I Wanna Poll Why! The Aerosmith Draw The Line Poll!

Holy shit you nailed it!

i really need to revisit this album. a few years ago I pretty much listened to everything after Rocks.

shit like this is why I get angry when assholes incorrectly call them a second-rate Stones

Holy f that Neanderthal post is cracking me up, people at the bar are having a moment of silence

you best believe I nailed those notes biznatch

No doubt son

I wish Johnny cash had recorded “draw the line” on one of his American recordings. Would have loved to hear him drawl “Indian summer, Carrie was all over the floor”

Do I detect an early Roxy influence on "Bright Light Fright"?

I think 90% of what I enjoy from Aerosmith is either on Rocks or Toys in the Attic, and the title track here and maybe one other song elsewhere is like the remaining 10%.

Stereo mix (which they didn't bother mixing until 14 years later) sucks - stick with the original mono:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpmUsC5-Caw

I can’t discern any stereo separation there. I a/b’ed it with the version on Spotify
Probably my old ears

No, that's not the stereo mix, it's the original mono. Let me reword what I posted:

The stereo mix sucks, and they didn't even bother mixing it until 14 years later.

Stick with the original mono mix, which is what I'm posting here.

Where can one hear the stereo version? Doesn’t sssm to be on YouTube or Spotify

If you can find the box set (Pandora's Box), try there - it was originally mixed for that.

https://open.spotify.com/track/1Ybeyj9GHPy7XaApKHL97U

You’re right, it sounds like sh1t

The official Aerosmith YT channel just added a remaster of the old Live In Houston '77 VHS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbENK3Ai9bY

that S.O.S. raises blisters. damn.

70s Smith was godhead

I’ve taken a day to think about this and prepare my response
Joey’s backlit mullet and bass drum technique steal the show

Imagine what the band would have been with a little more swing

Impressive that Steven can hit the notes on “saddle” - maybe it was early in the tour?

Also, “back in the saddle” is a great euphemism for getting some nookie

Looking at the dates, this apparently was at the end of the Rocks campaign, since the DTL sessions started right after in the summer of '77 (which explains maybe why only the title track of that one airs here).

Or actually, according to Wiki, these shows were <during> the DTL sessions, which had already began in June before these shows at the end of the month (which are mis-tagged as being in July). Man, band workloads were nuts back then!

Here's a rougher version of the second show, with some extra songs not in the restoration:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTCre5ZuqhQ