The House of the Rising Sun was recorded in one take, they couldn't afford any more time in the recording studio, Think about that for a moment, and you'll realize just how great they were.
@@snafufubar Sorry. I was not referring to the age of the song, which after all is irrelevant, but rather to the age of the recording and the quality of the performance. I misspoke.
I don't agree. One of my sister's favorite songs and when I learned to play it on guitar, she said "That's great, but it's not the same without the keyboard" 😄
Fact. Eric sung lead on the group War's track hit. Spill the Wine. I saw him and thought. That would be Eric. I had no idea. Saw it in his reaction video to War.
@@karenscales5077 I am 60 years old, grew up listening to War, and had no idea that was the same voice on this song which I remember also. That's the beauty of these reactions! Love it!
One of my all time favorite performances. "House of the Rising Sun" has been covered by many artists but no one has ever come close to Eric Burdon and the Animals in my opinion.
Not so much a cover as a rendition. It's a traditional song. I suppose you could cover their rendition though. I really like Lauren O'Connell's dark, dirty version, sung the more original female lyrics.
My late mother in law, who faithfully sang in choirs, and loved and did it well.. would get a few beers in her.. whooo! This was her go to song, and she didnt hold back.. and was great!
The Doors are almost a tribute band. Literally almost everything (keyboard, vocals, rhythm, melody, etc) we’re adopted by the Doors. They built their own identity but the similitude is uncanny.
Yes, I Agree ! My Grandparents Were Friends With Robby Kriegers' Parents ! I I Would Occassionally Ask My Grandmother to Ask Mrs. Krieger Certain Questions In Relation to The Doors, Mainly in Regard to Her Son Robbie, The Guitarist, and She Would Tell My Grandmother, After Talking to Robbie ! I Always Thought That Was Very Cool ! Have a Great Night/Day.
From the drummer to the lead singer these guys knew how to to play, this is music and will be eternally one of the greatest tunes of all time, thanks for paying it the respect it deserves
Eric Burdon's voice was once described as sounding as though 'he'd spent 50 years drinking whiskey in a smoke filled bar' when he was only 24 years old. Badass. They were bad boys and I loved them. Eric...oh yeah... And the music? Come on.
You watch that video and from the looks he gives the camera you just KNOW when Eric Burdon was in school he smoked behind the bike sheds and could have any girl he wanted.
The story I liked was that around the time when the Animals were starting out, old-time touring American bluesmen didn't bother bringing bands with them - that was expensive - so they'd hire local bands who knew their standards. So the Animals got a few jobs that way, and at least one of the bluesmen said "You have to watch yourself with those guys - if you aren't on top of your game, they'll look like the stars..."
Ive just been able to listen to this song again. It was one of my fathers favourites, and we played it at his funeral. That was 7 years ago.. I still love the song.. it’s just hard to listen to it now.
That was all the record labels doing...the Beatles were the Silver Beatles first, and rocked leather jackets and James Dean style hair, then they all were made to get those awful haircuts etc...same with the Animals....still happens today
Even though this song is very popular, I would have to agree. This band's whole catalogue was heavy. Some ones off the top of my head that everyone should hear at least once are "Black Plague" (very relevant) and "When I Was Young"
I was a teenager when this came out, and everybody was just as blown away as this guy. In my day we called this "Boss." As in, "Man this is really a boss jam!"
The bass player of this group, Chas Chandler, is the one who later saw Jimi Hendrix playing in a bar in New York, flew him over to London, formed the Experience around him, and started his rise to fame.
Before he took Hendrix to London, Chandler put him up in his home city Newcastle. Hendrix spent some time busking in Newcastle and stayed at Chandler’s home in the Heaton area of the city (which is where I’m from). At the same time Hendrix was in Heaton, a mile away in the neighbouring district of Byker, a young body builder from Austria called Arnold Schwarzenegger was training in a gym run by a trainer he had befriended in European competitions.
Eric Burden has a very powerful voice and the organist is still in my opinion the best in the business. This song is actually the ringtone for my cell phone
Think about this: "House Of The Rising Sun" was The Animals' first hit single all the way back in 1964. It went to #1 in the U.S. for 3 weeks in September of that year. Back when the average single was about 2 1/2 minutes long, this one was a whopping 4 1/2 minutes. That was absolutely unheard of at that time This band had some major balls, and it paid-off for them Big-Time.
To develop song writing and performance skills like that at such a young age is quite amazing. His voice is great, but damn, the organist plays like he invented the instrument. In the dictionary, under Tight, there is a video of The Animals playing House of the Rising Sun. 200 years time, this will still be a stone cold classic.
@@scabthecat also, the song was adapted from a tune that was a prostitute's lament, written back in the late 1800s. There is no real credit for the original. No one knows who wrote it.
"I've got one foot on the platform .. the other foot on the train ... I'm going back to New Orleans ... to wear that ball and chain." My favorite rock lyric.
Lisa...One time at one of their shows, Eric lost power to his mic. Supposedly, he belted through The House of the Rising Sun without it and few people were none the wiser... 😳😲😮
@@bonscotty67 I can believe it! I knew the songs, heard them when I was really young, but had a late awakening to some groups from that era. My parents didn't play the Beatles when I was growing up and hardly any music from the 60's that I now love. I'm just now figuring out who sang these Animals' songs, Eric Burton and just fell in love with his voice a few days ago!! Wow, a sexy voice, something I can appreciate now! 😁😉
Lisa Noelle... I was fortunate or unfortunate to be the youngest of seven. Five older sisters would play all the music we call Classic Rock now. As a vocalist in various cover bands throughout my life, I latched onto Eric Burdon as an influence early on. One of the bluesiest white English men I've ever known LOL
@@bonscotty67 He really is! I was just thinking that when I started looking into him. I'm just now being able to appreciate the blues. You don't except him to be him to be a white English dude. Are you in the States? What covers do you guys usually do?
Hmm that is hard. I have lots of favorites. There version of Boom Boom is great...used in the climax of 'Skyfall'...I also love We Gotta Get out of this Place' and 'It's My Life' ...but I really love some of the bluesy album tracks and a particularly stunning version of 'Hit the Road Jack'. I basically like all the ones that showcase the amazig Burdon vocals to the max.
British Blues took the Black Man's Blues and gave it back to the Americans and thank you. I mean that. When and where I grew up I wasn't allowed to listen to Black Folks' music. I had to do it on the sly. But I could pay all the white boy music I wanted. Thanks to you, British people, for not being like white southerners I grew up with so many years ago.
@@suzieqorange You're welcome! The blues were really big in Britain in the 60s when I was in my early teens. Met lots of big names - Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Jeff Beck, John Mayall, Georgie Fame - at our local blues club when we were still too young to go to the show, but waited outside to see our heroes. This was a bit before groupies - it was all very innocent! When the real old black Bluesmen from the US got invited to tour in the UK, they were treated like kings. All these British Blues artists looked up to them, as did the audiences. To us, they were the epitomy of cool!
@@papercup2517 I'm British, got into the British Blues Boom™ in my early teens because I didn't like the pop music being aimed at me ..in the early 80's ! My interest in guitar playing & backtracking these guys' musical influences took me in turn, into a superb , rich & vast array of purely American music ,a fascinating series of musical twists & turns in Blues , Ragtime , Jazz , R&B , Soul... At 51 , I'm still a big Blues fan , wether it's The Yardbirds or Mississippi John Hurt , Mike Bloomfield or Howlin Wolf , Jimi Hendrix or RL Burnside ...there's just so much good music out there to keep me occupied til I croak lol 😊👌
'We gotta get out of this place' 'when I was young', 'Don't let me be misunderstood', there are heaps of great Animals songs. 'We Gotta Get Out of this Place' was a song that every USO group touring Vietnam was required to do at some point in the performance. People talk about the effect of 10,000 GI's shouting the chorus at the top of their lungs, "We Gotta Get out of this place, if it's the last thing we ever do..."
One of the songs I like most of Eric Burdon is "Please don't let me be misunderstood". Goosebumps Thank you for bring us this classic (and forgive my poor english 😅😅)
This was one of my Father's favorite songs. He even taught himself how to play it on guitar. Still brings tears to my eyes when I hear it. Love and miss you Dad!
@chris lopez feel the same way lost my dad too of heart disease he died at 53 on memorial day I know how it feels to lose that person you love most rest in peace dont worry hes always looking down in heaven
I loved this song when I first heard it 57 years ago, and I still I love it. Those babies singing and playing their hearts out, and 23 year old Eric Burdon with that big bluesy voice 🌺😍❤️❤️
@@cherrylattimore99 Not quite. I have a habit of double-checking when I have a "Really? That's cool. :)" reaction and, according to Wikipedia: "There is a common perception that prior to The Animals the song was about and from the perspective of a woman. This is incorrect, as the narrative of the lyrics has been continually whipped back and forth from a female to a male cautionary tale. The earliest known printed version from Gordon's column is about a woman's warning. The earliest known recording of the song by Ashley is about a rounder, a male character." Also according to Wikipedia, it's a true folk song in that we don't know for sure where it came from... though what evidence we do have suggests that it developed in Europe and then was changed to refer to New Orleans later. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_of_the_Rising_Sun
Pretty sure there was a lot of shit back then but it desapeared because they couldn't just keep it due to technological issues. And today we take everything without taking out the trash. That's my take.
always amazes me how you could come up with such a unique sound that just stands the test of time. Think of all the music produced and you can't find anything to compare to this sound. It goes for many songs and that always amazes me.
I was 13 years old when this song was released......I am almost 70 now....Damn I grew up with some awesome music .....That still sounds so good today......
Black US artists were respected and admired in the UK. They toured there, were welcomed there and their songs were played on the radio. They became more influential on the UK music scene, than on the US music scene, during that time. As for Bob Marley, he was huge in the UK. He had more success there, than anywhere else outside of Jamaica. Don't assume that every country is exactly the same as the US...
@Atheos B. Sapien No, it was what I wrote. Many British bands started as cover bands and always gave credit. Artists like Pat Boone is an American thing. You didn't have to whitewash music in Britain.
The Animals' guitarist Hilton Valentine, best known for the iconic opening riff on the English rock band's arrangement of "The House of the Rising Sun," has died at the age of 77. 29th January 2021. R.I.P. Keyboard player Alan Price has a fear of flying, and as he travelled the world performing his 60s hits he was gripped with the constant fear of flying. He had to have a shot of vodka before he could even step on a plane.“I once did a tour of 70 cities so that meant 70 vodkas!” said Alan, whose keyboard wizardry turned the Animals into a household name. It was one of the reasons he left the band in 1965.
Eric Burdon lead singer was 23 when the Animals recorded this in 1964, amazing performance from him and the whole band. Eric was a real life tough guy from Newcastle in the north of England, life could be hard up there then and still is today.......
Eric Burdon went on to collaborate with the funk band War in Calif. Alan Price (keyboards) also moved on to have a string of hits in the UK. Chas Chandler (bass) discovered Jimi Hendrix and rescued him from his homeland,brought him to England and the rest is glorious history. Quite a talented bunch of fella's then. The 60's and 70's will go down as THE greatest ever era for music.
saw Eric Burdon in 1968 when he was with War. One of the best concerts I went to. He had 3 members of the Steve Miller band Jam with them that nite what a nite that was.
Alan Price wrote the soundtrack for the Malcolm McDowell film Lucky Man! and his band and their performances were written into the movie. A 60s must see!
had the extreme pleasure in 1998 of seeing Eric Burdon with Brian Auger in a smallish club in Edmonton Canada, I had chills up and down my spine, incredible experience, That man can really really sing
Have you heard Eric's version of The factory Girl.....another folk song....wheich he recorded around that time? It is on RUclips and it is real goosebump inducing.
According to John Steel, Bob Dylan told him that when he first heard The Animals' version on his car radio, he stopped to listen, "jumped out of his car" and "banged on the (the car's hood)", inspiring him to go electric. Dave Marsh described the Animals' take on "The House of the Rising Sun" as "...the first folk-rock hit", sounding "...as if they'd connected the ancient tune to a live wire". Writer Ralph McLean of the BBC agreed that "It was arguably the first folk rock tune", calling it "a revolutionary single", after which "the face of modern music was changed forever". - Wikipedia
Think about the music from India, listen to Ravi Shankar, one thing to consider there are a lot of neurologically diverse people in the UK, a lot of artists have this neurology, it includes schizophrenics, bipolar disorder, people with downs syndrome,Asperger's syndrome , personality disorders, clinical depression, it's very very common with people who have this neurology to express theirself this way, the UK has the second highest recorded population of people with autism after Japan, autism can be very very mild.
There's a power in this song that emanates from Eric's voice, the driving bass, and (of course) the fluid and rapid keyboard. Another contributor to the power are the lyrics: be careful where and how you live, else you'll "wear that ball and chain."
Jason so true I was a 8 years old girl when this song came, i dont understand english back then but my world turnds upside down when I heard this song for the first time. Erics voice made me understand at this song hade so much sorrows, me tears came in flods and it was as I was blown a way over and over . I dont understand what happends to me ,deep down in me i fellt so much pain, but I fell in love whit this song and it is still my favorit song and Eric my favorit singer im 65 years old now. I still got goesbumps all over when I hear this masterpice , yes The original Animals was my favorit group , and I still love them.
Baby Boomer here! I loved Eric Burden & the Animals ! I remember buying that 45 and I played it over and over and over again! We had great music in the 1960/70's!
The 60's was just an amazing time for music. People who had never heard anything like soul, blues, etc were just blown away. Cats like the Beatles, etc just came and blew everyone away. "Black" american music became very popular with young people in England after word war II, and "skiffle" became popular in the 50s in England. A mix of the blues, rockabilly, jazz, soul, etc. By the 60's, a lot of that music was NOT being appreciated in the US, at least not by white folks (I'm white btw). The 'British invasion" came over, blew everyone away, and all those guys from England were like "dude, this is your music, we just like to play it".
Not so sure about that.. The 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s, had quite a few black musicians and entertainers appreciated by white folks. I have names like Lionel Hampton, Ella Fitzgerald, The Ink Spots, Nat King Cole, (listened to him on AM radio, when I was a kid).. later The Temptations, Quincy Jones, on and on.. That's just a handful I have in my collection of 78s, 45s, 8-track, cassettes, CDs and mp3s and 4s. Like rainbows, the music world is far better with a lot of colors. Old white dude, from the South. 😎
Ha, ha freaking Great! Eric Burdon had a voice that sounds like it's coming out of some big burley biker guy and yet it's coming out of him instead, almost freaky!!!! By the way he sounds like that with that voice he had on all the songs they did. For me the animals was one of the Greatest rock bands ever!!!! Also love in this video how his drummer is chewing gum at the same time while banging away, love that synthesizer playing too!!!!!!🎹🗣️🎤🎶🎼🎵🎸🥁.........
@@scovserbcurmudgeon6818 Yes, it was and still is a euphemism for a prison. The only people who would think it was a brothel are yougins using Google because they're not old enough to understand the Blues.
The House of the Rising Sun was recorded in one take, they couldn't afford any more time in the recording studio, Think about that for a moment, and you'll realize just how great they were.
If that's true than its amazing
The Beatles recorded Long Tall Sally in one take...
You learn summit new every day ! 👌👌
Chris Stapleton and Justin timber lake ,say something done in take lol .... worth a look tho!
@@amb2745 The Beatles never did anything this great.
This song is nearly 60 years old, and still is a stunning experience.
I was 6! Heard it almost 24/7, had an older brother! :) We had record players back then! lol! I learned, records can break!
The greatest .... ..!
This version the song is but the song itself is over 100 years old. There are versions over 400 years old.
@@snafufubar Sorry. I was not referring to the age of the song, which after all is irrelevant, but rather to the age of the recording and the quality of the performance. I misspoke.
@@snafufubar 400?
Alan Price's contribution on keyboards to the sound of this song is criminally underrated.
Absolutely! Not shading EB but that keyboard is friggin killer!
Omg yes the keyboard is absolutely amazing!!!
Alan Price is an underracted musician
I don't agree. One of my sister's favorite songs and when I learned to play it on guitar, she said "That's great, but it's not the same without the keyboard" 😄
Yes, but the way he ripped off the rest of the band by copyrighting it in his name never sits well with me or the band.
Eric was only 23 when he did this
song IN ONE TAKE. Its like he was channeling some OLD SOUL..AMAZING. 💙
Fun fact: the big dude in that band, Chas Chandler is the guy who "discovered" Jimi Hendrix.
I thought it was Mickey Dolenz of the Monkees
@@albertmurillo7522 nope, definitely Chas Chandler. Jimi Hendrix was actually bigger in England than he was in America, at least early on.
And what an incredible find for the music industry.
Dude! For real?
@@sebastianaguirrecortes9492 for real.
Eric Burdon is one of the greatest male vocalists of the last seventy years.
I absolutely love him singing "Spill The Wine" with the group WAR
yes he is
Fact. Eric sung lead on the group War's track hit. Spill the Wine. I saw him and thought. That would be Eric. I had no idea. Saw it in his reaction video to War.
@@karenscales5077 I am 60 years old, grew up listening to War, and had no idea that was the same voice on this song which I remember also. That's the beauty of these reactions! Love it!
Tobacco Road, one of the greatest blues songs ever...
Raw talent...No effects, fancy stage or dancers. Just TALENT!!!
Great call!
One of my all time favorite performances. "House of the Rising Sun" has been covered by many artists but no one has ever come close to Eric Burdon and the Animals in my opinion.
It takes courage -- or hubris -- to even try.
Not so much a cover as a rendition. It's a traditional song. I suppose you could cover their rendition though. I really like Lauren O'Connell's dark, dirty version, sung the more original female lyrics.
Not even!
agree! absolutely stunning!
Listening to this song is like a religious experience.
My late mother in law, who faithfully sang in choirs, and loved and did it well.. would get a few beers in her.. whooo! This was her go to song, and she didnt hold back.. and was great!
Amen! And im an atheist...
Fun fact, its belived this song goes all the way back to church hymns
No, they are real!
Yeah Bee hah that made me laugh way more than i should have.
A little guy, about 5 foot 4, with a seven foot voice! This is how music used to be. Nothing but what you see and hear.
Wow I didnt know he was that small.
axiomist and he was only 16
He's a little taller than that, but yes, Eric Burdon is not a big guy at all.
Haha so much false info in one comment thread
Eric is 5’ 7” it’s the bass guitarist Chas Chandler (died 1996) who was 6’ 4” that made the heights look mad
You can see how this influenced The Doors.
The Doors are almost a tribute band. Literally almost everything (keyboard, vocals, rhythm, melody, etc) we’re adopted by the Doors. They built their own identity but the similitude is uncanny.
Robbie’s daughter?
Yes, I Agree ! My Grandparents Were Friends With Robby Kriegers' Parents ! I I Would Occassionally Ask My Grandmother to Ask Mrs. Krieger Certain Questions In Relation to The Doors, Mainly in Regard to Her Son Robbie, The Guitarist, and She Would Tell My Grandmother, After Talking to Robbie ! I Always Thought That Was Very Cool ! Have a Great Night/Day.
Yah, I agree!
HELL YEAH !!!
From the drummer to the lead singer these guys knew how to to play, this is music and will be eternally one of the greatest tunes of all time, thanks for paying it the respect it deserves
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Eric Burdon's voice was once described as sounding as though 'he'd spent 50 years drinking whiskey in a smoke filled bar' when he was only 24 years old. Badass. They were bad boys and I loved them. Eric...oh yeah... And the music? Come on.
You watch that video and from the looks he gives the camera you just KNOW when Eric Burdon was in school he smoked behind the bike sheds and could have any girl he wanted.
The story I liked was that around the time when the Animals were starting out, old-time touring American bluesmen didn't bother bringing bands with them - that was expensive - so they'd hire local bands who knew their standards. So the Animals got a few jobs that way, and at least one of the bluesmen said "You have to watch yourself with those guys - if you aren't on top of your game, they'll look like the stars..."
I see hilton every day he is still going strong what legends
I've said for years that he sounded like someone that had been born with the voice if a 50 year old singer, in a good way.
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R.I.P Hilton Valentine at 77 years
Can’t hear this song and not get chills- just flat out legendary
I always get goosebumps
The keyboardist definitely played a large role in this though
They are ahead of their time. Eric Burdon is still singing. He’s almost 80.
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R.I.P Hilton Valentine at 77 years
Ive just been able to listen to this song again. It was one of my fathers favourites, and we played it at his funeral. That was 7 years ago.. I still love the song.. it’s just hard to listen to it now.
They were truly before their time. Lead singer Eric Burdon, born in 1941! Amazing
This is the most underrated band of my time
I love it when the band looks all clean cut and polished and the music just sounds so dirty. Thanks for reacting to this one.
👍🏾
Eric Burdon could get gritty.
That was all the record labels doing...the Beatles were the Silver Beatles first, and rocked leather jackets and James Dean style hair, then they all were made to get those awful haircuts etc...same with the Animals....still happens today
@@BeverlyM52 "Hold on....I'm coming." drove the girls wild!
@@davidhoward2487 Anything he sang...;)
The Animals are probably the most underrated band to come out of the sixties.
Even though this song is very popular, I would have to agree. This band's whole catalogue was heavy. Some ones off the top of my head that everyone should hear at least once are "Black Plague" (very relevant) and "When I Was Young"
They are wayyyyyyyyy better then The Beatles ever thought of being
Underrated?? That's pure legend.
It's hard to say, so many good bands from that Era
The animals were seriously ahead of their time. What other artist were producing such raw, hardcore vocals compared to them?
I was a teenager when this came out, and everybody was just as blown away as this guy. In my day we called this "Boss." As in, "Man this is really a boss jam!"
The bass player of this group, Chas Chandler, is the one who later saw Jimi Hendrix playing in a bar in New York, flew him over to London, formed the Experience around him, and started his rise to fame.
WOW!!
Before he took Hendrix to London, Chandler put him up in his home city Newcastle. Hendrix spent some time busking in Newcastle and stayed at Chandler’s home in the Heaton area of the city (which is where I’m from). At the same time Hendrix was in Heaton, a mile away in the neighbouring district of Byker, a young body builder from Austria called Arnold Schwarzenegger was training in a gym run by a trainer he had befriended in European competitions.
Because Jimi was getting nowhere in the USA ( guess why....)
@@tomlynch8114 Jesus.
@@willswomble7274 coz he was black probz the best at guitar solo guitar im white a don't care black or white talent takes over
When Little Richard was on Dick Clark’s show in 1964, he said The Animals were the best band he’d ever seen.
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R.I.P Hilton Valentine at 77
IM 70 now, I was a teenager when this came out! I will never forget his voice!
Eric Burden has a very powerful voice and the organist is still in my opinion the best in the business. This song is actually the ringtone for my cell phone
Still a great sound - even after 54 years!
The British Invasion was really impressive and extraordinary.
We just reminded you what you already had
And Eric Burdon is the most impressive part of said invasion.
10 yrs. old first time I heard it, 66 yrs. old now and it still blows me away.
I was 9 years old and I still love this song so much
I was 9 at the time, joye, I still get goosebumps.
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I'm 66 and loved it as soon as I heard it,still do.my parents thought the devil was in me.☠️👹
I was 8, am 30 now. thanks pop.
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R.I.P Hilton Valentine at 77 years the guitarist of "" The Animals ""
Damn rip 😌😢
Damn, did not know he died , sad
Did not know that! R.I.P. Hilton!
His voice gives me chills...just powerful. The musicians playing the instruments going to damn hard especially the organist going to church 👏🏾👏🏾
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Think about this: "House Of The Rising Sun" was The Animals' first hit single all the way back in 1964. It went to #1 in the U.S. for 3 weeks in September of that year. Back when the average single was about 2 1/2 minutes long, this one was a whopping 4 1/2 minutes. That was absolutely unheard of at that time This band had some major balls, and it paid-off for them Big-Time.
To develop song writing and performance skills like that at such a young age is quite amazing. His voice is great, but damn, the organist plays like he invented the instrument. In the dictionary, under Tight, there is a video of The Animals playing House of the Rising Sun. 200 years time, this will still be a stone cold classic.
That's because they told a story and put heart and soul into their music
US version cut back by the record company. At least for radio play use.
@@scabthecat also, the song was adapted from a tune that was a prostitute's lament, written back in the late 1800s. There is no real credit for the original. No one knows who wrote it.
@@adotintheshark4848 That sounds so right. I was 8 or 9 when this came out, but understood the dark, sad lines. Still can't figure out HOW.
One of the best songs of all time. They were amazing. 🥰
The Animals really turned an old folk song into a hit 😍
Another vote here for “Don’t let me be misunderstood”
The Dark Market oh my, yes, indeed.
I’m just a soul who’s intentions are good,
Kelly Hudson Oh Lord, please don’t let me be misunderstood....
Now you’re talking! Awesome song.
Absolutely! ❤️👍
This is great, if you like this have a listen to Please Don’t let me be Misunderstood, by the Animals, another gem!
👍🏾
@@jamelakajamal I was about to say the same one.
Sky Pilot as well.
Please don't let me be misunderstood is one of my all time favourites 😉
Jamel_AKA_Jamal these guys tell you no lie
"I've got one foot on the platform .. the other foot on the train ... I'm going back to New Orleans ... to wear that ball and chain."
My favorite rock lyric.
Yes the song really builds to that.
Eric had the golden blue collar pipes. You believed him when he sang.
So True
Major influence on Springsteen, according to Bruce himself.
I love when people are exposed to classic songs from a genre that they don't usually listen to. It really helps people appreciate different music.
Lead singer is Eric Burdon, the same guy with War's Spill the Wine.
I never knew he looked 14 and 5'4"! What a power house voice!
Lisa...One time at one of their shows, Eric lost power to his mic. Supposedly, he belted through The House of the Rising Sun without it and few people were none the wiser... 😳😲😮
@@bonscotty67 I can believe it! I knew the songs, heard them when I was really young, but had a late awakening to some groups from that era. My parents didn't play the Beatles when I was growing up and hardly any music from the 60's that I now love. I'm just now figuring out who sang these Animals' songs, Eric Burton and just fell in love with his voice a few days ago!! Wow, a sexy voice, something I can appreciate now! 😁😉
Lisa Noelle... I was fortunate or unfortunate to be the youngest of seven. Five older sisters would play all the music we call Classic Rock now. As a vocalist in various cover bands throughout my life, I latched onto Eric Burdon as an influence early on. One of the bluesiest white English men I've ever known LOL
@@bonscotty67 He really is! I was just thinking that when I started looking into him. I'm just now being able to appreciate the blues. You don't except him to be him to be a white English dude. Are you in the States? What covers do you guys usually do?
I think this is the best performance The Animals ever recorded.
Hmm that is hard. I have lots of favorites. There version of Boom Boom is great...used in the climax of 'Skyfall'...I also love We Gotta Get out of this Place' and 'It's My Life' ...but I really love some of the bluesy album tracks and a particularly stunning version of 'Hit the Road Jack'. I basically like all the ones that showcase the amazig Burdon vocals to the max.
These guys are more hardcore rock than ANYONE pretending to currently be rock.
Cough cough MGK cough cough
Amen my brother!
There's tons of rock bands kickin out great stuff, just everyone is to busy bitching about pop music to look for it.
Original and hardcore....with Eric Bourdon on lead vocals its the best
I think you are listening to the wrong rock
Hi from the UK, and welcome to British blues
British Blues took the Black Man's Blues and gave it back to the Americans and thank you. I mean that. When and where I grew up I wasn't allowed to listen to Black Folks' music. I had to do it on the sly. But I could pay all the white boy music I wanted. Thanks to you, British people, for not being like white southerners I grew up with so many years ago.
@@suzieqorange Cheating the system, nice
Perfected by Mark Knopfler if I may be so bold...my 2 pence.
@@suzieqorange You're welcome! The blues were really big in Britain in the 60s when I was in my early teens. Met lots of big names - Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Jeff Beck, John Mayall, Georgie Fame - at our local blues club when we were still too young to go to the show, but waited outside to see our heroes. This was a bit before groupies - it was all very innocent! When the real old black Bluesmen from the US got invited to tour in the UK, they were treated like kings. All these British Blues artists looked up to them, as did the audiences. To us, they were the epitomy of cool!
@@papercup2517 I'm British, got into the British Blues Boom™ in my early teens because I didn't like the pop music being aimed at me ..in the early 80's ! My interest in guitar playing & backtracking these guys' musical influences took me in turn, into a superb , rich & vast array of purely American music ,a fascinating series of musical twists & turns in Blues , Ragtime , Jazz , R&B , Soul... At 51 , I'm still a big Blues fan , wether it's The Yardbirds or Mississippi John Hurt , Mike Bloomfield or Howlin Wolf , Jimi Hendrix or RL Burnside ...there's just so much good music out there to keep me occupied til I croak lol 😊👌
'We gotta get out of this place' 'when I was young', 'Don't let me be misunderstood', there are heaps of great Animals songs. 'We Gotta Get Out of this Place' was a song that every USO group touring Vietnam was required to do at some point in the performance. People talk about the effect of 10,000 GI's shouting the chorus at the top of their lungs, "We Gotta Get out of this place, if it's the last thing we ever do..."
That's my fav of the Animals..love this group....
Don't forget Sky Pilot
House of the Rising Sun was played in Vietnam a lot. Usually accompanied by strippers. Very erotic.
One of the songs I like most of Eric Burdon is "Please don't let me be misunderstood". Goosebumps
Thank you for bring us this classic (and forgive my poor english 😅😅)
Eric Burdon was 21 years old. Dude is still alive and touring. if you can see him, you're seeing history.
This was one of my Father's favorite songs. He even taught himself how to play it on guitar. Still brings tears to my eyes when I hear it. Love and miss you Dad!
A clever talented man ❤
That song was the very first song i learned, im glad to hear that other musicians enjoy it
🙏🏻☝🏻
the only song I ever played, hope my children feel the same when....
@chris lopez feel the same way lost my dad too of heart disease he died at 53 on memorial day I know how it feels to lose that person you love most rest in peace dont worry hes always looking down in heaven
These song's was back in the days when music's was music.
at a time when Rock n Roll was experimenting with sounds, lyrics and instruments 60s was truly a Renaissance for music
Fifty-six years later and this song is still crushing it. Among the GOAT. Salute!
I loved this song when I first heard it 57 years ago, and I still I love it. Those babies singing and playing their hearts out, and 23 year old Eric Burdon with that big bluesy voice 🌺😍❤️❤️
"Take us to church!" You got that right! (NOBODY could have said it better than you did!)
And it a melodic form Amazing Grace!
They would need a hair cut first.
That was long hair for the time.
take us to chuch indeed. Especially since the house of the rising sun is a whore house, and originally writted/performed from a woman's point of view.
@@cherrylattimore99 Not quite. I have a habit of double-checking when I have a "Really? That's cool. :)" reaction and, according to Wikipedia:
"There is a common perception that prior to The Animals the song was about and from the perspective of a woman. This is incorrect, as the narrative of the lyrics has been continually whipped back and forth from a female to a male cautionary tale. The earliest known printed version from Gordon's column is about a woman's warning. The earliest known recording of the song by Ashley is about a rounder, a male character."
Also according to Wikipedia, it's a true folk song in that we don't know for sure where it came from... though what evidence we do have suggests that it developed in Europe and then was changed to refer to New Orleans later.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_of_the_Rising_Sun
Listening to these makes me realize how desolate the current music industry is
Hit the nail on the head!!!
Pretty sure there was a lot of shit back then but it desapeared because they couldn't just keep it due to technological issues. And today we take everything without taking out the trash. That's my take.
You said it .we may have f/end it up but we got the music right
Classic
I thought it was over saturated but yes. I like today’s music but nothing. And I mean NOTHING comes close to the music of back then!
always amazes me how you could come up with such a unique sound that just stands the test of time. Think of all the music produced and you can't find anything to compare to this sound. It goes for many songs and that always amazes me.
One of my favorite songs of all time.
Eric Burdon is one of the most soulful singers of the 60's. He went on to join up with the group "War", and they had a hit called "Spill The Wine".
Eric Burdon is still one of the best raw talents in this time of music where so much was changing.
Eric Burdon is a confirmed "real one" for sure
I was 13 years old when this song was released......I am almost 70 now....Damn I grew up with some awesome music .....That still sounds so good today......
True i was 9 ,im so lockey i was born in the late 1950,s so i grow up with all this groups and all the great music in the 60,s
One of THE BEST songs and performances ever! - the power of voice and instruments - chills!!
British Blues 1958-1968...The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds, Them, Cream, The Who, The Small Faces, The Pretty Things, The Moody Blues...
Black US artists were respected and admired in the UK. They toured there, were welcomed there and their songs were played on the radio. They became more influential on the UK music scene, than on the US music scene, during that time. As for Bob Marley, he was huge in the UK. He had more success there, than anywhere else outside of Jamaica. Don't assume that every country is exactly the same as the US...
@Atheos B. Sapien It was indeed. I felt I had to defend Britain, and to an extent Europe.
@Atheos B. Sapien No, it was what I wrote. Many British bands started as cover bands and always gave credit. Artists like Pat Boone is an American thing. You didn't have to whitewash music in Britain.
@@Codex7777 Thank God!
One of my favorite and the best bands of ALL TIME.
RIP Hilton Valentine, the guitar player responsible for this arrangement.
It’s a true masterpiece. In every single aspect.
God....there are about 20 songs that bring tears to my eyes because they are so good. This is one of them.
Ditto!
100% agree but now we have mumble rap and Miley Cryus and about 90% can't sing live.
You know I don't think it's just the song. I think it's this performance which is .... perfect.
Yep, sitting here shedding tears...absolutely love Alan Price on the keyboards.
John Fuentes Can you please list them just in case we are missing a couple. 😉
His voice is a God Damned Instrument!
The Animals' guitarist Hilton Valentine, best known for the iconic opening riff on the English rock band's arrangement of "The House of the Rising Sun," has died at the age of 77. 29th January 2021. R.I.P. Keyboard player Alan Price has a fear of flying, and as he travelled the world performing his 60s hits he was gripped with the constant fear of flying.
He had to have a shot of vodka before he could even step on a plane.“I once did a tour of 70 cities so that meant 70 vodkas!” said Alan, whose keyboard wizardry turned the Animals into a household name. It was one of the reasons he left the band in 1965.
Eric Burdon lead singer was 23 when the Animals recorded this in 1964, amazing performance from him and the whole band. Eric was a real life tough guy from Newcastle in the north of England, life could be hard up there then and still is today.......
This was when rock and rockers were the real deal. I'm so blessed to have been alive during that time.
Eric Burdon went on to collaborate with the funk band War in Calif.
Alan Price (keyboards) also moved on to have a string of hits in the UK.
Chas Chandler (bass) discovered Jimi Hendrix and rescued him from his homeland,brought him to England and the rest is glorious history.
Quite a talented bunch of fella's then.
The 60's and 70's will go down as THE greatest ever era for music.
saw Eric Burdon in 1968 when he was with War. One of the best concerts I went to. He had 3 members of the Steve Miller band Jam with them that nite what a nite that was.
Alan Price wrote the soundtrack for the Malcolm McDowell film Lucky Man! and his band and their performances were written into the movie. A 60s must see!
He has a great presence and a voice to match!! Mesmerizing!!! Live this video!
My husband and I always blast this song whenever we drive past Rising Sun, Maryland!
This song gives me goosebumps every time.
snap
It still sounds fresh
Must agree!
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R.I.P Hilton Valentine at 77 years
I was 9 years old when I heard this song for the first time I dont understand english back then ,but I get goesbumps all over me and it still do .
the lead singers so young to have a voice like that they dont make them like that anymore
Colter wall
Oh they do
@@maxhammer7570 yeah but their not famous though
@@bluesz1bluesz17 Colter Wall.
Him and rick astley
This song is like a freight train.. just keeps building and building steam... blowing you away every time!
I had a lot of fun running around Eric's backyard,playing with his Sheltie dog. He just sat in the lawn chair and watched. :}
One of my favorite songs. His voice and that organ are insane
Alan Price on keyboard, genius at work!
had the extreme pleasure in 1998 of seeing Eric Burdon with Brian Auger in a smallish club in Edmonton Canada, I had chills up and down my spine, incredible experience, That man can really really sing
Have you heard Eric's version of The factory Girl.....another folk song....wheich he recorded around that time? It is on RUclips and it is real goosebump inducing.
Very emotional song, for a group of Vulcans. Seriously; love this song.
According to John Steel, Bob Dylan told him that when he first heard The Animals' version on his car radio, he stopped to listen, "jumped out of his car" and "banged on the (the car's hood)", inspiring him to go electric.
Dave Marsh described the Animals' take on "The House of the Rising Sun" as "...the first folk-rock hit", sounding "...as if they'd connected the ancient tune to a live wire". Writer Ralph McLean of the BBC agreed that "It was arguably the first folk rock tune", calling it "a revolutionary single", after which "the face of modern music was changed forever".
- Wikipedia
Seriously, The Animals are incredible...so many great songs.
this era was the best of of times 50's 60's 70's it will never get any better than that.
IMO, this one of the all time greatest songs ever made. No matter the year, or genre
This is the music of my youth, and was a great time to be young.
Yeah youth is definitely best time to be young !!!!
@StrangeArrangements me too. Saw the Beatles on Ed Sullivan when I was 7, and the 60's opened up around us while I grew up. Definitely a golden age.
Yep, we had the best music!
It was indeed!❤💃🇺🇸
Britain- how do you produce so many amazing musicians?!
We love our music.
@@lenaanne9778 We love shit, and that comes out in our music!
It rains, snows, and the weather is generally crap. So we sit indoors and learn, play and wrap our minds around music.
@@1220b Just imagine what we'll come up with during the coronavirus lockdown!
Think about the music from India, listen to Ravi Shankar, one thing to consider there are a lot of neurologically diverse people in the UK, a lot of artists have this neurology, it includes schizophrenics, bipolar disorder, people with downs syndrome,Asperger's syndrome , personality disorders, clinical depression, it's very very common with people who have this neurology to express theirself this way, the UK has the second highest recorded population of people with autism after Japan, autism can be very very mild.
Eric Burdon was 21 when he sang this song. Alan Price is the keyboardist. An incredible song.
There's a power in this song that emanates from Eric's voice, the driving bass, and (of course) the fluid and rapid keyboard. Another contributor to the power are the lyrics: be careful where and how you live, else you'll "wear that ball and chain."
After listening to this song, You come out a different person then when you went in.
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Good description of the effect of a good "Story-Song". :-)
Didn't really know I liked blues until then
Jason so true I was a 8 years old girl when this song came, i dont understand english back then but my world turnds upside down when I heard this song for the first time. Erics voice made me understand at this song hade so much sorrows, me tears came in flods and it was as I was blown a way over and over . I dont understand what happends to me ,deep down in me i fellt so much pain, but I fell in love whit this song and it is still my favorit song and Eric my favorit singer im 65 years old now. I still got goesbumps all over when I hear this masterpice , yes The original Animals was my favorit group , and I still love them.
Greatest decade of music. The Sixties!
The bass player, Chas chandler, brought Jimi Hendrix to England and the rest is history.
Thank God he went to England!!!
Baby Boomer here! I loved Eric Burden & the Animals ! I remember buying that 45 and I played it over and over and over again! We had great music in the 1960/70's!
The 60's was just an amazing time for music. People who had never heard anything like soul, blues, etc were just blown away. Cats like the Beatles, etc just came and blew everyone away. "Black" american music became very popular with young people in England after word war II, and "skiffle" became popular in the 50s in England. A mix of the blues, rockabilly, jazz, soul, etc. By the 60's, a lot of that music was NOT being appreciated in the US, at least not by white folks (I'm white btw). The 'British invasion" came over, blew everyone away, and all those guys from England were like "dude, this is your music, we just like to play it".
Not so sure about that.. The 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s, had quite a few black musicians and entertainers appreciated by white folks. I have names like Lionel Hampton, Ella Fitzgerald, The Ink Spots, Nat King Cole, (listened to him on AM radio, when I was a kid).. later The Temptations, Quincy Jones, on and on.. That's just a handful I have in my collection of 78s, 45s, 8-track, cassettes, CDs and mp3s and 4s. Like rainbows, the music world is far better with a lot of colors. Old white dude, from the South. 😎
Well. My goodness. That man really can sing. I love how he was so casual about it too.
Ha, ha freaking Great! Eric Burdon had a voice that sounds like it's coming out of some big burley biker guy and yet it's coming out of him instead, almost freaky!!!! By the way he sounds like that with that voice he had on all the songs they did. For me the animals was one of the Greatest rock bands ever!!!! Also love in this video how his drummer is chewing gum at the same time while banging away, love that synthesizer playing too!!!!!!🎹🗣️🎤🎶🎼🎵🎸🥁.........
Thank you.... for your thoughts... this version was No.1 around the world in the 1960s
it really hits the heart strings, sooo powerful
I can't even count the emotions i associate with this song. Wow. It's overwhelming just listening to it and really listening to what they were saying.
One of my favorite songs of all time. Eric Burdon is a genius all throughout his career.
EPIC vocals and CRAZY-awesome instrumentation on this classic rock anthem. SOOOOOOO freaking good
I been listening to this since 1966 I was 7 I love it then and love it now 2020 I'm 61 beautiful song
THE HOUSE OF THE RISING SON WAS A BROTHEL IN NEW ORLEANS
It was and still is a prison.
Very interesting didn’t know that, thanks for the info
Cousin Figel you been there? How is it? 😂
@@ddskreamer no, it wasn't.
@@scovserbcurmudgeon6818 Yes, it was and still is a euphemism for a prison. The only people who would think it was a brothel are yougins using Google because they're not old enough to understand the Blues.
maybe one of the top10 songs in history for me at a time when i heard it for the first time
So Good right👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
My mom says this song reminds her of my father. I’m 32 and he passed away when I was 4. So yeah, I like listening to this song too! Glad you like it!
British Invasion, everybody....1964. Love that 6-string bass....every man in this band was exceptional.