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Heart — Love Alive
Album: Little Queen
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Released: 1977
Length: 4:16
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The sky was dark this morning
When I raised my head
I stood at the window- darkness was my bane
Suddenly a sunbeam arch
Thrilled me to my weary heart
It was the prettiest thing I'd ever seen
I knew I had to keep my love
Keep my love alive
Keep my love- keep my love alive
Baby I want you to roll me
Hold me in your love
No more habits, promises and jive
Ever since I was a baby girl
Wanted one thing most in this world
It was to keep my love- keep my love alive
I want to keep my love- keep my love alive
Keep my love- keep my love alive
You're up there under the spotlight
Your silver trophy shines
With all you got, my lord! you must get high
You need a whole lot more than money
You need more than to survive
You gotta keep your love
Keep your love alive!
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 4merdj wrote:
Sounds more 60's (e.g., Jethro Tull) than late 70's{#Sunny}

And that’s a good thing!
Posted 6 months ago by admascott    [ Reply ]
 BlackBetty wrote:

They started out in my hometown of Vancouver. I think that they should have called it a career long ago!

I have always liked them, you must like  beck and moby

Posted 2 years ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
Hearing a bit of "Tower of Strength" by The Mission in the guitarwork.
Posted 2 years ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
These two lovely ladies played at our junior high school dance in North Vancouver in their early days.  Sure had some young boy hearts a twitter.
Posted 2 years ago by pfagerlund    [ Reply ]
They started out in my hometown of Vancouver. I think that they should have called it a career long ago!
Posted 2 years ago by BlackBetty    [ Reply ]
I saw them play at the old Mississippi River Festival, near STL.  It was an outdoor venue, modeled after Monterrey.  Great venue. 

This band always had great guitar players. 
Posted 2 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
 Bev_and_Wendy wrote:

The intro is identical to 'The Width of a Circle' by David Bowie.



Similar, not "identical".
Posted 2 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
I am always astounded by how good Heart still sounds almost 45 years later, especially when I remember the stuff on the radio in the late 70s that I thought was good at the time but that is almost unlistenable today. This holds up brilliantly, Nancy's lovely guitar playing and Ann's unique voice. 
Posted 2 years ago by tinypriest    [ Reply ]
This song is way too short.
Posted 2 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
Their songwriting, guitar-playing, and singing skills were precious and amazing things to me then, and I'm happy to say, still move me!
Posted 2 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
The band's first album 'Dreamboat Annie' was recorded in a studio here in Vancouver. The sound engineer was a friend of mine. Always felt connected to them....and....loved their stuff!
Posted 3 years ago by hdavid7    [ Reply ]
Great song and a great set by the Master DJ.
Posted 3 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
In these dark covid days of isolation and untimely deaths, the message of this song shines brightly for me tonight.
Posted 3 years ago by jamesshoemark    [ Reply ]
 Relayer wrote:


I can totally picture Robert Plant singing and the song structure fitting in perfectly with Led Zeppelin III.  
 

If you like decaf      you can call it LZlite
Posted 3 years ago by maineac    [ Reply ]
 jmsmy wrote:
Little Queen aka - the best Led Zeppelin album

Yep I said it 
 

I can totally picture Robert Plant singing and the song structure fitting in perfectly with Led Zeppelin III.  
Posted 3 years ago by Relayer    [ Reply ]
I always thought that after 

"You're up there under the spotlight"

The lyric was:

"The Super Trouper shines"

as in the professional spotlight brand.

makes more sense to me...
Posted 4 years ago by stevesaw    [ Reply ]
Erinnert mich an Led Zeppelin
Posted 4 years ago by Kösten    [ Reply ]
Little Queen aka - the best Led Zeppelin album

Yep I said it 
Posted 4 years ago by jmsmy    [ Reply ]
 tazmondpembroke wrote:
Hey Bill, sorry I gotta tune off for a while and play my vinyl album 'Little Queen'. You keep playing tracks that segue my heart somewhere else. 'Barracuda' was underestimated as the drive behind the whole album - what an intro! By the time I get to 'Sylvan Song' memories of Fleetwood Mac are insignificant. This is a beautiful album. Seattle again!

 Long Live Seattle & RP of course...+1 to 9 as I+11 the volume(one of the benefits of working from home...Heart sounds great cranked!!

Posted 4 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
Hey Bill, sorry I gotta tune off for a while and play my vinyl album 'Little Queen'. You keep playing tracks that segue my heart somewhere else. 'Barracuda' was underestimated as the drive behind the whole album - what an intro! By the time I get to 'Sylvan Song' memories of Fleetwood Mac are insignificant. This is a beautiful album. Seattle again!
Posted 4 years ago by tazmondpembroke    [ Reply ]
 Bev_and_Wendy wrote:
The intro is identical to 'The Width of a Circle' by David Bowie.
 

Pretty much, yeah.
Posted 4 years ago by Aural_not_Oral    [ Reply ]
 Bev_and_Wendy wrote:
The intro is identical to 'The Width of a Circle' by David Bowie.
 
Similar, maybe.  Identical, nah.
Posted 4 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
The intro is identical to 'The Width of a Circle' by David Bowie.
Posted 4 years ago by Bev_and_Wendy    [ Reply ]
 medoras wrote:
How easy it is to forget just how good Heart and Ann Wilson's vocals really are.

When Robert Plant agrees, it's hard to argue.
 

Their rendition of Stairway to Heaven at the Kennedy Center tribute was very powerful. Plant had tears in his eyes for much of it .
Posted 4 years ago by NeuroJoe    [ Reply ]
saw them when they toured after this album. They were a rock n' roll powerhouse back then... they opened up their show at the Omni in Atlanta with a cover of Zepp's "Rock n' Roll".... they delivered the goods and were the queens of rock in my teens, had a crush on Nancy! Loved her cameo scene in her husband Cameron Crowe's  movie "Fast Time's at Ridgemont High"
Posted 4 years ago by inmanart    [ Reply ]
Nancy Wilson has IMHO never gotten the immense credit she's due for her guitar skills; Heart fans know it, but she just doesn't get mentioned enough elsewhere - stunning talent!
Posted 4 years ago by rev_cletus    [ Reply ]
This album was such an inspiration. The summer of 1977 I was in the middle east, this music kept me grounded. Just the best. 
Posted 4 years ago by zurcronium    [ Reply ]
This song does not get played too often
Posted 4 years ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
Join the coffee achievers! An old Heart commercial for the National Coffee Association
Posted 5 years ago by drucev    [ Reply ]
This song is way too short.
Posted 5 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
 memoryboxer wrote:
I was 17 when this came out. The Wilson sisters took me to heaven on all levels. Musically versatile, poetically lyrical, and exquisitely beautiful to ice the cake. The first 5 albums were fantastic then and hold up decades later. Lovely lovely stuff.
 
16 for me but yea...
Posted 5 years ago by xtalman    [ Reply ]
Mein Gott, die hatte ich nicht mehr auf dem Schirm. Großartige 8
Posted 5 years ago by Rocktom60    [ Reply ]
I was 17 when this came out. The Wilson sisters took me to heaven on all levels. Musically versatile, poetically lyrical, and exquisitely beautiful to ice the cake. The first 5 albums were fantastic then and hold up decades later. Lovely lovely stuff.
Posted 5 years ago by memoryboxer    [ Reply ]
Put me on a desert island with only 10 albums - This would be one of the 10 albums
Posted 5 years ago by blackjellybean    [ Reply ]
Jeez, it really feels good to have contributed again and feel like I'm 'allowed' to use this great radio station without guilt. Just had to say it. Kick in if you can.
Oh, and great old song by 'Heart'. 
Posted 5 years ago by ExpatLarry    [ Reply ]
What a sweet voice!
Posted 5 years ago by sheeelaaa    [ Reply ]
41 years have passed already? Time flies!
Posted 5 years ago by chinaski    [ Reply ]
 Rockit9 wrote:
One of the best chick albums ever
 
https://dingo.care2.com/pictures/causes/1238/1237012.large.jpg
"I represent that remark!"
Posted 6 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
One of the best chick albums ever
Posted 6 years ago by Rockit9    [ Reply ]
How easy it is to forget just how good Heart and Ann Wilson's vocals really are.

When Robert Plant agrees, it's hard to argue.
Posted 6 years ago by medoras    [ Reply ]
 Wilfrue wrote:
Things I learned in my 40s... Heart was a damn good band. And the sisters still got it going on.

 
I feel fortunate that I discovered them as soon as they released records, though my friends at that time mostly overlooked them. As is often the case with bands that get commercial airplay, the best music doesn't get on the air. They have some absolute gems, with their musicianship and soaring harmonies. Listening to them on vinyl through a good stereo is just divine.
Posted 6 years ago by all_ears    [ Reply ]
So good to hear this on a cold, gray morning as Winter reminds us it's supposed to be in charge — it's been unusually balmy and snow-free so far this year, to the point where no one can remember one quite like this — and I rejoice how this group inspires me still...
Posted 6 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Working away here with Radio Paradise playing in the background.  Every now and then a song comes on that stops me in my tracks to switch screens and learn the identify of a song....   just the first few bars and I'm hooked.   Love this version... really don't remember hearing it before but really enjoyable.  
Posted 7 years ago by RedTopFireBelow    [ Reply ]
Things I learned in my 40s... Heart was a damn good band. And the sisters still got it going on.
Posted 7 years ago by Wilfrue    [ Reply ]
 Bleyfusz wrote:
Medievalisms aside, sounds like we could need more Heart around here.
 
This sounds pretty cool after all these years.  I need to form a band called "Medievalisms Aside".
Posted 7 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:
The talentless hacks behind Bon Jovi stole this for Wanted, Dead or Alive

 
Probably right about that.
Posted 7 years ago by LowPhreak    [ Reply ]
The talentless hacks behind Bon Jovi stole this for Wanted, Dead or Alive
Posted 7 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:
these two had the chops!

 
Have.

this version of Stairway made Plant cry.
Posted 7 years ago by Steely_D    [ Reply ]
I absolutely LOVED that album and especially this song. The production is so clean, it is truly beautiful. (Goosebumps) What a good feeling to hear this tune again after so many years. Awesome, RP! Just awesome.
Posted 7 years ago by antennadad    [ Reply ]
These older Heart songs really hold up well. Good stuff!
Posted 7 years ago by musikluvr    [ Reply ]
Early good stuff! Always liked the sisters & band. Girl Power 'n all MINUS the man hating. Classy.
Posted 7 years ago by sleepinggypC    [ Reply ]
Love this.
Posted 7 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
ever since I was a baby boy, wanted one thing most in this world, it was to keep my love alive {#Heartkiss}
Posted 7 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
Medievalisms aside, sounds like we could need more Heart around here.
Posted 7 years ago by Bleyfusz    [ Reply ]
these two had the chops!
Posted 7 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
 coloradojohn wrote:
How many times did we smitten teens sit there stoned staring at that fabulous album cover between bong-hits and beers? Still ROCKS

 
Not quite as many times as we did with their first album cover.
Posted 7 years ago by Typesbad    [ Reply ]
Uh .  that riff , that chord figure .

that is totally straight from "The Width of a Circle" by Bowie
 
Posted 7 years ago by lemmoth    [ Reply ]
Refreshing!
Posted 7 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
I've been really digging their first two records lately.
Posted 7 years ago by Steely_D    [ Reply ]
There is a good rockumentary on their carreer.  They could have been so much more if they would have had the correct producers.

This song is one of their best. 
Posted 8 years ago by jbuhl    [ Reply ]
8 > 9
Posted 8 years ago by xtalman    [ Reply ]
 jab49 wrote:
Ok, it's 5:06PM at work in Perth, not many folks still here, so let's turn this up loud and get paid to listen to music!

 
u bastid!  {#High-five}
Posted 8 years ago by LowPhreak    [ Reply ]
Ok, it's 5:06PM at work in Perth, not many folks still here, so let's turn this up loud and get paid to listen to music!
Posted 8 years ago by jab49    [ Reply ]
Thank you !!!!!M!!M
Posted 8 years ago by RascalRhyme    [ Reply ]
 Jelani wrote:
Really hearing a Zeppelin influence here that I never really paid attention to in the days when this was released.

 
Check out Ann and Nancy Wilson playing Stairway to Heaven at The Kennedy Center tribute to Led Zeppelin.

You can't help but be as impressed as Robert Plant clearly was.
Posted 8 years ago by medoras    [ Reply ]
I think she said uhh!
Posted 8 years ago by twoplain2sea    [ Reply ]
Couldn't select "11" so had to settle for 10. Sure, it brings back memories that add to the score, but the song itself is definitive of the genre. Thanks so much for playing it!!
Posted 8 years ago by jab49    [ Reply ]
Wherever do you folks get the idea that Heart was influenced in the least bit by Led Zeppelin? Can you imagine them in the same room together?
Hm, what's this video? Could it be? Is it so?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrUM-uvoI6w
Posted 8 years ago by chinaski    [ Reply ]
Really hearing a Zeppelin influence here that I never really paid attention to in the days when this was released.
Posted 8 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
Soo Jethro indeed! :thumbsup:
Did she date Ian Anderson or somethin'?
Posted 8 years ago by megaadam    [ Reply ]
Opening and guitar melody line is the same as Bowie's Width of a Circle
Posted 8 years ago by lemmoth    [ Reply ]
 jhorton wrote:
Haven't heard this great song in a million years!

Lot of Jethro Tull influence here. 
 
That 70's production style sounds so good in headphones.  
Posted 8 years ago by bluejay08003    [ Reply ]
Haven't heard this great song in a million years!

Lot of Jethro Tull influence here. 
Posted 8 years ago by jhorton    [ Reply ]
This and Even it Out are there best rockin tunes!
Posted 8 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
Saw them a few months back at HOB in Las Vegas, Still a great band!
Posted 8 years ago by MiloD    [ Reply ]
 coloradojohn wrote:
How many times did we smitten teens sit there stoned staring at that fabulous album cover between bong-hits and beers? Still ROCKS

 
{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Devil_pimp}{#Cool}

Also Nancy just celebrated a birthday. 
Posted 8 years ago by xtalman    [ Reply ]
How many times did we smitten teens sit there stoned staring at that fabulous album cover between bong-hits and beers? Still ROCKS
Posted 8 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Heart  = Amazingly talented kick-ass rockers. This song is right up there with the best!
 
Posted 8 years ago by Wilfrue    [ Reply ]
 molson wrote:
Nice Bill, one of their best!!!{#Bananajam}{#Drummer}{#Meditate}{#Music}

 
This was my first-time hearing of the band... My heart's still beatin' & bumpin' {#Hungry}
Posted 8 years ago by basilarnold    [ Reply ]
Nice Bill, one of their best!!!{#Bananajam}{#Drummer}{#Meditate}{#Music}
Posted 8 years ago by molson    [ Reply ]
Truly outstanding
Posted 8 years ago by reviep    [ Reply ]
Sounds more 60's (e.g., Jethro Tull) than late 70's{#Sunny}
Posted 8 years ago by 4merdj    [ Reply ]
good to hear, like when you're on the road and scan in a terrific college station that's picking these golden oldies
Posted 8 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
The best of the many one-word named bands of the time, which is admittedly damning them with faint praise.  But I find Heart's songs far more listenable today than most of their contemporaries.
Posted 8 years ago by Typesbad    [ Reply ]
Talented kick ass rockers.
Posted 8 years ago by Kaisersosay    [ Reply ]
 h8rhater wrote:

Zeppelin influenced just about everything Heart did (and that's a good thing).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-2UjtFXl1E

https://www.google.com/search?q=heart+live+led+zeppelin&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#q=heart+led+zeppelin+covers

 
Saw Heart a couple of times and the encores were usually  a Zep tune or two during there concerts. 
Posted 8 years ago by xtalman    [ Reply ]
One of the best albums from 1977 - not the Heart your Mom told you about.
Posted 8 years ago by jmsmy    [ Reply ]
 deepwoodskev wrote:
Sounds like Zeppelin had an influence on this. The drums even have a Bonham sound to them.

 
Zeppelin influenced just about everything Heart did (and that's a good thing).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-2UjtFXl1E

https://www.google.com/search?q=heart+live+led+zeppelin&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#q=heart+led+zeppelin+covers
Posted 8 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
Sounds like Zeppelin had an influence on this. The drums even have a Bonham sound to them.
Posted 8 years ago by deepwoodskev    [ Reply ]
Are they playing Renaissance Fairs these days?
Posted 8 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
Don't recall hearing this version in the past.. Pretty good.. Thanks Bill..
Posted 8 years ago by ski19570    [ Reply ]
I like the addition of classic Heart to the playlist!
Posted 8 years ago by ddog    [ Reply ]
I love it when 'new' old music debuts on Radio Paradise. I love it when any sort of new music debuts here. Thanks for mixing it up so well, BillG.
Posted 8 years ago by n4ku    [ Reply ]
first time for me
Posted 8 years ago by martyn1    [ Reply ]
I haven't heard this in forever.  Nice.
Posted 8 years ago by NicJohn    [ Reply ]
My favorite Heart song!
Posted 8 years ago by SteadyRollingMan    [ Reply ]