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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“We should keep in mind that songs like “Sky Pilot” and “Monterrey” were done by Eric Burdon & The Animals, basically a completely different lineup and style from the original Animals.”
Disbanded in 1966 when two left the band. Reformed by Burdon in 68.
Agree with all you mentioned. I was just watching some videos and when the organ player lays into it it really kicks the songs into overdrive.
Always makes me think of Vietnam.
I should’ve scrolled down before I posted.
No worries, it’s good to validate the point.
Yep.
You’re a USAFA grad?
Not that I am. I just knew a couple of kids who went there. Great young men. Loved them. Think about them from time to time. I trust they’re all doing well, and being exceptional human beings wherever they are.
That’s a cool memory!
“You’re the stalker.”
Looking at yours and mine posting historys shows that you have been on many threads that I never visited.
No stalker here. Don’t be paranoid.
Please stop stalking me.
Mine is Steve Perry and Journey. Not meaning to quote BC, but I feel your pain.
“Please stop stalking me.”
I never did
Please stop stalking me.
House of the Rising Sun--Tom Clarence Ashley & Gwen Foster (1933)
A “sky pilot” was originally a Navy chaplain—a pilot who would take your soul into the sky (before airplanes were invented). I understand that it now refers to an Air Force chaplain.
I think this is by the new group. It got a lot of airplay on Boss Radio 93 KHJ in the fall of '66.
Help Me, Girl--Eric Burdon & the Animals
Please God, let the 60s die.
“#1 in Da Nang when my brother was there.”
Even #1 in Pensacola, when I was stationed there.
According to Wikipedia, Eric Burdon did sing “We Gotta Get Outta This Place.”
“We Gotta Get Out of This Place” features one of singer Eric Burdon’s typically raw, fierce vocals.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Gotta_Get_Out_of_This_Place
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