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doctorwho wrote:Cool videos. From there appearances in the second one, they could have called themselves The Romulans ...

jingle_jangle wrote:Three must-listen Animal tracks:

It's My Life
We Gotta Get Out of this Place, and

Don't Let Me Be Understood!

That last one is one of the best combo arrangements of the entire Invasion. It was originally written for Nina Simone (listen to her version--it's an eye-opener), who recorded it the year before Burdon & Co. (1964 vs. 1965).

lennon211 wrote:

JakeK wrote:I just downloaded this album called "Retrospective"...there's a track called "It's My Life" that sounds like a heavily compressed Ric, almost Byrds-like. Listen for yourself:

You hadn't heard that one before? It's one of the better uses of the 12 string IMO that isn't centered on a pop or folk-influenced track. You gotta get out of TP land for a while. There are some great tracks out there from the Animals. Retrospective has many of them, but there are still some really strong gems that don't make that compilation, although that one is MUCH better than the first Animals compilation that Abkco released.