Classic , hope u good kid 😂 I'm Black you tree not far take a look at tesla, triumph and modern muse, why no queen either 😭 yo would like to ve it all keep. Good 👍
I'm assuming you probably know Hurt isn't a Johnny Cash song, it's originally by Nine Inch Nails, but even Trent Reznor has said it's now Johnny's song. The Cash version was used to great effect in an episode of Person of Interest after one of the main characters died.
The Animals formed in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1962. Other The Animals songs, "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place" and "Don't Let Me Be Missunderstood". Eric Burdon also sang in the group "War". One of their songs "Spill The Wine".
Eric Burdon was born to a working class family and describes his early school years as a "dark nightmare" that "should've been penned by Charles Dickens.” Due to the river pollution and humidity in Newcastle Eric suffered asthma attacks daily. During primary school, he was "stuck at the rear of the classroom of 45-50 kids and received constant harassment from students and teachers alike." He goes on to say his primary school was "jammed between a slaughterhouse and a shipyard on the banks of the Tyne. Some teachers were sadistic - others pretended not to notice - and sexual molestation and regular corporal punishment with a leather strap was the order of the day."
The earliest written version is said to have dated from around the Civil War, though it's thought to have been derived from either an English or French folk song from as early as the 16th century.
My dad, a Vietnam vet, begged me to learn this on guitar when I was 16. I reluctantly did, played it for him, and he started to cry. I'm glad I learned it.
@@trishemerald2487Back when this came out I was in seventh grade and if you played at all this was a must learn and was usually your first unavoidable encounter with the F chord.
The Animals were all British. Alan Price became famous in his own right as an electric keyboard/organ player and the bass player Chas Chandler brought Jimi Hendrix to England and was the manager of the Jimi Hendrix Experience.
Eric Burden is regarded as one of the British Invasion's most distinctive singers with his deep, powerful blues-rock voice. Burdon is also known for his intense stage performances.
The singer Eric Burden is English having been Born in Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne. Definitely recommend more from The Animals. Including "We Gotta Get Out of This Place", "It's My Life", "Don't Bring Me Down", or another power Ballad "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood". Or check out “Eric Burden & WAR” do “Spill the Wine”. Whole ‘nuther Level. 5:11 Keep up the good work.
71 years old here. The Animals were huge back in the 60s. Hard to fathom you young kids not having heard them! They are English, but very popular here in the US. This is such a great song.
A self-taught musician, he was a founding member of the Tyneside group the Alan Price Rhythm and Blues Combo, which was later renamed the Animals. His organ playing on songs by the Animals, such as "The House of the Rising Sun", "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood", and "Bring It On Home to Me" was a key element in the group's success.[1] As a member of the Animals, he appeared on numerous television shows including Ready Steady Go!, The Ed Sullivan Show, Hullabaloo, and Top of the Pops. Price left the band in 1965 because of personal and musical differences, as well as his fear of flying while on tour.
Please remember, there were no music videos, as we know them today. This was a recording of a live television appearance. As such, the music and vocals are live, with zero auto-tune or post recording manipulation. The artists were all really that talented. And this was done with all analog equipment.
TV appearances in this period were almost always the band lip-synching to their record. It's not that they couldn't perform live, it's that the equipment in the TV studios wasn't up to capturing the live performances well, so if they wanted to sound their best they had to play the record. In videos like this, look closely at the guitars and basses -- most of the time they're not even plugged in.
Best way to describe that voice coming from that kid? He has "An Old Soul"... meaning someone older and more mature from the past resides in that young man.
I knew the song before ever watching the video and I still remember how it blew my mind as a young girl the first time I realised who that voice belonged to
I'm so glad so many young people today are doing reactions to music from earlier times. It shows up modern music of today as being highly manufactured. Corporations have completely taken over music composition today, and the great potential of today's young people is being trampled. A great sorrow and loss.
And, surprisingly in this instance, just possibly it is an ancient English folk tune, but that is practically lost in the mist of time! The organist and vocalist NEVER spoke to each other again after disputes over money from this very lucrative track! Always much more to learn, MB.
Yes ! Thanks UK !! You guys made radio-listening so much fun in the 1960s and beyond. I love Gerry & The Pacemakers and The Psychedelic Furs. ( from Kansas USA )
Interesting side note. The Animals’ bass player, Chas Chandler, pretty much discovered Jimi Hendrix. After seeing him in the US when he wasn’t well known and wasn’t even performing under his own name, he brought him to the UK, recruited a drummer and bass player, created the Jimi Hendrix experience and produced Jimi’s first few albums.
The Animals were part of the 60s British Invasion in America with the biggest groups being The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. I like all of their songs and had a chance to see them in person. However, lead singer Eric Burdon was a no show due to illness? Have you ever heard the song that Eric Burdon sang with War called Spill The Wine? Very strange but an earworm that you can't get out of your head. Love Your Show!
So the song here is a cover. It's a Very old American folk song (circa 1870), first recorded in 1925 by Robert Winslow Gordon, though he learned it from his Grandfather.... Later popularized by the Animals in the 1960s. The Animals are a British band, singing an American song, the melody of which was based on an English pub song (Entitled "Matty Groves"), so it went full circle, lol. They did change the lyrics. Originally, the song was about a prostitute, they changed it to "Gambler" to make it safe for radio play. The original lyric was set in England, NOT New Orleans. Here's a line from the original: "If you go to Lowestoft, and ask for The Rising Sun, There you'll find two old whores and my old woman is one" Edited: The instrument you're hearing is not Keyboard. I originally mistook it for a Mellotron, but one of the commentors below pointed out it is a Vox Continental, and they were correct. The Vox can emulate Mellotron sounds, but the bright orange color should have tipped me off. Good catch, dude. I stand corrected. Both the Vox and the Mellotron were analogue synth keyboards, with the vox being a transistor-based tone generator, while the mellotron used recorded micro-loops for each tone. Modern keyboards today are like a combination of the features of both. Both could reproduce the sounds in this song, but it is a Vox being used here.
I’m 77. Smiling to see your reaction. We loved this song the best when I was in college. 1964-1968. Pleased to see they’re still appreciated by young people. ❤😊❤ played this on repeat all through college.
"The Animals" were from Newcastle Upon Tyne UK. They were founded by the Singer Eric Burdon in 1963. They were one of the Most Important Bands of the British Invasion Movement!!! I do think you look a bit Like him. Take that as a compliment 😉!! He had an Incredible Voice !!
I prefer you to be honest with yer reactions rather than be fake and act to what you think people want. If it blows you away, great. If it's a slow burner, great. If you didn't like it or it wasn't yer cup of tea, great. As long as you are genuine and honest, that is what we want. If someone doesn't like that then let them find something else that pleases them. Always be real MollyBoy 🤘🏻🇬🇧🖤
I love how the man behind the singer, is just sporting a HUGE grin at the end there, and then I remember that this recording was a one shot one-time chance they had, and that guy's just got to be so hyped!
Eric is 20-21 during this performance. What a voice. Back in the day the bands had to be very talented with an outstanding front man. No autotune. They are British. Thanks. Appreciate your sincere reaction.
Look at at that kid playing the guitar smiling over his sholder as its paused at 7:54. You can see that they're genuinely having fun making music and he knows that they just crushed this video.
This is one of the best songs ever written. In 200 years when they talk about music from that era, someone will mention this song, and someone else will insist it gets played for anyone who hasn't heard it. And they will react in the same way down through the years until the sun burns out.
Eric Burden was a true Animal, voice-wise. Extreme power and clarity. very few male vocalists can do it like he did. They're British. One of the "British Invasion" bands of the '60's that reintroduced Americans to their own music -- the blues.
This song has been giving me the chills since I first heard it in the '70's. My dad had a stack of albums that we totally absorbed - The Animals were in it. This band was a transformative powerhouse of the 60's.
The look on your face! The moments when you realize just how good it really is. The early British bands were all about blues, they worshipped the old blues masters. But they put their own spin on the sound, in much of their early work. Animals, Stones, Led Zeppelin, etc… they all began with old blues covers. Loving watching your mind expand, keep going.
You've become one of my favorite reactors lately, you always strike a really nice balance of technical appreciation for the production details of a song, and emotional appreciation for the music overall. Even when you're GOBSMACKED, you always find a good way of articulating exactly what's gobsmacking you, and that's really cool. Thanks for the videos!
The music you like and listen to today,,,,is a branch from the TREE of music that's been created over the years. The 60's and 70's birthed EVERYTHING. 💥💥💥👍😎
I was laughing with my grandson just tonight talking about this song. Six decades and one year ago it was the home waltz at my grade 7 Christmas dance and my then crush asked me to dance. I’ll never forget it. I hear the opening of that song anywhere now and I freeze and listen. It’s been my all-time favourite for most of my life! My claim to fame was teaching my son and daughter how to play it on guitar many years ago. ♥️🎶♥️🎶
5 Geordies singing about an Oriental brothel in the American Deep South. The singer is Eric Burdon. Check out Eric Burdon & War performing Spill The Wine on Beat Club in 1970. Or Grand Funk Railroad covering the Aminals tune Inside Looking Out on TV 1969.
Oriental? It’s a gambling den & brothel .Houses far enough outside of town to only run into others up to no good. The name is just a play on you don’t leave until dawn. We have to ask Eric
The origin of the song is unresolved. It’s traced back through Louisiana, then continues over an ocean of years to England, where the lyrics and authors become indecipherable. It’s a timeless masterpiece.
You talk about the chills--I've heard this song probably hundreds of times since 1964 and get chills every time I hear it . . . still. Timeless songs do that to you.
One of my faves! They are from Newcastle upon Tyne. And you should also listen to Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood from them. And your reaction was great. Honest... and that is what I like!
My mom had a teenage crush on the keyboard player. lol. At the time people were either fan of The Beatles or fan of The Rolling Stones. My mom was like, yeah they're good, but have you heard The Animals!
Eric Burdon is tops on my list of favorite voices EVER.❤ All that power and depth from that small package. No one who heard him for the first time, back in the day, expected THAT voice to come out, when he opened his mouth. That boy could sure sing the blues...and anything else he wanted to, really!
Taking folk music and givin' it some soul. I think everyone was gobsmacked when they first saw this, not expecting that voice. Love the magic of classic rock. 🔥🔥✌
The Animals are British. Eric Burdon was 22 or 23 when this was released. For a young man his voice was incredibly mature and controlled. He had the perfect blues/rock voice. He would have made an incredible heavy metal band front man.
Eric Burdon lead singer 🔥is still performing !! I’ve loved The Animals since the sixties, as a teen they were one of my fav British bands along with The Kinks, The Beatles,Donovan, Herman’s Hermits !! 🔥💥☮️ cheers from 🇨🇦
I'll never forget when this came out. I was 14 in 8th grade. We were dumbfounded. I still get goosebumps every time I hear it. He missed singing a very old folk song. Eric owns that song till the end of time now. An unparalleled singer.
This song has been covered-quite competently-over the decades, but nothing tops the original. And they're just standing there, bringing the house down. Another great video, dude!
This may well be the best known recording of the song, but it's origins are probably lost in time, and many artists covered it long before The Animals did. There's a lot about its history on the internet. Here's just one bit you might find interesting: "Widely known and covered American traditional song of disputed origins initially recorded by Clarence Ashley & Gwin Foster in 1933 as "Rising Sun Blues". The song most always opens with some variation of "There is a house in New Orleans they call the Rising Sun..." Throughout the years it's been arranged by multiple artists, and since it's in the public domain has been registered by scores of performers as their own work, but so many of the versions have floating lyrics and musical components it wouldn't be well-served to selectively credit adaptations of the same name. The song is most famously known by The Animals' 1964 recording, which is now often seen as the standard.
From Britain, Newcastle On The Tyne, were a group in the 60s and 70s Eric Burton was the lead singer. Also "We Got To Get Out Of This Place". And some more hits. By the time the group started Eric had been been around clubs for a few years. The Animals had over 150 songs. Last time I looked Eric was still alive.
This song was INTENSE and was considered a #1 choice of best rock ever (when Rock was fairly young)' also "Satisfaction," by the Rolling Stones (I can't get no). It was an epic era to grow up; age 74
One of the all-time iconic classic guitar riffs you must learn when starting out...simple and powerful. Eric Burdon has a voice that is instantly recognizable . The Animals were some of the Best. Sooo many great tunes..
No idea why this video is stuck at 480p... Sorry guys!
Classic , hope u good kid 😂 I'm Black you tree not far take a look at tesla, triumph and modern muse, why no queen either 😭 yo would like to ve it all keep. Good 👍
Black. Country bloody phone
Well shit bruv, you'll get a kick out of Johnny Cash... And especially one of his last songs Hurt.
I'm assuming you probably know Hurt isn't a Johnny Cash song, it's originally by Nine Inch Nails, but even Trent Reznor has said it's now Johnny's song. The Cash version was used to great effect in an episode of Person of Interest after one of the main characters died.
@@baldychris2006 yes, I'm well aware. I focused on voice when making my recommendation
This was sung by Eric Burdon when he was 23, looked like he was 16 and sang like he was 40.
I long suspected he was time traveler because of this, lol
Which is one of the reasons, why listening to "When I Was Young" is strongly recommended.
Hehe, like Andrew Strong in The Commitments, was 16, looked 23 and sounded 60.
Great comment :D that's the thing with many of those guys from back then
My favorite song of all time. I can't sing or play instruments but I can feel the music deep down in my soul!
This song was recorded in one continuous take. No do-overs. No autotune.
The Animals formed in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1962.
Other The Animals songs, "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place" and "Don't Let Me Be Missunderstood".
Eric Burdon also sang in the group "War". One of their songs "Spill The Wine".
You just mentioned the three songs I was going to suggest. Great songs.
Me too. All great songs.
All 3 are must hear. Good list!
I heard Eric Burdon is a Geordie.
When I was young is my favourite
Eric Burdon was born to a working class family and describes his early school years as a "dark nightmare" that "should've been penned by Charles Dickens.”
Due to the river pollution and humidity in Newcastle Eric suffered asthma attacks daily. During primary school, he was "stuck at the rear of the classroom of 45-50 kids and received constant harassment from students and teachers alike." He goes on to say his primary school was "jammed between a slaughterhouse and a shipyard on the banks of the Tyne. Some teachers were sadistic - others pretended not to notice - and sexual molestation and regular corporal punishment with a leather strap was the order of the day."
This song is 60 years old this year. Let that sink in. Lol
The earliest written version is said to have dated from around the Civil War, though it's thought to have been derived from either an English or French folk song from as early as the 16th century.
@@jeffjohnson9911wow that's cool.
@@jeffjohnson9911English
So am I. 60. Crazy.
Sad that I remember when it came out. Every garage band had to learn it.😊
Old guy here. They blew everyone away when they first came on the radio. Just great.
Old girl here agrees
I heard that on hearing this version of a song he'd sung himself, Bob Dylan said 'why didn't *I* think of this?'
My dad, a Vietnam vet, begged me to learn this on guitar when I was 16. I reluctantly did, played it for him, and he started to cry. I'm glad I learned it.
Beautiful!
Just know this you are very very lucky.
First guitar song I learned!
@@trishemerald2487Back when this came out I was in seventh grade and if you played at all this was a must learn and was usually your first unavoidable encounter with the F chord.
Eric Burdon was born and raised in Newcastle. Definitely British. Despite daily asthma attacks, he developed this strong bluesy voice.
The Animals were all British. Alan Price became famous in his own right as an electric keyboard/organ player and the bass player Chas Chandler brought Jimi Hendrix to England and was the manager of the Jimi Hendrix Experience.
Chas was my Nanna's cousin...he also managed Slade.
Eric Burdon is still with us. He's 83yo now. MASSIVE voice lol
I hope Eric gets to see this! It makes me so happy to see the younger folks loving the brilliant musical Renaissance we grew up with!
Thank God for reaction channels to keep this music alive and not let it disappear!
Songs like this won't disappear. It's not like today's shit that's popular for one day.
Eric Burden is regarded as one of the British Invasion's most distinctive singers with his deep, powerful blues-rock voice. Burdon is also known for his intense stage performances.
Amen
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Eric Burdon was born singing like a 60 year old man lol
The singer Eric Burden is English having been Born in Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Definitely recommend more from The Animals. Including "We Gotta Get Out of This Place", "It's My Life", "Don't Bring Me Down", or another power Ballad "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood".
Or check out “Eric Burden & WAR” do “Spill the Wine”. Whole ‘nuther Level. 5:11
Keep up the good work.
71 years old here. The Animals were huge back in the 60s. Hard to fathom you young kids not having heard them! They are English, but very popular here in the US. This is such a great song.
A couple of yrs older than you. I totally agree!! Why havent they heard this???
Ha ha 1949 for me .Ne er get tired .They are from UK😂@@stayinalive9434
considering that lots of these young kids have not heard The Beatles, and some never even heard of The Beatles... Times they are changing
They are from the North East of England.
@@malgorzataojoj4256unimaginable!!!! The Beatles????
Don’t ever apologise for a genuine reaction. That’s why people watch you
yeah theres so many fake reactors, where they say ''first time listen'' and then sing along xD
Your reaction was perfect. Don't ever change.
exactly why i subscribed
Hear! Hear!
Everyone reacts when Eric Burdon opens his mouth and that voice comes out.
When he appeared on live shows, he walks out looking like a kid, and then this GIANT soulful voice comes exploding out of him.
Listen & weep at the greatest music we boomers had...we are all senior citizens now !! We had it all...listen & weep !!😊
Preach!! Lol
Gen X had it good too.
Exactly a 65 baby 😂
You like raspy voices. Bob Seger is the singer for you.
I'm Gen X and I love reminding smug Zoomers that Punk was a Boomers invention
A self-taught musician, he was a founding member of the Tyneside group the Alan Price Rhythm and Blues Combo, which was later renamed the Animals. His organ playing on songs by the Animals, such as "The House of the Rising Sun", "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood", and "Bring It On Home to Me" was a key element in the group's success.[1]
As a member of the Animals, he appeared on numerous television shows including Ready Steady Go!, The Ed Sullivan Show, Hullabaloo, and Top of the Pops. Price left the band in 1965 because of personal and musical differences, as well as his fear of flying while on tour.
Please remember, there were no music videos, as we know them today. This was a recording of a live television appearance.
As such, the music and vocals are live, with zero auto-tune or post recording manipulation. The artists were all really that talented.
And this was done with all analog equipment.
I’m so lucky. I grew up to this music. Kind feel sorry for the rap generation. Can’t imagine a favorite rap song at a 50th anniversary. 😂
TV appearances in this period were almost always the band lip-synching to their record. It's not that they couldn't perform live, it's that the equipment in the TV studios wasn't up to capturing the live performances well, so if they wanted to sound their best they had to play the record. In videos like this, look closely at the guitars and basses -- most of the time they're not even plugged in.
It was on a show called Shindig.
@@californiasmiles1We we’re spoiled rotten in the Sixties with the culture.
You ought to listen to Joe Cocker from Sheffield for a raspy voice.
Best way to describe that voice coming from that kid? He has "An Old Soul"... meaning someone older and more mature from the past resides in that young man.
Nobody expects the power of his vocals by looking at him
Mark lammar always reminded me of him
I knew the song before ever watching the video and I still remember how it blew my mind as a young girl the first time I realised who that voice belonged to
Eric sings to your soul and touches you deeply!
Love seeing a young person discovering older music
Me too. It’s somehow validating.
I love this! Along with a smile, Music is a universal language! I love seeing the feelings flowing thru MB....❤
I'm so glad so many young people today are doing reactions to music from earlier times. It shows up modern music of today as being highly manufactured. Corporations have completely taken over music composition today, and the great potential of today's young people is being trampled. A great sorrow and loss.
The Animals, that voice, that organ, let the tingling begin.
The brilliant Alan Price.
The great Alan Price on the organ.
Wave the British flag proudly! So many incredible musicians from across the pond!
And, surprisingly in this instance, just possibly it is an ancient English folk tune, but that is practically lost in the mist of time! The organist and vocalist NEVER spoke to each other again after disputes over money from this very lucrative track! Always much more to learn, MB.
Yes ! Thanks UK !! You guys made radio-listening so much fun in the 1960s and beyond. I love Gerry & The Pacemakers and The Psychedelic Furs. ( from Kansas USA )
Another British import was The Dave Clark Five (same era). You don't hear much about them anymore, but they were pretty good also.
Eric's voice has gobsmacked listeners for years!
They are part of the British Invasion of the 60's. Iconic song and band.
This is one of the most famous songs of all time.
sure is
Yes Americans invented blues and rock, the British musicians in the 50s and 60s took the influence and served it back up to us in a genius way.
An old blues musician from New Orleans once said; the blues gave birth to a baby and called it Rock and Roll.
How nice of you to say that 😊
And 70s with Led Zeppelin, Mott the Hoople, etc.
@@deniseg812 I really like that!!!
I legitimately feel like the Animals were the godfathers of alternative music!
Eric Burdon is for real. Bad boy UK wild kid. Love his intensity.
Interesting side note. The Animals’ bass player, Chas Chandler, pretty much discovered Jimi Hendrix. After seeing him in the US when he wasn’t well known and wasn’t even performing under his own name, he brought him to the UK, recruited a drummer and bass player, created the Jimi Hendrix experience and produced Jimi’s first few albums.
💥💥💥💥 Thanx,,,👍👍👍🤪
He's right, you know.
The Animals were part of the 60s British Invasion in America with the biggest groups being The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. I like all of their songs and had a chance to see them in person. However, lead singer Eric Burdon was a no show due to illness? Have you ever heard the song that Eric Burdon sang with War called Spill The Wine? Very strange but an earworm that you can't get out of your head. Love Your Show!
Amazing!! Thank you for this information.
He also managed Slade for 12 years.
No auto tune, very little effects. Pure and raw talent. What you hear is what you get😊
The baby-faced kid with the big voice is now in his 80s.
Lol they’re 100 percent British!
So the song here is a cover. It's a Very old American folk song (circa 1870), first recorded in 1925 by Robert Winslow Gordon, though he learned it from his Grandfather.... Later popularized by the Animals in the 1960s. The Animals are a British band, singing an American song, the melody of which was based on an English pub song (Entitled "Matty Groves"), so it went full circle, lol. They did change the lyrics. Originally, the song was about a prostitute, they changed it to "Gambler" to make it safe for radio play.
The original lyric was set in England, NOT New Orleans. Here's a line from the original:
"If you go to Lowestoft, and ask for The Rising Sun,
There you'll find two old whores and my old woman is one"
Edited:
The instrument you're hearing is not Keyboard. I originally mistook it for a Mellotron, but one of the commentors below pointed out it is a Vox Continental, and they were correct. The Vox can emulate Mellotron sounds, but the bright orange color should have tipped me off. Good catch, dude. I stand corrected.
Both the Vox and the Mellotron were analogue synth keyboards, with the vox being a transistor-based tone generator, while the mellotron used recorded micro-loops for each tone. Modern keyboards today are like a combination of the features of both. Both could reproduce the sounds in this song, but it is a Vox being used here.
Love all the background info… Thanks
Amazing context! Thanks for educating us!
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I appreciate this information!! Thanks
Sorry, gotta correct you on one point. The keyboard isn't a Mellotron, it's a Vox Continental organ.
I’m 77. Smiling to see your reaction. We loved this song the best when I was in college. 1964-1968. Pleased to see they’re still appreciated by young people. ❤😊❤ played this on repeat all through college.
"The Animals" were from Newcastle
Upon Tyne UK. They were founded by the Singer Eric Burdon in 1963.
They were one of the Most Important
Bands of the British Invasion Movement!!! I do think you look a bit
Like him. Take that as a compliment 😉!! He had an Incredible Voice !!
No autotune, just an incredible voice.
Auto-tuned in utero
I prefer you to be honest with yer reactions rather than be fake and act to what you think people want. If it blows you away, great. If it's a slow burner, great. If you didn't like it or it wasn't yer cup of tea, great. As long as you are genuine and honest, that is what we want. If someone doesn't like that then let them find something else that pleases them. Always be real MollyBoy 🤘🏻🇬🇧🖤
I agree ☮🖤🤘🇺🇸
I love how the man behind the singer, is just sporting a HUGE grin at the end there, and then I remember that this recording was a one shot one-time chance they had, and that guy's just got to be so hyped!
The organ solo is indeed pretty sweet!
It is my favorite solo, and favorite part of the song.
@@normagarrett7039the great Alan Price.
Eric Burdon is still touring with The Animals these days. He’s incredible.
Eric is 20-21 during this performance. What a voice. Back in the day the bands had to be very talented with an outstanding front man. No autotune. They are British. Thanks. Appreciate your sincere reaction.
He's 23 when they recorded the song -in the video he just turned 24
Suss t-pains cover of war pigs, he is known for autotune but actually has a really good singing voice
he is one of the best voices ever lived.
Your facial expressions are worth more than words. Great reaction!
What I love about watching reactions to this is the look on people's faces when his vocals kick in. No one expects this voice out of that dude.
I am from Newcastle and used to go to a nightclub where the Animals sang and what great nights they were in the 1960s. What memories. 👍
It was such a great time to be a young person. I'm sorry my grand children will never have the life we had back then.
And unbelievably, given how long ago this was filmed, Eric Burdon is still alive at 83 years old.
Look at at that kid playing the guitar smiling over his sholder as its paused at 7:54. You can see that they're genuinely having fun making music and he knows that they just crushed this video.
Eric Burdon has the best voice. Ever.
They were on the way to a gig, stopped at the recording studio, cut the record in one take. Total time: 15 minutes. Then went on their way.
Im 62 and my hair and goosebumps still raise up when i hear the Animalssi g this song. 🎶💖🙏🐞🍁
Burden having a boyish face with 40 or 50 year old grit, soul and power.
This is their best song for me, and it's a cover, but it belongs to the Animals now. No one has ever done it better.
The Psychedelic Rock Band "FRIJID PINK" does this Song better! 🎸🥁
@@j.j.upright4010 Love "Frigid Pink"!
Real voices, real instrument talent, real writing. What more can you ask for?
Your look at the beginning spoke volumes!!! That was THE LOOK that this song and performance brings to faces..stunning reaction!!!
60 years later and this song STILL gives me goosebumps. My absolute favourite non-Beatles song.
This is one of the best songs ever written. In 200 years when they talk about music from that era, someone will mention this song, and someone else will insist it gets played for anyone who hasn't heard it. And they will react in the same way down through the years until the sun burns out.
Eric Burden was a true Animal, voice-wise. Extreme power and clarity. very few male vocalists can do it like he did.
They're British. One of the "British Invasion" bands of the '60's that reintroduced Americans to their own music -- the blues.
This song has been giving me the chills since I first heard it in the '70's. My dad had a stack of albums that we totally absorbed - The Animals were in it. This band was a transformative powerhouse of the 60's.
The 60s and 70s has had the absolute best rock n roll music ever made!
Stunned silence is the best reaction ❤
Eric Burdon, as far as I know, is still alive. Even on PBS, American broadcasts in the 1990's and after, he will knock your socks off!
Still alive at 82, living in Cyprus with his 40 year old lawyer wife.
The look on your face! The moments when you realize just how good it really is. The early British bands were all about blues, they worshipped the old blues masters. But they put their own spin on the sound, in much of their early work. Animals, Stones, Led Zeppelin, etc… they all began with old blues covers. Loving watching your mind expand, keep going.
You've become one of my favorite reactors lately, you always strike a really nice balance of technical appreciation for the production details of a song, and emotional appreciation for the music overall. Even when you're GOBSMACKED, you always find a good way of articulating exactly what's gobsmacking you, and that's really cool. Thanks for the videos!
The music you like and listen to today,,,,is a branch from the TREE of music that's been created over the years. The 60's and 70's birthed EVERYTHING. 💥💥💥👍😎
I was laughing with my grandson just tonight talking about this song. Six decades and one year ago it was the home waltz at my grade 7 Christmas dance and my then crush asked me to dance. I’ll never forget it. I hear the opening of that song anywhere now and I freeze and listen. It’s been my all-time favourite for most of my life! My claim to fame was teaching my son and daughter how to play it on guitar many years ago. ♥️🎶♥️🎶
5 Geordies singing about an Oriental brothel in the American Deep South. The singer is Eric Burdon. Check out Eric Burdon & War performing Spill The Wine on Beat Club in 1970. Or Grand Funk Railroad covering the Aminals tune Inside Looking Out on TV 1969.
Indeed, Geordie land's finest. I love their "Bring It On home To Me"
Oriental? It’s a gambling den & brothel .Houses far enough outside of town to only run into others up to no good. The name is just a play on you don’t leave until dawn. We have to ask Eric
The origin of the song is unresolved. It’s traced back through Louisiana, then continues over an ocean of years to England, where the lyrics and authors become indecipherable. It’s a timeless masterpiece.
Stay with humble and honest. It suits you. No reason to get too excited all the time. Your knowledge and instinct and wit are what we are here for 😊
You talk about the chills--I've heard this song probably hundreds of times since 1964 and get chills every time I hear it . . . still. Timeless songs do that to you.
Another great song, 1967, White Rabbit, Jefferson Airplane, Grace Slick amazing vocals...
Can you imagine our grand kids are amazed at our music we had back then they love to tune in.
What a great vocal performance! I've always loved this song.
Newcastle on Tyne.
One of my faves! They are from Newcastle upon Tyne. And you should also listen to Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood from them. And your reaction was great. Honest... and that is what I like!
My mom had a teenage crush on the keyboard player. lol. At the time people were either fan of The Beatles or fan of The Rolling Stones. My mom was like, yeah they're good, but have you heard The Animals!
I had a bit of a crush on him too, after he had his own band.
Alan Price was the keyboard player. ❤️🎵
Eric Burdon is tops on my list of favorite voices EVER.❤ All that power and depth from that small package. No one who heard him for the first time, back in the day, expected THAT voice to come out, when he opened his mouth. That boy could sure sing the blues...and anything else he wanted to, really!
Iconic riff and that keyboard player is killing it ,you're right
1964 I was 14 yr...My teen yrs..Amazing Voice/ pure talent. Plus whole band....
One of the best songs ever written, crosses every generation still
This rendition that crosses generations.
Probably one of the first songs learned by every garage band of the '60's and early '70's. So great to jam on
Learned it in the 90s in a garage band lol 🤘
@@tobaobokoomi1693 '73 for me
And every college student who wanted to play guitar learned these chords first thing!
That and WipeOut!
The Animals, way ahead their time. Nobody sounds like them.
They walked a funeral march, typical of the south when someone died in the video, great song
First line. Would love to have that. It makes life such a wonderful celebration.
Taking folk music and givin' it some soul. I think everyone was gobsmacked when they first saw this, not expecting that voice. Love the magic of classic rock. 🔥🔥✌
The Animals are British.
Eric Burdon was 22 or 23 when this was released. For a young man his voice was incredibly mature and controlled. He had the perfect blues/rock voice. He would have made an incredible heavy metal band front man.
One of my all time favorite songs from the 60s. Absolute Classic! His voice is fantastic and this was before auto tune.
Eric Burdon lead singer 🔥is still performing !! I’ve loved The Animals since the sixties, as a teen they were one of my fav British bands along with The Kinks, The Beatles,Donovan, Herman’s Hermits !! 🔥💥☮️ cheers from 🇨🇦
It‘s good to see that further generations don’t forget these masterpieces, absolutely amazing 🙂greetings from Germany 🇩🇪
It is so haunting...goosebumps too.
I am 70 years old and a young teen when this group came from England to the good old USA to blow our minds with Eric Burdens powerful voice.
Allman Brothers. Whipping Post. Raspy!
Absolutely
I'll never forget when this came out. I was 14 in 8th grade. We were dumbfounded. I still get goosebumps every time I hear it. He missed singing a very old folk song. Eric owns that song till the end of time now. An unparalleled singer.
I love the organ player in this video. All are great, but he's just wailing on those keys in his own world, and loving every second.
Alan Price - another famous Englishman!
This song has been covered-quite competently-over the decades, but nothing tops the original. And they're just standing there, bringing the house down. Another great video, dude!
This may well be the best known recording of the song, but it's origins are probably lost in time, and many artists covered it long before The Animals did. There's a lot about its history on the internet. Here's just one bit you might find interesting:
"Widely known and covered American traditional song of disputed origins initially recorded by Clarence Ashley & Gwin Foster in 1933 as "Rising Sun Blues". The song most always opens with some variation of "There is a house in New Orleans they call the Rising Sun..." Throughout the years it's been arranged by multiple artists, and since it's in the public domain has been registered by scores of performers as their own work, but so many of the versions have floating lyrics and musical components it wouldn't be well-served to selectively credit adaptations of the same name. The song is most famously known by The Animals' 1964 recording, which is now often seen as the standard.
This is an all time classic. Glad you liked it. If you liked the keyboards in this and want to hear another amazing voice, try The Doors
Ray and Jim… iconic doesn’t even do them justice. Just perfection
From Britain, Newcastle On The Tyne, were a group in the 60s and 70s Eric Burton was the lead singer. Also "We Got To Get Out Of This Place". And some more hits. By the time the group started Eric had been been around clubs for a few years. The Animals had over 150 songs. Last time I looked Eric was still alive.
This song was INTENSE and was considered a #1 choice of best rock ever (when Rock was fairly young)' also "Satisfaction," by the Rolling Stones (I can't get no).
It was an epic era to grow up; age 74
One of the all-time iconic classic guitar riffs you must learn when starting out...simple and powerful. Eric Burdon has a voice that is instantly recognizable . The Animals were some of the Best. Sooo many great tunes..