Ladies and gentlemen, the greatest living female rock singer!!!

[Bake]

Ann Wilson!! When she gets to the "scream" at 2:36, if you don't get chills, something is WRONG!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXznl5S7ZbI

We saw Heart a couple of years ago in Orange Beach, AL with Journey, and she and Nancy were freakin' amazing!!

Bake

[TZ]

1. Can't argue with this one at all.

Apparantly your poor taste in music only extends to all male rock groups...:P
Seriously, I love Heart. Barracuda is my favorite from them.

[Bake]

2. My God, her voice just moves me!

Can bring a tear to a glass eye!

Bake

[MilesColtrane]

3. I love her voice, but Tina Turner and Bonnie Raitt might have something to say about...

"greatest living".

[Bake]

5. They're great, but geez, Annie is just PURE VOICE!!

IMHO, YMMV, etc., of course.

:hi:

Bake

[Dr. Strange]

4. As God is my witness, I thought you were going to say Geddy Lee.

And I was going to have to go medieval on your buttockal region.

I have to say, I do like Ann Wilson.

[Bake]

6. He/she/it does sound kinda like a chick singer .. on helium!

:evilgrin:

Bake

[hifiguy]

7. In terms of sheer controlled vocal firepower

Ann is hard to approach, much less beat.

Annie Haslam, at least back in the day, was in the same class but she was never a "rock" singer in the hard-ass sense of the term. Ann Wilson was the female counterpart to Robert Plant - finesse combined with pure power.

[Bake]

8. +100000

You know it!!

Bake

[era veteran]

9. I think Tina Turner

I saw The Ike & Tina Review at Club 68 in 1969, I think, before they made it big and off the Chitlin Circuit. Got hooked.

[Bake]

10. In '69 I was only 14 and had never heard of Tina Turner!

Much less be able to get into a club! LOL!

:hi:

Bake

[era veteran]

11. I was 16 and believe me, if you had the money for the

cover they would let you in and sell you beer. I loved my misspent youth.

Lebanon Kentucky

[Tuesday Afternoon]

12. the greatest living female rock singer -- hmmm... top 5, I would rank her

credit due.

but, above Janis, Grace and Tina -- no way.

[Bake]

13. I rank her even with Janis (that's why I said "living")

Janis gots to be the greatest ever.

Grace? Not so much. Tina, up there, maybe a trinity with Annie and Janis.

Bake

[Tuesday Afternoon]

19. sorry. no ONE is even to Janis. living or dead. ymmv

[Zorra]

14. "Crazy on You" temporarily blew out my ex-partners voice

back when we were doing covers.

Gracie was awesome on "Somebody To Love" and other tunes when her voice was young and strong.

[Bake]

16. Annie's is STILL strong.

Every bit as strong as ever. She's just amazing.

Bake

[HopeHoops]

15. That was simply fucking beautiful. I like it a whole lot better than the electric version.

[Bake]

17. God, I love the acoustic guitar and the strings in it.

Somehow it just wrings all the emotion out of the song. It's a little slower than the original too.

Bake

[SteppingRazor]

18. I might give it to you if you add an "of her generation" on the end of the title.

I mean, there's been some women that can really wail since Heart was in its heyday. Sleater-Kinney springs immediately to mind.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

20. Heart's single greatest song, and defining moment, I.M.H.O.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWhlC_xCPok

Crap video picture quality, but the sound and performance are red hot. Live 1978.

:toast:

[driver8]

21. Oh yeah -- she is amazing!!

I love Nancy, too -- they are both so talented!