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.
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.
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.
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.
“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.
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 !! 📻
My, granddaughter is 18 . She grew up hearing "my mu sic" She still listens to it. Resonily heard her listening to Claptons Layla and Bell bottom Blues ..they are still tops on her play list. We had the best music,
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.
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.
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.
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.
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. 😂
Yeah i noticed that too, 😅 like you said we just liked the sound, and beat', I was 9 years-old when I first saw them on the Ed Sullivan Show' my favorite tune back then in the early 70s, I got to see the guess who, sing American Women' these kids get a kick out of it' but this generation here, they are becoming utube celebrities ' they know all about the amazing technology ' they are amazed by there singing, it's not auto tuned . Real talent' that's what they're saying ' now days' loved this song'
Born in the 70s, growing up in the 80s, I was one who listened to the lyrics... not just the music. I didn't like the direction music was going in the 80s... so listened to older and older music. I prefer music from the 1920s to the 1980s, some - but limited - from the '90s, but almost nothing after about 1995 released in the U.S. Selena caught me by surprise in 1995... A few songs here and there since... Now Japanese pop (which I got into in the early 2000s), I have a difficult time finding good translations for, but still try to pay attention to the lyrics... I also listen to a few French, German, and S. Korean groups/artists, such as Alizee, Blümchen, and S.E.S. I'm a bit more reserved with S. Korean, only having two groups I "trust" as I don't know the language at all - S.E.S. sings in Japanese too - but the reality is that I like to know the topic and words to a song. But I prefer knowing the lyrics so if I'm listening to a song about debauchery, at least I know it's a song about debauchery... :)
@@jeffreymontgomery7516 oh definitely. As time went on we had to listen to the words. Especially as parents. But I don't like nasty songs either. I remember one of my adult kids asking me if I knew how bad some older song was. It was from the 80s. I told him I hadn't even heard it, I was busy with little kids. He thought it was from "my time".
75 here. I was in the midst of my high school years when this was released. We all were addicted. I can still sing along, word for word. One of the songs that colored that time for me. I loved the British Invasion ❤
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.
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!
When “I” was a kid, everyone who either played the guitar or tried, this was the song they aspired to play. Those chords are killer. I don't think anyone I knew ever managed them.
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.
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.
@@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.
Apparently The House of the Rising Sun was not only a brothel, it was also a place where patrons could gamble. The clues are in the song - his father was a gambling man, and the story teller is addicted to gambling too. - that's why he couldn't stay away and called it his "ball and chain".
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."
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.😢
I think it was the traditional brothel upstairs with mama trapped and gambling hall downstairs with dad. Son or daughter-depending on the version trapped into the life. and it evidently led to criminal charges. But the song does talk about a house of "ill repute' called the House of the Rising Sun. I believe it was an actual place.
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 .
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?
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.
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.
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
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.
Age 76 here. Listening to the discussion, I couldn't help wondering how my generation new immediately that the House of the Rising Sun was a brothel/gambling house. All I can think of is that folk music was very popular at the time and we'd heard it pre-Animals.
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
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.
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."
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.
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.”
Glad to know I’m not the only one who thinks this song is beautiful but eerie at the same time. I found your channel not long ago and I’ve been listening everyday since. Take care, and take care of your beautiful family.
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.
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
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.
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.
@@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.
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
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.
So glad you connected “We Gotta Get Out of This Place” with the Animals. One of my favorite bands from my youth. Like you, I use to sing it out of the blue….generally while sitting at my desk at work. lol.
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.
I’m 52 yrs old and I’ve been this song as long as I can remember and I still get chills every time I hear it. Yes, it’s eerie and a sound of death and the death march.
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.
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.
This song is about a brothel in New Orleans. The real 'House of the Rising Sun' was named after the Madame who ran it, Marianne LeSoileil Levant. It was open for business between 1862 and 1874 before being closed down due to noise complaints
One of my favorites for so many reasons. The most heartfelt reason is my younger brother played it well and often by himself and family get togethers. When he passed in 1/20 we played many of the songs he would play at his wake. I cry every time I hear this now
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 !
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 😂
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
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 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.
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.
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.
Supposedly Eric Burden recorded this in one take late at night in a dark studio. Everyone who was there, and it was only like a dozen people, say that was incredible.
The Animals have a deep and impressive catalog; there most poignant song was ‘Sky Pilot” which was published during the Vietnam war! The extended version is absolutely essential!
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.
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.
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.
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
The Animals were brilliant and loved their music. It wasn't a jail it was a house of gambling and ladies of the night. Another British group that wasn't too bad was The Dave Clarke 5.
Love it. 77 years old, the nostalgia. I’ve seen the animals live, also the Beatles, the stones, so many more.. My generation was blessed. Music united us. all .Tamla, the blues. great times.
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!” 😂😂😂❤️🔥✌🏻🫶🏻
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 😂😂
"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."
1964 I was 16 and this just blew my mind. It was one of the most popular songs on radio. I've Got to Get Out of this place was the unofficial anthem for Vietnam.
I love this song. The guitarist was laughing because they were wheeling the organ player across the set to where you see him at the end. They had fun performing together. The bass guitarist Chas Chandler discovered Jimmy Hendrix. Great to see the younger generations enjoying the music I grew up with. Great reaction.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
It's a song and performance that knows how to breathe. You focus on the central vocal performance without noticing you are being beguiled by everything else going on. It's brilliant cooperation.
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❤❤
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
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.
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!
Thank you for your reaction. This was a HUGE hit in the day. Every house band played it. This is an American folk song, here sung by a British band. You can't beat the sound of the organ of that era (not to mention the guitars.) The House of the Rising Sun was a brothel/gambling house in New Orleans.
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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.
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.
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.
@@hoosiernationsindiana2085 "Hamburger Hill" is one of the best war movies.
That song was pretty much in every viet nam movie/TV show
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.
Yes, the Animals sang We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place.
The Animals did "We gotta get out of this place". Famous during the Viet Nam War.
“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.
Very interesting! Thanks!
first way I heard it, too....❤
That was a great comment, thankyou
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 !! 📻
My father told me it was originally called “Rising Sun Blues” in 1933 by Clarence Ashley
It always amazed me that when this skinny, white kid from England opened his mouth, the world-weary voice of an old blues man came out.
This video always makes me laugh at the contrast between his grumpy little kid face & the "old blues man" voice.
It's extremely puzzling me each time I see these videos.
Skinny white kid is Eric Burden and he’s still living .
YES!
He isn't skinny just a bit short.
I’m a 75 year old Canadian woman. I love to see these reactions to “our” music. It was the best and transcends time!
Instant classics, timeless and a lot of mainstream artists could learn from them.
My, granddaughter is 18 . She grew up hearing "my mu sic" She still listens to it. Resonily heard her listening to Claptons Layla and Bell bottom Blues ..they are still tops on her play list. We had the best music,
me too 75 and enjoying the reactions
72 and right there with you!
you are not wrong
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.
Also opium which was big in the late 1800's and early 1900's
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I'm grateful for this info
it is also slang for wife
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.
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.
@@jackstrawful They were a British band.
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.
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.
@@tonybanton362 The north has never been treated well by the south of england, and by that, I mean Westminster and London.
Eric Burdon is a vocal beast. The band was tight. Everything about them was savage.
How can such a young and fresh looking face have such a rough quality.......
Facts!...
@@travissmith2848 100% could be a street urchin /pickpocket straight out of charles dickens ..im a londoner & i got a mate looks like him
@@honestlord I'm talking more the sound..... Voice like that I'd expect to show more signs of a rough life.
@@carla6558 Yes.
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. 😂
Yeah i noticed that too, 😅 like you said we just liked the sound, and beat', I was 9 years-old when I first saw them on the Ed Sullivan Show' my favorite tune back then in the early 70s, I got to see the guess who, sing American Women' these kids get a kick out of it' but this generation here, they are becoming utube celebrities ' they know all about the amazing technology ' they are amazed by there singing, it's not auto tuned . Real talent' that's what they're saying ' now days' loved this song'
Born in the 70s, growing up in the 80s, I was one who listened to the lyrics... not just the music.
I didn't like the direction music was going in the 80s... so listened to older and older music. I prefer music from the 1920s to the 1980s, some - but limited - from the '90s, but almost nothing after about 1995 released in the U.S. Selena caught me by surprise in 1995... A few songs here and there since...
Now Japanese pop (which I got into in the early 2000s), I have a difficult time finding good translations for, but still try to pay attention to the lyrics...
I also listen to a few French, German, and S. Korean groups/artists, such as Alizee, Blümchen, and S.E.S. I'm a bit more reserved with S. Korean, only having two groups I "trust" as I don't know the language at all - S.E.S. sings in Japanese too - but the reality is that I like to know the topic and words to a song.
But I prefer knowing the lyrics so if I'm listening to a song about debauchery, at least I know it's a song about debauchery... :)
@@jeffreymontgomery7516 oh definitely. As time went on we had to listen to the words. Especially as parents. But I don't like nasty songs either. I remember one of my adult kids asking me if I knew how bad some older song was. It was from the 80s. I told him I hadn't even heard it, I was busy with little kids. He thought it was from "my time".
It about a Whore house in New Orleans
I agree. I think all these reactors are reading too much into these songs. I know Paul McCartney once said he was just looking for words to rhyme.
I'm 74 and I grew up listening to their music! They are fantastic!!!
72 here. I loved them, too!
75 here. I was in the midst of my high school years when this was released. We all were addicted. I can still sing along, word for word. One of the songs that colored that time for me. I loved the British Invasion ❤
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.
I heard he was 19.
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!
I heard they may have possibly be drunk, also note the guy in the back smiles prior to bowing
@@phronsieone Actually, he'd just turned 23.
When “I” was a kid, everyone who either played the guitar or tried, this was the song they aspired to play. Those chords are killer. I don't think anyone I knew ever managed them.
I am 69 years old and still madly in love with Eric Burdon. 😊
He does alot of great blues songs.
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.
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.
Yeah, like they are playing live. no guitar leads, no mikes on the drums .Have a word with yourself.
@@roberteatwell6827 And no, Leadbelly wasn't the first to record the song.
@@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.
@@richdiddens4059yes and watch his throat. He's not singing THOSE NOTES!. Just think of Ren doing this in the SpontNeous Stream Jam.
Apparently The House of the Rising Sun was not only a brothel, it was also a place where patrons could gamble. The clues are in the song - his father was a gambling man, and the story teller is addicted to gambling too. - that's why he couldn't stay away and called it his "ball and chain".
It’s definitely a haunting song and meant to be a warning… what’s really cool is this was 1964!
What a great year 1964 was!
Eric Burdon did this in one take late at night... Amazing.
Wow!
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."
I love SPILL THE WINE..BP I think would enjoy that one !
@@Cchan53 Excellent info. Eric's still around today. 82 years old.
'Spill the Wine' is Incredible!!
But please check out the Beat Club version (70s Deutche TV show)!!...
Lowrider
@@natashab3412 Me And Baby Brother
I’m a child of the 60’s and to me and my peers this song was always about a brothel 😁
Born in 80 and that's how I read it.
Born in the late 60s, and I can tell you, they didn't shield us from anything back then.
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.😢
I think it was the traditional brothel upstairs with mama trapped and gambling hall downstairs with dad. Son or daughter-depending on the version trapped into the life. and it evidently led to criminal charges. But the song does talk about a house of "ill repute' called the House of the Rising Sun. I believe it was an actual place.
Eric Burdon (the lead singer) and War, Spill the Wine, is a song to definitely check out!
Yeah, since BP is into lyric interpretation, he'll have fun with this one
Spill the Wine is the best song to crank up if you are vacuuming the home. Such a groove!
Omg I’m gonna pull that one up! Haven’t heard that in years!
I second this!! BP would love this one!
Yeah , the live jam, also Tobacco Road . 14 minutes of madness 👍
Always gets me that Eric was 22/23 when the Animals did this. Amazing voice.
Chills every single time I hear this song.. what a voice 😮
Just starting. this song is about a brothel. Another great classic. Thank you
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 .
The house of the rising sun is about a Brothel in a shady part of New Orleans.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
What I find amazing is they did it one take. No auto tune.
I presume you mean the song and not this video lol
Nope, the video was done in one take. They had enough money to rent the studio for fifteen minutes. They went in, set up, and did this in one take.
What's more amazing is that the guitars are not even lugged in!
@@normancharlesworth1289 Neither is the electric keyboard! That is quite some trick!
@@MichaelSweet-nn5bg The idea that this is a live performance video is hilarious!
It's eery also because they look so calm strolling around while belting out how people throw their lives away.
Age 76 here. Listening to the discussion, I couldn't help wondering how my generation new immediately that the House of the Rising Sun was a brothel/gambling house. All I can think of is that folk music was very popular at the time and we'd heard it pre-Animals.
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
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.
"Sky Pilot" is wonderful.
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."
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.
The long version is the only one i will listen to.
....So was the house of John Wayne Gacie. Shut up. Learn English.
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.”
Eric Burdon is still singing, too. His voice in this video is a voice of an old man who has lived this li8e.
Glad to know I’m not the only one who thinks this song is beautiful but eerie at the same time. I found your channel not long ago and I’ve been listening everyday since. Take care, and take care of your beautiful family.
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.
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
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.
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.
@@barbaramatthews4735 sarcasm , always the best way to get thumbed ...
@@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.
That was a well known euphemism for a whorehouse back in the day.
Except that, of course not; nobody knows all of the lyrics to Devil Went Down to Georgia lol.
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
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!
One take. First try. Perfection.
They don't make many Eric Burden's
Eric, the singer, was a hard man for sure. From Newcastle, which is the northern part of England.
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.
Interesting!
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.
So glad you connected “We Gotta Get Out of This Place” with the Animals. One of my favorite bands from my youth. Like you, I use to sing it out of the blue….generally while sitting at my desk at work. lol.
This was an early Folk and Blues song. The Animals "electrified" it and made this masterpiece
Yep, and I always liked the fold balad better.
The House of the Rising Sun was a brothel
it also refers to jails
It was an oriental opium den that had prostitutes
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
Also an opium den.
Correct!
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.
I’m 52 yrs old and I’ve been this song as long as I can remember and I still get chills every time I hear it. Yes, it’s eerie and a sound of death and the death march.
Amazing Grace can be sung to this tune! Beautiful!!
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.
This song has been covered so many times, but never as well as the Animals - Eric Burdon has an exceptional voice !
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.
This song is about a brothel in New Orleans. The real 'House of the Rising Sun' was named after the Madame who ran it, Marianne LeSoileil Levant. It was open for business between 1862 and 1874 before being closed down due to noise complaints
One of my favorites for so many reasons. The most heartfelt reason is my younger brother played it well and often by himself and family get togethers.
When he passed in 1/20 we played many of the songs he would play at his wake. I cry every time I hear this now
IT'S 60, SIXTYYYYYYY YEARS AGO NOW, INSANE! 😮😊
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 !
I'm nearly 54 and this century... I'm feeling like I blinked and missed it!!! It's flying by too fast ❤
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 😂
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
@@karenglenn6707 I'm Hearing You Karen, I Feel The Same Way But Mine Was Jack Daniels 🙂
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.
Thought that title belonged to Mick Jagger?
@@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.
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.
Well said!
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.
"This song was penned by Lead Belly (1888 - 1949)"
NO, the song was most certainly NOT "penned by Lead Belly".
I thank you for the corrections. Yes, the song goes back farther than lead Belly. I appreciate your thoughts. Thanks.
You don't expect the voice from this Guy. It's simple amazing. Everything about it is just class.
His voice resonates of a resignation to a foreboding. That's what I hear.
Supposedly Eric Burden recorded this in one take late at night in a dark studio. Everyone who was there, and it was only like a dozen people, say that was incredible.
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.
His name is Alan Price.
One of the best keyboard/piano players in the business. Known as a consummate Geordie.
Alan Price is an excellent singer in his own right.He left the Animals and had a few hits himself
The organ solo, the vocals, the instrumentation😱💕👍🦇
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!!!
My daughter is 11 years old and this is still her favorite song of all time
The Animals have a deep and impressive catalog; there most poignant song was ‘Sky Pilot” which was published during the Vietnam war! The extended version is absolutely essential!
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.
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.
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.
It ws an oriental opium den that had prostitutes
yeah this!!
No. It was originally told from a women's ( prostitute) perspective. Read long comment above. Words were chained. Girl/ boy brother/ sister.
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
@@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.
The Animals were brilliant and loved their music. It wasn't a jail it was a house of gambling and ladies of the night. Another British group that wasn't too bad was The Dave Clarke 5.
Love it. 77 years old, the nostalgia. I’ve seen the animals live, also the Beatles, the stones, so many more.. My generation was blessed. Music united us. all .Tamla, the blues. great times.
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!” 😂😂😂❤️🔥✌🏻🫶🏻
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 😂😂
"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."
Eric Burdon has a soulful emotional voice, like a bleeding heart.
One of my favorite songs ever. One of the first songs I learned on guitar. His voice is beyond awesome, what can one say
Yep! Still just crossing songs off my list left and right! 😊 Love this song! ❤
Eric was always way ahead of his time. He is still performing.
This was recorded in one take, first try.
I'm a full blown metal head, but this is somehow my favorite song ever recorded.
I love the keyboard in this, too. Communicates musically the hysteria of “no way out” “have to break free”. Kicks ass.
1964 I was 16 and this just blew my mind. It was one of the most popular songs on radio. I've Got to Get Out of this place was the unofficial anthem for Vietnam.
I love this song. The guitarist was laughing because they were wheeling the organ player across the set to where you see him at the end. They had fun performing together. The bass guitarist Chas Chandler discovered Jimmy Hendrix. Great to see the younger generations enjoying the music I grew up with. Great reaction.
This song always gives me goosebumps. Eric - what a blues voice from England no less
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.
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.
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.
Almost every Boomer learning guitar played this as their first song. All the major chords
There is an A minor chord. Unless you meant all the open chords commonly used.
Amin, CMaj, DMaj, FMaj and EMaj, intro is super easy to play :)
Yes
Yes I was about 10.
Our band played the front porch and local venues in our early teens. One of the first songs we did that was rock 😊
This is raw talent coupled with pure professionalism exuding confidence but staying humble...
Tour of duty was Paint it Black.if you haven't, try it. Best Rolling Stones.
The Animals are from my home town in ne England were a great sensation 👌
I forgot about the show "Tour of Duty." I loved that show as a kid.
Most of us, who play a lifetime of guitar, started out with this song as our very first to learn.
I love this song. A friend of mine does this song all the time and they sound just like them! Great song ❤❤❤❤
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.
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.
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. 💕👍🦇
He was laughing because the guy playing organ was being pulled into place for the last shot. I guess it wasn’t easy .
“It’s my life” is another great one from the Animals in this era.
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.
Yes please x
That voice from such a small guy is just mindblowing
12:00 He is just happy that they nailed the only take they could afford. That is why he is smiling!
It's talking about brothels. Animals aren't the first to sing it but made it famous.😊
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.
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 😁
It's a song and performance that knows how to breathe. You focus on the central vocal performance without noticing you are being beguiled by everything else going on. It's brilliant cooperation.
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❤❤
Growing up in the 60s n 70s in the UK the Animals were one of my favourite, Erics vocals are one of my favourite
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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
Always preferred longish hair on guys, today it's too short or too long,lol.
The Monkees literally embraced the label!
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.
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Yeah, they were unkempt and on the dirty side,lol. Remember their first album Beggars Banquet...just sayin.
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!
Thank you for your reaction. This was a HUGE hit in the day. Every house band played it. This is an American folk song, here sung by a British band. You can't beat the sound of the organ of that era (not to mention the guitars.) The House of the Rising Sun was a brothel/gambling house in New Orleans.
It's likely English from 18th century, not American
The roots of this song goes back to English folk tradition. Traditionally it refers to a bawdy house.