The Animals

 

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One of the most important bands originating from England's R&B scene during the early '60s from Newcastle featuring keyboardist Alan Price & singer Eric Burden.

 

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Key Compiliation: The Complete Animals (1990)

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Career Defining Song:

The House Of The Rising Sun (1964 UK#1 USA#1)

Other Key Songs:

 

Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (1965 UK#3 USA#15)

 

We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place (1965 UK#2 USA#13)

 

It's My Life (1965 UK#7 USA#23)

 

Don't Bring Me Down (1966 UK#6 USA#12)

Bring It On Home is my fave Animals track

 

Not a patch on the Sam Cooke version but still a masterpiece

Great band from the 60's with some cracking tracks. We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place, Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood and House of the Rising Sun are my favourites.

a truely great inovative original band, who of course went on to discover the talent that is jimi hendrix and manage groups like slade (chas chandler).

 

imho they didnt do a bad track.... my favs are 'its my life' and 'inside looking out'.

Bring It On Home is my fave Animals track

 

Not a patch on the Sam Cooke version but still a masterpiece

 

and of House of the Rising Sun??? :lol: just think that's probably the most covered song ever but as it goes way way before records began (of the making a note on paper kind rather than of cd recordings)...people only got data for things like yesterday and if about half of all films made before like 1940 dont exist anymore probs the same for recordings of House of the Rising Sun or whatever it was called (Alan Lomax when he was collecting these folk songs may have it put down as something else, same for Leadbelly and woody guthrie)

and of House of the Rising Sun??? :lol: just think that's probably the most covered song ever but as it goes way way before records began (of the making a note on paper kind rather than of cd recordings)...people only got data for things like yesterday and if about half of all films made before like 1940 dont exist anymore probs the same for recordings of House of the Rising Sun or whatever it was called (Alan Lomax when he was collecting these folk songs may have it put down as something else, same for Leadbelly and woody guthrie)

 

House Of The Rising Sun is a great track but I personally prefer the Frijid Pink version and I would rate the Bachman Turner Overdrive version higher than The Animals version

Edited January 5, 200916 yr by B.A Baracus

House Of The Rising Sun is a great track but I personally prefer the Frijid Pink version and I would rate the Bachman Turner Overdrive and Buster Poindexter versions higher or on the level of The Animals version

 

are these on youtube, are you gonna put them up as of these readings...i ain't seen nothing yet...

are these on youtube, are you gonna put them up as of these readings...i ain't seen nothing yet...

 

Frijid Pink version - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=t40INnb6DnY

 

BTO version - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=YwxP4rv8ImA

 

The Buster Poindexter one is less to peoples teste it is quite jazzy with saxophone in it as opposed to guilar based

Edited January 5, 200916 yr by B.A Baracus

The Buster Poindexter one is less to peoples teste it is quite jazzy with saxophone in it as opposed to guilar based

 

yeah not a big fan of saxophones well i suppose something like an alto-sax used in a jazz way can be kinda cool...but saxs and rock/pop music no way man...thats why loads of 80s music is awful too much sax (not enough sex ?!?! :lol: ) esp with rotten aussie bands from 80s pubs...and people off poilce acedmy having a rocking fun kinda time!!!

My 4th fave British band of the 60s (beaten only by Beatles, Small Faces and The Who)

 

I like most of their music. Eric Burdon is a legend.

 

Baby Let Me Take You Home (their first hit - takes 20 seconds for video to start)

 

Bring It On Home To Me

 

Good Times

 

San Franciscan Nights

 

Sky Pilot

 

 

My 4th fave British band of the 60s (beaten only by Beatles, Small Faces and The Who)

 

I like most of their music. Eric Burdon is a legend.

 

you like war?

Some of you may not remember that after the demise of the Animals, in 1970 Eric Burdon teamed up with funk band War.

Their most famous track being Spill The Wine - US #3 but sadly a UK Flop.

 

By the mid 70s War (without Eric) were best known for hits such as Low Rider, Me & Baby Brother and Galaxy

 

Spill the Wine

 

Some of you may not remember that after the demise of the Animals, in 1970 Eric Burdon teamed up with funk band War.

Their most famous track being Spill The Wine - US #3 but sadly a UK Flop.

 

By the mid 70s War (without Eric) were best known for hits such as Low Rider, Me & Baby Brother and Galaxy

 

they did some reunion shows last year and the very best of war album features Spill The Wine and tobacco raod on disc 1 along with 15 other tunes while disc 2 has low rider and 16 other tunes and can be got for about £3!!! - so thats £1.50 per disc...a barguin if you dont wanna obtain it illegally