Behind The Song Lyrics: House of the Rising Sun, The Animals

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Many have sung “House of the Rising Sun” before Eric Burdon took it on with the Animals, and many will sing it in the future. Its psychological insight and philosophical meaning are all too relevant for this song to be anything but timeless. But it’s hard to imagine that anybody will ever again inhabit that doomed soul at the epicenter of the tale quite as well. The legendary blues song “The House of the Rising Sun” is one of those tunes with a murky origin story.

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Burdon brought it into the Animals, who electrified the song for their 1964 self-titled debut album. Hilton Valentine played the stoic arpeggiated guitar part that foundations the song, while Alan Price tore into the organ solo as if trying to free every tortured soul trapped in this sinister place. The song originally appeared in Appalachia, in the Northeast part of the United States. But it likely has roots in traditional English folk songs, experts say.

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Most likely, the song in its original form was a folk song from the UK. So, we shouldn’t be surprised to find references to ‘The Rising Sun.’ It is a common name for an English pub even today. Pubs of two to three hundred years ago were often “houses of ill-repute.” The song was likely carried to America by immigrants who performed it there, from whence local names and traditions became intertwined.

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Its lyrics were also varying and different than the one we are familiar with today. Definite links to gambling or prostitution (if any) are undocumented for either of these buildings. Colombian band Los Speakers covered the song under the title "La Casa del Sol Naciente", in their 1965 album of the same name. There is a house in New Orleans, it's called the Rising SunIt's been the ruin of many poor girlGreat God, and I for one.

I suppose to an extent, that will depend on whether it is a man or a woman singing it. However, there is a major theme in “House of the Rising Sun” that is common to just about all versions. There were only two singers that could do that and make it work so well.

The building is a traditional Creole townhouse, built in the popular style at the time, with Greek Revival accents like the friezes above the doors. Common to the Creole townhouse architecture, it has a timber frame, masonry structure and sits flush to the sidewalk. It also has six-paned windows, marble steps, square columns, and decorative cast iron—a more upscale touch than would have been regularly seen on Creole townhouses then. There are also further unconfirmed implications of “The Rising Sun” being related to other folk songs, one of which, is the folk song “Matty Groves”. Musicologists say that it is certainly based on the broadside ballad tradition; a type of ballad which differentiated from traditional ones. They were popular between the 16th and the 19th century and unlike the traditional ballads, which were more epic in nature, they spoke of love, religion, legends, and wonders, and some were even drinking songs.

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First, there was that iconic guitar arpeggio to start the song that every learning guitarist tried to play but couldn’t. Then there was a powerful organ solo in the middle that ‘Pricey’ dragged out of his shaking Vox Continental. However, it was the vocals that set the song apart, especially when Eric went up an octave. But, they rarely had three different “high points.” This song did, which is one reason why “House of the Rising Sun” is so unique. But, he later admitted when they had finished it, he knew it was special. There is a house in New Orleans / They call the Rising Sun / And it’s been the ruin of many a poor boy / And God, I know I’m one, they sing in the chorus.

It was a brothel named after Madame Marianne LeSoleil Levant (which means “Rising Sun” in French). Music scholars have noted that it bears resemblance to the 16th-century song “The Unfortunate Rake,” but whether these songs are siblings, so to speak, is unknown. But let’s dive into the history of the song and see what we can find. What is now the Hotel Villa Convento was built by Louise Forstall Poeyfarre, a widower, for her residence in 1833.

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Throughout its earlier history, the house only changed owners four times, making it nearly possible to pin down when the house served as a brothel-or if it ever did. However, it is commonly believed that the house was known as a house of ill-repute right after the Civil War, where life in New Orleans had become “turbulent,” as described by Ghost City Tours. This would have most likely been the time when this type of (ahem) service was in great demand and would have brought easy money to the house’s owners during a period of serious depression in the South. During the 1930’s, the first recordings of the song started to appear. The earliest known recording was released by Appalachian artists Clarence “Tom” Ashley and Gwen Foster.

The version by the Animals, however, is by far the most popular, and Dylan is often annoyed when it is assumed that he covered that song from them. The Animals' version of the American folk song is considered one of the 20th century’s British pop classics. While the original version was sung in the character of a woman led into a life of degradation, the Animals' version is told from the view of a young man who follows his father into alcoholism and gambling ruin.

“House of the Rising Sun” went to #1 on both sides of the Atlantic and was the first major Folk-Rock success. For most bands, when you had a big-name artist that was to follow, you usually end up with a bit of a rocker. Since the origins of “House of the Rising Sun“ may have been at a time when very few ordinary people were literate, nothing about the original song has been written down.