Hope you guys had an awesome weekend! Finally revisiting The Animals!!! What a great track to start the week!! What’s the next one by them we gotta hit?! Cheers friends! 🤟🏻🔥
Next by them I would try, “Its My Life” It has a GREAT guitar riff, and a fantastic catchy rhythm! For another band, “Trukin” The Grateful Dead is another great song by a great band! Please put it in a poll I know it will do well! ✌️ ☮️
They didn't have a lot of commercial heads that I would do... Spill the wine by War ((they're the ones that did "Lowrider" this lead singer ERIC went on to be with band War.
When you said Rocky mountain way😁😁😁🎼This video this is the definitive... Midnight Special 1973 Joe Walsh was 26 ua-cam.com/video/2XUHPa--c0s/v-deo.html
You still haven't heard what I reckon is their best song, "We gotta get out this place" Bear in mind the Vietnam war and the cultural changes of the 60's
We Gotta Get Out of This Place should be next. Also, it's time to get back to the Allman Brothers, Jessica and One Way Out should be next. Thoroughly enjoy your reactions!
"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" also is a cover, not an Animals original. Bennie Benjamin, Horace Ott and Sol Marcus wrote it for singer/pianist Nina Simone, who first recorded it in 1964. The Animals covered it the following year.
"Sky Pilot" - probably my favorite Animals song........it's a good 'story song' with some great fast paced early psychedelic influence coming out of the R&B era...
The first 1000 times I heard Sky Pilot I didn't know it referred to military chaplains. Since then, I like the song even more! I was just a dumb kid when I fought in Vietnam.
The lead singer, Eric Burdon, recorded one album with a new band, War, in 1970. "Spill the Wine" was his last big hit, but War went on to have a string of hits throughout the 70s. One of those very appropriate for our current situation was "Why can't we be friends?"
An extremely influential band in many respects, vocals, tone, and lyrics to name a few. If bands like the Beatles were seen as A-sides, The Animals were B- sides much more like the Rolling Stones in that manner and were often considered darker or less pop oriented music. They had a sound very much of their time, so much so that when you listen to them, it's kind of hard not to put them in that era. Pioneers is a word often associated with them and their style You guys might enjoy something like 'We Gotta Get Outta This Place' or 'Sky Pilot' both have that distinctness.
"We Got To Get Out Of This Place" is a better song IMHO. The bass line is awesome! And the bass player is the guy who became Jimi Hendrix's manager. Keep digging?
@@alexfromandyandalex8032 Great song. Give it a shot. You still need to give a listen to "Little Feat". Let it Roll, Hate to Lose Your Lovin', The entire live album Waiting For Columbus, especially Dixie Chicken or Spanish Moon.
Glad you are checking out older bands . Long Cool Woman- The Hollies. Best intro ever! Has to be heard! Great classic song. This was good but it isn’t nearly as cool as Long Cool Woman. Stands up after all these decades( came out in 1971). Pls react to it. It will go into your musical library! Glad you pointed out that these songs were groundbreaking and were building blocks to later music ...
@@leesmith6749 Really? I have gone thru their playlists on UA-cam and as a Patreon member and haven’t seen it. It was on a community poll recently, but got beat out.
San Franciscan nights is a commercially sounding song that tried dip the toe into psychedelia. We Gotta Get Out of This Place is one of my favorite tracks by this band as well as 'It's My Life'. Eric Burdon did some great stuff with the band 'War' as well. 'Spill the Wine' is a sick track.
Yea you dudes should do a Kinks selection: All Day and All of the Night Tired of Waiting for You Till the End of the Day You Really Got Me The top 40 deejays in my hometown (Erie PA) would say “The Kinks singing in the key of ‘K’ “ ... For the unusual guitar riffs I think precursor grunge in the 1990s ...
Guys - Welcome to the sixties... in the early part of the decade all singles were this length.... Listening to this I'm back in 1965 and 12 again...!!! I assume someone may have told you already that when the Animals were touring America, Chas Chandler, the bass player, saw a certain young guitarist called Jimi Hendrix..... Next thing you know, he Jimi's manager, he took him to Britain and the rest is history..
I can't believe no one hasn't recommended the long version of Sky Pilot. Now that was a kickass song! "When I Was Young" always held up well for me, as well.
They did a song, "Inside-Looking Out" that was covered by Grand Funk. GFR made several stylistic changes that made it their own. It's one of the best covers ever and the Live 1969 version is one of the best song performances in rock history. 'Spill the Wine" by Eric Burdon and War is worth a listen, avant guard as hell and really catchy. I would recommend "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" as the next Animals tune. For other great bands of the era: Kinks, Zombies, The Byrds, The Yardbirds all spring to mind.
I have to say, you guys are my guilty pleasure, I'm 40 🙄. I would never thought watching a couple dudes listening to music and critiquing it, but I love hearing songs I've never heard before or hearing a breakdown of the songs. I wouldn't be mad at more Queen 😁
In the early 60's we all listened to AM radio. All songs were short - anything longer got chopped up - whole solos, choruses cut out, etc. Until FM radio showed up. AM radio had become such a gold mine for ad-men. Anything longer than 3 min. was in the way of their next comercial. When commercial-free airtime became available, musical soundscapes opened up. Some songs were the side of an album, at which point a redundant 3 chord change wouldn't stand up.
Blue as one old DJ told me, “if the long version of Stairway or The White Room came on the DJ had probably gone across the street for a beer or into the bathroom for a smoke...”
The Animals were great. btw, Eric Burdon also later fronted the band "War" (Spill The Wine, Cisco Kid, All Day Music, etc.). Also, Chas Chandler, The Animals' bassist, was Jimi Hendrix's first manager and took him to England.
The Animals were definitely unique & only the Stones were even close to this genre but were groundbreaking at the time & became mainstream Please check out "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" & "It's My Life"
Sorry guys, this is NOT AN ORIGINAL either. "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" is a song written by Bennie Benjamin, Horace Ott and Sol Marcus for the singer and pianist Nina Simone, who first recorded it in 1964.
Rolling Stones’ Jumpin Jack Flash...they had just tried a psychedelic period and then came back with JJF, like a hurricane. Try to listen with 1968 ears. 🎶
You make what for me is an important point. All these tunes must be listened to in relation to their times. These songs are just 5-6 years removed from the The Four Freshmen having top 40 hits on the radio. The massive changes taking place in pop music at that time were there for everyone to hear.
One band from the same era that had huge impacts on new wave, punk, and alternative music a decade later was the Velvet Underground. Lou Reed was their singer and they revolutionized music in so many ways and later the foundation for completely new genres of music. I would recommend Sweet Jane, Oh Sweet Nuthin, Pale Blue Eyes, or Heroin
"From the Beginning" - Emerson, Lake, and Palmer. Phenomenal songwriting, beautiful acoustic guitar, and one of the sauciest synth solos you'll ever hear. Put it on the list!!!
Part of the "British Invasion" of the 1960's. A very influential band to say the least! They sound dated now, but they were cutting edge back in the day. You may want to try House Of The Rising Sun and We Gotta Get Out Of This Place.
We gotta get out of this place is the Animal song I think of when I think of them. The Kinks, The Zombies, The Doors, The Turtles, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Procol Harum, Van Morrison, Jefferson Airplane, The Kingsman, The Byrds, and Donovan (a personal favorite) are all in that late 60's era and all are pretty good.
The pre-chorus really stands out in this version -- "I'm just a soul whose intentions are good..." Now, how about The Animals "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" or "When I Was Young" or "Don't Bring Me Down" ...
Yes "that sound" - recorded mostly in mono on 4 track tapes which is what gave birth to "garage band" sound. Being recorded in mono for AM radio play the bass was often pumped up in order to be heard on car/transistor radios. Few people owned a stereo in the early '60's so mono was the standard mix. Kinks: You Really Got Me, Apeman and the later classic Ducks on the Wall for another great rocker. Trogs: Wild Thing - altho Jimi does a great cover of it as well. The Standells: Dirty Water
True story. I lived on the same street as Alan Price, the guitarist in London. To be honest I had no idea who he was until I had to take him a parcel that arrived at our house in error. He seemed nice enough.
Crosby, Still and Nash were the mid to late 60s. I seen them play at the River City River Festival and was mesmerized by their vocals. Neil Young performed with them sometimes as well. You should check them out.... Ohio, Love the One Your With, Suite/Judy Blue Eyes, Southern Man.
Very good review! Eric Burdon's voice and techniques are so cool, huh? If you're looking for other cool stuff from this same era and genre, you need to check out The Yardbirds (Clapton, Page, and Jeff Beck) all played with them. "Heart Full of Soul" will prove quite satisfactory.
Hey Andy & Alex, Eric Burdon of "The Animals" put together the band "War" recruiting all multi cultural members. Nothing is more up A&A's alley!! Fusing Funk, Rock, Latin, Reggae, Jazz etc. Burdon performs on "Spill the Wine" Their hit "Low Rider" can be heard in the films "Cheech & Chong's Up in Smoke & Dazed and Confused". Warning: The laid back Latin Funk groove is so deep in the Sauce, you might never find your way out!! Also check "Cisco Kid", "Me and Baby Brother".
Like so many of the other posters here, I'd recommend the Kinks. So many great songs. You Really Got Me, All Day and All of the Night, Tired of Waiting, Where Have All the Good Times Gone, Waterloo Sunset, Days. And that's just scratching the surface of their sixties output! From the same period, try the Yardbirds, the Hollies, and especially the Byrds, as well.
Them - Gloria Van Morrison - Astral Weeks, Madame George, TB Sheets, Into The Mystic, Moondance, Brown Eyed Girl, The Way Young Lovers Do, Domino, Jackie Wilson Said Untouchable. No one else does what he does better
I remember when this song was mostly blacklisted from the airwaves... Then when it occasionally hit the radio they cut out the lyrics "thou shall not kill".
You should listen: - Paul Revere & The Raiders - Good Thing - Paul Revere & The Raiders - I'm Not Your Stepping Stone - Paul Revere & The Raiders - Hungry - The Sonics - Have Love, Will Travel - The Sonics - Strychnine Same period (mid 60's), a little bit harder, both bands considered as "proto punk". Definitively a big influence on modern rock.
@Joan In Florida Listen the chorus of "im not your steppin stone", definitively proto punk there. Punk beat plus hard vocal performance. Also, The Sonics and The Raiders are included in the category among other great bands on wikipedia.
Before the Beatles and eventually the Stones, song writers mostly worked for record labels who 'gave' songs to the bands they recorded. Since control of writers royalties was the biggest part of the money equation the transition to bands doing their own originals represented a huge power shift in the industry.
A lot of us grew up with 60's oldies radio formats. Short radio songs from The Beatles, Motown, The Beach Boys, Wall of Sound, etc. Lots to explore. One I'd recommend is "The Letter" by The Box Tops. Their lead singer Alex Chilton also had a 70's band Big Star with a track called "September Gurls" which is another great track.
For some context, by the mid 60s the Beatles had already established themselves as Britain's premier act, but it was hotly debated whether it would be the Rolling Stones, the Kinks, or the Animals who would end up their harder-edged counterpart. Obviously, we know now it was the Stones who won that out, but the Animals were huge in their short time.
The Animals used simple blues-based rifs and ley Eric Burdon's voice give it some soul and emotion. Next pone to react to should me "we got to get out of this place" or "It's my Life".
aww dudes....I cant believe this song got more votes than When I Was Young or We Gotta Get Out of This Place....you want better check those out....this is an ok song for sure but not one of my favs....good to see they're back on the radar though....love a lot of the early 60s Brit invas groups...some of them were truly setting the stage for things to come....peace
How about two one hit wonders? “Ride Captain Ride”- Blues Image. Phish covered it in 2012. “Hooked on a Feeling”- Blue Swede (ooga chaka) makes me smile every time. “Closer to Home”- Grand Funk. When you revisit The Allman Bros Band try and find their live recordings. The greatest jam band ever. “One Way Out”, “Statesboro Blues”, “It’s Not My Cross to Bear.”
I strongly recommend "Eight Miles High" by The Byrds. First, it's just a great listen, ear candy. Though it doesn't sound like it could have been made today, to me it doesn't sound dated, and since I was 4 when it came out, it' a little before my time. As a pioneering psychedelic record, it's an important building block, so I especially recommend it to Andy, who's a fan of Pink Floyd, including early Pink Floyd, and Floyd started as a psychedelic band. Before helping to pioneer psychedelic rock, The Byrds helped pioneer folk rock with "Mr. Tambourine Man", which like "Eight Miles High" is both influential and a great listen. So I recommend "Mr. Tambourine Man" as the follow up to "Eight Miles High", but I have a suggestion. "Mr. Tambourine Man" is very short, and leaves me wishing it weren't ending so soon, so if you react to MTM, play it and "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better" back to back. The quick ending is easier to take if there's another good song immediately after it. The 2 songs combined add up to about 5 minutes, shorter than some of what you react to, they are 2 of The Byrds' greatest songs, and they are the first 2 songs on the Mr. Tambourine Man album, so fans often do hear them back to back. If helping to pioneer folk rock and psychedelic rock wasn't enough, The Byrds then helped to pioneer country rock. They were also a significant influence on power pop.
Im 66 graduated in the 70s and I enjoy a handful of sincere reactors to old classics. I love your open mindedness and honest intuition to these songs from our time. Keep it up!
Definitely a banger! Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood is one of their best!! “Trukin” by The Grateful Dead is a great song also by a cool band! you guys probably think i’m an annoying bug that won’t go away haha 🤣 ✌️ ☮️
55 years ago. Very little great technique instrumentally back then, but the Animals were a seminal band of English kids playing American blues in their rock-and-roll styles. ELO guys. Won’t disappoint.
A very fair assessment. The Animals were very influential. Another band along these lines, Try "Time of the Seasons" by the Zombies. That should blow your minds.
More Animals? We Gotta Get Out of This Place, Sky Pilot (Anti-war song). More Eric Burdon? Spill the Wine (w/War), Check out War's Low Rider if you don't know that one. More from that era? The Zombies Time of the Season or The Who's I Can See For Miles!
"Time of the Season" is probably the greatest Zombies song, but I think they should start with "She's Not There" or "I Love You". Build up to the best!
Good review. I think you were right about it being an influence on future songs. I can hear Neil Peart in my head paraphrasing Newton. - If I have gone farther than others it was because I stood on the shoulders of giants. Anyway, if you want to check other stuff from the mid-60's there is The Yardbirds and "Heart Full of Soul." Or hit The Animals again for "It's My Life."
This my favourite Animals song so I hope you do find one you like more, 'cause then I might too! Other bands worth checking out from this time include The Kinks and The Small Faces, also The Byrds and The Lovin' Spoonful for US bands of this era, none of them are my favourite but all are important in their own ways - anyway, just to add I usually try to ration the Patreon videos but today's selection being what it was I had to devour the lot in one sitting, so am in a happy place of A&A overdose, a bit like a sugar high after accidentally having an entire bag of M&Ms...:D
Great musical insight guys! Eric Burdon always did a great job, with the Animals, and later with War, of matching the music to the message of the song. Also worth mentioning is how radically different his work with War was, especially later on. Now, for an Animals song you can dig into, try the extended version of Sky Pilot. It's about a chaplain who encourages those about to go into battle, but would never experience it himself. For the cultural looking glass, there are two things that shaped this era of popular music; the state of music at the time and the equipment available. This song came out 1965, ONE YEAR after the Beatles debuted in America. Before that, the top 40 was surf music, doo-wop and crooners. Well, that and some great R&B. The equipment available was really simple. This is when people were just learning to put the pickup selectors of their Strats in between positions to get different sounds and how to use distortion. Right about 1967 was when hard rock exploded. For some others who were doing some inventive pop music in 1965, try "For Your Love" by the Yardbirds, that group who had as their lead guitarist at different points Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck. Yow. Also, "All Day and All of the Night" by the Kinks, another great band with a deep catalog. And, why not throw some Soul/ R&B, since it was prominent then? My pick would be "Shotgun" by Junior Walker and the All Stars. I can't wait until you guys dig into some of THAT stuff.
On my knees again: Jeff Beck. "Beck's Bolero" or "Situation" (studio originals) would be good songs to start with, and would sound terrific in your headphones. The Animals were major arrivals in the original British Invasion. Beck, just a few years later, was part of the next wave, which gave rise to Cream, Led Zeppelin, etc. The recording technology had advanced, and the sound was closer to what y'all are probably most accustomed to. You'll like it. You'll lose your minds!
Hope you guys had an awesome weekend! Finally revisiting The Animals!!! What a great track to start the week!! What’s the next one by them we gotta hit?! Cheers friends! 🤟🏻🔥
Try Spill The Wine next! Eric Burdon (same singer) with War!
The Animals - Boom Boom
Next by them I would try, “Its My Life” It has a GREAT guitar riff, and a fantastic catchy rhythm! For another band, “Trukin” The Grateful Dead is another great song by a great band! Please put it in a poll I know it will do well! ✌️ ☮️
They didn't have a lot of commercial heads that I would do... Spill the wine by War ((they're the ones that did "Lowrider" this lead singer ERIC went on to be with band War.
When you said Rocky mountain way😁😁😁🎼This video this is the definitive... Midnight Special 1973 Joe Walsh was 26
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You still haven't heard what I reckon is their best song, "We gotta get out this place" Bear in mind the Vietnam war and the cultural changes of the 60's
Found this version which seems to be a brilliant mix ua-cam.com/video/g-8GLMrJwms/v-deo.html
@@martincarolpiper9964 Agreed...We Gotta Get Out Of This Place along with Sky Pilot have always been my favorite two tracks of theirs
It's great, but "Don't Bring Me Down" is my favorite Animals song.
We tried to be allowed to sing We Gotta Get Outta This place for High School graduation 1971 ... the nuns had other plans ...
shut up its shit
We Gotta Get Out of This Place should be next.
Also, it's time to get back to the Allman Brothers, Jessica and One Way Out should be next. Thoroughly enjoy your reactions!
absolutely agree. Also want to add Don't Take Me Alive by Steely Dan.
Yes, more Steely Dan. I'd also suggest My Old School.
Definitely do Allmans, then bring back Chicago!
Make Me Smile would be a good one.
@Luuk Hulsman Blue Sky off Eat A Peach!!! Best friggin song ever, play it at my funeral for a send off
"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" also is a cover, not an Animals original. Bennie Benjamin, Horace Ott and Sol Marcus wrote it for singer/pianist Nina Simone, who first recorded it in 1964. The Animals covered it the following year.
I didn't want to break it to them
Great trivia. The Animals were Blues based like The Stones. In those early days I thought Eric Burdon was better at Blues than Mick.
Nina’s version is haunting.
I had no idea. I always assumed Nina Simone was covering the Animals
Well I never knew that. I've just listened to Nina, and what a voice. I need to hear more of her work.
Thanks loads for this very interesting fact 👏👍
Zombies - Time of the Season
Absolutely! A generation to defining song if I’ve ever heard one.
Oh hell yeah!
Great song! Tell Her No is awesome too!
Yes!!!!
Zombies: 2019 Inductees Rock & Roll Hall of Fame!
Recommendation from same time period -- The Zombies - ""She's Not There"
Royce Van Norman “Time of the Season” too.
Agree. And Time of the Season.
@@Diecastclassicist YES this is a real good song 👍
Love 'Time of the Season'. Santana does an incredible cover of 'She's Not There' on their Moonflower album.
@@Diecastclassicist YES, TIME OF THE SEASON!
"Sky Pilot" - probably my favorite Animals song........it's a good 'story song' with some great fast paced early psychedelic influence coming out of the R&B era...
Sky Pilot. Extreme political comment of the time
The first 1000 times I heard Sky Pilot I didn't know it referred to military chaplains. Since then, I like the song even more! I was just a dumb kid when I fought in Vietnam.
Monterey.
I love Sky Pilot. ❤️❤️
I completely forgot about the song Sky Pilot. An epic song for sure!
Nights in white satin by The Moody Blues
OH MY GODDDDD YESSS. That entire album Days of Future Passed is straight 🔥
I'd go with I'm Just A Singer In a Rock N Roll Band off of Seventh Sojourn
Was just thinking this is a MUST! So original.
The lead singer, Eric Burdon, recorded one album with a new band, War, in 1970. "Spill the Wine" was his last big hit, but War went on to have a string of hits throughout the 70s. One of those very appropriate for our current situation was "Why can't we be friends?"
An extremely influential band in many respects, vocals, tone, and lyrics to name a few.
If bands like the Beatles were seen as A-sides, The Animals were B- sides much more like the Rolling Stones in that manner and were often considered darker or less pop oriented music. They had a sound very much of their time, so much so that when you listen to them, it's kind of hard not to put them in that era.
Pioneers is a word often associated with them and their style
You guys might enjoy something like 'We Gotta Get Outta This Place' or 'Sky Pilot' both have that distinctness.
"We Got To Get Out Of This Place" is a better song IMHO. The bass line is awesome! And the bass player is the guy who became Jimi Hendrix's manager. Keep digging?
Bass solo intro!
"We gotta get out of this place" is a better Animals track.
I like that’s title a lot
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Great song. Give it a shot. You still need to give a listen to "Little Feat". Let it Roll, Hate to Lose Your Lovin', The entire live album Waiting For Columbus, especially Dixie Chicken or Spanish Moon.
Glad you are checking out older bands . Long Cool Woman- The Hollies. Best intro ever! Has to be heard! Great classic song. This was good but it isn’t nearly as cool as Long Cool Woman. Stands up after all these decades( came out in 1971). Pls react to it. It will go into your musical library! Glad you pointed out that these songs were groundbreaking and were building blocks to later music ...
DAMN! WE HAD SO MUCH.
Now? Thump thump autotuner grunts bout how smack sux ie rapcrapclaptrap.
Saturday night I went downtown,...😏
Yes! I’ve been asking for Long Cool Woman Reaction! 🙏🤟
@@deecal2001 They already did it.. Awhile back.
@@leesmith6749 Really? I have gone thru their playlists on UA-cam and as a Patreon member and haven’t seen it. It was on a community poll recently, but got beat out.
Try , “it’s My Life” We’ve gotta get out of this place” “Don’t bring me down” -Animals
See See Rider
Wild Thing - The Troggs
Born to be Wild - Steppenwolf
Yes!
Yup
They would really like Steppenwolf I think.
Yes!
I second steppenwolf
San Franciscan nights is a commercially sounding song that tried dip the toe into psychedelia. We Gotta Get Out of This Place is one of my favorite tracks by this band as well as 'It's My Life'. Eric Burdon did some great stuff with the band 'War' as well. 'Spill the Wine' is a sick track.
Steppenwolf "Magic Carpet Ride"
And Born to be Wild
And Born To Be Wild and my favorites The Pusher and Snowblind Friend.
Try a Kinks song from the same time period. “All of the day and all of the night. “. Or “Where have all the good times gone”
The Kinks are great! Lola is another great song by them
"Waterloo Sunset", "Days", "See My Friend(s)", "Celluloid Heroes"...
Kinks
Yea you dudes should do a Kinks selection:
All Day and All of the Night
Tired of Waiting for You
Till the End of the Day
You Really Got Me
The top 40 deejays in my hometown (Erie PA) would say “The Kinks singing in the key of ‘K’ “ ... For the unusual guitar riffs I think precursor grunge in the 1990s ...
Try, Ten Years After “I’d love to change the world”.
Yes, this is a great one!
They will LOVE Alvin Lee's tone and solo in that one! 🔥🔥
You gotta do "I'm Going Home" live at Woodstock if you do Ten Years After!
Yes please!
This is definately one that they would call a banger.
Try Jeff Beck “Freeway Jam.” No lyrics but you’ll get a real understanding of what Beck is all about. The guitarists guitarist.
Now THAT’S a jam I’m always delighted to be “stuck in!” I’m seconding this suggestion!!
Saw him play PERTH W Australia in early 70s,I rate JB above CLAPTON, good suggestion thanks from Australia...
Same time period - The Kinks
True. I liked the Kinks much more than the Animals. Plus they have longevity and cranked out many good songs through the decades.
The Kinks for sure , You Really Got Me and Lola to start .
Yup - "We Gotta Get Out of this Place" should be the next one...
Hurdy Gurdy Man by Donovan. Jimmy Page plays guitar on the song.
Just for fun! Donovan’s “Intergalactic Laxative” who remembers that?
Atlantis, Mello Yellow
Loved this group. As a child of the 60's and 70's, these are all great songs
From this period, I really love The Kinks. Good songs to try are You Really Got Me and Waterloo Sunset.
Guys - Welcome to the sixties... in the early part of the decade all singles were this length....
Listening to this I'm back in 1965 and 12 again...!!! I assume someone may have told you already that when the Animals were touring America, Chas Chandler, the bass player, saw a certain young guitarist called Jimi Hendrix..... Next thing you know, he Jimi's manager, he took him to Britain and the rest is history..
I can't believe no one hasn't recommended the long version of Sky Pilot. Now that was a kickass song! "When I Was Young" always held up well for me, as well.
Or inagadavida?
The Animals had a couple songs which deal with teen angst, "We Gotta Get out of This Place" and "It's My Life".
They did a song, "Inside-Looking Out" that was covered by Grand Funk. GFR made several stylistic changes that made it their own. It's one of the best covers ever and the Live 1969 version is one of the best song performances in rock history. 'Spill the Wine" by Eric Burdon and War is worth a listen, avant guard as hell and really catchy. I would recommend "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" as the next Animals tune. For other great bands of the era: Kinks, Zombies, The Byrds, The Yardbirds all spring to mind.
Yes, yes yes. If you are going to listen to the Grand Funk Railroad version of Inside looking out, it must be the 1969 Live version.
I have to say, you guys are my guilty pleasure, I'm 40 🙄. I would never thought watching a couple dudes listening to music and critiquing it, but I love hearing songs I've never heard before or hearing a breakdown of the songs. I wouldn't be mad at more Queen 😁
Eric Burdon was one of the most underrated singers in rock history.
Next one should be "We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place". Banger.
"We Gotta Get Out of This Place" or "It's My Life" for your next Animals trip, fellows!
In the early 60's we all listened to AM radio. All songs were short - anything longer got chopped up - whole solos, choruses cut out, etc. Until FM radio showed up. AM radio had become such a gold mine for ad-men. Anything longer than 3 min. was in the way of their next comercial. When commercial-free airtime became available, musical soundscapes opened up. Some songs were the side of an album, at which point a redundant 3 chord change wouldn't stand up.
Blue as one old DJ told me, “if the long version of Stairway or The White Room came on the DJ had probably gone across the street for a beer or into the bathroom for a smoke...”
@@CycolacFan "MacArthur Park" also
@@CycolacFan
Goin' Home - Rolling Stones
The lead singer from the Animals (Eric Burden) does the vocals for the song "Spill the Wine" with the band War ..
great song that aged well ..
Hard to imagine that huge voice emanating from the 5'4" Eric Burden.
Yeah the voice definitely doesn’t match what you see lol
Ride low
Ask any girl from the 1960s. Not hard to imagine at all.
The Animals were great. btw, Eric Burdon also later fronted the band "War" (Spill The Wine, Cisco Kid, All Day Music, etc.). Also, Chas Chandler, The Animals' bassist, was Jimi Hendrix's first manager and took him to England.
The Animals were definitely unique & only the Stones were even close to this genre but were groundbreaking at the time & became mainstream
Please check out "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" & "It's My Life"
Sorry guys, this is NOT AN ORIGINAL either. "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" is a song written by Bennie Benjamin, Horace Ott and Sol Marcus for the singer and pianist Nina Simone, who first recorded it in 1964.
'circusy' is a great word for it Alex. A dark, hurt and moody circus.
The Kinks are another good band that was ahead of their time musically. I think they’ve aged well.
Rolling Stones’ Jumpin Jack Flash...they had just tried a psychedelic period and then came back with JJF, like a hurricane. Try to listen with 1968 ears. 🎶
i suggested it once
You make what for me is an important point. All these tunes must be listened to in relation to their times. These songs are just 5-6 years removed from the The Four Freshmen having top 40 hits on the radio. The massive changes taking place in pop music at that time were there for everyone to hear.
A few years newer but "War." In fact Eric Burdon of the Animals sang with them for a while. Most famous song, "Spill the Wine."
Green Grass and High Tides by The Outlaws please.
suggested that one a few times
Same here...numerous times
Me too. The Guitar Army!
That is my jam. Please, guys!!
Adding to the suggestions for Green Grass and High Tides Forever. You'll wonder why you waited so long.
One band from the same era that had huge impacts on new wave, punk, and alternative music a decade later was the Velvet Underground. Lou Reed was their singer and they revolutionized music in so many ways and later the foundation for completely new genres of music. I would recommend Sweet Jane, Oh Sweet Nuthin, Pale Blue Eyes, or Heroin
Lou Reed actually, but Iggy has plenty to recommend too.
Fred Hall yeah my mind went blank I don’t know what I was thinking. Thanks for correcting me, and I fixed it as well
Try Chicago's 'Make Me Smile' 1970... takes this type of song to the next level of production and the guitar solo is ground breaking!
Small faces - tin soldier and The Kinks - lola.
Good choices!
Tin soldier is fantastic
"We Gotta Get Out of This Place" by the Animals is my work song. It replaced Zappa's '"The Torture Never Stops".
"From the Beginning" - Emerson, Lake, and Palmer. Phenomenal songwriting, beautiful acoustic guitar, and one of the sauciest synth solos you'll ever hear. Put it on the list!!!
Agreed! First song I re-learned when I picked up my guitar after years off. But I think Karn Evil 9 may go over better.
@@pandacosu8217 I've been playing it on guitar a lot lately as well. Beautiful chords.
Part of the "British Invasion" of the 1960's. A very influential band to say the least! They sound dated now, but they were cutting edge back in the day. You may want to try House Of The Rising Sun and We Gotta Get Out Of This Place.
We gotta get out of this place is the Animal song I think of when I think of them. The Kinks, The Zombies, The Doors, The Turtles, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Procol Harum, Van Morrison, Jefferson Airplane, The Kingsman, The Byrds, and Donovan (a personal favorite) are all in that late 60's era and all are pretty good.
great list
YES!! Give a Whiter Shade of Pale a listen. Would love to know what you think of it. One of MY favorites. Might become one of yours as well.
"We got to get out of this place" big teenage Anthem in the 60s
The pre-chorus really stands out in this version -- "I'm just a soul whose intentions are good..." Now, how about The Animals "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" or "When I Was Young" or "Don't Bring Me Down" ...
Yes "that sound" - recorded mostly in mono on 4 track tapes which is what gave birth to "garage band" sound. Being recorded in mono for AM radio play the bass was often pumped up in order to be heard on car/transistor radios. Few people owned a stereo in the early '60's so mono was the standard mix.
Kinks: You Really Got Me, Apeman and the later classic Ducks on the Wall for another great rocker.
Trogs: Wild Thing - altho Jimi does a great cover of it as well.
The Standells: Dirty Water
I'll bet you guys would like "The Rascals". Also known as "The Young Rascals".
True story. I lived on the same street as Alan Price, the guitarist in London. To be honest I had no idea who he was until I had to take him a parcel that arrived at our house in error. He seemed nice enough.
"We Gotta Get Out of the Place" good one
Crosby, Still and Nash were the mid to late 60s. I seen them play at the River City River Festival and was mesmerized by their vocals. Neil Young performed with them sometimes as well. You should check them out.... Ohio, Love the One Your With, Suite/Judy Blue Eyes, Southern Man.
Very good review! Eric Burdon's voice and techniques are so cool, huh? If you're looking for other cool stuff from this same era and genre, you need to check out The Yardbirds (Clapton, Page, and Jeff Beck) all played with them. "Heart Full of Soul" will prove quite satisfactory.
Hey Andy & Alex,
Eric Burdon of "The Animals" put together the band "War" recruiting all multi cultural members. Nothing is more up A&A's alley!! Fusing Funk, Rock, Latin, Reggae, Jazz etc.
Burdon performs on "Spill the Wine"
Their hit "Low Rider" can be heard in the films "Cheech & Chong's Up in Smoke & Dazed and Confused". Warning: The laid back Latin Funk groove is so deep in the Sauce, you might never find your way out!! Also check "Cisco Kid", "Me and Baby Brother".
You’ve gotta listen to “We’ve Gotta Get Out of This Place”. It’s insanely cool
Like so many of the other posters here, I'd recommend the Kinks. So many great songs. You Really Got Me, All Day and All of the Night, Tired of Waiting, Where Have All the Good Times Gone, Waterloo Sunset, Days. And that's just scratching the surface of their sixties output! From the same period, try the Yardbirds, the Hollies, and especially the Byrds, as well.
Need to do either It’s My Life or We Gotta Get Out Of This Place next.
Them - Gloria
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks, Madame George, TB Sheets, Into The Mystic, Moondance, Brown Eyed Girl, The Way Young Lovers Do, Domino, Jackie Wilson Said
Untouchable. No one else does what he does better
He had such emotion in his voice
Growing up hard in 60's and 70's"When I was young"by the Animals was my jam,I could relate 😎
Great song! You have to check out their song Sky Pilot!😎✌
I remember when this song was mostly blacklisted from the airwaves... Then when it occasionally hit the radio they cut out the lyrics "thou shall not kill".
Dang showing my age I loved. This song as a teen in the 90’s My dad gave me my love for music
You should listen:
- Paul Revere & The Raiders - Good Thing
- Paul Revere & The Raiders - I'm Not Your Stepping Stone
- Paul Revere & The Raiders - Hungry
- The Sonics - Have Love, Will Travel
- The Sonics - Strychnine
Same period (mid 60's), a little bit harder, both bands considered as "proto punk". Definitively a big influence on modern rock.
Stepping Stone is the Monkees
@Joan In Florida Listen the chorus of "im not your steppin stone", definitively proto punk there. Punk beat plus hard vocal performance. Also, The Sonics and The Raiders are included in the category among other great bands on wikipedia.
@@okpainter9700 First recorded by Paul Revere & the raiders, may 66'. Monkees version was november 66'.
Before the Beatles and eventually the Stones, song writers mostly worked for record labels who 'gave' songs to the bands they recorded. Since control of writers royalties was the biggest part of the money equation the transition to bands doing their own originals represented a huge power shift in the industry.
This is also a cover, boys.
...Originally sung by Nina Simone. 👍
A lot of us grew up with 60's oldies radio formats. Short radio songs from The Beatles, Motown, The Beach Boys, Wall of Sound, etc. Lots to explore. One I'd recommend is "The Letter" by The Box Tops. Their lead singer Alex Chilton also had a 70's band Big Star with a track called "September Gurls" which is another great track.
It’s my Life and Don’t Bring Me Down by The Animals.
1. Love - Seven and Seven is
2. Love - Alone, And, Or...
3. Ten Years After - I'd Love to Change the World
4. The Seeds - Pushin' to Hard
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Box Tops - The Letter
Some other great Animals tunes: We Gotta Get Outta This Place and For Your Love
For Your Love? They covered the Yardbirds?
I know of a great Yardbirds song called "For Your Love". Did The Animals also do that song or a song with the same title?
For some context, by the mid 60s the Beatles had already established themselves as Britain's premier act, but it was hotly debated whether it would be the Rolling Stones, the Kinks, or the Animals who would end up their harder-edged counterpart. Obviously, we know now it was the Stones who won that out, but the Animals were huge in their short time.
The Animals used simple blues-based rifs and ley Eric Burdon's voice give it some soul and emotion. Next pone to react to should me "we got to get out of this place" or "It's my Life".
I did not realize that you guys are doing 1960s stuff wow very proud
aww dudes....I cant believe this song got more votes than When I Was Young or We Gotta Get Out of This Place....you want better check those out....this is an ok song for sure but not one of my favs....good to see they're back on the radar though....love a lot of the early 60s Brit invas groups...some of them were truly setting the stage for things to come....peace
How about two one hit wonders? “Ride Captain Ride”- Blues Image. Phish covered it in 2012. “Hooked on a Feeling”- Blue Swede (ooga chaka) makes me smile every time. “Closer to Home”- Grand Funk. When you revisit The Allman Bros Band try and find their live recordings. The greatest jam band ever. “One Way Out”, “Statesboro Blues”, “It’s Not My Cross to Bear.”
We’ve gotta get out of this place!!
Best Patreon month for certain. Stretching out a lot. You did Dylan, now do The Band !!!-
The Weight is still one of my favourite songs ever
Would love to see a reaction to Acadian Driftwood. Not a big hit but a great tune.
YES THE BAND!!!!
Yes. I'd start with either "The Weight", "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down", or "Up on Cripple Creek".
"Don't break my heart " great horns and Levin singing his heart out, as always.
I strongly recommend "Eight Miles High" by The Byrds. First, it's just a great listen, ear candy. Though it doesn't sound like it could have been made today, to me it doesn't sound dated, and since I was 4 when it came out, it' a little before my time. As a pioneering psychedelic record, it's an important building block, so I especially recommend it to Andy, who's a fan of Pink Floyd, including early Pink Floyd, and Floyd started as a psychedelic band. Before helping to pioneer psychedelic rock, The Byrds helped pioneer folk rock with "Mr. Tambourine Man", which like "Eight Miles High" is both influential and a great listen. So I recommend "Mr. Tambourine Man" as the follow up to "Eight Miles High", but I have a suggestion. "Mr. Tambourine Man" is very short, and leaves me wishing it weren't ending so soon, so if you react to MTM, play it and "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better" back to back. The quick ending is easier to take if there's another good song immediately after it. The 2 songs combined add up to about 5 minutes, shorter than some of what you react to, they are 2 of The Byrds' greatest songs, and they are the first 2 songs on the Mr. Tambourine Man album, so fans often do hear them back to back.
If helping to pioneer folk rock and psychedelic rock wasn't enough, The Byrds then helped to pioneer country rock. They were also a significant influence on power pop.
Im 66 graduated in the 70s and I enjoy a handful of sincere reactors to old classics. I love your open mindedness and honest intuition to these songs from our time. Keep it up!
Definitely a banger! Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood is one of their best!! “Trukin” by The Grateful Dead is a great song also by a cool band! you guys probably think i’m an annoying bug that won’t go away haha 🤣 ✌️ ☮️
55 years ago.
Very little great technique instrumentally back then, but the Animals were a seminal band of English kids playing American blues in their rock-and-roll styles.
ELO guys. Won’t disappoint.
The next Animals song to check out is; "We gotta get out of this place".
A very fair assessment. The Animals were very influential. Another band along these lines, Try "Time of the Seasons" by the Zombies. That should blow your minds.
The Kinks...
And..here we Go!!!😘🎶🎼🎸🎸🎵60s. CLASSIC!!!!
Great song. You should to do: We gotta get out of this place and Don't Bring me Down.
More Animals? We Gotta Get Out of This Place, Sky Pilot (Anti-war song). More Eric Burdon? Spill the Wine (w/War), Check out War's Low Rider if you don't know that one. More from that era? The Zombies Time of the Season or The Who's I Can See For Miles!
Going back eh? Don't forget Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. Woodstock especially and Carry On to start.
Wooden ships and southern cross
Southern Cross!!
One of the best songs ever recorded is Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Deja Vu...the song with the impossible bass line.
@@leesmith6749 You know that's right! ✓
🎶We have all been here before 🎶...
Deep stuff.
Check out She's Not There by the Zombies and For Your Love by the Yardbirds for some other great British invasion classics
"Time of The Season" by the Zombies is a much better song than this.
I think the sound of the Zombies -Time of the Season will blow A&A away.
It still has a modern feel to it.
"Time of the Season" is probably the greatest Zombies song, but I think they should start with "She's Not There" or "I Love You". Build up to the best!
@Joan In Florida I agree that they are different, but I'd call The Animals R&B-influenced rock, while "Time of the Season" is semi-psychedelic.
Good review. I think you were right about it being an influence on future songs. I can hear Neil Peart in my head paraphrasing Newton. - If I have gone farther than others it was because I stood on the shoulders of giants.
Anyway, if you want to check other stuff from the mid-60's there is The Yardbirds and "Heart Full of Soul." Or hit The Animals again for "It's My Life."
This my favourite Animals song so I hope you do find one you like more, 'cause then I might too! Other bands worth checking out from this time include The Kinks and The Small Faces, also The Byrds and The Lovin' Spoonful for US bands of this era, none of them are my favourite but all are important in their own ways - anyway, just to add I usually try to ration the Patreon videos but today's selection being what it was I had to devour the lot in one sitting, so am in a happy place of A&A overdose, a bit like a sugar high after accidentally having an entire bag of M&Ms...:D
Haha glad we could contribute to your habit 🤘🏼
I'll second The Byrds and The Kinks. For Andy & Alex, I think "Eight Miles High" is the Byrds song to begin with.
Kinks songs had a sense of humor. Father Christmas is classic. And Lola of course.
Great musical insight guys! Eric Burdon always did a great job, with the Animals, and later with War, of matching the music to the message of the song. Also worth mentioning is how radically different his work with War was, especially later on.
Now, for an Animals song you can dig into, try the extended version of Sky Pilot. It's about a chaplain who encourages those about to go into battle, but would never experience it himself.
For the cultural looking glass, there are two things that shaped this era of popular music; the state of music at the time and the equipment available. This song came out 1965, ONE YEAR after the Beatles debuted in America. Before that, the top 40 was surf music, doo-wop and crooners. Well, that and some great R&B. The equipment available was really simple. This is when people were just learning to put the pickup selectors of their Strats in between positions to get different sounds and how to use distortion. Right about 1967 was when hard rock exploded.
For some others who were doing some inventive pop music in 1965, try "For Your Love" by the Yardbirds, that group who had as their lead guitarist at different points Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck. Yow. Also, "All Day and All of the Night" by the Kinks, another great band with a deep catalog. And, why not throw some Soul/ R&B, since it was prominent then? My pick would be "Shotgun" by Junior Walker and the All Stars. I can't wait until you guys dig into some of THAT stuff.
We gotta get out of this place. Take a listen to it if you will another great by the animals
On my knees again: Jeff Beck. "Beck's Bolero" or "Situation" (studio originals) would be good songs to start with, and would sound terrific in your headphones. The Animals were major arrivals in the original British Invasion. Beck, just a few years later, was part of the next wave, which gave rise to Cream, Led Zeppelin, etc. The recording technology had advanced, and the sound was closer to what y'all are probably most accustomed to. You'll like it. You'll lose your minds!