Rarely one to be affected by re-makes or homages . . .
. . . but this Renaissance inspired take . . . . . . has me in a trance. The 'original' . . . . . . has long been one of my favorites. Got to see the Animals play House in '83 . . . one of, if not the, most moving performances in my experience. Chas Chand...
So good!
It is quite a haunting song. I used to listen to this song, but never paid attention to the lyrics until now.
Everyone has their candidate for most accomplished bassist. Chas is mine . . .
. . . not on musical grounds but because his bass lines defined his band's sound. He's the only bass player in my humble opinion who can make that claim. Now, that could be a result of the sensibilities of the Animals recording engineers or producers, but...
Chas and the Animals …
The House of The Rising Son is an all time classic but the unfortunate part is, behind the hits they toured non-stop for three years, doing 300 gigs a year and hardly got a penny.
Back then, there were more parasites in the music industry . . .
. . . than at a vampire's convention. The list of artists who made fortunes for record companies only to earn pennies on the dollar is endless. Even bands own agents could be bad news. Moby Grape . . . . . . was drained by theirs.
She has a lovely voice...
...but after a listening or two I headed right back to the Animals version. Not sure about the staying power of Bardcore...
I'd never even heard of the Bardcore genre . . .
. . . until coming across Hildegard von Blingin'. Shows you how poorly informed I am about current music. 😉
The folk version you posted above is really not a homage to the Animals.
One legend suggests that the song is rooted in English traditional music. Others suggest the song is Appalachian in origin, which would possibly give it Irish roots. Lomax senior recorded it in the 30s; Dylan in 1962. Not sure where the Animals heard it; ...
You just reminded me of a personal story about SusieQ
I heard Credence Clearwater Revival do it in 1968 and thought it was a great song. Never heard anything like John Fogerty! A few weeks, maybe a month later my electronics shop teacher dragged an old juke box into the shop and assigned me to get it working...
We've been pals for what? Fifteen years? And I'm only now learning you knew . . .
. . . Hilton Valentine?
