Tracks: 1) The House Of The Rising Sun; 2) The Girl Can’t Help It; 3) Blue Feeling; 4) Baby Let Me Take You Home; 5) The Right Time; 6) Talkin’ ’Bout You; 7) Around And Around; 8) I’m In Love Again; 9) Gonna Send You Back To Walker; 10) Memphis Tennessee; 11) I’m Mad Again; 12) I’ve Been Around.
In my youth in the 80s, my love for 60s music lead me to often imagine that I was born 20 years too late, and that if I had lived to experience the bands that I was falling in love with (Byrds, Beach Boys, Who etc) first hand, I might have been inspired to pursue music more passionately. I'd like to think that if I were a 13 year old in '64, it would be this band--singing that haunting folk song--and not the Beatles or Stones that would have activated the latent musician in me to pick up an electric guitar and embark on the hard road of rock discovery. Its timelessness (much like Whiter Shade of Pale in a later period) is rooted in antiquated modes and themes but energized with bluesy rhythms and rock drive. From Hilton's brilliant but simple guitarpeggio to Eric's growling and howling, to Steel's understated yet spine-tingling cymbal work and Chaz's gutbucket groove, HOTRS takes me into a downward spiral into a flaming cauldron of disaster. Delicious and delirious!
And Alan Price. Good Lord, man! Not a wasted note, perfect intonation, and scarier than anything Jon Lord could dream up in his worst demonic nightmare! Watch him in the classic film clip: https://youtu.be/4-43lLKaqBQ
He's sways and spasms like he's slowly being consumed by a flaming demon. If Burdon was the snarling face and spirit of the band, Price was it's dark and twisted soul. It's because of him, Matthew Fisher and Booker T that I want to buy a Hammond organ and put it next to the Mellotron and Fender Rhodes in the Conservatory of my mind.
It should be mentioned that The Animals also were the best live act of their time. Check their performance at Wembley 1965 (New Musical Express), where they totally outplayed The Kinks, The Beatles and even The Rolling Stones - in 1965 that is. Only The Who were a match in the two first years of The Animals.
Just created the playlist with these songs and it definitely flows so well. Funny enough, House of The Rising Sun at the beginning is a bit distracting (I put it at the end), as you said it's quite unique (and fabulous). Only in that sense I might prefer the UK version, but the tracklist I think it's a bit better here. In the end I'm thinking of buying the CD version of "Complete Animals" that's got everything they did in EMI those years.
Yes, "Complete Animals" is the most sensible pick - there's not a single truly bad or boring track, I think, that they recorded in the Alan Price years.
In my youth in the 80s, my love for 60s music lead me to often imagine that I was born 20 years too late, and that if I had lived to experience the bands that I was falling in love with (Byrds, Beach Boys, Who etc) first hand, I might have been inspired to pursue music more passionately. I'd like to think that if I were a 13 year old in '64, it would be this band--singing that haunting folk song--and not the Beatles or Stones that would have activated the latent musician in me to pick up an electric guitar and embark on the hard road of rock discovery. Its timelessness (much like Whiter Shade of Pale in a later period) is rooted in antiquated modes and themes but energized with bluesy rhythms and rock drive. From Hilton's brilliant but simple guitarpeggio to Eric's growling and howling, to Steel's understated yet spine-tingling cymbal work and Chaz's gutbucket groove, HOTRS takes me into a downward spiral into a flaming cauldron of disaster. Delicious and delirious!
And Alan Price. Good Lord, man! Not a wasted note, perfect intonation, and scarier than anything Jon Lord could dream up in his worst demonic nightmare! Watch him in the classic film clip: https://youtu.be/4-43lLKaqBQ
He's sways and spasms like he's slowly being consumed by a flaming demon. If Burdon was the snarling face and spirit of the band, Price was it's dark and twisted soul. It's because of him, Matthew Fisher and Booker T that I want to buy a Hammond organ and put it next to the Mellotron and Fender Rhodes in the Conservatory of my mind.
"closer to their rowdy Scottish hearts"
Rather their equally rowdy Geordie hearts.
It should be mentioned that The Animals also were the best live act of their time. Check their performance at Wembley 1965 (New Musical Express), where they totally outplayed The Kinks, The Beatles and even The Rolling Stones - in 1965 that is. Only The Who were a match in the two first years of The Animals.
Just created the playlist with these songs and it definitely flows so well. Funny enough, House of The Rising Sun at the beginning is a bit distracting (I put it at the end), as you said it's quite unique (and fabulous). Only in that sense I might prefer the UK version, but the tracklist I think it's a bit better here. In the end I'm thinking of buying the CD version of "Complete Animals" that's got everything they did in EMI those years.
Yes, "Complete Animals" is the most sensible pick - there's not a single truly bad or boring track, I think, that they recorded in the Alan Price years.