Posted on 10/28/2009 4:41:42 AM PDT by navysealdad
"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
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Thanks, it’s amazing the number of versions posted there. The Beatles’ version was particularly wretched I thought. Someone must have taped them at around 3am after a Hard Day’s Night.
I’m a big fan of the Beatles, and I didn’t know they made a version.
20 years ago Eric Burden partnered up with Robby Kreiger from The Doors and toured around doing both Doors and Animals and even War songs. Saw them perform at a bar from about 5 feet away. FUN!
I think it’s some sort of bootleg and not a very good one.
yeppers...we gotta get out of this place
What is the Vietnam theme song?
The British radio station in Baghdad still uses that one.
at least it was when I was there
http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/intelligencerreport/animals_house.html
2nd song on the album cover.
Gotcha !
We sang the same song about getting out of college . YOU had a much BETTER reason to get out of that hellhole !
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