[Dreamboat] Seattle show

[Pam Herzog]

I was there. loved it.
It was too short :( I was back, in my car, driving towards the freeway by
10:15!!!
There was a review in the paper. Here you go!
Pam
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/pop/285302_heart16q.html

Heart gives fans 90 minutes of bliss, from their hits to covers of rock
classics
Saturday, September 16, 2006

By SHAWN TELFORD
SPECIAL TO THE P-I

Dearest Dad, I just got back from Heart's homecoming concert at the
Paramount. I want to write you a quick letter but first I have to find my
mind. Yes, I lost it at the show. When did this happen, you may wonder?

MUSIC REVIEW
HEART



WHERE: Paramount Theatre

WHEN: Thursday night

Was it when they opened the show with "Magic Man," a song that has been
played on at least one American radio station every single day since its
release in 1976? Or when they followed it immediately with "Straight On" and
"Love Alive"?

No, I managed to keep myself together through these. And you'll never guess
anyway, so I'll just tell you. Near the middle, they reveled in "These
Dreams" and "Alone," both culled from their semi-cheesy '80s phase.

But who didn't go through this phase? I mention this dark period not to
chide anyone, in fact, Heart endured this pop-stinky epoch while maintaining
some grandeur largely because of the operatic power of Ann Wilson's grand
voice, which both songs showcased.

And let me just add another tangent: Wilson is 56 years old. She can bend.
She can kick. And (expletive, expletive) can she sing.

So, they got their big hits out of the way. They got their '80s out of the
way. What was left? The covers.

And who could the first major female-fronted rock band in America (Ann and
Nancy Wilson never, never exploited or used their gender as a novelty -- no,
the Wilson sisters straight-up rocked, doing for women what Led Zeppelin did
for men) possibly cover? Here's your first clue: "Quadrophenia." Second
clue: side four of the double album, the song that ended the Who's second
rock opera. That's right, "Love, Reign O'er Me."

Dad, every single expletive I have ever indirectly learned from you could
not suffice in describing this experience. This had to have been one of the
hardest-hitting moments in my rock 'n' roll life. When Ann shouted "Love,
reign o'er me, rain on me" again and again against the fiery bombast of the
guitar, bass and drum cacophony, I thought the roof was going to cave in and
there indeed would be "the rain that makes you yearn to the sky ... the rain
that falls like tears from on high."

They could have finished there but Heart kept going. With what you ask?
Well, if you belong among the pantheon of classic rock gods and goddesses,
you follow it with one of the most recognizable guitar riffs in history, the
galloping "Duhn-dah-dah-duhn, dah-dah-duhn, dah-dah-duhn, dah-dah-duhn,
dah-dah-duhn-uhn ... BEOW-WOW" of "Barracuda" and not one, but two Led
Zeppelin covers: "Black Dog" and "Misty Mountain Hop."

The show lasted a mere hour and a half, which was disappointing. But Ann and
Nancy both know it's only because I wanted more, more, more. And next time,
you're going with me!


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Shawn Telford is a Seattle-based freelance writer who can be reached at
eyeheartmusic at yahoo.com.

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