I think he's some sort of ageless primordial shapeshifting physical embodiment of every soul that would ever be in existence, ever. He has existed since before any other physical life form, yet he is so young, he hasn't even thought about being born tomorrow. He predates good and evil.
I met him a couple of times in the late 90s, early 2000s. Still rocking at 60, not sure about now. Also a very modest, funny guy. (Not name dropping; he's the only rock star I ever met.)
When this came out, The Beatles were still doing "She Loves You, yeah yeah yeah" and other cheesy school girl pop. It took drugs for them to catch up with The Animals.
Best concert I've ever seen was Eric Burdon & the Animals in the 80's after they reunited. They played the University gymnasium to about 2500 and kept blowing the power out. 5 times the power went out mid song. Loudest "Fuck" in the place was from Eric when it went out again. They started at 8:00pm and played until 3:30am as they were all fired up about the power outages. I thought they'd play 'till dawn and they nearly did. Not a soul left the show as it was a magical performance to a crowd that was appreciative !
I actually prefer the line that comes soon after - "Well I 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." It's that moment when he knows it's wrong, he can still change his mind, but cannot do it. Just like his father was a gambler and couldnt stop, he's a chip off the old block and addicted to the brothel (The song is about a brothel in New Orleans owned by a French woman in the 19th Century, called Madame Lesoleil Levant, which translates as Mrs rising sun. IMO
The organ is, I believe, a Hammond B3, which uses a tube amp to get that amazing reverberating sound. I don't believe they're in production anymore, but they're absolutely amazing to hear when a professional plays one.
He is the first i went on, he has been great There are a lot of young men and women that do this thay all like the old stuff. I'm just turned 72 and think there all great
The late '50s, the '60s, '70s, through the mid-'80s were the golden age of music! The lyrics, the orchestration, the groups, and singles shaped the world as we know it
I think he was perfect for his time- his voice, Janis Joplin, Joe Cocker.. The 60s were the best for music and musicians. He was right where he belonged
I personally think that Eric Burdon has one of the greatest voices in the music history. It's so emotional and strong and I'm always feel hypnotized by his voice
The first time I ever heard this song I was riding in my future brother in law's car (in N.O.) and it came on the radio. The DJ said that it was the best song he ever heard. He played it four times in a row and my Bro and law and I sat in the driveway and listened to all four times. I was 9 years old at the time but I'll never forget that.
Great story ... I'm sure it was amazing and then you couldn't just play it on You Tube ... you had to hunt it down or wait till it was on the radio again.
That song was a #1 hit on the charts all over the world, and was done in 1 take in the studio in 1964. Great musicians. The Singer is Eric Burdon, and he just turned 80 on May 11, 2021. He’s made a lot of great music over the years. You should check our Eric Burdon & War singing the song “Spill the Wine” live version. Also their song “Tobacco Road” live.
I'm 72. I've been listening to this song since I was a kid. I've never heard a bad version and I've never heard a version that could stand in the shade of Eric Burden and the Animal's cover. Simply the best.
Got say last year at the Edinburgh festival there was a young street busker of about 16 and man when you closed your eyes you would have sworn it was Eric himself singing hope that kid gets a break
@@ApethGrader Definitely but Frijid Pink weren't too bad either. Boy, did we have so much good music to choose from back then. So glad it's all been recorded and readily available today.
It seems bassists were the talent scouts for the next wave of artists. The Yardbirds original bassist, Paul Samwell-Smith, produced Cat Stevens 1st album.
Your comments are spot on, Eric Burton’s voice was way ahead of its time. For me, I was around in the Sixties and I still get goosebumps, when he sings this song... it should be the anthem for New Orleans!
@keirasings: I stand by my previous comment, however, I should have said it could be the New Orleans Anthem. New Orleans, is certainly nothing like the rest of Louisiana. It has its own rich traditions, unique cultures and identity. It could never be accused as being puritanical, with its history as a wild, fun, crazy party city. As for your comments... it’s kind of ironic, that the Chamber of Commerce and the City, has likely made untold billions profiting from the (at times, sleaze) of the Mardi Gras for over a 150 years... kind of like having your cake and eating it, isn’t it?
This is one of those great songs that tells a story just as much as sings a song, and the music enhances it so well! The thing that actually amazes me the most is you have a guy (the singer Eric Burdon) that was from the U.K. but somehow he absolutely nailed the deep south U.S. sound. I mean listen to how he says New Orleans. It is so cool.
WW2 black soldiers showed up in England. There was already some blues reaching clubs in London but they brought it wholesale to a hungry audience. Not sure why it hadn't taken off in white America already but it did REALLY well over here. My grandmother was born in 1939, lived in London, evacuated to a relative for a few months and then sent back to London. She lived east London slums by the jazz clubs but also had older brothers who loved jazz and blues. She remembers black soldiers playing music in the bomb shelters as a small child. Much better than listening to bombs dropping. In Nan's teens, she loved going out to dance halls where they played to R&B and later Motown and local rock bands that would be bands like the Animals before they made it big. A lot of the artists from the "British Invasion" would have been exposed to jazz and R&B from when they were little more than babies.
The original "House of the Rising Sun" by the Animals was one of the greatest pop songs ever performed. People hear that song and everything stops. It has soul, it has pain, it has life. In 1964 it was a smash hit rocketing up the Charts to #1 ranking for 3 weeks and remaining on the charts for nearly 3 months. As far as music is concerned, it's a song in it's own class.
@@danjames5552 It's a cover of what? This song goes back possibly before the 20th Century with an extremely complex and convoluted history. I heard it researched a number of times, and they never found a definitive origin. It is possible its origins may have also come from Britain. More recently the 1964 Animals took the guitar part largely from Bob Dylan who recorded it in 1961 who got it from Dave Van Ronk, who probably got it from Woody Guthrie who recorded it in 1941, who probably got it from a recorded version by Roy Acuff who recorded it as "Rising Sun" in 1938 who learned it from Clarence Ashley who recorded it in 1933 (called the Rising Sun Blues), who probably got it from someone else. The list is long and kind of hazy regarding who was "First" definitive singer of the title song "The House of the Rising Sun" with the Animal title, their lyrics, and their arrangements of the 1964 version. The history of the song in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1950s had differed song titles, lyrics and musical arrangements. I believe the Animals were the first to record the song with updated title, lyrics and musical arrangements using electric musical instruments, and it became the definitive version of the song in both the United States and Britain.
I am 60 and this songs always envokes so much emotions out of me. I am child of the 60s I grew up listening to ALL types of much because my parents were church musicians so all genres of music flowed through the house. The Animals as well as the Beetles and the Rolling Stones were my favorites. I love when the younger generations are introduced to different types of sounds.
The organ player is Alan Price. Also, the bass player, Chaz Chandler was responsible for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, and the lead singer, Eric Burdon, was a very close friend of Jimi Hendrix and was with him the night he died in London. One of the truly greatest songs in pop history. Thank you, my brother.
Written by Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann, who worked in the Brill Building. It was not originally intended for The Animals, though I forget who was supposed to record it. There was an interview with them on NPR and they were sort of pissed that The Animals got it first. Great song anyway, and perfect for Burdon's voice: In this dirty old part of the city Where the sun refuse to shine People tell me there ain't no use in trying Now my girl you're so young and pretty And one thing I know is true You'll be dead before your time is due
I feel like the 60s & 70s bands used more of a variety of instruments in their songs. Like the organ. Lots of different sounds. I heard this song was made in 1 take because they couldn't afford to pay more. The age when either you knew how to sing or you didn't. Real voices with real music. Passion too. They sang song of stories, life events, etc. Nowadays there's no passion and their certainly isn't any stories. I love this song and Eric Burden.
Chas Chandler (the bassist) "discovered" Jimi Hendrix and made him a star in England so that Hendrix could return to the USA as a star and not just a sideman.
By the time he was discovered he was already a very establish Studio player. Had played with the Isley Brothers and was the guitarist for the Little Richard band. Had a blues band with a sixteen-year-old kid whom he gave the name Randy California. Yes the lead guitarist from Spirit. I think he had already been discovered. The world just didn't know about him yet
This is an epic song. I remember when it came out. I was in grade 10 and it was the time of the British Invasion around 1964. It was a time when your song didn't get played if it was over a couple of minutes long. This song broke the mould. It was so good radio stations played it all the way through. Actually there were a few stations that cut out the instrumental break in the middle to shorten it up but most didn't and from then on records became longer. The Animals were from Newcastle.
This is why I watch reaction videos because people always give great information snippets like this. I'd never know that since I was not around during those times (still decades from my celebrated arrival).
I'm so fucking blessed with a rock radio station that not only plays every song full without cutting, they often play the live version. I once got in my car after work, they played Deep Purple, Child in time. I tuned in right when it started as I pulled out of the parking lot and waited 5 minutes in front of my house, because the song wasn't over. It's a 30min drive ... 😁
I was born in '54 so I grew up on this music and some of the most memorable soul, protest and hippie music of all time; you got a lotta of catchin' up to do hon ;)
Donna, I have ten years on you - I was born in ‘44 and from early teens on listened to the great music we had back then. Don’t know what has happened to groups today - not impressed by too many of them. My daughters are both in their forties now and they agree with me. I obviously raised them right!!
The original was done in one take with 15 minutes of studio time and recorded in mono. I remember seeing this as my first song video lead before an afternoon movie in a small theater in the sixties. We sat stunned for half of the movie. The organ was a marvel of its time and the vocal was hauntingly savage. It stole all the oxygen out of the theater.
Yes, that's right, and as I said above, I saw them perform it later the same day! They recorded their first album in two hours! Basically, they just turned up, played their stage set, and left. I expect you know it, but for those who don't, there are some classics on there. Doing this one in one take is remarkable: ruclips.net/video/pcU5dWEGn6s/видео.html Here's what they were like in live performance in early 1964 -- wild! ruclips.net/video/rM_SkVc12Nc/видео.html Note Alan Price looking worried the scaffolding is going to collapse on his head. This comes from a once-in-a-lifetime TV show featuring Jerry Lee, Little Richard, Gene Vincent and several others. Jerry Lee in particular is fantastic -- the authority in his voice! ruclips.net/video/zmS84WtI6v8/видео.html
This song will always remind me of my dad. I miss him so much. He was in the army during Vietnam and these old songs remind me of that time period and him when he met my mom. Love this.
The song probably goes back way further, into the 19th or even the 18th century. It used to have 'girl' lyrics. Eric Burdon and the Animals changed the words to suit a boy singing, and today even girls sing it with boy lyrics.
From Songfacts: The song is about a brothel in New Orleans. "The House Of The Rising Sun" was named after its occupant Madame Marianne LeSoleil Levant (which means "Rising Sun" in French) and was open for business from 1862 (occupation by Union troops) until 1874, when it was closed due to complaints by neighbors.
@Nancy Godsey Like many songs, I'm sure this one is about more than one subject and given its origins, may have tried to include many facets of what was going on at the time.
Eric Burton, like so many kids in post-war England, used to hang out in the pubs listening to black American blues singers who couldn't get gigs in the states. He heard this particular song when he was 12 yrs old and swore some day he'd record it himself. It's a "testimonial" from the old gospel tradition, a cautionary tale confessed in church. Eric Burton and many others learned from the masters of gospel, blues, and rock and roll. They had to formally introduce it to most Americans.
Absolutely true and ironic that Americans were listening to this "new" music that was their own bur, somehow didn't get it. Now, much of it is because the Brits listened to and loved black music whereas, at that time, a large percentage of Americans never did.
Ty you said you want to know where we were when we first heard this song. Well, you asked for it. I was in the back seat with my boyfriend. He's now my husband. We've been married for 45 years this year. ✌
This song came out in 1964 and I was 12 years old and I still remember where I was the first time I heard it. The Animals have always ben one of my favorite groups.
When I was a kid & I heard this on the radio, it gave me shivers, chills & goosebumps! Also, the vocals (especially "Oh mother, tell your children ..." & the "One foot on the platform ..." bit) always left me breathless & literally gasping for air! Such powerful stuff from such young (& baby-faced) guys! Thrilling stuff ... & still powerful so many years later!
The animals come from my home town, they rock I was 4 years old when this cane out.. More than 50 years later the lead singer Eric Burden is still giving his all
This is a huuuuge classic. I was 4 when this came out and already immensely impressed. Saw him perform this live in 2003 at 5 m from the stage, even filmed it and it was even morevimpressive……this song is a GIGANTIC classic
The Animals were "on fire" at "The House of The Rising Son" recording session especially Eric Burdon doing the vocal and Alan Price playing that bluesy organ so magnificently. Great work by the whole band including Chas Chandler on bass, John Steel on drums and Hilton Valentine on guitar , with his extremely memorable guitar intro.
The recording session for their album? Their manager didn't want it on the album, so when he went to the bathroom, they performed it -- in one take! The manager reconsidered, and here we are 56 years later admiring its brilliance.
On of my fave songs by The Animals, although my very fave song by them is “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood”. I was all of 11yrs old in 1964, when “House of The Rising Sun” came out. I was already a Beatles fan and loved The British music invasion that was beginning to happen. With few exceptions, the best music came from England back then.
"the best music came from England back then." Britain, if you please, not only "England". You are forgetting that there is more to Britain than only England. Great Britain comprises Scotland, England and Wales. Not all British bands or singers were from England. Some were Scottish (The Average White Band, Lulu, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Marmalade, Gerry Rafferty, Gallagher and Lyle, etc.). Some were from Wales, such as Dave Edmunds, Tom Jones, Shirley Bassey...So please, Britain, not simply "England"....
In my late fifties here and I didn't get to see them live until about ten years after their Peak popularity but I got to see them in a very small Club in Wichita Kansas and Eric Burdon is a short man he's the lead singer, and he still totally had it because by then he was probably only in his what maybe is 40s or something but he really brought the presence of it he really did and that guy had a voice on him for sure. The animals had some other great songs as well from back in the day
It took the British boys to bring the blues back to America in the 60s... Alan Price's organ playing is killer...coupled with Eric Burdon's voice you can't lose on this one..
+sukie584 "English boys"? British, if you please, not only "English". You are forgetting that there is more to Britain than just England. Great Britain comprises Scotland, England and Wales. Not all British bands or singers were from England. Some were Scottish (The Average White Band, Lulu, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Marmalade, Gerry Rafferty, Gallagher and Lyle, etc.). Some were from Wales, such as Dave Edmunds, Tom Jones, Shirley Bassey...So please, British, not simply "English"....
Are you kidding me? Dude have you not heard some of the singers and musicians from the UK? They kill it with singing Motown songs and playing them. Adele, Jessie Jay, Amy Winehouse and a host of others.
I played this song during guitar lesson in 1978 as a child, not having heard this version from the 60s. I moved 12 years ago to Newcastle (UK), and found out today that the lead singer with the 'attitude' and the amazing voice and soul actually grew up a few miles from where I live now...what are the odds for that ?
One of the best singers ever. Listen to the hits album. Powerful voice. He is very under rated. Everyone should know his name today. Also sang for the band "War". But he shined with The Animals.
I sorta agree, you may have not known the band but you would literally have to be living under the rock to have never heard that song.. no matter how much your musical tastes were.
@@wetdewlap8741- You'd be surprised as to how sheltered some Black people are when it comes to music. I worked with a dude who grew up in the projects in Yonkers and he knew nothing outside of Rap/Hip Hop, etc. When we would be driving around in the work truck and I'd have the classic rock station playing, noticing his reactions to certain songs was like watching this video every time. I used to think to myself, "Where the fuck did you come from bro, the land without television or something?"
@@mercianmerauder9689 I agree with you, to a degree. Lots of folks don't listen to music outside of the genre that was popular in their family or neighborhood. Lots of white folks flipped when they found out Charlie Pride, a black man, was singing their favorite country songs.
the tall ungainly bass player went on to become jimi Hendrix's manager and was instrumental in bringing him to the attention of the wider world... he was called chas chandler. : )
The closing deal? Hendrix wanted to meet Clapton. Chandler told him he could arrange for him to play with Clapton. Sealed the deal and he made it happen.
colin glen You stole my thunder Never mind.Yeah Chas gave jimi his big break in the uk and then the world.As Michael Caine once said in a film “Not a lot of people know that “!!
October 1, 1966, Jimi Hendrix jams with Cream at Regent Street Polytechnic in London. Just a week after Chas Chandler brought Hendrix to the U.K. They played Howlin Wolf's Killing Floor - not alot of people know that.
It's so good that you are willing to explore some of the great music that is not from your era. You will continue to be the renaissance man as you explore all the classics from the past.
Britain had the advantage of distance from the (US) racism affecting music respect and what was acceptable. I have actually carried some cultural shame and anger that our country had to have some little island across the Atlantic show us and evolve for us the music that was the US heritage. Well, at least someone did it. We ended up with amazing music.
@CplHicksjr, It's only slave song if you're referring to underpaid miners and the poor underclass of Europe. Research a little before you comment would be helpful.
@CplHicksjrMy response to you was that the song had nothing to do with slaves or slavery. So I'm not sure why your now referring to the original post regarding rubbish music? Eric's opinion of Amercan music is his own. Without talking directly to the man, I can only assume which genre(s) of music he was referring to. My assumption is he's talking about the teeny pop music that was currently on the charts at the time.
Licho Tropical really you refer to Anything american rubbish?! you weren't saying that back when we were kicking the shit out of you and forging a free country from your tyranny! i never meant to be insultive when i started my day but you insulted my country first! so go drink your tea and sit in the corner!
Subbed, clicked notifications. It's so precious to see a young man looking back at the roots of all music today and watching your expressions of awe at how incredible that era of music was. You're an honest young man, open and bright indeed. Can't wait to go through your videos. Again; the expression on your face as the music unfolded was priceless. You clearly recognized the power of the song. One of America's greats. Also, that song and that band was LOADED with our African American soul all throughout. I know you felt that. America would suck without our African American peeps. You've enriched our lives and souls immeasurably. Love you little brother. Keep the vids coming! You rock!
I was 10 years old when this song came out and wasn't into music at that time in my life. When I was 14 years old I became acquainted with my half brother just as he was drafted into the army, subsequently to go to Viet Nam. While he was away, I discovered his stash of 45's. This was one of them and I blasted the neighborhood with it! I LOVED it!
Eric Burdon, the lead singer of The Animals, talks in an interview about how influential Sister Rosetta Tharpe (who you listened to earlier) was to bands like his back then (The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, etc). She toured England at the beginning of The Beatles' popularity and her guitar playing and crunchy tone helped shape the development of Rock & Roll. She was huge; about the most popular gospel recording artist of the 30s & 40s, she got a lot of flack when she did secular R&B type stuff - one of the pillars of what would become Rock & Roll.
Eric Burdon was/is five foot nothing and weighed a hundred pounds soaking wet but he always reminded me of the old saying it's not the size of the dog in the fight it's the size of the fight in the dog.
James ~ personally, I never understood the interest in Mick Jagger when we had Eric Burdon . . . Burdon was far more the ‘Mick Jagger’ of the British Blues scene than Jagger was.
I was 13 years old and Erick Burdon and the Animals was a fantastic group!!! I just saw him in S.D. at the Belly Up and the man is 77 and STILL sounds GREAT!!!!!! I love him!!!!! In my opinion This is when the music just broke out!!! and we done our own thing. Thank you for the good out take on this group you need to look at some other music of this time. I wish I could go back to that time, and know what I know now. I loved your reaction and your video. Have a blessed day.
The Animals came out with this song in 1964 (I was 3 years old). I grew up listening to them and Eric Burden's deep, rich voice. However I never actually saw them perform until RUclips came out and their videos performances were uploaded. By then I was old and beaten down by life (haha not really). I was shocked by how young he looked. "What?!? This is the guy who sang Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood and We Gotta Get Out of This Place??? (and House of the Rising Sun). They look like they're dressed up for the eighth grade dance! That said, I DID see them perform during pledge week on our local PBS station and he no longer looks like he's in the eighth grade...but neither do I. :)
Me and you are the same age then. My older brothers were rarely home so I didn't get to listen to this stuff much. My brothers at the time did have every Beatles 45 they ever produced. Wish we still had them.
Fitted perfect in the film Casino, at the end. Still a classic. You had to have talent, in those days. None of this 'celebrity' BS in those days. You either had it, or you didn't.
I like your comments. That is the way the song struck me when it came out when I was in high school. But the song has great staying power as it is claimed to be older than the city of New Orleans. "Undoubtedly, “The House of the Rising Sun” is one of the most famous songs ever created. It became popular thanks to the British rock band, The Animals, but before that happened, there is a huge story-line to be tackled. "Originally a traditional folk song, “The House of the Rising Sun”, also known as “Rising Sun Blues”, tells of life in New Orleans, back in the day when poverty was the fate of many people. Like the majority of classic folk ballads, the authorship of “The House of the Rising Sun” is tricky and uncertain. "Musicologists say that it is certainly based on the broadside ballad tradition; a type of ballad which differentiated from traditional ones. They were popular between the 16th and the 19th century and unlike the traditional ballads, which were more epic in nature, they spoke of love, religion, legends, and wonders, and some were even drinking songs. The ‘broadsheet’ contained the lyrics of the song, along with the name of some popular tune that would match with the lyrics. "The ancient tune that changed modern music forever "One thing is clear, that the original “The House of the Rising Sun” is older than New Orleans itself, as the city was founded in 1718. Its lyrics were also varying and different than the one we are familiar with today. "The oldest published version of the lyrics is printed by Robert Winslow Gordon in 1925, in the Adventure Magazine, where Gordon ran a folk music column, ‘Old Songs Men Have Sung’; the magazine collected information on traditional American music from magazine’s readers. " www.thevintagenews.com/2017/01/21/the-original-song-the-house-of-the-rising-sun-is-older-than-new-orleans/
I was listening to this song as a little girl in Manchester UK. Often be on the box that's what we'd call the TV. Often people would say I'm watching the box tonight as bla bla is on . What a powerful voice that kid had.
I was going to point out that this tune would not be what it is/became without Eric Burdon's Voice and the sound of that Hammond (it's not an Organ) for that Era. Very Transformative...
@@NLB90805 looked it up , he was playing a vox continental organ....don't understand your Hammond not an organ comment....Hammond organ made by hammond organ company tells me its an organ.
The Animals were under rated. They were in the middle of the British Invasion. The hits album is great. One of the strongest voices ever. He was also in the band "War".
Eric Burdon , the singer, also did an album with War. The title is Eric Burdon declares War. One of the songs is Spill The Wine. Give that one a listen.
NunyaDammeBiznis - That record was such a different sound than had ever been done before in top 40 radio ... and I loved it. I still own the 45 (that’s the speed in RPM, for you youngsters) record which, I seem to remember, was the first ever to be recorded in stereo. It’s been a steady inhabitant of my many iPhones through the years ... and it’s still available on iTunes, kids ... Go fetch it - you won’t be sorry, believe me
I was in elementary school when this was released. It hit me hard even though I listened to country mostly. Was the first song I learned on the guitar years later. Thanx for the walk down memory lane. ✌🏽🧡😊
I was listening to The Animals when I was 7 years old. That is how old I was when this song came out. My brother is 9 years older than I am, so my musical tastes were started by him. I had no clue what this song was about until I was older, but I could sing it with them, and that’s all I cared about. Their songs ‘Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstand ‘ , ‘ We Gotta Get Out Of This Place’, ‘Bring It On Home to Me’ ‘It’s My Life’ were big hits of theirs, along with House of the Rising Sun. Later on Eric Burden and War, were on the radio a lot with ‘Spill The Wine’. A good band from my past. Their songs pop up in Vietnam war movies.
I was 11 years old, so in 1963, sitting in the car waiting for the carhop to bring our food. The local d.j .'s were discussing if this song would be banned.
I've got it on VHS (that I can't watch anymore due to not having a working VCR) and found it on DVD a few years ago. It and "Volunteers" (which I also have on DVD and VHS) are my two favorite Tom Hanks movies. =) @@rmstacy5295
His voice will never be duplicated . He just had natural ability for this song .
For all rock n roll and bluesy songs
Eric has a brutal voice.
He looks 17 and sounds 45.
He wasn't even 18....
Eric Burdon at 23, looking 17, sounding 55.
It's so true! haha
I think he's some sort of ageless primordial shapeshifting physical embodiment of every soul that would ever be in existence, ever. He has existed since before any other physical life form, yet he is so young, he hasn't even thought about being born tomorrow. He predates good and evil.
He looked like a weathered 17 lol. Maybe it's his presentation ;o Amazing though
One of the most underrated voices
I met him a couple of times in the late 90s, early 2000s. Still rocking at 60, not sure about now. Also a very modest, funny guy. (Not name dropping; he's the only rock star I ever met.)
Animals might be the most underrated English band ever.
When this came out, The Beatles were still doing "She Loves You, yeah yeah yeah" and other cheesy school girl pop. It took drugs for them to catch up with The Animals.
Do you ever just sit and gawk at the voice that came out of that dude?
they're English? English dudes who sing about "going home to New Orleans?"
Ohio Against The World What’s your point lol
@@frankiemoore9127 you really don't find it odd they'd put that in a song, being from the UK?
That line: "Oh mother, tell your children, not to do what i have done" gives me goosebumps
Same here
Best concert I've ever seen was Eric Burdon & the Animals in the 80's after they reunited. They played the University gymnasium to about 2500 and kept blowing the power out. 5 times the power went out mid song. Loudest "Fuck" in the place was from Eric when it went out again. They started at 8:00pm and played until 3:30am as they were all fired up about the power outages. I thought they'd play 'till dawn and they nearly did. Not a soul left the show as it was a magical performance to a crowd that was appreciative !
AFC Cam meee toooo...🙋🏽♀️🙋🏽♀️🙋🏽♀️🙋🏽♀️🙋🏽♀️
I actually prefer the line that comes soon after - "Well I 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." It's that moment when he knows it's wrong, he can still change his mind, but cannot do it. Just like his father was a gambler and couldnt stop, he's a chip off the old block and addicted to the brothel (The song is about a brothel in New Orleans owned by a French woman in the 19th Century, called Madame Lesoleil Levant, which translates as Mrs rising sun. IMO
@@soullimbo Exactly my thoughts, SoulLimbo! A single line in the song filled with so much foreboding and self-destruction.
Everyone loves the guitar riff but it’s the organ that made this a classic.
yep, Alan Price on the keyboards there nails it, possibly the best keyboard artist ever!!
You got that right! That organ gives the song its soul...
The Voice, the organ, and the Soul; they loved blues from USA
The same can be said for The Doors, Ray Manzarek was a virtuoso on the keys but Jimi got all the spotlight.
The organ is, I believe, a Hammond B3, which uses a tube amp to get that amazing reverberating sound.
I don't believe they're in production anymore, but they're absolutely amazing to hear when a professional plays one.
I’m loving your appreciation of the music of my generation. I’m a 70 years old Grandmother and just discovered your channel.
I'm 66 and loving these reactions to our music.
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He is the first i went on, he has been great
There are a lot of young men and women that do this thay all like the old stuff. I'm just turned 72 and think there all great
Same here. I'm 71.
Bob Dylan was stopped dead in his tracks when he heard this song on the road for the first time.
Eric Burdon had one of rock's greatest voices. Unfortunately he never did get the full recognition he really deserved. This song is a rock anthem!
I'm 71 and this was one of my favorites, loved it.....
73 yo here and, man, did we have the greatest music ever!!!
The late '50s, the '60s, '70s, through the mid-'80s were the golden age of music! The lyrics, the orchestration, the groups, and singles shaped the world as we know it
So cute
I'm 72, and I can remember what it was like to be your age.
I’m 15 and this is my favourite type of music!
The Animals were the worlds first true grunge band, 40 years ahead of their time
Minus the flannel shirts lol
You're right! Eric was ahead of his time... That voice!
I think he was perfect for his time- his voice, Janis Joplin, Joe Cocker.. The 60s were the best for music and musicians. He was right where he belonged
evesapple couldn’t have said it better
I personally think that Eric Burdon has one of the greatest voices in the music history. It's so emotional and strong and I'm always feel hypnotized by his voice
The first time I ever heard this song I was riding in my future brother in law's car (in N.O.) and it came on the radio. The DJ said that it was the best song he ever heard. He played it four times in a row and my Bro and law and I sat in the driveway and listened to all four times. I was 9 years old at the time but I'll never forget that.
That's amazing
Wow
Great story ... I'm sure it was amazing and then you couldn't just play it on You Tube ... you had to hunt it down or wait till it was on the radio again.
Great story
One of those voices that seems impossible to have come out of that face.
I think that about Jim Morrison
....and Phil Collins!
And Roy Orbison!
Yup
It cuts.
Thank you for not interrupting every 30 sec to comment, and just really listened! Also love your rewind, so funny!
Drives me crazy when the reactors do that.
Oh, you mean black people
@@anthonypetercoleman3575
Eh? Black people... what?
If you don’t want him to interrupt just watch the original video
@@rickpedia6724 you really can't blame them, they do that so RUclips won't copystrike them
That song was a #1 hit on the charts all over the world, and was done in 1 take in the studio in 1964. Great musicians. The Singer is Eric Burdon, and he just turned 80 on May 11, 2021. He’s made a lot of great music over the years. You should check our Eric Burdon & War singing the song “Spill the Wine” live version. Also their song “Tobacco Road” live.
Yes that one was awesome!! I love that one as well!!!❤❤
Eric Burdon was 23 when he sang this.
The dude had a helluva voice. That's no better exemplified than it is on this masterpiece!
I think he was even younger, what a voice!
@@JulioLeonFandinho No he was 23 in 1964.
I saw Eric Burdon 5 years ago and he still sounds the same. I was blown away.
I'm 72. I've been listening to this song since I was a kid. I've never heard a bad version and I've never heard a version that could stand in the shade of Eric Burden and the Animal's cover. Simply the best.
Yeah, he was still belting them out when I saw him in a club back in the late 80s. Good show.
I wish I could hear this song for the first time again
Shlomo Shekelberg same
Oy vey
I feel it deeper every single time I hear it, as I get older. Now I understand the pain behind it.
Fuck I need a drink now.
One day, with Alzheimer's, you will!
Shlomo Shekelberg It sure does take me back! It’s funny how young people know these old songs from today’s movies. We lived it. Good times.
This was the #1 song in the nation on the day I was born (Sept 1964). Still a great song after almost 55 years, eh?
centuryrox ..Greatest song ever written...Hands down puts chills in your spine.
Canadian eh?
@@emmahorn3469 Not at all. I was born and raised in Maryland.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Billboard_Hot_100_number-one_singles_of_1964
Emma Horn....No
It's because we still have shit dads.
And no autotune. Pure talent.
That song will be around when the earth goes up in flames
It might even be the cause of it.
Well the earth is flat, soooo
I agree. It hits you in your core, and always will.
@@caleblarue9199 What's the earth being flat got to do with my comment?
@@prestonthomas9406 you round earthers will just never get it
To me, no one can sing House of the Rising Sun like Eric Burton! I loved the Animals!
Agreed!
Johnny hallyday could!
Agree.. But the white buffalo do an amazing cover in sons of anarchy series
*Burdon
Got say last year at the Edinburgh festival there was a young street busker of about 16 and man when you closed your eyes you would have sworn it was Eric himself singing hope that kid gets a break
I love Eric Burdon !!! The vocals, and he knew how to use it! He had TALENT! NO ONE COULD SING IT AS GOOD.
I always wanted to know the name of the singer.
Yeah, he does it better than Frijid Pink.
@@ApethGrader Definitely but Frijid Pink weren't too bad either. Boy, did we have so much good music to choose from back then. So glad it's all been recorded and readily available today.
For some reason, Eric Burden always reminded me of Holden Caulfield from "Cather in the Rye."
One of the best songs ever done by a voice perfect for it.
He was a young man with an old soul and a voice that sounds like he had 60 years of hard living.
Eric Burdon - vocals
Hilton Valentine - guitar
Alan Price - keyboards
Chas Chandler - bass
John Steel - drums
Thsnk you so much
Fantastic...
Chas Chandler went on to manage other musicians.. including a certain Jimi Hendrix !!
I'm the videographer
Thank you!
The bass player (Chas Chandler) was the guy who discovered, managed and produced Jimi Hendrix!
Really? You are knowledgeable.
sean reid I learned that last semester in my American Popular Music class. I find it cool too!
Indeed he was. You can hear some common threads between the sounds.
It seems bassists were the talent scouts for the next wave of artists. The Yardbirds original bassist, Paul Samwell-Smith, produced Cat Stevens 1st album.
Ripped jimi’s family out of royalties. Jimi played guitar for little Richard . Just FYI.
Your comments are spot on, Eric Burton’s voice was way ahead of its time. For me, I was around in the Sixties and I still get goosebumps, when he sings this song... it should be the anthem for New Orleans!
md dc I don't think the chamber of commerce or the city want an anthem about a brothel.
@@keirasings1
LOL, I was going to say.
@keirasings: I stand by my previous comment, however, I should have said it could be the New Orleans Anthem. New Orleans, is certainly nothing like the rest of Louisiana.
It has its own rich traditions, unique cultures and identity. It could never be accused as being puritanical, with its history as a wild, fun, crazy party city.
As for your comments... it’s kind of ironic, that the Chamber of Commerce and the City, has likely made untold billions profiting from the (at times, sleaze) of the Mardi Gras for over a 150 years... kind of like having your cake and eating it, isn’t it?
Just noticed that I repeated that it could be the anthem of New Orleans - to quote @Kosys... “LOL”
md dc It’s “Burdon” ... jus’ sayin’.
This is one of those great songs that tells a story just as much as sings a song, and the music enhances it so well! The thing that actually amazes me the most is you have a guy (the singer Eric Burdon) that was from the U.K. but somehow he absolutely nailed the deep south U.S. sound. I mean listen to how he says New Orleans. It is so cool.
WW2 black soldiers showed up in England. There was already some blues reaching clubs in London but they brought it wholesale to a hungry audience. Not sure why it hadn't taken off in white America already but it did REALLY well over here. My grandmother was born in 1939, lived in London, evacuated to a relative for a few months and then sent back to London. She lived east London slums by the jazz clubs but also had older brothers who loved jazz and blues. She remembers black soldiers playing music in the bomb shelters as a small child. Much better than listening to bombs dropping. In Nan's teens, she loved going out to dance halls where they played to R&B and later Motown and local rock bands that would be bands like the Animals before they made it big.
A lot of the artists from the "British Invasion" would have been exposed to jazz and R&B from when they were little more than babies.
Aballad?
He is from the north of England and that is how they speak.
The original "House of the Rising Sun" by the Animals was one of the greatest pop songs ever performed. People hear that song and everything stops. It has soul, it has pain, it has life. In 1964 it was a smash hit rocketing up the Charts to #1 ranking for 3 weeks and remaining on the charts for nearly 3 months. As far as music is concerned, it's a song in it's own class.
It's a cover , not a original.
@@danjames5552 It's a cover of what? This song goes back possibly before the 20th Century with an extremely complex and convoluted history. I heard it researched a number of times, and they never found a definitive origin. It is possible its origins may have also come from Britain. More recently the 1964 Animals took the guitar part largely from Bob Dylan who recorded it in 1961 who got it from Dave Van Ronk, who probably got it from Woody Guthrie who recorded it in 1941, who probably got it from a recorded version by Roy Acuff who recorded it as "Rising Sun" in 1938 who learned it from Clarence Ashley who recorded it in 1933 (called the Rising Sun Blues), who probably got it from someone else. The list is long and kind of hazy regarding who was "First" definitive singer of the title song "The House of the Rising Sun" with the Animal title, their lyrics, and their arrangements of the 1964 version. The history of the song in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1950s had differed song titles, lyrics and musical arrangements. I believe the Animals were the first to record the song with updated title, lyrics and musical arrangements using electric musical instruments, and it became the definitive version of the song in both the United States and Britain.
@@user-DrJoe-Future read your opening line of your first comment.
As I understand it, this was recorded in one take as they only had a short amount of studio time. Amazing! The organ solo for me is just epic!
Eric Burdon was drastically under-rated.
Um Yes That’s for sure on that! That was 🔥👍🏻✌🏻
Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood.
always top rate to me.
I meant to suggest he's highly rated but even better than that. Oh lord, have I been misunderstood?
Um Yes,
don't forget Alan Price too. Check out the soundtrack he did for a film called:
_"O Lucky Man"._
I am 60 and this songs always envokes so much emotions out of me. I am child of the 60s I grew up listening to ALL types of much because my parents were church musicians so all genres of music flowed through the house. The Animals as well as the Beetles and the Rolling Stones were my favorites. I love when the younger generations are introduced to different types of sounds.
The organ player is Alan Price. Also, the bass player, Chaz Chandler was responsible for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, and the lead singer, Eric Burdon, was a very close friend of Jimi Hendrix and was with him the night he died in London. One of the truly greatest songs in pop history. Thank you, my brother.
I’d rather listen to this then today’s music
Me too, I agree. But then I am 65. However I think the 60's produced some really good music, that has rarely been matched since then.
@derek Maud
THEN: after that; next; afterward.
THAN: introducing the second element in a comparison
Then just do it. Dont listen to todays music, listen to the old songs and dont cry everywhere about it. It's fucking easy.
But this bad influences bands today
Word.
Eric Burdon WAS "ahead of his time." Try "We Gotta Get Out of this Place"
So true.
Written by Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann, who worked in the Brill Building. It was not originally intended for The Animals, though I forget who was supposed to record it. There was an interview with them on NPR and they were sort of pissed that The Animals got it first. Great song anyway, and perfect for Burdon's voice:
In this dirty old part of the city
Where the sun refuse to shine
People tell me there ain't no use in trying
Now my girl you're so young and pretty
And one thing I know is true
You'll be dead before your time is due
1 Hitter. All of them are good classics.
Jeff Stewart oh yeah just incredible wow
we gotta get out of this place, that was our song in 1968 in nam.
I feel like the 60s & 70s bands used more of a variety of instruments in their songs. Like the organ. Lots of different sounds. I heard this song was made in 1 take because they couldn't afford to pay more. The age when either you knew how to sing or you didn't. Real voices with real music. Passion too. They sang song of stories, life events, etc. Nowadays there's no passion and their certainly isn't any stories. I love this song and Eric Burden.
Chas Chandler (the bassist) "discovered" Jimi Hendrix and made him a star in England so that Hendrix could return to the USA as a star and not just a sideman.
Good info, thanks, last rock concert I saw was Jimi @ the swing. After that experience, I knew it couldn't be beat.
By the time he was discovered he was already a very establish Studio player. Had played with the Isley Brothers and was the guitarist for the Little Richard band. Had a blues band with a sixteen-year-old kid whom he gave the name Randy California. Yes the lead guitarist from Spirit. I think he had already been discovered. The world just didn't know about him yet
And Eric Burden discovered War.
Eric Burden was the lead singer for War. Spill the Wine.
it's over 1/2 a century old & it's still fantastic
The song was already old when the Animals were born! It holds up.
@@millwaterpublishing1387 true
This is an epic song. I remember when it came out. I was in grade 10 and it was the time of the British Invasion around 1964. It was a time when your song didn't get played if it was over a couple of minutes long. This song broke the mould. It was so good radio stations played it all the way through. Actually there were a few stations that cut out the instrumental break in the middle to shorten it up but most didn't and from then on records became longer. The Animals were from Newcastle.
The Louisiana of England.
This is why I watch reaction videos because people always give great information snippets like this. I'd never know that since I was not around during those times (still decades from my celebrated arrival).
Gareth Goodchild I agree. The same thing happened with Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody. They both were very unique in their own right.
My dad was 4 years old
I'm so fucking blessed with a rock radio station that not only plays every song full without cutting, they often play the live version. I once got in my car after work, they played Deep Purple, Child in time. I tuned in right when it started as I pulled out of the parking lot and waited 5 minutes in front of my house, because the song wasn't over. It's a 30min drive ... 😁
I was born in '54 so I grew up on this music and some of the most memorable soul, protest and hippie music of all time; you got a lotta of catchin' up to do hon ;)
yep... darned if I know how in the heck you can listen to the stuff they have now, after hearing 'our folks' music...
Donna, I have ten years on you - I was born in ‘44 and from early teens on listened to the great music we had back then. Don’t know what has happened to groups today - not impressed by too many of them. My daughters are both in their forties now and they agree with me. I obviously raised them right!!
"he's taking you to church on that organ" - awesome response.
I caught that as well and thought what a great and right- on-the-money expression and compliment.
Alan Price is the son of a church organist, IIRC.
The original was done in one take with 15 minutes of studio time and recorded in mono. I remember seeing this as my first song video lead before an afternoon movie in a small theater in the sixties. We sat stunned for half of the movie. The organ was a marvel of its time and the vocal was hauntingly savage. It stole all the oxygen out of the theater.
Bentriverrusher now that was a description! Well said
Yes, that's right, and as I said above, I saw them perform it later the same day! They recorded their first album in two hours! Basically, they just turned up, played their stage set, and left. I expect you know it, but for those who don't, there are some classics on there. Doing this one in one take is remarkable: ruclips.net/video/pcU5dWEGn6s/видео.html Here's what they were like in live performance in early 1964 -- wild! ruclips.net/video/rM_SkVc12Nc/видео.html Note Alan Price looking worried the scaffolding is going to collapse on his head. This comes from a once-in-a-lifetime TV show featuring Jerry Lee, Little Richard, Gene Vincent and several others. Jerry Lee in particular is fantastic -- the authority in his voice! ruclips.net/video/zmS84WtI6v8/видео.html
I love how the animals are so calm when playing but have so much heart and energy behind their music.
Yes!!! They rocked hard, but made it look easy. 😍
I absolutely agree!!!
You realize this is not a live performance, right?
@@freedapeeple4049 That's beside the point, they still rock the song🤗
This song will always remind me of my dad. I miss him so much. He was in the army during Vietnam and these old songs remind me of that time period and him when he met my mom. Love this.
SurferGirl same! Mines the one who taught me this
Ironically this song is from 1905 and is a blues/folk classic. And nobody did it better than Eric Burdon.
Any song Eric Burdon did was impossible to top. Thinking of Inside Looking Out (although not a cover). Maybe his best? That's just my opinion though!
I like the vibe of the Leadbelly version. But this rendition always blows me away.
The song probably goes back way further, into the 19th or even the 18th century. It used to have 'girl' lyrics. Eric Burdon and the Animals changed the words to suit a boy singing, and today even girls sing it with boy lyrics.
@@mangstadt1 True. It goes way back. And I heard its roots are in Europe. England, Scotland, somewhere in that area.
its supposed to be a Welsh work song that came over in the late 1800s
Love your reaction, the fact that you didn’t interrupt during the video says you enjoyed this tune as much as I did 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
From Songfacts: The song is about a brothel in New Orleans. "The House Of The Rising Sun" was named after its occupant Madame Marianne LeSoleil Levant (which means "Rising Sun" in French) and was open for business from 1862 (occupation by Union troops) until 1874, when it was closed due to complaints by neighbors.
Thank you for this info. I have always wondered about the story of this song.
" until 1874, when it was closed due to complaints by neighbors."
Damned HOAs....
@@mfree80286 LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!
Also,this was orginaly recored by a man named lead belly
@Nancy Godsey Like many songs, I'm sure this one is about more than one subject and given its origins, may have tried to include many facets of what was going on at the time.
One of my favorite songs. The hook his voice and that organ is awesome half a century later. That's staying power.
Eric Burton, like so many kids in post-war England, used to hang out in the pubs listening to black American blues singers who couldn't get gigs in the states. He heard this particular song when he was 12 yrs old and swore some day he'd record it himself.
It's a "testimonial" from the old gospel tradition, a cautionary tale confessed in church. Eric Burton and many others learned from the masters of gospel, blues, and rock and roll. They had to formally introduce it to most Americans.
Absolutely true and ironic that Americans were listening to this "new" music that was their own bur, somehow didn't get it. Now, much of it is because the Brits listened to and loved black music whereas, at that time, a large percentage of Americans never did.
@@gwine9087 Just more proof it absolutely shouldn't matter what you look like. If you can sing/play, that is all that matters.
Ty you said you want to know where we were when we first heard this song. Well, you asked for it. I was in the back seat with my boyfriend. He's now my husband. We've been married for 45 years this year. ✌
Awesome!!
😕
I love seeing people experience great music for the first time... thanks for sharing!
Really you believe hes not heard most of these songs before some people are so gullible smh
This song came out in 1964 and I was 12 years old and I still remember where I was the first time I heard it. The Animals have always ben one of my favorite groups.
Wow your really pulling out the best tonight.Great song
That song is 100% BLUES! Yes, Rhythm and Blues and done right! new born baby!
Eric Burdon was an AMAZING blues shouter.
He's actually still doing his thing! He put out a pretty cool record with The Greenhornes a few years back.
IS an amazing blues shouter. Our man is still with us.
@Todd Foret and it was brilliant too! :)
When I was a kid & I heard this on the radio, it gave me shivers, chills & goosebumps!
Also, the vocals (especially "Oh mother, tell your children ..." & the "One foot on the platform ..." bit) always left me breathless & literally gasping for air! Such powerful stuff from such young (& baby-faced) guys!
Thrilling stuff ... & still powerful so many years later!
The animals come from my home town, they rock
I was 4 years old when this cane out..
More than 50 years later the lead singer Eric Burden is still giving his all
You a geordie?
Mac Not ALL are Geordies.
One was a mackem.
I grew up in the 60's and 70's two of the most influential and best decades for pop music. Performances by TALENTED people never grow old.
Released in late 1964, "The House Of The Rising Sun" reached #1 in the UK and the USA by January 1965.
Stayed at #1 in the US for 3wks.
This is a huuuuge classic. I was 4 when this came out and already immensely impressed. Saw him perform this live in 2003 at 5 m from the stage, even filmed it and it was even morevimpressive……this song is a GIGANTIC classic
The Animals were "on fire" at "The House of The Rising Son" recording session especially Eric Burdon doing the vocal and Alan Price playing that bluesy organ so magnificently. Great work by the whole band including Chas Chandler on bass, John Steel on drums and Hilton Valentine on guitar , with his extremely memorable guitar intro.
The recording session for their album? Their manager didn't want it on the album, so when he went to the bathroom, they performed it -- in one take! The manager reconsidered, and here we are 56 years later admiring its brilliance.
On of my fave songs by The Animals, although my very fave song by them is “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood”. I was all of 11yrs old in 1964, when “House of The Rising Sun” came out. I was already a Beatles fan and loved The British music invasion that was beginning to happen. With few exceptions, the best music came from England back then.
Kim Huckaby So House of the Rising Sun came out in 1964? Well. Depending on which month, I would have been 3 or 4. Lol
Agreed. I was 14 when this song came out and I was transfixed. British rock was the best!!
"the best music came from England back then." Britain, if you please, not only "England". You are forgetting that there is more to Britain than only England. Great Britain comprises Scotland, England and Wales. Not all British bands or singers were from England. Some were Scottish (The Average White Band, Lulu, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Marmalade, Gerry Rafferty, Gallagher and Lyle, etc.). Some were from Wales, such as Dave Edmunds, Tom Jones, Shirley Bassey...So please, Britain, not simply "England"....
Second the Animals "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood." And, for a real treat, listen to the Nina Simone's version....bluesy and passionate.....
I love the songs of the animals and Eric Burdon
Love the organ solo by Alan Price. Genius!
Alan price one of the greatest ever .👍👍👍👍
Oh my god YES!!! I play but I can't even TOUCH Alan Price!!!
Alan price was beyond great ( fkn amazing)Eric burdon enough said .👍👍👍👍👍👍
Price screwed the band by taking the royalties for this song
Ken Machek.... reminds me of the doors the organ.
In my late fifties here and I didn't get to see them live until about ten years after their Peak popularity but I got to see them in a very small Club in Wichita Kansas and Eric Burdon is a short man he's the lead singer, and he still totally had it because by then he was probably only in his what maybe is 40s or something but he really brought the presence of it he really did and that guy had a voice on him for sure. The animals had some other great songs as well from back in the day
It took the British boys to bring the blues back to America in the 60s... Alan Price's organ playing is killer...coupled with Eric Burdon's voice you can't lose on this one..
+sukie584
"English boys"? British, if you please, not only "English". You are forgetting that there is more to Britain than just England. Great Britain comprises Scotland, England and Wales. Not all British bands or singers were from England. Some were Scottish (The Average White Band, Lulu, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Marmalade, Gerry Rafferty, Gallagher and Lyle, etc.). Some were from Wales, such as Dave Edmunds, Tom Jones, Shirley Bassey...So please, British, not simply "English"....
@@lorddaver5729 well said 👍
@@lorddaver5729 Mea Culpa.. You are correct and I will correct it.. Forgive me my lord.
Are you kidding me? Dude have you not heard some of the singers and musicians from the UK? They kill it with singing Motown songs and playing them. Adele, Jessie Jay, Amy Winehouse and a host of others.
@@lorddaver5729 ok, ok, don't get yer white fronts in a twist. We be generalizing for simplicity's sake.
I absolutely love the organ part. Gives me the chills every time I hear it. 💜💜💜💜💜
Allan Price. Genius. See the film O Lucky Man.
This song gives me chills every time I hear it. It was beautiful watching it get you too.
I played this song during guitar lesson in 1978 as a child, not having heard this version from the 60s. I moved 12 years ago to Newcastle (UK), and found out today that the lead singer with the 'attitude' and the amazing voice and soul actually grew up a few miles from where I live now...what are the odds for that ?
One of the best songs of the 60s! It's unique for giving the lead riff to the organ, instead of a traditional guitar.
One of the best singers ever. Listen to the hits album. Powerful voice. He is very under rated. Everyone should know his name today. Also sang for the band "War". But he shined with The Animals.
You have no idea how strange it is to watch you listen to songs you have never heard but that I grew up with...also very interesting.
He can easy say he never heard US national anthem...
I don't buy that "I never hear before"
All that song in reactions are iconic hits
I sorta agree, you may have not known the band but you would literally have to be living under the rock to have never heard that song.. no matter how much your musical tastes were.
@@wetdewlap8741- You'd be surprised as to how sheltered some Black people are when it comes to music. I worked with a dude who grew up in the projects in Yonkers and he knew nothing outside of Rap/Hip Hop, etc. When we would be driving around in the work truck and I'd have the classic rock station playing, noticing his reactions to certain songs was like watching this video every time. I used to think to myself, "Where the fuck did you come from bro, the land without television or something?"
It's fun to watch him! I get a kick out of this channel.
@@mercianmerauder9689 I agree with you, to a degree. Lots of folks don't listen to music outside of the genre that was popular in their family or neighborhood. Lots of white folks flipped when they found out Charlie Pride, a black man, was singing their favorite country songs.
the tall ungainly bass player went on to become jimi Hendrix's manager and was instrumental in bringing him to the attention of the wider world... he was called chas chandler. : )
The closing deal? Hendrix wanted to meet Clapton. Chandler told him he could arrange for him to play with Clapton. Sealed the deal and he made it happen.
Also don’t forget he steered Slade to success ,thanks chas two of my favourites!
colin glen You stole my thunder
Never mind.Yeah Chas gave jimi his big break in the uk and then the world.As Michael Caine once said in a film
“Not a lot of people know that “!!
October 1, 1966, Jimi Hendrix jams with Cream at Regent Street Polytechnic in London. Just a week after Chas Chandler brought Hendrix to the U.K. They played Howlin Wolf's Killing Floor - not alot of people know that.
@@winterlandboy yea and Jimi came over here and "Blew The Bloody Doors Off"
It's so good that you are willing to explore some of the great music that is not from your era. You will continue to be the renaissance man as you explore all the classics from the past.
"we (British Rockers) reached into America's rubbish pail and pulled out culture." Eric Burdon talking about where British Rock found its soul.
Britain had the advantage of distance from the (US) racism affecting music respect and what was acceptable. I have actually carried some cultural shame and anger that our country had to have some little island across the Atlantic show us and evolve for us the music that was the US heritage. Well, at least someone did it. We ended up with amazing music.
@CplHicksjr = That is culture. No matter where it came from.
@CplHicksjr, It's only slave song if you're referring to underpaid miners and the poor underclass of Europe. Research a little before you comment would be helpful.
@CplHicksjrMy response to you was that the song had nothing to do with slaves or slavery. So I'm not sure why your now referring to the original post regarding rubbish music?
Eric's opinion of Amercan music is his own. Without talking directly to the man, I can only assume which genre(s) of music he was referring to. My assumption is he's talking about the teeny pop music that was currently on the charts at the time.
Licho Tropical really you refer to Anything american rubbish?! you weren't saying that back when we were kicking the shit out of you and forging a free country from your tyranny! i never meant to be insultive when i started my day but you insulted my country first! so go drink your tea and sit in the corner!
Subbed, clicked notifications. It's so precious to see a young man looking back at the roots of all music today and watching your expressions of awe at how incredible that era of music was. You're an honest young man, open and bright indeed. Can't wait to go through your videos. Again; the expression on your face as the music unfolded was priceless. You clearly recognized the power of the song. One of America's greats. Also, that song and that band was LOADED with our African American soul all throughout. I know you felt that. America would suck without our African American peeps. You've enriched our lives and souls immeasurably. Love you little brother. Keep the vids coming! You rock!
inetfraud A lot of the British Invasion music was influenced by African American blues which many of these British musicians listened to.
That voice is like no other takes my breath away -more on the British Invasion Please !!!
I was 10 years old when this song came out and wasn't into music at that time in my life. When I was 14 years old I became acquainted with my half brother just as he was drafted into the army, subsequently to go to Viet Nam. While he was away, I discovered his stash of 45's. This was one of them and I blasted the neighborhood with it! I LOVED it!
I was 10 years old in 1964. That song was played constantly. The stations played the short version back then.
Eric Burdon, the lead singer of The Animals, talks in an interview about how influential Sister Rosetta Tharpe (who you listened to earlier) was to bands like his back then (The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, etc). She toured England at the beginning of The Beatles' popularity and her guitar playing and crunchy tone helped shape the development of Rock & Roll. She was huge; about the most popular gospel recording artist of the 30s & 40s, she got a lot of flack when she did secular R&B type stuff - one of the pillars of what would become Rock & Roll.
don't take this wrong but that would be Burdon not Burton
You’re right chris - I don’t know if my finger slipped or I wasn’t thinking, but I do know that (he’s a favorite).
Eric Burdon was/is five foot nothing and weighed a hundred pounds soaking wet but he always reminded me of the old saying it's not the size of the dog in the fight it's the size of the fight in the dog.
James ~ personally, I never understood the interest in Mick Jagger when we had Eric Burdon . . . Burdon was far more the ‘Mick Jagger’ of the British Blues scene than Jagger was.
@@MickeyHaistSr Probably because Mick Jagger is eccentric as Eric Burdon is laid back and didn't play for the spotlight. Maybe?
I was 13 years old and Erick Burdon and the Animals was a fantastic group!!! I just saw him in S.D. at the Belly Up and the man is 77 and STILL sounds GREAT!!!!!! I love him!!!!! In my opinion This is when the music just broke out!!! and we done our own thing. Thank you for the good out take on this group you need to look at some other music of this time. I wish I could go back to that time, and know what I know now. I loved your reaction and your video. Have a blessed day.
Pretty sure that's a different group, isn't it? Or there's some awesome group of some person and the animals that is different.
Great performance when he does it live. He was also a founding member of WAR. Great performer. Very passionate.
The Animals came out with this song in 1964 (I was 3 years old). I grew up listening to them and Eric Burden's deep, rich voice. However I never actually saw them perform until RUclips came out and their videos performances were uploaded. By then I was old and beaten down by life (haha not really). I was shocked by how young he looked. "What?!? This is the guy who sang Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood and We Gotta Get Out of This Place??? (and House of the Rising Sun). They look like they're dressed up for the eighth grade dance! That said, I DID see them perform during pledge week on our local PBS station and he no longer looks like he's in the eighth grade...but neither do I. :)
They did, didn't they? All looked SO young!
I was 13! What a great time to be a teenager!
Me and you are the same age then. My older brothers were rarely home so I didn't get to listen to this stuff much. My brothers at the time did have every Beatles 45 they ever produced. Wish we still had them.
He's still around, well he was a few years ago, caught his show along with Rare Earth. The voice hasn't lost much
He’s currently 77 and was touring as recently as last May according to his website.
Fitted perfect in the film Casino, at the end. Still a classic. You had to have talent, in those days. None of this 'celebrity' BS in those days. You either had it, or you didn't.
Look.. Why take a chance?
Poor ol' Ginger. Love that scene
And you knew it was skill based because looks didnt matter. If you had it, you had it!
I like your comments. That is the way the song struck me when it came out when I was in high school. But the song has great staying power as it is claimed to be older than the city of New Orleans.
"Undoubtedly, “The House of the Rising Sun” is one of the most famous songs ever created. It became popular thanks to the British rock band, The Animals, but before that happened, there is a huge story-line to be tackled.
"Originally a traditional folk song, “The House of the Rising Sun”, also known as “Rising Sun Blues”, tells of life in New Orleans, back in the day when poverty was the fate of many people. Like the majority of classic folk ballads, the authorship of “The House of the Rising Sun” is tricky and uncertain.
"Musicologists say that it is certainly based on the broadside ballad tradition; a type of ballad which differentiated from traditional ones. They were popular between the 16th and the 19th century and unlike the traditional ballads, which were more epic in nature, they spoke of love, religion, legends, and wonders, and some were even drinking songs. The ‘broadsheet’ contained the lyrics of the song, along with the name of some popular tune that would match with the lyrics.
"The ancient tune that changed modern music forever
"One thing is clear, that the original “The House of the Rising Sun” is older than New Orleans itself, as the city was founded in 1718. Its lyrics were also varying and different than the one we are familiar with today.
"The oldest published version of the lyrics is printed by Robert Winslow Gordon in 1925, in the Adventure Magazine, where Gordon ran a folk music column, ‘Old Songs Men Have Sung’; the magazine collected information on traditional American music from magazine’s readers. "
www.thevintagenews.com/2017/01/21/the-original-song-the-house-of-the-rising-sun-is-older-than-new-orleans/
I was listening to this song as a little girl in Manchester UK. Often be on the box that's what we'd call the TV.
Often people would say I'm watching the box tonight as bla bla is on . What a powerful voice that kid had.
I'm old enough to have flipped out over The Animals and especially this song. My Dad hated them naturally.
Alan Price just wrung every last drop from that Hammond organ....classic.
I was going to point out that this tune would not be what it is/became without Eric Burdon's Voice and the sound of that Hammond (it's not an Organ) for that Era. Very Transformative...
@@NLB90805 looked it up , he was playing a vox continental organ....don't understand your Hammond not an organ comment....Hammond organ made by hammond organ company tells me its an organ.
David Stevens .
The cone spinning in the Leslie amplifier just makes the organ shine.
He played like he had a Black Grandmama who was a church organist!!
This blew everything out of the water in '64 even the Beatles.
Robert Broatch the Animals were my non-Beatles favorite band.
Dude!
I'm 53 and like you, I've heard it somewhere, but I finally watched it.
I agree with everything you said about it!
I'll subscribe!
I've always loved Eric Burdon's (the lead singer of the Animals) look. He looks truly deceptively evil, with just something lurking behind his eyes.
Evil??? I see pure genius lurking behind his eyes.
I wouldn’t say evil.. lol
devious maybe sinister
*When I first heard this song, "The House of the Rising Sun" I fell in love with it! It has true meaning! Today's music is all crazy!*
Amen Lisa Amen!🎼🌸❣️😊🦋
The Animals were under rated. They were in the middle of the British Invasion. The hits album is great. One of the strongest voices ever. He was also in the band "War".
This song came out of nowhere and blew us away. The animals were my band as a young teen, starting high school. Eric Burden can put on a good show.
Eric Burdon , the singer, also did an album with War. The title is Eric Burdon declares War. One of the songs is Spill The Wine. Give that one a listen.
I was going to mention Spill the Wine. Burdon and War together were amazing
NunyaDammeBiznis Eric Burdon wrote Spill the Wine
NunyaDammeBiznis wow
NunyaDammeBiznis - That record was such a different sound than had ever been done before in top 40 radio ... and I loved it.
I still own the 45 (that’s the speed in RPM, for you youngsters) record which, I seem to remember, was the first ever to be recorded in stereo.
It’s been a steady inhabitant of my many iPhones through the years ... and it’s still available on iTunes, kids ... Go fetch it - you won’t be sorry, believe me
@@NorbCat Not a youngster, I'm over 50. I definitely remember .
Yes he was out front in British soul music. Such a powerful voice.
Before there was Jim Morrison...there was Eric Burden. Resident bad boy. 1964
Ohh jim
In addition to being a #1 chart topper, House of the Rising Sun, was in the movie “Casino” and on the TV show “ Sons of Anarchy “
This channel is so addictive, it's like I'm watching the performances through his eyes.
First joint UK and USA number 1 at the same time in pop history ! : )) Classic stuff! : ))
I was in elementary school when this was released. It hit me hard even though I listened to country mostly. Was the first song I learned on the guitar years later. Thanx for the walk down memory lane. ✌🏽🧡😊
I appreciate the musician varieties you post online, and value your openness 🎶 🎹🎤🎼🎺🥁🪗🎸🪕🎷🎻🎧🎷 I say, you go guy🎯
I was listening to The Animals when I was 7 years old. That is how old I was when this song came out. My brother is 9 years older than I am, so my musical tastes were started by him. I had no clue what this song was about until I was older, but I could sing it with them, and that’s all I cared about. Their songs ‘Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstand ‘ ,
‘ We Gotta Get Out Of This Place’,
‘Bring It On Home to Me’
‘It’s My Life’ were big hits of theirs, along with House of the Rising Sun. Later on Eric Burden and War, were on the radio a lot with ‘Spill The Wine’. A good band from my past. Their songs pop up in Vietnam war movies.
I loved Eric Burdon's cover of "16 Tons" that was used in "Joe vs. the Volcano," too =)
Wasn't the music beautiful back then.
I was 11 years old, so in 1963, sitting in the car waiting for the carhop to bring our food. The local d.j .'s were discussing if this song would be banned.
@@jamesanthony8438 I think I was one of the 11 people that seen that horrible flick
I've got it on VHS (that I can't watch anymore due to not having a working VCR) and found it on DVD a few years ago. It and "Volunteers" (which I also have on DVD and VHS) are my two favorite Tom Hanks movies. =) @@rmstacy5295