Barracuda is a predator.;. when Heart first hit, the fact that Ann sang and her sister Nancy played guitar was something that was unusual. Sleazy record promoters thought it would be a good idea to put out rumors that the two women were lovers, which pissed the sisters off. So Ann wrote barracuda about it.
I knew someone would explain it correctly to BP. And you thought of a bear? Not a fish or even a Plymouth muscle car. Aww, that's an "L" brother. Just messing with you. Looking forward to your reaction to them performing "Stairway To Heaven" at the Kennedy Centers Honors ceremony in front of the remaining legendary Led Zeppelin members. No pressure there...😂
@@Prozak63 Make sure to do the full (8min) version. Most reactors do the short one, missing a verse and even worse, it cuts out part of the iconic guitar solo. Heart - Stairway to Heaven (Live at Kennedy Center Honors) [FULL VERSION] th-cam.com/video/LFxOaDeJmXk/w-d-xo.html
I was young in the 70’s, but if I remember correctly, guy who was aggressive about chasing after girls and “catching” them, was often referred to as a barracuda.
Yes, but this is the studio version over the performance. If it was live? I rather if they left it live? This is the 70s so not all hit songs got a video yet. I doubt this was released as a official video in-the-day? Only because it is not a good lip-synth.
Yes that is what I tell my kids that in our day if ya could t sing you we’re screwed. There was no auto tune anything. That’s why when they see live performances it sounds like record because was just their voice and instruments that’s all!
A barracuda is a predatory saltwater fish that stalks rather than hunts. They're incredibly fast, powerful, and nasty fighters. Ann and Nancy wrote this song about one of their promoters that wanted to portray them as incestuous polyamorous lesbians, to basically refer to the promoter as a nasty, slimy, stalking predator.
Ann and Nancy Wilson are icons!! They have so many great songs! Definitely continue down their rabbithole! Crazy on you, Alone, Magic man, & What about love are just a few of my favorite songs by them!
Anything from dreamboat Annie.... Absolutely iconic music never miss them in concert and there was not one bad song on the album. Magic Man and straight on are well worth your time. Another favorite of mine is kick it out. I did many a cover on heart. And although I could not touch Nancy's guitar with a 10 Pole, I did pride myself on Nancy's vocals please give us more. You never fail to disappoint! I absolutely love seeing a diverse musician as yourself❤❤
Check out their Kennedy Center - Stairway to Heaven in their latter yrs.; Honoring Led Zeppelin during President Obama’s presidency. Ann Wilson still sounds so powerful even in her latter yrs
The song was written because their record label tried to pair Ann and Nancy together as secret lovers. They wouldn’t agree, but the label tried it anyway without their permission. Lyrically it’s about sabotaging someone’s reputation with words and sneaky moves behind someone’s back You got it right with the music industry vibe
@@kmftalonmobile It's from MoPop Honors Alice In Chains from 2020. The whole thing is on youtube, and it's all good if you like AIC, but I think you can find that individual performance too.
These sisters are the most talented and popular women entertainers in rock for the past 50 years, without compromising their art for popularity. Each can sing incredibly, and one is the best female guitarist, too.
We all tried to sing like Ann back in the day! Her and her sister, Nancy on guitar, inspired many women into musicianhood! #Idols You should hear her sing Strairway to Heaven at the Kennedy center honors! Along with all the other Heart hits from their amazing discography.
Ann Wilson is widely regarded as one of the top 3 best female leads. Her range and power are just insane. I've seen Heart live several times throughout my life and each show she is simply amazing.
Their voices are some of the best in the history of rock. No effects, no auto tune, and they never miss a note. Absolute legends! You should check out Crazy On You!
I LOVE HEART! My whole 47 years on this Earth! My mom used to be their travel agent just before they got big! I was born January 1977 so my mom had to take time off and wouldn't ya know it ...they blew up! I have always and will never always a more than SUPER FAN and was blessed to FINALLY see them at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle New Years 2024 AND again next day at Winter Classic with our Seattle Kraken! Best 2 days of my life!!!!
Yes we did! This is why every nght was party night and Friday and Saterday was major party nights! Sunday was try to get back to real life before school starts in the morning
@@staticfax they all sound the same to me, If you are talking about independent artist that aren’t famous, then yes I’ve heard a few! But the music industrial complex keeps cranking out drones!
Omg - Ann & Nancy are icons - still performing! These sisters are a 100% rock'n roll. Love them! Muchas gracias por la reacción. Saludes desde Valencia ✌
My favorite performance by Ann & Nancy is when they sang Led Zeppelins song 'Stairway to heaven' to honor them at the Kennedy Center. The performance was mind blowing & Ann was in her 60's at the time. Led Zeps drummer John Bonham has passed away & his son played drums for the performance for an added bonus & he wore his dad's 'Bowler' hat, that he was known for. Super special performance. The guy's got a few tears watching Ann tear it up.
Lead guitar is her sister . She is the reason I became a successful rock singer. I rode from Rochester to Toronto in the back of a 76 Ford Pinto! Remember, they'd explode if hit from behind, doing 90. Saw live many times, sound exactly the same. I owe her my career
The band Heart has re-invented themselves a couple of different times while keeping up with the times going from the hard rockin' 70's to the hair bands of the 80's, but this is at their iconic best. The sisters Ann, lead singer, and Nancy on guitar, are just amazing. The only problem is that the rest of the band were also outstanding in their own right and would be over-shadowed. By the mid-80's most had left the band. The other songs you really need to check out is "Dream Boat Annie", "Crazy on You", and "I Only Want to Make Love to You".
The band had had a very successful album: Dreamboat Annie. As a publicity move, their label, Mushroom Records, released a picture of the Dreamboat Annie cover with the words "it was only our first time." The sisters were furious, but Anne was inspired. She wrote "Barracuda" about the sisters' manager, whose idea the image was. Interestingly, Anne's fury gave a power to her voice that she hadn't had before.
Crazy on You...has to be next! These sisters rocked it out in the 70's. We didn't have to many rock females in the 70's to look up to. But these two..Power houses!
Back before Heart, people didn't think girls/women could ROCK like the guys & Heart PROVED them wrong & laid the foundation for others to achieve their dreams & not be "boxed into specific or certain genres" of music!! The 70's was THE GREATEST DECADE of music diversity & talent!!
Total icons! Ann has a legendary voice. Nancy can also sing very well and kills it on guitar as well. They helped pave the way for women in rock music!
Right because the original track got too old and distorted. I heard it and understood why they had to do it. But how incredible is a band that you can lay the studio version over a live performance and it fits!! ♥️
Pull up Heart singing Stairway to Heaven . Ann sang it at Medal of Freedom ceremony in honor of Led Zeppelin in 2012, and yes her voice still rocked, 35 years after Barracuda!. She and sister Nancy did a beautiful performance!
She's one of the best rock singers ever, from any gender. This is the studio take of the song dubbed over a concert performance. The vocals and video are surprisingly close given that.
It's fortunate a lot of bands from that time truly perfected live performances. It's how they made a living, gained a following, which then got the records produced. Heart toured around the Pacific northwest, going into Canada where I saw them
YESSS! Heart! Saw them in concert in the 70’s! They are amazing! Your take is spot on with the context. Would love to see you do more of this fantastic band! ❤️🔥✌🏻🫶🏻
I too saw them at Cal Jam II here in California in 78. I was passed out from the previous night sleeping in front of an enormous speaker tower, and was awakened from my stupor by Heart. That was the best concert I ever experienced, and I went to a lot of them!
Ann Wilson is the singer the guitar player is her sister Nancy who is also the writer of most of their music. They had many hits. We were always elated when a new album of theirs came out. ✌️ 🤠🏞️🐂
The song is about a the sexism in the music industry at the time, and a music industry journalist who made up a horrible lie about Ann and Nancy Wilson (Heart) saying that the sisters were in an incestuous lesbian relationship. There’s more to the story, check it out. That being said, the barracuda is a vicious ruthless fish. The porpoise is a gentle and shy animal (similar to a dolphin). You can probably figure out the rest of the song from there.
This is Ann (vocals), and Nancy Wilson (incredible guitar). Ann Wilson isn’t just an amazing female vocalist, she is one of the best rock ‘n’ roll voices of all time. If you haven’t seen, and heard Heart perform Magic Man live, it is a must see.
Ann Wilson (the brunette) , the Queen of Rock, had/has a fantastic voice. Her sister, Nancy, the blond) also sang lead on some songs. They were trend setters for women in the rock industry
Ann and Nancy Wilson yes. I honestly can’t believe you are 40 and you have not heard of HEART before. Mind blowing. Better late than never. they had hits for 3 decades
You gotta check out their LIVE performance of “Crazy On You” at California Jam II! They went on early, & brought the house down! Best performance of the day! They made Ted Nugent look like a pathetic clown. Absolutely AMAZING! ✌🏼
I still have this record in my record collection that was my parents. They had a wide range of artists they listened to of every genre and they used to have some kick-ass barbecue / keg parties when I was a kid. This is why I grew up playing three different instruments and singing as well and loving every genre of music.
A barracuda is an aggressive saltwater ambush predator fish. The story behind the song is pretty wild really. Heart was founded by sister's Ann and Nancy Wilson. Ann is considered one of the best rock vocalists and Nancy is generally in the discussion of to guitarists. They were initially signed to a small record label called Mushroom Records. Mushroom put it their debut album and, as a marketing stunt, created rumors, posters, and other marketing material suggesting that the sister's were actually secretly lovers. This upset the band greatly and they had a messy departure from Mushroom Records over it. The result was a better deal at a bigger label and their signature hit, Barracuda. The song itself is just a bunch of metaphors. The Mushroom Record folks are the barracuda (I believe there was one executive in particular that drew Ann's ire, but I don't know the name). Nancy is "the porpoise" (another name for a dolphin). The lyrics allude to the executives putting on smiling happy faces to cover their true behind the scenes motives. Heart is truly an iconic band and you should definitely check out more of the sister's work. They also have an acoustic group called The Lovemongers.
She and her sister did the tribute to Led Zeppelin at The Kennedy Arts Center Awards. They pay tribute to different artists and she sang their STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN...much olderthen.
Went to their concert a few years back with Journey and Styx and she blew them away her voice still sounds the same , powerful voice. Thanks for this reaction!!
This is back in the day, when you actually had to sing good to be a good singer.. instead of having all the vocals autotuned to where they are supposed to hit. Sounds much nicer when it's clean then having it run through microprocessors on the way out to the audience.
Trying to catch up on the CLASSIC ROCK, they are sisters, Ann and Nancy Wilson. Supposedly when they were 12-13? Not sure they both got MONONUCLEOSIS (kissing disease), and lasted anywhere between 4-6 weeks, very contagious, their mom had to keep them home from school, and she went and bought a guitar 🎸 and said do something useful while your sick. And they did!!! Pretty sure that’s what happened. By the way MAGIC MAN, Dreamboat Annie all their songs are good and saw them live great show. Had to save my money buy my ticket, it was worth it!!!!
Barracuda are viscous fish. In this song, she is referring to cruel lying record executives that lied about she and her sister. They are creatures that hurt others, for gain, without consciences. She has an Amazing voice.😊❤❤❤
Mushroom Exec insinuated a relationship between sister's Ann/Nancy. Ann got pissed and went back to hotel (male dominant rec world) and penned it. Nancy is the porpoise in the lyrics. Ann is now 72y and still performing.
Good eye Pegasus! This footage is from a live concert, however the audio is in fact the recorded studio version, overdubbed. But you can see how close and tight the band is, aside from Ann's vocals not matching. She always does it slightly different as a real singer will do with a song they actually wrote. During live concerts the emotion driving the song will be different each night they perform. Legends!❤
Ann Wilson revealed in interviews that the song was about Heart's anger towards Mushroom Records, who as a publicity stunt released a made-up story of an incestuous affair involving Ann and her sister Nancy Wilson. The song particularly focuses on Ann's rage towards a male radio promoter who came up to her after a concert asking how her "lover" was. She initially thought he was talking about her boyfriend, band manager Michael Fisher. After he revealed he was talking about her sister Nancy, Ann became outraged, went back to her hotel room, and wrote the original lyrics of the song.
thank God that we live in the time of audio-video recordings, and such forked voices do not disappear without a trace in the past. THIS performance will be listened to forever!
This was from their younger days,and even now they are powerhouses! You must listen to Heart do a tribute of Stairway to Heaven live at the awards ceremony for Led Zeppelin!
This was the studio recording "synced" to live concert footage. They were just as good, if not better live. What a show. Check out more of their greatest hits.
We're here to see your reactions so don't be afraid to say what you think. It's art and so there is no right or wrong, it's about what you feel. This was a great reaction to a great song. Thank you for sharing this with us! ❤
The comments are 💯 correct as always on this channel. Heart had to cancel their upcoming tour. Ann Wilson has been diagnosed with cancer 💔 thanks for the reaction.
Ann Wilson is one of the best rock vocalists EVER, you got her and Amy Lee the Same week, good job,on Evanescence, you should do "Bring me to Life" - Ann is so great you cant go wrong w Heart. Try also Crazy on You, Magic Man, and Alone. Their Version of Rock and Roll from their 1980 live album is great too. Kennedy Center Honors is magical. This song was about sleazy promoters saying the Wilson Sisters were lesbian lovers to generate Buzz/ink.
I agree. Awesome voice. Back in I think it was 1981/1982 I saw an outdoor concern at Folsom Field, the big University of Colorado Football Stadium. Sold out. Packed. First it was George Thorogood, next was Heart, and then The Rolling Stones. Awesome concert. And Heart. Sexy, powerful talent! She rocked. There were some incredible female singers/rockers back then. She was one. You might do a show showcasing a few of them all in the same episode. Just a thought.
The song was written about the industry in general they had a promoter who thought their music required some extra hook to sell, Ann and Nancy Wilson were Partiers at the time and some of their sexual exploits were well known that also included (reportedly) them sharing people, typical rock stars in the 70s and 80s in other words. their promoter thought it would be a good idea to play upon a rumor and portray them as incestuous lesbians, so the song was written in a rage against that person. There are numerous accounts of it online, better more in depth. the term barracuda makes the promoter some fast moving, ugly fish with a lot of teeth
Heart (sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson) sang Stairway to Heaven for Led Zeppelin at the Kennedy Honors. LZ said she was the only one that could sing Stairway for them.
Barracuda is a predator.;. when Heart first hit, the fact that Ann sang and her sister Nancy played guitar was something that was unusual. Sleazy record promoters thought it would be a good idea to put out rumors that the two women were lovers, which pissed the sisters off. So Ann wrote barracuda about it.
I knew someone would explain it correctly to BP. And you thought of a bear? Not a fish or even a Plymouth muscle car. Aww, that's an "L" brother. Just messing with you. Looking forward to your reaction to them performing "Stairway To Heaven" at the Kennedy Centers Honors ceremony in front of the remaining legendary Led Zeppelin members. No pressure there...😂
He should watch Led Zeppelin perform it first, that way he knows who the old dudes in the balcony are. Heart does a phenomenal job!
@@Prozak63 Make sure to do the full (8min) version. Most reactors do the short one, missing a verse and even worse, it cuts out part of the iconic guitar solo.
Heart - Stairway to Heaven (Live at Kennedy Center Honors) [FULL VERSION]
th-cam.com/video/LFxOaDeJmXk/w-d-xo.html
I was young in the 70’s, but if I remember correctly, guy who was aggressive about chasing after girls and “catching” them, was often referred to as a barracuda.
And this is before aut-tune, strictly all talent!!!
Sisters harmonizing. No autotune, just incredible talent
Yes, but this is the studio version over the performance. If it was live? I rather if they left it live? This is the 70s so not all hit songs got a video yet. I doubt this was released as a official video in-the-day? Only because it is not a good lip-synth.
My belief that they are both pitch perfect. You can hear it in their harmony when Nancy's voice is hard to separate from Ann's.
@@davidw7if you hear them sing it live, it’s just as good as if not better than the studio version, even as they’ve aged.
Yes that is what I tell my kids that in our day if ya could t sing you we’re screwed. There was no auto tune anything. That’s why when they see live performances it sounds like record because was just their voice and instruments that’s all!
there was no autotune back then
you had to know how to sing
A barracuda is a predatory saltwater fish that stalks rather than hunts. They're incredibly fast, powerful, and nasty fighters. Ann and Nancy wrote this song about one of their promoters that wanted to portray them as incestuous polyamorous lesbians, to basically refer to the promoter as a nasty, slimy, stalking predator.
If you believe stalking isn't hunting you seem to be unfamiliar with cats.
@@JesseJurun Oh, would you look at that. The point just went right past you.
@@cvabuck5489 stalkers are predatory hunters. If you forgive their lack of eloquence then forgive mine in this particular post
@@cvabuck5489 I was just having fun with the cat remark. Ever had a stalker? It ain't fun.
@@JesseJurun ah, fair enough. I have, and I absolutely agree.
Ann and Nancy Wilson are icons!! They have so many great songs! Definitely continue down their rabbithole! Crazy on you, Alone, Magic man, & What about love are just a few of my favorite songs by them!
I concur. Also check out the live version they did of Stairway to Heaven tribute to Zepplin. Robert and Jimmy were in the audience
Please please please please please please please please do more on Ann and Nancy Wilson (sisters)!
Anything from dreamboat Annie.... Absolutely iconic music never miss them in concert and there was not one bad song on the album. Magic Man and straight on are well worth your time. Another favorite of mine is kick it out. I did many a cover on heart. And although I could not touch Nancy's guitar with a 10 Pole, I did pride myself on Nancy's vocals please give us more. You never fail to disappoint! I absolutely love seeing a diverse musician as yourself❤❤
Also please don't forget crazy on You❤
Crazy on you is my all time fav 😊😊😊❤
_Magic Man_ would be a good second visit to Heart ❤️
1 mil %!!!!!!! Will not regret!
One of my favorite
Love that one! All of their music is great.
Check out their Kennedy Center - Stairway to Heaven in their latter yrs.; Honoring Led Zeppelin during President Obama’s presidency. Ann Wilson still sounds so powerful even in her latter yrs
Yes he has to watch that she still sounds amazing
Yes, she was in her sixties when she sang that. She hasn't lost any part of her voice.@@kimmchenry4383
YES PLEASE react!!
This would be a great reaction. The left the Zep guys in tears!
That would be such an awesome reaction. Check out Led Zeppelin after that...basically, pick a song and you'll like it
Best female vocalist in history. And still is.
Joan Jett is my choice. Heart is great for sure
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Ann Wilson has one of the best female rock voices of all time. Powerful and pitch perfect! 🤘🔥
One of the best rock voices period
@@lookiloo100 True 💯
@@lookiloo100 - Yes. I put her and Steve Perry at the top of the heap. There Are some that come close, but those two are untouchable.
The song was written because their record label tried to pair Ann and Nancy together as secret lovers. They wouldn’t agree, but the label tried it anyway without their permission.
Lyrically it’s about sabotaging someone’s reputation with words and sneaky moves behind someone’s back
You got it right with the music industry vibe
Ann is still killing it in her 70s, she recently covered Layne Staley’s vocals on Rooster with Alice In Chains.
She covered Rooster?! Wow that's some balls! I'm going to check it out!
Oh shit, I have to find this!
@@kmftalonmobile It's from MoPop Honors Alice In Chains from 2020. The whole thing is on youtube, and it's all good if you like AIC, but I think you can find that individual performance too.
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Ann and Nancy Wilson! I love Heart! These sister really rock! I love their music!❤❤
These sisters are the most talented and popular women entertainers in rock for the past 50 years, without compromising their art for popularity. Each can sing incredibly, and one is the best female guitarist, too.
Yeah but they were lousy tippers - I bussed their table a few times in the restaurant I worked at in the 80's.
We all tried to sing like Ann back in the day! Her and her sister, Nancy on guitar, inspired many women into musicianhood! #Idols You should hear her sing Strairway to Heaven at the Kennedy center honors! Along with all the other Heart hits from their amazing discography.
Crazy On You.
Nancy inspired me to rock on the guitar. ❤ And I sing but never even close to Ann. I mean, who can?
I could never sing anyway but Ann and Nancy were my idols back then (I'm 58). They were (and are) so cool!
Magic Man
Ann and Nancy’s Harmonies are AMAZING And Anne WOW what a voice!!!!
Ann Wilson is widely regarded as one of the top 3 best female leads. Her range and power are just insane. I've seen Heart live several times throughout my life and each show she is simply amazing.
Their voices are some of the best in the history of rock. No effects, no auto tune, and they never miss a note. Absolute legends! You should check out Crazy On You!
Absolutely one of the best female vocalist EVER!
I LOVE HEART! My whole 47 years on this Earth! My mom used to be their travel agent just before they got big! I was born January 1977 so my mom had to take time off and wouldn't ya know it ...they blew up! I have always and will never always a more than SUPER FAN and was blessed to FINALLY see them at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle New Years 2024 AND again next day at Winter Classic with our Seattle Kraken! Best 2 days of my life!!!!
I wish rock still sounded like this. We never knew how good we had it in the late '70's.
Yep and I’m with you on that!!
there are lots of bands that sing like this your just not looking for it.
Yes we did! This is why every nght was party night and Friday and Saterday was major party nights! Sunday was try to get back to real life before school starts in the morning
Uh, Greta Van Fleet has entered the chat....
@@staticfax they all sound the same to me,
If you are talking about independent artist that aren’t famous, then yes I’ve heard a few!
But the music industrial complex keeps cranking out drones!
Omg - Ann & Nancy are icons - still performing! These sisters are a 100% rock'n roll. Love them! Muchas gracias por la reacción. Saludes desde Valencia ✌
My favorite performance by Ann & Nancy is when they sang Led Zeppelins song 'Stairway to heaven' to honor them at the Kennedy Center. The performance was mind blowing & Ann was in her 60's at the time. Led Zeps drummer John Bonham has passed away & his son played drums for the performance for an added bonus & he wore his dad's 'Bowler' hat, that he was known for. Super special performance. The guy's got a few tears watching Ann tear it up.
Lead guitar is her sister . She is the reason I became a successful rock singer. I rode from Rochester to Toronto in the back of a 76 Ford Pinto! Remember, they'd explode if hit from behind, doing 90. Saw live many times, sound exactly the same. I owe her my career
They're still rockin today! Ann's voice is timeless!
The band Heart has re-invented themselves a couple of different times while keeping up with the times going from the hard rockin' 70's to the hair bands of the 80's, but this is at their iconic best. The sisters Ann, lead singer, and Nancy on guitar, are just amazing. The only problem is that the rest of the band were also outstanding in their own right and would be over-shadowed. By the mid-80's most had left the band. The other songs you really need to check out is "Dream Boat Annie", "Crazy on You", and "I Only Want to Make Love to You".
The band had had a very successful album: Dreamboat Annie. As a publicity move, their label, Mushroom Records, released a picture of the Dreamboat Annie cover with the words "it was only our first time." The sisters were furious, but Anne was inspired. She wrote "Barracuda" about the sisters' manager, whose idea the image was.
Interestingly, Anne's fury gave a power to her voice that she hadn't had before.
Saw them in 1979 at the Texxas Jam. Two X's on purpose. Heart put on the best show from every band there all day. It was so awesome.
I was at the 82 Texas Jam they need to bring those concerts back.😊
California Jam II too!
Roger Fisher is such an incredible guitarist.
Crazy on You...has to be next!
These sisters rocked it out in the 70's. We didn't have to many rock females in the 70's to look up to. But these two..Power houses!
Back before Heart, people didn't think girls/women could ROCK like the guys & Heart PROVED them wrong & laid the foundation for others to achieve their dreams & not be "boxed into specific or certain genres" of music!! The 70's was THE GREATEST DECADE of music diversity & talent!!
Best female rock group of ALL TIME!!! 👏♥️💪
Total icons! Ann has a legendary voice. Nancy can also sing very well and kills it on guitar as well. They helped pave the way for women in rock music!
This is the studio version put over a live performance and you are right, her voice is incredible.
Right because the original track got too old and distorted. I heard it and understood why they had to do it. But how incredible is a band that you can lay the studio version over a live performance and it fits!! ♥️
Pull up Heart singing Stairway to Heaven . Ann sang it at Medal of Freedom ceremony in honor of Led Zeppelin in 2012, and yes her voice still rocked, 35 years after Barracuda!. She and sister Nancy did a beautiful performance!
She's one of the best rock singers ever, from any gender.
This is the studio take of the song dubbed over a concert performance. The vocals and video are surprisingly close given that.
It's fortunate a lot of bands from that time truly perfected live performances. It's how they made a living, gained a following, which then got the records produced. Heart toured around the Pacific northwest, going into Canada where I saw them
Seattle based band. I saw them right before the pandemi and they still ROCK!!
YESSS! Heart! Saw them in concert in the 70’s! They are amazing! Your take is spot on with the context. Would love to see you do more of this fantastic band! ❤️🔥✌🏻🫶🏻
I too saw them at Cal Jam II here in California in 78. I was passed out from the previous night sleeping in front of an enormous speaker tower, and was awakened from my stupor by Heart. That was the best concert I ever experienced, and I went to a lot of them!
Heart is such a great band! Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson are sisters; pls react to Alone, What about Love, Crazy on You, These Dreams. 🔥🔥🔥
one of the greatest vocalist in all rock or even music! ♥
One of my fave female groups
Ann Wilson is the singer the guitar player is her sister Nancy who is also the writer of most of their music.
They had many hits. We were always elated when a new album of theirs came out.
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Ann is still killing it today in her 70s, she recently covered Layne Staley’s vocals in Rooster.
The song is about a the sexism in the music industry at the time, and a music industry journalist who made up a horrible lie about Ann and Nancy Wilson (Heart) saying that the sisters were in an incestuous lesbian relationship. There’s more to the story, check it out. That being said, the barracuda is a vicious ruthless fish. The porpoise is a gentle and shy animal (similar to a dolphin). You can probably figure out the rest of the song from there.
One of the great voices period!
A Force to be reckoned with 💯🔥 These 2 sisters are Amazing at harmonies! ❤
This is Ann (vocals), and Nancy Wilson (incredible guitar). Ann Wilson isn’t just an amazing female vocalist, she is one of the best rock ‘n’ roll voices of all time. If you haven’t seen, and heard Heart perform Magic Man live, it is a must see.
This HAS to be one of the most iconic rock songs ever. She sings her A## OFF!!!!!!!
Ann Wilson (the brunette) , the Queen of Rock, had/has a fantastic voice. Her sister, Nancy, the blond) also sang lead on some songs. They were trend setters for women in the rock industry
Love The Wilson sisters voice!! Still great to this day!
Ann and Nancy Wilson yes. I honestly can’t believe you are 40 and you have not heard of HEART before. Mind blowing. Better late than never. they had hits for 3 decades
You gotta check out their LIVE performance of “Crazy On You” at California Jam II! They went on early, & brought the house down! Best performance of the day! They made Ted Nugent look like a pathetic clown. Absolutely AMAZING! ✌🏼
Easy, Ted is no way pathetic, he's one of the GOATS period.
I still have this record in my record collection that was my parents. They had a wide range of artists they listened to of every genre and they used to have some kick-ass barbecue / keg parties when I was a kid. This is why I grew up playing three different instruments and singing as well and loving every genre of music.
There is no one like Ann Wilson. One of the great voices rock and roll vices of all time.
A barracuda is an aggressive saltwater ambush predator fish.
The story behind the song is pretty wild really. Heart was founded by sister's Ann and Nancy Wilson. Ann is considered one of the best rock vocalists and Nancy is generally in the discussion of to guitarists.
They were initially signed to a small record label called Mushroom Records. Mushroom put it their debut album and, as a marketing stunt, created rumors, posters, and other marketing material suggesting that the sister's were actually secretly lovers. This upset the band greatly and they had a messy departure from Mushroom Records over it. The result was a better deal at a bigger label and their signature hit, Barracuda.
The song itself is just a bunch of metaphors. The Mushroom Record folks are the barracuda (I believe there was one executive in particular that drew Ann's ire, but I don't know the name). Nancy is "the porpoise" (another name for a dolphin). The lyrics allude to the executives putting on smiling happy faces to cover their true behind the scenes motives.
Heart is truly an iconic band and you should definitely check out more of the sister's work. They also have an acoustic group called The Lovemongers.
She and her sister did the tribute to Led Zeppelin at The Kennedy Arts Center Awards. They pay tribute to different artists and she sang their STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN...much olderthen.
Crazy on You is an amazing song. Their live performance is fabulous.
"Magic Man" is a good one too
In my opinion the best female rock group of all time
I’d take out female!
The Wilson sisters are the bomb! The first 4-5 albums didn’t have a bad track
Ann sings
Nancy plays a mean guitar
My fav band ever! Crazy On You, Magic Man, Even It Up, etc. amazing!
Went to their concert a few years back with Journey and Styx and she blew them away her voice still sounds the same , powerful voice. Thanks for this reaction!!
I saw Gretchen Wilson in concert and she nailed this song!
They wrote this about the people in the music industry.
The Wilson sisters come from a time when you had to have talent to make it in the music industry. No autotune! IMHO one of the best ever!
Barracuda is a fish but also was a muscle car back in mid 60s to mid 70s as well.
Glad you enjoy this master song from when I was 7 years old and my two older brothers were blasting this on their turn tables .
This is back in the day, when you actually had to sing good to be a good singer.. instead of having all the vocals autotuned to where they are supposed to hit. Sounds much nicer when it's clean then having it run through microprocessors on the way out to the audience.
autotune takes the life out of the music.
Ann Wilson (lead of Heart) just did a duo with Disturbed. She's still rocking it out! It's called Don't Tell Me.
First queens of rock! There's a few other women that can sing rock, but it's rare they go this hard.
Ann Wilson is the GOAT. There's Steve Perry and Ann Wilson, everyone else takes a back street.
Trying to catch up on the CLASSIC ROCK, they are sisters, Ann and Nancy Wilson. Supposedly when they were 12-13? Not sure they both got MONONUCLEOSIS (kissing disease), and lasted anywhere between 4-6 weeks, very contagious, their mom had to keep them home from school, and she went and bought a guitar 🎸 and said do something useful while your sick. And they did!!! Pretty sure that’s what happened. By the way MAGIC MAN, Dreamboat Annie all their songs are good and saw them live great show. Had to save my money buy my ticket, it was worth it!!!!
A barracuda is a large, predatory, fish known for its fearsome, toothy appearance and ferocious behavior.
Magic Man. Oh Mama! He a magic man.
One of my top favorite bands ever. Dog And Butterfly is an amazing album and song.
Barracuda are viscous fish. In this song, she is referring to cruel lying record executives that lied about she and her sister.
They are creatures that hurt others, for gain, without consciences.
She has an Amazing voice.😊❤❤❤
Exactly!
No auto tune!!! Just talent.
No auto tune back in the day, she just had a sublime voice. Her cover of stairway to heaven I prefer over the oeiginal
Agree 💯‼️
The singer is Ann Wilson, and the guitarist is her sister Nancy Wilson
Mushroom Exec insinuated a relationship between sister's Ann/Nancy. Ann got pissed and went back to hotel (male dominant rec world) and penned it.
Nancy is the porpoise in the lyrics.
Ann is now 72y and still performing.
You've gotta check out their other big early hits, Crazy on You and Magic Man. But they've got a great career from the early 70's until now.
Good eye Pegasus! This footage is from a live concert, however the audio is in fact the recorded studio version, overdubbed. But you can see how close and tight the band is, aside from Ann's vocals not matching. She always does it slightly different as a real singer will do with a song they actually wrote. During live concerts the emotion driving the song will be different each night they perform. Legends!❤
Ann Wilson revealed in interviews that the song was about Heart's anger towards Mushroom Records, who as a publicity stunt released a made-up story of an incestuous affair involving Ann and her sister Nancy Wilson. The song particularly focuses on Ann's rage towards a male radio promoter who came up to her after a concert asking how her "lover" was. She initially thought he was talking about her boyfriend, band manager Michael Fisher. After he revealed he was talking about her sister Nancy, Ann became outraged, went back to her hotel room, and wrote the original lyrics of the song.
thank God that we live in the time of audio-video recordings, and such forked voices do not disappear without a trace in the past. THIS performance will be listened to forever!
This song....."Crazy on You"...and "Alone".....you need to hear...
This was from their younger days,and even now they are powerhouses! You must listen to Heart do a tribute of Stairway to Heaven live at the awards ceremony for Led Zeppelin!
This was the studio recording "synced" to live concert footage. They were just as good, if not better live. What a show. Check out more of their greatest hits.
We're here to see your reactions so don't be afraid to say what you think. It's art and so there is no right or wrong, it's about what you feel. This was a great reaction to a great song. Thank you for sharing this with us! ❤
One of the great women of rock in the 70's.
You need to react to their tribute to Led Zeppelin at the Kennedy Center Honors!!! PLEASE
If I could sing like Ann I would never shut up!my absolute favorite band!
The comments are 💯 correct as always on this channel. Heart had to cancel their upcoming tour. Ann Wilson has been diagnosed with cancer 💔 thanks for the reaction.
This is live video synched to the studio recording. That's what the 'synch issues' are.
Ann Wilson ❤️
Ann Wilson is one of the best rock vocalists EVER, you got her and Amy Lee the Same week, good job,on Evanescence, you should do "Bring me to Life" - Ann is so great you cant go wrong w Heart. Try also Crazy on You, Magic Man, and Alone. Their Version of Rock and Roll from their 1980 live album is great too. Kennedy Center Honors is magical. This song was about sleazy promoters saying the Wilson Sisters were lesbian lovers to generate Buzz/ink.
I agree. Awesome voice. Back in I think it was 1981/1982 I saw an outdoor concern at Folsom Field, the big University of Colorado Football Stadium. Sold out. Packed. First it was George Thorogood, next was Heart, and then The Rolling Stones. Awesome concert. And Heart. Sexy, powerful talent! She rocked. There were some incredible female singers/rockers back then. She was one. You might do a show showcasing a few of them all in the same episode. Just a thought.
Nancy is no slouch singing lead herself. She sang lead on These Dreams, one of their biggest hits.
She is singing about the record producers.....predators...in which they actually are
That’s the original release it drove everyone nuts the audio when it came out. And the Record label never changed it.
The song was written about the industry in general they had a promoter who thought their music required some extra hook to sell, Ann and Nancy Wilson were Partiers at the time and some of their sexual exploits were well known that also included (reportedly) them sharing people, typical rock stars in the 70s and 80s in other words. their promoter thought it would be a good idea to play upon a rumor and portray them as incestuous lesbians, so the song was written in a rage against that person. There are numerous accounts of it online, better more in depth. the term barracuda makes the promoter some fast moving, ugly fish with a lot of teeth
You nailed it, thanks for saving me time 😂
This!
Heart (sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson) sang Stairway to Heaven for Led Zeppelin at the Kennedy Honors. LZ said she was the only one that could sing Stairway for them.
Definitely need to check out their cover of Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven at Zepps HOF induction
She is hands down the greatest women's voice of all time.
And also the Second greatest voice overall, behind only Steve Perry.