Aerosmith - Permanent Vacation: Classic Or Dud?

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"Janie's Got A Gun" is better than "Jaded", but "Jaded" is still great. "Pink" is all right; I wouldn't change the channel if it came on the radio.

"I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing" is pure horseshit.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 16 January 2003 23:58 (twenty-one years ago) link

I like "Rag Doll". How about "Tell Me What It Takes", was that on Permanent Vacation or the next one? That was a good one.

― Joe (Joe), Thursday, 16 January 2003 23:58 (twenty-one years ago) link

i will listen to young lust and set you all straight about this...argh, no, i don't think i could stomach it. janie and jaded (as a post permanent vacation tune) thats it.

― gaz (gaz), Friday, 17 January 2003 00:02 (twenty-one years ago) link

Doesn't stand up good next to Rocks or Toys In The Attic.

― brg30 (brg30), Friday, 17 January 2003 01:01 (twenty-one years ago) link

I can't be the only one who thinks "Janie's Got a Gun" is one of the worst songs ever.

Of course Permanent Vacation doesn't match Toys In the Attic. But I wonder if it may have actually been a solid tuneful 80s stadium rock album all the same.

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Friday, 17 January 2003 02:52 (twenty-one years ago) link

I think "Dude Looks Like a Lady" is terrific! The Alicia trilogy is horrendous, though, but I think "Jaded" was a bit of a comeback.

― Arthur (Arthur), Friday, 17 January 2003 04:13 (twenty-one years ago) link

I always thought "Let the Music Do the Talking" (from DONE WITH MIRRORS, not the Joe Perry Project original) was an overlooked gem.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 17 January 2003 04:15 (twenty-one years ago) link

"The Reason a Dog" and "She's on Fire," both from Done With Mirrors, are worth hearing as well.

― paul cox (paul cox), Friday, 17 January 2003 05:43 (twenty-one years ago) link

Remember that video game with Aerosmith called Revolution X? You shoot jack-booted thugs while you listen to mid-90's Aerosmith tunes!

― Polo Pony, Friday, 17 January 2003 06:10 (twenty-one years ago) link

Pfah. Pump is a fantastic album, and it doesn't sound quite as dated as the singles from Permanent Vacation, although I love the singles from it.

Then came Alicia Silverstone and things went to shit, though I don't blame her ENTIRELY. But she definitely had a major hand in ruining the band.

― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Friday, 17 January 2003 07:35 (twenty-one years ago) link

"Hangman Juruy" and "St John" were kinda cool. The Zappa quote is funny. I could've done without the whale noises tho

― dave q, Friday, 17 January 2003 07:42 (twenty-one years ago) link

"St. John" is a great song.

― weatheringdaleson (weatheringdaleson), Friday, 17 January 2003 09:27 (twenty-one years ago) link

I want to see someone defend "The Movie."

TMFTML
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― TMFTML (TMFTML), Friday, 17 January 2003 16:21 (twenty-one years ago) link

I haven't heard it in ages, but wasn't "The Movie" and instrumental track? I remember liking Perry's guitar tone in that song.

― paul cox (paul cox), Friday, 17 January 2003 16:23 (twenty-one years ago) link

thirteen years pass...

I kinda feel like, although it was nowhere near their forte, this album manages to be a pretty decent "pop/hair metal" album at times. "Angel" is overwrought and nauseating, but "Magic Touch" is p catchy.

but that's my 15 year old ears talking and maybe it sounds like diarrhea to me now, who knows. we can all probably agree "(Dude) Looks Like a lady" is an abomination, no?

― Neanderthal, Thursday, 18 August 2016 00:18 (seven years ago) link

one year passes...

I hate this fucking thing.

― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 13 January 2018 02:32 (six years ago) link

lol I knew exactly which song you meant before I opened it

― fuck you, your hat is horrible (Neanderthal), Saturday, 13 January 2018 03:08 (six years ago) link

and yeah that thing is dire

― fuck you, your hat is horrible (Neanderthal), Saturday, 13 January 2018 03:08 (six years ago) link

it's yucky

― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 13 January 2018 03:11 (six years ago) link

five years pass...

You know what kills “dude looks?” The horns. Would love to hear a rocks era version

― calstars, Sunday, 11 June 2023 17:28 (ten months ago) link

Probably the reason why pump sounded so back to basics to my teenaged ears…those guitar runs on “elevator”

― calstars, Sunday, 11 June 2023 17:29 (ten months ago) link

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