First Time Hearing The Animals - House Of The Rising Sun Reaction - ANOTHER GREAT BRITISH BAND?!
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He was 23 when this was recorded.....what a set of pipes!
Just as young as aerosmith's singer when they did dream on i believe
Recorded in one take!
Eric's voice made this tune pure fire, but that organ solo made it legendary.
Yup. Incredible solo.
I Agree 100% !!!
I looked up the Vox Continental that Alan Price was playing and a dealer recently sold a 1966 one for £ 2480
I totally miss organs in music. Guess it’s too “old fashioned” for today’s kids…
@raywickert4581 Greta Van Fleet have an organ in all of their music. Intro here
ua-cam.com/video/vt7gs1J0q9s/v-deo.htmlsi=MVS0d1Jcotb3inbp
The bassist Chaz Chandler became a producer and is the man who discovered Jimi Hendrix. Their hit We've Gotta Get out of this Place was a major theme song in Vietnam. We sang it all the time.
Sky Pilot was another Animal's song about the war in Viet Nam. Oops, I was wrong. It was about WW2, after watching it again. ua-cam.com/video/m0JMCaKwOUY/v-deo.html
Sky pilot is my favourite song by the Animals
And it was about living on Tyneside in the UK
@@johnord684makes sense 😂
I think many people's first exposure to that was on the China Beach soundtrack - the albums then released under that title had some awesome music on them.
Love Eric Burdon & The Animals. They were part of the British Invasion along with The Beatles, Rolling Stones & others. People are always shocked that Eric has such a different unique deeper voice. The Animals had a lot of great hits in the 60's such as "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place", "Baby Let Me Take You Home", "I'm Crying", "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood", "Bring It On Home to Me", "It's My Life", "Don't Bring Me Down", "See See Rider", "Monterey", "Sky Pilot" etc. Eric later joined the funk rock band "War" & they had a few hits "Spill the Wine" & "Tobacco Road".
"It's my life and I'll do what I want..." Oooohhhh yeah!!!
As we say in Texas; y'all be safe.
...I have nothing to add...except, no one knows who wrote this song, or how old it is
I wasn't aware that Eric Burdon was in War. Thank you for that tidbit.
The 'Animals ' a hard rocking Northern England band, their concerts were absolutely wild!!!
Eric was is an incredible voice!!!
Did some great music with the band 'War ' out of LA early 70s!!!!
Great song choices! This from a 72 year old Eric Burdon & the Animals fan.
The Animals had been performing this song live while touring with Chuck Berry. It was so popular with audiences, they decide to record it. On May 17, 1964, they drove down from Liverpool to London where they recorded the song in one take. No overdubs, no second chances, nothing! A few weeks later it was #1 around the world.
They may have recorded it in the studio, but this video was lip-synced. You can tell that Eric wasn't really singing, and moments where he almost forgot the lyrics.
Yes, as was common at the time, the video was recorded much later and they lip-synced their performance to the studio recording.@@stevejoshua9536
Mimed from their one take 1964 recording. 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 segments to satisfy the US audience.
A UA-cam search for Pop Gear Go Go Mania shows the 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 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 reliable source says they took the train down from their home town of Newcastle to do the one take recording between gigs.
Early on in their career they could not afford a car. Same for most UK people then
This is a one take wonder. They had booked the studio for their lunch hour when they were on tour with an American blues man, Muddy Waters, or someone like him, being the opening act. They thought they needed a better sound so they booked the studio. Stopped off there, set up, recorded this in one take, packed up and got back on the road.
Now that’s talent and musicianship. Alan Price’s organ break, one take. The whole song, one take.
Nearly right they got early mail train from Newcastle to London borrowed the trolly to transport equipment to Studio they did 1 take they packed gear up got train back to Newcastle and got £68 to share 😮.
@@les.gilfilan7200 Thanks for the clarification. I knew it was a complicated process.
Unfortunately, Alan Price totally screwed them out of their royalties - you should check it out, andfolks should remember it as a warning when working with 'friends'.
Goes to show brilliance in one aspect of one's life doesn't automatically mean excellence elsewhere.
In a time when the Beatles were all over the map, the Animals poked their noses in with this gem of a song. Great tune and reaction. Thank you.
Keep in mind that at this time, the Beatles were singing "I Want To Hold Your Hand".
This isn’t there song
This band has a TON of hits. Lead singer Eric Burdon has one of the most distinctive voices in rock 'n' roll. Thanks for your reaction.
Our pleasure!
Eric Burdon was called the "bad boy" of rock and the group had a number of hits in the day. This was considered the biggest of their hit songs.
Yeah he made the Beatles look like choir boys.
He's the Eggman
His story about being on a bus with Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee Lewis was entertaining.
This is literally one of the most iconic songs 🎵 of the 1960s, Eric Burdon the lead singer is much revered, he's 82 and still alive, great reaction to the song:) The organ provides such a haunting melody:)
Yes...Chas Chandler, the bassist discovered Jimi Hendrix playing in a club in New York....brought him to England...put him up in a hotel and then became Jimi’s manager.....this is an old New Orleans song....about a brothel run by Madame Marianne Le Soleil Levant...translated, her last name means “The Rising Sun”....by the way the singer, Eric Burdon was 23 years old when this was recorded🤩
Love The Animals! "It's My Life" and "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" are other huge hits by them. The lead singer Eric Burdon did some work later on with the group War that was great and the bass player Chas Chandler managed Jimi Hendrix at the beginning of his popularity.
Saw them in person.
They're unbelievable and Eric voice is so powerful!❤
Bob Dylan himself was driving on a coast road somewhere in the states and this came on the radio for the first time.
He pulled over and intently listened.
He later said it changed his musical direction.
Powerful tune,and a cover from a blues song from the 1920’s I think,author unknown!
Interesting, since Dylan did this song on his first album...of course he wasn't happy with his first album.
@@denroy3They said it was an old English folk song? I thought it was an American traditional song. Yes, I also read about Dylan saying he was amazed when he heard this version the first time and loved it .
Eric Burdon is one of the greatest singers ever I loved so many of the British Invasion recording acts. Their in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame and surely deserved it. Many very good songs . Don't let me be Misunderstood, We gotta get out of this Place , See See Rider. Sky Pilot is a great antiwar song one of my favorites
This song is such a vibe!!! I've always loved it! Honestly nothing is as funky & powerful as this performance
Nobody before the animals made this song sound like this. They owned it with this.
Imagine hearing songs this good everyday on the radio! Wish I was there again!
I am a fairly new subscriber, I love how the music I grew up with continues to be played and enjoyed by younger people. It truly was the best generation for music. Blue Oyster Cult, don't fear the reaper is an excellent song I might add.
Chas Chandler the Guitarist discovered Jimi Hendrix in the USA and brought him back to the UK. The Keyboard Player, Alan Price carved decent solo career out for himself. Eric Burden had many hits with the Animals.
Alan the keyboard guy is an arsehole, why ?? early on when they were going to share the money , pissed the rest off by sdaying the money is mine
You two are getting really good at this - keep going.
I was lucky enough to be a teenager in the 1960s (I will be 75 tomorrow) and The Animals were my favourite group.
I still have a vinyl LP (album) of theirs which I bought back then
Other comments have listed their hit list. My personal favourite is "It's My Life".
Their songs generally contained a grittiness.
As a complete contrast I suggest you investigate the songs of Ray Charles. Again my favourite is "Teardrops in my Heart". If you react to it have a box of tissues to hand.
Happy Birthday! 🎉🎂🎁🎈🎊
Happy birthday!!
The Bass Player was very instrumental in getting Jimi Hendrix in the limelight.
Great Reaction Guys! The Animals had more hits, Please check out "When I Was Young," "We Gotta Get Out of This Place," "Don't Bring Me Down" and "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood."
Find the studio versions because the sound quality of the videos is not good.
Saw a reunion show at San Francisco Civic Center in 1983. Growing up in the late 60s and 70s in San Francisco meant many great shows. And me and my friends went to our fair share. That show stands out in my memory. They sounded like they were in studio. On top of that Eric Burden is as good front man as ever led a band. Epic. "San Francisco Nights" / Don't let me be understood'. Animals had countless hits.
Sam mentioned the walking around which is exactly what a funeral procession was way back in the day; the family and friends would carry the casket around the town or village. I realize that this is not the" preferred method " to make a song suggestion, but I really think you would dig "Spill the Wine" (original video) which is a song Eric Burdon recorded later with the R&B, funk band War. That amazing organ player, Alan Price, always has some noteworthy solo material, particularly his soundtrack for the 1973 film "O Lucky Man" which is one of my favorite film soundtracks. I'll shut up now, but thanks for this upload.
I have heard this song thousands of times in my life but it never fails to move me.
I have too, and millions of people have heard it dozens and dozens of time for the past fifty years, which is why I don't believe for one second that it was those two's first time. I mean... how can you tell you've never heard a song when you've never heard it at least once, you know what I mean?
Eric Burdon's vocals! I also love his command of performing this song for this video.. He was a natural, with the way he moved in and out of frame. Just beautiful.
Another great british band.....you"re welcome! Love from England
Takes your breath away !!❤
Great reaction Sam and Phil! As a teenager back in the 60s (yeah, i'm an OG), this is one of the songs that really got me listening to rock and roll. The Animals have a lot of British blues in their catalog also.
It's hard to believe Eric Burdon was only 23 or 24 when this was recorded. What a voice.
THIS SONG IS A MASTERPIECE
Need to also look at Eric Burdon with War. -- "spill the wine" and "Tobacco Road."
Eric Burtons Voice is like no other..I was 14 yr. In 1964..,
I remember when this song was first hitting the radio, and for quite a while it was my favorite song. Definitely a heavy blues influence in there, but truly a unique sound. They have a solid list of hits well worth listening to.
This song will always remind me of my mom. She liked it a lot. But my favorite is "We gotta get out of this place" and "Don't let me be misunderstood"
It makes me feels so old when people have never heard the Animals sing this song.
60 years old and still sounds cool.
This was recorded in only 30 mins as Micky Most the producer didn't like the song and thought it would be a flop...he was proved wrong.
Sky Pilot, the long version, is very powerful song referring the Vietnam war. Also, When I Was Young another great song.
This was from the Ed Sullivan Show which featured entertainers from all over. Ed had The Beatles, The Animals, The Doors, Elvis, The Mamas and The Papas, and very many others appear on his show. It came on TV on Sunday Nights for many years.
This was actually an old American ('delta') blues song, about a house of....can't you quess...'ill-repute', the old blues men sang it about a boy/man.
Alan Price (on organ) formed his own 'progressive' well-regarded rock band "The Alan Price Project", and Chas Chandler (bass guitarist) became a very well-regarded and successful record producer. Eric Burdon, continued to sing for decades, he's still performing occassionally.
We've Gotta Get Out of This Place should be the next Animals song you do if you go that route of another song. I'm curious if you ever did the Zombies, another somewhat unappreciated band of the British Invasion.
The musicality of this group was unparalleled.
I'm English and in 1964 when they first recorded this song I saw them live on stage and the sound was just the same as the recording, I also saw them in person in a motorway carpark when we were parked at the side of their van by chance, they were all very friendly just like local lads, brilliant group.
"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" is a favorite.
He is the most cleanest raspy singer ever lived
Speaking of old folk songs, I highly recommend an old Irish folk song called Whiskey in the Jar as done by Irish rock legends Thin Lizzy. It was later covered by Metallica too, but I'd definitely start with Thin Lizzy's version.
I had a cassette of Eric Burden when in college in the late 80s. Listened on my Walkman. 😂😂 I love how reactors are often surprised at such a voice coming from such a small, young looking guy.
Eric Burden was about 23 here but sounded much older. The second guitarist became the manager of Jimmi Hendrix and the person on the piano/organ was Alan Price who later on had his own group.
I was lucky enough to grow up in the 60's in the UK. Absolutely amazing music back then.
You don't expect a voice like that to come out of someone who looks like him. I'd heard the song many times before seeing the band, and I was surprised when I first saw Eric Burdon!
@RealDiehl99 And I am told Eric Burdon was only 17 yrs old when he sang this
@@zella417bcarter9 Wow! I did not know that.
The animals is one of my favorite British band from the 60’s
The Animals were my first concert as a 15 year old at the Hollywood Bowl in the mid 60's. They were amazing.
If you mention New Orleans, you gotta have some blues touches! Most telling lyric in this song, to me, is: "Well, I got one foot on the platform, the other foot on the train. I'm goin' back to New Aw-lee-uns to WEAR THAT BALL AND CHAIN." Foreboding of a life NOT well-lived; a warning to other young men to avoid a life of pain and misery.
I remember when this first hit radio. Nothing like it and Beatles were still trying to find their mature sound.
great reaction guys... although before my time, "house of the rising sun" is one of my all time favorites. the 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 song capturing all the deep soul of original while reinterpreting in very different slowed down bluesy jazz way... similar to what she did with “creep”. it considered one of the best performances ever on american idol (search paul fromMN trueHD for best quality)… it is stunning!😎
yet ANOTHER great British band.
One of the first organ solos in rock music, and Eric Burdons voice is commanding.
Blues and rock! The English bands used our R&B mixed with rock and sold it back to us..Young people loved it. The music opened black R&B to a larger white audiences.
"Boom Boom" was a great hit of theirs and you should definitely watch their live performance at Wembley, 1965. Great performance and they are having a blast!
I love how none of the electric instruments are plugged in.
Eric sang in several bands. Had a great voice. I think this was their first tv appearance (on Ed Sullivan)
The bass player Charkles Chandler, got jimi hendrix started , he found him in a club and was hiis manager and producer.
Chas Chandler the tall redhead was the manager for Jimi Hendrix. Reason Hilton was laughing at the end was because when they rolled Alan to the front for last shot, he thought it was funny. Supposedly they didn't have enough money to do a retake. The walking around is to represent the funeral procession in New Orleans.
That was the year following the arrival of the Beatles. I was there. Nothing was the same in youth culture after they arrived.
This particular tune was enjoyed in the rain, in October, on a motorcycle, for about 10 hours driving I-90. 50 degree temps or this tune sent shivers down my spine.
Also, the acid was none too clean
the lore is that Dylan claimed that this was the 1st folk rock song. He, of course owned the genre after that. Credit where do by Bob
After the success of the Beatles, and them being shuffled to the US in February of 1964. Instantly, Brit pop agencies were dressing their bands and presenting them like the Beatles to capture the wave. The Animals were the 2nd band in the British invasion. Later that fall, the world would be introduced to Herman's hermits and The Rolling Stones.
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Thanks for keeping it clean. Dude is so polite
The orig artist from this song was a guitarist named : Leadbelly
65000 people at a Green day concert in Hyde Park London. Were waiting for the band to come on when someone played a Queen track over the speakers Hio boy the crowd new every word and Tone .just watch it .just Love at sport events in the UK. The crowd always chants.
there's lots to get from the animals. Two of my faves today might be Bring it on Home to me & Round and Round but it's all good. Later, on his own, Eric Burdon had even more hits with Sky pilot and Spill the wine the first to come to mind.
One of the best songs ever made. I can’t believe you’ve never heard it before. I don’t know a single person who’s never heard it!
First timer on your channel, I enjoy it , I’ve subscribed, this song 1964 ,9 years old I was in poor Texas.
So much good music so little time 😍
This song was profound in its time. (I was alive at the time.) And think, back then, no autotune. Solid voice sounds.
I think you guys would absolutely love The Doors!!
You've mentioned a couple of times that you like story tellers. Jim Croce was a wonderful story teller, playing his guitar and singing story
You may also be interested in Carole King. Her whole first album was awesome The song Tapestry is a story, done beautifully
I like your reactions because they seem genuine. You’ll remain successful as long as you are genuine or can, at least, maintain the illusion of being genuine. 🙂.
Mimed from their one take 1964 recording. 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 segments to satisfy the US audience.
A UA-cam search for Pop Gear Go Go Mania shows the 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 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.
My favorite song when it came out when I was in high school.
One of my favorites from the 1960's. Yes, this is their most popular song. Alan Price just kicking butt on the keyboard and Eric Burdon with great vocals. This song dates back a very long time. Even though the origins are unknown the earliest American version was said to have been known by American miners in 1905. The oldest published version of the lyrics is that printed by Robert Winslow Gordon in 1925. 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, on the Vocalion label.
Next Animals song to do - We Got to Get Out of This Place or Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood.
People still argue about the meaning of the lyrics but there’s no doubt it’s referring to a Brothel. Here is some info from the New Orleans Historical Society.: In 1821, L.S. Hotchkiss and Co. purchased an advertisement in the Louisiana Gazette for a “Rising Sun Hotel”. They purchased ads in the paper where they promised…. “Gentlemen may here relay upon finding attentive servants.” Another add let patrons know they were now open for a lunch and offered a buffet as well as rooms that could be rented by the hour for those gentlemen who indulged too much and needed a rest. This leaves little doubt as to what the song is referring too. If anyone is still in doubt then they should by-all- means travel to New Orleans and ask the Historical Society. The song is also known as: RISING SUN BLUES
The bass player was best friends with Jimi Hendrix and helped him start his career and be discovered
Gotta play more. They were a great blues band
The traditional lyrics are a frightening vision of a life gone way wrong, in every sense, with Eric deliberately rasping and howling out his 'sin and misery' to warn of the danger to a young innocent. Once heard, never forgotten!
I grew up during the 60s & 70s. This song stands out for my younger years, & I hear it again every chance I get 👍
Me, too.
Eric Burden, the lead singer along with the other Animals were a British treasure, I have all their albums. A song written by Eric in 67' , released in 68' called "Sky Pilot", a war song about military chaplains and the role they play in supporting and perpetuating war is a long time fav. The long version is 7 min. 29 sec long. They did do a shorter version but I like the long one. Prob would never react to it but thought I'd mention it.
What a Mega voice!!!😍
Now yall HAVE to do Five Finger Death Punch's version of this! Official video please 🙏
I was just going to say this. Speaking of Five Finger Death Punch, if you haven’t reacted to some of their songs, there are a few that really get to a person. Wrong Side of Heaven, Gone Away and Blue On Black and be sure to watch the video that features Brian May from Queen, Kenny Wayne Shepard and Brantley Gilbert. Most of Five Finger Death Punch’s songs are about those who have and are serving in the military.
I still go to see Eric any time he's in the area. He still has those amazing pipes.
This is their most popular. I was 8 when it came out.
The Vox keyboard he was playing had just recently come out so it was a new sound only a very few other bands had. Also check out the Eric Burdon and War song Spill the Wine
the singer Eric Burdon moved to the USA and formed a band called the New Animals nade a great album which included a tremendoud version of the Rolling Stones hit Paint it Black
Suggestion.The kinks with Lola.Great beat with a sting in the tail.
The fact that they grew up not far from me in the armpit of England makes this song all the better 😂👍🏻
The original house of the rising sun was done back in the 1930s by Thomas Clarence Ashley
Eric Burdon had a powerful voice in the old days, and for a person who was very young❤.
Well, The Animals got this song from Bob Dylan's first album( BTW, the groups first single was also taken from Dylan's first album) . Interestingly, Dylan, himself. "pinched" the song from his friend Dave Van Ronk and I think we can credit Dave with transforming the song from it's earlier "bluesy" incarnation by adding a catchy chord progression.