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We Gotta Get Out Of This Place by The Animals
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Posted on 05/20/2024 4:58:34 PM PDT by DallasBiff

This was written by the husband and wife songwriting team of Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil. Mann had just signed a record deal and recorded this song himself, but his version was pulled when The Animals released the song. Mann and Weil were very productive in the mid-'60s, as they made the transition from writing fluffy pop songs like "Blame It On The Bossa Nova" to songs with more of a message, which appealed to rock bands like The Animals. The Animals producer Mickie Most heard this song and had the band record it. He was looking for American material as he was trying to break the band in the States, and had a call out to the New York City songwriters in the Brill Building and 1650 Broadway looking for songs.

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To: DallasBiff

It’s on my Vietnam playlist.


21 posted on 05/20/2024 5:31:14 PM PDT by Jim Noble (Assez de mensonges et de phrases)
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To: Jonty30

His vocal on this song is amazing. The song rocks with intensity despite having fairly unheavy instrumentation and production thanks to his voice and the energy of the band.


22 posted on 05/20/2024 5:31:16 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: dfwgator

It’s been a long time since I heard that song.
Pretty psychedelic.


23 posted on 05/20/2024 5:32:25 PM PDT by Jonty30 (He hunted a mammoth for me, just because I said I was hungry. He is such a good friend. )
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To: DallasBiff
Never liked Eric Burdon’s voice, especially in this song.
24 posted on 05/20/2024 5:32:52 PM PDT by Bullish (...And just like that, I was dropped from the ping-list)
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To: PGalt

I have a whole slew of their songs in my music library - played it for the kids one day - they were really impressed and asked me what the band was.

Here’s the line up:

1. It’s My Life
2. We Gotta Get Out of This Place
3. Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
4. See-See Rider

And lastly:

5. House of the Rising Sun

Eric Burden has about the greatest voice...


25 posted on 05/20/2024 5:33:22 PM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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To: DallasBiff

Fascinating story about the song writers husband Barry Mann and wife Cynthia Weil. Never heard of them. Of course, I’ve probably only heard of Jimmy Webb.


26 posted on 05/20/2024 5:34:16 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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To: dfwgator

We like “Low Rider” - Eric Burdon’s voice is perfect for that song.


27 posted on 05/20/2024 5:34:46 PM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I’m partial to “Monterey” because that’s where I was born. Dad was attending the Naval Post-Graduate School at the time.


28 posted on 05/20/2024 5:34:53 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: A Navy Vet

One of my first childhood memories was hearing “House Of The Rising Sun” blasting on the radio as I lied down in my bed, probably still a crib at the time. It was summertime as I remember the windows in my bedroom being open and the curtains were flapping in the breeze. This would have been mid 1960s. That haunting melody still brings me back to my childhood.


29 posted on 05/20/2024 5:35:24 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (6,575,474 Truth | 87,429,044 Twitter)
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To: Bon of Babble

By then Eric was gone.


30 posted on 05/20/2024 5:35:27 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: frank ballenger

People who can sing like this are born, not trained.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cw1uLVSl1Y


31 posted on 05/20/2024 5:35:27 PM PDT by Jonty30 (He hunted a mammoth for me, just because I said I was hungry. He is such a good friend. )
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To: DallasBiff

The private anthem of every US soldier in SE Asia in the 1960s.


32 posted on 05/20/2024 5:36:54 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar ( Government is not reason, it is not eloquence-it is force!--G. Washington)
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To: dfwgator

Worked for Joe Cocker too.

“She Came in Through the Bathroom Window” - one of my favorites, the Joe Cocker version, of course.

“Cry Me A River,” and “The Letter” too.


33 posted on 05/20/2024 5:37:13 PM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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To: dfwgator

Beat me to it!


34 posted on 05/20/2024 5:37:13 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar ( Government is not reason, it is not eloquence-it is force!--G. Washington)
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To: Bon of Babble

Yep, Joe made every song his.


35 posted on 05/20/2024 5:38:08 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Bon of Babble

Today would have been Joe’s 80th birthday.


36 posted on 05/20/2024 5:39:46 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Bon of Babble

Gotta add Monterey


37 posted on 05/20/2024 5:40:47 PM PDT by George from New England (escaped CT back in 2006)
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To: DallasBiff

The British radio station in the Green Zone in Baghdad played that song all the time.


38 posted on 05/20/2024 5:41:04 PM PDT by Allegra (Toss a zeeper in the Dnieper)
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To: Bullish

Fingernails on a blackboard.


39 posted on 05/20/2024 5:43:31 PM PDT by Magic Fingers (Political correctness mutates in order to remain virulent.)
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To: dfwgator

Joe Cocker also made John Belushi famous - There was a new off-broadway stage show from National Lampoon called “Lemmings” - the producers were looking for someone who could imitate Joe Cocker - Belushi tried out and got the part, this was in 1973.

Belushi also did his imitation of Joe Cocker later on SNL - Cocker came out and joined him on stage. This was back in the good old days when SNL was worth watching, of course.


40 posted on 05/20/2024 5:44:11 PM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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