The Animals : Retrospective

 

BOOM BOOM ,BOOM BOOM

I'M GONNA SHOOT YOU

 RIGHT DOWN

RIGHT OFF YOUR FEET

TAKE YOU HOME WITH ME

PUT YOU IN MY HOUSE

BOOM BOOM, BOOM  BOOM

Mmmm Mmmmm

THE ANIMALS

RETROSPECTIVE:

Early ANIMALS hits

 focused on 

gritty blues covers of

 HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN 

and 

JOHN LEE HOOKER's 

lurching

 BOOM BOOM, 

plus pop-centric 

BRILL BUILDING

 stabs

 WE GOTTA GET OUT OF THIS PLACE 

and 

DON'T BRING ME DOWN. 

ERIC BURDON

 later helmed a 

new set of 

ANIMALS, 

shouldering the 

writing chores himself.

 His psychedelic vision

 yielded hip tributes 

SAN FRANCISCAN NIGHTS,

 SKY PILOT

 and

 MONTERREY

 (name dropping JANIS, JIMI and THE WHO).

 BURDON's final hit

was forged with

 funky brothers 

WAR

 on Latino

 laced 

SPILL THE WINE.

 As RETROSPECTIVE shows, 

THE ANIMALS 

proved the 

Brit-wave 

invasion band to beat, 

dishing out raw, 

unbridled soul power.

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