FIRST TIME HEARING The Animals- The House Of The Rising Sun 1964 REACTION 

Eric Burdon definitely stood out among the other singers of that place and time. The Animals weren't cute 'n' cuddly like The Beatles, they weren't terribly clever like The Kinks, they weren't chaotic and explosive like The Who, and they weren't make-believe badasses like The Rolling Stones. The Animals were distinct and unique, and it's a damn shame that they aren't as well remembered and respected today as they've always deserved. Nice to see you picking up on them !

Eric will be 80 years old on May 11, 2021. He’s had a very long, talented career. Crazy cute when he was young, and a distinguished looking gentleman in his senior years! Love Eric Burdon’s music!

When the world ends, this is the song that plays as the credits roll through

We Gotta Get Outta This Place and Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood are two other masterpieces by this band.

I was 15 when this came out. I remember how we all had our minds totally blown by that organ break! Trivial fact: The Animals travelled 300 miles from Newcastle to London in the morning, recorded that song in the afternoon and travelled 300 miles back to Newcastle in the evening. They were paid £100 plus expenses.

Phenomenal classic hit here! One of the best songs ever, and Eric Burdon a vocals are unrivaled

That spooky organ sounds like a terrible judgement is a coming.

He sings with no effort. His face never changes like it’s no big deal I do this everyday. I love you can hear every instrument. Amazing !!!

One of Britain's most legendary bands imo. If you ever get the chance to watch the live version, his voice is even better.

Alan Price wailing on that keyboard never fails to blow my mind. He just kills it. The bassist, Chas Chandler, is the man credited with discovering the late, great Jimi Hendrix himself, by the way.

He doesn't sing this song.. he wails it.. it grabs you and drags you away....

That was Alan Price on the keyboards: he later performed with his own band, the Alan Price Set.

I love The Animals. They were a darker themed version of the Beatles or any of the groups during the British Invasion era of music.

These guys were a head of their time, Eric Burdon fantastic voice!

The bass player in this video became Jimi Hendrix's manager after hearing him play in NY. He convinced Hendrix to come to England and helped him put his band together in London. The singer, Eric Burdon, later did some great music with LA funk/rock band War. Check out their song Spill The Wine. It's a funky rock classic.

The Animals : five highly talented and influential "Geordies" which means that they were from Newcastle upon Tyne in the north of England.

I love it when a song shuts your mouth it's so intense and emotionally stimulating.

That organ !!! SOOOOOOO NICE !!!!!!!!!!

Eric Burdon...underrated rock vocalist. Definitely check out "Spill The Wine" with War. And little fact, Chas Chandler (the tall bassist) was the manager and producer of Jimi Hendrix from 1966-1968.

Also remember how young Eric Burdon (vocals) is here - he's just in his early 20's, but his voice sounds SO much older.

still a bad-ass song 56 years later!

House of the Rising Sun was recorded in England, where they are from on the first take, in thirty minutes. That song propelled the band to stardom. I remember it well, as I was just a kid. The song, by this group that I like way more is, When I Was Young. Do that one baby, for you’ll love it too. Yep, a request... enjoy your vids, keep em coming

Just love the backyard jam session back in the day

One of the greatest rock voices ever!

Eric fronted War for a time and , boy, their funk / blues fusion was to die for!

Great song. They are from Newcastle, England, where i was born nearly fifty years ago. Good effort young lady and thanks!!!

Erics voice is one of a The best

This performance was recorded originally on color film (chemically - it is not an electronic TV video recording) in 1964. The first color movie in a cinema was "Becky Sharp" in 1935! The red keyboard is not a piano it is an electric organ!

60s classic rock is a golden era, like mid to late 90s hip hop. There is a gold mine of great music in both eras. You cant go wrong diving down a rabbit hole of either.

Man I wish I could go back to hearing this for the first time. I remember it used to always give me chills when I was younger. I guess it still kinda does.

„the piano“ is the one and only VOX Continental organ made in UK and Allan Price was a master playing it.

They booked a studio mid-tour to capture it, they did 2 - what they thought were practice - run-throughs, the 2nd one the producer sneakily recorded without them knowing and is the version you hear here, live as it went down no overdubs

The dude on base left the band and became Jimi Hendrix manager.

Classic! This guy had it all as a performer. Classic song. Wonderful!

I heard this on the radio when I was 8. The music of those days; e.g. Byrds, Animals, Kinks, Dave Clark 5, Beatles, Stones, Righteous Brothers, Supremes, Beach Boys can never be repeated. It was the beginning of a new era in music. Thanks for reacting to such great music!!🙏

loved the reaction, tnx. that keyboard player is now my new hero...

I like Eric Burdon ... alot ! He looked at that camera the whole time like he's about to whoop somebody's ass !! Wow !

Unless I'm mistaken that was Alan Price on keyboards.

One of my favorite blues band from England. Interesting back story is that one morning they loaded up their instruments onto a trolly, made it to a local recording studio and cut that song on one take. Took 15 minutes to cut it. And the song was played worldwide. It shot to the top of the charts in the U.S. Spill the Wine was another great one. Eric Burton provided the vocals for an All black band named War. The Animals had lots of good songs.

I love this band!!!

I love this band and so glad you found them. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood is another wonderful song. I also want to tell you that what makes watching your reactions is enjoyable because I know you are hearing the music not just listening to a song.

The Animals - When I was Young

Listen to The Animals - We Gotta Get Out Of This Place (1965)

released in 1963. They made the video in one take, in 15 minutes. After they finished, they did a show. way ahead on their time. This song really is heart wrenching, it is embracing the darkness in ourselves. Very moving.

Animals rules!

Great voice

Love this oldie

You have TRUE Music and Creativity and Appreciation flowing through your veins.....Max Respect from da UK x

If you pay attention to the lyric it is a really sad song! Author unknown, a product of despair in the 30's. It is one of those songs that many folk played in the poor Blues communities, passed down by generation. Eric Burdens epic rendition brought the this gem front and center for us all.

Eric Bordain has a powerful voice and many bands in the 69’s used a organ

EPIC Reaction Scribe !!!!!! Nice ........

The Animals also did We gotta get out of this place.. another great one. I always wondered why the one guitar player at the end of the video right behind the singer, starts to laugh a little. you see himr right at the end do that. As for color.. they did have color in the50s AND 60s. sure some stuff was still filmed in black and white for different reasons, and also it was cheaper .

They are awesome. I grew up listening to the 60s. Try to find more groups. If it wasn’t for them we wouldn’t be where we are today. By the way. He formed another band called War. The animals are epic. ❤️❤️❤️

Regarding the story-telling in this song... This song is old. It is at least 100 years old, and likely a lot older than that. And it has been recorded many times. In addition to the Animals, legends such as Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Lead Belly, Dolly Parton have each recorded their own version. They are all quite different from each other and each makes slight variations on the lyrics that change the meaning and the story.

The Geordie Animals were the badasses of their day!! The cheesy love songs from back then ain't nothing compared to the Animals. The best thing to come out of England. And don't listen to people saying listen to their popular songs, listen to their badass hard blues songs.

Alan Price rocks they keyboards!

The zombies and the animals my favorite older bands

The lead singer Eric Burdon did a song called "Spill the Wine" with a band called War. It's off the chain.

This is an old American folk song from the 1800s. It was first recorded by a black man in the 1920s. Here we have a 1960s version presented by Brits.

the guy on the keys is Alan Price proper chav and killing it :)

This is from an old folk song, this was a hit when I was a senior in high school, we sang folk songs in school from a young age, that's where story songs came from, if you want to see where this music came from, visit FolkSeattle on RU-vid, always like your reactions.

Animals, Singer Eric Burdon and Boys on "HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN" MY FIRST FAVORITE SONG. WHICH LED TO MY FIRST Album Purchase, a few years later THE ANIMALS GREATEST HITS... AHH THESE HOT SUMMER DAYS REMINDS ME OF MY YOUTH. GREAT REACTION $CIBE...🤩✌

I Love people like You!!!

House of Rising Sun is an old Folk song widely attributed to have been written by Georgia Turner and Bert Martin

Hello from NOLA... you’re the best!

The original version of this song dates way back and was about brothels. Dolly Parton sings her own version about brothels. This song might date back to the 1600s, apparently an old English ballad.

This song was recorded 4 years before this old guy was born, and it's still great! When the cousins and I get together, we actually put 55 gallon "outside" trash cans inside and proceed to fill them with empty beer cans when this song and some others start playing. It has that vibe that I think that you capture completely...just chug that cold one and enjoy! Great reaction, and keep doing what you do! Much love to my little girl.

Jeez, the bass player's a big boy isn't he? He's like "couldn't you have made this set a little taller so I don't have to duck?"

Wow great reaction there ..

Music fans have much more to thank the bass player Chas Chandler for. As it was he who after seeing an unknown, going nowhere American guitarist playing to a mostly empty room offered his help which was taken and then out of his own pocket paid for his flight to London, his food and lodgings, advertisements for musicians and then jointly together auditioned ans finally chose an English bass player and drummer and then paid for a hall for the new band to practice. After still not getting a contract from a record company Chandler also then paid for the recording time and the manufacture and distribution of the bands first single and invited all his famous friends to the bands first gigs to further promote the single and the band. The song on the single was 'Hey Joe' it was a massive smash hit. The band was the Jimi Hendrix Experience and the guitarist going nowhere who Chandler had so much faith in was a Mr. Jimi Hendrix. Even famous little stage theatrics like Hendrix setting his guitar on fire live on stage came from Chandler.

You didn't need to say anything, your facial expressions told us all we needed to know.

I don't know, this song has always stuck with me. It always has. It's got to be the organ.

Most under rated band of that generation. Nice pick! These guys helped Hendrix too

Great song

I love watching reaction videos. I love people of all colors how we all just see talent, love of music, and how music and emotions are always twisted in one another.as we are

The bass player with the yellow guitar, Chas Chandler was Jimmie Hendrix Producer.

LOL no they had color TV in 1964.Fun Fact, color TV first came out in 1953.

A very underrated band nowadays. Very influential but mostly lost to popular culture.

I heard this song in 1964 when I was 16..I was doing 2 years in jail..I was assigned to the bull gang which was where they put the hopeless cases -smashing rocks and gravel with a pick and shovel..

1964-1975 the great music explosion

Eric burden was the best lead singer of the 60s era and Allen price was the best organ player. That's my opinion anyways.

The big guy on guitar is Chas Chandler. The guy that made Jimi Hendrix.

Listen to that Vox Continental orange top V301J organ with the English wooden keys and custom shortened valve stops. Good gawd, almighty.

We gotta get out of this place. The animals. You know it. You gotta know it.

Listen to more Eric Burton, lead singer of the Animals.

Fun fact: the song itself refers to Angola prison in Louisiana . It is so large the convicts said that the sun rose and sat on it which Japan claimed of their homeland ,which was called the land of the rising sun ,thus Angola became the house of the rising sun .

The quality of the picture is down to the fact that this clip is taken from a 1965 movie, "Pop Gear," which would've been shot on 35 mm film stock, in colour. It was about the British musical invasion of the US in the 60s. Most of the clips were lipsynched like this one, although The Beatles featured in a live performance.

They could do color in those days; Color photography was invented in the late 1800s, but was quite expensive. If you look at some WWII films, they will be in color, but it didn’t get really popular until the 1970s. So, you are partially correct, it may have been colorized, but the result looks like it was shot actually in color.

Lead singer Eric Burdon.

can i just say..i love the way you talk ;)

great song and everything is so tight but the keyboard solo just rocks it for me... frickin amazing..hooks me everytime. This sits up there with Spencer David Group.. I'm A Man.

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It was filmed in color originally.

Girllll.....They had color videos then....True, it was long ago, but a lot of us remember...

This 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 segments to satisfy the US audience. A RU-vid search for Pop Gear Go Go Mania shows the 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 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.

The song is traditional. Written probably in the 1600s but perhaps earlier by or about a Prostitute in London. Versions of the Lyrics have been found on hand Bills dating back to at least then. Without musical recording a wondering minstrel, a musician would street busk or perform paid or pass the hat in a public house and another way they would make money is paying for a print of the Lyrics and the Music on a cheap paper handbill, and then selling them after singing the song in a public house or on the street, that times equivalent of single or download. A public house was the house usually of a widow who sold beer to make ends meet. At this time every woman along with baking would have made beer as it was safer to drink than water due to cholera and Typhoid. The yeast and the alcohol it produced swamped and killed off Bacteria like Typhoid and Cholera. Such women were called Ale Wives as they were wedded to selling the beer to support themselves and their children. As part of making money they would have rented beds for the night. A place where people who were not local could stop in. People would begin to know the public houses you could stop in, these be Inns. Wondering minstrels would have stopped at them. Perhaps the lonely Ale wife would offer her own bed. If the Public House - Pub or Inn became well known the local gate guards to the town recommend them, perhaps the Ale Wife would make a good living and become rich and enlarge their house to provide more rooms. A typical example is the Wife of Bath in Chauser's The Canterbury Tales. As they became larger they would employ other women as bar Maids and some would live inside the Inn and might offer their bed to sleep in to customers for which the Madam owning the house would charge extra rent. Such houses where you could spend the night and get bed until the sun rose were referred to as a House of the Rising Sun and to this day their are English pubs called The Sun or The Cock for a public house you could stop at until the cock crowed. The more established pubs became brothels and Inns perhaps with generations of women and boys who fell on hard times working there. The song by the looks of it was written by a woman relating her hard life but the lyrics have changed and been rewritten over the years. There are old written records of it being sung in the Appalachians in the 1700s, it was always a well know song. Sometimes the song would be used to talk of the hard life of a prisoner other times to sing of being a slave and often to sing of the sad life of the prostitute female or male. The chords and melody was used in several other songs but the longest lasting was this theme. The House of the Rising Sun in New Orleans has been linked to three possible brothel/Inns in the city in the early 1800s. The Animals came to the song as part of the 60s Invasion of America by British Bands following the success of the Beatles. Such UK bands often from the poor industrial cities had steeped themselves in US Black Blues musicians from the 1920s to the 1950's and the version of the House of Rising Sun they heard was such a song. In trying to find the Writer for Copy right permission Eric Burden and Alan Price, the singer and the Keyboard player discovered it was a Traditional Song with writer more than 50 years dead so no Royalty to pay them and in fact discovered later that the song was 100s of year old and had crossed the Atlantic long before them. The songs longevity is due to the fact that it talks of human beings constant struggle with the inequalities of life. It is a song that lends it self to being re imagined and re framed and will be here in one version or another long after we are all dead.

Met Chas Chandler in the 80's. G8 Hendrix stories

My favorite key board playing in a song is on the doors song "light my fire"

Couple of requests: Band Maid: Thrill & The Hollies: Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress

Group is from 1964