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Heart’s Nancy Wilson Says She’s Embarrassed to Be American
UltimateClassicRock ^ | March 24, 2025 | Corey Irwin

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.”

READ MORE: Top 10 Heart Songs

"[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.


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This is a shame.
1 posted on 03/24/2025 3:01:46 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Then leave


2 posted on 03/24/2025 3:02:58 PM PDT by albie (U)
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To: nickcarraway

Ireland would welcome her.


3 posted on 03/24/2025 3:03:09 PM PDT by BipolarBob (After my drug test, they either said "Urine Trouble" or You're in trouble". )
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To: nickcarraway

Not really. Was fan in the late 70s. Let’s just say their music doesn’t stand the test of time.


4 posted on 03/24/2025 3:03:20 PM PDT by 03A3 (If we can defund the police, we sure as hell can defund the FBI)
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To: nickcarraway
Well Nancy, and I think I speak for everyone here…

Feel free to GTFO.

5 posted on 03/24/2025 3:03:34 PM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: nickcarraway

I’m embarrassed that she is American.


6 posted on 03/24/2025 3:03:49 PM PDT by Jonty30 (I have invented blackened salmon salad by baking it in the oven for too long. )
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To: nickcarraway

Perhaps she should take the show to Afghanistan....here it’s lovely in the spring.


7 posted on 03/24/2025 3:04:11 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: nickcarraway
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.

Please, hang it up. You're done.

8 posted on 03/24/2025 3:04:52 PM PDT by frogjerk
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To: ealgeone

Iran and Iraq are lovely too.


9 posted on 03/24/2025 3:05:08 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: nickcarraway

I’ll cut her some slack since she has cancer. Best treatment is here in the US.


10 posted on 03/24/2025 3:05:20 PM PDT by Huskrrrr (Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
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To: nickcarraway

Well, bye.


11 posted on 03/24/2025 3:05:31 PM PDT by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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To: nickcarraway

Very. As Michael Jordan once said, Republicans buy sneakers too.


12 posted on 03/24/2025 3:06:01 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: nickcarraway

No clue who perpetuated our involvement in VN?

No clue that we voted for Trump to stop our involvement in foreign entanglements

What a marroon


13 posted on 03/24/2025 3:06:29 PM PDT by stanne (Because they were mesmerized by Obama, the man for whom this was named, whose name they left out of )
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To: Huskrrrr

Since Ann has cancer.


14 posted on 03/24/2025 3:07:05 PM PDT by Huskrrrr (Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
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To: nickcarraway

Comments about the witch, withheld.


15 posted on 03/24/2025 3:07:05 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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> cranky old rich white guys

How about cranky old rich white gals?


16 posted on 03/24/2025 3:07:16 PM PDT by ArcadeQuarters (You can't remove RINOs by voting for them!)
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To: BipolarBob

So would North Korea


17 posted on 03/24/2025 3:07:24 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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To: nickcarraway

bye bye!


18 posted on 03/24/2025 3:10:58 PM PDT by rod5591
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To: 03A3
Let’s just say their music doesn’t stand the test of time.”

I suppose that is why she is now repurposing the meaning of those sad old tired lyrics. She is trying to upgrade them to be relevant then and now. Like Paul McCartney saying Blackbird was about civil rights.

19 posted on 03/24/2025 3:11:42 PM PDT by HandyDandy (“Borders, language and culture.” Michael Savage)
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To: nickcarraway

We’re embarrassed she’s an American too.


20 posted on 03/24/2025 3:14:09 PM PDT by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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