Cyndi & Heart fans

[skcin]

How I missed this when it aired, I don't know. Lifetime's "Girls & Guitars" special. Anyone know when it was on TV? A few years ago? Many years ago? :shrug: Anyway, I thought this was absolutely incredible.

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[strandinthewind]

Ann Wilson has one of the best voices I have ever heard and it has changed little in 30 years. Has anyone ever heard her vocal on Unchained Melody :eek:

Sadly, she looks horrifying in this clip.

[skcin]

Ann Wilson has one of the best voices I have ever heard and it has changed little in 30 years. Has anyone ever heard her vocal on Unchained Melody :eek:

Sadly, she looks horrifying in this clip.


I know. I think she's beautiful no matter what weight she's at, yet she always does these odd things with her hair that make her look ridiculous. :shrug: And the hippie sunglasses. Oy.

[Brwn_eyes0511]

jesus christ.. the hair!!!!! :eek:

[shebop]

I actually was at the taping of this! They do the show as a benefit for breast cancer every year - this year it was Melissa Etheridge.
I think this one was 3 years ago - it was amazing - Cyndi actually took over
the show at one point coaching Destiny's Child on harmonies - she was the most professional one there!

[carrie721]

Paula, I believe this aired in 2000. Cyndi's amazing. Y'all just wait until Goldustsongbird sees this thread!

[ragandbone]

That's wild, I was just looking at this the other day! I had just finished reading about how Joni Mitchell came to buy a dulcimer, and how it was tuned for "California"; I found a video of her playing it on YouTube, and there must have been a tag that led me to this Cyndi/Ann video. Cyndi shows off some effortless high notes, and lovely, full lows. I think she has taken really good care of her body and her voice.
It is pretty wild to see Nancy power strumming next to the dulcimer, and Ann's hair is unreal!

"Maybe I'm amazed at the way your hair is 2 feet high."

[sparky]

Wow. Cool. Thanks for posting ! Ann's hair could make Marge Simpson jealous. Somehow I missed her mile high bouffant phase.

[xdreamsunwindx]

Christ, Ann looks like a bloated Elvira in that clip. And I love her, but man, that hair :[

I enjoyed that, though. That song will always be awesome.

[sparky]

Christ, Ann looks like a bloated Elvira in that clip.

Dude. Ann is a bloated Elvira. Since about 1985. God Bless Her. One of the best singers alive.

[skcin]

"Maybe I'm amazed at the way your hair is 2 feet feet high."


"...maybe I'm afraid at the way you tease it..."

[GODDESS6]

How I missed this when it aired, I don't know. Lifetime's "Girls & Guitars" special. Anyone know when it was on TV? A few years ago? Many years ago? :shrug: Anyway, I thought this was absolutely incredible.

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that was INCREDIBLE:nod: ...thanx for choking me up this morning!!!:lol: ~

[jannieC]

They both are amazing. I saw Cyndi Lauper when she opened for Cher several years ago and truthfully, she stole the show. And as far as Ann goes- amazing. But you HAVE to listen with your eyes closed because holy sh*t, the HAIR! Wtf was she thinking, bless her heart?

[Lee]

Yeah, I have this show on tape somewhere. The whole show was really good.

Lee :)

[ragandbone]

Maybe I'm amazed at the way your hair is 2 feet high

"...maybe I'm afraid at the way you tease it...":laugh:

Thanks for playing, even with my typo that messed up the rhyme.

[Livia]

One of my favorite songs ever! Thanks for posting!

Wow, Ann Wilson reminds me of Divine in Hairspray! :eek:

[goldustsongbird]

:laugh: I agree, Ann looks ridiculous. I just posted the other video of them singing Water's Edge from the same show: http://youtube.com/watch?v=yQJ3g2PFLi4

[skcin]

:laugh: I agree, Ann looks ridiculous. I just posted the other video of them singing Water's Edge from the same show: http://youtube.com/watch?v=yQJ3g2PFLi4


Kickass! Thanks so much. This song is gorgeous. :nod:

[ragandbone]

:laugh: I agree, Ann looks ridiculous. I just posted the other video of them singing Water's Edge from the same show: http://youtube.com/watch?v=yQJ3g2PFLi4

Beautiful!

Their voices are well matched - their sizes, not so.

[ragandbone]

Wow! I just watched the performance of "Crazy On You" from this show. Good Lord, Ann just sounds so F#$cking amazing, and the slowed down beginning really shows off her voice.
Can I put this link even though Cyndi doesn't show up? Is that a threadjacK?
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[xdreamsunwindx]

Dude. Ann is a bloated Elvira. Since about 1985. God Bless Her. One of the best singers alive.

Ann Wilson: Mistress of the Dark.

lolz. I love her. But that hair is awful.

[sparky]

Ann Wilson: Mistress of the Dark.

lolz. I love her. But that hair is awful.

I love Ann dearly, and have for 30 years ! Her hair though, it has really run the gamut over the years. This Marge Simpson thing might be the ultimate.

[goldustsongbird]

Wow! I just watched the performance of "Crazy On You" from this show. Good Lord, Ann just sounds so F#$cking amazing, and the slowed down beginning really shows off her voice.
Can I put this link even though Cyndi doesn't show up? Is that a threadjacK?


:laugh: Here, I'll post a solo Cyndi video to even it out. We'll both be threadjacking, then.

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(sidenote, doesn't Jan Pulsford - the blonde lady in the hat at the keyboard - look like Stevie, just at a glance? I've always thought she was working a Stevie look. Maybe it's just the hair)

[xdreamsunwindx]

I love Ann dearly, and have for 30 years ! Her hair though, it has really run the gamut over the years. This Marge Simpson thing might be the ultimate.

Haha. 80s hair is never not funny.

Seriously, though?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/tivolisky/heart-ann-wilson-01.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/tivolisky/ELV0011.jpg

They kinda look alike.

[ragandbone]

:laugh: Here, I'll post a solo Cyndi video to even it out. We'll both be threadjacking, then.

(sidenote, doesn't Jan Pulsford - the blonde lady in the hat at the keyboard - look like Stevie, just at a glance? I've always thought she was working a Stevie look. Maybe it's just the hair)

Hey thanks! The keyboard lady really does look like Stevie, when she smiles in profile.
I love that Cyndi is has brought the dulcimer into the limelight. I also love that someone in her band is playing a Melodica.

I feel I need to say something about Cyndi's hair and look in the Girls and Guitars performance. 101 Dalmations. She looks like Cruella. A fabulous Cruella.

[carrie721]

:laugh: Here, I'll post a solo Cyndi video to even it out. We'll both be threadjacking, then.

(sidenote, doesn't Jan Pulsford - the blonde lady in the hat at the keyboard - look like Stevie, just at a glance? I've always thought she was working a Stevie look. Maybe it's just the hair)

a) one of my favorite songs evar.
b) she is seriously hot in that video.
c) yes, jp looks like stevie!
d) canada is on the way between ohio and arizona, right? because i think i should probably kidnap you.

[cliffdweller]

That's wild, I was just looking at this the other day! I had just finished reading about how Joni Mitchell came to buy a dulcimer, and how it was tuned for "California"; I found a video of her playing it on YouTube, and there must have been a tag that led me to this Cyndi/Ann video.

Has anyone seen that Joni Mitchell tribute that was aired like 3-4 years ago? I can't remember exactly what or where it was (I think I saw it on Bravo) but Cyndi did a version of "Carey" that made me weep! It was absolutely stunning. I'm going to try to find it...

Yeah, I love Ann Wilson to death, but she is in serious need of a fashion makeover. She has beautiful shiny, black hair. Why oh why does she subject it to such punishment? Nancy's still a major hottie. My husband's in love with her.

[skcin]

Has anyone seen that Joni Mitchell tribute that was aired like 3-4 years ago? I can't remember exactly what or where it was (I think I saw it on Bravo) but Cyndi did a version of "Carey" that made me weep! It was absolutely stunning. I'm going to try to find it...



I swear I saw this on Youtube....

[cliffdweller]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/tivolisky/heart-ann-wilson-01.jpg



I think Ann's hair looks good here. She should stay with the flat bangs look.

[carrie721]

Here's Carey:

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[goldustsongbird]

Hey thanks! The keyboard lady really does look like Stevie, when she smiles in profile.
I love that Cyndi is has brought the dulcimer into the limelight. I also love that someone in her band is playing a Melodica.

I feel I need to say something about Cyndi's hair and look in the Girls and Guitars performance. 101 Dalmations. She looks like Cruella. A fabulous Cruella.

i love her dulcimer!

You think that's something? Do you remember he '89 look? THAT was Cruella all over. :lol:

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/6710/885li.jpg

[goldustsongbird]

Here's Carey:

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You were listening to In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening?? I love that song. Send me Roseanne plz.

[goldustsongbird]

a) one of my favorite songs evar.
b) she is seriously hot in that video.
c) yes, jp looks like stevie!
d) canada is on the way between ohio and arizona, right? because i think i should probably kidnap you.
You'll have to rescue me from the Grand Canyon first! Dude, JP is hot (http://img506.imageshack.us/img506/2310/812421824fd.jpg). I wish she still toured with Cyn. Apparently they're not on good terms anymore.

[carrie721]

You'll have to rescue me from the Grand Canyon first! Dude, JP is hot (http://img506.imageshack.us/img506/2310/812421824fd.jpg). I wish she still toured with Cyn. Apparently they're not on good terms anymore.

That's too bad. She looks kinda like Jill Sobule in that picture, don't you think? I heart In the Cool, Cool, Cool of Evening, too ... It's the version from that Bette Midler sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook album. *Sends you Rosanne* I really like her stuff!

[skcin]

Girl loves the high hair. Top of head ponytail for the show I saw last March:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/skcin/Heart/100_1716.jpg

Golddustsongbird - I saw Cyndi a couple of years back on the At Last tour, I should try to dig up the pics I took....

[ragandbone]

Has anyone seen that Joni Mitchell tribute that was aired like 3-4 years ago? I can't remember exactly what or where it was (I think I saw it on Bravo) but Cyndi did a version of "Carey" that made me weep! It was absolutely stunning. I'm going to try to find it...


I didn't see that, but I would love to. I am going to see if perhaps it was released on DVD. Carey is another dulcimer song, I think, did Cyndi play dulcimer on the song? Doh! I see Carrie posted it. I will look now - thanks!
p.s. I love Nick Cave.

[cliffdweller]

Here's Carey:

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Awesome! Thanks!! :xoxo:

[goldustsongbird]

Golddustsongbird - I saw Cyndi a couple of years back on the At Last tour, I should try to dig up the pics I took....

Cool! I'd love to see them. I saw her on the At Last tour, too.

[goldustsongbird]

That's too bad. She looks kinda like Jill Sobule in that picture, don't you think? I heart In the Cool, Cool, Cool of Evening, too ... It's the version from that Bette Midler sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook album. *Sends you Rosanne* I really like her stuff!

Jill? Yeah, I could see that. *downloads Rosie on the other comp* Oh, I got Penguin, too! I just need to listen to it...

[JazmenFlowers]

Ann is a goddess. truly.

I was so excited when I heard Cyndi was opening for Cher, but then something happened in the desert, something broke the...oh wait...wrong forum...depending on which rumor you believe, Cyndi stopped touring with Cher and there was some cockamamey comedian at my show. I was bummed.

[jannieC]

Ann is a goddess. truly.

I was so excited when I heard Cyndi was opening for Cher, but then something happened in the desert, something broke the...oh wait...wrong forum...depending on which rumor you believe, Cyndi stopped touring with Cher and there was some cockamamey comedian at my show. I was bummed.
Cyndi was using a cane when I saw her open for Cher. She said she broke her foot on stage. She said she had been talking to the audience, making fun of Anna Nicole Smith, when she fell off the stage and broke her foot! HAHAHA

[sparky]

Okay, I can't quite be accused of threadjacking with this. I must post the BEST live Heart thing on you tube. Crazy On You from what looks like the Dog and Butterfly tour. It is awesome !
Nancy's opening guitar solo is long and inspired. When she busts into that opening Am chord and kicks up her leg it sends shivers up my spine. Damn does she beat up that guitar.
Everything about this thing is classic Heart at their very best. Ann hot and thin ! There is tons of great hair. The guitar player Roger Fisher is totally hot in that bad boy 70's guitar player way. Everyone is running their asses off and rocking out. Happy happy !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTdyH36RgnU

:blob2:

[amber]

Okay, I can't quite be accused of threadjacking with this. I must post the BEST live Heart thing on you tube. Crazy On You from what looks like the Dog and Butterfly tour. It is awesome !
Nancy's opening guitar solo is long and inspired. When she busts into that opening Am chord and kicks up her leg it sends shivers up my spine. Damn does she beat up that guitar.
Everything about this thing is classic Heart at their very best. Ann hot and thin ! There is tons of great hair. The guitar player Roger Fisher is totally hot in that bad boy 70's guitar player way. Everyone is running their asses off and rocking out. Happy happy !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTdyH36RgnU

:blob2:

Bless your heart. Fan f*cking tastic, of course. What sexy bitches. Damn Ann was hot! With the way Nancy's hair is cut, and the fuzzy lighting, I kept imagining it was Stevie rocking out on guitar - now I know what she would've looked like. Damn sexy! :laugh: That is one of my top favorite songs, and arguably my very favorite to sing.
I just watched Barracuda, too - almost too sexy, I had to look away...

[sparky]

Bless your heart. Fan f*cking tastic, of course. What sexy bitches. Damn Ann was hot! With the way Nancy's hair is cut, and the fuzzy lighting, I kept imagining it was Stevie rocking out on guitar - now I know what she would've looked like. Damn sexy! :laugh: That is one of my top favorite songs, and arguably my very favorite to sing.
I just watched Barracuda, too - almost too sexy, I had to look away...

Weren't they HOT ? I was in love with both of them. You can sing that ? And hit the high notes ? Impressive.

Watch Magic Man on the German TV show. Roger has on some tight pants.:thumbsup:

[amber]

Weren't they HOT ? I was in love with both of them. You can sing that ? And hit the high notes ? Impressive.

Watch Magic Man on the German TV show. Roger has on some tight pants.:thumbsup:
Roger? Pants? No, no - I'm strictly lesbionic when I watch Heart. :laugh:
But I will watch it. I've already watched "Never" and "Alone" as well.
Yeah, I can sing it. They're not high notes for a girl, so much. My voice lacks all the power of Ann's, but, duh. Who's doesn't? Besides Strand.
I wish there was night of a thousand Anns, I'd totally try out.


Edit - Omigod! Those are some tight pants! Heeelllloooo, Roger!:laugh:

That song was the fantasy song of my youth. I kept waiting for some lascivious teacher to hit on me...*sigh*...:laugh:

[ragandbone]

Okay, I can't quite be accused of threadjacking with this. I must post the BEST live Heart thing on you tube. Crazy On You from what looks like the Dog and Butterfly tour. It is awesome !
Nancy's opening guitar solo is long and inspired. When she busts into that opening Am chord and kicks up her leg it sends shivers up my spine. Damn does she beat up that guitar.
Everything about this thing is classic Heart at their very best. Ann hot and thin ! There is tons of great hair. The guitar player Roger Fisher is totally hot in that bad boy 70's guitar player way. Everyone is running their asses off and rocking out. Happy happy !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTdyH36RgnU

:blob2: MmmMmmMmm
So hot!
I don't need coffee anymore, I am just going to play that video, and wail along with Ann every morning from now on!
They are such talented musicians: the guitars, the harmonies, the mando, the harmonica, the flute, the hair, the kicks, the kick-ass vocals in tall boots - it's overwhelming.
Thanks for the link, Sparky.

[sparky]

Roger? Pants? No, no - I'm strictly lesbionic when I watch Heart. :laugh:
But I will watch it. I've already watched "Never" and "Alone" as well.
Yeah, I can sing it. They're not high notes for a girl, so much. My voice lacks all the power of Ann's, but, duh. Who's doesn't? Besides Strand.
I wish there was night of a thousand Anns, I'd totally try out.


Edit - Omigod! Those are some tight pants! Heeelllloooo, Roger!:laugh:

That song was the fantasy song of my youth. I kept waiting for some lascivious teacher to hit on me...*sigh*...:laugh:

Total tight pants. Come to Sparky, Roger.

Watch the Midnight Special Crazy. I think Ann is coked out of her gourd.
Stellar !

[amber]

Total tight pants. Come to Sparky, Roger.

Watch the Midnight Special Crazy. I think Ann is coked out of her gourd.
Stellar !

I didn't see it on the list! Searchy searchy. Man, coke is great!!!! :laugh: :laugh:


You know what song has really impressed me live (I've only heard the audio) is Straight On. The way she plays with the rhythm, which is very cool to begin with. And just hits everything perfect.

Found it. How much ass does Nancy kick on the intro? Look, she's wearing a total Stevie dress, white version.

You think she's more coked up than in the one you put the link for? Are you saying that because of the blue dress she chose to wear here? (ralph). Hehehehe. Her jaw is a little tight on this one.

[ragandbone]

You can sing along with each of them in this harmony lesson, on the Experience Music Project site. Sing the melody with Ann as your partner, or harmony with Nancyhttp://www.emplive.org/exhibits/index.asp?categoryID=129&ccID=147

[sparky]

You can sing along with each of them in this harmony lesson, on the Experience Music Project site. Sing the melody with Ann as your partner, or harmony with Nancyhttp://www.emplive.org/exhibits/index.asp?categoryID=129&ccID=147

Eliza that is friggin fun ! I always wanted Ann to sing harmony over me. It is so fun to sing it in their octave or mine. Great link !:xoxo:

[ragandbone]

Eliza that is friggin fun ! I always wanted Ann to sing harmony over me. It is so fun to sing it in their octave or mine. Great link !:xoxo:
I made an audio track of it, so I could put it on my vocal warmup cd.
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=F9CA564C2169C097

[cliffdweller]

Okay, I can't quite be accused of threadjacking with this. I must post the BEST live Heart thing on you tube. Crazy On You from what looks like the Dog and Butterfly tour. It is awesome !
Nancy's opening guitar solo is long and inspired. When she busts into that opening Am chord and kicks up her leg it sends shivers up my spine. Damn does she beat up that guitar.
Everything about this thing is classic Heart at their very best. Ann hot and thin ! There is tons of great hair. The guitar player Roger Fisher is totally hot in that bad boy 70's guitar player way. Everyone is running their asses off and rocking out. Happy happy !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTdyH36RgnU

:blob2:

I don't know why Nancy doesn't do that long guitar intro live anymore. I love it!

That said, this video only confirms my belief that Nancy Wilson is one of the most underrated guitar players in rock. The woman deserves mad props! :blob1:

Thanks for posting Sparky! :wavey:

[cliffdweller]

You think she's more coked up than in the one you put the link for? Are you saying that because of the blue dress she chose to wear here? (ralph).

:laugh: That dress is hideous. Are those little silver hearts/ stars all over it? Fug.

Ann has total coke eyes in this. Nancy looks great!

[goldustsongbird]

Okay, I can't quite be accused of threadjacking with this. I must post the BEST live Heart thing on you tube. Crazy On You from what looks like the Dog and Butterfly tour. It is awesome !
Nancy's opening guitar solo is long and inspired. When she busts into that opening Am chord and kicks up her leg it sends shivers up my spine. Damn does she beat up that guitar.
Everything about this thing is classic Heart at their very best. Ann hot and thin ! There is tons of great hair. The guitar player Roger Fisher is totally hot in that bad boy 70's guitar player way. Everyone is running their asses off and rocking out. Happy happy !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTdyH36RgnU

:blob2:
That's some hot **** there, Sparky. I love these women!

[sparky]

That's some hot **** there, Sparky. I love these women!

SO HOT !

Okay, Y'all made me do it. I have been on a Heart jag the last two days. I listened to this song 7 times today. I had totally forgotten about it. Please note : I don't particularly like this song. It's a cover. However, it is a showcase for the nuclear reactor that is Ann Wilson's voice. Also noteworthy, it is LIVE, and she probably wasn't anywhere near the county line of sober.
The really incredible thing about it is this : You would never expect this out of Ann. Die hards have heard this. But others never have. Just note what happens about 2/3 of the way through. Especially singers. You think she has completely exhausted herself. She is winded. She lets this vibrato riff fly and it sounds like she has completely taxed her chest voice. A normal human being would have.
Not the ANN. She hints at her head voice earlier in the song. And then when you think she can't possible let fly with any more passion and emotion, stand the f*ck back. Most people have some light, silly little falsetto head voice.
We're not talking about most people. This is mind blowing. The trills and scales usually annoy me. The girls who do it now do it with zero emotion, no thought, too much structure, and no rock and roll. It's all showing off. This woman sounds as if she didn't sing this, she may well explode. She goes from a growl, to a shriek, to a mini aria in about 30 seconds. Behold, the wonder that is her voice :

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=C5BD60EA117CAFC4

[amber]

SO HOT !

Okay, Y'all made me do it. I have been on a Heart jag the last two days. I listened to this song 7 times today. I had totally forgotten about it. Please note : I don't particularly like this song. It's a cover. However, it is a showcase for the nuclear reactor that is Ann Wilson's voice. Also noteworthy, it is LIVE, and she probably wasn't anywhere near the county line of sober.
The really incredible thing about it is this : You would never expect this out of Ann. Die hards have heard this. But others never have. Just note what happens about 2/3 of the way through. Especially singers. You think she has completely exhausted herself. She is winded. She lets this vibrato riff fly and it sounds like she has completely taxed her chest voice. A normal human being would have.
Not the ANN. She hints at her head voice earlier in the song. And then when you think she can't possible let fly with any more passion and emotion, stand the f*ck back. Most people have some light, silly little falsetto head voice.
We're not talking about most people. This is mind blowing. The trills and scales usually annoy me. The girls who do it now do it with zero emotion, no thought, too much structure, and no rock and roll. It's all showing off. This woman sounds as if she didn't sing this, she may well explode. She goes from a growl, to a shriek, to a mini aria in about 30 seconds. Behold, the wonder that is her voice :

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=C5BD60EA117CAFC4

Wow, you totally got me hot for this before I even heard it. I also like that song.

Okay.

:shocked: :shocked:

My. God.
Praise be.

I think that shifted my molecules.

Thanks, Sparky
:xoxo:

[sparky]

Wow, you totally got me hot for this before I even heard it. I also like that song.

Okay.

:shocked: :shocked:

My. God.
Praise be.

I think that shifted my molecules.

Thanks, Sparky
:xoxo:

I knew, of all people, that you would get it.

Have I told you lately that I love you ?
:xoxo:

[ragandbone]

SO HOT !

Okay, Y'all made me do it. I have been on a Heart jag the last two days. I listened to this song 7 times today. I had totally forgotten about it. Please note : I don't particularly like this song. It's a cover. However, it is a showcase for the nuclear reactor that is Ann Wilson's voice. Also noteworthy, it is LIVE, and she probably wasn't anywhere near the county line of sober.
The really incredible thing about it is this : You would never expect this out of Ann. Die hards have heard this. But others never have. Just note what happens about 2/3 of the way through. Especially singers. You think she has completely exhausted herself. She is winded. She lets this vibrato riff fly and it sounds like she has completely taxed her chest voice. A normal human being would have.
Not the ANN. She hints at her head voice earlier in the song. And then when you think she can't possible let fly with any more passion and emotion, stand the f*ck back. Most people have some light, silly little falsetto head voice.
We're not talking about most people. This is mind blowing. The trills and scales usually annoy me. The girls who do it now do it with zero emotion, no thought, too much structure, and no rock and roll. It's all showing off. This woman sounds as if she didn't sing this, she may well explode. She goes from a growl, to a shriek, to a mini aria in about 30 seconds. Behold, the wonder that is her voice :

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=C5BD60EA117CAFC4

This is outrageous! I don't dislike this song, but I think of it as a snoozer, and I usually tune out when it comes on. She completely rewrote this song for me.
Somehow she mangages to sound like she is ripping up her cords one minute, and then she comes out with these beautiful, pure tones. And she has done this for decades!
I was listening to "Dreamboat Annie" the other day, and I was surprised to remember how mellow and sweet her voice could sound, and then I spent the day with "Crazy On You" and I was blown away by the unhinged power in her voice, and now this amazing track.
I say Karen Carpenter + Janis Joplin + Patti Labelle + WTF? = Ann Wilson

a sidenote: when I looked at your post I was reviewing tracks from tonight's band rehearsal, and I was thinking "say, these tracks are getting pretty good, Eliza, your voice sounding pretty decent." Then I downloaded the "Unchained Melody" and I can't listen to anything else tonight. Thank you.
I think. :rolleyes:
No, really thank you for sharing it!

[ragandbone]

I think that shifted my molecules.

I wish I could have summed up my reaction so succinctly. That is a great way of describing it!:blob2:

[cliffdweller]

SO HOT !

Okay, Y'all made me do it. I have been on a Heart jag the last two days. I listened to this song 7 times today. I had totally forgotten about it. Please note : I don't particularly like this song. It's a cover. However, it is a showcase for the nuclear reactor that is Ann Wilson's voice. Also noteworthy, it is LIVE, and she probably wasn't anywhere near the county line of sober.
The really incredible thing about it is this : You would never expect this out of Ann. Die hards have heard this. But others never have. Just note what happens about 2/3 of the way through. Especially singers. You think she has completely exhausted herself. She is winded. She lets this vibrato riff fly and it sounds like she has completely taxed her chest voice. A normal human being would have.
Not the ANN. She hints at her head voice earlier in the song. And then when you think she can't possible let fly with any more passion and emotion, stand the f*ck back. Most people have some light, silly little falsetto head voice.
We're not talking about most people. This is mind blowing. The trills and scales usually annoy me. The girls who do it now do it with zero emotion, no thought, too much structure, and no rock and roll. It's all showing off. This woman sounds as if she didn't sing this, she may well explode. She goes from a growl, to a shriek, to a mini aria in about 30 seconds. Behold, the wonder that is her voice :

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=C5BD60EA117CAFC4


:shocked: :shocked:

Okay, this is the only version of this song I will ever listen to again. Where did Ann get those pipes? Unbelievable. I am stunned, really stunned.

[strandinthewind]

:shocked: :shocked:

Okay, this is the only version of this song I will ever listen to again. Where did Ann get those pipes? Unbelievable. I am stunned, really stunned.

I listen to this almost daily on my Ipod while on the Stairmaster - and imagine what it would be like to sing like that!!!!!!

Hands Down one of the best vocals I have ever heard in my life!

AND - I believe this was recorded when she was no spring chicken!

[sparky]

Somehow she mangages to sound like she is ripping up her cords one minute, and then she comes out with these beautiful, pure tones. And she has done this for decades!
I was listening to "Dreamboat Annie" the other day, and I was surprised to remember how mellow and sweet her voice could sound, and then I spent the day with "Crazy On You" and I was blown away by the unhinged power in her voice, and now this amazing track....sidenote: when I looked at your post I was reviewing tracks from tonight's band rehearsal, and I was thinking "say, these tracks are getting pretty good, Eliza, your voice sounding pretty decent." Then I downloaded the "Unchained Melody" and I can't listen to anything else tonight. Thank you.
I think. :rolleyes:
No, really thank you for sharing it!

Vocally, she can pretty much make anyone feel like a pipsqueak.

Karen Carpenter + Janis Joplin + Patti Labelle + WTF? = Ann Wilson


That is sheer genius.