MY FIRST TIME HEARING: The Animals-House of the rising sun. (1964)

[@gchristyer]

From my hometown Newcastle ! 😁✌️👍🇬🇧🙏

[@antonytheolddog8626]

You boys produced some serious talent there, not just the animals, sting, brian the legend johnson, dire straights.well mark knopfler, i think he was raised there. And ant and....no i wont go there..lol Im a manc lad, so i know talent and my mum raised me on this and the kinks and motown and everything that was cool .. Eric burden in this video is approaching steve McQueen levels of cool there.

[@stevenlaw310]

Canny bag a tudor man

[@mijmijrm]

where's the emoji for a bottle of Newcastle Brown when you need one?

[@nia19232]

The way he was only 23 there is mind blowing!

[@priscillawilson2634]

That voice tho.

[@Radagast-]

This is a very old folk song... at least 130 years old. It's often assumed that the eponymous House is a bordello, but the lyrics are so vague that it could be anything - a casino, a bar, or it's been suggested that it could be a prison. Because of this, the gender of the person telling the story has flipped back and forth, over the years, but this is generally considered to be the definitive version.

[@icepee9252]

What's interesting is the song may have roots even further back. Say middle-age England. But the further back you go the links become more tenuous.

[@stompthatazz3967]

The earliest recorded version I can find anywhere is by Ledbelly and it's believed to be recorded in the 1920s. The lyrics strongly suggest that, in this version, the Rising Sun is a casino.

[@Amythehealer]

I feel like Burdon was an old soul or had some pain he drew from to sing this song the way he did. It gives me chills. All the feels.

[@vintageswiss9096]

When they recorded this in the studio, they could only afford one single take for this song. One take...

[@HalkerVeil]

So the keyboard guy just magically appeared that far from the drummer by the end? *inb4 deleted message.*

[@ruiner_9]

@@HalkerVeil The song wasn't recorded when the video was shot. It was recorded in the studio in one take and the band was filmed miming their instruments and voice to the original take at a later date.

[@HalkerVeil]

@@ruiner_9 Exactly. And everyone saying "One Take" are ignorant to that, or allowing people to believe they mean the video. Which is the context. Nothing in this is about the audio only. Even when they say "recorded in the studio" still could apply to the video. Sophism.

[@ShadGMoore]

@@HalkerVeil pwnd, the world is now set right.

[@jasoncarto]

Lighting out of a clear sky, and they caught it in a bottle. The world hasnt been the same since.

[@cubablue602]

Great reaction. Tysheen gets it. Soul.

[@Zebred2001]

The other thing to remember about this song and when it came out is that up to that time Pop music was pleasant upbeat "kid stuff". This was a real shocker as an edgy "adult" song!

[@davisworth5114]

no, this was an old folksong covered by hundreds of musicians, the Animals did the rock version and it was covered by everybody. The Rolling Stones had hit before this.

[@nicolascarey6330]

Leadbelly and Bob Dylan recorded it. I don't remember à Stones version

[@Zebred2001]

@@davisworth5114 Who said it wasn't?

[@sarita423]

It's a little distracting when the video and audio don't match up, but this is such a great video, great song and a great, great band. I love Eric Burdon so much.

[@finallythere100]

Her face says it all...

[@jeffkharpoharpo3472]

I am so Glad you liked this song! One of my favorite's Thank You for the reaction

[@crazypainter56]

Eric Burdon was telling a story but he lived the song thru his life on the road---anything by the Animals is great -Inside lookin out-It's My life -don't bring me down -what am I living for--etc.

[@chileanzombie42]

I really appreciate d the attention to detail.

[@LoveStory-pg5gt]

Lovely song

[@byronmitchell3784]

ERIC BURDON AND THE ANIMALS, "HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN". I WAS SEVEN WHEN I FIRST HEARD THIS SONG. BECAME MY FAVORITE. ACTUALLY THIS IS A REMAKE. BUT IT BECAME THEIR TRADEMARK SONG... "WE GOT TO GET OUT OF THIS PLACE".. MY NEXT FAVORITE BY THEM

[@aaohknsn]

Another great Animals song is 'Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood'. You might recognize it if you watched Kill Bill

[@antonioeasypiano]

So gret song that even my piano cover sounds good!! 😉

[@peeramidwithin3823]

One of my favorite singers of all time. I’d love to see someone try to attempt a cover that does it justice. Good luck

[@ИрекМутыгуллин]

Nise reaction. From Russia with love🇷🇺❤️

[@reggiegimmix9128]

the Keyboard player knows how to make that VOX organ sing ... awesome...great song too. You should checkout Small Faces - Toy Soldiers ... great song too

[@magloyd4907]

Alan Price. And yes, he really smashes it.

[@vlmoore333]

That was beautiful!

[@PaulTillson]

You have a lot of fantastic music and comedy to catch up on from the 60s and 70s. Have fun doing it. I was born in 1948 so i grew up with the best music and comedy.

[@suatustel746]

Greatest group ever performed this song

[@gavinpaice8008]

Another great British band.

[@artbagley1406]

Hi, Tysheen; glad you found this haunting song from way, way back -- The Animals juiced it up with the keyboard and electricity. I read a comment on another "House" reaction video that mentioned many prostitutes, wherever they "practiced," were described to local authorities, for census purposes, as SEAMSTRESSES; what's a synonym for seamstress? How about ... TAILOR? Which is exactly what the "singer" says his mother is! Threw me for a loop at how history can put a whole different spin on song lyrics! I've not done any historical research to corroborate the "seamstress" theory, but it makes total sense. Thanks so much for your interest in the LYRICS.

[@vickystanley8853]

He did have a rough life, but this song was far older than he was.

[@matsjakobsson1376]

Other must sixties: Procol Harum, A whiter shade of pale! Live in Copenhagen is great. George Harrisons induktion to hall of Fame. While My guitar gently weeps. Jeff Lynne Tom Petty Steve Winwood Billy Preston, then Prince steals THE show with guitar solo!!

[@srt8rocketship241]

Powerful song for 1964. Year i was born. Damn.

[@javierrodriguezgonzalez3426]

Desde España 👍

[@howardmenkes2926]

Nothing like the first timr

[@davisworth5114]

This is an American folk song over 120 years old. I like your reaction. Please react to "Don't Make Me Over" by Dionne Warwick, live 1963. Thank you!

[@AlphaAlex1]

American Folk song by a group from Newcastle England. heh.

[@dantean]

The thing about the lyrics is, this is the MALE version of the song, rather than the original. The original is written about a GIRL who lets a gambler talk her into leaving home and going on the road with her, where she ends up working in a house of prostitution in order to support the two of them and HIS gambling, drinking lifestyle. The girl sings the song in order to warn other girls "not to do what she has done." The Animals change it for a man to sing, making it a little obscure as to where he is, why he's there, and what exactly happened to land him in "The House of the Rising Sun."

[@priscillawilson2634]

Thank you! That makes sense. So the "one foot on the platform, one foot on the train" means she loves him but that lifestyle ugh.

[@ErwinBlonk]

I always thought it was about he followed the same path his father did, became a gambler and alcoholic, ending up in prison for some reason related to it.

[@SimplyTakuma]

I was understanding with the text that the story is a poor boy that was living by the house of the rising sun. Because the father is gambling the hole time, the familiy was in a spiral of poverty and debt. So when the poor boy (the son of the gambling father) was rised to a man, he killed his father (from frustration and full of hate that his father dosent care about his family), but that was a huge mistake, so the son fleed but later captured, he is coming back to New Orleans with ball and chain to go to jail.

[@alexfletcher5192]

What the fuck a group of Tyneside lads had (apart from basic hardship of the North) had to do with this, I don't now. But they fucking nailed it.

[@charleswheeler3689]

A casino, a brothel or both.

[@rickraybourn7456]

Hi, play Ode to Billy Joe, by Bobbie Gentry

[@davisworth5114]

Definitely react to this song live!

[@stevensprunger3422]

It’s based on an old theme going back to England in the 16th century I’m sure you’re going to that find that out

[@stevejuszczak9402]

If you like story telling listen to Al STEWART

[@matsjakobsson1376]

Induction! Damn Spelning program...

[@lestervlotman3838]

Hi tysheen, can u react to rock lobster by the b-52s, it's a really cool song

[@vinnymaran9282]

React to, The Animals: To love somebody

[@Frank75288]

React to , The Reverend Black Grape by Black Grape

[@thomasmccormick399]

You should listen to some CCR.

[@FISHDINHO]

Check out Mr. Scarface for storytelling songs. Start with the song, I seen a man die. -> kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJjcdaOOoL-Zjqc

[@matsjakobsson1376]

This was made in One take No fucking autotune!!

[@jeremystitt5123]

Can you react to the avett brothers no hard feelings

[@TysheenOrane]

Okay.

[@jeremystitt5123]

Thank you I think you would really like it

[@matsjakobsson1376]

Spelling program!!!