2006-09-13 17:31:39 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
A place in New Orleans -- a brothel (whorehouse) called The House of The Rising Sun. Its been the ruin of many a poor man.
2006-09-13 17:39:51 · answer #1 · answered by C_Bar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The phrase "House of the Rising Sun" is a euphemism for a brothel, but it is not known whether or not the house described in the lyrics is an actual or fictitious place.
2006-09-13 17:33:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Which version? The original version written in the late 1880s was sung by a female and was a religious song against prostitution. The Animals, having a male singer, is basically saying "Don't be a loser like me."
2006-09-13 19:55:27 · answer #3 · answered by gregory_dittman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
drug usage and whores it was the happening place back than mostly LSD, listen to the remake of the song by frigid pink its totally drug induced music it is just as good as the animals and, that's where everyone went the house of the rising sun
2006-09-13 18:02:54 · answer #4 · answered by jvg49er 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The song tells a story...listen closely to the words
2006-09-13 17:37:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its about a guy who spends too much time in brothels and starts ruining his life, but eventually decides to go back to his wife. (ball and chain).
2006-09-13 17:34:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's about a whore house
2006-09-13 17:34:38 · answer #7 · answered by BARD 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a ho' house, honey!
2006-09-13 17:34:23 · answer #8 · answered by PAMELA G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋