True fact: Recorded in ONE take in May of 1964! Burdon's raw vocal, Price's inspired organ solo, Valentine's arpeggiated guitar made an instant classic.
Other MUST HEAR CLASSICS By Them,, THE ANIMALS "PLEASE DON'T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD",, "SKY PILOT",, "WE GOTTA GET OUT OF THIS PLACE",, "DON'T BRING ME DOWN" & "IT'S MY LIFE"
Eric Burdon & The Animals were part of the British Invasion in the 60's along with the Beatles & others. People were always shocked at the deep voice coming out of the lead singer. They had so many great songs such as "The House of the Rising Sun", "We Gotta Get Out of This Place", "It's My Life", "Don't Bring Me Down", "I'm Crying", "See See Rider", "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood, "San Franciscan Nights", "When I Was Young" & "Sky Pilot".
This was real music, performed by real musicians! No autotune, computer played shit, no weird costume and freaky 🐂💩 going on. Thank you for the review.
So good to see you react to our music and help keep it alive! Eric Burdon had an amazing voice for 23, and the bass player became Jimi Hendrix's manager.
The music and organ is like the voice of a million souls crying out that lifts us to the heavens. Burdens vocals then bring us crashing back to real life.
No Need To Be Jealous My Music Lovin Brother,, The Music Is Still Here & Will Live On Forever Thanks To People Like You..Music/Bands Can Be Like This Again By Your Generation Wanting & Demanding It!!
Exactly. The problem is really the music industry itself, & the general public that latches onto any garbage the industry pushes because they want to be "hip" to the current "scene" no matter how formulaic & terrible it is. It started with MTV, when "the video" became more important than the music itself, & it's been a long slow slide downhill ever since. The music industry is lazy. They used to try to find talent & bring it to the masses, now they just push cookie cutter acts on the masses & say "this is what you will like" & the masses of drones say "ok, yeah, this is great, we love it!" no matter how trash it is. If you make them rich by listening to whatever crap they dish out, crap is what you'll keep getting. This goes for all "popular" genres of music & entertainment in general. I'm 57 & grew up listening to rock radio. Nearly every song was greatness. Now I turn on "new" rock radio & I swear, I have to tolerate 15-20 crappy new songs just to hear maybe 1 new song that to me is truly worthy of respect & worth appreciating. It's sad. The music industry will keep taking the lazy way out as long as we keep buying whatever they're selling no matter how bad it is.
Man...you're all over it. Your authenticity is palpable. Thank you for lending your sensitivity. I pray you won't let the corporate machine change a single thing about your gift.
Almost 58 years since it’s release & it’s a timeless classic. So glad you’ve discovered The Animals. They were formed in my hometown, Newcastle upon Tyne. Wishing you a blessed 2022 x
This is The Animals most famous hit track. Also, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND you review their ACID-Blues-Rock classic, "Don't Bring Me Down" You may be amazed..! -cheers
This song is a Masterpiece. It is epic. Recorded by the British group "The Animals," I remember hearing it when it was first played on the air in 1964 (I was 14 years old). Everything stopped. All attention was on the song. It was mesmerizing. It was crazy. It made #1 on the top of music charts in the U.S., Britain and Canada for many weeks. It won awards, and it is just as powerful today as it was in 1964. If I hear it on the radio today in 2023, I would stop what I am doing and it still gets my full attention. It deserves respect.
Other great songs sung by Eric Burdon are: Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood, AND We Got to Get Outta This Place. I don't remember whether he was with War or with The Animals for those. Of course, with War, you gotta listen to Spill the Wine.
That voice got soul. He did a lot of records late sixtie with different incarnations of The Animals. Then he join War as singer. Myself I love that period because he could use his voice in a wider scale so to speak.His story telling voice is absolutely fantastic in Tobacco Road/I Had A Dream/Tobacco Road. Check out the link for yourself if you want. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tL8ilHx_bts.html
It’s hard to believe that the song is sixty years old. Roughly. My parents were married in 1964. Amazing. Eric Burdon is amazing. He’s still singing too
Man, I just stumbled upon your channel and love it. You are a genuine soul who isn't fake like alot of reactionaries. I'm 46 and have finally learned that music is the key out of my dark places. Thank you for your posts my friend!
Eric Burdon really introduced the idea of folk-rock here and it was partly due to the fact he was early in bringing blues rock to the scene. People recommend a lot of his big hits but out of them all, I'm an animal (sounds like Devo), When I was young, Good Times, and Spill the Wine when he was fronting WAR. Thanks for appreciating something so special. The animals get forgotten in music history and it's a shame.
The reason they are walking is it is a funeral procession, like the old ones in New Orleans. THE FUNERAL IS HIS, he is going back to Orleans to a brothel (Rising Sun) and alcohol addiction (Ball and Chain), like his father had done. He is somber in the video because he is dead inside. He has 1 foot on the platform, and 1 foot on the train, going back to New Orleans. The song is haunting and sad because he is lost, he isn't coming back.
The British Explosion of bands in the 60s was amazing. The young kids were listening to American jazz, and rhythm and blues. He’d never been to New Orleans but he loved the grittiness of the black artists as did The Rolling Stones etc. And then these bands invaded the US!
It was a folk song from the 19th century 'bout the House of the Rising Sun which was the name of a brothel in NOLA; was traditionally sung by a female. Alan Price, the phenomenal organist, coped the composing credits and the coin.
animals, excellnet group,you could tryanother of their songs"dont let me be misunderstood"and also"we gotta get out of this place"more shivers in your backbone,thier songs,whe they start, i never want them to stop,happy new year JB
Eric Burdon is an amazing singer! Check out the song he did with another awesome band War. Spill The Wine. All the big hits of the Animals are fantastic.
This was recorded in 1 take bc its all they could afford and needed something for the b side of the album. This is an absolute masterpiece and the true definition of timeless music
FUN FACT: This song is so old that its origins are lost in obscurity. It's basically an old folk song, the origins of which may go back as far as 16th century London. In any case, as commonly happens with folk songs from any country, someone hears it, forgets some of the lyrics, writes some new lyrics to take the place of the forgotten lyrics and, the process goes on, singer after singer, year after year, decade after decade, generation after generation and it often ends up in countries and cultures far from its origins and often ends up being just one of many versions with several variations of the lyrics. In this case, (assuming the song originated in England) the lyrics have now moved the setting of the story to the United States and specifically to the city of New Orleans. It's also possible that the original song was from a woman's point of view with a lyrical line that goes "There is a house in New Orleans they call the House of the Rising Sun. Iit's been the ruin of many a poor girl and, Lord, I know I'm one." The assumption, in this case, is that the House of the Rising Sun is a good old fashioned whore house. The first time I ever heard the song was by the legendary folk-singer, Joan Baez, about a year before The Animals released their version. I also heard a VERY early version (maybe even earlier than the Baez version) by Leadbelly (Hudie Leadbetter) in which he is accompanying himself on a 12-string guitar but playing a chord progression that bears no resemblance to any other version I've ever heard since.
It wasn't just the bands, it was the mix we got to hear. On the same radio station you might hear Janis Joplin followed by the Carpenters, Beatles, Guess Who, Glen Campbell. You weren't limited to one type of music. I wish you could have heard it like that too. At least with these reaction videos, you can be guided to these oldies.
Absolutely iconic song- that voice at such a young age- 💜👍✌️ My late MIL used to sing this ,and sang it well, after a couple drinks- She also loved singing in her church choir- She enjoyed singing period .. this was always her “go to” song when asked too❤️🙌🏻❤️p
Perfectly beautiful reaction. So many of us agree with you, and feel the same way as you do about this song. I’m 62 years old, and I have always loved this song. 👍
Say Hey JB, Long time no see. I hope you've been doing okay. Thanks for the high emotional impact reaction to one of my favorite records. Alan Price plays what many consider to be the greatest rock organ part ever along with a great performance by the band. The lip-synched video didn't do justice to the excitement of this all-time great recording in my opinion but it was great to see you check it out with your usual depth.
What a pleasure to see you enjoy this song. I enjoyed watching your expressions almost as much as watching Eric Burdon's cold as ice performance. His voice was on another level! No autotune and done in one take. A top 100 rock song fur sure.
I loved the Animals, to me they were much better then the Beatles, but then I was maybe 6 when the British Invasion happened lol. Eric Burden had such a strong powerful voice. They also played this song at the end of the movie Casino with Joe Peshi, Robert DeNiro, Sharon Stone, great movie.
The reason they are walking, is it is supposed to be a funeral procession, like the old ones in New Orleans. The FUNERAL IS HIS, he is going back to the brothels, and alcohol addiction (ball and chain) like his father did. His somber look through the video is because he is dead inside, he has 1 foot on the platform and the other foot on the train. The video is haunting, sad, because he is lost, and He isn't coming back.
When Released,, This ABSOLUTE CLASSIC Would Be A HUGE HIT & A TRUE MUST HEAR Till This Very Day,, SMITH "BABY,, IT'S YOU" ..It Would Also Be Featured In Quentin Tarantino's Hit Movie "Death Proof"
Woody Guthrie first released this song in 1944, it was originally a folk song from, I think, South America, apparently adapted from songs sung by African slaves bought to America
The way people are oriented with a song is what sticks with them, be it negative or positive. This might actually be the first progressive blues song (not the original folk one but The Animals version) which expanded its scope beyond a folk music context. You might know his voice from War's Spill The Wine (a completely polar opposite voice I might add).
That is what is meant by SOUL. And they are Brits from NEWCASTLE, Burdon was only 23. One Take, they couldnt' afford more time. recorded on a BOOM MIC.
I loved your reaction to this beautiful song. I was born in the 1950's so I'm experiencing it all over again through your eyes and ears, thanks to you and other people like you. Thank you for doing this!
The soundtrack is my life LOL add heavy Motown background in the D, then burbs. Welcome to the vastness of genre that can bring people together, along with the Old School both Rap and Punk. Life changing messages of connection to a date, time, and place. I could stand in the same location I heard "It's Like That"- Run DMC, the first time. Much Love and Prayers to You 😁
Great to see you back...went to a Theater in Mold -North Wales in the called Dreamboats and Miniskirts about growing up in the 1960s ,..one of the Tunes was the House of the Rising Sun ...the lead singer absolutely nailed it. the place was rocking..great song..timeless classic... Take care and good luck for the rest of the year...keep doing what you love and makes you happy.
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JB I don't know if anyone has ever told you, but you have an old soul. You're such a pleasure to watch. As always, lots of love from way down in the 'Sipp. edit to add: Music is the Great Unifier, if we just let it be. 🥰💜💚💛✌️
