
http://www.secondhandsongs.com/pic/6542.jpg
Wow thats funny - he must have done it twice - I pulled out my old cassette (imaginatively titled Cliff in 68) and its definately recorded in 1968. I will have a listen to the 61 version and see if they are exactly the same - or if they are two different styles or versions. The 68 version is very slow and sweet.
Subject: Re: Unchained Melody
Written By: FussBudgetVanPelt on 03/11/06 at 8:42 am
1965 - Righteous Brothers
The hairs on the back of my neck stood up when I saw that Leanne Rimes had recorded it :(
Subject: Re: Unchained Melody
Written By: nally on 03/18/06 at 3:13 pm
The only version I know well is the Righteous Brothers' 1965 hit, which was re-popularized 25 years later due to inclusion in the movie "Ghost" (and it was re-recorded that same year, 1990, but I'm not sure if I've heard that one). So my vote would be for "1965 ~ Righteous Brothers."