Eric Burdon - Rock ‘n’ Roll Animal (2020 Documentary)

Apologies for all the edits - After many attempts to upload this, I had to remove all of the Animal songs due to copyright, otherwise utube would not allow it to be shown.....Hopefully you get the gist !
Eric Victor Burdon - Born Walker, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England 1941. Then became an Animal.
Includes interviews with Sting, Bruce Springsteen, Steven Van Zandt, George Thorogood, Patti Smith
Fun Facts in the documentary:
- Bruce Springsteen blames The Animals for every song he's ever written.
- "The Spanish City" (which still exists in part), was a large fairground complex in Whitley Bay on Northumberland coast. Often visited in their youth by the likes of Eric Burdon, Sting, Mark Knopfler and Hank Marvin no less...to name but a few. A big draw back in the day!

[@lhasaroadrat9374]

Eric really is a cool guy. My girlfriend was his housekeeper for a spell. I had her give him a copy of Ralph Gleason's epic tome to the SF music scene, "The Jefferson Airplane and the San Francisco Sound". The man who wrote "San Franciscan Nights" had never read it. He devoured it and appreciated it so much he gave my girl a huge armload of personal swag to give me. Eric Burdon T-shirts, photographs and even a pair of pajamas he never wore. I treasure that stuff 'till this day. Eric is probably the most genuine person that ever rocked the 60's. And still going strong! Great job on this doc. ***** 5 stars **

[@h2bizzle]

What an awesome story. It makes me happy to know that he is as cool as I always thought him to be. I was born mid seventies; my parents loved the Animals, & as I got older, I truly appreciated their music, and all that Eric Burdon was and is.

[@lindamaemullins5151]

Cool

[@et2petty]

I was stationed at pearl harbor, Eric played three nights at a club. Brian Auger was in his band. I got the Animals reunion album signed and had a few minutes in the dressing room with the guys. Eric was really inviting and straight up regular guy. Went all three nights...

[@lhasaroadrat9374]

@@et2petty very nice!

[@lindabutcher7014]

I WOULDA CLEANED HIS HOUSE 4 FREE!! an anything ELSE he needed cleaning or polishing off... 😊😁🤗😘

[@MiSambra]

Eric is still so cool after all these years. What an artist and what a career.

[@Connect2discxnnect]

Very few people stay sane after all the years. Especially not still cool, artistic, and beautifully intelligent. What a man. What a legend. ❤❤

[@monmixer]

He is a nice fellow and a great song writer. Sun Secrets is a great album and if you love good music listen to it if you have never heard it,

[@kurtfoulke5130]

The coolest Rockstar ever, this documentary did not disappoint.

[@Bobcagon]

“Wherever theirs people there’s trouble” …. My new favourite quote. This guy was part of the game changers that got us to where we are today.

[@nodniv1317]

Legend- that voice never changes. Always been the epitome of “cool”!

[@vincentl.9469]

at one time, his voice was as distinctive as Rod Stewart's

[@markchorba561]

I was aDj. At KBKW Aberdeen WA ED Kelly Hirde me as Musi. DIRECTOR 1967 Danny K Owener I. Sang in study Hall in HI Scool.still Working at73 you are Fabulous I have a Boat Biss. 50 years keep goingim Do some Dj work.Bless you.

[@joelpierce3940]

“Where ever there are people, there’s trouble”. How great is that!

[@pamm8608]

Best line of this documentary. Or life. Ha ha

[@Nina5144]

Says the bloke with four bottles of beer in his coat

[@deborahfenley5825]

And it's the absolute truth.

[@victoriacometh5168]

feel the same way! Thank you Eric Burdon for vocalizing a concrete truth !

[@randymillhouse791]

It's forkin' true in the USA now. Sad.

[@redcapsue]

You can still see his young self hidden behind the old man. I adore this man, his voice, his music.

[@lisaparsons4124]

Yes I agree and awesome singer,sung in 1966,year I was born 💙

[@davidwebster6491]

What a great documentary. Now there's a person who's literally seen and done it all. God bless Eric Burden!

[@Nina5144]

Tells a lot of tales about people who aren’t here to say differently

[@deborahfenley5825]

100% agree

[@florkgagga]

And for me - I could paraphrase Springsteen : all i ever looked for in a documentary (yes, even ancient history - war, family, living in the desert) is summed up here.

[@karljurgenfeuerherm600]

BurdOn :)

[@lizbourn4192]

Had a drink with him several times back in the ‘60’s in the pub next to the Marquee Club in Wardor Street. Great times.

[@sndes-x2x]

Thank you Eric, for showing us that growing older is growing bolder.

[@yassveena]

'I never heard something so strong, so emotional. They spoke from the guts, from the soul.'

[@ritahall2378]

Everything Eric did then is still hot today and the absolute best rock n’ roll There’s nobody like Eric with the voice like a volcano

[@MrSlikvee]

“Where there’s people, there’s trouble.” Pure truth.

[@lisaparsons4124]

Yes I agree 💯

[@davidhubbard6963]

A😊😊😊😊Qaqaa😊

[@theopapa6559]

Eric V. Burdon is a great Genius! Best Voice of the 60ties. and 70ties.. I am 69 and i hear his Music since 1967 ,Thank you Man for All the good Music !

[@debbielenahan5890]

I am 69 years old and loved Eric Burdon music since 1964 and I play Down in Monterey every time I drive to Monterey!

[@johnmckie2572]

Eric once commented that if he'd been front man for the Yardbirds they would've been THE band. Never a truer word.

[@b.lloydreese2030]

I honestly thought eric burdon WAS dead because my dad listened to him as i grew up in the 80s, my dad listened to them. And i could NOT believe someone so talented with such a great voice and who wasn't making mainstream music still in the 80s could still be alive.

[@lastrada52]

This is one of the best Eric Burdon interviews/documentaries I have ever seen. He's eloquent, no craziness, no posturing. Excellent sincere conversation. The man should be held in higher regard than he is. Wouldn't it be so cool if he sang a few duets & record them with Mick Jagger? Van Morrison? Tom Jones? Do it now gentlemen while you're all still vertical.

[@skidancin]

Yeah I don't know that I want to hear Burdon singing beside Mick Jagger kind of makes me scrunch up my face in a bad way. Go figure. This isn't quite like Dean Martin and Bing Crosby.

[@lastrada52]

@@skidancin Frank Sinatra & Bing Crosby is more like it. Dean may have sung with Bing but they were no pairing. But, hey, Burdon would make Jagger nervous, even more so than Tina Turner -- Burdon having the better blues voice than Mick. And lately, Eric's been sounding quite good. It would be nostalgic to see & hear them together.

[@terrythekittieful]

Leave out Sir Mick, maybe one knight, Sir Tom Jones, Van is a good one, Tom Waits?, how about the Sex Pistols rhythm section?, now that might work.

[@terrythekittieful]

Oh, and Noddy Holder?

[@lastrada52]

@@terrythekittieful - Good choice. Excellent rock voice.

[@MrCranberries17]

When I was 13 yrs old in 1966, my Father took me to see Eric Burden & the Animals at Steel Pier in Atlantic City. They were great. Eric Burden was and is an underrated blues/rock singer.

[@janfrench8813]

Lol. This same year Eric and the Animals were in Norfolk VA. I was 13 yrs old and me with 2 other Catholic school girls, in our uniforms, tried to sneak into The Triangle Hotel where the band was staying. Thank Goodness our uniforms gave us away. When we were asked by security why we were there we turned and ran!! We loved Eric! Great memory always!

[@gordonhutchison9647]

Been a fan of Eric's since the house of the rising sun I'm 68 now and haven't heard many can sing with such grit and soul felt passion as Eric

[@ingridthurner3651]

Absolutely true. Thank you!

[@Madshenrikniel-ke5pw]

Absolutely same place i'm 70 years young

[@ericdreizen1463]

"Wherever there's people, there's trouble..." Wise words.

[@Ian-bq7gp]

Great humour, he really makes me smile and laugh. He was the first singer that left a huge impression on me and we were handed down some 45s and an old mono record player from the early 1960s which my little brother and I loved. It came with 15 or so 45s and a few early animals, Beatles, Stones and Dylan records.

[@germ281]

my favorite artist. I'm 39, my son 19 and we both love Eric Burdon... always have and always will

[@lawrenceklein4918]

Eric Burdon- A Rock n Roll Survivor. He has experienced quite a bit of life. And I know he's got a lot more to show us! Respect!

[@robertzemko6590]

Was a kid in the Mid to late 60's and Dad was coming home with all the great records from Stones, Animals & Beatles. He used to sing along out loud to We Gotta Get Outta This Place and It's My Life. Great memories. Consider myself lucky because at the time most parents thought these bands were outrageous!

[@baronsaturday9560]

I love the rawness of these bands, this afternoon I listened to the 'Five Live Yardbirds' album, and it was so raw & loud, amazing! Or in the '60s live circuit, The Animals, Stones, Who, early Beatles, Kinks, Yardbirds, etc... They all have this meaty beaty rawness!

[@rokker007]

One of the most under-rated singers of our time.

[@cattycorner8]

Dave LosAngeles No doubt.

[@neldinsky]

wow. Someone FINALLY used the word underrated referencing someone who actually DESERVED the title....Yes. Eric Burden is TRULY underrated. N

[@kenm3102]

@@neldinsky I agree !

[@acousticrooster2240]

Absolutely!!

[@cheezheadz3928]

@@neldinsky Deserved... because you believed so. 😆

[@marguskiis7711]

He is almost 80, but he is still damn strong.

[@humblesoul2547]

He looks so great I am very proud of him

[@AnnaLVajda]

Yeah he's a living legend.

[@hydroforce1000]

He hasn't lost it yet, still shows peeps of the Erictude. Proud of the Eggman.

[@gregb8565]

81 now I think as of 2022

[@samanthasabbath3745]

83 in 2024

[@jeffsanders6335]

This is amazing. Thanks so much. When I was 6 years old my older sister took me to see Herman's Hermits and the Animals opened for them. I don't remember anything about the night except the way Eric Burdon could wail. Even at 6, that was a pivotal moment for my taste in music.

[@marvinhancock6433]

What a feeling to be up in age and look back at a lifetime of a life well lived

[@dictumfactum9468]

I met Eric at rest stop on Hwy10 near Banning. He was riding his Harley with some friends. Very cool dude.

[@qa4057]

Dude, you were blessed

[@dreammachine2013]

"Music isn't about success - it's a spiritual path that you follow" (Sting) ❤

[@DeannaFritz-lh8ew]

No one could do it better👌

[@lisaparsons4124]

Yes I agree 💯

[@scottsaks7314]

This was a great documentary. I was in a band in 1965 and toured with Herman Hermits and the Animals in US. Eric was a colorful character. Loved the band. It was fantastic. My band was just the opening act for the three bands. It was a pleasure moment in my life for sure. I knew every note of every song they played. I was a base player and studied Chas and how he played. Hilton Valentine was the friendliest with me. We traveled from city to city in a DC-3 plane. For a 15 year old base player in a band I can tell you it was a once in lifetime thrill. So cool to see Eric still getting around after all these years.

[@hariseldon2453]

I played his music for decades, still do from time to time but it gets harder as the years pile up, the road ahead is much shorter than the miles travelled in the past. But authenticity will never die, and Eric Burdon was and is authentic. Thanks Eric, you supplied many answers to life’s eternal questions.

[@Riverdeepnwide]

I love Eric & The Animals. Ten years old in 1964 my sister took me to the record store so I could buy “The Animals” with my saved up weekly allowance.

[@Ian-bq7gp]

It was something to buy a 45 in the 1960s. My first 45 was bought when I was 12. We did paper rounds and stuff, hand me down clothes and old plimsoles and scout jumble sales which was a luxury. There was also those little cheap transistor radios made in Hong Kong from the market barrow boys well before Tandy came along. The ford Corrina mk 1 was a good car as was Hillman imp. What great days. I lived about 5 or 6 miles from Chelsea bridge but my gran lived in Fulham with sash windows, fire place on first floor of an old terraced Victorian rented house. Chelsea Bridge was well known for racing on bikes with rockers and mods and Eric mentioned his lovely Corvette which must have been so rare as American cars were very rare and we saw Harley's because there was Fred Warrs the main Harley Davidson importer main dealer where riders got new bikes and spares and servicing so you would always hear and see harleys in the kings road Chelsea.

[@cattycorner8]

Eric Burdon's voice is one of my favorite rock n roll and blues voices. Very sexy and full of emotion.

[@ronnie5129]

Eric, Thank You for this interview and film, I still have .45 RPM records of the Animals, from when i was a Young pup, I always Loved your Voice, that is what made me love your music, Don't Let the Fire Go out, My Best, Cousin Figel

[@belbro62]

one of the greatest vocalist . glad he's doing well

[@raybrownme]

Uncle Eric.The black American band he speaks about, in the days leading up to the death of Hendrix, was my Dad's band. There's a little more to the story. Entertaining documentary. I learned some things I didn't know.

[@senzarivali]

I agree Ray. This Kiwi WAR fan was hoping for that chapter to be covered, not skipped.. Love Eric. And the original WAR and The Lowrider Band !!! :)

[@cattycorner8]

Maybe you all should do your own vid? sounds like a great story is in there!

[@ellonysman]

Young people see an old guy but I still see that young adult spunky rocker!! If Eric ever comes here for nostalgia, just want to say Thanks for the great music, it takes me back to my young days...you along with the Beatles....good health to ya lad~!

[@jtclaf]

Excellent, what a voice, what a man!!!

[@sarahblack1632]

I so love Eric Burdon.

[@traudealexa9754]

What a man, what a musician!

[@amberlilly4101]

Eric, Eric, Eric can you really believe what you've done, where you have been in your youth to adulthood, and the amazing way you sing,? Look at yourself performing as a youth. You still have it !! The first performance of House of the Rising Sun is so amazing, so sexy, and your facial expressions is beyond any performer I have ever seen. Thank you for your hard work thru the yrs early on. The first is the best !! OH ----and I loved the fact that you all bowed at the end !!!

[@glendaroland4190]

I LOVE YOU ERIC BURDON! I heard what you were saying. Thanx for given me the impetus to get out of a very abusive foster home when I was young

[@zovalentine7305]

"....When I was young, I was so much older then. I'm younger than that now...." ✌ ❣ ⚘ ⚘ 🎶 ✊

[@robin2012ism]

@@zovalentine7305 nice lyric mash up!

[@ptofview]

Great documentary to give fans a in-depth look at our musical Icon. But, they leave out what I believe are two major contributions from Eric. The song "Monterey", about the iconic Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, and his work with the all African American band "WAR" (although harmonica player Lee Oskar is white), specifically the song every Burdon fan knows, "Spill The Wine".

[@skidancin]

Yes it's an extremely incomplete documentary with few examples of the great singing that defines him. The album Eric Burdon Declares War, had Spill the Wine, it also had a great piece of art known as "Tobacco Road" and also "Roland Kirk," Amazin stuff, then, as great as any unmentioned and\or unheard title here would be the absolutely Top Notch classic "when I was young." EDIT.. all that said, I do well appreciate what this little documentary adds.

[@lechatel]

Monterey was dreadful. Like so many songs coming out of that summer of love bubble, you had to be stoned to listen to it,.

[@ptofview]

@@lechatel Monterey Pop was fantastic! Incredible artists who performed made iconic performances, like Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin! Great musical experience!

[@lechatel]

@@ptofview Nah. Drippy, trippy, pretentious and self-indulgent stuff produced by people who were given their chances in life by the very people they turned on in virtue-signalling judgement.

[@ptofview]

@@lechatel You're not feelin' the L-O-V-E!

[@robertdall1381]

This was an awesome video I’m so glad I found it. One of the best parts was when he talked about his Corvette. The men sure has passion.

[@ranakeen9884]

I had the most cherry camero but it was stolen from me and I grieve for it to this day. I DO understand how hard he cares for 😊 his corvette.

[@woodybowen5362]

I saw Eric @ Nashville’s Center Stage in the 80s. Sadly the show was poorly attended but everyone there was into it. Eric performed as if he was playing to a packed house & killed it. Total professional artist.

[@zroy9263]

I'm a huge fan of Eric Burdon! The music that he played with The ANIMALS and WAR is absolutely outstanding, funky, and timeless! Long live Eric Burdon and his rockin' blues!

[@MicheleJane]

Well, this was pretty cool. Good to see Eric looking good. I had the pleasure of hanging out with him for a short while many many years ago. He talked a lot about his travels. Eric Burdon and the Animals really stood out for me growing up. They were in a class of their own. Just like the Beatles and the Stones were. All from different planets. Thanks for this video. Enjoyed it.

[@stevengriffin5349]

Maybe the song "We got to get out of this place" was a reflection of him feeling he had to move on. I saw him singing with Animals in Hawaii in 1967. Hermans Hermits was the headliner. They had a great sound.

[@ujohn]

I recently bought a decent turntable for my tube amp system. I dusted off my old copy of Animalism, MGMs last release of that band's material, and one lp that was dumped directly into $2 dollar record bins. I always liked the Animals but I never realized just how authentic a singer Burdon is. No offense to his peer Jagger a great songwriter and showman, but now I believe Burdon is really the superior vocalist.

[@oldrvr]

Yes

[@mentalspeakwithlt]

Absolutely.

[@rubywolfe5332]

Eric Burdon reeks with amazing hot talent! I miss his music to this day...

[@Ian-bq7gp]

Great to see Eric and his lovely wife Mariana looking so happy together. She clearly loved him and takes good care of him and she is lovely. I can't help feeling very fond of them both.

[@MCMLXIXwasagoodyear]

I love the part where Steven Van Zandt says he loved him because he never smiled - true!

[@oldrvr]

There are a few pictures with him smiling, and when he does he’s even more handsome!

[@seanacameron8940]

The Twain Shall Meet will always touch every part of my heart and soul. I have purchased this LP/ CD for all those that I love. Thank you, Eric, and for your many, many other songs that tell such great stories. You are a gift from above. Bless you.

[@williambaxter4628]

One of my favorite side one albums.

[@vickielewallen3799]

The young music reactors (who weren't even born in 60s, 70s) are just now discovering the Animals' music, and they love it, of course. What a great era for music. I like Eric B's humility and real-ness in this doc. For having had such success, he's not flashy or concieted.

[@KC-ns9do]

I'm 55 and been listening to The Animals my whole life. I absolutely love Eric's voice, so mesmerizing. If only I had a time machine I would go back to the 60s, I was born March 1969 so missed it all!

[@valerieslater3029]

What a terrific doco this is, I am slightly younger than Eric, but followed the Animals through the sixties, such a great , cool band, I am so grateful that we can still watch all the wonderful videos and our children, and our childrens children, they live on.....thanks for sharing this....

[@ingridthurner3651]

Yes!

[@qa4057]

Thank you Eric Burdon for sharing your historic experiences. You and your band's music defined and influenced so many great artists in rock n roll in so many ways! Live Long And Prosper. A true stable genius. You will be immortal!

[@PsyVen]

One of the most powerful voices in rock history. Great doc about a legendary figure.

[@garygaither4382]

I have always loved this guy.......Fabulous Singer!!

[@baberoot1998]

Eric Burdon, at 10 years old...meeting Louis Armstrong...while Armstrong is smoking a huge spliff. That...has to be the greatest story in all of Rock-N-Roll. Eric...is awesome.

[@thatsamore8869]

🎼I’m just a soul who’s intentions are good Oh Lord please don’t let me be misunderstood...how great is that!!!

[@davidalexander5963]

That's my anthem

[@mikelangley5100]

God bless you and your family Eric 🙏

[@justamom5520]

what a legend. everything patti said. when i was a young girl .... i can't even explain the impact. i never even heard of bo diddley until i heard the story of bo diddley on animal tracks. i played it over and over and over. the whole album completely rocked my world. i was 10, 11 when i started listening, right when they hit the scene. thanks for your efforts uploading this great documentary. takes me back.

[@robertdall1381]

Eric Burdon what a beautiful beautiful man

[@bernicemoore5182]

An absolute beautiful soul.

[@rjonboy7608]

The music of my childhood. I didn't even know he was British back then. Like the way Creedence had that Cajun/Creole beat it just worked.

[@oldglory1893]

underrated genius, way before his time.

[@richardbennett7546]

Underrated? I wish I got a dollar for every one of these KZbin videos where some misinformed schmoe finds it SO astute to hurl out that stupid term thinking that they're going to dazzle everybody with their rare wit. Eric Burden is anything but underrated.

[@vampyros1]

@@richardbennett7546 Well said; it’s the total idiot default thing to say when one has nothing else to offer. Here’s another one: “He really made it his own”, said when someone’s cover absolutely butchers the original.

[@robin2012ism]

@@richardbennett7546 and not way ahead of his time at all. right on time ! and sill here to enjoy it.

[@echterfranz877]

Eric, incarnated old free American Indian, came from England back to his roots. A strong pagan Hero for all who love Earth and freedom. Earth love it or leave it.

[@brianbiechele1958]

Wicked,bitcen,cool

[@brianbiechele1958]

Love you Eric forever xxoo

[@harolddburke4726]

I never would have recognized him. But wow ! I'm a fan of Eric Burdon and the Animals. Their songs have heart and meaning.

[@amherst88]

Thanks very, very much for uploading this -- a presence like no other -- no one -- *no* *one* -- can touch his charisma . . .

[@ontogeny6474]

I'm a huge fan of Eric and the Animals. From a recording/engineering standpoint I'm so intrigued by the vocals on "House of the Rising Sun". Love to know the mic-preamp combo, eq/compression settings, etc. It's just so perfect -- and yet not. You can hear those valves screaming -harmonic bliss, saturated perfection. Very musical.

[@josevelazquez5310]

A very good singer from the old days, I remember listening to his music when I was a kid now at 55 it's nice to remember those days...long live his music....

[@willemvanpelt2348]

Great documentary, but am very disappointed that War was never mentioned. His Copenhagen period with War was for me his most creative time of his life.

[@manuelfeliciano3513]

This man is a legend

[@cliveedwards2958]

Eric Burdon has allways been my music hero..his song 'good times' was and still is an incredibly original and brilliantly executed song...would have loved to have met him but I'd probably fluff it by being all star struck :)

[@jeanaffleck848]

Brilliant, what a star he is, a proper Geordie. Enjoyed watching

[@markshepherd3632]

From the same area of Newcastle my dads from

[@jeffreygoodwin9609]

36 minutes in I saw Eric lying in a tall drill of grass. Take that pearl Eric. One of my favorite music videos with War. So groovy for this 50’s child.

[@karenmcquoid2195]

my favourite back in the day. very interesting story. So enjoyed listening to him.

[@williamblair9597]

Thanks for all the work you put in to make this available for me to view. I truly appreciate it.

[@dustyone8609]

The sound keeps cutting off?. A great retrospective of Eric Burdon, who I’ve had major crush for over 50 years. Had every album and saw him LIVE three times. What a legend. 🙏💕

[@lhasaroadrat9374]

copyright hassles

[@AndyUK-Corrival]

@@lhasaroadrat9374 KZbin spoiling the fun…. Mad world.

[@hannawalinska9812]

I thought it was my tablet!!

[@dulcewinonaryder6336]

Love you Eric , I love your voice❤️❤️❤️

[@armandobarbosa2914]

The Animals; Eric Victor Burdon 11 de maio de 1941, Newcastle, tem uma irma de nome Irene, que significa no Brasil, bons fluidos [e-mail]

[@nige-g]

Enjoyable, I'm happy for Eric, always wondered where he was.

[@oldrvr]

He always has such good bands! I’ve enjoyed listening to all of them.

[@williamandrews8226]

Saw him live in Cripple Creek Colorado about 10 years ago - free concert at a casino - he was amazing

[@Ian-bq7gp]

Jimi was his dear friend that's so clear even all these years later it shows in this interview he is still emotional thinking about it. I love Eric's passion for the old bikes and I totally relate and loved my BSA A10. They were bikes for working class guys when Eric was a teenager, affordable and would do a ton and go round bends without the frame flexing like the triumph bonnevilles of the day. Cars were a luxury many couldn't afford.

[@barbarajackson7488]

Lucky you. 🎉

[@thijswieringa5372]

Amazing documentary. What an icon.

[@douglaskirkland8271]

What a great man!

[@patrickbranch9001]

I hope he get a jersey boys style movie

[@philippaine]

What a powerful voice ...saw them at the Albert Hall, London in 1983.

[@acewhite2591]

Long live rock n roll, beloved Eric, he is forever Superman!

[@jimmcintyre7754]

Other fathers fought so eric could be free. My father was one of them. Thanks dad.

[@lechatel]

Yes. My dad was one too. In fact my dad spent years in the desert fighting Burdon's 'hero' Rommel. Came back with ruined health, no teeth due to lack of good food, and to find the house had been sold because my mum couldn't pat the mortgage. Took them years to get back on their feet. The whole hippy thing only works in theory One of the most irritating aspects of that whole generation. . Whatever Eric Burdon is saying regarding not going to War may have gone over big at a hippy festival during the Vietnam War...but seems somewhat ridiculous when in the context of someone born during a German bombing raid. Other people's dads and sons were up there in Spitfires and Hurricanes trying their best to stop them killing civilians.

[@debwing9527]

Love listening to his voice.

[@susyandlexi3887]

Love him...such an amazing career and talent...

[@supermamamaxi]

Eric and the boys showed what good Geordie lads could do to change the music scene for the better. My hat is off to them!

[@snertster]

I once heard from a good source that Eric is a stand up guy to the members in his band who tour with him.

[@josephsharp5678]

That would not surprise me at all.

[@ranakeen9884]

I met him when he was touring with “War” and I would absolutely have to agree with that. He seemed to be a real gentleman. Very laid back.

[@stevesyverson8625]

I saw Eric Burdon in 1967 with Chas Chandler. The opening act was The Soft Machine followed by by The Animals and then Jimi Hendrix. It was magical that night in Anaheim Convention Center. I saw Eric many times thereafter. Swinging his microphone on a long cord. I forgot to mention that I sent EB and the New Animals from the Coach House in San Juan Capistrano. My cousin loves it so much on dvd! Eric Burdon is always a pleasure!

[@sattwa2]

A true Soul Singer-Heart and Soul all the way through. Thank you, Eric! For the path-and the LOVE. And the INTEGRITY. And thank you G-d for the VOICE.

[@illiadmcswain3956]

"Mother" was one of his most heartfelt of songs...

[@joshuadominguez505]

Eric definetley had very good vocals

[@zovalentine7305]

And has, still ✊⚘📣✊

[@veramoreira990]

The Animals forever ♥️ Eric Burdon imortal.👏👏👏👏

[@zovalentine7305]

I have seen him in concert many times, a very humble sweet man. My 1st teenage crush⚘💃⚘

[@oldrvr]

I love hearing that he is a nice guy! Thanks!

[@db_xx4221]

Love this Thank You So much LOVE ERIC

[@ronstewart586]

We need more Eric Burdons in the world today

[@nv1493]

Really an introspective man.

[@UKBOB007]

always good to see Eric . interviewed him re his return to blues with My Secret Life 2004 and he explained that to make an album , the songs come to him in video, B&W, and he has to explain it to the band to convert it to music......

[@jimwilson2670]

Eric your music over the years has help me find the meaning in life, the connection to the world around us we cannot yet see. Thanks for the endless journeys through your music.

[@jeanclaudejaffry94]

The house of a rising sun 1964

[@RAMeyer-uc9ce]

I can't even say how much I love his voice. I was born in 62. Would have loved to see him live. Even at 79 I would love it. It made me a little sad that his Grandma got so mad she never spoke to him again over the fire going out. I guess things were much different then.

[@zovalentine7305]

"I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now" ✊ 🎶 ⚘ 📣

[@asacarrick1440]

No. She was just a spiteful old woman with a cruel streak