i'm going to see Heart!!!

[foxyluva]

Wow. Your lucky. I just saw a live performance of "these dreams" on TV with an orchestra - it was great

[David]

the one & only time I saw Heart (in Santa Barbara at I think the State Theater) they opened with I think Barracuda & they sang that "Should I drive my car?" song, which I thought was "Should I drive my car?" so that's what I called it, but my dormmate Jon said, "No, I think it's Should I drop my guard"

But I have trouble remembering that unless I concentrate specifically on it.

Anyway, I thought they were really bland in concert, really faceless. Musically, they were no different from Loverboy or any number of other bland corporate rockers. El Rayo-X opened that show that night, & they were everything that Heart wasn't: quirky, joyous, committed, edgy, funky, chancy. Although I must say that Ann & nancy themselves are or were visually goddesses who ruled the airwaves & the concert stages for a time. But one didn't get the sense from them that there was any genuine heart in the commitment to songwriting or even performing. It was just a bunch of smooth professionals earning a very good living.

to this day, I still remember what Robert Hilburn of the L.A. Times said of them: something like "never has a band been more inaptly named"

whenever a Stevie fan says she loves Heart, I immediately know I wouldn't make a good sounding board for that person, or give that person much pleasure in conversation. Our ways of life are too different, our backgrounds are incompatible....so farewell, my friend, & let there be no hard feelings.....

[UnwindedDreams]

Originally Posted by David

so farewell, my friend, & let there be no hard feelings.....

[SuzeQuze]

Originally Posted by UnwindedDreams

Our wise old friend David is dead wrong about Heart. The show is amazing. I saw them 2 years ago and my jaw was on the floor. David, I don't know when you saw them, but I think they've found that connection with their souls that it sounds was lacking when you saw them. Just Ann busting out that flute had me in awe.

[greatdarkwing]

From memory:

Rock and Roll
Love Alive
Kick It Out
Straight On
Bebe Le Strange
Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
These Dreams
(new song)
Alone
Even It Up
Magic Man
Barracuda
Crazy On You
________________
(Encores)

Black Dog
Rocky Mountain Hop

[ryan8472]

I would kill to see Heart. Have fun!

[Rickypt]

Originally Posted by David

whenever a Stevie fan says she loves Heart, I immediately know I wouldn't make a good sounding board for that person, or give that person much pleasure in conversation. Our ways of life are too different, our backgrounds are incompatible....so farewell, my friend, & let there be no hard feelings.....

What if the Stevie fan is a he?

Unwinded, have a great time and post a review! Can't wait to see Heart in June.

[amber]

Originally Posted by David

whenever a Stevie fan says she loves Heart, I immediately know I wouldn't make a good sounding board for that person, or give that person much pleasure in conversation. Our ways of life are too different, our backgrounds are incompatible....so farewell, my friend, & let there be no hard feelings.....

"here I am dramatic...."

[The Tower]

Originally Posted by David

Anyway, I thought they were really bland in concert, really faceless. Musically, they were no different from Loverboy or any number of other bland corporate rockers. El Rayo-X opened that show that night, & they were everything that Heart wasn't: quirky, joyous, committed, edgy, funky, chancy. Although I must say that Ann & nancy themselves are or were visually goddesses who ruled the airwaves & the concert stages for a time. But one didn't get the sense from them that there was any genuine heart in the commitment to songwriting or even performing. It was just a bunch of smooth professionals earning a very good living.

to this day, I still remember what Robert Hilburn of the L.A. Times said of them: something like "never has a band been more inaptly named"

Sometimes you are just such a ****ing 'tard.

If you can't feel it, then fine. "Visually goddesses"??? Never mind. You'll never get it. Quoting Robert Hilburn of all people? How banal... that old claptrap wouldn't know music if it blared his ear off.

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by The Tower

Sometimes you are just such a ****ing 'tard.

If you can't feel it, then fine. "Visually goddesses"??? Never mind. You'll never get it. Quoting Robert Hilburn of all people? How banal... that old claptrap wouldn't know music if it blared his ear off.

LOL - David a tard - never (WE LOVE YOU DAVID!!!! )

Seriously, to each their own, but I am at a loss to see how Ann's voice could not dazzle anyone. I mean listen to their version of "Unchained Melody" - and then think that that is a 50 something year old woman hitting those three or so octaves with the same vengence she showed when she was in her 20's

I also think Dreamboat Annie and Dog and Butterfly are amongst the most original and cooler things I have ever heard.

[The Tower]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

LOL - David a tard - never (WE LOVE YOU DAVID!!!! )

Everyone has their moments, my dear.

I also think Dreamboat Annie and Dog and Butterfly are amongst the most original and cooler things I have ever heard.

Not to mention "Mistral Wind" and "Nada One".

Heart has produced plenty of dreck along the way, however, the talent of Ann and Nancy is pretty much unparalled.

[cliffdweller]

Originally Posted by The Tower

Heart has produced plenty of dreck along the way

I know, and I love every cheesy minute of it! The one thing I can't stomach though is "All I Wanna Do is Make Love To You." They should have just let Don Henley have that one .

But I love the "Heart" album which I know a lot of old schoolers don't like, but whatever, I would listen to Ann sing the alphabet. And the way I look at it is, if I can be a Stevie Nicks fan through Rock a Little and Tango in the Night I can be a Heart fan through their mid-late 80's debacle of a decade making music .

[JazmenFlowers]

Originally Posted by cliffdweller

I know, and I love every cheesy minute of it! The one thing I can't stomach though is "All I Wanna Do is Make Love To You." They should have just let Don Henley have that one .

But I love the "Heart" album which I know a lot of old schoolers don't like, but whatever, I would listen to Ann sing the alphabet. And the way I look at it is, if I can be a Stevie Nicks fan through Rock a Little and Tango in the Night I can be a Heart fan through their mid-late 80's debacle of a decade making music .

me too. I love Heart. and I love AIWDIMLTY!

[The Tower]

Originally Posted by cliffdweller

I know, and I love every cheesy minute of it! The one thing I can't stomach though is "All I Wanna Do is Make Love To You." They should have just let Don Henley have that one .

Brigade was their last gasp. There was a LOT of crapola on that album. "Secret" is Heart's "Unconditional Love".

But I love the "Heart" album which I know a lot of old schoolers don't like, but whatever, I would listen to Ann sing the alphabet.

"What About Love?" is blistering, ain't it?

And the way I look at it is, if I can be a Stevie Nicks fan through Rock a Little and Tango in the Night I can be a Heart fan through their mid-late 80's debacle of a decade making music .

I downloaded a thirteen minute piano demo of "The Nightmare" off of The Lewdge and had to turn it off after the first five minutes. Stevie Nicks Piano Plinking at its worst....

[DestinyRules]

Originally Posted by David

whenever a Stevie fan says she loves Heart, I immediately know I wouldn't make a good sounding board for that person, or give that person much pleasure in conversation. Our ways of life are too different, our backgrounds are incompatible....so farewell, my friend, & let there be no hard feelings.....

"Because sometimes ... you just fall from grace..."