Song
"House of the Rising Sun" is a song by the English group The Animals. This song was released on the album US Issue The Animals which Included their hit single "House of the Rising Sun" in 1964. The song is pretty sad, it speaks about a house in New Orleans. The character described in the song lives in misery and seems to be complaining about his conditions of living...
Group
The Animals was a band gathering Hilton Valentine (guitar), Alan Price (keyboards), Chas Chandler (bass), and John Steel (drums). The 4 musicians were already quite famous when they decided to work on this album. This song was a hit.
If we had to define this type of music, we could say that it was more or less folk/rock music because there are a bass, drums, a guitar, a keyboard and all these instruments together remind us of folk/rock music. Obviously, The Animals drew their inspiration from Leadbelly among others.
One cannot talk about this group without mentionning their dress code and hairstyle which became basics at the time.... But are dated nowadays we must confess !Have a look at this picture to get a glimpse of the time... NO COMMENT !
Times
As you may remember, the song itself the "House oh the Rising Sun" is a very sad story, about people who live in poverty New Orleans. This song aims at warning us against gambling and alcohol. If you think about the 60s in the US, don't forget that it was the time of Martin Luther who stood for Black people's rights (in New Orleans there has always been Black people living there in poverty for a great majority of them).
We do hope that this article was not too boring and that from now on you are DEFINITELY great fan of The animals !
And don't 4get : UK ROCKS, that's for sure !
Zohra and Pauline.
"House of the Rising Sun" is a song by the English group The Animals. This song was released on the album US Issue The Animals which Included their hit single "House of the Rising Sun" in 1964. The song is pretty sad, it speaks about a house in New Orleans. The character described in the song lives in misery and seems to be complaining about his conditions of living...
Group
The Animals was a band gathering Hilton Valentine (guitar), Alan Price (keyboards), Chas Chandler (bass), and John Steel (drums). The 4 musicians were already quite famous when they decided to work on this album. This song was a hit.
If we had to define this type of music, we could say that it was more or less folk/rock music because there are a bass, drums, a guitar, a keyboard and all these instruments together remind us of folk/rock music. Obviously, The Animals drew their inspiration from Leadbelly among others.
One cannot talk about this group without mentionning their dress code and hairstyle which became basics at the time.... But are dated nowadays we must confess !Have a look at this picture to get a glimpse of the time... NO COMMENT !
Times
As you may remember, the song itself the "House oh the Rising Sun" is a very sad story, about people who live in poverty New Orleans. This song aims at warning us against gambling and alcohol. If you think about the 60s in the US, don't forget that it was the time of Martin Luther who stood for Black people's rights (in New Orleans there has always been Black people living there in poverty for a great majority of them).
We do hope that this article was not too boring and that from now on you are DEFINITELY great fan of The animals !
And don't 4get : UK ROCKS, that's for sure !
Zohra and Pauline.