OK here are the facts, this song was already 100 years old when Lead Belly recorded it just as Where Did You Sleep Last Night was over 100 years old when they were finally recorded.
The Animals got it from Bob Dylan who got it from Dave Van Ronk who got it from a coffee table book of American folk music he found while visiting an aunt.
I'll second what others have said here: Nina Simone is NOT covering the Animals; the Animals' version is a cover itself. You should figure that if British guys are singing about being ruined by a New Orleans brothel, they're performing someone else's song.
No one knows, it's an old English folk song believed to be written about a Soho brother...the oldest known existing recording is by Texas Alexander, recorded in 1927 for Okeh Records.
...the remakes since are countless, including the Animals version.
@Asuigeneris1 That recording is so NOT the same song. It just has the same title. Furthermore, House Of The Rising Sun cannot be an old English folk song, evident in the fact that the English did not invent Blues. You're only fanning the flames to my pet peeve here.
@mamapanorama Then take it up with Wikipedia ya fruitcake. LOL
...you find something more valid that has a proven background and maybe I'll believe you over other written documentation, otherwise you are just some person on YT bitching, moaning and whining to someone who could care less. LOL
@mamapanorama@Asuigeneris1 You don't deserve a reply, but in the interest of keeping things straight. "In 1937 Lomax recorded a performance by Georgia Turner, the 16 year-old daughter of a local miner. He called it "The Rising Sun Blues." In his 1941 songbook Our Singing Country, Lomax credits the lyrics to T...
Must admit chihuahua, you do have a cute little set of puppy cajones...to argue with me for no apparent reason, then tell me I don't deserve a reply. LOL
@Asuigeneris1 Hmmm. So while you feel the need to put someone down for expressing an opinion, and call people names, you think you are above it all because you are a man? You can call me names all day. And I'll just call names back at you, you little shit. You need a shrink. You are stuffing your own need to express what you really feel about things, which leads you to insult others. Go and watch the videos you have tried to educate us with.
@Asuigeneris1 "In 1937 he (Alan Lomax) recorded a performance by Georgia Turner, the 16 year-old daughter of a local miner. He called it "The Rising Sun Blues." In his 1941 songbook Our Singing Country, Lomax credits the lyrics to Turner, with reference to (another's) version. According to his later writing, the melody bears similarities to the traditional English ballad "Matty Groves." From Wikipedia. Having similarities does not make it the same song.
The oldest known existing recording is by Texas Alexander, recorded in 1927 for Okeh Records;[3] Appalachian artists Clarence "Tom" Ashley (with Gwen Foster) recorded it for Vocalion Records in 1934.[3] Ashley said he had learned it from his grandfather, Enoch Ashley.
Oh, and there is nothing indicative of this being originally sung as a Blues song anyway...the lyrics were supposedly altered a bit and the melody has been tweaked for decades as well.
...the song could have been sung as an old English folk song before someone got a hold of it and altered it a bit for their current time, place and situation.
Seems you just want to pick arguments with people. LOL
@Asuigeneris1 Who's picking arguments? I want to see the record set straight. We know certain things about this song, and many of those things are in direct opposition to what people popularly think. As indicated below, if two songs have the same title that does not make them the same song. Likewise, if a song is a descendant from some other song, that does not make it the same song. I suggest you get your facts straight before making statements and you will not invite arguments.
Nina's version has to be my favorite. :D There is a 7 minute live version on itunes she performed as well that is just wonderful to listen to! The song turns into a rocking jam session that you can't help but clap and stomp too!
I don't know what you're calling "the original", but Joan Baez sang this old song before the Animals and they took it from her! This is an awesome version from Nina Simone. She was a genius!
look up the first RECORDING of this song by lead belly in the 1920's or 30's.
song up to that time were passed around from traveling blues-man to traveling blues-man. ownership didnt count for much with these songs. each musician played it different, made it their own.
honestly i think that the animals and all other artist that cover this just carry on the tradition of making it their own.
@lastwave235 i researched this song and it dates back all the way to the 1890s, texas alexander was the one in the 20's that did this song, originally called "rising sun blues" then leadbelly came up with this version in the 40's, the animals did tweek the lyrics a lil bit and made it their own version, a long rich american history with this song though
you are sadly mistaken if you think this is a cover, Nina is the original artist to this song. Then Bob Dillan did a cover then the animals did a cover to it.
house of the rising sun is actually a religious blues song written in the 1930s about sinnin in new orleans. its like talking about the rising son. people are dumb to read wiki and belive that shit. the truth is its just an old blue religious type song. why cant people understand that.
One of my pet peeves. This song originated as a female lament. Can't stand that some guy came along and turned it into HIS. A Cat-house was NEVER, NEVER, NEVER the ruin of a boy, poor or no. It was always the RUIN of a woman. Have no patience for "boys" who have usurped the song to make it theirs. Animals were not the first who tried to do so.
@mamapanorama - You made some good points. I prefer the female version. I like Joan Baez's too. However, don't be too hard on the "boys" who modified it slighty. Men that frequent cathouses could also be a ruin. I can appreciate the Animals version. Peace.
@socalcraigster Thanks for your kind and thoughtful reply. I get incensed at members of the sex that created
"houses of ill-repute" by demand, while marginalizing those they have used by calling them "whores", blaming them for their own uncontrolled appetites, and make themselves out to be the *victims* of social injustice. And in this case, they exceed all patience trying to usurp the best song ever written to explain the other side of the question.
@mamapanorama - I did some research on wiki about this song which contradicts some of your statements about it being about woman in a cat-house. The oldest known recording was in 1933 by duo, a man and woman. While it may be about a brothel, it could also be about a jailhouse or gambling ahll. It really doesn't matter. The Animals version is the most commercially successful version. The fact that the lyrics can be changed to fit different vices is likely the reason why it is so popular.
@socalcraigster In all fairness, I fail to see where Mama's assertions are contradicted in the wikipedia article. "The Animals' version transposes the narrative of the song from the point of view of a woman led into a life of degradation, to that of a male, whose father was now a gambler and drunkard". Everyone from Appalacian stylist Clarence Ashley to punk rockers Frijid Pink have covered this song. No one can deny that the Animal's version rules with it's catchy guitar style. . .
@socalcraigster Many songs span the gender gap. I've heard a male sing Aretha Franklin's "Do Right Woman" without adapting the lyrics to a man. We've heard Ringo Starr sing the original lyrics to the girl group song "Boys".
Creative license allows one to adapt lyrics to their own gender, but there's something more honest about a singer doing homage to the original intent, especially when it comes to such a heart-rendering, historically accurate piece as this.
@socalcraigster Dave Van Ronk is most likely the first to use the chord progression used by the Animals, but he sang it from the woman's side. Bob Dylan copied his chords, but spicier, and sang the woman's part, and clearly lead the way for Burton's vocal rendition by starting in a low register then moving to an octave higher to gain intensity. Some men have the balls to sing a woman's part, some men don't. You don't even want to hear Clarence Ashley's version. Cro-magnon by comparison.
@socalcraigster I'll stop now. But let it be known, Nina Simone is NOT doing a cover of the Animal's song. They did a cover of a song done by too many to count. And the Animals' version is FAR FAR FAR from the "original". Just get the facts straight and there'll be no argument. You can like who you like. But don't call the Animal's version the original. Geeze.
@SgtZippzapp Gotcha, SgtZ! Georgia Turner is credited with the first recording of the song (1937), and Alan Lomax credits her with the lyrics. Lead Belly sang it from the female pov, which, he being the bona fide folklorist he was, would be expected. Dylan, another true folklorist, sings the female lyric as well. You're only helping my case. Thanks. Let's just say the song appeals on a very pan-human level that extracts sympathy from all of us, male and female alike.
@mamapanorama The oldest known existing recording is by Texas Alexander, recorded in 1927 for Okeh Records;[3] Appalachian artists Clarence "Tom" Ashley (with Gwen Foster) recorded it for Vocalion Records in 1934.[3] Ashley said he had learned it from his grandfather, Enoch Ashley.
@SgtZippzapp It would seem. I'll add, this is the only song ever I can think of that does NOT deserve to be. Men do not deserve to usurp the misery expressed in this lyric. In the case of cat-houses, men have gotten off scott-free while women have done the real suffering. As long as it's understood this song has been usurped by men, and that doing so, it makes men look self-indulgent to the point of criminal disregard for women, I'll rest. Thank you for your thoughtful reply, SgtZ.
You can assume and presume what you want, but one consideration might be that how many women were wearing "new blue jeans" back in that time period. : P
...not too many, even WWI didn't have women in blue jeans.
Even though the wearing of pants was a bit more accepted.
This is NOT a cover of the Animals' song. The Animals covered this song, which Nina, Odessa, and Travers did years before those boys learned to wipe their own asses. Come on. Go back and change your info.
The animals version is very poor because they switch the gender of the voice. Simone, Dylan and Van Ronk kept it female (in spite of the latter two singers being male) so as to keep the purpose of the song intact. Dont know why the animals and others changed it cause it became pretty meaningless.
@cosmicviper "Simone, Dylan and Van Ronk kept it female " - exactly. That's the power of the song. The Animals basically covered what they thought Dylan did and made it male because 20-something Brit Rock Stars are notoriously macho.
this is not an Animals song. This song traces back tot he late 1800's. There are know recordings of the song as far back as the 1930s. Animals just had the best commercial success with it.
i love this version it cooks Nini hit a homerun i've watched 9 versions of this song tonight Leadbelly , Animals ,Bon Jovi ,Frigjid pink ,Cool'O'Keefe' Sinead O'Connor' Dolly Parton'GeraldBoyClassical' Nina Simone
Each to their own style of music, this not being mine, but I can see the appeal. Nina's other work I quite enjoy, but this song I prefer with the rougher, gravelly tones, and a more sombre feel (I.E The Animals). Perhaps that ties in with my liking of Louis Armstrongs work as well. However Nina's rendition of Feeling good is just superior to all, albeit with a quality attempt by Muse coming respectably second in my opinion. Should I download Sinatra or the Rat Packs album next? Advice anyone?
@bennypnk1387 Great!!! You really knows about it.Dylan personally said his version was stolen fron Van Ronk version. Anything what Guthrie sung is always good!!! I think he is the "guru" of all of them.
i personally like dylan's version which he stole from dave van ronk who developed his version from woody guthrie's and josh white's version, and there are countless other songs that can be attributed to almost no one in particular because all early music (folk jazz blues) come from word of mouth or learned songs from previous generations or simply having a musician hear it from another once or twice... that is why there are so many versions of so many fabulous old songs
House of the rising sun is an old blues song! became somewhat popular by Leadbelly. I'm beginning to realize why I like the Animals so much. They followed the recordings of this genius right here.
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THE HOSUE OF THE RISING SUN WAS BEST PREFORMED BY THE ANIMALS NO MATTER WHAT YOU FUCKING DOUCHEBAGS SAY AND GOD KNOWS IM RIGHT!!! END OF DISCUSSION AND IF YHU DONT LIKE MY OPINION OS OTHER PEOPLE THAT THINK IM RIGHT THEN DEAL WIHT IT CAUS GOD DOES KNOW IM RIGHT AND YOU OTHER PPL THAT THINK ANIMALS SUCK THEY DO NOT SO LEAVE HISTORY THE WAY IT WAS PLACED TO BE OKAY AND LEAVE IT THERE TO MAKE IT BEAUTIFULLY HISTORICAL OKAY YEA THANKS!!! ANY PROBLEMS?!?! DEAL WITH ITT!!!!!!!!
that is completely your own opinion. I could say the same about any of the other versions. you can't force your opinion because everyone has different tastes and enjoy different styles of music. One day your opinion might change.
Roy Acuff recorded this song in 1938. Joan Baez recorded it in 1960.Bob Dylan recorded it in 1961. Nina Simone recorded it in 1962, and The Animals recorded it in 1964. Nina Simone did not cover The Animals version.
According to my research this song originated as a slave song its original title can still be found here on u tube as can one of the older recordings 1928 but the original was about a poor young girl...and a brothel only later did it become a song about a young ma "poor boy" & jail it works both ways & that's what is interesting... it may well be that like many of the songs of the American Slavery period...that hidden within the original song was a code for those wishing to escape to the north.
everyone is wrong about who wrote this...it is a folk singer from the early 1900s named Georgia Turner and many other people sung it before leadbelly and had it recorded before so. I'm currently reading a book called chasing the rising sun which is only about this song. Look up Alan Lomax before anything.
Yes - leadbelly did record this song and his was one of the earlier recordings of it, but so did many others. It is inaccurate to say 'this is a Leadbelly' song as it is not attributed to one particular author and no one is 100% sure where it orginated. What I was quoting before was what the animals think, not what I think.
I'm so sick of dumb motherfuckers like yourself who don't actually think about what they are reading. Unfortunately you are not alone in the world.
i'm trying to post one from Odetta but for some reason it's not going thru - so just put Odetta & House of the Rising Sun into the search engine. And try for the oldest one - not that they aren't all great...
nina simone actually did this before the animals did, this was the version they covered. a cool thing about this song though is that since no one knows who actually wrote it, there's nothing stopping any artist from 'covering' it. anyone can do their own version without fear of copyright infringement
@NaitsirkC - quite correct. The Animals also covered and rendered meaningless Nina Simone's "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood", much to her annoyance I believe.
This is a great version of this tune! The song is actually an old American folk song....no one knows who wrote it originally but Bob Dylan was the first take a "writer's credit" for it with his version. Then it was covered by Nina and the Animals and much more...
House of the Rising Sun is a folk song with an uncertain origin. The Animals/Dylan/SImone etc. didn't originate it so therefore you can't call it a cover. Amazing song about New Orleans. I am not sure if I like this or the Animals version better.
@AikidoSaintTKE Well regardless of who wrote it, or us not knowing who wrote it, any one else who does a version of it is essentially covering the original. If Nina wrote it, I am sure we'd know about it, but I am guessing even she didn't know who wrote it so this is a cover.
Love the song... but yeah it originated in england and made its way over to the USA and became the traditional folk/blues song we know... and then the Animals had their way with it in the 60's...
I think I prefer the slower more soulful versions than this up beat one... Tracy Chapman did a good version see w w w.youtube.com/watch?v=n1gp-k5y67E but she also recorded a faster version...
whatever version or who does it... it is still one of the best songs of all time.
It`s a folksong, and nobody knows for certan who wrote it...
First record of this song was made in 1934 (Ashley & Foster). Artists like Joan Baez, Gary Glitter, Bob Dylan, The Animals, Dolly Parton, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and Jimi Hendrix have made cover versons... Nina Simone has the best though.
Can't get much more authentic then this . . . Nina knows what to do with this song.This is as real as it gets.
neilieB 5 days ago
Animals version the original !!!! are you nuts ?
sinewave100 1 week ago
@sinewave100 Forgive my interference, but Texas Alexander's version was recorded in 1927 and the animal's version came out in 1964.
Flamme2810 2 days ago
this is an old blues tune the animals covered
itssooshal 1 week ago
OK here are the facts, this song was already 100 years old when Lead Belly recorded it just as Where Did You Sleep Last Night was over 100 years old when they were finally recorded.
moonboy49usa 1 week ago 2
Nina Simone did it in 1962........
BlogBitch 2 weeks ago
The Animals got it from Bob Dylan who got it from Dave Van Ronk who got it from a coffee table book of American folk music he found while visiting an aunt.
LBNLDC1 2 weeks ago
I'll second what others have said here: Nina Simone is NOT covering the Animals; the Animals' version is a cover itself. You should figure that if British guys are singing about being ruined by a New Orleans brothel, they're performing someone else's song.
pinarvarina53 1 month ago 4
@pinarvarina53
Technically, this song is more of a standard at this point.
...so it isn't really a cover for anyone.
That would be like me singing Danny Boy, and someone saying that I covered it from one of many who have sang the song throughout history.
Asuigeneris1 2 weeks ago
This version is even older than the one the Animals made.
rauloparedes 1 month ago
So, who did write the original? My memory does NOT serve me well.....
NormanLake1 1 month ago
@NormanLake1
No one knows, it's an old English folk song believed to be written about a Soho brother...the oldest known existing recording is by Texas Alexander, recorded in 1927 for Okeh Records.
...the remakes since are countless, including the Animals version.
Asuigeneris1 1 month ago
@Asuigeneris1 brothel*
Asuigeneris1 1 month ago
@Asuigeneris1 ....Thanx for the info....
NormanLake1 1 month ago
@NormanLake1
Yeah, I ended up checking out the history of the song, considering there were so many renditions to listen to here on Youtube. LOL
I think the first I had ever heard growing up was The Animals, but the one that made an impact had been Joan Baez's version.
...amazing the kind of longevity and history a song can have.
Asuigeneris1 1 month ago
@Asuigeneris1 That recording is so NOT the same song. It just has the same title. Furthermore, House Of The Rising Sun cannot be an old English folk song, evident in the fact that the English did not invent Blues. You're only fanning the flames to my pet peeve here.
mamapanorama 2 weeks ago
@mamapanorama Then take it up with Wikipedia ya fruitcake. LOL
...you find something more valid that has a proven background and maybe I'll believe you over other written documentation, otherwise you are just some person on YT bitching, moaning and whining to someone who could care less. LOL
Asuigeneris1 2 weeks ago
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mamapanorama 2 weeks ago
@mamapanorama @Asuigeneris1 You don't deserve a reply, but in the interest of keeping things straight. "In 1937 Lomax recorded a performance by Georgia Turner, the 16 year-old daughter of a local miner. He called it "The Rising Sun Blues." In his 1941 songbook Our Singing Country, Lomax credits the lyrics to T...
Must admit chihuahua, you do have a cute little set of puppy cajones...to argue with me for no apparent reason, then tell me I don't deserve a reply. LOL
Asuigeneris1 2 weeks ago
@Asuigeneris1 Hmmm. So while you feel the need to put someone down for expressing an opinion, and call people names, you think you are above it all because you are a man? You can call me names all day. And I'll just call names back at you, you little shit. You need a shrink. You are stuffing your own need to express what you really feel about things, which leads you to insult others. Go and watch the videos you have tried to educate us with.
mamapanorama 1 week ago
@mamapanorama
I left a simple answer to a man's question & way later you felt some need to tell me I was full of crap. LOL
Something about how I flamed your pet peeve, as if anyone gives a rat's ass about your pet peeves lady. : P
...& since when did I become a man? >.<
Guess you are projecting & being presumptuous again eh, you are good at that it appears?
...& who needs a shrink, what videos are you going on about? o.0
God, I always end up attracting the nutjobs. : P
Asuigeneris1 1 week ago
@mamapanorama
P.S. In the future a quick click on someone's name, might give you a little perspective...so you sound like less of a presumptuous ass. >.<
Asuigeneris1 1 week ago
@Asuigeneris1 "In 1937 he (Alan Lomax) recorded a performance by Georgia Turner, the 16 year-old daughter of a local miner. He called it "The Rising Sun Blues." In his 1941 songbook Our Singing Country, Lomax credits the lyrics to Turner, with reference to (another's) version. According to his later writing, the melody bears similarities to the traditional English ballad "Matty Groves." From Wikipedia. Having similarities does not make it the same song.
mamapanorama 2 weeks ago
@mamapanorama
The oldest known existing recording is by Texas Alexander, recorded in 1927 for Okeh Records;[3] Appalachian artists Clarence "Tom" Ashley (with Gwen Foster) recorded it for Vocalion Records in 1934.[3] Ashley said he had learned it from his grandfather, Enoch Ashley.
Asuigeneris1 2 weeks ago
@mamapanorama
Oh, and there is nothing indicative of this being originally sung as a Blues song anyway...the lyrics were supposedly altered a bit and the melody has been tweaked for decades as well.
...the song could have been sung as an old English folk song before someone got a hold of it and altered it a bit for their current time, place and situation.
Seems you just want to pick arguments with people. LOL
Asuigeneris1 2 weeks ago
@Asuigeneris1 Who's picking arguments? I want to see the record set straight. We know certain things about this song, and many of those things are in direct opposition to what people popularly think. As indicated below, if two songs have the same title that does not make them the same song. Likewise, if a song is a descendant from some other song, that does not make it the same song. I suggest you get your facts straight before making statements and you will not invite arguments.
mamapanorama 2 weeks ago
@mamapanorama
You are...as if your "pet peeves" concern anyone but you. : P
...and considering I came up with a version "recorded" prior to what you listed, the presumptuousness goes on. LOL
Asuigeneris1 2 weeks ago
@mamapanorama "I suggest you get your facts straight before making statements and you will not invite arguments."
I would suggest, that if you want to sink your little chihuahua teeth into someone...you make sure you can handle the chewing first. LOL
Asuigeneris1 2 weeks ago
Nina's version has to be my favorite. :D There is a 7 minute live version on itunes she performed as well that is just wonderful to listen to! The song turns into a rocking jam session that you can't help but clap and stomp too!
thomaslindseymusic 1 month ago
What the hell !!! i can't stop me to dance!!!! Fuck yeah!!!!!
schmoey40 1 month ago 2
Let's just agree that this is a good piece of art and let's enjoy it without all this arguing....:)
Prince Emmanuel.
KiskeyaP 1 month ago
I don't know what you're calling "the original", but Joan Baez sang this old song before the Animals and they took it from her! This is an awesome version from Nina Simone. She was a genius!
Baez971 1 month ago
look up the first RECORDING of this song by lead belly in the 1920's or 30's.
song up to that time were passed around from traveling blues-man to traveling blues-man. ownership didnt count for much with these songs. each musician played it different, made it their own.
honestly i think that the animals and all other artist that cover this just carry on the tradition of making it their own.
so hopefully there will be no arguments.
lastwave235 2 months ago
@lastwave235 i researched this song and it dates back all the way to the 1890s, texas alexander was the one in the 20's that did this song, originally called "rising sun blues" then leadbelly came up with this version in the 40's, the animals did tweek the lyrics a lil bit and made it their own version, a long rich american history with this song though
teigue1986 1 month ago
covers only come after a tune! Eric & the boys may not have born when Nina did this
djlegand 2 months ago
This song was covered by many and the Animals were definitely not the first to do so.
rosettAIRcps 2 months ago
ole tu chichi
Aitorgg18 2 months ago
you are sadly mistaken if you think this is a cover, Nina is the original artist to this song. Then Bob Dillan did a cover then the animals did a cover to it.
Sarrill 2 months ago
@Sarrill
This song was recorded prior to Nina's 1933 birth.
Asuigeneris1 2 weeks ago
Perfeita.
danguichard 3 months ago
house of the rising sun is actually a religious blues song written in the 1930s about sinnin in new orleans. its like talking about the rising son. people are dumb to read wiki and belive that shit. the truth is its just an old blue religious type song. why cant people understand that.
2009blahblah 3 months ago
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christianiverson 3 months ago
all time best nina
DocFaithNArt 3 months ago
One of my pet peeves. This song originated as a female lament. Can't stand that some guy came along and turned it into HIS. A Cat-house was NEVER, NEVER, NEVER the ruin of a boy, poor or no. It was always the RUIN of a woman. Have no patience for "boys" who have usurped the song to make it theirs. Animals were not the first who tried to do so.
mamapanorama 3 months ago 18
@mamapanorama - You made some good points. I prefer the female version. I like Joan Baez's too. However, don't be too hard on the "boys" who modified it slighty. Men that frequent cathouses could also be a ruin. I can appreciate the Animals version. Peace.
socalcraigster 3 months ago
@socalcraigster Thanks for your kind and thoughtful reply. I get incensed at members of the sex that created
"houses of ill-repute" by demand, while marginalizing those they have used by calling them "whores", blaming them for their own uncontrolled appetites, and make themselves out to be the *victims* of social injustice. And in this case, they exceed all patience trying to usurp the best song ever written to explain the other side of the question.
mamapanorama 3 months ago
Respond to this video... If men are so victimized by "cat-houses", let them write their own song instead of hi-jacking a woman's song about it.
mamapanorama 3 months ago
@mamapanorama - I did some research on wiki about this song which contradicts some of your statements about it being about woman in a cat-house. The oldest known recording was in 1933 by duo, a man and woman. While it may be about a brothel, it could also be about a jailhouse or gambling ahll. It really doesn't matter. The Animals version is the most commercially successful version. The fact that the lyrics can be changed to fit different vices is likely the reason why it is so popular.
socalcraigster 3 months ago
@socalcraigster In all fairness, I fail to see where Mama's assertions are contradicted in the wikipedia article. "The Animals' version transposes the narrative of the song from the point of view of a woman led into a life of degradation, to that of a male, whose father was now a gambler and drunkard". Everyone from Appalacian stylist Clarence Ashley to punk rockers Frijid Pink have covered this song. No one can deny that the Animal's version rules with it's catchy guitar style. . .
mickeyspinnaker 3 months ago
@socalcraigster Many songs span the gender gap. I've heard a male sing Aretha Franklin's "Do Right Woman" without adapting the lyrics to a man. We've heard Ringo Starr sing the original lyrics to the girl group song "Boys".
Creative license allows one to adapt lyrics to their own gender, but there's something more honest about a singer doing homage to the original intent, especially when it comes to such a heart-rendering, historically accurate piece as this.
mickeyspinnaker 3 months ago
@socalcraigster Dave Van Ronk is most likely the first to use the chord progression used by the Animals, but he sang it from the woman's side. Bob Dylan copied his chords, but spicier, and sang the woman's part, and clearly lead the way for Burton's vocal rendition by starting in a low register then moving to an octave higher to gain intensity. Some men have the balls to sing a woman's part, some men don't. You don't even want to hear Clarence Ashley's version. Cro-magnon by comparison.
mickeyspinnaker 3 months ago
@socalcraigster I'll stop now. But let it be known, Nina Simone is NOT doing a cover of the Animal's song. They did a cover of a song done by too many to count. And the Animals' version is FAR FAR FAR from the "original". Just get the facts straight and there'll be no argument. You can like who you like. But don't call the Animal's version the original. Geeze.
mickeyspinnaker 3 months ago 65
@mamapanorama actually this one was sung by Leadbelly about 20 years before the animals or nina simone did.
SgtZippzapp 1 month ago
@SgtZippzapp leadbelly is amazing
Manu9078 1 month ago
@SgtZippzapp Gotcha, SgtZ! Georgia Turner is credited with the first recording of the song (1937), and Alan Lomax credits her with the lyrics. Lead Belly sang it from the female pov, which, he being the bona fide folklorist he was, would be expected. Dylan, another true folklorist, sings the female lyric as well. You're only helping my case. Thanks. Let's just say the song appeals on a very pan-human level that extracts sympathy from all of us, male and female alike.
mamapanorama 2 weeks ago
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@mamapanorama The oldest known existing recording is by Texas Alexander, recorded in 1927 for Okeh Records;[3] Appalachian artists Clarence "Tom" Ashley (with Gwen Foster) recorded it for Vocalion Records in 1934.[3] Ashley said he had learned it from his grandfather, Enoch Ashley.
Asuigeneris1 2 weeks ago
@mamapanorama Its a unisex song :P
SgtZippzapp 2 weeks ago
@SgtZippzapp
Precisely. LOL
Asuigeneris1 2 weeks ago
@SgtZippzapp It would seem. I'll add, this is the only song ever I can think of that does NOT deserve to be. Men do not deserve to usurp the misery expressed in this lyric. In the case of cat-houses, men have gotten off scott-free while women have done the real suffering. As long as it's understood this song has been usurped by men, and that doing so, it makes men look self-indulgent to the point of criminal disregard for women, I'll rest. Thank you for your thoughtful reply, SgtZ.
mamapanorama 2 weeks ago
@mamapanorama
You can assume and presume what you want, but one consideration might be that how many women were wearing "new blue jeans" back in that time period. : P
...not too many, even WWI didn't have women in blue jeans.
Even though the wearing of pants was a bit more accepted.
Asuigeneris1 2 weeks ago
@mamapanorama
...yeah, frequenting whores has never tainted any man's life either. LOL
Asuigeneris1 2 weeks ago
@mamapanorama
i am not here to argue just wondering why it is never the ruin of a boy?
d3stinyman 6 days ago
This is NOT a cover of the Animals' song. The Animals covered this song, which Nina, Odessa, and Travers did years before those boys learned to wipe their own asses. Come on. Go back and change your info.
mamapanorama 3 months ago
:/ the original song wasnt about gambling it was a blues song about warning girls not to go into prostitution but was changed by the animals
lilemofish 4 months ago 2
Joan Baez recorded it in 1960 too.
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pelleT514 4 months ago
sounds like house music with the piano loop and the drums. love this version
napoleon2000ad 4 months ago
yes, as Woody Guthrie did. he kept the narrator female
AudieGrider 4 months ago
Check out the Leadbelly version of this song too.
Corporations8MyBaby 5 months ago
The animals version is very poor because they switch the gender of the voice. Simone, Dylan and Van Ronk kept it female (in spite of the latter two singers being male) so as to keep the purpose of the song intact. Dont know why the animals and others changed it cause it became pretty meaningless.
cosmicviper 5 months ago
@cosmicviper "Simone, Dylan and Van Ronk kept it female " - exactly. That's the power of the song. The Animals basically covered what they thought Dylan did and made it male because 20-something Brit Rock Stars are notoriously macho.
Corporations8MyBaby 5 months ago
@cosmicviper dude, the animals version is not poor, it's awesome
scorpionbrother 4 months ago
OMG....what an incredible version...absolutely stunning
Caesar1312 5 months ago 2
Q voz lindaaa, amo dimais, nina i love ...
johnhurricane7 5 months ago
Holy hell. I want to marry this recording.
And... punch the guy who packaged it with a list of casino addresses.
MrBuch169169 5 months ago 3
ohh god fucking great
JohnDustguitar 5 months ago
wow, total shit
tearsinrain86 5 months ago
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gsaskue 5 months ago
this is not an Animals song. This song traces back tot he late 1800's. There are know recordings of the song as far back as the 1930s. Animals just had the best commercial success with it.
kenreturns 5 months ago
AMAZING version OMG
Semperfuck 5 months ago
pourquoi ne traduisez-vous pas correctement les textes des internautes,est-ce volontaire?
gemuma56 5 months ago
Yeah, has the old driving "Choo-Choo" sounding harmonica, blow man, blow!
emriederek 6 months ago
i love this version because the percussion just makes me envision her on train to New Orleans with someone playing the harmonica lol love Nina.
NigelAhmad 6 months ago
Ok that's pretty random casino songs? You mean like lounge music, I love that music that plays in hotels, elevators and casinos.
TxmxthyJS7868 6 months ago
kulu change of heart on youtube
kulumusic5588 7 months ago
i love this version it cooks Nini hit a homerun i've watched 9 versions of this song tonight Leadbelly , Animals ,Bon Jovi ,Frigjid pink ,Cool'O'Keefe' Sinead O'Connor' Dolly Parton'GeraldBoyClassical' Nina Simone
rebob59 7 months ago
great animals song! big mama sound!
alexkpile 7 months ago
Each to their own style of music, this not being mine, but I can see the appeal. Nina's other work I quite enjoy, but this song I prefer with the rougher, gravelly tones, and a more sombre feel (I.E The Animals). Perhaps that ties in with my liking of Louis Armstrongs work as well. However Nina's rendition of Feeling good is just superior to all, albeit with a quality attempt by Muse coming respectably second in my opinion. Should I download Sinatra or the Rat Packs album next? Advice anyone?
scaryninja1693 8 months ago
le pied!!!!!! trop bon.....!
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Grannie6847 8 months ago
oooh nina
davidvaks 8 months ago
funny. snugly
moorzeekable 8 months ago
@bennypnk1387 Great!!! You really knows about it.Dylan personally said his version was stolen fron Van Ronk version. Anything what Guthrie sung is always good!!! I think he is the "guru" of all of them.
kyxyzy 9 months ago
it isn't orignal from the Animals. They only did a final version, which everybody knows.
Dave Ronk version is also good and was made years before.
kyxyzy 9 months ago
@kyxyzy agreed too bad not many people know of the van Ronk version
hah13 9 months ago
Good artist. Bad styling. This is a song of regret but she makes it sound like a celebration.
lordlollipop 9 months ago
i personally like dylan's version which he stole from dave van ronk who developed his version from woody guthrie's and josh white's version, and there are countless other songs that can be attributed to almost no one in particular because all early music (folk jazz blues) come from word of mouth or learned songs from previous generations or simply having a musician hear it from another once or twice... that is why there are so many versions of so many fabulous old songs
bennypnk1387 9 months ago
she give happyes to this song
dabrovi402 9 months ago
Actually Nina Simone recorded this song before The Animals did.
KatAcIysmic 10 months ago
House of the rising sun is an old blues song! became somewhat popular by Leadbelly. I'm beginning to realize why I like the Animals so much. They followed the recordings of this genius right here.
ironlionknight1 10 months ago
dope
emanzdaone 10 months ago
Interesting vibrant version like it very much, the photo/drawings of Nina in profile with her hair high are lovely too.
lilyfurryears 11 months ago
@meezsims2luver956
Wow you are complete c##k
ozzz55 1 year ago
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meezsims2luver956 1 year ago
@meezsims2luver956
that is completely your own opinion. I could say the same about any of the other versions. you can't force your opinion because everyone has different tastes and enjoy different styles of music. One day your opinion might change.
soapmachine 1 year ago
@soapmachine yea whatever i didnt really read thio whole thing and btw someday youre gunna die(:
meezsims2luver956 1 year ago
Roy Acuff recorded this song in 1938. Joan Baez recorded it in 1960.Bob Dylan recorded it in 1961. Nina Simone recorded it in 1962, and The Animals recorded it in 1964. Nina Simone did not cover The Animals version.
BetodeTampico 1 year ago
Honestly... Who cares who wrote it, when, or who covered what. Enjoy the words, enjoy the rythym and beat, and just listen!
JHart06 1 year ago 2
According to my research this song originated as a slave song its original title can still be found here on u tube as can one of the older recordings 1928 but the original was about a poor young girl...and a brothel only later did it become a song about a young ma "poor boy" & jail it works both ways & that's what is interesting... it may well be that like many of the songs of the American Slavery period...that hidden within the original song was a code for those wishing to escape to the north.
AIRihg 1 year ago 2
She turns to gold every song she sings. She is (not was), is one of the best singers of all time.
Ivanbelastegui 1 year ago 12
hi
i never knew this person sang this , i like it it is not easy to sing and lot's of people know the words. i never heard it iths way
thanks
pat
sapiscnn 1 year ago
it was originally by leadbelly.
skroobius 1 year ago
@skroobius I can totally imagine that. :)
Badgerinthenight 1 year ago
@Badgerinthenight Leadbelly wrote the song...
skroobius 1 year ago
@skroobius no one "wrote" the song. it's just a traditional song.
gaeazadriel 1 year ago
theres a better version to , its all slow but i cant find it on line anymore
ozricstormbringer 1 year ago
I know what you meen i have that song it's so smooth because it's so slow
mrvalino 1 year ago
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the lyrics are different to the story is about her life and her husband and not her mom and dad like the yard birds version
ozricstormbringer 1 year ago
the lyrics are different to the story is about her life and her husband and not her mom and day like the yard birds version
ozricstormbringer 1 year ago
everyone is wrong about who wrote this...it is a folk singer from the early 1900s named Georgia Turner and many other people sung it before leadbelly and had it recorded before so. I'm currently reading a book called chasing the rising sun which is only about this song. Look up Alan Lomax before anything.
gilbertofiowa 1 year ago
"Classic Animals Song"? You dumbass, this is a Leadbelly song.
welcome2myhell 1 year ago
The Animals claim the New Orleans version was adapted from an older English version of the song about a Brothel in Soho.
nothairywoman 1 year ago
@nothairywoman another dumbass, clueless.
welcome2myhell 1 year ago
@welcome2myhell
Yes - leadbelly did record this song and his was one of the earlier recordings of it, but so did many others. It is inaccurate to say 'this is a Leadbelly' song as it is not attributed to one particular author and no one is 100% sure where it orginated. What I was quoting before was what the animals think, not what I think.
I'm so sick of dumb motherfuckers like yourself who don't actually think about what they are reading. Unfortunately you are not alone in the world.
nothairywoman 1 year ago
Good job. This song is wicked
manfredicomposer 1 year ago
Good work. I like it
manfredicomposer 1 year ago
i'm trying to post one from Odetta but for some reason it's not going thru - so just put Odetta & House of the Rising Sun into the search engine. And try for the oldest one - not that they aren't all great...
jansumi 1 year ago
It's too upbeat, it doesn't fit right.
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LuckyStarr22 1 year ago
hi alan price of the animals took out a copyright on this and takes all £££ rights to it.
thats one of the main reasons he left the band. they got the hump with for it as he got all the £££££
harrison5 1 year ago
crap
545rockon 1 year ago
great singer but i preffer the animals version
yosso2010 1 year ago
the animals version sucks shit compared to this version. fuck yeah, nina simone!
OpakeArawra2 1 year ago
I actually love both (Nina and The Animals) versions. I cannot compare between the two because they both have different styles.
cardigans98 1 year ago
I like nina simone's version much better than any other. Animals did a totally different version, so I don't see one is the cover of the other.
hangthetreasure 1 year ago
God bless the soul of the original writer. They live on not by their own name, but through the voices of millions.
CannedSausages 1 year ago
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DlennartD 1 year ago
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OpakeArawra2 1 year ago
@OpakeArawra2
Cant find it, its to small
DlennartD 1 year ago
AllCasinos,This was actually done b4 the Animals version, Nina did this in 62 Animals version came 2yrs later
shonha1 1 year ago
Listen to Leadbelly´s version. It´s in Youtube.
cordelio33 1 year ago
nina simone actually did this before the animals did, this was the version they covered. a cool thing about this song though is that since no one knows who actually wrote it, there's nothing stopping any artist from 'covering' it. anyone can do their own version without fear of copyright infringement
NaitsirkC 2 years ago 140
@NaitsirkC Oh really?!?!
PhantomLyric 1 year ago
@NaitsirkC - quite correct. The Animals also covered and rendered meaningless Nina Simone's "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood", much to her annoyance I believe.
losttango 3 months ago
This is a great version of this tune! The song is actually an old American folk song....no one knows who wrote it originally but Bob Dylan was the first take a "writer's credit" for it with his version. Then it was covered by Nina and the Animals and much more...
nicolempeoples 2 years ago
great song but this is not the Animals cover they played it after Nina did
lontawilliam 2 years ago 4
love
chrmorgenstern7 2 years ago 3
House of the Rising Sun is a folk song with an uncertain origin. The Animals/Dylan/SImone etc. didn't originate it so therefore you can't call it a cover. Amazing song about New Orleans. I am not sure if I like this or the Animals version better.
AikidoSaintTKE 2 years ago 53
@AikidoSaintTKE
odetta had a pretty good version too... <:
but no question - <3 nina is pure genius.... <3
jansumi 1 year ago
@AikidoSaintTKE do your homework. Leadbelly wrote this song. Google is your friend.
welcome2myhell 1 year ago
@welcome2myhell Wrong! and Google is only as useful as the person using it is careful and smart.
SpyVsSpy9999 1 year ago
@AikidoSaintTKE none of these performers actually wrote the song.. It's origins go way back. It's a traditional folk song of the 40s or 50s
acharalabop 1 year ago
@AikidoSaintTKE Well regardless of who wrote it, or us not knowing who wrote it, any one else who does a version of it is essentially covering the original. If Nina wrote it, I am sure we'd know about it, but I am guessing even she didn't know who wrote it so this is a cover.
Badgerinthenight 1 year ago
@AikidoSaintTKE The oldest version I know is Lead Belly's
simonbraem 1 year ago
@AikidoSaintTKE
Love the song... but yeah it originated in england and made its way over to the USA and became the traditional folk/blues song we know... and then the Animals had their way with it in the 60's...
I think I prefer the slower more soulful versions than this up beat one... Tracy Chapman did a good version see w w w.youtube.com/watch?v=n1gp-k5y67E but she also recorded a faster version...
whatever version or who does it... it is still one of the best songs of all time.
Zokambaa 1 year ago
@AikidoSaintTKE who cares?
VjMax531 6 months ago
Nina Simone recorded it before the Animals...
bobrob2004 2 years ago 4
ya, but there was a totally different version of this tune in 1934 already
Shigeru409382 2 years ago
i love this instrumental and how it sounds like a train...i can just imagine her way onto New Orleans lol
NigelAhmad 2 years ago 6
great cover by many artists.woody guthrie,bob dylan and of course wonderful nina. dagz billx man. thx nina
tankayank 2 years ago
awesome.. fantastic .. breathtaking!! love u nina!
thatsme753 2 years ago
the animals stole it from bob dylan bob dylan stole it from dave van ronk, it was in no direction home, its really good you should watch it
yourfriendphinex 2 years ago
It`s a folksong, and nobody knows for certan who wrote it...
First record of this song was made in 1934 (Ashley & Foster). Artists like Joan Baez, Gary Glitter, Bob Dylan, The Animals, Dolly Parton, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and Jimi Hendrix have made cover versons... Nina Simone has the best though.
JanRoger1977 2 years ago 2
And me O Lord I'm one!
pragmaticsone 2 years ago
thats not true animals did it 1st its a remake from a 1700's folk song
dangerdenn 3 years ago
the animals did it after Nina Simone
lontawilliam 2 years ago 5
ótima voz e ótima canção.
ricardoboli 3 years ago
House of rising sun isn't an original from Animals. It s an old song that Nina recorded first in 1961 before they did
pahlevi 3 years ago 6
yeah nina made this
Evolengas 3 years ago
leadbelly sung it in the 30's mate
hardanstyle 3 years ago 2
Didn't Dylan write it?
pklonsky 3 years ago
Nope. Old folk song over 100 years old, first recorded in the 30's by clarence ashley
pahlevi 3 years ago
absolutely love Nina simone!!!!!!!! She rocks
daynoh 3 years ago 4
very good song
44sabri44 3 years ago 3