House Of The Rising Sun: Song Analysis

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“The House of the Rising Sun” is a classic song released by The Animals in 1964. This song had the use of two guitars, a drum set, and also a keyboard to create the music, and then the lead singer to sing the song. “The House of the Rising Song” has been sung in a countless number of versions and has also acquired many different titles to the song until The Animals released it. A cover to a song is when another artist sings a famous song but typically puts their own spin on it. This particular song has had over one-hundred covers and two famous ones are by Haley Reinhart and Five Finger Death Punch.
The first cover is by Haley Reinhart, who performed this song during season 10 of the famous show, American Idol. Reinhart came out singing this song a cappella for the first 0:31 seconds of the song, until the instrumentation began to play with her, which included drums, piano, and a few other instruments. Reinhart has a very strong and powerful voice, but creates a raspy tone throughout the song. Reinhart is a very powerful singer, and her rendition of the song is my favorite cover to “The House of the Rising Sun.” …show more content…

This song was released in 2013 on their album titled “The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 2.” This version of the song is in a very low key and is “talked” more than sang. Throughout the song there is one line that is different words than that of the typical song. The different words that are put into the song are “Sin City”, which is a reference to Las Vegas, instead of using the original “New Orleans” The style of this cover is Rock N Roll with a little bit of scream-o added in. Towards the end of the song there is a very long period of time dedicated to purely instruments playing. This version is my least favorite cover I have heard of this song mainly because I do not like songs that are not fully

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