Actually, Bob's version is an arrangement by Dave Van Ronk who, for whatever reason, did not record it himself until 3 & 5 years, respectively, after The Animals & Bob Dylan did.
This version is just absolutely killer. First song to share with anyone who says Dylan can't sing. Throughout this album he takes that Dylan-ness in his voice and turns it into pure melancholy, which this song just absolutely begs for. It's such a good take, he's nailed the emotions: Regret, sorrow, helplessness, numbness - it's all there. Absolutely perfect. And it's completely different to the Animals version, but one thing I have massive respect for this one for is how he's managed to build it up from a mournful whisper to a howling wail of desperation. So rousing... goosebumps every time. This is just sensational. And he was only twenty...
He absolutely shit the bed with the vocals on this as he does with every song I've ever heard from him. He can write a song with the best of them and play instruments great, but he sounds like a cat whose tail got ran over by a bicycle with glass in the tires. You would be proving their point dead right if you showed them this in an effort to prove he was a good singer 🤣
I‘m one who has said he can‘t sing & should stick to song writing, but this was a virtuoso performance & I‘m converted! I like how he mixes the lyrics from several versions & really emotes the misery of it all. 👍👍😄
His voice is like the worst. I’m not saying he doesn’t have something but it’s not a good voice. He sold his soul, hence the fame. Check out an interview he did on Utube about that very subject.
I sort of like the perspectives everyone puts on to this song. Like the animals version is from the perspective of the drunk and Dylan’s version is from the working girls at the house of the rising sun. Listening to all the different version on the songs is like unraveling another lair of the misery the people who to the house of the rising sun goes through. In my personal opinion, the house of the rising sun is one of the best songs ever written
There is even a French version where it's a guy seing this place as a prison Just search Les portes du pénitencier I'm not a huge fan of the translation and the changement they made but it's not bad
@Modern Savage25 I wouldn't say it becomes flat just because it could be any other place. its still a sad song about a man who cant control himself. his dad was an asshole and now he is, he wastes his all his time and money at the house of the rising sun. he hates the way that he is, but he really cant help himself. and he keeps coming back. honestly i would watch a short film on the different perspectives of this song if somebody made one.
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There’s something powerful about this version I can’t find in others, there’s an unspoken pain behind how it builds up through the song. The quiet mumble becomes a grieving howl filled with rage and anxiety. Like a lost drunkard in a ditch with a bottle. Is it as refined as the Animals version? Nah but that’s hardly the goal it’d seem. Bob got it right here, this song is a song of misery and he hits the nail on the head.
This is probably one of the best covers of this song but unfortunately Bob Dylan stole the guitar arrangements from another folk singer, so that's not cool
I keep thinking that our grandchildren's children will "discover" him all over again. But then maybe not. People can make fun of folk music or protest music, but at least the singers were addressing powerful issues. Here we have a Russian War, problems in the middle east, abortion rights being taken away, and some politicians who are free to slur ...well, anyone. Where are our singers? Our young people? American Idol and the Voice made every singer into a person chasing his/her own "brand". The only issue with Taylor Swift is her love life. Good for her, but there are not going to be the same kind of discussions about her music 60 years from now. (We bought the first album when I was 18 in 1966 not knowing it had been put out in '62.) Crazy beautiful times...
dave van ronk created a version of this song that was different from the way people were playing it and it was very popular. dylan and van ronk were friends. dylan recorded van ronk's version on his first album, then he asked van ronk if it was ok with him. van ronk told him he was about to record it in a few weeks and asked dylan to wait til his next album, this is van rock's story, and dylan told him it was already on the record. this derailed their friendship for a while but van ronk got over it. van ronk was never going to have the fame that dylan had, which was already giving off the vibes of something special starting to build, if dylan hadn't recorded the song, it probably never would've got the animals attention, their recording made it a massive rock hit and brought the obscure folk song to the wide world.. van ronk had the pleasure of knowing that was the version of the song he created that ended up with such influence, he created the bass line, he had changed the chords from how people were playing it. and dylan loved it, it got sucked into his hyper creative sponging from the world around him
@@jaw444 Whatever. I dont think the animals bit is true. This song has been around along time. The Dave Van Ronk version is the definative version. Bob Dylan doing a cover makes about as much sense jackson pollack making his living as an art forger. That is to say not only is it waste but he would (did) suck. I happen to think that Dylan is overrated as song writer (which is reasonable considering how he rated) and that the likes of Townes Van Zandt and Leonard Cohen are far more substantial Artists. So I have my Bias I suppose but there's no denying he was not much of a singer and it's clear here. Not only does he not a have voice but his voice has no soul of it's own. All you have to is listen to this version and then Van Ronk's to prove it.
Dylan isn't a singer, he's a musician. His songwriting is why he's famous. And this isn't even an original song of his, but it's my favorite version with how simple it is.
Not one person to date has been able to almost bleed to death singing with the pain and passion Dylan puts into it. The song "breathes" and the emotion is raggedly raw.
@@murialgoldman5670 The Grammys are about the song itself, not the voice. Surely he is a genius composer, but he surely isn't a good singer. And it's not just my opinion, it will take me a long time to explain it to you because of my shitty english, but try to find power in his voice... He doesn't have any power.
The most emotional and hardcore version of the song that was ever recorded. My god, I get chills and my eyes well up with tears every single time I hear the buildup and climax to this song. ❤
The definitive version of this song as far as I'm concerned. Gives me goosebumps every time I listen to it. Such controlled anger, grief and regret expressed by a then only 20 year old man. Truly the stuff of legend.
You hit it right on the head there: no one should ever question the quality and power of Dylan's singing--this song in particular, which must be from an old folk blues ballad, explodes from his soul from the top down and toes up.
Not for nothing he's a legend. This man's importance as an artist, musician and songwriter can only be described as endless. And he will inspire people on and on. Wherever there are talent people, Dylan's voice is right there . Is here for us.
@@omarhernandez1353 a guy who has written about humanity and its follies throughout his career couldn't have possibly sold his soul to anyone. BTW, he's a believer.
Stunning voice for a 20 year old. Such power and control of pace. This should be on a golden record going into space to show what a human is capable of.
The thing about Dylan's early work - he makes anything sound the purest it can be. And you just fall into it - you feel like your own life story is portrayed through memories you never had. The magic in trusting someone through his voice and words alone.
Sure its raw and unrefined but thats the beauty of it. Bob conveys the blues in such a unique style its heavy blues and folk songs. Its the storyteller, not the story they can make anything beautiful and poetic and plus from a womans perspective...Brilliance.
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"House Of The Risin' Sun" There is a house down in New Orleans they call the rising sun And it's been the ruin of many a poor girl and me, oh God, I'm one My mother was a tailor, she sewed these new blue jeans My sweetheart was a gambler, Lord, down in New Orleans Now the only thing a gambler needs is a suitcase and a trunk And the only time when he's satisfied is when he's on a drunk He fills his glasses up to the brim and he'll pass the cards around And the only pleasure he gets out of life is rambling from town to town Oh tell my baby sister not to do what I have done But shun that house in New Orleans they call the rising sun Well with one foot on the platform and the other foot on the train I'm going back to New Orleans to wear that ball and chain I'm going back to New Orleans, my race is almost run I'm going back to end my life down in the rising sun There is a house in New Orleans they call the rising sun And it's been the ruin of many a poor girl and me, oh God, I'm one
Should use this for a Fallout game about New Orleans - with the Mississippi River being a major part of the conflict (even now we still use it for freight, imagine its importance to a post apocalyptic America). Could have so many cool things like Mark Twain references, riverboats, and a bunch of cool places like Redstone Arsenal (a tributary goes pretty close by) and dams, not to mention naval battles and potentially even opening up the Caribbean. But I guess Bethesda doesn’t know how to make cool stuff...
Unfortunately a lot of that is New Vegas based which was mostly created by Obsidian. Since Bethesda only cares about making profit off of micro transactions, and own the rights to fallout, it's a good possibility there will never be a good fallout game again, or possible even a fallout game in general.
Bob actually "pinched" this arraigment from Dave Von Ronk. There is a funny interview with dave on how it occurred in Scorsese Biopic on Dylan. It was an old blues song with many different versions from artists long before Van Ronk.
I grew up in the sixties when Dylan was taking off. From the start people thought his voice was too rough, too nasal, too unrefined: but listen to this song [made popular by the rock version of the Animals] and you'll hear Dylan's singing is so nuanced, so deeply, darkly passionate: it's a perfect 'interpretation'. Astounding. Folks: end the debate: the man can sing!
Admittedly, (although I’m a huge Dylan fan and this always ends up in my recommends) I’ve been avoiding this version of the song because I thought I liked the Animals version best... But I never felt much sympathy with the main character until I heard this rendition. Dylan’s storytelling gives a vulnerability, immediacy, and desperation to a character that seems almost hollow in other versions of the song. While The Animals “poor boy” seems almost like a Frat Boy that had too much to drink, Dylan’s hopeless “mistress of the night,” (I’m assuming) is much more pathetic and sympathetic. The whole story seems to make more sense in this version and context. Tragic. 10/10
I know right...but it even shocked me more when I came to know that this song is originally written by Dave Von Ronk.... but i just love Bob's voice here
Bob Dylan's - A woman who works at the Rising Sun. The Animal's - A boy who's father frequented the Rising Sun. Johnny Cash's - An old man who's thinking back on his time at the Rising Sun. Five Finger Death Punch - The creation of a new world.
@@mrunalvora209 - this song has been around a lot longer than Dave Von Ronk's version, Ledbelly, woody guthrie also recorded it but its even older than those 1940's recordings.
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@@allanalexander4087 it's an old folk song from the Appalachians. Hundreds of other blues artists have renditions of this song, some recorded, some not. Leadbelly for instance. Song's real old.
Che forza, che impeto emotivo. Si sente la VERA disperazione di un ragazzo che ha toccato il fondo, e Bob lo canta con tutta la sua potenza...si sente che anche lui ha vissuto tutta la disperazione , anche per questo la sua musica è grande , immensa 💖
Bob got this arrangement from Dave Van Ronk who crafted it from hearing many versions of it by original blues singers, and Dave brought it it a change of timing and chord structure he credits as coming from having been into jazz before he totally got into blues. i'd never listened to Davd's version before, check it out. Dylan loved how Dave played it, and when he was recording his new album, he recorded his version of Dave's version. then he came to Dave and said "Hey is it ok if record your House of the Rising Sun? And Dave said "i'm about to record it in a couple of weeks, can you just wait until after that?" and Dylan said "Uh oh." he told Dave he had already recorded it. They had been really good friends and Dave was mad and they weren't talking for a while. It got patched up, their women were good friends too, they hung out. Dave's wife got him to get over it. But check out, you can see how it influenced Dylan, and if you'd been around back then, you'd know Dave had a way of doing it that wasn't like anybody else, he had made changes and he used his own vocal style, and Dylan used that. it doesn't mean Dylan was a thief. People in that environment learned each other's songs all the time---keeping in mind, this was a traditional folk song, no copyright. it was the arrangement that was the creative part, bringing more out of the song. i never knew about any of this until in the past year, i was reading Suze Rotolo's book about life in those days, when she and dylan were together for about 4 years, and she told that story in the book. Today on Facebook somebody posted that today was Dave's birthday and that caused me to do some reading up on what happened with House of the Rising Sun, and to listen to both versions. i dint' hear Dylan's first album until after i'd heard the Animals version so their version was all i knew about the song, and the big deal with that song was that first we only heard the short version, we didn't know their was a longer version. AM commercial radio required songs to not be longer than about 3 minutes because they had to fit all their commercials in, that's how their bills were paid, but when music changed, following the Beatles and all the English groups that followed, i think House of the Rising Sun was the first one where it was learned that there was a longer version, maybe a DJ slipped it out, but after that everybody only wanted to hear the long one which was about 5 minutes i think, it had another verse or two from the original recording and the long keyboard solos
@Jordan - he is the artist who used it in a way where every word was shot like an arrow that could penetrate to the core, he brought all kinds of songs and kinds of music to more people, not necessarily directly but through other artists who covered his songs, some with substantial star power. Dylan fell in love with music, he's said that and it showed, specific artists and songs and styles, and he grew dynamically from how he experienced the art that drew him in, he idolized various artists, it's well known he idolized Woody Guthrie, maybe not as well known how he idolized Little Richard, but his feelings of wanting to get into their souls and make the effect it had on him his own, were not any unethical kind of theft, the way i think of theft, ripping off. He recreated what he imitated, and this was like a number of traditions which were not commercial, just traded off among musicians performers. Dylan was inspired by the lyrics to a Paul Clayton song from which Dylan created Don't Think Twice it's Al right. That one went to court and was settled out of court. they were two different songs, but dylan used a couple of lyrical ideas from Clayton's song which was called Who's Gonna Buy Your Ribbons when I'm Gone.
I've spent a great many nights discussing this song. The meaning, the origin, the many versions, the greatest and faults of the Animals version, It is the best thing I play (though none of my friends would agree) all that being said. THIS IS THE GREATEST VERSION I'VE EVER HEARD.
@@kadenelijah9329 In his autobiography Dylan admits that he lifted the version (chord changes etc.) exactly from Dave Van Ronk. Everybody knows that is true. Nobody knows where the song came from.
You were definitely one of the smart ones, not a lot of people bought this one and to this day a lot of people still think Freewheelin’ is his first album. As much as that one proved he was a genius songwriter, his masterful interpretation of this song and the others prove his oft-forgotten debut is a gem as well.
@@charliestoops8815 - I also have a mint copy of the very first Motown record, and a couple of Sun 45's by Elvis in my collection, which dates back to cylinders, and the machines to play all of them on.
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This is one of Dylan's earliest, most powerful voices--raw, impassioned, hard core--perfectly sung beautiful dark song. Gives me chills. He just had his 80th birthday. I saw him here at UMass Amherst 30 years ago. God bless im
This tune song was the first I ever bought. I can't think of any song or performance that has as much emotion and feeling. As a friend said, he sounds like an old man who has been singing this all his life. I still think this was his best album he ever did, the first. It showed so much of his feelings and inner understanding. No bad songs on the whole album -- Baby Let Me Follow You Down, all the real blues songs. I saw him in 1964 with a few hundred people and it wasn't even sold out. And I loved his change to electric. So much genius. All Along the Watchtower. People often say covers of his songs were better than his originals -- none had his sensitivity and feeling (The Animals, Jimi Hendrix).
I thought I had already heard this version. But after listening to this I realized that this version is longer. And better.I heard many versions of this song and this is by far the most powerful and gut wrenching.
There are two songs that have made me cry because of their beauty those songs being, Imagine - John Lennon which was the first abstract song I listened to and this song, it’s more than a song, it’s a life. Bob Dylan is a genius
I've always loved his version of this. The way he pounds out those guitar chords, the world weary resignation in his voice in the first few verses, the earnest desperation when he sings "go tell my baby sister", the growl in the last few verses. The whole performance really draws you in.
So great! Nobody performs this song half as good as Bob Dylan in 1961 on his first album. I got to hear it sometimes. Like i've been doing since l heard it for the first time in 1968. I am 68 now, and it seems this performance is getting better over the years. Thank you so much. I can't find any better singer than Bob Dylan. The way he did in the 60th.
So many layers. A great singer is one who inspires emotion and interest - not necessarily (and not usually) one who can reach and hold the right notes. Listening to Dylan is like listening to classical music. You must actively listen. In my opinion, the best version I ever heard.
@@grimreaperlucifer3237 no way, lol - they did it different, but not better...plus, they left out verses...all a matter of taste, actually...'better' is so objective.
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This young man possibly has a wonderful future in music.
He released the above song in 1962, so he's been around for a while.
@@consumerwarrior1267 that's the joke
He should win a prize or something, he has future.
you bet !!!!!!
@James So noted.
He sounds like he's pissed and depressed while singing this story. I love that.
he sounds like garabage
@@KingMinosxxvi u mad or nah
@@igottson77 Is that English?
@@KingMinosxxvi is it?
@@igottson77 whatever language it is i dont know what the f it means
So rogue, so basic, so blood and soul, so human, so rebel and desperate, so cool, forever young.
Oh un italiano
@@giacomo7990 are you sure?
what? i didn't understand a single thing you just f'in said
ur a poet, my friend
@@Kane093-s2d He's a fucking poet, you just too basic to understand
I am 54 years old and have never heard this untill today . A outstanding version and what an highly emotive ending . Wow !
He still can't sing. ;))
Actually, Bob's version is an arrangement by Dave Van Ronk who, for whatever reason, did not record it himself until 3 & 5 years, respectively, after The Animals & Bob Dylan did.
This song was written in th perspective it with the girl working there..and yes he still can't sing.. ;))
gtrgod lou yet he has been the inspiration of many influential musicians.
@@olensoifer9901 I'm glad someone else knows this.
This version is just absolutely killer. First song to share with anyone who says Dylan can't sing. Throughout this album he takes that Dylan-ness in his voice and turns it into pure melancholy, which this song just absolutely begs for. It's such a good take, he's nailed the emotions: Regret, sorrow, helplessness, numbness - it's all there. Absolutely perfect. And it's completely different to the Animals version, but one thing I have massive respect for this one for is how he's managed to build it up from a mournful whisper to a howling wail of desperation. So rousing... goosebumps every time. This is just sensational. And he was only twenty...
He absolutely shit the bed with the vocals on this as he does with every song I've ever heard from him. He can write a song with the best of them and play instruments great, but he sounds like a cat whose tail got ran over by a bicycle with glass in the tires. You would be proving their point dead right if you showed them this in an effort to prove he was a good singer 🤣
I‘m one who has said he can‘t sing & should stick to song writing, but this was a virtuoso performance & I‘m converted! I like how he mixes the lyrics from several versions & really emotes the misery of it all. 👍👍😄
His voice is like the worst. I’m not saying he doesn’t have something but it’s not a good voice. He sold his soul, hence the fame. Check out an interview he did on Utube about that very subject.
He can’t sing
@@ewan1235I’m ashamed that a fellow spurs fan could have such a terrible opinion
I sort of like the perspectives everyone puts on to this song. Like the animals version is from the perspective of the drunk and Dylan’s version is from the working girls at the house of the rising sun. Listening to all the different version on the songs is like unraveling another lair of the misery the people who to the house of the rising sun goes through. In my personal opinion, the house of the rising sun is one of the best songs ever written
ThatDamnScottishGuy exactly!
@ThatDamnScottishGuy if you remove the word your I feel like it flows better.
There is even a French version where it's a guy seing this place as a prison
Just search Les portes du pénitencier
I'm not a huge fan of the translation and the changement they made but it's not bad
It's like the case of "Haus im Neu Berlin" from Wolfenstein, one of the best adaptations of this song.
@Modern Savage25 I wouldn't say it becomes flat just because it could be any other place. its still a sad song about a man who cant control himself. his dad was an asshole and now he is, he wastes his all his time and money at the house of the rising sun. he hates the way that he is, but he really cant help himself. and he keeps coming back. honestly i would watch a short film on the different perspectives of this song if somebody made one.
People who love Bob Dylan are my absolute favorite! Love reading all your comments.
I am a fan of Bob Dylan. I saw him live in 1990, and I buy his music.
Well then, I, sir, am your favorite and you, mine. 😄
He's not terrible
Perfect. After 50 years listening to Bob, I am constantly awed at his brilliance.
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There’s something powerful about this version I can’t find in others, there’s an unspoken pain behind how it builds up through the song. The quiet mumble becomes a grieving howl filled with rage and anxiety. Like a lost drunkard in a ditch with a bottle. Is it as refined as the Animals version? Nah but that’s hardly the goal it’d seem. Bob got it right here, this song is a song of misery and he hits the nail on the head.
No doubt! 🔥
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This is probably one of the best covers of this song but unfortunately Bob Dylan stole the guitar arrangements from another folk singer, so that's not cool
@@maxv0085 Lol, it's a cover buddy.. Everything is stolen, who cares.
@@greyk610 nevertheless integrity is nice.
I was born in 1951, so the music of the 60's is the music I grew up with. I can not imagine how diminished it would have been with out Bob Dylan!!!
Me too. I turn 71 in February. I totally agree
I beat you by 1 year 1950 & today its all bubble gum crap ey !
I keep thinking that our grandchildren's children will "discover" him all over again. But then maybe not. People can make fun of folk music or protest music, but at least the singers were addressing powerful issues. Here we have a Russian War, problems in the middle east, abortion rights being taken away, and some politicians who are free to slur ...well, anyone. Where are our singers? Our young people? American Idol and the Voice made every singer into a person chasing his/her own "brand". The only issue with Taylor Swift is her love life. Good for her, but there are not going to be the same kind of discussions about her music 60 years from now. (We bought the first album when I was 18 in 1966 not knowing it had been put out in '62.) Crazy beautiful times...
Bob Dylan is only 20 yrs old. His first Columbia Record Album. He sings with intention
dave van ronk created a version of this song that was different from the way people were playing it and it was very popular. dylan and van ronk were friends. dylan recorded van ronk's version on his first album, then he asked van ronk if it was ok with him. van ronk told him he was about to record it in a few weeks and asked dylan to wait til his next album, this is van rock's story, and dylan told him it was already on the record. this derailed their friendship for a while but van ronk got over it. van ronk was never going to have the fame that dylan had, which was already giving off the vibes of something special starting to build, if dylan hadn't recorded the song, it probably never would've got the animals attention, their recording made it a massive rock hit and brought the obscure folk song to the wide world.. van ronk had the pleasure of knowing that was the version of the song he created that ended up with such influence, he created the bass line, he had changed the chords from how people were playing it. and dylan loved it, it got sucked into his hyper creative sponging from the world around him
He sings like shit.....he's doing a crappy imitation of all the folks singers he was around in the village including the great Dave Van Ronk.
r u kidding me ? if i heard a 20 year old kid sing like this or anyone one for that matter i would say they had a bright future
@@jaw444 Whatever. I dont think the animals bit is true. This song has been around along time. The Dave Van Ronk version is the definative version. Bob Dylan doing a cover makes about as much sense jackson pollack making his living as an art forger. That is to say not only is it waste but he would (did) suck. I happen to think that Dylan is overrated as song writer (which is reasonable considering how he rated) and that the likes of Townes Van Zandt and Leonard Cohen are far more substantial Artists. So I have my Bias I suppose but there's no denying he was not much of a singer and it's clear here. Not only does he not a have voice but his voice has no soul of it's own. All you have to is listen to this version and then Van Ronk's to prove it.
Dylan isn't a singer, he's a musician. His songwriting is why he's famous. And this isn't even an original song of his, but it's my favorite version with how simple it is.
Bob Dylan has so many songs that’s not easy to chose which is the best. They are all great songs.
the whole song is great but damn from 2:42 he really begins to sing from the soul.
Sung by many, but this particular version has powerful feel & message. Very intense! This is my favorite.
Not one person to date has been able to almost bleed to death singing with the pain and passion Dylan puts into it. The song "breathes" and the emotion is raggedly raw.
This man is the embodiment of passion and joy in his craft
Bob's voice is so powerful on this
Powerful???
Are you shitting me???
Dylan's vocals are fucking AWFUL !!!
@@politicaloutsider413 not really. He sings how he sings. How many Grammys do you have?
@@murialgoldman5670 What's the link between the grammys and his voice ?
I'm sorry but Dylan's vocals are médiocre.
@@arcali6378 you don't win a Grammy if you aren't good. And that's your opinion
@@murialgoldman5670 The Grammys are about the song itself, not the voice.
Surely he is a genius composer, but he surely isn't a good singer.
And it's not just my opinion, it will take me a long time to explain it to you because of my shitty english, but try to find power in his voice... He doesn't have any power.
The most emotional and hardcore version of the song that was ever recorded. My god, I get chills and my eyes well up with tears every single time I hear the buildup and climax to this song. ❤
I love how he sings straight from the heart and soul. I shed tears when I listen to this song.
The GENIUS of Bob Dylan
The power and emotion in this song is amazing..
The definitive version of this song as far as I'm concerned. Gives me goosebumps every time I listen to it. Such controlled anger, grief and regret expressed by a then only 20 year old man. Truly the stuff of legend.
I find it ear-hurting to listen to. Also it seems a little affected. It does have passion, though.
the animals version is the definitive version bro, come on. this is also excellent
same here man
@@nutsackmania The Animals version is the most widely heard, but it's a cheap knock off of this.
You hit it right on the head there: no one should ever question the quality and power of Dylan's singing--this song in particular, which must be from an old folk blues ballad, explodes from his soul from the top down and toes up.
Not for nothing he's a legend. This man's importance as an artist, musician and songwriter can only be described as endless. And he will inspire people on and on. Wherever there are talent people, Dylan's voice is right there . Is here for us.
Marc Eibel he’s only a legend because he sold his souls to the devil
Not for nothing he went to clarksdale crossroads....
@@omarhernandez1353 yes man.
@@omarhernandez1353 a guy who has written about humanity and its follies throughout his career couldn't have possibly sold his soul to anyone. BTW, he's a believer.
Stunning voice for a 20 year old. Such power and control of pace. This should be on a golden record going into space to show what a human is capable of.
Never say Bob’s voice wasn’t powerful. The 🐐, plain and simple
The Bacons is that supposed to be a goat or the devil?
@@omarhernandez1353 goat
Omar Hernandez The greatest of all time
@@omarhernandez1353 G.O.A.T Greatest Of All Time.
The thing about Dylan's early work - he makes anything sound the purest it can be.
And you just fall into it - you feel like your own life story is portrayed through memories you never had.
The magic in trusting someone through his voice and words alone.
Or.memmories you have had. Or were going to have. Before you did. Figure that out. True shit. Nightfencet gatekeeper
Everytime i see someone say dylan cant sing, i come back to this song
He is singing out his nose.
I suppose it's an acquired taste
Sure its raw and unrefined but thats the beauty of it. Bob conveys the blues in such a unique style its heavy blues and folk songs. Its the storyteller, not the story they can make anything beautiful and poetic and plus from a womans perspective...Brilliance.
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"House Of The Risin' Sun"
There is a house down in New Orleans they call the rising sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor girl and me, oh God, I'm one
My mother was a tailor, she sewed these new blue jeans
My sweetheart was a gambler, Lord, down in New Orleans
Now the only thing a gambler needs is a suitcase and a trunk
And the only time when he's satisfied is when he's on a drunk
He fills his glasses up to the brim and he'll pass the cards around
And the only pleasure he gets out of life is rambling from town to town
Oh tell my baby sister not to do what I have done
But shun that house in New Orleans they call the rising sun
Well with one foot on the platform and the other foot on the train
I'm going back to New Orleans to wear that ball and chain
I'm going back to New Orleans, my race is almost run
I'm going back to end my life down in the rising sun
There is a house in New Orleans they call the rising sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor girl and me, oh God, I'm one
Eric Durr bruh
Thank you! Now I can look at these as I listen.
this version makes my heart heavy
Zoheb Basheer so well said
I get that....its dark.
One feels the truth and reality of this woman's life and story. It was this music that brought Dylan to light and acknowledgement.
Should use this for a Fallout game about New Orleans - with the Mississippi River being a major part of the conflict (even now we still use it for freight, imagine its importance to a post apocalyptic America). Could have so many cool things like Mark Twain references, riverboats, and a bunch of cool places like Redstone Arsenal (a tributary goes pretty close by) and dams, not to mention naval battles and potentially even opening up the Caribbean.
But I guess Bethesda doesn’t know how to make cool stuff...
Unfortunately a lot of that is New Vegas based which was mostly created by Obsidian. Since Bethesda only cares about making profit off of micro transactions, and own the rights to fallout, it's a good possibility there will never be a good fallout game again, or possible even a fallout game in general.
Yeah they really chose boston out of all possibilities lol boring
I've always loved this song. Funny thing is I am a huge Bob Dylan fan and I've never heard this. Learn something new everyday 😂.
Bob actually "pinched" this arraigment from Dave Von Ronk. There is a funny interview with dave on how it occurred in Scorsese Biopic on Dylan. It was an old blues song with many different versions from artists long before Van Ronk.
@@hammer44head thanks. I'll check it out. Have a blessed day
Yes he did swipe the song for this, his first album and all songs on this album were done with only one take.
Same here!
Today I am one those new learner 😊
I grew up in the sixties when Dylan was taking off. From the start people thought his voice was too rough, too nasal, too unrefined: but listen to this song [made popular by the rock version of the Animals] and you'll hear Dylan's singing is so nuanced, so deeply, darkly passionate: it's a perfect 'interpretation'. Astounding. Folks: end the debate: the man can sing!
Bel hommage !
Dylan could never sing opera. But then Pavarotti couldn't sing folk either.
I didn't liked it when i heard it for the first time, now im addicted.
same
Admittedly, (although I’m a huge Dylan fan and this always ends up in my recommends) I’ve been avoiding this version of the song because I thought I liked the Animals version best... But I never felt much sympathy with the main character until I heard this rendition. Dylan’s
storytelling gives a vulnerability, immediacy, and desperation to a character that seems almost hollow in other versions of the song.
While The Animals “poor boy” seems almost like a Frat Boy that had too much to drink, Dylan’s hopeless “mistress of the night,”
(I’m assuming) is much more pathetic and sympathetic. The whole story seems to make more sense in this version and context. Tragic. 10/10
I know right...but it even shocked me more when I came to know that this song is originally written by Dave Von Ronk.... but i just love Bob's voice here
Bob Dylan's - A woman who works at the Rising Sun.
The Animal's - A boy who's father frequented the Rising Sun.
Johnny Cash's - An old man who's thinking back on his time at the Rising Sun.
Five Finger Death Punch - The creation of a new world.
@@mrunalvora209 - this song has been around a lot longer than Dave Von Ronk's version, Ledbelly, woody guthrie also recorded it but its even older than those 1940's recordings.
Forever the greatest songwriter ever in my eyes.
Thank you for sharing this phenomenal song with all of us. 🌅
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Bob Dylan is generally more well-known for his songwriting than his singing. Credit where it's due, he does a rather good job here.
This is so spiritually awesome! Heaven at last!!! TY. So much!!!!!!!! 😍
I feel like Bob sounds slightly pissed off while singing this. I love it! 😍
Bob Dylan my love. ❤️❤️
Love & Respect from India. 🇮🇳
Best version of this song
The original version of this song :)
Allan Alexander no it’s not
@@manladan5929 Did someone sing this before Dylan??
@@allanalexander4087 it's an old folk song from the Appalachians. Hundreds of other blues artists have renditions of this song, some recorded, some not. Leadbelly for instance. Song's real old.
@@sriracharamen9283 cool will check out those
Che forza, che impeto emotivo. Si sente la VERA disperazione di un ragazzo che ha toccato il fondo, e Bob lo canta con tutta la sua potenza...si sente che anche lui ha vissuto tutta la disperazione , anche per questo la sua musica è grande , immensa 💖
Literally nobody can sing it like Bob. In this harsh and almost painful way. And oh, it's arousing.
J LORI put cork plugs in your nose holes and try to sing like hank snow and you’ll have it down
Gay? He killed this shit
Dimitris p this version of the song is from the perspective of a woman you cretin
Bob got this arrangement from Dave Van Ronk who crafted it from hearing many versions of it by original blues singers, and Dave brought it it a change of timing and chord structure he credits as coming from having been into jazz before he totally got into blues. i'd never listened to Davd's version before, check it out. Dylan loved how Dave played it, and when he was recording his new album, he recorded his version of Dave's version. then he came to Dave and said "Hey is it ok if record your House of the Rising Sun? And Dave said "i'm about to record it in a couple of weeks, can you just wait until after that?" and Dylan said "Uh oh." he told Dave he had already recorded it. They had been really good friends and Dave was mad and they weren't talking for a while. It got patched up, their women were good friends too, they hung out. Dave's wife got him to get over it. But check out, you can see how it influenced Dylan, and if you'd been around back then, you'd know Dave had a way of doing it that wasn't like anybody else, he had made changes and he used his own vocal style, and Dylan used that. it doesn't mean Dylan was a thief. People in that environment learned each other's songs all the time---keeping in mind, this was a traditional folk song, no copyright. it was the arrangement that was the creative part, bringing more out of the song. i never knew about any of this until in the past year, i was reading
Suze Rotolo's book about life in those days, when she and dylan were together for about 4 years, and she told that story in the book. Today on Facebook somebody posted that today was Dave's birthday and that caused me to do some reading up on what happened with House of the Rising Sun, and to listen to both versions. i dint' hear Dylan's first album until after i'd heard the Animals version so their version was all i knew about the song, and the big deal with that song was that first we only heard the short version, we didn't know their was a longer version. AM commercial radio required songs to not be longer than about 3 minutes because they had to fit all their commercials in, that's how their bills were paid, but when music changed, following the Beatles and all the English groups that followed, i think House of the Rising Sun was the first one where it was learned that there was a longer version, maybe a DJ slipped it out, but after that everybody only wanted to hear the long one which was about 5 minutes i think, it had another verse or two from the original recording and the long keyboard solos
@Jordan - he is the artist who used it in a way where every word was shot like an arrow that could penetrate to the core, he brought all kinds of songs and kinds of music to more people, not necessarily directly but through other artists who covered his songs, some with substantial star power. Dylan fell in love with music, he's said that and it showed, specific artists and songs and styles, and he grew dynamically from how he experienced the art that drew him in, he idolized various artists, it's well known he idolized Woody Guthrie, maybe not as well known how he idolized Little Richard, but his feelings of wanting to get into their souls and make the effect it had on him his own, were not any unethical kind of theft, the way i think of theft, ripping off. He recreated what he imitated, and this was like a number of traditions which were not commercial, just traded off among musicians performers. Dylan was inspired by the lyrics to a Paul Clayton song from which Dylan created Don't Think Twice it's Al right. That one went to court and was settled out of court. they were two different songs, but dylan used a couple of lyrical ideas from Clayton's song which was called Who's Gonna Buy Your Ribbons when I'm Gone.
this is a masterpiece
What a voice ...wow...
I can listen it again and again and again
I've spent a great many nights discussing this song. The meaning, the origin, the many versions, the greatest and faults of the Animals version, It is the best thing I play (though none of my friends would agree) all that being said. THIS IS THE GREATEST VERSION I'VE EVER HEARD.
Truth be told, he stole the song and version from Dave Van Ronk.
@@vogparis09Mate it’s a folk song that’s at least 150 years old, no one stole it.
@@kadenelijah9329 In his autobiography Dylan admits that he lifted the version (chord changes etc.) exactly from Dave Van Ronk. Everybody knows that is true. Nobody knows where the song came from.
This album has Bob's best vocals and guitar work.
Try the Joan Baez version also the Myriam Maqueeba version and tell me !
Best version of this song!
Hauntingly beautiful ! THANK YOU, Mr. Dylan ! 👍😎
This is definitely one of Bob's best songs. I nearly cried just now listening to it.
Credit to van Ronk
It’s not his song though
Una generazione di giovani che con le musiche di una lunga estate hanno cercato di cambiare il mondo e di trasformarlo in un Paradiso.
Best version ever!
raw beauty - like only true genius can craet
broke my rib in a moshpit to this song \m/
clearly wrote this one the wrong video, anyways, amazing song.
@Connor Richardson woodshed
LOL
I feel. I'd break a rib in a moshpit to this song. 😂
I was confused
This version is incredible, so raw and powerful
Bob Dylan is life itself
Magnifique des larmes des frissons indescriptible. Coup de cœur à la première écoute
I have never heard this version before....but at the same time, it seems appropriate that a storied American folk song would have a Bob Dylan version
Those early songs of Bob had a true and real purity to them.
Stunning
Best version by far.
Yeah
he sounds like hes 100 years old singing a 200 y old song
I laughed my tits off :D
Smoking do that to his voice
SellMe YourSoul I WHEEZED
Because he is an American troubadour. Thy bard, my friend.
SellMe YourSoul ok boomer
My favourite version of the song. What would we do without you Bobby
Best version . The first song I ever heard at 5 years old....Still haunting..It's not the song it's the interpretation that is genius...
BOB DYLAN the best Forever Young 👍🤩👏👏👏👏👏🤘😎🥰❤
I like this Guy, Bob Dylan. I think he's gonna be the next big thing
i think he could win a nobel.
@@g59Maddi Yes, probably
He might even be the next Woody Guthrie
i bet someone did say that seriously in 1962 haha
Bought this album when it came out - still have it, still play it once in a while. Still a fan of Bob.
You were definitely one of the smart ones, not a lot of people bought this one and to this day a lot of people still think Freewheelin’ is his first album. As much as that one proved he was a genius songwriter, his masterful interpretation of this song and the others prove his oft-forgotten debut is a gem as well.
@@charliestoops8815 - I also have a mint copy of the very first Motown record, and a couple of Sun 45's by Elvis in my collection, which dates back to cylinders, and the machines to play all of them on.
Nice, you definitely hit the jackpot
Chills, every time
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One of the greatest covers of this very old folk song. Bob Dylan GOAT
Hands down best version there is and ever will be in my opinion.
I've listened to every version I can find and this is the best.
Bob Dylan , Respect
Amazing version! Never hear it before, so sorrowful.
Don't be afraid of light and sun, because the house of darkness the earth is even much harder. This is what Bob is telling with this song.
it's raining here in Milan.
I'm walking under the rain listening this song.
Living my best life.
This is one of Dylan's earliest, most powerful voices--raw, impassioned, hard core--perfectly sung beautiful dark song. Gives me chills. He just had his 80th birthday. I saw him here at UMass Amherst 30 years ago. God bless im
This tune song was the first I ever bought. I can't think of any song or performance that has as much emotion and feeling. As a friend said, he sounds like an old man who has been singing this all his life. I still think this was his best album he ever did, the first. It showed so much of his feelings and inner understanding. No bad songs on the whole album -- Baby Let Me Follow You Down, all the real blues songs. I saw him in 1964 with a few hundred people and it wasn't even sold out. And I loved his change to electric. So much genius. All Along the Watchtower. People often say covers of his songs were better than his originals -- none had his sensitivity and feeling (The Animals, Jimi Hendrix).
Luv his voice , gotta luv his crispy voice man 💚
I just love Dylan's raw vocals n dynamic, inpassioned chunky guitar playing on Gospel Plow.
I thought I had already heard this version. But after listening to this I realized that this version is longer. And better.I heard many versions of this song and this is by far the most powerful and gut wrenching.
never really understood this song until I heard Dylan's version. A heart felt song of lifes regret. powerfull.
he was so young, at least 20 years old, but he sound like rogue and soul, who is lost everything that he got
There are two songs that have made me cry because of their beauty those songs being, Imagine - John Lennon which was the first abstract song I listened to and this song, it’s more than a song, it’s a life. Bob Dylan is a genius
A good song to kick things off with. This version inspired my own version of the song. I'll never get tired of this one.
Best version ever.
It's reassuring that in a culture of "Live Laugh Love" there are those who recognize misery exists.
The Dylan that tears into your soul. Immortal
I've always loved his version of this. The way he pounds out those guitar chords, the world weary resignation in his voice in the first few verses, the earnest desperation when he sings "go tell my baby sister", the growl in the last few verses. The whole performance really draws you in.
Bob Dylan forever.
Yeah!
So great! Nobody performs this song half as good as Bob Dylan in 1961 on his first album. I got to hear it sometimes. Like i've been doing since l heard it for the first time in 1968. I am 68 now, and it seems this performance is getting better over the years. Thank you so much. I can't find any better singer than Bob Dylan. The way he did in the 60th.
The way he sings this in two different voices is like two people telling a story one after another
The greatest music artist
He CAN sing
So many layers. A great singer is one who inspires emotion and interest - not necessarily (and not usually) one who can reach and hold the right notes. Listening to Dylan is like listening to classical music. You must actively listen. In my opinion, the best version I ever heard.
for years I only new Animals version, this is great, raw and plain, wow
Did the Animals cover this song?
@@clareozcbear2640 Honestly I don't know, I've checked here now en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_of_the_Rising_Sun
@@clareozcbear2640 it's an old folk song, there are some recorded versions in the first half of the 20th century as well
DRAMATIC SONG !!!
I hope he is never forgot
He will never be forgotten.
Thank u so much 4 the inspiration, thanx
Absolute Folk prowess, crazy how young he was when he recorded this and was able to feel such intense emotion
Para mi es la mejor versión.
Unreal....no better version exists than this one....raw and powerful.
i think the animals did better
@@grimreaperlucifer3237 no way, lol - they did it different, but not better...plus, they left out verses...all a matter of taste, actually...'better' is so objective.