THE ANIMALS - BLUE FEELING

BLUE FEELING

THE ANIMALS

SONGWRITER: HENSHAW

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: THE ANIMALS

LABEL: ABKCO MUSIC & RECORDS

GENRE: ROCK

YEAR: 1964

 

           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 launched 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.

          The Animals is the American debut album by the British Invasion group, the Animals. Released in late summer 1964, the album introduced the States to the "drawling, dirty R&B sound (with the emphasis on the B)" that typified the group.

     The album includes several R&B standards, written by the likes of Chuck Berry, Fats Domino and John Lee Hooker, as well as the number one single "House of the Rising Sun", here presented in its truncated-for-radio form (it would be restored to full length on the February 1966 compilation The Best of the Animals, and later CD and digital reissues of The Animals would feature the full-length recording).

       The British album The Animals was released a month later, the group's debut album there albeit with substantially differing contents.

Sit here and wonder what am I so blue

Is it because I'm still in love with you?

Blue blue feeling got me down today

Blue blue feeling, my baby's gone away

Now that she's gone, I don't know what I'll do

I guess I'll have to find, find somebody new

Blue blue feeling got me down today

Blue blue feeling, my baby's gone away

 

Baby please don't leave me, oh don't leave me

Now that she's gone, I'm feeling kind of blue

I guess I'll have to find, find somebody new

Blue blue feeling got me down today

Blue blue feeling, my baby's gone away

 

Well baby please don't leave me

Baby please don't go

Awh!Honey child don't leave me now,

Baby please, baby please.