As a fan of a wide variety of popular (and not-so-popular) music from the 1950s (and sometimes even earlier) up through the present, one of my bucket list projects for years has been to put together a list of my 100 favorite songs of all time. At some point I decided that, once I got around to figuring that out, I could put it out on a blog, for the infinitesimally small proportion of the Internet world that might be interested. So, here we are. While the Top 100 will be a major focus, I also plan to post on a variety of other musical (and occasionally non-musical) topics, in which you may or may not be interested. (If a particular posting doesn’t ring your bell, you’re only a few clicks away from a dancing cat video on YouTube.)

Monday, November 17, 2014

#8 You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' -- The Righteous Brothers (1965)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbg1gkWb0Wo

Phil Spector may not be the world’s most saintly human being, but he certainly could produce great records, and Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil could write great songs. Put them together and add the Righteous Brothers to the mix, and you have one of the all-time classics of the rock era. The Righteous Brothers had a few other great tracks during the year or so they spent with Spector, and did some nice work afterwards, but they never surpassed this one; they own the song to such an extent that it makes the 1980 Hall & Oates remake, along with every other version ever recorded, completely and utterly gratuitous.
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  1. JFNovember 25, 2014 at 8:51 PM

    Totally agree.

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    1. Mike RhoadsNovember 26, 2014 at 1:30 PM

      Dave Marsh, who has the song at #5 on his own personal list, has a great write-up about the first time he heard the song when it came out, as well as another encounter with it some 20+ years later.

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