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 - ...)
The Dream
Eric Burdon Lyrics
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waenji hansungan malsuga eopsdeon naneun mwonga hollin deut jeulgeopge jaejalgeoryeosseo
urineun geureon yeoninieossdeon geolkka?
hayan bomnare iksukhan ttatteushan baramcheoreom
you're my dream ijen daheul suneun eopsjiman
dasi mannal su issge meolji anhge isseulge tto nolleowa
oraen chinguneun nege danyeo wassdamyeo hanbeon gajago nae mameul heundeulgido hae
urineun jeongmal yeoninieossdeon geolkka?
hayan haessare chajadeun dalkomhan hwansang gata
you're my dream seoro dareun gose issjiman
neoreul mannago sipeo dasi jameul cheonghaebwa tto nolleowa
kkumerado deulleojwo gomawo jal jinae boyeo hwanhage usgo isseo dahaengiya
urineun geureon yeoninieossdeon geolkka?
hayan bomnare iksukhan ttatteushan baramcheoreom
you're my dream ijen daheul suneun eopsjiman
dasi mannal su issge meolji anhge isseulge
urineun.
hayan haessare chajadeun dalkomhan hwansang gata
you're my dream seoro dareun gose issjiman
neoreul mannago sipeo dasi jameul cheonghaebwa tto nolleowa
The Korean lyrics in Eric Burdon's song "The Dream" revolve around the theme of reminiscence, longing, and lost love. The song is a beautiful amalgamation of nostalgia and hope. The opening lines paint a vivid picture of a sunny day, and the feeling of being engulfed by a sweet fragrance. The singer reminisces about his past and how the person he loved was always by his side. The next few lines are about how he used to enjoy the company of his lover, and how they used to have long conversations.
The chorus of the song talks about how the singer's lover is his dream, and even though he can't find her now, he hopes to meet her again. He expresses his willingness to search for her again and again, never giving up, even if he has to travel far.
In the latter part of the song, the singer talks about how he still dreams of his lover, and even though it hurts, he's thankful for the memories. The final lines of the song say that they were in love, and they were together, but now that love is a dream. It's bittersweet, but he's hopeful that their paths may cross again, and he's willing to wait.
Line by Line Meaning
haessal gadeuk hwachanghan eoneu nal sone japhil deut geureohge nae gyeoten niga isseo
You are beside me like you were lying down next to me in the sun-filled field
waenji hansungan malsuga eopsdeon naneun mwonga hollin deut jeulgeopge jaejalgeoryeosseo
I enjoyed myself fully and passionately as if I had known something that had no word to express it
urineun geureon yeoninieossdeon geolkka?
Were we really in love like that?
hayan bomnare iksukhan ttatteushan baramcheoreom
Like the fresh and cool breeze on an early spring day
you're my dream ijen daheul suneun eopsjiman
You're my dream that I can no longer reach
dasi mannal su issge meolji anhge isseulge tto nolleowa
I'll stay away and watch you again from afar
neoneun hangange salgo issdago gakkaun gose geu gose nado jaril jabasseo
I followed you to the place where you said you lived for eternity
oraen chinguneun nege danyeo wassdamyeo hanbeon gajago nae mameul heundeulgido hae
An old friend came and took me away, shaking my heart, saying they'd take me to you once more
hayan haessare chajadeun dalkomhan hwansang gata
You were like a sweet dream that I caught in the midst of the sunny morning
you're my dream seoro dareun gose issjiman
You're my dream, although you may be somewhere else now
neoreul mannago sipeo dasi jameul cheonghaebwa tto nolleowa
I want to meet you again and fall asleep holding you
kkumerado deulleojwo gomawo jal jinae boyeo hwanhage usgo isseo dahaengiya
Even in my dreams, please come to me, be well, and smile brightly, my darling
urineun.
We are.
Writer(s): ERIC VICTOR BURDON
Contributed by Peyton E. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@PurplehazemindAndy
thanks for posting! He is the master of psychdelic rhymes. Let´s go to get .... ? Do what you like!