The Animals - 'House of the Rising Sun' Reaction! The House of Ill Repute!

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    "The House of the Rising Sun" was popularized by the English rock band The Animals. The song was released in 1964 and became one of their most famous hits.
    "The House of the Rising Sun" is a traditional folk song that has been covered by various artists over the years. The Animals' rendition is a bluesy rock adaptation with Eric Burdon's powerful vocals, and it features a distinctive organ intro played by Alan Price. The song's haunting melody and captivating storytelling have made it a timeless classic.
    The song's lyrics tell the story of a person's life gone astray in New Orleans, where they find themselves in a house of ill repute known as "The Rising Sun." The lyrics paint a vivid picture of the narrator's struggles and the allure of a life filled with vices.
    It's worth noting that the song's origins trace back to traditional folk and blues music, and it's likely that it evolved over time through different interpretations by various artists. The Animals' version, however, is undoubtedly one of the most well-known and influential renditions of "The House of the Rising Sun."
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  • @thisisitreactions
    @thisisitreactions  Před 4 měsíci +3

    Please join the Facebook group by clicking the link. facebook.com/groups/698184405814607/?ref=share

  • @reallymysterious4520
    @reallymysterious4520 Před 10 měsíci +474

    That boy had better pipes than a 1968 Shelby

  • @kitharley6159
    @kitharley6159 Před 10 měsíci +398

    Eric Burdon was 23 when they recorded that track, and the band did it in one take. (It was all the studio time they could afford!)

    • @crazypainter56
      @crazypainter56 Před 10 měsíci +18

      they did not pay for the studio time--they were on leave from the Chuck Berry tour-the song was hot -they were told by management to get down to london and get it recorded-cost about 11 pounds at the time 1964 -according to Chas.

    • @user-DrJoe-Future
      @user-DrJoe-Future Před 4 měsíci +2

      Outstanding job by all.

    • @MrZocor
      @MrZocor Před 3 měsíci +3

      He is around 85 now. Still performing a little too.

    • @robertmcnearny9222
      @robertmcnearny9222 Před měsícem

      That is a cool fact!

  • @Wizardjudge
    @Wizardjudge Před 10 měsíci +347

    The bass player ‘discovered’ Jimi Hendrix who wasn’t getting any traction stateside and brought him over to England. He helped him put together his band the Experience and got him him his first record deal.

    • @neilgayleard3842
      @neilgayleard3842 Před 10 měsíci +23

      The organist is Alan Price who did some solo stuff.

    • @MrIaninuk
      @MrIaninuk Před 10 měsíci

      @@neilgayleard3842 I liked his song "Changes"

    • @InternationalScot
      @InternationalScot Před 10 měsíci +13

      Chas Chandler. He was Jimi’s manager.

    • @InternationalScot
      @InternationalScot Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@neilgayleard3842Simon Smith and His Amazing Dancing Bear - great stuff.

    • @geraldinegalliers9847
      @geraldinegalliers9847 Před 9 měsíci +6

      Chas Chandler also managed Slade

  • @mikerichards67
    @mikerichards67 Před 10 měsíci +77

    They recorded this song in one take,I repeat ONE TAKE!

    • @andersdottir1111
      @andersdottir1111 Před 10 měsíci +8

      There was something special about that generation born just after the war.

    • @evmikewilliams9021
      @evmikewilliams9021 Před 4 měsíci

      Yes, one take, but he is miming

    • @carolholloway7449
      @carolholloway7449 Před dnem

      @@evmikewilliams9021 This is a later filmed performance from a movie. The song was recorded in one take.

  • @johnbaldock6353
    @johnbaldock6353 Před 6 měsíci +62

    60 yrs old but Still Better than 90% of today's Music!!

    • @breaker86
      @breaker86 Před 2 měsíci +4

      you got that right..

    • @ANDY1985UK2011
      @ANDY1985UK2011 Před měsícem

      @@breaker86 so 10% of now is better? no way , nothing these days beats this song

    • @breaker86
      @breaker86 Před měsícem

      @@ANDY1985UK2011 ? wth are you talking about?

    • @breaker86
      @breaker86 Před měsícem

      @@ANDY1985UK2011 there is ''ALWAYS'' something better..But never the 60 or 70's, & those were the best....Yes that's what I say..I rock with the fifties , sixties, & seventies..Haven't kept up since..So keep your 10 percent your talking about.

    • @breaker86
      @breaker86 Před měsícem +1

      AND I agree with myself AGAIN...yeppers, I stand by my words

  • @dinastanford7779
    @dinastanford7779 Před 9 měsíci +66

    It's sad that so many younger people haven't heard so much great music from the 60's. My generation listened to EVERYTHING!

    • @Smithjones12
      @Smithjones12 Před 5 měsíci +3

      I was born 68 and we will never see anything like the 60s & 70s bands again. 😢😢

    • @boskee
      @boskee Před 5 měsíci

      Bullcrap. You don't know most of the music from the 60's, especially foreign one.

    • @Concetta20
      @Concetta20 Před 3 měsíci +1

      The 60’s ran the gamut of everything. It definitely was a decade of variety. So much change happened in the 60’s.

    • @j348011
      @j348011 Před 3 měsíci +1

      I'm 1971 and listened to EVERYTHING TOO!!! I grew up with hippies and was adopted, by a huge family so I heard everything. It is sad they don't know.

    • @sharonlahaye5803
      @sharonlahaye5803 Před 23 dny

      @@Smithjones12I agree. I knew music from my parents’ generation too and even before. I was so shocked when talking to 20-something’s that they didn’t know who U2 was and nothing of the great musicians or songs of the 60s. What a small world they live in!

  • @consuelaluna1414
    @consuelaluna1414 Před 10 měsíci +126

    Eric Burdon is a gift from the universe💚

  • @carolcoker9862
    @carolcoker9862 Před 5 měsíci +43

    I’m 65 and these guys were so ahead of their time this song is a classic I know you will enjoy it and that keyboard holy shit ❤

    • @sueprator9314
      @sueprator9314 Před 4 měsíci

      So true about the keyboard. It was 1964 and music was definitely changing from the 1950s nothing burger instrumental styles to much more intricate musicality in the 60s. The 50s other than guitar were more about the singers.

    • @breaker86
      @breaker86 Před 2 měsíci +1

      My Grandson loved playing this ..I didn't know this was that old..He had great taste for sure.......I miss him so much.

  • @harveyplantharvester1502
    @harveyplantharvester1502 Před 10 měsíci +37

    Not gonna lie... that voice and the organ literally gave me goose bump chills, even after all these years of hearing it 100 times...

  • @marlajacques6947
    @marlajacques6947 Před 9 měsíci +47

    Still give me chills and tears to this day, thank you Eric Burdon you fine Newcastle lad

  • @MariusRiley
    @MariusRiley Před 4 měsíci +16

    : Burdon arranged the version of this song this way because they were one of the openers for Chuck Berry, and he didn't want to try to "out-rock'n'roll" Chuck Berry. So he opted for a folk song he knew of, looked into it more, and then came up with this arrangement. He specifically wanted also to have a solo for their keyboardist to have the spotlight. Burdon said so in an interview in the last year or three. It's really fascinating.

  • @heliotropezzz333
    @heliotropezzz333 Před 10 měsíci +81

    One of this band, Chas Chandler, discovered Jimi Hendrix and brought him to England where his talent was recognised.

    • @barriehull7076
      @barriehull7076 Před 10 měsíci +8

      Bass player.

    • @breaker86
      @breaker86 Před 2 měsíci

      Jimi Hendrix suggested , suggested 2 brothers to dress to their nationalism , (?right? ) They names themselves ''Red Bone''' come & get your love..

  • @ffjsb
    @ffjsb Před 10 měsíci +99

    A lot of people miss this, but they're also kind of marching like a New Orleans Jazz Funeral band. This video is INCREDIBLY well filmed for that time, very high quality production.

    • @michaelgrabner8977
      @michaelgrabner8977 Před 10 měsíci +4

      That´s because that isn´t a music video but an outake of a movie where the Animals had an appearance..

    • @delugesofgrandeur
      @delugesofgrandeur Před 10 měsíci +3

      Thank you! You're the first person I've seen actually mention this and you're goddamn right.

    • @ffjsb
      @ffjsb Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@michaelgrabner8977 ...which they made into a music video. I certainly won't complain about the reason they did it...

    • @michaelgrabner8977
      @michaelgrabner8977 Před 10 měsíci +4

      @@ffjsb "...which they made into a music video ..."
      Who is "they"? And what was "additionally made" when it was already shot for a movie??
      That scene is just an outake of the british music revue movie "Pop Gear"(US alternative titel for that movie was "Go Go Mania") released in 1965 introducing a whole bunch of different British pop groups and therefore it is no "music video" .."music video" wasn´t even neither a used term at that time nor "a thing to do" in general ...that "term" and "thing" were coming up in the late 70ties early 80ties solely produced for TV consumption...but that Animal scene was shot for the cinema which is a totally different shooting process with totally different equipment especially back in those days.

    • @ffjsb
      @ffjsb Před 10 měsíci

      @@michaelgrabner8977 They is a group of guys, Neville, Egbert, Richard, and Dinsdale.
      SMH.

  • @MelissaPalmer-zy5nh
    @MelissaPalmer-zy5nh Před 2 měsíci +3

    To hear THAT VOICE come out of that BABY face. LEGENDARY!

  • @SD-mw1hz
    @SD-mw1hz Před 10 měsíci +20

    I have always thought this was a young mans story of how his father was only happy when he was on a drunk, he's a gambler, his mother is making his clothes, they were poor, he is telling mother's to warn your children not to get involved with "The House of the Rising Sun", a place that takes everything from you and in the end he is one foot on the platform and one on the train headed back to New Orleans to wear that ball and chain. He has succumbed to the same fate as his father.

  • @Zebred2001
    @Zebred2001 Před 10 měsíci +161

    Great reaction gentlemen! The British bands were more than fans of black American music. They were SCHOLARS of it! They were also very vocal about where emerging Rock came from and this caused many old bluesmen to have their careers revived. In 1965 The Rolling Stones appeared on ABC-TV's rock music show, Shindig insisting that Howlin' Wolf would be their special guest. The Animals had a ton of hits, their most famous being - We Gotta Get Out of This Place, Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood and Boom Boom. Eric Burdon (the lead singer) also had a cool hit with the group War called Spill the Wine. Also check out another British Invasion group - The Spencer Davis Group featuring Steve Winwood - Keep On Running, I'm A Man and Gimme Some Lovin'.

    • @rebeccalipps23
      @rebeccalipps23 Před 10 měsíci +2

      I agree with your entire comment, although I would ask for less cross-talk. Thanks!

    • @rhwinner
      @rhwinner Před 10 měsíci +1

      I saw Traffic perform Gimme... at a concert in the 70's. So cool.

    • @Sirala6
      @Sirala6 Před 10 měsíci +3

      This is an old, ancient folk song that is undetermined authorship. The oldest known recording of the song, under the title "Rising Sun Blues", is by Appalachian artists Clarence "Tom" Ashley and Gwen Foster, who recorded it on September 6, 1933.

    • @-scrim
      @-scrim Před 5 měsíci

      Not only bullshit, but embarrassing!

    • @ac1646
      @ac1646 Před 5 měsíci +1

      How, how can someone write an amazing comment and have so much 'rubbish' follow-ups.😊

  • @reborndaughter445
    @reborndaughter445 Před 10 měsíci +53

    From a Canadian/US point of view, this band was massively transitional between the sounds of the late 50s early 60s such as Elvis, and the new sounds of the 60s like The Who, Stones, and CCR. These guys paved the way for a whole new sound.

    • @hannawalinska9812
      @hannawalinska9812 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Love it! Gracias.

    • @sueprator9314
      @sueprator9314 Před 4 měsíci +1

      TOTALLY. Sometimes reaction people who don't "get" that the early 60s were closer to the late 50s culturally and musically. HOWEVER the Beatles came over in 1964, music in America was changing with Bob Dylan singing more "message" type music, the Birds (who were British I think)...and all the social upheaval started as early as 1963 (JFK) on and on.

  • @ericjohnson3746
    @ericjohnson3746 Před 10 měsíci +64

    I was born and grew up in New Orleans. We thought this song was bad ass when the Animals released it in 1964. In the old days there was legal prostitution in New Orleans in one neighborhood called Storyville. That's what we assumed it was about. Thanks for playing this song. This is my first time watching you guys. In my mind I said look at the three professors discussing the song without interupting the song. I like your style. I will subscribe after I send this message. Thank you.

    • @ballet07
      @ballet07 Před 7 měsíci +1

      Yeah,I thought I had heard it was brothel.

  • @BattleMatt
    @BattleMatt Před 10 měsíci +27

    We've always embraced black blues and soul in the UK, especially working class communities in the north. Dave Godin brought over the Motown Review tour in the 1965 and the artists were amazed at playing to almost all white audiences (who loved them) when they couldn't even perform in white only venues in the US. Since then the Northern Soul scene has been massive over here.

    • @annettewilcox5413
      @annettewilcox5413 Před 2 měsíci

      67 yr old Blk woman from US. Was just talking to friend about how British bands bank day and even now have more true soul, funk, blues feeling than American bands.

  • @zigman63
    @zigman63 Před 10 měsíci +98

    As a kid growing up in the 60s in UK, I think that we looked at the music rather than the colour or politics. So to me the blues sound was basically hidden from middle Americans, but we in the UK loved it and helped it become mainstream.
    Excellent reaction.

    • @missrayelyn3045
      @missrayelyn3045 Před 10 měsíci +6

      "The blues sound was hidden from middle Americans" Im American and a child of the 50's and 60's. I dont understand what your statement meant.

    • @jackolimb6145
      @jackolimb6145 Před 10 měsíci +4

      What the hell are you on about? 😂😂

    • @DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek
      @DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek Před 9 měsíci +1

      ​@@jackolimb6145it's true

    • @DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek
      @DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek Před 9 měsíci +2

      ​@missrayelyn3045 the brits helped popularise the blues.

    • @zigman63
      @zigman63 Před 8 měsíci +2

      @missrayelyn3045 what I meant was the likes of the beatles and stones, and people like led zeppelin and Eric Clapton found alot of their influences from the blues etc,so when the so called British invasion into America where segregation was still around especially when the beatles toured. The music they brought back to America was in itself mainstream and accessible .

  • @jameskirschling7887
    @jameskirschling7887 Před 10 měsíci +193

    I'm glad you guys liked this song, I was pretty sure you would. More Animals songs to listen to are: We Gotta Get Out Of This Place, Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood, It's My Life And When I Was Young. That's a start anyway. I've been watching your channel for a little while now. Tonight's reaction pushed me over to subscribe.

    • @frankticasdroppinknowledge2363
      @frankticasdroppinknowledge2363 Před 10 měsíci +13

      "Don't Let Me BE Misunderstood" was sung by Nina Simone before them, but their version is fire!

    • @castanza128
      @castanza128 Před 10 měsíci +5

      you made me do a search for when i was young. It's been a while, and that's a great song.
      Thanks!

    • @richardscanlan3419
      @richardscanlan3419 Před 10 měsíci +3

      You left out "Don't Bring Me Down',but with you on the rest of that list.

    • @lorrainemchugh7051
      @lorrainemchugh7051 Před 5 měsíci +1

      I subscribed tonight also.

    • @retha1875
      @retha1875 Před 5 měsíci +1

      They were a great band. Who cared who sang the so first? This is about The Animals and Eric's wonderful vocals.

  • @throwabrick
    @throwabrick Před 10 měsíci +11

    The genius of this song is they took a song that was so well known nobody would think of covering it, and they made it their own. It was a song you would learn piano to, and they made it hard.

  • @paulwouters2025
    @paulwouters2025 Před 10 měsíci +33

    The song has so much urge. It's the arpeggio from the guitar, the intense singing of Eric Burdon but above all by virtuoso organ by Alan Price.

  • @HRConsultant_Jeff
    @HRConsultant_Jeff Před 10 měsíci +23

    Eric Burdon is still with us and I believe he still performs. I saw him a few years ago and he was still very good in his 70's. He had hits with the Animals, War and as a solo artist. He always went his own way and did songs his way. Much respect.

    • @TheseDarkWoods
      @TheseDarkWoods Před 9 měsíci

      Alan Price is also pretty active.
      There's a appreciation group on Facebook that cover his gigs.

  • @DaisyAnnabelle65
    @DaisyAnnabelle65 Před 10 měsíci +31

    There was something in the water in England for real! After WW2 there was a baby boom of epic preportions and there were very gifted musicians and singers born during this era. The kids in England in the 1960’s listened to black American blues and soul music because it was the music being broadcast in England. The British Invasion was a great happening in the music industry!

  • @tombreeden595
    @tombreeden595 Před 10 měsíci +13

    The tall bass player saw Jimi Hendrix in a San Francisco coffee shop, became his manager, took him to England and made him a star. He only played on the early Animals albums.

    • @tombreeden595
      @tombreeden595 Před 10 měsíci +3

      Sorry, turns out it was in Greenwich Village that he saw him. Guy’s name is Chas Chandler. Not bad for 73 year old memory though.

    • @hannawalinska9812
      @hannawalinska9812 Před 9 měsíci

      ​@@tombreeden595So you too were 14 year old when THOTRS came!

  • @kimberlytreece7324
    @kimberlytreece7324 Před měsícem +2

    I was born in New Orleans in 68 and I have listened to all this music all my life.

  • @TheDivayenta
    @TheDivayenta Před 10 měsíci +40

    Corey’s back!
    Eric Burdon later sang with War! “Spill the Wine.” He sings like an old Blues shouter! Yet he was around 21 here!
    This was penned a long time ago. Way before this group. It’s considered a folk song from New Orleans.
    This was filmed in the mid ‘60’s.
    Dude on the bass, Chas Chandler, discovered and managed Jimi Hendrix.
    The Animals had lots of big hits! “ We Gotta Get Out of This Place”.
    Olli! They lost the accents because they were hardcore students of classic Mississippi Delta and Chicago blues masters.

    • @suecook1326
      @suecook1326 Před 10 měsíci +2

      *Spill The Wine! Great song!

    • @TheDivayenta
      @TheDivayenta Před 10 měsíci

      @@suecook1326 Thankyou, Sue! ☺️

    • @lordessducky8494
      @lordessducky8494 Před 10 měsíci +2

      It maybe a bit obscure, but I really dig Eric Burdon and Wars cover of “Paint It Black”.

    • @ripvanwinkle2002
      @ripvanwinkle2002 Před 9 měsíci +2

      he founded War as a matter of fact

  • @frankticasdroppinknowledge2363
    @frankticasdroppinknowledge2363 Před 10 měsíci +17

    The lead singer, Eric Burdon, is the one that started WAR and released their first two albums with them. "Spill the Wine" and "Spirit" are his best with them.

  • @gl2996
    @gl2996 Před 4 měsíci +4

    As an old guy, I have to say it's just bizarre that two old guys don't know House of the Rising Sun.

  • @johnoconnor4984
    @johnoconnor4984 Před 10 měsíci +7

    My black American brothers started Blues. Jazz, country, rock, gospel. Thanks for giving us all that good stuff fellows

  • @TheSRC88
    @TheSRC88 Před 10 měsíci +21

    Yeah all of the 60s and 70s British bands were very heavily influenced by the great bluesmen.
    The Rolling Stones actually got their name from a Muddy Waters song "Rollin' Stone".

  • @junebug_tx2305
    @junebug_tx2305 Před 10 měsíci +12

    This was done in one shot. At the end the guitar guy was grinning because the keyboard guy was rushing to move in front for the last scene. Keep up the good work.

  • @RB-vc7ub
    @RB-vc7ub Před měsícem +2

    Still gives me chills after 50+ yrs love it.

  • @tonidenise5134
    @tonidenise5134 Před 10 měsíci +13

    My Mom and Dad had their first dance to this song. They have been married 54 years.💜

  • @bobbyboko6317
    @bobbyboko6317 Před 10 měsíci +6

    In the early 60s when Black artists struggled to find venues at home or radio plays they toured the UK where they were welcome .

  • @numbersasaname2291
    @numbersasaname2291 Před 10 měsíci +60

    Eric Burden’s voice wasn’t too bad for a 23 year old (in 1964). Give “Bring It On Home” and “We Gotta Get Out Of This Place” a listen for more The Animals greatness.

    • @itchyandred4131
      @itchyandred4131 Před 10 měsíci +3

      Eric Burden ✌️

    • @hak4890
      @hak4890 Před 10 měsíci +6

      @@itchyandred4131Burdon. 👍

    • @MsAppassionata
      @MsAppassionata Před 10 měsíci +2

      Eric Burton is a singer with Black Pumas and he also has an excellent voice. 😁

    • @cbiancardi9233
      @cbiancardi9233 Před 10 měsíci +4

      Wasn’t too bad? He was a powerhouse and excellent

    • @hak4890
      @hak4890 Před 10 měsíci

      @@cbiancardi9233 OMGosh! I agree, 200%! 👍👍

  • @faithnyou1732
    @faithnyou1732 Před 10 měsíci +18

    Lead singer, Eric Burdon, also formed the band in 1969 originally called Eric Burdon and War. I'm sure you all have heard of the band War. It was an American funk/rock/soul band from Long Beach, California. They were known for several hit songs including "Spill the Wine", "The World Is a Ghetto", "The Cisco Kid", "Why Can't We Be Friends?", and "Low Rider". I particularly loved "Spill The Wine" which was sung by Eric Burden. You should check it out! Would love to watch your reaction to some War! Thanks for this great reaction. ✌💙✌

    • @goldenstatemunicipal7735
      @goldenstatemunicipal7735 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Eric did not form War - they already existed and he simply joined them.

    • @faithnyou1732
      @faithnyou1732 Před 10 měsíci

      @@goldenstatemunicipal7735 - He helped form it, then left the band later. Look it up.

    • @faithnyou1732
      @faithnyou1732 Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@goldenstatemunicipal7735 - Wrong.

    • @goldenstatemunicipal7735
      @goldenstatemunicipal7735 Před 8 měsíci

      @@faithnyou1732 They were called the Creators and predated Eric. How do I know this? I knew B.B., the bass player.

  • @Emma-og2jt
    @Emma-og2jt Před 7 měsíci +4

    He is still singing today at 82. Still has a fantastic voice.

  • @vernhoke7730
    @vernhoke7730 Před 10 měsíci +16

    The first time I heard this song I was about 12 years old, back in the late sixties, and it was mind blowing.
    They had a few more that played on the radio as well "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" and "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" that were quite good too.
    The lead singer, Eric Burden, also had a couple of hits with another band called War.

  • @MinterSam
    @MinterSam Před 10 měsíci +5

    Burdon (the singer) is an interesting dude - close friends with Lennon and Hendrix; certainly liked to have a good time, and is luckily still around.

  • @827dusty
    @827dusty Před 10 měsíci +8

    Eric Burden (British Soul singer) and The Animals were part of "The British Invasion" with The Beatles, Mick Jagger and The Rolling Stones, The Zombies, Kinks and many other artists and Bands in 1963.

  • @bluetopguitar1104
    @bluetopguitar1104 Před 10 měsíci +6

    The vocals and the vibe. Tough guys from a tough town.

  • @hak4890
    @hak4890 Před 10 měsíci +11

    EXCELLENT reaction! THANK YOU for not pausing during the song. I have seen many reactions, and you all’s is one of the best. 👍👏

  • @TheCornishCockney
    @TheCornishCockney Před 10 měsíci +7

    Our iconic 60’s bands took the blues,virtually unknown in their home country,and put a British edge on it and sold it back to you all 🙂😎,then what followed from the UK in the glorious 70’s took it several levels more creative.
    Since then,the likes of BB King,John Lee Hooker and Muddy Waters are famous and revered in America,due to the rebirth of the blues British style.
    Must be something in our water.

    • @barryj388
      @barryj388 Před 9 měsíci

      Fairly sure I saw an interview with B.B. King where he said the blues were dead or dying in the United States until a bunch of white boys from England saved it.

  • @DaisyAnnabelle65
    @DaisyAnnabelle65 Před 10 měsíci +10

    This song is EPIC! Listen to Don’t let me be misunderstood!

  • @trickynicky1017
    @trickynicky1017 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Grew up with the animals,my father was good friends with the lead singer eric burden,and we spent time with him and his daughter alex who is an amazing singer like her dad
    After the animals he was with a band called war,
    And now he still tours but is now an amazing blues singer ❤

  • @tjt21
    @tjt21 Před 10 měsíci +10

    The lead singer, Eric Burdon, also sings, "Spill the wine, with the band 'War. Y'all have to check that out! It's awesome! And watch the original video to it!!

  • @edwardcapobianco2975
    @edwardcapobianco2975 Před 10 měsíci +17

    Love your guys enthusiasm for the songs that I've been listening to going back over 50 years. What I love is that you guys go at it with open minds and plainly understand the magnitude, quality and variety of 60s and 70s music especially. That 20 year run from 1964-1984 was without a doubt when lyrical content, soaring harmonies, stellar musicianship, soulful vocals and pure talent ruled the airwaves. Nothing could touch these bands! I'll take this Era every time over all others! Great stuff!!

  • @TZ61
    @TZ61 Před 10 měsíci +5

    I was 3 years old when this song was released, so I can't tell you how many times I've heard it, but I can tell you that it loses none of its impact after hundreds of listens. And the fact that they shot this video like a funeral procession was equally powerful, since back in the day a funeral procession was just that; family and friends would walk through the town with the casket to the burial place. On a somewhat lighter note, Eric Burdon recorded some music with the group War some years later of which "Spill the Wine" is a must. If you happen to do a reaction to Wine, the video shows Eric in his stoned craziness. This was a great one.

  • @mamaflush9945
    @mamaflush9945 Před 10 měsíci +10

    Great reaction fellas, here's another suggestion, if interested. "The Animals - We Gotta Get Out Of This Place (1965)" Eric Burdon's gritty, soulful vocals always surprises people who haven't heard him sing before. They can't believe this young baby face kid sounds like an eighty-year-old man with vocals that has been drenched with whiskey. And if you'd like to hear another band from the same time period as "The Animals" then check out "Traffic - Dear Mr. Fantasy - Live - 1972" the lead singer is British artist, Steve Winwood and he's most recognizable by his distinctive, soulful high tenor voice. Although he was primarily a guitarist, he played keyboard too. And they covered genres such as blue-eyed soul, R&B, blues-rock and pop-rock. Fun reaction, thanks for sharing

    • @hannawalinska9812
      @hannawalinska9812 Před 9 měsíci

      So Eric Burton is a "normal baritone" as was commented by someone who was begrudging Eric Burden his vocal greatness.

  • @amyholman354
    @amyholman354 Před 10 měsíci +3

    Burdon said that he heard an old guy in Northumberland singing it at a bar. They needed a song to stand out when they opened for Chuck Berry on tour, and this was it.

  • @rhwinner
    @rhwinner Před 10 měsíci +7

    The bass player, Chas chandler, was insturmental in getting Hendrix discovered.

  • @judistocker1811
    @judistocker1811 Před 9 měsíci +2

    My brother could play/sing this song. He passed away in 2020 and now I tear up listening to it. It’s always been one of my favorites too

  • @marktrail8624
    @marktrail8624 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Every guy in the band was perfect in this song. The Organ player and the rythum guitarist were absolutely genius level. But the whole song was damned tight in this song.

  • @lademafowler6516
    @lademafowler6516 Před 10 měsíci +6

    Eric Burton was the party boy of all time. He was known for the inspiration for the Beatles song the Walrus. He dropped acid with Janis Joplin. He was a guy who everybody will remember as fun.

    • @crazypainter56
      @crazypainter56 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Eric Burdon was the eggman named by John Lennon

    • @johngriffiths118
      @johngriffiths118 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Read up about Jimmy’s death and his role in the immediate aftermath

    • @crazypainter56
      @crazypainter56 Před 10 měsíci

      Read 'Rock Roadie "by James "Tappy 'Wright -@@johngriffiths118 he did the equipment for the Animals

    • @crazypainter56
      @crazypainter56 Před 10 měsíci

      why can't people get his name right-!!!! ------------------IT's BURDON

  • @blainecole5452
    @blainecole5452 Před 10 měsíci +8

    Also, you might enjoy We Gotta Get Out of This Place by The Animals. Eric Burdon really lets loose on the vocals.

  • @eddiemeeks7133
    @eddiemeeks7133 Před 9 měsíci +3

    I was 13 in 1964 and man....did I LOVE this song.

  • @swedetex
    @swedetex Před 10 měsíci +6

    This song, especially Bourdon's voice, always gives me chills down the back of my neck. Sublime stuff 😊

  • @christinerobinson9372
    @christinerobinson9372 Před 9 měsíci +2

    Eric is still with us, 81 yrs old, still performing. You may have heard his song "Spill the Wine". He also sang with the group "War".

  • @nedahopkins996
    @nedahopkins996 Před 9 měsíci +1

    I was 10 years old when my older teen sisters play this a 45 record I learned to sing this and now over 50 years later and I know it the second it starts on the radio

  • @CHRISRepAZ
    @CHRISRepAZ Před 2 dny

    I saw Eric burdon about 6 years ago in AZ. I'm so thankful to have seen him.

  • @edgarsnake2857
    @edgarsnake2857 Před 10 měsíci +3

    The Animals were kids when they made this landmark record in rock history. Thanks for the real reaction.

  • @amberburris5674
    @amberburris5674 Před 10 měsíci +2

    I'm 44 and grew up listening to this!!!!!!!!!! It's beautiful.

  • @maggiemay6625
    @maggiemay6625 Před 9 měsíci +2

    i've listened to this song for 50 years now and i still get weepy when a voice meets god like that how can a person help it❤️🇬🇧

  • @chuckhillier4153
    @chuckhillier4153 Před 9 měsíci +1

    An interesting story. During the second world war many American soldiers spent 1942-1944 in England. bringing with them American music. One type of American music of the time was Black Blues music out of the US South. In the 1960s, white English musicians adopted American styles (and whole songs) and exported them back to America in the 1960s. The Animals, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Dave Clark Five, The Yardbirds, The Kinks and many others composed and performed American (Black) Blues, American Country, American Folk and took it back across the Atlantic. It was called the British Invasion. Ironically, it was young Americans listening to American style music, written and sung by British musicians.

  • @chercee
    @chercee Před 10 měsíci +2

    I turned 5 in Nov. '64. It was a great time for growing up and having this music to listen to! The tall bass player discovered Jimi Hendrix! I believe Eric Burdon was about 24, he had a baby face, but an old voice! He's in his 80s and still going!

  • @daren7889
    @daren7889 Před 7 měsíci

    Bany Boomer here! Eric is mow in his 80's! This song eas one of my very first 45's! I love this song! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🇩🇪🇨🇭🇺🇲💙🌊

  • @sherriblack53
    @sherriblack53 Před 3 měsíci

    I was born in 63. When I was five I had a blind uncle played the guitar. I remember at 5 he knew I knew this asked me to sing it. My sweet little voice which is no more is on a double track. I still sing it. With more knowledge than I had then.

  • @macgrad1
    @macgrad1 Před 5 měsíci

    I remember when this song was played on the radio in 1964, when I was thirteen. I grew up in Canada, across the border from Detroit. We got radio music from various cities in Ontario, Michigan, and sometimes from Ohio, depending upon the weather. We heard almost every type of music. We heard Saturday afternoon at the Met with live opera, classical and opera from some stations, jazz, big band, crooners, do wop, blues, soul, gospel, Motown, Black musicians and singers from Chicago, Philadelphia, Memphis, and the South. We heard the girl groups, the early white and Black rock musicians, French, Italian, and German pop musicians, as well as American and Canadian pop, rock and folk. We even had a hit from a Japanese singer who sang in Japanese. Then of course we heard the British Invasion, protest music, and psychedelic music. We were exposed to every type of music imaginable and it was a rich and incredible experience. Music can bridge the gap between generations and people with different experiences and with other differences.

    • @sueprator9314
      @sueprator9314 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Wow ur my age...lol. I was that age in 1964.

  • @maxbrazil3712
    @maxbrazil3712 Před 9 měsíci +1

    People forget how the electric organ/piano revolutionized the music business and live performances. Hauling around a piano was tough and, like the stand up bass, it wasn't loud enough in a large auditorium without a primo sound system.

  • @AdamGee8
    @AdamGee8 Před 4 měsíci +1

    “That shit gold yo”
    Couldn’t have said it better 😂

  • @somebodypeculiar
    @somebodypeculiar Před 8 dny

    Thank you for letting the song run through without interruptions. This is the first "reaction" I've watched that didn't chop it up.

    • @thisisitreactions
      @thisisitreactions  Před 8 dny

      Thanks for the listen!!! This is a great song!!! Sometimes you gotta let it breathe and take it all in!!!

  • @paolow1299
    @paolow1299 Před 9 měsíci

    The Brits fell in love with the Blues and black music when America had turned its back on it .They changed it and took it back home and the rest is history Coloured artist were coming over to tour the UK bus loads of artists for the first time getting the recognition they deserved and they loved it .Many of them were able to enter an hotel through the front door for the first time in their lives .and eat in diners with no segregation .

  • @BlackMasakari
    @BlackMasakari Před 9 měsíci

    i have watched that video of the song probably a hundred times now (one of my favorite songs / performance of all times) and it still baffles me, how he can thing like that with seemingly zero effort.

  • @rickncam3
    @rickncam3 Před 7 měsíci

    Way back in 1964... Hmmmm..... I was 9. Feeling old, but proud of my generation's quality music.

  • @davegroves1924
    @davegroves1924 Před 4 měsíci +1

    I'm a 77 year old white who has a close black friend that I lived with for a year in 1968. We cross influenced each other musically. GREAT reaction to one of the greatest rock/soul songs ever!!! Nice to see some "youngsters" enjoying the classics. The Animals version is a completely different take and tempo than previous versions. You need to check out these other Animals songs.....Boom Boom, We Gotta Get Out of this Place and Don't Let Me be Misunderstood.

  • @cherylfisk7698
    @cherylfisk7698 Před 7 měsíci

    Alan Price on the keyboard, was playing a VOX Continental transistorized organ. Eric Burdon was only 23 at that time. He knew how to use his diaphragm to project for great volume. NO forcing or pushing his voice. Just using his diaphragm to great effect. Plus, they did this recording in one take!

  • @declanmueller2652
    @declanmueller2652 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Gun to my head, this is my favorite song of all time.

  • @musicairplanes4884
    @musicairplanes4884 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Bluesman like Howlin Wolf went to Europe and did what they called Back Porch concerts or sessions and these shows were the influence on British teenagers. The root of the British Invasion.

  • @carolcoker9862
    @carolcoker9862 Před 5 měsíci

    Hard to think this is 60 years old wow how good are these guys my God!!!

  • @MrT67
    @MrT67 Před 6 měsíci

    I've seen Eric Burdon sing this live. At 66 years of age he sounded just like this early recording. An absolutely incredible voice. He first recorded this at the age of 20.
    It's origins aren't really known.
    The bass player got the royalties, even though Eric Burdon did this particular arrangement. This was because the band members names for the writing credits were listed in an order with the bass players name first. Only his name was pucked up for the royalties by whomever was responsible and he never put it right.
    Good thing that Eric Burdon wrote nany other great songs.

  • @darkpitcher5242
    @darkpitcher5242 Před 10 měsíci +2

    They are miming to the original track which was laid down in one take with no overdubs . pure talent

  • @user-nd6bl1hm8i
    @user-nd6bl1hm8i Před 4 měsíci +1

    I've been singing this with my band for 20 years and EVERYONE goes NUTS no matter their age. And we're all 60-67! I rip it a bit more than the Animals cuz we used to do grunge and alternative 'til we lost our great drummer and guitar player to another band who still wanted to play out.

  • @junebug_tx2305
    @junebug_tx2305 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Gotta hear 'Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood ' by the Animals.

  • @user-lo2ug6sy5f
    @user-lo2ug6sy5f Před 3 měsíci

    I was 14 yr. Old in 1964. Eric's voice was amazing, whole group....

  • @boosuedon
    @boosuedon Před 10 měsíci +1

    The song can be traced back into the 1930s, author unknown. It is said to have survived from poor black family front porch to poor black family front porch and being passed on through the years in this manner. Although several artists had previously recorded this song it was this rendition by a British rock/blues band that made it a world wide iconic song about a brothel in New Orleans they called "The House Of The Rising Sun".

  • @dianefiske-foy4717
    @dianefiske-foy4717 Před 10 měsíci +1

    My mom had an organ like that one. Same size, except she called it her electric piano. It looked like a smaller version of an amber colored wooden piano, except it was electric. She owned it in the 1960s and 1970s, along with an acoustic guitar. She sang country and gospel music and could yodel quite well. My three sister and I would sing with her for fun.

  • @carolynthompson3291
    @carolynthompson3291 Před 9 měsíci

    It’s a house of ill repute ie a brothel. Sensational vocals by Eric Burdon. And shout out to Alan on keyboard xxx 🎉❤

  • @jackempson3044
    @jackempson3044 Před 10 měsíci +3

    The Vox Continental organs was really popular at that time. It was in a lot of songs of that era. That helps identify it with the times and sound of the sixties as the Farfisa and Hammond B3 in their times.

  • @donaldduck2139
    @donaldduck2139 Před 10 měsíci +6

    most if not all of those 60s UK groups and artists male and female were influenced by US blues singers...that's who they had to listen to so...they were their hero's.. .
    couple songs from the Animals were
    👉We Gotta Get Out of This Place👈 and 👉Sky Pilot👈

    • @h.w.hilton6819
      @h.w.hilton6819 Před 10 měsíci

      When I posted, I didn't scroll far enough to see your post. So, there are some mentions of it.

    • @donaldduck2139
      @donaldduck2139 Před 10 měsíci

      @@h.w.hilton6819 yaa lost me brother 😅 am not sure what you are referring to. . . but sure am glad younger gens are tuning into these reactions and being exposed to the good stuff

  • @harveyplantharvester1502
    @harveyplantharvester1502 Před 10 měsíci +1

    I met Eric Burdon at a recording studio in 1989 in L.A. He was short in stature (5 feet 9 inches tall) but oh, what a powerful voice he has!!!! One of my all-time favorite O.G. soulful singers. Even at 82 his face is still recognizable.

  • @Brandi6666
    @Brandi6666 Před 10 měsíci +3

    Eric burdon was everywhere back in the 60’s and 70’s. 🤘❤️ check him out in the band called “war”. Lots of chart toppers

  • @robertsnowdon1257
    @robertsnowdon1257 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Chas chandler the bassist became Jimi Hendrix's manager too and helped him get his band together in the UK.

  • @Wes_Jones
    @Wes_Jones Před 9 měsíci

    I love to see young folks enjoy the music I grew up with.

  • @JonHammerHeart
    @JonHammerHeart Před 10 měsíci +1

    The writer is unknown. It was far in the past and they weren't keeping accurate records of this type of stuff back then, but a landmark record in rock for sure. This is the song that made The Animals stars. If you want some others, check out "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" or "It's My Life".

  • @stacilee9944
    @stacilee9944 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Always gives me the chills! Fabulous voice from that little boy face

  • @sherryaline100
    @sherryaline100 Před 10 měsíci +1

    The lead singer is Eric Burdon. He became good friends with Jimmy Hendrix and partied with him. There are many pictures of them together.

  • @greggpangle4385
    @greggpangle4385 Před 9 měsíci

    I really appreciate the old scool history of the song. I never knew that. I'm 55, and started playing guitar when I was 5.
    To this day, I will try out any guitar in a store, vintage to new I play House of the Rising Sun, the owners nod. Respect.

    • @matt01506
      @matt01506 Před 8 měsíci

      You seriously need to check out the version by the long forgotten gospel group
      "the weavers".
      The vocalist is Ronnie Gilbert and her voice really is something to behold. It's a really really bluesy soulful version. I hope you enjoy it.
      (Their song "kisses sweeter than wine" is fantastic aswell)