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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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"
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.
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.
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.
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!!
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.
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.
@@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.
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.
@@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
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 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.
"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.
"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."
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).
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!
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!👏
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.
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
"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...
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
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".
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
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.
@@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 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.
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?
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Although written much earlier, this version really is one of the best songs of the 60's.
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".
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.
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.
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.
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!
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. 👍
Eric Burdon - vocals, Hilton Valentine - guitar, Chas Chandler - bass (also "discovered" and managed Jimi Hendrix), Alan Price - keyboards, John Steele - drums... I saw them play LIVE!!
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.
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.
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.
This is a total rock classic. It was a number one hit in England, the U.S., and Canada when it debuted in 1964. It is an old American folk song and the British invasion group the Animals were the first to commercially record it. It was never expected to go anywhere, but, wow. It jump started their careers. Eric Burden still a rocker into his 80's. The song is about addiction in an opium den in New Orleans.
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.
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).
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.
@@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 :)
At the time of this single take recording the singer Eric Burdon from Newcastle England was 23. Alan Price same age, the organist went on to have a very successful solo career after he left the animals. The bass player Chas Chandler went on to discover and manage Jimi Hendrix and later he managed the band Slade a top UK band in the 70s The origins of the song are vague But it is thought it was a folk song from Suffolk in England which eventually made its way to America The Rising Sun was a bawdy house of ill repute where young men could soon be parted from their money in one way and another I’m glad you like it It’s number 122 on the Rolling Stone list of greatest hits of all time! As usual I suggest you read the very interesting article about the song on Wikipedia
Who would guess this beautiful music comes out of these kind of geeky but cool looking guys! I have loved this song my entire life but at 60 this is the first time I remember watching who sings it! I did not expect this! Perfect reaction from my two favorites!
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!
It's about being indentured to a house of prostitution /casino in New Orleans. If you had other skills like tailor or maintenance, one could avoid the brothel. Aretha Franklin wrote and popularized the House of the Rising Sun which is why they had to change the lyrics from "poor young girl" to "poor young boy".
Was watching Westworld just now and they started playing a piano cover of this song so immediately needed to hear the original. Glad I watched a react video for it, I love seeing reacts to stuff that I like to see why other people either like or dislike it. Great video guys!
10 years later the singer Eric Burdon teamed with the band War to record 'Spill the Wine'. This is worth a listen. Also the bass player Chas Chandler shown in the video would a few years would bring Jimi Hendrix to the UK.
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 .
Alan Price was a great keyboard player and had several hits with The Animals. He had a successful solo career and with his own band, The Alan Price Set like 'Jarrow Song'. Also hits with Georgie Fame, of 'The Ballad of Bonnie & Clyde' fame, such as 'Rosetta'. Well worth a delve.
I love how you picked up on and hammered on the oooold sound in this song. The song is no one knows how old. Potentially between 100 to 200 years at least from what I heard. It's old old folk song passed down between deep rural communities in America. At least in this form
This song was way ahead of its time for so many, many reasons. Eric Burdon brought a raw blues sound to a folk/blues tune. The roots of the song go back to the 16th century (or perhaps earlier) as an old English "bawdy", originally about a woman of "ill repute." It is arguably the first folk rock tune (a folk song juiced up on electric instruments). Eric Burdon (the lead singer) had to rebuild the song and the verses from many different sources, from blues singers in bars to street musicians. Quite the achievement. And The Animals were aptly named. Yeah, they wear the suits and bow, but their haircuts pushed acceptable limits, and the subjects of the song--drinking, gambling, mom abandoned and working hard as a seamstress while papa is absent, were beyond what was acceptable in the day, especially on the radio. Old time city census records of the 1800s and early 1900s required people to list their profession, and a lot of prostitutes simply listed themselves as "Seamstress," and it meant that they were sex workers. So, "my mother was a seamstress" may have other meanings. It's pure blues about a very hard life.
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
@@QuitYourCryin No, he just covered it
@@QuitYourCryin 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.
This song is an absolute classic.
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
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.
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.
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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"
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
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.
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
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!!
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.
"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!
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!
The UK has produced so many world class talented musicians.
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.
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.
The great Alan Price!and Chas Chandler on bass who became Jimi Hendrixi’s manager
@@stephenmartin2737yes it was
"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
Their song We Gotta Get Out Of This Place was the anthem of the American soldiers in Vietnam
Was in the movie Hamburger Hill
They came out during the British Invasion of the mid 60’s. Fantastic music.
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
This song reached Number One on Billboard. Stayed number one for seven weeks.
Eric Burdon is a legend! So glad I got to see him in concert.
It's amazing how good this looks after being HD remastered. Looks like it was filmed yesterday.
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.
"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.
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 ❤
"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
'Don't let me be misunderstood' is my favorite by the Animals.
'We've gotta get outta this place'.
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).
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 👌👌👌
Thats a lotta soul in that voice
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.
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.
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!
You Simply don't expect the Voice from this Guy. Off the scale.. One of the best tracks from the sixties. Incredible Voice. Great UK Band
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".
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.
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.
They are actually singing about a brothel , a whole house , and The Animals have a bunch of cool tunes!!!!!!
"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...
The words to Amazing Grace fit perfectly into the melody of House of the Rising Sun
Real talent, no special effects just pure talent - legendary!
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
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
Your channel is like sitting around with friends and listening to albums on the stereo. Nothing better!
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".
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.
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
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.
Another iconic song by the Animals is"We Gotta Get Out Of This Place "
This song was so popular back in the day and is timeless. The keyboard that sounds so unique is a Hammond organ.
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 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.
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?
Although written much earlier, this version really is one of the best songs of the 60's.
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".
I love seeing how the TV shows' production was in those days. The setup, costuming, stage, all that. Straight instrumentation, no sound board.
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.
He is also the eggman John Lennon refers to. A girl put a raw egg in her mouth when she went down on him. Least that’s the story I read.
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.
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
I love the suits too.
For many guitarists, this is one of the first songs you learn.
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.
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!
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. 👍
Eric Burdon - vocals, Hilton Valentine - guitar, Chas Chandler - bass (also "discovered" and managed Jimi Hendrix), Alan Price - keyboards, John Steele - drums... I saw them play LIVE!!
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.
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.
IIRC this is actually a folk song... they just have the definitive rendition...
Work song by the animals is phenomenal
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.
Also the lead singer is Eric Birden now lead singer for ( WAR )
This song is what happens when gospel, blues and rock merge.
This is a total rock classic. It was a number one hit in England, the U.S., and Canada when it debuted in 1964. It is an old American folk song and the British invasion group the Animals were the first to commercially record it. It was never expected to go anywhere, but, wow. It jump started their careers. Eric Burden still a rocker into his 80's. The song is about addiction in an opium den in New Orleans.
All time classic! Should check out The Hollies - Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress
Oh yes. Bringing me back over here 🎵💃🎶
Alan Price was a complete killer on the keyboard and he nailed this as well as several other Animals gems.
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
I found when I was young the bands with an organ were the best to go to. I went to listen to every one I could.
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.
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).
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. :)
"I wish the vocals were a little louder!" WHAT man? He is spitting napalm. His voice is fire dude!!!
"Old school." You mean back when singers really sang and music was really music.
At the time of this single take recording the singer Eric Burdon from Newcastle England was 23. Alan Price same age, the organist went on to have a very successful solo career after he left the animals. The bass player Chas Chandler went on to discover and manage Jimi Hendrix and later he managed the band Slade a top UK band in the 70s
The origins of the song are vague But it is thought it was a folk song from Suffolk in England which eventually made its way to America
The Rising Sun was a bawdy house of ill repute where young men could soon be parted from their money in one way and another
I’m glad you like it It’s number 122 on the Rolling Stone list of greatest hits of all time!
As usual I suggest you read the very interesting article about the song on Wikipedia
Who would guess this beautiful music comes out of these kind of geeky but cool looking guys! I have loved this song my entire life but at 60 this is the first time I remember watching who sings it! I did not expect this! Perfect reaction from my two favorites!
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!
The Animals- Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood is my other favorite song... punk rock short too.
It's about being indentured to a house of prostitution /casino in New Orleans. If you had other skills like tailor or maintenance, one could avoid the brothel. Aretha Franklin wrote and popularized the House of the Rising Sun which is why they had to change the lyrics from "poor young girl" to "poor young boy".
This track was laid down in one take (now that's what you call talent)
That Vox Continental organ is just so smooth, it kills me every time I hear it
See if you can find the US radio edit of their version of John Lee Hooker's "Boom Boom".
The famous Alan Price on keyboards too! Fantastic classic!
Was watching Westworld just now and they started playing a piano cover of this song so immediately needed to hear the original. Glad I watched a react video for it, I love seeing reacts to stuff that I like to see why other people either like or dislike it. Great video guys!
"That would sound better remastered", what, you've gotta be kidding. This is a masterpiece.
10 years later the singer Eric Burdon teamed with the band War to record 'Spill the Wine'. This is worth a listen. Also the bass player Chas Chandler shown in the video would a few years would bring Jimi Hendrix to the UK.
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 .
Alan Price was a great keyboard player and had several hits with The Animals. He had a successful solo career and with his own band, The Alan Price Set like 'Jarrow Song'. Also hits with Georgie Fame, of 'The Ballad of Bonnie & Clyde' fame, such as 'Rosetta'. Well worth a delve.
One of my all time favourite songs. Love it!
I love how you picked up on and hammered on the oooold sound in this song.
The song is no one knows how old. Potentially between 100 to 200 years at least from what I heard.
It's old old folk song passed down between deep rural communities in America. At least in this form
Classic Animals ❤ 1964
This song was way ahead of its time for so many, many reasons. Eric Burdon brought a raw blues sound to a folk/blues tune. The roots of the song go back to the 16th century (or perhaps earlier) as an old English "bawdy", originally about a woman of "ill repute." It is arguably the first folk rock tune (a folk song juiced up on electric instruments). Eric Burdon (the lead singer) had to rebuild the song and the verses from many different sources, from blues singers in bars to street musicians. Quite the achievement. And The Animals were aptly named. Yeah, they wear the suits and bow, but their haircuts pushed acceptable limits, and the subjects of the song--drinking, gambling, mom abandoned and working hard as a seamstress while papa is absent, were beyond what was acceptable in the day, especially on the radio. Old time city census records of the 1800s and early 1900s required people to list their profession, and a lot of prostitutes simply listed themselves as "Seamstress," and it meant that they were sex workers. So, "my mother was a seamstress" may have other meanings. It's pure blues about a very hard life.