tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post8181630513653859211..comments2024-03-02T07:40:22.786+03:00Comments on Only Solitaire blog: Aerosmith: Music From Another Dimension!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-2684290908106073072016-06-25T06:39:28.623+03:002016-06-25T06:39:28.623+03:00The prototypical kickass American rock bands are C...The prototypical kickass American rock bands are Cheap Trick and Van Halen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-88815419385190226312013-07-05T23:30:55.140+04:002013-07-05T23:30:55.140+04:00I'm from Boston. Never could stand these guys....I'm from Boston. Never could stand these guys. Joe Perry's an okay player but a conceited asshole as well. The rest are mediocre, 'Nuff said.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-28302845477811450752012-12-26T22:56:01.875+04:002012-12-26T22:56:01.875+04:00I think half this album is outtakes -at least the ...I think half this album is outtakes -at least the leadoff single, "legendary child" is an outtake from get a grip, which means they didn't actually team up with vallance to write a new song-. Haven't listened to the whole album, only that song and the second single "What love could have been". I found both of them rather bland. But then a decade ago I found "jaded" bland upon release and now I kinda like it, mostly cause of the drumming. Who knows how will i find these songs ten years from now?Jose Paradanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-29508405392471001272012-12-22T00:52:34.402+04:002012-12-22T00:52:34.402+04:00As the subject of "rock star" and "...As the subject of "rock star" and "sell out" is concerned - the biggest sell out in the history of music is a certain WA Mozart. He never put a single note on paper without getting paid and knew a few things about stardom as well.<br />At the other side of this spectrum we have Gentle Giant. Derek Shulman explicitly stated in an interview that the main goal of the band was to make it big.<br />So why blame Aerosmith for it? All I care for is the notes.MNbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-88122370354894435502012-12-22T00:42:44.795+04:002012-12-22T00:42:44.795+04:00You might be right, Malx, but I have a soft spot f...You might be right, Malx, but I have a soft spot for Aerosmith - can't help it. For a bunch of corporate suckers or "rock stars" they have delivered quite some good songs. Dream On is even excellent. But be comforted, never in my textbook will Aerosmith be the "prototypical kick ass American rock band". That title would rather go to Metallica or even Nirvana. Or Jefferson Airplane if you want some old geezers.<br />Still I like Tyler and Perry. Now and then.MNbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-74079923218093994842012-12-21T19:50:47.422+04:002012-12-21T19:50:47.422+04:00Well, Anton, it's no sin to grow old. We'l...Well, Anton, it's no sin to grow old. We'll all suffer a diminishing of our basic potency and motor skills as we reach senior age. But if Aerosmith go down in history as the "prototypical kick ass American rock band" as they threaten to do, it'll be a goddamned shame. As little as they move me, I'd rather see the Ramones walk away with that title - or even the Stooges. Or, screw it, even Boston! As cheesy as they were (and they were extremely cheesy), Boston were definitely about the music and nothing else. It was calculated down to the last second, but they were honest about it, and at least never pretended to be anything but big, dumb, ultimately insignificant radio fodder. At the end of the day, I'd rather have a bit of that than the faux-heroic ersatz Mick 'n Keef routine of TMZ's favorite feuding couple, Tyler and Perry. Malxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17260547693221778146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-57483948819297740362012-12-21T19:36:41.732+04:002012-12-21T19:36:41.732+04:00Maybe that's true, but that doesn't dimini...Maybe that's true, but that doesn't diminish the awesomeness that is the crazy riff to "Draw the Line". <br />Maybe Aerosmith never really sold out, maybe they were always just a bunch of corporate suckers ever since they got their first recording contract, but no matter what the reason is, I believe (and obviously George does as well) that Aerosmith used to rcok, and now they no longer do. Surely that is cause for lamentation.Anton Jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-82724714294028714512012-12-21T17:33:53.968+04:002012-12-21T17:33:53.968+04:00Comparing Aerosmith to Deep Purple - or, Heaven sa...Comparing Aerosmith to Deep Purple - or, Heaven save us, the Rolling Stones! - is just...well, please just don't do it! I can't understand why anyone laments over Aerosmith "selling out" to MTV, Hollywood, and American Idol when it was always clear that they were "rock stars" first and musicians second. Let's face it, they're the kind of guys who spent a considerable portion of the 70's kicking themselves over not coming up with Kiss's makeup gimmick first. Malxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17260547693221778146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-8052237947319772732012-12-21T15:33:35.191+04:002012-12-21T15:33:35.191+04:00"an outrageous offense to good taste"
Ma..."an outrageous offense to good taste"<br />Maybe that's why I like classic late period Aerosmith better than you do. I refer to Uriah Heep once again, those absolute masters of bad taste.<br /><br />"No one has bothered writing a single new interesting riff."<br />Looks like that other old dumb band, Deep Purple, understood the importance of this point much better - and I'm not a fan of Steve Morse.<br /><br />"Take my advice"<br />Done. Plus the first few bars of the second song. Well, it is not as bad as you suggested, but I don't see any reason to spend money or even time on this either. Wall of sound masking lack of creativity - something rockbands all too often use. The result can be nothing more than pleasant muzak.<br />For verification I just listend to "Kiss tomorrow goodbuy" once again (live Montreux 2006).<br />Yup.MNbnoreply@blogger.com