Well, I am from Boston and graduated high school in 1976.
Toys in the Attic has near-legendary status in my book. Every song on that album except for one was a top-10 radio hit. Ahh the memories. :)
"Toys in the Attic" - what year was that released? Heard a lot of good things about it...I'll have to put it on the must-buy list....
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Toys... I think was recorded during 1974 but was released in 1975.
This was their 3rd. album and Meany in the band feel this is when they became true recording "artist". It's a must have classic Rock Album!!!
"You can drive a song or you can make it sit still."
Boston. fare out!! I had a T-shirt made for my two year old Grandson "Joey, if you can believe that," that says "BANNED IN BOSTON"
A very cool kid 8) But I always thought the topic of Banned in Boston is one all American Rock bands & fans should be totally aware of.
"You can drive a song or you can make it sit still."
IIRC, some DJs referred to Aerosmith as the "Poor Man's Rolling Stones" at the time. (Sort of like calling a Cadillac the Rolls Royce of automobiles.) No. it'd be like calling a Cadillac "The Poor Man's Rolls Royce."
(Still a bad metaphor on several accounts.)
"A cheerful heart is good medicine."
sorry double post :roll:
"You can drive a song or you can make it sit still."
Hard to say what's my favorite Aerosmith album, but I also like "Honkin' On Bobo." I wish they'd left out the silly "Blues Brothers" intro. That sort of thing's hard to listen to over and over. They could've left out the rap in "You Gotta Move" and improved it greatly thereby. But there's some terrific stuff on there. I really like "Back Back Train." (An old black gospel song, first recorded by Fred McDowell but surely not an original.)
Speaking of which, it's remarkable for Aerosmith to record an album with so many gospel songs on it. "Back Back Train," You Gotta Move," and "Jesus Is On The Mainline" are all originally church songs.
"A cheerful heart is good medicine."
IIRC, some DJs referred to Aerosmith as the "Poor Man's Rolling Stones" at the time. (Sort of like calling a Cadillac the Rolls Royce of automobiles.) No. it'd be like calling a Cadillac "The Poor Man's Rolls Royce."
(Still a bad metaphor on several accounts.)
It's purposely a illogical/ironic metaphor, Rico. That's the point: bad metaphor- bad comparison. Parallelism is secondary.
FWIF, it belongs to writer Don DeLillo (from Ratner's Star), though he may have interchanged Rolls and Caddy, increasing the irony.
Nevermind. Abstruse doesn't work on the internet.
-=tension & release=-
It's purposely a illogical/ironic metaphor, Rico. That's the point: bad metaphor- bad comparison. Parallelism is secondary.OK.
"A cheerful heart is good medicine."
IIRC, some DJs referred to Aerosmith as the "Poor Man's Rolling Stones" at the time. (Sort of like calling a Cadillac the Rolls Royce of automobiles.) Guess they saw Tyler as the American version of Jagger.
I don't want to come off like a fanatic but I think thoughts comparisons were the result of the short sighted stupidity of the press... unaware of the hard work, dedication and love for Rock & Blues by these Boston Bad A$$es!! Truth be told... Steven Tyler has a much richer musical back ground than Jagger :wink: In addition to that... over the years Tyler's musical genius.... and elegance has surpassed that of Jagger's as well :)
Now... I'm not saying this nasty... I suggest that anyone in doubt should buy or rent a copy of "Aerosmith Ya Gotta Move" on DVD and take a good look at "True American Rock Royalty"
"You can drive a song or you can make it sit still."
It's occasionally good for a laugh to request a song by "Harold Smith."
"A cheerful heart is good medicine."
Gotta be "Get Your Wings". With great songs like Spaced, Woman of the World & Seasons of Whither the album just has a trippy rock feel to it.
But, wait a minute... "Draw the Line" has "I Wanna Know Why", "Critical Mass" and "Kings and Queens", which I really love, so maybe...
Oh, oh,oh... "Toys In The Attic" though... I really love "Uncle Salty", "Adam's Apple" & "No More, No More". Not to mention "You See Me Crying",a totally different sound for Aerosmith.
Heck, now I'm all confused. :? :lol: I guess I love ALL the older stuff... The Toxic Twins really rocked, even if they were too blitzed to know what they were doing half the time. :wink:
Not that getting sober was a bad thing for Tyler and Perry, after all, I doubt they would have survived much more of the abuse they were putting themselves through. But the later music really does seem to have a different flavor to me. I like it, but I appreciate the older stuff a lot more. To each his own.
Dave
