Say what you want about the production and major releases; the cognoscenti know their best work can be found in their demos and on stage: Best title for an actual Aerosmith bootleg
― calstars, Monday, 12 December 2016 07:09 (seven years ago) link
I love that story about how, when 'Sick as a Dog' was recorded, Joe Perry initially played bass, but torwards the end of the song, Perry took off a bass to strap on a guitar and Tyler picked up the bass and they continued to the end... and that's the take!
― Working night & day, I tried to stay awake... (Turrican), Monday, 12 December 2016 08:10 (seven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Saturday, 31 December 2016 00:01 (seven years ago) link
Despite the overplay, I had to go with "Walk This Way" in the end. Just so perfectly crafted.
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Saturday, 31 December 2016 00:12 (seven years ago) link
"dream on" gives me that same 'gimme shelter'/'all along the watchtower' vibe of darkness creeping on the horizon, hippie dreams dying, etc
― a but (brimstead), Saturday, 31 December 2016 00:14 (seven years ago) link
voted "Kings and Queens" even if it does cut out a small portion of the album version. always been one of my favorite Aerosmith songs.
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 31 December 2016 00:20 (seven years ago) link
in the end I voted "Last Child" for the coda. peak Tyler on the delivery.
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Saturday, 31 December 2016 00:44 (seven years ago) link
oh man absolutely, the coda IS that song, afaic
― a but (brimstead), Saturday, 31 December 2016 01:18 (seven years ago) link
Love the way he rasps "last!!" or "lights!" or whatever it is in the beginning too
― a but (brimstead), Saturday, 31 December 2016 01:21 (seven years ago) link
Take me back to a south TallahasseeDown cross the bridge to my sweet sassafrassyCan't stand up on my feet in the cityGot to get back to the real nitty-gritty
Yes sir, no sirDon't come close to myHome sweet homeCan't catch no doseOf my hot tail poon-tang sweatheartSweathog ready to make a silk purseFrom a J Paul Getty and his earWith a face in a beerHome sweet home
Get out in the field,Put the mule in the stableMa, she's a cookin'Put the eats on the tableHate's in the city and my love's in the meadowHand's on the plow and my feet's in the ghetto
Stand up, sit downDon't do nothin'Ain't no good when bossman's stuffin' itDown their throats with paper notesAnd their babies cry while Cindys lie at my feetWhen you're rockin' the streetHome sweet home
― calstars, Saturday, 31 December 2016 01:36 (seven years ago) link
There's another sassafrass reference in Love in an Elevator
― calstars, Saturday, 31 December 2016 01:38 (seven years ago) link
the zeal with which he bites of "eats" is so deep
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Saturday, 31 December 2016 01:39 (seven years ago) link
"Last Child" and "Back in the Saddle" were close.
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Saturday, 31 December 2016 01:39 (seven years ago) link
Rocks is such a great album - those vocal harmonies on that "Home Sweet Home" - they're sort of snaking around in their influences but confident enough to wield them like colors in a palette
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Saturday, 31 December 2016 01:56 (seven years ago) link
"Last Child" is the ever-loving shit. Even without Perry's top shelf performance, the song is just an amazing construction. That is tour de force!
― U2 (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 31 December 2016 03:04 (seven years ago) link
yoooo
― maura, Saturday, 31 December 2016 04:31 (seven years ago) link
HOW TO CHOOSE
― maura, Saturday, 31 December 2016 04:32 (seven years ago) link
this year i saw pearl jam cover "draw the line" w special guest tom hamilton
― maura, Saturday, 31 December 2016 04:33 (seven years ago) link
also i live half a block from the Aerosmith Apartment
last child is so good
― maura, Saturday, 31 December 2016 04:34 (seven years ago) link
DREAM ON.
― _Rudipherous_, Saturday, 31 December 2016 05:01 (seven years ago) link
Best mangled request I ever got at the classic rock station was for "Dream On" by Gary Weaver.
― pplains, Saturday, 31 December 2016 05:01 (seven years ago) link
hahahaha
what did you end up playing?
― mega pegasus for reindeer (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 31 December 2016 05:54 (seven years ago) link
I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaackCritics use cliches like larnyx shredding a lot but honestly every time I hear that song I'm sorry of amazed Tyler ever sang again
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 31 December 2016 19:21 (seven years ago) link
I'm not 100% the fan that others itt are, but I'm still pretty much with Joan's assertion that the band would have had Big Star- or New York Dolls-levels of crit regard had they called it quits after they got clean
― U2 (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 31 December 2016 20:20 (seven years ago) link
Agree. I guess they thought paying off their mortgages was a little more important.
― calstars, Saturday, 31 December 2016 20:28 (seven years ago) link
I bet a young Aerosmith woulda ate the Dolls lunch if they opened up for them
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 31 December 2016 22:48 (seven years ago) link
Big Star just seems like....a whole different thing and not really comparable to the other two
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 31 December 2016 22:49 (seven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Sunday, 1 January 2017 00:01 (seven years ago) link
The correct answer is "Back in the Saddle," come on now
― Futuristic Bow Wow (thewufs), Friday, 15 December 2017 09:51 (six years ago) link
Especially if you're going by the versions/edits actually featured on "Greatest Hits" - "Sweet Emotion" loses its entire coda.
― Futuristic Bow Wow (thewufs), Friday, 15 December 2017 09:53 (six years ago) link
“Sweet” is great but it’s diminishing returns as the song goes on and the coda is garbage.
― calstars, Friday, 15 December 2017 12:20 (six years ago) link
This is a rare case where a ten-song Greatest Hits could actually be a really great overview despite the brevity, but personally I never liked "Kings and Queen," and "Remember (Walking in the Sand)" was a poor choice of a single for Night in the Ruts. I would've preferred the studio version of the non-LP "Chip Away the Stone" and "No Surprize" over those two.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 14 April 2022 16:02 (two years ago) link
Sounds like you want Gemshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gems_(Aerosmith_album)
― calstars, Thursday, 14 April 2022 16:18 (two years ago) link
I know that compilation! Honestly, it's a waste - anyone who likes the band should have Rocks and Toys in the Attic, and that's most of Gems right there. It also sounds like they remixed "Chip Away the Stone" and unfortunately since the compilation came out in 1988, they remixed it to sound like 1988. Pandora's Box has a better vintage-sounding mix, though that box set in general feels like overkill.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 14 April 2022 16:34 (two years ago) link
not liking Kings and Queens, madness!
the main reason "Remember (Walking in the Sand)" was chosen is because all of the songs on the album were singles, and all but "Same Old Song and Dance" charted (but that snuck in as it was their first single from Get Your Wings. nothing else was a single from Night in the Ruts except for "Remember", and they probably didn't want to release live songs, and only the live "Chip Away the Stone" charted.
of course this was before bands largely interpreted Greatest Hits to mean "our best songs chosen by what we play the most live and other criteria that have nothing to do with charts"
― scientific method man (Neanderthal), Thursday, 14 April 2022 17:51 (two years ago) link
I can think of a lot of adjectives to describe Gems but wasteful would be near the bottom
― calstars, Thursday, 14 April 2022 17:58 (two years ago) link
worst Aerosmith Greatest hits: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tough_Love:_Best_of_the_Ballads
― scientific method man (Neanderthal), Thursday, 14 April 2022 18:10 (two years ago) link
not only plays fast and loose with the definition of ballad, and also, despite there being several quality ballads from the 70s, only "Dream On" makes the cut from that era.
― scientific method man (Neanderthal), Thursday, 14 April 2022 18:11 (two years ago) link
xps I think the question was why "Remember (Walking in the Sand)" was originally chosen as the single to be released in conjunction with Night in the Ruts instead of a different track from that LP (or time period).
― Josefa, Thursday, 14 April 2022 18:12 (two years ago) link
I'd imagine it was due to the label being pissed off at the lackluster sales for Draw the Line, demanding another hit, and then hearing the album and going "fuck, I don't HEAR a hit - other than the cover of a 60s hit that might be a sure bet for its nostalgia".
kinda pissed about how NITR gets shit on, it's top quality! I would disagree with there being no obvious hits, but the NITR-hate comes from pretty far and wide, and I often wonder how much the negative press leading up to its release plus Joe Perry leading had to do with that.
"Chiquita" is one of my favorites.
― scientific method man (Neanderthal), Thursday, 14 April 2022 18:17 (two years ago) link
Also, I'd forgotten that post-Draw the Line they had a big hit with their "Come Together" cover, so the '60s had already worked once
― Josefa, Thursday, 14 April 2022 18:26 (two years ago) link
xxxp They should've included Adam Sandler's 'Cryin' Crazy Amazing Crazy' as a joke.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 14 April 2022 18:41 (two years ago) link