Eric Burden the vocalist was around 22 years old with this beautiful rendition, they were a British rythm and blues band, the vocalist is over 80 songs years old and still performs!
"And Lord, I know, I'm one." Hints of a rough existence throughout the song. Then the ultimate surrender to a life of degradation: "I'm goin' back to New Orlee-ans, to wear that ball and chain." What a message; a foreboding message to ANYONE who follows "his" path of "sin and misery."
He is regarded as one of the British Invasion's most distinctive singers with his deep, powerful blues-rock voice. In 2008, he was ranked 57th in Rolling Stone's list 'The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time'.
The Animals had a booking on Britain's Top Music program 'Ready Steady Go'. The band raced in to De Lane Lea Studios in Soho to record House Of The Rising Sun prior to their TV show appearance. The Animals set up and after a quick mic level check recorded the song in 1 live take. Those on hand said the band was in and out of the studio in under 30 minutes with a completed mono mix ready for release. Amazing!! I loved this reaction MrsPP. Take care, RNB
@@weldonbailey1005 Glad I could help Weldon. The band drove 10 hours from a gig in Liverpool the night before. Talk about being on top of their game. WOW!! Cheers, RNB
Eric Burdon had seen a lot of life when he was growing up in the docks in Newcastle. Had a hard life so this song suits him so well. Alan price totally self taught amazing keyboard player. A mix of classical and blues ,astounding. Put him almost up with Ray charles.
It kills me every time I see this performance. Why oh why couldn't all the classic acts of this era have had such great full colour films made of their hits!
this video is better than most from that era because it is actually part of a movie made for release in theatres of a lot of British Bands.. the movie is called "Pop Gear"... the host of the movie is the now disgraced Jimmy Savile
The technology wasn't available, the cost of film production was out of the reach of a beginning rock band. The best way to listen to music of this era, is to close your eyes and keep them closed. As the later song said, video killed the radio star!
@@Cissy777 About 6 years ago in a park on the edge of S E London and Kent,I was talking to a Lady by the lake. After speaking we said our goodbyes and,as an afterthought,I asked her what she did and she said she was a singer and I expressed interest.She told me her Dad had been in a Band. Luckily,I asked her the name of the Band and she said Jimi Hendrix's Experience and her Father was Jimi himself:)
I think he is a baritone. He has a commanding voice, similar to Jim Morrison's. This song is an old blues tune dating way back before this band. Andy Griffith (yes, THAT Andy Griffith from The Andy Griffith Show that you might have seen on tv) has a version he recorded back in the 50's. There are others as well. Yes, The Animals in this video were quite young, in their 20's, but they had old souls.
The Animals were part of the "British Invasion" of rock bands that followed the Beatles success into the USA. Other great Animals songs include "It's My Life", and "We Gotta Get Out of This Place"....
This is a traditional folk song---from the 1850's. Originally the story was about a young GIRL, being snared into prostitution, at the Rising Sun. Brothel. Over the years the lyrics changed to appeal to a wider audience. Many stars have recorded this, including Bob Dylan. who first heard the Animals version on his car Radio, and pulled over, to listen to it. he was most impressed. This record was Number one in the USA for 6 weeks.
Song was made in the recording studio in one take between gigs to save money. However this clip is from a movie film made after the record was a big hit. The clip was filmed in 1964 or 65 as part of a UK colour film called Pop Gear for paying theatre release. This explains the early high quality color images we luckily have for this mimed from the record performance and also a few other top UK only music artists from when the film was made. RU-vid has quite a few segments from this UK movie Pop Gear with the US contribution being to re title it Go Go Mania and add a few intro Go Go dancer segments to satisfy the US audience. A RU-vid search for Pop Gear Go Go Mania shows lots of surviving segments : ru-vid.com?search_query=pop+gear+go+go+mania The intro by TCM explains the background of the film. While some of these segments were likely to be shown on US Colour TV much later , the source would originally be this high quality film. Rising Sun is the standout, but the Honeycombs with Have I the Right is a landmark too, In 1964 images not recorded on film would be much lower quality videotape, not the notable quality images used here. Especially with the inferior US pioneering NTSC standards often called Never The Same Colour. So lucky the film was made instead of relying on low standard video tape recordings that were usually taped over anyway to save tape cost money or made by filming a TV screen with poor quality results. I would be amazed to see any video recording from 1964 up to this standard of image quality. A better sound source can easily replace or lesser quality film track early source in RU-vid postings these days. These films mainly used mimed performances as the vast majority of theatre audiences wanted to hear the music performance as they knew it from the records. Hope this helps people who have the colorized and vidoetape theories that usually pop up.
Hello MrsPenPal, You have come across an absolute "iconic classic" by The Animals!!! This was a performance that you'll never forget, from the storyline to the "eerie" vocals and the outstanding keyboard playing, it is "insanely-good!!!" Great reaction my dear friend, you've done it once again, much love & respect...This definitely broadens one's musical horizons to say the least!!! Mic Drop!!! 🎤
I've been watching several reaction videos to this, I am 47 and adore this song so much. I notice towards the end of the video the guitarist grinning, all I can think is that he knew they were onto a winner of a song and he wasn't wrong either.
He had hit the neck of his guitar on the prop pillar as he passed through and they had to do a second take from that point. His sheepish grin was so incongruous to the grim and intense ending to the song. You can see he raises his guitar extra high as he passes through the opening on the second take.
The song is about a brothel in New Orleans. "The House Of The Rising Sun" was named after its occupant Madame Marianne LeSoleil Levant (which means "Rising Sun" in French) and was open for business from 1862 (occupation by Union troops) until 1874, when it was closed due to complaints by neighbors. It was located on Louis St. New Orleans and is STILL STANDING TODAY. The earliest version of this song recorded as far as I know was in 1933 called Rising Sun Blues. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8YyS7Nc64bc.html Eric Burden and the Animals had a string of hits, Burden also introduced WAR with ‘Spill the Wine’ who went on with their own string of hits including “Low Rider” (a term for one who drives a lowered car. The low rider style, culture was created by Americans of Mexican descent or “chicanos” in Los Angeles, California in the 1930’s.
Bloody neighbours always complaining. Why can't they have great neighbours like me when I play my music really loud? My neighbours love it so much that they smashed my window so they could hear it better !
Yup. Makes me proud to be British. Eric Burden had a face like an un-made bed but Hell he could sing and this old Cowboy campfire song was perfect for his voice.
Those British invasion bands were so good and changed the music in the place most pop music had been coming from. The bands coming over all seemed to love American blues and folk, especially recorded songs from the 1930s.
Northern England in the 60s was tough. Young kids sang like they were over forty, had at least two divorces behind them and never drank their breakfast before the third morning cigarette.
He was indeed very young at the time. But in regards to how old he presents? Jeez. I've read a lot of Dickens, and it seems like all the way into the 1960s, the working class in the UK was still living in a very bleak, Dickensian experience. Like that is one very old, puffy, jaded 22 year old child. Also, I've seen this clip many times. And in the final segment, I always find myself wanting to poke that guitarist who's following behind him in the eye . Like, dude! Seriously? This is the emotional climax of an amazing song, why are you following him around and grinning like you just gifted us with a funny surprise fart?
Me too i was a lite girl on 8 years, this song turnd my world up side down, and I dont understand english back then it was some thing in Erics voice and The music that hit me deep in side of me . I still love this song and The original Animals line up
He says 'I know, I'm one' not 'I know I've won'. Meaning he is one of those who has been ruined by The House of The Rising Sun. When you stop and start the music, why is there a sound like crinkly paper?
I can just hear the choreographer saying “Okay, you guys just wander around the room lip synching and stand behind the organist for a few bars. Just be chill, okay”?
May I suggest, Eric's work with WAR. I 'm going over to listen to Eric-WAR do "Tobacco Road". Send me a note and let me know if you dig it. It's the 14 minute live version .
"house of the rising sun" by the animals is one of my all time favorites. eric burdon vocals and band are superb and the styling, colors, etc of the video represent that time period so well and remind me of the culture that followed from bob dylan, the carpenters to tv shows like the partridge family, brady bunch, etc. haley reinhart also does an amazing cover of this capturing all the deep soul of original while reinterpreting in very different slowed down bluesy way... the a capella intro is genius and some consider it one of the best performances ever on american idol. it is located here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-a6dxNsWMb_E.html
Helloooooo HONEYYYYY, YEEEAHHHH, this is an amazing track and I am sure this is the kind of song you enjoy to react with tons of meaning! BIG HUGS AND GREETINGS FROM COSTA RICA!
EXCELLENT Reaction.😀😀 Really knowledgeable about the music and,also,the way reactions should be, as you paused and spoke in the right places and had the intelligence to re-wind to maintain the flow and continuity of the song...
This was amazing back in 1964/65…. songs then were around 2 minutes long, and this was well over four minutes. I remember being in the playground at school the day after hearing this, and it was so much talked about….
I think the lead guitar player behind Burdon is smiling at the end because the keyboard player probably had to get quickly into the final shot by running (with his keyboard) to the final position.
Hi from UK…..Eric Burden on vocals was about 22-23 at the time and the others weren’t much older, Bob Dylan stole this version of the song off I think Dave van Ronk (please forgive any misspellings) before Dave could record it himself but Dave had the last laugh when The Animals recorded and gained greater success. The original is very old and sounds very different…. I think Robert Johnson may have recorded it. Love your reactions lil lady, keep safe and well, love from UK 🇬🇧❤️👍
This is 1964. So good then,so good now . Alan Price on the organ went on to have a huge career in uk. Eric Burden went on to a huge career in America with a band called War . Geordie boys!! Newcastle. UK. Chas Chandler on Bass. He went on to a successful career in music management.
American Black Blues that crossed the Atlantic and came back as the British Invasion of the 1960s. The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Animals, The Kinks, The Dave Clark Five and many others did the same. Can you hear the gospel in the organ sound?
I love this song, and I love watching reactions from young people! One thing I've noticed is that girls usually respond very strongly to his singing, while dudes usually are moved by the the great keyboarding. I really enjoyed watching you love the Music!
This is recording 1964 I don't think I started listening to the Animals until 1966. So they must be about 19 or 20:years old here. I could be a couple years off. Years later the Who sang this same song
Eric is Low Baritone, and truly a remarkable voice and performance as everyone on here knows. Your reaction video is one of the best Mrs Penpal. Where do you originate from Mrs Penpal, as your face is similar to Tanzanian females, with a narrow lower face, but maybe I am completely wrong?
between The Beatles and The Animals, The Animals are the more talented musicians. not as marketable to American teenage girls, tho, which is why The Beatles got to be mega famous.
@@MrsPenPal dude playing bass in the video is also the guy that discovered Jimi Hendrix when he was just James Brown's rhythm guitarist. took him to London and built The Experience. the rest is history. Jimi is the greatest rock guitarist of all time, hands down.
He sings "I know, i'm one", not "i won". The lyric says he is also one of the people who fell for the sin trap of the House of the Rising Sun, which the song heavily implies is a fancy brothel where young men who seeking ghe pleaures of that house, they all lost all their money and their sense of moral orientation and got ruined for life. The narrator, as one of the lost, is warning mothers to not let theor young sns fall for the trap charms of that brothel in New Orleans, who was often seen as a sin city.
I would say he was a High Baritone with a great top register. His tone is more of a baritone but he surely hits those High A's really well and they are relentless in this song. LOL
