"My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician, and to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference"
President Harry S. Truman
I first saw them in London in 1980, they were a pale imitation of themselves without Fisher sadly, Brian May guested though.
Little Queen is one of my faves, Dog & Butterfly and Dreamboat Annie not far behind.
Saw 'em on the Bebe Le Strange tour, unfortunately from the nosebleed seats of the Richfield Coliseum. Killer version of LedZep's Rock and Roll IIRC.
-=Will you stand by me against the cold night, or are you afraid of the ice?=-
I enjoy a lot of the 80s AOR Heart. There's some good rocking songs if you search each album. Sure, there's that thin 80s production and overused cheesy keyboard dominance, but I like some of the deep cuts.
I think their 90s output is often overlooked. I'm a huge fan of that era.
1993's Desire Walks On is one of my favorites from them. Good rockers, some tasty acoustic guitar tracks, and a bunch in between.
AXS tv recently aired the Dan Rather interview with Ann & Nancy - They made no bones about referring to themselves as sellouts during the 'big hair and corsets' years.
-=Will you stand by me against the cold night, or are you afraid of the ice?=-
Don't forget The Road Home. A very intimate and powerful performance of classics and more...
The Road Home is a live album released in 1995, the fourteenth album overall by the rock group Heart. It chronicles a club performance in the "unplugged" style given in their home city of Seattle. It was produced by John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin, and contains acoustic versions of many of the band's hits including "Alone", "Barracuda", and "Dreamboat Annie".
As already mentioned, Ann's 2007 solo album, Hope & Glory, is a must have. Others have already mentioned her wonderful version of "The Immigrant Song, but we also get a good and tasty new Heart song, as Nancy is featured on "Darkness Darkness."
Speaking of Nancy... Live At McCabe's Guitar Shop
It might be easy to simply write this one off as another in a series of Unplugged-style records, where half of the sister act that makes up Heart decided to cut a CD of her favorites -- alone with her 12-string guitar. Except that unlike those MTV sessions, this one's more about appreciating what the artist has, rather than what she's done. Recorded in March 1996 and released a couple weeks ago, this 13-track greatest hits/faves compilation is a gem. Wilson is in great voice, and is clever and spirited on guitar, doing a few Heart rave-ups (Even It Up, These Dreams) covering some of her (and my) favorites (Joni Mitchell's haunting A Case of You, Simon and Garfunkel's Kathy's Moon, Peter Gabriels' In Your Eyes), as well as playing some new ones (the heartfelt Everything). There are no earth-shattering new renditions of anything, no starkly original moments, only Wilson's voice, guitar and the songs, and that's enough to make it work. Those who enjoyed MTV's Unplugged series will find this to be a pleasant companion.
-- Tim McMahan
For their recent material, I feel that they have had some solid albums. I enjoy a hefty playlist comprised of these discs:
Jupiter's Darling (2004)
Red Velvet Car (2010)
Fanatic (2012)
Here's our Heart thread from 2012:
http://www.progressiveears.org/forum...r-It-For-Heart
I read the Wilson sisters autobiography a while back (great read BTW), and it had something to do with one of the Fisher brothers dodging the draft so he moved to Vancouver (as did Anne) and even though they were a Seattle band when they started to “make it” they were across the border.
Agreed, this is a good album. This was right at the end of their big hair period. Their star had started to fall again, so I always had the impression with this album they just said screw it and went back to trying to make good music instead of chasing hits. I would not consider this a classic heart album, but it is a good one.
too lazy to look
was Fisher on Bebe Le Strange?
Why is it whenever someone mentions an artist that was clearly progressive (yet not the Symph weenie definition of Prog) do certain people feel compelled to snort "thats not Prog" like a whiny 5th grader?
No, that's the first album without him. I like the album, but not as much as the first four, and it's the last Heart album I own. I tried some of the more recent albums (Jupiter and Red Velvet Car), but they just didn't have the 70s magic about them to me. Some OK tracks, but overall sort of "blah" to me.
Bill
I really enjoyed Heart in their early days but my finest Heart related memory was the first time I saw them live (I guess around Dream Boat Annie) and the opening act was Be Bop Deluxe. Never heard of them at the time but goddamm did they put on the show!!! Playing mostly "Sunburst Finish" material if memory serves. I saw them again (in an opening act capacity) when I went to see Robin Trower and at that point they were touring their "Modern Music" album.
Anyway, sorry about the hijack...yeah, Heart put on a great live show and Anne good belt em out with the best of them.
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Michael
If it ain't acousmatique-It's crap
Gruno said, "we also get a good and tasty new Heart song, as Nancy is featured on "Darkness Darkness".
Gruno my Cheese-fan cohort - just making sure that you already knew that "Darkness, Darkness" was Heart's cover of writer Jesse Colin Young's original with his fellow Bloods.
"My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician, and to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference"
President Harry S. Truman
Sorry to snip out your main point but I wanted to echo your statement here, the Wilson sisters' autobio is a very interesting read. I learned a lot about not only them but what they were going through as women trying to make it in rock. A fun book until it gets bogged down near the end about raising kids.
From what I remember Roger Fisher was getting too far into substances to be of any use. Howard Leese was getting tired of having to teach Fisher the leads for "Magic Man" every tour. Leads that Fisher came up with in the first place. Not to mention Mike Fisher (the band's sound guy) was stepping out on Ann and Roger was doing the same on Nancy. As a wise man once wrote, "Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned."
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
From what I gather, the band was imploding anyways... Desrozier and Fossen left after BBLS as well, only leaving Leese with the Wilson sisters
Bebe was the only album between D&B in October 78 and PA in May 82... and it was rather poor (but then again D&B was not that good either)
Who else but A&NW is playing on BBLS, anyways?
my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.
I think it was more to do with the infidelity. Nancy was cheating on Roger with the drummer and this caused Roger to have some fits during shows. Supposedly (according to the Wilson sisters' autobio), he basically went ballistic during a show and walked off stage or smashed his guitar or something. Both sisters felt it would be best if both Fisher brothers were gone from the scene.
"My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician, and to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference"
President Harry S. Truman
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