Where Exactly Is The House Of The Rising Sun?
It may have ruined many a poor boy, but it might not be anywhere near New Orleans.
In 1964, the British band The Animals recorded and released the most famous version of The House of The Rising Sun.
They didn’t write it and the song had been around for a long time before this. I mean a long time. If you’re not heavily into music then chances are the version you’ve heard is the one by The Animals.
It’s the version most of us are familiar with.
I’m not a musician and nor am I musical, but I do love to delve into the creativity engine of popular things to see what makes things tick. I don’t have the musical know-how to tell you why the song gets stuck in your head but I am prepared to follow a rabbit hole wherever it leads.
And at the moment it leads to Appalachia.
I am reliably informed Appalachia is in the USA. I’m actually better informed than most UK citizens because I know Appalachia stretches from southern New York to the northern parts of Alabama, Mississippi, and Georgia — and it’s named after the Appalachian mountains.
Give me a gold sticker and a fish.
