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.
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