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 - ...)
Out of Nowhere
Eric Burdon Lyrics
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Who is the fool?
which one knows that he is blame?
and which one is last in the game?
I can hear the voice, why can they?
I am glad i wasn't born into your world,
It would be sad to be born into a world that does not believe in love anymore.
I'm not wrong
They say, they understand me.
But i can't stand to be understood.
I like for people to like me
But they can't understand why i don't belong to anyone.
who am i?
I'm all of you
I belong to everyone
Because i belong to no one
In my World, there is no time
Time is being born and dying
Beyond time is living without being afraid
Without trying to catch someone or run away from so many.
you can't get away from alone
You have to be alone before you can find other people
You can't hold on to life
You can only touch it
How old is forever?
When is too old to hope?
You're tired and i am not.
You live against time and i have time to live.
In my World, nothing has always been,
So, nothing will always be.
In my World, we can still believe in hope
If you believe in forever, you build a wall around the Now
What is, is always changing
If it isn't then we are dying.
I live in a notion of time
Where the past is lost in the future
There is time for everything
There is time to love
To hope,
To change.
Nobody knows me now...
The lyrics of Eric Burdon's song "Out of Nowhere" explore themes of identity, belonging, and the perception of time. The singer questions their own identity, asking who they are and expressing a sense of detachment from others. They feel misunderstood by those who claim to understand them, emphasizing their desire to be liked by others but not belonging to anyone.
The singer's perspective on the world is one of disillusionment, as they remark that the world no longer believes in love. They express gratitude for not being born into a world devoid of love. There is a contrast between the singer's perspective, where time is fluid and not limited, and the world that lives "against time." The singer believes in the power of hope and emphasizes the importance of living in the present, rather than building walls around the future.
Line by Line Meaning
Who is the clown?
Who is the one fooling themselves?
Who is the fool?
Who is the one not realizing the truth?
which one knows that he is blame?
Which one acknowledges their own faults?
and which one is last in the game?
And who is left behind in the competition?
I can hear the voice, why can they?
I am perceptive, why aren't they?
I am glad i wasn't born into your world,
I am relieved not to be part of a world that lacks love.
It would be sad to be born into a world that does not believe in love anymore.
It would be disheartening to enter a world where love is no longer valued.
I'm not wrong
I am confident in my beliefs.
They say, they understand me.
Others claim to comprehend me.
But i can't stand to be understood.
But I dislike being easily understood.
I like for people to like me
I desire the approval of others.
But they can't understand why i don't belong to anyone.
But they fail to grasp why I don't belong to anyone specifically.
who am i?
Who truly am I?
I'm all of you
I encompass all of humanity.
I belong to everyone
I am connected to everyone.
Because i belong to no one
Because I don't exclusively belong to anyone.
In my World, there is no time
In my perspective, time doesn't exist.
Time is being born and dying
Time is continuously being created and ending.
Beyond time is living without being afraid
Beyond the constraints of time is living fearlessly.
Without trying to catch someone or run away from so many.
Without pursuing or escaping from others.
you can't get away from alone
You can't escape solitude.
You have to be alone before you can find other people
You must experience solitude before connecting with others.
You can't hold on to life
You cannot cling to life.
You can only touch it
You can only temporarily experience it.
How old is forever?
How long does eternity last?
When is too old to hope?
When does one become too aged to have hope?
You're tired and i am not.
You are fatigued while I am not.
You live against time and i have time to live.
You struggle against time while I have the luxury to enjoy life.
In my World, nothing has always been,
In my perspective, nothing is perpetually constant.
So, nothing will always be.
Therefore, nothing will remain eternal.
In my World, we can still believe in hope
In my view, hope can still be believed in.
If you believe in forever, you build a wall around the Now
If you believe in everlastingness, you restrict yourself to the present moment.
What is, is always changing
The nature of existence is constantly evolving.
If it isn't then we are dying.
If change fails to occur, it signifies regression.
I live in a notion of time
I exist within a concept of time.
Where the past is lost in the future
Where the past becomes indistinguishable from the future.
There is time for everything
There is adequate time for all things.
There is time to love
There is a period for love.
To hope,
To have aspirations,
To change.
To undergo transformations.
Nobody knows me now...
At present, nobody truly understands me...
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Capitol CMG Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: SYLVESTER ALLEN, HAROLD RAY I. BROWN, MORRIS DEWAYNE DICKERSON, LE ROY L. JORDAN, CHARLES MILLER, LEE OSKAR, HOWARD E. SCOTT
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