It was all they could afford at the time. This song was not expected to go anywhere, but ended up as the number one song in England, the U.S., and Canada and launched their careers.
@@mattm9204 of course it is but in the video he’s miming, notice he has no mic, none of the instruments are plugged in, it was recorded in a recording studio not a tv studio
The Animals were a group of working class lads from Newcastle in the north of England. It was a tough City and one of the most deprived areas in the country to grow up in at he time, it's still a bit like that even today. They recorded this song in one take as they had almost no money for studio time. Eric Burdon' booming gritty voice gave the band great presence. The Animals, The Kinks, Cream, Procol Harum and the Moody Blues were my favourite bands to see live at the time............:-)
Is that how the keyboard guy starts near the drummer, then ends up at the front and the drummer way in the back? You probably also go around the internet repeating Trumpisms because someone else said it so must be true!
Yank here who's been to Newcastle many times. Would describe it as a great party town nowadays, and the locals I worked with at a nearby industry as generally having a great work ethic. In my visits there over a couple decades, I witnessed general political sentiments had slowly shifted from leftist politics to a type of national populism. I'm sure Newcastle was much different in Burdon's youth.
"House Of The Rising Sun" is a brothel. It's a story written by an unknown woman who was driven into a life of Prostitution that she could not escape. It's true American folk lyrics. The Animals put the music to the lyrics and changed the word "girl" into "boy". Her story took place in the old south down in New Orleans. The Band did a fantastic job on the song and Eric Burdon's lead vocal is unmatched. Those high notes he continually hits are relentless but he almost makes it look easy. The vocal range on the song is two octaves from A2 to tenor A4.
Its all just music. Doesn't matter what era its from, great is great. No one era has had more greats than another, though sometimes greats from certain eras are popularized more than those of other eras. Right now the greatest of this current era are hidden underground singing for those only who know to look.
The Animals version is the best version of this song. The band lineup at the time consisted of lead singer Eric Burdon, organist Alan Price, guitarist Hilton Valentine, bassist Chas Chandler and drummer John Steel.
I've noted this elsewhere, but Animals check-out song #2 is We Gotta Get Out Of This Place. Bruce Springsteen says it is the inspiration for every song he's ever written.
One of the greatest recordings, ever. There are previous, and subsequent, recordings of this song, but This is the definitive version. You Believe Eric is singing from the gates of the Rising Sun. A true classic.
real great a song which was so popular in the early sixties still so good never get tired of listening to it hey also watched your facial reactions right through great lady
I have lost track of how many "REACTION" videos I have watched/listened to. I love when I see the smiles or "OH WOW face". I can never see/hear the video/song for the first time ever again, EXCEPT... when I see each person's reactions when they see/hear it for the first time.... It's beautiful!
Just a fabulous band. My favourite song of all time. Eric Burdons voice is so powerful and the keyboard solo is to die for. Always sends shivers up my spine.
Vietnam Vet here: we gotta get out of this place. I’ve seen hundreds of grunts screaming out that song and meaning every word of it. Love your stuff young lady. Love your reactions. Love your energy. Be well. Be happy. Enjoy your life as you see fit. ❤️🙏
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Fantastic version that is leaps and bounds above all the rest of the versions. Recorded in one take in 1964, and went straight to number one in all of the charts.
"It's my life" by the animals. Eric Burdon looked fourteen but sounded like an older frontier man...as though his voice could echo through the mountains with no effort on his part.
Also because, as I have noted in RUclips comments, Bruce Springsteen says every song he has ever written has its basis in "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place." 56 years isn't quite timeless, but it's damn close.
It's very rare that a song performed by a band is so driven by the keyboard. Every part of this song is controlled by the tempo of the organ instead of the drums or guitar.
As someone who was a kid growing up in so-Cal when this song hit the airwaves in the mid 60's it's gratifying to see yet another generation discovering and appreciating this timeless music. Thank you for your review.
Hilton Valentine co-founded the Animals in Newcastle in 1963 alongside singer Eric Burdon, bassist Chas Chandler, organist Alan Price and drummer John Steel. Died today 30 January 2021 R.I.P
When I was a teenager hanging around the beach arcades playing pin ball and pool, this song was just about the only song EVERYone played on the juke box, day and night. It was THAT popular and Eric Burden just killed the vocal. They had a lot of hits but I'm pretty sure this was their most popular or at least best known.
Was a Soldier in the Mekong Delta [Viet Nam, '64-'65]. We had a Juke Box (hooked up to a generator) in our Enlisted Mens Club [a shack] with only 2 records in it >> "Pretty Woman" & "House of the Rising Sun" & the latter made for excellent DRINKIN" MUSIC! Love you, Dani, and your sincere Reactions to so many Classic Oldies! All the Best, Ed Landers
Hope you're doing well. Eric Burdon had one of those godly voices from england back then. We got to get out of this place is a great song from the Animals.
At 7:15 you're the second person I've heard react to this song and say that at the end of the video you felt like the singer was looking into your soul lol 😂
@Jay Sizzle No, he basically discovered him brought him to England and co-manage him until 1968. Chandler recruited bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell as the other members of the Experience. Chandler provided the young musician with living accommodations and financed the Experience's first single "Hey Joe", before they had a recording contract. He was also instrumental in introducing Hendrix to Eric Clapton. It was Chandler's idea for Hendrix to set his guitar on fire.
@@Isleofskye As I understand he later held a press conference where he apologized profusely for Jimi's murder and said he'd just like to get on with his life. Seemed a private sort of chap.
I'm only 49, but was an only child and was raised mostly by uncles who were on the sketchy side. They would put their pool stick in a guitar case. Often as not there would be a revolver as well. Anyway, if you pay attention to the lyrics, this song is pretty outlaw
Musci Trivia: The Bass player is Chas Chandler, the same guy who discovered Jimi Hendrix and paid for him to fly to London, introduced him to all his friends from the music scene, and paid for his first studio sessions. He gave us this music, and then he found Jimi...Legend!
The song is about a brothel in New Orleans. "The House Of The Rising Sun" was named after its occupant Madame Marianne LeSoleil Levant (which means "Rising Sun" in French) and was open for business from 1862 (occupation by Union troops) until 1874, when it was closed due to complaints by neighbors.
A very talented band. The organist Alan Price has a successful solo career in UK and had a great voice. Chas Chandler the tall guitarist was the guy who persuaded Hendrix to come to UK and sponsored him in UK and got him to jam with Cream (Eric Clapton), which made his name overnight.
This is actually not the original but it is the most commercially successful. The earliest official recording is from around 1925 but the folk song is really older than that.
Glad you found this landmark recording. The high quality visuals are from the UK colour movie film Pop Gear filmed in 64 released in 65. US re titled as Go Go Mania. No colour TV in UK in 64 and no audience in this. Film gave the great image quality, but dubbed sound was what audiences wanted to be like the record. Simpler too. Lots of clips of Pop Gear on RUclips for the searching.. Intro by some dodgy TV UK host who when he died his family pulled the headstone down, such was his depravity.
When this song was released (June, 1964), i was becoming 14 years old. I had never heard anything like it. I took an immediate deep dive into the blues, specifically the Mississippi Delta blues, which had driven and inspired so much of early artists of the British Invasion. Thank you, Erik Burdon, thank you, Animals for that help with my navigation through music. Mention should be made of keyboardist Alan Price for his part in the Animal's sound.
I believe that zone you are talking about is them being sick of doing retake after retake. You can see it in their faces how tired they were. The big smile on the guitar players face at the end said it all!
They didn't do re-take after re-take though. They had very limited studio time to do this video.But I take your broader point. I think The Animals were worked very hard by a greedy manager who swagged most of the money, and Eric said they were ALWAYS tired.
A wonderful staging of a great song by a fabulous, talented group. Bob Dylan was inspired to go electric after hearing this song. The guitarist is smiling at the end because he hit his guitar on the stage pillar and they quickly did a second take from that point. You can see he raises his guitar extra high as he goes by the pillar. It was too hard for him not to laugh at the goof.
A one of a kind voice definitely. Eric Burdon later became the lead singer for War and made more great music. BUT you MUST react to We gotta get out of this place and Don't let me be misunderstood by the Animals. Thanks for this one Dani.
This was a number one hit for the Animals in the UK, the US, and France in 1965...The Animals were an English rhythm and blues and rock band, formed in Newcastle upon Tyne in the early 1960s. The band moved to London upon finding fame in 1964. The Animals were known for their gritty, bluesy sound and deep-voiced frontman Eric Burdon, as exemplified by their signature song and transatlantic No. 1 hit single, "The House of the Rising Sun", as well as by hits such as "We Gotta Get Out of This Place", "It's My Life", "Inside Looking Out", "I'm Crying" and "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood". The band balanced tough, rock-edged pop singles against rhythm and blues-oriented album material and were part of the British Invasion of the US.
The song--1850's folk song, about a young GIRL--snared into prostitution in the Brothel etc etc called 'The Rising Sun' , Words were changed over the years to a Young Boy, turning bad, gambling drinking, drugs etc etc Bob Dylan heard this on his car radio, pulled over, to listen to it. Very impressed
Funny thing if you read the inside of their album (at least if I remember it correctly from when I was in high school) they have q & a w/ each band member on their likes/goals/etc. Chaz Chandler (basist) said his dream is to travel to America and meet real blues men on their own turf. Of course, he later came to America and "discovered" Jimi Hendrix, brought him back to England where he hooked him up with a base player & drummer and the rest is history. Pretty wild destiny.
The Animals are an interesting group in that they were massively, ridiculously popular in the sixties -- as in, near The Beatles levels early on -- but they sort of vanished into obscurity as time went on. It doesn't help that the band absolutely fell apart. Chas Chandler, the big bassist, is the man who "discovered" Jimi Hendrix and gave up music shortly thereafter to become a scout, manager, and producer. He was disillusioned with making music as they were working their tails off but not seeing a lot of money. Jimi Hendrix became great friends with Eric Burdon, the lead singer, who was utterly devastated after Jimi's death. Chandler died of a heart attack in the early nineties. Alan Price, the very talented keyboardist, is a lot of the reason why the band wasn't seeing profits. When they signed their early contracts, all royalties were going to him, rather than to the band. They were young and naïve, and thought it would all work out with Price divvying out the profits. He did not, and there was a horrible falling out, with Price going on to a fairly successful solo career. Years later, Burdon approached him and tried to bury the hatchet, saying, "Hey, you can keep all the profits you've gotten. Let's just structure things so that everyone in the band shares them going forward, and we can get back together." Price told him to get bent. They haven't spoken since. John Steel, the drummer, left and joined another band, which changed its name to... The Animals. This did not sit well with Burdon and Hilton Valentine (the lead guitarist), and they severed ties with him. Valentine went on to a lengthy but only moderately successful solo career, and Burdon jumped around, finding fame again with War and by other means. None of the band performs at all together any longer, though, and only Burdon and Valentine are on speaking terms.
I always respected the Beatles for their body of work. I can listen to whole albums and enjoy each title. Their strength was song writing and arrangements but still capable musicians. However they did not have that extra gear with a virtuoso musician or that inimitable voice. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" is a good example which I think is the Beatles best title with the help of Eric Clapton. So what I am saying is if you take Beatles and the Animals together, my top 5 favorite titles are from the Animals. Looks like Alan Price as you explain(and thank you for that) was just as naive in another way. The Animals were more than the sum of their parts.
Great Reaction !!!! Intense soulfull and second time i heard someone say soul and with that certain edge. Building that little bit of grit along with that MESMERIZING vocals that certainly nobody could ever do like E.B. and his very talented band mates!!! I. Well up every time i listen to this song!!! A very moving song !!!!
Love your channel, just started watching. What I love the most is seeing your reaction to the songs of my generation, to see and feel what we did at the time. It' a beautiful thing to witness the younger generation discover and appreciate the music of the past too.
That Mysterious look on their face ,is jet lag ,from Britain 🇬🇧. Eric Burdon is a Geordie from the North East of England. You wouldn't understand a word he spoke, but he sang like a champion.
I can make an educated guess when I announce that I am one of the few here who saw the Animals performing live. They had a 1.5 hour gig in Warsaw, Poland, quite unique event considering those times there. Tune we are talking about became a mega hit in 1964 and broke the Beatles monopoly in British Invasion music. About video: a lot of people points out a fine quality of sound and picture. Yes, this is rather unusual for a material from that period of time, mind you, a number of video recordings with other then famous groups like the Beatles, the Kinks, the Zombies ect exists only in black-and-white format with tolerable quality. One is obvious: in the summer of 1964 Brits produced an avalanche of music which after over 50 years make present young generation speechless - and this is a best proof for masterpiece.
Nice reaction, interesting to listen to and some intelligent perspective. I will definitely check out your other reactions. I had always wondered why towards the end of the video Hilton Valentine, the guitarist, is laughing, and recently found out why. As the video is all done in one take they had to move, off-camera, Alan Price and his keyboard to the front for the final shot. Hilton Valentine was laughing at the sight of Alan Price being pushed across the studio floor whilst he was still playing his keyboard! That anecdote made me smile and provides a little warmth captured in time to an amazing video made more than 50 years ago.
Very cool video well done we seen The Animals at a show they did in Detroit they did this song and other hits Eric Burdon one of the best singers of that time we was responsible for the stage handling at that show he talked with with us in between sets very nice person this was after the time he was singing with the band WAR he had a big hit with them Spell The Wine Ty for sharing
The animals were quite an influential group. The organist was a guy called Alan Price. who had his own solo career with several top ten hits in the UK and appears in the Dylan documentary "Don't Look Back". The big guitar player was Chas Chandler, who later became the manager of the group Slade, who were the biggest selling act in the UK in the 1970s. they never really made it big in the US but you should totally check them out some day (I think you'd appreciate the vocals of their lead singer Noddy Holder). And the vocalist Eric Burdon is legendary and was, apparently, the eggman, as featured in The Beatles "I Am The Walrus".
Just some history of the song. The House of the Rising Sun was a brothel, a house of prostitution. The girls in the 1800s would put red lamps in front of their homes, thus the name and the term 'red light district'. Leadbelly, the Black folk singer has a video of the original lyrics about a girl...this song goes back over a century, it's an American folk song. The lyrics were changed to the young man telling the tragic, ruined story of his life of gambling and drinking and crime in the brothel. He committed a crime and is being sent back to New Orleans 'to wear that ball and chain'...what the prison guards attached to the convict's ankle to deter escape attempts. So this British band took an old American folk song and did it proud! This was a favorite back in the day but I am happy to have lived long enough to see the archival video of Leadbelly...we only had books of the songs and singers in the '60s. The story of the song explains the grit and pain in the singer's voice narrating the story of his life. I like the way he was so matter of fact in the narrative, offering a warning to others, too late for himself. Thank you for picking this song.
3:20 The keyboard player, Alan Price, is a great musician who had a successful career in his own right. His contribution to "Rising Sun" is especially memorable.
Far from spotlights... but sure great organists of course. Maybe the best with manzarek in rock n roll era. Listen "is there anybody out there" in the alum called "a price on his head".
You might want to check out: Bring It On Home To Me Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood Gin House Blues Spill The Wine Warm San Francisco Nights By The Animals
"We Got to Get Out of This Place", "It's My Life", "Monterey", San Francisco Nights", "Spill the Wine" are my suggestion from more songs from Eric Burdon and the Animals
Pure English 60S Magic from a time long gone by... Shame they don't make tracks like this anymore. Great choice, Dani - Vandy fully approves of such awesomeness. You get a like from me.
Although most people refer to the version by Animals as the "original", it isn't. FUN FACT about this song: No one knows who wrote it. Musicologists have tried to track down its origins but it's so old that its origins are lost in the murky mists of time. It may even go back all the way to 17th century England as what became known as "Broadside Ballads." If it did originate in England then it probably came to America via some ocean-going traveler who may have sung it here in the U.S. and then others picked it up and it slowly got passed around. Also, if it did originate in England, then someone had to have changed the location of the the brothel to New Orleans, probably to make the song more relevant to American audiences. That is all speculation, obviously, since no one knows for sure what the original lyrics were. Another interesting thing about the song is that in some versions it's about a man lamenting his experience in the brothel while in other versions it's a woman telling of her trials and tribulations at the brothel. I first heard it by folk singer, Joan Baez, a year or two before the Animals' released their version. In the Animals version the narrator is a man. In the Baez version the narrator is a woman. There is also a version by folk singer Huddie (Leadbelly) Leadbetter that is so different both melodically and lyrically that it's barely recognizable as the same song. If I remember correctly, Leadbelly recorded his version sometime back in the 1950s.
I feel dated to realize how MANY of these "first time listening" videos there are for this song. Is it really possible that so many people did not hear this tune before? If you have ever heard of the Beatles, and how they had some insane dominance over the hit list in 1964, you should know that this was the song that unseated them for the #1 spot. This is not some hidden gem. This is an anthem for a generation. But please don't get me wrong, I am so gratified to see such universal adoration, from a younger demographic over the same song we fell in love with so long ago. Excellence is not bound by age.
It's amazing how little the current generation knows about the history of music, given that they have the power of the Internet (especially tools like Spotify) at their fingertips. Back in the day it seems like we all knew about the music that came before our generation, either by listening to our parent's (and grandparent's) albums, the Golden Oldies stations while spinning the radio dial, or just buying random worn-out 45s in the 5-for-25 cents bin at the local used record store. Nowadays if it's not on the weekly TikTok feed it simply doesn't exist, and most youth aren't curious enough to search out anything that isn't spoon-fed to them.
Fun reaction. Nice to see people of your age rediscovering the greats of Rock. I was surprised however that that sitting in front of a keyboard yourself you didnt seem to notice that the keys on the organ in the video were reversed in color. 😏
Hey Dani, I only recently stumbled onto your page and very much enjoyed your reaction video to The Animals' "House Of The Rising Sun"......I know you were asking for additional suggestions of Animals songs, so I thought I'd go with "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place", which became pretty much the theme song of the Vietnam War (the song came out in '65). Anyway, congratulations on a great page and I look forward to more! Bill
Eric was an underated singer because the Animals got overshadowed by the Beatles. Thankfully they got inducted in the R & R Hall of Fame. Others mentioned their other hits here. When he was with War in 1970 had,a great psychedelic song SPILL THE WINE. Worth checking out, different but very good.
To hear more Animal hits, give these two a spin: ruclips.net/video/CxAXspWpQVQ/видео.html (wait for sound to start) ruclips.net/video/ZdIvqfsXQqg/видео.html (a Carol King number with a Hammond B-3 organ)
Awesome reaction video of the animals house of the rising sun. Yes an awesome group . And great harmonies as well. Hey dani. Just to let you know another legend of country singers this past Friday at the age of 78. Jerry jeff walker who had hits with Mr boganles , and La Freeway. He had been battling throat cancer R.I.P. jerry you,ll be miss by all the music fans all around.
This quintessential song defined a generation in the ‘60. It seems like every garage band in the 1960’s covered this song. It was everywhere! The Animals were one of my favorite bands of the early ‘60’s. Maybe included the Kinks, the Yardbirds, Cream, the Stones, etc.
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Without a doubt one of the best organ riffs in rock and roll. Kids your grandparents are way cooler than you ever imagined.
Amazing fact: the Animals recorded this song in one take! What talent. I played organ in a rock band back then and used to love playing this song!
It was all they could afford at the time. This song was not expected to go anywhere, but ended up as the number one song in England, the U.S., and Canada and launched their careers.
Eric Burdon, the lead singer, was only 23 at the time. He’s now 80! This video was done in one take and no autotune then. It was just their talent.
Lip syncing
@@guillocrease no? This was actually eric burdon's voice and all done in one take
@@mattm9204 of course it is but in the video he’s miming, notice he has no mic, none of the instruments are plugged in, it was recorded in a recording studio not a tv studio
@@guillocrease oh yeah you're right
@@mattm9204 I love Eric burdon would never disrespect him
The power of his voice, the keyboards, the intensity, the crescendo.
Yes
The Animals were a group of working class lads from Newcastle in the north of England. It was a tough City and one of the most deprived areas in the country to grow up in at he time, it's still a bit like that even today. They recorded this song in one take as they had almost no money for studio time. Eric Burdon' booming gritty voice gave the band great presence. The Animals, The Kinks, Cream, Procol Harum and the Moody Blues were my favourite bands to see live at the time............:-)
Is that how the keyboard guy starts near the drummer, then ends up at the front and the drummer way in the back?
You probably also go around the internet repeating Trumpisms because someone else said it so must be true!
@@HalkerVeil Dear God! How can someone be THAT ignorant and THAT Stupid? The AUDIO track was done in one take in the studio, NOT the video. SMH.
Should have invested in some voice lessons.
Yank here who's been to Newcastle many times. Would describe it as a great party town nowadays, and the locals I worked with at a nearby industry as generally having a great work ethic. In my visits there over a couple decades, I witnessed general political sentiments had slowly shifted from leftist politics to a type of national populism. I'm sure Newcastle was much different in Burdon's youth.
Fantastic reaction . To see the look on your face of excitement/surprise!
"House Of The Rising Sun" is a brothel. It's a story written by an unknown woman who was driven into a life of Prostitution that she could not escape. It's true American folk lyrics. The Animals put the music to the lyrics and changed the word "girl" into "boy". Her story took place in the old south down in New Orleans. The Band did a fantastic job on the song and Eric Burdon's lead vocal is unmatched. Those high notes he continually hits are relentless but he almost makes it look easy. The vocal range on the song is two octaves from A2 to tenor A4.
Remember this was done 56yrs.ago
The greatest era of music.
Amen.
Its all just music. Doesn't matter what era its from, great is great. No one era has had more greats than another, though sometimes greats from certain eras are popularized more than those of other eras. Right now the greatest of this current era are hidden underground singing for those only who know to look.
"Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" is a great song from The Animals, also "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place" (1965) HD/widescreen
Don't forget about "It's My Life."
Please Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood is a class act of Eric Burtons vocal and timing. It’s amazing
Yes, yes and yes, you are right! Those "Please Don't Let Me Be Missunderstood"!
Their cover of Please Don't Let Me Be Minsunderstood is good! 😊
I've heard this a thousand times and I'm stunned every time. They were just kids when they did this. Amazing record, appropriate reaction. Thanks.
The Animals version is the best version of this song. The band lineup at the time consisted of lead singer Eric Burdon, organist Alan Price, guitarist Hilton Valentine, bassist Chas Chandler and drummer John Steel.
I was six years old when this came out. I liked it back then. I still like it.
I've noted this elsewhere, but Animals check-out song #2 is We Gotta Get Out Of This Place. Bruce Springsteen says it is the inspiration for every song he's ever written.
The Animals house of the rising sun this is the best version ever I sing this ALL the time , Great song ,
It's been my ringtone for years.
One of the greatest recordings, ever. There are previous, and subsequent, recordings of this song, but This is the definitive version. You Believe Eric is singing from the gates of the Rising Sun. A true classic.
real great a song which was so popular in the early sixties still so good never get tired of listening to it hey also watched your facial reactions right through great lady
I have lost track of how many "REACTION" videos I have watched/listened to. I love when I see the smiles or "OH WOW face". I can never see/hear the video/song for the first time ever again, EXCEPT... when I see each person's reactions when they see/hear it for the first time.... It's beautiful!
Just a fabulous band. My favourite song of all time. Eric Burdons voice is so powerful and the keyboard solo is to die for. Always sends shivers up my spine.
Vietnam Vet here: we gotta get out of this place. I’ve seen hundreds of grunts screaming out that song and meaning every word of it.
Love your stuff young lady. Love your reactions.
Love your energy.
Be well. Be happy. Enjoy your life as you see fit. ❤️🙏
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Fantastic version that is leaps and bounds above all the rest of the versions. Recorded in one take in 1964, and went straight to number one in all of the charts.
"It's my life" by the animals. Eric Burdon looked fourteen but sounded like an older frontier man...as though his voice could echo through the mountains with no effort on his part.
That's my favorite song of theirs.
Listen to “We Gotta Get Out Of This Place.” I heard it was popular among the troops in Vietnam. It’s very edgy and has an iconic 60’s vibe.
Yup, it was nearly an anthem to those of us who served in the military during the Vietnam war.
Or when i was young
@@ronaldperkins4222 dont agree with all the us wars, but i still respect everyone that put their life on the line in war so respect to you
Actually a lot of them i dont agree with but still
Also because, as I have noted in RUclips comments, Bruce Springsteen says every song he has ever written has its basis in "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place."
56 years isn't quite timeless, but it's damn close.
One of my favourite ever songs. Hard to believe they're English lads as you listen to this track. Lead singer was born during an air raid in 1941.
This actually isn't the original version but it inspired nearly all that came after it
It's very rare that a song performed by a band is so driven by the keyboard. Every part of this song is controlled by the tempo of the organ instead of the drums or guitar.
As someone who was a kid growing up in so-Cal when this song hit the airwaves in the mid 60's it's gratifying to see yet another generation discovering and appreciating this timeless music. Thank you for your review.
Instant Classic
Nice reaction Dani. Yes, Eric Burdon had a exceptional voice, and the right demeanor in his presentations. Enjoyed your astute commentary.
they play dont let me be misunderstood great tune will not be disappointed
Hilton Valentine co-founded the Animals in Newcastle in 1963 alongside singer Eric Burdon, bassist Chas Chandler, organist Alan Price and drummer John Steel. Died today 30 January 2021 R.I.P
When I was a teenager hanging around the beach arcades playing pin ball and pool, this song was just about the only song EVERYone played on the juke box, day and night. It was THAT popular and Eric Burden just killed the vocal. They had a lot of hits but I'm pretty sure this was their most popular or at least best known.
Was a Soldier in the Mekong Delta [Viet Nam, '64-'65]. We had a Juke Box (hooked up to a generator) in our Enlisted Mens Club [a shack] with only 2 records in it >> "Pretty Woman" & "House of the Rising Sun" & the latter made for excellent DRINKIN" MUSIC! Love you, Dani, and your sincere Reactions to so many Classic Oldies!
All the Best,
Ed Landers
Hope you're doing well. Eric Burdon had one of those godly voices from england back then. We got to get out of this place is a great song from the Animals.
At 7:15 you're the second person I've heard react to this song and say that at the end of the video you felt like the singer was looking into your soul lol 😂
The tall bass player went on to manage jimmy hendrix!
@Jay Sizzle No, he basically discovered him brought him to England and co-manage him until 1968. Chandler recruited bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell as the other members of the Experience. Chandler provided the young musician with living accommodations and financed the Experience's first single "Hey Joe", before they had a recording contract. He was also instrumental in introducing Hendrix to Eric Clapton. It was Chandler's idea for Hendrix to set his guitar on fire.
He may well have murdered him but overall he was a decent guy and should not be judged for one small mistake...
@@Isleofskye As I understand he later held a press conference where he apologized profusely for Jimi's murder and said he'd just like to get on with his life. Seemed a private sort of chap.
All's Well That Ends Well as Shakespeare saod ...
No one can sing this like Eric Burdon; I was 13 when this was released and the kids were blown away by them that long ago
I was 10 years old! I loved that song then and I still love it! Eric Burdon is a great singer!
I'm only 49, but was an only child and was raised mostly by uncles who were on the sketchy side. They would put their pool stick in a guitar case. Often as not there would be a revolver as well. Anyway, if you pay attention to the lyrics, this song is pretty outlaw
“We Gotta Get Out Of This Place”....great song by them.
That was clearly a Vietnamese Nam song! I was there in 1969 - 1970 USMC !
Musci Trivia: The Bass player is Chas Chandler, the same guy who discovered Jimi Hendrix and paid for him to fly to London, introduced him to all his friends from the music scene, and paid for his first studio sessions. He gave us this music, and then he found Jimi...Legend!
As they say, "Eric Burdon: Looks 15, sounds like he's 65"
The song is about a brothel in New Orleans. "The House Of The Rising Sun" was named after its occupant Madame Marianne LeSoleil Levant (which means "Rising Sun" in French) and was open for business from 1862 (occupation by Union troops) until 1874, when it was closed due to complaints by neighbors.
A very talented band. The organist Alan Price has a successful solo career in UK and had a great voice. Chas Chandler the tall guitarist was the guy who persuaded Hendrix to come to UK and sponsored him in UK and got him to jam with Cream (Eric Clapton), which made his name overnight.
This will always be my favorite song of theirs an iconic masterpiece for sure
And that folks is how an orange top Vox Continental V301J with English wooden keys and custom shortened valve stops sounds like.
This is actually not the original but it is the most commercially successful. The earliest official recording is from around 1925 but the folk song is really older than that.
Right. I believe this song comes under "author unknown" or "public domain".
Growing up in the 1960's and 1970's was so great! We had such fantastic music!!!
Glad you found this landmark recording.
The high quality visuals are from the UK colour movie film Pop Gear filmed in 64 released in 65. US re titled as Go Go Mania.
No colour TV in UK in 64 and no audience in this.
Film gave the great image quality, but dubbed sound was what audiences wanted to be like the record. Simpler too.
Lots of clips of Pop Gear on RUclips for the searching..
Intro by some dodgy TV UK host who when he died his family pulled the headstone down, such was his depravity.
When this song was released (June, 1964), i was becoming 14 years old. I had never heard anything like it. I took an immediate deep dive into the blues, specifically the Mississippi Delta blues, which had driven and inspired so much of early artists of the British Invasion. Thank you, Erik Burdon, thank you, Animals for that help with my navigation through music. Mention should be made of keyboardist Alan Price for his part in the Animal's sound.
Eric Burdon is an amazing singer. Thanks for reviewing. I hope music like this never dies.
It's not a coincidence that went No1 both sides of Atlantic!
Eric's voice pierces right straight to your SOUL - mixing perfectly with the AMAZING instrumentals from one SUPERB band, playing as ONE!
I grew up with the 60s music. Swinging Carnaby Street, Twiggy, George Best, Pinewood and Ealing Studios, Jaguar E-Type,. We were in heaven.
I believe that zone you are talking about is them being sick of doing retake after retake. You can see it in their faces how tired they were. The big smile on the guitar players face at the end said it all!
They didn't do re-take after re-take though. They had very limited studio time to do this video.But I take your broader point. I think The Animals were worked very hard by a greedy manager who swagged most of the money, and Eric said they were ALWAYS tired.
A wonderful staging of a great song by a fabulous, talented group. Bob Dylan was inspired to go electric after hearing this song. The guitarist is smiling at the end because he hit his guitar on the stage pillar and they quickly did a second take from that point. You can see he raises his guitar extra high as he goes by the pillar. It was too hard for him not to laugh at the goof.
The lead singer is Eric Burdon. That was sixty years ago. You wouldn't recognize him today. Check out his other song. ''SPILL THE WINE''
Was 14 years old when they sang this In the 1960.I'm 72 now.one of the best band ever
how luck you are, grew up with such notoriously fatalistic music.
Awesome reaction, really liked it. This is my first time on this channel, but I'll definitely stopping by again soon.
A one of a kind voice definitely. Eric Burdon later became the lead singer for War and made more great music. BUT you MUST react to We gotta get out of this place and Don't let me be misunderstood by the Animals. Thanks for this one Dani.
And now I see that you have. Sorry.
This was a number one hit for the Animals in the UK, the US, and France in 1965...The Animals were an English rhythm and blues and rock band, formed in Newcastle upon Tyne in the early 1960s. The band moved to London upon finding fame in 1964. The Animals were known for their gritty, bluesy sound and deep-voiced frontman Eric Burdon, as exemplified by their signature song and transatlantic No. 1 hit single, "The House of the Rising Sun", as well as by hits such as "We Gotta Get Out of This Place", "It's My Life", "Inside Looking Out", "I'm Crying" and "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood". The band balanced tough, rock-edged pop singles against rhythm and blues-oriented album material and were part of the British Invasion of the US.
The song--1850's folk song, about a young GIRL--snared into prostitution in the Brothel etc etc called 'The Rising Sun' , Words were changed over the years to a Young Boy, turning bad, gambling drinking, drugs etc etc Bob Dylan heard this on his car radio, pulled over, to listen to it. Very impressed
Funny thing if you read the inside of their album (at least if I remember it correctly from when I was in high school) they have q & a w/ each band member on their likes/goals/etc. Chaz Chandler (basist) said his dream is to travel to America and meet real blues men on their own turf. Of course, he later came to America and "discovered" Jimi Hendrix, brought him back to England where he hooked him up with a base player & drummer and the rest is history. Pretty wild destiny.
The Animals are an interesting group in that they were massively, ridiculously popular in the sixties -- as in, near The Beatles levels early on -- but they sort of vanished into obscurity as time went on. It doesn't help that the band absolutely fell apart. Chas Chandler, the big bassist, is the man who "discovered" Jimi Hendrix and gave up music shortly thereafter to become a scout, manager, and producer. He was disillusioned with making music as they were working their tails off but not seeing a lot of money. Jimi Hendrix became great friends with Eric Burdon, the lead singer, who was utterly devastated after Jimi's death. Chandler died of a heart attack in the early nineties. Alan Price, the very talented keyboardist, is a lot of the reason why the band wasn't seeing profits. When they signed their early contracts, all royalties were going to him, rather than to the band. They were young and naïve, and thought it would all work out with Price divvying out the profits. He did not, and there was a horrible falling out, with Price going on to a fairly successful solo career. Years later, Burdon approached him and tried to bury the hatchet, saying, "Hey, you can keep all the profits you've gotten. Let's just structure things so that everyone in the band shares them going forward, and we can get back together." Price told him to get bent. They haven't spoken since. John Steel, the drummer, left and joined another band, which changed its name to... The Animals. This did not sit well with Burdon and Hilton Valentine (the lead guitarist), and they severed ties with him. Valentine went on to a lengthy but only moderately successful solo career, and Burdon jumped around, finding fame again with War and by other means. None of the band performs at all together any longer, though, and only Burdon and Valentine are on speaking terms.
I always respected the Beatles for their body of work. I can listen to whole albums and enjoy each title. Their strength was song writing and arrangements but still capable musicians. However they did not have that extra gear with a virtuoso musician or that inimitable voice. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" is a good example which I think is the Beatles best title with the help of Eric Clapton.
So what I am saying is if you take Beatles and the Animals together, my top 5 favorite titles are from the Animals. Looks like Alan Price as you explain(and thank you for that) was just as naive in another way. The Animals were more than the sum of their parts.
I saw Eric Burdon in concert in 2015. Even well into his 70s, his voice was in fine form and he was still creating new music.
Great Reaction !!!! Intense soulfull and second time i heard someone say soul and with that certain edge. Building that little bit of grit along with that MESMERIZING vocals that certainly nobody could ever do like E.B. and his very talented band mates!!! I. Well up every time i listen to this song!!! A very moving song !!!!
Love your channel, just started watching. What I love the most is seeing your reaction to the songs of my generation, to see and feel what we did at the time. It' a beautiful thing to witness the younger generation discover and appreciate the music of the past too.
I'm sure any of the old rock groups had to clean up for TV or video. I would guess if you saw them in a club playing a set it would be pretty rockin'!
The lead singer Eric sings spill that wine which is awesome
I was not born when this song came out but i grew up loving that song because of the voice and music...
So great song that even my piano cover sounds good!!! 😉
That Mysterious look on their face ,is jet lag ,from Britain 🇬🇧. Eric Burdon is a Geordie from the North East of England. You wouldn't understand a word he spoke, but he sang like a champion.
Great Singer - Great Band - Great Song - Great Reaction Video...! HAPPY New Year Dani.... 😊 👍
Eric Burdon in this video was 23, looked 18 and sang with a voice of a 40 years old master singer.
In this same session they did Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood. Same set and outfits. Another great song of theirs is We Got To Get Out Of This Place.
One of the greatest singles of all time, no question.
British music has led the world for decades now! Exemplary track
I can make an educated guess when I announce that I am one of the few here who saw the Animals performing live. They had a 1.5 hour gig in Warsaw, Poland, quite unique event considering those times there. Tune we are talking about became a mega hit in 1964 and broke the Beatles monopoly in British Invasion music. About video: a lot of people points out a fine quality of sound and picture. Yes, this is rather unusual for a material from that period of time, mind you, a number of video recordings with other then famous groups like the Beatles, the Kinks, the Zombies ect exists only in black-and-white format with tolerable quality. One is obvious: in the summer of 1964 Brits produced an avalanche of music which after over 50 years make present young generation speechless - and this is a best proof for masterpiece.
Nice reaction, interesting to listen to and some intelligent perspective. I will definitely check out your other reactions.
I had always wondered why towards the end of the video Hilton Valentine, the guitarist, is laughing, and recently found out why. As the video is all done in one take they had to move, off-camera, Alan Price and his keyboard to the front for the final shot. Hilton Valentine was laughing at the sight of Alan Price being pushed across the studio floor whilst he was still playing his keyboard! That anecdote made me smile and provides a little warmth captured in time to an amazing video made more than 50 years ago.
Very cool video well done we seen The Animals at a show they did in Detroit they did this song and other hits Eric Burdon one of the best singers of that time we was responsible for the stage handling at that show he talked with with us in between sets very nice person this was after the time he was singing with the band WAR he had a big hit with them Spell The Wine Ty for sharing
The animals were quite an influential group. The organist was a guy called Alan Price. who had his own solo career with several top ten hits in the UK and appears in the Dylan documentary "Don't Look Back". The big guitar player was Chas Chandler, who later became the manager of the group Slade, who were the biggest selling act in the UK in the 1970s. they never really made it big in the US but you should totally check them out some day (I think you'd appreciate the vocals of their lead singer Noddy Holder). And the vocalist Eric Burdon is legendary and was, apparently, the eggman, as featured in The Beatles "I Am The Walrus".
Just some history of the song. The House of the Rising Sun was a brothel, a house of prostitution. The girls in the 1800s would put red lamps in front of their homes, thus the name and the term 'red light district'. Leadbelly, the Black folk singer has a video of the original lyrics about a girl...this song goes back over a century, it's an American folk song. The lyrics were changed to the young man telling the tragic, ruined story of his life of gambling and drinking and crime in the brothel. He committed a crime and is being sent back to New Orleans 'to wear that ball and chain'...what the prison guards attached to the convict's ankle to deter escape attempts. So this British band took an old American folk song and did it proud! This was a favorite back in the day but I am happy to have lived long enough to see the archival video of Leadbelly...we only had books of the songs and singers in the '60s. The story of the song explains the grit and pain in the singer's voice narrating the story of his life. I like the way he was so matter of fact in the narrative, offering a warning to others, too late for himself. Thank you for picking this song.
3:20 The keyboard player, Alan Price, is a great musician who had a successful career in his own right. His contribution to "Rising Sun" is especially memorable.
Far from spotlights... but sure great organists of course. Maybe the best with manzarek in rock n roll era. Listen "is there anybody out there" in the alum called "a price on his head".
That VOX Continental organ Alan Price was playing could make some amazing sounds.
he robbed the rest of his bndmates and caused the band to split. Greedy man.
His contemporaries called him the little guy with the big voice.
You might want to check out:
Bring It On Home To Me
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
Gin House Blues
Spill The Wine
Warm San Francisco Nights
By The Animals
Masterpieces,the animals
"We Got to Get Out of This Place", "It's My Life", "Monterey", San Francisco Nights", "Spill the Wine" are my suggestion from more songs from Eric Burdon and the Animals
Pure English 60S Magic from a time long gone by... Shame they don't make tracks like this anymore.
Great choice, Dani - Vandy fully approves of such awesomeness. You get a like from me.
That Vox Jaguar organ makes the entire song.
Although most people refer to the version by Animals as the "original", it isn't. FUN FACT about this song: No one knows who wrote it. Musicologists have tried to track down its origins but it's so old that its origins are lost in the murky mists of time. It may even go back all the way to 17th century England as what became known as "Broadside Ballads." If it did originate in England then it probably came to America via some ocean-going traveler who may have sung it here in the U.S. and then others picked it up and it slowly got passed around. Also, if it did originate in England, then someone had to have changed the location of the the brothel to New Orleans, probably to make the song more relevant to American audiences. That is all speculation, obviously, since no one knows for sure what the original lyrics were. Another interesting thing about the song is that in some versions it's about a man lamenting his experience in the brothel while in other versions it's a woman telling of her trials and tribulations at the brothel. I first heard it by folk singer, Joan Baez, a year or two before the Animals' released their version. In the Animals version the narrator is a man. In the Baez version the narrator is a woman. There is also a version by folk singer Huddie (Leadbelly) Leadbetter that is so different both melodically and lyrically that it's barely recognizable as the same song. If I remember correctly, Leadbelly recorded his version sometime back in the 1950s.
Alan Price on keyboard a good musician in his own right
This is a masterpiece but Don't Let me be Misunderstood should not be missed.
I feel dated to realize how MANY of these "first time listening" videos there are for this song. Is it really possible that so many people did not hear this tune before? If you have ever heard of the Beatles, and how they had some insane dominance over the hit list in 1964, you should know that this was the song that unseated them for the #1 spot. This is not some hidden gem. This is an anthem for a generation. But please don't get me wrong, I am so gratified to see such universal adoration, from a younger demographic over the same song we fell in love with so long ago. Excellence is not bound by age.
It's amazing how little the current generation knows about the history of music, given that they have the power of the Internet (especially tools like Spotify) at their fingertips. Back in the day it seems like we all knew about the music that came before our generation, either by listening to our parent's (and grandparent's) albums, the Golden Oldies stations while spinning the radio dial, or just buying random worn-out 45s in the 5-for-25 cents bin at the local used record store. Nowadays if it's not on the weekly TikTok feed it simply doesn't exist, and most youth aren't curious enough to search out anything that isn't spoon-fed to them.
this has so much soul in it
People have recommended a lot of really good songs by this group but you should check out their recording of Tobacco Road. It will blow you away.
Fun reaction. Nice to see people of your age rediscovering the greats of Rock. I was surprised however that that sitting in front of a keyboard yourself you didnt seem to notice that the keys on the organ in the video were reversed in color. 😏
Hey Dani, I only recently stumbled onto your page and very much enjoyed your reaction video to The Animals' "House Of The Rising Sun"......I know you were asking for additional suggestions of Animals songs, so I thought I'd go with "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place", which became pretty much the theme song of the Vietnam War (the song came out in '65). Anyway, congratulations on a great page and I look forward to more! Bill
Loved the song and your reaction, Dani.
My all time favourite song. Brilliant. You want to check out "we gotta get outta this place"
Eric was an underated singer because the Animals got overshadowed by the Beatles. Thankfully they got inducted in the R & R Hall of Fame. Others mentioned their other hits here. When he was with War in 1970 had,a great psychedelic song SPILL THE WINE. Worth checking out, different but very good.
To hear more Animal hits, give these two a spin:
ruclips.net/video/CxAXspWpQVQ/видео.html (wait for sound to start)
ruclips.net/video/ZdIvqfsXQqg/видео.html (a Carol King number with a Hammond B-3 organ)
Awesome reaction video of the animals house of the rising sun. Yes an awesome group . And great harmonies as well. Hey dani. Just to let you know another legend of country singers this past Friday at the age of 78. Jerry jeff walker who had hits with Mr boganles , and La Freeway. He had been battling throat cancer R.I.P. jerry you,ll be miss by all the music fans all around.
This quintessential song defined a generation in the ‘60. It seems like every garage band in the 1960’s covered this song. It was everywhere!
The Animals were one of my favorite bands of the early ‘60’s.
Maybe included the Kinks, the Yardbirds, Cream, the Stones, etc.