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Aerosmith
A Concert Review |
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I really have only one complaint about attending the
Aerosmith concert this kinda cool spring evening in May - it was too
cool, as in cold weather. And because of that, well, to sound like a
male pig, most of the dudettes wearing tight clothing had on coats.
Damn. Anyway, enough ogling, about the show…
Aerosmith - what more needs to be said? Not much, but I'll say
some things anyway, like - it was great to see them cover some
Rolling Stones, Joe Perry did a way-cool cover of "The
Wanderer," Steven Tyler missed the start of "Walk This
Way" but made a fantastic recovery, and Steven Tyler tried to
see down some dudettes pants that he brought on stage to dance with
him. Ah, sometimes it's good to be a rock star!
Opening with "Toys in the Attic," the boys took the crowd
through two hours of just about everything they could want to hear.
You had your "Ragdoll," you had your "Living on the
Edge," you had your "Pink," and they even pulled
"out some old shit" as Tyler called it, that I had no clue
but seemed to be about the only one because the crowd sure followed
along. And all along, even though the last stop on their current
North American tour, the boys of the band know what they had to do
to keep their fans happy, and they did that with the best of them.
Different from the last time I saw them, there were some changes
in the song selection, not as many youngins (their love of
"Don't Want to Miss a Thing" is over), and Tyler's knee
brace was gone. But, similar to the last time I saw them, the
opening of the show was the same with the curtains and shadows, the
pyrotechnics going off, the rotating drum kit, and Steven Tyler
shoving his face in the video camera, pelvic thrusting just about
everything, and singing his ass off. And you know, that's about all
the crowd could ask for, a band that rocks, and Aerosmith is that
band.
There were lots of extended guitar jams, Steven Tyler utilized every
inch of the stage, some of the lyrics got changed a little (i.e.
"all those late night promises,
I guess they don't mean
shit") and yes, they did play "Don't Want to Miss a
Thing," after Tyler instructed the audience "If you love
somebody, turn around and give them a big kiss," which made me
kind of weepy, there all alone, and
I don't think the boyfriend of
the girl behind me would have appreciated my advances on his girl.
So, I just sang along.
Anyway, the show rocked, and that's all I really wanted, and that's
all the crowd really wanted, and that means "TWO ROCKIN' THUMBS
UP!!!" It's Aerosmith dammit, and if I didn't give them a good
review the dude sitting next to me who asked what paper I was with
and if I liked the band would probably hunt me down and kick my ass
(he was a pretty big dude).
That's it for this one, I'm The Dude on the Right!!! L8R!! |
