well i am super fan and they wanted to be the duran duran new orleans duran but if you where there there it would have been spectacular well i was not and such is life
Alan Price of The Animals has claimed that the song was originally a sixteenth-century English folk song about a Soho brothel, and that English emigrants took the song to America where it was adapted to its later New Orleans setting.
The oldest known existing recording is by Appalachian artists Clarence Ashley and Gwen Foster and was made in 1933. Ashley said he had learned it from his grandfather, Enoch Ashley.
Lots of people consider the song written by Alan Price (of the Animals). any versions older then that is just a tottally different tune. Listen to Lead Belly's. The lyrics were not the Animals but most of the tune was
@chimpbottle Whoever is of that opinion is quite wrong; the song is a piece of folk music that was heard by Eric Burden at a club in Newcastle. It is a mystery as to who wrote the song; much like many other folk pieces.
The song is incredable, though; and I take a bow to whoever came up with it.
@chimpbottle You have no idea what you're talking about so please stop perpetuating misinformation on here. The Animals modeled their version off of Bob Dylan's version of the song so no, The Animals had nothing to do with making the tune or chords.
@chimpbottle You're not seriously this dense, are you? I'm talking about the song "House of The Rising Sun". One more time, read slowly and carefully, The Animals modeled their version off of Bob Dylan's version of this song (who copied Dave Van Rook's version) so The Animals had nothing to do with writing the chords or tune of their version. Do you think you can understand that?
@chimpbottle The Animals made the tune more famous than anyone else but they had nothing to do with writing the chords, the lyrics, or the tune itself. You ignorantly stated that most of the tune was written by them when in fact, you're completely wrong. If you have no idea what you're talking about then try to refrain from perpetuating misinformation on public forums as it makes you look like a fool.
@greatestxgift The guitar riff was created by Hilton Valentine of the Animals which makes their version unique from the original folk background of the song. Hilton Valentine is in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame because of it. Most of the covers of the song copy the Animals/Hilton Valentine version. Sadly, he makes no royalties from it because of how record companies and Alan Price screwed over the rest of the band members by getting the rights to their songs behind the rest of the band's backs.
@robot4me Everyone bashes Muse version, I mean sure its not very strong but its just one take on this classic. Its been covered so many times and each one is different.
Fantastic rendition of a song with a ton of renditions.
Coincidentally, I saw these cats in New Orleans a number of years ago. Stellar work... they make great original music, and they can get down, too. More than just pretty boys, even though that's the image that made them famous. They can belt out some really great music.
This is really cool and interesting. I'm not sure in what context they chose it but it's a nice take with the crunchy, low tonal rhythm section and lilting vocals. There were a lot of references to various bands covering this song but The Ventures version is one of my favorites.
It's a folk song. I think Leadbelly was the first recorded artist playing this song, but the version widely known to the current population was made by The Animals, but the version of the lyrics used there was there a few years earlier. Hope that helps.
mtv use to be great now well never watch it my kids dont either i have lisened to dd scince early 82 and have allways loved them scince the first song and sight simon is fanntastic,in looks and sound and this song was great.
You must be a casual fan - In '81 they covered Bowies 'Fame', in '82 the did Steve Harley's 'Come Up & See Me (Make Me Smile)', in '93 they did Lou Reeds 'Femme Fatale' and in '95 they did a whole album of covers. They've done other stuff too, most of which you'll find on bootlegs.
I respect this group! They made that song sound like their own! But no body has ever done it quite as good as the Animals! The animals version sounds so mean and powerful, i have never heard anyone duplicate it quite as good!
Arguably one of the best band to come out of Britain in the eighties.
you couldn`t turn **Mtv** on back then and not see a heavy rotation of them.
** MTV
was a television program that played only music all day all night. By 1989-1990 was destroyed by corporate greed. U can still see a small version everyonce in a while when they play 1 song out of a 24 hour day.
Oh, you speak from the bottom of my heart! You must not be ashamed that you liked DD, they were ever a great band. And MTV was a great tv-programm. I saw Ray Cokes every evening. Do you remember the U2-competition? They played a gig in Sweden and it was broadcasted to an english blokes house! I wished I was him:)
@arflar Correction. the version we heard from the Animals was written by Bob Dylan. The folk version has the same lyrics but sounds nothing like what we know today.
@MikeIvensky What do you mean Dylan wrote it? You mean the words? Certainly not the music. Besides, I've never seen Dylan credited to this song. it's an old old old song done by countless people.
@mus1cat The words are a VEEERY old folk song, but it used to have a different tune. VERY different, 100% sure. The new tune is Dylan, about 80% sure.
@seansennstrom I don't think that it's possible to say that one is better than the other. As is the nature of a folk song, each succesive interpretation adds to the song.
The Animals version is a completely different interpretation than that of Frijid Pink. I say that the are both very good interpretations.
@dKlompas It is possible to say that one is better than the other. What you're saying would be the equivalent to me telling off someone, for them saying that cake is better than pie. It's all down to preference. ;)
@arflar Thank you for pointing that out. I have been digging into this song for almost thirty years, and I STILL can't find its deepest roots. Obviously the lyric content cannot be older than the fame of Nola, but even that predates the American Revolution. As for the progression of the music itself, I swear it comes from a song sung by a guy who drank with a girl who slept with another girl who heard her daddy's slave humming the Moonlight Sonata mixed with some Gregorian chant. It is timeless.
I have been listening to Duran Duran since 1981 - before most in the USA One day they will get the notoriety they deserve for being brilliant composers and musicians
I was standing about 10 feet in front of Simon in the crowd! This was shot on Halloween / Voo-Doo Festival in New Orleans. It was a truly brilliant show....
With Simon's voice and Duran Duran's talent, they can take any song and make it amazing! And a special thank you to Simon for wearing such tight jeans. Yum!
DD did a great rendition of this song. I'd love to hear Tori do this. My mom did a version of this back in the eighties, and it makes more sense to me from a woman's perspective.
Thanks for posting this. (good vid too!) A friend of mind heard them rehearsing this before a show that they didn't play the song in. I guess they were going to play it in the next show they were heading too. But anyway, to be honest, I love the boys, and I love the cover, but they just don't do a very good job here. Sorry Guys. It looks like J. Taylor was really struggling with the bass line. Good effort though boys!
I actually heard on NPR recently (in an interview with a fellow who just wrote a book about the origins of the song... there was actually a recording of a woman earlier than Clarence Ashley singing.. and its evolution through rock history) and while they were building some new big something in New Orleans recently, they unearthed, and this of course is in an old part of town, a sign of The Rising Sun Hotel and also found things like pots of old makeup. Pretty interesting!
"The House of the Rising Sun" is actually not about a brothel. The maximum security prison just on the outskirts of NO,La. is called "the Rising Sun" because it's the easternmost edge of Louisiana and sees the sun rise before any other part of the state. The popular version by The Animals left out one key part... he kills his gambling alcoholic father because he beat his mother and was sent to "The Rising Sun." Hence the line, "to wear that ball and chain." Just thought I'd clear that up.
Thanks for clearing that up, that story actually makes a lot more sense. The song always sounded more like a story where hope was lost and someone was walking into their own personal Hell.
House of the rising sun was written about a brothel, the oldest version can be traced back to Clarence Ashley who sang it in early 30's, its an old folk song so no one knows who wrote it but the animals do get alot of praise for their "Arrangement" of the song. One of the biggest changes they made was basing the lyrics on " A poor boy" whereas in the original its about a prostitute in a brothel ^^
There's an 1834 written version of this song from Nottingham in England. Notated pretty much as you hear it here.
HarmonicalBluebeard 2 weeks ago
Simon LeBon can make any song sound good!
oboegirl91 7 months ago
666 likes...creepy.
Widgetski 7 months ago 2
HAHAHAHA
1:11 Simon Le Bon's strut across the stage! Simon Le Brent more like...
cyberstench 7 months ago
well i am super fan and they wanted to be the duran duran new orleans duran but if you where there there it would have been spectacular well i was not and such is life
Simon4642 8 months ago
There's only one word that popped into my head:
Sweet!
TheAnonymousSeeker 8 months ago
This is actually very good.
Crisstti 9 months ago 3
I love these boys
Always have
Always will
And I still would
;o)
xxxx
temperanceangel 9 months ago
Alan Price of The Animals has claimed that the song was originally a sixteenth-century English folk song about a Soho brothel, and that English emigrants took the song to America where it was adapted to its later New Orleans setting.
The oldest known existing recording is by Appalachian artists Clarence Ashley and Gwen Foster and was made in 1933. Ashley said he had learned it from his grandfather, Enoch Ashley.
shockinyou2 11 months ago 11
@shockinyou2 : thanks for the info =)
arygierut 10 months ago
@shockinyou2 copy paste wikipedia :P
kapateze 9 months ago
drums are awesome on this song
SeboZax7 11 months ago
very nice
joilson7272 1 year ago
Better than muse. By a long way.
figaz555 1 year ago
Lots of people consider the song written by Alan Price (of the Animals). any versions older then that is just a tottally different tune. Listen to Lead Belly's. The lyrics were not the Animals but most of the tune was
chimpbottle 1 year ago
@chimpbottle Whoever is of that opinion is quite wrong; the song is a piece of folk music that was heard by Eric Burden at a club in Newcastle. It is a mystery as to who wrote the song; much like many other folk pieces.
The song is incredable, though; and I take a bow to whoever came up with it.
dKlompas 1 year ago
@chimpbottle You have no idea what you're talking about so please stop perpetuating misinformation on here. The Animals modeled their version off of Bob Dylan's version of the song so no, The Animals had nothing to do with making the tune or chords.
greatestxgift 5 months ago
@greatestxgift
Talking about the song "House of the Rising Sun" lol
chimpbottle 4 months ago
@chimpbottle You're not seriously this dense, are you? I'm talking about the song "House of The Rising Sun". One more time, read slowly and carefully, The Animals modeled their version off of Bob Dylan's version of this song (who copied Dave Van Rook's version) so The Animals had nothing to do with writing the chords or tune of their version. Do you think you can understand that?
greatestxgift 4 months ago
@greatestxgift
Nah, I've listened to Bob Dylan's version. Didn't sound very much like what The Animals did at all.
chimpbottle 4 months ago
@chimpbottle You have to be legally deaf or have complete shit for brains if you can't see how both are musically structured the same.
greatestxgift 4 months ago
@greatestxgift
Deep breath, big guy. We'll get through this. Together.
I still think The Animals shaped the song to the familiar tune we know today more than any other musician/group lol.
chimpbottle 4 months ago
@chimpbottle The Animals made the tune more famous than anyone else but they had nothing to do with writing the chords, the lyrics, or the tune itself. You ignorantly stated that most of the tune was written by them when in fact, you're completely wrong. If you have no idea what you're talking about then try to refrain from perpetuating misinformation on public forums as it makes you look like a fool.
greatestxgift 4 months ago
@greatestxgift The guitar riff was created by Hilton Valentine of the Animals which makes their version unique from the original folk background of the song. Hilton Valentine is in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame because of it. Most of the covers of the song copy the Animals/Hilton Valentine version. Sadly, he makes no royalties from it because of how record companies and Alan Price screwed over the rest of the band members by getting the rights to their songs behind the rest of the band's backs.
grumblebunz 3 months ago
@greatestxgift
Can you be illegally deaf?
TheAnonymousSeeker 4 months ago
Simon has the best ass in the business
Obaneke 1 year ago 2
This version is pretty cool. It has a raw sound to it that is catchy.
Pboccuti 1 year ago
This version is Much more better than the version covered by Muse.
alexe610 1 year ago
@alexe610 exactly muse ruined a classic. so sad and terrible.
robot4me 1 year ago
@robot4me Everyone bashes Muse version, I mean sure its not very strong but its just one take on this classic. Its been covered so many times and each one is different.
AmuseMe543 1 year ago
#1 Simon Le Bon is still a god!!
#2 No one knows the exact origins of this song, it's 1st recording was 1933, but it had been around for around 100 years at that point.
#3 Would have been nicer if some girl had not tried to sing back up!!
kristine129 1 year ago
nice version.probably the best
TheChemot 1 year ago
Fantastic rendition of a song with a ton of renditions.
Coincidentally, I saw these cats in New Orleans a number of years ago. Stellar work... they make great original music, and they can get down, too. More than just pretty boys, even though that's the image that made them famous. They can belt out some really great music.
grimcity 1 year ago
ok that was so hot and original. love dD
peepalot 1 year ago
classic le bon
shw500 1 year ago
The Guitar Riff/chords at 2:48 - 2:50 reminds me of a Stones song BUT can't quite remember the title.
theselector 1 year ago
@theselector Paint it Black
greenanarchyify 1 year ago
WOW...wish they would have put more stuff like this on THank You
liffy101 1 year ago
you know? i came here expecting somenthing totally different but this is really cool :D
Maggielicious21 1 year ago 2
This is really cool and interesting. I'm not sure in what context they chose it but it's a nice take with the crunchy, low tonal rhythm section and lilting vocals. There were a lot of references to various bands covering this song but The Ventures version is one of my favorites.
cathiem33 1 year ago
cool interpretation!
dearmutiny 1 year ago 2
It's a folk song. I think Leadbelly was the first recorded artist playing this song, but the version widely known to the current population was made by The Animals, but the version of the lyrics used there was there a few years earlier. Hope that helps.
kozinc 2 years ago 3
nd it was from the point of veiw a female. The animals did it from the males point of veiw. Animals is the better know one
crazylady02 2 years ago
no one really knows who wrote this song
jack0532 2 years ago 4
great cover! very nice...
btownmadness 2 years ago 2
i love this band !awesome !
RocioDD 2 years ago
Dang, Duran Duran still sounds pro! Simon has taken good care of his voice.
fullofsecrets 2 years ago 4
I don't usually listen too Duran Duran, but holy shit. They are GOOOOD!
ArianRohani 2 years ago 6
This is an awesome version. Love how they injected their own style to it.
Coming from a huge DD fan, I'd say the Animals still did it best. This come real close though.
Domster07 2 years ago 3
There is no 'original' ... it's a folk song ... versions vary ... words vary ... but it was actualy recorded for the first time, back in the 30s ...
qbaby70 2 years ago 8
i always thought the animals wrote it,,,thats one on me,,,,,any ideas who it was who wrote or recorded it first,,,,,ill love to know.
mrcolinraycyrus 2 years ago
Check it out in wikipedia ... they give a detailed run-down of the history of the song.
qbaby70 2 years ago
@mrcolinraycyrus nobody knows who wrote it
AdRiAn84954 2 years ago
really man this clears alot up been looking for this song's original for sooooo long, you must be right, with the thumbs up & all
potheadNZ 2 years ago
Wikipedia has a good article on this song.
MrWeegit 2 years ago
Love Simon
demalcolm 2 years ago
awesome ! i love this band !
RocioDD 2 years ago
wow never heard this version before... not bad... The best version ive heard is Ploy of Oracle - House of the Rising sun
jordon2005 2 years ago
Cool! But ive always wanted to hear Jim Morrisson do this one.
photon72 2 years ago 5
YES!!!
starglancer 2 years ago
Muy bueno, dos clásicos: Duran, Dura, y The Animals.
felanbu 2 years ago
thanks God for DD!!!!
ivoore 2 years ago 2
was this at the House of Blues in New Orleans, circa 2001?
astrimas 2 years ago
This is from the VooDoo Festival in New Orleans- October, 2006.
Tradition to add a NOLA influenced song into the set when playing the fest.
GREAT work on DD's part.
Dom- serious goodness here... ;)
jenbluesilver 2 years ago
I love it!! Simon's looking better than ever!
Durancrazy 2 years ago 3
simon is gawjus
julieanddavid 2 years ago
graet band all the time.well done dd.
mrduranduran1 2 years ago
i dont rlly listen to duran duran, but this is great! prolly the best version of this song ive heard
yesterdaysYOUTH 2 years ago 2
Simon LeBon the great
3fe2an 2 years ago 6
mtv use to be great now well never watch it my kids dont either i have lisened to dd scince early 82 and have allways loved them scince the first song and sight simon is fanntastic,in looks and sound and this song was great.
leearealake 2 years ago 4
GOD! His voice is like butter! Sexy, hot butter and I agree, he gets better with age!
eduranie69 2 years ago 3
thats great!!
Choke810073 2 years ago 2
I didn't know they did a cover
Chaza26 2 years ago
You must be a casual fan - In '81 they covered Bowies 'Fame', in '82 the did Steve Harley's 'Come Up & See Me (Make Me Smile)', in '93 they did Lou Reeds 'Femme Fatale' and in '95 they did a whole album of covers. They've done other stuff too, most of which you'll find on bootlegs.
sorry
I'm a Duran nerd
Peace
notbobtoo 2 years ago 3
Simon could make a phone book sound like sex.
vlcupper 2 years ago 102
Amen to that! He's gets sexier every single year. Damn I love that man!!
InVisible2U 2 years ago 7
@vlcupper : ohhhhhhh yeah!!!!!!
lahnh68 1 year ago
I love it : D
girleslife 2 years ago
wow, what a version. i love it
woot4me2 2 years ago 3
WHAT! HOW IS THIS SONG GOOD! i thought this was gonna be absolute rubbish, but i love it!
RaveWithRioja 2 years ago
gah this is oddly good =] but my fave version is bob dylans for sure! :D peace
ketazlat 2 years ago 6
I respect this group! They made that song sound like their own! But no body has ever done it quite as good as the Animals! The animals version sounds so mean and powerful, i have never heard anyone duplicate it quite as good!
Joseph24Martin 2 years ago 10
These boys have had a place in my heart for almost 25 years...they can do no wrong.
AlexysB 2 years ago 4
i havent heard much by duran duran, but this is probably one of the best covers of this song ive heard
yesterdaysYOUTH 2 years ago 4
Best cover ever!!!
There isn't anything Simon can't sing!!
COLLENGIRL 3 years ago 9
i really don't think there is! lol. awesome cover by an amazing band. i sorely miss the 80s!
DytchWytch 2 years ago 4
HE IS MY SWEET HEART............
duranduranfun 3 years ago 2
For those who may be unaware,
Arguably one of the best band to come out of Britain in the eighties.
you couldn`t turn **Mtv** on back then and not see a heavy rotation of them.
** MTV
was a television program that played only music all day all night. By 1989-1990 was destroyed by corporate greed. U can still see a small version everyonce in a while when they play 1 song out of a 24 hour day.
geclay 3 years ago 4
Oh, you speak from the bottom of my heart! You must not be ashamed that you liked DD, they were ever a great band. And MTV was a great tv-programm. I saw Ray Cokes every evening. Do you remember the U2-competition? They played a gig in Sweden and it was broadcasted to an english blokes house! I wished I was him:)
Now, MTV is crap! Poor children!
majtris 3 years ago 4
Im duran duran fun befor 25 years ago , NO.1 in the world , i love so so much ,simon is very cool..............
duranduranfun 3 years ago 4
Im not a Duran Duran fan but SICK covr guyz!!!
guitarheropsycho 3 years ago 7
alright! i'm not a duran duran fan, but this is a sick cover.
willysaints 3 years ago 9
WONDERFUL!!!!
The best band EVER!!!!!
Crisfn 3 years ago 3
impresionante
acmilanfer 3 years ago
I like it!
parasympatholytic 3 years ago 5
great song , great version , great band !!
RocioDD 3 years ago 6
This is a good song.
Oriedo 3 years ago 3
Delicious!!!!!!!!!!!
julie7609 3 years ago
What album is thiis off of? It's great!
shockadelica 3 years ago 2
cover of the animals song
Numsefisk25 3 years ago
it's a folk song, not from the animals. They covered it, like everyone else.
arflar 3 years ago 100
@arflar Correction. the version we heard from the Animals was written by Bob Dylan. The folk version has the same lyrics but sounds nothing like what we know today.
MikeIvensky 1 year ago
@MikeIvensky What do you mean Dylan wrote it? You mean the words? Certainly not the music. Besides, I've never seen Dylan credited to this song. it's an old old old song done by countless people.
mus1cat 1 year ago
@mus1cat The words are a VEEERY old folk song, but it used to have a different tune. VERY different, 100% sure. The new tune is Dylan, about 80% sure.
MikeIvensky 1 year ago
@arflar ya but the animals made it sound badass
joshuavalenzuela71 1 year ago
@joshuavalenzuela71 frijid pinks version is a million times better than the animals version
seansennstrom 1 year ago
@seansennstrom I don't think that it's possible to say that one is better than the other. As is the nature of a folk song, each succesive interpretation adds to the song.
The Animals version is a completely different interpretation than that of Frijid Pink. I say that the are both very good interpretations.
dKlompas 1 year ago
@dKlompas It is possible to say that one is better than the other. What you're saying would be the equivalent to me telling off someone, for them saying that cake is better than pie. It's all down to preference. ;)
Bamul1 1 year ago 2
@arflar Thank you for pointing that out. I have been digging into this song for almost thirty years, and I STILL can't find its deepest roots. Obviously the lyric content cannot be older than the fame of Nola, but even that predates the American Revolution. As for the progression of the music itself, I swear it comes from a song sung by a guy who drank with a girl who slept with another girl who heard her daddy's slave humming the Moonlight Sonata mixed with some Gregorian chant. It is timeless.
jozefknaapen 8 months ago 2
@arflar Type in "CHRISTIAN ANDERS - THE HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN." Now THAT I call a PERFORMANCE!!!
AlleReligionen 6 months ago
"There is a house in New Orleans. They call the Rising Sun."
Kinda ironic that they did this song in New Orleans. LOL!
helenabellamuerte 3 years ago 2
thats why they sang it
busyak 3 years ago 9
That was awesome; this song truly proves why Duran Duran is the greatest band of all time. Even better than the original!
MySpookStory 3 years ago 2
Well done Duran Duran, what a fab version!
leaaron7 3 years ago 5
i love it !! thanks for post this !
rocioanahigracie 3 years ago
i kinda like this... its actually a good cover, and i dont even like duran duran
FreakBoi2008 3 years ago 4
they Duran-ified it! hahaha nicely done.
caseyforever 3 years ago
ABSOLUTELY LOVELY!
GypsyMoon 3 years ago
I have been listening to Duran Duran since 1981 - before most in the USA One day they will get the notoriety they deserve for being brilliant composers and musicians
This is spectacular!
Lhiannon 3 years ago 5
Yay... saw them in Cologne on June 17th 2008, they played this song, too... Really cool! :D
MrLyle85 3 years ago
I've never really liked cover-versions. They generally don't measure up to the original. But this is beautiful. I love it!
QTBaby70 3 years ago
brilliant! just....brilliant!!!!
Dany19990 3 years ago
So beautiful...
chickendefrango 3 years ago
ive never even heard of these guys, but this was great! i think the vocals in this version are the best ive ever heard
yesterdaysYOUTH 3 years ago 2
not a fan but this is actually pretty good
imprettystoned 3 years ago 3
these boys are true music makers and they
always where!!!!!!
simon is just one of a kind and he will always
be the number one for me!!!
i am a fan sinds 1984 en will see them june 19
in Amsterdam
neelduran01duran 3 years ago
I was standing about 10 feet in front of Simon in the crowd! This was shot on Halloween / Voo-Doo Festival in New Orleans. It was a truly brilliant show....
warholboy 3 years ago
Where was this?
oddrocks3311976 3 years ago
i love their version of this song, and that's saying something, i normally can't stand covers!
JoeLeTaxi 3 years ago
BRILLIANT!
sjnarslb 3 years ago
These men will always be a fave of mine. Thanks so much for posting this. I love this song...never expected to see them cover it--again much thanks!!
beautiful0loser 3 years ago
muy bueno
henya80 3 years ago
that's a nice version of DD.
elyz1627 3 years ago
very strange! (when you know the eric burdon&the animals version), but very good!
amriirma 3 years ago 4
EXCELLENT!
jsnra 3 years ago 2
Life has been good for the Durans.
billmossII 3 years ago 4
Fantastic!!Again!!I could see this video for the entire day.Love DD
Ciao a tutti
grigiotta 3 years ago 4
best in the world D.D.
Munenori015 3 years ago 2
Great,Simon is fantastic with a great voice.Singing live with no digital support or studio help, like the new singers ,is real music.
grigiotta 4 years ago 3
Fantastic! Duran Duran rule
kymo66 4 years ago 4
i love simon's voice!!!!!!!
pitsesclubon 4 years ago 4
With Simon's voice and Duran Duran's talent, they can take any song and make it amazing! And a special thank you to Simon for wearing such tight jeans. Yum!
InVisible2U 4 years ago 4
this song must be the most covered of all times. this is one of my favourites versions, love dd
virgallagher 4 years ago 3
very great song i like it
markoTRIBIANI 4 years ago
I love The Animals version heck they were amazing looking in retrospect, but this was cool too
astrocat75 4 years ago 2
wow, never saw this before... way cool
a great song all around no matter who sings it.
astrocat75 4 years ago 3
This was a GREAT show. One of my fave bands in one of my all time fave cities.
LuluDBelle 4 years ago
That was cute,,,but NOT as cute as John Taylor!!@
cymbali 4 years ago
DD did a great rendition of this song. I'd love to hear Tori do this. My mom did a version of this back in the eighties, and it makes more sense to me from a woman's perspective.
nixdreamer75 4 years ago
Super performance
shaiisdope 4 years ago 2
If you want to know who wrote the song, look it up on wiki. It wasn't ANY of the people everyone claims it was.
This song belongs to the world. It belongs to lovers of blues and folk, and anyone who wants to tip their hat to good music.
Duran are having fun with it, and I bet they're doing it in New Orleands (just a guess tho). Respect.
KayakLoop 4 years ago
The Animals
TheFlyingSwede 4 years ago
wrong answer. Guess again! (or look it up like I suggested in the firstplace)
KayakLoop 4 years ago
No one really knows where it came from.
redhotrageslave 4 years ago
Allmanic singers
in 1936
The version of the animals is the famous version, and the best version in me eyes (or eares)
Keesschilder 4 years ago
DURAN RULES!
ozmorphus 4 years ago
This is AWESOME! Thanks for posting this :)
TheCatsmeowww 4 years ago
duran duran ROCKS!!
hrvaticaslatka 4 years ago 5
Thanks for posting this. (good vid too!) A friend of mind heard them rehearsing this before a show that they didn't play the song in. I guess they were going to play it in the next show they were heading too. But anyway, to be honest, I love the boys, and I love the cover, but they just don't do a very good job here. Sorry Guys. It looks like J. Taylor was really struggling with the bass line. Good effort though boys!
KevinandCindyGaul 4 years ago 3
I actually heard on NPR recently (in an interview with a fellow who just wrote a book about the origins of the song... there was actually a recording of a woman earlier than Clarence Ashley singing.. and its evolution through rock history) and while they were building some new big something in New Orleans recently, they unearthed, and this of course is in an old part of town, a sign of The Rising Sun Hotel and also found things like pots of old makeup. Pretty interesting!
brynadamson 4 years ago 2
DD rocks always! Awesome version!!! Thanks!!
BrazilianVicki 4 years ago 5
"The House of the Rising Sun" is actually not about a brothel. The maximum security prison just on the outskirts of NO,La. is called "the Rising Sun" because it's the easternmost edge of Louisiana and sees the sun rise before any other part of the state. The popular version by The Animals left out one key part... he kills his gambling alcoholic father because he beat his mother and was sent to "The Rising Sun." Hence the line, "to wear that ball and chain." Just thought I'd clear that up.
PadreParty 4 years ago 9
Thanks for clearing that up, that story actually makes a lot more sense. The song always sounded more like a story where hope was lost and someone was walking into their own personal Hell.
TheYoungWiseMan 4 years ago
I think the only detail you may have missed is that said prison is a women's only prison.
There's some discrepency about the gender of the original storyteller... but i think it makes more sense as a woman still
KayakLoop 4 years ago
new orleans also used to have a bar name that this is about a drunk
bigbrotherjay12588 3 years ago 2
House of the rising sun was written about a brothel, the oldest version can be traced back to Clarence Ashley who sang it in early 30's, its an old folk song so no one knows who wrote it but the animals do get alot of praise for their "Arrangement" of the song. One of the biggest changes they made was basing the lyrics on " A poor boy" whereas in the original its about a prostitute in a brothel ^^
JoshAce52 4 years ago 3
Can't help but scream seeing your teenie idols still perform ! They're awesome, no matter what !
DD forever !
MissingFrankfurt 4 years ago
cool....................................
hkdollarboy2 4 years ago 3
Thanks so much for posting. Awesome version!
lbrandes 4 years ago
Not heard them do this before! Thank you!
MerlotGoddess 4 years ago
Wow! Great version of a classic song. Love the Duran spin on it. Simon's vocal is awesome.
secretnovember 4 years ago
love this song
itsstevol 4 years ago
lmao sa7733...old macdonald... simon could sing abc's and look sexy in doing so as well!
Rudiepunkergirl25 4 years ago
duran duran have always kicked ass. now nearing my 40's it's great to see something i haven't from the dd
matsbad 4 years ago
Simon could sing old macdonald and it'd sound good
sa7733 4 years ago
right on. Looking fit as well.
Amarventris 4 years ago
wow...i still like nina simones version the best but this was up there. good stuff.
gliza 4 years ago