The band originate from Newcastle, my hometown. The Keyboard player Alan Price was good friends with my dad, unfortunately my dad took his own life when i was a kid in 1986, the band attended his funeral. I was only 14 at the time but i remember them quite vividly.
Unfortunately old pricey claimed and got all the royalties for the arrangement even though Hilton Valentine created the riff, took all the royalties and legged it.
As has often been said - Eric Burdon: looked 16, was 23, sounded 45! Such a mature, soulful voice...but unfortunately, he also sounded very American. Why the deception?
@@musik102 "Many of the distinctive characteristics of an accent aren't reproduced well when you sing. Vowel sounds get stretched, and the precise articulation of the consonants is lost. The result is a neutral baseline accent that sounds vaguely American."
@striper70 That theory has being put forward by language academics for years. It's nonsense. Basically, UK singers are copying ( consciously or subconsciously) their American vocal heroes. For example, from the past, Stevie Winwood and Joe Cocker were simply doing " a Ray Charles".
My cousin lived next door to Eric Burdon and they used to play together as kids. There was nothing about him to suggest he’d be the star that he was and still is. He’s 83 now. Great song.
@@Fusilier56 Yes, of course it's a music video. But actually before there were music videos. They are still really good at putting it in one take. Also that in those days when you recorded, you rarely got a maximum of two or three attempts, not like today you can spend a year on a song sitting and cutting and pasting and adding effects to your voice etc.
The lead singer, Eric Burden was 23 when he sang this. The guy on Bass, Chas Chandler, became a talent scout, and he discovered Jimi Hendrix. Interestingly, though they are a British Band, from Newcastle on Tyne, this is their biggest hit, and its a US folk song.
The song is a 17th-18th century English ballad, the 'House Of the Rising Sun' was a London brothel with the original sung from the prospective of a girl working there, Eric first heard the song in a Newcastle folk club.
I’m a child of the 60s. I remember I heard this song on the radio. The Animals were a British group. The guy at the keyboard is the legendary Alan Price. Fantastic pianist!
Yes he was. he also was the only band member with a bank account. All the money went into his account. He left the band and took the money. The band hated this song because of what he had done. They continued to perform it for the fans because they loved there version so much.
Apparently, this song shocked Dylan when he first heard it. He'd recorded a standard acoustic version on his first album, but never imagined that it could be rocked up. "When Bob Dylan first heard the Animals' version of “House of the rising sun” on his car radio, he stopped to listen, jumped out of his car and banged on the bonnet. It later became one of the reasons why he went electric."
I cannot agree more that music was far better up to 2000, give or take. These were true musicians and singers. I was born in 1951 so got to hear these bands as they appeared. The night clubs I went to were so special and enjoyable. in the UK. The dress is for that period. This was the time of The Beatles.
The suits were a look adopted by British bands in the early 60s, notably visible with The Beatles and the other British bands that appeared in the USA. This was to help position them as 'respectable' so they could appear on prime time TV shows to promote their music (as many new rock/pop bands at the time were not seen as reputable and good examples to teenagers at home watching TV).
I love TheAnimals, and Eric Burden’s voice. Please check out “We Gotta Get Out Of This Place,” “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood,” and I have to pause because your baby is adorable!
I was in high school in '64 and I'll tell you the popular music coming out in the mid 60's was a whole new thing. It was a wonderful time to be growing up. Another of their big hits was 'We Got To Get Out of This Place".
I was 14 ,a gang of us in leather coats and frayed bell bottom jeans ,sitting on village green in uk with a batterd transistor radio blasting out this,just waiting for the start of the swinging 60s to happen ,,,and boy did it happen 🌺
The original was by Clarence Ashby in 1933, originally called rising sun blues. many other artists have covered it, leadbelly, woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan to name but a few
I am 78 and this has brought back many happy memories. As @subwaygoddess1 says "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place" and “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood,” are certainly worth an airing. 😀Love your daughter.
Just found your channel. Loved your reaction. 1964: Imagine being a 9 y/o with his ear glued to the radio since The Beatles "She Loves You" and the next thing you hear from the British Invasion is THIS song and then the Rolling Stones "This May Be The Last Time" !!! What a time to be alive! How far we've come!
Nobody know when this song originated - maybe in the 1920's but the Animals knocked it out of the park. Great voice, great guitarship, fantastic organ. One of my favorite songs!
My mum saw the Animals in London back in the 60's They were her favourite band of the 60's. I grew up listening to the Animals. Trivia from a stranger.
The lead singer Eric Burdon was 22 years old in this video, last year he was still playing gigs as a 82 year old,and still sounds amazing,check out a Bob Dylan written song covered by the Animals called ( It’s All Over Now Baby Blue)a phenomenal blues rendition by Eric Burdon, great reaction thanks 🙏
You’ve recognized the inherent and inescapable creepiness that draws you in and ultimately bonds with your DNA. The 5000th time you hear it, will still have the same impact.
This was one of my dad’s favourite songs ….in fact we had it played at his funeral….the house of the rising sun ….my dad had sins …..and he regretted his ways and this song makes him face them ❤❤❤
I am from the UK and lived in Guildford, England in the 1960. In 1964 we had a small black and white TV and a portable radio with a 90 v battery. We were taking my 1 year old daughter in a pram for a walk in the park and it was the first time of hearing this. At that time the Beatles were coming into prominence and the Rolling Stones were considered to be as clean cut as them. The animals always looked a bit the same. It was so different back then. The 50s was very much influenced by Americam music and it was all changing .
Yep, for the most part we now live in a world of commercialised, bland and repetitive music sold by over sexualised images and lyrics and not genuine musical and vocal talent!
On topic, the indie/rock magazine N.M.E in the 00's had an editor who said he only wanted bands with good shoes, clothes and hair, no matter how good the music. So, it's not just the pop, rap and R&B genres that were overly curated. If you enjoy real music, the channel Wings of Pegasus will infuriate you, as Fil uncovers the amount of mining and auto tuning in the current industry. Recently Freddie Mercury was tampered with even!
One take..awesome. Love how the drummer is chewing gum. Keyboard with opposite key colors. The keyboardist played next to the drummer until the end, where is across the room.
I think the suits worn came from the "mod" era,, where italian suits, shirts etc made up the wardrobe choice of some British bands. The haircuts too speak to this!❤😊
At the time, I remember, the BBC refused to play this on "Top of the Pops", simply because it was too long, more than the usual three minutes. Then it went to No1, and the song in that position was always played just before the close of the programme. So they gave way, and dealt with the length by the innovation of running the closing credits through the end of it.
Hello there! I remember as a 6 year old watching play this song on BBC,a top of the pops in 1964, even 60 years later it still sounds great! it's a Bob Dylan song, I'm from hartlepool 28 miles from Newcastle best wishes John
This is my all time favourite song. The origin of the lyrics are shrouded in mystery, believed to be a traditional English folk song and was then recorded in the Appalachian Mountains. It has been recorded many times, but this is the supreme version.
A stone cold Classic! Chass Chandler the bass player brought Ji Jimi Hendrix back to England and was hi his manager initially, Eric Burdon the singer has an amazing iconic voice , he was one of Jimis last friends to see him the night he died! You guys should check out Eric's vocals with the fantastic 70s LA band 'War' , some excep exceptional music 🎶 !!...
The reason for the quality of this is that it was filmed on 35mm for a proposed cinema release of acts of 1964. The project was never realised and we are lucky that the film survived. Incidently you will never see the complete film as the introductions to each act was done by the late and infamous Jimmy Saville.
The movie is called Pop Gear and was certainly released in 1965. It is well know. I remember first seeing it on TV in the mid 70's. There is a great filmed performance of Herman's Hermits that is one of my favorites. The movie used to come on TV all the time.
I was 13 and this happened local to me in Gateshead and Newcastle where I grew up. All were local lads and (drummer) John Steel's parents had a fish shop near me. The arrangement for this old classic was done by Alan Price on keyboards. He went on to have a great career but never seemed to seek the spotlight. A great talent. Eric Burden still lives in San Francisco I think. Nothing beats the music of the 60s and 70s.
Yeah a truly iconic song and his intense look makes me think of what a young Tommy Lee Jones....mainly in the eyes...don't ever apologise for being good parents she needs you more than we do...thanks for sharing your time with us....Karl from eastern Canada👍👍👍❤❤❤
This brings back so many memories of my teenage years.. Saw them live before they became famous! Had a poster on my wall my parents hated them ha ha.. Those rebel years! Never to be forgotten.. ha ha..
Music was music, before 1980, not before 2000, and as regards this song ,( house of the rising sun) it is like a vintage wine, it gets better as the years progress.
I was born in 1951 so this track came out as I was getting into music, thanks to the pirate radio station Radio Caroline - loved the earthy sound of Eric and to me this is a real music classic - Eric now lives primarily in Ojai, but still owns houses in Joshua Tree in the USA.
Eric Burdon, the lead singer is now 83. He still performs. He sung this song 6 months ago on April 27. There is a RUclips video of him singing this song. The title is Eric Burdon “The House of the Rising Sun” migliori ani. He performed it in a different country.
Eric looks like a toddler and sings like a death row inmate. It's so unbelievably fantastic and this song makes me want to run outside and scream about its brilliance
I never look at this vid the same after finding out the guitarist was laughing as Alan Price and his keyboard were being moved as he played, to set up the final shot 😂
@RegenerationNationTv A beautiful song! When I was at university, a friend of mine's mother died, and she wrote different words to this song and played it on her guitar at the funeral - let's just say there wasn't a single dry eye in the church and people sobbed long afterwards. It gives me goosebumps to this day when I hear this tune! You are both spot-on, it's haunting; there is a wisdom behind their eyes about difficult experiences we can all relate to, in one way or another. 🥺🥺
You're so spot on about older music Jess. I grew up with the late 70's and 80's music and listen to the shite now and it damn near splits my eardrums. 😆
I am not old enough to be alive when this song was made, but old enough to remember when bands played instruments and sang without auto-tune, and maybe its just me being older but watching these younger men play instruments and sing with so much passion and talent.....I feel like nobody will ever be that good at anything ever again for some reason. Not just music, but anything. My dad has a huge solid mahogany desk handed down from his grandfather to him that looks like it might belong on a sailing ship or in the oval office. Its heavy and solid and was impossible to get down the stairs the other day when we were moving. He said he could not even find a desk like that anywhere online to buy, perhaps he could have it specially made and might cost today something like 10,000-20,000 dollars. It used to be just a desk. Now we don't make desks really, we have crap we buy at ikea and its tossed out when we move because its not worth the time or effort to move it from one place to another, its junk. Does anybody really know how to do anything anymore? I mean superficially yes, the world moves on, but its 99% crap. Many (most?) people don't even know the purpose of their job. Its just some sort of work to stimulate economic activity so the economy does not collapse next quarter, like burying money and paying people to dig it up. Obviously there are still craftsman and people who are excelling and even getting better at doing things, like athletes breaking records, or whatever. However I can't help but feel like such people are an ever increasing minority of us (and make no mistake, I do not include myself amongst this 'us') --and that more and more we just live in a 'throwaway' and 'fake' sort of world in most every sense. Maybe I am just old, though.
The Animals where part of the original British Invasion along with Beatles,The Rolling Stones, Kinks, Hollies, Yardbirds, Herman’s Hermits etc. Chas Chandler, the base Guitarist was the individual who brought Jimi Hendrix back to the UK where he made his fame. The Keyboard Player, Alan Price, soon carved a solo career. Eric Burden a great Vocalist had many hits.
Alan Price on keyboard, went to my school, Jarrow Springfield Grammar School on Tyneside in the UK. He actually came and did a concert at our school in 1974 with his song about the Jarrow poverty marches, The Jarrow Song.
And the sound of this music sounds mysterious, haunting yet his voice and the lyrics GRABS YOU. I have their CD and play it loud in my vehicle even in my almost 70 yrs now. And heads turn and the young folks make a gesture to up the volume when Im on a stop or red light!! 😂😅😂😅😂😅 And if you ever google him in an interview when he was in his 30’s you will hear his TRUE STRONG BRITSH ACCENT.
The bass player Chas Chandler 'discovered' Jimi Hendrix, brought him to the UK, became his manager... the rest is history! Alan Price is an amazing keyboard player.
This is iconic for many reasons, (1) Singer Eric Burdon was an amazingly good blues singer born in Newcastle Upon Tyne so spoke with a strong Geordie accent - a poor area of the UK in his time famous for ship building and coal mining; (2), The tall bass player was Chas Chandler who became a record producer in the UK and was responsible for flying Jimi Hendrix out to London where he became the guitar god that put the fear into Clapton and all the greatest guitarist off that era; (3), The song was a traditional folk song that Burdon heard and adapted. Record producer Mickie Most produced it for Columbia but only the keyboard players name was on the record label when released, Most said this was due to there not being enough space to credit the whole band. Therefore to this day Alan Price received ALL the royalties from the song and the band were furious. Alan Price left the band for musical differences and his fear of flying. He only received limited royalties as the song was out of copyright and therefore belonged to no one. However while he was still in The Animals he was the sole receiver of royalties until it was declared out of copyright, so he earned more than all the band members for their adaptation of the song. (4), Bob Dylan credited hearing this traditional folk song as a catalyst for him going electric himself. Burdon and Price are both still alive and Burdon still does gigs and has a large catalog off great music with his extremely powerful and soulfully bluesy voice. The original version by The Animals was 4:30 long, which was deemed too long for a hit radio station song and producer Mickie Most cut it down to 2:58 for radio. It took only 15 minutes of studio time to record the song. Latterly the full length version was released in the USA.
I heard somewhere that they were singing about a brothel as a child of the 60s this was the music I grew up on the best ever it was like coming out of the darkness musically as an old man I just love the pair of you and your breakdown of our British music and humour 👍
In February, 1965 , I saw my 1st concert--it was the Animals... I was in the ninth row and everybody was standing on their seats. It was pure magic Eric Burdon was dynamic. They sang this song, a lot of bles and a few new songs. "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood' for one. Check out "We've Got To Get Out Of This Place"!
We were SO spoilt in the Sixties, from Elvis, Cliff Richard and Adam Faith to the Beatles and the Animals and so much more. Spoilt rotten! PS...Very grateful to be in my late Seventies...saw it all!!!!
Growing up in the 60's, being in a garage band was almost required. (best way to impress the girls) This song was very common in the playlists of these bands. I was in a few and actually took it to the next level for a while. That is a story for another day. BTW, this song is MUCH older than the 60's
Saw Eric and his Flying Eye band about 15 years ago at a small festival. We were tripping and just hearing him warm up his voice during sound check before the set was incredible. Band was excellent. Sang this, a bunch of other hits and old blues songs. He signed my CD afterward and talked to those of us who stuck around. Great show.
Thanks for this guys. Took me back to my teenage years. Wasn’t unusual then to see groups in suits, including the Beatles. They each went on with individual careers after the Animals broke up, not least Alan Price, on keyboard.
I’ve listened to this song 100s of times probably and I never not marvel at Eric Burdon’s voice. It’s extraordinary. This was the music my parents grew up with and I couldn’t be more envious of them. What an era this was. I am sure remember reading somewhere that Burdon or him and the band saw this in a club somewhere and were inspired from there. As far as I know there does not seem to be a definitive credible source of where this song came from.
This was from a movie released in the UK in '64 as Go Go Big Beat and Go Go Mania here in the States. The Stones were the first to not wear matching suits.
This was the time of the Swinging 60's in the UK, particularly London. In the youth culture, there were 2 main groups, the Rockers (leather gear and motorcycles) and the "Mods" who preferred motor scooters and sharp dressing such as the suits you noticed. The Beatles were similar in their dress and clean-cut image. It was in fact a youth Revolution that brought the UK out of the post WW2 depression. What was a Grey World became Coloured. This was my youth.
Another fantastic band from the 60’s, Eric Burdon singing Alan Price on keyboard, both born and brought up in my local area in the north east of England
Such a talented band. A huge influence on Bruce Springsteen. Alan Price on keyboards and Chas Chandler who had a huge part in bringing Jimi Hendrix to the world.
As a teen who grew up in the 60's this classic was played just about everywhere. Radio, parties, dances, local bands, etc. Yes the music of the 60's and 70's is the best.
Hi Mike and Jess , " We gotta get out of this place " springs to mind . In 1965 i was 20 and myself and two mates were at a holiday camp on vacation , we used to roll back to our chalet at night in a drunken state singing this . The '60s were the greatest period for great music 🇬🇧
When I was a child i lived in West Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne. and John Steel bought the house next to us. So i saw a lot of the 1960's pop stars as they had a lot of parties. Its funny what you remember, they were the first house in the street to have central heating, and the colour scheme in the sitting room was Black ceiling with purple walls. We moved soon after as my parents were frighted my older sister, who was 13, would get into drugs :-) They had a daughter Melanie who would be 3ish now will be in her 60's.
This is one of my favourite songs, I turn the volume up every time it is on, I have watched this music video several times and it has only just occurred to me that the song must have been pre recorded and they are lip-syncing for the recording as 1) there is no mic for the singer, unless it is on a boom above the camera operator. 2) the electrical guitars and organ have no cables plugged in. But even seeing that it doesn't take away from it as it is such a great piece of work. Thank you for all the great reaction videos as I have only just came across your content and I been sat watching a lot of them for the last 14 hours.
The band originate from Newcastle, my hometown.
The Keyboard player Alan Price was good friends with my dad, unfortunately my dad took his own life when i was a kid in 1986, the band attended his funeral.
I was only 14 at the time but i remember them quite vividly.
Unfortunately old pricey claimed and got all the royalties for the arrangement even though Hilton Valentine created the riff, took all the royalties and legged it.
Ah, just along the river lol.
Sorry to read of your loss, even after all these years. I'd be surprised if most people from the US knew that this band were from the UK
Alan Price was from Sunderland.
@@tomarmstrong5244born in Washington I think he was referring to 👍👍
As has often been said - Eric Burdon: looked 16, was 23, sounded 45! Such a mature, soulful voice!
Love him in War too.
As has often been said - Eric Burdon: looked 16, was 23, sounded 45! Such a mature, soulful voice...but unfortunately, he also sounded very American. Why the deception?
He was about 5’ 4’ with a pock-marked face - but sex on legs
@@musik102 "Many of the distinctive characteristics of an accent aren't reproduced well when you sing. Vowel sounds get stretched, and the precise articulation of the consonants is lost. The result is a neutral baseline accent that sounds vaguely American."
@striper70 That theory has being put forward by language academics for years. It's nonsense. Basically, UK singers are copying ( consciously or subconsciously) their American vocal heroes. For example, from the past, Stevie Winwood and Joe Cocker were simply doing " a Ray Charles".
My cousin lived next door to Eric Burdon and they used to play together as kids. There was nothing about him to suggest he’d be the star that he was and still is. He’s 83 now. Great song.
So weird when you hear him talking in his Geordie accent. You almost expect him to sound American.
@@CmdrX3 There is talent everywhere, even in bonnie Geordieland lol xx
One take in the studio, no auto tune, pure talent
I don't know. We might have to get Fil to take a look at it! 😊
They are miming on the video.
@@Fusilier56 Yes, of course it's a music video. But actually before there were music videos. They are still really good at putting it in one take. Also that in those days when you recorded, you rarely got a maximum of two or three attempts, not like today you can spend a year on a song sitting and cutting and pasting and adding effects to your voice etc.
@@tangfors im not disputing that, just saying on the video they are miming
The entire thing was recorded in one take! Professional.
no it wassnt , its synced
🇨🇦 And with the cost of studio time, was recorded in just over 20 minutes ! 🇨🇦
The lead singer, Eric Burden was 23 when he sang this. The guy on Bass, Chas Chandler, became a talent scout, and he discovered Jimi Hendrix. Interestingly, though they are a British Band, from Newcastle on Tyne, this is their biggest hit, and its a US folk song.
damn i thoght he was just 18 heard that somewhere
Chas Chandler was also the manager of Slade
The song is a 17th-18th century English ballad, the 'House Of the Rising Sun' was a London brothel with the original sung from the prospective of a girl working there, Eric first heard the song in a Newcastle folk club.
I’m a child of the 60s. I remember I heard this song on the radio. The Animals were a British group. The guy at the keyboard is the legendary Alan Price. Fantastic pianist!
Yes he was. he also was the only band member with a bank account. All the money went into his account. He left the band and took the money. The band hated this song because of what he had done. They continued to perform it for the fans because they loved there version so much.
When the guitarist is smiling his head off, it's because the organist is being wheeled about 😂
❤ from Northeast England ❤️
I thought he moved!
I always wondered why are they smiling now.
They are British and they portrayed the USA perfectly
Remembering listening to this as a teenager. Love the Animals. Great voice. Eric Burden is now 83 yrs of age and still sounds good
Apparently, this song shocked Dylan when he first heard it. He'd recorded a standard acoustic version on his first album, but never imagined that it could be rocked up. "When Bob Dylan first heard the Animals' version of “House of the rising sun” on his car radio, he stopped to listen, jumped out of his car and banged on the bonnet. It later became one of the reasons why he went electric."
how come I didnt know this 😅...interesting cheers
Tesla? 😀
I cannot agree more that music was far better up to 2000, give or take. These were true musicians and singers. I was born in 1951 so got to hear these bands as they appeared. The night clubs I went to were so special and enjoyable. in the UK. The dress is for that period. This was the time of The Beatles.
The Beatles, The Dave Clark Five, The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys
The suits were a look adopted by British bands in the early 60s, notably visible with The Beatles and the other British bands that appeared in the USA. This was to help position them as 'respectable' so they could appear on prime time TV shows to promote their music (as many new rock/pop bands at the time were not seen as reputable and good examples to teenagers at home watching TV).
I love TheAnimals, and Eric Burden’s voice. Please check out “We Gotta Get Out Of This Place,” “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood,” and I have to pause because your baby is adorable!
I was in high school in '64 and I'll tell you the popular music coming out in the mid 60's was a whole new thing. It was a wonderful time to be growing up. Another of their big hits was 'We Got To Get Out of This Place".
I was 14 ,a gang of us in leather coats and frayed bell bottom jeans ,sitting on village green in uk with a batterd transistor radio blasting out this,just waiting for the start of the swinging 60s to happen ,,,and boy did it happen 🌺
Alan Price is just simply brilliant. I don't think he gets enough credit. love the strong Rallentando at the end 🙂
The bass player Chas Chandler later became Jimi Hendrix's Manager and brought him over to the UK.
He discovered Slade, too.
The original was by Clarence Ashby in 1933, originally called rising sun blues. many other artists have covered it, leadbelly, woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan to name but a few
I am 78 and this has brought back many happy memories. As @subwaygoddess1 says "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place" and “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood,” are certainly worth an airing. 😀Love your daughter.
Just found your channel. Loved your reaction.
1964: Imagine being a 9 y/o with his ear glued to the radio since The Beatles "She Loves You" and the next thing you hear from the British Invasion is THIS song and then the Rolling Stones "This May Be The Last Time" !!! What a time to be alive! How far we've come!
Nobody know when this song originated - maybe in the 1920's but the Animals knocked it out of the park. Great voice, great guitarship, fantastic organ. One of my favorite songs!
My mum saw the Animals in London back in the 60's They were her favourite band of the 60's. I grew up listening to the Animals. Trivia from a stranger.
The lead singer Eric Burdon was 22 years old in this video, last year he was still playing gigs as a 82 year old,and still sounds amazing,check out a Bob Dylan written song covered by the Animals called ( It’s All Over Now Baby Blue)a phenomenal blues rendition by Eric Burdon, great reaction thanks 🙏
This was live in one take absolutely amazing 👍🏻🤩🏴
You’ve recognized the inherent and inescapable creepiness that draws you in and ultimately bonds with your DNA. The 5000th time you hear it, will still have the same impact.
This was one of my dad’s favourite songs ….in fact we had it played at his funeral….the house of the rising sun ….my dad had sins …..and he regretted his ways and this song makes him face them ❤❤❤
One of the best reaction videos I've ever seen! You two did great on one of my favorite songs from my teenage years!
Eric Burdon....classic....Alan price on keyboards......man o man
@alanprice8310
Great song and best version of it. Love your channel keep up the good work.
Eric Burdon and The Animals are so very awesome. Back then there was no auto tune or mixing. This just pure, raw talent. Love your reactions.
I am from the UK and lived in Guildford, England in the 1960. In 1964 we had a small black and white TV and a portable radio with a 90 v battery. We were taking my 1 year old daughter in a pram for a walk in the park and it was the first time of hearing this. At that time the Beatles were coming into prominence and the Rolling Stones were considered to be as clean cut as them. The animals always looked a bit the same. It was so different back then. The 50s was very much influenced by Americam music and it was all changing .
Harps back to a time when talent and musicality were more important than whether they were pretty enough to appeal to audiences.
Yep, for the most part we now live in a world of commercialised, bland and repetitive music sold by over sexualised images and lyrics and not genuine musical and vocal talent!
*Harks back 😉
On topic, the indie/rock magazine N.M.E in the 00's had an editor who said he only wanted bands with good shoes, clothes and hair, no matter how good the music. So, it's not just the pop, rap and R&B genres that were overly curated.
If you enjoy real music, the channel Wings of Pegasus will infuriate you, as Fil uncovers the amount of mining and auto tuning in the current industry. Recently Freddie Mercury was tampered with even!
Or how skimpy your cloths were
One take..awesome.
Love how the drummer is chewing gum.
Keyboard with opposite key colors.
The keyboardist played next to the drummer until the end, where is across the room.
Classic British band.
I think the suits worn came from the "mod" era,, where italian suits, shirts etc made up the wardrobe choice of some British bands. The haircuts too speak to this!❤😊
At the time, I remember, the BBC refused to play this on "Top of the Pops", simply because it was too long, more than the usual three minutes. Then it went to No1, and the song in that position was always played just before the close of the programme. So they gave way, and dealt with the length by the innovation of running the closing credits through the end of it.
I'm very proud to state that this song was number 1 in the UK charts the week I was born. Loved this since I was about 13.
Hello there! I remember as a 6 year old watching play this song on BBC,a top of the pops in 1964, even 60 years later it still sounds great! it's a Bob Dylan song, I'm from hartlepool 28 miles from Newcastle best wishes John
That VOICE and that beautiful Vox Continental keyboard, phewwwwwwwwwwww.
This is my all time favourite song. The origin of the lyrics are shrouded in mystery, believed to be a traditional English folk song and was then recorded in the Appalachian Mountains. It has been recorded many times, but this is the supreme version.
agree music back then is unmatched
A stone cold Classic!
Chass Chandler the bass player brought Ji Jimi Hendrix back to England and was hi his manager initially, Eric Burdon the singer has an amazing iconic voice , he was one of Jimis last friends to see him the night he died!
You guys should check out Eric's vocals with the fantastic 70s LA band 'War' , some excep exceptional music 🎶 !!...
A fantastic band from sixties England
The reason for the quality of this is that it was filmed on 35mm for a proposed cinema release of acts of 1964. The project was never realised and we are lucky that the film survived. Incidently you will never see the complete film as the introductions to each act was done by the late and infamous Jimmy Saville.
*Savile*
The movie is called Pop Gear and was certainly released in 1965. It is well know. I remember first seeing it on TV in the mid 70's. There is a great filmed performance of Herman's Hermits that is one of my favorites. The movie used to come on TV all the time.
I was 13 and this happened local to me in Gateshead and Newcastle where I grew up. All were local lads and (drummer) John Steel's parents had a fish shop near me. The arrangement for this old classic was done by Alan Price on keyboards. He went on to have a great career but never seemed to seek the spotlight. A great talent. Eric Burden still lives in San Francisco I think.
Nothing beats the music of the 60s and 70s.
No Eric either stays in Greece or joshua tree area-Ojai
I knew I had it !!. The original 45rpm vinyl single record of House of the rising sun by the animals. Yesssss!!. ( I'm 72yrs old).
Yeah a truly iconic song and his intense look makes me think of what a young Tommy Lee Jones....mainly in the eyes...don't ever apologise for being good parents she needs you more than we do...thanks for sharing your time with us....Karl from eastern Canada👍👍👍❤❤❤
This brings back so many memories of my teenage years.. Saw them live before they became famous! Had a poster on my wall my parents hated them ha ha.. Those rebel years! Never to be forgotten.. ha ha..
The highlight of this song is always the great Alan Price on the organ.
Music was music, before 1980, not before 2000, and as regards this song ,( house of the rising sun) it is like a vintage wine, it gets better as the years progress.
This was done in 1964...the first British invasion. Epic stuff.
I was born in 1951 so this track came out as I was getting into music, thanks to the pirate radio station Radio Caroline - loved the earthy sound of Eric and to me this is a real music classic - Eric now lives primarily in Ojai, but still owns houses in Joshua Tree in the USA.
I was born on the day this song hit #1 in Canada.
Eric Burdon, the lead singer is now 83. He still performs. He sung this song 6 months ago on April 27. There is a RUclips video of him singing this song. The title is Eric Burdon “The House of the Rising Sun” migliori ani. He performed it in a different country.
I was born in the mid 60’s so grew up listening to all kinds of amazing music. I’m going to sound old now, but music seemed so much better back then.
Eric looks like a toddler and sings like a death row inmate. It's so unbelievably fantastic and this song makes me want to run outside and scream about its brilliance
The 60s was a great era of music.
I never look at this vid the same after finding out the guitarist was laughing as Alan Price and his keyboard were being moved as he played, to set up the final shot 😂
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A beautiful song! When I was at university, a friend of mine's mother died, and she wrote different words to this song and played it on her guitar at the funeral - let's just say there wasn't a single dry eye in the church and people sobbed long afterwards. It gives me goosebumps to this day when I hear this tune!
You are both spot-on, it's haunting; there is a wisdom behind their eyes about difficult experiences we can all relate to, in one way or another. 🥺🥺
Great British band. Amazing voice of Eric Bursen
You're so spot on about older music Jess. I grew up with the late 70's and 80's music and listen to the shite now and it damn near splits my eardrums. 😆
I am not old enough to be alive when this song was made, but old enough to remember when bands played instruments and sang without auto-tune, and maybe its just me being older but watching these younger men play instruments and sing with so much passion and talent.....I feel like nobody will ever be that good at anything ever again for some reason. Not just music, but anything.
My dad has a huge solid mahogany desk handed down from his grandfather to him that looks like it might belong on a sailing ship or in the oval office. Its heavy and solid and was impossible to get down the stairs the other day when we were moving. He said he could not even find a desk like that anywhere online to buy, perhaps he could have it specially made and might cost today something like 10,000-20,000 dollars. It used to be just a desk.
Now we don't make desks really, we have crap we buy at ikea and its tossed out when we move because its not worth the time or effort to move it from one place to another, its junk. Does anybody really know how to do anything anymore? I mean superficially yes, the world moves on, but its 99% crap. Many (most?) people don't even know the purpose of their job. Its just some sort of work to stimulate economic activity so the economy does not collapse next quarter, like burying money and paying people to dig it up.
Obviously there are still craftsman and people who are excelling and even getting better at doing things, like athletes breaking records, or whatever. However I can't help but feel like such people are an ever increasing minority of us (and make no mistake, I do not include myself amongst this 'us') --and that more and more we just live in a 'throwaway' and 'fake' sort of world in most every sense. Maybe I am just old, though.
The Animals where part of the original British Invasion along with Beatles,The Rolling Stones, Kinks, Hollies, Yardbirds, Herman’s Hermits etc. Chas Chandler, the base Guitarist was the individual who brought Jimi Hendrix back to the UK where he made his fame. The Keyboard Player, Alan Price, soon carved a solo career. Eric Burden a great Vocalist had many hits.
Love Eric's style and voice. + Alan Price is amazing. 😍
Alan Price on keyboard, went to my school, Jarrow Springfield Grammar School on Tyneside in the UK. He actually came and did a concert at our school in 1974 with his song about the Jarrow poverty marches, The Jarrow Song.
The bass player Chas Chandler became Jimmy Hendrix manager
Peace love from England ❤
You are correct, there is very little music nowadays.
This song can be sung to the tune of Amazing Grace and vice versa. It is occasionally sung in churches with the lyrics to Amazing Grace
Eric Burdon is 83 now and up until 5 years ago was still singing and touring.
Yes, he moved to warm California to escape the cold north east England.
And the sound of this music sounds mysterious, haunting yet his voice and the lyrics GRABS YOU. I have their CD and play it loud in my vehicle even in my almost 70 yrs now. And heads turn and the young folks make a gesture to up the volume when Im on a stop or red light!! 😂😅😂😅😂😅 And if you ever google him in an interview when he was in his 30’s you will hear his TRUE STRONG BRITSH ACCENT.
Hilton Valentine (guitar) was smiling near the end as they were moving Alan Price's keyboard with Alan still playing it!!! 😂
Awesome geordies 😊
The bass player Chas Chandler 'discovered' Jimi Hendrix, brought him to the UK, became his manager... the rest is history! Alan Price is an amazing keyboard player.
Jimi certainly became history
This is iconic for many reasons, (1) Singer Eric Burdon was an amazingly good blues singer born in Newcastle Upon Tyne so spoke with a strong Geordie accent - a poor area of the UK in his time famous for ship building and coal mining; (2), The tall bass player was Chas Chandler who became a record producer in the UK and was responsible for flying Jimi Hendrix out to London where he became the guitar god that put the fear into Clapton and all the greatest guitarist off that era; (3), The song was a traditional folk song that Burdon heard and adapted. Record producer Mickie Most produced it for Columbia but only the keyboard players name was on the record label when released, Most said this was due to there not being enough space to credit the whole band. Therefore to this day Alan Price received ALL the royalties from the song and the band were furious. Alan Price left the band for musical differences and his fear of flying. He only received limited royalties as the song was out of copyright and therefore belonged to no one. However while he was still in The Animals he was the sole receiver of royalties until it was declared out of copyright, so he earned more than all the band members for their adaptation of the song. (4), Bob Dylan credited hearing this traditional folk song as a catalyst for him going electric himself. Burdon and Price are both still alive and Burdon still does gigs and has a large catalog off great music with his extremely powerful and soulfully bluesy voice. The original version by The Animals was 4:30 long, which was deemed too long for a hit radio station song and producer Mickie Most cut it down to 2:58 for radio. It took only 15 minutes of studio time to record the song. Latterly the full length version was released in the USA.
Jess you are absolutey correct, 60's, 70's, 80's, and part 90's has the best music, no rap no hip hop garbage.
I heard somewhere that they were singing about a brothel as a child of the 60s this was the music I grew up on the best ever it was like coming out of the darkness musically as an old man I just love the pair of you and your breakdown of our British music and humour 👍
In February, 1965 , I saw my 1st concert--it was the Animals... I was in the ninth row and everybody was standing on their seats. It was pure magic Eric Burdon was dynamic. They sang this song, a lot of bles and a few new songs. "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood' for one. Check out "We've Got To Get Out Of This Place"!
It’s amazing watching this and thinking they’re all almost 80yrs old if they’re still alive.
LOVE your comments on the music of my youth! Great reaction! 👍 👏🎉 Thank you! ❤
We were SO spoilt in the Sixties, from Elvis, Cliff Richard and Adam Faith to the Beatles and the Animals and so much more. Spoilt rotten!
PS...Very grateful to be in my late Seventies...saw it all!!!!
Growing up in the 60's, being in a garage band was almost required. (best way to impress the girls) This song was very common in the playlists of these bands. I was in a few and actually took it to the next level for a while. That is a story for another day. BTW, this song is MUCH older than the 60's
Saw Eric and his Flying Eye band about 15 years ago at a small festival. We were tripping and just hearing him warm up his voice during sound check before the set was incredible. Band was excellent. Sang this, a bunch of other hits and old blues songs. He signed my CD afterward and talked to those of us who stuck around. Great show.
I was in hospital when i heard this on the radio in 1964 awesome
Thanks for this guys. Took me back to my teenage years. Wasn’t unusual then to see groups in suits, including the Beatles. They each went on with individual careers after the Animals broke up, not least Alan Price, on keyboard.
I’ve listened to this song 100s of times probably and I never not marvel at Eric Burdon’s voice. It’s extraordinary.
This was the music my parents grew up with and I couldn’t be more envious of them. What an era this was.
I am sure remember reading somewhere that Burdon or him and the band saw this in a club somewhere and were inspired from there.
As far as I know there does not seem to be a definitive credible source of where this song came from.
From North Shields near Newcastle. Saw Alan Price perform at the local annual fish quay festival. Happy days.
This was from a movie released in the UK in '64 as Go Go Big Beat and Go Go Mania here in the States. The Stones were the first to not wear matching suits.
Also likely to have been called Pop Gear. A search for Pop Gear will show lots of clips from the movie.
This was the time of the Swinging 60's in the UK, particularly London. In the youth culture, there were 2 main groups, the Rockers (leather gear and motorcycles) and the "Mods" who preferred motor scooters and sharp dressing such as the suits you noticed. The Beatles were similar in their dress and clean-cut image. It was in fact a youth Revolution that brought the UK out of the post WW2 depression. What was a Grey World became Coloured. This was my youth.
I remember seeing them at the Floral Hall, Morecambe in the early 60s..... my first live group. Awesome!
Yes, we are parents. Oh, lovely little girl 😍
Another fantastic band from the 60’s, Eric Burdon singing Alan Price on keyboard, both born and brought up in my local area in the north east of England
Such a talented band. A huge influence on Bruce Springsteen. Alan Price on keyboards and Chas Chandler who had a huge part in bringing Jimi Hendrix to the world.
Eric burdon voice is a thing of majesty.
I saw the Animals in Toronto. You'd be amazed at how loud they were. My ears were ringing for days. Good times, deaf old man though I am now. 🙂
As a teen who grew up in the 60's this classic was played just about everywhere. Radio, parties, dances, local bands, etc. Yes the music of the 60's and 70's is the best.
Original was from 1923 slightly different tempo and black musicians.❤❤❤ love to your wee Bairn Rab from Scotland.
Thank you for a great reaction. This has always been one of my favorite songs. It's nice to see good parents.
Hi Mike and Jess , " We gotta get out of this place " springs to mind . In 1965 i was 20 and myself and two mates were at a holiday camp on vacation , we used to roll back to our chalet at night in a drunken state singing this . The '60s were the greatest period for great music 🇬🇧
When I was a child i lived in West Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne. and John Steel bought the house next to us. So i saw a lot of the 1960's pop stars as they had a lot of parties. Its funny what you remember, they were the first house in the street to have central heating, and the colour scheme in the sitting room was Black ceiling with purple walls. We moved soon after as my parents were frighted my older sister, who was 13, would get into drugs :-) They had a daughter Melanie who would be 3ish now will be in her 60's.
Your little girl is precious! That for the reaction, much appreciated.
This is one of my favourite songs, I turn the volume up every time it is on, I have watched this music video several times and it has only just occurred to me that the song must have been pre recorded and they are lip-syncing for the recording as 1) there is no mic for the singer, unless it is on a boom above the camera operator. 2) the electrical guitars and organ have no cables plugged in. But even seeing that it doesn't take away from it as it is such a great piece of work. Thank you for all the great reaction videos as I have only just came across your content and I been sat watching a lot of them for the last 14 hours.
Love the animals absolute classic song love most of their tracks Eric burdon is a great singer amazing voice.