One of the most enjoyable things I've found in my older years is watching younger people hear all the great music they've missed out on in their lives until now.
It does make me smile a little but it's also difficult to comprehend how most of these kids have never heard so many of the obvious classics until they hear for the first time as young adults & this done through an exercise in reaction not just organic exposure to the songs. Didn't they listen to music while they were growing up? Didn't their parents play their music so their children would know good or bad music or talent when they heard it?
Isn't it great, my 18-year-old grandson loves the music from our time, so does my 10-year-old great granddaughter she calls it grandma's music lol hahahah.
@@christianleroy1329 Eric Victor Burdon was born 11 May 1941. He is 83 years old now. If you substract 1964-1941 = 23. He just had a baby face and looked a lot younger than his age. Google it.
It’s not a metaphor, a “house” was a place you could go to get a prostitute, drugs or to gamble. Basically, a house of ill repute. This house is called “The Rising Son”, and he’s saying that he’s followed in his father’s footsteps despite trying not to … “one foot on the platform, the other on the train.” Amber I’m with you on believing in old souls. Love and prayers to you both as you wait on Luca.
I'm 74 years old and fondly remember this song in my grade 10 year. This song was number 1 for almost 6 months on our city's top chart. Wonderful watching you young folk being mesmerized by this music. As you get older, try listening to all the other types of music out there. At this age, I'm continually trying other music and continue enjoying the music of different ages, countries and styles.
I was watching the Animals' Medley video on MTV. My mother walks by with some laundry and says, "Oh. The Animals," and keeps walking. I think I was a tween at the time. She shocked me.
I'm an 83 yr old female and it is a real kick to me to see you young folk appreciate this great music and I am really seeing it for the first time myself!
I'm 71 & love J& Amber. They do a great job. They are hearing & critiquing music they have never heard. Study has been done for alzheimers. Said music is in frontal lobe and helps your brain stay healthier listening TO MUSIC 🎶. MISS 83 AND keep on rocking
I’m 70 and I feel the same way. Nice to see the great music of the 1060s appreciated by this lonely couple. And they’ve a nice range that goes back to the 1940s with Cab Calloway and the Nicholas Brothers🖖
The House of the Rising Sun can be a metaphor for Sin “ drugs, prostitution etc…where you find yourself waking to daylight in a forbidden place / experience ! Just my suggestion !
They say: music is mathematics..and yes, up to a certain point but real art starts where mathematical perfection ends. I think perhaps the old instruments were not perfect and we find that more interesting
And also a thief. He literally stole all the money that the band made (all payments and royalties went into his account on the understanding that he'd share it... well.. he mostly didn't). Which broke up the band after a few years.
I love the film Oh Lucky Man! from the 1970s, in which one of Price's solo albums is used. Amazing movie, and amazing album alike - for those who want to explore his keyboard and solo career, that movie and his album used with it is a brilliant starting point.
You can also see how pissed that they are about the fact they are being made to lip sync here though. Similar to Queen or others. They had the musical chops so they HATED IT.
The Animals performed this song in our senior assembly before our graduation from high school. I’ll never forget - as soon as they started singing this we all came out of our seats and started dancing! The principal ran across the stage waving his arms to try and get us to sit back in our seats - of course it didn’t work!
They went into the studio & recorded this all in one take. Pretty incredible stuff. Bass player Chas Chandler eventually left the band to manage a guy named Jimi Hendrix.
Yep, and since “House Of The Rising Sun” was recorded in one take, he remained convinced that first take recording was best and multiple takes wasteful.
@@anthonyfieldhouse9691 No, that's a common misconception but it's really not. It was a woman's prison... The prison itself is in Louisiana and it even has a stained glass rising sun above the entrance that's embedded high into the masonry of its archway. 😏❤️😎 #InternationalPrisonerAdvovate37Years #JuvenilesTODeathRow #SCOTUSAppeals32Years #AmnestyInternational28Yrs #PoliticalPrisoners30Yrs #EuropeanCommission22Yrs #WomenOnDeathRow33Yrs
Auto tune DOESN'T really help a good singer. It ONLY might make his voice slightly more perfectly in tune all the way through the song but then all the individuality & soul are take OUT of it and it doesn't sound nearly as good. Auto tune is overrated and it ONLY helps a singer with poor intonation to at least get through the song in a half decent way. If someone put an auto tune on this song, you would NOT LIKE it. Trust me
This is a song whose writer is unknown and has evolved through the ages. But this is, and has always been, by far, the best rendition and composition of it. Ever.
Amber at the end he’s actually saying the house has been the ruin of many “and god, I know, I’m one”. He didn’t win; he suffered the fate he’s warning others about.
I made the same mistake with "and God I know I've won." He actually says, "It's been the ruin of many a poor boy and God I know I'm one." He is going back to New Orleans to wear the "ball and chain." He is a prisoner of his gambling addiction, just like his father.
wow good explanation, I wrongly thought it was a peruvian song, becuse I only hearded in spanish, now im pretty happy I found the original. I'm in love of Eric voice, it's hard for me to undertandd very well the liric meaning. Im a man of 40 years old, and this song is my favorite now.
@@BALONESDEOROS "House of the Rising Sun" is an American traditional folk song. "House of the Rising Sun" 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, in a column titled "Old Songs That Men Have Sung" in Adventure magazine.
Eric Burdon's voice and his straight-face delivery is legendary, nothing else like it!! More Animal songs: Misunderstood, We Gotta Get Out of This Place. Eric also sang with the band WAR - Spill the Wine, and Tabacco Road.
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.
I think that a good bit of gambling was done there as well, which was common in brothels of the time in that local. Look for the TRUE story behind "Stagger Lee"
He doesn't say ,"and God I know I've won " he says " and God I know I'm one " ... I love you all listening to the music, that I have listened to my whole life. I am 67 years old, and I find it difficult to comprehend that you all, have never heard of these bands and artists ..I guess it really shows how music of the past, can slip away into darkness to the younger generations . I appreciate you bringing these songs to the front row for younger listeners of your page . Respect .
Today I met a young Hispanic mama with a 2 year old named 'Layla'. I asked her if it was from Eric Clapton. She had never heard of Eric or the song. She said she listened to only Mexican music.
You would NOT believe how he talks in real life. He was born and brought up in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the North East of England and they have a VERY strong accent .... look up the 'Geordy' accent !!!
Just a bit of history, Chas Chandler the bassist in the Animals went from being a band member in 1966 to being a talent scout, during his final tour with the Animals saw a young talented guitarist who went by the name of Jimmy James playing in a New York Cafe. Long story short Chas invited him to come to England and play, Jimmy James agreed and when he went to England he changed his name from Jimmy James back to his real name Jimmy Hendrix, and the rest, as they say, is history.
@@guillocrease nobody said it was! However we are probably all not as smart as you and who know everything, nobody has ever told you anything you didn’t already know, I’m sure🥴
I'm right there with you Real American 58. I used to sing this song while hanging clothes on the clothes line when I was a teenager. That was many years ago!
The Bass player here later discovered Jimi Hendrix and produced his albums. This is a very old song. It was a song popular with hillbillies in Appalachia, it is a folk song, but the most popular version is this one, sped up with a rock sound.
That explains my grandmother knowing it when my Mom was growing up way back in the Depression. Grandma was from Arkansas and her family was from Tennessee. People made their own music back then and she sang it.
This song is about New Orleans. The melody is a traditional English ballad, but the song became popular as an African-American folk song, not Appalachia
House of the Rising Sun is in fact a very old traditional song which has versions going back centuries. The version The Animals sang was first recorded back in the 1920s. Everybody tends to think of this as a contemporary song, but it actually has a very long lineage. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_of_the_Rising_Sun Eric Burden's an amazing singer, and the Animals have a great catalogue of music to dig into.
Eric still has that voice even today,so unique and the bass player was the guy who discovered Hendrix. You gotta do "Spill the Wine" by War (Eric was the singer)... great tunes by the Animals "San Fransisco Nights" or "Sky Pilot"
"Spill The Wine" seems like such an odd departure for Eric Burden but the truth is he'd already made a life in America with a few very good pop hits under his belt. Unleashing the band War is, IMO, the best favor he did us after The Animals. And yeah...do "Spill The Wine'!!!
@@vampgrl79 I loved Eric Burdon with War. I was in high school probably a sophomore and had the album Eric Burdon Declares War it was my favorite album. Spill the Wine, Tobacco Road, I had a dream, so good! 😊
This was the first single I ever bought - I stood in front of the record player (sounds so ancient now!) and listened to it again, again and again... It still gives me goosebumps and makes my soul tingle.
I'm really glad you re-visited this. Just an absolute banger of an early 60's version of this song. His voice and that Hammond Organ just gives me chills, even after 30 years of listening to this!
Watching the younger generation enjoying music from eras of the past puts a huge smile on my face watching how much you’s are enjoying the music of the past. You’s two really do have old souls and that is just awesome to watch in your reactions. You’s both give awesome reactions but Amber puts her heart and soul in her reactions. Great reactions from you two.
their song "We Gotta get Out of This Place" was a major anthem thru my time in Vietnam-everybody could sing along to it because everybody knew the words.
It was several things, as several artists wrote their own versions. Check out "What is the House of the Rising Sun?" a great video that outlines the history of this iconic song.
it's actually impossible to pinpoint the original artist and exact lyrics, but the "Rising Sun" bordello version is the merely the first version that was officially written down, still hadn't had an official artist credited as being the original singer, but the first time it was actually credited to a specific artist was when Clarence "Tom" Ashley put it on vinyl. He recorded the earliest known vinyl recording that still survives today -- this song was about a gambling rambling man's adventures with a casino hotel which was also a tavern / brothel.
I am truly glad you guys are expanding your minds , I only wish that you guys could have grown in a time where music wasn't so segregated , like I grew up in and boomers before my generation. You guys are doing your generation an in valuable service
I grew up in the 80s but I had the soundtrack of my Mam's record collection of music from the 50s, 60s and 70s. Its given me such an appreciation of the music of that time, which speaks to me more than a lot of modern music.
Oh, you just reminded me - "Expand your mind" Lonnie Liston Smith - Cosmic Echoes, Great track from a great album - that would make for an interesting track reaction for our lovelies, once they got the "training wheels" off their music mobile! Maybe a month or two before they are quite ready for that sort of stuff I suspect. Fusion only works well if you know roughly what is being fused together :o) LOL
So what you are saying is that you want them to be old folks like us. Hell, I'll be glad to trade with one of them. I enjoyed growing up in the 60's and 70's but I'd also like to be able to walk more than a few steps without limping again.🤣
Jordan you are absolutely correct!! This song came out when I was about 12 years old and I never really cared too much for it. Today this song is one of my favorites. Over the years this song has increased in value for me as I listen to it.
“Misunderstood” should be their next one. Amber you should put The Byrds “Turn Turn Turn (to everything there is a season)” on the list for a good 60’s vibe.
Let me just say... This is probably the best music video ever made! It is simple and clean and powerful. The timing of the singer and the guitarist and bassist is perfection as they circle round...like a king followed by his jesters. As a video it encapsulates the 60s as it was coming to life with new sounds and freer ways of living and being. Damn near flawless. There is a reason why this song is a classic and this video is too! The Animals!🐶🐺🐱🐭🐹🐰🐯🐸🐨🐻🐷🐮🐵🐴🐘🐼
In an age of 2-minute singles geared to radio play, the four-and-a-half minutes length of this record was something pretty revolutionary. Nothing like it had ever been ventured before. Some stations were reputedly uncertain about playing it in full, but in the end they simply had to yield to force majeure!
@@PedroConejo1939 In this dirty old part of the city, where the sun refused to shine.............................Can't wait for these two to hear how that sounds! LOL ;o) So much more voice to come!
Meaning of House of the Rising Sun. It was the Orleans Parish women's prison". Bizarre New Orleans, a guidebook on New Orleans, asserts that the real house was at 1614 Esplanade Avenue between 1862 and 1874 and was said to have been named after its madam, Marianne LeSoleil Levant, whose surname means "the rising sun" in French.
I think you have put together two theories into one, neither have been proven. There is a version that says it was a women's prison by Dave Van Ronk. However, the other one that it was a brothel and thus named after the Madam Marianne LeSoleil Levant. That's kind of the charm of the song is that no one has ever been able to be specific. And there are 3 potential locations further adding to the mystery including the one you referenced in the Bizarre New Orleans guidebook. It has also been covered quite a few times over the years but this is by far the best.
I was 8 years old when this song came out. It's still one of my favorite songs. The organ player just blows this song out . I love that part . It's so awesome to hear it. We had such great music in the 60s, 70's and 80's.
Alan Price left the Animals early on had a pretty successful solo career. Anyway, this song is one of the first songs I learned to play on my St George electric guitar. I'm 72 now, so wish I had that guitar now in my old age.
This one takes me back to a conversation with my now late brother, our dad and the rest of our small family in the summer of 2020. Our dad said his late brother loved and played this song all the time. We listened to this song that warm summer night, not knowing my brother would be leaving this earth only two months later. This song instantly transports me back to that last perfect summer night with all my family.
Just a unique voice and a band packed full of talent. The 60s really were special. Then there were The Beatles…. From The Animals Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood We Gotta Get Out Of This Place
We Got to Get Out of this Place brings me back to the last day of Jr. High School. We had an assembly, some of my classmates had a band and the principal let them perform at the assembly. That is one of the songs that they sang, it was the last song that they sang! What a way to send us off to High School!
I love, love, love how analytical she is!!!! She just gets it!! I am on a journey right now binge watching your videos, and I am blown away by two things. The first one is how quickly you pick up on what the songwriters are begging us to hear, but the second one is that somehow, you constantly show me something new about songs that I have listened to for 40 years!!!!
Another incredible song by this singer is "Spill The Wine" by Eric Burdon & War. Great musicianship on that one. If you ever react do the live performance on the Beat Club.
The line about wearing that "ball and chain" was the only metaphor, a reference to addiction to drinking, gambling and sex in a house of ill repute. There are many stories about real brothels and gambling houses that may have been the inspiration for this song in its current incarnation but one thing is clear, The Animal have immortalized it.
@@davidhohn9106 it's also a very common expression for whatever you're addicted to, in my years as a heroin addict it was often called your ball and chain or the monkey on your back
The Animals are an interesting and rather sad story. One of those situations where young, creative people aren't very good at business or relationships, unfortunately. In their heyday, The Animals were one of the top bands in both the US and the UK. We're talking near-Beatles levels of fame and popularity. House of the Rising Sun was actually the tune that knocked the Beatles off their perch atop the charts. Unfortunately, there were some major problems. They were touring like crazy, working their tails off, but not really making any money. This, it turns out, is because Alan Price (the keyboardist) had all the contracts for House of the Rising Sun in his name, so he was taking all the royalties, while the other band members were getting nothing. Chas Chandler (the big bassist) was getting fed up with the lack of money, and when he discovered a talented young guitarist named Jimmi Hendrix playing in a night club, he became the man's manager and quit the band. He went on to be a talented manager and talent scout until his untimely death in the mid nineties. Eric Burdon (the lead singer) became great friends with Hendrix, and was utterly devastated by Hendrix's death, which further harmed his relationships. John Steele, the drummer, left the band to start his own, but he named his new band The Animals, which caused all kinds of confusion and problems for the two groups when they were touring. When he refused to change it in any way, Eric Burdon and Hilton Valentine (the lead guitarist) severed contact with him. They now speak only through their lawyers, which Eric jokingly said makes conversation awfully expensive. Price went on to a successful solo career, but refused to share any of the profits from House of the Rising Sun with the other band members. In the early eighties at a reunion, Burdon spoke with Price and offered to bury the hatchet, forget the past, and move forward as long as Price as willing to share all future royalties with the rest of the band. Price told him to go pound sand. The two have not spoken since. Only Burdon and Valentine maintained a friendship, and still worked together from time to time, but Valentine sadly passed early this year. Burdon had a successful career after The Animals, particularly with the funk band, War, but his time with The Animals was marked with a lot of heartbreak and conflict.
Thanks for this very interesting deep dive into the behind the scenes stuff. I knew Chas had become Hendrix's manager but had no idea Alan Price had done that to his bandmates. What a travesty!
Im 66 and have loved the Animals and this song since I first heard it when I was 6 years old. Even at that young age I recognised their talent. Eric Burden was in his teens. His maturity is astonishing. I feel so privileged to have grown up in the UK in the 60s and 70s with such wonderful music and such talented musicians. It is lovely to see younger people like yourselves discovering the music of my youth. Thank you for your channel.❤😊
Im a child of the 80's but my Mom is 60's early 70's. I am so lucky and blessed that she always had music on in the house and car. Now my daughter who was born in 2000 knows all these songs. Such an amzing thing.
The last line is actually: "... It's been the ruin of many a poor boy; and God I know I'm one" Another cool fact: the bassist went on to be Jimi Hendrix's manager
2:36 The moment it gets you right in the soul. Love it. I'm 50. So this music was my youth from my dad's era. I LOVE watching young people feel these songs.
This is actually an old folk song that over time has been sung from the point of view of both a female and a male, while on tour Eric Burdon was intrigued by the song and wanted to use it but with a more distinct twist & that’s why the Animals version is played in 6/8 meter, unlike the 4/4 of most earlier versions.
"Eerie" is a great reaction! I remember hearing this on the radio when it came out. Eric Burden's voice is perfect, and his live performance is chilling. perfection.
A superb song from my early teens. Doesn’t get old. It’s about gambling…he’s catching a train back to the House of the Risin’ Sun, a gambling den in New Orleans, ‘to wear that ball and chain’, just like his father before him. Eric Burdon and Alan Price are incredible in this song, which was quite different from anything else released at that time.
Yes yes yes. Right there with you best group of 4 or more to harmonize. Has to say it that way cause you still have righteous brothers, Simon and Garfunkel, Everly brothers, not to forget motown.
The organ playing gives it its eeriness! Alan price is the keyboardist! And BTW, the bassist, chas chandler, went on to discover jimi hendrix in New York, took him to London in 1966 and the rest as they say, is history!
One of the most prolific songs of the 60's that still stands it's ground today. The Animals were one of the best bands of that time. Glad you found them 🙂
"The House of the Rising Sun" is a traditional folk song, sometimes called "Rising Sun Blues". 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 also in the US and France.[1] As a traditional folk song recorded by an electric rock band, it has been described as the "first folk rock hit".[2][3] The song was first collected in Appalachia in the 1930s, but probably has its roots in traditional English folk song. It is listed as number 6393 in the Roud Folk Song Index.
Thank you for including this explanation. I hate that this Black Southern traditional that we have like six prior versions of is ascribed to a *psychedelic British invasion* group.
@@jacobkuhn4743 Yes but most people don't know how many songs are remakes, and there a LOT of them. Another way of looking at this is that without the Animals doing this song, the song risks fading away forever. Gotta take the good with the bad.
I was waiting in the post office queue and playing this song and this old lady infront of me said that we were on our honeymoon and we went skinny dipping with them. The 60s?! Absolutely love it!!
@@Kayenne54 Lol. For my brother it was over before it started. His fiancee had such a fixation on Eric burdon than he got really jealous one day and they had a mega row and he tore up a picture of Eric that she had. The green monster was out to play. She ended it. I must say that even then, and much as I loved my brother, I could see why he didn;t quite match up. My brother thought Eric was ugly! (I think him saying that sealed his fate with Mandy) In general it's men who seem to get that impression. Women, not so much.
@@lechatel Seems Mandy and I would have been (are?) still in his fan club. It's a face that had seen a thousand lives, but was always lovable. I liked Charles Bronson too. Plastic Ken-faces with perfect teeth - it was always a "nah" from me. Give me character and depth anytime. I fancied Jet Li in his prime too. Also Seal. Anyone with a story to tell. (you can tell I'm totally not racist). It's more something within them, rather than "perfect" looks.
@@Kayenne54 Yep. I have seen blokes on youtube say how 'homely' EB is compared to Jagger of all people. Their reasoning? Eric had some skin issues particularly with acne when he was younger. Hell, so what? So does Cameron Diaz. Thing is his eyes have always been amazing. The intelligence, the soul. I read somewhere that it always irritated Jim Morrison. Jim liked to rock the greek God look. Tall, tousled locks, granite jaw. (But could be obnoxious and arrogant...a big rurn-off. ) But apparently it was the stuff of legend in those circles that it was Eric (described in the piece as a short, drunken electricians son with a scrappy bowl-cut lol) who always pulled the women right from under Jim's nose. The in-crowd of 60's music celebrities would basically watch Eric do it effortlessly. Eric was a mix of lovable and dangerous. Vulnerable yet gritty. Absolutely fascinating to women. And of course he had a superb accent when he spoke. Honey and molasses. Men think we like plastic Kens. lol. I remember the anti-prettyboy Russell Crowe wowing women back when Gladiator first came out. Nothing pretty-boy about him either..
The House of the Rising Sun" is a traditional folk song, sometimes called "Rising Sun Blues". 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 music in this song always feels like it's pushing me. Other music grabs me, mesmerizes me or commands my attention, but this is one of the few songs that makes me feel a bit anxious, as if I'm being chased. The voice cutting through it works perfectly with that, screaming a warning and lamenting over mistakes made.
One of the most enjoyable things I've found in my older years is watching younger people hear all the great music they've missed out on in their lives until now.
ABSOLUTELY
Same 👍🏼
100% on the money with that....
It does make me smile a little but it's also difficult to comprehend how most of these kids have never heard so many of the obvious classics until they hear for the first time as young adults & this done through an exercise in reaction not just organic exposure to the songs. Didn't they listen to music while they were growing up? Didn't their parents play their music so their children would know good or bad music or talent when they heard it?
Isn't it great, my 18-year-old grandson loves the music from our time, so does my 10-year-old great granddaughter she calls it grandma's music lol hahahah.
Eric Burden was only 23 when they did this song, he is 80 years old now and can still sing!!
Just read his autobiography “amazing”
I would love to see them
RIP Hilton Valentine. BRILLIANT GUITAR....
Yeah! I went to one of his shows a few years ago, absolutely fantastic.
Not bad for an asthmatic. Would still love to see a duet with him and Tom Jones
"His voice feels like he's lived a thousand lives". Damn, you have such a natural feel for this, Amber.
Totally agree, Amber is so attuned, so perceptive.
Srsly! 👏👏👏
I was thinking the same thing...Amber is very intuitive. I also like how they picked up how eerie/haunting the song is with the chords and the tone.
She’s got the perfect vibe for an educator (they both do), but she probably would’ve also made a great musician.
@@allieren An educator? No thanks. Its bad enough pushing magical nonsense like "old souls" on your own kids. Leave mine out of it.
In 1964, the lead singer of the "Animals" was around 23 years old. So, most definitely, an old soul. 👏👏👏
19 years old i think
@@christianleroy1329 Eric Victor Burdon was born 11 May 1941. He is 83 years old now. If you substract 1964-1941 = 23. He just had a baby face and looked a lot younger than his age. Google it.
No, he was born in '42 the song was released in '64.
It’s not a metaphor, a “house” was a place you could go to get a prostitute, drugs or to gamble. Basically, a house of ill repute. This house is called “The Rising Son”, and he’s saying that he’s followed in his father’s footsteps despite trying not to … “one foot on the platform, the other on the train.”
Amber I’m with you on believing in old souls. Love and prayers to you both as you wait on Luca.
And the lyric is not "I won" but: "And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy,
And, God, I know I'm one."
This is a 1930’s song lol
You must be a Hindu, or how do you have old souls?
Interesting! Thank you. Can you explain Hotel California now? Lol
@@timlevis3630 , have you not heard that saying before?
"Don't let me be misunderstood", and "We gotta get out of this place" are two more great Animals songs I think you'd both enjoy.
Don’t let me be Misunderstood is my favorite!!!
@@seantreme8772 Same here!
Nina Simone's version though for Friday.
Yep, the same songs I would suggest.
1st thing in my mind was why do this again when We Gotta Get out Of This Place is still out there unheard.
Eric Burdon was 23 at the time - he is 80 now. What a voice he had. One of my favourites.
I heard he was 17
@@irishgrl He was 15 when first sung it, but 23 at the time of the recording.
And hes from ‘the Toon’, thats the city of Newcastle, in the north east of England..
He still has, we saw him a few years back playing in his home town and he was fantastic
SAME AGE AS ME, I TOO AM A GEORDIE BORN.
I'm 74 years old and fondly remember this song in my grade 10 year. This song was number 1 for almost 6 months on our city's top chart. Wonderful watching you young folk being mesmerized by this music. As you get older, try listening to all the other types of music out there. At this age, I'm continually trying other music and continue enjoying the music of different ages, countries and styles.
I was watching the Animals' Medley video on MTV. My mother walks by with some laundry and says, "Oh. The Animals," and keeps walking. I think I was a tween at the time. She shocked me.
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House of The Rising Sun was a brothel/ gambling House in New Orleans
Best rendition of this song ever made...
I'm an 83 yr old female and it is a real kick to me to see you young folk appreciate this great music and I am really seeing it for the first time myself!
I am 47 my dear the Baby out of 5 20 year gap. Love that we love the same Music!
I'm 71 & love J& Amber. They do a great job. They are hearing & critiquing music they have never heard. Study has been done for alzheimers. Said music is in frontal lobe and helps your brain stay healthier listening TO MUSIC 🎶. MISS 83 AND keep on rocking
I’m 70 and I feel the same way. Nice to see the great music of the 1060s appreciated by this lonely couple.
And they’ve a nice range that goes back to the 1940s with Cab Calloway and the Nicholas Brothers🖖
Mid 30’s. Raised on this stuff.
The House of the Rising Sun can be a metaphor for Sin “ drugs, prostitution etc…where you find yourself waking to daylight in a forbidden place / experience ! Just my suggestion !
The Hammond organ added so much depth to a lot of songs from this era. The keyboards of today just don't have the same "soul".
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Not a Hammond organ of any kind. Vox Continental. very popular in the 60's.
@@billr3654 You can see it!!!
They say: music is mathematics..and yes, up to a certain point but real art starts where mathematical perfection ends. I think perhaps the old instruments were not perfect and we find that more interesting
Yep Alan Price great keyboard player.
As someone recently said, "Back then, if you couldn't sing. you didn't."
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Yoko Ono couldn’t sing but she did it like a cat on heat.
Except for Yoko and Bob Dylan
@@Wellch heck Yoko like a cat. well I have to disagree with you. my cat sounds better than she did.
@@Wellch It's like John Lennon said, "Love isn't blind. It's deaf."
The keyboard player is Alan Price. A fantastic musical genius, very underated.
love him cant imagine this song with out it
love him makes the song for me
I met him once. Nice guy with a fantastic sense of humour.
And also a thief. He literally stole all the money that the band made (all payments and royalties went into his account on the understanding that he'd share it... well.. he mostly didn't). Which broke up the band after a few years.
@PlacidDragon I did hear a rumour along those lines, not sure if it's true or not. I would prefer to judge him on his musical talent though.
I have to say that Alan Price's keyboard skills are grossly underrated, he makes this song just as much as Eric's vocals
Alan's own band was pretty good.
Oh, my God, yes!
There are rumours that the organ spent 36 years in therapy.
I love the film Oh Lucky Man! from the 1970s, in which one of Price's solo albums is used. Amazing movie, and amazing album alike - for those who want to explore his keyboard and solo career, that movie and his album used with it is a brilliant starting point.
Man had serious skills.
Ambers spot on, this is an old soul in a young man. Imagine they didn't have auto tune back then. This is his pure voice,
Love it 💕💕💕💕
You can also see how pissed that they are about the fact they are being made to lip sync here though. Similar to Queen or others. They had the musical chops so they HATED IT.
I’m nearly in tears watching beautiful young people really appreciating music from such a creative period of time.
You’ve blessed my heart ❤️
Oh year look at 187 likes besides mine but I am the first to comment on your sweet post.
The Animals performed this song in our senior assembly before our graduation from high school. I’ll never forget - as soon as they started singing this we all came out of our seats and started dancing! The principal ran across the stage waving his arms to try and get us to sit back in our seats - of course it didn’t work!
thta is freaking legendary!!! how amazing you all got to experience that!
That is so cool!
This is an incredible story!
Wow. I'm envious of that! That would be amazing.
Wow! Wow!!!! 😮
They went into the studio & recorded this all in one take. Pretty incredible stuff. Bass player Chas Chandler eventually left the band to manage a guy named Jimi Hendrix.
Yep, and since “House Of The Rising Sun” was recorded in one take, he remained convinced that first take recording was best and multiple takes wasteful.
Holy crap seriously? That's incredible. Did not know that. Amazing artists.
Jimi who? Jk.
Jimi who ? 😂😂😂
@@sallybannister6224 Jimmmmmmmmmmy.
The house of The Rising Sun is a brothel. That is an organ he's playing...brilliantly. it's such a great song and band.
Never liked the male focused versions for this reasons. The ones who are sung from the perspective of the child prostitute are the true versions.
A Vox Continental to be precise
@@johnmcgurn8921 The sound of the sixties! :-)
Yeah its a brothel
@@anthonyfieldhouse9691 No, that's a common misconception but it's really not. It was a woman's prison... The prison itself is in Louisiana and it even has a stained glass rising sun above the entrance that's embedded high into the masonry of its archway. 😏❤️😎 #InternationalPrisonerAdvovate37Years #JuvenilesTODeathRow #SCOTUSAppeals32Years #AmnestyInternational28Yrs #PoliticalPrisoners30Yrs #EuropeanCommission22Yrs #WomenOnDeathRow33Yrs
No auto tune back then folks this is pure talent
they didn't have auto tune back then? say it ain't so!
It’s a house of ill repute. “whore house”
Peter Frampton, anyone?
Auto tune DOESN'T really help a good singer. It ONLY might make his voice slightly more perfectly in tune all the way through the song but then all the individuality & soul are take OUT of it and it doesn't sound nearly as good. Auto tune is overrated and it ONLY helps a singer with poor intonation to at least get through the song in a half decent way.
If someone put an auto tune on this song, you would NOT LIKE it. Trust me
Yes and only because of Hilton Valentine
This is a song whose writer is unknown and has evolved through the ages. But this is, and has always been, by far, the best rendition and composition of it. Ever.
💯
Oh yeah.
Amber at the end he’s actually saying the house has been the ruin of many “and god, I know, I’m one”.
He didn’t win; he suffered the fate he’s warning others about.
Perfect summarization my friend.
I made the same mistake with "and God I know I've won." He actually says, "It's been the ruin of many a poor boy and God I know I'm one." He is going back to New Orleans to wear the "ball and chain." He is a prisoner of his gambling addiction, just like his father.
wow good explanation, I wrongly thought it was a peruvian song, becuse I only hearded in spanish, now im pretty happy I found the original. I'm in love of Eric voice, it's hard for me to undertandd very well the liric meaning. Im a man of 40 years old, and this song is my favorite now.
@@BALONESDEOROS "House of the Rising Sun" is an American traditional folk song. "House of the Rising Sun" 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, in a column titled "Old Songs That Men Have Sung" in Adventure magazine.
Eric Burdon's voice and his straight-face delivery is legendary, nothing else like it!! More Animal songs: Misunderstood, We Gotta Get Out of This Place. Eric also sang with the band WAR - Spill the Wine, and Tabacco Road.
War was his backup band when he went solo who went out on their own and did quite well.
@@devinerevelations7273 love me some War!!
@@ramrod1752 Sky Pilot - yesss!!
Tobacco Road!!
And home cookin
Hard to believe that young man (Eric Burdon) is now 82. Life goes by so fast.
The 60's was a magic time for great music. It's wonderful seeing people rediscover it.
The 60s were a paradox, some of the best music ever during a time of war, conflict and strife!
The best period of music ever, and will be in our lifetimes.
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.
I think that a good bit of gambling was done there as well, which was common in brothels of the time in that local. Look for the TRUE story behind "Stagger Lee"
I always thought it was a brothel too, but used different words lol
It was also an opium/hero!€ den!
also interpreted as an old women's prison that was referred to by that name
I always thought it was an opium den.
He doesn't say ,"and God I know I've won " he says " and God I know I'm one " ... I love you all listening to the music, that I have listened to my whole life. I am 67 years old, and I find it difficult to comprehend that you all, have never heard of these bands and artists ..I guess it really shows how music of the past, can slip away into darkness to the younger generations . I appreciate you bringing these songs to the front row for younger listeners of your page . Respect .
Today I met a young Hispanic mama with a 2 year old named 'Layla'.
I asked her if it was from Eric Clapton. She had never heard of Eric or the song.
She said she listened to only Mexican music.
The two of you are bright, beautiful souls. I just love your energy!
You would NOT believe how he talks in real life. He was born and brought up in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the North East of England and they have a VERY strong accent .... look up the 'Geordy' accent !!!
I grew up on this music and am so glad to see this generation appreciate real talent.
Just a bit of history, Chas Chandler the bassist in the Animals went from being a band member in 1966 to being a talent scout, during his final tour with the Animals saw a young talented guitarist who went by the name of Jimmy James playing in a New York Cafe. Long story short Chas invited him to come to England and play, Jimmy James agreed and when he went to England he changed his name from Jimmy James back to his real name Jimmy Hendrix, and the rest, as they say, is history.
and then went on to manage Slade..
Jimmy Hendrix the guitar God. 🎸
Not exactly classified information,
@@guillocrease nobody said it was! However we are probably all not as smart as you and who know everything, nobody has ever told you anything you didn’t already know, I’m sure🥴
@@andrewanderson7683 correct!
Love the organ on this song. Made it more eerie.
Eric Burden is one of a kind. When you hear him you know it’s him. And you listen. 🔥
So True
The house of the rising sun was another name for a house of prostitution, Man I'm older than dirt lol. Good pick! ROCK ON!! Jeff
Me too
hi, dirt. i'm older than you, lol
I'm right there with you Real American 58. I used to sing this song while hanging clothes on the clothes line when I was a teenager. That was many years ago!
@@kimbunchalastnames5357 LOL
The raw power of the music is incredible. Eric's voice is amazing
It's so awsome to see young people listening to the old bands music
The Bass player here later discovered Jimi Hendrix and produced his albums. This is a very old song. It was a song popular with hillbillies in Appalachia, it is a folk song, but the most popular version is this one, sped up with a rock sound.
He was also manager of Slade until May 1981
That explains my grandmother knowing it when my Mom was growing up way back in the Depression. Grandma was from Arkansas and her family was from Tennessee. People made their own music back then and she sang it.
This song is about New Orleans. The melody is a traditional English ballad, but the song became popular as an African-American folk song, not Appalachia
@@betsyduane3461 It was popular and widely known all over the South, not just with African-Americans.
@@jeffmorse645 Says who?
I love when Amber raises her hands in celebration. It shows pure joy, something in very short supply nowadays. God Bless Amber!!
House of the Rising Sun is in fact a very old traditional song which has versions going back centuries. The version The Animals sang was first recorded back in the 1920s. Everybody tends to think of this as a contemporary song, but it actually has a very long lineage. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_of_the_Rising_Sun
Eric Burden's an amazing singer, and the Animals have a great catalogue of music to dig into.
I was singing this song at 7 years old. Loved it then and now. Alan Price on the organ
Eric still has that voice even today,so unique and the bass player was the guy who discovered Hendrix. You gotta do "Spill the Wine" by War (Eric was the singer)... great tunes by the Animals "San Fransisco Nights" or "Sky Pilot"
"Spill The Wine" seems like such an odd departure for Eric Burden but the truth is he'd already made a life in America with a few very good pop hits under his belt. Unleashing the band War is, IMO, the best favor he did us after The Animals. And yeah...do "Spill The Wine'!!!
I love Sky Pilot!
Spill the wine is my husband’s favourite
Spill the wine is a fantastic song!!
@@vampgrl79 I loved Eric Burdon with War. I was in high school probably a sophomore and had the album Eric Burdon Declares War it was my favorite album. Spill the Wine, Tobacco Road, I had a dream, so good! 😊
No matter how many times I hear this song it still always gives me goosebumps.
This was the first single I ever bought - I stood in front of the record player (sounds so ancient now!) and listened to it again, again and again... It still gives me goosebumps and makes my soul tingle.
Most songs in my era were largely RB or what we used to black music (sorry !!!!! Not races)
Look at the Rolling stones
I think it sounds evil. In a good way. Witchy.
I'm really glad you re-visited this. Just an absolute banger of an early 60's version of this song. His voice and that Hammond Organ just gives me chills, even after 30 years of listening to this!
This song made me want to go out and buy a used Hammond Organ and learn to play. Love the sound of them.
It's a Vox Continental if I'm not mistaken?
Definitely not a Hammond, but it does have a similar vibe. That solo is insane.
@@miommahabarata7791 I dunno, I just associated the sound with 'Hammond Organ' as a general term.
Watching the younger generation enjoying music from eras of the past puts a huge smile on my face watching how much you’s are enjoying the music of the past. You’s two really do have old souls and that is just awesome to watch in your reactions. You’s both give awesome reactions but Amber puts her heart and soul in her reactions. Great reactions from you two.
their song "We Gotta get Out of This Place" was a major anthem thru my time in Vietnam-everybody could sing along to it because everybody knew the words.
The House of the Rising Sun is a brothel, and the song was a traditional folk song. The Animals definitely made it their own.
It was several things, as several artists wrote their own versions. Check out "What is the House of the Rising Sun?" a great video that outlines the history of this iconic song.
The original song was from the pov of a young woman who’s been forced into prostitution.
it's actually impossible to pinpoint the original artist and exact lyrics, but the "Rising Sun" bordello version is the merely the first version that was officially written down, still hadn't had an official artist credited as being the original singer, but the first time it was actually credited to a specific artist was when Clarence "Tom" Ashley put it on vinyl. He recorded the earliest known vinyl recording that still survives today -- this song was about a gambling rambling man's adventures with a casino hotel which was also a tavern / brothel.
I heard a version sung by Joan Baez which is very soulful and such a different version.
@@carolinethompson376 I LOVE her version!!!!!!!!!!! Such an amazing vocalist.
I am truly glad you guys are expanding your minds , I only wish that you guys could have grown in a time where music wasn't so segregated , like I grew up in and boomers before my generation. You guys are doing your generation an in valuable service
And ours.
I grew up in the 80s but I had the soundtrack of my Mam's record collection of music from the 50s, 60s and 70s. Its given me such an appreciation of the music of that time, which speaks to me more than a lot of modern music.
@@carolinethompson376 yeah me too I was born in the late 70s
Oh, you just reminded me - "Expand your mind" Lonnie Liston Smith - Cosmic Echoes, Great track from a great album - that would make for an interesting track reaction for our lovelies, once they got the "training wheels" off their music mobile! Maybe a month or two before they are quite ready for that sort of stuff I suspect. Fusion only works well if you know roughly what is being fused together :o) LOL
So what you are saying is that you want them to be old folks like us. Hell, I'll be glad to trade with one of them. I enjoyed growing up in the 60's and 70's but I'd also like to be able to walk more than a few steps without limping again.🤣
Jordan you are absolutely correct!! This song came out when I was about 12 years old and I never really cared too much for it. Today this song is one of my favorites. Over the years this song has increased in value for me as I listen to it.
Eric Burden was one great lead singer his range is unreal.
“Misunderstood” should be their next one. Amber you should put The Byrds “Turn Turn Turn (to everything there is a season)” on the list for a good 60’s vibe.
2nd all of the above.
Yep. 'Don't let me be misunderstood' - do it guys, you'll love it.
Eric Burdon the Animals - yep. From the north of England.
'For your love' and 'Don't let me be misunderstood' - do it, you'll love it.
It’s My Life…the first single I bought with my pocket money as a nine year old…
Let me just say...
This is probably the best music video ever made! It is simple and clean and powerful. The timing of the singer and the guitarist and bassist is perfection as they circle round...like a king followed by his jesters. As a video it encapsulates the 60s as it was coming to life with new sounds and freer ways of living and being. Damn near flawless. There is a reason why this song is a classic and this video is too! The Animals!🐶🐺🐱🐭🐹🐰🐯🐸🐨🐻🐷🐮🐵🐴🐘🐼
In an age of 2-minute singles geared to radio play, the four-and-a-half minutes length of this record was something pretty revolutionary. Nothing like it had ever been ventured before. Some stations were reputedly uncertain about playing it in full, but in the end they simply had to yield to force majeure!
We Gotta Get Out of This Place is another great Animals song.
_Please Don't let me be misunderstood_ and _The Girl Can't Help it_ are a couple of my favorites.
We Gotta Get Out of this Place is so raw. Really great.
@@PedroConejo1939 In this dirty old part of the city, where the sun refused to shine.............................Can't wait for these two to hear how that sounds! LOL ;o) So much more voice to come!
@@AncientHermit Oh yeah.
I was thinking why do this again when We Gotta Get out Of This Place is still out there unheard.
Meaning of House of the Rising Sun. It was the Orleans Parish women's prison". Bizarre New Orleans, a guidebook on New Orleans, asserts that the real house was at 1614 Esplanade Avenue between 1862 and 1874 and was said to have been named after its madam, Marianne LeSoleil Levant, whose surname means "the rising sun" in French.
I think you have put together two theories into one, neither have been proven. There is a version that says it was a women's prison by Dave Van Ronk. However, the other one that it was a brothel and thus named after the Madam Marianne LeSoleil Levant. That's kind of the charm of the song is that no one has ever been able to be specific. And there are 3 potential locations further adding to the mystery including the one you referenced in the Bizarre New Orleans guidebook.
It has also been covered quite a few times over the years but this is by far the best.
That's one version..... this is a mix of lyrics.... it's also supposed to have been either a whore house or gambling den.
I was 8 years old when this song came out. It's still one of my favorite songs. The organ player just blows this song out . I love that part . It's so awesome to hear it. We had such great music in the 60s, 70's and 80's.
Alan price
@@sage6336 He devised the arrangement for this recording.
We had the best music!!!
He couldn’t have pulled off this song without the piano player and his talent.
Alan Price left the Animals early on had a pretty successful solo career. Anyway, this song is one of the first songs I learned to play on my St George electric guitar. I'm 72 now, so wish I had that guitar now in my old age.
60’s music is the best! This is one of those songs you NEVER get sick of!
This one takes me back to a conversation with my now late brother, our dad and the rest of our small family in the summer of 2020. Our dad said his late brother loved and played this song all the time. We listened to this song that warm summer night, not knowing my brother would be leaving this earth only two months later. This song instantly transports me back to that last perfect summer night with all my family.
Songs can really do that - transport us. I'm so sorry you lost your brother.
Aww man I'm bawling with the beautiful symmetry. Death makes it hard to remember the gifts we receive in life.💯
💛💕hugs, sometimes we need reminding we only have now and our memories.
Alan Price's solo always gets me, get chills even more so when I get to see someone else's first time hearing it
Just a unique voice and a band packed full of talent. The 60s really were special. Then there were The Beatles….
From The Animals
Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
We Gotta Get Out Of This Place
And the rolling stones
Dave dee dozy beeky mick & tich
Herman & hermits
Freddie & dreamers
Bee gees
Kinks
Beach Boys
The doors
To name but a few
@@judecameron6943
Oh yes
Do not forget "Sky Pilot"...
@@Wolverines77 there's so many Chris those are the groups I could remember off the top of my head
We Got to Get Out of this Place brings me back to the last day of Jr. High School. We had an assembly, some of my classmates had a band and the principal let them perform at the assembly. That is one of the songs that they sang, it was the last song that they sang! What a way to send us off to High School!
Raw vocals pure soul ❤️
I love, love, love how analytical she is!!!! She just gets it!!
I am on a journey right now binge watching your videos, and I am blown away by two things. The first one is how quickly you pick up on what the songwriters are begging us to hear, but the second one is that somehow, you constantly show me something new about songs that I have listened to for 40 years!!!!
i could not said it any better. i love watching your reactions
Another incredible song by this singer is "Spill The Wine" by Eric Burdon & War. Great musicianship on that one. If you ever react do the live performance on the Beat Club.
Quite agree. Spill the wine live version is brilliant. Amber you need to see the video
The line about wearing that "ball and chain" was the only metaphor, a reference to addiction to drinking, gambling and sex in a house of ill repute. There are many stories about real brothels and gambling houses that may have been the inspiration for this song in its current incarnation but one thing is clear, The Animal have immortalized it.
It could also be heroin, the rising sun is definitely a reference to the east...
The term 'ball and chain' came from the iron ball and chain prisons made convicts wear when working outside the prison walls.
@@davidhohn9106 it's also a very common expression for whatever you're addicted to, in my years as a heroin addict it was often called your ball and chain or the monkey on your back
@david Hohn, this is true. That's why it is such a good metaphor for a heavy burden to bear.
The Guy on the keyboard Wow. I'm 79 that song has always been one of my favorites
Mr Alan Price...One hell of a player..
A COUPLE MORE ANIMALS CLASSICS: WE GOTTA GET OUT OF THIS PLACE, DON'T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD :) HUGE HIT THAT WAS
The Animals are an interesting and rather sad story. One of those situations where young, creative people aren't very good at business or relationships, unfortunately. In their heyday, The Animals were one of the top bands in both the US and the UK. We're talking near-Beatles levels of fame and popularity. House of the Rising Sun was actually the tune that knocked the Beatles off their perch atop the charts. Unfortunately, there were some major problems. They were touring like crazy, working their tails off, but not really making any money. This, it turns out, is because Alan Price (the keyboardist) had all the contracts for House of the Rising Sun in his name, so he was taking all the royalties, while the other band members were getting nothing. Chas Chandler (the big bassist) was getting fed up with the lack of money, and when he discovered a talented young guitarist named Jimmi Hendrix playing in a night club, he became the man's manager and quit the band. He went on to be a talented manager and talent scout until his untimely death in the mid nineties. Eric Burdon (the lead singer) became great friends with Hendrix, and was utterly devastated by Hendrix's death, which further harmed his relationships. John Steele, the drummer, left the band to start his own, but he named his new band The Animals, which caused all kinds of confusion and problems for the two groups when they were touring. When he refused to change it in any way, Eric Burdon and Hilton Valentine (the lead guitarist) severed contact with him. They now speak only through their lawyers, which Eric jokingly said makes conversation awfully expensive. Price went on to a successful solo career, but refused to share any of the profits from House of the Rising Sun with the other band members. In the early eighties at a reunion, Burdon spoke with Price and offered to bury the hatchet, forget the past, and move forward as long as Price as willing to share all future royalties with the rest of the band. Price told him to go pound sand. The two have not spoken since. Only Burdon and Valentine maintained a friendship, and still worked together from time to time, but Valentine sadly passed early this year. Burdon had a successful career after The Animals, particularly with the funk band, War, but his time with The Animals was marked with a lot of heartbreak and conflict.
Thanks for this very interesting deep dive into the behind the scenes stuff. I knew Chas had become Hendrix's manager but had no idea Alan Price had done that to his bandmates. What a travesty!
Price was such a jerk. He ruined it for this wonderful band!
thank you
I thought he was a nicer person than that, it's not nice when your heroes are not who you thought they were
Holy crap, never knew all that! How incredibly sad and frankly soulless of Alan Price. How can you do that to your teammates? Wow.
Lyrically, instrumentality and vocally - all perfectly balances- a masterpiece.
Im 66 and have loved the Animals and this song since I first heard it when I was 6 years old. Even at that young age I recognised their talent. Eric Burden was in his teens. His maturity is astonishing. I feel so privileged to have grown up in the UK in the 60s and 70s with such wonderful music and such talented musicians. It is lovely to see younger people like yourselves discovering the music of my youth. Thank you for your channel.❤😊
This song is a must have in anyone’s collection along with We Gotta Get Out of this Place, Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstand.
Just a typo, not picking on you, "Misunderstood". You're spot on, all great songs.
@@tragicdeyz2641 freaking autocorrect!
Yeah ... they have to review both of these.
As a child of the 60s thank you, continue to react to 60s music, it never gets old and you’ll never run out of music to react to! Thank you👏👏👍👍‼️‼️
Im a child of the 80's but my Mom is 60's early 70's. I am so lucky and blessed that she always had music on in the house and car. Now my daughter who was born in 2000 knows all these songs. Such an amzing thing.
His voice and singing style reminds me a LOT of John Fogerty. He ain't singing, he' SANGIN'.
They did this song in only one take, as they only had enough money to do one take of studio time. They nailed it too, absolutely epic!
Eric Burdon is great ! Love his vocals..
The last line is actually: "... It's been the ruin of many a poor boy; and God I know I'm one"
Another cool fact: the bassist went on to be Jimi Hendrix's manager
2:36 The moment it gets you right in the soul. Love it. I'm 50. So this music was my youth from my dad's era. I LOVE watching young people feel these songs.
Our Teen Choir at church used to sing Amazing Grace to the music of this song. It worked out perfectly and was so awesome!
This tune brings out the meaning of Amazing Grace.
This is actually an old folk song that over time has been sung from the point of view of both a female and a male, while on tour Eric Burdon was intrigued by the song and wanted to use it but with a more distinct twist & that’s why the Animals version is played in 6/8 meter, unlike the 4/4 of most earlier versions.
I wondered about the beat (6/8). Like Moody Blues’ “Nights in White Satin” is a waltz beat.
There is no other group like them. I'm 76 and I've always loved their music.
Lead singer’s name is Eric Burden. Try “We Gotta Get Our of this Place”
Burdon
Rick - change our to Out... 😊 (just hit edit. 👍)
He also sang lead vocals for War as well
He's the lead vocalist on the song "Spill The Wine"
"Eerie" is a great reaction! I remember hearing this on the radio when it came out. Eric Burden's voice is perfect, and his live performance is chilling. perfection.
Eric Burden, lead singer of the Animals collaborated with a group called WAR years later and produced the song "Spill The Wine" There is a COW BELL!
Yes, but not nearly enough. We need more cow bell!
Hope they do the live video of that one!
Check out War: Spill the Wine. Burdon is the lead singer in that.
They will love Spill The Wine.
Good one! ❤🔥
And definitely do the live performance !!
Definitely!!
A superb song from my early teens. Doesn’t get old. It’s about gambling…he’s catching a train back to the House of the Risin’ Sun, a gambling den in New Orleans, ‘to wear that ball and chain’, just like his father before him. Eric Burdon and Alan Price are incredible in this song, which was quite different from anything else released at that time.
That voice was powerful!
It's the organ that really grabs me in this recording. Amber if u like the 60's and want to hear amazing harmonies check out The Association.
Read up on keyboardist Alan Price, and discover what kind of person he really is.
Yes yes yes. Right there with you best group of 4 or more to harmonize. Has to say it that way cause you still have righteous brothers, Simon and Garfunkel, Everly brothers, not to forget motown.
Organ, give me The Doors.
The organ playing gives it its eeriness! Alan price is the keyboardist! And BTW, the bassist, chas chandler, went on to discover jimi hendrix in New York, took him to London in 1966 and the rest as they say, is history!
Eric Burdon - one of the most powerful male voices in rock 'n' roll. Thanks for your reaction.
One of the most prolific songs of the 60's that still stands it's ground today. The Animals were one of the best bands of that time. Glad you found them 🙂
Rising sun is also when all the fun ends, whole vibe has a "crossroads" mystical, devil, sin, type feeling as well.
I was just thinking that it reminded me of crossroads the second I started reading your comment
"The House of the Rising Sun" is a traditional folk song, sometimes called "Rising Sun Blues". 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 also in the US and France.[1] As a traditional folk song recorded by an electric rock band, it has been described as the "first folk rock hit".[2][3]
The song was first collected in Appalachia in the 1930s, but probably has its roots in traditional English folk song. It is listed as number 6393 in the Roud Folk Song Index.
Thank you for including this explanation. I hate that this Black Southern traditional that we have like six prior versions of is ascribed to a *psychedelic British invasion* group.
I was lead to believe it was about the The actual house of the Rising Sun, an infamous brothel, in New Orleans.
Is that just local folklore?
Polyphonic's new video is about this! ua-cam.com/video/ahnYw3KmX74/v-deo.html
Thanks for that reply!❤️🤘🏻
@@jacobkuhn4743 Yes but most people don't know how many songs are remakes, and there a LOT of them. Another way of looking at this is that without the Animals doing this song, the song risks fading away forever. Gotta take the good with the bad.
From my home Town of Newcastle upon Tyne. Seen them loads at the local night club. Great band. Come on you Geordies, your from Gods Country.
I was waiting in the post office queue and playing this song and this old lady infront of me said that we were on our honeymoon and we went skinny dipping with them. The 60s?! Absolutely love it!!
If I'd seen Eric Burdon while skinny dipping, my marriage would have been over lolz.
@@Kayenne54 Lol. For my brother it was over before it started. His fiancee had such a fixation on Eric burdon than he got really jealous one day and they had a mega row and he tore up a picture of Eric that she had. The green monster was out to play. She ended it. I must say that even then, and much as I loved my brother, I could see why he didn;t quite match up. My brother thought Eric was ugly! (I think him saying that sealed his fate with Mandy) In general it's men who seem to get that impression. Women, not so much.
@@lechatel Seems Mandy and I would have been (are?) still in his fan club. It's a face that had seen a thousand lives, but was always lovable. I liked Charles Bronson too. Plastic Ken-faces with perfect teeth - it was always a "nah" from me. Give me character and depth anytime. I fancied Jet Li in his prime too. Also Seal. Anyone with a story to tell. (you can tell I'm totally not racist). It's more something within them, rather than "perfect" looks.
@@Kayenne54 Yep. I have seen blokes on youtube say how 'homely' EB is compared to Jagger of all people. Their reasoning? Eric had some skin issues particularly with acne when he was younger. Hell, so what? So does Cameron Diaz. Thing is his eyes have always been amazing. The intelligence, the soul. I read somewhere that it always irritated Jim Morrison. Jim liked to rock the greek God look. Tall, tousled locks, granite jaw. (But could be obnoxious and arrogant...a big rurn-off. ) But apparently it was the stuff of legend in those circles that it was Eric (described in the piece as a short, drunken electricians son with a scrappy bowl-cut lol) who always pulled the women right from under Jim's nose. The in-crowd of 60's music celebrities would basically watch Eric do it effortlessly. Eric was a mix of lovable and dangerous. Vulnerable yet gritty. Absolutely fascinating to women. And of course he had a superb accent when he spoke. Honey and molasses. Men think we like plastic Kens. lol. I remember the anti-prettyboy Russell Crowe wowing women back when Gladiator first came out. Nothing pretty-boy about him either..
You should watch Spill the Wine, that a slightly older Eric Burdon did with the band War.
I'll second this. Would definitely recommend the live version... it's a good time
YES!!!
Song has it all! War is great....flutes, organ, harmonica, think yall would dig it. And Eric really lets loose lol
Absolutely, and I would add you should do the live performance!
I was going to mention spill the wine if no one else did
"The House of the Rising Sun" is a house of ill repute. Brilliant song.
Actually that's the rumor but in fact it's a debtor's prison. The key mube here is "spend your Iives, in sealed misery..."
@@cherylhulting1301 Wow !!! I had no idea. Thanks for enlightening me Cheryl. Have a great day.
@@cherylhulting1301 sorry, it is about a brothel, “. . . in sin an’ misery” not “sealed”. See the song with lyrics written out.
Absolutely obvious!
Also this WONDERFUL version of the song is the male version. Earlier recordings of the song it is from the point of view of a woman
I agree with Amber old soul coming to mind
The House of the Rising Sun" is a traditional folk song, sometimes called "Rising Sun Blues". 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.
I thought it was a house of ill repute. (brothel.)
@@finallythere100
It is, The House Of The Rising Sun is a whore house.
Yeah, casino/ brothel I’ve always assumed. Or just a bar where many ladies of Ill repute went. In nawlins.
You get Brownie points if you can tell me who actually wrote it, 1839 ! Now then.
Doc Watson does a folk version and I think tells a little about the orgin in the 1800s. Don't remember if me mentions the author.
This song never gets old
Definitely “ We gotta get out of this place” and “Don’t let me be Misunderstood” are other Animals songs y’all need to react to.
the music in this song always feels like it's pushing me. Other music grabs me, mesmerizes me or commands my attention, but this is one of the few songs that makes me feel a bit anxious, as if I'm being chased. The voice cutting through it works perfectly with that, screaming a warning and lamenting over mistakes made.
Very well put. I concur.
Haunting
Yes yes yes yes!! I LOVE your reactions to the music that I grew up with. I am so glad that you both can appreciate it as much as I did and still do.