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This is a traditional American folk song first made popular by the British rock group The Animals (featuring Eric Burden subsequently of War). Many considered it to be the first folk rock hit. Shortly thereafter came the Byrds, Robert Zimmerman, ... and, well, rock and roll.

This is a traditional American folk song first made popular by the British rock group The Animals (featuring Eric Burden subsequently of War). Many con..."
Didn't The Animals take Dylan's arrangement, which he had in fact "borrowed" from Dave van Ronk? They electrified it, sure, but crediting the Animals with Dylan's success seems... odd.

This is a traditional American folk song first made popular by the British rock group The Animals (featuring Eric Burden subsequently of War). Many con..."
There's a terrific cover of this song by a band called Frijid Pink, I think it's one of the better versions out there.

This is a traditional American folk song first made popular by the British rock group The Animals (featuring Eric Burden subsequently o..."
Give this article a read and see what you think. I don't agree or disagree with you but I do believe it when they say this song's been around since the 1930s and there's a quote in there about when Dylan first heard it, being sung by Burden, and his impression: When Bob Dylan first heard The Animals' electric arrangement, he is said (by his first biographer, Anthony Scaduto) to have exclaimed: "House of the Rising Sun in [is] rock. Rock! It's f---in' wild! Blew my mind".
Dylan then went electric, much to the chagrin and hostility of purists in the folk scene, but much to the eternal gratitude and joy of the rest of us. The Animals' hit had an ironic consequence: it exported American blues from England to white audiences in the northern states of the US; audiences who had previously been denied access to the "race music" of the south.
Rock & roll is this delicious meaty stew with carrots and potatoes and onions, gospel, blues, swing, country, western, folk, jazz, rap, hip-hip, American, British, (and many others) on-and-on, and ever so often somebody adds something extra or leaves something out and it changes a little. Lotta musicians aren't content with beef stew, and they spend (out of necessity?) lot o' time looking for that missing ingredient.
http://goo.gl/xiwgqv

This is a traditional American folk song first made popular by the British rock group The Animals (featuring Eric Burden subsequently o..."
Here it is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t40IN...

This is a traditional American folk song first made popular by the British rock group The Animals (featuring Eric Burden ..."
Fair enough, but in No Direction Home, Van Ronk's interview is the source for my dissembling. I have no doubt that he was as shocked by the Animals' electric version as he was by the Byrds' cover of Mr. Tambourine man.
The reason for Dylan's electric conversion was manyfold, I believe, and included both the Animals and the Byrds, as well as the Beatles.

Non-British-sounding Adele https://youtu.be/-yL7VP4-kP4
British-sounding Adele https://youtu.be/fJ1RjyUxrSo
Janie wrote: "Ekel wrote: "Janie wrote: "Ekel wrote: "Blood Axis - Lord of Ages
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nax8l...
Powerful hymn."
The words are by Rudyard Kipling, according to the comments."
And a..."
I wasn't that sick anymore when I read the books and again healthy enough to sneak out of the hospital and into the university library ;-).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nax8l...
Powerful hymn."
The words are by Rudyard Kipling, according to the comments."
And a..."
I wasn't that sick anymore when I read the books and again healthy enough to sneak out of the hospital and into the university library ;-).

This is a traditional American folk song first made popular by the British rock group The Animals (featuring Eric Burden ..."
I would have posted the link, but YouTube is blocked by the firewall here at work. =[ LOL
The House of Love ~ Never

I know that the Beatles deliberately sang with American accents, both because they thought it would work better with their music and for commercial concerns, i.e. cracking the American market. I think the latter may have been the larger concern for acts that followed. What's funny, though, is that some American punk acts, esp. the Ramones, adopted British (or at least Brit-ish) accents. Not as successfully, charts-wise, nor as widespread.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nax8l...
Powerful hymn."
The words are by Rudyard Kipling, according to the com..."
I'm glad to hear you felt well enough to sneak around. :)

This is a traditional American folk song first made popular by the British rock group The Animals (featurin..."
-- Where i used to work, every time you hit the firewall with a search, someone from the personnel department would come and talk to you, after the third time a note would go into your file and affect your review. --

This is a traditional American folk song first made popular by the British rock group The Ani..."
I'm so glad I work at home!

I just love this song."
Me too. And God Shuffled His Feets.
This and Counting Crows, among others, are 1993.

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Bastards and Orgasmatron, because of these epic songs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq6lq...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH9Ru...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY2BG...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq6lq...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH9Ru...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY2BG...

Lord Wind - Rain Healing the Wounds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jqj6b...
Since the death of Basil Poledouris, Lord Wind/Rob Darken should be the best candidate for composing the music for the upcoming new Conan movies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jqj6b...
Since the death of Basil Poledouris, Lord Wind/Rob Darken should be the best candidate for composing the music for the upcoming new Conan movies.
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