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] czcams.com/video/LFxOaDeJmXk/video.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.
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!
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
Arguably one of the best female rock vocalists ever. All her covers of Led Zeppelin songs are just brilliant. Hope you do more Heart and Ann Wilson reactions soon BP 😊
Not even arguably. I don't think anyone else comes close. Stevie Nicks is a great entertainer but her voice is nowhere close technically. Benatar is great, but nowhere near the power in the upper/lower extremes. Grace Slick is close, and several younger singers are up there, but as of right now Ann is the GOAT.
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
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.
@@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.
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!!!!
Ann Wilson (vocals) of Heart wrote 'Barracuda' in the 70's after she met a record executive at a party and he insinuated that her sister (Heart guitarist Nancy Wilson) was her lesbian lover... She was furious and wrote the lyrics calling that executive a flesh-eating, ugly-as-hell fish...😂 Heart was the first heavy rock band to feature a female vocalist... Formed in Seattle in the late 60's by Roger Fisher (lead guitar), the band changed their name to Heart in the early 70's after Ann Wilson (vocals) joined... Ann soon became romantically involved w/ Michael Fisher (Roger Fisher's brother) and moved to Canada where he was dodging the Vietnam draft at the time... Heart soon moved to Canada with her and was joined by Ann's younger sister Nancy Wilson (guitar/ backing vocals) by 1974 (Nancy became romantically involved w/ guitarist Roger Fisher)... A Canadian label Mushroom Records signed Heart and released their debut album in 1975 - 'Dreamboat Annie'... It was a surprising hit w/ songs like 'Magic man' ... 'Crazy on you'... 🔥🤘 However, their record label attempted a disastrous publicity story in the tabloids about Ann and Nancy being lesbian lovers, which infuriated Heart and they left to sign w/ CBS Records in 1977 and released the album 'Little Queen'... which went platinum w/ the single 'Barracuda'. Heart became a major rock band in the 70's as their next album 'Dog & butterfly' (1978) sold platinum, but Nancy Wilson and Roger Fisher's breakup soon led to Roger Fisher being fired after he took the split badly (However, he admitted that he was relieved and thankful to be out of the band) and Ann Wilson split up w/ Michael Fisher as well... Heart saw their popularity and record sales drop by 1983 and was out of a record contract. Soon, Capitol Records offered Heart a new contract... but the catch was that the band had to get a makeover in 1985 and work w/ outside songwriters to deliver hit singles... Another issue was that singer Ann Wilson had gained weight in the early 80's and the music industry had to conceal her body frame in music videos, which would feature the petite Nancy Wilson as the sex symbol. Heart released their self-titled album in '85 and it was a huge hit in the MTV era and sold 5x platinum w/ the hits - 'What about love' ... 'These dreams'... 🔥🤘 Their next album 'Bad Animals' (1987) sold 3x platinum w/ the singles - 'Alone' ... 'Who will you run to'. 'Brigade' (1990) also sold platinum on the single 'All I wanna do is make love to you'... but Heart was determined in the 90's to go back to their roots and write their own hits w/ the album 'Desire walks on' (1993). However, the 90's grunge rock era decimated their popularity by 1995 and Heart decided to take a break. Ann & Nancy Wilson reunited in 2002 to tour as Heart and released the live album 'Alive in Seattle' in 2003 w/ a new line-up... and released a comeback album "Jupiter's darling" (2004) ... The sisters continued to record & tour as Heart, until an incident in 2016 involving Ann's husband and Nancy's son caused a rift and disbanded Heart for a few years... They have only recently started to work together again as Heart.
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.
Thank you 🙏❤ Black Pegasus ❤ for your ❤Heart - Barracuda reaction. According to the English language Wikipedia this is about Ann's anger about blatant pervasive stupidity of the music industry people; allegedly she wrote it after some industry buff referred to her sister (edit:) Nancy Wilson (blonde one, vocals & guitar) as her lover. Barracuda is a big bad teethy predatory fish. She was with her manager at the time. So you are pretty spot on, Black Pegasus!
i think wikipedia got it slightly wrong, it wasn't just a reference to Nancy as her lover, but from what i understand they actually wanted them to portray themselves as lovers.
@@unwrittenwizard910 and promoters didn't change much over the years. When the Olsen twins hit their teens, you start seeing really disturbing photos of them as promotion . No wonder they started a fashion design company without using themselves and name to promote it.
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 ✌
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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! ✌🏼
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!
My dad had a Pontiac Barracuda when I was born in 1970. He LOVED that car, had to sell it when he started having kids. When he'd get annoyed at the half dozen of us which was basically all the time he'd tell us he should have skipped having kids and he'd have a Corvette. I'm mostly sure he was kidding.
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".
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!! ♥️
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!
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
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.
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. ✌️ 🤠🏞️🐂
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!
I saw this band in concert in 1977 on my birthday when I turned 17 and then took my first plane ride in a 2 seater the next day while listening to the 8 track tape of heart... Amazing days back then
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.
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
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.😊❤❤❤
OMG love this group. 55 and been around this for sure. They were something special. Still are today. They have stood the test of time. Absolutely Incredible. ❤❤
Ann Wilson from Heart and Pat Benatar still have the best female vocals in rock!!! "Magic Man" and "Crazy on You" are also AMAZING songs!!! Gotta listen to them.
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!
They are sisters. Nancy is on Guitar and Ann is the lead singer. One of my FAVORITE bands. Yes I leveled up a LOT. But I am not OLD. Magic Man, Dog and Butterfly.... gosh SOOOOOO many great songs!
IMO, The Queen of Rock! She's still going strong in her early 70s. Disturbed just dropped a video duet with her and David Draiman that is awesome! Her voice aged like velvet ... ❤
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!!
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.
A barracuda is a vicious ambush predator fish, with teeth like piranhas. It's slang for a greedy, vicious and treacherous person. The "porpoise" in the song ("the porpoise and me") is her sister Nancy (the guitarist in the band), expanding on the oceanic metaphor. Porpoises are generally seen as gentle, loving creatures. The song was an "F-you" song to their (former) music label. Behind their back, their label began to spread a rumor that the sisters were secretly incestuous lovers, to try to generate buzz, and when they found out they were like "aw hell naw!", and wrote this song, basically calling them out for their amoral predatory behavior ("no right, no wrong, selling a song") and telling them to go burn in hell ("You're gonna burn, burn, burn, burn to the wick").
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!
You really need to check out the all female band PLUSH!! They are releasing an ep in a couple weeks and they do a cover of this song that is just bangin!!! The singer, Moriah Formica was on the Voice at 16 and has the closest voice to Ann Wilson in this generation. They go on tour with Disturbed and Falling in Reverse next month and Moriah will be singing the Ann Wilson part of the duet with David Draimon on their new song Don't Tell Me.
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 is one of the greatest rock vocalists of all time. Her range and musicianship are amazing. I've heard her sing acapella - she sounds exactly like this. They didn't put anything on her voice. Another bit of trivia... Ann had a pretty serious stuttering problem when she was a kid, but she realized that she didn't stutter when she sang. Clearly, she outgrew it. And, because Ann wasn't ever a really skinny girl... they used to call Nancy 'The Porpoise,' and they called Ann 'The Whale.' Hence, 'you know... the Porpoise and me...'
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! ❤
Ann and Nancy Wilson were right in the middle of the music explosion of the 1970s. They took a back seat to nobody and had the respect of everybody. To this day the concert I saw of theirs in Sacramento is still in my top 3 list. Ann could lift the roof off of any building she sang. When you saw Heart you'd better be ready to R O C K. They could bring it ! ! !
Ann and Nancy are sisters, Ann calls Nancy "Porpoise" which is her nickname for her. Yeah it's about a male music producer who asked if Ann and Nancy were lovers, and sisters. She went home and wrote this song to trash him in her anger.
This was from a time when musicians made music, instead of producers making "stars" like today. Ann Wilson is an amazing singer to this day and she is in her 60's. The sisters were greatness, oddly enough, there is an up and coming young sister band from Mexico called The Warning whose main vocalist/guitarist has many of the vocal qualities Ann has. Her name is Dany Villarreal, and at 23 she is already a great singer, you might want to check them out.
Since you have done Disturbed and Heart just to let you know Disturbed is releasing a new video 1-12-24 featuring Ann Wilson called Don't Tell Me. First and only time Disturbed collaborated with anyone.
This was a song about her anger at ther record company for trying to portray her and her sister (who sings backup and plays guitar as secret lovers to gin up interest and sell records. The baracuda in the song is the record company.
😢This is the woman who tore up (at age 62) the Kennedy Center Honors for Led Zeppelin, Stairway to Heaven. Led Zeppelin, in the audience, loved it. A must watch!! A barracuda is a man who preys on women. The fish is a predator...thus the correlation.
I saw Heart live in 1977 coming off of the Dreamboat Annie album. One of the band's hallmarks was their covers of Led Zeppelin songs. Her vocals are just insane.
One of the best voices in the history of rock. Check out the Kennedy Center tribute to Led Zeppelin. She kills Stairway. Makes the original band in attendance cry. Too amazing.
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.
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]
czcams.com/video/LFxOaDeJmXk/video.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.
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!
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 😊😊😊❤
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
_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.
Barracuda was their jab at the record execs trying to make them a certain way. They are calling that guy a barracuda. Pure genius
Arguably one of the best female rock vocalists ever. All her covers of Led Zeppelin songs are just brilliant.
Hope you do more Heart and Ann Wilson reactions soon BP 😊
No arguing, she is!!
100% facts ❤
I agree!
Not even arguably. I don't think anyone else comes close. Stevie Nicks is a great entertainer but her voice is nowhere close technically. Benatar is great, but nowhere near the power in the upper/lower extremes. Grace Slick is close, and several younger singers are up there, but as of right now Ann is the GOAT.
true indeed
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 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 💯
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
Best female vocalist in history. And still is.
Joan Jett is my choice. Heart is great for sure
Add pat benatar
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.
😮😮😮😮
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!!!!
Ann Wilson (vocals) of Heart wrote 'Barracuda' in the 70's after she met a record executive at a party and he insinuated that her sister (Heart guitarist Nancy Wilson) was her lesbian lover... She was furious and wrote the lyrics calling that executive a flesh-eating, ugly-as-hell fish...😂
Heart was the first heavy rock band to feature a female vocalist... Formed in Seattle in the late 60's by Roger Fisher (lead guitar), the band changed their name to Heart in the early 70's after Ann Wilson (vocals) joined... Ann soon became romantically involved w/ Michael Fisher (Roger Fisher's brother) and moved to Canada where he was dodging the Vietnam draft at the time... Heart soon moved to Canada with her and was joined by Ann's younger sister Nancy Wilson (guitar/ backing vocals) by 1974 (Nancy became romantically involved w/ guitarist Roger Fisher)... A Canadian label Mushroom Records signed Heart and released their debut album in 1975 - 'Dreamboat Annie'... It was a surprising hit w/ songs like 'Magic man' ... 'Crazy on you'... 🔥🤘
However, their record label attempted a disastrous publicity story in the tabloids about Ann and Nancy being lesbian lovers, which infuriated Heart and they left to sign w/ CBS Records in 1977 and released the album 'Little Queen'... which went platinum w/ the single 'Barracuda'.
Heart became a major rock band in the 70's as their next album 'Dog & butterfly' (1978) sold platinum, but Nancy Wilson and Roger Fisher's breakup soon led to Roger Fisher being fired after he took the split badly (However, he admitted that he was relieved and thankful to be out of the band) and Ann Wilson split up w/ Michael Fisher as well... Heart saw their popularity and record sales drop by 1983 and was out of a record contract.
Soon, Capitol Records offered Heart a new contract... but the catch was that the band had to get a makeover in 1985 and work w/ outside songwriters to deliver hit singles... Another issue was that singer Ann Wilson had gained weight in the early 80's and the music industry had to conceal her body frame in music videos, which would feature the petite Nancy Wilson as the sex symbol.
Heart released their self-titled album in '85 and it was a huge hit in the MTV era and sold 5x platinum w/ the hits - 'What about love' ... 'These dreams'... 🔥🤘
Their next album 'Bad Animals' (1987) sold 3x platinum w/ the singles - 'Alone' ... 'Who will you run to'.
'Brigade' (1990) also sold platinum on the single 'All I wanna do is make love to you'... but Heart was determined in the 90's to go back to their roots and write their own hits w/ the album 'Desire walks on' (1993). However, the 90's grunge rock era decimated their popularity by 1995 and Heart decided to take a break.
Ann & Nancy Wilson reunited in 2002 to tour as Heart and released the live album 'Alive in Seattle' in 2003 w/ a new line-up... and released a comeback album "Jupiter's darling" (2004) ... The sisters continued to record & tour as Heart, until an incident in 2016 involving Ann's husband and Nancy's son caused a rift and disbanded Heart for a few years... They have only recently started to work together again as Heart.
Their interpretation of Stairway to Heaven at the Kennedy Center Honors is mind blowing.
I like it better than the original.
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.
Barracuda is a fish but also was a muscle car back in mid 60s to mid 70s as well.
They wrote this about the people in the music industry.
Thank you 🙏❤ Black Pegasus ❤ for your ❤Heart - Barracuda reaction. According to the English language Wikipedia this is about Ann's anger about blatant pervasive stupidity of the music industry people; allegedly she wrote it after some industry buff referred to her sister (edit:) Nancy Wilson (blonde one, vocals & guitar) as her lover. Barracuda is a big bad teethy predatory fish.
She was with her manager at the time. So you are pretty spot on, Black Pegasus!
You mean Nancy Wilson
Oh, I do! Will edit my post, thank you for noticing @@kevinvernon5851
i think wikipedia got it slightly wrong, it wasn't just a reference to Nancy as her lover, but from what i understand they actually wanted them to portray themselves as lovers.
Nancy Wilson.
@@unwrittenwizard910 and promoters didn't change much over the years. When the Olsen twins hit their teens, you start seeing really disturbing photos of them as promotion
. No wonder they started a fashion design company without using themselves and name to promote it.
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 ✌
Absolutely one of the best female vocalist EVER!
A barracuda is a large, predatory, fish known for its fearsome, toothy appearance and ferocious behavior.
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
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.
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.
Heart, original most wicked group from Seattle...finally got into the rock and roll hall of fame
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.
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.
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.
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!
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!
Best female rock group of ALL TIME!!! 👏♥️💪
My dad had a Pontiac Barracuda when I was born in 1970. He LOVED that car, had to sell it when he started having kids. When he'd get annoyed at the half dozen of us which was basically all the time he'd tell us he should have skipped having kids and he'd have a Corvette. I'm mostly sure he was kidding.
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".
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!! ♥️
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!
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
If I could sing like Ann I would never shut up!my absolute favorite band!
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.
This HAS to be one of the most iconic rock songs ever. She sings her A## OFF!!!!!!!
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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Love The Wilson sisters voice!! Still great to this day!
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 💯‼️
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!
one of the greatest vocalist in all rock or even music! ♥
I saw this band in concert in 1977 on my birthday when I turned 17 and then took my first plane ride in a 2 seater the next day while listening to the 8 track tape of heart... Amazing days back then
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.
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!
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 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!
Oh I LOVE this song… Ann Wilson has an amazing voice… I loved Heart and Pat Benatar - they were my female rock idols as a kid/teen
They're still rockin today! Ann's voice is timeless!
OMG love this group. 55 and been around this for sure. They were something special. Still are today. They have stood the test of time. Absolutely Incredible. ❤❤
She is hands down the greatest women's voice of all time.
A Force to be reckoned with 💯🔥 These 2 sisters are Amazing at harmonies! ❤
She is singing about the record producers.....predators...in which they actually are
Ann Wilson from Heart and Pat Benatar still have the best female vocals in rock!!! "Magic Man" and "Crazy on You" are also AMAZING songs!!! Gotta listen to them.
Barracuda 450 is also an exotic car! 1965 I believe. We called em Cudas! I am a gal who loves cars and this was a beauty!
This is live video synched to the studio recording. That's what the 'synch issues' are.
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!
They are sisters. Nancy is on Guitar and Ann is the lead singer. One of my FAVORITE bands. Yes I leveled up a LOT. But I am not OLD. Magic Man, Dog and Butterfly.... gosh SOOOOOO many great songs!
IMO, The Queen of Rock! She's still going strong in her early 70s. Disturbed just dropped a video duet with her and David Draiman that is awesome! Her voice aged like velvet ... ❤
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!!
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.
A barracuda is a vicious ambush predator fish, with teeth like piranhas. It's slang for a greedy, vicious and treacherous person.
The "porpoise" in the song ("the porpoise and me") is her sister Nancy (the guitarist in the band), expanding on the oceanic metaphor. Porpoises are generally seen as gentle, loving creatures.
The song was an "F-you" song to their (former) music label. Behind their back, their label began to spread a rumor that the sisters were secretly incestuous lovers, to try to generate buzz, and when they found out they were like "aw hell naw!", and wrote this song, basically calling them out for their amoral predatory behavior ("no right, no wrong, selling a song") and telling them to go burn in hell ("You're gonna burn, burn, burn, burn to the wick").
Heart was one of the best things to ever come out of Seattle. Thanks for sharing this one. 🙂
Nancy is no slouch singing lead herself. She sang lead on These Dreams, one of their biggest hits.
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!
Man Ann has a truly phenomenal voice. Seattle has truly put out some mega-phenomenal bands since the 60’s.
You really need to check out the all female band PLUSH!! They are releasing an ep in a couple weeks and they do a cover of this song that is just bangin!!! The singer, Moriah Formica was on the Voice at 16 and has the closest voice to Ann Wilson in this generation. They go on tour with Disturbed and Falling in Reverse next month and Moriah will be singing the Ann Wilson part of the duet with David Draimon on their new song Don't Tell Me.
Crazy on You is an amazing song. Their live performance is fabulous.
One of my top favorite bands ever. Dog And Butterfly is an amazing album and song.
Seattle based band. I saw them right before the pandemi and they still ROCK!!
Heart ! Ann and Nancy .. are ROCK legends…. The other comments speak for me …
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!❤
You need to react to their tribute to Led Zeppelin at the Kennedy Center Honors!!! PLEASE
Ann Wilson is one of the greatest rock vocalists of all time. Her range and musicianship are amazing. I've heard her sing acapella - she sounds exactly like this. They didn't put anything on her voice. Another bit of trivia... Ann had a pretty serious stuttering problem when she was a kid, but she realized that she didn't stutter when she sang. Clearly, she outgrew it. And, because Ann wasn't ever a really skinny girl... they used to call Nancy 'The Porpoise,' and they called Ann 'The Whale.' Hence, 'you know... the Porpoise and me...'
In my opinion, the greatest female rockers.
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! ❤
Singing about record company executives that tried to market them as lesbian sisters and they sing about predatory practices in the record industry!
Ann and Nancy Wilson were right in the middle of the music explosion of the 1970s. They took a back seat to nobody and had the respect of everybody. To this day the concert I saw of theirs in Sacramento is still in my top 3 list. Ann could lift the roof off of any building she sang. When you saw Heart you'd better be ready to R O C K. They could bring it ! ! !
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 .
NANCY W. Is STILL PREFORMING 🙂🙃😉🥰🤪🤗🤭🤫🤯🤠😎🤓...
None of the previous comments even mentioned that Ann and Nancy Wilson (Heart) are the daughters of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson.
Probably because they're not related to Brian Wilson as great as that would be. 😊
@@markr878 oh, I was about to say....I've NEVER heard that.
Probably because they are not.
Carnie Wilson of Wilson Phillips is Brian's daughter
Lol... so Ann Wilson's dad is only 8 years older than her. Amazing 😂
This is the studio recording played over their performance at the Midnight Special.
Ann and Nancy are sisters, Ann calls Nancy "Porpoise" which is her nickname for her. Yeah it's about a male music producer who asked if Ann and Nancy were lovers, and sisters.
She went home and wrote this song to trash him in her anger.
This was from a time when musicians made music, instead of producers making "stars" like today. Ann Wilson is an amazing singer to this day and she is in her 60's. The sisters were greatness, oddly enough, there is an up and coming young sister band from Mexico called The Warning whose main vocalist/guitarist has many of the vocal qualities Ann has. Her name is Dany Villarreal, and at 23 she is already a great singer, you might want to check them out.
Since you have done Disturbed and Heart just to let you know Disturbed is releasing a new video 1-12-24 featuring Ann Wilson called Don't Tell Me. First and only time Disturbed collaborated with anyone.
Will never forget seeing their live shows. Ann's voice was outstanding.
This was a song about her anger at ther record company for trying to portray her and her sister (who sings backup and plays guitar as secret lovers to gin up interest and sell records. The baracuda in the song is the record company.
😢This is the woman who tore up (at age 62) the Kennedy Center Honors for Led Zeppelin, Stairway to Heaven. Led Zeppelin, in the audience, loved it. A must watch!!
A barracuda is a man who preys on women. The fish is a predator...thus the correlation.
I saw Heart live in 1977 coming off of the Dreamboat Annie album. One of the band's hallmarks was their covers of Led Zeppelin songs. Her vocals are just insane.
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
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 best voices in the history of rock. Check out the Kennedy Center tribute to Led Zeppelin. She kills Stairway. Makes the original band in attendance cry. Too amazing.
Love watching younger generation listening to the awesome music I grew up on in the 70s !! 😅
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.
Best female in rock for decades!! FACTS I’ve seen them several times, unreal