Taking Sides: 1970s Heart vs. 1980s Heart

"Nothin' At All."

― lihaperäpukamat (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, November 2, 2009 11:10 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I am so down with Dreamboat Annie

I've picked up and ogled the new Strange Euphoria box set several times in the past few weeks. It looks so awesome, and the live DVD from 1976 might just kill me. It also has Ann and Nancy's track by track thoughts in the accompanying booklet. Anyone given into temptation? Only $38 on Amazon, with a short bonus disc of Zep covers...

Okay, that thing looks pretty dope.

I know! So tempting...

Saw them under the arch in St. Louis on the 4th of July and they totally sold me on some of the 80s hits...even the obligatory new stuff wasn't too bad. I love how unabashed they are about being Zep worshippers - their play-on music was "In the Light" and they encored with "Misty Mountain Hop."

I think I love their misty mountain hop as much as the original, if not slightly more

I bought it for a friend for her birthday and we're having a listening party tomorrow!

Let us know just how much it rocks.

Demos are amaaaaaaaaaaazing, Zep covers sound basically exactly like LZ in a good way. Booklet has great pictures. Worth it!

Aaargh! I kinda wanted to hear that it sucked so I wouldn't want it so much.

Sorry :( Even the 80s songs I didn't know (ie not the singles) were surprisingly good. Demos made us stop talking and just sit there and listen. Magic Man was my favorite, I think.

How dare it be worthwhile!

need to get this - they were my first Favorite Band

I just bought the box set from Amazon - it's a $23 "cyber Monday" deal for the next few hours.

ooh tempting

I got a gift certificate for my birthday so it was a no brainer.

itchy mouse finger right now

Amazon must have shipped it from the same town because this came today. La Lechera wasn't kidding about the demos. Astounding. 5 songs in and already totally worth $23.

Only bummer is not getting the Zep bonus CD. Such is life.

oooooh....

Watched the DVD tonight. They were damn good live in 1976. Damn good.

God, what I would give for a remastered/mixed version of the 1985 s/t album. It's the thinnest sound ever.

On this terrific choogle of a catalog.

Please. PLEASE. UNDERSTAAAAAND.

That song is hilarious.

dunh-digga-dunh-digga-dunh-digga-dunh-digga
dunh-DURRRR-DURRRRR-DURRRRR
dunh-digga-dunh-digga-dunh-digga-dunh-digga
dunh-DURRRR-DURRRRR-DURRRRR
dunh-digga-dunh-digga-dunh-digga-dunh-digga
dunh-DURRRR-DURRRRR-DURRRRR
dunh-digga-dunh-digga-dunh-digga-dunh-digga
dunh-DURRRR-DURRRRR-DURRRRR
oooooooooooooooooooooooooooh....

BARRACUDA!

― The Reverend, Friday, March 28, 2008 2:28 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I would rock out with all this white chicks.

― The Reverend, Friday, March 28, 2008 2:30 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

:D

On that catalog....

wow ann wilson was some kind of singer

this band was always background to me, but i had an urge to listen to barracuda and now i am listening to a ton of heart

NEVER is amazing, WTF. Rock out with the windows rolled down sometime!!!

Anyway, I can’t decide

God, what I would give for a remastered/mixed version of the 1985 s/t album. It's the thinnest sound ever.

If it did please LMK!

didn't realize the s/t album had some decent deep cuts until a bearded guy on a Twitch channel played some of it!

The Wolf!

While investigating how they got from A to B, I stumble across this:

"This Man Is Mine" (1982)

...a supposed hit that I don't remember at all. And it's so oddly uncharacteristic, maybe suggesting a Rickie Lee Jones influence?

this video, simple as it is, brings me such joy. the hair! Ann glaring at the screen with badass menace. spins! flashy clothes!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWzy5q_M5Ho

Alone carries a colossal emotional heft, which eclipses everything else in their catalogue, it's seriously silly.