The House of the Rising Sun was recorded in one take, they couldn't afford any more time in the recording studio, Think about that for a moment, and you'll realize just how great they were.
@@snafufubar Sorry. I was not referring to the age of the song, which after all is irrelevant, but rather to the age of the recording and the quality of the performance. I misspoke.
I don't agree. One of my sister's favorite songs and when I learned to play it on guitar, she said "That's great, but it's not the same without the keyboard" 😄
Fact. Eric sung lead on the group War's track hit. Spill the Wine. I saw him and thought. That would be Eric. I had no idea. Saw it in his reaction video to War.
@@karenscales5077 I am 60 years old, grew up listening to War, and had no idea that was the same voice on this song which I remember also. That's the beauty of these reactions! Love it!
I was a teenager when this came out, and everybody was just as blown away as this guy. In my day we called this "Boss." As in, "Man this is really a boss jam!"
My late mother in law, who faithfully sang in choirs, and loved and did it well.. would get a few beers in her.. whooo! This was her go to song, and she didnt hold back.. and was great!
Eric Burdon's voice was once described as sounding as though 'he'd spent 50 years drinking whiskey in a smoke filled bar' when he was only 24 years old. Badass. They were bad boys and I loved them. Eric...oh yeah... And the music? Come on.
You watch that video and from the looks he gives the camera you just KNOW when Eric Burdon was in school he smoked behind the bike sheds and could have any girl he wanted.
The story I liked was that around the time when the Animals were starting out, old-time touring American bluesmen didn't bother bringing bands with them - that was expensive - so they'd hire local bands who knew their standards. So the Animals got a few jobs that way, and at least one of the bluesmen said "You have to watch yourself with those guys - if you aren't on top of your game, they'll look like the stars..."
One of my all time favorite performances. "House of the Rising Sun" has been covered by many artists but no one has ever come close to Eric Burdon and the Animals in my opinion.
Not so much a cover as a rendition. It's a traditional song. I suppose you could cover their rendition though. I really like Lauren O'Connell's dark, dirty version, sung the more original female lyrics.
Ive just been able to listen to this song again. It was one of my fathers favourites, and we played it at his funeral. That was 7 years ago.. I still love the song.. it’s just hard to listen to it now.
From the drummer to the lead singer these guys knew how to to play, this is music and will be eternally one of the greatest tunes of all time, thanks for paying it the respect it deserves
"I've got one foot on the platform .. the other foot on the train ... I'm going back to New Orleans ... to wear that ball and chain." My favorite rock lyric.
Even though this song is very popular, I would have to agree. This band's whole catalogue was heavy. Some ones off the top of my head that everyone should hear at least once are "Black Plague" (very relevant) and "When I Was Young"
That was all the record labels doing...the Beatles were the Silver Beatles first, and rocked leather jackets and James Dean style hair, then they all were made to get those awful haircuts etc...same with the Animals....still happens today
Eric Burden has a very powerful voice and the organist is still in my opinion the best in the business. This song is actually the ringtone for my cell phone
The bass player of this group, Chas Chandler, is the one who later saw Jimi Hendrix playing in a bar in New York, flew him over to London, formed the Experience around him, and started his rise to fame.
Before he took Hendrix to London, Chandler put him up in his home city Newcastle. Hendrix spent some time busking in Newcastle and stayed at Chandler’s home in the Heaton area of the city (which is where I’m from). At the same time Hendrix was in Heaton, a mile away in the neighbouring district of Byker, a young body builder from Austria called Arnold Schwarzenegger was training in a gym run by a trainer he had befriended in European competitions.
The Doors are almost a tribute band. Literally almost everything (keyboard, vocals, rhythm, melody, etc) we’re adopted by the Doors. They built their own identity but the similitude is uncanny.
Yes, I Agree ! My Grandparents Were Friends With Robby Kriegers' Parents ! I I Would Occassionally Ask My Grandmother to Ask Mrs. Krieger Certain Questions In Relation to The Doors, Mainly in Regard to Her Son Robbie, The Guitarist, and She Would Tell My Grandmother, After Talking to Robbie ! I Always Thought That Was Very Cool ! Have a Great Night/Day.
Think about this: "House Of The Rising Sun" was The Animals' first hit single all the way back in 1964. It went to #1 in the U.S. for 3 weeks in September of that year. Back when the average single was about 2 1/2 minutes long, this one was a whopping 4 1/2 minutes. That was absolutely unheard of at that time This band had some major balls, and it paid-off for them Big-Time.
To develop song writing and performance skills like that at such a young age is quite amazing. His voice is great, but damn, the organist plays like he invented the instrument. In the dictionary, under Tight, there is a video of The Animals playing House of the Rising Sun. 200 years time, this will still be a stone cold classic.
@@scabthecat also, the song was adapted from a tune that was a prostitute's lament, written back in the late 1800s. There is no real credit for the original. No one knows who wrote it.
One of the songs I like most of Eric Burdon is "Please don't let me be misunderstood". Goosebumps Thank you for bring us this classic (and forgive my poor english 😅😅)
I loved this song when I first heard it 57 years ago, and I still I love it. Those babies singing and playing their hearts out, and 23 year old Eric Burdon with that big bluesy voice 🌺😍❤️❤️
British Blues took the Black Man's Blues and gave it back to the Americans and thank you. I mean that. When and where I grew up I wasn't allowed to listen to Black Folks' music. I had to do it on the sly. But I could pay all the white boy music I wanted. Thanks to you, British people, for not being like white southerners I grew up with so many years ago.
@@suzieqorange You're welcome! The blues were really big in Britain in the 60s when I was in my early teens. Met lots of big names - Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Jeff Beck, John Mayall, Georgie Fame - at our local blues club when we were still too young to go to the show, but waited outside to see our heroes. This was a bit before groupies - it was all very innocent! When the real old black Bluesmen from the US got invited to tour in the UK, they were treated like kings. All these British Blues artists looked up to them, as did the audiences. To us, they were the epitomy of cool!
@@papercup2517 I'm British, got into the British Blues Boom™ in my early teens because I didn't like the pop music being aimed at me ..in the early 80's ! My interest in guitar playing & backtracking these guys' musical influences took me in turn, into a superb , rich & vast array of purely American music ,a fascinating series of musical twists & turns in Blues , Ragtime , Jazz , R&B , Soul... At 51 , I'm still a big Blues fan , wether it's The Yardbirds or Mississippi John Hurt , Mike Bloomfield or Howlin Wolf , Jimi Hendrix or RL Burnside ...there's just so much good music out there to keep me occupied til I croak lol 😊👌
Hmm that is hard. I have lots of favorites. There version of Boom Boom is great...used in the climax of 'Skyfall'...I also love We Gotta Get out of this Place' and 'It's My Life' ...but I really love some of the bluesy album tracks and a particularly stunning version of 'Hit the Road Jack'. I basically like all the ones that showcase the amazig Burdon vocals to the max.
Lisa...One time at one of their shows, Eric lost power to his mic. Supposedly, he belted through The House of the Rising Sun without it and few people were none the wiser... 😳😲😮
@@bonscotty67 I can believe it! I knew the songs, heard them when I was really young, but had a late awakening to some groups from that era. My parents didn't play the Beatles when I was growing up and hardly any music from the 60's that I now love. I'm just now figuring out who sang these Animals' songs, Eric Burton and just fell in love with his voice a few days ago!! Wow, a sexy voice, something I can appreciate now! 😁😉
Lisa Noelle... I was fortunate or unfortunate to be the youngest of seven. Five older sisters would play all the music we call Classic Rock now. As a vocalist in various cover bands throughout my life, I latched onto Eric Burdon as an influence early on. One of the bluesiest white English men I've ever known LOL
@@bonscotty67 He really is! I was just thinking that when I started looking into him. I'm just now being able to appreciate the blues. You don't except him to be him to be a white English dude. Are you in the States? What covers do you guys usually do?
'We gotta get out of this place' 'when I was young', 'Don't let me be misunderstood', there are heaps of great Animals songs. 'We Gotta Get Out of this Place' was a song that every USO group touring Vietnam was required to do at some point in the performance. People talk about the effect of 10,000 GI's shouting the chorus at the top of their lungs, "We Gotta Get out of this place, if it's the last thing we ever do..."
always amazes me how you could come up with such a unique sound that just stands the test of time. Think of all the music produced and you can't find anything to compare to this sound. It goes for many songs and that always amazes me.
This was one of my Father's favorite songs. He even taught himself how to play it on guitar. Still brings tears to my eyes when I hear it. Love and miss you Dad!
@chris lopez feel the same way lost my dad too of heart disease he died at 53 on memorial day I know how it feels to lose that person you love most rest in peace dont worry hes always looking down in heaven
@@cherrylattimore99 Not quite. I have a habit of double-checking when I have a "Really? That's cool. :)" reaction and, according to Wikipedia: "There is a common perception that prior to The Animals the song was about and from the perspective of a woman. This is incorrect, as the narrative of the lyrics has been continually whipped back and forth from a female to a male cautionary tale. The earliest known printed version from Gordon's column is about a woman's warning. The earliest known recording of the song by Ashley is about a rounder, a male character." Also according to Wikipedia, it's a true folk song in that we don't know for sure where it came from... though what evidence we do have suggests that it developed in Europe and then was changed to refer to New Orleans later. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_of_the_Rising_Sun
Eric Burdon lead singer was 23 when the Animals recorded this in 1964, amazing performance from him and the whole band. Eric was a real life tough guy from Newcastle in the north of England, life could be hard up there then and still is today.......
Eric Burdon went on to collaborate with the funk band War in Calif. Alan Price (keyboards) also moved on to have a string of hits in the UK. Chas Chandler (bass) discovered Jimi Hendrix and rescued him from his homeland,brought him to England and the rest is glorious history. Quite a talented bunch of fella's then. The 60's and 70's will go down as THE greatest ever era for music.
saw Eric Burdon in 1968 when he was with War. One of the best concerts I went to. He had 3 members of the Steve Miller band Jam with them that nite what a nite that was.
Alan Price wrote the soundtrack for the Malcolm McDowell film Lucky Man! and his band and their performances were written into the movie. A 60s must see!
I was 13 years old when this song was released......I am almost 70 now....Damn I grew up with some awesome music .....That still sounds so good today......
Black US artists were respected and admired in the UK. They toured there, were welcomed there and their songs were played on the radio. They became more influential on the UK music scene, than on the US music scene, during that time. As for Bob Marley, he was huge in the UK. He had more success there, than anywhere else outside of Jamaica. Don't assume that every country is exactly the same as the US...
@Atheos B. Sapien No, it was what I wrote. Many British bands started as cover bands and always gave credit. Artists like Pat Boone is an American thing. You didn't have to whitewash music in Britain.
Think about the music from India, listen to Ravi Shankar, one thing to consider there are a lot of neurologically diverse people in the UK, a lot of artists have this neurology, it includes schizophrenics, bipolar disorder, people with downs syndrome,Asperger's syndrome , personality disorders, clinical depression, it's very very common with people who have this neurology to express theirself this way, the UK has the second highest recorded population of people with autism after Japan, autism can be very very mild.
Ha, ha freaking Great! Eric Burdon had a voice that sounds like it's coming out of some big burley biker guy and yet it's coming out of him instead, almost freaky!!!! By the way he sounds like that with that voice he had on all the songs they did. For me the animals was one of the Greatest rock bands ever!!!! Also love in this video how his drummer is chewing gum at the same time while banging away, love that synthesizer playing too!!!!!!🎹🗣️🎤🎶🎼🎵🎸🥁.........
According to John Steel, Bob Dylan told him that when he first heard The Animals' version on his car radio, he stopped to listen, "jumped out of his car" and "banged on the (the car's hood)", inspiring him to go electric. Dave Marsh described the Animals' take on "The House of the Rising Sun" as "...the first folk-rock hit", sounding "...as if they'd connected the ancient tune to a live wire". Writer Ralph McLean of the BBC agreed that "It was arguably the first folk rock tune", calling it "a revolutionary single", after which "the face of modern music was changed forever". - Wikipedia
There's a power in this song that emanates from Eric's voice, the driving bass, and (of course) the fluid and rapid keyboard. Another contributor to the power are the lyrics: be careful where and how you live, else you'll "wear that ball and chain."
had the extreme pleasure in 1998 of seeing Eric Burdon with Brian Auger in a smallish club in Edmonton Canada, I had chills up and down my spine, incredible experience, That man can really really sing
Have you heard Eric's version of The factory Girl.....another folk song....wheich he recorded around that time? It is on RU-vid and it is real goosebump inducing.
That might be my favorite, but they have so many good ones "Don't Bring Me Down" is up there as well. Their greatest hits is one of my go to albums and a lesser known one of their's that I absolutely love is "Inside Looking Out" it just builds so much tension and gets really fast and frenzied which is particularly interesting because it's one of their bluesier songs but also likely their fastest. The lyrics are basically a letter from prison to a girlfriend wanting out to be with her. Eric is just wailing by the end of the thing screaming about wanting her or wanting to face the reaper. It's soooo good!
In the 60s in England, this was as good as it got to capture the 'blues'. Eric Burdon and Alan Price playing together and the lyrics...mind blowing. Early days for rock-and-roll and some really strong direction into being 'non-threatening' and not too uncomfortable for our parents. I remember my dad saying Eric 'looks and sounds like 'a thug'...I thought he was really exciting and sexy. Seems really basic now, at the time this was ground-breaking. Oh, happy days!! Also...recorded live with no clever effects. Big love to the Animals:-)
Pretty sure there was a lot of shit back then but it desapeared because they couldn't just keep it due to technological issues. And today we take everything without taking out the trash. That's my take.
Eric Burdon & the Animals. Hope u'll ck out their: "We Gotta Get Outta This Place"... played alot 4 the Am. soldiers during the Viet Nam war.. awesome anthem..4 openers.. Also his hit: "Spill the Wine" w/War (a band)...
I remember when they sang, this song on Ed Sullivan Show. This is what deep music was. It still gets to me when I hear it. After all of these years. It still sounds good to me.
Formed in Newcastle upon Tyne during 1962 and 1963, when Burdon joined the Alan Price Rhythm and Blues Combo, the original line-up was Eric Burdon (vocals), Alan Price (organ and keyboards), Hilton Valentine (guitar), John Steel (drums), and Bryan "Chas" Chandler (bass). House of the Rising Sun is an American folk song, thought to be written by Georgia Turner and Bert Martin. This song tells of hard times in New Orleans. The most well known version was recorded by Eric Burdon and The Animals in 1964.
Certain songs are just perfectly nailed by a singer or a group. This Song now belongs to the Animals, even though there have been multiple version covers of it.
