FIRST TIME HEARING THE ANIMALS - HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN

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[@spacefanatic]

Eric Burden was 23 when he sang this, looked 18 and sounded 40.

[@norwegianblue2017]

Probably drinking and smoking since he was 12.

[@lda5803]

All without Autotune too... Ahh the days where singers could actually sing.

[@nellyishtari]

well... back then at 23 you were a fully grown man.... not a kiddo with a few hair on the chin like nowadays

[@pcraig1383]

@@norwegianblue2017 if thats true great! lol. He will be 8o tears old on May 11 2021

[@jonmcay9659]

@@nellyishtari the testosterone levels in men was much higher back then it's a fact .look it up.

[@leroypaulsen4566]

He sings with the soul of a man with 3 divorces, a recovered drinking problem, and 2 pending child support cases.

[@garethroberts9729]

He he, I was having a bad day until your comment. Well played sir

[@leroypaulsen4566]

@@garethroberts9729 haha you're welcome! Hope your day turns around brother.

[@HiImTroy15]

🤣

[@MikeKollin]

Yeah.... hahaha...

[@priscillawilson2634]

Except very sexy.

[@scafusa]

Fun fact: They recorded this entine song in ONE FIFTEEN (15!) MINUTE recording session! Tell that to today‘s bands 💪🏻

[@pfalky2k]

the days when musicians were Masters of their craft. before the Dark Times. Before Autotune XD

[@marekbarycz4397]

@@pfalky2k Actually they where not Masters of craft. They knew what they wanted. Not perfect song. But song with soul. Also they where broke AF.

[@hazleborn]

That explains how the organist changed positions at the end

[@OgamiItto70]

The reason that they were able to record the song so quickly is that they had been playing it live for months (maybe more than a year) before they went into the studio. They already had it down pat.

[@HerMaj0509]

@@hazleborn That was on the video, not the recording session.

[@leftcoaster67]

The keyboards just flatten me, I never tire of this song. And Burden's voice.

[@RedcoatT]

Alan Price is considered one of the best keyboard players of his generation

[@Dodger0103]

@@RedcoatT Burden was 23 at the time.

[@homerjones3490]

@@RedcoatT Dylan heard it and put it keyboards on his early electric stuff

[@seancross6196]

Eric Burdon had one of the best rock and blues voices ever.

[@joeclayton2121]

so did John Fogerty

[@markriley5863]

Because money was tight this was the one and only take of this song. That shows how talented the Animals were.

[@BLUEsurf63]

This was from a british feature film called "Pop Gear" released in 1965, it featured a number of british bands from the time.

[@markboogren2542]

@@BLUEsurf63 Thanks...I've seen the film many times back in the day but couldn't remember the name of the film

[@Barajas.818]

They were *persistent* & *determined* .

[@psongman9536]

We do this song all the time, but we do it just a bit slower, and we have a girl singer who just wails,like Janis, and we get requested to do it, when we don't, hehe!

[@davewillis3437]

And, in my opinion, in that one take Eric Burdon & The Animals made simply the GREATEST rock blues song of all time.....Period!

[@gregp9350]

Am I the only one that gets a chill up my spine (or tingling sensation ) whenever I hear this song? Love it & the nostalgia it brings as well.

[@carolinestallard6165]

I get chills listening and watching this xxxxx

[@panagiotatoulabobolas698]

No, I think most people get goosebumps or shivers when they hear this song.

[@finallythere100]

And guitar players so powerful, every band member fantastic, too House of RS a brothel.

[@dianebrown3713]

When I close my eyes and listen to this song I get a tingling sensation up my spine and it feels like the hairs on the back of my neck are standing up.

[@anitarobinson4234]

I get chill's every time I hear this.

[@allanbluzdude]

Eric is 79 now, still has that great voice! I saw him less than a year ago.

[@gregp9350]

That is good to hear.

[@ChrisSmith-st8of]

Eric was 23 years old when they recorded it 1964. There will never be another singer like Eric

[@sharonjohnston4806]

Eric was 23. He is now 80! This was taped in 1964. This was, of course, done without autotune. The House of the Rising Sun was a brothel.

[@johnd8892]

Not taped or TV. Mimed from their one take recording for a film. This clip was filmed in 1964 or 65 as part of a UK colour film called Pop Gear for paying theatre release. This explains the early high quality color images we luckily have for this mimed from the record performance and also a few other top UK only music artists from when the film was made. KZbin has quite a few segments from this UK movie Pop Gear with the US contribution being to re title it Go Go Mania and add a few intro segments to satisfy the US audience. A KZbin search for Pop Gear Go Go Mania shows the segments : kzbin.info?search_query=pop+gear+go+go+mania The intro by TCM explains the background of the film. While some of these segments were likely to be shown on US Colour TV much later , the source would originally be this high quality film. Rising Sun is the standout, but the Honeycombs with Have I the Right is a landmark too, In 1964 images not recorded on film would be much lower quality videotape, not the notable quality images used here. Especially with the inferior US NTSC standards often called Never The Same Colour. So lucky the film was made instead of relying on low standard video tape recordings that were usually taped over anyway to save tape cost money or made by filming a TV screen with poor quality results. I would be amazed to see any video recording from 1964 up to this standard of image quality. A better sound source can easily replace or lesser quality film track early source in KZbin postings these days. These films mainly used mimed performances as the vast majority of theatre audiences wanted to hear the music performance as they knew it from the records. Hope this helps people who have the colorized and vidoetape theories that usually pop up.

[@drcovell]

No, it was a prison “ Wear that ball and chain.”

[@RickRox75]

Eric Burdon was 23 years old when sang House Of The Rising Sun back in 1964. No autotune, just his natural voice.

[@shelbinamo]

The singer is Eric Burdon from England and he was 23 when they made this song.

[@Music--ng8cd]

He's also been asthmatic since he was a child

[@breawortman7962]

He's 80 now.

[@julieb3996]

I feel like the video is still fresh, today

[@lupo10]

I’m so surprised, I’d always assumed he was American and middle aged. Cheers dude.

[@wgdavis5353]

Wesley, U have my name.. ☺ ♠W.G.

[@johnvasi]

Yes, yes. When music was music. The sixties were an amazing ride-musically, socially, politically. For those of you who weren’t there, sorry you missed it.

[@carstenlarsen8144]

from 1965 to 77 we where high on music- not on any drugs. it is stille creeping in every day from the woodwork we are all made of it-more ore less. I m still seeing hours of woodstock etc..

[@thefolder69]

@@carstenlarsen8144 I mean, you did smoke and drink a lot back then, but hey who am I to judge

[@sjjcws]

Satan's decade!

[@brendabernstein286]

Truth to original comment. Not Satan's decade. That's now

[@foppo100]

No woke either men with beards pretending to be a women.We live in crazy times now all mixed up.I grew up in the sixties best time ever.

[@erict956]

The singer, Eric Burdon is from Newcastle in Northern England and he was brought up hard he also sang with the band War for a bit. The larger of the guitarists was Chaz Chandler who took Jimi Hendrix to Britain and became his manager (the rest is history). The Animals version of "Please don't let be misunderstood" or "We got to get out of this place" are both well worth the listen.

[@BarrySlisk]

I like "Dimples" myself :)

[@petersmith9530]

You forgot Alan Price! The keyboards in this song are unreal.

[@katherinemorelle7115]

I see We gotta Get Outta this Place and can’t help but hear the Angels in my head. Excellent songs from them include Shadow Boxer, No Secrets and Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again. They’re an Aussie Rick band from the late 70s, early 80s.

[@guillermocalderongreen5782]

And "It´s My Life brother "

[@johnb4408]

I recommend you check out their version of "to love somebody"

[@aldolagana7126]

Soul comes from the heart. Anyone with a heart as big as Eric's, has soul.

[@lindalibahcobb4507]

THE House of the Rising Sun was a brothel ( the song was originally about a "poor girl" in New Orleans.

[@marshalldrummond5487]

Ah my Empress. If you could only imagine the good times we had when this thing was playing! Different world.

[@WorlTramp]

Indeed

[@bobbymissthe80s31]

✌ World has certainly changed very much. And not for the better unfortunately.

[@kittenklub1964]

THANK YOU FOR YOUR REACTION!👏👏👏 The Animals were before my time, but the first time I heard House Of The Rising Son, I was mesmerised - the guitars, Alan Price’s un-believ-able organ playing, BUT where does Eric Burton get that amazing voice - just WOW! I will never tire of listening to this song💖 It can only be described as MASTERPIECE!

[@Wolverines77]

Eric Burden has MONSTER vocal chords...

[@michaelmctague8911]

In 1963, My mate Brad and I, would meet up in a town called Heworth, every Saturday and catch a bus to Newcastle, where after a few bottles of Newcastle Brown Ale, we would "bimble on down" to the Downbeat Club and listen and dance to a local band until Midnight, when the "ANIMALS" would appear and stay until 2am. When they appeared, all dancing stopped and I tell you that place was rocking for two solid hours!!Eric was nicknamed Eric "Loudmouth" Burdon. They loved "The Blues" and Eric loved singing to a "John Lee Hooker" song entitled "BOOM BOOM" among others of course!! Brad and I, would become embroiled like so many in a pile of heaving bodiesHAHA until several hours later and wend our merry way home! OH VERY HAPPY DAYS OR SHOULD I SAY NIGHTS! OH MAN, the best days and nights of my life. Unfortunately those fantastic nights didn't last long because the following year the Animals, went to London to record "House of the Rising Sun" and the rest is History!! I joined the Royal Navy, met my wife in Portsmouth and celebrated our GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY on the 29th August this year 2020! We have four daughters, ten grandchildren. Married bliss!

[@warooh4464]

Loved your story. If I ever find myself in Portsmouth, the first round of Newcastle is on me. From one military man to another.

[@Isleofskye]

Lovely Story michael !

[@ralphwright33]

Great story. I also loved the Animals it was my first record, an EP with House of the Rising Sun on it. My parents were Geordies but I was brought up a Smoggie but now live in Hexham. All the best to you and your family.

[@Ed70Nova427]

WOW! How cool is that! Thanks for that great home town story!

[@gregbush1307]

God Bless you and your wife, Michael! What a wonderful story! So nice to hear a heart warming story, especially in these days!

[@philtarbox8256]

"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood", "It's My Life", "We've Gotta Get Out of This Place", "When I Was Young"... all great songs by Eric Burdon and The Animals and well worth taking the time to listen to

[@numbernine6390]

Bring It On Home To Me Old Sam Cooke song also a good one.

[@mvorselen]

Don't forget "san fransisco nights" and "many rivers to cross"

[@paulmeuse7774]

Hello, 'The House of the Rising Sun' was released on 18 May 1964. Eric Burdon, born 11 May 1941. He was seven days away from his 23rd birthday. A very good group. He's got soul!

[@jamesranville4290]

He was in his early 20s and this was a studio recording it wasn't live but that was his real voice.

[@Mr54nomore]

'The House Of The Rising Sun [1964]' in New Orleans is a gambling house full of fast women, card sharks and slot machines...a gambling mans mecca. Many a young man have lost their souls to the fast life of gambling, and the underbelly of a noir kind of life. To only end up most times as destitute, and a drunker with a home life of dysfunction, and feeling chained down by domestication. brilliant lyrics and great reaction... Note: I consider the music of the 60's as the greatest decade in rock & roll history. There is so much talent and songs to choose from...With the birth of Heavy Metal Bands, Punk Rock, Folk Rock, The British Invasion, the birth of Motown and the Philadelphia sounds of Rhythm and Blues and soul music. All of this music was made better with meaningful lyrics by the artist and musicians of the 1960's. There is so much music to react to from this great decade 'The 60's' that ended with the greatest outdoor rock festival and concert in music history "Woodstock [1969]."

[@marcyates4323]

The best version ever of this song , absolutely phenomenal . Such emotion put into it !!

[@Yuehanlad]

Yep a young Northern English white guy singing the blues better than most!

[@fortnex9972]

Dont say that. BLM will chase you!!!

[@fortnex9972]

@ball bust as long English is not my lenguage I really have to struggle to identifie sarcasm.

[@alexfilma16]

@ball bust Whose founders are open Marxists who want to dismantle capitalism. Cannot support BLM as an organization because of that.

[@overthewebb]

@ball bust It really isn't. Black unarmed people in the USA shot was only 8 people last year, so stop with the bullshite. Compared to white people which was in the hundreds.

[@overthewebb]

@ball bust You can be an experienced tutor all you want, but that doesn't stop you being a fucking moron. I also teach English to people, but that doesn't mean I know stats better. I just go on the real stats. The stats don't back up your bullshite. The patronising shiyte coming from yourself is off the scale of stupid. A police officer is 18 times more likely to be killed by someone they are arresting than the other way round.

[@robertbeckler5058]

These dudes were pretty cool cats. Had lots of good material.

[@cspaikido]

He's actually singing, there are live performances in front of audiences as well.

[@TheGathumpus]

The Keyboard player is Alan Price who had his own group

[@Annonymous0283745]

he also ripped off the rest of the guys in The Animals with royalties.

[@julioalbertoherrera1339]

The organ is a Vox Continental

[@simonramos6454]

The song is never outdated. An absolute classic and, that iconic introduction on guitar played by Hilton Valentine who sadly passed away earlier this year. But the great Eric Burden is still around.

[@kencooper8835]

If biographical info is correct, he was 22 or 23 when thus was recorded. And yes, it is lip-synched for the video (which when you think about it, video music was not a thing like it became in the 80s and 90s), BUT they did the song on a Sunday morning, one sound-check, one run-through, and ONE TAKE, before heading back to rejoin Chuck Berry's tour in England, that they were opening for.

[@dhekelia133]

It’s right, that everyone states the brilliance of this recording, but the official video accompanying it, must surely have won awards. It’s a masterpiece.

[@johnd8892]

Not TV. Mimed from their one take recording. This clip was filmed in 1964 or 65 as part of a UK colour film called Pop Gear for paying theatre release. This explains the early high quality color images we luckily have for this mimed from the record performance and also a few other top UK only music artists from when the film was made. KZbin has quite a few segments from this UK movie Pop Gear with the US contribution being to re title it Go Go Mania and add a few intro segments to satisfy the US audience. A KZbin search for Pop Gear Go Go Mania shows the segments : kzbin.info?search_query=pop+gear+go+go+mania The intro by TCM explains the background of the film. While some of these segments were likely to be shown on US Colour TV much later , the source would originally be this high quality film. Rising Sun is the standout, but the Honeycombs with Have I the Right is a landmark too, In 1964 images not recorded on film would be much lower quality videotape, not the notable quality images used here. Especially with the inferior US NTSC standards often called Never The Same Colour. So lucky the film was made instead of relying on low standard video tape recordings that were usually taped over anyway to save tape cost money or made by filming a TV screen with poor quality results. I would be amazed to see any video recording from 1964 up to this standard of image quality. A better sound source can easily replace or lesser quality film track early source in KZbin postings these days. These films mainly used mimed performances as the vast majority of theatre audiences wanted to hear the music performance as they knew it from the records. Hope this helps people who have the colorized and vidoetape theories that usually pop up.

[@billkramer2994]

One of iconic haunting songs of all time! Burdons strong soul voice and backup band for the ages! Piano man - genius!!

[@nortonkelly8460]

his voice is just epic and perfect for this song, absolute perfect song,

[@Headchange43]

The song is about a brothel in New Orleans. "The House Of The Rising Sun" was named after its occupant Madame Marianne LeSoleil Levant (which means "Rising Sun" in French) and was open for business from 1862 (occupation by Union troops) until 1874, when it was closed due to complaints by neighbors. It was located at 826-830 St. Louis St. Interesting fact is no-one owns the rights to this song because its origin is unknown.

[@traderflex]

Geez, I wasn't paying attention to the Animals, Joy Jean is gorgeous!

[@mrnobody9104]

you r not the first person who needed help getting their jaw off the floor when Eric opened his mouth to sing!!!!!!

[@mdh6977]

The bassist "discovered" Jimmy Hendrix and gave him his first big shot in the industry

[@mdh6977]

@HEY 4Q2 didnt know that, cool!!

[@stephenyoung2742]

Eric was given the nickname the Eggman by John Lennon! Mentioned in I am the Walrus song by the Beatles! I know the story but being of a adult nature and a public forum we won't mention it!

[@drew1957x]

The music and organ is like the voice of a million souls crying out that lifts us to the heavens. Burdens haunting vocals then bring us crashing back to real life.

[@ravsingh5347]

What a POWERFUL voice...... The town should be very proud of him and his group 🙏🇬🇧👏🎶👍👏😎🙏🇬🇧🎶

[@henryfitch8710]

Here in the UK we are very proud of Eric Burdon and his great voice. The House of the Rising Sun is a reference to a brothel, Empress. You look fabulous yourself and I would guess you are a true African. Cheers, Henry

[@user-gg7lu6cs9l]

He is not lip singing that is Eric Burdon with a very soulful voice.

[@anthonylovavto3228]

I was 14 yrs old when this came out. Although the world was in turmoil then( as it still is) I always recall that musically during the 60s, we were living during a special moment in time! It is great when younger people react to timeless music... .

[@tribaltalker1608]

My parents played me this track when I was a baby, back in the 1960's. Lots of Beatles too, then later, Pink Floyd. I was pretty lucky. Now I listen to many types of music and encourage my kids to be open to different genres.

[@dimitrisnikoloulis4071]

Damn , Eric Burdon's voice has strength , passion and the distortion that it needs for this song. Timeless classic song . John Steel at drums , Alan Price at keyboards, Hilton Valentine at Guitar and Chas Chandler at Bass complete the magic!

[@floydsolo4621]

Because he's Eric Burdon. That's why. Best rock pipes in history.

[@northnsouth6813]

At the time they said it wouldn't be a hit as it was over 4 minutes long. They came down from the North to London with all their instruments by train, they recorded it in one take at a cost of £30. The big rift between Eric the singer and Allen on organ was that Allen had his name put down as the song writer and such earned all the royalties.

[@keensoundguy6637]

The song has a long history, originating long before The Animals recorded their version of the song. A decent history can be found in this book amzn.com/0743278984

[@melvinpike4266]

I remember my mom playing this song on the record player when I was a kid. Its such a great song. You look like a beautiful angel!!!

[@leighsaldivar4439]

Also Eric Burdon was 23. Hrs still singing. He’s 80. He also was in a band called War. Yes it was him!! 1964. Amazing

[@mrains100]

Check out the young Lady's face when Burden starts to sing. She is amazed.

[@supremes1964]

"House of the Rising Sun" was a trans-Atlantic hit: after reaching the top of the UK pop singles chart in July 1964, it topped the US pop singles chart two months later, on September 5, 1964, where it stayed for three weeks,[

[@jamesdrynan]

When Burdon sings, " My moth-er...,) the full power of his vocal is astounding. By twenty- three, he had lived a hard life. With cigarettes and alcohol forming an edge to his blues- drenched voice, he was a diamond from the rough.

[@drewby613]

The House of Rising Sun is a really old song. Here's a little snippet of the Wikipedia entry for this song: "House of Rising Sun" was said to have been known by miners in 1905. The oldest published version of the lyrics is that printed by Robert Winslow Gordon in 1925, in a column "Old Songs That Men Have Sung" in Adventure magazine. The lyrics of that version begin: There is a house in New Orleans, it's called the Rising Sun It's been the ruin of many poor girl Great God, and I for one." When you put in a girl as the main character of the song, it's not so hard to imagine what was going on there. For a boy to be working in a house like that as a errand boy, or in the laundry or helping in the kitchen would certainly not be a good environment to grow up in either (but not as bad as what the girls would be going through). Anyway, I suggest you take a look at the Wikipedia on this--it's very interesting. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_of_the_Rising_Sun

[@rubbersole79]

This was 19 fricking 64 people. (1964) I'm old now and was 3 when they did this. Eric Burdon is probably the most underrated soul singer of all time.

[@jrpearcey9352]

They did the original recording in one take -- didn't have enough money for two takes at the recording studio -- Many more great songs, honest songs from The Animals -- they have their own sound, their own unique and never-dying place in music greatness

[@scottcrosby-art5490]

Amazing band back in the day, they were from the North East of England like me, the song was originally recorded by a blues musician called Leadbelly from the States but they made it their own. 👍👍

[@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710]

Another Huddie Ledbetter song: KZbin Videos: 1) Leadbelly - The Gallows Pole 2) Robert Plant & Jimmy Page 'Gallows Pole' - Jools Holland Show 1994 BBC 3) leadbelly - house of the rising sun

[@markhorton8578]

@@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710 I don't think Huddie wrote this, but he did record it. I think it goes way back into traditional songs, though some words may have been changed.

[@kevinklei3005]

Yep back in the 60's when music was worth listening to and the bands didn't have all the tricks to play with just raw talent and great voices . Remembering fondly from down Under in Australia ..

[@jeffharrington7525]

I remember this one growing up and still love it.

[@evanhume3706]

Historians have not been able to definitively identify The House Of The Rising Sun, but here are the two most popular theories: 1) The song is about a brothel in New Orleans. "The House Of The Rising Sun" was named after its occupant Madame Marianne LeSoleil Levant (which means "Rising Sun" in French) and was open for business from 1862 (occupation by Union troops) until 1874, when it was closed due to complaints by neighbors. It was located at 826-830 St. Louis St. 2) It's about a women's prison in New Orleans called the Orleans Parish women's prison, which had an entrance gate adorned with rising sun artwork. This would explain the "ball and chain" lyrics in the song.

[@itubemember]

"when it was closed due to complaints by neighbors" Man, HOAs have clout

[@benlee8436]

I'd go with the top explanation. Ball and chain is a metaphor and I can't see how a women's prison would ruin a young man in the way described!

[@davidmiera8858]

@@benlee8436 Yes, I've always been lead to believe it was a brothel ruining young men into the addiction of lust.

[@wilfbentley6738]

There are 3 or 4 brothels that may be candidates for the historical House of the Rising Sun. You can even find their addresses online if you want to.

[@wilfbentley6738]

@@benlee8436 The women's prison is the explanation used when a female artist was covering the song.

[@daveyeddie8176]

Eric Burden was Bruce Springsteen's fav singer, and he loved the animals. 😉

[@mikerobinson3672]

Its okay young lady. You just saw and heard more talent on one stage than the entire music industry combined in 2021. Oh by the way they recorded this for there album in one 10- 15 minute session If I remember correctly. I wanna see these artists today do that.

[@realmmarque6906]

Eric Burden's voice makes my hairs stand on end and her reaction is beautiful..

[@TheFlesh1414]

Легендарная песня , до слез .

[@duaneedwards4189]

Beautiful Empress, this was popular when I was in high school. I loved slow dancing to it.

[@53mandevilla]

Yeah! 11 Years Old…heard 1,000+ Times..,Never Get Tired of It…Pure Fire! It amazes me that some cannot figure the meaning…at least at first…it’s about growing up in or near Sin City, New Orleans w his father a drinking’ gambling’ man…He falls into the same pattern, of course, the awful cycle of addiction…House of the Rising Sun has two meanings to Me…either a Brothel there or the entire city that never sleeps until The Rising Sun…

[@MrSporkster]

Everyone's eyes when Eric starts to sing: O_O

[@Spankyblack69]

Great song. Eric Burdon is so fricken cool. Such a natural Blues Man.

[@Tribblepuppy]

Gawd, this song came out during my freshman year in high school. This song became associated by some with the Vietnam war. Eric Burdon has a great voice. Great reaction to a very early rock/blues song. ✌️😎

[@TommyBBQBessinger]

And so what year was that?

[@Tribblepuppy]

Tommy BBQ 1964-1965

[@johnnyryall3966]

Jeez man what age would you be now so

[@Tribblepuppy]

@@johnnyryall3966 I'm 71

[@johnnyryall3966]

@@Tribblepuppy woww where you from. Thats amazing

[@irishgirldutchpour]

He was 23 when he sang this. Eric Burdon could sing that powerful without stretching his face. The House of the Rising Sun was a brothel in New Orleans.

[@kasperkjrsgaard1447]

I don’t know if it’s mentioned further down, but the guy on bass is Chas Chandler and he brought Jimi Hendrix to England, gathered up a band for him and the rest is history. He was also manager for the British rock group Slade.

[@Tackz777]

This is one of the most haunting songs ever recorded. It was so great when Martin Scorsese used it at the end of Casino.

[@lechatel]

I' ve always felt that at least all the people who were whacked at the end of Casino met their maker with Burdon's epic voice wailing in the background....

[@Ms.RobbyEyeVee]

YES!!!!!!! One of the best movies ever and a fitting song for the ending...

[@Gort-Marvin0Martian]

Yes, he is singing it.

[@johnd8892]

Mimed from their one take recording. This clip was filmed in 1964 or 65 as part of a UK colour film called Pop Gear for paying theatre release. This explains the early high quality color images we luckily have for this mimed from the record performance and also a few other top UK only music artists from when the film was made. KZbin has quite a few segments from this UK movie Pop Gear with the US contribution being to re title it Go Go Mania and add a few intro segments to satisfy the US audience. A KZbin search for Pop Gear Go Go Mania shows the segments : kzbin.info?search_query=pop+gear+go+go+mania The intro by TCM explains the background of the film. While some of these segments were likely to be shown on US Colour TV much later , the source would originally be this high quality film. Rising Sun is the standout, but the Honeycombs with Have I the Right is a landmark too, In 1964 images not recorded on film would be much lower quality videotape, not the notable quality images used here. Especially with the inferior US NTSC standards often called Never The Same Colour. So lucky the film was made instead of relying on low standard video tape recordings that were usually taped over anyway to save tape cost money or made by filming a TV screen with poor quality results. I would be amazed to see any video recording from 1964 up to this standard of image quality. A better sound source can easily replace or lesser quality film track early source in KZbin postings these days. These films mainly used mimed performances as the vast majority of theatre audiences wanted to hear the music performance as they knew it from the records. Hope this helps people who have the colorized and vidoetape theories that usually pop up.

[@Gort-Marvin0Martian]

@@johnd8892 Nice info. Thanks I will be exploring that. I like to watch the reactions to many songs from many reactors. For the most part I have concluded that some songs exude the same reaction from all who do so.

[@WorlTramp]

Wow thank you. It certainly brings back memories

[@Eazy-ERyder]

This song is just BEAUTIFUL - And so is EMPRESS JOY-JEAN

[@EMPRESSJOYJEAN]

😍😍😍

[@nw8000]

"How is he the one singing this right now" Simply love he is from "New Castle Upon Tyne" They all sound like that even the women...

[@simongray2533]

🤣 I was just just about to be insulted on behalf of our Geordie lasses and then I though "actually you've got a point there!" 🤣🤣

[@nw8000]

@@simongray2533 You know it Bruw

[@guitarman1477]

Fuck off you know fuck all about newcastle, one word , not new castle

[@nw8000]

@@guitarman1477 Nobody cares just have another gram

[@waltercobra1566]

A really BIG BIG hit for the Animals and the charts.

[@cherylcercopely5496]

Looks like they blew your mind!

[@EMPRESSJOYJEAN]

They sure did...😊

[@morgangreen5322]

He is the real deal. No lip singing here dear!! I have played and listened to this song on a regular basis for 58 years and it still moves me. It doesn't get much better than that.

[@shadgann6796]

One moment you looked like you were about to cry and the next you looked like you were falling in love. They have more songs.

[@dwightherron2838]

The lead singer looks way to young to have a voice like that.

[@iancomputerscomputerrepair8944]

The song as got that "X" factor, magic ingredient, a certain something, what ever you want to call it, the song, the voice has got it! It was powerful, emotional in 1964 and today in 2022 it still has the power to move you. In another 58 years people will still say the same.

[@opaltaberna6817]

I remember this song stopped me dead in my tracks. It reached into my soul and I still love it, at 75 yo.

[@jackdorman4894]

🤩 anyone that could play a guitar learned this song after these Animals released it 😎

[@Leon011]

Yep, sounds and looks easy but its a bitch to play

[@michaelbalboa1015]

Spend your lives in sin and misery In the House of the Rising Sun.......Michael......Mississauga Ontario Canada....God bless ya all. B safe and careful.

[@thumperjr100]

What a great song 🎵

[@sierrahp]

The House of The Rising Sun was a brothel. Due to a time constraint Eric was the sole signatory to the writing credits for this song. The undertsanding was that he would pass earnings from royalties to the rest of the band. One of the reasons the band collapsed.

[@sarita423]

This video was lip-synched, but the recording was done in 10 minutes in one take on the fly early one morning while they were touring with Chuck Berry throughout England. Their second single and it went to #1. At just over four minutes, it was one of the longest songs recorded at the time. It was usually cut for radio play down to to about 2 minutes. Especially US radio. Here is a fantastic, LIVE performance of the cut version of House of the Rising Sun from the Ed Sullivan Show, also 1964. vimeo.com/161270524

[@jethro1963]

We owe a big debt of gratitude to the makers of the Ed Sullivan Show and its caretakers for not only the excellent staging of the performers but also the preservation of the performances. If it wasn't for the Ed Sullivan Show staging many Broadway scenes there would be very little remaining history to tell the tale of Broadway at that time.

[@sarita423]

@@jethro1963 God yes. He was a genius with his show.

[@SabineThinkerbellum]

Thank you so much for this link !!

[@jethro1963]

If anyone is interested the Archive of American Television has an interview with Vince Calandra who booked the talent for the Sullivan Show. He gives a pretty interesting history of the show. interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/vince-calandra#interview-clips

[@jutwilton7363]

So many great bands from the UK in 60's ,I always liked the animals more than the Beatles

[@christophersmith2793]

It was Eric Burdon singing he was 23 years old with this song , The House Of The Rising Sun was a brothel and a gambling house!

[@drcovell]

When Brenda Lee sang in France, the crowd couldn’t believe she was actually singing, she looked to young. Watch her performance “All alone am I” in B&W on the Ed Sullivan Show. (It’s on YT.)

[@RobertShaverOfAustin]

I'm 75 years old and I still love this song. It is so gratifying to watch someone enjoy a song that I love too. Thank you for a great video AND channel. Peace! I collected some data about this song that people are asking, so I thought I'd share it here. _"The House of the Rising Sun" is a traditional folk song, sometimes called Rising Sun Blues."_ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_of_the_Rising_Sun _Electronic Organ: _Alan Price played a Vox Continental_ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vox_Continental _"The Animals (also billed as Eric Burdon and the Animals) are an English rock band, formed in Newcastle upon Tyne in the early 1960s."_ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Animals

[@ksmcouncilspear4757]

The only British invasion song I really enjoyed hearing as a San Fernando valley kid.

[@lindasmith3377]

I was enjoying the Motown stars in Detroit :)

[@Isleofskye]

You did not like the other 50 then.....LOL

[@jacquelinejob2766]

They were the best .

[@jasonk9493]

EMPRESS JOY-JEAN You get more beautiful every time i see you. please react to "SIMPLY RED If you dont know me by now"

[@alisonbaghurst8276]

the original is far superior.harold melvin and the bluenotes ...simply red just hasn't the soul for it!!!

[@lylecosmopolite]

I have heard this song played on the radio many many times over the past 55 years. Evidently, several generations of DJs have loved it. The song is a folk song (not a blues, not soul, not C&W) discovered in Appalachian Kentucky around 100 years ago. Today that is the poorest lily white part of the USA. The topic of the song is a very curious one. It is about a young man's addictive obsession with a New Orleans brothel. Very few songs have ever addressed male sex addiction.

[@hollybeat6901]

That organ used on that devastating solo played by Alan Price is a vox Continental which was hugely popular with British bands of the the 60s, the Beatles and The Dave Clark 5 both used a Vox

[@vasuviusjones5883]

Simply Red " Holding back the years" or any Simply Red.

[@kp.p.5100]

Please react to Johnny Cash “Hurt”. It’s a great song. Please 🙏🏻

[@Huppyhuppyhuppy]

This is one of the biggest voice/face mismatches in music. By looking at his face I never expected that voice

[@orbahumphrey8329]

This is a very old blues song. It has been recorded by many artists like Joan Baez. There are several verses to the song and some artists sing variations of them And of course, The House of the Rising Sun is a brothel.