The Animals surgió a principios de los años 60 en Newcastle, Inglaterra. Eric Burdon, con una voz potente y distintiva, fue el líder del grupo. Junto a él estaban Alan Price en los teclados, Chas Chandler en el bajo, Hilton Valentine en la guitarra y John Steel en la batería. Con su formación, se consolidaron como una de las bandas más influyentes de la British Invasion.
En 1964, The Animals lanzaron su versión de "House of the Rising Sun", una balada tradicional estadounidense que se convirtió en un éxito instantáneo. El sencillo se disparó al número uno en las listas británicas y estadounidenses, catapultando al grupo a la fama internacional. Otros éxitos como "It's My Life", "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" y "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" consolidaron su estatus en la escena del rock y el R&B.
The Animals se destacaron por su capacidad para fusionar el blues, el rock y el R&B. Influenciados por artistas estadounidenses como Nina Simone y John Lee Hooker, lograron captar la esencia cruda y emotiva de estos géneros. La voz inconfundible de Eric Burdon y el característico órgano Hammond de Alan Price se convirtieron en los sellos distintivos de su sonido.
A pesar de su éxito, el grupo no estuvo exento de dificultades. En 1965, Alan Price dejó la banda debido a diferencias personales y profesionales. Fue reemplazado por Dave Rowberry, pero la
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Hmm, aahhhh
I see a red door and I want to paint it black
No colors in my life, you better turn them black
I see them walking by dressed in their colorful clothes
My happiness de?
No more will my grey sea turn a deeper blue
I cannot foresee this thing happening to you
No
I see people walking by dressed their summer clothes
I see them strolling by, my happiness ?
Turn it black
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
I said I know baby
Everything is black I know
Since you been gone
Eveything is black before my eyes
Baby eh
Everything is black I know
Turn to me
And help me see again baby
Help me walk once more
And help me talk again, walk again
Stand up like a man baby
Since you been gone, gone
There is no color in my life baby
Its turning so very very ? black
Humph, I walk down the street
And I see a line of cars
Maybe blue, maybe brown, maybe green
But their turning black
Before my very eyes
And you could not know
What its like when your whole world is black
When everything you see and touch
Turns so very very black hmm
Oh baby now
I need you by my side
Bring some color into my life
Once again
I even tripped down and fell
Didn't see no colors anymore baby
Bad, bad scene
And I have to tell you baby
No more will my grey sea go turn a deeper blue
I cannot foresee this thing ever happening to you
No
I see people walking by me
They're all going in different directions
I see them strolling by and my heart splinters like a flame
Turning black baby
Turning black I know
Everything
Since you've been gone is turning black, turning black, turning black, turning black, turning black
Yeah yeah yeah yeah, baby
Oh lord, oh babe, whoa lord, help me see again, baby
Help me walk, talk, walk stand up like a man I know
Need you standing by my side
Because I'm blind and I cannot see
Color blind
I'm color blind
Paint everything so black
Go ahead and paint it black baby
Everyhing is black black, black, its turning black I know
Need some color in my life...
(Richards-Jagger)