Poll: What is the WORST SONG from a GREAT Artist or Band?

@christineml1476

3 күн бұрын

Starship "We Built this City"

@surlechapeau

3 күн бұрын

My Dingaling - Chuck Berry

@TerrickTerran

3 күн бұрын

Weird Al-Trapped in the Drive Thru

@Chapps1941

3 күн бұрын

O Bla Di, O Bla Da Beatles

@TerrickTerran

3 күн бұрын

@@christineml1476 It's definitely not as good as the old Jefferson Airplane stuff but I have a soft spot for that song.

Whereas Angus Young famously once said: “I'm sick to death of people saying we've made 11 albums that sound exactly the same, In fact, we've made 12 albums that sound exactly the same.”

@e-handle9634

20 сағат бұрын

And they all sound just like AC/DC ☺️ Buuttt .. Nobody else sounds quite like that❗

@Heartwing37

11 сағат бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@sody2000

Сағат бұрын

facts

Their 70's music was their best work.

@ProfessorofRock

3 күн бұрын

No question!

@stevenspeeduk

2 күн бұрын

I prefer the 80s and 90s stuff but that’s just cos I grew up with those albums

@williambenner701

2 күн бұрын

​@@stevenspeedukokay, I'll forgive you!😎

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

2 күн бұрын

And Pump. But everything else is inferior.

@rrdream2400

2 күн бұрын

what made them so great was they had an element of funk in the 70's, James Brown was a big influence on their music. That funk pretty much disappeared in the 80's and ever since.

I'll be 70 in a couple of months, and Aerosmith's first three albums will always be my favorites from them.

@joycecharles8293

2 күн бұрын

@@brucevidito4923 me too I'm 58...

There was this SNL bit that lives forever in my head where they did like an Aerosmith greatest hits CD and they were all some combination of Crying/Amazing/Crazy

@ProfessorofRock

3 күн бұрын

We cover it !

@wykydone564

2 күн бұрын

Tell me you didn't watch the video without telling me you didn't watch the video.

@standardofexcellence

2 күн бұрын

I wish I could find it that was hilarious adam

@Out_of_My_Head

2 күн бұрын

What about You're My Angel and Don't Want To Miss A Thing?

@arribaficationwineho32

2 күн бұрын

So funny!

SNL’s parody of this was epic. “Cuz I’m cryin’, and I’m crazy, cuz I’m cryin’amaza’crazy.”

@danmccarthy4700

Күн бұрын

I still crack up thinking about that sketch.

If Aerosmith had 3 top hits using the same music with different lyrics, they didn't rip themselves off - the fans got ripped off.

@badmojo0777

2 күн бұрын

if they enjoyed it, they didnt ge truipped off

@tjc525

2 күн бұрын

Aerosmi

@standardofexcellence

2 күн бұрын

Yea it is only ripping off if it is someone else creatively and even sometimes it is open to interpretation and influence, if a band does it then they are unimaginative and formulaic exploiting it and the fans were getting ripped off, subconsciously admiting they are susceptible to being marginally exploited

@Out_of_My_Head

2 күн бұрын

Exactly.

@doktormcnasty

Күн бұрын

I wish getting ripped on was a thing. Might help to balance out all the getting ripped off that's been going on.

A Friend of mine will sometimes break into our parody of these three songs..."i am crazy, 'cause I'm crying, it's amazing, that I'm crazy, we used one tune, for three songs!"

@ProfessorofRock

3 күн бұрын

Ha ha ha!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

2 күн бұрын

I don’t blame him! Same song, no variety.

@deebedwell580

2 күн бұрын

MadTV or SNL did a skit on that.

@trixonic6934

2 күн бұрын

Aerosmith sucks

@alk3myst

2 күн бұрын

Cannot unhear that now. Just played one...hahah

Too many bands from the mid/late-80s onward came to depend on formulaic power ballads to sustain their success. Some played the game better than others, but in general it turned rock into a safe, mellow product to be consumed under different "brand names."

@ProfessorofRock

3 күн бұрын

I know what you mean.

@stinkypinkeee5085

3 күн бұрын

@@lewiscrow My Friends and I called it "The Fourth Track Ballad Syndrome"...L.A. Metal was ate up with it...

@earlgrey691

2 күн бұрын

'Don't wanna miss a thing' often offends my ears if Aerosmith could be called a 'great band'.Bunch of degenerates with Zepp and Stones pretensions imo.

@waynevanstanley3795

2 күн бұрын

Could not agree more. Corporate suits got their way by making everyone they could make safe, watered-down tunes. And I say 'tunes' intentionally. A tune is a mere ditty, but a song is not a tune; it requires innovation and imagination, and that certain je ne sais quoi one can never quite put their finger on, but they know it's there, and that makes all the difference.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

2 күн бұрын

Like Diet Coke.

90s Aerosmith is the exact reason I turn the station whenever any Aerosmith song comes on.

@drchico40

2 сағат бұрын

Same hear. Their music is so bad, maybe with the exception of the 70's stuff.

They played a little dive bar in my neighborhood in the early 70's before they became famous, they lived in that area just south of Boston and in the city. Them and J. Geils and the band Boston were the big local bands, rock music was everything to me, I still listen to those songs today 50 yrs later. Thanks Professor for keeping the music alive.

"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" was written by my friend Diane Warren, and was Aerosmith's biggest hit, staying at #1 for 4 straight weeks. It was also nominated for an Academy Award. Look, I grew up with the 70's Aerosmith (My girlfriend cranked Toys in the Attic up constantly) and I love that era, but by the 90's, they had to do something different to stay relevant, and their power ballads introduced Aerosmith to a whole new audience. Their second chapter rivals any story in the music business!

@cob2076

2 күн бұрын

Shame she went from that success of one of Aerosmiths biggest hits to KISS's worst song EVER for D.R.C soundtrack, even tho its basically the exact same song

@rickyb1980

2 күн бұрын

Amazing with a career that long they only had one #1 hit. (Edit) - ...on the pop charts. Rock charts they had more.

@gregorymoore2877

Күн бұрын

@@rickyb1980 "Crying with a career that long they only had one #1 hit." "Crazy with a career that long they had one #1 hit." Yeah, those word aren't always interchangeable are they? 😉

@gkirms

18 сағат бұрын

Bands do this all the time. Look at how Genesis evolved and became even bigger than Aerosmith when they went more commercial just like Aerosmith did. I love their first 5 albums because I grew up with them. The hits in the 80's & 90's while profitable as far as singles, for me I couldn't stand one of them from 'I Don't Want to Miss a Thing' (Gag) to Cryin' (Yuck) to Amazing (Ugh) these songs for me weren't Aerosmith but Money talks, doesn't it?

@rickyb1980

16 сағат бұрын

@@gkirms my favorite examples of that was Sugar Ray. They were not female or radio friendly. Once "fly" took off and sold albums they changed their sound and cashed in.

Was at an Aerosmith show and they actually played the SNL clip before their encore. So, yeah, they definitely found it funny haha

@EitherEndofAugust

2 күн бұрын

It's pretty cool they have a sense of humor about themselves.

@standardofexcellence

2 күн бұрын

They were probably making fun of there audience

@derekp308

Күн бұрын

@@jjwallnutts I don’t think the SNL skit was intended to insult Aerosmith. It isn’t much different than Mad Magazines parodies of blockbuster movies.

The Adam Sandler Aerosmith bit is one of my all time faves!😂

I never realized they were three different songs. All this time, I had been thinking they were all the same song.

Just a shout out for having Big Generator in the background! Just listened to it again last night-- Immensely underrated album.

@mremusic999

2 күн бұрын

Beat me to it!

@mr.intensity2685

2 күн бұрын

Big Generator...Suddenly, I'm a Freshman in high school, '87-'88.

“Cryin’” and “Crazy” are definitely fraternal twin songs: same key, same time signature, virtually identical melody on the hook with two-syllable ‘cr’ words. But there isn’t a case for lumping in “Amazing” with them: different key and time signature, different melodic hook, etc. Alicia Silverstone is the only common factor.

@BigBri550

2 күн бұрын

"Amazing" is how I would describe the guitar lead in it!

@dantillson8702

2 күн бұрын

I hear Amazing and Crying, and cryin and Crazy, but not crazy and amazing. weird huh?

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

2 күн бұрын

And Alicia is an eye grabber.

@rrdream2400

2 күн бұрын

that's not the only common factor, throw in Don't Wanna Miss a Thing and Angel too. It's all miserable dreck. It's contrived ballad formula from a band that used to hit you in the gut with funky rock n roll topped with fantastic lyrics loaded with double entendre that sounded like nobody else. All these ballads sound like everybody else.

Liv: "Mom, I was at a concert, and the lead singer looked just like me!" Bebe: "Was it Aerosmith?" Liv: "Yeeeeeaaahh...?" Bebe: "We need to talk." LOL!

I heard a girl arguing with her mother in a bar that Aerosmith was a new band. I played her a song off Greatest hits and showed her the album cover to prove they were around long enough to have a grestest hits album. Edited bcs my thumbs can't spell.

@ProfessorofRock

3 күн бұрын

Ha ha. I had a similar experience!

@williamgaines9784

2 күн бұрын

Glad to see the edit. One should never play a dong to a girl arguing with her mother.😂

@tristramcoffin926

2 күн бұрын

BTW why is your device trained to aitocorrect to dong?

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

2 күн бұрын

They’ve been around since the 70s!

@garrett6064

2 күн бұрын

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 yeah, the daughter hadn't heard of them until their comeback in the 80's

Talkin' about Aerosmith? We're not worthy.! We're not worthy!

@ProfessorofRock

3 күн бұрын

Ha ha!

@user-hr1gw3qr8w

3 күн бұрын

@cannonball666...Excellent!!!

@a2ndopynyn

2 күн бұрын

@@user-hr1gw3qr8w - Nope. That was Alice Cooper, in _Wayne's World._

@user-hr1gw3qr8w

2 күн бұрын

@@a2ndopynyn ...guess you never saw Waynes World 2 or any of the original SNL skits . Lol

@a2ndopynyn

2 күн бұрын

@@user-hr1gw3qr8w - Hmmm. If I did, I don't remember 'em. My mistake. 🙃

Woke up July 5th with all 10 finger!!! 🤣😂Have a great Friday Adam & crew! 🤠

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

2 күн бұрын

Something happen yesterday?

Saw them at the Capital Centre in 1983 and the Hampton Coliseum in 1991. '83 was ok/nothing to write home about. '91 was a joke. They were condescending and acted like they were bored out of their skulls. Low negative vibes happening... thanks for the awesome memories dudes!

To me Ragdolll was the one hit I loved in their rotation of 80s classics from Aerosmith

@a2ndopynyn

2 күн бұрын

That's my favorite from that era also. Co-written with Holly Knight.

@maryrowe3981

Күн бұрын

I have always wondered about the inspiration for the “Ragdoll” lyrics….

Sorry Professor but 90's Aerosmith was a true let down compared to their 70's and early 80's material. 55 years old here, I'm sure lots of older rockers agree. If a 90's Aerosmith song come's on the radio when I'm driving, I change the station...

@derricktrottier6763

3 күн бұрын

i couldn't agree more...once they got sober their music turned to pop/rock crap.

@BigTimeRushFan2112

3 күн бұрын

@@derricktrottier6763 so true...

@mikek5958

3 күн бұрын

100%

@ProfessorofRock

3 күн бұрын

Ok!

@Anaris10

2 күн бұрын

YUP

I loved Aerosmith as a kid. I learned the lyrics for "Sweet Emotion" before I learned my ABC's. However, "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing" was the unceremonious end to all that. Oh well, it was good while it lasted.

@ProfessorofRock

3 күн бұрын

Cool!

One of my favorite Aerosmith performances was in the Sargeant Pepper's movie, doing Come Together as the Future Villain Band. FIRE

@ProfessorofRock

3 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing.

@pauljazz818

2 күн бұрын

Aerosmith was the best part of that rubbish movie. The worst part is they got beat up by the Bee Gee’s! Nooooooooo!!!

@DukesMusic84

2 күн бұрын

@@pauljazz818 In real life Aerosmith would destroy the Bee Gees, Aerosmith tough as nails.

Add in Don't Wanna Miss a Thing and Angel if you want to torture yourself.

1993 Aerosmith songs appeared in three hit movies, Wayne’s World 2, Mrs Doubtfire, and of course Dazed and Confused

Proof, Aerosmith was at their best while on drugs..

Those videos did more for Alicia Siverstone than they did for Aerosmith.

@the_original_jt

2 күн бұрын

Alicia did more for me than Aerosmith did.

@donaldpaluga

18 сағат бұрын

AS IF!😎

love this channel.... I have a friend who's like "man your some kind of music nerd"...but gen again he's a super sports guy , especially about 70's and 80's. It's just all what you're in to.

I reluctantly saw them with my wife on their Pump tour, and they played their newer pop stuff early, as if to get it out of the way. The rest of the show was all hard rock from the 70s, and they had that old sound. I had the impression they weren't thrilled with their new pop & power ballads either. I was SO glad I went! It was like seeing the old Aerosmith!

Alicia Who? You'll have to forgive me I a bit clueless here.

@ProfessorofRock

3 күн бұрын

Ha!

@Whisper_292

3 күн бұрын

Ba-dum TISS

@theunknownatheist3815

2 күн бұрын

Tip your waitress folks 😂

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

2 күн бұрын

As if!

@donaldpaluga

18 сағат бұрын

Admit it, she was Your Crush😏

My college years when those 3 hits were popular on MTV - my 2nd and 3rd year in college - great memories watching those music videos on MTV in a time when there was only CABLE TV !

@ProfessorofRock

3 күн бұрын

Thanks!

When I think of Aerosmith songs, the ones that immediately came to mind was: Dream On, Sweet Emotion, Dude looks Like a Lady, Love in an Elevator, Walk This Way, Janie's Got A gun. I remembered Cryin' only when I read the description, but couldn't even think of what Crazy and Amazing sounded like without looking for them and playing them. I think Living On the Edge from that album made more of an impression on me (though that might be because of Weird Al). To be honest, when I saw the title of this video, Nickleback was the band that immediately came to mind, not Aerosmith.

My favourite Rock and Roll band. Saw them Live in Toronto at the Sky Dome in December of 93, January of 94 Big Ones. They played an amazing concert. Jackal opened for them. Another great video Adam, much appreciated.

@ProfessorofRock

3 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

I thought this was going to be about Casey and the Sunshine Band. I was with a band in the 70s. 'Get Down Tonight,' "That's the Way," "Shake Your Booty," and "Boogie Man" are all the exact same music. We only had to learn one song to perform four.

@ProfessorofRock

3 күн бұрын

Ha ha!

@karentrimmer

3 күн бұрын

@@ProfessorofRock We were covering Boz Skaggs, ELO, Doobies... we needed some easy fillers.

@theunknownatheist3815

2 күн бұрын

KC, Not Casey.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

2 күн бұрын

Haha it would be so funny if we got an episode on that!

@rrdream2400

2 күн бұрын

KC had great grooves. If you think those songs are all the same your band wasn't very good.

The 90s were Aerosmith's biggest decade as far as units sold, however when I think of 90s music they seldom come to mind. Lucky for them the seventies remain their definitive decade. I thought at first you were gonna feature Gary Puckett and the Union Gap whose four million selling singles all sound alike.

@ProfessorofRock

3 күн бұрын

So true.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

2 күн бұрын

And are all about a young woman or a young girl whatever.

@thewordlove4316

Күн бұрын

I can only recall three: 'Lady Willpower' 'Over You' 'Young Girl' off the top of mein kopf, mind you ... 🤌🥔👁️🍅🙊🤌

@petercena9497

Күн бұрын

@@thewordlove4316 Woman Woman

I knew exactly who you were talking about in the first 5 seconds. My younger sister, who is 10 years younger, wanted me to check out this new band. I discovered Aerosmith with Toys in the Attic. She didn't believe me they had been around forever until I pulled out my vinyl and played it for her.

Winger did it twice with “Without the Night” and “Miles Away”. There’s a video of Kip making light of it

There were some amazing collaborations with the band. A really diverse selection, and yet Aerosmith never lost their unique sound.

@ProfessorofRock

3 күн бұрын

For sure.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

2 күн бұрын

Run-DMC will always be their best.

This is the first video of his in which I figured out who the band was going to be in the first 15 seconds

I thought you were Crazy for making this video, But it is Amazing, & left me Crying.

The three hits that were described as sounding like the same song with different lyrics are "Cryin'," "Amazing," and "Crazy." For people that don't have 20 mins to spend on a video.

People talk a lot of smack about Aerosmith's late 80s-early 90s output and how they were using so many outside writers, but they were taking advantage of that resurgence and wanted to put out as many memorable songs as possible. When you look at it like that, the use of so many outside songwriters on Get A Grip makes some sense.

@beenaplumber8379

2 күн бұрын

I prefer it when artists have something to say, and they express themselves rather than trying to rack up the hits. There's nothing wrong with that, but it almost never connects with me.

@KellyAlbright-tg9kz

Күн бұрын

Glad they got clean and survived but still not great music IMO.

My word, I remember seeing Aerosmith at the Montreal Forum on the Pump tour with Skid Row as support. Jan 1990

@ProfessorofRock

3 күн бұрын

Who was better?

@Weareconnected167

3 күн бұрын

@@ProfessorofRock honestly.. SKID ROW, they looked they had something to prove. Although I gotta say Steven Tyler doing forward flips on stage was a sight to see

@stinkypinkeee5085

3 күн бұрын

@@Weareconnected167 I can top that: Aerosmith with Guns N' Roses on the Permanent Vacation Tour...$16.50 a ticket for the entire building...1988 was awesome...

@kennelson6055

2 күн бұрын

I can top that...Texas Jam 1978. Ted Nugent, Van Halen, Heart, Journey, Eddie Money and Head East. $15.00

@dsmith9626

10 сағат бұрын

Saw that tour at Reunion Arena in Dallas with Bonham/The Cult/Skid Row and Aerosmith. Great show to my ears. Love 70s Aerosmith. Never liked "Love in an Elevator" or "Janie's Got A Gun" too much. Aerosmith is definitely hit or miss with me . But they put on a hell of a show in Dallas. Ironically Jason Bonham is playing drums on the Best of All Worlds Van Halen Tribute with Sammy Hagar, Joe Satriani and Michael Anthony. I'm seeing them in Houston. I actually saw Van Halen with DLR on the "1984" tour. I saw Van Hagar/Sam Halen 3 times including the very first show on the "5150" world tour at the Hirsch Coliseum in Shreveport, Louisiana. I've loved Satch since the 80s so this will be an awesome show. Can't wait. I'm also seeing Kansas in October and Iron Maiden in November in Fort Worth. Sweeeet! 🤘

Like almost all great artists/bands, the early years were their best because thats when they're creative juices were flowing.

"Fever" is one of the few 100% Steven/Joe which is why its the only 90s song that sounds like the 70s

Fomulaic melodies with different lyrics have worked for various artists, Merle Haggard did it, George Jones, Conway Twitty also, to name a few.

I am a huge fan of not only rock ‘n’ roll but I’m a huge fan of power ballads it’s the best thing in the world it makes romance I think come alive.

@rrdream2400

2 күн бұрын

Marvin Gaye, Barry White, Sade, that's romance. Aerosmith singing this drek can make any man go soft.

I knew it, but my friends didn't believe me. Thanks for proving me right!

I think what makes many bands and artists early work more iconic is that hunger, sometimes literal hunger. touring in real life situations where you are not sure where your next pay day is coming in. sleeping in your crappy tour van trying to break through. The hardships of living make for great RELATABLE lyrics that listeners can latch onto. Later in their careers the very successful bands no longer have that hunger, what are you going to write about from your life if you no longer have to strive for anything? you live in a multi million dollar mansion, you make more in interest a year than most people make in their lifetimes. that will be reflected in the lyrics and music and people can sense that. Just my opinion

Saw Aerosmith at an outdoor concert delayed by 911, security was the USMC and other members of the military. It was very emotional.

@ProfessorofRock

3 күн бұрын

Where was this?

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

2 күн бұрын

This was a sad day!

@JohnHoganN8

2 күн бұрын

@@ProfessorofRockBristow, Virginia, think it was the Nissan Pavilion back then.

"Young Girl" "Lady Willpower" "This Girl is a Woman Now"

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

2 күн бұрын

And “Woman, Woman”

@strippingears9052

Күн бұрын

Gary puckett wanted to get rid of sameness,career flopped after not remaking song over and over..

@donaldpaluga

18 сағат бұрын

​@strippingears9052 funny you should mention him, I heard his version of I WANT To Know What Love Is. It was as bad as any Yoko Ono record

I find it Amazing that so many people are Cryin` about all this Crazy stuff. The Prof asked, what changed between their earlier work and their later work. They got older and sober. It's really that simple. Would people rather they had just given up and stopped creating music that millions of people loved? They needed help and they were smart enough to get that help and do what was needed to continue to produce hit song after hit song. How anyone could begrudge them of that is beyond me. As someone else in another comment pointed out, it was still the band creating that music and playing that music night in and night out at their concerts.

I have always loved Get a Grip. That album was a huge part of my summer '93 soundtrack after finishing 11th grade and getting ready for my senior year. I even saw Aerosmith in concert for the first time with that tour. I got to see them twice for the Get a Grip tour. I actually like all three of the ballads, but it did really annoy me that they released all three back to back as singles. People seem to overlook that Get a Grip is also loaded with some great hard rocking songs that just got overlooked. They made a point to really beef up the rhythm guitars on that album after the more tamer sounding Pump and Permanent Vacation. One review I remember reading from the time it came out called Get a Grip "Pump Harder."

I still haven't listened to "Don't Wanna Miss a Thing" in its entirety. I leave a store if it comes on, change the radio dial. Not that it's a bad song - I haven't heard it. I just have it as a source of pride that I've avoided it for decades.

@ProfessorofRock

3 күн бұрын

I know what you mean.

@LazyIRanch

3 күн бұрын

It also reminds me of that terrible movie it was in. Don't remember the name, but Liv Tyler was in it.

@theunknownatheist3815

2 күн бұрын

@@LazyIRanchArmageddon. I saw it at a free screening when it came out. It was fun to see at the theater back when our country wasn’t filled with assholes. 😂

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

2 күн бұрын

Me too. It’s easily their worst song.

@sicsiksam

2 күн бұрын

Wow , I thought I was the only one that held musical grudges!!!! I agree with you 💯 Done with mirrors was a decent album though .

Personally, I think that “Pump” was Aerosmith’s truly last good album. Cryin’, Crazy, and Amazing weren’t identical, but they were congealed from the same blob of blandness.

Aerosmith will always be the best ever in my mind. I am a permanent member of the top 1% of Aerosmith’s listeners on Spotify. Their second act happened during my teenage years. My first album was Pump, and it wasn’t long before I had Permanent Vacation in my mitts. My parents encouraged my new obsession by getting me Pandora’s Box and the Box of Fire box sets which got me hooked on the classic ‘Smith. From ‘89 on, the bad boys from Boston was my life’s soundtrack until the Another Dimension album ended their studio album run. Professor, could you please do an episode on Aerosmith’s Honkin’ on Bobo album?

I was 17, those videos were crazy amazing, and had me cryin'.

Saying an Aerosmith ballad sounds like an Aerosmith ballad is like saying AC/DC sounds like AC/DC. No shit, of course they sound similar.

@turnaround2219

2 күн бұрын

Aerosmith wrote crappy lyrics and set them to crappy music for three different songs that all sound the same. Please do not compare that to AC/DC.

@AndreaP76

2 күн бұрын

@@turnaround2219 The three songs are completely different. The same can not be said about 80% of AC/DC songs. Try again.

@jeromethiel4323

2 күн бұрын

@@turnaround2219 My point is as soon as an AC/DC song comes on, you know it's an AC/DC song. Because is SOUNDS like an AC/DC song. I could say the same thing about a lot of bands, AC/DC was just the first one that popped into my head.

Bands that don't write their music are essentially just studio musicians.

@steelman774

3 сағат бұрын

I agree… And preforming musicians (thats a thing I’ve seen a lot of musicians struggle with. They’re either good on stage or in the booth).

@johndavidson2365

2 сағат бұрын

@@steelman774 yup. Older bands did both (usually). That's why older music stands out as just better.

As a teen in the 70s I was a diehard Aerosmith fan. I fall into that group that feels anything after Pump is not the same.

You hit it on the head man. I'm a young Gen X and I had heard my dad playing their early stuff, but when the 93 album came out I was like, wait, that's the same band? It clicked for me. For me, anecdotally, I became one of their lifetime fans. Great video buddy.

I actually never once thought about those songs sounding the same but having different lyrics until you mentioned it!

@johntackett1853

3 күн бұрын

Did you ever actually listen to them? It is painfully obvious.

@ProfessorofRock

3 күн бұрын

Interesting.

@amywade4035

2 күн бұрын

wow that's amazing

heh, well, wonder if they ever debated suing themselves for ripping off their own songs 🤣🤣🤣

@Whisper_292

3 күн бұрын

It wouldn't be the weirdest lawsuit ever.

@JohnHoganN8

3 күн бұрын

Don would!

@jennycraigadventures3314

3 күн бұрын

@@Whisper_292John Fogarty sued himself.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

2 күн бұрын

Oh man!

@Whisper_292

Күн бұрын

@jennycraigadventures3314 Really? That's great! I'll have to look that story up.

Cool story Professor! Saw them in ‘77 and ‘78! Awesome show!🤘🔥

@ProfessorofRock

3 күн бұрын

THanks Brent!

I got into aerosmith in the early 90s, after seeing wanynes world 2 and hearing, then seeking out "shut up and dance" (still got it too) then branched out from there, to the current stuff, back to the old greatest hits classics, and onward to "honkin' on bobo" i think there were epically-good, and bad songs in every era, although i feel that, they were never NOT aerosmith. That bombastic sound, attitude, was always at the core and radiating out. The "velcro trifecta" was/is a grind to listen to, as is "don't wanna miss a thing" (despite them being great songs). I do feel that those songs were necessary, easy to drop right into the middle of all potential listeners worlds and do well, and ensure the bands success. I distinctly remember seeing the alicia/liv videos on "the box" (UK mid 90s cable tv music channel, where you could call in and type a code to have a song you want played, for a small fee...) i think alicia silverstone, plus the cutting edge, raunchy direction, had a massive influence on us.

Happy 4th weekend! I love a good conspiracy theory.

@ProfessorofRock

3 күн бұрын

Ha ha!

@Chapps1941

3 күн бұрын

I hate all the horrible ones

It doesn't matter who writes the songs. It all boils down to Joe Perry on lead guitar and Steven Tyler screaming out the vocals. Tyler has a recognizable style.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

2 күн бұрын

I wonder if he got a sore throat often because of his constant screaming

Aerosmith appearing on the SNL sketch of Wayne's World and then featured in the Wayne's World sequel were also big boosts for them.

“Toys In The Attic” was their most popular album with some great songs. “Rocks” was their best album without question. That album was a statement that they were indeed a hard rock band. Were being the key word there.

Eat The Rich is the best song on that album.. singing that one a lot lately... fits the times. As for the song doctors... look up Lizard Love.

Now I remember why I stopped listening to them after Rocks.

Adam, I hope that you and yours had a nice Independence Day celebration 🇺🇸 🎆 🎇 🎉 BTW, I think that we need from you a tier list of Aerosmith songs! 😁 Maybe could be a monthly feature on your channel with various artists (80s Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Pink Floyd…)

My first exposure to Aerosmith was in 1993 when they released their "Get A Grip" album. Their music videos, featuring Alicia Silverstone, were frequently played on The Box. (Remember that channel?) Years later, when I discovered they had been around since the 1970s, I was astounded that they had never crossed my radar before.

Aerosmith got really formulaic, especially with their sound, when they hit with "Angel". Their stuff used to sound different song to song but you always knew it was them. "Angel" hit and that over-process, heavy-on the vocal doubling and the reverb, big synth sound. They're not the first band to rehash songs, some on purpose, some by accident.

@ProfessorofRock

3 күн бұрын

Too true.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

2 күн бұрын

Far from it.

@Jagangela

2 күн бұрын

It was not Aerosmith, it was and is the music business....listen to music now...if you want to call it music.

@TribalGuitars

2 күн бұрын

@@Jagangela It was Aerosmith. They're big boys, they had a say.

If Run DMC hadn’t remade Walk This Way with the band in 86 they would have disappeared in a drug haze.

@robpaxson4455

2 күн бұрын

Disagree 💯

@tommygreen3338

2 күн бұрын

Agree

@UTubeHandlesSuck

2 күн бұрын

Truth. I still recall people going "Run DMC and *_who?"_*

@pbberkstresser7803

2 күн бұрын

AMEN to that

@malevolencemotorsports8361

2 күн бұрын

Have to agree

When "Arrowsmith" hit the scene (1970?) with "Dream On' it was an instant smash. The song has much more in it than some may think too. I often refer to it when talking about where we learn from (fools and sages). Then there was silence, "false" roomers spread about a break up. We (in Cleveland) wondered what had happened. Then this tune came on the radio "Sweet Emotion", followed quickly by "Walk This Way" (or maybe the other way around). Who is this? (we asked) "Arrowsmith? That doesn't sound like Arrowsmith. Ah, but it was, and the rest is rock and roll history. The slight change in style, made the difference. Once the mid 1980's came I (personally) lost track of Arrowsmith. That changes nothing. They are, in fact, one of rock's greatest bands. ;-)

@DonaldMerrit

2 күн бұрын

Arrow Smith? Are you referring to the first TV appearance, where they listed Aerosmith as Arrow Smith? If not, it's just plain wrong to spell the name that way.

@robertweldon7909

2 күн бұрын

@@DonaldMerrit Ah, I just checked my post. I did not spell the name as two words. Honestly, I haven't the slightest idea what you're talking about.

Aerosmith lost their funky bone when they got back together in the 80's. I went from loving just about every song on every album to not loving anything they put out.

@beenaplumber8379

2 күн бұрын

Yeah, they went from gutsy hard rock to jumping in with the hair bands and making calculations rather than compositions. In the 70s they had something to say. Later they were simply responding to popular demands.

@standardofexcellence

2 күн бұрын

I didn't like anything but pink by aerosmith in the 90's on. In fact I think rolling stones did a better version and video of crazy etc with angry and sydney sweeney very recently

@beenaplumber8379

2 күн бұрын

@@standardofexcellence The Stones kept developing their sound, and they've always offered something new and genuine, even as old farts. They never tried to reduce their art to a series of calculations.

Hey, y'all. 🎉🎉

@LaManteca76

3 күн бұрын

Hi 👋

@LazyIRanch

3 күн бұрын

Howdy!

my favourite Aerosmith song ever is AMAZING. I do think that CRYING and CRAZY are great and interchangeable, but AMAZING is an epic original piece that to me , stands on its own. Love the lyrics, music, vocals and guitar solo at the end.

Toys in the attic is a masterpiece and that's what originally turned me on to Aerosmith. They certainly paid their dues and I don't blame them for finding a formula and cashing in in the 90s.

KC and the Sunshine band did that. There's little difference between "That's the Way I Like It", "Shake your Booty", "Keep it Comin; Love" and a few other songs in their repertoire other than the lyrics; the music is basically recycled, formulaic. I mean, if you find something that's catchy and works, why not?

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

2 күн бұрын

Don’t forget I’m Your Boogie Man.

@UnclePengy

2 күн бұрын

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Yes

@Jagangela

2 күн бұрын

I love all those songs....

Love me some Aerosmith ❤

@ProfessorofRock

3 күн бұрын

So good!

They hit the jackpot. I don’t fault them for the external writers. It was a success. I was in high school and saw them on this tour. Collective Soul opened up for them. Epic show to say the least.

I was a fan in the 70's when I was in high school, and I was a fan in the 80's partying it up with not a care in the world. The 80's were more commercial, you had MTV/Much Music (I'm Canadian,) so things like music videos had a huge impact on how a song was perceived. That wasn't a secret. Different eras, different vibes. Both were Aerosmith. Huge bands changed or lost and found new front men, or women. They changed with the times. They redefined themselves. Is the music good? That's all that really matters.

Idgaf, get a grip was fucking great! Huge in my rotation back in HS

@danielcraft3727

4 сағат бұрын

There you go, teeny boppers targeted music.

80's areosmith I dont care for . They sold out doing pop rock. Toys in the Addict rocked, was them at their best

@anthoneyschwoch9104

2 күн бұрын

I'm not going to pass judgment, I don't know you. Albums are a product. The idea is to sell as many as possible. Selling out is the point.

Aerosmith is definitely one of my favorite bands of all time-Great episode!

Love the VH and YES albums behind you!

If the listening public loves a formula, why not keep serving it to them? A win-win arrangement for all!

@ProfessorofRock

3 күн бұрын

Depends on the formula!

@Ribberflavenous

3 күн бұрын

@@ProfessorofRock I will disagree, and I have always hated the elitist 'sell out' cry. If you are interested in the art at a high level and the subtle nuances or originalities matter to you, kudos to you, and this is a great place for discussions of that type. Some of us don't have that depth of interest, or just need some decent quality background music while you work. That is an honorable space to fill in music and it pays well. If Picasso and Rembrandt spin your dials, go for it. I just need a nice southwestern landscape on the wall most of the time and that isn't evil.

@RickCaldwellvoluntaryist

3 күн бұрын

I disagree. A formula serves a particular era, and makes hits for the bands that follow it in the short term. Then, the formula becomes a joke in the next decade, and becomes chart poison to that band, even if the band adapts. Aerosmith and Heart are examples of bands that fell into formula hit making later in theor careers, who became legends anyway, largely because they were already legends due to their early material. But other bands that followed the same formulas that hadn't already had memorable careers, became embarrasing punch lines once their brief hit making runs were over. Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship are revered variations of that bands lineups. But nobody talks about Starship without a smirk. Following a formula is a great plan for short term success. That much is true. But it becomes an albatross around a band's(or artists's) neck in regard to their longer term legacy.

@dpjacobs28

2 күн бұрын

If $ is to be made….someone will fill whatever the void may be….guaranteed!

@Ribberflavenous

2 күн бұрын

@@RickCaldwellvoluntaryist You are talking artisanal values, i.e. quality, There are many genius pieces that have massive accolades from credentialed experts that have not made much if any money, but they still need to be done to feed those that can appreciate it. However, remember, that half the people who listen to music are below average and the entertainment business is about money, so catering to the less demanding listener is a successful plan/formula. Yes it is McMusic, but it satisfies the simpler ear, and if they will buy it, producers will sell it.

Yeah, they sound the same. But they sound good so I'm okay with it.

@Whisper_292

3 күн бұрын

They do, but I always thought it was intentional.

I saw the same thing happen with HEART. From the mid-80s up, a large percentage of the songs on their Capitol-era albums were both LA songwriters. Which obviously wasn't a bad idea, as they did 4 albums in a row that were better than anything they did in the early 80s.

Their last great album was Toys in the Attic. I met Steven and Joe in Columbia SC in either 97 or 98. They were sober by then. Joe was a recluse in his hotel room, but Steven was wide open. You can check if you want too. It was the Adams Mark Hotel. Quite a coincidence, don't you think Adam. Steven wanted me to show him around downtown Columbia, but unfortunately, I needed the job. I was always a big fan of their music. I preferred their 70s stuff because it had a harder edge. Uncle Salty is one of my alltime favorites. Anyway, I always look back and wonder what would have happened . I would have taken the day off and shown Stephen Columbia. He was interested in the souther heritage of the town. What do you think?

Pump was Aerosmith's last great album. I find their 90s output to be cookie cutter schmaltz. Still an awesome band

@ProfessorofRock

3 күн бұрын

I love Pump!

@BigTimeRushFan2112

3 күн бұрын

great? lol. It was commercial drivel at best.

@ProfessorofRock

3 күн бұрын

@@BigTimeRushFan2112 What about Janie?

@PatrickMersinger

3 күн бұрын

@@ProfessorofRock I think their last great full album, to me at least, is 1979’s Night in the Ruts. (A takeoff on right in the nuts.) Yes there was internal tension in the Band , but that album was a great one. It sent Joe and Brad out of the band for years. They tried to replace them with two other guitarists. I saw that tour , it was a good show but just not the same without Joe and Brad. Tyler was incredibly wasted too, not yet cleaned up his act.

@BigTimeRushFan2112

3 күн бұрын

@@ProfessorofRock drivel.

Possible the greatest comeback in rock. Pump dominated 1990-1 radio and stereos. Great tour too.

@ProfessorofRock

3 күн бұрын

For sure.

@pensnut08

2 күн бұрын

Ummmm.... The comeback started in 1984.........

Loved and got your reference to them being "Back in the Saddle Again", wink wink. Dream On has always been a favored song for me. Unfortunately I couldnt get onboard with their 80s offers. But that did allow a newer generation to listen to and appreciate their prior catalog of songs, so there was a silver lining!

If you hadn't said this was going to be about a band, I might have thought it would be about Chuck Berry with "School Day (Hail, Hail Rock 'n' Roll)" and "No Particular Place To Go."

Without Tyler's signature vocal, none of these ballads become hits.