THE ANIMALS - INSIDE LOOKING OUT

INSIDE LOOKING OUT

THE ANIMALS

SONGWRITERS: ALAN LOMAX; BODIE CHANDLER; BRYAN ADAM CHANDLER & ERIC VICtor burton

COUNTRY: u. k.

ALBUM: inside looking out “the1965-1966 sessions”

LABEL: sequel records

GENRE:rock

Year: 1991

 

            The Animals(also billed as Eric Burdon and the Animals) are an English rhythm and blues and rock band, formed in Newcastle upon Tyne in the early 1960s. The band moved to London upon finding fame in 1964. The Animals were known for their gritty, bluesy sound and deep-voiced frontman Eric Burdon, as exemplified by their signature song and transatlantic number-one hit single, "The House of the Rising Sun", as well as by hits such as "We Gotta Get Out of This Place", "It's My Life", "Don't Bring Me Down", "I'm Crying", "See See Rider", and "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood". The band balanced tough, rock-edged pop singles against rhythm and blues-oriented album material and were part of the British Invasion of the US.

      The Animals underwent numerous personnel changes in the mid-1960s, and suffered from poor business management, leading the original incarnation to split up in 1966. Burdon assembled a mostly new lineup of musicians under the name Eric Burdon and the Animals; the much-changed act moved to California and achieved commercial success as a psychedelic and hard rock band with hits such as "San Franciscan Nights", "When I Was Young", and "Sky Pilot", before disbanding at the end of the decade. Altogether, the group had 10 top-20 hits in both the UK Singles Chart and the US Billboard Hot 100.

The original lineup of Burdon, Alan Price, Chas Chandler, Hilton Valentine, and John Steel reunited for a one-off benefit concert in Newcastle in 1968. They later had brief comebacks in 1975 and 1983. Several partial regroupings of the original-era members have occurred since then under various names. The Animals were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.

I'm sitting here lonely like a broken man

I serve my time doin' the best I can

Walls and bars they surround me

But, I don't want no sympathy

 

No baby, no baby

All I need is some tender lovin'

To keep me sane in this burning oven

And, when my time is up, you'll be my reefer

 

Life gets worse on God's green Earth

Be my reefer, got to keep smokin' that thing

No, no, no, no, no, no

No, no, no, no, no, no, no

 

I said now baby, baby let me smoke it smoke it

Makes me feel good feel good, yes, I feel good ah

Yes, I feel alright (feel alright) yes, I feel alright (I feel alright)

Yes, I feel alright ah

Oh

 

Ice cold water is runnin' through my veins

They try and drag me back to work again

Pain and blisters on my mind and hands

I work all day making up burlap bags

 

The oats they're feeding me are driving me wild

I feel unhappy like a new born child

Now, when my time is up, you wait and see

These walls and bars won't keep that stuff from me

 

No, no, baby

Won't keep that stuff from me

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no

No, no, no, no, no, no, no

 

I need you right now mama

I need you right now baby

Right by my side, honey

All night long

Make me feel alright

Yes, yes, yes

 

You better come on up and get down with me

I'll make you feel real good, just you wait and see

Make me feel alright yes, I feel alright

Yes, yes, yes, alright.