The House of the Rising Sun

‘The House of the Rising Sun’ by the Animals has been one of my favorite songs of all times (OK - this lifetime).

I certainly had the album - still have the vinyl and even a player to play it and long time ago when I learned to play the guitar that were the notes I dug up somewhere and practiced, practiced and practices.

Then when the synthesizer came along I dug out that old notes sheet and figured out how to do the melody and cords with both of them hands. It turned out to be one of the two songs that I ever taught myself to play on keyboards.

And now the video of the Animals with that song fell into my lap from YouTube-land - and believe it or not - that is the first time I see the band perform.

July 5, 2007: I just had to update this video link because the previous one was not longer available - so I got one with even the lyrics on it - so sing along.

And to make it even better - here is another famous one from the Animals.