The Official "Heart" Thread
 

So, I am sure I am not the only person who is a huge fan of this fantastic duo of women. I got their greatest hits c.d (85-95) and am in love with it. I want to get some of their other c.d's as well.
My fave song is "I didn't wanna need you". It's just very powerful.:nod:

What are your thoughts on Heart???

Heart rocks....
Have seen them live a few times, and they never fail to disappoint.
Sappy at times sure... but just goes to show that great music was coming out of the Northwest long before Nirvana was around.

I love Heart. I grew up listening to their music. Though, I like their early stuff much better. A lot of their later stuff is way too poppy and fluffy for my taste, but they're still solid tunes. Ann never lays down a bad vocal, and that has lots to do with it.

I remember I stole my mom's "Dog & Butterfly" LP years ago, and it's still one of my favorite records ever. It's very cool to burn incense to :laugh:

hippie!

i love heart too, and i agree that their earlier stuff is better. dreamboat annie <33333

I love Heart. Their older tunes are classic, and the 80's songs are so fluffy and light that you can't help but love them. :nod: :D

Yeah, I like their latter stuff better, probably because the older stuff is what you hear on the radio ALLLLL THE TIME!!!!

But yeah, Ann NEVER lays down a bad vocal. Definately one of the best out there. Just wish they wrote their own songs.......

I can see saying that for some groups, but not Heart.

Besides. If bands were only "allowed" to do songs they wrote.. you'd have a LOT of songwriters - really, really good songwriters - never getting exposed. That'd be a crying shame.

Close-mindedness about music makes me incredibly sad.

Well, I mean I absolutely loooove Heart, and love them even though they don't.

they do. :shrug:

What is your all's fave album. I don't own any new material albums (yet) but I think once I start getting them, I will really looove Bad Animals and Brigade. :nod:

Love Heart. I've seen them 3 times in concert...and they amaze me every time. Nancy is by far my fav of the two...:)

My very first concert was Heart. Bob Welch opened up. They were supporting the MAGAZINE record. I had 10th row seats and I was fifteen years old. They opened with "Cook With Fire" and I was blown away because I hadn't heard that track yet (DOG & BUTTERFLY wasn't due out for a few months). It was a powerful show and left a mark.
I've seen HEART play over the years in many incarnations. Ann Wilson is an amazing singer. I would never turn down the chance to see her perform.
I have a cute picture of me and Nancy Wilson taken when I was in college. Some day I would love to have a picture with Ann. :nod:

rbs

My hubby love, loved them in the 70's and 80's.
I saw them on a PBS special about two months ago and they still are great!!! I would love to see them in concert again.

Another group to show my age. I saw them during the Dreamboat Annie tour when they opened for, I believe, Loggins and Messina. Sat front row during the Dog and Butterfly tour. I also bought the Magazine album released by Mushroom Records without the groups consent. (It was pulled from the shelves within a few hours of it's release and re-released later with a different track list and changes in lyrics) I just happened to be in Tower Records when the shipment arrived. Back in those days every bar's houseband with a female singer wanted to either be Stevie or Ann Wilson. Great times.

I'm starting to get really, really, angry.




I am getting really ****ing tired of this ****.

Yea, Heart don't do much for me either :p

Do they do a lot of covers live?

OMG... at least 4!

:lol: :lol: I found my new sig pic!

what **** would that be?? :D :wavey:

Crazy on you-written by Ann and Nancy
Magic Man-written by Ann and Nancy
Dreamboat Annie-written by Ann and Nancy
Barracuda-written by Ann and Nancy
Little Queen-written by Ann and Nancy
Kick it Out-written by Ann
Love Alive-written by Ann and Nancy
Straight On-written by Ann and Nancy
Dog and Butterfly-written by Ann and Nancy
Never-written by Ann and Nancy

Those are just the songs that were hits. There are many many many more written by Ann and Nancy that were on albums, performed on stage, etc. The more you know, right?

And slightly off topic, I think the term "I love this band" is thrown around pretty loosely these days.

What's he really, really, angry about?:shrug: :shrug:

I have my suspicions ;)

My appologies. Like I said, I only have that one greatest hits, and only Never was written by them.

Heart didn't write "Never."

Heart is awesome. They still sound as good today as they did back then. I do agree the older stuff is better but I still enjoy the 80's pop songs. Never was one one of my favorites.

Matt

I will tell this story til the day I die. I saw Heart in New Orleans probably 8 years ago at the House of Blues. Ann started singing Alone acapella and I swear to you the walls were shaking. her voice was nice, a little weak that night, but when she ripped into Alone, she was among the stratosphere.

other than that though, the show sucked. :lol: I went wanting to hear the hits and things I knew and they were "testing" new material. I was pissed.

I always think about this show when folks bitch about Stevie's setlist. as much as I was a big Heart fan, I was majorly disappointed with their setlist b/c they didn't really play their hits.

Their setlist last year sucked...they played five covers and it was shorter than Stevie's...but I go cause I love them

Everyone's are getting shorter. Most concerts now are 75 minutes, which is bull****(unless it's hippie ****)! Five years ago, they were usually at least 90 minutes.


Would it KILL these guys to play an extra 20 minutes?

I think Stevie plays an hour and a half...which I still think is short:laugh:

It totally sucked and I left quite disappointed. Too short and too many covers. But Ann nails the vocals.

True dat dog...Didn't you absolutely hate their cover of You Wreck Me by Petty...


btw...Mohegan's on...July 1... 7 o'clock:D

Yes, I did! Especially after hearing Petty do it a zillion times better during his tour.

Mohegan ain't meant to be...I'm in Boston two weeks earlier. I'm doing the Turning Stone thang though.

OMG Ryan...I can't believe this...is this the end of the world...:lol: How am I supposed to go on? I don't even want to go...NOT:laugh: I promise that I will take pics and vids and make sure you get them FIRST! And fresch pics of the lovely art...maybe they'll give Stevie a star on their walk of fame:D

:lol: :lol:

Hope you can find your way out of that hideous building. Took us about two hours.

We had lots of free wine, though.:woohoo: