Heart

[Travisevian]

Originally Posted by madeline

I believe it was 2002 when Heart put out a double disc set called Live in Seattle. The first song on the second cd was called Heavan. Ann Wilson said that the song would be on their next album. It wasn't. So I asked someone on the seven wonders website and a guy posted back that the band felt that the song wasn't fleshed out enough to put on a cd. So I'm thinking why was it fleshed out enough to sing live in concert and put on a live cd but not good enough to actually record on a album. So that doesn't make sense to me.

Madeline, that incredibly vague explanation is what I've heard as well and it doesn't make sense to me either. Heaven is one of Heart's greatest songs and with the proper arrangement and production, could be wonderful for an album. Perhaps, it will be included on their next album Fanatic.

Originally Posted by madeline

The second question is about a song I think is called Heart of darkness. I got this tape many years ago and it had some demos and live stuff on it. This was the first song on the tape. Does it ring a bell for any of you or anything? Does anyone have info on this song. I happen to like this song very much and I really wish they had recorded that one also.

Heart Of Darkness was an outtake, recorded for the Heart album in 1985. If I'm not mistaken, it was included as a B-side for the What About Love single. There are a few demos that have circulated from that era. One of them is Victim Of Paradise and another is called Love's Taken Over Me. There is video footage of Ann Wilson recording these songs in the recording studio, which I've heard, was intended for a documentary that was never released. Some of that footage, I believe, is available on YouTube, including Ann singing What About Love with Grace Slick and Mickey Thomas.

I've also heard that there were other songs considered in 1984 for what eventually became the Heart album, including Break The Rock(a "heavy-metal" kind of song that initially was offered to Joan Jett), Sister Wild Rose(originally titled Sweet Deceiver), Ghosts and For Your Love(i.e. If I Have To Ask For Your Love), which was performed live in Florida. Unfortunately, the demos of Sister Wild Rose and Break The Rock that I've heard exist in a vault, will probably not be on the retrospective compilation boxed-set Strange Euphoria due to be released next month.