We've BEEN SINGING Along To This 70s Classic For DECADES & It's ABOUT an ORGY? | Professor of Rock

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Published 2024-07-16
Eric Burdon of the Animals set out to create a new band. Called Eric Burdon and WAR. The band's first song out to the gate was the 70s hit: Spill the Wine. It was one of the biggest songs of 1970. It was also one of the strangest. So many urban legends behind this classic....Spill the Wine is rumored to have been inspired by the band members knocking over a bottle of wine on the studio console. The song was hard to interpret. It had Spanish in it, spoken word, and singing only in the chorus, and the lyrics have been sung incorrectly by listeners for years. And it’s probably a good thing because the actual lyrics are pretty risqué. Spill the Wine might actually be the only hit song of the rock era about an orgy. Interview with Eric Burdon on Professor of rock tells the story!!

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All Comments (21)
  • @sgt.grinch3299
    One of the best singers in rock n roll history. Thank you Mr. Burdon.
  • @JoeWolf
    I always thought it was "Spill the wine, Milton Berle"
  • @KingBeevr
    What's funny is I've also been singing it wrong all this time, but not the same wrong he thinks. It's always been "dig that girl" and I think it always will be for me.
  • @kelsana22
    Loved Eric Burdon since I was a kid.
  • @v-town1980
    Pearl...girl...whatever... The treat was the meat.😊
  • @jstnxprsn
    I always thought it was "dig that girl". Still sounds better that way to me.
  • @bobthebear1246
    So...the meaning of the song is unchanged, then. 😁 Also, we are so lucky to still have such an absolute legend like Eric Burdon still living amongst us. I'm sure he never thought he would make it to 30 let alone to 80+!! Amazing!!
  • @elaineh7993
    I remember this song when I was growing up! One of my favorites!
  • @ghana312
    Such a unique voice. Loved him in whatever group he was with.
  • @jazzandbluesculturalherita2547
    Before Katrina, I was living in New Orleans. All my favorite hangouts in New Orleans had KILLER CD jukeboxes. 🤗 👍 Whenever I visited Port of Call, I never failed to play Eric Burdon & War, Eric Burdon & Animals, Oscar Peterson, Freddie King, & other Blues, Rock, Jazz greats in the house machine. 🥰 Other great CD jukeboxes were hosted by the Drydock Cafe, Markey's Bar. I discovered the great Blues guitarist Gary Moore at the Drydock. I departed New Orleans after Mardi Gras season 2005. 😘 During the Katrina crisis later that same year, the Punk Thug Criminals broke into every store, cafe, bar, restaurant, etc., that they could get into, looted & took whatever they wanted, and all the super & perhaps rare discs were stolen. 😡 When I returned to visit New Orleans after 10 years in 2015 I discovered all the music in the "jukeboxes" was now supplied by the Internet, Internet music players, a complete letdown from the carefully curated collections of discs of the past. 😢 Yes, there were more selections available to play, from vast online archives, but what is missing from these online players is being able to page through & discover all the discs that you perhaps had never before seen or listened to, to read the album covers & notes, and to appreciate that someone had chosen the discs & placed them in the jukebox for your listening pleasure. Online players are just NOT the same. 🙄🤔☹️ They basically suck major root comparatively.
  • @j.dovales8713
    Me and my brother used to sing, "Spill the wine, dig that herb" Lol
  • @mikes9759
    Great tune for the great era!! Lots of memories from back then!!