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Heart — Magic Man
Album: Dreamboat Annie
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Released: 1976
Length: 5:26
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Cold late night, so long ago
When I was not so strong, you know
A pretty man came to me
Never seen eyes so blue
You know I could not run away, it seemed
We'd seen each other in a dream
Seemed like he knew me
He looked right through me
Yeah

"Come on home, girl", he said with a smile
"You don't have to love me yet, let's get high awhile"
"But try to understand"
"Try to understand"
"Try, try, try to understand"
"I'm a magic man"

Winter nights, we sang in tune
Played inside the months of moon
Never think of never
Let this spell last forever
Well, summer lover passed to fall
Tried to realize it all
Mama says she's worried
Growing up in a hurry
Yeah

"Come on home, girl", Mama cried on the phone
"Too soon to lose my baby" and "My girl should be at home"
But try to understand
Try to understand
Try, try, try to understand
He's a magic man, Mama
Ah, he's a magic man

"Come on home, girl," he said with a smile
"I cast my spell of love on you, a woman from a child"
But try to understand
Try to understand
Oh, oh
Try, try to understand
Try, try, try to understand
He's a magic man
Oh, yeah
Ooh, he got the magic hands

''Oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh''

"Come on home, girl," he said with a smile
"You don't have to love me yet, let's get high awhile"
"But try to understand"
"Try to understand"
"Try, try, try to understand"
"He's a magic man"
Yeah
Oh
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The freaking at the end of the song is just great :-) Never noticed before, must have been cut out the radio edit?
Posted 1 month ago by Reem    [ Reply ]
 eileenomurphy wrote:

I did not like this when it came out. I usually listened to this on a car radio or somebody else's cheap home Stereo. I had a killer stereo, JBL 3-way L-36, Dynaco preamp, EQ, power amp, and both Sennheiser HD 414 & 424 headphones. I never listened to this at home. ...However, listening to this now with FLAC and great phones, DAC & amp makes me have a new appreciation for the song! Great song! ...thanks to Radio Paradise, I now like and appreciate a LOT of older music that I did not like at the time! ....Once again, GREAT SONG!



The Audiophile appears!
Posted 6 months ago by PatfromXenia    [ Reply ]
Good tune!
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
 BillG wrote:


Yeah. We started in Feb 2000.


Hats off to Bill for doing the geek stuff on point and keeping the data all those years 
Posted 3 years ago by walter22    [ Reply ]
 neptunejeff wrote:
This whole album is excellent with crisp production...

Agreed; great punchy sound. Recorded in Vancouver at the tiny Mushroom Studios in 1975 (and released on the local label Mushroom Records).
Posted 3 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Awesome song. Is it about Manson? Keith Raniere?
Posted 3 years ago by yofitofu    [ Reply ]
This whole album is excellent with crisp production...
Posted 3 years ago by neptunejeff    [ Reply ]
Play  Barracuda!
Posted 4 years ago by grhorn    [ Reply ]
I did not like this when it came out. I usually listened to this on a car radio or somebody else's cheap home Stereo. I had a killer stereo, JBL 3-way L-36, Dynaco preamp, EQ, power amp, and both Sennheiser HD 414 & 424 headphones. I never listened to this at home. ...However, listening to this now with FLAC and great phones, DAC & amp makes me have a new appreciation for the song! Great song! ...thanks to Radio Paradise, I now like and appreciate a LOT of older music that I did not like at the time! ....Once again, GREAT SONG!
Posted 4 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
I like to think the lyrics are :
          "C'mon homegirl!"  he said with a smile
Posted 5 years ago by scrubbrush    [ Reply ]
Posted 5 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
I was sixteen, and dating a brunette flute player with bangs.  So yeah, I was a bit of a fan.  Still kind of am.
Posted 6 years ago by Typesbad    [ Reply ]
 25demayo wrote:

Today it states that the last play was Sept 12 2005. Was RP around 12 and 1/2 years ago?
 

Yeah. We started in Feb 2000.
Posted 6 years ago by William    [ Reply ]
Regardless if it was overplayed on many stations it's still a good song; one that fits Bill G's criteria of playing big hits of various eras.  And yes there are other Heart songs that are very good but received little or no airplay.  Hopefully Bill will include a few on RP's playlist.
Posted 6 years ago by Andy_B    [ Reply ]
Nice to hear while I'm in the garden!
Posted 6 years ago by amberfields724    [ Reply ]
 hixmyrick wrote:
I was listening to this on Amazon Prime and wondered if it was in the RP rotation. Yes! But it's been ten years since this was played. Wow. On second thought, ten years seems like the blink of an eye for me these days ... 

 
Today it states that the last play was Sept 12 2005. Was RP around 12 and 1/2 years ago?
Posted 6 years ago by 25demayo    [ Reply ]
Not a frequent appearance on RP, judging by the comments... not sure it's aged too well, the lyrics are a bit...    but still nice to hear again
Posted 6 years ago by Boy_Wonder    [ Reply ]
I was listening to this on Amazon Prime and wondered if it was in the RP rotation. Yes! But it's been ten years since this was played. Wow. On second thought, ten years seems like the blink of an eye for me these days ... 
Posted 7 years ago by hixmyrick    [ Reply ]
My favorite song. I wanted to be like them.I performed this song with my rock band"paradox" in the highschool talent show. We Won !!
Posted 17 years ago by emeraldrose63    [ Reply ]
This song definetly contains Heart's greatest guitar riff.
Posted 17 years ago by KarimMosna    [ Reply ]
Wow! Has it really been since 2003 that Bill has played this song? I don't mind hearing this song once in awhile, but I too would like to hear some of their deeper cuts once in awhile.
Posted 19 years ago by Mugro    [ Reply ]
What's all the whining about? So what if its not Art, with a big 'A'. Its fun, brings back fond college memories, and I dunno what radio stations you're listening to, but I haven't heard in in quite awhile. And if you really still hate it, wait a few minutes, and it'll go away :)
Posted 21 years ago by wa2bux    [ Reply ]
ANNE_MARIE wrote:
Oh puleeze gods NO!!!!!! NO!
Second that emotion, and supersize it.
Posted 21 years ago by oldpew    [ Reply ]
I'll fifth everyone else's comments. If you're gonna play Heart, play something that hasn't been beaten to death and then flogged some more by corporate radio. Heart actually made some fairly interesting music that I've never heard on the radio: Mistral Wind, Magazine, Silver Wheels. None of it mind-blowing, but again, if you're gonna play Heart....
Posted 21 years ago by ludwig7    [ Reply ]
Fortunately the amount of airplay a song gets does not necessarily condem it from RP. If that were so we wouldn\'t be hearing any Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Beatles, Stones, Tori Amos, Cheryl Crow, U2, Tracy Chapman, etc, etc, etc.
Posted 21 years ago by Knot_Head    [ Reply ]
Heart was a great band but this song has been SO overdone. There are far better choices by this band. :(
Posted 21 years ago by thrazzle    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by svetlana: Don't we listen to good independent radio, like RP, so we don't have to hear crappy music like this, which is played non-stop on those classic rock stations? Sucko barfo.
GAWD! I clicked on here just to voice that very opinion. Please -- no more!
Posted 21 years ago by kimmer    [ Reply ]
I\'ve always enjoyed the last two tracks of Little Queen; \"Cry to Me\" which folds into the mostly instrumental \"Go on Cry\". This set gets zero airplay but has a wonderful soulfullness to it.
Posted 22 years ago by dctrpunda    [ Reply ]
It\'s a good song from my past also, but a bit overplayed. However, it belongs in RP in small doses.
Posted 22 years ago by pkeys    [ Reply ]
To answer your on-air question: Yes, its a great song. I like it a lot. No, it doesn\'t really belong on RP because its played on standard radio a lot, as well as getting a LOT of airplay when it was new. But I understand your need to hear it. You probably don\'t listen to normal radio a lot. So I don\'t object, but I\'d rather hear something new or something older but obscure.
Posted 22 years ago by rpfan    [ Reply ]
Always have loved Heart. Think I\'ve seen \'em three times. Bit I think a song like Dreamboat Annie would be more appropriate on RP. Just my 2cents.
Posted 22 years ago by Mot    [ Reply ]
there will be those listeners who complain about this song being on many commercial stations playlists, but not me. :D
Posted 22 years ago by red    [ Reply ]