House of the rising sun Bob Dylan

[Adam1992i]

Good but the original is better =]

[Nicole7801]

THE BEST VERSION OF THIS SONG EVER!!!!

[derjukee]

THIS IS NOT THE DOORS!

[slpplexi1969]

@derjukee No one said it is.

[safak232]

Dylan is wonderfull

[zakartaz]

Dylan is the man.

[TheChopperdave]

SHUTTHEFUCKUPOXYGEN!!!!!!!!!

[13Aureille]

I'm french and unfortunately, there is is a shitty french version that everybody know in my country that waste this one... it really doesn't sounds like that wonderful version... This one is the best (with the dave von ronk's one, of course) in modern times... The voice and guitar playing, have a reality, a sincerity that could make me cry... I am this lost girl from new orleans when I hear that... it's out of time...

That kind of songs float somewhere among the eternity...

[jobjacco]

@13Aureille I think you mean : I'm unfortunatly French . Cause France sucks

[InFlamesWeTrust420]

@jobjacco Haha. I'm sorry but that made me laugh.

[13Aureille]

@jobjacco Well you know, it's not the subject here, we're just talking about music... and be sure that France doesn't sucks more or less than any country in this world... nobody cares about your little opinion pal... You' d better have greater ideas...

[filnobep]

@13Aureille if you're a lost girl in new orleans then i hope you don't get lost in the magnolia projects.

[13Aureille]

@filnobep Yeah, I've seen pictures of Magnolia projects: I'll try not to get lost in this zone! ;) is it because of Katrina?

[Unuson]

I find both Dylan's and The Animal's version of this song to both be good, and while the latter is more popularized, I think they both do a great service to the mysterious origins of this folk song. Dylan has sung songs by different artists and made more popular versions of said songs, but in this case The Animals won. Music is a competition to win over the emotions of the audience, yet I would never see the composers as being enemies amongst each other.

[TradingTutor]

@Unuson Music is a competition to win over the emotions, but there isn't an universal formula to win over everybody's emotions. Both are good, some people will like one more than another one. I wouldn't say one is better than the other.

[2members]

I have this album It's resting in my basement. I bought it almost 50 years ago in the town I live in which happens to be on highway 61, right along the mississippi river.

And Oh by the way it's only been played once

[bryanswagerty]

@2members Boooo! That album needs to be played!

[240soundwave]

the animals one didnt really go anywhere bob builds up the pressure slowly to a climax near the end and down a bit at the end beautifully

[NoahStacksCups]

@240soundwave Ikr, this is the best version imo. Bob Dylan is legend!

[clouds882]

i like the animals version, but dylan's the best! just that voice and his guitar...sigh*

[Toombs11]

great song! as we all know the real protesting dylan of 63 who had brown eyes then! was replaced by another dude with blue eyes a look alike! what they did was phase in the new dylan by putting out all the tracks that the original did against the government and for the freedom of man etc, then they phased in the new pic with the original singing until nashville dropped then the imposter stepped in for good! killing off his protesting predecessor! rip DYLAN

[NoahStacksCups]

@Toombs11 Bob Dylan is still alive...

[Toombs11]

@NoahStacksCups nah man he had brown eyes on his first album then after 66 (the crash he had) his eyes are blue man!! come on!! i know the imposter is still alive haha!! check it his voice is so different on nashville skyline it aint him!! they used all the material the original had left then used the new replacements pics for you to get use to the new dylan!! trust me he was replaced!!! hense the 66 tour so obvious!! just like the paul mcCartney is dead thing (which he is) but it goes deeper!

[NoahStacksCups]

@Toombs11 Hey guess what? I'm scarred! I didn't know that!

[doneasunder]

found you

[ventura1974ish]

sounds like a retarded hillbilly

[GuillotineGirl6663]

@ventura1974ish Your mums a what?

[yell0wsubmarine777]

@ventura1974ish dylan is the best song writer that ever lived and in my opinion he has a great voice.

dont leave stupid comments insulting dylan.

[SteelerEagleFan]

@ventura1974ish There's no way you just stumbled upon this video and heard a voice that you thought sounded like that. You had to have looked for this video with he pure intention of trolling.

[clarkewi]

What Dylan captures in this version is the utter desolation and doom. Its a horrifying song. And to think this came out from a kid from Minnesota when all was well in America while Kennedy was still president.

[MasteredMitch]

Best version ever. Js.

[TomLoback]

According to Dave Van Ronk, back in the early days in Greenwich Village, Dylan asked Dave if he could record Dave's arrangement of House of the Rising Sun for an album he just signed for. Dave said - no - and Dylan said oops! (he had already recorded it). Dave tells that he was most satisfied to later hear the Animals steal Dylan's version.

[tv2tofaces]

GOD DAMMIT

[9duryea9]

Interesting...some sort of sources might be useful..............

[MrPeguin666]

The funny thing is that the Dylan version came out 1962, The Animals came out in 64' and most people think that Bob covered the Animals.lol

[Uncle99B]

@MrPeguin666. Dylan was covering Leadbelly

[MrPeguin666]

@Uncle99B actually Dylan's and Leadbelley's were covers. No one knows who wrote this song. It's an old folk song dating back to the 17 or 1800's. Just like "Where did you sleep last night"

[Uncle99B]

@MrPeguin666. Which does not change the fact that Dylan was covering Leadbelly's version

[BobkerYa]

@MrPeguin666 Actually I believe the author is known, though I couldn't tell you who exactly it was. I think that *technically* the Animals are credited with it simply because they discovered it before there was a copyright out on it.

[cnoyes82]

@Uncle99B Absolutely.

[wackyal3000]

@Uncle99B @MrPeguin666 Not that it matters but Dylan's influence is much closer to Woody Guthrie (the classic American folk singer of the 30s and 40s whoDylan was a massive fan of). Really like Dylan's take on the song though.

[Uncle99B]

@wackyal3000. Could be. But I strongly suspect this song came from the black community

[mrmartyrayful]

wow i never heard him sing this powerful

[MilanPavkovic]

I like this. I didn't think I actually liked Dylan (his voice partcularly), but after listening to this I can respect his talent. Good show old geezer.

[MarquiseOfHearts]

This song is eerie no matter who sings it :s

Beautiful though :)

[Nana9718]

@MarquiseOfHearts Yeah...eerie in a nice way, sent goose pimples up back of my neck...beautiful indeed!

[pspiddy]

thanks



[fluffyfuzzbox]

well lets all boycott sony then, ok?



[fromthe206]

Lead Belly recorded two versions of the song in February 1944 and in October 1948 called "In New Orleans" and "The House of the Rising Sun" respectively,

[nbx2au]

:) I believe that this is the original folk version. Animals and others have messed with the words ... I think that Dylan kept it original.

BTW the house of the rising sun is the death row house in the New Orleans jail with a girl awaiting her sentence after killing her drunk father... yes she is black, so the story goes :)

[tv2tofaces]

THIS IS POOP

[aTime4UandMe]

This is definitely not Bob Dylen, but it's nice!

[dylanp1988]

@aTime4UandMe this is 100% bob but ok....

[Fishdogpigsquirrel]

@aTime4UandMe HAHAHAHA no

[glovemonkey]

@aTime4UandMe Your right mate its not Bob Dylen its actually Bob Dylan

[PatricknAdam]

@aTime4UandMe It definitely is...

[TheBlackbirdplayer7]

what year did this version come out?

[llangol]

@TheBlackbirdplayer7 about 1963

[philosophyisthebomb]

oh do I love this man!

[2ndnickthegreek992]

Impressive piece of art.

[logicbeforematter]

This was without a doubt the best version I've ever heard.

[karlmoles65]

@logicbeforematter Are you on drugs man? Listen to the Animals for God sake.

[TheMorrisonMedia]

I think Dylan was trolling us with a voice this cringeworthy

[rigoberto565]

is Dylan still trying to be Elvis.

[2ndnickthegreek992]

@rigoberto565 nope. 

[potterfan392]

Dylan's voice sounds incredible on this song! I never knew he could sing like that!

[seans10]

@potterfan392 And what was he, like 20? Just incredible.

[THXcooper]

@potterfan392 check out the rest of this same LP, it's his best...

[rj689]

sorry but the original version towers over this

[GoldenBoyCXVII]

@rj689 Which version are you referring to? Do you mean the first RECORDED version (i.e. Clarence Ashley and Gwen Foster, 1933)?

[SvenskeLoeg]

Awesome!



[mamapanorama]

Dave takes credit for the unique chord progression, which has passed on to everyone who has covered this song since, but Bob did it more up-tempo, and his technique for starting out in a low vocal register and later on going into the higher can be said to have influenced Eric Burton, directly or indirectly. Bob's version is still the most passionate of versions (by a male anyway), and it's more to his credit that he sang it from the woman's pov.

[selbeeps]

Sucks, but Dylan is Dylan. Thanks for sharing this version. It is a classic.

[thesillyfaceofbrian]

@selbeeps you're right

[Pluckyxo]

I love hearing the many ways this song cab be done

[j2tks]

the animals version has nothing on Bob's.

[unacaterina]

Bob, sei sempre e ancora tu IL PIU' GRANDE!!!!

[mutasim0hourani]

this is great version ,But you cant listen to this song without Eric Burdon screaming

[RobbKongMetal999]

I love the Animals version of this song but Bob Dylan made an awesome adaption as well!

This made my day!

[kyxyzy]

Bob is Bob. The rest is trying to come in.

[wartornz11]

I'm agoing back to New Orleans

My race is almost run

I'm going back to end my life down in the Rising Sun

There is a house in New Orleans

They call the Rising Sun

It's been the ruin of many a poor girl and me oh God I'm one.

[wartornz11]

He fills his glasses up to the brim And he'll pass the cards around And the only pleasure he gets out of life Is rambling from town to town. Oh tell my baby sister not to do what I have done But shun that house in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun. Well it's one foot on the platform And the other foot on the train I'm going back to New orleans To wear that ball and chain.

[wartornz11]

There is a house down in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun And it's been the ruin of many a poor girl And me God I'm one My mother was a tailor She sewed these new blue jeans My sweetheart was a gambler lord Down in New Orleans Now the only thing a gambler needs Is a suitcase and a trunk And the only time he's satisfied Is when he's on a drunk.

[RXOXGXEXR]

Bob Dylan learned this song from Josh White according to the biographies of Josh White that have been written. Josh White did more than anybody else to introduce black music to a white audience. Read about Josh White and you will realize that he was first with many things. Martin Luther King's march to Washington was organized by Josh White and his old sidekick Bayard Rustin, for example.

[xSlien]

what the weird thing is, bob dylan recorded this earlier than the animals. hmm....

[L0ngfellow9]

@xSlien the animals didn't invent this song. it's an old folk song that may have originated in America, but Alan Price from the Animals says this song was created as a folk song in Europe during the 16th century and then the lyrics changed when settlers came to America and it got passed along here and there for a couple hundred ears The first recording was made in the 30's i think. Many versions have been created since then. The Animal's version was just the first to become a hit.

[HannahGrahamOfficial]

@L0ngfellow9 First recording was in 1937 by Georgia Turner. :)

[able1km]

@L0ngfellow9 bullshit.... Prove it!!

[L0ngfellow9]

@able1km ok ummmmmm. There's this thing that was invented at one point, it's called the internet... and you can use it to figure out whatever you want by yourself.

[livingsocks]

@L0ngfellow9 really? That's incredible :O

[hogit55]

NO!!!!! I am a HUGE fan of Ole Bob, and love his music, but sorry to say ...

NO-ONE can do this song like Eric did (Back in 67) Unfortunalty Eric's 15 minutes of fame is long gone. He has tried doing the song in his old age, but sucks. LEAVE WELL ENOUGH ALONE BOYS!!!!

[DarkSideofRee1]

ANIMALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!

[MrYamahar6s]

poop



[kyannos]

this song is from an era before Dylans time

[puredelouxe]

@kyannos Yes it is way before Dylan was even born. However, if you listen to this album and listen to "Song to Woody" Dylan pays homage to many of the musicians from that era this song came from. This was also his first album and he was still trying to make his way to being the badass he became.

[gjmh2011]

@puredelouxe You're right, anyone comes from any ancestor and has the duty to do something about, not necessarily the same, better of worse, just a NEW interpretation of precedents' proposal. If this one occurs to be a genius as Bob indeed is, time always let us know it.

[theMstanglover]

I think Bob Dylan's chord choice was better than the Animals, and I think this had more feel. The Animals one is still good.

[gwenjenny]

not a fan of this version at all.

[Tuluc]

Nice to see a version of this song with the correct Artist in the title for once!

[yewtewb1963]

Im so tired of people jumping on the bandwagon and praising a musician. Bob Dylan sucked horse cock as a singer .. now as a lyricist he was highly skilled .. c'mon... listen to this guy,, jesus christ ppl that like this trash prolly think brittany spears could carry a tune too

[G00dtimezz]

@yewtewb1963 Bullshit and then some!!!, Bob Dylan is a good singer because his voice had character, any true Bob Dylan fan would agree.

[vladaro]

@yewtewb1963 you must be watching a lot of american idol...simon and sixty million viewers would probably agree wiyh you

[puredelouxe]

@yewtewb1963 Have you ever heard of "The Traveling Wilburys"? Look them up and riddle me this: If Dylan is such a bad singer, then why would all of those other prominent musicians get him to sing by hisself on almost half of the songs?

[1608Nikolai]

@puredelouxe I don't think anyone would say hes a textbook singer, hes just got a very interesting voice, and very unique. If music was just about technically being a great singer then yeah sure, celine dion is a fucking beast, but shes boring as fuck.

[cineaccion3]

it's the worst version

[ThatDisembodiedVoice]

It's a Folk song, guys, nobody knows who wrote it.

[CB82069]

@ThatDisembodiedVoice A prostitute wrote it about how she became to be, but I think The Animals are the best

[ThatDisembodiedVoice]

@CB82069 That's a theory, nobody knows for sure, though.

[CB82069]

@ThatDisembodiedVoice True, true. That's just what I would draw a conclusion to, not to sure though, I stand corrected.

[Antoniodinoia1996]

grandioso

[MTaitto]

I heard the song for the first time in 1978

and it is still the best version ever heard

[razaranyi]

where did you get this version? it's in any botleg?

[PatricknAdam]

@razaranyi It's from his first LP!

[MrCashlover]

No, sorry. It's nice, but I prefer The Animals.

[calebar98]

this is a really good version but i like the animals

[AcePilot101]

I wrote this song in 1918 after getting off the train from Europe.

Next thing I knew it was the 60s and I was on acid.

[llangol]

@AcePilot101 Don't think so, was a traditial song, Dylan sang itand the animals.

[HannahGrahamOfficial]

@llangol Written by Georgia Turner...

That guy who said he wrote it, regardless of what he meant in his comment, he'd be in his 90s not 56...??

[glovemonkey]

@HannahGrahamOfficial it was a joke, nobody knows who wrote this

[HannahGrahamOfficial]

@glovemonkey It was written by Georgia Turner...and Bert something...

[glovemonkey]

@HannahGrahamOfficial didnt know that, as i understood it it was written circa 1870 by unknown artist wiki has no idea either !! were did you hear your info from i would love to know who did write this

[HannahGrahamOfficial]

@glovemonkey I saw it on multiple websites sometime ago. It may have been written then, but arranged and edited again by Georgia Turner, not too sure about that. I know that it's been changed a few times, the lyrics, for example, this version says 'girl' instead of 'boy' and some other lyrics changed, but that could just be to avoid copyrighting.

[glovemonkey]

@HannahGrahamOfficial ive just seen it. She did the first recorded version in 37 but the person who wrote it remains a mystery. Was it you in a previous life!! seen your channell im impressed your very good!

[HannahGrahamOfficial]

@glovemonkey Oh right, sorry, didn't actually investigate the whole page. :P Haha, thank you very much. :) I'm convinced I was a delinquent Mod rocker in my previous life...! xD It'd be awesome to write a song this good. :P

[Anxiousloth]

@AcePilot101 ...off the train from Europe...which train was that?

[Jedlether]

i mean, to further what i said and to understand the true meaning of folk, its a legend passed from generation to generation, dont matter who said it, long as its said well and well, dylan did a good job, enough said... no?

[Jedlether]

what you have to understand and love about folk, is that nothing is original and what was could never have been recorded, bob dylan took this from dave, dave took is from the last guy, its all about expression, if you listen to dave van he sounds nothing like bob, so quarrel aside, just sit back and enjoy its beauty

[selkie64]

Type in The House of the Rising Sun' 1928 Texas Alexander. As you can see by watching it, the song has been performed since 1928 at least. People know that there was an establishment in New Orleans that they believe was a bordello and it existed in 1820. But at any rate--it definitely wasn't written by the Animals.

[poid71]

wat chords is he playing??? it sounds like Am / G / F #/F help any one?

[RantingThespian]

@poid71 it's basically this for the verses: Am - C - D - F - Am - C - E - Am - C - D - F - Am - E - Am

And in between verses: Am - C - D - F - Am - E - Am

It sounds like Dylan might be playing the C's and D's as C/G and D/F#, but sounds fine either way.

[RT31gang]

@ 1965 dylan You're correct Dave was pissed that Bob covered it in his style before he had a chance to record it, Dave got the last laugh as the Animals cover is the "definitive? " cover... quoting Van Ronk here... see documentary "No Direction Home"

[tucsonazrick]

I confirn this AS A FACT  NOBODY KNOEWS WHO WROTE THIS SONG!!!!!!

[Jtother777]

wikipediaDOTorg/wiki/The_House­_of_the_Rising_Sun

replace the "DOT" with "." (obviously)

bob dylan did not write this, and niether did the animals....NO ONE KNOWS WHO WROTE THIS SONG

[georgeransell]

@Jtother777 shit i never knew that i always thought it was by leadbelly, cheers dude :)

[tommycobra57]

No you are wrong, Dylan took the song from Dave Von Ronk in the earley 60's! It is an old traditional song. Dylan did copy write it and the Animals, as the true story goes, stole it from Dylan!! and had a huge hit !!!

[Dave897456]

@tommycobra57 Its a cover song. Nobody can copywrite a cover song. You can't take an old traditional song. Dave complained that Bobby took the arrangement.

[emonatelli]

Ive listened to this six times in a row and counting

[deserteacher]

he's really singing on this---the poet sings!

[bucketwoman]

This gives me chills :)

[AboSaud33]

2:39 one man band! bob dylan is genius or he used to be!!

[gwcstudio]

sinead owns this

[TheGuessWho99]

Texas alexander was a different song with just a similar name I think.

Anyways no one knows who wrote it

[Logang270]

dead man:can i go to heaven

god: no u kil a person

dead man :ya but he disliked bob dylans video

god: o that a good resone welcome to heaven

[ABurntMuffin]

@Logang270

Logang270: can i go to hevun?

god: no u rape englush languege

Logang270: but it r on interwebz

god: o that a good resone, come ine

Logang270: thanks!

god: *shuts gates* lulz im trollingz u nyahahahaha

[SailboatFilms]

@ABurntMuffin You also rape the English language.

[Explosivenothingness]

So brilliant at such a young age. And still great today. I love you and you're music mister Dylan.

[chchch53]

@1965dylan correction: Texas Alexander i believe.

[chchch53]

@1965dylan It's a led belly original song. along with may other famous covers.

[lookyboop]

@chchch53 actually its an old american folk song. they dont know who originally wrote it, or where it was written, or wat its written about. the oldest recording they have is by Clarence Ashley and Gwen Foster which was before led bellys recording.

[museikdude]

awesome. don't matter who what or how others sang it

[m16nut1]

lead belly wrote this song

[greatestxgift]

@m16nut1 Leadbelly did not write this song so please stop perpetuating misinformation when you have no idea what you're talking about.

[1965dylan]

guys, the version bob is doing is the version Dave Von Ronk does. At the time they were close friends and bob had heard the way Dave dose and decided to do his version for his first album. trust me im a bob dylan nut

[OneOther93]

@1965dylan Although Dave had planned to record it this way himself and asked that Bob didn't do it this way, but Bob recorded it anyway, what a guy lol

[kateified]

@OneOther93 According to Van Ronk, Bob asked to record it after it was already in the can. OOPS! Too late. Dave was miffed, but forgave him. Guess you should, too. Tom Wilson actually played around with "electrifying" this version. The Animals were inspired by this version, and really knocked it out of the park commercially.

[OneOther93]

@kateified Have to say I prefer this version, it seems somewhat more raw and heartfelt, Bob's good at putting that spin on things

[ALilyAmongstThorns]

@1965dylan Yeah we've all seen Scorsese'e film and know the story behind it. Fact is, this the most female, embittered, soulful, blackest, bluesiest, folkiest, perfect, sweetest version of this song ever sung on record, so it's the best - bar none! That's it.

Dylan the actor, the shapeshifter, the genius. Damn you you're good.

[pleasedontask]

@1965dylan i read that too on wikipedia. chromatic bass line on both

[troymerciful]

@1965dylan or you just watched no direction home........

[240soundwave]

@1965dylan who is Dave Von Ronk? is the original animals ? i could look this up but i prefer to ask you

[19KISStheSKY97]

@1965dylan Yeah but Dave hated on him in an interview saying that he played it first and Dylan just stole it from him...

[BaalsJurisdiction]

@1965dylan im a raggae roots fan n god I love bob dylan idk why him got good vibes

[Hayleysmarty]

version*

[Nioz85]

@Hayleysmarty ooooh come on!

[Hayleysmarty]

The Animals versiln is WAY better!!

[FastANDBulbous117]

@Hayleysmarty I disagree wholeheartedly. Although the Animals version is great, also, I think Dylan's voice and energy are more fitting for the song.