Eric Burdon still sings and sounds incredible. The original in 1937 was sung by a woman about a brothel, but The Animals changed it to a gambler for American audiences. The original "House of the Rising Sun" was either a brothel or a jail, as both buildings were possible (having to do with the sun at the time) and it's not known which one they were referring to. It makes sense either way. Sending love to everyone from (not New Orleans), but Baton Rouge!! 💙
Awesome shout out to Black Pegasus I enjoy his channel as well. Please please consider the awesome performance by lead singer Eric with the band War the song is called spill the wine it is just fantastic you have to see the video it is so cool
Welcome to the Eric Burdon and the Animals rabbit hole! Sky Pilot is a must listen, the long version. Also, We Gotta Get Outta This Place, Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood, Help Me Girl, Don't Bring Me Down, Hey Gyp. That should keep you busy for a bit! Enjoy! Eric Burdon is a very underrated white Blues singer.
Saw them in the late 60's. After the concert we went to local bar and one of the Animals was in there. So when a slow song came on I asked him to dance. Pretty neat.
A very pivotal band, spanning the 50s to the 60s and paving the way for the sound of music in the later 60s and 70s like The Who, The Doors and The Stones for example. As you're learning more about The Sound, you'll be able to look back and hear the connection. Great review, thanks.
The smiling guitarist is watching them move the organ up front w/o anyone knowing! Eric Burdon also was with War and you should listen to the song "Spill the Wine" .
That's the first time I've read an explanation about why the guitarist was grinning at the end; I had often wondered. I guess it tickled his funny bone.
They had a string of hits that also included "Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" and "We've Gotta Get Out of this Place". Both are still as relevant now as when they were released. Thanks for playing this one & your comments.
The bassist were producer of MANY great artists... The guitarist always makes me cry at the end, smiling like a "little boy", while he's dead a couple of years ago... This was one of the favorite of my Father, he had the vinyl as a teenager, in the 60s.
This song is a really old folk song. There are even some versions sung from a feminine perspective. It's assumed the House of the Rising Sun is a house of ill repute, probably gambling house/ brothel.
Here in Greece we adore this legend and we are lucky to adore us back. He used to make every year appearances in Athens and he was still a badass vocally. His farewell big concert was in the ancient theatre of Herodes Atticus in 2019. He moved and lives in Athens since the pandemic. You can see him wandering everywhere, especially around Plaka region complaining about the crazy traffic and the bad roads. His third wife is also a Greek, so thats maybe, lol. 😆
I read this was released in 1964 in the U.S., and that's when I first heard it. The story is that no one is sure who wrote the song, but it was covered many times over a long period of time. Some say it was known by American coal miners as early as 1905. I'm guessing that the best known version is the one we just watched with you. Thanks so much, and God bless you!
Don’t let me be misunderstood is another good one by them. 🙂also, the KEYBOARD PLAYER is ON FIRE!!! This song has one of my all time favorite organ sounds EVER!! I dont think its an actual organ officially,but it has the sound of one through a keyboard setting…however I’m not really sure if its a keyboard or an electric organ or something similar but whatever official instrument he’s playing he is TEARING UP THOSE KEYS!!!! I’ve LOVED this song since i was 3 years old…I’m almost 49 now…this is a classic from my childhood.😊thank you for checking it out.🎶❤️✌🏻
Many think this is an original by them, but I guess you know this is a cover and a goodun at that. You might want to check out Madison Galloway's cover of this song too - both her album version and live performance of this are amazing! And it's great that a young musician like herself is inspired by music from the past and keeping it real
This is a very old song that predates the Animals by many years, they took Bob Dylan's version in 62' and made it into this in 64' (I think) and Bob Dylan took it from Dave Van Ronk who got it from many other blues and folk performers before him. The Animals switched it to a man/boy perspective while Dylan's was song from a female's, Dylan's is different than this, no electricity, but my god is it worth a listen, he covers it beautifully just like Eric Bourdon and the Animals do here! A look at where the song came from is diagnosed in youtube videos, it's very interesting actually, you could check that out as well.
i wonder if the reason why the newer generations don't know these songs is because even in the 80s and 90s we would go to the pub and there would be a juke box and there would always be these old classics on it, that toward the end of the night when everyone was in their 'cups' they would start singing with the juke box?
Eric Burdon was a one-time winner of the best male blues vocalist awarded by Playboy Magazine decades ago. Another strong voice you may wish to check out - it will be a discovery! - is Chris Youlden of Savoy Brown. Dating back to the late 1960s, his work on the album, "Raw Sienna" is startling. Check out the song, "When I was a Young Boy." you can find it here on RUclips.
Eric was great singer and this song told a fantastic story. I was a teenager. I feel great to have experienced the best music that's ever been. There will never be anything like it again.❤
Loved Eric Burdon in WAR. "Spill the Wine". I found and subscribed to your channel today. If you're looking for something different, try Sly and the Family Stone. " Hot Fun in the Summertime ", "Every Day People ", so many to choose from 😊
Burdon is one of the most formidable voices of our time…mine and yours. Their music is epic too. Want to be more blown away? Warning… it’s not like this,but listen to When I Was Young, and Spill The Wine.
You noticed the guitarist laughing behind him. It was because they moved his keyboards to the front while he was still playing it. You’ll notice it was the back and then moved to the front. At least that’s what I heard on a interview :-) 10:46
This is an old song originally from sometime in the 1870s about a brothel in New Orleans, named after the madam that ran it. Her name was LaSol Levan (rising sun in French), and tells the trials and tribulations of men and women associated with it.
Ah - I was a toddler growing up through the 60s, and I was 4 when this came out - and so this music is all just part of my music history. Lucky to have an older brother who introduced me to some really cool stuff. The Animals were superb. The keyboard player was Alan Price - super talented and had his own solo career. Yeah Eric Burden's voice was exceptional and this song was one of those iconic ones. Interesting watching the drummer - emphasis on the high hat throughout - neat.
the quality of this video is ASTOUNDING for 1964 - the best i've seen. i grew up with this band. liked them better than the beatles or the stones. they had a raw edge to them that the other british bands did not have.
This song has been around since the thirties and covered many, many times. The Animals made it popular in the sixties. That is when I first heard it. If you'd like to hear a different version of it, I recommend a current day version by low bass singer Geoff Castellucci. Please check out his channel.
This song is hauntingly played in Casino towards the end the mob bosses call out hits on all possible witnesses that could testify this song plays as they're all getting capped. They have other greats. My other fav is "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" By the way - I love that you've broadened your horizons and checking out / reacting to other stuff.
This is my favorit song , I was 8 years old when it Come out i was hooked after the intro and Erics voice blown me away . I dont understand english back then ( im a Swedish women) ,I had goespumps all over and that keyboard wow ,i still gott goespumps this is a briliant version.
Great reaction! I met Eric Burden backstage about 20 years ago. My buddy Aynsley was drumming with The New Animals on tour and the after party was pretty wild. Eric was the same dark, crazed guy that he is in this video. Marijuana is constantly present around him ;) But he's friendly and present and sardonic even after a 90 min show. A truly authentic artist.
They rode a bus with instruments down to the studio to record this video and had to rush back because they had to rush back to a concert/show where I believe they were the opening act for Chuck Berry and they recorded it in a couple hours and minimal takes though I'm old and my memory could be off.
Eric Burdon's voice got me interested in "raspy" voiced singers. Still finding them... Jack Savoretti being one along with Cakra Khan. Saw Alan Price a few years ago on tour with the Manfreds, Colin Blunstone of The Zombies and PP Arnold. Absolutely amazing they were still so good. And Alan Price's sense of humour is very dark but funny.
Eric got some kick back from blues artists when the animals arrived in the US, until they realised the band weren’t cashing in, they grew up listening to and loving blues records that they heard. Same in most port cities / van Morrison the same. Cliff ❤️👍🏽👍☘️
Everyone loves "American Bandstand" and "Soul Train" but shows like "Hullabaloo," "Hee-Haw," "Midnight Special" and the "Ed Sullivan Show" are treasure troves of music, performances and artists that are well worth the dive. Great reaction, Cliff! #WhatUpDoe
Eric Burdons colab with War, Spill the Wine, is excellent FYI this song is a remake and was originally written from a prostitutes viewpoint of the brothel.
So many bands and so many great songs you have to discover. I'm going to make a couple recommendations, one is Deep Purple singing Child In Time the BBC live recording and for something different I will suggest Meatloaf and his song called Paradise by the Dashboard Lights
Eric Burdon was 24 years old when this was recorded, now aged 84 and still sounds great, what a voice.
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood, we got to get out of this place, inside looking out, many many more by The Animals
Absolute class song. The voice. The organ being played by a man who’s clearly classically trained.
It’s an amazing piece of music.
It was a one take as they couldn’t afford a second take, imagine how professional they were to get it so good right off the bat.
The recording of the song was a one take.
This video was what I heard for a TV show.
A 23-year-old Eric Burdon: looks 15 and sounds 45.
You read my mind as this is usually the comment I put on reactions to this song.
Eric Burdon still sings and sounds incredible. The original in 1937 was sung by a woman about a brothel, but The Animals changed it to a gambler for American audiences. The original "House of the Rising Sun" was either a brothel or a jail, as both buildings were possible (having to do with the sun at the time) and it's not known which one they were referring to. It makes sense either way.
Sending love to everyone from (not New Orleans), but Baton Rouge!! 💙
Could also just be a double, sonce both can be seen as the same.
Awesome shout out to Black Pegasus I enjoy his channel as well.
Please please consider the awesome performance by lead singer Eric with the band War the song is called spill the wine it is just fantastic you have to see the video it is so cool
The singing is incredible in this classic song!!
Believe it or not these guys went into the studio and ripped this song off in one take. PURE TALENT
This, IMHO, is an all-time classic.
Welcome to the Eric Burdon and the Animals rabbit hole! Sky Pilot is a must listen, the long version. Also, We Gotta Get Outta This Place, Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood, Help Me Girl, Don't Bring Me Down, Hey Gyp. That should keep you busy for a bit! Enjoy! Eric Burdon is a very underrated white Blues singer.
A British band by the way from Newcastle England a great band of Geordies.
The bassist, Chas Chandler, discovered Jimi Hendrix. The keyboardist, Alan Price, founded his own awesome band, the Alan Price Set.
The bass player for the animals became the manager for Jimi Hendrix and put Jimi on the map
Saw them in the late 60's. After the concert we went to local bar and one of the Animals was in there. So when a slow song came on I asked him to dance. Pretty neat.
I knew the song but never knew that was the singer!!! Always thought he was a aged cowboy looking like Clint Eastwood - woow
Oh yeah.. I remember this. Music and lyrics are timeless.🎶🙂
A very pivotal band, spanning the 50s to the 60s and paving the way for the sound of music in the later 60s and 70s like The Who, The Doors and The Stones for example.
As you're learning more about The Sound, you'll be able to look back and hear the connection. Great review, thanks.
IT's a story about a brothel
The smiling guitarist is watching them move the organ up front w/o anyone knowing! Eric Burdon also was with War and you should listen to the song "Spill the Wine" .
That's the first time I've read an explanation about why the guitarist was grinning at the end; I had often wondered. I guess it tickled his funny bone.
Another song great song from back in the '60 was Proud Mary by Credence Clearwater Revival.
So glad you’re opening your mind to other music to Cliff. You put out some great reactions in your energy is uplifting
They had a string of hits that also included "Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" and "We've Gotta Get Out of this Place". Both are still as relevant now as when they were released. Thanks for playing this one & your comments.
Yes, I couldn't believe that voice came out of that man either.
The bassist were producer of MANY great artists...
The guitarist always makes me cry at the end, smiling like a "little boy", while he's dead a couple of years ago...
This was one of the favorite of my Father, he had the vinyl as a teenager, in the 60s.
At 84, he is still performing. I have seen him 4 times.
This song is a really old folk song. There are even some versions sung from a feminine perspective. It's assumed the House of the Rising Sun is a house of ill repute, probably gambling house/ brothel.
This song is about a house of ill repute.
Here in Greece we adore this legend and we are lucky to adore us back. He used to make every year appearances in Athens and he was still a badass vocally. His farewell big concert was in the ancient theatre of Herodes Atticus in 2019. He moved and lives in Athens since the pandemic. You can see him wandering everywhere, especially around Plaka region complaining about the crazy traffic and the bad roads. His third wife is also a Greek, so thats maybe, lol. 😆
I love how happy the 2nd in line was so happy at end, contagious smiling.
He was smiling because stage hands were dragging the organ player around to the front.
@teastrainer3604. I never knew that, I think the solemnity of the others made it look so much fun? Thank you for telling me as I love this group. 🇬🇧👍
@@anitahargreaves9526 It also makes me cry to see this "little boy" smile while he left us a couple of years ago...
This song was so popular and had tons of airplay! I grew up in this era and knew this song by heart.. I love The Animals!!!
I read this was released in 1964 in the U.S., and that's when I first heard it. The story is that no one is sure who wrote the song, but it was covered many times over a long period of time. Some say it was known by American coal miners as early as 1905. I'm guessing that the best known version is the one we just watched with you. Thanks so much, and God bless you!
An iconic band period.
They have many many hits.
Five Finger Death Punch does a banging over of this song.
Really love it that you're expanding your musical horizons. Voice play has been putting out some bangers
Lot of covers but I love this version. :)
Don’t let me be misunderstood is another good one by them. 🙂also, the KEYBOARD PLAYER is ON FIRE!!! This song has one of my all time favorite organ sounds EVER!! I dont think its an actual organ officially,but it has the sound of one through a keyboard setting…however I’m not really sure if its a keyboard or an electric organ or something similar but whatever official instrument he’s playing he is TEARING UP THOSE KEYS!!!! I’ve LOVED this song since i was 3 years old…I’m almost 49 now…this is a classic from my childhood.😊thank you for checking it out.🎶❤️✌🏻
Many think this is an original by them, but I guess you know this is a cover and a goodun at that. You might want to check out Madison Galloway's cover of this song too - both her album version and live performance of this are amazing! And it's great that a young musician like herself is inspired by music from the past and keeping it real
The Animals and Eric Burdon is a huge rabbit hole to do down, lots of great music.
Eric recorded a song with War. Spill the Wine. War had some hits of their own. Lowrider, Cisco Kid, Why Can't We be Friends
Stunning vocals and amazing band.. you'll love this!
Eric Burden singing "When I was Young" is often used with footage from the Viet Nam war. Shivers down the spine.
This is a very old song that predates the Animals by many years, they took Bob Dylan's version in 62' and made it into this in 64' (I think) and Bob Dylan took it from Dave Van Ronk who got it from many other blues and folk performers before him. The Animals switched it to a man/boy perspective while Dylan's was song from a female's, Dylan's is different than this, no electricity, but my god is it worth a listen, he covers it beautifully just like Eric Bourdon and the Animals do here! A look at where the song came from is diagnosed in youtube videos, it's very interesting actually, you could check that out as well.
i wonder if the reason why the newer generations don't know these songs is because even in the 80s and 90s we would go to the pub and there would be a juke box and there would always be these old classics on it, that toward the end of the night when everyone was in their 'cups' they would start singing with the juke box?
I remember practicing the Guitar intro back in the 1960s when I was 14 y.o.
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I've been a fan of Eric Burdon since his start, and this cover is the definitive version.
You should also check out Eric Burdon and WAR.
Eric Burdon was a one-time winner of the best male blues vocalist awarded by Playboy Magazine decades ago. Another strong voice you may wish to check out - it will be a discovery! - is Chris Youlden of Savoy Brown. Dating back to the late 1960s, his work on the album, "Raw Sienna" is startling. Check out the song, "When I was a Young Boy." you can find it here on RUclips.
The Animals, local band from Newcastle-upon-Tyne area, my brother worked with the lead guitarist Hilton Valentine before their fame x
Song came from Appalachia in the 30s. The Brits were enamored with the blues
Eric was great singer and this song told a fantastic story. I was a teenager. I feel great to have experienced the best music that's ever been. There will never be anything like it again.❤
Top 3 keyboard solo here!!
This is so very awesome. The Animals are icons! Love your reaction!
The Animals are amazing! I grew up listening to them.
they were one of the top British groups in the 1960s, it was first sung in 1933 by Clarence Ashely
Loved Eric Burdon in WAR. "Spill the Wine".
I found and subscribed to your channel today. If you're looking for something different, try Sly and the Family Stone. " Hot Fun in the Summertime ", "Every Day People ", so many to choose from 😊
Burdon is one of the most formidable voices of our time…mine and yours. Their music is epic too. Want to be more blown away? Warning… it’s not like this,but listen to When I Was Young, and Spill The Wine.
The guy on the drums is called Alan price, a singer in his own right
He was 24, and looked 40. This boy lived hard.
You noticed the guitarist laughing behind him. It was because they moved his keyboards to the front while he was still playing it. You’ll notice it was the back and then moved to the front. At least that’s what I heard on a interview :-) 10:46
Because he wasn't really playing it, just a bunch of ghost players and lip syncing to the studio version.
I found this song when a band that would play bar I worked at did it...the drummer sang it and his vocals were amazing
This is an old song originally from sometime in the 1870s about a brothel in New Orleans, named after the madam that ran it. Her name was LaSol Levan (rising sun in French), and tells the trials and tribulations of men and women associated with it.
I always thought this was a weird choice of song for a British band, but they do a great job of it.
It is still a masterpiece.
One of the great songs
SO, SO GOOD!! LOVE Eric Burdon's vocals!! Love Price's KEYS!!! Thanks, Cliff! :)
Dylan said when he heard this version on the radio, it was one of the factors in his decision to go electric.
This is a cover of the original that was first performed in the 1930’s. This the Animals arrangement.
eric burden was lead singer for several different groups through time. (maybe war was one of them?) fantastic artist, and fantastic group.
Ah - I was a toddler growing up through the 60s, and I was 4 when this came out - and so this music is all just part of my music history. Lucky to have an older brother who introduced me to some really cool stuff. The Animals were superb. The keyboard player was Alan Price - super talented and had his own solo career. Yeah Eric Burden's voice was exceptional and this song was one of those iconic ones. Interesting watching the drummer - emphasis on the high hat throughout - neat.
This is masterpiece 🔥
the quality of this video is ASTOUNDING for 1964 - the best i've seen. i grew up with this band. liked them better than the beatles or the stones. they had a raw edge to them that the other british bands did not have.
This song has been around since the thirties and covered many, many times. The Animals made it popular in the sixties. That is when I first heard it. If you'd like to hear a different version of it, I recommend a current day version by low bass singer Geoff Castellucci. Please check out his channel.
This song is hauntingly played in Casino towards the end the mob bosses call out hits on all possible witnesses that could testify this song plays as they're all getting capped.
They have other greats. My other fav is "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"
By the way - I love that you've broadened your horizons and checking out / reacting to other stuff.
April Wine "ohuuwhatanight"!😀👌👍✌
In every survey on rock's Eric is always in the top 5
This song was in the movie Casino. I know you like mob movies so you probably heard it there. ❤
This is my favorit song , I was 8 years old when it Come out i was hooked after the intro and Erics voice blown me away . I dont understand english back then ( im a Swedish women) ,I had goespumps all over and that keyboard wow ,i still gott goespumps this is a briliant version.
"SKY PILOT", by the Animals;
(Long version which includes video footage.)
THANK YOU!!
MASTERPIECE!!! 🔥 🔥 🔥
Five finger death punch covered this song. The Animals were a great band.
Song is in the movie Casino
For a Psychedelic 70's GUITAR version of this song, check out Frijid Pink, personal fave!!
Great reaction! I met Eric Burden backstage about 20 years ago. My buddy Aynsley was drumming with The New Animals on tour and the after party was pretty wild. Eric was the same dark, crazed guy that he is in this video. Marijuana is constantly present around him ;) But he's friendly and present and sardonic even after a 90 min show. A truly authentic artist.
odd fyi: Eric Burden wrote the great "Paint It Black", but the Stones outright stole it before he could publish and credited their pseudonym
They rode a bus with instruments down to the studio to record this video and had to rush back because they had to rush back to a concert/show where I believe they were the opening act for Chuck Berry and they recorded it in a couple hours and minimal takes though I'm old and my memory could be off.
The perfect teenage angst song, remember it well. LOL!
Santana, "Soul Sacrifice."
Eric Burdon is amazing!
Eric Burdon's voice got me interested in "raspy" voiced singers. Still finding them... Jack Savoretti being one along with Cakra Khan.
Saw Alan Price a few years ago on tour with the Manfreds, Colin Blunstone of The Zombies and PP Arnold. Absolutely amazing they were still so good. And Alan Price's sense of humour is very dark but funny.
I would be surprised if you hadn`t heard this song some where , Movie , commercial .
Eric got some kick back from blues artists when the animals arrived in the US, until they realised the band weren’t cashing in, they grew up listening to and loving blues records that they heard. Same in most port cities / van Morrison the same.
Cliff ❤️👍🏽👍☘️
Everyone loves "American Bandstand" and "Soul Train" but shows like "Hullabaloo," "Hee-Haw," "Midnight Special" and the "Ed Sullivan Show" are treasure troves of music, performances and artists that are well worth the dive. Great reaction, Cliff! #WhatUpDoe
Also Where The Action Is.
Eric Burdons colab with War, Spill the Wine, is excellent
FYI this song is a remake and was originally written from a prostitutes viewpoint of the brothel.
The Bass player 'discovered' Jimmy Hendrix...
That one threw u 🤗
Check out eric sing "Spill the wine" with the group "WAR" . Nuts. Also his song "Sky Pilot" tHAT ONE IS DEEP !!!
Now it's time for goldenbrow by the stragglers❤
The Bands Individual members are a Rabbit Hole in themselves
I know this song was on Casino, if you've ever seen that movie.
Angelina Jordan covered this maybe that’s why you recognize it❤
Awesome song and incredible vocals. Now check out Five Finger Death Punch's cover...
So many bands and so many great songs you have to discover. I'm going to make a couple recommendations, one is Deep Purple singing Child In Time the BBC live recording and for something different I will suggest Meatloaf and his song called Paradise by the Dashboard Lights