The House of the Rising Sun
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| - | '''British folk rock''' is a form of [[folk rock]] which developed in the United Kingdom from the mid 1960s, and was at its most significant in the 1970s. Though the merging of folk and rock music came from several sources, it is widely regarded that the success of "[[The House of the Rising Sun]]" by British band [[the Animals]] in 1964 was a catalyst, prompting [[Bob Dylan]] to "[[Electric Dylan controversy|go electric]]", in which, like the Animals, he brought folk and rock music together, from which other musicians followed. In the same year, [[the Beatles]] began incorporating overt folk influences into their music, most noticeably on their ''[[Beatles for Sale]]'' album. The Beatles and other [[British Invasion]] bands, in turn, influenced the American band [[the Byrds]], who released their recording of Dylan's "[[Mr. Tambourine Man]]" in April 1965, setting off the mid-1960s American folk rock movement. A number of British groups, usually those associated with the British folk revival, moved into folk rock in the mid-1960s, including [[the Strawbs]], [[Pentangle (band)|Pentangle]], and [[Fairport Convention]]. | + | "'''The House of the Rising Sun'''" is a traditional [[folk music|folk song]], sometimes called "'''Rising Sun Blues'''". It tells of a person's life gone wrong in the city of [[New Orleans]]; many versions also urge a sibling or parents and children to avoid the same fate. The most successful commercial version, recorded in 1964 by British rock group [[The Animals]], was a number one hit on the [[UK Singles Chart]] and also in the United States and France. |
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| - | British folk rock was taken up and developed in the surrounding Celtic cultures of [[Brittany]], Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the [[Isle of Man]], to produce [[Celtic rock]] and its derivatives, and has been influential in countries with close cultural connections to Britain. It gave rise to the genre of [[folk punk]]. By the 1980s the genre was in steep decline in popularity, but survived and revived in significance, partly merging with the [[rock music]] and [[folk music]] cultures from which it originated. Some commentators have found a distinction in some British folk rock, where the musicians are playing traditional folk music with electric instruments rather than merging rock and folk music, and they distinguish this form of playing by calling it "electric folk". | + | |
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| - | * [[List of folk rock artists#Electric folk]] and [[:Category:British folk rock groups]] | + | |
| + | As a traditional folk song recorded by an electric rock band, it has been described as the "first [[folk rock]] hit". | ||
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"The House of the Rising Sun" is a traditional folk song, sometimes called "Rising Sun Blues". It tells of a person's life gone wrong in the city of New Orleans; many versions also urge a sibling or parents and children to avoid the same fate. The most successful commercial version, recorded in 1964 by British rock group The Animals, was a number one hit on the UK Singles Chart and also in the United States and France.
As a traditional folk song recorded by an electric rock band, it has been described as the "first folk rock hit".
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