🎵 The Animals - House of the Rising Sun (1964) Reaction
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- This is our first time hearing The Animals. We're starting with House Of The Rising Sun. This is an oldie, but is it a goodie?
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Fun fact: The Animals nailed the song in one take at a recording studio in London; that's all they had for time and money. Wasn't expected to be a hit; they needed a song for the B side of their record and this was it.
Fun fact, this is a Bob Dylan song LOL
@@jakeriffle6719 No, he just covered it
@@jakeriffle6719 No, it was written by that great song-writing duo Trad & Anon. Dylan and the Animals just re-interpreted it.
Plus they brought there equipment on the train from newcastle to london, then the underground to the studios, cut the track, then straight back to newcastle
You can tell the guys on guitar are getting tired and cramping.
The house of the rising sun is - as it would be called back in the day - a house of ill repute. A brothel, casino, bar, drug den etc. somewhere where you could lose your money and reputation on girls, booze, drugs and cards.
Oh, Vagas.
Thank you for breaking ur down for Brad!! I was going nuts like " someone explain this shit to him so he will understand!!" I didn't want to get into a whole thing,so thanks for saving me from having to!!😂😂😂
@@stephaniegeer1691 My thoughts exactly 🤣🤣🤣 !!! When I do it, I get long winded and usually, someone will attack me for having an opinion. Now, that wouldn't stop me from doing it, but it's nice, every now and then, if someone takes the hit FOR me 😁😊👍😎.
@@deadringer8050 No one knows for sure, but I think it's most likely a prison too. Old time residents have talked of a prison with a rising sun decoration on top of the gates and pointed out its exact location. And a prison is usually where you go to wear a ball and chain.
@@ptournas
I've always thought of it as about a prison also, because they used to be called "houses" of correction,.
The House of the Rising Sun is meant to represent a business dedicated to vices. Sort of a bar/gambling den/brothel all wrapped up into one, somewhat like an old west saloon. The song tells the story of someone who gave into his desires in that place and basically lost it all, but can't keep himself from going back. He's learned enough to warn others away from it, even if he can't heed his own advice.
Thanks, best explanation of the song I have ever heard. Makes sense
Fantastic explanation!
The part about tell your children… That was always great
The worst thing was, his father did the same so it a cycle that repeats itself.
also he's telling the consequences of his poor choices, that he is headed to prison, "one foot on the platform the other foot on the train, I'm going back to New Orleans to wear that ball and chain"
This song is an absolute classic.
The singer, Eric Burdon, is 23 in this video. Other hit songs by The Animals; It's My Life, Don't Let me be Misunderstood and We've Gotta Get Outta this Place. All 3 from 1965.
Don't forget Sky Pilot
Those are the exact same I was going to suggest
he looks like 16
@@TheThinkthin yeah I wouldn't have guessed older than 20
Eric has such an amazing rock/soul vocal range... Chills everytime I hear this song man
The organist simply killed it on this song!
Alan Price
@@steveaga4683 His name is little Alan Price 😀 ( Jarrow Song ) and an absolute legend 🙏
Alan Price soon killed the group through his deceitful greed.
Alan Price on his Vox Continental absolutey smashes it !
sure did
"I wish I could make out the vocals better."
It's literally one of the most most vocally clear rock songs I've ever heard.
Dude is slow. He always stops the video when it’s so obvious that the song is about to pick up.
@@jackiepage6120 If you just want to listen to the music, go watch the official video. This is a reaction channel. You shouldn't be here if you don't want the music being paused.
@@KurNorock he means that sometimes he doesn't get the lyrics cause he keeps pausing. He should atleast pause at the right time. Or better just pull out the lyrics while listening to the song i dont understand why they have to guess the lyrics based on the vocalists sometimes its really hard to make out what they are saying
@@KurNorock you're slow if you didn't understand what Jackie was saying.
I missed some of the lyrics watching it. But what is thrilling is how easily he goes from a low register in his vocal range to hit those high full throated notes
The Hammond organ gave so much character to this, and many other songs from the 60s. You don’t get that from current keyboards.
Actually it’s a Vox Continental organ, not a Hammond. But you’re right about what a great instrument the Hammond is.
Pretty sure you can get 'exactly' that as one choice on some modern and/or slightly old school keyboards. And yeah, a sound that really locks down an era every time you hear it.
Was this the same type of organ used by Ray manzarek from the doors ??
The great Alan Price!and Chas Chandler on bass who became Jimi Hendrixi’s manager
Eric Burdon is a legend. checkout his other stuff: War, "Spill the Wine" is awesome. The tall red head is Chas Chandler was the man who spent his own money to help Jimi Hendrix Get his start, after Chas got to see him in a private venue and was blown away.
Spill the Wine is a must!!
Yes! “Spill the wine” is one of the most badass songs ever written. 💕💕
@@bethking4005 yep
@@bethking4005 Also as"Tobacco Road"..
especially the live version of spill the wine
This song still, at times, gives me the chills.
Brad & Lex, this group (Newcastle) was very heavily influenced by Black Rock & Roll, early R&B and Chicago Blues. Sam Cooke, John Lee Hooker, Bo Diddley, Fats Domino, etc.
Reminds me of some happy days with family
"It sounds old..." yes it does. The song has been around for over a hundred years, and was based on legends older than that. Old school for real!
Thing about Brad is that he wants to understand what a song is about on the first listen. But so many great songs have obscure or distorted lyrics, and hidden meanings. A great song will always reward repeat listens.
The Animals really take this track to church with Eric Burdon's singing and the haunting organ music. Great reaction and you also may like Eric Burdon and War - Spill the wine.
Look up Leadbelly 1930s
@@bobmclemore Yea, I love Nirvana's cover of 'Where did you sleep last night' and a bit of delta blues like Robert Johnson, Lightnin' Hopkins etc.
Spill the wine was the first thing that came to mind for me for the same kind of feeling
Yes! SPILL THE WINE!
Chas Chandler's Opening Bass line is fantastic too.
This song has such a long storied history. No one can really pinpoint when or where it originated from
The earliest version I’ve heard is by leadbelly with his wife on vocals...it’s pretty fucking haunting
In the South You could by sheet music of African American street vendors back in the 20th century, often the songs contained lyrics about recent news events, see variation of songs about the titanic sinking. But also just about things happening around the in the local area. House of the Rising Sun was no doubt spread and sung round The south and how it ended up with Leadbelly, who sang a lot of heritage songs that dated back decades and decades. It’s an amazingly interesting area to read about!
@@bladant Well in fact, the song has roots all the way to Germany and Italy in the 1600s.
@@tomtomthebear I think Leadbelly got it from Woody Guthrie. They played together many times.
We did a mash up of this mixed with where did you sleep last night! They fit perfectly 👌👌👌
It is nice to see young people react to our old music of the 60,s. We had an abundance of good music back then.
I heard this son in 1965 for the first time and it has been in my hearts since then.
Eric had a voice sharp as a razor. from low to high, I love it.
We had a stage band in High School in 1976 and the band director told us we were going to play this
for our fall concert in front of the school and our parents. It brought the house down!!
Their song We Gotta Get Out Of This Place was the anthem of the American soldiers in Vietnam
Was in the movie Hamburger Hill
This is a stone cold classic song. Eric Burdon is an iconic singer. Check out the song "Spill The Wine" when he was the singer for the funk/soul band War.
Yes!
As a child I thought the lyrics were "spill the wine, take that girl" and I was like, where are they going in such a hurry? lol
He is the singer in War?
@@tylersimplot13 Yes, for their first 2 albums (in 1970), "Eric Burdon Declares War" and "The Black Man's Burdon." The song "Spill The Wine" was a huge hit.
Yasssss!
They came out during the British Invasion of the mid 60’s. Fantastic music.
"House of the Rising Sun"; is a traditional folk song, sometimes called "". It tells of a person's life gone wrong in the city of New Orleans. Many versions also urge a sibling or parents and children to avoid the same fate. The most successful commercial version, recorded in 1964 by the British rock band the Animals, was a number one hit on the UK Singles Chart and in the US and Canada.
Alan Price on the Organ! My era again, in the Pub with my Geordie mates!
I think a hyperlink or something dropped out when you copy/pasted this.
Eric Burden has a great voice. The bassist here went on to be the manager for Jimi Hendrix.
He also managed Slade who were massive in the UK in the 70s.
Chas also produced both.
Gave him a grubstake too and a place to crash before he was anybody .
the bass line in this son gis amazing, I didn't know he produced Hendrix
As far as I understand The house of the rising sun is a brothel in New Orleans. Great reaction once again. thanks guys!
Yes a gambling house and whorehouse...
I'm on Travelocity booking a stay now sounds like a great time
@@walterstanfield3662 masks (the leather kind) and “protection “ can be bought on site.
In the French version, Les Portes du Pénitencier, it's actually a prison. It was very popular here in Québec from the 70' to 90's.
@@walterstanfield3662 oh shit. Walter went there with that joke. Lol. Or maybe he’s actually going to go there. Either way I’m howling.
"There is a house in New Orleans they call "The Rising Sun". It's been the ruin of many a poor boy; God I know I'm one.
My mother was a tailor, she sewed my new blue jeans. My father was a gambling man down in New Orleans. Now, the only thing a gambler needs is a suitcase and a trunk and the only time that he is satisfied is when he's on a drunk.
Oh mothers, tell your children not to do what I have done: Spend their lives in sin and misery in The House of the Rising Sun.
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."
Grew up in Reno NV it was called Mustang Bridge Ranch,, if you could get $10 and it up you were good to go
The UK has produced so many world class talented musicians.
The Animals were before my time, but the first time I heard 'House Of The Rising Son', I was mesmerised - the guitars, Alan Price’s un-believ-able organ playing, BUT where does Eric Burton get that amazing voice - just WOW! I will never tire of listening to this song💖 It can only be described as MUSICAL GENIUS!👏
The tall Bass Player at the back : Chas Chandler was The Manager of Jimi Hendrix after his playing days were no more...
I would like to bet that Eric smoked a lot.
@@Isleofskye and he had to duck to get under the scenery.
Saw them ' love them,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Went to war in 67 with that sound in my head.....
He got that voice from yelling a lot no doubt.
The bass player - Chas Chandler - is responsible for introducing an unknown Hendrix to England, where he became his manager.
No you're dead wrong. I don't think Hendrix ever managed anyone. I don't think he had any interest.
@@TheRealBoroNut Chas Chandler became Hendrix's manager is what he is saying doh!!!
@@NicholasWarnertheFirst Wooosh!
"We gotta get out of this place" another song you might enjoy by The Animals. You're lucky you didn't have to live through the 60's, they were rough...
It's amazing how good this looks after being HD remastered. Looks like it was filmed yesterday.
I’ve listening to this song so much as a kid with my dad but it hits different listening to it as an adult. That dude has lived.
Same ❤
'Don't let me be misunderstood' is my favorite by the Animals.
'We've gotta get outta this place'.
This song reached Number One on Billboard. Stayed number one for seven weeks.
Realizing these kids, back then, could create such music due to their talent! These guys are 80+ now if all are still around...the age of my parents. Eric's voice is so professional, no high pitched notes (like the 50s, or the BeeGees during the 70s).
The Animals had a brief, bright run in the Sixties, and then they went their separate ways. Lead singer Eric Burdon had a long and excellent career, working with many other famed musicians and in several other bands most notably with the group WAR. The song "Spill The Wine" is an ultimate blending of about four styles of music on one song. You will enjoy that one for sure.
Eric Burdon is a legend! So glad I got to see him in concert.
Couple trivia points about this--1) It was shot in one take because they didn't have money to film it more than once. 2) The tall guitar player in the back discovered Jimmy Hendrix playing in a London club and helped him put together a band, The Jimmy Hendrix Experience and became the manager.
No Auto tune either, Pure Vocals. Eric Burdon is Fantastic. Try War's Spill the Wine. Hands down Awesome!
Had to find the misinformed boomer comment, auto tune has been used for 2+ decades to enhance vocals. Before that, they still tuned vocals all the time, it just wasn't automatic like the name "auto-tune" implies. You've probably listened to dozens and dozens of songs that have the vocals tampered with to improve the quality, essentially the same thing as autotune.
@@EtopiaCA sorry I'm not a boomer thank you though!
@@vampgrl79 Well I'm glad I could inform somebody of the mistake they're perpetuating by commenting on auto-tune while not understanding it.
@@EtopiaCA Actually Auto tune was invented in 1996 and wasn't used until. 1998. Please look it up! Speaking of you being misinformed! Millennial.
@@vampgrl79 I said that autotune has been used for two decades+, aka 20+ years, aka close to 1998. Then I proceeded to explain that vocals have been edited for many more decades, just not in an automated process like autotune. Please read carefully before responding to this.
My favorite from the Animals is "We gotta get out of this place" Hey I grew up in the 60s. "Eve of Destruction" by Barry Mcguire is the quintessential 60s tune.
Love it! My favorite is a girl named Sandoz
I grew up in that era too. That is one of their best songs, but my personal favorite is "Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood".
Another iconic song by the Animals is"We Gotta Get Out Of This Place "
They are actually singing about a brothel , a whole house , and The Animals have a bunch of cool tunes!!!!!!
This is one of my all time favorite songs out there. You can often times hear it in the works of Martian Scorsese. Its used to beautiful effect in the movie Casino.
Lex has a natural musical ear. I love her reactions. She doesn't miss anything. I would like to see a video of her singing, for a change. Can you guys get that done?
We have Bass Player, ' Chas Chandler ' to thank for unleashing Jimi Hendrex on the World.
well Chas managed Jimi, didn't discover him.
@@mitchellhartman6205 Didn't say discovered.
Everyone has something they have to atone for.
The words to Amazing Grace fit perfectly into the melody of House of the Rising Sun
Thats a lotta soul in that voice
They definitely had more hits. My favorite by them is probably "I'm Crying". But you might also try "We Gotta Get Out of This Place", "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood", "Don't Bring Me Down".
Such a cool old song... and I do mean old. Its a Southern Folk song that stretches back over a hundred years and possibly has roots older than that in England. My Mom said she remembered my grandma playing it on a mandolin when she was a little girl during The Depression in the 1930s.
I’m almost 30 now and this Captivated me when my parents played some of their 60s music in the car when I was very young. It’s just timeless, a masterpiece, not over complicated, just pure brilliance
It's strange, I've known this song all my life (born in 63) and to see people react to it, being the first time hearing it, blows my mind... not to mention... makes me realise how old I am!
Real talent, no special effects just pure talent - legendary!
Before my time but, when I first saw him I couldn’t believe it “him!” That Voice seemed much wiser yes ✌️🎶
Spill that Wine is a cool fun song
This song was so popular back in the day and is timeless. The keyboard that sounds so unique is a Hammond organ.
Yes, kids this is from the 60's, very old school, but a great time for music. So many amazing groups were popular. I grew up in the 60's and 70's, it was a great time to be a kid. They used this song in the last scenes of Casino with Robert DiNero, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesche, it was a great movie.
There are several explanations for The House of the Rising Sun. It could be a prison, brothel, gambling, etc. Whatever it is he's obsessed or addicted to it. Ball and chain symbolizes being tied to a person, place or thing. Of course prisoners back in the day were literally shackled with a ball and chain to keep them from escaping
Eric Burden was a great singer... imagine what it would have sounded like with today's technology. This song has been covered so many times by some of the world's greatest artists. The likes of Metallica, frijid pink, dolly Parton, and five finger death punch.. to name a few. Some are great covers.. one you hear them all it will be so hard to choose a favorite...albeit the original is still amazing.
To my knowledge Bob Dylan did this on his first album a year earlier. Of course, the Leadbelly version predates these by several decades. And the song itself is older than that.
This was at the dawn of the Sixties; they really started on November 22, 1963. It is impossible to overstate how much everything changed that horrible day.
The guy and girl on this channel isn't that bright
Si hsy talento no sirve la tecnologia
This is a song taken and invigorated from an original by Bob Dylan from his first album in 62 or 63. Always was and always will be for me one of my top 5 songs of all time. I was 12 when it was released. The Beatles and the Stones were the top of the tree in my native England but others were always shaking that tree to hit the top. The Animals were one.
I am not a huge fan of most reaction videos, but always love the respect and courtesy you give to artists and their songs. You don’t interrupt every 10 seconds like most. Thank you for your reactions, you bring great thoughts to old school music like this.
Great review of one of the greatest songs of all time. The Animals recorded this song in one take and were in the studio for about 10 minutes start to finish.
It's a Bob Dylan cover. No surprise it was a quick session
@@ryanhighberg4662 The fact that it is a cover of a traditional song is irrelevant to how long it took them to record it. Bob Dylan was not the composer and Joan Baez and many others have covered this song. Its origins are disputed but the lyrics were apparently published in the 1920s.
This song is what happens when gospel, blues and rock merge.
About an all night party house of drugs, booze, gambling and 'working girls". This kid grew up to follow in his dads habits and attended the house. It's about New Orleans but it also reminds me of Mobile which has a similar culture. To me it's a mixture of gospel, blues, and jazz.
The guitarist in this band is the guy that made Hendrix famous. Literally. He was also the manager of one of Britain’s most famous bands, slade.
AN ABSOLUTE MUST HEAR,, THE DOORS "RIDERS ON THE STORM"..TRUST ME ON THIS CLASSIC.
ICONIC!!! Without bands like The Animals we'd Never have the Music we have today!!! One of My Favorite Old School Sounds!!! 😀😀 😀😀❤️ Just Close your eyes and Fly Away! What a Great Year 64 was, the year I was born =p
The Animals hated the fact that they were forced to lip sync in this performance. They walked around the stage pretending to play the instruments that if you notice are not plugged in in anyway. They did this to show the audience they were not involved in the deception. If you look closely, you can find other bands throughout the decades show their disdain for this type of offense.
Check out Eric Burdon & War's Spill The Wine
So true, like Steve Harley chewing gum, and others deliberately holding the mike down. And drummers twirling their sticks . We did notice .... 😉
This song was a rendition of an old Lead Belly song. Same guy who wrote Where did you sleep last night, by Nirvana
MUST DO THE BAND "WAR" WITH ERIC BURDON SINGING "SPILL THAT WINE". IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD THEM BEFORE YOU WILL TURN THE CORNER AND BE SHOOK. WE USED TO GO SLOW RIDING WITH WAR IN THE 8 TRACK PLAYER.
Hi Brad and Lex from the UK, I'm 72 now and this was the music of my teens.
Still sounds good and and takes me straight back to that wonderful time.
A true classic. It's as good today as anything ever made. And a storyline that's relatable.
IIRC this is actually a folk song... they just have the definitive rendition...
I'm So Glad To See You Both Reacting To This Old School Classic..Appreciating The Older Stuff Shows Where Music Came From & Where It Went & Improving Anyone's Appreciation Of It Even More.
Your channel is like sitting around with friends and listening to albums on the stereo. Nothing better!
The bass player for the Animals was Chas Chandler who while in New York saw an unknown guitar player named Jimi Hendrix. It was Chas that took Jimi to England and got him permission to sit in with Eric Clapton and Cream at the London Polytechnic. No one had ever asked to sit in with Clapton before, who was considered God of the guitar in England. Jimi played Howlin Wolf's Killin Floor and freaked out Clapton, who had tried to play the song before but could not get it right. Clapton walked off the stage and nervously smoked a cigarette in the dressing room asking, is that guy for real? Chandler helped Jimi get The Experience together and served as his manager for two years.
You gotta check out their live performance on the Ed Sullivan show…they killed it!! His voice is really that good and they were all so talented
Yes, one of my favorite songs of all-time. Right up there with Hotel California. This song is about the sins of the father being visited upon the son; in this case a gambling addiction. You should also check out The Zombies. "Time of the Season" is a popular one. I have a couple of other bands I am almost certain you have not checked out: Cradle of Filth "Her Ghost in the Fog", Dimmu Borgir "Gateways" and Otep "Battle Ready".
The Animals remind me of the boys that The Boss sends in the middle of the night to collect
ps the guy at the back is chas chandler he was jimi hendrix manager when he was discoverd in england
Probably my favorite artist “white Buffalo” did a cover of this for sons of anarchy and changed some lines to fit the show but it’s amazing, y’all should check it out
Love White Buffalo❤️
If you want to hear another version, Five Finger Death Punch covered this song and done a fair job. I think Lex would love the guitar for sure, Brad may have acquired a taste for it as well. Definitely watch the lyric video because the original is like a movie and it'd be hard to focus.
Just checked out this version and it was better than I expected. Good god though……what happened to this band? Their older sound was WAY better
Alan Price, the keyboard player here, and who went on to have a very distinguished solo areer as a singer-songwriter still peerforms gigs at The Bull Pub at Barnes on the River Thames in London. I have been to one of those. They are great!
I love seeing how the TV shows' production was in those days. The setup, costuming, stage, all that. Straight instrumentation, no sound board.
One of my top 5 favorite songs of all time. I'm new here, but putting in a request. Goin' Up the Country by Canned Heat. My favorite song of all time. I think you'll both dig it. 👍
All time classic! Should check out The Hollies - Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress
Oh yes. Bringing me back over here 🎵💃🎶
One of the first songs I learned to play on guitar 40+ years ago. Over the years I've learned the bass, organ and drum parts. Can't tell you how many times I have played it on stage. It's one we only played on request ($100 min tip).
The video, (or promo film in those days,) was filmed in a single take, and you'll notice that Alan Price's keyboard had moved to a totally different position for that line-up to take the bow at the end of the song.
What you might also notice is that for the last few seconds, guitarist Hilton Valentine, appears to be suppressing laughter. There's a reason for that: The end line up required that while he was off-camera, Price had to pick up his keyboard (complete with stand,) and run, carrying it, to his final position. Unfortunately, in doing so, he fell and stumbled, (I think 'went arse over tit' is the common term,) and had to quickly get up, compose himself and get back into position before the camera came around for the final shot. Eric Burdon and Chas Chandler seem to be controlling their reaction even if Valentine isn't, (and I suppose John Steel was just being thankful that he didn't need to shift his entire drum kit!)
You may also notice there are no power cords plugged into any outlet or into any of the guitars! The vocals were recorded earlier in the day, then the action moved to the filming studio where they did the "walk-around" lip-synch. Can you imaging trying to walk around with all the extension cords needed? Had not previously heard of Alan Price's stumble-tumble; he did make a great recovery!
If you are looking for a perfect chord progression... here it is.
That chord progression has an interesting history in itself. It was created by Dave Van Ronk, who was going to use the song on his first album, but he showed it to Bob Dylan, who used it on his first album and didn't tell Van Ronk until after it was recorded. Eric Burdon said he heard it from an English singer who was doing the Dylan version and the Animals' guitarist, Hilton Valentine, said he just copied the Dylan chords and played them using arpeggios.
@@ptournas Never heared this story before. Thank you! :)
@@TubetakerBHV Your welcome! There was also kind of an amusing side to this. Dave Van Ronk and his wife let Dylan live with them for a while when he first came to Greenwich Village, and Dave helped to get him into the folk clubs.
Dylan already knew "House of the Rising Sun", but he played it in the style of Woody Guthrie's version. After Van Ronk showed him his arrangement of it, Dylan started playing Van Ronk's version.
After Dylan moved out of Dave Van Ronk's and began recording sessions with Columbia, he ran into Van Ronk and asked him if he could record his version of "House of the Rising Sun" on his first album. Van Ronk asked him not to, he told Dylan that everyone knew he was going make it big and asked him to save it for a later album because he was also going to cut his own first album in a few weeks and wanted to be the first to record it with his arrangement. Dylan said he was sorry, but he had already recorded it. Although Dylan didn't credit Van Ronk for the chord arrangement, he did write in the liner notes for the album "I'd always known 'Risin' Sun' but never really knew I knew it until I heard Dave sing it.".
Dave Van Ronk said he was very upset with Dylan at the time, and when people started asking him to play "that Dylan song, 'House of the Rising Sun'", he dropped the song from his repertoire for a long time.
He also said he got over it after a while, because he did like Dylan and they had been friends for a quite a while. And he thought it was funny when Dylan later dropped the song too, because after the Animals did the song, based on the same chord progression, Dylan would get upset with people asking him to play "that Animals song, 'House of the Rising Sun'". Dave called it a bit of poetic justice :)
@@ptournas Thank you again for your additions to the story. I love stuff like this. These "behind the curtain" stories always gets me. :)
There is a lot over covers of the is song. Two band you've heard that done it are Metallica and Five Finger Death Punch.
The Animals were part of the "British Invasion" of the mid-60s, which gave us the Beatles, the Dave Clark Five, the Rolling Stones, the Hollies, Herman's Hermits, and a bunch of other groups.
Remember watching people roller skate to this song when I was pre-teen . Something to do on a Saturday night , just drive up in the car and watch through the open air sides of the rink , and listen to the music . Saturday night in southern Indiana when you didn't have much money to spend .
"Old school." You mean back when singers really sang and music was really music.
The organ makes this song. The whole thing is haunting.
The lead singer was 23 at the time the song was released. However he has old soul kind of voice which does not match his face and whole being! his voice is AWESOME!
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.
This song was originally a Leadbelly tune. Old blues artist back in the 20's and 30's.
Also the lead singer is Eric Birden now lead singer for ( WAR )
Bass player: Chas Chandler. Heard a young man in a New York nightclub, a young man who had been awarded the prestigious Screaming Eagles patch, took him back to England, changed his name a little, and put him with a bass player and a drummer.
That Vox Continental organ is just so smooth, it kills me every time I hear it
Alan Price was a complete killer on the keyboard and he nailed this as well as several other Animals gems.
Part of the 60’s British Invasion. Bands took old southern blues tunes Jack them up for rock n roll and became famous doing American blues music. Very popular, turned many American young people on to the blues and soul.
The House of the Risin' Sun has been interpreted to be a Gamblin House, an opium den, or a brotherl. It's the prison in which we jail ourselves. This is an OLD ballad, and Gary Burdon, the Lead Singer, made it his own. Brilliant. This is, I think, 1964, and the Animals, although with the expected suits and ties, are definately out there...the were the animals of their day. This was done for TV.
A little back story on Chas Chandler the bass player in the band: After The Animals underwent personnel changes in 1966, Chandler turned to becoming a talent scout, artist manager, and record producer. During his final tour with The Animals, Chandler saw a then-unknown Jimi Hendrix play in Cafe Wha?, a Greenwich Village, New York City nightclub. At the time Hendrix was performing under the name Jimmy James. In September, Chandler convinced Hendrix to accompany him to Britain, which was made possible with the help of Michael Jeffery, who suggested that he revert to his actual name, and later suggested naming the band the Jimi Hendrix Experience. In Britain, Chandler recruited bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell as the other members of the Experience. Chandler was a key figure in Hendrix's rise to critical and commercial success. Chandler provided the young musician with living accommodations and financed the Experience's first single "Hey Joe", before they had a recording contract. Chas also managed the British rock band Slade for 12 years, during which they achieved six number one chart hits in the UK.
This is actually an old song. Lead Belly did a cover of this song in the 1930’s. But it’s older than that.
This song is preserved in The Library of Congress in the USA.
In his lifetime Lead Belly somehow killed two men, but was paroled by the Governor of his state because Lead Belly wrote the Governor a song.