Showing posts with label heart. Show all posts
Showing posts with label heart. Show all posts

Thursday, February 14, 2019

listen with your heart

















https://www.wuvt.vt.edu/playlists/set/36483






TimeArtistTrackAlbum
The BeatlesIf I FellA Hard Day's Night
Elvis PresleyLove MeThe Elvis Presley Story
The Righteous BrothersUnchained MelodyThe History of The Righteous Brothers
Patsy ClineCrazy12 Greatest hits
Roy OrbisonCryingThe Very Best
Burt BacharachWhat The World Needs NowWhat The World Needs Now
Kenny Rogers & Dolly PartonIslands In The StreamEyes That See In The Dark
Marvin Gaye & Tammi TerrellYou're All I Need To Get ByAnthology
Diana Ross & Lionel RichieEndless Lovesingle
FleeetwoodsCome Softly To MeScandal
Van MorrisonCrazy LoveMoondance
Joni MitchellHelp MeCourt and Spark
The Velvet UndergroundI'm Sticking With YouV.U.
Fred Astaire & Ginger RogersCheek To CheekGolden Voices Collection
Frank Sinatra & Nancy SinatraSomething StupidGreatest Hits
Walter EganMagnet and SteelNot Shy
Carly SimonNobody Does It BetterJames Bond Greatest Hits
ForeignerI Want to Know What Love IsAgent Provocateur
The Beach BoysGod Only KnowsPet Sounds
The CarpentersWe've Only Just BegunThe Singles - 1969 - 73
Peggy LeeFeverThings Are Swingin'
Chet BakerAlmost BlueLet's Get Lost
Elvis CostelloMy Funny ValentineTaking Liberties
Dusty SpringfieldThe Look of LoveThe Look of Love
Alicia KeysFallin'Songs In A Minor
SadeYour Love Is KingDiamond Life
Aretha FranklinI Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)Gold
Otis ReddingTry A Little TendernessThe Very Best
Al GreenLove and HappinessGreatest Hits
Stevie WonderI Was Made To Love HerLooking Back
Barry WhiteCan't Get Enough Of Your Love, BabeGreatest Hits
Lou RawlsYou'll Never Find Another Love Like MineBlack And White Connection
Ashford and SimpsonSolidHits
Paul McCartneyMy ValentineKisses On the Bottom
ChicagoColour My WorldChicago
Harry NilssonWithout YouNilsson Schmilsson
10ccI'm Not In LoveThe Original Soundtrack
The SmithsLast Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved MeStrangeways, Here We Come
Tangerine DreamLove on a Real TrainRisky Business
David BowieWild is the WindStation to Station
Paul WellerYou Do Something To MeStanley Road
Kate BushWhy Should I Love You?The Red Shoes
Sinéad O'ConnorNothing Compares 2UI Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
PrinceWhen 2 R In LoveLovesexy
Chaka KhanAin't NobodyStompin' at the Savoy
Barbra Streisand & Barry GibbGuiltyGuilty
The Bee GeesHow Deep Is Your LoveSaturday Night Fever
Donavon FrankenreiterSwing On DownDonavon Frankenreiter
Paul McCartney & Michael JacksonSay Say SayPipes Of Peace
Philip Bailey & Phil CollinsEasy LoverHits
a-haTake on MeHunting High and Low
Dead or AliveYou Spin Me Round (Like a Record)Youthquake
ABCThe Look of Love (Part One)The Lexicon of Love
Naked EyesAlways Something There to Remind MeNaked Eyes
The Jesus and Mary Chain with Hope SandovalSometimes AlwaysStoned & Dethroned
Magnetic FieldsAbsolutely Cuckoo69 Love Songs
Robyn Hitchcock & Emma SwiftLove Is A Dragsingle
Prefab SproutWhen Love Breaks DownTwo Wheels Good
The La'sThere She GoesThe La's
U2OneAchtung Baby
OasisWonderwall(What's the Story) Morning Glory?
Arctic MonkeysCornerstoneHumbug
The xxVCRXX
Nouvelle VagueEver Fallen In LoveBande A Part
The DoorsThe SpyMorrison Hotel
Talking HeadsBuilding On FireThe Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads
The PoliceI Burn For YouBrimstone and Treacle
MGMTElectric FeelOracular Spectaular
Foo FightersEverlongThe Colour and The Shape
The CureJust Like HeavenKiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
Joy DivisionLove Will Tear Us ApartSubstance
New OrderThe Perfect KissLow-life
PJ HarveyThis Is LoveStories From The City, Stories Form The Sea
Yeah Yeah YeahsMapsFever to Tell
The Only OnesAnother Girl, Another PlanetSpecial View
Modern EnglishI Melt With YouValley Girl
Vance JoyRiptideDream Your Life Away
Smashing PumpkinsDrownSingles
Peter GabrielIn Your EyesSO

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

alone







Heart had their biggest hit with this power ballad that chilled us to the bone. The superstar songwriting team of Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly wrote'Alone' before they had their big success and performed it together as the group i-Ten on their album 'Taking a Cold Look'.

Steinberg remembers: "On the song 'Alone', we didn't work with Nancy and Ann. Even though it was released after 'True Colors' and 'Like a Virgin' it was written well before those songs. Tom Kelly and I were signed to Epic Records and we made one album under the name i-Ten. It was sort of made out to look like a group, but it was really just the two of us. We made this album and it was co-produced by Keith Olsen and Steve Lukather. I wasn't really happy with the way it turned out, but it did have some good songs on it. One of the songs on it was 'Alone'. The i-Ten album didn't do anything. The album was titled 'Taking A Cold Look'. The album didn't do much although it has sort of a cult following in Europe. The most prominent song on it was 'Alone.' Tom and I recorded it for that record and just sort of set it aside when that record didn't succeed. In fact, all the songs on that i-Ten record had a slightly unpleasant association to me because the whole recording process was very unpleasant to me. I just put those songs in a drawer and forgot about them, but then Tom and I were having a good deal of success with 'Like a Virgin' and 'True Colors' and then we heard that Heart was looking for a power ballad and Tom said, 'What about 'Alone'?' I winced and said, 'Oh, I don't really want to look at that song.' He said, 'What do you mean? That's perfect.' And I said, 'Well, let me think. Specifically, I don't like the first line of the chorus,' and he said, 'Well let's re-write it.' So we took the song out and sure enough it was relatively easy to do because we liked everything about the song except the first line of the chorus. The version on i-Ten, the lyric said, 'I always fared well on my own.' Both lyrically and melodically it felt very stiff and unappealing. So I did a minor change on the lyric and it said, 'Til now, I always got by on my own', and Tom changed the melody in the first line of the chorus and he gave it much more movement and a slightly R&B feel. That really lifted the chorus and then all of a sudden I liked the song again. We made a new demo of the song very quickly and presented it to Ron Nevison who was producing Heart at that time and he loved it and they cut it. Tom and I were invited to the studio, at which time we met Ann and Nancy. Tom was invited to sing the high harmony parts on the record, which he did."

'Alone' became the first single from 'Bad Animals' and was an international smash, going to eighty-eight in France; twenty-two in Austria; eighteen in Germany; seven in Belgium; six in Australia, the Netherlands, and Poland; five in Norway; four in Switzerland; three in Ireland, Luxemburg, and the UK; and number one in Canada and the US.















I hear the ticking of the clock
I'm lying here the room's pitch dark
I wonder where you are tonight
No answer on the telephone
And the night goes by so very slow
Oh I hope that it won't end though
Alone

Till now I always got by on my own
I never really cared until I met you
And now it chills me to the bone
How do I get you alone
How do I get you alone

You don't know how long I have wanted
To touch your lips and hold you tight, oh
You don't know how long I have waited
And I was gonna tell you tonight
But the secret is still my own
And my love for you is still unknown
Alone

Till now I always got by on my own
I never really cared until I met you
And now it chills me to the bone
How do I get you alone
How do I get you alone

How do I get you alone
How do I get you alone

Alone, alone











Tuesday, March 22, 2011

these dreams












Heart had their first number one with this power ballad which was also their first single with lead vocals sung by Nancy Wilson. It was written by Bernie Taupin and Martin Page for Columbia records and originally offered to Stevie Nicks; but, when she refused it, her new labelmates snatched it up for their eponymous album. 'These Dreams' was dedicated to Sharon Hess, a fan of Nancy Wilson's suffering from Leukemia who's dying wish was to meet Wilson and give her a custom guitar she had had made for her. Hess did meet Wilson and got to spend a few days in the studio during the recording of the album and became very close. When it came time to record her vocal for the song, Nancy had a cold and her voice was very raspy. Producer Ron Nevison liked the way it sounded and kept that take.







Spare a little candle
Save some light for me
Figures up ahead
Moving in the trees
White skin in linen
Perfume on my wrist
And the full moon that hangs over
These dreams in the mist

Darkness on the edge
Shadows where I stand
I search for the time
On a watch with no hands
I want to see you clearly
Come closer than this
But all I remember
Are the dreams in the mist

These dreams go on when I close my eyes
Every second of the night I live another life
These dreams that sleep when it's cold outside
Every moment I'm awake the further I'm away

Is it cloak n dagger
Could it be spring or fall
I walk without a cut
Through a stained glass wall
Weaker in my eyesight
The candle in my grip
And words that have no form
Are falling from my lips

These dreams go on when I close my eyes
Every second of the night I live another life
These dreams that sleep when it's cold outside
Every moment I'm awake the further I'm away

There's something out there
I can't resist
I need to hide away from the pain
There's something out there
I can't resist

The sweetest song is silence
That I've ever heard
Funny how your feet
In dreams never touch the earth
In a wood full of princes
Freedom is a kiss
But the prince hides his face
From dreams in the mist

These dreams go on when I close my eyes
Every second of the night I live another life
These dreams that sleep when it's cold outside
Every moment I'm awake the further I'm away

These dreams go on when I close my eyes
Every second of the night I live another life
These dreams that sleep when it's cold outside
Every moment I'm awake the further I'm away


Monday, February 14, 2011

dreamboat annie









The Wilson sisters dominated the airwaves after taking over this band formed by the Fisher brothers. Originally called the Army and then White Heart, the band was transformed when the sisters got romantically involved with the brothers in Vancouver. They recorded 'Dreamboat Annie' in 1975 on the Canadian Mushroom label; and, after selling more than thirty thousand copies in a few months, it was finally released in the states where it went platinum. The music is an engaging mix of folk and hard rock with progressive touches and beautiful ballads that changed the role of women in rock and established them as superstars.




http://www.heart-music.com/










'Magic Man' was a top ten hit and features a minimoog synthesizer solo.

"Never think of never..let this spell last forever"








'Crazy On You' explodes from acoustic to electric. It was their first single and made it to number thirty five.

"My love is the evenin' breeze touchin' your skin
The gentle, sweet singin' of leaves in the wind
The whisper that calls after you in the night
And kisses your ear in the early moonlight
And you don't need to wonder, you're doing fine
My love, the pleasure's mine"




'Dreamboat Annie' is one of three versions of the song on the album. This version was the third single which only made it to number forty-two on the pop chart; but hit number seventeen on the adult contemporary chart.

"Heading out this morning into the sun
Riding on the diamond waves, little darlin' one"









'Dreamboat Annie'
full album:





All songs written by Ann & Nancy Wilson except where noted.

Side one
"Magic Man" - 5:28
"Dreamboat Annie (Fantasy Child)" - 1:10
"Crazy on You" - 4:53
"Soul of the Sea" - 6:33
"Dreamboat Annie" - 2:02
Side two
"White Lightning & Wine" - 3:53
"(Love Me Like Music) I'll Be Your Song" - 3:20
"Sing Child" (A. Wilson, N. Wilson, Steve Fossen, Roger Fisher) - 4:55
"How Deep It Goes" (A. Wilson) - 3:49
"Dreamboat Annie (Reprise)" - 3:50