Saturday Rock n Roll Oldies: THE ANIMALS 'Gonna Send You Back to Walker' (1964)

Reaganite Republican ^ | December 09, 2011 | Reaganite Republican

[Reaganite Republican]

The Animals were a highly influential English rock/R-n-B group, formed in the early 60s in the north-east of England (Newcastle-upon-Tyne). They later in the decade relocated to the bustling London scene.

Renowned for their gritty, bluesy sound and deep-voiced frontman Eric Burdon, the band is best known for timeless classics such as "The House of the Rising Sun", "We Gotta Get Out of This Place", and "It's My Life".
 

The Animals presented a unique blend of rock-oriented pop hits along with R-n-B material to fill out the albums.  Later -under the name Eric Burdon and the Animals- they moved to California and yet again achieved commercial success, this time as a psychedelic rock band.  Hits of this era include "San Franciscan Nights" and "Sky Pilot". Guitarist Andy Summers was with the band in this period, who later went on to found The Police along with Sting and drummer Stewart Copeland. 

The band broke up in 1969, with the cover of Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire" released subsequently... 

The Animals: Gonna Send You Back to Walker - 1964:

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[Judith Anne]

I can’t believe it! That was George Maharis introducing “It’s my life” — he was on Route 66 iirc with that freckle faced red headed guy...

[Reaganite Republican]

Yeah Judith, he released a lot of music himself and hosted that show Hullaboo... a bit before my time, I never saw the show- but was sure surprised to see him there too~

[fieldmarshaldj]

"The Animals were a highly influential English rock/R-n-B group, formed in the early 60s in the north-east of England"

You sure they're not from North Korea ?

[Fresh Wind]

My fave Animals tune:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjS0VI0kxgQ

[KingLudd]

Eric Burdon can be seen these days sporting a shirt with a giant Che Guevarra face on it. I think the program was on PBS.

[sushiman]

Eric Burdon THESE days ...He's a friend ... House of Blues LA .

[hotshu]

Chas Chandler, the bassist, also went on to produce a few Jimi Hendrix early albums.

[iowamark]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxNEiZhpinY
“Eric Burdon - The Animals - We Gotta Get Out Of This Place”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNzmrEgz_GI
“The Animals - It’s My Life”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2FT4FprxDg
“The Animals: Please Don’t let me be Misunderstood”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxNEiZhpinY
“Eric Burdon - The Animals - We Gotta Get Out Of This Place”

[greenhornet68]

Where did the time go?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmdPQp6Jcdk&feature=list_related&playnext=1&list=AVGxdCwVVULXeKw4TKiu_qlHjQXtS9EcxY

[Reaganite Republican]

I don’t care much for his politics... but a genius musician, and WHAT a stud! My hero lol

[Fiji Hill]

My favorite tune by the group is Help Me, Girl, from the fall of 1966.

[patriot08]

Greatest from The Animals, hands down:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwAw9ThDQmk
(House in New Orleans)

[sushiman]

Over the years I have , sadly , discovered that 90% of all the musicians I have dug are leftists or lean to the left . The music business , like Hollywood , is filled with people whose politics we wouldn’t care for . What to do ? Not appreciate their work ? As long as they keep their politics OUT of the music , I can overlook our diffences .

[McLynnan]

on Route 66 iirc with that freckle faced red headed guy...

It was Martin Milner. I feel so old knowing this and will be humming "We've got to get out of this place" for the rest of the day, lol.

[oh8eleven]

"We Gotta Get out of This Place" - the (un)official song of all Vietnam vets.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Where was “Walker” ?

[FreedomPoster]

Looks like it is a neighborhood in Newcastle Upon Tyne. Which makes sense, since that’s where they were from, and probably in / around London when they were writing/performing it.

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=walker,+england&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&hnear=Walker,+Tyne+and+Wear,+United+Kingdom&gl=us&t=h&z=14&vpsrc=0

[matginzac]

I’m a boomer, too, but like things with a bit more “edge” to it...love heavy metal...
so this is my fave EB and the Animals song...enjoy, hippies!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FZU4JVOmro

[Reaganite Republican]

I have been trying to trying to deduce that myself

Since this single was released under a different title in the USA than Britain -as “Georgia”- I looked at that map and did find a Walker County in GA, and ‘the big city’ would be Atlanta, then... which is ‘to the south’ of Walker, per the lyrics

That’s the best I can figure, fwiw