"The House of the Rising Sun" is a folk song from the United States. Also called "House of the Rising Sun" or occasionally "Rising Sun Blues", it tells of a life gone wrong in New Orleans. The most successful version was recorded by the English rock group The Animals in 1964, which was a number one hit in the United Kingdom, United States, Sweden and Canada.
The only rendition other than The Animals' to become a hit came in early 1970, when Detroit-based Frijid Pink released their take on the song. Sometimes described as done in psychedelic music style, Pink's rendition is actually more aligned with the proto-metal/proto-punk sound of fellow contemporaneous Detroit acts MC5 and The Stooges. The Frijid Pink version of the song is in 4/4 time signature (like Dave Van Ronk's version, and most earlier versions, rather than the 6/8 used by The Animals. The performance was driven by Gary Ray Thompson's distorted guitar[18] with fuzz and wah wah effects, set against frenetic drumming from Richard Stevers. Lead singer Tom Beaudry's (aka:Kelly Green) vocal phrasing almost exactly matched Eric Burdon's.
Regardless of its merits, the recording was indeed again a trans-Atlantic success, reaching number 7 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart, number 4 on the UK Singles Chart, and number 3 in Canada. It was awarded gold record status in the U.S. in May 1970 for selling a million copies.[19] It also hit number one in a number of European countries, including West Germany and Norway. It would be Frijid Pink's only top ten hit."
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NordlichReiterEasiest song to learn I think.
Frijid Pink version
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/f/frijid_pink/house_of_the_rising_sun_tab.htm
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Guitar noise lesson on House of the Rising Sun by The Animals
http://www.guitarnoise.com/lesson/house-of-the-rising-sun/
The Frijid Pink version is intermediate due to the lead breaks, and the intro.
The Animals version is pretty straight forward. For timing listen to the original version. Then figure out what 6/8 timing really means; each 8th note gets a beat. So that means 6 beets per measure and each one is an 8th note. To see this watch the original version and count each time the lead guitar hits a note.
Below is an explanation of The Animals version.
The guitar part is a Arpeggio. The wiki describes a Bach arpeggio to be in 6/8 timing with 6 8th notes in a measure. Which is exactly the way The Animals have the lead guitar on this song.
You can think of this count as 1,2,3,4,5,6 and then 6,5,4,3,2,1 repeat.
The Animals Live.
http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Animals-House-of-the-Rising-Sun
http://videosift.com/video/The-Animals-House-of-the-Rising-Sun-LIVE-1964#054537487116901984733
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