Eric Burdon & The Animals - When I Was Young (1967) ♫♥ 

Me too, and I'm only 63.

I totally agree but people born round your time had reason to be happy ie the end of ww2. I was born in 72 & I agree the world has gone to suit.Peace.

Same shit

Same here 52!

@@nealdewar148well we were suffering the war our menfolk dying injured beyond repair both mentally and physically while the women toiled the land sending knitted jummers etc and when the war ended the men who returned were nothing like the men who returned shrunken beings tortured nightmares no treatment 4 ptss

me too!

Really real down to Earth thanks Animals

Me too. The first time I saw him I didn't even know he was on the bill. I was close to front row smoking a big doobie and the cops were coming to get me. Eric looked at me and made a gesture to make a move and I made one. Slammed that doob right down on the ground and squashed it. The cops stopped and the concert ever even blinked. The show was great. He must have been at the hip show the day before because he started singing locked in the trunk of a car. I was buzzin on shrooms too. Lit like a light bulb. Probably why they took notice of me. Eric too for that matter. Ahhhh those was the daze.

Oh yes! He was / is way too cool.

Me, on 3/14/2024(Thu.)🙋

@Eric Burdon Thank you for the great music.

Eric Burdon was never underated nor unappreciated during the 1960s.

The Best English Singer of all times.

I was introduced to Eric Burdon and the Animals in '66--- Followed thru with War, and your solo work over the years!!!! This song and many others still meld into my being!!!!!

Today so much shit is dropping on great Musicians some still learn classic music but the music of the 60ies 70ies is lost to newer generations. Man ask someone under 30 who Led Zeppelin was.

I’m 70, born in 53 too. ❤️

@@user-zd1th9it3h 1952 - got you beat by a year! I liked most of the Animals stuff, most of which were protest songs type songs. This is one of my favorites.

61. Good music is good music!

Same here. What more can I add.

Disturbingly awsome.well said

@@michaelrosas7769 Disturbingly awesome, yeah, that's an interesting choice of words.

I’m sorry I was born in 1960.... I would of chased his ass ! Lol cutie

@@maryellenlouvelle4475 He WAS really so SWEET an SUCH a MAN with a MANLY voice, EYES to daydream IN an LIPS DYING to be KISSED I LOVE ERIC he's only a FEW YEARS OLDER THEN ME. 😜😍😘💋😷

You got it!

When I was younger so much younger than today....

gmansi ,

Lennon?

I'm only 22 still got memories of this song my dad listened to it all the time an it gives memories fr

I got something different after seeing this video. Growing up with parents who went through WWII, who had PTSD, I couldn't be a kid and I wasn't treated like one. The war broke some people, everyone wasn't the greatest generation, it wasn't until later that the grief was over. I played adult because I didn't want burden my parents - I knew they had suffered - and this was a very common thing on the other side of the tracks, when the cure for PTSD was alcohol. When I got older, I had a chance to be younger. Remember that England civilian population endured terrible times (as did the German civilians) a story forgotten by the film makers. And if your parents took the war hard, life was probably hard, and rooms were cold, and England was broke, yes, they won, but....and you lived and learned on the street. Those pilots in the video were young and they had to be old - that's another parallel theme. Britain was saved by those young men. And living during the 50's - in the shadows of World War III, if you were working class, you were probably going into the service, and you were probably going to die - and that was duty so you thought to get in as much life as soon as possible. Again, speculations, but it's great music, tone, execution, authenticity - I've added to the view counts since finding this.

Your parents (and you) were tough, strong people. Sadly, tough times, and tough people, create easy times and weak people. I'm only 37 and I have it so good, as do my children.

Respect to your parents !

Looking at hard times, yes now, no affordable houdsing

@@LindaSafley-uf1mw Yes, the US is in a mess, with so much of our money is going to wars in Gaza and Ukraine.

My Dad fought in the Battle of the Bulge- He and my Mother would also be sad to see our country in this shape.

In my younger days I like most people thought the Beatles were the best. And as good as they were , I didn't appreciate how good the Animals were.

@Eric Burdon Curious, Mr. Burdon, what did the Animals and the Beatles think of each other?

Eric Burdone@41 Can not get enough of your amazing voice. Don't know why in my younger days , I didn't appreciate the Animals more. Oh well, never too old to learn.

Youre wrong Bad Bunny is the Best singer of all time Jajajajajajaja F.u.c.k that shit THE ANIMALS. forever

I am 63 and love it!

😲

without stupid people who go to army war never happens !

fuc freemasons

He came over to say hi?

@@rpm1796 We gave him and his group our table...I yelled "Eric!" and waved him over to us...and it gave me a chance to thank him personally as we let them take our table in a crowded casino cafe. He listened and I made him laugh. Most people didn't realize or were paying attention, it was such a busy place. But I had my moment!

yes he had mad talent

he was never under rated. EVER

sad but true

I didn't know him until I listened to the House of Rising Sun for the first time.

No one has ever tried to imitate his voice that I know of; because it was so so Unique and very effective. Talent above talent - Go the Toon!

Take care mary.

Same here. At 78.

71 and appreciated Eric too

"Dominated the lyrics of a song." What a great way to put it. That's exactly what he did! Thank you for that.

I remember being in 7th grade when they made their 1st (?) appearance on Ed Sullivan Show.....next day....Monday, my friend excitedly asked if I saw them on Ed Sullivan😁 Weird the things we remember! He was an amazing singer!!

Stop

Text at messaging aop

Auf jeden!🇦🇬🦁🤗🐯🐯🐯🐯🐯🐯🏀🤗🙄🏀🌋🌋 je ne comrahpass9

You should be proud...Eric is a fookin legend man l

niiicee....

Wow your grandad is AWESOME!

thats awesome.

Awww, sweet they had a chance to see each other after all these years. I hope they had a blast :)

Take me back....PLEASE!

I was a small kid, born in 1963, even in communist east Europe. So many brilliant artists on the west and I listened them in 70/80 th, when I was teen, but I ve never seen them....love Burdon

Spot on mate

Oh yes ! The kinks ! Animals ! Ooo love that music !

+Yoshihiro Akiyama Yes it sums up the borderline Bipolar emotionalism of being a teenager rather well .

+Yoshihiro Akiyama It really touches a chord deep within ,Great lyric

+Yoshihiro Akiyama ; Thanks, I could never understand the first part of that line.

+EJ 50 If you haven't heard Nightingales & Bombers a trip.One of my favs from across the pond, their music still fresh, real talent.

+Yoshihiro Akiyama "My faith was so much stronger then, i believed in fellow men"

Me

Yes. I was 8 years old.. living in Alaska.. 💜

I remember listening to this song when I was 11. I decided to look up this song and now I am writing this after not hearing in decades. I still enjoy When I Was Young Five decades later.

😢 yo! Desde. Costa Rica 🇨🇷

Me!

When I was younger, 71 now, still young in my head.

@@RobertCooper-eb9kq Robert I'm 64 & honey you may be 71 but you are still young in body as well as in mind. As long as we keep listing to this music we will stay young.🌹

@@marciacatron9496 Let's dance 🤩 I'm 70 going on 16 ! 😂

@@reedbender1179 Come on I'm always ready to dance sweetie. I feel like i'm 16 also..😃

💓🍀🌹🎉👍

Happy Bday, Eric! We love you!

Never gave up since over 50 years listening to this song

I stiil!!!

I still!!!

yes, daily

ME!, they're my all time fav. "british invasion" group! they rock!

They wore over look their songs still great today

Sixty six here, and still loving them.

+Chris Krolack Good for you Chris....Peace and Love....I need to get some for myself....

Glad you made it back, so many didn't. Others came back messed up from what they saw

@@mickjagger8439 one of them , u never forget.......

My dad was also in Nam, but surprisingly, he came back fine. Many of you men came back with physical and mental scars that should never have happened. War is one of the most eviI, horrid things that people go through.

Ja mei 😮

Great Soooong yes yes

The Flock would have been the best to cover... They had a violin player 😢

This and some other unique but unknown songs put the Beatles and Stones to shame 😅

Like the Yardbirds Heartful of Stone 😢

Aphrodites Child proved to be a great 3 piece band

A Whiter Shade of Pale.... Outshines any of the top bands... Creativity.. Procul Harem 😢

🤓 yes ! i hope that he reads this . hi ERIC !!!

My late husband was born May 19, 1944.

@@TheLightbright01 go girl

@@LarsTragel-zh7ei is it me? Am I crazy or have I been preaching this for 20+ years

I saw him perform about 5 yrs ago at the Santa Monica pier

me too b ack when we were young

Clin miller

That violin tho.

Na ich auf jeden fall mega :) und immer wieder gerne

Da stimme ich zu 😀🎸🎉🇩🇪

Wunderbar 👍

So sorry. So much loss, Vietnam.

Welcome back! I’m 19 myself now I can’t imagine going over there at this age and even younger, I respect you Guys to the top. My heart goes out for those who never made it back and for those who’s still trapped in that period.

@@sotis1756 Thank you young man.

⁠@@Music-lx1tfRespect. That was hell on earth for everyone involved, ARVN, US, Kiwis and Australians and of course the VC. I am currently making a video with this song, and footage from the Vietnam war after digging through hundreds of hours of digitalized footage from the national archive. I love this song, and I am glad I am able to share that in common with someone many years older than me. My hat is off for you, old timer 😉

Get a keyboard,a tambourine,a harmonica,anything.Just play an instrument mate,it will lengthen your life ! ✌ well 🥺maybe not,but might enhance your enjoyment 😉

Because the anti-war anti-soldier trash by CCC out-marketed it and the songs Eric wrote and sang were HIS experiences and a more true history of those dark days. The War was about total domination. If NAZI Germany had developed nuclear weapons before England and the US, it would be a very, very dark world indeed.

Amen. In these tumultuous End Times, take on the Full Armor of God as our fathers and mothers bravely did.

Well said.

When I was young this song came out when is was in six grade

When I was young. This song came out when I was in six grade. Sky pilot is like most of their songs very emotional every time I hear it I can see the battle

My speaking German is sheit, but at least I can read it. I think I would've blended in well in the 60's music scene. Btw, I'm 49

​@@ceciliakruger5425hallo würde mich über einen kontakt freuen

​@@ceciliakruger5425würde mich über einen kontakt freuen

​@@ceciliakruger5425würde mich über einen kontakt freuen

I smoked my first cigarette at ten, and for girls I had a bad yen. And I had quite a ball When I was young. LedHed Pb 207.20 🎶 🎸 🎹

He was a on the dirt end grit of youth ..we were unsure , unclean , serching , a metaphor ..of living?

Managed to see Eric play here in Tasmania a few years ago. Still so good, I can die happy now . It's only taken me until I'm 63 to finally see him play

1967 i was 22 years old , and this song describe me perfectly when i was young .

yes , he was very sexy ... and he still is !

I met him and a handful of other musicians from the 60's @ a classic rock convention in 1989 and distinctly remember him being completely humble and patiently answering my questions as I was kinda starstruck.

23 release date for this song 1964

STILL ROCKS !

2024 here.........best music 60s and 70s.

When I listen to the likes of the Animals, I get shivers down my spine. When I listen to the likes of Jay Z I get shivers in the toilet.

His mother was a tailor She sewed his new blue jeans 😎xx

"Ahhh, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now" (Bob Dylan, My back pages, 1964)

Thankyou.

Eric is HOT !!!

ERIC is a couple weeks older than Bob Dylan. They will both be 80 in May 2021. Joan Baez turned 80 in January 2021.

From me too, great singer yes happy birthday

👽👽

What means awsome?

@@karinknospe6494 Don't know what awsome means.... AWESOME means terrific, extraordinary.

Egy szó! Király!

@@user-ps6ih1yx1m Eggs for breakfast?

@Eric Burdon Cheers! I was born in '54 and as time keeps on passing, the music and lifestyle of the 60s and 70s goes further back in time yet seems more and more appealing. My parents were children during the war and it is only in more recent years has it really hit me how awful WW2 was, and how terribly people suffered in concentration camps, occupied countries, from deaths in action, etc.... After those years along came a new generation which had people like yourself hitting a new groove, so to speak! All the best to you from the island of Gozo where I now live as an ex-pat.

I'm pushing 75, LOVE this music. No matter what happens in this crazy world. We had the best time of any generation.

There’s on word, Charisma.

You are on the money eric b. and the animals at there best this should of hit # 1 !!!

Greath coment.

Bardzo mądre słowa ! Pozdrawiam serdecznie .

so when I was young

animals

Hi Sonya

Get them in order folks. The comments are important to everyone. People feel you know.

Dominic Fastbender indeed absolute classic

Dominic Fastbender and a great comment

Literally got goose bumps listening and read that others have goosebumps 😊

And I believed in fellow men..aaah the frivolity of youth

Their fathers were in the war a very short time before this was recorded

Absolutely, I was 8 then and I'm still listening x

The truth in the song remains the same, then as it does now.

@@paulj.vanloon7664 dead right x

Абсолютно.

My all-time favorite band!!!

Axel Brepohl 4EVER...💓💓💓

ich !!!!

the whole planet brother … this is timeless

Me.......

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