Let me go crazy, crazy on you

Check out this live performance that has been restored (I promise the audience stops clapping). The amount of sound is astonishing! The range of sound and emotion that Ann Wilson displays is breath-taking.

This isn’t considered their best performance by the way (I have heard Ann sing arguably better live versions). I picked it because of the video quality. Usually, I search for the best audio performance. This throw-away live performance is so fantastic. It really shows off their talent and musicianship. And attractiveness!

Heart’s “Crazy on You” is a song about releasing sexual frustration. The verses tell a minor backdrop of “life is hard so let’s take comfort in each other” but for the most part, the chorus makes the song. Well, besides the vocal…the acoustic guitar and the electric and the harmonies.

The harmonies are truly amazing. I was going to say maybe it would have been great to hear more but that is the exact opposite of what we want. We love Queen’s harmonies, but listen to Queen for Freddie Mercury; Similarly,  Heart’s harmonies are great but we are here for Ann.

Heart is one of the greatest bands of all time. Perhaps the most underrated. If I were to create a list of most underrated singers and guitarists Nancy and Ann Wilson would be very high on the list. People in the know, know. (They are in the Hall of fame); but it’s time they reached the masses. Everyone wears Stevie Nicks & Joni shirts. (rightfully!) I want to see Heart reach that level.

Check out Heart’s best song.

Crazy On You Lyrics

If we still have time, we might still get by
Every time I think about it, I wanna cry
With bombs and the Devil, and the kids keep comin’
No way to breathe easy, no time to be young

But I tell myself that I was doin’ all right
There’s nothin’ left to do at night
But go crazy on you
Crazy on you
Let me go crazy, crazy on you, oh

My love is the evenin’ breeze touchin’ your skin
The gentle, sweet singin’ of leaves in the wind
The whisper that calls after you in the night
And kisses your ear in the early moonlight
And you don’t need to wonder, you’re doing fine
My love, the pleasure’s mine

Let me go crazy on you
Crazy on you
Let me go crazy, crazy on you, oh

Wild man’s world is cryin’ in pain
What you gonna do when everybody’s insane?
So afraid of one who’s so afraid of you
What you gonna do?

Ooh, crazy on you
Crazy on you
Let me go crazy, crazy on you

I was a willow last night in a dream
I bent down over a clear running stream
Sang you the song that I heard up above
And you kept me alive with your sweet flowing love

Crazy
Yeah, crazy on you
Let me go crazy, crazy on you, oh
Crazy on you
Crazy on you
Let me go crazy, crazy on you, yeah

Crazy on you
Crazy on you
Let me go crazy, crazy on you, oh
Source: thegreatestsongs.com
Songwriters: Ann Wilson / Nancy Wilson / Roger Fisher

I did what my body told me to/
I didn’t mean to do you harm.

In “Butterfly”, Weezer (Rivers Cuomo/the narrator) struggles with the allure of beautiful women (the butterfly) while he is in a committed relationship. It appears that he cheats. He argues that it was a biological imperative (“It’s what my body told me to”) but we’re not sure how far that will get him.

In fact, it probably causes him to lose the relationship: (“Every time I pin down what I think I want it slips away.”) But perhaps he is just destined to a life of chasing butterflies. As the song ends, he concludes that he is, in fact, never coming back to the relationship.

The beauty of “Butterfly” is in the honesty of the lyric. Regardless of whether it is based on real events or not, it paints a clear picture of the struggle young men face with the need to sow their wild oats. This is one of the more honest and raw depictions I can think of. The simplified vocal track and acoustic arrangement brings the lyric to the forefront making this a great candidate for Weezer’s best song.

Butterfly Lyrics

Yesterday, I went outside
With my momma’s mason jar
Caught a lovely butterfly
When I woke up today
Looked in on my fairy pet
She had withered all away
No more sighing in her breast

I’m sorry for what I did
I did what my body told me to
I didn’t mean to do you harm
Every time I pin down what I think I want, it slips away
The ghost slips away

Smell you on my hand for days
I can’t wash away your scent
If I’m a dog, then you’re a bitch
I guess you’re as real as me
Maybe I can live with that
Maybe I need fantasy
Life of chasing butterfly

I’m sorry for what I did
I did what my body told me to
I didn’t mean to do you harm
Every time I pin down what I think I want, it slips away
The ghost slips away

I told you I would return
When the robin makes his nest
But I ain’t never coming back

I’m sorry
I’m sorry
I’m sorry

written by Rivers Cuomo

All I ask for all I pray/
Steady rollin’ woman gon’ come my way.

The lyrics for Zeppelin’s “Black Dog” are about as straightforward as you can get. He sees a hot girl, he hooks up with the girl, the girl screws him over. It pretty much has nothing to do with a black dog. The brilliance in the song is in the musicianship and the crazy vocal performance by Robert Plant. In fact, each of the musicians have one of their finest contributions they ever made to Zeppelin.

Let’s start with the drums. Bonham has one of his finest contributions. He performs in a non-standard time-signature for part of the song…which is difficult. But he really makes the drums come alive, more so than almost any song I can think of.

The guitar work is excellent. The guitar riff might be one of the most recognizable in rock…though I am not sure how many know the title everyone would know it is Zeppelin. There are several notable guitar solos that riff on that riff. Plant’s vocal is impassioned and strong—as always. He uses echo extensively. He sings a capella in several areas in the song. It is very difficult to sing a capella and sound good. Black Dog demonstrates Plant’s superior singing skills if anyone was in doubt.

Lyrics Black Dog

Hey, hey mama said the way you move
Gon’ make you sweat, gon’ make you groove
Ah ah child way ya shake that thing
Gon’ make you burn, gon’ make you sting
Hey, hey baby when you walk that way
Watch your honey drip, I can’t keep away

Oh yeah, oh yeah ah, ah, ah ah
Oh yeah, oh yeah ah, ah, ah ah
Oh yeah, oh yeah ah, ah, ah ah
Oh yeah, oh yeah ah, ah, ah ah

I gotta roll I can’t stand still
Got a flamin’ heart can’t get my fill
With eyes that shine, burnin’ red
Dreams of you all through my head

Ah ah ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah

Hey baby, whoa my baby, my pretty baby
Darlin’ makes ’em do it now
Hey baby, oh my baby, my pretty baby
Move the way you’re doin’ now

Didn’t take too long ‘fore I found out
What people mean by down and out
Spent my money, took my car
Started tellin’ her friends she gon’ be a star
I don’t know but I been told
A big legged woman ain’t got no soul

Oh yeah, oh yeah ah, ah, ah ah
Oh yeah, oh yeah ah, ah, ah ah
Oh yeah, oh yeah ah, ah, ah ah
Oh yeah, oh yeah ah, ah, yeah

All I ask for all I pray
Steady rollin’ woman gon’ come my way
Need a woman gonna hold my hand
Won’t tell me no lies, make me a happy man

Ah ah ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah ah ah, ah

Oh yeah
Darlin’ makes ’em do it now
Yeah-yeah. yeah-yeah. yeah-yeah
Darlin’ makes ’em do it now
Babe! babe!
Wooh, keep doin’ it babe

hey
(Busted) hey
(Busted) hey
(Busted) hey
hey, yeah
(Busted) hey, yeah
(Busted) hey, yeah
Oh, yeah
Oh-ah
(Well done)
Darlin’ makes ’em do it now
Darlin’ makes ’em do it now

Songwriters: James Patrick (jimmy) Page / Robert Anthony Plant / John Paul Jones