Hello friends, I hope you are liking all this editorial work (I say editorial because I am transcribing these reports from my magazines in this blog format) and so that there is a bit of musical history, this time I present one of my favorite bands and for me which has one of the greatest vocalists in the world, STEVEN TYLER. This is one of their most iconic songs, beyond all the great hits that many of us know they have, but this one in particular in this era played an important role in the rock music industry.
In an undulating and almost mysterious way, Tom Hamilton's bass begins this key piece of the biggest band in America, responsible together with the well-known “Walk This Way” for Aerosmith's definitive leap to fame with “Toys In The Attic” in Ecuador in the 70s. After that intro in which the sound of the “talk box” also has a leading role in the background and that in live the band lengthens until satiety creating an atmosphere of contained and disturbing magic, Joey Kramer begins to impose the rhythm with a snare drum hit that serves as a starting signal for the chorus of the chorus.
Then Joe Perry and Brad Whitford begin the insatiable repetition of chords and Steven Tyler uncovers the jar of essences with his charisma and his shrewd lyrics in a verse in which, like the aforementioned “Walk This Way” (also a pioneer in the fusion of rap and rock in the joint version of Aerosmith and Run DMC in 1986), the vocalist intertwines the words in almost rapped rhythms.
Each time he closes his big mouth, the band steps on the gas pedal until Tyler starts to spill his gibberish again, ending in a full band instrumental display with the guitars laying down the law over Kramer's rhythmic beat. It is said that Steven wrote the lyrics out of hatred for the ex-wife of his “toxic twin” Joe Perry, and it was Hamilton, in one of the few cuts of the band that bears his signature, who imposed the black funky rock rhythm and that attractive boogie.
Starting with “Toys In The Attic” (July 75'; their first single, the song in question, had been released two months earlier), Aerosmith became one of the most popular bands in America, leaving a few masterful and successful albums and starring in some anthological tours until drugs and egos destroyed them. As you all know, they would rise from the ashes in the mid 80's with a more melodic and radiophonic tendency that would also leave another handful of hit singles.
Despite their commercial success and their wide repertoire, “Sweet Emotion” has never been absent from the Boston band's concerts. It is one of the most awaited moments by the quintet's fans because it is one of the few pieces of their seventies material that has not succumbed to the push of the group's most recent hits. In fact in 1991 a new remix of the song was made for which a video clip was recorded and which served to make it known to the new fans they had gained with “Permanent Vacation” and “Pump”.
Friends I hope you like this editorial work, for me this is one of the best songs the band has, and Steven is one of my favorite singers in the world, enjoy the song. A thousand blessings and see you in a new post of legendary rock songs.
The editorial work you've been doing in your posts to renew or publicize key bands in rock history is much appreciated, and appreciated. This post, in particular, is of great value in highlighting that song by the great Aerosmith. Regards, @spliddash.