First Time Hearing THE ANIMALS - House of The Rising Sun (Reaction!!)

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[@lindaj171]

So when you see us old folk wandering about looking 'uncool' with our hip replacements and our dentures, remember, this is the music we were raised on. It still resonates inside our old bones and makes us feel at home, which is why we love to watch you young folk discover it for the first time and be blown away. 👴🏼👵

[@elizabethsellors9046]

❤

[@magiegainey5036]

Yes Mamm !. We do have the best music.

[@ruthwoodin550]

AND shut up and listen to him - give your opinion at the end of the song!!

[@weepingsparrow1372]

yes! Im 62 and not to my surprise my 28 yr old when he was a teen and my 18 yr old listen to all my songs I grew up on....because the music went to crap after the mid 90s

[@toniswift6058]

Lol.🤣🤣So with you! x

[@anncain2432]

I'm 68 but when I listen to our music, I'm 16 and beautiful again!💘

[@gieb6428]

If you like listening to this song, then you are beautiful.

[@bebbychad7607]

Oh! Me too! Absolutely loved/love this! ❤❤❤

[@xJ0NATHANx]

You are always beautiful in Gods eyes.

[@marinazagrai1623]

We are young for only 10yrs…I found out when I was 32 and had a client who was 16 and looked very much grown up. You don’t have to be young to be beautiful - I have been trying to tell my mom this forever.

[@signheart7520]

I feel the same why, music is magical that way .

[@nhartwig2]

I’m an old woman now, and I still get goose bumps listening to this song!! The Animals were way ahead of their time!!CRAZY TALENT!! Yeah man you’ll listen to this song for the rest of your life, hauntingly beautiful!!

[@lynflorentine9023]

Same here. It always gives me goosebumps.

[@ampavoo]

70 is golden

[@LowejaDogs]

Totally agree.

[@Denisellen]

Me too ❤

[@carolholly1608]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@ewelinabronicka-mutukwa8570]

My father is 72. Poor boy from a little village in Poland. He built his own electric guitar when he was 18 and this was the first song he learned to play. He is a genius and legend to me ❤❤❤

[@liliannakolakowska793]

🇵🇱❤

[@chiaracibin6707]

❤

[@sjs7917]

Such a sweet post!.❤

[@ontheslide2339]

_'he sounds 50 years old'_ 🤣 eric burden was 23 at the time of this song... a wonderful blues song from old time black american tradition you'll be pleased to know eric is still going at the grand old age of 82.. a fine son of my hometown of newcastle...

[@CRAZYHORSE19682003]

It was not a blues song from Black culture. The song was first collected in Appalachia in the 1930s, but probably has its roots in traditional English folk song.

[@krt3718]

Eric burden doesn't get the respect he deserves. Probably because of the rolling stones and the Beatles were so big around that time.

[@leadbelly1495]

Nina Simone has a gorgeous version too

[@cg558]

​@CRAZYHORSE19682003 if you genuinely believe that sound has anything to do with English folk music, I have a really awesome bean you might be interested in buying. It may have been a folk song at one point, but that arrangement, like the Animals signature sound, is born of blues and soul - black music.

[@CRAZYHORSE19682003]

@@cg558 LOL Still trying to steal other peoples culture I see lol. Music from Appalachia often called bluegrass has a history that LONG predates black music. The origin of bluegrass music can be traced to the people who came to America in the 1600s from Ireland, Scotland, and England and brought with them basic styles of music that are generally considered to be the roots of modern bluegrass music. The funny thing is black culture is not even black culture, it is just a copy of poor white English culture. You need to educate yourself. Here is a great video from Thomas Sowell on the origins of black culture. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIWXf4RveZWAbNk

[@samnjoeysgrama1]

I'm at 75-year-old grandma. This is the music we grew up on. This time frame was when the Beatles still wore suits, and our boyfriends and older brothers were being sent to Vietnam.

[@aaaaaaoooommmm]

My daddy was killed on his first flight (he was an Air Force pilot). I was 8yo. I grew up for real on this and blues like Muddy Waters

[@-Subtle-]

Pretty sure this song is at least 2 to 3 times your age. This arrangement is new, but this song goes back a long, long way.

[@pamelaquigley4956]

We had an after business gathering on site at Fenwick department store in Newcastle upon tyne when I was a teenager. It was always music and dancing. At the time the club Agogo was the major night club for music and at the time and the Animals played there in the same format as this recording. They often played at our sessions in the store. As I was for a time the secretary for these gatherings it was my job to book and pay them. We paid them in old money . £2. 50 shillings. Worked out at 50shillings each. Best time for music early 60's

[@joannholmes8726]

Yes. We did.

[@Mail172]

Right there with you sister. Peace

[@trevorveail]

I am a 75 year old English man. It was this type of music that was part of the British music invasion of the States in the 1960's and 1970's. We sent the Beatles and the Rollin Stones in first but we followed up with bands like the Animals. For a good 15 years British bands ruled the States.

[@JosephRaoII]

Thanks for Eric Clapton he was my first concert

[@virginialeary]

Yes they did…..

[@anncain2432]

They certainly did! I loved Petula Clark's, Downtown, and would listen to my small transistor radio at night hoping they'd play it before I dozed off.

[@johnbreslin6242]

And thank you we will never forget !!!

[@MarianneAllison-ce6wd]

The British invasion, yes--by way of blues and rock-and-roll traditions courtesy of African-Americans.

[@crimetimegrime]

We 'old folks' lived through an amazing era, that can never be duplicated. This song is the heart and soul of the 60s. Yet, this song is timeless. It has no end.

[@Shannonbarnesdr1]

im 43 but i grew up on this and more as well since i was exposed to all music from literally infancy on up. rock n roll, motown, jazz, funk, classical, reggae, blues, soul, rnb, country and more.

[@bridgetdoman1386]

@@Shannonbarnesdr1 You must have had great parents who loved great music.

[@chuckbradley6887]

This comes from the era when musicians had to actually be able to sing and play their instruments. No auto tune, track cleaning software, music sampling to fill in with. It was just the musicians and the engineer working the recording equipment. In my opinion some of the greatest music ever was made during the late sixties thru the mid seventies.

[@sbearly]

It has become a cliche that old people think the only artists who could "actually sing" and "actually play" are the ones they listened to back when they were young and happy. I'm 75 and I feel sad that so many people my age think that way when there is so much evidence to the contrary. So many great musicians and singers now in so many genres of music and so many of them influenced by those who came before.

[@leceillebeckmeyer3195]

So true. It’s sad 😢there will never ever be a genre/age whatever you want to call it. I miss it so much.

[@donaldmarlow488]

The songs of those 60s and 70s will forever be played in generation after generation while many of these songs played now will be long forgotten. That is happening right now, you are literally looking at it happen in real time.

[@sbearly]

@@donaldmarlow488And the majority of the songs from 60s and 70s are already forgotten. Because they were anchored to that age. There will always be some artists and songs from each time period that successfully cross that timeline and live on for future generations.

[@Nikybeez]

​@@donaldmarlow488A few gems will always be remembered, but like every generation before yours, most songs will be forgotten. New generations will remember their songs, just like the older generations remembered theirs as you were listening to your music.

[@The-Contractor]

Eric Burdon and the Animals remain forever one of the primal rock's greats. Straight up real, no auto-tune, no slick studio tricks, just raw talent fueled by genuine emotion.

[@joecarr9476]

Eric Burdon over 50 yrs later kzbin.infooZSMpL5W2I4?feature=share

[@caneyebus]

He also convinced Jimi Hendrix to go to England where he actually became famous.

[@marcyking461]

They don't call it classic rock for nothing.

[@heartoftherose]

It was Burton's bandmate and The Animals bass player Chas Chandler who saw Hendrix (then performing as "Jimmy James" at Cafe Wha? In Greenich Village in New York City) and financed Jimi's relocation to Britain (with the help of Michael Jeffery), recruited bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell, renamed the band Jimi Hendrix Experience, and managed them to worldwide fame through their first two albums. I love these kind of connections, and rock music is full of them that we never knew about at the time!

[@fabriziopasquale7125]

I totally agree, and he is ono of the most unerrated artist

[@sharonrobb.94]

This is the music us 65+ year olds grew up on. We were blessed to have so many great musicians. Eric Burden was an icon.

[@Shannonbarnesdr1]

im 43 but i grew up on this and more as well i was exposed to all music from literally infancy on up. rock n roll, motown, jazz, funk, classical, reggae, blues, soul, rnb, country etc.

[@suzettebavier4412]

🎶"Oh Lord, Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"🎶~Animals

[@charlafactor3673]

I'm a 79 year old woman and that song still gives me chills.

[@Misses-Hippy]

Once a hippy, always a hippy.

[@mangot589]

Yep. Especially since we all knew those poor souls….still wear my tye dye.

[@BarbaraC147]

Me too. And I'm only 67. I think I was 11 or 12 when it came out.

[@Misses-Hippy]

66 here. @@BarbaraC147

[@jeanpotvin3085]

@@BarbaraC147 I'm 80 and I still love this song. I remember dancing to it and didn't want the song to end. And yes, I still wear tie-dye clothes when I can find them.

[@RazzleDazz72]

The Animals don’t get enough credit. Timeless music.

[@gracegarza3299]

The Animals were named the " 3rd greatest rock band in the world" ...2nd: The Rolling Stones ... 1st: The Beatles

[@221b-Maker-Street]

They were inducted into The Rock n Roll Hall Of Fame 20 years ago, appear regularly in Top X songs/bands of all time, and many modern groups cite them as key and major influences. Struggling to know what more you want!

[@trudilm3864]

I saw the reunion band, they were flawless.

[@Kath92681]

Epic!! ❤❤

[@RazzleDazz72]

@@221b-Maker-Street they don’t get nearly as much credit as the Beatles and the Stones.

[@nancylee1625]

I am 76 now and I was dating a guy in 1964 when this came out. My absolute favorite song of all time. When I hear it played, I stop everything I am doing, turn the volume up as high as it will go and dance.

[@dawnjohnson3263]

So, did you keep him?

[@nancylee1625]

Yes I did.@@dawnjohnson3263

[@gracieluke]

Understandable, Miss Nancy. You grew up in a great era of music. I'm currently the age you where when the song came out and I really wish songs coming out now were as good as they were back then. ❤

[@nancylee1625]

Thank you love@@gracieluke

[@mdouble100]

This was a traditional folk song, commercially recorded by the Animals. I remember them and the song very well from my youth. The Animals were awesome then and now. I'm 73 and agree with the sentiment that there is nothing today nearly as good as music in the 60's. Never stop rocking.

[@theresakelly4609]

No auto anything... These artists are really playing the instruments and singing without autotune... Straight up talent!!!

[@DerMacko]

well thats true, but the mics were a bit rubbish back then..... so it cuts the louder notes and gives it that distinct distortion effect.... (also the reason higher female voices sounded a bit off)

[@darcfaze6482]

He's 81 and is still active. Frickin' national treasure he is.

[@cherylhulting1301]

Yes Eric is. Some days I feel like I'm barely able to walk the same planet as he does. What a god. He's a legend.

[@dudley7540]

20 years ago I went to an outdoor concert to see the Animals. No sign of Eric just some old guy sitting on a stool.....and then he starts singing. Oh shit! It's Eric and the voice is still in the 1960s.

[@janicetaylor7516]

Eric Burdon had this really mean look about him which was quite a turn-on in a time of Mod fashion. 😊

[@sallyjopatriot]

@@janicetaylor7516 back in the day.. when I was young.. some journalist described going in to interview them for the first time.. knew nothing about them.. was appalled..said they looked ragged, dirty and rough, compared to the beatles.. then they started singing.

[@janicetaylor7516]

@@sallyjopatriot yes! I liked them much more than the Beatles. Great times......😊

[@kardiojunkee]

It’s not the original version, however it’s the BEST VERSION ❤❤❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@lindafoster5829]

I’m a 74-year-old lady and I saw this live back in the 60s late 60s!!!🎉

[@Wyld1one]

My first concert was when I went with my brother and his friends to a journey concert. The only one I remember them having in Denver Colorado. My brother was like 5 years older than I was

[@paulascott5701]

This song was recorded in one take. They drove from their home in Northern England to London, got their instruments out, went in a studio, recorded it and left. Studio rentals are expensive. If you are unknown, you hit it and get out. "I've got one foot on the platform, the other foot on the train. I'm going back to New Orleans to wear that ball and chain". Anybody who has ever been addicted to anything or fallen off a diet knows that feeling - the addition being stronger than you. Eric Burdon's voice was amazing.

[@LorraineHinchliffe-vg5cb]

And did you know that the lyrics to this song were found in the pocket of an unknown homeless man, back in the 40s? It was a poem in his pocket.

[@paulascott5701]

@@LorraineHinchliffe-vg5cb There is a recording of a young woman in Appalachia singing it a cappella in the 1930s. The song is an old folk song that goes way, way back. A few of the words have changed over time.

[@eugenioespinoza3285]

Nina Simone

[@paulascott5701]

@@eugenioespinoza3285 Nope - older. I can't find the one of the girl in Appalachia but this one is from 1933. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2WanIZuhJpsh9U&start_radio=1

[@deborahbarry8458]

Thanks guys for all this info… recorded in one take… an old poem…

[@vickineedham2719]

I am 65 years old and have herd this song billions of times, but i never tire of it. It still has the same affect on me as day one. The power in his voice is palpable. This is what my age group grew up with just lots of brilliant musicians. Glad you enjoyed lots more like that.

[@lightatthecape2009]

His voice is one of the most distinctive I have ever heard.

[@joecarr9476]

Eric Burdon over 50 yrs later kzbin.infooZSMpL5W2I4?feature=share

[@verabeert6059]

I am so glad that the younger generation are discovering all the wonderful music that we listened to in our youth that still resonates with us. A lot of our music still continues to be timeless ❤️❤️🎵🎵🎵

[@JamesDavis-dn3wo]

Effortlessly, there is no straining when he belts out this song.

[@philiptaylor7902]

He may be miming for the video

[@believecreatedream]

The Animals - We Gotta Get Out Of This Place shows off Eric's voice to perfection.

[@ginaschreivogel8259]

That was always my favorite!

[@tobyschuring1534]

My favorite too!

[@angeljohns3207]

Best thing about this music, you had to actually be able to sing and play. No synthesizing, no voice over, no fake, just 100% real true talent. This is the era of the real deal.

[@castrinecubique983]

Weird, grandpas from that time used to say the same thing about all that noise the youngsters made and called music.

[@BettyR-qd2zr]

AMEN

[@user-qw6tz6dx7d]

So very happy that you had the opportunity to hear this. I am 63 and our generation has the best music. A lot of it still plays today.

[@joeclayton2121]

@@castrinecubique983 because those grandpas listened to the Big Band Music

[@user-ds4hz4dd9e]

We wouldn’t have any music today if you had too have talent. Back then you had to have talent, find band mates that had talent, get it all together and then get picked up by a recording studio. When they say paying dues they meant it.

[@victoiresanborn9220]

I can't express how your reaction to this song made my evening. That isolated organ/solo performance of the Rising Son is seldom expresed in today's music. I'm glad you referred to it over and over.

[@deniserockwood2337]

I am 71 and still love this. It has stood the test of time.

[@debiconner6377]

House of the Rising Sun is a song so old no one knows who wrote it. It has been covered by many artists over the years, but this version is by far the most memorable. It is my favorite song from the day. I am 67 and still a blues rocker in my heart.

[@johnmalcolm9980]

Huddy Leadbetter? ("Leadbelly") I think contributed a lot to its evolution. Enjoy researching the history of this song, the young girl being led astray to work at the house of Madame Soleil Avant in New Orleans.

[@normatroutman4040]

This song goes back to 1933 sung by Appalachian Artist Clarence Tom Ashley and Gwen Foster. The Animals recorded it in 1964

[@mishkawild1090]

Yeah but it was an old folk song that exist before they recorded. It was call the Rising Sun Blues.

[@Resgerr]

​@@normatroutman4040it goes further back than that

[@normatroutman4040]

@@Resgerr do tell please I love music history

[@imocchidoro]

It's great to be a boomer. We had the music!!!

[@justafanmiller7486]

My sister has a T-Shirt thats says "I might be older but thats cool, we had the best bands"

[@LifelikeFiction]

In about 1000 years, they will call our generation - „The Golden Generation“ 😎🤗

[@genesisfinley8511]

And thanks for raising GenX with it! We're passing it along to GenZ

[@leadoucet1432]

@@genesisfinley8511 you're welcome 😉✌

[@dianedaniels2425]

Agree..We did have the best music!!

[@cynthiamyers-of3sb]

I am 73 years old and I can remember when this song came out. It still makes the hair on my arms stand up when I hear it. Thank You for playing it

[@MyBlizzard123]

75 yr old southern woman. Could listen all day. Talent.

[@tonywinters7189]

This was an era when you actually needed talent to become famous. No jumping around, no half-naked females, no 4 letter words, no talk of killing people or having sex, just talent.

[@rachaelnugent]

a nice suit and a Hammond didn't hurt though 😉

[@dottiemathews6853]

SO TRUE! I'M FROM THAT ERA, SO I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT! I REMEMBER SEEING THE ANIMALS ON DICK CLARK'S "WHERE THE ACTION IS" THIS BAND WAS COLD! LOVE IT!!!

[@kaarlimakela3413]

Well, killing people ... Jimmy Hendrix alone shot a girl down by the river and ran tire tracks all over another girl's back. The Beatles didn't care if Maxwell's Silver Hammer came down upon peoples' heads. Donovan's Mad John was pretty scary. Johnny Cash killed a man in Reno just to watch him die, and the Sky Pilot had many thoughts and prayers for his men up there flying bravely, dying often. I'm sure the Stones didn't have a clean record, but I'm tired now.

[@ProfJosh]

You realize this is a song about a whorehouse, right?

[@user-DrJoe-Future]

Interestingly, when I was 14 in the U.S., I heard that song on the radio (1000 times). Could not hear enough. Not knowing him, listening to the song, I pictured Eric Burdon in a leather biker's jacket with tatoos -- some really rough dudes playing "The House of the Rising Son." I was shocked to see these nice guys all dressed up in suits. Blew my entire image to pieces. To me it was a mismatch.

[@margaretsenior9821]

I am 72 and grew up in England, I went to see The Animals live as a teenager. WOW!! This brought back memories, I loved the song almost 60 years ago and love it still. ❤

[@myrasmith1603]

So did I see them at the local town hall in 1964. Fantastic group!!!!

[@Lesley-Skye]

I grew up in England , I was four when they made this song. Never thought I would say this but darn wish I had been born earlier to see them live. As it was, I saw David Bowie as Ziggy Stardust when I was a preteen girl. So maybe I was born at the right time. 😍😍

[@lastjellyontheplate8828]

Me too! Saw the Stones and Beatles too, we had the best music and the best fashions! My besty and I apparently saw Pink Floyd at the Crystal palace, but I can't remember it 😭. I'm 75 this year.

[@mawmann]

What a great song! Glad you liked it!

[@free_gold4467]

Lucky you!

[@anitawhite9694]

STILL A FAVORITE OF MINE.! Loved it when I was 15 and it is still one of my favorite!

[@sylviapage8572]

The guy on the keyboard, Alan Price, lived next door to my mother when they were children. I love this song.

[@Lily_The_Pink972]

The 'guy on the organ' is none other than keyboard player and singer extraordinaire, Alan Price. The song goes way back in time, and The Animals brought it bang up to date in the 60s. I loved it when I was a kid in the 60s and still love it now that I'm over 70. It's one of those tracks that stays in your soul and DNA.

[@patriciagarrett4243]

I have loved this song and still do and I am now 77.

[@richardroderick7389]

Read an artical yrs.ago 1st know recoins was back in the 30s.If not mistaking by à young girl in Apilaicians.

[@stevewalsh1718]

yeah. The 'House of the Rising Sun' opened in 1821 and burned down two months later. In the mid 2000s they discovered the original foundations. The original song has about six or so extra verses

[@reg8848]

Nobody knows who wrote the song and it could date back to old English folk from centuries ago. It bears some resemblance to a 1953 English song but no direct correlation can be found. Eric Burden always said I’d have made a fortune if I wrote it

[@amac8483]

I always felt Alan price was under appreciated. He did have his own band for a while, The Alan Price Set. Maybe I'm a bit too young at 67(!) but I don't really remember him being much on telly. "I say Yeah Yeah" is the only song I remember them having commercial success with. Very much a fringe memory of my childhood.

[@jeanday9747]

No autotune just pure talent. I grew up listening to this music. Thank you for bringing my memories back. Keep listening.

[@amythystmoon864]

Back then you had to have real talent nowadays everybody’s a singer even if they can’t sing I think that’s where we’ve lost some of the soul in music

[@jeanday9747]

@@amythystmoon864 i totally agree. I love the music when the bands had real talent.

[@Horseyperson12]

Animals. We gotta get out of this place. Welcome to the 60’s. We had a lot of great music.

[@chunkyd5880]

No Pro Tools in the studio. Just professional musicians.

[@amythystmoon864]

@@chunkyd5880 that’s why the sound quality is so superior

[@patriciamccandless7940]

Pure natural talent.

[@thumperwright]

This is what the 1960’s music was all about! Yes, it is the original!

[@joanallen5253]

Oh gosh, my girlfriend and I were so moved when we heard this for the first time. We got chills and felt like screaming. 73 years old and still loving this song.

[@denisevanselow2722]

💝💝

[@denisevanselow2722]

💝💝

[@Meetthemaker1day]

57 and my skin still crawls. Saw them at Ontario Place in Toronto. My eyes are leaking just thinking of those days. People were people, no bs. Peace.

[@joannholmes8726]

Yes! These guys look like so young!

[@lorrainegunn4111]

​@joannholmes8726 when they performed these BIG songs, on stage they were quite unexpectedly small, and among the youngest of the BRITISH GROUPS. I loved this music, and also: "We gotta' Get Outta' This Place". -- every time I decide to move !!!

[@AmandaHugandKiss411]

BTW the album track was recorded in one take! Seriously, that's talent.

[@LSChimera]

They drove several hours, unloaded and set up their instruments. Played the song once, packed up, and drove home

[@dwhitman3092]

Amazing! I didn't know that! Makes it even more impressive, if that's really possible.

[@sunriseboy4837]

Damn straight!

[@Rose39M]

This was my favorite song from the Animals! It always gives me goosebumps when I hear it!

[@vickyingramnymann8543]

I went to the Animals when I was 12 years old with my parents. They were amazing live.

[@rainbowqueen1872]

Makes me proud to be British. In the 60’s and the 80’s we rocked the world.

[@rainbowqueen1872]

@@Artist00011 What a nice comment. And thank you America for giving us Rock n’ Roll in the first place or we’d never have had the musical inspiration necessary to take the genre to this standard.

[@rocsteady83]

as an american, the brits have us on music

[@tammyjohnson8924]

Right but it was the goal of British bands to make it in America. Both sides of the pond. Gave us David Bowie for one The Stones etc and I love the cranberries, Ireland. But hey we gave you Lynyrd Skynyrd and my fav Janis Joplin the best of all time

[@rainbowqueen1872]

Not sure of that first one. J.J. well known here but dare I say it- not as celebrated here as on that side of the pond. @@tammyjohnson8924

[@rainbowqueen1872]

I reckon that the gr8 American pop icons were Elvis ( of course), Little Richard, the Beach Boys and Patsy Cline.@@tammyjohnson8924

[@diane9247]

When I was young and cute, instead of 76 and not so cute, this was like a bomb going off on the car radio. The Animals were thought of as the dirty, dangerous boys of boy bands. A real sharp edge. We LOVED them! We Boomers hear music like this and say, "You're welcome!"

[@francesarbour7161]

And when they sing this song it is with such ease! No physical antics on stage like they had to strain to sing this song! Legends!

[@kateunderwood112]

the organ player is alan price who had his own group called the alan price set who had a hit with simon smith and his amazing dancing bear

[@davidpeters3857]

Eric’s voice was granite ..one of the best songs in history

[@benvair1370]

In 1963 The Animals heard a version of this old American folk song on a Bob Dylan album and new immediately it was just perfect to be played as a blues/rock song. They spent a year perfecting it around the clubs and dance halls of Newcastle, North East England, before recording it in the summer of 1964. It was a huge hit worldwide. Incidentally, the first time Dylan heard The Animal's version, he was in his car and had to pull over, at that moment he realised he would never be able to sing the song again, because if he did, people would assume he was just covering an Animals song.

[@dcg4mn]

Sounds like this could be the moment Dylan said “That’s it! I’m going electric!” 😄

[@-Subtle-]

And Dylan heard it from folk in the south. It's a very old song. No one knows the origin but it has been around for a long long time.

[@FrankCastle-he8fl]

I think it was Lead Belly

[@jamesmyatt354]

Dylan actually stole the version he did from folkie friend Von Ronk who told Dylan he was going to record it and Dylan beat him to record it. It was recorded by many people including Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly, Pete Seaver. It had become a popular song sung by working miners around the turn of the century (1900) and may have roots from an old English bar song referring to a bar/house of prostitution.

[@jameshead9119]

@@jamesmyatt354granted the rising sun is a common pub name over here though I’m sure it ever used for a brothel when they semi-legal plus the fact The city of New Orleans is mentioned in the song so that’s where I always thought where it was ( and considering the reputation of the city not surprising )

[@aikidotexas]

I am 73 now, I was in High School listening to the radio, groups with talent, good time to be alive.❤

[@hilaryoldfield7869]

You my friend have played the most amazing song produced in 1964... I was around 14 years old when I first heard this and Eric has the most haunting voice... The bloke on the keyboard is Alan Price and he was simply a brilliant musician... they are 83 and 82 respectively... thank you for reminding me of my youth... ❤

[@cartimandua_]

Born in Newcastle England. He had a rough early life. He's now 81 yrs old. He's included in the 100 greatest singers of all time at number 57. It's so cool now,- imagine at the time!!!

[@cherylhulting1301]

Eric is only at 57??? No way.

[@irishgrl]

What gets me every time is Eric’s deadpan delivery yet so powerful! Btw, I heard he was 17 when he sang this….just incredible.

[@ronaldsmith2343]

Wait WHAT? 17?

[@ronaldsmith2343]

Hell - wasn't but looking into the Jr High classrooms and remember it better than my multiplication tables.

[@xScooterAZx]

He was axctually 16.

[@PunkPunkMerc]

It was recorded on May 18,1964. Eric was born on May 11, 1941. That’s 23

[@xScooterAZx]

I had been told he was 16.He had been singing HOTRS since he was 16 he said. * He claimed that recording the piece took him only 15 minutes as, to him, singing the song that he had already been singing since age 16 was simply routine. I guess he just record it with the Animals until he was 23 then.

[@bthomson]

I like it so much when he looks straight into your eyes with this amazed and worshipful look!

[@user-dy5mw9ur6z]

England ......Thank You !!!! Giving me great music to listen to when I was a little girl in the late 60's and 70's. It helped me out in difficult times growing up.

[@lsmith992]

The singer there, Eric Burdon, is what's called in the UK, a blues shouter. The voice isn't what you expect but is a GREAT blues voice.

[@beastoned8596]

Does shouter refer to being surprised? Blues the type of music?

[@RobertSmith-iw2kb]

Old song from early 1900's .based in new Orleans, supposedly about house of iIl repute. ,covered many times,none better than this.

[@user-gs5ib3gk9p]

There will never be another decade that had the music of the 60's . Best music ever, great lyrics and melodies....and you can actually understand the words.

[@chrisjen4704]

As a teenager in 60's Liverpool, I concur wholeheartedly

[@pawwalker3492]

@@chrisjen4704 - what a time ... to be alive!

[@chrisjen4704]

@@pawwalker3492 They say if you can remember the 60's you weren't there. They're wrong. I played on Oggie shore (probably at the same time as Paul McCartney but wouldn't have known). Went to the Cavern many times. Followed my team to the FA cup final at Wembley twice.

[@pawwalker3492]

@@chrisjen4704 - WOW! And we all remember the 60's very well. Even though I was just a mere child 😁🙄😏 Great music and fashion, when people finally took the stick out of their butts and became who we should be! Glad you have such excellent memories. Happy we have such great recordings/videos to enjoy 💖 My spouse was at Woodstock. He remembers _some_ of it! I had tickets but Mother wouldn't let me go 😑

[@-Subtle-]

Every generation says that about their music. The difference is (including Gen x) the younger generations listen to and appreciate all music. Just listen to the man making this reaction.

[@yarnangel52]

This group was one of many that came out of the UK in the 60's. One of the best songs.

[@twtoombs]

I am so fortunate to have grown up with this music. Still only listen to 50’s and 60’s music. Old time rock and roll will never die.

[@karenward267]

Eric Burdon was twenty-three when he sang this song. This was in the 1960's at the beginning of the UK invasion. Alan Price played the organ. Glad you enjoyed this iconic track.

[@joannasimmonds3706]

Eric Burden looks twelve and sounds 60. The reason Alan Price was not looking solemn like the others was because he was pushing his little Hammond organ along to keep up with the others and was trying not to laugh

[@monkmchorning]

@@joannasimmonds3706 that's a Vox Continental, not a Hammond.

[@joannasimmonds3706]

@@monkmchorning sorry, I thought they were all Hammonds. Sounds great anyway 😃

[@patriciagarrett4243]

I have loved this song since I was young and I am now 77. 😊

[@KauaiSis]

Hilton WAS laughing.

[@braidwooddesignstudio5536]

I am very sad when the younger generation has no idea what real music is. This is a timeless classic, the message is still current.

[@melonmode4128]

I'm sure when you were young, the older generations were saying the exact same thing about the music you listened to. There will always be great songs, no matter the generation.

[@FrankieWilliams-kx9gp]

I am a young person and I agree the old music is better. There is something to be said about old people always thinking their times were better, but in this case I got to hand it to them.

[@Gailey379]

Hear! Hear!👍

[@TexPR1]

Well, at least they are discovering it now.

[@karenrock3864]

Try checking out Ren, mind-blowing new music. There's great music in every generation

[@joanmest4752]

I'm 62 and absolutely LOVE "our" music ❤

[@runslowfar]

I’m 77. Since I first heard it, it instantly became one of my favorite songs. I use to sing it to my children and mix it with Amazing Grace.

[@pogo2076]

Many of the Brittish groups loved the American blues and old ballads. This song was originally played in American Appalachia and South on back porches in the 1930's and before. ,.... Janis Joplin sang Bessie Smith and Big Momma Thornton, The Rolling Stones sang Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf......... Bob Dylan and others sang "dust bowl and dirty thirties of Woody Gutherie". Imagine a whole generation who became teenagers about 1960.... had their children in the 1970's and loved their music, too and were, and are still, rocking on. In the words of Severus Snape... "Always".

[@danw331]

He asks 'is this an original?' Interesting story there, I saw an interview with the singer once, he said this song is an old folk song with no official 'owner', they recorded and released it, he said it paid for his kids and his grandkids to go to private school and bought every member of his family a nice house. Amazing.

[@QueenMegaera]

I stumbled upon an older recording once, by some early blues singer (could have been Robert Johnson). It was not word-for-word or note-for-note at all, and a different title too, but still clearly recognisable.

[@ConnieHirsch]

Yeah, it's an authentic old folk song, collected in the Appalachians by Alan Lomax in the 30s, may well date back to the 1800s. But this rearrangement is quite original in its own way.

[@stevieme8642]

I know that leadbelly did a version.

[@kevinflynn4519]

The history of the real House of the Rising Sun is worth looking Into....

[@Heylel444]

​@@QueenMegaeraYou probably heard the Woody Guthrie version.

[@soppdrake]

Alan Price on the organ. A fine musician and singer in his own right.

[@ChristineWooley-ot9pm]

I am 70 years old. I always loved Eric Burdon and the Animals. Meaningful, songs, with soul.. Still love them.

[@alisonsmith1137]

We may be old but our music will never not be appreciated!! The performers had talent and as an added bonus you could hear and understand the lyrics! Love this song and the group!!

[@kenrussell1635]

Boomers baby

[@navagate1900]

They were preforming at a bar, found out they got to use a recording studio - packed up their instruments, got on a city bus to the studio (with their instruments) - went in set-up, did the song in one take, they were only in the studio 15 minutes. Then went to their next gig. Eric was 23 or 24 at the time.

[@annb8296]

That is so cool 🙂👍🆒💥

[@user-John666]

I think Eric Burdon was more like 19 or 20?

[@weldonbailey1005]

Heard this before and its effn amazing. Thanks for the post and reminding me...had forgotten this.

[@jasoncarto]

Lightning in a bottle from a clear sky. A generation was defined. The future altered forever.

[@Firespawnable]

Damn they did this song in one take? Now that's talent! I'm sure other singers would have to do a million takes to sound this good. 😖

[@williamsmall6204]

I graduated high school in 1967. This was our theme song at our graduation dance and I'm 75 today and that is the original with the animals. Great job.

[@olwens1368]

I'm 66 and remember my late mother loved this- and she was born in 1922. I think it's brilliant.

[@noneofyourbeeswax01]

The Animals not only introduced the incredible voice of Eric Burdon to the world, it also had the future star Alan Price on Hammond Organ and Chas Chandler - who went on to become the manager of the Jimi Hendrix Experience, making Hendrix a world star.

[@expatpiskie]

Chas Chandler was also behind the building of The Sage in Gateshead in NE England. It was his wish to encourage new young musicians. My son was fortunate enough to be one of those musicians & played his first stadium gig at The Sage as a teenager with his first band. Hey Joe & Along the Watchtower were among the songs they played.

[@annettehill9749]

You must hear The Animals sing, "Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood", "Don't Bring Me Down", San Francisco Nights", and their version of, "CC Rider", truely amazing! By the way, House of the Rising Sun was done as early as 1933, by Tom Clarence Ashley & Gwen Foster. You can find their version on You Tube. Still rocking at 75!

[@sandratuttle]

Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood is my fave.

[@lanya47]

Also, "We gotta get out of this place."

[@rhusradicans2122]

@@lanya47 YYYYEEEESSSS! My personal favourite! So full of emotion and raw desperation!

[@tonyawallace5297]

Let's be real... ALL of their songs are 🔥🔥🔥. ✌🏾❤️🤘🏾

[@Resgerr]

Was done even earlier, the first recording of the song was by a woman

[@greenrockgarden2851]

I would give anything to listen to my Dad play on his guitar while singing this song.

[@chalmer31]

I had no idea they were so clean-cut and incredibly young. Love learning alongside you.

[@robertacolarette1594]

You gotta hear Eric singing “Spill the Wine” with WAR. He’s an amazing soul singer.

[@susan67868]

Yes! and what lucinda said.

[@graceland316]

Came here to point out Spill my Wine as one of his other songs. Dude has chops

[@Deam7666]

YAAAASSS!!! So right!!! Is a must🤯

[@belinda35]

Yes, agreed. Spill the Wine is a must.

[@annamack5823]

Yes, that is a voice and a half!

[@whocarez556]

Every time this song comes on, my mom talks about how they played at every dance she went to. I love the look in her eyes remembering. I can tell she is remembering being a teenager. And she remembers dancing to this song. She looks happy.

[@helendavis3688]

My father was in the biker scene back in the sixties. And everynite was party nite. My mom bought him a new stereo for his birthday. And he played "house of the rising sun" every few minutes. All nite long. Oh the memories of my parents parties. Miss you mom and dad!!!!

[@catherinebritton5976]

Nothing compares to the music we grew up with! I'm 65

[@lornaackerman7022]

This was my older brother’s favorite song, it was one of the first songs he learned to play on his guitar. I still remember sitting on his bedroom floor listening to him sing and play this song. He’s been gone nearly 30 years and whenever I hear this song I can still hear him.

[@maggieb4736]

@lornaackerman7022, hi, your comment touched me and when I went to comment imagine my surprise, we have the same last name (I mean, it's not unheard of but it's not common either). Anyway, my older brother who was 7 years older introduced me to a lot of the great music of that era, your comment brought it all back. I'm sad for you your brother is gone but you have sweet memories so that's nice, yes? Take care.

[@gingermcintosh6545]

I moved to SF when I was 17. Two weeks later I went to The Family Dog at the beach to see Quicksilver Messenger Service. Somehow we had seats on stage; someone knew someone. And the surprise guest was Eric Burdon and the Animals. He sang this song not ten feet from me. I cannot tell you how happy I was to be in SF, with my friends having this experience. It still brings me to tears and I’m 74 now.

[@elaineen1]

I, with two buddies, went to the first Monterrey Pop Music Festival. All the big acts were sold out (Hendrix, Big Brother etc). So we just enjoyed the carnival like atmosphere. At night we slept with our sleeping bags at a nearby football field with hundreds of others. There was a flat bed truck with a band playing to entertain us. A bit later Eric Burdon and the Animals got on the flat bed and played for us. What a thrill.

[@gingermcintosh6545]

@@elaineen1 no one remembers Big Brother and the Holding Company, just Janis. But they were a good band.

[@paulconn7849]

.I "ran away" to SF when I was 17 ran out of money got .. My friend and I cleaned up the Family Dog after this concert and made enough to get home.

[@gingermcintosh6545]

@@paulconn7849 wow! I’ve never heard from someone else who was there!! Amazing!

[@re90652]

So glad you are hearing all this stuff. It was & still is dope as hell

[@Runningscared189]

Yep, his voice , and their music, I loved it when I was young , I’m now an oldie, still love it.

[@lindalee5408]

I was lucky enough to be a new teenager when this band started. Pre teen when the Beatles started. Cream, Hendrix, Crosby Stills and Nash. SO many others! These great musicians shaped my life. It was a truly magical time for music...and I am grateful to have experienced the music scene in it's inception. And very grateful that the next generations can appreciate it!

[@katiem9644]

It was the best of times.

[@alicep711]

I remember sneaking down the streets at 6 to hear the Beatles....patents didn’t want their kids to listen to them

[@icfury]

The bassist for The Animals was Chas Chandler. After he left the group, he became a producer and manager. He is credited with “discovering“ Jimi Hendrix! Eric Burden, the lead singer was also a friend of Jimi Hendrix. A bit of Rock History

[@lisagilfoy710]

My husband saw this artist in the late 60's and in the 2020's. Love it!

[@barbaramay7162]

These guys are Geordies ( which is the name given to people from Newcastle upon Tyne) that is the last city before you get to Scotland. The organist is Alan Price. Brilliant

[@kennetth1389]

This song goes back to the 1800's. One of the earliest surviving recordings is of Ledbelly playing guitar and his wife singing. It is public domain.

[@ihatestupidpeople2424]

Lead Belly was born in Mooringsport Louisiana, about a 20-30 minute drive north of Shreveport on LA HWY1, about 2 hours north of where I grew up.

[@fellon8019]

Did not know that😊

[@xScooterAZx]

The earliest recording is of Clarence Ashley and Gwen Foster of Appalachia, recorded in 1933.

[@tenthousanddaysofgratitude]

I saw Eric Burden perform at Royal Albert Hall just 10 years ago. His voice was still amazing. The song is based on an old American Roots music song, so you may have heard it before, arranged differently. It was first “collected” in the 1930s in Appalachia but might have been based on an older folk song from England. The Animals version was at the start of early British blue-eyed soul genre.

[@ac1646]

Thank you for this informative comment. 😊

[@ichmeiner4531]

'Older song from England' is quite an understatement. Parts of the song can be traced back to a 15th (or 16th, can't remember) century ballad. My local classic rock radio station plays a live version quite often (from a concert end 00's), Eric sounds just awesome, I can't not turn it up to full volume so that everyone around me can enjoy it until they find the station themselves.

[@mawmawvee]

Joan Baez also sang this song. My husband heard this song sung by her in 1963 before he went into the Army at the age of 18, or 19 years old! The first time the song was recorded was in 1933 under the name of Rising Sun Blues. Hope this may help you with your search.

[@MoonlightCircus]

I remember the first time I saw the video for this and that voice came out of that babyfaced child lol. Amazing. Never gets old.

[@roringusanda2837]

Eric Burdon has a voice thats almost physically intimidating! Hes always been one of the most powerful singers, and just gets better with age. Hes also a really nice guy.

[@TheSquirrelgirl55]

I am 68 and this song and performance still gives me chills. Love seeing younger people discovering some of the music of my youth.

[@Williamottelucas]

I think you need to be that age in order even to experience musical chills

[@brendawilliams5182]

I got goosebumps listening to this just now. This song was the first thing I learned on piano 💖 (self taught) when I was 15.

[@marcyking461]

I remember singing along to a remake of 'Behind Blue Eyes' (by some unknown band) to the radio, while riding in the car with my youngest son, who looked over and said, 'Wow Mom, I didn't know you liked my kind of music. I gave him a WHO CD for Christmas that year. Ain't nothing like the original.

[@ouethojlkjn]

Even more astounding that a gang of Lads from Newcastle on Tyne could evoke such a song of Americana. And the instrumental section comes right out of a Spaghetti Western! And what a set of pipes on 23 year old lead singer Eric!! Just goes to show what 40 cigarettes a day can do for you?

[@maryshyrock1770]

You have a soul from the 60's. Your video just came up in my feed for the first time about an hour ago, yes, this is the third reaction so far. I'm hooked for a stroll down memory lane. Thanks for the great content.

[@melodyszadkowski5256]

Love your reaction, young one. We gladly leave this magic in the arms of your generation to treasure

[@sunriseboy4837]

Hell, I'm 74 now, and this song brings a lump to my throat, and tears to my eyes. The music is impeccably done. The lyrics reach right down into one's gut, and pulls it right up to the mouth. The lyrics are clear. They sang in tune. The solo section flawless. The instrument playing is flawless. Any oldie would resonate with the warning, truths, and experience the song emits. One of the very best songs of all time.

[@redsonning]

The track was recorded in the studio in one take! Unbelievable!! Drummer John Steel is still playing, still touring sixty years later! Alan disliked the organ because of it's musical limitations, but played it like a demon! Eric is a legend, with the best rock and blues voice ever given to the world! Hilton created the guitar riff - RIP. Chas found and managed Jimmy Hendrix - RIP. Thanks for a lifetime of The Animals.

[@debracuskelly9526]

The Animals have always been tops on my list as best groups. What a voice and what musicians.