The Animals - The House Of The Rising Sun 1964 (High Quality)

[@MosaicRose99]

Eric Burdon, the lead singer had the face of a kid, but sang with such an old soul sound. Love the Animals!.

[@sylviafarese8837]

Wasn’t Eric 16 here?

[@MosaicRose99]

@@sylviafarese8837 I believe he might have been around 23 here, but Eric looked very boyish and younger in the early years of the band...

[@sylviafarese8837]

Mosaic Rose Thank you for that.

[@robertshadbolt3056]

One of the great voices of the twentieth century, still belting out songs at 80

[@gailmarsillett6452]

@@sylviafarese8837 No, he was in his early twenties.

[@tlp8295]

We were lucky enough to have TV shows that featured great singers and musicians. Tv appearances and lots of musical tv shows at the time. Ed Sullivan. American Bandstand and Soul Train we had Heehaw Sonny and Cher Donny and Marie variety shows were a family gathering

[@NelsaSimone]

Omg the vocals on this one really had me shook! I could feel an old country vibe in certain notes too 🥰

[@benabel7326]

It's a cover / adaption of a very old Folk song.

[@Code9]

FUN FACT: No one knows who wrote “House of the Rising Sun”. Because Eric Burdon and the Animals had such a massive hit with their recording of this song back in 1964, most people assume Eric Burdon wrote it. Fact is, no one knows who wrote it. Musicologists have tried to track down its origins but it's so old that its origins are lost in the murky mists of time. It may even go back all the way to 17th century England in a form that became known as "Broadside Ballads." If it did originate in England then it probably came to America via some ocean-going traveler who may have sung it here in the U.S. and then others picked it up and it slowly got passed around. Also, if it did originate in England, then someone had to have changed the location of the brothel from its location in England to New Orleans, probably to make the song more relevant to American audiences. That is all speculation, obviously, since no one knows for sure what the original lyrics were in that particular verse. Another interesting thing about the song is that in some versions it's about a man lamenting his experience in the brothel while in other versions it's a woman telling of her trials and tribulations at the brothel. I first heard it by folk singer, Joan Baez, a year or two before the Animals' released their version. In the Animals version the narrator is a man. In the Baez version the narrator is a woman. There is also a version of the song by the legendary folk singer, Huddie (Leadbelly) Leadbetter, that is so different (both melodically and lyrically) that it's barely recognizable as the same song. Another early rendition of the song was by Bob Dylan about 3 years before the Animals released their hit version. The oft-told story about Dylan "stealing" the song from folk/blues singer, Dave Van Ronk, is sort of true but also sort of not true. The "sort of true" part is that Dylan did first hear the song being performed by Van Ronk who wanted to record it. But Dylan included it on his own debut album (released in 1962) before Van Ronk got a chance to record it. The "sort of not true" part is that no one "owns" that song so you can't "steal" something that is not owned by anyone. And, as far as I'm aware, no one really knows where Van Ronk heard the song in the first place. Back in the '60s, a plethora of folk singers were all hanging around in coffee houses in New York's East Village where traditional folk songs were passed around and performed by anyone who wanted to sing them. People didn't have cell phones back then so there was no way to record a song on the spot. So, if some traveling folk-singer happened to hear a song somewhere and then moved on to another town and sang the song for another audience, the singer might not remember exactly how the lyrics went and would just make up new lyrics to fill in for the lyrics that he/she couldn't remember. This happened for decades (even hundreds of years in some cases) and that's why there are so many versions of old folk songs. Musicologists sometimes refer to this borrowing, changing, and adapting of a song as "the folk process".

[@capeclearisland]

Finally, someone gets it: "old country Baptist quartet, old time Gospel; the singer is at church wailing and witnessing to the people what he had done (gambling? murder? drugs?), warning the mommas not to let their children do the same thing; then he's going back to New Orleans to face the consequences, or to continue (the ball and chain); the set is churchy and the organ playing is taking us there. Eric Burdon is not just a singer, he is an artist; he feels the words and conveys a message. Thank you for your great reaction.

[@carollittle1059]

My teen years, The British Invasion. They all wanted to meet BB KING, Little Richard,Chuck Berry. This video is from a tv appearance. Loved The Anials more than The Beatles.

[@SubiPhydeaux]

Uploaded in 1964. Love that line.

[@yesthisisvic]

The big guy in the rear on bass is Bryan "Chas" Chandler. He discovered Jimi Hendrix, landing him his record deal and then becoming his manager.

[@crabboy8302]

If true, and I will believe it is, is f’n amazing to me.

[@thunderroad7289]

@@crabboy8302 it’s true

[@TampaCEO]

Rolling Stone Magazine placed his voice in the top 100 greatest rock voices of all time. I would put him in the top 10.

[@itsyagirlc1234]

This one is another oldie but goodie! From vocals to playing instruments they did that!

[@Jettingred4]

Ah The House of the Rising Sun! Grew up as a teenager listening to all these tunes in the 60’s and 70’s! Rock on!

[@JamesJohnson-qm6gh]

I was 9 when this song came out. The first sound of the organ captures everyone and captivates the listener till the end. When you combine Eric Burdens one of a kind voice you end up with this perfect song.

[@susannewitt6112]

Eric Burdon - the boy from the U. K. with the voice of an old blues guy in the south of the US. Love it.

[@MegaTurkeylips]

I liked and subscribed in the first 30 seconds. I was not disappointed.

[@lint9729]

Boy do I ever remember this song! Have it on my playlist. I was just 13 when it came out!

[@johnthornton5386]

Sure wish musicians would start making music like this again,

[@peeramidwithin3823]

We do. That’s not what the industry wants anymore. It’s frustrating, we’ve lost a generation of music to obscurity. It’s really tough as a musician trying to do something.

[@jamesdrynan]

This song was recorded in one take at a London studio in May, 1964. The engineer set the levels, they played it once, it was mixed and mastered in 25 minutes. Burdon's soaring, bluesy vocal and Price's pulsating organ solo are standouts. This video shows them syncing to the playback, it's not a live performance.

[@justblaze11784]

Recorded in 1 take bc thats all they could afford and still made this timeless classic. This is one of the most powerful songs ever made if you ask me.

[@esside8688]

I know I'm late to the party. What gets me every time I see this video is the second guy in line smile. Just about every one else is strait face and concentrating, but he is just having a blast.

[@garrymoore2161]

Thisafternoon, i will be sttending our 50th high school reunion banquet in 1964, i was in elementary. This classuc us ancient and standing the test if time

[@miamidolphinsfan]

A CLASSIC !!!! This is a song I grew up on

[@francescopasquini6947]

1964 I was 13years old Love the song then😍👍🇮🇹

[@kristenlevine3446]

I loved this song when I heard it 57 years ago, and I still love it 😍. Thanks for your nice reaction video ! 🌺🙏😍

[@daveofarrell7795]

Try their "Please don't let me be misunderstood ", "We gotta get outta this place " Awesome songs!

[@ladyshar42]

definitely these

[@thefrancisfamily808]

Mercy the vocal is amazing

[@johnd8892]

A classic record. So pleased you found it and it delivered for you. The images were from a UK colour film from 1964 for theatre release that explains the high quality color images we luckily have for this performance and a few other top UK only music artists where the film was made. KZbin has quite a few segments from this UK movie Pop Gear with the US contribution being to retitle it Go Go Mania and add a few intro segments to satisfy the US audience. A KZbin search for Pop Gear Go Go Mania shows the segments : @ The intro by TCM explains the background of the film. While some of these segments were likely to be shown on US Colour TV much later , the source would originally be high quality film. In 1964 images not recorded on film would be much lower quality videotape, not the notable quality images used here. Especially with the inferior US NTSC standards often called Never The Same Colour. So lucky the film was made instead of relying on low standard video tape recordings that were usually taped over anyway to save tape cost money. I would be amazed to see any video recording from 1964 up to this standard of image quality. Sound quality irrelevant as a better sound source can easily replace or lesser quality film track early source. These films mainly used mimed performances as the vast majority of theatre audiences wanted to hear the music performance as they knew it from the records. Hope this helps people who have the colorized and vidoetape theories that pop up.

[@bobpancake7482]

I liked this song when i was 16 and i still like it at 71

[@antprice8826]

Alan Price on keyboards, outstanding 💕🇬🇧

[@johnnybarstow8950]

They are on a TV show in this performance, you just don't see the audience but there is an audience.

[@iwasframedformyparentscrim9519]

What gets me is that Eric Burdon doesn’t even seem to be working all that hard to get that voice! Love the channel!

[@rosswatson5996]

They were founded like many British bands in the 1960s. While on tour in the U.S. the bass player, Chad Chandler, "discovered" Jimi Hendrix in New York. Chad brought Jimi to London and became his manager.

[@tammythacker6110]

Great, great song❤❤❤❤❤ LOOOOOOOOVE THIS SONG!!!!

[@jameswoodward6312]

He is 80 years young and still singing ...!!

[@peppers1587]

See the bass player? He is responsible for bringing one of his unknown for the most part guitar friends from Seattle to London where he found instant fame. The guitarist was Jimmi Hendrix

[@JustK1]

Oh this was cool.. oldies but goodies for sure 👍 😊

[@darrinhall7206]

this is my favorite song i first heard this was in 2004 i was 14 an i've been addicted to this song ever since its even my ring tone i love it

[@darrellbeam8053]

Lol. Love it that so many new folks loving this old classic.

[@sheri_bear]

Steppenwolf - Born to be Wild and/or Magic Carpet Ride

[@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710]

Steppenwolf - Monster/ Don't Step On The Grass, Sam

[@nancycoy9510]

I have watched alot of videos. Yours is the funniest when you smacked that girl in the head too funny!

[@fatamorrighan]

released in 1963. They made the video in one take, in 15 minutes. After they finished, they did a show. way ahead on their time. This song can make you embrace the darkness in yourself. Very powerful!

[@hamar9900]

I love the old videos because they real talent. You know the vocals are real, no auto-tune, they didn't have computers to adjust every aspect of the instruments, it is just raw talent.

[@AmosTheTalented]

Great seeing one of my favorite groups getting extra exposure!

[@CHRISRepAZ]

I made my husband take me to see Eric burdon a few years ago. He still sounded great.

[@reenym3577]

Just came across this video by chance. Love your reactions and your voice. I had to subscribe 😀

[@cherielamore4040]

Great song!

[@jr_1029]

It's cool to see these old videos. Folks dont look like we imagined from their voices sometimes.

[@itsyagirlc1234]

so true!

[@Stormy7573]

Damn straight

[@standstrongforus3427]

Back then it was talent, no computer alterations like today.

[@dougall1687]

True. But it wasn't without some smooth edits. The keyboard and drums are towards the middle of the video side by side, but towards the end they're quite a way apart, so this isn't the single take that it kind of seems like.

[@tonybennett4159]

@@dougall1687 Nonetheless, the Animals sounded great in live performance.

[@oldrvr]

Love the lead singer, Eric Burdon! He’s an outstanding singer, and he has had a long career. Still singing to this day.

[@whereryan28]

love ya reaction videos stay safe and have a awesome day

[@wendywhite4537]

I love the Animals. My favorite band that my Momma listened to.

[@anja_katharina4891]

Eric burdon is the best Love this song!

[@Col_Fragg]

"The House of the Rising Sun" is a traditional folk song that dates back to, at least, the 19th century. It is unknown who originally wrote the song.

[@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710]

Huddie Ledbetter

[@rucerius4968]

@@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710 It actually goes back further than that. The oldest known recording of the song, under the title "Rising Sun Blues", is by Appalachian artists Clarence "Tom" Ashley and Gwen Foster, who recorded it on September 6, 1933 on the Vocalion label. Ashley said he had learned it from his grandfather, Enoch Ashley.

[@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710]

@@rucerius4968 Perhaps, you are correct. I no longer have my Huddie Ledbetter songbook. I'm a bi confused and may not recall correctly, but I was thinking the song was written wile he was still in prison. Oh well, it's an old song to be sure. It was mentioned that " The Animals " searched through the trash of America to find it. That's probably where my Huddie Ledbetter songbook ended up.

[@johnrectangle6034]

When the Animals recorded this tune, in one take, the Record Company asked about the credits, Alan Price the organist said he wrote the arrangement. So he became legally the author, and when the others members discovered who got the money , it was the beginning of the end for the Animals

[@optimist3580]

It’s a lot older en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_of_the_Rising_Sun The Rising Sun was a common pub name in 14th century England, it’s all tied up with French heraldry

[@hadrenspicer9035]

Eric burdon vocal.Chas chandler bass.Alan price keyboard.Hilton Valentine guitar.John steel Drums.Chas died several years ago.Alan left the band in 1966.Hilton died Jan 30 2021.the best band to come out of the British invasion.Eric stills performs.

[@andreaknapp2394]

Classic! Great song!

[@jameshartsfield2228]

The tall bass player discovered Jimmy Hendrix and became his manager.

[@thefrancisfamily808]

I love this song

[@757optim]

Most TV appearances from this era were lip-synced. Not because the artists couldn't perform live - Midnight Special proved that they could - but the logistics and production costs were problematic. Most TV audiences preferred the studio recording and just getting to see the artists anyway - presumably. MTV made a living on the concept.

[@johnd8892]

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

[@jaw2730]

This was an original lead belly song. He was a delta blues singer. Several songs of leadbellys was re recorded by nirvana, animals, ram jam etc. sang lead belly and Robert Johnson who wrote crossroads back in 1929

[@robertshadbolt3056]

Predates leadbelly, he was the first person to record it though.

[@iamthatiam4496]

Now it’s time to say, “ Thank You Boomer”

[@stevedavis6618]

Real music, about real life, sung from the heart.

[@llddau]

I love this video. Something about the voice, the suits, the gorgeous stares, and the whole video concept is just so sexy, yes, even with that hair.

[@pastordeannakministryoffai1364]

Kzoe you go girl Great 👍 Job loving you I like that song!

[@Elerad]

Has a sort of gospel rock sound to it, doesn't it? The keyboard sounds like an organ, the notes sound like a church choir. I like that you commented on the yellow background. I always thought that was an interesting choice to go with their brown and yellow suits. Has a very earthy, kind of old world look to to with the old world sound.

[@kellyspann9845]

I think this song knocked the Beatles out of their number one spot on the charts back then.

[@DaveSquibbSr]

Actually this was recorded on live TV

[@christiandavis2916]

Mimed, because the sound is the studio recording.

[@lordofthewoods]

@@christiandavis2916: That's what I was going to say, because I'm sure Eric put A LITTLE MORE EFFORT into the vocals than it appears he did in the video : )

[@oWarlock360o]

There have been live gigs where he sings similar

[@christiandavis2916]

@@oWarlock360o Yes, but this is actual the studio track.

[@lordofthewoods]

@@oWarlock360o: Yep, no doubt... He just wasn't doing it in this vid.

[@artbagley1406]

"House" is definitely a cautionary tale told by an unfortunate "poor boy" who fell victim to the ravages of a life of degradation in New Aw-lee-uns. Parents not "all there," spent his life in "sin and misery" and was torn between changing his ways or accepting the humiliation that he'd already experienced, reflected in what I think is the most emotive line in the lyrics: "Well, I've got one foot on the platform, the other foot on the train; I'm goin' back to New Aw-lee-uns to wear that ball-and-chain."

[@rebapuck5061]

Burdon did sing in church, I've read.

[@williamdalzell5723]

When the world ends, this is the song that plays as the credits roll through

[@cathryntrueblood8294]

Pentatonix Imagine Cover, they are an all vocal group with beat boxing thank you for sharing yourself and your reactions.

[@thefrancisfamily808]

The Francis family in the house watching all ads

[@danconroy8293]

Eric Burden,the original punk!

[@kiethblack3870]

I want to see you react to "Funky" (1970) by the Chambers Brothers! [:-)]

[@HerDestiny]

Heyyy! KZOEY NATION. Love the Intro. 😂 This song was popular when I was a little girl. 🎵 Very nice reaction. Great job on your channel. A very big like. 👍 I'll make sure to tune in again. Have a wonderful night. 💕🌷

[@christinegelabert1651]

@@KzoeyNation This song is actually about a REAL women's prison in the south in New Orleans. On the top of the entrance there's a small stained glass of a half circle. It's got the design of a rising sun in it. I'm an international prisoner advocate for over 30 years. This has been my favorite song and bands for decades. Youve got to listen to Spill the Wine next. I've got two brothers who are 8 and 10 yrs older than me. So I got introduced to a lot of music that wasn't exactly in my era. I used to sing with 1 of my brother who played guitar and my other brother played the piano. I grew up listening to things like the Monkees but also Jethro Tull and old blues and jazz and classical because they were trained in classical music. I ess the only kid on my block listening to Billie Holiday and Bach and Perry Como. My parents are 40 YEARS older than me so I grew up listening to old singers like Nat King Cole and big bands and swing. The first song I learned to sing was One by Three Dog Night. I was like 7 yrs old when it came out in the 60s LOL! You should really check out that band they've got a GREAT anthology! I'm so glad youre expanding your videos and going back a bit more into hhe 60s anf older videos. The vocal range you're going to find in these artists is truly amazing and definitely will blow you away. Creedence Clearwater Revival, Billie Holiday (Strange Fruit~live), ANYTHING by BB King, Santana~older or new is good~Black Magic Woman IS a classic of his, Cab Callaway, Evanescence, Madonna~Like A Prayer are a few suggestions for you. That'll take you from like the 30s to the 90s okay? Wishing you Peace, Love and good music for your soul from Long Island NY sweetie! 😉❤😎

[@zanyzara8788]

Happy Friday my friend Stay safe Your little friend ZanyZara

[@albertbrankovic]

father is satisfied only wehn is drunk....this lyrics is reality even in 2022 ...

[@mizzlemoonglade4996]

I live for your intro XD

[@Cube210]

2020 The year black people discovered 1960's music.

[@matsjakobsson1376]

This was made live, in One take!!

[@r.e.ritchard6901]

The audio recording was done in one take, but not this film clip. They were "pretending" to sing and play their instruments to this original recording.

[@garyleonard9110]

Glad you research it before comments so many. Don't

[@momanddaughterasmr6405]

Great reaction, super and like.

[@31wst83]

Awesome! Yellow is my color also!

[@redarthurgaming8699]

Idk how many subscribers you got but ik I'm one of em now😂🔥🖐🏾

[@loribrooks7273]

Your intro is hilarious girl !

[@veliasalazar8678]

I love your reaction but if you really want to see this lead singer sing with War spill the wine

[@rickwilson8354]

Also have electric guitar signed by Eric Burdon and a concert ticket I was backstage at a K-LOVE radio station back in the early 80s I hate sounds is a good he'll be 80 years old soon and he sounds just as good as he did then

[@rickwilson8354]

He will be 80 years old and he sounds as good as he did then

[@monkeykh4647]

'Uploaded' in 1964?? Bless 😂

[@joshc7123]

This is the remastered video, it's was originally black and white. And from what I've read, this was done in one take

[@cindyshawver9986]

Hard to believe that voice came out of that little 23 yr old baby-face, am i right ??....LOL

[@alexfletcher5192]

'Hard as nails' Tynside kids from north-east of England were never going to fuck around with ballads. Funny thing is Hilton Valentine (the guitarist) not getting the memo about not fucking smiling during this film. A major hit abroad, their whole ouvre was based on sounds imported on records from the states. How did they do it? Nobody knows....

[@cindy844]

0:30 "I don't know, was it uploaded or shot in 1964" 😆 😆

[@georgiawalker4320]

It sure as hell wasn't uploaded in 1964! 😀

[@kirksalvatore2916]

Great reaction! I would love to see your reaction to Popular Monster by Falling in Reverse next!

[@michaelhughes3472]

I saw them in 1966 and what you see is what you get. Except for Eric Burden the lead singer was bare foot and a girl at the concert touched his foot and fainted..They put out a few songs..

[@ladyshar42]

You should check out The Who's Love Reign O'er Me. amazing vocals, and the drums, especially at the very end, are incredible

[@mikejordan9754]

If you want guaranteed chills take a look at ghost love score by Nightwish. Their originally from Finland and the lead singer Floor Janson sings like a siren.

[@airthief36]

yeah it was uploaded in 1964. for real. uploaded to the net..... in 1964

[@justsmashing4628]

Please watch AC/DC bad boy boogie live BBC rock goes college 1978...epic video to react to 😊

[@Phoenix-bg1xt]

This song is about a lady of the night explaining how her life is, it's deals with a brothel. Actually it is an old song.

[@dionnecoburn134]

Just think there was no auto tune back in the day!! What you saw and heard is what you got!! Unlike today where everyone copies each other!! It doesn't take talent when you do everything fake tones and lyrics that dumb down people! The Animals had several hits! Stay safe!

[@GN-jn1ty]

This song came out when I was a kid (5 years old) - it took me forever to figure out that the House of the Rising Sun was more of an opium den than a gambling casino - it's the literal addiction that is the ball and chain.

[@rickwilson8354]

Listen to When I Was Young by The Animals