Great reaction from you guys. The original stroty claims, that the songs 'House of the Rising Sun was an brothel' and if you think about the lyrics it surely sounds like it. But no one, no one has ever sang this songs with this passion and the singers raspy and powerful voice is outstanding. The pain, tegret and agony comes from the way he sings... and by the way don't look like a man, who could have this powerful voice... yes laugh with me, but I am serious... He looks like a school boy but sings like the head master:P
they did not pay for the studio time--they were on leave from the Chuck Berry tour-the song was hot -they were told by management to get down to london and get it recorded-cost about 11 pounds at the time 1964 -according to Chas.
The bass player ‘discovered’ Jimi Hendrix who wasn’t getting any traction stateside and brought him over to England. He helped him put together his band the Experience and got him him his first record deal.
So true about the keyboard. It was 1964 and music was definitely changing from the 1950s nothing burger instrumental styles to much more intricate musicality in the 60s. The 50s other than guitar were more about the singers.
@@Smithjones12I agree. I knew music from my parents’ generation too and even before. I was so shocked when talking to 20-something’s that they didn’t know who U2 was and nothing of the great musicians or songs of the 60s. What a small world they live in!
: Burdon arranged the version of this song this way because they were one of the openers for Chuck Berry, and he didn't want to try to "out-rock'n'roll" Chuck Berry. So he opted for a folk song he knew of, looked into it more, and then came up with this arrangement. He specifically wanted also to have a solo for their keyboardist to have the spotlight. Burdon said so in an interview in the last year or three. It's really fascinating.
@@ANDY1985UK2011 there is ''ALWAYS'' something better..But never the 60 or 70's, & those were the best....Yes that's what I say..I rock with the fifties , sixties, & seventies..Haven't kept up since..So keep your 10 percent your talking about.
Truly one of the greatest vocal peformances of all time. Nobody will forget this voice. Eric burdon still alive at 83. God has blessed him with talent & longevity. He was always an old soul even when babyfaced,
A lot of people miss this, but they're also kind of marching like a New Orleans Jazz Funeral band. This video is INCREDIBLY well filmed for that time, very high quality production.
@@ffjsb "...which they made into a music video ..." Who is "they"? And what was "additionally made" when it was already shot for a movie?? That scene is just an outake of the british music revue movie "Pop Gear"(US alternative titel for that movie was "Go Go Mania") released in 1965 introducing a whole bunch of different British pop groups and therefore it is no "music video" .."music video" wasn´t even neither a used term at that time nor "a thing to do" in general ...that "term" and "thing" were coming up in the late 70ties early 80ties solely produced for TV consumption...but that Animal scene was shot for the cinema which is a totally different shooting process with totally different equipment especially back in those days.
The genius of this song is they took a song that was so well known nobody would think of covering it, and they made it their own. It was a song you would learn piano to, and they made it hard.
From a Canadian/US point of view, this band was massively transitional between the sounds of the late 50s early 60s such as Elvis, and the new sounds of the 60s like The Who, Stones, and CCR. These guys paved the way for a whole new sound.
TOTALLY. Sometimes reaction people who don't "get" that the early 60s were closer to the late 50s culturally and musically. HOWEVER the Beatles came over in 1964, music in America was changing with Bob Dylan singing more "message" type music, the Birds (who were British I think)...and all the social upheaval started as early as 1963 (JFK) on and on.
I was born and grew up in New Orleans. We thought this song was bad ass when the Animals released it in 1964. In the old days there was legal prostitution in New Orleans in one neighborhood called Storyville. That's what we assumed it was about. Thanks for playing this song. This is my first time watching you guys. In my mind I said look at the three professors discussing the song without interupting the song. I like your style. I will subscribe after I send this message. Thank you.
We've always embraced black blues and soul in the UK, especially working class communities in the north. Dave Godin brought over the Motown Review tour in the 1965 and the artists were amazed at playing to almost all white audiences (who loved them) when they couldn't even perform in white only venues in the US. Since then the Northern Soul scene has been massive over here.
67 yr old Blk woman from US. Was just talking to friend about how British bands bank day and even now have more true soul, funk, blues feeling than American bands.
I'm glad you guys liked this song, I was pretty sure you would. More Animals songs to listen to are: We Gotta Get Out Of This Place, Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood, It's My Life And When I Was Young. That's a start anyway. I've been watching your channel for a little while now. Tonight's reaction pushed me over to subscribe.
Eric Burdon is still with us and I believe he still performs. I saw him a few years ago and he was still very good in his 70's. He had hits with the Animals, War and as a solo artist. He always went his own way and did songs his way. Much respect.
Every guy in the band was perfect in this song. The Organ player and the rythum guitarist were absolutely genius level. But the whole song was damned tight in this song.
I have always thought this was a young mans story of how his father was only happy when he was on a drunk, he's a gambler, his mother is making his clothes, they were poor, he is telling mother's to warn your children not to get involved with "The House of the Rising Sun", a place that takes everything from you and in the end he is one foot on the platform and one on the train headed back to New Orleans to wear that ball and chain. He has succumbed to the same fate as his father.
As a kid growing up in the 60s in UK, I think that we looked at the music rather than the colour or politics. So to me the blues sound was basically hidden from middle Americans, but we in the UK loved it and helped it become mainstream. Excellent reaction.
@missrayelyn3045 what I meant was the likes of the beatles and stones, and people like led zeppelin and Eric Clapton found alot of their influences from the blues etc,so when the so called British invasion into America where segregation was still around especially when the beatles toured. The music they brought back to America was in itself mainstream and accessible .
Great reaction gentlemen! The British bands were more than fans of black American music. They were SCHOLARS of it! They were also very vocal about where emerging Rock came from and this caused many old bluesmen to have their careers revived. In 1965 The Rolling Stones appeared on ABC-TV's rock music show, Shindig insisting that Howlin' Wolf would be their special guest. The Animals had a ton of hits, their most famous being - We Gotta Get Out of This Place, Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood and Boom Boom. Eric Burdon (the lead singer) also had a cool hit with the group War called Spill the Wine. Also check out another British Invasion group - The Spencer Davis Group featuring Steve Winwood - Keep On Running, I'm A Man and Gimme Some Lovin'.
This is an old, ancient folk song that is undetermined authorship. The oldest known recording of the song, under the title "Rising Sun Blues", is by Appalachian artists Clarence "Tom" Ashley and Gwen Foster, who recorded it on September 6, 1933.
There was something in the water in England for real! After WW2 there was a baby boom of epic preportions and there were very gifted musicians and singers born during this era. The kids in England in the 1960’s listened to black American blues and soul music because it was the music being broadcast in England. The British Invasion was a great happening in the music industry!
The tall bass player saw Jimi Hendrix in a San Francisco coffee shop, became his manager, took him to England and made him a star. He only played on the early Animals albums.
The lead singer, Eric Burdon, is the one that started WAR and released their first two albums with them. "Spill the Wine" and "Spirit" are his best with them.
The first time I heard this song I was about 12 years old, back in the late sixties, and it was mind blowing. They had a few more that played on the radio as well "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" and "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" that were quite good too. The lead singer, Eric Burden, also had a couple of hits with another band called War.
Eric Burden (British Soul singer) and The Animals were part of "The British Invasion" with The Beatles, Mick Jagger and The Rolling Stones, The Zombies, Kinks and many other artists and Bands in 1963.
Corey’s back! Eric Burdon later sang with War! “Spill the Wine.” He sings like an old Blues shouter! Yet he was around 21 here! This was penned a long time ago. Way before this group. It’s considered a folk song from New Orleans. This was filmed in the mid ‘60’s. Dude on the bass, Chas Chandler, discovered and managed Jimi Hendrix. The Animals had lots of big hits! “ We Gotta Get Out of This Place”. Olli! They lost the accents because they were hardcore students of classic Mississippi Delta and Chicago blues masters.
Love your guys enthusiasm for the songs that I've been listening to going back over 50 years. What I love is that you guys go at it with open minds and plainly understand the magnitude, quality and variety of 60s and 70s music especially. That 20 year run from 1964-1984 was without a doubt when lyrical content, soaring harmonies, stellar musicianship, soulful vocals and pure talent ruled the airwaves. Nothing could touch these bands! I'll take this Era every time over all others! Great stuff!!
This was done in one shot. At the end the guitar guy was grinning because the keyboard guy was rushing to move in front for the last scene. Keep up the good work.
The lead singer, Eric Burdon, also sings, "Spill the wine, with the band 'War. Y'all have to check that out! It's awesome! And watch the original video to it!!
I turned 5 in Nov. '64. It was a great time for growing up and having this music to listen to! The tall bass player discovered Jimi Hendrix! I believe Eric Burdon was about 24, he had a baby face, but an old voice! He's in his 80s and still going!
Yeah all of the 60s and 70s British bands were very heavily influenced by the great bluesmen. The Rolling Stones actually got their name from a Muddy Waters song "Rollin' Stone".
I was 3 years old when this song was released, so I can't tell you how many times I've heard it, but I can tell you that it loses none of its impact after hundreds of listens. And the fact that they shot this video like a funeral procession was equally powerful, since back in the day a funeral procession was just that; family and friends would walk through the town with the casket to the burial place. On a somewhat lighter note, Eric Burdon recorded some music with the group War some years later of which "Spill the Wine" is a must. If you happen to do a reaction to Wine, the video shows Eric in his stoned craziness. This was a great one.
Burdon said that he heard an old guy in Northumberland singing it at a bar. They needed a song to stand out when they opened for Chuck Berry on tour, and this was it.
I love this song so much, i was born in 1956 so i was a lite girl when this song came. Erics voice blow me a way , i love the Animals for me the best group of all groups from the 60,s . I am a Swedish Woman i lernd to love blues of listen to Animals, stones , Eric Burdon had so much emotions and soul in his voice. Listen too Animals songs As the crow flies ,Going Down Slow, Gin House Blues, they are great.
Our iconic 60’s bands took the blues,virtually unknown in their home country,and put a British edge on it and sold it back to you all 🙂😎,then what followed from the UK in the glorious 70’s took it several levels more creative. Since then,the likes of BB King,John Lee Hooker and Muddy Waters are famous and revered in America,due to the rebirth of the blues British style. Must be something in our water.
Fairly sure I saw an interview with B.B. King where he said the blues were dead or dying in the United States until a bunch of white boys from England saved it.
Eric Burden’s voice wasn’t too bad for a 23 year old (in 1964). Give “Bring It On Home” and “We Gotta Get Out Of This Place” a listen for more The Animals greatness.
I was 10 years old when my older teen sisters play this a 45 record I learned to sing this and now over 50 years later and I know it the second it starts on the radio
My mom had an organ like that one. Same size, except she called it her electric piano. It looked like a smaller version of an amber colored wooden piano, except it was electric. She owned it in the 1960s and 1970s, along with an acoustic guitar. She sang country and gospel music and could yodel quite well. My three sister and I would sing with her for fun.
I met Eric Burdon at a recording studio in 1989 in L.A. He was short in stature (5 feet 9 inches tall) but oh, what a powerful voice he has!!!! One of my all-time favorite O.G. soulful singers. Even at 82 his face is still recognizable.
I'm a 77 year old white who has a close black friend that I lived with for a year in 1968. We cross influenced each other musically. GREAT reaction to one of the greatest rock/soul songs ever!!! Nice to see some "youngsters" enjoying the classics. The Animals version is a completely different take and tempo than previous versions. You need to check out these other Animals songs.....Boom Boom, We Gotta Get Out of this Place and Don't Let Me be Misunderstood.
Great reaction fellas, here's another suggestion, if interested. "The Animals - We Gotta Get Out Of This Place (1965)" Eric Burdon's gritty, soulful vocals always surprises people who haven't heard him sing before. They can't believe this young baby face kid sounds like an eighty-year-old man with vocals that has been drenched with whiskey. And if you'd like to hear another band from the same time period as "The Animals" then check out "Traffic - Dear Mr. Fantasy - Live - 1972" the lead singer is British artist, Steve Winwood and he's most recognizable by his distinctive, soulful high tenor voice. Although he was primarily a guitarist, he played keyboard too. And they covered genres such as blue-eyed soul, R&B, blues-rock and pop-rock. Fun reaction, thanks for sharing
The Vox Continental organs was really popular at that time. It was in a lot of songs of that era. That helps identify it with the times and sound of the sixties as the Farfisa and Hammond B3 in their times.
Grew up with the animals,my father was good friends with the lead singer eric burden,and we spent time with him and his daughter alex who is an amazing singer like her dad After the animals he was with a band called war, And now he still tours but is now an amazing blues singer ❤
Sky Pilot has always been my favourite song , very sad song , you guys will love it . Looking forward to your take on this deeply moving song about the perils of going into battle.
Eric Burton was the party boy of all time. He was known for the inspiration for the Beatles song the Walrus. He dropped acid with Janis Joplin. He was a guy who everybody will remember as fun.
People forget how the electric organ/piano revolutionized the music business and live performances. Hauling around a piano was tough and, like the stand up bass, it wasn't loud enough in a large auditorium without a primo sound system.
I really appreciate the old scool history of the song. I never knew that. I'm 55, and started playing guitar when I was 5. To this day, I will try out any guitar in a store, vintage to new I play House of the Rising Sun, the owners nod. Respect.
Alan Price was the original keyboard player for the British band The Animals before he left to form his own band the Alan Price Set in 1965. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame museum in 1994 as a member of the Animals. He is also known for his musical work as a solo artist
Hi guys, first time viewer here. Also my first reaction seeing both generations. I know half the guys here know this one very well. Similar organ as the Doors and many other groups at that time. For me it’s grandpas organ lol
I've always loved this song. When I was 12ish, this was 1983ish, this song came on the radio while my mom and grandma were in the front seat. I asked my mom to turn it up, she was surprised I loved this song. My grandma also mentioned she really liked this song, this blew mom and my minds. The Animals really paid homage to this masterpiece.
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Great reaction from you guys. The original stroty claims, that the songs 'House of the Rising Sun was an brothel' and if you think about the lyrics it surely sounds like it. But no one, no one has ever sang this songs with this passion and the singers raspy and powerful voice is outstanding. The pain, tegret and agony comes from the way he sings... and by the way don't look like a man, who could have this powerful voice... yes laugh with me, but I am serious... He looks like a school boy but sings like the head master:P
Eric Burdon was 23 when they recorded that track, and the band did it in one take. (It was all the studio time they could afford!)
they did not pay for the studio time--they were on leave from the Chuck Berry tour-the song was hot -they were told by management to get down to london and get it recorded-cost about 11 pounds at the time 1964 -according to Chas.
Outstanding job by all.
That is a cool fact!
They say necessity is the mother of invention, and pressure (and heat) can create diamonds.
It's crazy
That boy had better pipes than a 1968 Shelby
Yes Sirrrrrrr❤
He still does pretty good!
Daaaaaaaaaamn, bro. Now that is a compliment!
Lol
I live in Cleveland co. N.C. Shelby...
The bass player ‘discovered’ Jimi Hendrix who wasn’t getting any traction stateside and brought him over to England. He helped him put together his band the Experience and got him him his first record deal.
The organist is Alan Price who did some solo stuff.
@@neilgayleard3842 I liked his song "Changes"
Chas Chandler. He was Jimi’s manager.
@@neilgayleard3842Simon Smith and His Amazing Dancing Bear - great stuff.
Chas Chandler also managed Slade
I’m 65 and these guys were so ahead of their time this song is a classic I know you will enjoy it and that keyboard holy shit ❤
So true about the keyboard. It was 1964 and music was definitely changing from the 1950s nothing burger instrumental styles to much more intricate musicality in the 60s. The 50s other than guitar were more about the singers.
My Grandson loved playing this ..I didn't know this was that old..He had great taste for sure.......I miss him so much.
Keyboardist had all 88 fingers going at once.
It's sad that so many younger people haven't heard so much great music from the 60's. My generation listened to EVERYTHING!
I was born 68 and we will never see anything like the 60s & 70s bands again. 😢😢
Bullcrap. You don't know most of the music from the 60's, especially foreign one.
The 60’s ran the gamut of everything. It definitely was a decade of variety. So much change happened in the 60’s.
I'm 1971 and listened to EVERYTHING TOO!!! I grew up with hippies and was adopted, by a huge family so I heard everything. It is sad they don't know.
@@Smithjones12I agree. I knew music from my parents’ generation too and even before. I was so shocked when talking to 20-something’s that they didn’t know who U2 was and nothing of the great musicians or songs of the 60s. What a small world they live in!
Still give me chills and tears to this day, thank you Eric Burdon you fine Newcastle lad
: Burdon arranged the version of this song this way because they were one of the openers for Chuck Berry, and he didn't want to try to "out-rock'n'roll" Chuck Berry. So he opted for a folk song he knew of, looked into it more, and then came up with this arrangement. He specifically wanted also to have a solo for their keyboardist to have the spotlight. Burdon said so in an interview in the last year or three. It's really fascinating.
Not gonna lie... that voice and the organ literally gave me goose bump chills, even after all these years of hearing it 100 times...
Eric Burdon is a gift from the universe💚
60 yrs old but Still Better than 90% of today's Music!!
you got that right..
@@breaker86 so 10% of now is better? no way , nothing these days beats this song
@@ANDY1985UK2011 ? wth are you talking about?
@@ANDY1985UK2011 there is ''ALWAYS'' something better..But never the 60 or 70's, & those were the best....Yes that's what I say..I rock with the fifties , sixties, & seventies..Haven't kept up since..So keep your 10 percent your talking about.
AND I agree with myself AGAIN...yeppers, I stand by my words
Truly one of the greatest vocal peformances of all time. Nobody will forget this voice. Eric burdon still alive at 83. God has blessed him with talent & longevity. He was always an old soul even when babyfaced,
A lot of people miss this, but they're also kind of marching like a New Orleans Jazz Funeral band. This video is INCREDIBLY well filmed for that time, very high quality production.
That´s because that isn´t a music video but an outake of a movie where the Animals had an appearance..
Thank you! You're the first person I've seen actually mention this and you're goddamn right.
@@michaelgrabner8977 ...which they made into a music video. I certainly won't complain about the reason they did it...
@@ffjsb "...which they made into a music video ..."
Who is "they"? And what was "additionally made" when it was already shot for a movie??
That scene is just an outake of the british music revue movie "Pop Gear"(US alternative titel for that movie was "Go Go Mania") released in 1965 introducing a whole bunch of different British pop groups and therefore it is no "music video" .."music video" wasn´t even neither a used term at that time nor "a thing to do" in general ...that "term" and "thing" were coming up in the late 70ties early 80ties solely produced for TV consumption...but that Animal scene was shot for the cinema which is a totally different shooting process with totally different equipment especially back in those days.
@@michaelgrabner8977 They is a group of guys, Neville, Egbert, Richard, and Dinsdale.
SMH.
The genius of this song is they took a song that was so well known nobody would think of covering it, and they made it their own. It was a song you would learn piano to, and they made it hard.
It was pre recorded on a lot of Yamaha Keyboards
One of this band, Chas Chandler, discovered Jimi Hendrix and brought him to England where his talent was recognised.
Bass player.
Jimi Hendrix suggested , suggested 2 brothers to dress to their nationalism , (?right? ) They names themselves ''Red Bone''' come & get your love..
To hear THAT VOICE come out of that BABY face. LEGENDARY!
They recorded this song in one take,I repeat ONE TAKE!
There was something special about that generation born just after the war.
Yes, one take, but he is miming
From a Canadian/US point of view, this band was massively transitional between the sounds of the late 50s early 60s such as Elvis, and the new sounds of the 60s like The Who, Stones, and CCR. These guys paved the way for a whole new sound.
Love it! Gracias.
TOTALLY. Sometimes reaction people who don't "get" that the early 60s were closer to the late 50s culturally and musically. HOWEVER the Beatles came over in 1964, music in America was changing with Bob Dylan singing more "message" type music, the Birds (who were British I think)...and all the social upheaval started as early as 1963 (JFK) on and on.
The song has so much urge. It's the arpeggio from the guitar, the intense singing of Eric Burdon but above all by virtuoso organ by Alan Price.
I was born and grew up in New Orleans. We thought this song was bad ass when the Animals released it in 1964. In the old days there was legal prostitution in New Orleans in one neighborhood called Storyville. That's what we assumed it was about. Thanks for playing this song. This is my first time watching you guys. In my mind I said look at the three professors discussing the song without interupting the song. I like your style. I will subscribe after I send this message. Thank you.
Yeah,I thought I had heard it was brothel.
We've always embraced black blues and soul in the UK, especially working class communities in the north. Dave Godin brought over the Motown Review tour in the 1965 and the artists were amazed at playing to almost all white audiences (who loved them) when they couldn't even perform in white only venues in the US. Since then the Northern Soul scene has been massive over here.
67 yr old Blk woman from US. Was just talking to friend about how British bands bank day and even now have more true soul, funk, blues feeling than American bands.
I love Northern Soul! 😊❤
I'm glad you guys liked this song, I was pretty sure you would. More Animals songs to listen to are: We Gotta Get Out Of This Place, Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood, It's My Life And When I Was Young. That's a start anyway. I've been watching your channel for a little while now. Tonight's reaction pushed me over to subscribe.
"Don't Let Me BE Misunderstood" was sung by Nina Simone before them, but their version is fire!
you made me do a search for when i was young. It's been a while, and that's a great song.
Thanks!
You left out "Don't Bring Me Down',but with you on the rest of that list.
I subscribed tonight also.
They were a great band. Who cared who sang the so first? This is about The Animals and Eric's wonderful vocals.
My black American brothers started Blues. Jazz, country, rock, gospel. Thanks for giving us all that good stuff fellows
Still gives me chills after 50+ yrs love it.
Eric Burdon is still with us and I believe he still performs. I saw him a few years ago and he was still very good in his 70's. He had hits with the Animals, War and as a solo artist. He always went his own way and did songs his way. Much respect.
Alan Price is also pretty active.
There's a appreciation group on Facebook that cover his gigs.
Every guy in the band was perfect in this song. The Organ player and the rythum guitarist were absolutely genius level. But the whole song was damned tight in this song.
He is still singing today at 82. Still has a fantastic voice.
I have always thought this was a young mans story of how his father was only happy when he was on a drunk, he's a gambler, his mother is making his clothes, they were poor, he is telling mother's to warn your children not to get involved with "The House of the Rising Sun", a place that takes everything from you and in the end he is one foot on the platform and one on the train headed back to New Orleans to wear that ball and chain. He has succumbed to the same fate as his father.
The house ofthe rising sun was a brothel in New Orleans
As a kid growing up in the 60s in UK, I think that we looked at the music rather than the colour or politics. So to me the blues sound was basically hidden from middle Americans, but we in the UK loved it and helped it become mainstream.
Excellent reaction.
"The blues sound was hidden from middle Americans" Im American and a child of the 50's and 60's. I dont understand what your statement meant.
What the hell are you on about? 😂😂
@@jackolimb6145it's true
@missrayelyn3045 the brits helped popularise the blues.
@missrayelyn3045 what I meant was the likes of the beatles and stones, and people like led zeppelin and Eric Clapton found alot of their influences from the blues etc,so when the so called British invasion into America where segregation was still around especially when the beatles toured. The music they brought back to America was in itself mainstream and accessible .
Great reaction gentlemen! The British bands were more than fans of black American music. They were SCHOLARS of it! They were also very vocal about where emerging Rock came from and this caused many old bluesmen to have their careers revived. In 1965 The Rolling Stones appeared on ABC-TV's rock music show, Shindig insisting that Howlin' Wolf would be their special guest. The Animals had a ton of hits, their most famous being - We Gotta Get Out of This Place, Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood and Boom Boom. Eric Burdon (the lead singer) also had a cool hit with the group War called Spill the Wine. Also check out another British Invasion group - The Spencer Davis Group featuring Steve Winwood - Keep On Running, I'm A Man and Gimme Some Lovin'.
I agree with your entire comment, although I would ask for less cross-talk. Thanks!
I saw Traffic perform Gimme... at a concert in the 70's. So cool.
This is an old, ancient folk song that is undetermined authorship. The oldest known recording of the song, under the title "Rising Sun Blues", is by Appalachian artists Clarence "Tom" Ashley and Gwen Foster, who recorded it on September 6, 1933.
Not only bullshit, but embarrassing!
How, how can someone write an amazing comment and have so much 'rubbish' follow-ups.😊
There was something in the water in England for real! After WW2 there was a baby boom of epic preportions and there were very gifted musicians and singers born during this era. The kids in England in the 1960’s listened to black American blues and soul music because it was the music being broadcast in England. The British Invasion was a great happening in the music industry!
Plus Monty Python
The tall bass player saw Jimi Hendrix in a San Francisco coffee shop, became his manager, took him to England and made him a star. He only played on the early Animals albums.
Sorry, turns out it was in Greenwich Village that he saw him. Guy’s name is Chas Chandler. Not bad for 73 year old memory though.
@@tombreeden595So you too were 14 year old when THOTRS came!
The lead singer, Eric Burdon, is the one that started WAR and released their first two albums with them. "Spill the Wine" and "Spirit" are his best with them.
Everyone hears the voice... but the keyboard is the what makes thissong
As an old guy, I have to say it's just bizarre that two old guys don't know House of the Rising Sun.
As a young guy I know this song doesn't have an original writer and has been performed by alot of people. But the animals killed it
Different culture man
Ikr???
The first time I heard this song I was about 12 years old, back in the late sixties, and it was mind blowing.
They had a few more that played on the radio as well "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" and "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" that were quite good too.
The lead singer, Eric Burden, also had a couple of hits with another band called War.
The vocals and the vibe. Tough guys from a tough town.
I'm 44 and grew up listening to this!!!!!!!!!! It's beautiful.
Eric Burden (British Soul singer) and The Animals were part of "The British Invasion" with The Beatles, Mick Jagger and The Rolling Stones, The Zombies, Kinks and many other artists and Bands in 1963.
In the early 60s when Black artists struggled to find venues at home or radio plays they toured the UK where they were welcome .
Burdon (the singer) is an interesting dude - close friends with Lennon and Hendrix; certainly liked to have a good time, and is luckily still around.
Corey’s back!
Eric Burdon later sang with War! “Spill the Wine.” He sings like an old Blues shouter! Yet he was around 21 here!
This was penned a long time ago. Way before this group. It’s considered a folk song from New Orleans.
This was filmed in the mid ‘60’s.
Dude on the bass, Chas Chandler, discovered and managed Jimi Hendrix.
The Animals had lots of big hits! “ We Gotta Get Out of This Place”.
Olli! They lost the accents because they were hardcore students of classic Mississippi Delta and Chicago blues masters.
*Spill The Wine! Great song!
@@suecook1326 Thankyou, Sue! ☺️
It maybe a bit obscure, but I really dig Eric Burdon and Wars cover of “Paint It Black”.
he founded War as a matter of fact
Love your guys enthusiasm for the songs that I've been listening to going back over 50 years. What I love is that you guys go at it with open minds and plainly understand the magnitude, quality and variety of 60s and 70s music especially. That 20 year run from 1964-1984 was without a doubt when lyrical content, soaring harmonies, stellar musicianship, soulful vocals and pure talent ruled the airwaves. Nothing could touch these bands! I'll take this Era every time over all others! Great stuff!!
This was done in one shot. At the end the guitar guy was grinning because the keyboard guy was rushing to move in front for the last scene. Keep up the good work.
The lead singer, Eric Burdon, also sings, "Spill the wine, with the band 'War. Y'all have to check that out! It's awesome! And watch the original video to it!!
EXCELLENT reaction! THANK YOU for not pausing during the song. I have seen many reactions, and you all’s is one of the best. 👍👏
So agree
The pipes on that boy. He is 83 years old now and still singing.
I was born in New Orleans in 68 and I have listened to all this music all my life.
I was 13 in 1964 and man....did I LOVE this song.
Same here!!!
Eric is still with us, 81 yrs old, still performing. You may have heard his song "Spill the Wine". He also sang with the group "War".
My Mom and Dad had their first dance to this song. They have been married 54 years.💜
What a beautiful story! Some ppl were dying to the sounds of this song.
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This song, especially Bourdon's voice, always gives me chills down the back of my neck. Sublime stuff 😊
I turned 5 in Nov. '64. It was a great time for growing up and having this music to listen to! The tall bass player discovered Jimi Hendrix! I believe Eric Burdon was about 24, he had a baby face, but an old voice! He's in his 80s and still going!
Five Lads from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK. Smashed it
The Animals were kids when they made this landmark record in rock history. Thanks for the real reaction.
Yeah all of the 60s and 70s British bands were very heavily influenced by the great bluesmen.
The Rolling Stones actually got their name from a Muddy Waters song "Rollin' Stone".
I was 3 years old when this song was released, so I can't tell you how many times I've heard it, but I can tell you that it loses none of its impact after hundreds of listens. And the fact that they shot this video like a funeral procession was equally powerful, since back in the day a funeral procession was just that; family and friends would walk through the town with the casket to the burial place. On a somewhat lighter note, Eric Burdon recorded some music with the group War some years later of which "Spill the Wine" is a must. If you happen to do a reaction to Wine, the video shows Eric in his stoned craziness. This was a great one.
Burdon said that he heard an old guy in Northumberland singing it at a bar. They needed a song to stand out when they opened for Chuck Berry on tour, and this was it.
We Gotta Get Out Of This Place. Classic
My brother could play/sing this song. He passed away in 2020 and now I tear up listening to it. It’s always been one of my favorites too
Bany Boomer here! Eric is mow in his 80's! This song eas one of my very first 45's! I love this song! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🇩🇪🇨🇭🇺🇲💙🌊
I love this song so much, i was born in 1956 so i was a lite girl when this song came. Erics voice blow me a way , i love the Animals for me the best group of all groups from the 60,s . I am a Swedish Woman i lernd to love blues of listen to Animals, stones , Eric Burdon had so much emotions and soul in his voice. Listen too Animals songs As the crow flies ,Going Down Slow, Gin House Blues, they are great.
Alan Price on the organ was also a superb singer - very distinctive voice.
Our iconic 60’s bands took the blues,virtually unknown in their home country,and put a British edge on it and sold it back to you all 🙂😎,then what followed from the UK in the glorious 70’s took it several levels more creative.
Since then,the likes of BB King,John Lee Hooker and Muddy Waters are famous and revered in America,due to the rebirth of the blues British style.
Must be something in our water.
Fairly sure I saw an interview with B.B. King where he said the blues were dead or dying in the United States until a bunch of white boys from England saved it.
i've listened to this song for 50 years now and i still get weepy when a voice meets god like that how can a person help it❤️🇬🇧
Eric Burden’s voice wasn’t too bad for a 23 year old (in 1964). Give “Bring It On Home” and “We Gotta Get Out Of This Place” a listen for more The Animals greatness.
Eric Burden ✌️
@@itchyandred4131Burdon. 👍
Eric Burton is a singer with Black Pumas and he also has an excellent voice. 😁
Wasn’t too bad? He was a powerhouse and excellent
@@cbiancardi9233 OMGosh! I agree, 200%! 👍👍
It took them ten minutes to record this song...first take! The lead singer, Eric Burdon, still tours!!
Always gives me the chills! Fabulous voice from that little boy face
I was 10 years old when my older teen sisters play this a 45 record I learned to sing this and now over 50 years later and I know it the second it starts on the radio
My mom had an organ like that one. Same size, except she called it her electric piano. It looked like a smaller version of an amber colored wooden piano, except it was electric. She owned it in the 1960s and 1970s, along with an acoustic guitar. She sang country and gospel music and could yodel quite well. My three sister and I would sing with her for fun.
They are miming to the original track which was laid down in one take with no overdubs . pure talent
I met Eric Burdon at a recording studio in 1989 in L.A. He was short in stature (5 feet 9 inches tall) but oh, what a powerful voice he has!!!! One of my all-time favorite O.G. soulful singers. Even at 82 his face is still recognizable.
5 feet 9 inches is 175cm. It's not short in stature.
“That shit gold yo”
Couldn’t have said it better 😂
This song is EPIC! Listen to Don’t let me be misunderstood!
The bass player, Chas chandler, was insturmental in getting Hendrix discovered.
This is a Masterpiece, I love this song and band.
I'm a 77 year old white who has a close black friend that I lived with for a year in 1968. We cross influenced each other musically. GREAT reaction to one of the greatest rock/soul songs ever!!! Nice to see some "youngsters" enjoying the classics. The Animals version is a completely different take and tempo than previous versions. You need to check out these other Animals songs.....Boom Boom, We Gotta Get Out of this Place and Don't Let Me be Misunderstood.
Great reaction fellas, here's another suggestion, if interested. "The Animals - We Gotta Get Out Of This Place (1965)" Eric Burdon's gritty, soulful vocals always surprises people who haven't heard him sing before. They can't believe this young baby face kid sounds like an eighty-year-old man with vocals that has been drenched with whiskey. And if you'd like to hear another band from the same time period as "The Animals" then check out "Traffic - Dear Mr. Fantasy - Live - 1972" the lead singer is British artist, Steve Winwood and he's most recognizable by his distinctive, soulful high tenor voice. Although he was primarily a guitarist, he played keyboard too. And they covered genres such as blue-eyed soul, R&B, blues-rock and pop-rock. Fun reaction, thanks for sharing
So Eric Burton is a "normal baritone" as was commented by someone who was begrudging Eric Burden his vocal greatness.
Love this song! One of the first songs my guitar teacher taught me when I was a young buck at 10 years old.
One of the classic 60s bands, I was 2 when this came out! Grew up loving this song and others by them.
The Vox Continental organs was really popular at that time. It was in a lot of songs of that era. That helps identify it with the times and sound of the sixties as the Farfisa and Hammond B3 in their times.
it takes tremendous skill to tap those cymbals so lightly for an entire song
Grew up with the animals,my father was good friends with the lead singer eric burden,and we spent time with him and his daughter alex who is an amazing singer like her dad
After the animals he was with a band called war,
And now he still tours but is now an amazing blues singer ❤
This song has always been fire. The Animals were a force. Great content!
Sky Pilot has always been my favourite song , very sad song , you guys will love it . Looking forward to your take on this deeply moving song about the perils of going into battle.
Eric Burton was the party boy of all time. He was known for the inspiration for the Beatles song the Walrus. He dropped acid with Janis Joplin. He was a guy who everybody will remember as fun.
Eric Burdon was the eggman named by John Lennon
Read up about Jimmy’s death and his role in the immediate aftermath
Read 'Rock Roadie "by James "Tappy 'Wright -@@johngriffiths118 he did the equipment for the Animals
why can't people get his name right-!!!! ------------------IT's BURDON
People forget how the electric organ/piano revolutionized the music business and live performances. Hauling around a piano was tough and, like the stand up bass, it wasn't loud enough in a large auditorium without a primo sound system.
I really appreciate the old scool history of the song. I never knew that. I'm 55, and started playing guitar when I was 5.
To this day, I will try out any guitar in a store, vintage to new I play House of the Rising Sun, the owners nod. Respect.
One thing you can say about 60's Rock......it was RAW ! Peace and Love
The Bass Player in the Animals was Chas Chandler, he was the guy that brought Jimi Hendrix to the UK and managed him into stardom.
Their keyboard player was 👏next👏level👏! This song is one of my favorites of all time. The Animals were absolutely incredible. Just incredible.
What a tune! Timeless. Great reaction boys
Alan Price was the original keyboard player for the British band The Animals before he left to form his own band the Alan Price Set in 1965. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame museum in 1994 as a member of the Animals. He is also known for his musical work as a solo artist
I always fancied Alan Price. Loved his keyboard abilities.
I saw Eric burdon about 6 years ago in AZ. I'm so thankful to have seen him.
Hi guys, first time viewer here. Also my first reaction seeing both generations. I know half the guys here know this one very well. Similar organ as the Doors and many other groups at that time. For me it’s grandpas organ lol
I've always loved this song. When I was 12ish, this was 1983ish, this song came on the radio while my mom and grandma were in the front seat. I asked my mom to turn it up, she was surprised I loved this song. My grandma also mentioned she really liked this song, this blew mom and my minds. The Animals really paid homage to this masterpiece.
Never gets old. Always loved this.
It’s a house of ill repute ie a brothel. Sensational vocals by Eric Burdon. And shout out to Alan on keyboard xxx 🎉❤
I was 8 years old in 1964. I don't remember hearing this song but it later became one of my favorite ones and still is. Love The Animals.