Rapper FIRST time REACTION to The Animals - House of the Rising Sun (1964) !! Is this about...

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[@BlackPegasusRaps]

I think I confused the TV show “Tour Of Duty” for “Hamburger Hill” I think the Animals song “We gotta get out of this place” was on the movie Hamburger Hill. I need to look it up now. I swear I saw it on a Vietnam war flick but I was super young haha. I’m still tripping that The House of the rising sun is a Brothel. I would have never guessed that. I would have needed a clue, like lust or women. N.O. is a party spot so it makes sense.

[@hoosiernationsindiana2085]

Hamburger Hill and Farenheit 9/11 featured the song "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place". There is two versions of the song, the toned down one is what was sent to MGM and the one played the most.

[@burntcookie270]

No idea if it was the theme song but "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" was def on the Tour of Duty soundtrack - we used to listen to it on road trips when I was a kid.

[@nedludd7622]

@@hoosiernationsindiana2085 "Hamburger Hill" is one of the best war movies.

[@sethzuern37]

That song was pretty much in every viet nam movie/TV show

[@pitmatix1457]

If I remember Tour of Duty correctly (and it's been over 30 years since I watched it) they used The Rolling Stones "Paint it Black" as the theme song, another stone cold classic tune from the era.

[@peterjack840]

“House of the Rising Sun” was a really old song, probably dating back to English “broadside” ballads. It was originally about a prostitute from a brothel called “The House of the Rising Sun”, it was told from the prostitute’s point of view. In the opening verse she sings “And it's been the ruin of many a poor girl And me, oh god, I'm a-one”. She sings about her sweetheart being a gambler and a drunk. She tries to warn her little sister away from her lifestyle:”Oh tell my baby sister Not to do what I have done But shun that house in New Orleans They call the risin' sun”. At one point it seems to suggest that she tries to leave the life of prostitution behind, but fails: “Well, it's one foot on the platform And the other foot on the train I'm goin' back to New Orleans To wear that ball and chain”. The ball and chain isn’t jail, but it’s the life of prostitution that she can’t leave. At the end she says “I'm a-goin' back to New Orleans My race is almost run I'm goin' back to end my life Down in the risin' sun”. That might suggest suicide, or just resignation that she’ll be in that life until she dies. Bob Dylan recorded this version of the song in 1962, the Animals recorded their version in 1964 with changed lyrics.

[@kelleewolfe2834]

Very interesting! Thanks!

[@mamabear9325]

first way I heard it, too....❤

[@jjcustard6378]

That was a great comment, thankyou

[@nataliemorton5568]

Wow! All these decades later and you have finally filled in the backstory of this song for me!!! Thank you, such a classic and unique record it was, and still IS !! 📻

[@BLew657]

My father told me it was originally called “Rising Sun Blues” in 1933 by Clarence Ashley

[@paulascott5701]

That recording was done in one take. They drove down to London from their home in North Eastern England, took their instruments out of the car, dashed into a recording studio, performed the song and that was it. Studio time is costly. Eric Burdon was all of 22 years old when he did that.

[@phronsieone]

I heard he was 19.

[@adiebarrett]

I remember reading long time ago that their producer Mickie Most didn't like the song, didn't want them to do it, and only permitted this if they did that long, unimaginable journey (as @paulascott5701 says) which was in the early hours and do a real early start. 1 take and 10 minutes is al it took!

[@nanalynne]

I’m a 75 year old Canadian woman. I love to see these reactions to “our” music. It was the best and transcends time!

[@trevahamby2934]

I'm 74 and I grew up listening to their music! They are fantastic!!!

[@CrypticConversions]

Eric Burden had a really rough upbringing in a bad part of town. His pain seems to be reflected in his singing. One of the greatest blues singers ever, IMO. There's a lot of soul in him.

[@jackstrawful]

Is he from New Orleans? It occured to me that the way the band was almost at a slow march behind him throughout the video could be an homage to the famous musical processions on the streets of New Orleans.

[@CrypticConversions]

@@jackstrawful They were a British band.

[@terrybpickin9941]

Hey, he's from my part of town (its not that bad )😆 He used to be my mother's friend when they were really young.

[@tonybanton362]

Eric Burdon is from NE England - same as Sting, Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits), Brian Johnson (AC/DC), Chris Rea, Paul Rogers (Free, Bad company), David Coverdale (Deep Purple, Whitesnake), Bryan Ferry (Roxy Music) and many others.

[@TheCourage89]

@@tonybanton362 The north has never been treated well by the south of england, and by that, I mean Westminster and London.

[@emerje0]

You'll recall from The Devil Went Down to Georgia the line "Fire on the mountain, run, boys, run, The Devil's in the House of the Rising Sun", same place.

[@barbaramatthews4735]

Well, one is in Georgia, and the other is in Louisiana. Maybe not quite the same place unless there is a different map out there that I haven't seen. Both are great songs 🎵 I still gave a thumbs up for your comment. I only thumbs down for rude, offensive, and derogatory comments.

[@Ian-if2lf]

@@barbaramatthews4735 sarcasm , always the best way to get thumbed ...

[@emerje0]

@@barbaramatthews4735 Here's the thing, that portion of the song isn't actually part of Johnny's story, It was Charlie Daniels borrowing lines from other songs. For example "Fire on the Mountain" is a folk song about the California gold rush (which is also not in Georgia 😉) as well as the name of Daniel's first album, it's also the name of a song written by Daniels' friend George McCorkle who was hoping Daniels would record it, but he passed and it ended up getting recorded by McCorkle and The Marshall Tucker Band and Daniels played guest fiddle on it. The other lines in that section have similar stories, nothing to do with Georgia.

[@purpleelephantdebh]

Eric Burdon is a vocal beast. The band was tight. Everything about them was savage.

[@travissmith2848]

How can such a young and fresh looking face have such a rough quality.......

[@static65days...]

Facts!...

[@honestlord]

@@travissmith2848 100% could be a street urchin /pickpocket straight out of charles dickens ..im a londoner & i got a mate looks like him

[@travissmith2848]

@@honestlord I'm talking more the sound..... Voice like that I'd expect to show more signs of a rough life.

[@pabmusic1]

@@carla6558 Yes.

[@bettydavis943]

Yes, the Animals sang We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place.

[@John_Chu]

Alan Price on organ was a monster. Had some solo success in the late '60s. The bassist Chas Chandler "discovered" Jimi Hendrix playing at The Cafe Wha? in Greenwich Village, NYC in 1966 and became Jimi's manager, bringing him over to England , where he teamed up with two British musicians to form The Jimi Hendrix Experience. The rest is history. Eric Burdon, the lead singer, went on to form War and have a big hit with "Spill the Wine." After he left War, they went on to their string of '70s hits like "Cisco Kid," "Slipping into Darkness," and "Why Can't We Be Friends."

[@mariajobson739]

I love SPILL THE WINE..BP I think would enjoy that one !

[@ColourboxNow]

@@mariajobson739 Excellent info. Eric's still around today. 82 years old.

[@AntonyFleck]

'Spill the Wine' is Incredible!! But please check out the Beat Club version (70s Deutche TV show)!!...

[@natashab3412]

Lowrider

[@MsAppassionata]

@@natashab3412 Me And Baby Brother

[@robhauser5660]

Remember, 1964, this was not a video as we know it today. This was on a TV show. Live in 1 take, all analog, no autotune or post processing. True musicians. The color is stock. The House of the Rising Sun is about a Brothel. Originally recorded by an Artist Lead Belly.

[@richdiddens4059]

No, this wasn't on a TV show and it wasn't done in one take. These types of videos were typically filmed to be shown in bars and similar places. They did this song and one other (Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood?) in one session on the same set and in the same outfits. They cut the filming a few times to adjust placements and angles, like moving the keyboard from the back to the front. The audio is the original record laid over the video. If you'll notice there were no cords plugged into the guitars and they didn't have wireless pick ups in 1964. In a few places Eric's singing wasn't in synch with the audio.

[@roberteatwell6827]

Yeah, like they are playing live. no guitar leads, no mikes on the drums .Have a word with yourself.

[@DavidPChristian2]

@@roberteatwell6827 And no, Leadbelly wasn't the first to record the song.

[@meyerhave]

@@richdiddens4059 Thank ye for setting straight the facts about this film clip: with (in true living color) Eric lip synching his legendary vocal along with and to that of the likewise legendary four piece instrumentation audio from the original studio recording that became their worldwide super hit record.

[@francesdoll4039]

​@@richdiddens4059yes and watch his throat. He's not singing THOSE NOTES!. Just think of Ren doing this in the SpontNeous Stream Jam.

[@pgray5223]

As an old lady that was a teenager in the 60s, I get a kick out of how almost stressed these young reactors are when they don't understand what the "story" in the song is. Maybe my friends and I were different, but we didn't always care what it was. If we liked the sound, that was what mattered. I mean we loved I Am the Walrus. 😂

[@52montoya]

The Animals did "We gotta get out of this place". Famous during the Viet Nam War.

[@saradunn3938]

Burdon was about 24, I think, looked about 16 and sang like he was 50. "Sky Pilot" is another good one. The House was a "house of ill repute", to put it gently.

[@nedludd7622]

"Sky Pilot" is wonderful.

[@recycledapathy7411]

One thing that always throws me for a loop when I watch a video of an Animals song is how that sound should not be coming from those boys. Like, none of them look like they should be able to go as hard as they do in their music. And I can watch the same video 100 times and still it's "holy crap, those kids don't look like badasses, but they totally are."

[@talltulip]

Sky Pilot was a rarity: one song spread out over both sides of a single/45, because it was over 7 minutes long. I was 8 when this song came out, and wasn't really very aware of the whole Vietnam War situation. But this song, with its sound effects, began to raise my awareness.

[@captainmoretokin2172]

The long version is the only one i will listen to.

[@lesley4085]

I’m a child of the 60’s and to me and my peers this song was always about a brothel 😁

[@travissmith2848]

Born in 80 and that's how I read it.

[@IggyStardust1967]

Born in the late 60s, and I can tell you, they didn't shield us from anything back then.

[@donotsupportterroristgroups]

The original version which was sung by a poor black woman with many children is the one I believe was about a brothel. That Woman sold her original song for a pittance.😢

[@suec9426]

“My father was a gamblin’ man, down in New Orleans” … he’s going back to New Orleans, following in his father’s footsteps, to wear the “ball and chain” of his own gambling addiction, and alcohol addiction, and the other miseries that come with that kind of life. It’s a generational problem, so he says, “oh mother tell your children, not to do what I have done, spend your life in sin and misery, in the House of the Risin’ Sun”. It’s not about prostitutes or prison, but we can easily imagine those things in his hopeless future.

[@Nicovertime]

Chills every single time I hear this song.. what a voice 😮

[@robinmills8675]

I am 69 years old and still madly in love with Eric Burdon. 😊 He does alot of great blues songs.

[@lsarancha]

Eric Burdon (the lead singer) and War, Spill the Wine, is a song to definitely check out!

[@JoyL351]

Yeah, since BP is into lyric interpretation, he'll have fun with this one

[@slcs369]

Spill the Wine is the best song to crank up if you are vacuuming the home. Such a groove!

[@larkljc]

Omg I’m gonna pull that one up! Haven’t heard that in years!

[@WinModel88]

I second this!! BP would love this one!

[@Icedmorgans]

Yeah , the live jam, also Tobacco Road . 14 minutes of madness 👍

[@momoze4418]

The Animals were a British band. The lead singer Eric Burdon was about 23 years old when they had a hit with this. It is incredible that a young lad from the North of England was gifted such a deep and timeless bluesy voice

[@Dej24601]

From Wikipedia: “The House of the Rising Sun" is a traditional folk song, sometimes called "Rising Sun Blues". It tells of a person's life gone wrong in the city of New Orleans. Many versions also urge a sibling or parents and children to avoid the same fate. The most successful commercial version, recorded in 1964 by the British rock band The Animals, was a number one hit on the UK Singles Chart and in the US and Canada. As a traditional folk song recorded by an electric rock band, it has been described as the "first folk rock hit". The song was first collected in Appalachia in the 1930s, but probably has its roots in traditional English folk song. The narrative of the lyrics has varied between male and female narrators. The Animals had begun featuring their arrangement of "The House of the Rising Sun" during a joint concert tour with Chuck Berry, using it as their closing number to differentiate themselves from acts that always closed with straight rockers. It got a tremendous reaction from the audience.”

[@aaronm4782]

Black Betty by Ram Jam, Gallow's Pole by Led Zeppelin, Midnight Special by Credence Clearwater Revival, Where Did You Sleep Last Night by Nirvana, and House of the Rising Sun by The Animals are all Lead Belly songs from the 1920's. Lead Belly was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988.

[@allenruss2976]

Just starting. this song is about a brothel. Another great classic. Thank you

[@bobsblues9944]

It was not just a brothel it was an oriental opium den that also had a brothel . You went there and between the opium and ther prostitutes you got never left .

[@RedWitch79]

The house of the rising sun is about a Brothel in a shady part of New Orleans.

[@alanmcclure9546]

Most of us, who play a lifetime of guitar, started out with this song as our very first to learn.

[@davidhayes1494]

The Animals were touring. Their manager had arranged a TV spot but they couldn’t make it. So they hopped on a plane, landed in UK, they had only 15 mins to spare to catch the next plane, stopped at the TV studio, did this in one take, left immediately for the Airport

[@S.A.M.O.]

The House of the Rising Sun was a brothel

[@dragon-lu3mk]

it also refers to jails

[@bobsblues9944]

It was an oriental opium den that had prostitutes

[@joeabraham8390]

Old brothels also had booze, pool tables, gambling, and food. Once you were in, they didn't want you leaving with any money, for any reason

[@coletedeux]

Also an opium den.

[@rosaliedelcastillo6893]

Correct!

[@vincentdarrah]

This was an early Folk and Blues song. The Animals "electrified" it and made this masterpiece

[@batgirlte9953]

Eric Burdon has a soulful emotional voice, like a bleeding heart.

[@kathybowles495]

When I was 12, we were stationed in Scotland in 1962/63 when the Animals hit in the UK. All the music that came out of the UK during that time was amazing and we got a jump on what eventually came to America during The British Invasion. Eric Burdon's voice is so bluesy and unique...I loved everything the Animals did. Since then, I have seen him 4 times here in Colorado, (3 times in the Colorado Springs area). He still sounded amazing.

[@bobdelp2023]

IT'S 60, SIXTYYYYYYY YEARS AGO NOW, INSANE! 😮😊

[@TXplowgirl]

Believe me I know, I turn 60 next month and I still wonder how in the world did that happen? LOL.

[@debbieharkness7661]

Wow, haven't heard this in years. I still would like to see you react to Lady Sings the Blues by Billie Holiday , the movie was her life story same name !

[@ZalensiaXanshea]

I'm nearly 54 and this century... I'm feeling like I blinked and missed it!!! It's flying by too fast ❤

[@karenglenn6707]

I’m 63 and the older we get the faster it goes. My 20’s seem like yesterday when I was wild and free and partying with friends. No alcohol for me anymore, 20yrs ago I had a hangover which lasted for 2 days and I decided never again. Miss my vodka though 😂

[@donaldduck2139]

you got that right, I'm 65 was only few weeks ago it seemed I was 40 and thinking, I have heaps of time, am only half way 🤣. . . where the hack did it go @@karenglenn6707

[@BlackPegasusRaps]

It’s funny this is about a brothel!!?? That’s insane. I would have never guessed that in a million years. No talk of lust, beauty or women. How did y’all know that?

[@philipem1000]

That's traditional version of the song is that it's sung by a woman who is a prostitute. What most think of the song is that the House is a place of vice, where liquor, gambling, prostitution reign. The singer tells us his father fell prey to those vices and he has too; the ball and chain are the attraction to those vices that will ruin his life. He laments but he is goiong back to it anyway. THis is an updated version of a Blues song from the 1920s or even earlier.

[@jmasta420]

I always understood the House of the Rising Sun as a metaphor for all vices that keep you up till sunrise and a brothel just epitomizes that vibe.

[@donkfail1]

Don't know if there even was a place named "House of the Rising Sun", but I've heard it used in the same was as "Place of ill repute". And that's not just for brothels. But in my mind it's usually a place where you can engage in a few vices like drinking, gambling, sex and drugs. Imagine a more modern version of the classic western saloon on the wrong side of the tracks, run (or "protected") by the local mob.

[@tobeski]

The original was sung from the viewpoint of a woman who became a prostitute in New Orleans, not from a man's perspective at all. And please listen to UK eccentric John Otway's version, where he and a thousand fans turn it into the most amazing call and response song

[@jayestahnke9917]

It's an old song going back at least to the 1920s. In the oldest published version the story is told by a woman who was a prostitute in the House of the Rising Sun.

[@terrell48]

I was lucky enough to see these guys live while I was in college here in Texas about 1967

[@debrafischer807]

60 years ago we had Friday night teens night at our church…they had local bands come in and I remember them playing this song. Memories! I’m in my 70’s.

[@padrespeaks]

the ball and chain is his addiction; i remember first hearing this song when my dad would drive me to my grandparent's house on christmas eve. it was a side road covered by trees on either side and the only light you'd see was from oncoming cars and it the snow would illuminate. it was the early 90's and this song came on the oldies situation and it hit me in the chest like lightning

[@walkofnails2923]

Looks 16, sounds 60. Amazing soulful voice ❤❤ And that guitar player at the end grinning at the camera always cracks me up. It’s like he is so happy to be on tv and can’t help it…kinda like Mark Wahlberg in that movie Rock Star where he was posing with the rock band and was supposed to look tough but could not stop smiling 😂😂

[@cherylfisk7698]

The "ball and chain", was referring to the addiction of gambling (like his father). The House of the Rising Sun, was not just a brothel, but also a gambling den, as they were referred to back then, (the 1940's - the 1960's and beyond). So the "prison" as some thought of it, was their addictions to gambling and sex, that were linked together hand in hand. Not to mention the booze and drugs (morphine) flowing freely in those "joints". Another old phrase for establishments like them.

[@davidgross990]

Also opium which was big in the late 1800's and early 1900's

[@jteal6251]

That was an iconic song for my generation. As a group, your viewers are very wise. I am very impressed by your ear for voices, sir. Well done.

[@jacquelinejob2766]

Eric, the singer, was a hard man for sure. From Newcastle, which is the northern part of England.

[@lindaparker7199]

Eric Burden was called the "Bad Boy" of rock back in the day. Many people have already mentioned that "The House of The Rising Sun" was a house of ill repute. The Animals were an English group popular during the "English Invasion" of America when The Beatles first became popular. They had a string of hits as a group during the early to mid sixties.

[@Rick-or2kq]

Thought that title belonged to Mick Jagger?

[@lindaparker7199]

@@Rick-or2kq Don't know about Mick Jagger, but I heard Eric Burden called the "Bad Boy of Rock" during a performance on a television special when he was introduced.

[@slgibbs1]

Eric Burdon is an English singer and songwriter. He was previously the lead vocalist of the R&B and rock band the Animals and the funk band War. In 1969, while living in San Francisco, Burdon joined forces with California funk rock band War. In April 1970, the resulting studio album was titled Eric Burdon Declares "War" which produced the singles "Spill the Wine" and "Tobacco Road". "Spill the wine "is one I would love to see you react to.

[@jimbeckettplay]

Funny that you mentioned that Low Rider vibe. Eric Burden was the singer for that, too.

[@heartwork8318]

It’s been covered by a pile of artists recently even during a Ren and Ruby J jam session 😁here for The Animals! Yes they did both “We Gotta Get Out of this Place” and “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood “. Rising Sun was a prison of sorts, it was a “house of ill repute!” 😂😂😂❤️‍🔥✌🏻🫶🏻

[@wesmiddaugh230]

My favorite that year and still. 70mm wide screen that was not done back then. the tall guy found a man playing guitar in NY and took him to london and everyone was blown away by Jimmi Hendrix. notice that none of the instruments are connected to amps.

[@laurenblainebamartistmgt]

I love the keyboard in this, too. Communicates musically the hysteria of “no way out” “have to break free”. Kicks ass.

[@user-lk1bk9lo5c]

If you visit New Orleans you can see the House of the Rising Sun. It was a notorious brothel. In the 1960's they would get no radio airplay if they sang about a brothel so they thinly disguised the real meaning of the lyrics.

[@eekus1494]

The Animals were mostly a cover band. So despite big success they didn't make much money. "We toured non-stop for three years, doing 300 gigs a year and we hardly got a penny." Those are the words of Animals bassist Chas Chandler. So he became a talent scout, artist manager, and record producer. He started with... Jimi Hendrix having heard the then-unknown "Jimmy James" in a NYC nightclub.

[@seagull01-cp8pb]

The organ solo, the vocals, the instrumentation😱💕👍🦇

[@dixie3058]

The Animals are from my home town in ne England were a great sensation 👌

[@cherylfisk7698]

The one foot on the train and one on the platform, was where his Mom is trying to keep him from heading back to New Orleans, and the House of the Rising Sun.

[@shannonotoole3526]

Almost every Boomer learning guitar played this as their first song. All the major chords

[@Bob1014ify]

There is an A minor chord. Unless you meant all the open chords commonly used.

[@tprnbs]

Amin, CMaj, DMaj, FMaj and EMaj, intro is super easy to play :)

[@JudyDuduks-gm4rb]

Yes

[@dianaspy6733]

Yes I was about 10.

[@peggyshouse-gill8395]

Our band played the front porch and local venues in our early teens. One of the first songs we did that was rock 😊

[@proofprof50]

"The song tells the tale of a person who has led a troubled life in New Orleans, often associated with gambling, drinking, and other vices. The "house" in the song is often interpreted as a metaphor for various places of ill repute, such as brothels or gambling dens. The song's narrative typically revolves around regret and a warning against a life of vice."

[@Natasha-px2gw]

My daughter is 11 years old and this is still her favorite song of all time

[@thefluxcapacitor1]

I forgot about the show "Tour of Duty." I loved that show as a kid.

[@Mvtobebo]

The keyboard player is awesome! I love this song. The first time I saw this video I couldn't believe that voice was coming out of that face lol.

[@karenalex3274]

His name is Alan Price. One of the best keyboard/piano players in the business. Known as a consummate Geordie.

[@karenalex3274]

Alan Price is an excellent singer in his own right.He left the Animals and had a few hits himself

[@CrypticConversions]

The House of the Rising Sun was where the singer lived "in sin and misery." It's some sort of house of ill-repute, having at least one, if not all, of the vices like hookers, booze, gambling, etc. The ball and chain is the singer's addiction to his vice(s) His dad was a drunk gambler who probably deserted the family (he had a suitcase and a trunk). The singer was raised by his mom, but acting like his dad, some sort of addict.

[@bobsblues9944]

It ws an oriental opium den that had prostitutes

[@Bekka_Noyb]

yeah this!!

[@natashab3412]

No. It was originally told from a women's ( prostitute) perspective. Read long comment above. Words were chained. Girl/ boy brother/ sister.

[@emerald1805]

Various versions have evolved over the centuries. BUT - the “rising Sun” was slang in the 1700s-1800s for the Far East. (Land of the rising Sun). Opium Dens were known as “houses of the rising Sun” back then. Opium dens were rampant in England around when this song originated. It evolved to include New Orleans and different lyrics

[@ffjsb]

@@emerald1805 BS. This song isn't that old. Blues didn't exist in the 1700's, and only originated at the end of the 1800's.

[@thomasferguson2795]

“It’s my life” is another great one from the Animals in this era.

[@Morgaine]

The Animals were part of the British Invasion when The Beatles brought a wave of bands from the UK. You have to realize how revolutionary they were to Americans at that time. When Buddy Holly died, that was the end of the Ozzy & Harriet 50s when everyone had short hair. The hair styles look normal now, but they were extreme in those days - musicians went from D.A.s to Ceasar cuts and Beatle mops. The animal theme you noticed represents the wildness and nonconfornity of these bands. Everything about them reverberated through fashion, culture and as the Vietnam war took off, rebellion came with them.

[@77MrRd]

Eric Burden's voice has a unique sound , another of theirs which is a favorite of mine is "San Francisco Nights" What a nostalgia rush 😁

[@aliciahager2961]

This song was penned by Lead Belly (1888 - 1949) from Louisiana . He was known for Gospel, blues, folk; he is credited (finally) for founding the era of these musical genres. Midnight Special, Black Betty, Good Night Irene to name a few. American Folk and Folk Revival (60s) (Pete Seeger, The Weavers, certainly owe their early beginnings to this man. He was also instrumental in what was known as the British skiffle revival which produced an invasion of British folkies such as Lonnie Donegan, known for his cover of Rock Island Line, and includes The Animals. (Thank you for some of the info, Wikipedia.) House of the Rising Sun has a strong message about keeping to the straight and narrow. It is eerily haunting; try to imagine what kind of life a young black man living in the deepest South during Jim Crow, the Great Depression, Prohibition, racism, two World Wars; then listen to the mournful and soul filled sounds of any Lead Belly song. it wouldn't be too difficult to figure out where and what was behind that sound. 95% of songwriters and musicians owe tribute to this man. That soul you hear from Johnny Cash (Dyess, Arkansas) is an example of Lead Belly influence. As a student of music, I encourage you to look deeper into Lead Belly and his influence even today. I think you may realize you haven't missed out on music of the 60s, 70s, 80s. You just might find an untapped resource for rap.

[@kat-den]

Well said!

[@castlesintheair2]

I'm pretty sure the song has older origins than Leadbelly, as he didn't even record it until 1944. Some people even connect it to old English folk songs and broadside ballads. The oldest published lyrics are from 1925, and it was first recorded by Appalachian artist Clarence Ashley in 1933, who said he learned it from his father. Miners in the area apparently knew the song in 1905. But Leadbelly certainly had a big impact on the song and a lot of influence on its trajectory regardless of where it came from.

[@meyerhave]

"This song was penned by Lead Belly (1888 - 1949)" NO, the song was most certainly NOT "penned by Lead Belly".

[@aliciahager2961]

I thank you for the corrections. Yes, the song goes back farther than lead Belly. I appreciate your thoughts. Thanks.

[@denisem8356]

This song always gives me goosebumps! One of my favorites! So happy you listen to the request! I was one of the ones that requested it!

[@allydlovesherdogs]

This song gives me goose bumps everytime I hear it. One of my biggest favourites from the 60's. I was born in 68 so grew up listening to the best music back then. This was first recorded way way back by a black band. Not sure without looking them up what they were called. And then by many different artists, but The Animals is my favorite.

[@seagull01-cp8pb]

I think the smiling at the end was relief that they got through it. There is a whole story behind the recording of this song. 💕👍🦇

[@chelseahaley8350]

Yep! Still just crossing songs off my list left and right! 😊 Love this song! ❤

[@LoriTalbot-du2qt]

Eric Burdon is still performing, and killing it in his eighties !. He also performed with war.

[@mistydevillier2197]

Through the whole thing, I'm thinking, "Man, it's gonna be funny when he sees what this is really about."

[@mariajobson739]

It kills me how clean cut these 60's groups were ( my generation) and my grandfather from the old country, said they looked like "monkies" because of their hair !!! Lol when we watched the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show...same thing ! Lol

[@bkm2797]

Always preferred longish hair on guys, today it's too short or too long,lol.

[@xheralt]

The Monkees literally embraced the label!

[@mzphillips53]

You are so right! I'm 71 and was 11 when we first experienced the Brithish Invasion. Loved the Beatles, Dave Clark Five and Rolling Stones. I think the Stones were the first to not dress the same. But they always said the Stones were unkempt and dirty. They weren't they were just different.

[@bkm2797]

mzphillips53, Yeah, they were unkempt and on the dirty side,lol. Remember their first album Beggars Banquet...just sayin.

[@jaybennett236]

The dress was to be accepted by American audiences. The Beatles wore leather and boots like bikers with their slicked into DA's. But their manager said that they should change their appearance for their first American tour. Their "mop-tops" were first Ducktails!! Most American men still had flat-tops and really short hair. Elvis had greased back hair. The Beatles then morphed into superlong hair hippies!

[@user-ne3kq9cq4m]

Chris Farlowe "Out of time", 1966 was before it's time. Ian Drury and the Blockheads "Hit me with your rhythm stick" You'll love these.

[@susanpeters5392]

Yes please x

[@davidmcmahon4192]

Watching you evolve and alter over the years has brought me back to see more. Keep traveling forward my man, you're on the right track and I look forward to see you discover more of the music that has brought me joy and and comforted me through the lows etc........... and yes I totally agree that the guy smiling from ear to ear kills the vibe of the song visually👌Please have a look at Pink Floyd's have a cigar & Welcome to the machine........I think these songs will blow your mind in a good way and expand you're ever growing viewership! All the best :)

[@jonnno243]

Great song from my teenage years. First song I learned the guitar chords for. The guy on the sweet organ is Alan Price. Earlier on today I saw a video of him welcoming the original Fleetwood Mac on his own show.

[@patriciakeith6755]

Basically you start out going to a brothel, turn to illegal vices, get in some bad trouble and then end up wearing that old heavy ball and chain.

[@emerald1805]

The ‘ball & chain’ was originally opium. Various versions have evolved over the centuries. BUT - the “rising Sun” was slang in the 1700s-1800s (when this song originated) for the Far East. (Land of the rising Sun). Opium Dens were known as “houses of the rising Sun” back then. Opium dens were rampant in England around when this song originated. It evolved to include New Orleans and different lyrics.

[@encrypter46]

When the organist was moved to the front for the end of the video, it created a big grin.

[@meltaylor2810]

I love that, heard it many years ago, but his voice is awesome and I really noticed it.

[@alisonscurr4395]

It was first released by Clarence Ashley in 1933 and the title was “Rising Sun Blues”. The lyrics have changed over time. The house of the Rising Sun is sometimes a brothel, other times an opium den, but most consistently a place where you are lured and can never quite muster the will to leave. The Beatles, Nina Simone, Lead Belly, The Supremes, Dolly Parton, Sinead O’Conner, Jimi Hendrix to name a few have all released a cover of the folk-blues tune. I love the Animals cover the best.

[@karenglenn6707]

I’m Australian and remember this wonderful song from before I even was in primary school, I was 4. This is a classic and I love it to this day!!!

[@jasonturner6411]

When Tour of Duty first came on that air, Paint It Black was the shows original theme.

[@jackstrawful]

Having been familiar with this song for as long as I can remember, what I'm absolutely blown away by is this video! The players' movement through the frames, and the framing of the players, feels so modern - most of all the ending sequence, with the singer, face down camera, intimately advancing toward the screen, as everyone comes together behind him with the perfect composition for the final shot. Not what I would've expected from the typically stodgy, bland production values of the early 60s. It also occurs to me that the way the band members are almost at a slow march behind the band leader throughout, could be an homage to the famous musical processions on the streets of New Orleans.

[@davesmtn1079]

He is singing about growing up in a Brothel/Gambling House. The ball and chain for him is gambling. He has become a gambler like his father and is returning to the House of the Rising Sun. I have heard the guitarist is smiling because they did the video in one take.

[@annpriddy3870]

‘House of the Rising Sun’ is originally a song by Georgia Turner recorded in 1937. It was covered by many artists, including British rock band “The Animals” in 1964.

[@RiddleRascals]

The oldest known existing recording is by Appalachian artists Clarence Ashley and Gwen Foster and was made in 1933.

[@nunuvyabusiness8550]

House of the rising sun is said to have been known by American miners in 1905. The earliest printed version of the lyrics is 1925.

[@kathalinehansen7078]

link to Georgia's version kzbin.info/www/bejne/ranXYnmPo7mnZ7csi=5OziLFy24PX5KYF5

[@jeremiahrose4681]

Great group, classic song. There's a reason so many artists cover this song, legendary..

[@chickenmuscle1029]

One of my favorite singers. That dude can straight HONK!! Great react. Keepitup

[@karlweir3198]

I love this song. A friend of mine does this song all the time and they sound just like them! Great song ❤❤❤❤

[@garmit61]

Chas Chandler played bass on this. He later became a record producer, discovered Jimi Hendrix in the US, brought him back to blighty and matched him up with Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell and changed rock music forever. You're right about their other really big hit, We Gotta Get Out of this Place. Another fantastic song from the mid 60s when I was 3 or 4 yrs old 😂. Rising Sun still sounds as fresh and as great today. Alan Price's organ playing was haunting.

[@user-js1st7nx5r]

This song is a pure classic vocal is so raw it stands the test of time of being one of the best songs ever the talent of each of these musicians is mind blowing❤❤

[@teroholopainen1017]

I just saw the Animals on their farewell tour in Australia, twice. First in Sydney at the end of Feb and two weeks later in Canberra. Fabulous!!!! Granted the only original Animal was John Steele who's sat on the drummers chair since 1957. At the age of 83 he was still beating it like a champ!

[@Traveler13]

Growing up in the 60s n 70s in the UK the Animals were one of my favourite, Erics vocals are one of my favourite

[@susanpeters5392]

Same from Nottingham 63 yrs old hi x

[@Traveler13]

@@susanpeters5392 Ha ha same just outside Notts

[@susanpeters5392]

@@Traveler13 Hucknall hi x

[@Traveler13]

@@susanpeters5392 Long Eaton hi

[@jimward8025]

Eric was in the band WAR also

[@daveking9393]

Please please please do spill the wine please please. It's just phenomenal you must see it live... Wait till you hear the band he partners with for this tune. You're going to be blown away and they have a few great tunes too Eric Burdon & War - Spill The Wine (1970)

[@livenviouslywithnedaj.450]

Most discovered this song when they watched Casino for the first time. 👍🏾 it’s hauntingly, beautiful. The instrumentation is bananas.

[@Dreambeliever1]

Look into Eric Burdon singing a solo track titled WATER ...recorded in modern day. Also MEMORIAL DAY & FACTORY GIRL. His voice now in his 80's has aged like fine wine & the best matured whisky.

[@garylogan3640]

The theme song for Tour of Duty was Painted Black by the Stones, but We Gotta Get Out Of This Place was played during the show a couple of times as part of the soundtrack. The show was released as a box set a few years back but the license for Painted Black had expired so the new theme song was a guitar cover of Jimi Hendrix Voodoo Child I think.

[@OkiePeg411]

Actually, the song it "paint it black".

[@matthewdooley7855]

Dude's voice is insane. Love these early days of rock music - it's like, we wanna be rebels, but we also need to dress nicely. 😂 Keyboards from that time often gave a sort of Haunted House vibe.

[@KuscosPoison]

The smiling that the middle guy was doing was because they were having to do that slow walk repositioning so the camera was focused n those three. Off-screen the keyboard player was being repositioned with the band's crew shimmying the the instrument (corded and VERY heavy at that time) WHILE the man was still playing to get that final shot set up. They were basically shimmy/duck walking that thing across the stage as it was still being played. Imagine seeing that happening off to the side as you were playing and doing your bit. Dude was fighting a case of the giggles at the way it looked off to his side.

[@IronRaspberry]

Ren sang a bit of this in the last Twitch performance you reacted to. .

[@NilZed1]

The song is an old American folk song. The house of the Rising Sun is a brothel. There are multiple versions and the older versions are about how the house has ruined many a poor girl, but I think it had already been turned to being about a man before The Animals recorded their version. But that’s why the train verse doesn’t quite work. The first verses work better about a girl stuck working in a brothel. There’s no way out once a girl is in that life.

[@dannacarson-clark8060]

Ain’t no love in the heart of the city needs to be heard again

[@danrumble74]

It's played towards the end of Casino, when Sharon Stone is ODing 👍

[@RoxyKandyKoRn55]

This has always been n will always be my favorite version of this song❤

[@kelticink]

PEGASUS, great one bro, dudes voice while looking like nerds,is fantastic always a great band

[@positiveproductions6699]

I still remember hearing this song for the first time and one thing I would never forget the first thing you hear from this song instrument wise that guitar riff is one of the most iconic in music history in my opinion due to this song

[@stephenyoung2742]

The Everly brothers started me on my musical journey and the Animals rendition of this song showed what it evolved to!