It eventually surfaced five years later on the double live album Live Bootleg. And Aerosmith were as funky as any rock band of the era – as proven by their version of Mother Popcorn, a song originally written and recorded by the Godfather Of Funk, James Brown.Īerosmith cut the track in 1973 for a Boston radio broadcast.
There were rock’n’roll bands that got the funk – Free, Skynyrd, Trapeze. In the early ‘70s it was the golden age of funk, with bands such as Parliament, The Commodores and The Ohio Players laying down the law with the heaviest grooves. And what Steven Tyler brought to this version – smarter lyrics, and super-sized rock star charisma – took it to a whole new level. But it was always, in sound and spirit, an Aerosmith song. Let The Music Do The Talking was originally recorded by The Joe Perry Project in 1980.
There was just one great song on the album, and even that wasn’t new. And while their producer Ted Templeman had so many cut great records in the past – notably with Van Halen and Montrose – this was one turd he couldn’t polish. Although the original line-up reunited for Done With Mirrors, they struggled to recapture that old magic. If ever a comeback album fell flat on its arse, it was the one that Aerosmith released in 1985. Let The Music Do The Talking (Done With Mirrors, 1985) With Steven Tyler blowing harmonica, it is, in the parlance of the times, a blast. And among the deeper cuts is Write Me A Letter, a funky rock song rooted in rhythm and blues. Another, Mama Kin, was later covered by Guns N’ Roses. For Aerosmith, the ballad Dream On became a signature song. Write Me A Letter (Aerosmith, 1973)Īerosmith’s first album was one of a number of classic American hard rock debuts released in 1973, alongside those by Montrose and the New York Dolls and Lynyrd Skynyrd. File next to ZZ Top’s Heaven, Hell Or Houston as one of the strangest songs ever made by a major rock band. What it proved is that Aerosmith didn’t need drugs to get totally out there. The one voice that is heard is not Steven Tyler’s – instead, it’s a woman speaking in an arcane language, reported to be Gaelic.
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The Movie is essentially an instrumental jam, built around a heavy, hypnotic riff.
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