Love when this came out. Fueled an Aerosmith resurgence and brought RUN DMC into mainstream.

@Hailme75

3 жыл бұрын

For many, the first time they heard either group. Glad both got the exposure they deserved.

Run DMC's cover of "Walk this Way" did more than revive Aerosmith's career, it showed an entire generation of music fans that hard rock and hip hop went together like peanut butter and chocolate. Without this tune breaking through the way it did, I doubt there would have been a Rage Against the Machine, Faith No More, Cypress Hill, Korn, etc. etc. etc.

RUN D.M.C. giving Aerosmith some credit for some rock rap. I remember when this came out. It was the best of both worlds.

@cj100979

3 жыл бұрын

Dare I say, I prefer this to the original.

@michaelmcfarland1716

3 жыл бұрын

Amen to that. One of the few remakes i enjoy better than the original. Showed we can all get along, and did back in the day

@evansutcliffe1099

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelmcfarland1716 amen to that brother, gotta start appreciating the best of both worlds

@bellaann4942

2 жыл бұрын

@@cj100979 I do too because I'm old enough to remember when it came out.

Hey Jayy, So this was an Aerosmith song. Run DMC proposed a collaboration with them. This was a ground-breaking colab at the time. It also revitalized Aerosmith's trajectory in the world of music (and rock & roll). 🤗❤️🥃 ***Maybe check out the original, just for reference.

@christopherlopez8541

3 жыл бұрын

@@neillenet291 Ah yes. Most likely. He's a brilliant producer. I wouldn't doubt it for a sec. 🤗🙌🥃

@mikey222222

3 жыл бұрын

it really did open the doors anthrax with public enemy and bio hazzard with onyx and none of those would have happened if not for this

I just love how Aerosmith was nothing but FLATTERED by Run-DMC sampling their song. They were so generous and BAM!💥What a collaboration!

I love this video when it came out and I still LOVE this video where people from two different genres and background come together in total harmony and create a monster "Hit," and totally Saucy performance!!!!

That song introduced me to rock metal. Back then I never heard of Aerosmith.

The older I get the more I appreciate all that great music I grew up with. It's so much fun watching your reactions 💐

This was an Aerosmith single from 1975... In 1986, Run DMC wanted to sample the opening riff for 'Walk this way' for a rap track... producer Rick Rubin suggested they cover the track (Run DMC were not familiar w/ Aerosmith's music, and initially refused) By that point, Aerosmith were struggling to have a hit record (they hadn't had a major album since 1979) when they were contacted to meet Run DMC in the studio... Steven Tyler (vocals) had to explain his lyrics - it was about his first threesome 😂 That sold Run DMC to do the cover... It became a massive hit that year on MTV and gave Aerosmith vital exposure and they finally had a major comeback album 'Permanent vacation' in 1987. Aerosmith & Run DMC became friends... Run DMC's last tour was opening for Aerosmith, just before Jam Master Jay was murdered. Aerosmith credited Run DMC for rejuvenating their career in the 80's.

It definitely was a genius song.

I remember the Original Aerosmith song Walk this Way in the 70's and then them letting Run DMC cover it in the 80's was genius, because I never would have heard of any Rap if it wasn't for Aerosmith, also coming back to play together after the band cleaned up their drug addictions put them back in the spotlight to make all the Great Albums after this! Check out the following Aerosmith songs - Sweet Emotion - Mama Kin - Chip Away at the Stone - Toys in the Attic - Dude looks like a lady - Love in an Elevator

@beandean23

2 жыл бұрын

The Other Side...fucking awesome song

Oh heck YES!!!! ICONIC, especially when it came out back in the day! History making- 💖❤️👍

This song has a cameo in the awesome movie The Lost Boys

@eq1373

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, at the beach slaughter scene

@sergiohenriquesper8330

4 ай бұрын

AMO esse filme, acho até que vou assistir mais tarde! 👏🏻🤩

It was groundbreaking at the time….

This launched Aerosmith’s comeback in the mid 80s. Run DMC was super hot I’m this era too. Great collaboration.

I Love Aerosmith, and the song “Walk this way”. But in the eighties when this song came out, (Run Dmc) Aerosmith’s popularity was dwindling a little bit from the seventies. When RunDmc threw the idea, they took it, and Aerosmith was born again! Their popularity shot back to the top. Like many seventies bands had to adjust to the eighties sound and glam crap, to stay relevant.

This is the best reaction you've ever done for this year, and for a great reason: Two genres unifying together as one, vocally and visually. Rock influenced rap, rap later incorporated rock. Togetherness is the key!!! Watched it 6 times!!!!

Nice choice. The stars really aligned on this song. I saw it on MtV when it came out in college. I like how you encourage everyone to listen to anything and not worry what people think.

run dmc was a huge part of aerosmith return and did they ever return love the chemistry between the two groups

Two of the Greatest Musical Acts ever working together just as awesome now as when I first heard it in the 90s as a child

One of the most important songs and videos in music history. Rap was growing and fast, but this video was rock - which had been on top for 30 years - publicly and officially acknowledging that rap was just as big and here to stay. And the song is a remake of an old 70s Aerosmith song, showing that the music wasn't so different after all. This was and is so cool. Iconic.

Even if I will remain a rocker in my veins, at this period, Run DMC really helped Aerosmith to get back on tracks... Even if I am not really fan of rap music, thank you Run DMC to help Aerosmith to be the big band we all know so many years later ;-) Ooops time is fying, we are already in 2021 ;-)

Yep, good stuff from the days when MTV actually played music videos and music could still bring us ALL Together... very fond memories !

Omg... I can't believe the timing! I'm at a family reunion and I'm telling EVERYONE to subscribe !!

@THEJAYYSHOW

3 жыл бұрын

YAyy

It’s like Jimmy Page actually playing the guitar for Puff Daddy’s use of Kashmir for the song “Come With Me”, which was used in the late 1990’s movie “Godzilla”. I think they actually appeared together on SNL as well as the music video.

I’m so glad you did this. It’s one of my favourite Aerosmith songs, and the video cracks me up every time.

This still brings a smile to my face😀 Rap/Rock, R& B it’s all art. Music always wins,! You should check out Love in an elevator

I suggest you listen to the original tune by Aerosmith and then compare the two. I just happen to like BOTH renditions...

The good old times. When all people could be just people. :)

This song changed the WORLD!!! For ALL of us!!!

@larrypatterson7087

Ай бұрын

Until Obama brought the race hate back and divided us again

Creative minds can bring ANYTHING together

There is something important about ALL types of music. Rap is good, rock is good, country is good, etc.....

In Jr High we drove around with Aerosmith and Queen on 8 tracks. Toys in the Attic is a great 70’s record.

Shows you what a class act Aerosmith is to do this video. They’re such legends. 💕💕

This made it openly cool for rockers and metal kids to like rap and vice versa... this did so much for a generation.

This video actually was responsible for Aerosmith getting back together and going out and touring again. The whole group wasn't talking to each other for several years and then when run DMC ask Joe Perry and Steve Tyler to be in the video it renewed interest in Aerosmith with the public and got the band talking again. Keep up the good work right eyes I love what you do and I look forward to the next one

This really gave aerosmith a whole NEW audience.... and brought them back to the top after all the hard drugs, alcohol and the usual that tears a band apart. they all got sober.... and the rest is history!! 👍👍❣️

At the time, this is exactly what we needed to make a bridge between hard rock and rap. For hard rock and rollers, this is what was needed for make us rethink and explore to ap more.

They did great collabs I was stationed overseas when this and Run dmc 's it's tricky

This was the first Rap and Rock collaboration that set music for the future.

My mom "turn that crap down!!!" Me crank it up. 🤣🤣

This what the ultimate cross-over cut, back in the day!

I was one of those weird ones that loved the rock I grew up on in the 70s into the 80s and loved rap when it came out like Sugar Hill Gang, Run DMC, Grand Master Flash, Doug E Fresh, etc., so it was really awesome to see this collaboration happen when I was in college. I see from your description that you are my kids' age. I made sure to raise mine on a wide range of music from my time and even before. Much love to you!

It shook us when it first came out and the video was on MTV. One of the best collaborations ever🔥

Still love this song ... its still bangin ....

The song that got me hooked on music. Great reaction Jayy.

I love watching people’s reaction to this video. The perfect merge of rock and rap. Great reaction.

Yup. This video brought rap music onto MTV and into the mainstream. Revolutionary.

This was the first mainstream rock/rap collaboration. This is a piece of history.

You be killing me with your facial expressions. I remember when this came out like it was yesterday. It gave Aerosmith hood credibility and simultaneously launched Run DMC into the mainstream

Yes, we all felt the same as you when this video came out, it just blew everyone away, both on the rock and rap side. It was groundbreaking and amazing. What's funny is all of the lyrics and beats were in the original Aerosmith song, which translates so easily to rap..so yes, Aerosmith felt very comfortable with it! Both of these groups were made to work together on this song

One of those I remember well. I love to see two different bands get together like that. It instantly made me like rap and become a Run DMC fan.

I remember being late for school one morn sitting there waiting for this video to come on. I saw it first when I was supposed to get my arse out the door. That feels like a lifetime ago. 1986? It basically is. I'm 45 and the mid to early 80s feel like I wasn't even alive back then.

All the words were written and first sung by Aerosmith in the 70’s!

Bring the Noize by Public Enemy and Anthrax should be next.

This song originally released by Aerosmith in 1975 and was a pretty big hit. When it was re-released in 1986 with Run DMV it was a monster. Of course it had the advantage of MTV which did not exist in '75.

Hi Jayy .My Name is Martin born and raised in the Bronx NY (Now in Fla) I'm 55 and a rock and metal fan ,Seen Aerosmith 14 times .Anyway moving on. The Bronx is the birth place of rap (FACT) And in the early years DJs used other artists to scratch and spin on the turntables.. And the most popular, Hand's down was Aerosmith Walk this way from the album Toys in the attic. So that is a basic history of this vid.. Fun fact, Steven Tyler lead singer is from the Bronx . Luv ya

Glad you did this one, was an incredible one, teaming with Run DMC gave Aerosmith a boost to their career as well. A breakthrough colab

Great song...I like to call this Rock n Rap..love this ..they tore it up 🎸🎸🎸

I'm so glad you're checking this out lol. Still as amazing today as it was back then 💜🤘🔥

I love the fact that both of these groups broke through the wall dividing rap and rock, and these they literally showed this in the video.

An Aerosmith classic made even better with the addition of RUN- DMC! You need to check out R/Dmc's joint Rock Box and Run's House

Steven Tyler is always entertaining! But this was just over the top when Run DMC (my first time hearing them)did their thing with this Aerosmith classic! I love it. Great choice! I love your channel! You’re like a breath of fresh air. 🥰

This song is nearly 40 years old and still sounds fresh

She starts, swingin' With the boys in, tune And her feet just fly up in the air Singin' hey diddle diddle with a kitty in the middle And they swingin' like it just don't care!!!

Steven Tyler, one of the best Voices and Showmen of all time ! Saw them live 10 times!

I have to take my hat off Rick Rubin because if it wasn't for him this would have never happened. He was a Hip-Hop promoter who came up with this idea for a collaboration between Aerosmith and Run DMC. He made a phone call to Aerosmith's manager and suggested the idea and the rest folks as they say is history. Plus the fact that he was both a Hip-Hop promoter and an Aerosmith fan helped because he's also the person who picked this song for their collaboration. Walk This Way is originally an Aerosmith song that they wrote. It's from their 3rd album which came out in 1975 titled Toys In The Attic.

I consider myself a metalhead first and foremost, but I love all sorts of music; jazz, blues, punk, classical, reggae, soundtracks, synthwave, pop/rock ... you name it. I've always respected hip hop and rap too. Music is music, and different music applies to different moods, occasions and circumstances. It's the language of emotions. And even if I speak from a metalhead perspective, rap has a place in the metal genre, too. Rage Against the Machine, Stuck Mojo (at least with the original vocalist Bonz), collaborations like this and "Bring The Noise" by Anthrax and Public Enemy ... the main thing rap and metal have in common is energy and attitude, and they can be very harmonious together. Even rock and rap, as shown in this video. I love it. Anybody hating on other's music tastes is just insecure and try to draw strength from their own taste.

As an old school regular white dude, this was the first song I ever heard that was real Rap... and it was good... Definitely the first one I ever heard on the clubs I went to I always felt this was the song that brought rap into mainstream... Great reaction. Thank you. 😊

This song is part of growing up in the 80's. Just a different vibe. A lot more open minded then. I grew up loving country, rap, and metal . Great reaction!

One of the best reaction videos I’ve ever seen . God bless you . Music brings us all together ❤

Hey Ms. Jayy! Thank you for the video. Love your reaction. Brought back some fun memories. Stay blessed 😎❤️

65 yrs old and I find something to tap my toe to on all stations. 😎

Absolutely changed music and perception. Great reaction xxxx

Great reaction.World would be a better place if people were more like you.

Saw them perform this live, both fan bases at the same concert. Super cool!

I love your reactions!!! All genres have fantastic songs. I’m an old 64 and do like rap. I’m probably clueless on what’s ‘cool’ but I love seeing you react to what I grew up on as ‘cool’ 😀

This was the beginning of rockers and rappers coming together for the first time. Check out the original by Aerosmith. Love both versions and your reactions.

When worlds collide beautiful things happen!!!! This is PROOF!!!

Rap today is nothing like old school rap. That's what their talking about.

This song brought brought rap to a bunch of us suburban white boys, then came the beastie boys, and public enemy with anthrax. seeing these worlds join together was big. this time of my life seemed so positive, like we were making huge leaps in joining together. I want to feel that again.

Aerosmith is one of those bands that truly cross musical boundaries (And I hate that thats even a thing, because music is supposed to be universal). They're a rock band that hip hop artists and fans tend to really like, and one of the reasons they mesh so well with that style is because a lot of Aerosmiths musical influences come from the same places that hip hop came from. There's a groove to their music that not too many of their contemporaries shared. More hipshaking than headbanging. But to name just a few, one of Steven Tyler's biggest influences was James Brown. Thats where his animated performance and style of vocals comes from. In fact, this song was written in 1974, and was inspired by a lot of the funk bands that were big at that time. Now obviously, Aerosmith's music derives more directly from Led Zeppelin than Parliament, but its that common groove they have that made their music appealing to more than just suburban white kids, and I think thats a beautiful thing.

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I grew up in the deep south and rap hadn't really penetrated that region as much but when this came out everyone was talking about rap music. Us kids loved it

This video never gets old! I love it!

Back in the 80s this was mine blowing the link between rock and rap. This was ground breaking. There is a documentary about this you should try to look it up.

Fantastic,,... right.... lived it... was the best... .... keep up your work,, you rock!! xoxo

Rap n Rock, who da thunk it, huh? Your vibe, you were most definitely at that party! 💃🏿 👍👏👏

I think a lot of people would agree that "Stand Back" by Stevie Nicks would be a great one for you to do 🙏!! Especially right there .. at the very end!!! That last note she did, 🤯😎👏! I used to sing, and Stevie Nicks and Pat Benatar were ALWAYS perfect GO TO'S !!

This was another thing when they tried to bring Rock and rap together in the '80s. But when the Beastie boys licensed to Ill album came out everybody loved it!

If you're if a certain age, we all loved everything. KRS One and Van Halen played in all of our houses. Earth Wind and Fire played with Billy Joel.

Awesome reaction, made me smile big time. Thank you for all your work, you always mange to brighten my day.

I loved this reaction. This song is so much fun. Thanks for reacting to it.

This song was the big cross over with rock and hip hop. Your headphones are adorable.

This rocker has loved Rap since the days of Curtis Blow, Lakeside, Sugar Hill Gang and Grand Master Flash And the Furious Five

Lol omg I've heard that song so many times and I still had so much fun watching it with you!!! 😍🤟❤️🇨🇦

I love 💕 your thoughts and your opened mindedness! So great your reaction!

Aerosmith should have written a huge check to Run DMC for this. It brought Aerosmith back from the brink.

Let’s all give a tip of the hat to producer Rick Rubin for getting Aerosmith together with Run DMC for this. Give Steven Tyler and Aerosmith a revival after all his years of drug use.

Classic Run-DMC and Aerosmith when I grew up on plastic and you should try Aerosmith and two cellos