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Rating: The hard rock bone crushers…
Hard riffs, “dirty” vocals, energetic hard rock songs but with a very close connection to blues, erotic lyrics, a band that best exemplifies the myth of the rock star “sex, drugs, rock n’ roll.” This was the Aerosmith formula, a Boston band that was among the first to export the hard rock genre to the USA. Or at least: in the '70s that was the formula.
Then, after the excellent 'Rocks' following 'Toys In The Attic', a slow descent began, culminating in the temporary departure of guitarists Joe Perry and Brad Whitford (1982). After reuniting, they became proponents of radio-friendly and commercial rock (that *?#!*%* of Crazy). The album in question is from 1975 and, according to some, including myself, represents the highest point of their entire discography. Indeed, here the sound had already strengthened compared to their debut but hadn't yet fallen into banality like in the LPs of their decline. Moreover, they managed to personalize the style (initially they borrowed many Zeppelin-esque sounds). So it's the qualitative zenith.
All the songs make you want to jump like a grasshopper. 100% HARD ROCK. How can you not get excited for Toys In The Attic and Adam’s Apple? Can a fan of the genre not shake their ass to the driving riffs of Walk This Way (their most famous song of the '70s, reworked in a famous duet with the rap group Run DMC in the '80s)? And then it's a very heterogeneous album: it ranges from pure hard rock songs to a revival of '50s rockabilly in Big Ten Inch Record. And finally comes Sweet Emotion… hypnotic tempo, slow chorus, guitars doing an excellent job, magnificent voice of Steven Tyler (not yet ruined by the excesses of their 'reckless life'). The lyrics are one of the few noteworthy on this album (as well as in all of their discography). In fact, unless you are sex maniacs or have a passion for double entendres (and I hope you understand what I mean), the other lyrics are better left where they are, without delving in.
"Sweet emotion Sweet emotion You talk about things and nobody cares You're wearing other things that nobody wears You're calling my name but you gotta make clear I can't say baby where I'll be in a year"
They can even move on to very heavy riffs à la Blue Oyster Cult in Round And Round. The work is concluded with a ballad: You See Me Crying. Introduced by a piano, the song presents an unheard Tyler. Really beautiful.
In conclusion: Aerosmith, despite having tried all imaginable drugs at the time (they were nicknamed Toxic Twins), had enough clarity to always nail the appropriate song. Their influence will extend across a wide array of genres. How many paid them due homage? Well, for instance, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, and Motley Crue.
After listening to this album, you will remain silent for 1 minute to absorb it. And then only the following exclamation will come from your mouth: “MIIIINCHIA!”
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Toys in the Attic (03:06)
In the attic, lights
Voices scream, nothing seems
Real's a dream
Leaving the things that are real behind
Leaving the things that you love from mind
All of the things that you learned from fears
Nothing is left for the years, voices scream
Nothing seems real's a dream
Toys toys toys in the attic
Toys toys toys in the attic
Toys toys toys in the attic
Toys toys toys
In the attic, lights
Voices scream, nothing seems
Real's a dream
Leaving the things that are real behind
Leaving the things that you love from mind
All of the things that you learned from fears
Nothing is left for the years, voices scream
Nothing seems real's a dream
Toys toys toys in the attic
Toys toys toys in the attic
Toys toys toys in the attic........
02 Uncle Salty (04:09)
Chaaaa.........
Uncle Salty told me stories of a lonely
Baby with a lonely kinda life to lead
Her mammy was lusted daddy he was busted
They left her to be trusted 'til the orphan bleeds
But when she cried at night no one came
And when she cried at night went insane
Uncle Salty told me when she was just a baby
That she'd get by and maybe someday she'd see
But soon she found her mother's love for all the others
The pushers and the shovers was the life to lead
But when she cried at night no one came
And when she cried at night went insane... oooooaa..
Oooh it's a sunny day outside my window
Oooh it's a sunny day outside my window
Ooooh oh yeah
Ooooh oh yeah
Now she's doin' any for money and a penny
A sailor with a penny or two or three
Her's is the cunnin' for men who come a runnin'
They all come for fun and it seems to me
That when she cried at night no one came
And when she cried at night went insane
Ooh it's a sunny day outside my window
Ooh it's a sunny day outside my window
Ooh it's a sunny day outside my window
Ooh it's a sunny day outside my window
Ooh it's a sunny day outside my window
Ooh it's a sunny day outside my window
Ooh it's a sunny day outside my window
Ooh it's a sunny day outside my window
Ooh it's a sunny day outside my window
Ooh it's a sunny day outside my window
Ooh it's a sunny day outside my window
Ooh it's a sunny day outside my window
Ooh it's a sunny day outside my window
Ooh it's a sunny day outside my window
Ooh it's a sunny day outside my window
Ooh it's a sunny day outside my window
03 Adam's Apple (04:33)
Back when Cain was able
Way before the stable
Lighting struck right down from the sky
A mother ship with fate said let's give it a try
Conscience was related
Man he was created
Lady luck took him by surprise
A sweet and bitter fruit it surely opened his eyes
Well she ate it
Lordy it was love at first bite
Well she ate it
Never knowin wrong from right right right
Even Eve in Eden
Voices tried deceiving
With lies that showed the lady the way
At first she stopped and turned and tried to walk away
Man he was believer
Lady was deceiver
So the story goes but you see
The snake was he and she just climbed right up his tree
So she ate it
Lordy it was love at first bite
Well she ate it
Never knowin wrong from right right right
Whooooaaa......
Conscience was related
Man he was created
When lady luck took him by surprise
The sweet and bitter fruit it surely opened his eyes
Evil came like reignin
Who knows who's to blamin
Something tried to lay her to waste
And all she want and need was just a little taste
Whooa, she ate it
Lordy it was love at first bite
Well she ate it
Never knowin wrong from right right right
Well she ate it
Lordy it was love at first bite
Yeah she ate it
Never knowin wrong from right right
Oh that's right
04 Walk This Way (03:41)
Well there's a backseat lover who's always undercover
and I talked to my Dad he say
He said "You ain't seen nothin' till you're down on a muffin
Then you're sure to be a changin' your ways"
I met a cheerleader
Was a real young bleeder
All the times I could reminisce
'Cause the best things in lovin' with her sister and her cousin
Only started with a little kiss like this!
Seesaw swingin' with the boys in the school
And your feet flyin' up in the air
I sing "Hey diddle diddle"
Put your kitty in the middle of the swing
Like you didn't care
So I took a big chance at the high school dance
With a missy who was ready to play
Wasn't me she was foolin'
'Cause she knew what she was doin'
And I knowed love was here to stay
When she told me to...
CHORUS
walk this way, talk this way, walk this way
talk this way,
Uh, just gimme a kiss!
Like this.
School girl sweetie with a classy kinda sassy
Little skirt's climbin' way up her knee,
There was three young ladies in the school gym locker
When I noticed they was lookin' at me.
I was a high school loser, never made it with the ladies
Till the boys told me somethin' I missed,
Then my next door neighbor with a daughter had a favor
So I gave her just a little kiss a like this
Seesaw swingin' with the boys in the school
And your feet flyin' up in the air,
I sing "Hey diddle diddle"
Put your kitty in the middle of the swing
Like you didn't care.
So I took a big chance at the high school dance
With a missy who was ready to play,
Wasn't me she was foolin'
'Cause she knew what she was doin'
When she told me how to walk this way.
She told me to
CHORUS
05 Big Ten Inch Record (02:16)
Got me the strangest woman
Believe me this trick's no cinch
But I really get her going
When I whip out my big ten inch
Record of a band that plays the blues
Well a band that plays its blues
She just love my big ten inch
Record of her favorite blues
Last night I tried to tease her
I gave my love a little pinch
She said now stop that jivin'
Now whip out your big ten inch
Record of a band that plays the blues
Well a band that plays the blues
She just loves my big ten inch
Record of her favorite blues
I, I, I cover her with kisses
And when we're in a lover's clinch
She gets all excited
When she begs for my big ten inch
Record of a band that plays the blues
Well a band that plays the blues
She just love my big ten inch
Record of her favorite blues
My girl don't go for smokin'
And liquor just make her flinch
Seem she'll go for nothin'
'Cept for my big ten inch
Record of a band that plays the blues
Band that play the blues
She just love my big ten inch
Record of her favorite blues
06 Sweet Emotion (04:34)
Sweet emotion
Sweet emotion
You talk about things and nobody cares
You're wearing other things that nobody wears
You're calling my name but I gotta make it clear
I can't say baby where I'll be in a year
Some sweat hod mama with a face like a gent
Said, "My 'get up and go' must have got up and went"
Well I got good news, she's a real good liar
'Cause the backstage boogie set your pants on fire
Sweet emotion
Sweet emotion
I pulled into town in a police car
Your daddy said I took it just a little too far
You tellin' me things but your girlfriend lied
You can't catch me 'cause the rabbit done died
Yes it did
You stand in the front just a-shakin' your ass
I'll take you backstage, you can drink from my glass
I talk about something you can sure understand
'Cause a month on the road and I'll be eatin' from your hand
08 Round and Round (05:03)
Uuuummmmm...uuhhh.....cha....
If you believe in me like I believe in you
You wouldn't be tellin' me things that weren't exactly true
Now everything changes ain't nothin' the same
I'm gettin' the strangest feelin' I can't remember my name
'Cause the life I been livin' and the love I been givin'
Would be sure to set you spinnin' witcha' feet never touchin' the ground
And I'm round and round
Well it was one for all and it was all for one
And everything that we did never bothered no one
Look here... now everythin' changes ain't nothin' the same
I'm gettin' the strangest feelin' I can't remember my name
'Cause the life I been livin' and the love someone give me
Would be sure to set you spinnin' with you feet never touchin' the ground
And I'm round and round and round and round and round and round and round
Can you remember the days when you were sweet sixteen
And always caught in the blaze of someone else's dreams
Looky... now everythin' changes ain't nothin' the same
I'm gettin' the strangest feelin' I can't remember my name
I'm goin' round and round
And round and round
And round and round
And round and round
And round and round
And round and round
And round and round
And round and round
And round and round
And round and round
And round
Round and round and
Round and round and
Round and round and
Round and round and
Round and round and
Round and round and
Round and round and
Round and round and
Round and round and
Round and round and
Round and round and
Round and round and
Round and round and
Round and round and
Round and round and
Round and round and...
09 You See Me Crying (05:11)
You see me crying don't let it get'cha down
You see me crying I'm back to the lost and found
Honey what'cha done to your head
Honey was the words that I said
Honey what'cha done to your head
Honey was the words that I said
You see me crying say you're a ladies man
You see me crying I'm so hard to understand
Honey what'cha done to your head
Honey was the words that I said
Honey what'cha done to your head
Honey was the words that I said
You see me crying please say you'll stick around
And I got to be your lover honey let me take you to town
And I'll show you everything that I know
And I'll never ever let you down
'Cause my love is like a merry-go-round
Honey what'cha done to your head
Honey was the words I said
Honey what'cha done to your head
Honey was the words I said
Aaahh...
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