"Unchained Melody" by the Righteous Brothers

The final Spector production here. You have to love how in all these old videos the singers, in black and white, come out of the darkness like ghosts.

Times goes by so slowly/And time can do so much/Are you still mine?/I need your love/Godspeed your love to me/Lonely rivers flow to the sea/To the sea, to the sea/To the open arms of the sea/Lonely river side/Wait for me/I'll be coming home/Wait for me.

Bang, bang, bang. All my themes, right there: time, redemption, space, eternity. CLASSIC song. Who hates this? No one. It touches you in every place. Things get a little weird when he sings, "Time can do so much." Those are eternal words. Then he sings about the rivers going into the sea. Very mythic, the penis into the woman. Unity, wholeness. Appreciate it. It makes complete sense that this was used for the end of Quantum Leap. That's probably what started me on this whole kick. I watched it a lot between classes at Kutztown University, when I came home (total commuter). Either way, I never get tired of their recording of this song. Spector knew how to craft and they knew how to sing it. I hope these posts made some kind of sense in their brevity and you enjoyed them. This song really contains it all, so listen again if need be. They knew how to sing, Spector knew how to produce, and this is one of the timeless singles. Put it up there with "Summer is Icumen In." An achievement for humanity.

I'd also like to mention some songs which didn't get posts here: "Teenager in Love" by Dion and the Belmonts; "This Diamond Ring" by Gary Lewis and the Playboys*; "Like a Hurricane" by Neil Young; "The Rain, the Park, and Other Things" by the Cowsills; "Bus Stop" by the Hollies; and "Clinch Mountain Home" by the Carter Family.

*I swear sometime I'll do a post about my dad, Allentown, and listening to the "oldies" station as a kid. I hate that term, but the music is fucking timeless. As much as I love Black Flag and Dead Kennedys, I'll post a million words about Gary Lewis.