HEART!

I took my wife to see HEART on Valentine's Day and they utterly ROCKED!

Ann Wilson is 57 and her voice still sounds UNBELIEVABLE! Some of the notes she hit gave me goosebumps!



And Nancy is as energetic and gorgeous as ever, providing backing vox, slamming away on her guitar and doing some wicked cool stage moves!



The set list went something like:

Mistral Wind (sounded so awesome and Zeppelinesque live!)
Magic Man
Crazy On You
Straight On
Barracuda
These Dreams
Alone
Wild Child
Love Reign O'er Me (an incredible cover of THE WHO's classic!)
Going to California (ZEP cover)
When the Levee Breaks (ZEP cover)

I can't remember the rest, but I was utterly blown away.

Anybody else had the chance to see the Wilson sisters live?

I'd like to hear those covers tunes.

Saw them live at Rockfest in 2002 awesome show!

Wargod48

I think it's great that people about my age can still rock!

They're still bringing it!

Ann's got a great rock voice.

That is really cool. I have never seen them live but I own most of their catalogue. My ex-gf really loved them and that got me to "rediscover" them after many years. I think I am going to throw Little Queens in the player right now.

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And Nancy is as energetic and gorgeous as ever,

Good call! Maybe BETTER than ever! Something special (read: sexy) about a good looking woman well into her 50's.

scottmitchell74 wrote:

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And Nancy is as energetic and gorgeous as ever,

Good call! Maybe BETTER than ever! Something special (read: sexy) about a good looking woman well into her 50's.

Hell YEAH, brah! The MILF factor is VERY cool in my book!

Check this shi'ite out...

Country star Gretchen Wilson with Alice in Chains and Nancy Wilson doing a KICK ASS version of "Barracuda", and Gretchen absolutely NAILS it:

http://www.vh1.com/video/play.jhtml?id=1560410&vid=150940

Just got their greatest hits album '85/'95 good stuff! Always loved the song "These Dreams".

troublezone wrote:

Just got their greatest hits album '85/'95 good stuff! Always loved the song "These Dreams".

Great song that I listen to VERY often (don't know if it's just the nostalgia of remembering it from my childhood or not, but I can't get enough of it). I need to get some of their greatest hit albums because I like the other music I've heard from them.

I've been intending to build up a Heart collection. I only have Magazine, which I've read is one of their worst. I thought it was pretty good, though. I know very little of their material outside of the hits, but I think I'll really like their stuff...even the cheesy stuff.

Love Heart! Especially their pre-80s stuff. Dog & Butterfly has to be one of the most beautiful songs in the classic rock catalogue. Never got into their 80s stuff though. It always felt a little bit like they were trying to make hits instead of making music that became a hit. Does that make any sense? Anyone ever watch Crossroads on CMT? I know, no country fans here. Me either, but once in a while they pair up a winner. Wynnona Judd (bleah) and Heart. In spite of my annoyance with Wynnona, it was an amazing program. Ann and Wynnona did a very good version of Dog & Butterfly.

TrogDawn wrote:

Check this shi'ite out...

Country star Gretchen Wilson with Alice in Chains and Nancy Wilson doing a KICK ASS version of "Barracuda", and Gretchen absolutely NAILS it:

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Not bad.

Ann's voice sends chills down my spine

My two favorite ladies of Rock 'N Roll are Nancy Wilson (great guitarist) and Pat Benatar (great vocalist). They've both grown old gracefully. Not only am I a big fan of Heart, but I love the Zep covers that they've done, and love Nancy's work on many of her husband's films, especially the movie "Almost Famous".

Top 5 Heart songs

1. Crazy On You
2. Barracuda
3. There's the Girl
4. Who Will You Run To
5. Magic Man

Heart, to me, is one of those few bands from the Seventies that didn't start to tank when they reached the Eighties (e.g. Genesis, Rolling Stones, KISS). While I personally prefer their hard-rock songs from the Seventies, like "Barracuda" & "Magic Man", my favorite album of theirs is the 1985 self-titled. I do like those ballads.

Recently, I discovered they were touring with Cheap Trick & Journey, and one of their stops was at Mohegan Sun Arena, which is the closest they'll get to my hometown. I'd love to see that (even with Journey).

I like Heart, they're probably one of the best rock bands with a chick singer in history. The best are obviously the Pretenders.
Also, Ann is in DESPERATE need of a weight-loss program.

Mattallica667 wrote:

Also, Ann is in DESPERATE need of a weight-loss program.

One day I hope you balloon to the point they have to remove a wall in your home so you can stop shitting on yourself.

Heart great band, saw a special on PBS were they did live " Love Reign Over Me', Ann's voice is in top form, underrated rock band, I prefer their 70's material than over polished radio made 80's but even at their most commerical era, Ann Wilson could still sing the yellow pages and make it sound interesting.
Nancy wilson still hot in her 50's and also underrated guitartist.

Mattallica667 wrote:

Also, Ann is in DESPERATE need of a weight-loss program.

spectrefate wrote:

One day I hope you balloon to the point they have to remove a wall in your home so you can stop shitting on yourself.

Wow, I'm not very nice.


But yeah, I actually prefer the 80's stuff, but that's just because it's what I grew up on. But my favorite album of theirs is Little Queen.

I happened to see the Cheap Trick / Heart / Journey show when it rolled into town last fall. It was my third time going to see Heart and simply the best. The other two shows were great, but this time they were AMAZING!

They did the Who cover: Love Reign O'er Me (which was truly mesmerizing) and a couple of Zep covers (as they always do). For me, the highlight was when Ann hits that note in 'Alone'. Talk about chills running up and down the spine. They simple blew Cheap Trick and Journey off the stage. Can't wait for them to come back...I'd see them again and again.

One of the first albums I ever purchased was Dreamboat Annie. The first 45 single I ever bought was Barracuda. I've been a raging lunatic fan ever since.

I never got to see "Heart" perform, but I did go to a couple really great shows with them performing as "The Lovemongers" while I lived in Seattle. They performed some Heart material and some Zeppelin covers (Battle Of Evermore) as well as a variety of other cover tunes and originals.

I got to speak with both Nancy & Ann after the show and they were incredibly nice and down to earth. I also took a tour of Bad Animals studio while I lived there (although they sold it later on).

Nancy is also underrated as a vocalist, one of my favorite Heart songs is "Treat Me Well" which see sings beautifully.

Great band! I've been blasting the acoustic album "The Road Home" all day.