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UCR top 100 classic rock songs! Number 82 is The Animals "HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN"
Though it dates back to at least the early '30s, the Animals first heard the song which lands them on our Top 100 Classic Rock Songs list on the debut album by Bob Dylan.
This folk song was passed down through the years, ultimately making its way into the hands of Greenwich Village folk mainstay Dave Van Ronk, who put his own twist on "House of the Rising Sun." His version is the one that Dylan took from for his 1962 debut and in turn, the one the Animals would use as a blueprint for their own rendition.
In the heat of the British Invasion in the summer of 1964, the Animals' "House of the Rising Sun" hit the top of both the U.K. and U.S. charts. Alan Price's haunting Hammond organ and Eric Burdon's impassioned vocals were a perfect fit for the track.
It would become not only the Animals' signature song, but also planted the first seeds of what would eventually become folk-rock. Out of step with most of the rest of the British invasion sounds, this record stood alone and utterly unique.
Though it dates back to at least the early '30s, the Animals first heard the song which lands them on our Top 100 Classic Rock Songs list on the debut album by Bob Dylan.
This folk song was passed down through the years, ultimately making its way into the hands of Greenwich Village folk mainstay Dave Van Ronk, who put his own twist on "House of the Rising Sun." His version is the one that Dylan took from for his 1962 debut and in turn, the one the Animals would use as a blueprint for their own rendition.
In the heat of the British Invasion in the summer of 1964, the Animals' "House of the Rising Sun" hit the top of both the U.K. and U.S. charts. Alan Price's haunting Hammond organ and Eric Burdon's impassioned vocals were a perfect fit for the track.
It would become not only the Animals' signature song, but also planted the first seeds of what would eventually become folk-rock. Out of step with most of the rest of the British invasion sounds, this record stood alone and utterly unique.
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M.F.B. _ Alan Price - The House Of The Rising Sun
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Thank you my friend TSgt Joe C. for posting the classic music video of Eric Burden leading The Animal as they perform Alan Price's song "House of the Rising Sun" which became a staple for them.
Here is the songwriter singing his song
Alan Price - The House Of The Rising Sun
https://youtu.be/uZ5bhCfQkas?t=10
"The House Of The Rising Sun" written by Alan Price
Lyrics
"There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God, I know I'm one
My mother was a tailor
She sewed my new blue jeans
My father was a gamblin' man
Down in New Orleans
Now the only thing a gambler needs
Is a suitcase and a trunk
And the only time he's satisfied
Is when he's on a drunk
[Organ Solo]
Oh mother, tell your children
Not to do what I have done
Spend your lives in sin and misery
In the House of the Rising Sun
Well, I 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
Well, there is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God, I know I'm one"
FYI SSG Michael Noll PO3 Lynn Spalding SGT Denny Espinosa PO2 (Join to see) PO1 Robert George Cpl (Join to see) Col Carl Whicker Lt Col John (Jack) ChristensenCOL Mikel J. Burroughs Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. SGT Jim Arnold Maj Robert Thornton Cynthia CroftSP5 Mark Kuzinski CPL Dave Hoover SPC Margaret Higgins CPT (Join to see) SPC Randy Zimmerman 1SG Walter Craig
Here is the songwriter singing his song
Alan Price - The House Of The Rising Sun
https://youtu.be/uZ5bhCfQkas?t=10
"The House Of The Rising Sun" written by Alan Price
Lyrics
"There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God, I know I'm one
My mother was a tailor
She sewed my new blue jeans
My father was a gamblin' man
Down in New Orleans
Now the only thing a gambler needs
Is a suitcase and a trunk
And the only time he's satisfied
Is when he's on a drunk
[Organ Solo]
Oh mother, tell your children
Not to do what I have done
Spend your lives in sin and misery
In the House of the Rising Sun
Well, I 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
Well, there is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God, I know I'm one"
FYI SSG Michael Noll PO3 Lynn Spalding SGT Denny Espinosa PO2 (Join to see) PO1 Robert George Cpl (Join to see) Col Carl Whicker Lt Col John (Jack) ChristensenCOL Mikel J. Burroughs Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. SGT Jim Arnold Maj Robert Thornton Cynthia CroftSP5 Mark Kuzinski CPL Dave Hoover SPC Margaret Higgins CPT (Join to see) SPC Randy Zimmerman 1SG Walter Craig
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