Retro Music week 1 / Cover "House of the Rising Sun (Trad / The Animals)" by @jasperdick (ENG/ESP)

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Hello everybody on Hive and especially the Hive Music Community! My name is @jasperdick and I'm writing (and singing) to you from Cape Town, South Africa!

This is Week 1 of the “Retro Music” challenge! The aim of the game is to play a cover of anything from the 1920s to the 1990s, anything that would be considered a bit “Retro” in this day and age, which opens up a world of possibilities!

The song that I’d like to tackle is “House of the Rising Sun”. Now the version we all know and love was released by the Animals in 1964 here:

But they didn’t write it! If you watch the “No Direction Home” documentary about Bob Dylan, it is revealed that they were covering a Bob Dylan version released in 1962.

But he didn’t write it either! He was copying Dave Van Ronk’s arrangement of the song that he had witnessed Van Ronk playing at a live venue, and then recorded it in 1962 before Dave Van Ronk had the chance!

So, it is actually Dave Van Ronk that we should credit for the modern chord structure and rhythm that the song is played to…

But even Dave Van Ronk didn’t write the lyrics. Before that, the same lyrics, more or less, were sung in a different, more croony arrangement, and it is basically considered a “traditional” song because nobody really knows who originally wrote it as far as I am aware!

Lyrics for “House of the Rising Sun” by The Animals (Based on a Traditional Song)

There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God, I know I'm one

My mother was a tailor
She sewed my new blue jeans
My father was a gamblin' man
Down in New Orleans

Now the only thing a gambler needs
Is a suitcase and a trunk
And the only time he's satisfied
Is when he's all drunk

[Organ Solo]

Oh mother, tell your children
Not to do what I have done
Spend your lives in sin and misery
In the House of the Rising Sun

Well, I got one foot on the platform
The other foot on the train
I'm goin' back to New Orleans
To wear that ball and chain

Well, there is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God, I know I'm one

Source: https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/animals/houseoftherisingsun.html

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¡Hola a todos en Hive y especialmente a la comunidad musical de Hive! ¡Mi nombre es @jasperdick y les escribo (y canto) desde Ciudad del Cabo, Sudáfrica!

¡Esta es la semana 1 del desafío "Música retro"! El objetivo del juego es jugar una versión de cualquier cosa, desde la década de 1920 hasta la década de 1990, cualquier cosa que se considere un poco "retro" en esta época, ¡lo que abre un mundo de posibilidades!

La canción que me gustaría abordar es "House of the Rising Sun". Ahora, la versión que todos conocemos y amamos fue lanzada por Animals en 1964 aquí:

¡Pero no lo escribieron! Si miras el documental "No Direction Home" sobre Bob Dylan, se revela que estaban cubriendo una versión de Bob Dylan lanzada en 1962.

¡Pero tampoco lo escribió! ¡Estaba copiando el arreglo de Dave Van Ronk de la canción que había visto tocar a Van Ronk en un lugar en vivo, y luego la grabó en 1962 antes de que Dave Van Ronk tuviera la oportunidad!

Entonces, en realidad es a Dave Van Ronk a quien debemos dar crédito por la estructura moderna de acordes y el ritmo con el que se toca la canción...

Pero incluso Dave Van Ronk no escribió la letra. Antes de eso, la misma letra, más o menos, se cantaba en un arreglo diferente, más croony, y básicamente se considera una canción "tradicional" porque, hasta donde yo sé, nadie sabe realmente quién la escribió originalmente.

Letra de “House of the Rising Sun” de The Animals (basada en una canción tradicional)

Hay una casa en Nueva Orleans.
Llaman al Sol Naciente
Y ha sido la ruina de muchos niños pobres
Y Dios, sé que soy uno

mi madre era sastre
Ella cosió mis nuevos jeans azules
Mi padre era un jugador
Abajo en Nueva Orleans

Ahora lo único que necesita un jugador
es una maleta y un baúl
Y la única vez que está satisfecho
es cuando esta todo borracho

[Solo de órgano]

Oh madre, dile a tus hijos
No hacer lo que he hecho
Pasar sus vidas en el pecado y la miseria
En la Casa del Sol Naciente

Bueno, tengo un pie en la plataforma
El otro pie en el tren
Voy a volver a Nueva Orleans
Para usar esa bola y cadena

Bueno, hay una casa en Nueva Orleans.
Llaman al Sol Naciente
Y ha sido la ruina de muchos niños pobres
Y Dios, sé que soy uno

Fuente: https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/animals/houseoftherisingsun.html


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Me gusta tu retromusic sana 1. La recuerdo, no habia tenido la oportunidad de saber la letra, bonita y en tu actuación quedó extraordinario.

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Welcome to the community, very good information about the modern chord structure of this song, song that left a mark in history, Thanks for participating in Retro Music, excellent interpretation.

Amazing! I love your voice 🤩

I didn't know this song, but it's so good. 👍

Shooooo! Next level performance. This was mesmerizing. Whole way. I sang in bits. And goosebumps, dude! 👏🏻👌🏻

I had no idea about the history of the song. What a story, huh?! I like even more now. You're like a music professor:D

Thanks for the music 🎶

I wanna do this on the autoharp!

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