HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN - 5/1 : The Animals

六十年代 ....
很多樂迷都當作此曲是 The Animals 樂隊原唱或原作, 但很快就被否定, 而被他們唱紅就最為人知了。由於原作無法追尋, 而歌詞版本太多, 各有不同段數, 連作者是誰亦很難查證, 唯有根據由最早期録音當作原唱, 甚至歌詞内所指, 在紐奧良 New Orleans 的房屋 house 都不知道是一所監獄或妓院, 這樣就要由歌者對曲詞的演譯與角色取向而定了。

時光倒流......
1964 - The Animals 樂隊主唱歌手 Alan Price 認為這首歌曲是十六世紀的英國民歌, 描述 Soho 區裡面妓院的故事, 後來由移民到美國的英國人, 將此曲落根及代入到美國的新奧爾良 New Orleans 這地方。

THE ANIMALS - 1965

Eric Burdon - vocals
Alan Price - keyboards
Hilton Valentine - guitar
Chas Chandler - bass
John Steel - drums

HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN

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

My mother was a tailor
She sewed my new blue jeans
My father was a gamblin' man
Down in New Orleans

Now the only thing a gambler needs
Is a suitcase and trunk
And the only time he's satisfied
Is when he's on a drunk

Oh mother tell your children
Not to do what I have done
Spend your lives in sin and misery
In the House of the Rising Sun

Well, I got one foot on the platform
The other foot on the train
I'm goin' back to New Orleans
To wear that ball and chain

Well, 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