Heart
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Topic: Heart
Posted By: WaywardSon
Subject: Heart
Date Posted: May 15 2006 at 09:58
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Anyone here remember The Wilson Sisters, Anne and Nancy?
Those early albums really rocked. Dreamboat Annie and Little Queen. Songs like Barracuda and Crazy on you, also they did a cover of Zepīs Rock n Roll.
Ann Wilson had a great voice (hear her sing Unchained Melody) I think they are Canadian, Iīm not sure.
Anyone?
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Posted By: salmacis
Date Posted: May 15 2006 at 15:10
| I only really know their later material- I actually quite like their 80s material despite the fact it is, typically for power ballads, cheesy at times. Yet, songs like 'Alone' and 'Who Will You Run To' have absolutely monstrous vocal performances and are well crafted. |
Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: May 15 2006 at 15:18
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I think you're right about their Candian roots RM.
As you say, "Dreamboat Annie" was a real classic. The title song appeared in three different forms on the album. The cover of "Rock'n'roll" sounds interesting, haven't heard that.
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: May 15 2006 at 16:13
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I loved their 80s albums. And Barracuda really rocks!
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Posted By: WaywardSon
Date Posted: May 15 2006 at 18:57
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In the 70īs they were real rock, then in the eighties they had a more commercial sound (but still good)
Those women really were beautiful too.
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Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: May 15 2006 at 20:08
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They weren't Canadian. They were based in Seattle. They did get their start in Canada however.
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Posted By: Zac M
Date Posted: May 16 2006 at 00:07
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Although not all of their material is to my liking, I do like some songs, and those ladies really could rock!
------------- "Art is not imitation, nor is it something manufactured according to the wishes of instinct or good taste. It is a process of expression." -Merleau-Ponty |
Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: May 16 2006 at 00:28
| Like Heart! They rock |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: May 16 2006 at 03:19
Well seen!!
 First three albums were quite good, but the Zep ghosts definitely seemed to hover them
I started hating them once they tried to do video to get on MTV in the mid-80's ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
zappaholic wrote:Posted By: glass house
Date Posted: May 16 2006 at 06:43
| I love Dreamboat Annie, used to listen to it a lot with me Dad. Still play it. |
Posted By: Bob Greece
Date Posted: May 16 2006 at 07:45
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I bought an album of theirs in 1985. It had 4 hits tracks on it "What About Love?," "Never," "These Dreams," and "If Looks Could Kill". It was very nice to listen to, very melodic.
They are very attractive too ...
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Posted By: Rocktopus
Date Posted: May 16 2006 at 07:52
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The debut Dreamboat Annie and the second Little Queen are both great
70's classics. Especially the first I listen to quite often. All downhill from there imo. ------------- Over land and under ashes In the sunlight, see - it flashes Find a fly and eat his eye But don't believe in me Don't believe in me Don't believe in me |
Posted By: JayDee
Date Posted: May 16 2006 at 08:38
Amazing vocals! .. and I do like some of their ballads ------------- 
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Posted By: Politician
Date Posted: May 16 2006 at 14:14
| Their first three albums "Dreamboat Annie" (1976), "Little Queen" (1977) and "Dog And Butterfly" (1978) all have strong progressive elements and are all excellent (though every one of the three contains several weaker tracks). Had they continued in the same vein they might have been a marginal case for inclusion here. |
Posted By: Grimm
Date Posted: June 02 2006 at 17:26
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I am a huge Heart fan! Sylvan Song / Dream Of The Archer (Little Queen album) are what got my attention years ago. Although I had always knew of the band, I never knew they were capable of such songs as these.
If I may, I would like to copy a paragraph I wrote about Ann Wilson on another forum:
**IMHO Ann Wilson is the most under-appreciated singer alive today. It is absurd how fans turned their backs on her because she had a little weight problem. Again, IMHO, those were the years she really came into her own. "In Walks The Night" (Desire Walks On) is sung perfectly, without studio magic; it showcases her impecable sense of timming, and "feel" for how a song should be sung. Not to mention the range of notes she can sing, and sing them STRONG.**
I own every release by Heart except all the Best Of's and the first and last live ones. The Music of Heart will always be with me as an integral part of my life, along with Yes, King Crimson, and Kate Bush. ------------- Arguing with anonymous strangers on the internet is a sucker's game because they almost always turn out to be or seem to be self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time. |
Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: June 03 2006 at 00:14
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I always loved their '70s stuff. No other women were rocking like that. There '80s "comback" was really lame, and had little to do with a band effort. I have seen Ann and Nancy in interviews, and get the feeling that they weren't too happy with it either. ------------- a.k.a. H.T. http://riekels.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow - http://riekels.wordpress.com |
Posted By: ClemofNazareth
Date Posted: June 03 2006 at 00:39
That's true. Ann Wilson said in a 1996 Billboard Magazine article about Heart's only #1 album (1985's Heart which had four Top-10 singles - "What About Love", "These Dreams", "Nothin' At All", and "Never") - "It's not that I hate those songs. They just didn't ring a bell for me. We weren't forced to do those songs, but after a while I began to feel that we made a real devil's bargin creatively to get the hits". I saw Annie Wilson in a black dress doing "Magic Man" and "Crazy on You" on The Midnight Special in 1976 and pretty much went through puberty in about 10 minutes. Saw them on National Public Television a few months ago, and they both can still hold an audience. ------------- "Peace is the only battle worth waging." Albert Camus |
Posted By: martinprog77
Date Posted: June 03 2006 at 05:16
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i love heart .they are like zeppelin but with female vocals ------------- Nothing can last there are no second chances. Never give a day away. Always live for today. |
Posted By: darren
Date Posted: June 03 2006 at 23:37
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I was disheartened (pun intended) to hear that Heart is being used in a commercial. "Alone" is being used to sell laundry washers and dryers.
It's not their best song by far but it's still kind of sad. ------------- "they locked up a man who wanted to rule the world. the fools they locked up the wrong man." - Leonard Cohen |
Posted By: tdreamer
Date Posted: June 04 2006 at 13:59
| Fell in love with both of them back in the 80's. Their most recent album is a bit of a return to their roots. |
Posted By: thecool
Date Posted: June 05 2006 at 16:21
Great band, going to see them next weekend and i'm very excited 
(Sweet will be their as well, and i like them even more)
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Posted By: WaywardSon
Date Posted: June 05 2006 at 18:39
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Give us an update of the show! Damn I wouldnīt mind seeing them too! |
Posted By: ClemofNazareth
Date Posted: June 05 2006 at 19:59
Heart will be here in my town this summer too - can't wait! ------------- "Peace is the only battle worth waging." Albert Camus |