The House of the Rising Sun
The Animals Lyrics
There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
Dear God, I know I was one
My mother was a tailor
She sewed my new blue jeans
And my father was a gamblin' man
Way down in New Orleans
Is a suitcase in the trunk
And the only time he's satisfied
Is when he's on a drunk
Oh mother, tell your children
Not to do what I have done
Don't spend your life in sin and misery
In the House of the Rising Sun
I got one foot on the platform
And another on the train
And I'm goin' back to New Orleans
To wear that ball and chain
There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
Dear God, I know I was one
Dear God, I know I was the one
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Written by: Alan Price
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"The House of the Rising Sun" is a folk song from the United States. Also called "House of the Rising Sun" or occasionally "Rising Sun Blues", it tells of a life gone wrong in New Orleans. Depending on the version, the song may be sung from the perspective of a woman or a man. The most successful version was recorded by the English rock group The Animals in 1964, which was a number one hit in the United Kingdom, United States, Sweden and Canada. The Animals' version was also a part of the soundtrack for the Martin Scorsese 1995 film Casino. Read Full Bio"The House of the Rising Sun" is a folk song from the United States. Also called "House of the Rising Sun" or occasionally "Rising Sun Blues", it tells of a life gone wrong in New Orleans. Depending on the version, the song may be sung from the perspective of a woman or a man. The most successful version was recorded by the English rock group The Animals in 1964, which was a number one hit in the United Kingdom, United States, Sweden and Canada. The Animals' version was also a part of the soundtrack for the Martin Scorsese 1995 film Casino.
The Animals had begun featuring their arrangement of "House of the Rising Sun" during a joint concert tour with Chuck Berry, using it as their closing number to differentiate themselves from acts which always closed with straight rockers. It got a tremendous reaction from the audience, convincing initially reluctant producer Mickie Most that it had hit potential, and between tour stops the group went to a small recording studio on Kingsway in London to capture it.
Recorded in just one take on 18 May 1964, it started with a famous electric guitar A minor chord arpeggio by Hilton Valentine. The performance took off with Eric Burdon's lead vocal, which has been variously described as "howling", "soulful", and "deep and gravelly as the north-east English coal town of Newcastle that spawned him." Finally, Alan Price's pulsating organ part completed the sound (see Vox Continental). Burdon later said, "We were looking for a song that would grab people's attention," and they succeeded: "House of the Rising Sun" was a true trans-Atlantic hit, topping both the U.S. pop singles chart (in September 1964, when it became the first British Invasion number one unconnected with The Beatles) and the UK pop singles chart (two months earlier, in July of that year); it was the group's breakthrough hit in both countries and became their signature song. The song was also a hit in a number of other countries.
The Animals' rendition of the song is recognized as one of the classics of the British Invasion. Writer Lester Bangs labeled it "a brilliant rearrangement" and "a new standard rendition of an old standard composition." It ranked number 122 on Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list. It is also one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. The RIAA placed it as number 240 on their Songs of the Century list. In 1999 it received a Grammy Hall of Fame Award. And besides critical acclaim, it has long since become a staple of oldies and classic rock radio formats. A 2005 Five poll ranked it as Britons' fourth favourite number one song of all time.
The Animals had begun featuring their arrangement of "House of the Rising Sun" during a joint concert tour with Chuck Berry, using it as their closing number to differentiate themselves from acts which always closed with straight rockers. It got a tremendous reaction from the audience, convincing initially reluctant producer Mickie Most that it had hit potential, and between tour stops the group went to a small recording studio on Kingsway in London to capture it.
Recorded in just one take on 18 May 1964, it started with a famous electric guitar A minor chord arpeggio by Hilton Valentine. The performance took off with Eric Burdon's lead vocal, which has been variously described as "howling", "soulful", and "deep and gravelly as the north-east English coal town of Newcastle that spawned him." Finally, Alan Price's pulsating organ part completed the sound (see Vox Continental). Burdon later said, "We were looking for a song that would grab people's attention," and they succeeded: "House of the Rising Sun" was a true trans-Atlantic hit, topping both the U.S. pop singles chart (in September 1964, when it became the first British Invasion number one unconnected with The Beatles) and the UK pop singles chart (two months earlier, in July of that year); it was the group's breakthrough hit in both countries and became their signature song. The song was also a hit in a number of other countries.
The Animals' rendition of the song is recognized as one of the classics of the British Invasion. Writer Lester Bangs labeled it "a brilliant rearrangement" and "a new standard rendition of an old standard composition." It ranked number 122 on Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list. It is also one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. The RIAA placed it as number 240 on their Songs of the Century list. In 1999 it received a Grammy Hall of Fame Award. And besides critical acclaim, it has long since become a staple of oldies and classic rock radio formats. A 2005 Five poll ranked it as Britons' fourth favourite number one song of all time.
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yinshi ho
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 trunk
And the only time he's satisfied
Is when he's on a drunk
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
Raphael Sim
Es gibt ein Haus in Neu-Berlin,
man nennt es Haus Abendrot.
Es war der Ruin vieler guter Jungs,
von mir, mein Gott litt ich not.
Hätt ich meinem Anführer zugehört
Ich wäre heute daheim
war jung und dumm
war ein armer Jung
auf den Abweg geführt und gemein.
Sagt meinem kleinem Schwesterlein
das sie mir nicht nachrennt
Soll meiden das Haus in Neu-Berlin
das Haus Abendrot man nennt.
Meine Mutter war eine Schneiderin
verkaufte diese Uniform
meine Liebste ist eine Trinkerin
mein Gott, sie trinkt gern in Neu-Berlin
Ich geh zurück nach Neu-Berlin
ein Getriebener von meiner Not
den Rest meiner Tage bleib ich dort
Dort bei dem Haus Abendrot
NoMadU55555
The Animals - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood 1965 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw7RTUEZMyg
JONATHAN SUTCLIFFE
@The Beach Lady sounds like house of the rising sun to me... i was too young to catch the animals originally. but then you hear old timey stuff as you grow up. i had the fortune of being able to listen to radio when it was still the done thing. too many radio channels have spoilt the admixture these days... there will be a savage indictment on the democratization of the media per se some where along the line. choice is welcomed but constant creation of radio station after radio station so some hip kids can air their latest egotistical mix tape is pretty tiresome. radio 1 has gone down the pan and radio 2 has reverted to type and trapped everyone in rich tea biscuit world - ah!!!! suckers. i told you they'd get to grips with you. rich tea world's revenge. fuck knows what radio 3 is doing... and radio 4 is pretty much ont he verge of a nervous breakdown... radio 1 xtra seems to shout a load of bollox then point the finger at some unsuspecting prole watering his plants.... that kind of GPO bullshit just won't do... come back top 40 all is forgiven... as for radio 5 live - i think it's lost the will to live and airs sod all these days. i think talk sport has won that affray.. as for the animals - the topic of the conversation - decent pub band come big time artistes. i liked it's music. i like the band. yeah. cool... cool beans.
The Beach Lady
of course lol because you're to young... but you may have had an elder somewhere along the way..... tfs
Antonin Very
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JONATHAN SUTCLIFFE
@Nina Basagic The Animals - The House Of The Rising Sun 1964 (High Quality) 2156pm 8/5/21 yeah right... another spiteful stab at kids who have saved a few pennies and others sniding: where did he get that? etc etc.... anyhow; enough.. great song decent enough pub band... and i think they'd have been guys you could have had a pint or a punch up with.. or both!!!!
Nina Basagic
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ZeeMods
I always loved this song.
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Ok no xd
Thomas599
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