 Retrospective (1967) [ larger cover art ] |
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Musicbrainz DBThe rooms were so much colder then
My father was a soldier then
And times were very hard
When I was young
I smoked my first cigarette at ten
And for girls, I had a bad yen
And I had quite a ball
When I was young
When I was young, it was more important
Pain more painful
Laughter much louder
Yeah, when I was young
When I was young
I met my first love at thirteen
She was brown and I was pretty green
And I learned quite a lot when I was young
When I was young
When I was young, it was more important
Pain more painful
Laughter much louder
Yeah, when I was young
When I was young
My faith was so much stronger then
I believed in fellow man
And I was so much older then
When I was young
When I was young
When I was young
| Isabeau (sou' tex) | Posted: Apr 24, 2013 - 21:35 Always considered this as rock-n-roll's version of Sinatra's 'When I was Seventeen"  |
| gypsyman (just passing through....) | Posted: Apr 24, 2013 - 21:35 "And I had quite the ball, when I was young" woo boy! love this song! |
| unclehud (now 50 feet above the planet in Boston) | Posted: Apr 24, 2013 - 21:34 Yeah, when I was young this was good. |
| ziakut (Slightly North of Obvlivion) | Posted: Jan 20, 2013 - 16:00 GuiltyFeat wrote: And the clumsy lyric of the week goes to... "And for girls, I had a bad yen" Awesomely bad. Oh boy...are you not kidding...whoa!!! It makes me wince! |
| Proclivities (Paris of the Piedmont) | Posted: Dec 20, 2012 - 07:23 fatcatjb wrote: something about that grungy opening guitar chord always reminds me of Iron Man/Black Sabbath, who I thought were incredibly cool when I was in 4th grade (1968! Yikes!) Hey there, Black Sabbath's "Iron Man" was released in 1970. |
| q4Fry (Currently stateside) | Posted: Dec 20, 2012 - 07:22 Make it stop! |
| buddy | Posted: Dec 20, 2012 - 07:21 2cats wrote: Don't think I've heard this since '67. Yeah, you don't here this everyday. It was sure a radical song back then! Animals at their peak. |
| ziakut (Slightly North of Obvlivion) | Posted: Dec 20, 2012 - 07:20 Yunnnnngggggggggg! |
| mcullers (Country-Dominated TX) | Posted: Oct 18, 2012 - 14:08 SpamNRice wrote: Now I know where Black Sabbath got their opening for "Ironman" I was about to hit PSD after the first note. |
| 2cats (Oklahoma) | Posted: Aug 16, 2012 - 13:11 Don't think I've heard this since '67. |
| SpamNRice (Northern, Italy) | Posted: Jul 16, 2012 - 02:45 Now I know where Black Sabbath got their opening for "Ironman" |
| Boy_Wonder (Bath, back in the UK) | Posted: Jul 09, 2012 - 12:43 Next track on the album is 'A girl named Sandoz' - says it all really!! |
| fatcatjb (Sunny Sacramento) | Posted: Jun 14, 2012 - 11:52 something about that grungy opening guitar chord always reminds me of Iron Man/Black Sabbath, who I thought were incredibly cool when I was in 4th grade (1968! Yikes!) |
| 93vx800 (Red Sox Nation) | Posted: Jun 04, 2012 - 17:32 Most excellent. He and I were young at the same time!  |
| k-man (SCruz, CA) | Posted: May 03, 2012 - 23:46 What a classic tune. I think I had this record in the mid 60's? It was my very first album, backed by that San Francisco tune... Thanks RP for digging this one up! |
| GuiltyFeat (Ra'anana) | Posted: Apr 02, 2012 - 06:48 And the clumsy lyric of the week goes to... "And for girls, I had a bad yen" Awesomely bad. |
| kurtster (Back in Ohiya, for now ...) | Posted: Apr 02, 2012 - 06:47 jules44 wrote: ....and it is time to leave the room.....let me know when it is over.....   |
| 1wolfy (Mission Viejo California) | Posted: Feb 08, 2012 - 14:43 I can picture him with an Indian headdress crying out this song around a campfire!! Shouting out to the gods... circling, circling  |
| jules44 (Sunny North Carolina) | Posted: Feb 08, 2012 - 14:42 ....and it is time to leave the room.....let me know when it is over..... |
| jhorton | Posted: Feb 08, 2012 - 14:42 yofitofu wrote: And for girls I had a bad yen? Huh? Yen. Look it up. |
| Chowek (Saudi Arabia) | Posted: Jan 29, 2012 - 22:33 Great song, but I must admit I appreciate more cover performed by The Ramones. :) |
| donbrasco (PDX) | Posted: Jan 29, 2012 - 22:09 Thanks for sharing |
| steelinox51 (Concord, Calif.USA) | Posted: Jan 29, 2012 - 22:06 Still a great tune after all these years! |
| fatcatjb (Sunny Sacramento) | Posted: Jan 07, 2012 - 19:47 she was brown....and I was pretty green |
| Xing | Posted: Dec 29, 2011 - 03:48 my ears are bleeding. |
| TerryS (Another SW) | Posted: Oct 26, 2011 - 19:41 The anticipation after that nasty guitar chord is just so.......good |
| Shesdifferent (Just visiting this planet) | Posted: Oct 04, 2011 - 19:38 Again, perfect timing of this excellent song |
| Dahlia_Gumbo (San Francisco) | Posted: Oct 04, 2011 - 19:37 Cool, very cool. |
| yofitofu (Santa Barbara, CA) | Posted: Oct 04, 2011 - 19:37 And for girls I had a bad yen? Huh? |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Oct 04, 2011 - 19:36 in days of old when men were bold... love it... |
| Bleyfusz | Posted: Sep 25, 2011 - 03:17 Shesdifferent wrote: Nowadays, I can so relate to what he was singing about.....such an excellent set of musicians-hey, what ever happened to those? Saw them live this summer, in Germany. Nice. |
| Shesdifferent (Just visiting this planet CAN I GO HOME NOW?) | Posted: Aug 24, 2011 - 18:31 Nowadays, I can so relate to what he was singing about.....such an excellent set of musicians-hey, what ever happened to those? |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jul 30, 2011 - 13:10 Man, what a great song... |
| bachbeet | Posted: Jun 22, 2011 - 20:28 This was a little different from a lot of the sounds that were being played at the time. Really nice to hear this again. |
| jadewahoo | Posted: Apr 30, 2011 - 10:01 This song was my anthem... when I was young. And now today, at 60, it returns as an anthem of my elder years. |
| Sloggydog (UK) | Posted: Apr 26, 2011 - 22:12 Pickups, Keys, Animals - 30/30 Nice way to wake up |
| valerie (Chile) | Posted: Apr 20, 2011 - 14:40 A 10 on the nostalgia scale. I remember sitting in my bedroom wondering, ¨what could this possibly mean?¨, when I was young. |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Apr 20, 2011 - 14:37 Very, very nice! |
| ziakut (A place with air, water and chocolate.) | Posted: Mar 29, 2011 - 18:55 This song needs a shower and a slap! Ugh. |
| vandal (arriving somewhere, but not here. . .) | Posted: Feb 16, 2011 - 18:56 SinisterDexter wrote: "Smoked my first cigarette at ten yen - Noun (1) A longing or yearning "She always had a yen to be a writer." Not a bad rhyme, just arcane. . . |
| bluedot (Long Beach, CA) | Posted: Jan 22, 2011 - 14:41 SinisterDexter wrote: "Smoked my first cigarette at ten Haha, I always hated that rhyme, too. I'm over it now, tho. The 60's, it turns out, had LOTS of bad rhyming. It's all good...the point of this song is that we were more passionate stuff in our wild youth, and me not caring so much anymore about the details of lyrics from that era constitutes a perfect example of this. Eric's still out there singing this song. Its point is truer now now than ever! |
| Stingray (EUROPE) | Posted: Dec 25, 2010 - 16:19 NEXT 10!!! |
| capandjudy (Huntington, WV) | Posted: Nov 20, 2010 - 12:09 DaveInVA wrote: Great old Eric Animal and the Burdens song...Saw them in concert when they played at my High School way back when...
WOW! |
| SinisterDexter | Posted: Nov 14, 2010 - 07:43 "Smoked my first cigarette at ten |
| jagdriver (Just a nod and a wink south of Paradise) | Posted: Oct 13, 2010 - 15:20 kaybee wrote:  Yes! And he made Jagger look like a wimp.The REAL Eggman! |
| 1wolfy (Mission Viejo California) | Posted: Oct 13, 2010 - 15:20 kaybee wrote: Yes! And he made Jagger look like a wimp. |
| hallogallo (Raleigh, NC) | Posted: Sep 21, 2010 - 14:38 Minor point re: album date ... When I was Young may be "1967" but Retrospective can't be ... Label says it has Spill the Wine. Heck, that's a War song ... |
| kaybee (Lost in the Wilds of Toronto) | Posted: Aug 20, 2010 - 17:16 PopKombo wrote: When I was young???? Don't think Eric Burden was ever young ... even when he was ... Yes! And he made Jagger look like a wimp. |
| RedGuitar (Iowa, USA) | Posted: Aug 20, 2010 - 14:31 Cynaera wrote: The rooms were so much colder then My father was a soldier then And times were very hard When I was young I smoked my first cigarette at ten When I was young, it was more important I met my first love at thirteen When I was young My faith was so much stronger then
Some pretty powerful lyrics here - I'd forgotten how good this song is... _________________________________________ One of my favorite late-period Animals tracks.
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| Cynaera (South of Neanderthal) | Posted: Aug 20, 2010 - 13:57 The rooms were so much colder then My father was a soldier then And times were very hard When I was young I smoked my first cigarette at ten When I was young, it was more important I met my first love at thirteen When I was young My faith was so much stronger then
Some pretty powerful lyrics here - I'd forgotten how good this song is...
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