TGIF Rock-n-Roll Oldies: The Animals - 1965

Reaganite Republican ^ | January 14, 2011 | Reaganite Republican

[Reaganite Republican]

The Animals were an influential English rock group from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, formed in the early 60s. They later in the decade relocated to the bustling London scene.

Known for their gritty, bluesy sound and deep-voiced frontman Eric Burdon, the band is best known for timeless classics such as "The House of the Rising Sun", "We Gotta Get Out of This Place", and "It's My Life" (below).

The Animals presented a unique blend of rock-oriented pop hits along with R&B material to fill out the albums.  Considered in the U.S. as part of the British Invasion, The Animals underwent numerous personnel changes over the years and like so many others of the era, suffered from poor business management. 

Later -under the name Eric Burdon and the Animals- they moved to California and yet again achieved commercial success, this time as a psychedelic rock band.  Hits of this era include "San Franciscan Nights" and "Sky Pilot". Guitarist Andy Summers was with the band in this period, who later went on to found The Police along with Sting and Stewart Copeland.

The band broke up in 1969, with the cover of Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire" released subsequently.

The original Animals lineup had a brief reunion in 1977 and then again in 1983. There have been several partial regroupings since then under various names, along with legal wrangling over the rights. The Animals were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994...

The Animals: It's My Life - 1965

Video of US TV debut on Hullabaloo/more at Reaganite Republican

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Wikipedia

Previous RR Rock n Roll Oldies features -here-

[oh8eleven]

"We Gotta Get Out of This Place"
The official song of every Vietnam vet.

[stuartcr]

I always liked the overfed, long-haired, leaping gnome.

[andy58-in-nh]

A great band with a great sound. I’ve got one of my favorites of theirs on my iPod: “When I was Young”. See if that one doesn’t take you back....

[Frantzie]

Keyboardist Alan Price went on to have a solo career, wrote music for movies plus was on TV and in movies.

[Le Chien Rouge]

The Animals bassist Chas Chandler was the manager of Jimi Hendrix.

[dfwgator]

Chas Chandler was Jimi Hendrix’s manager and recruited the members of the Jimi Hendrix Experience.

[dfwgator]

And of course the first rock song any learning guitarist tries to play is the House of the Rising Sun.

[kbennkc]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmIy7Ch4M84

[dfwgator]

Eric Burdon also was responsible for starting one of the greatest 70s bands, War.

[BamaDi]

I remember back in the 60s going to an Animals concert in Merced CA and was standing there watching the opening act and I turned to say something to a friend and there stood Eric Burton........thankfully I didn’t embarass myself by screaming or fainting....LOL...I loved the Animals!

[Frantzie]

Hendrix manager supposedly killed him because Hendrix was going to fire him. If he died while he was still manager then I guess he had a chance to control the royalties or something.

This story was out there recently. Same guy?

[cicero2k]

It never ceases to amaze how American blues and rock infiltrated Britain in the 1950s via vinyl pressings carried on freighters by merchant marines because regular distribution channels did not exist.

Then BAM, we get the British interpretation back at us in the 1960s.

[abb]

Yessir. We talkin’ “spoonin” music here!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQSWwfYRmfE&feature=related
War - Summer

[Reaganite Republican]

I absolutely love them, but became didn’t become a huge fan until adulthood, I was born in ‘61 and do remember them on my Philco AM Transistor radio (Made in Japan) lol

[Frantzie]

I thought it was Louie Louie or Stairwell to Heaven? The first lead guitarist in Pink Floyd (Bob Close) said he and Sid Barrett played Bo Diddley blues riffs as young kids.

[Reaganite Republican]

Out of Long Beach, I think they existed before meeting up with him but of course he made them

[dfwgator]

Did you know when Burdon discovered the members of War, they were Deacon Jones’ (yes, the LA Rams great) backing band.

[andy58-in-nh]

Two words: Low Rider.

[abb]

This likely had some influence.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_radio_in_the_United_Kingdom

Pirate radio in the United Kingdom