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Genre: Music
Date of upload: Aug 13, 2021 ^^
Rating : 4.961 (1,080/109,353 LTDR)
RYD date created : 2022-04-09T22:01:00.225488Z
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The Animal's version of the song is the most haunting and soul-binding. Eric Burdon's voice and intonation pulls you into verses, and mesmerizes the listener. The guitar sets the melody, but the real kicker is the organ. No other instrument could rival the choice keyboard. The organ was the icing on the cake. Just amazing.
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I love your research. Licensed new Orleans historian here, specifically French quarter and garden district as well as a specialty on Metairie cemetery which is the 1st sign you're heading into the city. So I'll begin by admitting I'm biased. The house of the rising sun was a brothel. Originally it was a convent for the urseline nuns but when they upgraded they no longer had a need for it so sold it to a Madame. She was notorious for being good to her girls, and supposedly wouldn't hesitate to unalive an abusive john and bury them in the court yard. We acknowledge this could be myth because new Orleans is a place where myth and reality are constantly getting melted into each other, but we will spend all night arguing with the guy on the barstool next to us if they they try to take it from us
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I always interpreted the House of the Rising Sun to be a brothel, and the singers father was a rambling man and gambler. The mother doesnât teach her son the right path and grows up to become just like his father, and the whole cycle begins anew.
I also have always viewed the organ as a religious instrument since you see them in churches so much and itâs music is used to cleanse one of sin. However in this case the House is a place to worship sin, so to speak, so hearing an organ be used in such a way makes it that much more interesting and captivating.
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IMO, I feel that this song is creepier than most people give it credit for. Especially when you get to the "I've got one foot on the platform" part, the screaming organ and the haunting chord progression is evocative of the point in most horror stories during the climax when the true horror of the situation truly dawns on the character. I feel that the house is an amorphous metaphor for human addiction, and the song is genuinely meant to be terrifying to reflect this idea.
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Man, the house of the rising sun would make for an awesome staple of a dnd campaign. Campaigns tend to have a place like a tavern where the adventure starts and where the party returns to often. It would be the coolest thing ever to play a western style game with the rising sun at its narrative center!
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@Polyphonic
2 years ago
What's your personal favorite version of House of the Rising Sun? Share it with us here! I'd love to hear more cool takes on the song.
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