The Animals "I'm Crying" on The Ed Sullivan Show

[@thunderbolt2145]

I always liked this lesser known Animals song

[@Miles_ethan]

That drummer is working harder than a single dad with 5 kids to support and no money in the bank.

[@spyderlogan4992]

As a 14 year old, just learning guitar and living in Franconia, Virginia, watching this in the rec room with them playing the entire song LIVE, in that moment of time, completely, utterly, exploded my mind forever. By the time the 3rd verse came around and Eric delivers his intense vocal, I became a life long fan of The Animals. John Steel plays part Bo Diddley and part Surf: incredible. Thank you Lord for allowing me to live long enough to see this again. Amen.

[@michaeltuz608]

This is another reminder of how wonderfully diverse pop music was in '64. Like you, I'm glad that I lived through it then and am able to enjoy it again now. Peace...

[@TheSchuyler75]

i’m from lynchburg virginia hi 👋

[@SideGigSquid]

You should check out the Tom petty cover of this song.

[@HungryH1951]

@@SideGigSquid I love Tom Petty and H. They are my favorite band. I have heard their version, it is good. But in MHO the Animals do it best. I think Tom would have agreed.

[@recordguy4321]

@@SideGigSquid aint half as good as this!

[@MOUNTAINLDC]

Eric Burden and The Animals FOREVER!

[@Tylerboyd2001]

Chas Chandler deserves more praise as a bassist and a singer. He had a great voice.

[@elisabethaxelsson4736]

Yes thats true and he was a great bass player,

[@Tpabisasnoozefest]

I’m pretty sure he worked with jimi Hendrix at some point.

[@morrisputman8592]

He is my favorite bass player all time. He even inspired me to play bass

[@morrisputman8592]

@@Tpabisasnoozefest he's was his manager :)

[@waybackplayback1347]

@@Tpabisasnoozefest He took Hendrix to England and set up The Experience.

[@RRM816]

The energy is awesome! increíble!

[@ahappynigerian]

Perhaps one of the most energetic performances of this band ever, especially compared to their other Ed Sullivan appearances

[@cassandra_bonnet]

Oh yeah 👍

[@briantaylor2.023]

They had to have been on amphetamines or something like that! 💀😂 (amphetamines [not methamphetamine] were VERY popular in the early-mid 60s)

[@joannehersom2866]

If you haven't already, check out their live performance at Wembly 1965, especially the songs BOOM BOOM and Talking About You. My mind was blown!

[@martinbench3657]

For a couple of years , the best band on the planet

[@KAROLA24]

They still are the best on this planet. Nobody can compare.

[@dashenka_l]

My God! What a voice!😳And of course the song is awesome, especially for the 60s🔥

[@BBQFanNo1]

Now this was Real Music.

[@waynenichollsvoiceofanange8762]

Love Eric voice, one of the best voices out there in the sixties 👋👋👋👋👋

[@claraglatthaar998]

One of the best voices to this day!

[@josephlegg1604]

You hear a lot about the British music invasion in America with bands like the Beatles etc but they never mention the animals. Shame I'm think they are one of the best British bands of all time.

[@rafaelvela52]

Yo diria de la HISTORIA

[@katrinavang5862]

The amount of self confidence that he presented was intoxicating!

[@tominnc315]

Pure greatness. 1964 lol. One of the great Ed Sullivan performances ever. Live

[@ТехноДом-я1у]

Рок 🎸 навсегда здорово 👍

[@vincentb4659]

Good shit. Pretty crazy for 64

[@johnsarab4500]

Wild for 64! The British Invasion just ripped our teeth out!

[@tomlehr861]

Best of all the english groups

[@ModGirl-nu1xk]

SING IT, little big Eric!

[@mandy4813]

I was down the high street and a young guy 14or 15 was listening to them it mad me smile it just shows they are still amazing, evertime Erik Burton.sings. It sounds different every time you won't get anyone on x factor like them

[@sammcbride2149]

Raw, real, and rocking, baby!

[@malkaheilbron2399]

The best song ever!!

[@bethh.9647]

Love love love this! And Eric was only 23 right? How fantastic was he! I am just overwhelmed by this performance.

[@Methilde]

Good voice but not a good song.

[@THECONTINENTALMAN]

​@@Methildewhy not good song?

[@Methilde]

Just comparing with others Animals great songs

[@THECONTINENTALMAN]

@@Methilde i see..

[@brewstergallery]

One of the few bands who were solid enough to play live without a backing track or having to lip synch. Thanks Mr Ed Sullivan for giving a spot to all those fabulous bands and performers.

[@hanno-erdmanntietz8424]

This is their original line-up with organist Alan Price. 'I'm Crying' reached no. 8 in the UK.

[@turntheradioon9448]

We don't have any bands like this today.....

[@oldrvr]

What a cute kid he was, along with being a great singer!

[@zickafoose]

He even got cuter!

[@oldrvr]

@@zickafoose yes, especially in his 30’s and 40’s. I think he still looks good for an 80 year old man. I don’t know of any other men his age that look as good as he does.

[@TD.snowmoblies]

I love in this clip they all are singing and grooving with the song, way better than the stones

[@timothydrumm5690]

The most articulate, Blues/Rock/Soul singer of all time - Mr. ERIC BURDON!

[@reerobinette7460]

Lots of Good Energy ✌️

[@dodadeb8954]

Love Eric's voice.

[@cindyduran4236]

They were so good and talented!

[@brendarudersmith1523]

Yes they are great Chas Chandler rocks

[@sw23831]

EB is so badass In this song Hell yes

[@magn8195]

Awesome ride rhythms by the drummer.

[@donnamaccrossan1358]

I always felt the UK has the best bands and singers and this is definitely one of them. Love, love, love 😀The Animals and still enjoying them at age 73. 💚💙💜👍

[@ebonylady]

The Animals were influenced by American R&B so it definitely showed up in their music. Love the band!!

[@omegajrz1269]

No. England has better bands, and the United States has better singers.

[@YacheBerries]

Incredible Alan Price and Eric Burdon composition; it's a shame that they both look at this song with so much disdain! It's such a high energy and fun number, with a great Hilton solo and instrumentation in general! Always a treat to see this one live.

[@haileyblogsandmore16]

2:28 Eric and his great dance moves!

[@missasinenomine]

Thigh-slapping good.

[@LFetterman7903]

Gotta love those thighs! 🥰

[@colestone14]

Those moves

[@isaacarteaga6141]

Alan Price amazing keyboardist

[@genericgeorge]

and a good vocalist himself

[@garysanborn641]

Real fast fingers!

[@NameThatSong1]

This band has amazing vibe! Unique Vox! I can't believe "The house of the rising son" is their only song played on classic rock radio. Just recently got more into "The Animals" thanks to KZbin. I'm on a major 50s/60s rock kick lately!

[@byronfortier6555]

Can't go wrong with that!

[@HungryH1951]

When I was a 15 year old kid in the 60's they got lots of airplay, including this song. They were big. Things get lost over the years, unfortunately. Lots of good songs have drifted away into the sea of forgotten songs.

[@revrotunda3206]

The Animals are one of the great groups of The British Invasion. Eric Burdon is a living legend.

[@rockinrobb4350]

WOW how hot a performance is this!! one of my all time favorite songs !! Hear me crying is a classic!!! The energy from just this raw live performance is amazing!! Eric not only tears it up but listen to Chas rockin out, Hilton banging away and Price pounding the keys!! Man you cant ask for a better live set than this!! LONG LIVE THE ANIMALS!!!

[@ilovesmysangsomsangsom3500]

Hilton banging away???

[@TD.snowmoblies]

All of them banging their heads!

[@rockinrobb4350]

@@ilovesmysangsomsangsom3500 Yep! Banging away on those six strings on his Gretsch Tennessean!!

[@NialPowerCork]

Phenomenally cool !

[@SonofLiberty-zw7op]

Good song on the record. Absolute fire live. Animals live.....get the burn suits. Cuz it's a scorcher!

[@cassandra_bonnet]

Guess I'm a big fan now !

[@corilia9529]

Eric was a force of nature!

[@richardbarrera8290]

He is definitely the Icon of Blue’s Rock !! ❤🎉👍✌️😎

[@tacey505]

outstanding, probably one of the first "live" broadcasts ever

[@ColonelNickSteel]

What a voice!

[@johnsarab4500]

British Mississippi 'from the gut' music. Song still sound kick a**!

[@davidnelsen5922]

I Loved them!

[@alartandy]

This was the opening act on the Ed Sullivan Show. In the second half their performance of "The House of the Rising Sun" was preempted by a presidential address from Lyndon Johnson, to the dismay of many Animals fans.

[@sarita423]

Ed Sullivan only allowed them to peform I'm Crying if they performed House, which they didn't to perform.

[@jonking00]

That was on the West Coast, I remember it vividly. So traumatic ... and by that I don't mean the B.S. Tonkin Gulf "crisis" that ruined the moment.

[@alartandy]

@@jonking00 It was East Coast, too, on WCBS-TV in New York. When LBJ came on with his usual monotonous tone, my brother and I cursed at the TV! We had waited so long to finally see The Animals perform live on TV.

[@LightSnowOvernight]

They always played with such energy

[@christinekauppinen586]

Really Great 👍 Performance ❗😄

[@FranciscoMartinez-vl3yp]

The Animals teaching how to cry and dance a go-go at the same time.

[@byronfortier6555]

ha ha ha!

[@kristijanknezevic4725]

thats some extraordinary piece of singing, Burdon amazed me again even though i heard this one many times

[@patriciagarcia2766]

One of my favorite bands of the sixties!

[@Scotttyist]

Great to see so much of John Steel on the drums. He really works in this one :)

[@Mncrr]

Great jazz drummer like Charlie watts and the great ginger baker

[@SandraMaria-go9hh]

The Animals amazing group! Just good songs.

[@mistery-ed7900]

👏👏for Eric Burdon!

[@that70sgirl90]

And that's just how they did it... Thank you for sharing! 💖

[@octaviansmusiccorner]

One of my favorite animals tunes for sure

[@richardwilson9560]

One of the best front man of all times!

[@garyonderisin8338]

Truly another Great band and Great song!

[@EdKazO-Vision]

Youthful Eric had the voice of an ancient country blues man. Fantastic performance. I love what he’s doing with the drums on this.

[@dwaynewladyka577]

My favorite male singer is a tie between Eric Burdon and Ray Charles. I saw Eric Burdon and The Animals live in 2008. I met Hilton Valentine, after the show. May Chas Chandler and Hilton Valentine rest in peace. Cheers!

[@lechatel]

Have you heard The Animals cover of 'Hit the Road Jack'? Its on youtube and if you haven't, you should....as a fan of both singers....

[@eriklara68]

Powerful performance. 👏👏🎶🎵🎼🎸🎹🎹🎤🎤

[@1e0s]

Wow I love the energy of this performance. Showcases the whole band. Brrilliant

[@redrocket4853]

Really a great drum track!! 5 stars!!

[@jimmygutarthn5821]

I love the genre of music I love the guitars I love the way they move and shake and I have a rock ‘n’ roll band and I really want to do stuff like that and scream shout play guitar move around modern music still rocks my socks off but this stuff rocks my shoes off

[@jimmygutarthn5821]

Even though this will be seven months to respond to I also love the style that they would sing in the swagger of Eric Burdon and Jagger and the skill of the Beatles just makes me feel something like the feeling that I could get up and do that if I worked my ass off, I could and just the pure craziness of Keith moons drumming and I the swinging blue jeans I love their cover of long tall Sally

[@sw23831]

Eric Burdon shouting it out what a great voice and performance

[@randymillhouse791]

Erice Burdon has been my favorite singer since about the time that girl up the street loaned me her parent's record Animalization. That must have been about 1980, 81? She thought I was weird to be into this "old stuff." She was such a good person and she died at age 30. Still don't know the circumstances. It wasn't as if she could have texted me back in those days. When you moved, you were GONE and all those you knew were gone unless phone numbers were written down.

[@TWayneD1020]

Wonderful !!! Thank you so much !!!

[@jeanbrown2351]

just love them

[@Xsouaa]

que guapo era eric dios mío

[@skidlebooe321]

50 years ago and still amazing

[@3ofus135]

It's been 60 years

[@СпросиИСохрани-ц5ц]

so energy!

[@terrynak]

Thanks for uploading this video - the sharpest, cleanest version of this Ed Sullivan clip that I've seen! Agree with the other commenters about Chas Chandler's wonderful back-up vocals on this and many other Animal tracks.

[@allisonpayne2097]

Super group from the past but still a blast 😎

[@jasonedison4667]

Really good

[@B1jujv75]

Pure classic....Pop

[@tnickel2]

I sure miss rock and roll.

[@katherinebegay4956]

Still luv it 😂😂❤

[@lauradaly8020]

1965-i remember this one

[@lechatel]

1964

[@Mr6stringchaos]

Such a great song!!!

[@carolanncesare7170]

Tear it up!

[@jls1974]

The Beatles and the Rolling Stones may have had more hits. Mick Jagger was (and still is) a great frontman, but no British band had the lead vocal pipes that Eric Burdon had. He was probably the best lead vocalist of all the British Invasion bands.

[@leslie2795]

Queen

[@SanBan-do7by]

What about Paul Jones and Mike Smith also Roger Daltrey

[@juancarlosdiazgomez6670]

Toda LA Razon Del Mundo Entero y Mundial ♥️ 😊

[@bellacasal12345]

Pobre voz de Lennon...La voz de Maccartney es muy seca😮

[@zeljkofatzek3670]

Colin Blunstone comes to mind...

[@acewhite2591]

One of the best songs they soon sang The Animals.And Eric what a beautiful beast😍 Cool video quality💋👌

[@LFetterman7903]

Ace, I couldn’t agree more! He was a god! SO HOT!

[@kenhoyer8601]

Even with a crappy sound system. They’re still good.

[@sampopkin]

Rest In Peace, Hilton Valentine

[@davidedwards504]

Long walks playing this over and over on an mp3 got me through a bad break up.

[@michaelfuria4257]

Eric at his best live voice...

[@helenarobillard7666]

You got that right.

[@joseramos9935]

Damn my boys be getting it 🤘

[@marcusmclendon3539]

Epic

[@manubet100]

What a kind of nuke is this????? Is pure Radio 261, and Uranium 238, is pure Energy!!!!!!!

[@troystaten5633]

Such an awesome singer and band

[@bartleywalton1888]

Thanks for the upload

[@larry7124]

That one I never seen before we always see the standard stuff wonder how many other hidden goodies are out there

[@filomenarossana9238]

Asu cuando era joven era pero un galanazo ps si .en sus épocas en los 60 ❤️❤️😘😘😘😘😘😘💪👍👍🤟🤟🤟🤟😘🙌🙌✌️✌️👋👋

[@balylyba2387]

youah un rock dans toute sa splendeur , respect !!!

[@bluesurfer87]

Sensational

[@KAROLA24]

Boy oh boy, they had fun! Those were the great times to be alive.