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[wickedflea]

Here's something that will keep you up at night: somewhere out there, there are people who think that Aerosmith is still a rock band. *shudder*

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Ha.

[buscemi.livejournal.com]

Do they even write their own material anymore?

Re: Ha.

[wickedflea.livejournal.com]

I doubt it. I think it's churned out in the same factory that makes Chicken McNuggets.

Re: Ha.

[wickedflea.livejournal.com]

I do remember hearing that, until some professional cheesy-hit-maker tunesmith sort (Desmond Child, maybe) got ahold of it, "Dude Looks Like a Lady" was called "Cruisin' for the Ladies." I was like, geez, you mean that song used to be even worse? And they say you can't polish a turd... :)

Re: Ha.

[buscemi.livejournal.com]

Just leave it to Desmond Child. This was the same guy behind KISS' Asylum album, you know. :)

Re: Ha.

[wickedflea.livejournal.com]

shhhh -- you'll blow my cover. I liked that album. :) (I couldn't get with Crazy Night or Hot in the Shade, though.)

[carocrow.livejournal.com]

Please don't tell me you are dissing Steven Tyler.

[wickedflea.livejournal.com]

If I ever see that dude in another video with his daughter, I'm going to have him incarcerated. It's just that simple.

[carocrow.livejournal.com]

Neh. Nothing to it. I am disappointed in you, Flea.

But I stand on the principle that no matter how fugly a man is, if he can sing, he can have all the poontang he wants.

[wickedflea.livejournal.com]

Hey, I'm all for principles like that -- they give guys like me hope. And I can't even sing!

But that still doesn't mean ol' Steve can rock.

but . . . but . . .

[rufus.livejournal.com]

I *like* Aerosmith!

Admittedly it's the quasi-vintage "Sweet Emotion" era Aerosmith, as well as the slightly more recent "Janie Got a Gun"/"Permanent Vacation"/"Walk This Way"/"Love in an Elevator" era Aerosmith.

Their most recent ballads have been horrific. Although "Sweet Taste of India" and "Pink" weren't bad.

Re: but . . . but . . .

[wickedflea.livejournal.com]

Oops -- I had a feeling that I might be stepping on some feet. :)

The emphasis is on "still." Though I've never considered myself an Aerosmith fan in the least, I do admit that some of their early-to-mid-70s stuff was pretty good. "Sweet Emotion" especially. Somewhere along the way, though (sometime in the mid-80s, if you ask me), they crossed the line and became the epitome of overprocessed, mass-produced, saccharine garbage -- which is fine for people who like that sort of thing, I suppose, but it just ain't rock 'n' roll.

But hey, I'm the sort of butthead who still thinks bands are selling out when they use keyboards, so admittedly my perspective is a bit peculiar. :)

[ex-sinnie785.livejournal.com]

I 'member when I first heard the "Dude Looks Like a Lady" song, I thought it was saying "Do the Locamotion" in big-mouth talk. Big-mouth talk garbles words sometimes, you know.

Now, I will feel really stupid if "Dude Looks Like a Lady" wasn't performed by Aerosmith. If it wasn't pls delete this comment so as not to advertise my dumbassedness to the world.

:)

[wickedflea.livejournal.com]

Haha -- no, it was definitely them. (See my reply to buscemi above.) You're right, though -- he might have been saying anything! "Fool Has Got Some Rabies"? "Boozin' with Israelis"?

[goatsupreme.livejournal.com]

Were they ever a rock band to begin with??

[wickedflea.livejournal.com]

Legend has it that they were for a minute or two. Certainly not in recent memory, though.

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[goatsupreme.livejournal.com]

Anyone who wears that many scarves should be shot immediately.

Rock band? No. ROCK STARS? Yes!

[skeeter138.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Aerosmith is probably more of a mad marketing and promotional machine than a serious rocking band nowadays. But last time I was in Vegas we ran into the madness at Hard Rock, and I have serious respect for them now!

It was a total mob scene on a Sat. night, I look to my right and see the bassist for Aerosmith chatting with two girls then ahead of him a mass of probably 200+ people grouped into a corner and lined all the way to the room hallway. It took about 3 minutes till I actually caught a glimpse to see Steven Tyler was the center of attention. Aparrantly they had just finshed their show and completed some press at the hotel. They could have just walked past the mob through a roped off area with their security, but instead ST spent an extra 50 minutes kissing all the girls, signing autographs, shaking hands, and taking pictures with every last person who wanted one before he made it to the hallway! It was the coolest gesture ever to see someone as big as him do that when he didn't have to. Up ahead of the mob, bellboys carted in at least 20 cases of beer and wine and lord knows what else on a huge metal cart. So even though they're old and their music isn't progressive at least they can still party like rock stars! And ST could have had ANY woman who was in that hotel, easily!

Re: Rock band? No. ROCK STARS? Yes!

[wickedflea.livejournal.com]

I must admit that megastardom has its privileges.

You see all the rock stars -- Steven Tyler AND Kerry King!

Re: Rock band? No. ROCK STARS? Yes!

[skeeter138.livejournal.com]

Yeah, when you're practicing for your own megasuperstardom you gotta learn from the best! What I've learned is kiss all the girls you see and eat at TGIFriday's! Oh...and buy lots of Spawn toys! We used to run into Danzig at the Comic Con with armfuls of that crap. Then you're well on your way to becoming a megastar!