Does he hit the high note in "Unchained Melody"?

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"I i i i i i NEEEEEEEEEeeee-eeeeed your love..."

Well? Does he? Properly, I mean, and in tune.

― Justin Shumaker (shueytexas), Sunday, 13 August 2006 01:07 (nineteen years ago)

They did that in one take.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Sunday, 13 August 2006 01:15 (nineteen years ago)

I don't know if it's properly in tune, but it's perfect.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Sunday, 13 August 2006 01:15 (nineteen years ago)

Dude was hitting SOME kind of "high" notes if you know what I mean...

― Doctor Casino (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 13 August 2006 03:27 (nineteen years ago)

Does it matter? If it sounds good, it's proper.

― musically (musically), Sunday, 13 August 2006 03:39 (nineteen years ago)

I agree: it's a stone cold classic, a great song, delivered perfectly.

It's just that I heard it tonight at a wedding reception and when he hit that note, my head sort of cocked to the side like a dog when he hears something odd.

It takes nothing away from the timelessness of the song, obviously. I just wondered if the integrity of that note (on a completely technical, not artistic, level) had been questioned by anyone else.

It's the climax of one of pop music's most enduring songs, so surely it's been examined.

― Justin Shumaker (shueytexas), Sunday, 13 August 2006 03:47 (nineteen years ago)

This is so fucking awesome I have to link to it here too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4XpliGoSAA

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Sunday, 13 August 2006 03:52 (nineteen years ago)

Dude was hitting SOME kind of "high" notes if you know what I mean...

oh. i get it. jazz cigarettes.

― Sir Dr. Rev. PappaWheelie Jr. II of The Third Kind (PappaWheelie 2), Sunday, 13 August 2006 03:59 (nineteen years ago)

He does it a bit sideways, I think we call it SOUL brother, it's perfect

― Education, that's what I need (Andrew Thames), Sunday, 13 August 2006 05:08 (nineteen years ago)

two years pass...

They did that in one take.

I recently read a book on Phil Spector, and it seems highly, HIGHLY unlikely that he did anything in one take. He made the Ramones play the opening chord to "End of the Century" 800 times, ferchrissakes.

― res, Saturday, 13 September 2008 14:38 (seventeen years ago)

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