Eric Burden the vocalist was around 22 years old with this beautiful rendition, they were a British rythm and blues band, the vocalist is over 80 songs years old and still performs!
"And Lord, I know, I'm one." Hints of a rough existence throughout the song. Then the ultimate surrender to a life of degradation: "I'm goin' back to New Orlee-ans, to wear that ball and chain." What a message; a foreboding message to ANYONE who follows "his" path of "sin and misery."
Eric Burdon had seen a lot of life when he was growing up in the docks in Newcastle. Had a hard life so this song suits him so well. Alan price totally self taught amazing keyboard player. A mix of classical and blues ,astounding. Put him almost up with Ray charles.
He is regarded as one of the British Invasion's most distinctive singers with his deep, powerful blues-rock voice. In 2008, he was ranked 57th in Rolling Stone's list 'The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time'.
The Animals had a booking on Britain's Top Music program 'Ready Steady Go'. The band raced in to De Lane Lea Studios in Soho to record House Of The Rising Sun prior to their TV show appearance. The Animals set up and after a quick mic level check recorded the song in 1 live take. Those on hand said the band was in and out of the studio in under 30 minutes with a completed mono mix ready for release. Amazing!! I loved this reaction MrsPP. Take care, RNB
@@weldonbailey1005 Glad I could help Weldon. The band drove 10 hours from a gig in Liverpool the night before. Talk about being on top of their game. WOW!! Cheers, RNB
It kills me every time I see this performance. Why oh why couldn't all the classic acts of this era have had such great full colour films made of their hits!
this video is better than most from that era because it is actually part of a movie made for release in theatres of a lot of British Bands.. the movie is called "Pop Gear"... the host of the movie is the now disgraced Jimmy Savile
The technology wasn't available, the cost of film production was out of the reach of a beginning rock band. The best way to listen to music of this era, is to close your eyes and keep them closed. As the later song said, video killed the radio star!
I've been watching several reaction videos to this, I am 47 and adore this song so much. I notice towards the end of the video the guitarist grinning, all I can think is that he knew they were onto a winner of a song and he wasn't wrong either.
He had hit the neck of his guitar on the prop pillar as he passed through and they had to do a second take from that point. His sheepish grin was so incongruous to the grim and intense ending to the song. You can see he raises his guitar extra high as he passes through the opening on the second take.
Hello MrsPenPal, You have come across an absolute "iconic classic" by The Animals!!! This was a performance that you'll never forget, from the storyline to the "eerie" vocals and the outstanding keyboard playing, it is "insanely-good!!!" Great reaction my dear friend, you've done it once again, much love & respect...This definitely broadens one's musical horizons to say the least!!! Mic Drop!!! 🎤
Yup. Makes me proud to be British. Eric Burden had a face like an un-made bed but Hell he could sing and this old Cowboy campfire song was perfect for his voice.
Those British invasion bands were so good and changed the music in the place most pop music had been coming from. The bands coming over all seemed to love American blues and folk, especially recorded songs from the 1930s.
This is a traditional folk song---from the 1850's. Originally the story was about a young GIRL, being snared into prostitution, at the Rising Sun. Brothel. Over the years the lyrics changed to appeal to a wider audience. Many stars have recorded this, including Bob Dylan. who first heard the Animals version on his car Radio, and pulled over, to listen to it. he was most impressed. This record was Number one in the USA for 6 weeks.
I think he is a baritone. He has a commanding voice, similar to Jim Morrison's. This song is an old blues tune dating way back before this band. Andy Griffith (yes, THAT Andy Griffith from The Andy Griffith Show that you might have seen on tv) has a version he recorded back in the 50's. There are others as well. Yes, The Animals in this video were quite young, in their 20's, but they had old souls.
@@Cissy777 About 6 years ago in a park on the edge of S E London and Kent,I was talking to a Lady by the lake. After speaking we said our goodbyes and,as an afterthought,I asked her what she did and she said she was a singer and I expressed interest.She told me her Dad had been in a Band. Luckily,I asked her the name of the Band and she said Jimi Hendrix's Experience and her Father was Jimi himself:)
The Animals were part of the "British Invasion" of rock bands that followed the Beatles success into the USA. Other great Animals songs include "It's My Life", and "We Gotta Get Out of This Place"....
This was amazing back in 1964/65…. songs then were around 2 minutes long, and this was well over four minutes. I remember being in the playground at school the day after hearing this, and it was so much talked about….
I love this song, and I love watching reactions from young people! One thing I've noticed is that girls usually respond very strongly to his singing, while dudes usually are moved by the the great keyboarding. I really enjoyed watching you love the Music!
Song was made in the recording studio in one take between gigs to save money. However this clip is from a movie film made after the record was a big hit. The clip was filmed in 1964 or 65 as part of a UK colour film called Pop Gear for paying theatre release. This explains the early high quality color images we luckily have for this mimed from the record performance and also a few other top UK only music artists from when the film was made. UA-cam has quite a few segments from this UK movie Pop Gear with the US contribution being to re title it Go Go Mania and add a few intro Go Go dancer segments to satisfy the US audience. A UA-cam search for Pop Gear Go Go Mania shows lots of surviving segments : ua-cam.com/users/results?search_query=pop+gear+go+go+mania The intro by TCM explains the background of the film. While some of these segments were likely to be shown on US Colour TV much later , the source would originally be this high quality film. Rising Sun is the standout, but the Honeycombs with Have I the Right is a landmark too, In 1964 images not recorded on film would be much lower quality videotape, not the notable quality images used here. Especially with the inferior US pioneering NTSC standards often called Never The Same Colour. So lucky the film was made instead of relying on low standard video tape recordings that were usually taped over anyway to save tape cost money or made by filming a TV screen with poor quality results. I would be amazed to see any video recording from 1964 up to this standard of image quality. A better sound source can easily replace or lesser quality film track early source in UA-cam postings these days. These films mainly used mimed performances as the vast majority of theatre audiences wanted to hear the music performance as they knew it from the records. Hope this helps people who have the colorized and vidoetape theories that usually pop up.
Me too i was a lite girl on 8 years, this song turnd my world up side down, and I dont understand english back then it was some thing in Erics voice and The music that hit me deep in side of me . I still love this song and The original Animals line up
This is 1964. So good then,so good now . Alan Price on the organ went on to have a huge career in uk. Eric Burden went on to a huge career in America with a band called War . Geordie boys!! Newcastle. UK. Chas Chandler on Bass. He went on to a successful career in music management.
Helloooooo HONEYYYYY, YEEEAHHHH, this is an amazing track and I am sure this is the kind of song you enjoy to react with tons of meaning! BIG HUGS AND GREETINGS FROM COSTA RICA!
I've watched so many of these FIRST REACTION vids to the song which I've loved even now at.70. Sure wish they'd listen without interruption to really take it in in all it's amazing performance
I think the lead guitar player behind Burdon is smiling at the end because the keyboard player probably had to get quickly into the final shot by running (with his keyboard) to the final position.
Northern England in the 60s was tough. Young kids sang like they were over forty, had at least two divorces behind them and never drank their breakfast before the third morning cigarette.
He was indeed very young at the time. But in regards to how old he presents? Jeez. I've read a lot of Dickens, and it seems like all the way into the 1960s, the working class in the UK was still living in a very bleak, Dickensian experience. Like that is one very old, puffy, jaded 22 year old child. Also, I've seen this clip many times. And in the final segment, I always find myself wanting to poke that guitarist who's following behind him in the eye . Like, dude! Seriously? This is the emotional climax of an amazing song, why are you following him around and grinning like you just gifted us with a funny surprise fart?
The song is about a brothel in New Orleans. "The House Of The Rising Sun" was named after its occupant Madame Marianne LeSoleil Levant (which means "Rising Sun" in French) and was open for business from 1862 (occupation by Union troops) until 1874, when it was closed due to complaints by neighbors. It was located on Louis St. New Orleans and is STILL STANDING TODAY. The earliest version of this song recorded as far as I know was in 1933 called Rising Sun Blues. ua-cam.com/video/8YyS7Nc64bc/v-deo.html Eric Burden and the Animals had a string of hits, Burden also introduced WAR with ‘Spill the Wine’ who went on with their own string of hits including “Low Rider” (a term for one who drives a lowered car. The low rider style, culture was created by Americans of Mexican descent or “chicanos” in Los Angeles, California in the 1930’s.
Bloody neighbours always complaining. Why can't they have great neighbours like me when I play my music really loud? My neighbours love it so much that they smashed my window so they could hear it better !
EXCELLENT Reaction.😀😀 Really knowledgeable about the music and,also,the way reactions should be, as you paused and spoke in the right places and had the intelligence to re-wind to maintain the flow and continuity of the song...
I would say he was a High Baritone with a great top register. His tone is more of a baritone but he surely hits those High A's really well and they are relentless in this song. LOL
The keyboard player is the great Alan Price. They are nearly all from my native North East and Alan wrote a great song "Jarrow Song" about the great march in 1926. BTW Bob Dylan recorded this before the Animals and he got booed when he did it live because people thought he was copying them.
American Black Blues that crossed the Atlantic and came back as the British Invasion of the 1960s. The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Animals, The Kinks, The Dave Clark Five and many others did the same. Can you hear the gospel in the organ sound?
I can just hear the choreographer saying “Okay, you guys just wander around the room lip synching and stand behind the organist for a few bars. Just be chill, okay”?
Eric is Low Baritone, and truly a remarkable voice and performance as everyone on here knows. Your reaction video is one of the best Mrs Penpal. Where do you originate from Mrs Penpal, as your face is similar to Tanzanian females, with a narrow lower face, but maybe I am completely wrong?
A tune from way back that has held up all these years. And as you heard, to sing the lead vocal requires a lot of belting the notes. I’ve learned to do that over the years, on my own vocal journey. Still, I’ve never tried to sing this entire song. I only once attempted the first lines of verse one, a capella and at full volume. It seems one of my close neighbors didn’t care for how loud I was. But, maybe one day I’ll cover the entire tune.
This is recording 1964 I don't think I started listening to the Animals until 1966. So they must be about 19 or 20:years old here. I could be a couple years off. Years later the Who sang this same song
Eric burdon vocal . Chas Chandler bass.alan price keyboard.john steel drums.hilton valentine guitar.chas and Hilton are gone.alan left the band in 1966.check out winds of change album from 1968.eric stilll performs.
May I suggest, Eric's work with WAR. I 'm going over to listen to Eric-WAR do "Tobacco Road". Send me a note and let me know if you dig it. It's the 14 minute live version .
"house of the rising sun" by the animals is one of my all time favorites. eric burdon vocals and band are superb and the styling, colors, etc of the video represent that time period so well and remind me of the culture that followed from bob dylan, the carpenters to tv shows like the partridge family, brady bunch, etc. haley reinhart also does an amazing cover of this capturing all the deep soul of original while reinterpreting in very different slowed down bluesy way... the a capella intro is genius and some consider it one of the best performances ever on american idol. it is located here: ua-cam.com/video/a6dxNsWMb_E/v-deo.html
Hi from UK…..Eric Burden on vocals was about 22-23 at the time and the others weren’t much older, Bob Dylan stole this version of the song off I think Dave van Ronk (please forgive any misspellings) before Dave could record it himself but Dave had the last laugh when The Animals recorded and gained greater success. The original is very old and sounds very different…. I think Robert Johnson may have recorded it. Love your reactions lil lady, keep safe and well, love from UK 🇬🇧❤️👍
Totally cool I dig your reaction , You have a music background and you know tone and just a damn good song, bravo. I would love to see your reaction to Grace VanderWaal rising star Billboard award. Keep them coming thank you
Song was made in the recording studio in one take between gig to save money. However this is from a movie film made after the record was a big hit. This clip was filmed in 1964 or 65 as part of a UK colour film called Pop Gear for paying theatre release. This explains the early high quality color images we luckily have for this mimed from the record performance and also a few other top UK only music artists from when the film was made. UA-cam has quite a few segments from this UK movie Pop Gear with the US contribution being to re title it Go Go Mania and add a few intro Go Go dancer segments to satisfy the US audience. A UA-cam search for Pop Gear Go Go Mania shows lots of surviving segments : ua-cam.com/users/results?search_query=pop+gear+go+go+mania The intro by TCM explains the background of the film. While some of these segments were likely to be shown on US Colour TV much later , the source would originally be this high quality film. Rising Sun is the standout, but the Honeycombs with Have I the Right is a landmark too, In 1964 images not recorded on film would be much lower quality videotape, not the notable quality images used here. Especially with the inferior US pioneering NTSC standards often called Never The Same Colour. So lucky the film was made instead of relying on low standard video tape recordings that were usually taped over anyway to save tape cost money or made by filming a TV screen with poor quality results. I would be amazed to see any video recording from 1964 up to this standard of image quality. A better sound source can easily replace or lesser quality film track early source in UA-cam postings these days. These films mainly used mimed performances as the vast majority of theatre audiences wanted to hear the music performance as they knew it from the records. Hope this helps people who have the colorized and vidoetape theories that usually pop up.
A 23 year old with a voice that sounds like he's lived a hundred lives
I concur
An old soul for sure
And still with us!
He's an old soul
Eric Burden the vocalist was around 22 years old with this beautiful rendition, they were a British rythm and blues band, the vocalist is over 80 songs years old and still performs!
Eric was born in 1941 this record is from 1964
On a interview with Eric Burdon, he said he used to sing at a club in New Castle when he was a young teenager.
"And Lord, I know, I'm one." Hints of a rough existence throughout the song. Then the ultimate surrender to a life of degradation: "I'm goin' back to New Orlee-ans, to wear that ball and chain." What a message; a foreboding message to ANYONE who follows "his" path of "sin and misery."
Eric Burdon had seen a lot of life when he was growing up in the docks in Newcastle. Had a hard life so this song suits him so well. Alan price totally self taught amazing keyboard player. A mix of classical and blues ,astounding. Put him almost up with Ray charles.
The singer had a tuff live in North of England he is 23 it came out in 1964 .
He is regarded as one of the British Invasion's most distinctive singers with his deep, powerful blues-rock voice. In 2008, he was ranked 57th in Rolling Stone's list 'The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time'.
The Animals had a booking on Britain's Top Music program 'Ready Steady Go'. The band raced in to De Lane Lea Studios in Soho to record House Of The Rising Sun prior to their TV show appearance. The Animals set up and after a quick mic level check recorded the song in 1 live take. Those on hand said the band was in and out of the studio in under 30 minutes with a completed mono mix ready for release. Amazing!! I loved this reaction MrsPP. Take care, RNB
Had read before that this was a first take recording but had never heard the full story as you laid out. Ty. That's incredible.
@@weldonbailey1005 Glad I could help Weldon. The band drove 10 hours from a gig in Liverpool the night before. Talk about being on top of their game. WOW!! Cheers, RNB
Eric Burdon was 23 when this song came out, looked 18 and sounded 40.
Eric Burden was born May 11, 1941 he was about 22 when he sang House of the Rising Sun
It kills me every time I see this performance. Why oh why couldn't all the classic acts of this era have had such great full colour films made of their hits!
this video is better than most from that era because it is actually part of a movie made for release in theatres of a lot of British Bands.. the movie is called "Pop Gear"... the host of the movie is the now disgraced Jimmy Savile
The technology wasn't available, the cost of film production was out of the reach of a beginning rock band. The best way to listen to music of this era, is to close your eyes and keep them closed. As the later song said, video killed the radio star!
It’s the mid 60’s...when music was music! They are in mid 20’s! 😎👍
I've been watching several reaction videos to this, I am 47 and adore this song so much. I notice towards the end of the video the guitarist grinning, all I can think is that he knew they were onto a winner of a song and he wasn't wrong either.
He had hit the neck of his guitar on the prop pillar as he passed through and they had to do a second take from that point. His sheepish grin was so incongruous to the grim and intense ending to the song. You can see he raises his guitar extra high as he passes through the opening on the second take.
1:20 'There is...' , that's truly a flash back , lovely .
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Hello MrsPenPal, You have come across an absolute "iconic classic" by The Animals!!! This was a performance that you'll never forget, from the storyline to the "eerie" vocals and the outstanding keyboard playing, it is "insanely-good!!!" Great reaction my dear friend, you've done it once again, much love & respect...This definitely broadens one's musical horizons to say the least!!! Mic Drop!!! 🎤
Well said CR👏😎
@@MrsPenPal Hi Blessing, I love the emoji's too...The clapping hands & the sunglasses, you're just too cool with the "Swag!!!"
Yup. Makes me proud to be British. Eric Burden had a face like an un-made bed but Hell he could sing and this old Cowboy campfire song was perfect for his voice.
Those British invasion bands were so good and changed the music in the place most pop music had been coming from. The bands coming over all seemed to love American blues and folk, especially recorded songs from the 1930s.
This is a traditional folk song---from the 1850's. Originally the story was about a young GIRL, being snared into prostitution, at the Rising Sun. Brothel. Over the years the lyrics changed to appeal to a wider audience. Many stars have recorded this, including Bob Dylan. who first heard the Animals version on his car Radio, and pulled over, to listen to it. he was most impressed. This record was Number one in the USA for 6 weeks.
I think he is a baritone. He has a commanding voice, similar to Jim Morrison's. This song is an old blues tune dating way back before this band. Andy Griffith (yes, THAT Andy Griffith from The Andy Griffith Show that you might have seen on tv) has a version he recorded back in the 50's. There are others as well. Yes, The Animals in this video were quite young, in their 20's, but they had old souls.
This is when British music ruled the world.amazing band amazing even my grankids love it.
Your grand kids have great taste in music
Great, great song by an awesome band!! Glad enjoyed this!
Fun fact, the bass player Chas Chandler basically discovered jimi hendrix and brought him to London
Did this Jimi ever make it?
@@Isleofskye 😂😂😂 He was ICONIC
@@Cissy777 About 6 years ago in a park on the edge of S E London and Kent,I was talking to a Lady by the lake. After speaking we said our goodbyes and,as an afterthought,I asked her what she did and she said she was a singer and I expressed interest.She told me her Dad had been in a Band.
Luckily,I asked her the name of the Band and she said Jimi Hendrix's Experience and her Father was Jimi himself:)
The 60's, great decade!
The animals were freaking great
The Animals were part of the "British Invasion" of rock bands that followed the Beatles success into the USA. Other great Animals songs include "It's My Life", and "We Gotta Get Out of This Place"....
one day you'll cry,and then you know,what a song it is!❤
Definitely my favourite song of all time
Nice taste
They did it in one take on video
Greatest keyboard solo ever.
Hi from Adelaide Australia, I love your reaction to this song ❤️❤️❤️❤️. P.s you are so beautiful.
Thank you!
This was amazing back in 1964/65…. songs then were around 2 minutes long, and this was well over four minutes. I remember being in the playground at school the day after hearing this, and it was so much talked about….
Let's hear it too for the magician on the organ, Eric Price - an absolute legend.
Did you notice she had to back up when Eric started belting?
Beautiful soul MrsPenPal stands to attention right off the hop - like every musically gifted soul would.
Magnificient :)
sorry, i write stupid comments, when i am drunk..
No it’s not stupid you are fine
I love this song, and I love watching reactions from young people! One thing I've noticed is that girls usually respond very strongly to his singing, while dudes usually are moved by the the great keyboarding. I really enjoyed watching you love the Music!
My 2 favorite songs from this group were #1Sky Pilot #2 House of the Rising Sun. They were a great group.
Song was made in the recording studio in one take between gigs to save money.
However this clip is from a movie film made after the record was a big hit.
The clip was filmed in 1964 or 65 as part of a UK colour film called Pop Gear for paying theatre release. This explains the early high quality color images we luckily have for this mimed from the record performance and also a few other top UK only music artists from when the film was made.
UA-cam has quite a few segments from this UK movie Pop Gear with the US contribution being to re title it Go Go Mania and add a few intro Go Go dancer segments to satisfy the US audience.
A UA-cam search for Pop Gear Go Go Mania shows lots of surviving segments :
ua-cam.com/users/results?search_query=pop+gear+go+go+mania
The intro by TCM explains the background of the film. While some of these segments were likely to be shown on US Colour TV much later , the source would originally be this high quality film.
Rising Sun is the standout, but the Honeycombs with Have I the Right is a landmark too,
In 1964 images not recorded on film would be much lower quality videotape, not the notable quality images used here. Especially with the inferior US pioneering NTSC standards often called Never The Same Colour.
So lucky the film was made instead of relying on low standard video tape recordings that were usually taped over anyway to save tape cost money or made by filming a TV screen with poor quality results. I would be amazed to see any video recording from 1964 up to this standard of image quality. A better sound source can easily replace or lesser quality film track early source in UA-cam postings these days.
These films mainly used mimed performances as the vast majority of theatre audiences wanted to hear the music performance as they knew it from the records.
Hope this helps people who have the colorized and vidoetape theories that usually pop up.
the bass guitarist is chas chandler who discovered jimmi hendrix key board player is alan price
You certainly are a blessing. I remember when this song first came out.
Me too i was a lite girl on 8 years, this song turnd my world up side down, and I dont understand english back then it was some thing in Erics voice and The music that hit me deep in side of me . I still love this song and The original Animals line up
The lead singer was 23 when that song came out. The rest of them were 19-23 except for one who was 26.
British R&B at it's finest
R and B ? 😂
I grew up with this song. I have to admit I was shocked to see what Eric Burdon actually looked like, when this video was put on UA-cam.
I have always been in love with Eric❤
🤗
Me too
This is 1964. So good then,so good now . Alan Price on the organ went on to have a huge career in uk. Eric Burden went on to a huge career in America with a band called War . Geordie boys!! Newcastle. UK.
Chas Chandler on Bass. He went on to a successful career in music management.
A great reaction, thanks. You really nailed it.
Check out, We Gotta Get Outta This Place, by Eric Burden and the Animals.
Great classic song.
Helloooooo HONEYYYYY, YEEEAHHHH, this is an amazing track and I am sure this is the kind of song you enjoy to react with tons of meaning! BIG HUGS AND GREETINGS FROM COSTA RICA!
Ha ha ha ha 😂
Always enjoy your reactions. One of the great bands from the 60s.
He has such a powerful, soulful voice! I just love it!
The group is called the Animals, from UK or Great Britain. The song is from 1964! Called The House Of The Rising Sun!
Great reaction. About the best I've seen.
"What a great thoughtfull detailed reaction, A band from my home town, " Newcastle Upon Tyne, North East Of England, Good Health to all , "From UK..
Wow thanks. Nice to meet you
I've watched so many of these FIRST REACTION vids to the song which I've loved even now at.70. Sure wish they'd listen without interruption to really take it in in all it's amazing performance
Moody Blues "Tuesday Afternoon"
I think the lead guitar player behind Burdon is smiling at the end because the keyboard player probably had to get quickly into the final shot by running (with his keyboard) to the final position.
Northern England in the 60s was tough. Young kids sang like they were over forty, had at least two divorces behind them and never drank their breakfast before the third morning cigarette.
Wow 😢
We Gotta Get Out of This Place was another hit of theirs.
Great reaction.
Eric Burdon the lead singer is 83 now and still singing.
Very good reaction! Love your analyzis and therefore totally agree with it😜👍
He was indeed very young at the time. But in regards to how old he presents? Jeez.
I've read a lot of Dickens, and it seems like all the way into the 1960s, the working class in the UK was still living in a very bleak, Dickensian experience. Like that is one very old, puffy, jaded 22 year old child.
Also, I've seen this clip many times. And in the final segment, I always find myself wanting to poke that guitarist who's following behind him in the eye . Like, dude! Seriously? This is the emotional climax of an amazing song, why are you following him around and grinning like you just gifted us with a funny surprise fart?
I'm a guitar player and these are 5 very simple open chords but it's all about what hilton valentine did with those 5 simple open chords
First times I heard this song, 40 years ago ,could have sworen, this is sung by a guy far over 35.
The song is about a brothel in New Orleans. "The House Of The Rising Sun" was named after its occupant Madame Marianne LeSoleil Levant (which means "Rising Sun" in French) and was open for business from 1862 (occupation by Union troops) until 1874, when it was closed due to complaints by neighbors. It was located on Louis St. New Orleans and is STILL STANDING TODAY. The earliest version of this song recorded as far as I know was in 1933 called Rising Sun Blues. ua-cam.com/video/8YyS7Nc64bc/v-deo.html
Eric Burden and the Animals had a string of hits, Burden also introduced WAR with ‘Spill the Wine’ who went on with their own string of hits including “Low Rider” (a term for one who drives a lowered car. The low rider style, culture was created by Americans of Mexican descent or “chicanos” in Los Angeles, California in the 1930’s.
Bloody neighbours always complaining.
Why can't they have great neighbours like me when I play my music really loud? My neighbours love it so much that they smashed my window so they could hear it better !
EXCELLENT Reaction.😀😀
Really knowledgeable about the music and,also,the way reactions should be, as you paused and spoke in the right places and had the intelligence to re-wind to maintain the flow and continuity of the song...
Very cool song. I also liked watching you MrsPenPal breaking it down. Thank you
So great song that even my piano cover sounds good!! 😉😉
I'm a binge watch of the recaps of this songs, great isn't it. Thank you for sharing, he is 80 strong, still singing before cvd 🇬🇧👵❤
Wow that’s amazing Anita come check out my new song and subscribe to me there ua-cam.com/video/7xebApiZ6h0/v-deo.html
From the UK
I would say he was a High Baritone with a great top register. His tone is more of a baritone but he surely hits those High A's really well and they are relentless in this song. LOL
The keyboard player is the great Alan Price. They are nearly all from my native North East and Alan wrote a great song "Jarrow Song" about the great march in 1926. BTW Bob Dylan recorded this before the Animals and he got booed when he did it live because people thought he was copying them.
Your reaction should have a million likes! You really loves music I can tell
Before auto tune people had to actually sing. This song was performed live on the Ed Sullivan show. 🤟
American Black Blues that crossed the Atlantic and came back as the British Invasion of the 1960s. The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Animals, The Kinks, The Dave Clark Five and many others did the same. Can you hear the gospel in the organ sound?
Музыка и стихи Боба Дилана. Оранжировка Анималс, но она великолепна!
I can just hear the choreographer saying “Okay, you guys just wander around the room lip synching and stand behind the organist for a few bars. Just be chill, okay”?
😂😂😂
Eric is Low Baritone, and truly a remarkable voice and performance as everyone on here knows.
Your reaction video is one of the best Mrs Penpal. Where do you originate from Mrs Penpal, as your face is similar to Tanzanian females, with a narrow lower face, but maybe I am completely wrong?
Good group of the 60 era
👍🏽👍🏽Saludos desde Gran Canaria 🎶😌🎶🫶🌍🙋🏽♂️
A tune from way back that has held up all these years. And as you heard, to sing the lead vocal requires a lot of belting the notes. I’ve learned to do that over the years, on my own vocal journey. Still, I’ve never tried to sing this entire song. I only once attempted the first lines of verse one, a capella and at full volume. It seems one of my close neighbors didn’t care for how loud I was. But, maybe one day I’ll cover the entire tune.
I watch every reaction to this and yours was one of the most interresting + you're really cute
These guys are interesting I really liked this
He is in his early eighties now. Check out Huddie Ledbetter and his music.
Hello Blessing. Yes, house of the rising sun! One of the first songs i learned on the guittar. I could not sing like Eric, but i did anyway.😉👍🔥❤🔥
Oh wow Michael that it very cool
This is recording 1964 I don't think I started listening to the Animals until 1966. So they must be about 19 or 20:years old here. I could be a couple years off. Years later the Who sang this same song
Eric burdon vocal . Chas Chandler bass.alan price keyboard.john steel drums.hilton valentine guitar.chas and Hilton are gone.alan left the band in 1966.check out winds of change album from 1968.eric stilll performs.
May I suggest, Eric's work with WAR. I 'm going over to listen to Eric-WAR do "Tobacco Road". Send me a note and let me know if you dig it. It's the 14 minute live version .
Eric Burdon was 23 at the time he recorded this
Notice that the keyboard had the keys reverse the colors of black and white keys.
"house of the rising sun" by the animals is one of my all time favorites. eric burdon vocals and band are superb and the styling, colors, etc of the video represent that time period so well and remind me of the culture that followed from bob dylan, the carpenters to tv shows like the partridge family, brady bunch, etc. haley reinhart also does an amazing cover of this capturing all the deep soul of original while reinterpreting in very different slowed down bluesy way... the a capella intro is genius and some consider it one of the best performances ever on american idol. it is located here: ua-cam.com/video/a6dxNsWMb_E/v-deo.html
The lead singer was 23!
Eric with the W.A.R. band is fantatisc.
Newcastle’s finest
Hi from UK…..Eric Burden on vocals was about 22-23 at the time and the others weren’t much older, Bob Dylan stole this version of the song off I think Dave van Ronk (please forgive any misspellings) before Dave could record it himself but Dave had the last laugh when The Animals recorded and gained greater success. The original is very old and sounds very different…. I think Robert Johnson may have recorded it. Love your reactions lil lady, keep safe and well, love from UK 🇬🇧❤️👍
Bryan Chandler on bass guitar was the oldest at 26, the others were all 21-22 years old at this time.
@@saxon-mt5byEric was 23.
He had a very tough childhood growing up in orphanages
Try BB King live in Sing Sing prison, he said it was his best performance, I agree, the croud are electric.
This is an old old song. Folklore if you will. They did it justice.
Totally cool I dig your reaction , You have a music background and you know tone and just a damn good song, bravo. I would love to see your reaction to Grace VanderWaal rising star Billboard award. Keep them coming thank you
Eric Burton had a very mature voice to be so young.
I'm one... I am one
did v vid in 1 take aparently between gigs, yeah thats voice n that deleivery wow!. its a vry old song frm v usa, reeinterpreted by ves english lads.
Song was made in the recording studio in one take between gig to save money.
However this is from a movie film made after the record was a big hit.
This clip was filmed in 1964 or 65 as part of a UK colour film called Pop Gear for paying theatre release. This explains the early high quality color images we luckily have for this mimed from the record performance and also a few other top UK only music artists from when the film was made.
UA-cam has quite a few segments from this UK movie Pop Gear with the US contribution being to re title it Go Go Mania and add a few intro Go Go dancer segments to satisfy the US audience.
A UA-cam search for Pop Gear Go Go Mania shows lots of surviving segments :
ua-cam.com/users/results?search_query=pop+gear+go+go+mania
The intro by TCM explains the background of the film. While some of these segments were likely to be shown on US Colour TV much later , the source would originally be this high quality film.
Rising Sun is the standout, but the Honeycombs with Have I the Right is a landmark too,
In 1964 images not recorded on film would be much lower quality videotape, not the notable quality images used here. Especially with the inferior US pioneering NTSC standards often called Never The Same Colour.
So lucky the film was made instead of relying on low standard video tape recordings that were usually taped over anyway to save tape cost money or made by filming a TV screen with poor quality results. I would be amazed to see any video recording from 1964 up to this standard of image quality. A better sound source can easily replace or lesser quality film track early source in UA-cam postings these days.
These films mainly used mimed performances as the vast majority of theatre audiences wanted to hear the music performance as they knew it from the records.
Hope this helps people who have the colorized and vidoetape theories that usually pop up.
Actually the song is way older. Tha Animals nailed it imo.