The Animals - House of the Rising Sun (1964)

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The Animals - House of The Rising Sun (1964)

So gifted and ahead of the times! In my humble opinion, Newcastle's Animals circa 1964 were vastly superior to their chart contemporaries, the Beatles and the Stones. The Beatles were loveable moptops then, and the Stones were still a few years away from their songwriting peak, but The Animals were raw, gritty and, in Eric Burdon, they had one of the all-time great blues/rock voices.

If you weren't there in 1964, it's hard to imagine today how big a deal this new gritty music was. "House of the Rising Sun", was dark, brooding and very, very cool, it had an edge that was lacking from the other Brit-Beat groups and it broke new ground. The Animals' take on "The House of the Rising Sun" sounded wholly new. American music critic and writer Dave Marsh described it as: "the first folk-rock hit," sounding "as if they'd connected the ancient tune to a live wire," while writer Ralph McLean of the BBC agreed that: "it was arguably the first folk rock tune," calling it "a revolutionary single" after which "the face of modern music was changed forever."

Viva The Animals!
Eric Burdon - Vocals
Alan Price - Keyboards
Hilton Valentine - lead guitar
Chas Chandler - bass guitar
John Steel - drums

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Uploaded: November 14, 2007 at 3:58 pm
Author: magusmagic

Length: 00:04:08
Rating: 4.96
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Tags: The Animals House of the Rising Sun 1964 Eric Burdon Alan Price Hilton Valentine Chas Chandler John Steel UK British Blues Folk Rock RB

Video Comments:
tonyloo0 (January 10, 2009 at 3:28 am)
Shivers down my spine
EnglishCanary (January 10, 2009 at 1:28 am)
Why did this masterpiece take me so long to discover? Truly amazing.

I've become addicted, and barely gone a minute without listening to it in the past 4 hours!
robto (January 10, 2009 at 12:43 am)
"The House of the Rising Sun" is an old folk song from the early 20th century in the United States.
regardto (January 9, 2009 at 11:00 pm)
E. Burdon co created this song coz he ever lived in the house of rising sun.
5678cowboi (January 9, 2009 at 9:54 pm)
then y r u watchin it? as 4 it bein hippie?? u obviously dont no much bout music!
Halosean (January 9, 2009 at 8:57 pm)
fuck you and your retarded brain, this is a great song!
oliverwaker456 (January 9, 2009 at 6:14 pm)
they all look very young
delinfer (January 9, 2009 at 5:49 pm)
clasico
weeksamot (January 9, 2009 at 5:39 pm)
This is historical and damn, its good !
kennybis03410 (January 9, 2009 at 4:55 pm)
is when he's on drugs...