Sister Nancy (the fabulous guitar player) has great vocals as well. One of the songs she is the lead singer on, "These Dreams" was actually their first #1 hit. Anyway, just wanted to mention that because I always think Ann gets all of the attention, lol! 😊
Let's not get into that argument. Yes, the 2 CAN rock and DO but ... let's get something straight ... I agree, Ann Wilson CAN definitely sing, but all Nancy ever did, as far as with instruments, was rhythm guitar, WITH the EXCEPTION of the opening to this 1 (one, won, Juan) song, and Roger Fisher stole that from another song, modified it into the opening you hear and then taught it to Nancy. Also, the fast acoustic shuffle part between the opening fingerpicking section and the heavy electric guitar bass line that follows was based on a Moody Blue song, called Question. From Nancy's own lips, "We were listening to a lot of Moody Blues back then. There was a song called Question that had this fast, fiery guitar rhythm. That was our idea for the groove. Then Roger Fisher came up with the really cool riff over A-minor to F, and that gave it some more beautiful momentum." I've read a few other interviews of hers where she goes deeper into the song's background, where she definitely states that Roger Fisher wrote it, and then others where she kind of sidesteps the question and hints that she wrote it. I think the truth is, he taught her that beginning and she began playing it in her own style, but she never plays any other lead, at least not on any of their songs that I'm familiar with. What I am saying is, Nancy Wilson is hardly EVER heard playing, other than this one song, or their acoustic ballads. You NEVER hear Nancy playing on ANY of their "rocker" hits, but she sure makes it look like she is "the shit" in the videos ... with the high leg kicks and low crouches. Don't get me wrong, but Nancy was an incredible singer, who suffered from "2nd place envy" and sibling rivalry issues, and that is why she insisted that all videos made her look like she was doing all the heavy lifting in their killer songs. She wasn't doing ANY of it. I've played guitar for longer than they were a band, and I know this for a fact. She made it look good, but that's the extent of her contributions, as far as playing is concerned. In fact, they always had 2 great guitarists behind them that did the magic, and she even made them cut their hair and dress similar to her so, when they did their videos, they could do tricks with the cameras (flash their faces quickly one after the other) and play with the lighting to convince you that she was doing all the work. Those 2 fantastic guitarists NEVER got any of the credit for all their awesome hard work. That is a crime, if you ask me, and has always pissed me off. If they had just concentrated on the things she DID do, and had her do more singing (she had an incredible voice), she wouldn't have needed to go to such measures to stroke her ego.
Ann is an incredibly gifted vocalist. The control whether she's screaming, or up high, or singing softly or in her lower register is impeccable. Their stuff is amazing.
I played drums in a Heart cover band and we only played two shows TWO SHOWS! after rehearsing for months. Why? Because the lead singer, while very good, said it wasn't worth it to her to work that hard for the pittances we were being paid to play. That should tell you something about Ann Wilson.
An IS ALL that. However, although she does a fair showing of herself in the group, Nancy was an average guitarist, at best. She was a much better singer, but they chose not to use her as much for that, and instead used her much more as "eye candy". I'm sure that was at the insistence of Nancy. As I have said elsewhere, Nancy was play acting for the camera most of the time. She was NOT playing the parts that most songs would have you believe she was. This is the ONLY song where she was actually doing a decent bit of work, and only on the intro. Roger Fisher "borrowed" that intro, reworked it and taught it to Nancy. I've played guitar off and on for 60+ years, have play in bands, roadied for many bands, done sound for bands, studied 1,000s of musicians and thought, to the laymen, it "APPEARS" that she is a great guitarist, she is great, productive band member, she is an average guitarist, at least as far as the biggest of their hits are concerned. Sure, she may have done more on the acoustic side of things, but all the stuff they show in their videos are either straight out showing her doing kicks and squats or "bait and switch" camera moves. It's so obvious if you look carefully, which is why they dress the guitarists like her, use weird lighting and have their hair done in the same way as hers. Sometimes, they would show a quick flash of her, and then do a close up of 1 of the lead guitarists doing intricate hand or finger pieces, but only for a second or two, and do it all in bad lighting or shadowy scenes. That is to make it look as if she were doing it herself.
@@jhamler1 more about her and lack of commitment. She just had to make the song her own, ala Mitchell?priest Diamonds and Rust. Hope your new bad is successful. Van Halen Pretty Woman Dave vs Roy O.????
I wasn’t born yet but my mother had an obsession with albums and this was one she played a lot. I was mesmerized by Ann Wilson and wasn’t until my teens I realized that was Nancy on guitar!!! Oh my they killed it!!!
A great song by Heart. Thanks chat for getting this one played. Heart lead singer Ann Wilson wrote the "Crazy On You" lyric about finding solace from the stressful state of the world in the arms of her boyfriend, Heart guitarist Mike Fisher (he eventually stopped performing and became their sound man). Ann was in her mid-20s and didn't see a bright future for her generation (sound familiar?). At the time, the Vietnam War was still going on, crime was rising, and there were gas shortages. She sings out her fears in the first verse: "If we still have time, we might still get by Every time I think about it, I want to cry With bombs and the devil, and the kids keep comin' No way to breathe easy, no time to be young" But she was in love, so she made the song about Mike as a way of saying "thank God I have you." The song turns sensual, with Wilson coming to the conclusion that all she can do in these seemingly apocalyptic times is go crazy on the man of her dreams. (in a good way) Source: Songfacts
I thought that Micheal Fisher was Heart’s manager and the brother of lead guitarist Roger Fisher. Michael was with Ann (and is the “Magic Man” ) and Nancy was with Roger. Maybe Michael was in the band in some capacity at the time of the song’s writing. At any rate… There has never been or never will be a band like Heart… they were my favorite band up through Roger’s departure … I was even on board for Even It Up and Greatest Hits/Live. They lost me in the hair band 80’s… still Heart remain one of my favorite bands of all time!
Both Nancy and Ann got showcased nicely in this song . Ann is on fire in this song. The rest of the band is playing impeccably as usual. And Asia, if I may say is correct in saying that her singing voice is not being taxed in that portion of the song. Her abilities are not typical but not being strained either. You can usually hear when a singer's voice is being pushed too much. Peace!
Oh the band that the sisters fired because they said they could not keep time, did not know how to play their instruments and were just terrible. Those band members? That is why Heart disappeared for me after their purge. The fact they became a bubble gum pop group as well had something to do with it.
@@toddstevens13 .. I think they always sounded great, and now they are legends. I think they still sound great.Obviously, they had drug induced growing pains like most others…there are always 2 sides to every story,that I could not be bothered with. They had a ton of great music in the 70s, and their 80s music was not bad either…
I believe she means "crazy on you" as in sexually ravishing crazy as opposed to insane asylum crazy. "You don't need to wonder, you're doing fine, my love, the pleasure's mine ..." and "... I bent down over a clear running stream ... and you kept me alive with your sweet flowing love"
Nailed it...this is about escaping all the awful stuff going on in the world at the time with her lover and going "crazy" on him sexually...making love.
Probably part of what makes the vocals in Heart so good is that both sisters sing. It can be a big advantage to the sound if there are multiple siblings singing (as with, say, the Bee Gees).
My most memorable Concert was 1981 the annual "Vancouver Summer Sunday". Ticket cost $12.50 we partied all day and night with Blue Oyster Cult / Loverboy / The Rockets / Ted Nugent and *Heart closing the show* . Canadians rocked all year-round, just search: The Pursuit Of Happiness - I'm An Adult Now (live at whistler mountain 1993)
The first time I heard Heart was when I caught the very tail end of this song on the radio, and my reaction was, "WHAT was THAT???" There were no female rock bands like this at the time. The next time, I heard it from the beginning and was even more amazed. I drove straight to the record store and bought the album. I love their music to this day.
Hardly anyone reacts to their song "Dog and Butterfly". Everytime I hear it, it takes me back to my childhood in the summertime with cut-off toughskins jean shorts, barefoot, playing outside without a care in the world.
Please check out Heart's tribute to Led Zeppelin at the 2012 Kennedy Center Honors. They sing "Stairway to Heaven" with the 3 living members of LZ watching/reacting and Jason Bonham, the son of their late drummer John Bonham, on drums. It is EPIC! She's around 61 or 62 at the time and her voice is like velvet. It is really something special!
I see them in concert every year they come around. They still get it done. I don't think they will ever top the Stairway to Heaven tribute with choir, etc.
I saw the Heart Rocking Heaven tour just after that Kennedy Awards performance. 1st half was all Heart with a couple Zep songs in there. 2nd half was a full Zeppelin set with Jason Bonham on drums! They did Stairway of course but only with about a half-dozen choir singers and not 120
They are so good...and so many great songs...Straight On, Mistral Wind, Love Alive, Little Queen, Heaven, Even It Up, Heartless, and of course Magic Man
You're 2 for 2 today. I saw these ladies in August of 1977. It was the day Elvis died, they honored him during the encore. There's a live version on here from '77 or '78 that's amazing. It sounds just like the studio recording.
Asia & BJ, you'll love their "Magic Man", "Straight On", "All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You" and "Dog And Butterfly!!!! edit - that's Nancy on the acoustic guitar intro!
I saw Heart on their 1st tour in Milwaukee when they were unknown and playing as the lead act for Jefferson Starship. I had never seen a crowd want the lead act to perform an encore instead of the star attraction getting on stage. Ann Wilson has a clear and ;powerful voice and her guitar playing sister Nancy can also sing well in addition to her skillful acoustic guitar playing. Heart is as good live (or better) as on recordings. Check out the Wilson tribute Stairway to Heaven, it will blow you away.
Nancy was told at one point that acoustic guitar wouldn't become a "thing" compared to an electric one. She was like watch me. That was just another thing that set them apart from other bands. Nancy kills it on acoustic guitar and it's not like a hint of the sound. You can hear it right in the forefront. For Ann back in the day, it wasn't hard for her to hit those notes. Today, she admits some days it's there and some days it's not and she knows when she can and can't and doesn't force it.
I love watching this live on the 1977 backstage crazy on you. Watching Nancy on guitar at the start of the show, then watching them all come out and do there stuff is awesome. This one, you see them communicating together before the show. Getting ready. It’s like you are back stage with them.
This song is about pleasure, not pain. She said, "Let me go crazy on you"...ya know? And, that was a full chest voice belt during the chorus. Ann had (and has) a great range.
One of the best concerts I was ever lucky enough to see. They sounded just as amazing live as their albums.😃😍😃 Great reaction as always. Thanks for sharing your time and yourselves. Peace, love and blessings.🤗😃
The ENTIRE Dreamboat Annie album is awesome. That's not falsetto; that's Ann Wilson's voice. She just simply has a much stronger voice than many singers. What impresses me about her is how masterful she is at both being very soft & low key at one moment, then totally belting out the hard rock vocals the next moment. Also, the acoustic guitar playing is always Nancy Wilson. Also #2: I believe Ann also contributed flute-playing in some of their music. Another video I'd recommend is their live version of their song "Dog And Butterfly" where you can see the beautiful vocal harmonies of them on a peaceful acoustic song.
Only Heart would have the balls to do Stairway & they killed it. It's my favorite song & I was blown away by their performance. Saw Zeppelin 5 times back in the 70's. My boyfriend was a Zeppelin fanatic. I was super impressed.✌🌻🌻
Not to mention, that performance was with John Bonham's son Jason playing the drums nailing his Dad's parts to the T. If I remember correctly, the remaining members of Zeppelin were there, and the performance brought them nearly to tears, it was that awesome.
I have, and this is really just MY opinion, so it doesn't mean anything but, I really didn't like the Kennedy Center performance at all. If I were them, I would do what groups like Pink Floyd or the Eagles did ... get someone younger in to do those parts they can't do anymore.
You also have to remember how young she was when they recorded us. She can still sing it just like that, but, she was very young when they made the song. I’m sure those notes were no stretch for her at all
Actually no, she CAN'T still sing like this. I've heard her, and like most artists, when they get older, they lose the upper part of their voice. I've watched the Kennedy performance, as well as other recent performances, and she definitely checks out in spots where she used to go or just sings in a different area of her abilities. It's not mean to say this ... it is a fact of life. What is mean, is that, it doesn't happen to EVERY musician ... some can still do it when they are older, some can't.
3:21 Asia - "This is not hard." If I learn that, I could do it." Me - Well, You go right on ahead with that. We expect an Asia - Crazy on you vocal cover video real soon. Let's see what you got.
Great reaction! This is the album that sent them soaring, their first. Other great songs, try "Sing Child Sing", "Straight On", "Heartless", "Dog And Butterfly", "Even It Up" "Little Queenie" and "Magic Man"
Wife here...One of my FAVORITE 's from ❤ Heart...An AMAZING influence on me in the late 70's early 80's as a female guitarist..🎸 !!..It was not always PC to be sooo..!!!..Hard to believe...
Such great great bands in the 70s making these classic tracks. I'm so glad I was around when all this original classic stuff was being made. See how it stands the test of time. Real people with real instruments. No AUTOTUNE.
And they could do it just as well LIVE! No "Studio Babies" back then, touring was EVERYTHING, if you couldn't pull it off live then you were dead in the water as an artist or band. Then you ended up on "American Bandstand" lip syncing your "1 Hit Wonder" song, then you were quickly surpassed and forgotten.
She isnt talking about going crazy on him in an upset or angry way. She's talking about going crazy on him in the bedroom, lovin kinda way, to escape all the problems of their day to day world at the time. ✌
Smooth as a warm summer night breeze with that tart and tangy chorus. Great tune for cruising at night with the top down or windows all open under a July full moon.
I saw heart live three different times and 1976, 1977, and 1980. Those girls and the other members of the band put on a power show.!! Nancy tearing a guitar up and Ann just wailing almost knocking us down with her voice. I saw them twice at the Oakland coliseum where the Oakland raiders play during the daytime. And the third time was on New Year's Eve night at the indoor arena right next door. Sammy Hagar played up until midnight and then heart came on at midnight and wore our asses out. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
It has been such a pleasure to watch you mature. I have been watching reaction videos for a long time now, and what strikes me most is how you all change -- and always for the better.
Amazing band growing up with. The instrumentals and the vocals are outstanding. Two very musically creative sisters. I saw them in concert at an outdoor venue some years back. They were way up there during the 1970’s along with Boston. The bosses of 70’s rock bands actually. Love them!
@@CuttinEJ No they don't ... Just the people who don't understand, which is why the myth continues to get passed around. Real musicians know better. You're thinking you know better because you don't understand what's involved and you've heard others speaking or writing about it, including guitar magazine people. The problem is, most people don't actually play, so they fall for the act. I'm here to tell you, it is YOU who are wrong. A trained eye can see things you and most people can't.
@@CuttinEJ Don't believe me !!! Find yourself an ACTUAL expert or great guitarist, show them ANY video of her playing, and you will find that, other than the intro to this song, a part that Roger Fisher stole and reworked from the Moody Blues and TAUGHT to her, they will confirm, she is NOT playing all those intricate lead guitar parts. And let's be clear, when put up against a lead guitar or rhythm guitar (played by the 2 guys always standing behind her) running through amplifiers, there is no way you're gonna hear much of anything she does playing rhythm on an acoustic. Elsewhere in the responses to this video, I laid out the fact that Nancy explained how the intro was created, that Roger Fisher wrote it, taking most of it from a Moody Blues song the liked called, Question. Then, she went on to say (paraphrasing), "most of the stuff you wrote is really ripped off from other artists you've heard ... you just rework it until you make it your own". From an old saying (paraphrasing again), "given a typewriter and enough time, even a monkey can spell the work 'f*ck' !!!". The actual saying is much longer and "cleaner" but, you get the point. Nancy was taught the intro, and she did a great job of it, when she wasn't trying to go off on a tangent and expand on it.
@@StevesFunhouse you make a lot of assumptions and, as usual, your assumptions are incorrect. First in thinking that you are in any way qualified to criticize someone who has actually produced original music that the world still loves and second in assuming that I don’t know anything about music or playing the guitar. My first guitar was a 1965 Fender Strat that my Dad (a professional musician (guitar)) bought for me for Christmas from a pawnshop in Joplin, Mo in 1969 for $100. I’m 63 years old now and I still regret letting that one get away from me. Even though arthritis and Crohn’s have rendered me unable to play any more, I still can’t bear to part with my 2017 Les Paul Studio HD. You should probably spend more time listening and less time speaking on subjects of which you obviously know so little. (And yes, that’s how you say that.)
My favorite Heart song. So many cool elements in it. Nancy's acoustic guitar intro and Ann's incredible voice, the great lyrics and that tight band. So good.
The Wilson sisters, definitely part of Americana and pop culture. Ann Wilson's voice is awesome for sure, and it has a sharp edge when she's really keyed up. I saw a documentary on Heart. In the early days Ann was not confident in her vocals. Then one night she just let loose on THIS song. And that iconic Ann Wilson siren was unleashed. Fun fact: Nancy Wilson is the blond in the Corvette in the classic comedy Fast Times At Ridgemont High. Fun fact 2: The Wilson sisters are military brats.
Now you know 👍🤣 Nancy is a kick ass guitarist and no one wails like Ann! Sister can saaang! 🔥 love the hall of Fame sisters, love the song, Love you two 💞
love the looks on your face Asia. Its awesome to see one artist truly appreciating the vocals of another. I am with BJ on this though, that voice is way above normal, its EPIC!
Crazy on You is from their debut album Dreamboat Annie, released in 1975. Ann was 25 (born 1950) and Nancy was 21 (born 1954) when this album was released and on the cover of the album that you are seeing.
Asia is correct, Ann Wilson is that kinda singer. She can belt it out full throttle and bring it back down to a quiet whisper with the greatest of ease. As a female singer she is using her "chest voice" and what's called her "head voice", not falsetto. Falsetto is a vocal technique used by male singers only to get into their highest range (tenor).
Ann Wilson has a voice that is so rare. Stevie nicks also does as well, but different complexities. Ann and Nancy Wilson are amazing. Nancy and her guitar playing back from the 1970s as a female lead was unheard of!!! And she kills it to this day! They both do! No one can say the way Ann Wilson sings is easy. It’s easy for her…but not many others that I have ever seen. They are too fab!!!
A great Heart song. Also check out Magic Man, Straight On, Dreamboat Annie, These Dreams, All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You, Dog And Butterfly, What About Love, and Nothin' at All, Stranded, Who Will You Rum Too and Never
The guitar intro was played by Nancy Wilson, singing (lead) by Ann Wilson, both sisters are incredible talented and rocked it in the "rock n' roll" genre that was dominated by guys especially during the 70's!! You would have enjoyed watching the video of this song. ruclips.net/video/yZjEC4WhCvg/видео.html here it is
This group, the Wilson sisters in particular, demonstrate that rock n roll isn't all a man's world. Along with a host of other female talent women have proven time and again they can blast it out, shake it up, and generally raise musical super storms just as well as the boys.Sending all before them into a topsy turvy whirlwind of Hell Ya!
Ann is using a trick to go into her high register in a lower range to keep the volume louder when she reaches those notes. I got taught that technique from a private vocal coach
No that’s not easy! I don’t care who you are…that’s Ann Wilson! She’s unreal and very gifted woman period….try singing as powerful as she does loud! Easy to do when your whisper it! Try singing like that! Full power gift from God y’all! Ain’t easy by any means and no one else has accomplished it besides Barbara Streisand who was her favorite singer and no one can touch her…try to sing like her…see how easy that is too…yep if it was Opposite Day!
That woman can sing and her sister can play guitar. They ROCK!
..they are the real deal...they still sound great
Sister Nancy (the fabulous guitar player) has great vocals as well. One of the songs she is the lead singer on, "These Dreams" was actually their first #1 hit. Anyway, just wanted to mention that because I always think Ann gets all of the attention, lol! 😊
@@jerickson725 I think she also sings “ There’s the Girl”
Let's not get into that argument. Yes, the 2 CAN rock and DO but ... let's get something straight ... I agree, Ann Wilson CAN definitely sing, but all Nancy ever did, as far as with instruments, was rhythm guitar, WITH the EXCEPTION of the opening to this 1 (one, won, Juan) song, and Roger Fisher stole that from another song, modified it into the opening you hear and then taught it to Nancy. Also, the fast acoustic shuffle part between the opening fingerpicking section and the heavy electric guitar bass line that follows was based on a Moody Blue song, called Question.
From Nancy's own lips, "We were listening to a lot of Moody Blues back then. There was a song called Question that had this fast, fiery guitar rhythm. That was our idea for the groove. Then Roger Fisher came up with the really cool riff over A-minor to F, and that gave it some more beautiful momentum."
I've read a few other interviews of hers where she goes deeper into the song's background, where she definitely states that Roger Fisher wrote it, and then others where she kind of sidesteps the question and hints that she wrote it. I think the truth is, he taught her that beginning and she began playing it in her own style, but she never plays any other lead, at least not on any of their songs that I'm familiar with.
What I am saying is, Nancy Wilson is hardly EVER heard playing, other than this one song, or their acoustic ballads. You NEVER hear Nancy playing on ANY of their "rocker" hits, but she sure makes it look like she is "the shit" in the videos ... with the high leg kicks and low crouches. Don't get me wrong, but Nancy was an incredible singer, who suffered from "2nd place envy" and sibling rivalry issues, and that is why she insisted that all videos made her look like she was doing all the heavy lifting in their killer songs. She wasn't doing ANY of it. I've played guitar for longer than they were a band, and I know this for a fact. She made it look good, but that's the extent of her contributions, as far as playing is concerned.
In fact, they always had 2 great guitarists behind them that did the magic, and she even made them cut their hair and dress similar to her so, when they did their videos, they could do tricks with the cameras (flash their faces quickly one after the other) and play with the lighting to convince you that she was doing all the work. Those 2 fantastic guitarists NEVER got any of the credit for all their awesome hard work. That is a crime, if you ask me, and has always pissed me off. If they had just concentrated on the things she DID do, and had her do more singing (she had an incredible voice), she wouldn't have needed to go to such measures to stroke her ego.
@@StevesFunhouse ..you seem to minimize the importance of a solid rhythm guitarist
Ann is an incredibly gifted vocalist. The control whether she's screaming, or up high, or singing softly or in her lower register is impeccable. Their stuff is amazing.
Ann has incredible range and flexibility with her voice. This is at a time when there was no auto tune. It's all her. Extremely talented
It's her regular voice because she's so gifted. Ann is a powerhouse, and Nancy is a terrific guitarist who can sing, too!
If there are still doubts, watch the live version.
I played drums in a Heart cover band and we only played two shows TWO SHOWS! after rehearsing for months. Why? Because the lead singer, while very good, said it wasn't worth it to her to work that hard for the pittances we were being paid to play. That should tell you something about Ann Wilson.
They were wonderful live back in the day. Extremely talented.
An IS ALL that. However, although she does a fair showing of herself in the group, Nancy was an average guitarist, at best. She was a much better singer, but they chose not to use her as much for that, and instead used her much more as "eye candy". I'm sure that was at the insistence of Nancy.
As I have said elsewhere, Nancy was play acting for the camera most of the time. She was NOT playing the parts that most songs would have you believe she was. This is the ONLY song where she was actually doing a decent bit of work, and only on the intro. Roger Fisher "borrowed" that intro, reworked it and taught it to Nancy.
I've played guitar off and on for 60+ years, have play in bands, roadied for many bands, done sound for bands, studied 1,000s of musicians and thought, to the laymen, it "APPEARS" that she is a great guitarist, she is great, productive band member, she is an average guitarist, at least as far as the biggest of their hits are concerned. Sure, she may have done more on the acoustic side of things, but all the stuff they show in their videos are either straight out showing her doing kicks and squats or "bait and switch" camera moves.
It's so obvious if you look carefully, which is why they dress the guitarists like her, use weird lighting and have their hair done in the same way as hers. Sometimes, they would show a quick flash of her, and then do a close up of 1 of the lead guitarists doing intricate hand or finger pieces, but only for a second or two, and do it all in bad lighting or shadowy scenes. That is to make it look as if she were doing it herself.
@@jhamler1 more about her and lack of commitment. She just had to make the song her own, ala Mitchell?priest Diamonds and Rust. Hope your new bad is successful. Van Halen Pretty Woman Dave vs Roy O.????
"Crazy On You" was not being said in a negative way, she was talking about pouring all her love on him.
Yeah i thought that was clear! 😅
Crazy on you is about your intitials!
@@joeljarecki2332 LOL, I see what you did there.
This album took the country by storm.. everyone fell in love with the Wilson sisters.. Ann instantly qualified for queen of rock
I wasn’t born yet but my mother had an obsession with albums and this was one she played a lot. I was mesmerized by Ann Wilson and wasn’t until my teens I realized that was Nancy on guitar!!! Oh my they killed it!!!
The acoustic guitar intro on this song is from their debut album Dreamboat Annie played by Nancy Wilson. No filler on this album, guaranteed. ❤️ 🔥
the whole album is perfect start to finish.
A great song by Heart. Thanks chat for getting this one played.
Heart lead singer Ann Wilson wrote the "Crazy On You" lyric about finding solace from the stressful state of the world in the arms of her boyfriend, Heart guitarist Mike Fisher (he eventually stopped performing and became their sound man). Ann was in her mid-20s and didn't see a bright future for her generation (sound familiar?). At the time, the Vietnam War was still going on, crime was rising, and there were gas shortages. She sings out her fears in the first verse:
"If we still have time, we might still get by
Every time I think about it, I want to cry
With bombs and the devil, and the kids keep comin'
No way to breathe easy, no time to be young"
But she was in love, so she made the song about Mike as a way of saying "thank God I have you." The song turns sensual, with Wilson coming to the conclusion that all she can do in these seemingly apocalyptic times is go crazy on the man of her dreams. (in a good way)
Source: Songfacts
I thought that Micheal Fisher was Heart’s manager and the brother of lead guitarist Roger Fisher. Michael was with Ann (and is the “Magic Man” ) and Nancy was with Roger. Maybe Michael was in the band in some capacity at the time of the song’s writing. At any rate… There has never been or never will be a band like Heart… they were my favorite band up through Roger’s departure … I was even on board for Even It Up and Greatest Hits/Live. They lost me in the hair band 80’s… still Heart remain one of my favorite bands of all time!
Both Nancy and Ann got showcased nicely in this song . Ann is on fire in this song. The rest of the band is playing impeccably as usual. And Asia, if I may say is correct in saying that her singing voice is not being taxed in that portion of the song. Her abilities are not typical but not being strained either. You can usually hear when a singer's voice is being pushed too much. Peace!
...these ladies are brilliant!, not sure they get enough credit.
In defense of Asia, she is not saying she is straining, she is saying more air and muscles are needed for all higher notes.
Oh the band that the sisters fired because they said they could not keep time, did not know how to play their instruments and were just terrible. Those band members? That is why Heart disappeared for me after their purge. The fact they became a bubble gum pop group as well had something to do with it.
@@toddstevens13 .. I think they always sounded great, and now they are legends. I think they still sound great.Obviously, they had drug induced growing pains like most others…there are always 2 sides to every story,that I could not be bothered with. They had a ton of great music in the 70s, and their 80s music was not bad either…
@@raymo6795 Glad you liked their corporate faked pop stuff, just not for me at all.
That is not falsetto - that it is her "regular voice" - she just has a great vocal range.
Ann is a boss. Heart is Magical.❤❤❤That is how she sings...amazing❤
I believe she means "crazy on you" as in sexually ravishing crazy as opposed to insane asylum crazy. "You don't need to wonder, you're doing fine, my love, the pleasure's mine ..." and "... I bent down over a clear running stream ... and you kept me alive with your sweet flowing love"
Yeah, I think that went over Asia's head.
That's how I've always interpreted it also.
Yes, your interpretation is correct, Asia had the wrong interpretation of crazy 🤪
Nailed it...this is about escaping all the awful stuff going on in the world at the time with her lover and going "crazy" on him sexually...making love.
I thought it was about being crazy about him. Emotionally. Lol.
Yes BJ, she's that badass!! That woman can belt out anything, powerfully. Y'all need to hear Magic Man fr.
Crazy on you is from 1976 My Fav Decade Heres why ...
Probably part of what makes the vocals in Heart so good is that both sisters sing. It can be a big advantage to the sound if there are multiple siblings singing (as with, say, the Bee Gees).
This band rocks! Ann has the pipes!
This whole album is one of the best examples of a warm analog recording done up in Vancouver BC at Mushroom studios. Iconic.
Another great pick. Ann Wilson is a fantastic vocalist. Love 1970s Heart! 💖😊🎶
Thanks for listening
The opening guitar riff to this song is done by Nancy, I saw her do it live in 1982
Ann's 'scream' near the end is so effortless and always gives me goosebumps. It's the high point of the song.
yes, that is Anne's regular voice. She belted FULL VOICE
Her sister sang lead on These Dreams, their first number one hit.
Awesome song!
My most memorable Concert was 1981 the annual "Vancouver Summer Sunday". Ticket cost $12.50 we partied all day and night with Blue Oyster Cult / Loverboy / The Rockets / Ted Nugent and *Heart closing the show* . Canadians rocked all year-round, just search: The Pursuit Of Happiness - I'm An Adult Now (live at whistler mountain 1993)
Rocking out with Heart. Just perfect.
BJ is right. Some of these singers have a vocal range above and beyond the norm. Nancy Wilson has a range of up to 4-5 octaves, which is "Crazy".
You mean Ann buddy
You mean Ann, but point made😉
Yes, Ann. Although Nancy probably has pretty good range with her guitar.
@@MarkChappell1 Nancy has a very fine voice. You are right
The first time I heard Heart was when I caught the very tail end of this song on the radio, and my reaction was, "WHAT was THAT???" There were no female rock bands like this at the time. The next time, I heard it from the beginning and was even more amazed. I drove straight to the record store and bought the album. I love their music to this day.
Hardly anyone reacts to their song "Dog and Butterfly". Everytime I hear it, it takes me back to my childhood in the summertime with cut-off toughskins jean shorts, barefoot, playing outside without a care in the world.
Love that song.
Nobody reacts to their killer song "Mistral Wind" either.
Adore that song and Nancy's fav of big sis Ann's songs. ❤❤
...also "Dreamboat Annie"
and another great song from that album was Straight On
You guys should check out their 80's catalog when they went full glam. IF LOOKS COULD KILL, WHAT ABOUT LOVE, NEVER, & ALONE. Ann's voice is amazing!
Please check out Heart's tribute to Led Zeppelin at the 2012 Kennedy Center Honors. They sing "Stairway to Heaven" with the 3 living members of LZ watching/reacting and Jason Bonham, the son of their late drummer John Bonham, on drums. It is EPIC! She's around 61 or 62 at the time and her voice is like velvet. It is really something special!
Heart was the 1st female rock band. They were genius
You should check out the live version 2013, when Anne was 63. What a voice!
A very powerful voice. Anne is on of the best rock singers of the 70s
I see them in concert every year they come around. They still get it done. I don't think they will ever top the Stairway to Heaven tribute with choir, etc.
I was thinking of that also. One of the top three live performances ever - What do you think .
I saw the Heart Rocking Heaven tour just after that Kennedy Awards performance. 1st half was all Heart with a couple Zep songs in there. 2nd half was a full Zeppelin set with Jason Bonham on drums! They did Stairway of course but only with about a half-dozen choir singers and not 120
They are so good...and so many great songs...Straight On, Mistral Wind, Love Alive, Little Queen, Heaven, Even It Up, Heartless, and of course Magic Man
You're 2 for 2 today. I saw these ladies in August of 1977.
It was the day Elvis died, they honored him during the encore.
There's a live version on here from '77 or '78 that's amazing. It sounds just like the studio recording.
BJ was in awe of this performance. You could just see it and feel it from him
Great reaction folks
That IS her voice. No electronic help like singers use today. Remember, this song came out in the 70’s……
Asia & BJ, you'll love their "Magic Man", "Straight On", "All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You" and "Dog And Butterfly!!!!
edit - that's Nancy on the acoustic guitar intro!
And who will you run to one my favs but no one talks of this one and I think it's Fire
especially the LIVE version of "Magic Man" (1976)!
ruclips.net/video/Ps7tVvQHLyo/видео.html
I saw Heart on their 1st tour in Milwaukee when they were unknown and playing as the lead act for Jefferson Starship. I had never seen a crowd want the lead act to perform an encore instead of the star attraction getting on stage. Ann Wilson has a clear and ;powerful voice and her guitar playing sister Nancy can also sing well in addition to her skillful acoustic guitar playing. Heart is as good live (or better) as on recordings. Check out the Wilson tribute Stairway to Heaven, it will blow you away.
I saw them in Nanaimo, British Columbia in 1973 or 74 opening up for Brownsville Station of Smokin in the Boysroom fame.
I remember that show clearly and how those women blew everyone away - July of '76
They both sound so good when they sing, and Nancys guitar intro took me like 2 months to get down fully. It was difficult 😂🔥👍🏼
Nancy was told at one point that acoustic guitar wouldn't become a "thing" compared to an electric one. She was like watch me. That was just another thing that set them apart from other bands. Nancy kills it on acoustic guitar and it's not like a hint of the sound. You can hear it right in the forefront. For Ann back in the day, it wasn't hard for her to hit those notes. Today, she admits some days it's there and some days it's not and she knows when she can and can't and doesn't force it.
Nancy was average. This song was her ONLY 1 where she did anything out of the norm, and she was TAUGHT this part by Roger Fisher.
@@Spo-Dee-O-Dee Oh hell yeah ... I got no problem with that, and I wish she would have sang more ... much more. I'm right there with ya 🤛✊👊🤜😉😎!
I love watching this live on the 1977 backstage crazy on you. Watching Nancy on guitar at the start of the show, then watching them all come out and do there stuff is awesome.
This one, you see them communicating together before the show. Getting ready. It’s like you are back stage with them.
this was their first album, Ann's voice is fresh, new and undamaged by years of singing every night
This song is about pleasure, not pain. She said, "Let me go crazy on you"...ya know? And, that was a full chest voice belt during the chorus. Ann had (and has) a great range.
Vocals.....Amazing! One of their best! Ann Wilson has one of the best vocals in rock history!
One of the best concerts I was ever lucky enough to see. They sounded just as amazing live as their albums.😃😍😃 Great reaction as always. Thanks for sharing your time and yourselves. Peace, love and blessings.🤗😃
The ENTIRE Dreamboat Annie album is awesome. That's not falsetto; that's Ann Wilson's voice. She just simply has a much stronger voice than many singers. What impresses me about her is how masterful she is at both being very soft & low key at one moment, then totally belting out the hard rock vocals the next moment. Also, the acoustic guitar playing is always Nancy Wilson. Also #2: I believe Ann also contributed flute-playing in some of their music.
Another video I'd recommend is their live version of their song "Dog And Butterfly" where you can see the beautiful vocal harmonies of them on a peaceful acoustic song.
Ann has one of the most soulful voices I have ever heard. Check out their Led Zeppelin cover of Stairway to Heaven Live at the Kennedy Center
Only Heart would have the balls to do Stairway & they killed it. It's my favorite song & I was blown away by their performance. Saw Zeppelin 5 times back in the 70's. My boyfriend was a Zeppelin fanatic. I was super impressed.✌🌻🌻
Not to mention, that performance was with John Bonham's son Jason playing the drums nailing his Dad's parts to the T. If I remember correctly, the remaining members of Zeppelin were there, and the performance brought them nearly to tears, it was that awesome.
@@Impalaman1968 you are correct. It was an amazing performance
I have, and this is really just MY opinion, so it doesn't mean anything but, I really didn't like the Kennedy Center performance at all. If I were them, I would do what groups like Pink Floyd or the Eagles did ... get someone younger in to do those parts they can't do anymore.
They did it. ruclips.net/video/lBDKn57tazw/видео.html
BJ got it right, Ann is a phenomenal singer!
You also have to remember how young she was when they recorded us. She can still sing it just like that, but, she was very young when they made the song. I’m sure those notes were no stretch for her at all
Actually no, she CAN'T still sing like this. I've heard her, and like most artists, when they get older, they lose the upper part of their voice. I've watched the Kennedy performance, as well as other recent performances, and she definitely checks out in spots where she used to go or just sings in a different area of her abilities. It's not mean to say this ... it is a fact of life. What is mean, is that, it doesn't happen to EVERY musician ... some can still do it when they are older, some can't.
3:21 Asia - "This is not hard." If I learn that, I could do it."
Me - Well, You go right on ahead with that. We expect an Asia - Crazy on you vocal cover video real soon. Let's see what you got.
Great reaction! This is the album that sent them soaring, their first. Other great songs, try "Sing Child Sing", "Straight On", "Heartless", "Dog And Butterfly", "Even It Up" "Little Queenie" and "Magic Man"
Wife here...One of my FAVORITE 's from ❤ Heart...An AMAZING influence on me in the late 70's early 80's as a female guitarist..🎸 !!..It was not always PC to be sooo..!!!..Hard to believe...
I saw them in concert back then...talk about getting chills. Brings back so many memories.
Crazy👍👍She has one of the best singing voice✊🏻
Such great great bands in the 70s making these classic tracks. I'm so glad I was around when all this original classic stuff was being made. See how it stands the test of time. Real people with real instruments. No AUTOTUNE.
And they could do it just as well LIVE! No "Studio Babies" back then, touring was EVERYTHING, if you couldn't pull it off live then you were dead in the water as an artist or band. Then you ended up on "American Bandstand" lip syncing your "1 Hit Wonder" song, then you were quickly surpassed and forgotten.
@@Impalaman1968 Death to auto-tune. Cheers.
Great tune by these lovely ladies, so much talent! Thanks Asia and BJ
When it comes to female Rock 'n' Roll singers, there's Ann Wilson in her own category with no one else. Then there's the others.
Let’s not get crazy with that comment. Pat Benatar and Linda Ronstadt can hang! And in the new Generation I’d put Amy Lee in there as well!
She isnt talking about going crazy on him in an upset or angry way. She's talking about going crazy on him in the bedroom, lovin kinda way, to escape all the problems of their day to day world at the time. ✌
Yeah they missed the ⛵. This song is about red hot🔥 stress relieving sex 💓
I always thought it was in kitchen
@@jimcarlson6157 Hey, it could be 👍
I saw Heart on New Years Eve 1977 going into 78. Oakland Coliseum Arena. So so incredibly powerful band. Love those sisters!
Smooth as a warm summer night breeze with that tart and tangy chorus. Great tune for cruising at night with the top down or windows all open under a July full moon.
I saw heart live three different times and 1976, 1977, and 1980. Those girls and the other members of the band put on a power show.!! Nancy tearing a guitar up and Ann just wailing almost knocking us down with her voice. I saw them twice at the Oakland coliseum where the Oakland raiders play during the daytime. And the third time was on New Year's Eve night at the indoor arena right next door. Sammy Hagar played up until midnight and then heart came on at midnight and wore our asses out. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
This is a fantastic song these ladies can sing 😀
That is Pure Music. No Sampling, no Dubbing. That is five people collaborating to create a sound from the instrument they play.
It has been such a pleasure to watch you mature. I have been watching reaction videos for a long time now, and what strikes me most is how you all change -- and always for the better.
It is her regular voice. She’s ahhhhhhhhmazing. So talented. One of the best singers ever.
Amazing band growing up with. The instrumentals and the vocals are outstanding. Two very musically creative sisters. I saw them in concert at an outdoor venue some years back. They were way up there during the 1970’s along with Boston. The bosses of 70’s rock bands actually. Love them!
That’s their very best. A genuine masterpiece. Ann’s voice is really all that. And Nancy is just a virtuoso guitar GODDESS. Much love ❤️
Nancy is NOT a virtuoso !!!
@@StevesFunhouse an entire generation disagrees. As do all the greatest guitarists who ever lived.
@@CuttinEJ No they don't ... Just the people who don't understand, which is why the myth continues to get passed around. Real musicians know better. You're thinking you know better because you don't understand what's involved and you've heard others speaking or writing about it, including guitar magazine people. The problem is, most people don't actually play, so they fall for the act. I'm here to tell you, it is YOU who are wrong. A trained eye can see things you and most people can't.
@@CuttinEJ Don't believe me !!! Find yourself an ACTUAL expert or great guitarist, show them ANY video of her playing, and you will find that, other than the intro to this song, a part that Roger Fisher stole and reworked from the Moody Blues and TAUGHT to her, they will confirm, she is NOT playing all those intricate lead guitar parts.
And let's be clear, when put up against a lead guitar or rhythm guitar (played by the 2 guys always standing behind her) running through amplifiers, there is no way you're gonna hear much of anything she does playing rhythm on an acoustic.
Elsewhere in the responses to this video, I laid out the fact that Nancy explained how the intro was created, that Roger Fisher wrote it, taking most of it from a Moody Blues song the liked called, Question. Then, she went on to say (paraphrasing), "most of the stuff you wrote is really ripped off from other artists you've heard ... you just rework it until you make it your own".
From an old saying (paraphrasing again), "given a typewriter and enough time, even a monkey can spell the work 'f*ck' !!!". The actual saying is much longer and "cleaner" but, you get the point. Nancy was taught the intro, and she did a great job of it, when she wasn't trying to go off on a tangent and expand on it.
@@StevesFunhouse you make a lot of assumptions and, as usual, your assumptions are incorrect. First in thinking that you are in any way qualified to criticize someone who has actually produced original music that the world still loves and second in assuming that I don’t know anything about music or playing the guitar. My first guitar was a 1965 Fender Strat that my Dad (a professional musician (guitar)) bought for me for Christmas from a pawnshop in Joplin, Mo in 1969 for $100. I’m 63 years old now and I still regret letting that one get away from me. Even though arthritis and Crohn’s have rendered me unable to play any more, I still can’t bear to part with my 2017 Les Paul Studio HD. You should probably spend more time listening and less time speaking on subjects of which you obviously know so little. (And yes, that’s how you say that.)
I love the bridge in this song. Beautiful harmonizing 🔥🔥
Saw them in concert twice. So very talented. Ann can sang!.....
Ann gets all the credit, and she deserves it, my god what a voice! But Nancy deserves some too- her on those strings gives me chills.
My favorite Heart song. So many cool elements in it. Nancy's acoustic guitar intro and Ann's incredible voice, the great lyrics and that tight band. So good.
One funky song you by Heart you must react to is "Straight on". You'll know what I mean from the intro.
Got To See This Live!
Anything from their Rock Hall Induction!
The Wilson sisters, definitely part of Americana and pop culture. Ann Wilson's voice is awesome for sure, and it has a sharp edge when she's really keyed up. I saw a documentary on Heart. In the early days Ann was not confident in her vocals. Then one night she just let loose on THIS song. And that iconic Ann Wilson siren was unleashed. Fun fact: Nancy Wilson is the blond in the Corvette in the classic comedy Fast Times At Ridgemont High. Fun fact 2: The Wilson sisters are military brats.
For me, Annie is best female rock voice of all time
Now you know 👍🤣 Nancy is a kick ass guitarist and no one wails like Ann! Sister can saaang! 🔥 love the hall of Fame sisters, love the song, Love you two 💞
Ya, Ann Wilson has a really good range. This is all her "chest" voice. Beautiful and cuts like a diamond.
love the looks on your face Asia. Its awesome to see one artist truly appreciating the vocals of another. I am with BJ on this though, that voice is way above normal, its EPIC!
Thank you so much!!
That's all her voice. Watch their live performance in the late 70s. Amazing
First album I bought with my own money and still love every track.
Cool . I love that we remember things like that
Right on! 😎👍👍
Crazy on You is from their debut album Dreamboat Annie, released in 1975.
Ann was 25 (born 1950) and Nancy was 21 (born 1954) when this album was released and on the cover of the album that you are seeing.
I would love to hear Ms. Asia sing this. She too has an amazing voice!!
Heart shows chick's can rock just as hard as guys. Annie's voice & Nancy's guitar playing is awesome. Big heart fan here.💗✌🌻🌻
Asia is correct, Ann Wilson is that kinda singer. She can belt it out full throttle and bring it back down to a quiet whisper with the greatest of ease. As a female singer she is using her "chest voice" and what's called her "head voice", not falsetto. Falsetto is a vocal technique used by male singers only to get into their highest range (tenor).
Ann Wilson has a voice that is so rare. Stevie nicks also does as well, but different complexities. Ann and Nancy Wilson are amazing. Nancy and her guitar playing back from the 1970s as a female lead was unheard of!!! And she kills it to this day! They both do! No one can say the way Ann Wilson sings is easy. It’s easy for her…but not many others that I have ever seen. They are too fab!!!
A great Heart song. Also check out Magic Man, Straight On, Dreamboat Annie, These Dreams, All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You, Dog And Butterfly, What About Love, and Nothin' at All, Stranded, Who Will You Rum Too and Never
I thought 1st listening to the album that Crazy on You was the standout track. I think I liked Dreamboat Annie next best.
Ohhh Dreamboat Annie!! And Magic Man is badass jam. Was my first record of theirs. A 45 heh heh
Saw them live just a few years ago. They are still amazing!
One of my favorite all-time rock bands
The guitar intro was played by Nancy Wilson, singing (lead) by Ann Wilson, both sisters are incredible talented and rocked it in the "rock n' roll" genre that was dominated by guys especially during the 70's!! You would have enjoyed watching the video of this song.
ruclips.net/video/yZjEC4WhCvg/видео.html here it is
The live version of this is killer.
This was one of my first records Heart were so cool and timeless to this day real raw talent thank you ❤
Been in love with these gals since I was 11 years old. Have seen them 4 times through the decades dating back to 1983.
What makes Ann's voice so unique is that she is able to keep the grit in her voice at a very high register. Very few singers can do that
Dad sent me back home with this album along with Queen The Game for mom back when they released. My favorite Heart song is Love Alive from 1977
This group, the Wilson sisters in particular, demonstrate that rock n roll isn't all a man's world. Along with a host of other female talent women have proven time and again they can blast it out, shake it up, and generally raise musical super storms just as well as the boys.Sending all before them into a topsy turvy whirlwind of Hell Ya!
You have to listen to, even it up! Great rockin song! And yes, Ann can sing and Nancy can play!!!
A masterpiece, thanks for reacting guys 👏👏👏
BEAUTIFUL HEART💗....HEARD THEM FIRST IN '76 "MAGIC MAN" WHEN I WAS IN JUNIOR HIGH.
Ann is using a trick to go into her high register in a lower range to keep the volume louder when she reaches those notes. I got taught that technique from a private vocal coach
So it’s about bringing the head voice down to your lower range and then going up from there?
No that’s not easy! I don’t care who you are…that’s Ann Wilson! She’s unreal and very gifted woman period….try singing as powerful as she does loud! Easy to do when your whisper it! Try singing like that! Full power gift from God y’all! Ain’t easy by any means and no one else has accomplished it besides Barbara Streisand who was her favorite singer and no one can touch her…try to sing like her…see how easy that is too…yep if it was Opposite Day!