Posted on 03/24/2025 3:01:46 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Nancy Wilson is not afraid to share her displeasure with the current state of America.
During a recent conversation with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the Heart guitarist noted that the group’s 1975 hit “Crazy on You” was inspired by one of the most tumultuous times in US history.
"We were kind of embarrassed at that time to call ourselves American because of the dirty politics of the Vietnam War," Wilson said, adding that the tune still resonates in 2025. "To be as subtle as possible, it's more embarrassing [to be American] now."
Wilson’s perspective isn’t just about politics. She also sees rampant sexism and misogyny in today’s culture that echoes another of Heart’s most famous songs, “Barracuda.”
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"[Barracuda] is even more relevant in the salacious billionaire culture with the grab-them-by-the-pussy mentality," Wilson declared. "These songs will be there long after we are gone.”
Despite her disappointment with where America is today, Wilson added that she sees change on the horizon.
"I think for women in the culture the pendulum will come back again, and there'll be another renaissance in the arts to push back against the oppression of the cranky old rich white guys," she noted. "I hope I am alive to see that next revolution."
Is Heart Touring in 2025? Heart recently launched their 2025 tour, their first trek since canceling a run of shows last year so that singer Ann Wilson could undergo treatment for cancer.
The Royal Flush tour -- which also features Cheap Trick and Squeeze -- ends at the end of April, but Heart will waste little time getting back on the road. The band will kick off a run of dates dubbed 'An Evening With Heart' beginning May 31. That trek will see the Wilson sisters and company performing two separate sets each night.
The Royal Flush tour...that part makes sense.
She’s old and irrelevant, but comfortable enough to be crazy.
Or is it crazy enough to be comfortable?
🤷♂️
Well Heart was started by a couple of Canadian guys wasn’t it? And the Wilsons we tre hired by them.
They went 80s ballads. Sucked.
Piss off you old washup up, you know what!
Exactly. Their audience were us horny teens. I wasn’t thinking deep.
i thought she was Canadian?
I thought those girls were Canucks.
I think I have most their albums.
I did not buy the music for their politics.
Didn’t they run off to Canada with boyfriends so boyfriends could avoid the Draft?
I’m a Vietnam era Vet, so I have some opinions.
Nobody gives a darn about my opinion, why should we care about yours?
Those two Wilson birds are some hard-core, far-left whiners. Sorry girlies. Your time is up.
Same here. I don’t care for their tunes anymore. I’m sick of hearing Barracuda.
Delta has flights every hour.
That you weren’t embarrassed for the previous 4 years says more about you.
As a proud member of the IDGAS+INFINITY community, I don’t give sh*t.
Her sister nancy was an absolutely incredible singer.
“These dreams” was garbage though later on
Whoops, ann was the great singer not the other one
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