Music Video Babe: Ann Wilson
Not that long ago I posted an MV Babe entry for Nancy Wilson. This time Sister Ann gets the treatment. If I had to pick between them (not a likely event), even though in the 70's Ann was one of the hottest "babes" of rock, I favor(ed) Nancy's looks. However, Ann has one of the best voices in rock and sang lead for Heart: one of my favorite groups.
I could pick any number of Heart videos, since Ann will grace them all, but I like their earliest work best. I used "Dreamboat Annie" for Sister Nancy. I could use "Magic Man," "Barracuda," "Little Queen" or others for Ann, and Nancy will decorate those videos too. However, for the best balance of video quality, performance and song, I like this cut of "Crazy On You."
Since Ann singing lead got a good portion of Nancy's video, turnabout is fair play. Nancy gives a great guitar solo intro to Ann's superlative voice on this classic -
Happy Birthday Ann Wilson.
Find out more about Ann and Nancy Wilson, Heart and their other projects at Heart Music.
Posted by Tom Ender, who has always enjoyed the sort of craziness mentioned in this song.
Tom, I saw Heart perform in L.A. waaay back in 1976 or so. I think they opened for Jefferson Starship at the Inglewood Forum, but I was going to so many concerts then that I just can't pull up the data faithfully. Anyway, I was a fan from that moment on...
Posted by: Wally Conger | Thursday, June 21, 2007 at 10:14 AM
Hey Wally, very lucky you. That sounds like an excellent concert. Non-geographic aspects of my situation from 1974-82 probably had more to do with missing Heart in concert than living in the Midwest, but the West Coast had to be the Mother Lode for music. I would have liked to see Heart in concert, but didn't. It wouldn't be quite the same now, but I probably would still enjoy seeing the Wilson sisters. I should keep an eye out for that.
Posted by: Tom Ender | Thursday, June 21, 2007 at 12:30 PM
I saw them sometime between '77 and '80 in Knoxville, every band came to UT. The concerts were practically free with a student ID.
I remember it, but it's all kinda' blurrry. One thing I do remember is that Ann can sing L-O-U-D-!
She must have megaphones instead of lungs.
Posted by: Tom Novak | Thursday, June 21, 2007 at 09:54 PM