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Eric Burdon lead vocals, Hilton Valentine guitar, John Steel drum kit, Alan Price keyboard instrument, Chas Chandler bass guitar.

The slow walking is reminiscent of a funeral procession, which ties in with the somber mood of the song.

This song was recorded in one take! The House of the Rising Sun is a brothel/bar. Also it's an organ, not a piano and yes Alan PrIce is killing it

This is an old American Folk song sung by a British group that absolutely OWNED it. Nobody will ever do it this well. I have heard a very old recording of a young girl in the Appalachian singing it in the early 1930's. She sang it in a bluegrass style - it sounded very haunting. The words change here and there with different versions. The House of The Rising Sun is a saloon with gambling and prostitution. In the song the singer inherited his father's gambling addiction and weakness for vices. The ending of the song is most striking "I've got one foot on the platform, the other foot on the train. I'm going back to New Orleans to wear that ball & chain" - his addictions have overcome him again and he is a slave to them. Though he seems to hesitate on the platform, but he yields to his addictions and goes back. Eric Burdon's voice is like no other. His career was mismanaged. He had one of the best voices in pop music - ever. There is a tape of him on KZfaq sining "Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" live. They sound great - his voice is recording quality on it. Look it up.

Song Facts: -Origin is unknown but believed to been created in late 1800’s - First known recording was in 1930’s by Clarence Ashley who learned it from his grandfather -Lyrics have changed with over 100 different artists covering it -Some versions imply the house was a prison while others describe a brothel, bar, casino or combination -Bob Dylan had a popular folk version on his 1961 debut album -Animals created their version while touring with Chuck Berry and would close their shows with it -Their record label didn’t want to spend money on recording it though and only agreed to give them 15 mins in the studio -Animals recorded it in 1964 after only one take! -Their version describes a man regrettably following in his father’s footsteps as an addicted gambler who can’t stay away from the whorehouse/casino in New Orleans called “House of the Rising Sun”

Music from the sixties was unique. So many songs that are cast into the Rock genre, but every one different. We had so much variety in bands and it was an experimental time for music. Every song was different. It was a great time to come of age and i thank God i lived in America during this time when things seemed new and fresh. I had so much fun. I was blessed.

A haunting classic. What a band - what a deep resounding voice.

This song came out before you guys were born. 1964. Classic! Eric Burton is the singer. Iconic voice of the 1960s

Best song ever!,

Also the bass player Chas Chandler was responsible for introducing Jimi Hendrix to the UK, lot of talent in this band

The song is about a young boy .. His family was poor his mother had to patch his jeans because they couldn't afford a new pair .. His father was a gambler who wasn't very good at gambling .. The House of the Rising Sun was a place where many young men have gotten caught up with a life of vice leaving them with no future except booze, drugs, crime, gambling or prison .. He and his father had fallen into such a life .. He was warning others about this trap so they could avoid it and save their lives from such misery

Alan Price on the Hammond organ. Spectacular.

They were part of the British invasion. They were the first band to knock the Beatles out of first place on the charts in the US. Great rendition of the song done by them.

Yes they for famous and the vocalist is Eric Burden. They were a British band. Lots of bands who were on stage on tv shows were positioned like this and wore suits like this, not only the Beatles, so you're right.

The Animals were part of the British Invasion. We loved them immediately. I love the memories. Love you guys!💗🌹

the organist was Alan Price. The bass player was instrumental in bringing Jimmie Hendrix to Europe! The song is old!

Truly ahead of their time. Huge influence on bands such as Nirvana with the loud/soft dynamic. Eric is a legend

“Spill the Wine” by War with Eric singing lead - live version is 🔥🎶🔥🎶🔥

In New Orleans, there is a brothel with rising sun artwork on the door. "The ruin of many poor boy". The Animals were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1964 and Eric Burdon the lead singer is now 80 years old and still doing his thing.

Yes the band was famous. Eric Burdon was the lead vocalist-they recorded this in one take shortly after his 23rd birthday.

Keyboard solo, very rare and special, this song is probably hundreds of years old, a lot of pubs in England were called the rising sun, hundreds have recordd it but the Animals is the difinitive version.

Hey, guys that's Alan Price on the keyboards, and Eric Burden is the iconic singer with the bluesy rock voice. They are singing about a brothel. Great classic tune. Check out their song, We Got To Get Out Of This Place". They recorded House Of the Rising Sun in '64, and are from England..so you are correct about being like the Beatles, in a way. Their clothes and hair styles fit right into the times. Good reaction! ❤

ERIC BURDON, I WAS 7 YEARS OLD WHEN I FIRST HEARD THIS SONG. AND IT CHANGED MY LIFE... NOW I'M 63 AND THIS TUNE IS BREATH TAKING. ERIC HAD THE MOST POWERFUL VOICE. THE ANIMALS, "HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN".

Animals are iconic. British Invasion Era. Listen to "We Got To Get Get Out Of This Place", "San Franciscan Nights" & "Sky Pilot"

It was a huge hit in 1964. One could not turn on the radio without hearing it.

Love you guys. This is from my era. 1960's. This song is raw growing up with what you are handed. I love how it starts out mellowcand then wails.

This group awakened me to 🎶. And I was into IT!!!!!

1964..I was 14 and what a beaautiful time in America.

This is a very old song. From the 1920's. It's about a son who sadly is following in his father's footsteps with gambling and addiction. A house of the rising sun was also known as a brothel

Classic/Legendary song. Love that organ! ❤️🎵

Another classic from this genre us Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harum make sure it is the full length version not the radio edit

That's "My mother was a tailor. Sewed my new blue jeans".

The organist's name is Alan Price,the singer is Eric Burdon

This is way before the Doors, 1964. Alan Price on keyboard.

It's funny...growing up in the 60's and 70's I loved the music but I didn't know what they were singing about. I just loved the melody.We didn't have a way to get the lyrics back then so my friend and I would listen to songs on the radio and write the words that we could understand. Fun times!

The song is "Traditional." What that means is that it has no known author and was carried through the decades or centuries by oral tradition. It was first recorded in in the 1930's through a project that sought out songs by unknown authors.

The keyboard player is Alan Price.

He's describing his background at first, mother was a tailor, father was a gamblin' man. Then the focus switches to himself..."Now mothers tell your children not to do what I have done...".

No one knows who wrote the original song but it’s been traced back several centuries to England and Ireland. It’s permeated the entire Western world and was often sung by women. Animals lead singer, Eric Burdon said in a recent interview he changed many of the lyrics as the most popular version before his was sung by a woman. There actually is a “house” in New Orleans that was once a women’s prison. Above its front door was a large carved rising sun. The history of this song is fascinating.

This clip was filmed in 1964 or 65 as part of a UK colour film called Pop Gear for paying theatre release. This explains the early high quality color images we luckily have for this mimed from the record performance and also a few other top UK only music artists from when the film was made. KZfaq has quite a few segments from this UK movie Pop Gear with the US contribution being to re title it Go Go Mania and add a few intro segments to satisfy the US audience. A KZfaq search for Pop Gear Go Go Mania shows the segments : kzfaq.info?search_query=pop+gear+go+go+mania The intro by TCM explains the background of the film. While some of these segments were likely to be shown on US Colour TV much later , the source would originally be this high quality film. Rising Sun is the standout, but the Honeycombs with Have I the Right is a landmark too, In 1964 images not recorded on film would be much lower quality videotape, not the notable quality images used here. Especially with the inferior US NTSC standards often called Never The Same Colour. So lucky the film was made instead of relying on low standard video tape recordings that were usually taped over anyway to save tape cost money or made by filming a TV screen with poor quality results. I would be amazed to see any video recording from 1964 up to this standard of image quality. A better sound source can easily replace or lesser quality film track early source in KZfaq postings these days. These films mainly used mimed performances as the vast majority of theatre audiences wanted to hear the music performance as they knew it from the records. Hope this helps people who have the colorized and vidoetape theories that usually pop up.

Alan Price is the keyboardist. Went on to a solo career and wrote music for movies, I believe. Phenomenal musician.

This is a classic and Eric Burden is a god.

The Animals' guitarist Hilton Valentine, best known for the iconic opening riff on the English rock band's arrangement of "The House of the Rising Sun," has died at the age of 77. 29th January 2021. R.I.P. Keyboard player Alan Price has a fear of flying, and as he travelled the world performing his 60s hits he was gripped with the constant fear of flying. He had to have a shot of vodka before he could even step on a plane.“I once did a tour of 70 cities so that meant 70 vodkas!” said Alan, whose keyboard wizardry turned the Animals into a household name. It was one of the reasons he left the band in 1965.

group from the 60's-Eric Burden and the Animals. These guys had a few big hits back then. Its just a remake of an earlier version but this British band killed it and its not about them.

"Piano players name "Alan Price" famous player" This band are from my home City, Newcastle Upon Tyne, In the North East Of England, The bass player "Chas Chandler, later became the manager of "Jimi Hendrix, Singer "Eric Burdon is very famous, the band recorded this old blues song in "One take session.

Un grand classique !!

The Who amazing band,won't get fooled again, baba,o,riley, behind blue eyes, and many more banging songs, give them a listen guy's....

The keyboard player took all the band's money, and the bass player became Jimi Hendrix's manager a few years later!! Their real-life story is at least as interesting as the story they're telling is!

They were dressing like the Beatles. This was popular with rock bands at that time. This ong actually de-throned a Beatles song off the top spot on the music chart. British bands were HUGE in this period. Every label was trying to get the next Beatles.

What a voice!

RIP Hyton Valentine - Lead Guitar and RIP Chas Chandler - Bass Guitar

My grandfather was a gambler in New Orleans, he had to leave (was never told the circumstances) and fled to Texas where he met my grandmother.

We’ve Gotta Get Out of This Place was another Animals hit, used in practically every Vietnam war movie.

So great song that even my easy piano cover sounds good!! 😉

This keyboards player, Alan Price, and the Doors, Ray Manzarek, have very distinct and different styles to each other!!

Great band and reaction guys! You might also like "San Franciscan Nights" by them (1967) Very beautiful❤🍂🍃

New Orleans is one of those cities where people sometimes push it a little too far for their own good. And 'House of the Rising Sun' is a great way of describing one of the places where people have been up all night getting up to all kinds of trouble.

Classic song. Definitely from the British Invasion era. I'd say that they had more soul than the Beatles. That whole era, which had the Beatles, Stones, Animals, The Who, among others is one we will never see again.The song goes back before the rock and roll era. If you want to hear an amazing version, check out Leadbelly performing it in the 40s or 50s. The song itself is about a brothel in New Orleans, Louisiana.

John Lennon called Eric Burden the EGG MAN, you will have to find out why,LMAO!

Guys. Open your minds to some brilliant music from the 60's. The Animals were a great band. Eric Burdon was the lead singer. Alan Price on keyboard.

Chas Chandler the bass player here who left the Animals in 1966 to pursue a career as a talent scout, manager and producer. He saw a musician in a NY nightclub in 1966 whose stage name was Jimmy James. Chas convinced Jimmy to come back to the UK with him and he would be his manager. He also later convinced Jimmy to revert back to his real name....Jimi Hendrix.

The singer is called Eric Burdon and the keyboard player is Alan Price. The band had a massive fallout over rights to the song with Price claiming all ownership and royalties. He left the band in 1965 and drummer John Steel then left in 1966

Alan Price and he's playing an electric organ not a piano. The Animals were popular during the 1960s Alan Price left the group in 1965 because of the royalties were paid to him instead of the band.

The best comment I ever heard is(how does that great big voice come out of that tiny little face)

shockingly gd track in every way n erics voice hits u!

Great song. Classic.

alan price is playing the keyboards in this song. another great song from the Animals is - don't let me be misunderstood, you'll love it. Huddie Ledbedder ( Leadbelly ) wrote the house of the rising sun in the 1920's many have credited the song to martin and turner, but because huddie was a black man in america at the time, he wasn't allowed to have publishing rights so he never got credit or made money from it. he was born in louisiana and later moved to texas, he used to travel around playing his songs in coffee shops. he had a very rough life, including spending years in prison for murdering his cousin because huddie felt that he disrespected a woman. when he was released from prison he travelled to nearby louisiana, where he started drinking and doing drugs. one night he got into a fight and almost killed another man when he stabbed him with a knife and ended up going back to prison. in this song he's warning people of what can happen if you make bad decisions in life. alot of his songs were later done by other people, because he couldn't take credit for the songs they were listed as traditional songs and the people who performed them would write their names as the writers. including LED ZEPPELIN, their song " the gallows pole " is one of them. he wrote that one when he was in prison waiting to get sentenced for murder and he thought they were going to execute him by hanging him ( the gallows pole ) and he was trying to get his family to raise money so they wouldn't hang him. when you listen to led zeppelin doing it , and you listen to the words you'll understand.

Thanks for reacting to this great performance. Eric Burdon grew up hard in Newcastle, Northumberland, UK. Lord knows what he might have become if not a singer. There's a song I would love to see you react to, the black & white video of Angelina Jordan singing I Put A Spell On You. Don't be put off by the fact that she was only nine years old. She is no ordinary child singer. It will knock your socks off. She channels the originator of the song, Screamin' Jay Hawkins who first recorded it around 1956.

I read somewhere that Eric Burdon ( the vocalist ) is the Eggman in I am the Walrus by the Beatles -- they were friends

You should check out 2 other groups from this time era-The Righteous Brothers-Unchained Melody & Soul & Inspiration and the Hollies-He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother & Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress-They will blow your socks off! Beautiful songs.

I was going to suggest this, great song, great react. Ive heard this since i was a child and it still has the same impact.

3:27 Who is the piano player? :)))))) This is legendary piano player Alan Price!

The guy on the organ is Alan Price - he is a master. Take a listen to his version of "I put a spell on you" kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jJaliKtiltqahmw.html It is epic, and my favourite version of the song.

This was a buckle polisher back in my day! Frequently played last because it was slow and you could dance slow and close.

Eric burdon vocal Chas chandler bass john steel drums Hilton Valentine guitar Alan price keyboards.Chas died several years ago.Alan left the band in1965.Eric still performs .The band has, had many different members but,Eric held the group,together.the best band to come out of British invasion.

And to imagine this was 1964. I mean that's just crazy!!!

“My mother was a tailor, she sewed my new blue jeans.. my father was a gambling man down in New Orleans”

Alan Price was the keyboardist... the song is an old folks song about life gone wrong

Organ! It's not a keyboard! It's an organ! Like in a church, but much smaller :)

BroAction. you have a good sense of music,your thoughts are very interesting.

It is a folk song set to a JimmySmith type organ. Played by Alan Price.

Is "Mamma Zoyas" in Moscow Georgian food? There was another one... Mookazanni wine . Purple teeth. Loved those places and food, people....

it's about having an addiction to something you know is ruining you, but the only time you feel joy is when your in it deep ... in this case drinking and gambling - he's going back to New Orleans to this horrible existence of "sin and misery" its killing you, you hate yourself but there's a strange comfort in it that is less scary than quitting. i think they were on the famous Ed Sullivan show the Beatles the Doors Elvis

"Georgia on my Mind" by Ray Charles a MUST for you. Different Georgia but lyrics apply. Then Willie Nelson.

George, the marriage proposal is still on the table 😉😂

Eric was legendary

He's singing about a life spent in a brothel, a life of sin and misery.. Ultimately, he is his father's son, repeating the same mistakes and ruining his life.

Check out Don't let me be misunderstood, We got to get out of this place , and Sky Pilot

The keyboardist is Alan Price. He's still making albums and soundtracks. Also show up in a few computer game soundtracks.

Don’t know if already said but this cost 10 bucks to make and sold over 1 million copies in 1964.🤯

In another reaction - to "Stairway to Heaven" - you pointed out the lyrics: Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run There's still time to change the one you're on". The heart breaking point of this song comes at time 4:40: "I've got one foot on the platform, the other foot on the train. I'm goin' back to New Orleans to wear that ball and chain". He knowingly picks the wrong path. And he won't survive it.

They also have other songs out there.

They're SO INTENSE THROUGH OUT then EEZ US OUT so smoothly n BOW😋😍😎 Too Cool

Keyboard player was Alan Price later replaced by Dave Rowberry

You guys honestly do the raddest reactions

Great band - Alan Price on keyboards.

Yes they were famous and 1964 was early in the transformation of rock with more innovative styles and modern lyrics. This was also at the start of the British invasion of the American rock scene with groups like the Animals, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Zombies and The Yardbirds to name a few.

This was my dad's favorite song.

I don't know who the keyboardist is, but what he's playing is the Hammond B3 organ. It's a very distinct sound. As you already noted The Doors made heavy use of the Hammond B3 as well. It's in a lot of songs from the 1960s & 1970s. It's so unique that even today when it pops up in music it stands out.