Burdon left also this band and run back to stardome in the mid-70s with The Eric Burdon Band producing heavy rocking songs. He went on forming short-living groups such as Eric Burdon's Fire Dept. in 1980, another Eric Burdon Band in 1981, especially for a motion picture-starring role in Comeback for which he made the soundtrack and a reunion band with The Animals in 1983 to get back to the Mainstream Charts. The 1980s saw Burdon in genres such as heavy metal, new wave, pop, reggae, disco, blues, rock and roll, punk, funk and rap. He also published his album "I Used To Be An Animal" as well as his autobiography with the same title. He went on touring in stadiums as well as in small clubs around the world.
In 1990 he formed the Eric Burdon & Robby Krieger Band who toured mainly in America. They recorded some demo tapes, but never released them. In 1991 he toured the world again as Eric Burdon & Brian Auger Band. They released a double-live album, "Access All Areas" in 1993, showing versions of Burdon's old hits in new musical outfits, once again as a blues, metal, reggae and fusion performer.
In 1994 they got disbanded, Burdon got introduced into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, where he performed 1995 with Bon Jovi and created a new group of high-professional musicians, Eric Burdon's i Band. They disbanded in 1998 and he formed Eric Burdon & The New Animals. In 2003 they changed their name in Eric Burdon & The Animals, after some band changes. In 2004 the long awaited studio-album "My Secret Life" was released and brought him back into the mainstream charts and in late 2005 the live album "Athens Traffic Live" was released.
Burdon formed a new band-line-up, also touring as Eric Burdon & The Animals. In January 2006 he released "Soul of a Man", with good critics worldwide. He wanted to create an album who is dedicated to the blues and rnb. Since then he toured the world without a break, always looking for new material, performing with other famous musicians.
Recently, Burdon wrote a screenplay called "Twisted Oliver" and is working on a new studio album. He turned down tours with War and Linkin Park in the last year, but it seems that the new year is bringing many surprises.
Many of his bands also used elements of speed metal, thrash metal, grindcore and death metal.
He's definitely one of the most important people in music history, while recording the first #1 hit with a length more than four minutes, "House of the Rising Sun", the most popular anti-vietnam song "We Gotta Get out of this Place", the first song recorded in stereo, "Sky Pilot" and the first latin rap in pop music, "Spill the Wine". His self-written rock song "Year of the Guru" (1968) proves that he created the first rap rock-song. His political environment can be seen in his multi-racial project with the band War from late 1969 to early 1971. In 2008 he reunited with the band at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
Without his experimental vocals, hip hop, rap, heavy metal, rock, pop and rnb would have a completely different face.
His singing style and music also influenced artists such as Joe Cocker, The Doors, Deep Purple, The Brute Chorus, Ted Nugent, Janis Joplin, The Sonics, Steppenwolf, Chester Bennington, Bruce Springsteen, The Black Crowes, Tom Petty, The White Stripes, Ryan Adams, John Mellencamp, The Compulsive Gamblers, The Vines, Julian Thome, The Hives, MC5 and many more.
In November 2008 the magazine Rolling Stone ranked him #57 on their list of the Best Singers of all Times.
Formations:
The Animals & Sonny Boy Williamson (December 30, 1963)
The Animals (1964 - September 1966, 1976, 1983/84)
Eric Burdon & The Animals (1967 - 1968)
Eric Burdon & War (1969 - 1971)
Eric Burdon & Jimmy Witherspoon (1971)
The Eric Burdon Band (1973 - 1975)
Eric Burdon's Fire Department (1980)
Eric Burdon, Robbie Krieger & Friends (1990)
Eric Burdon & Brian Auger Band (1991 - 1993)
Eric Burdon's I Band (1995 - 1998)
Eric Burdon & The New Animals (1999 - 2002)
Eric Burdon (1976 - ...)
Boom Boom
Eric Burdon Lyrics
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Gonna shoot you right down
Take you in my arms
I'm in love with you
Love that is true
Boom boom, boom boom
I like the way you walk
I like the way you talk
And you talk that talk
You knock me out
Right off of my feet
Come on and shake
(Shake it baby)
Shake it up baby
(Shake it baby)
Come on now baby
(Shake it baby)
I don't mean maybe
(Shake it baby)
You're drivin' me crazy
(Shake it baby)
Come on, come on, yeah
(Shake it baby)
Come on and shake
(Shake it baby)
Shake it up baby
(Shake it baby)
Ahh, shake
(Shake it baby)
I don't mean maybe
(Shake it baby)
Come on, come on
(Shake it baby)
Alright, alright
Come on now baby
The way you walk
The way you talk
When you walk that walk
When you're talkin' that talk
You knockin' me out
Right off of my feet
I need you right now
I mean right now
I don't mean tomorrow
I mean right now
Come on, come on
Come on, shake it up baby
Come on and shake
(Shake it baby)
Shake it up baby
(Shake it baby)
Come on now baby
(Shake it baby)
Come on now baby
(Shake it baby)
Come on and shake
(Shake it baby)
Alright, alright
Yeah, come on, come on and shake
(Shake it baby)
Shake, shake, shake it up baby
(Shake it baby)
Whoa, shake
(Shake it baby)
Shake, shake, shake it up baby
(Shake it baby)
Come on now baby
(Shake it baby)
Alright, alright
The lyrics to Eric Burdon's song "Boom Boom" suggest that the singer is deeply in love with someone and is overcome with desire for them. The singer talks of shooting their partner down, but this is not meant in a violent sense as the following lines describe the singer taking the subject into their arms out of love. Throughout the song, the singer shares how they are taken in by the subject's walk and talk and even suggests that they have been knocked off their feet by them. The lines "I need you right now, I mean right now, I don't mean tomorrow, I mean right now" suggest an urgent need for physical affection. The boisterous, energetic repetition of the lines "shake it up baby" further reinforces this interpretation of the singer's intense passion.
On a closer examination, the lyrics can be read (or listened to) as a flirtatious exchange with the subject of the song. The lyrics suggest that the singer is singing to someone about how much they desire them, implying that they'd like to see the subject move their body to the singer's commands. They use phrases like "I don't mean maybe" and "I need you right now" to suggest a sense of urgency that further implies that they want an immediate reaction from the subject. The repeated "shake it up baby" lines also feel like encouragement for the subject to move their body.
Line by Line Meaning
Boom boom, boom boom
The constant drumming sound of my heart indicates my love for you.
Gonna shoot you right down
I'm going to shoot you with my love that will leave you completely smitten.
Take you in my arms
I want to hold you close to me with all my heart and soul
I'm in love with you
I have fallen head over heels for you and I am completely and deeply in love with you.
Love that is true
My love for you is pure and genuine.
I need you right now
I want you to be with me right this instant.
I mean right now
I am not referring to the future, but to this moment, right now!
Come on and shake (Shake it baby)
Let's dance together and enjoy each other's company.
You're drivin' me crazy
Your mesmerizing looks and seductive aura is making me go wild and crazy.
Alright, alright
I am happy with the way things are going and I am enjoying this moment with you.
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Written by: John Lee Hooker
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Sveta Avagyan
Lyrics:
Boom boom boom boom
Gonna shoot you right down
Take you in my arms
I'm in love with you
Love that is true
Boom boom boom boom
I like the way you walk
I like the way you talk
When you walk that walk
And you talk that talk
You knock me out
Right off of my feet
C'mon and shake,
[Shake it baby]
Shake it up babe
[Shake it baby]
C'mon now babe
[Shake it baby]
I don't mean maybe
[Shake it baby]
You're driving me crazy
[Shake it baby]
C'mon, c'mon
[Shake it baby]
C'mon and shake,
[Shake it baby]
Shake it up babe
[Shake it baby]
yeee shake!
[Shake it baby]
I don't mean maybe
[Shake it baby]
C'mon, c'mon
[Shake it baby]
All right, all right
The way you walk
The way you talk
When you walk that walk
And you talk that talk
You knock me out
Right off of my feet
I need you right now
I mean right now
I don't mean tomorrow
I mean right now
C'mon, c'mon
C'mon shake it up baby
C'mon and shake,
[Shake it baby]
Shake it up babe
[Shake it baby]
C'mon now baby
[Shake it baby]
C'mon now baby
[Shake it baby]
C'mon and shake,
[Shake it baby]
All right, all right
Avnish Panesar
Was so happy to hear The Animals being used in Skyfall. Couldn't stop smiling in the Cinema
Almeida
Yes
Jack Rankin
When Silva just comes in with a helicopter ❤️ that scene
Badar Masood
The last good choice Silva ever made before he gets his butt kicked by Bond
AviTubeful89
Just like the joker from batman.
Marcelo Fernandes Galdino
You got tô admit, he knows how to make an entrance!
BuckshotShelby
@Hollyhock BABY ??? What
Hollyhock BABY
dude its eric burdon. forget bond. bond is. punk
Heimdall all seeing
He messed up when he destroyed the Aston Martin .
AnimalNitrateInMind
Makes me want to fly a helicopter gunship to Scotland...