Any fan of hip hop can get into this genre easily if they give it a chance. Rock music might not feel similar on the surface, but I think it speaks the same language in a lot of ways. Metal even moreso, honestly.
And he said at the end he’d must have heard it a million times on the radio but never knew who it was. That I can believe. You’d have to be feral in a cave in Saskatchewan to have never heard this. Even Amish people probably know this jam. lol
One of the best lines in rock: “Sing with me, sing for the years, sing for the laughter, sing for the tears, sing with me, just for today, maybe tomorrow the good lord will take you away”. There’s a reason these songs stand the test of time & are popular 50+ years later.
I'm black I grew up listening to rap in the 90s when I heard this song it gave me chills so deep! Love this song! I told my son to listen to all music every one got a story!
@@laurie-lionessnotaewe5902 the talent is just as good but because of spotify and other music streaming services you don't need to break into a record store to steal music. Everyone can stream everything and because of that there's a ton of horrible songs that go viral. The same amount of good music is coming out, but back in the day you would ONLY hear the good stuff.
This song is 50 years old... Im still rocking this like it's a new track in 2023!!! Love this riff!!! Love the beat... Love the song... love Aerosmith ❤️
I made a playlist for my grandpa, who was in early stages of dementia. For a while there after he would listen too it all day everyday just enjoying it. I'm glad I could at least give him that.
@@eddoreyes6168 my mom had dementia herself. I would take my playlist and play it for her. I love all the music she loved. Even as it progressed it would make her happy.
Are you commenting on the vocals being a little different? These were the original version I believe. The current version vocals are a little different. I felt the same way.
Was in elementary school when I listened to this for the first time. Hits the same now as it did then. We all have regrets, failures and triumphs. This hits all of them.
When i was in high school we used to practice to this in gymnastics, cheerleading and we rollerskated to it every Friday and Saturday night from 5:pm to 12:midnight.... Plus my mom used to take this out of my room and listen to it loud (when I say loud, you could hear it from 1 to 2 blocks away from the house) she danced with the broom and mop when she was cleaning the house. Dad used to watch her. There was times I'd walk into the house and mom & dad was dancing... I really miss mom & dad so much listening to this song...
@@letitbesummer6536 I miss them so much. It would be so good to watch them dance again. They even use to dance in the grocery stores and people would watch them dance...
@@letitbesummer6536 I'm sorry... I did the same thing with my kid's and now they are doing it with their own kids and spouse.. My Mom and Dad use to say, "When you have your own kid's just have fun with thrm cause you can't go back and do it again"...
Been listening 2 this song my whole life! Grew up with Aerosmith but i am truly glad all u guys r discovering all this music! I almist envy that cause u got a gazillion songs & bands 2 discover! Love ur Steeler flag! Im from the Pittsburgh area & they r my team! Rock on Shaq!
This hits me because every Christmas me and all of my family (like 30 people) will meet up and sing this at my grandmother's house in the neighborhood my parents used to live. The song lingers with me and makes me feel uplifted, especially this past year.
Aerosmith was one of the most underrated bands of the 70’s-80’s. In the 89’s that was all our music. Hell that one of the biggest reasons on how we made it through.
I've seen so many comments here regarding race. Let me begin by saying I'm a 50'ish black man. Do y'all remember music segregation in the music stores? Black artists were soul. White artists were rock, country, easy listening. This forced people to segregate within the store. I'm a member of the Lionel Richie FB group. Talking to another member, a white lady in Pennsylvania, she's hearing many of the hits by the Commodores, EWF, Jacksons, and others for the first time...now...in just the past few years. The first rock album I bought was VH's 1984. First I bought the 45 for Jump. Then Panama. I was about to buy Hot for Teacher but thought "I might as well buy the album" I remember the raised eye brow I got when I took the album to the cashier. The album was amazing. One of my favorite songs is "I'll Wait" Later, when David left the group, I saw on MTV "Live Without a Net". The songs were good, the energy...man! And then came Eddie's solo. What have I been missing?!? I own all of the Van Halen with Sammy CDs plus 1984. I also got into Aerosmith. In an interview regarding Run DMC and Walk This Way, Steven Tyler said he never understood judging people by their color. I had heard Dream On, but I never listened to it. I wasn't as animated as Shaq, but I was just as amazed. This song is deep. Steven Tyler can sang. Not just sing. He can sang. Listen, I can go on about black and white forever. We've all been sheltered by misunderstanding for decades. I can go on and on. If you read this, here's an e-hug :)
Kevan, fortunately I came from a country where we didn't have that problem and grew up listening all the great black musicians thru history, from Satchmo, Duke Ellinton; Ella Fitzgerald and even Robert Johnson. I love the music of black America because it's a big part of the soul of America. I've been taught Sinatra, but also Nat King Cole who was a huge hit in Argentina in the late 50's early 60's. Thank you for your music and I hope many generations can enjoy the beauty of the black music.
Awesome man. Music just "is" for everyone to enjoy, and to pleasure those who listen. How about getting into some Eric Burdon and War?. That man can sing and those guys can play. Who cares color!! e-hug bro.
As a scrawny white bass playin' kid, I always felt "watched" when I'd head to the section with the Brother's Johnson, Commodores, and any slap-n-pop bass lines I could learn. Anything with rhythm and development inspired my soul to feel the groove. Music, like Truth, has no color. Huggin' you right back, brother.
I saw Aerosmith sing this song live when I was 15 at Madison Square Garden and I am 57 now. Your right, this song gives many people hope at difficult times in their life. Thankyou for sharing this video. They have many more songs like this. Check them out. Thanks, Renee 🙏
Been telling my kids, grandkids, and students for decades, boomers were the hip generation. When my son came home from college with his "new song finds" they were all songs we listened to in our college dorms. So next time you see your mama or grandma..know she has a history you have no idea about, but listen to her music...and you will know.!!
Kathy here - just found your channel and so glad I did. What a song to have you react to my first time out with you. Aerosmith and Steven Tyler, lead singer, are one of the most iconic rock bands out there. Steven is still rocking today, and he is 70! He wrote this when he was 16 but didn't record it until he was an adult. The analogy of life for someone so young is astounding. Thanks for appreciating the music I grew up on.
My stepfather intruduced this too me when i was like 4 or 5.. Was one of my first big introductions to rock music of that time. Still one of my favorites 20 years later and still flawless.
Its honestly funny how many of these rock songs are so freaking DEEP but until you do a breakdown you dont notice, you are too busy rocking out over the great music and voices.
In 1975, Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler, then 27, began dating a 16-year-old girl named Julia Holcomb, whose mother signed over her guardianship to him. She soon became pregnant, but then their relationship went south. Their apartment caught on fire, and she ended up in a hospital, during which time Tyler forced her to have an abortion. “When I returned home to my mother, I was a broken spirit,” Holcomb recounted in a 2011 essay. “I could not sleep at night without nightmares of the abortion and the fire. The world seemed like a dark place.” At least the 11 year gap isn't that bad compared to other artists around the same generation.
there used to be an arcade game that had aerosmith. you would shoot records at people or things, I don't remember it but vaguely. this is probably early 90s
When you said at the end... "It's amazing what music can do" you took the words out of my mouth. Keep it up, man. These videos are great! It's awesome to share the experience of hearing some of these songs for the first time myself and/or relive the first time I heard them vicariously through you. 💯
I love the range of emotion we see on your face. Your facial expressions, the way your body reacts to the music and your thoughtful banter are what makes you my top favourite reactor. Much ♥️
I’d heard this song in the background growing up but didn’t know it was Aerosmith until a couple of years ago. I was used to the fun but slightly cheesy stuff like Dude Looks Like a Lady and Tyler’s unique voice and I never realised they did what is probably one of the best songs ever written.
My god gimme shelter is up there with the greatest in my opinion... “Mary Janes last dance” is good. “Sympathy for the devil” is another amazing Rolling Stones song. “Aqualung” is great. There’s just so many great rock songs that people need to hear
If you want more good stuff from the Stones, look up the album "Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out". It is one of their only good live albums. You will not be disappointed.
I thought the same thing! I was getting all ready for it and he paused.. I was like Nooooo it's fixing to get good!! Then his face hahaha priceless! Idk how I came across this channel, but I love it!!
It's a compliment... peak era... we didn't know how good we had it, now look how many ppl are (re)discovering it. Classic, good as it gets. Eff aging, this stuff's timeless.
@@crzysnkeman4653 no, no, no. Every generation has their stuff that was popular, but wasn't objectively good. For example Vanilla Ice. The newer generation has great music across all genres i.e. Kendrick, J. Cole, Kanye, Chris Stapleton, The Black Keys, Artic Monkeys, Adele, etc. There will be plenty to react to in the future that will be forever considered classics.
I haven't heard Eminem's song, but even the title is a line from the song! It's getting ridiculous how "artists" just take from stuff instead of being an ARTIST nowdays!!!💀
Before everyone wants to kill me...let me just say, I love Eminem, ALWAYS have! I'm not throwing shade at HIM... That was about MOST "artists" these days...isn't being a true artist, being able to create YOUR own art?? Just sayin....
You have to watch a live performance of this, and you will have even more respect for Steven Tyler and this band. It will bring tears. And now that they officially announced their retirement, you have to do a new reaction. He did a killer performance of this for Howard Stern birthday bash. And we saw the band live in Las Vegas residency a couple years back- true #Goats
What makes the genre of "black people react to classic rock" so great is that these guys don't know the songs that were so much part of our lives. Its like getting to hear them for the first time again.
This is nothing new to me. People get confused when they ask me what kind of music I like. I was born in 1970, so think about the music then and how music has evolved. Everything from rock, funk, disco, classic, country to emo and grunge. Rap and hip hop too. And any other genre I might have missed.
You could say that exact same thing about the music that people like Snoop grew up listening to his uncle Junebug playing all the influential music that they listened to.
Was in high school during the 70's. Some amazing deep metaphoric vibe during that time. The riffs and swells just purely emotionalize every phrase. Would love your take on the Eagles - Desperado.
@@PrettyRagdoll That's fine, you can prefer whatever version of the song you'd like. I can't tell you that you're wrong for enjoying something, but it's not a false statement that Run DMC helped them regain popularity. They had been on a decline since the 70's.
Great song! Great reaction! GREAT BAND!! Also love your shirt ! As someone from Upstate SC I love my state and both of our amazing football college teams!
Huh. I've listened to this song hundreds of times. This dude HEARD what Aerosmith was actually saying. Never put thought into the lyrics. My bad. Nice one, buddy.
I know I'm a month late but I just saw your comment. Actually the first lyrics of the song are about doing cocaine. "Every time when I look in the mirror, all these lines and my face getting clearer". The more lines he was snorting on the mirror the more he can see his face
I always love seeing your reactions to classic rock and the amazing voices , the amazing guitar players , the amazing drummers..... The 70s and 80s were the most amazing time for rock bands.... does you see by your reactions the music stands the test of time ❤️🤘🤘
I absolutely love your reaction videos and glad that you have such diverse taste. Your reactions are genuine and proof that good music is timeless and meant to be appreciated by everyone. Keep expanding your eardrums and sharing great works of art to TH-cam.
I recall Aerosmith playing at the Stone Church in Newington, NH in the early to mid 70s. Place had a dirt floor. What a trip. Lot of groups played there. It was and experience to say the least. What I wouldn't give to turn back the clock and relive it all.
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Amazing reaction man!! 🤘
Wtf deadass aerosmith commented in my mans vid
Omg 😯
What?!
@@grantbatson7180 don't disrespect Aerosmith man.
How does this only have 100 likes?!
Don't know how I ended up on the "black people react to classic rock" side of TH-cam but i'm never leaving.🤣
kayteeelle lol! Me too! I went from hair tutorials to this 😂😂😂
Warning: I ended up hear months ago and haven't left.
@@danisilk9573 ive been subbed since 100k and he does all genres
@@brandaanderson1673 I know it's gonna be a good comment if it starts with *I'm a 73 year old white woman and*
@@brandaanderson1673 um ok
I can't believe Steven wrote this at 16 years old, he's still rocking past 70 years old too. Amazing.
The man is a absolute legend he’s one of my favorite singers who inspired me 💙💙💜💜
16?????? Wow. He's legit legendary.
He wrote this at 16!? Wtf!?
Wow, really?
I heard he was 15 when he wrote it during class instead of paying attention to teacher..lol
Love how young hip-hop fans can listen, understand and appreciate this stuff.
No one but him cares about this trash music
You’ll be suprised to learn hip hop was and still is heavily influenced by rock. It’s not entirely impossible hip hop branched from rock
@@burkehighclass9647 hip hop?
@@burkehighclass9647 no one but your parents care about you, even they don’t love you though
Any fan of hip hop can get into this genre easily if they give it a chance. Rock music might not feel similar on the surface, but I think it speaks the same language in a lot of ways. Metal even moreso, honestly.
I just don't understand how you go through life without even accidentally hearing this?
Everyone doesnt listen to the same music.
Matt Hannel that’s what i thought too, like isn’t this song in a lot of big movies? tv shows? department stores?
Because he's lying for views doofus. I said that with love.
And he said at the end he’d must have heard it a million times on the radio but never knew who it was. That I can believe. You’d have to be feral in a cave in Saskatchewan to have never heard this. Even Amish people probably know this jam. lol
I barely listen to heavy metal or rap or various other forms of music.
One of the best lines in rock: “Sing with me, sing for the years, sing for the laughter, sing for the tears, sing with me, just for today, maybe tomorrow the good lord will take you away”. There’s a reason these songs stand the test of time & are popular 50+ years later.
Rock and roll will never die my brother...
19bearsfansince79 indeed the classics never die! 👍
@@The_Vegan_Punk1967 check out a band called BLS, or Black Label Society, it's an awesome mixture of mellow and heavier stuff....
BLS rocks yes ;) Let The Day Begin...
Thats the one yes! Thank you!
"And Kratos cast himself from the highest mountain in all of Greece..."
i ain’t got tiktok what is this whole thing did it actually happen or just a meme if GOW
@@cxroliine It's the music that people put over the opening scene from GoW 2005, where Kratos jumps off of a cliff.
@@BloodyBaseballs6053 well it surfaces tiktok what i meant i aint on the side of the internet to see this stuff
MAAN! KILL TIK TOK!
Ha
I'm black I grew up listening to rap in the 90s when I heard this song it gave me chills so deep! Love this song! I told my son to listen to all music every one got a story!
What does being black have to do with anything lol?
@@cianeberle1712 Probably since the stereotype is that Black people only like Hip Hop and he wants to show that they like Rock also
@@cianeberle1712 Idk tho man
@@vtg.10 Oh ok
Epic song. Epic band. And what a damn awesome reaction!
Eminem used samples of Dream On for "Sing for the Moment"
@evilstevo11 No, he did use it. The chorus in Dream on is also the same as in Sing for the moment.
@evilstevo11 what do you mean, the almost the whole Eminem song is samples from this
Beat me to it I was about to link eminen sing for the moment 😆 ah hell here it is anyway 😂 th-cam.com/video/D4hAVemuQXY/w-d-xo.html
Thank you, glad someone else knew.
Also it has been used in many many commercials 😂
He recognized the opening from Eminem - Sing For The Moment
That’s all I was thinking, I wanted to tell him lmfao
Brad Morrison no shit Sherlock
Brad Morrison wow ur smart
“yEaH bUt EmInEm ToOk iT fRoM aErOsMiTh” oh well shit, thanks for letting me know Brad!
Brad Morrison: “Yeah but Eminem took it from Aerosmith. This song was released in 1973.”
Harvard: “Bruh you want a scholarship”
Loved this in “Sing for the Moment” by Eminem and how Steven Tyler came out at the rock and roll hall of fame to sing it with Em. Legends.
I love the line, “you have to lose to know how to win”! One of my all time faves. So proud to be a GenXer. We had the BEST music growing up!
Why yes we did.
GenZer here, i agree
genz'er, I disagree because we can still access the oldies as well as the new classics.
@@sebdapleb1523 The talent today isn’t as real as what the GenXers grew up with. Access to them is great, but living while it was new was golden.
@@laurie-lionessnotaewe5902 the talent is just as good but because of spotify and other music streaming services you don't need to break into a record store to steal music. Everyone can stream everything and because of that there's a ton of horrible songs that go viral. The same amount of good music is coming out, but back in the day you would ONLY hear the good stuff.
I DON'T CARE WHAT COLOR YOU ARE... IF YOU AIN'T FEELIN THIS SONG YOU HAVE NO SOUL
I got to UCF... no UFC lmao
Yeah
Big Effing facts!!!
Periodddtttt!!! ❤️❤️❤️
I am deaf
Fun fact: Steven Tyler wrote this song when he was 16.
*Tyler. Steven Tyler
False he actually stole it from his roommate in college when he heard him trying to hit a high not and he couldn’t.
Fun Fact:this was their first song
Damn good for a first song
Actually he was 17 but yeah
I’m not a big Aerosmith fan but Dream On is arguably one of the best rock songs ever written.
I agree
A lot of people have sampled this including Em. ❤
SING FOR THE MOMENT
watching a hip hop fan enjoy rock does put a smile to my face
I'm a 39 yr old black dude and all I listen to is classic rock and country!! 😍👍
Yeah it makes me happy to
ALL Hip hop derived from rock. Which came first? Rock? Or rap? They say that the Beatles invented hip hop. Look into it. Might surprise you.
Rock probably
Idk tho
This song is 50 years old... Im still rocking this like it's a new track in 2023!!! Love this riff!!! Love the beat... Love the song... love Aerosmith ❤️
Right on!
Me too bro! 🔥
7:02 Exactly the moment and reaction I was waiting for. Love it!
Anybody else wish they could listen to their favorite song for the first time again? 🙋🏽♂️
Watching these vids it's almost like you do.
Yep, but.... the past is gone. ;-)
@@kennethwright5664 true. But seeing their excitement is pretty darn cool
I made a playlist for my grandpa, who was in early stages of dementia. For a while there after he would listen too it all day everyday just enjoying it. I'm glad I could at least give him that.
@@eddoreyes6168 my mom had dementia herself. I would take my playlist and play it for her. I love all the music she loved. Even as it progressed it would make her happy.
The moment when he realized that Eminem sampled this song is probably the best reaction we never got to see
Real Talk 💯
He didn't want to embarrass himself he had to go study up
Right.
@@bamblack7914 Nah, that was "I Monster - Daydream in Blue" that they sampled.
The game sampled it too on never be friends
I don't care if Steven Tyler is a buffoon now, he still wrote some of the most beautiful lyrics that were ever recorded. This song is a masterpiece.
True I know he just got out of rehab again brains are fried that's the reason Ozzy acts like he does
Yes he is a buffoon now lol
He should have been the more elderly of the psychic power/life force suckers in “Dr. Sleep”: the movie. Both have the gypsy look to them.
Love his personality and antics!
@@420TwistedUp tf are you talking about, he's so sophisticated now, the complete opposite to oz
The vibe you got from this song is on point, and I appreciate people who truly get songs like this. Much respect.
When you know Steven Tyler's high-pitched vocals are coming up, but he doesn't and when it drops... XD
Tyler Solomon I lost brain cells reading this
Are you commenting on the vocals being a little different? These were the original version I believe. The current version vocals are a little different. I felt the same way.
Lol I was waiting for the same thing 😂😂
LOL, yep. His face though lmao. This the original version. Back when Steven could hit those high notes
He looked like his soul left his body for a sec 😂
His face when Steven Tyler hits that high note.... Priceless 😂😂😂😂😂
I was literally waiting for that part and I was NOT disappointed 🤣
Ariel Augusto Turcios DuPuis Well, he’s telling a lie.
I lost it when he got there lmao
He just got a tylergasm 😆
@@paulborphukan9624 👏🏼😂👏🏼😂👏🏼😂👏🏼😂👏🏼😂
Was in elementary school when I listened to this for the first time. Hits the same now as it did then. We all have regrets, failures and triumphs. This hits all of them.
This don't hit my guy
When i was in high school we used to practice to this in gymnastics, cheerleading and we rollerskated to it every Friday and Saturday night from 5:pm to 12:midnight.... Plus my mom used to take this out of my room and listen to it loud (when I say loud, you could hear it from 1 to 2 blocks away from the house) she danced with the broom and mop when she was cleaning the house. Dad used to watch her. There was times I'd walk into the house and mom & dad was dancing... I really miss mom & dad so much listening to this song...
What a sweet memory about your parents. That’s awesome ❤️
@@letitbesummer6536
I miss them so much. It would be so good to watch them dance again. They even use to dance in the grocery stores and people would watch them dance...
@@alaskangirl86 That is a great memory to have. My parents divorced, but I miss them too. 😢
@@letitbesummer6536
I'm sorry...
I did the same thing with my kid's and now they are doing it with their own kids and spouse..
My Mom and Dad use to say, "When you have your own kid's just have fun with thrm cause you can't go back and do it again"...
@@alaskangirl86 That is a very wise thing your parents said! Yes we should have fun with them bc that’s what it’s all about! 💕
DONT SLEEP ON THEM CLASSIC ROCK SONGS. YOU MIGHT STUMBLE UPON THE GREATEST MUSIC YOUVE EVER HEARD
That’s true, that’s tuff
I’m starting to notice this 💯
@@NoLifeShaq Do Point of No Return by Kansas!! Kansas is musical talent...period.
@@NoLifeShaq you gotta react to ooo that smell by lynard skynard
@@NoLifeShaq Guns n' Roses - Welcome to the Jungle
Am I the only one who really finds it awesome that he is liking this song so much? Lmao
Nope. Not the only one. I love it when people discover some great music. I love to see their reaction.
It's fantastic to see people really enjoying something and be truly happy. I felt the same, greetings from the Netherlands!
Lol it has to be an act, theres no way you live 30+ years without listening some part of this song somewhere
@@urmomgei__7395 he literally says he remembers hearing part of it on the radio, but he never paid attention to it and turned to something else.
The Nuclear Llama I got goose bumps watching him reacting to the song.
Been listening 2 this song my whole life! Grew up with Aerosmith but i am truly glad all u guys r discovering all this music! I almist envy that cause u got a gazillion songs & bands 2 discover!
Love ur Steeler flag! Im from the Pittsburgh area & they r my team!
Rock on Shaq!
Glad to see ya still ROCKIN', Bro !!! 😎👍👍
His face when Tyler hits them high notes 😂😂😂
Lmfaoooooo i was cryin
Tig Clark 🤣
Priceless
I was waiting for that part 😂😂
Literally the reason I clicked on the video to see his reaction xD
This is a man who hears the soul of a song and I appreciate that.
He fried fried
DREAM ON
This hits me because every Christmas me and all of my family (like 30 people) will meet up and sing this at my grandmother's house in the neighborhood my parents used to live. The song lingers with me and makes me feel uplifted, especially this past year.
Aerosmith was one of the most underrated bands of the 70’s-80’s. In the 89’s that was all our music. Hell that one of the biggest reasons on how we made it through.
I've seen so many comments here regarding race. Let me begin by saying I'm a 50'ish black man. Do y'all remember music segregation in the music stores? Black artists were soul. White artists were rock, country, easy listening. This forced people to segregate within the store. I'm a member of the Lionel Richie FB group. Talking to another member, a white lady in Pennsylvania, she's hearing many of the hits by the Commodores, EWF, Jacksons, and others for the first time...now...in just the past few years. The first rock album I bought was VH's 1984. First I bought the 45 for Jump. Then Panama. I was about to buy Hot for Teacher but thought "I might as well buy the album" I remember the raised eye brow I got when I took the album to the cashier. The album was amazing. One of my favorite songs is "I'll Wait" Later, when David left the group, I saw on MTV "Live Without a Net". The songs were good, the energy...man! And then came Eddie's solo. What have I been missing?!? I own all of the Van Halen with Sammy CDs plus 1984. I also got into Aerosmith. In an interview regarding Run DMC and Walk This Way, Steven Tyler said he never understood judging people by their color. I had heard Dream On, but I never listened to it. I wasn't as animated as Shaq, but I was just as amazed. This song is deep. Steven Tyler can sang. Not just sing. He can sang.
Listen, I can go on about black and white forever. We've all been sheltered by misunderstanding for decades. I can go on and on. If you read this, here's an e-hug :)
Kevan, fortunately I came from a country where we didn't have that problem and grew up listening all the great black musicians thru history, from Satchmo, Duke Ellinton; Ella Fitzgerald and even Robert Johnson. I love the music of black America because it's a big part of the soul of America. I've been taught Sinatra, but also Nat King Cole who was a huge hit in Argentina in the late 50's early 60's. Thank you for your music and I hope many generations can enjoy the beauty of the black music.
Awesome man.
Music just "is" for everyone to enjoy, and to pleasure those who listen.
How about getting into some Eric Burdon and War?. That man can sing and those guys can play. Who cares color!!
e-hug bro.
I loved all types of music. Steve Tyler's father taught me music in high school. His father let us hear Dream On first. What an amazing time.
As a scrawny white bass playin' kid, I always felt "watched" when I'd head to the section with the Brother's Johnson, Commodores, and any slap-n-pop bass lines I could learn. Anything with rhythm and development inspired my soul to feel the groove. Music, like Truth, has no color. Huggin' you right back, brother.
Kevan Miller hugs back at ya
Music has no race, has no gender, it’s how it moves and evokes emotion in someone that matters
Much love dude! In a world full of segregation and separation music is one thing that can bring people together
You are ABSOLUTELY right !!!
Facts
Agree ! Very much so.!
TEAM EARTH!!!
Watching you enjoy this song was the highlight of my week
I saw Aerosmith sing this song live when I was 15 at Madison Square Garden and I am 57 now. Your right, this song gives many people hope at difficult times in their life. Thankyou for sharing this video. They have many more songs like this. Check them out. Thanks, Renee 🙏
Eminem´s "Sing fot the moment" has this beat and the chorus, that´s where you´ve heard it from :)
HomoHans #MJP2022 👏👏👏
Yesss sir ❤️
That one Travis Scott song also samples it. Skeltons I think? May be wrong
Oliver Eriksson 🤘🤘🤘🤘
No such thing as beats in rock.
*Me scrolling through TH-cam*
TH-cam: want to see a guy in 2019 who’s never heard dream on?
Wasted Bear ikr / agreed !!
And instantly fall in love with it? It's such a blast seeing him experience music we take for granted.
I never heard of it either. I don’t wanna missed a thing is the only song I know of him
@@guys05 of them
Francesca Mazzolani I only know him not them.
Been telling my kids, grandkids, and students for decades, boomers were the hip generation. When my son came home from college with his "new song finds" they were all songs we listened to in our college dorms. So next time you see your mama or grandma..know she has a history you have no idea about, but listen to her music...and you will know.!!
Kathy here - just found your channel and so glad I did. What a song to have you react to my first time out with you. Aerosmith and Steven Tyler, lead singer, are one of the most iconic rock bands out there. Steven is still rocking today, and he is 70! He wrote this when he was 16 but didn't record it until he was an adult. The analogy of life for someone so young is astounding. Thanks for appreciating the music I grew up on.
The Eagles - Hotel California is another all-time song if you haven't listened to it yet.
Hotel California will blow Shaq away! He's gonna throw his headphones on the floor like he did for the FreeBird reaction.
absolutly. . all time classic
shaq aint ready for that one...
Shaq aint ready for that guitar solo
THE most overplayed song in the history of classic rock though, Kinda ruined it for me now
There's a reason they've stuck around for FIFTY YEARS. Let that sink in
Truth 💯
thanks for reminding me I'm old....
Preach!
I'm pushing 40 and Aerosmith has been around all my life.
Shaq will LOVE Walk this way for sure.
The sink doesn’t want in
My stepfather intruduced this too me when i was like 4 or 5.. Was one of my first big introductions to rock music of that time. Still one of my favorites 20 years later and still flawless.
Its honestly funny how many of these rock songs are so freaking DEEP but until you do a breakdown you dont notice, you are too busy rocking out over the great music and voices.
Fun fact: the lead singer of Aerosmith “Steven Tyler” wrote this song when he was 15 years old
Now it makes more sense as to why ive never liked this song
and this song was recorded 40 years ago
SammieDavidDeLuce you must be old then
In 1975, Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler, then 27, began dating a 16-year-old girl named Julia Holcomb, whose mother signed over her guardianship to him. She soon became pregnant, but then their relationship went south. Their apartment caught on fire, and she ended up in a hospital, during which time Tyler forced her to have an abortion. “When I returned home to my mother, I was a broken spirit,” Holcomb recounted in a 2011 essay. “I could not sleep at night without nightmares of the abortion and the fire. The world seemed like a dark place.”
At least the 11 year gap isn't that bad compared to other artists around the same generation.
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That's but mearly the tip.
Of that glacier.
Run DMC Aerosmith Walk this way
It was epic I remember seeing it as a kid
there used to be an arcade game that had aerosmith. you would shoot records at people or things, I don't remember it but vaguely. this is probably early 90s
Lol I had that game on Sega!
I found that game on guitar hero 😂 I was like 6 at the time
Yeah, the collaboration was even better than the original with just Aerosmith. Get on it coach.
It's a great video.
When you said at the end... "It's amazing what music can do" you took the words out of my mouth.
Keep it up, man. These videos are great! It's awesome to share the experience of hearing some of these songs for the first time myself and/or relive the first time I heard them vicariously through you.
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I grew up with this music, but I get such a kick out of these reaction videos. Shaq is a hoot...rock on bro!
Eminem Sing for the moment is where you've heard this song
I listened to sing for the moment before this and then I listened to this and I saw the connection
For sure
That song is still Fire
many game and movie trailers had this song in it
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Shaq: Getting hyped about the switch up on the guitar rifts
*PAUSE*
Me thinking: Wait til he hears Tyler go up an octave...
*Great Reaction*
That sequence absolutely made my day. No words for how much I love music, and all the ways people love it....
Timestamp?
@@tek3576about 6:07 to 7:15, esp. 6:31 (breaks) and 7:01 (vox).
Speaking of switches, check out his video for Bohemian Rhapsody
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TRUUUEEEEE
I love the range of emotion we see on your face. Your facial expressions, the way your body reacts to the music and your thoughtful banter are what makes you my top favourite reactor. Much ♥️
Steven Tyler, lead singer and Eminem collaborated with this song in the background in Sing for the moment.
Music literally can bring everyone together.
"good" music. can nikki menage ass ass ass crap doesn't
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Come together
That’s why I love the 60s, 70, 80s ✌️❤️ 🌸 ☮️.
FFWR- 108 don’t forget early 90s!
Tell me you were not waiting for his reaction at the scream. TELL ME YOU WERE NOT WAITING.
Ivan Stayner exact reason I clicked on the video
And it paid off!
I’ve Never heard this song before this video
I SCREAMED WHEN HE PAUSED RIGHT BEFORE
I WAS WAITING TOO!!
Someone who grew up around people who only had the classic rock station on, I've heard this song more than I care to admit
I’d heard this song in the background growing up but didn’t know it was Aerosmith until a couple of years ago. I was used to the fun but slightly cheesy stuff like Dude Looks Like a Lady and Tyler’s unique voice and I never realised they did what is probably one of the best songs ever written.
I'm a 53 year old black man..inspired by these rock music reactions I listened to the Rolling Stones Gimme Shelter...I wept.
Please listen to some Eagles, Simon and Garfunkel and Pink Floyd my good sir. I promise you won't regret it.
My god gimme shelter is up there with the greatest in my opinion... “Mary Janes last dance” is good. “Sympathy for the devil” is another amazing Rolling Stones song. “Aqualung” is great. There’s just so many great rock songs that people need to hear
If you want more good stuff from the Stones, look up the album "Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out". It is one of their only good live albums. You will not be disappointed.
The Rolling Stones were basically a blues band. They worshiped at the altar of Muddy Waters and Chess Records.
Gimme Shelter is Barack Obama’s favorite song.
I've "known" this song my whole life. But I've never experienced it until I did with you.
Same lol
Facts
Same
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Prech
one of the worlds greatest songs, and I am not a huge Aerosmith fan by any means, but you gotta give respect where it is due.
Aerosmith - Walk this way Ft Run DMC. Lets Git it!
Mitch Weir was going to suggest this!!! He absolutely needs to hear/see that one
Yes!
YES
Yes, listen to this the Run. DMC version. You think Steven Tylor hit a high note in this one.
He ain't ready for that
My favorite all-time song. There's a sadness to it, but also an anger and tenacity to never give up. A true classic.
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same vibe as Show Must Go On by Queen
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Damn u worded that perfectly
This song takes you on an emotional rollercoaster ride.
I grew up on all this music, I remember when this was released, still have all my music and your reaction is awesome.
His face when Steve hit that note 😄 he just froze lol
His reaction is so genuine...
And it's even more intense watching him hit that note. 1988 with the Boston Symphony is my fave.
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It was fun watching his reaction through him because i remember how i felt when i heard it.. 😆 aww memories
I thought the same thing! I was getting all ready for it and he paused.. I was like Nooooo it's fixing to get good!! Then his face hahaha priceless! Idk how I came across this channel, but I love it!!
Hearing Aerosmith being called "classic rock" just makes me feel old AF.
LMFAO!!! Real Talk 💯 I Hate Feeling Old AF 😠 SMFH
that's better than my generation, when I'm your age the next generation will probably react to lil pump classic rap.
Roll with it. I’m in that boat Kitty
It's a compliment... peak era... we didn't know how good we had it, now look how many ppl are (re)discovering it. Classic, good as it gets. Eff aging, this stuff's timeless.
@@crzysnkeman4653 no, no, no. Every generation has their stuff that was popular, but wasn't objectively good. For example Vanilla Ice. The newer generation has great music across all genres i.e. Kendrick, J. Cole, Kanye, Chris Stapleton, The Black Keys, Artic Monkeys, Adele, etc. There will be plenty to react to in the future that will be forever considered classics.
Absolutely one of the most iconic songs of all time. Everyone can relate and feel it in their souls!
@2:44 … yep. It’s some insane sound and lyrics right there, my man. Goosebumps!
Eminem sing for the moment. The same chorus. Em paying homage again
I love when artists can share or be honored instead of suing each other over petty shit.
I’m pretty sure it was a colab effort iirc
this is the original...this song is from 1973
I got so scared when Eminem borrowed the music but hey... it’s Aerosmith. They are the greatest.
I’m guessing he heard the Eminem song. Great song. The original gets the blood pumping though.
Eminem's song Sing for the moment has the same start and chorus.
This is where Eminem got the backing beat for sing for the moment 👍🏼
Sample basically
I haven't heard Eminem's song, but even the title is a line from the song! It's getting ridiculous how "artists" just take from stuff instead of being an ARTIST nowdays!!!💀
Before everyone wants to kill me...let me just say, I love Eminem, ALWAYS have! I'm not throwing shade at HIM... That was about MOST "artists" these days...isn't being a true artist, being able to create YOUR own art?? Just sayin....
@@Mistilou he did it out of appreciation on the original song, but go off
I'm a huge Aerosmith fan. I love this reaction 😊
You have to watch a live performance of this, and you will have even more respect for Steven Tyler and this band. It will bring tears. And now that they officially announced their retirement, you have to do a new reaction. He did a killer performance of this for Howard Stern birthday bash. And we saw the band live in Las Vegas residency a couple years back- true #Goats
"The past is gone"
SHAQ: I never thought of it like that
Tasnif Rahman lmfao
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Tasnif Rahman Same!! “Tomorrow The Good God could take you away”!?? I think it went something like that?? CRAZY
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What makes the genre of "black people react to classic rock" so great is that these guys don't know the songs that were so much part of our lives. Its like getting to hear them for the first time again.
This is nothing new to me. People get confused when they ask me what kind of music I like. I was born in 1970, so think about the music then and how music has evolved. Everything from rock, funk, disco, classic, country to emo and grunge. Rap and hip hop too. And any other genre I might have missed.
Exactly! It's like getting to hear them for the first time again, but knowing every note!
You could say that exact same thing about the music that people like Snoop grew up listening to his uncle Junebug playing all the influential music that they listened to.
2:29 he means that he gets older and older.
Was in high school during the 70's. Some amazing deep metaphoric vibe during that time. The riffs and swells just purely emotionalize every phrase. Would love your take on the Eagles - Desperado.
You probably heard this from Eminem Sing for the moment, Coach!!!
I was sitting here really hoping he would remember it from Em’s song.
Reaction video coming tommorow lol
Has he react to sing for the moment?
Yeah react to that next!
Thank you!!! I knew it was Eminem but could not think of the song.
You've just experienced one of the greatest song writers of all time. Steven Tyler is one of the GOATs.
Bob Gray Michel Jackson blacksmith
That's why Run DMC had to save them from fading into obscurity right? This song is great, but Aerosmith is overrated.
@@Dilaudid281 false. The original walk this way is better.
@@PrettyRagdoll That's fine, you can prefer whatever version of the song you'd like. I can't tell you that you're wrong for enjoying something, but it's not a false statement that Run DMC helped them regain popularity. They had been on a decline since the 70's.
@@Dilaudid281 that's fair. I can't pretend to have been alive then. I'm 31 🤷🏿♀️😂
I really forgot how great this song is . Those vocals are AMAZINGGGGG
Great song! Great reaction! GREAT BAND!!
Also love your shirt ! As someone from Upstate SC I love my state and both of our amazing football college teams!
Huh.
I've listened to this song hundreds of times.
This dude HEARD what Aerosmith was actually saying.
Never put thought into the lyrics. My bad. Nice one, buddy.
Same
But I Have two reasons why
First english is not my first language and second im guitarist
I know I'm a month late but I just saw your comment. Actually the first lyrics of the song are about doing cocaine. "Every time when I look in the mirror, all these lines and my face getting clearer". The more lines he was snorting on the mirror the more he can see his face
Honestly same, but then again its kinda his job to breakdown songs, been doing it for a while too
Kevin Sykes damn lmao I always thought it was “all these lines on my face getting clearer”
Exactly..
I'm sure it's probably been said, but it's familiar because you've heard it on Eminem - Sing for the moment
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Also has been used in countless movies and shows from trailers to scenes...
Love that song. And thus one amazing song gives rise to another....
Mely OH!
dragonrider712 yeah man 🙏💙🎼💯👌
I always love seeing your reactions to classic rock and the amazing voices , the amazing guitar players , the amazing drummers..... The 70s and 80s were the most amazing time for rock bands.... does you see by your reactions the music stands the test of time ❤️🤘🤘
why this on my rec now?
He said "watch how they switch it up" and everyone else was "no you watch"
I know I was like wait....
Fr like this YOUR first time not ours😭
Welcome to the party!
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@@endo3372 Where's it at I wanna GO!!!😂😂😂✌
He said "this song is perfect" hell yeah it is, Aerosmith is top level music
Agreed
This is my favorite reaction of yours so far! Aerosmith will always be one of the best rock bands ever! Glad you liked it!
best there is. love your reactions. very thoughtful and love your attention to lyrics
Steven Tyler has one of the best vocal ranges ever !
He still, in his 70s, sounds better than everyone alive.
One of the best voices
yep he and chester bennington are of same kind both have a varitey of vocals
Still got it in his 70s for most part
some say his power is stored in his lips
DREAM ON IS ONE OF THE GREATEST SONGS OF ALL TIME!!!! Steven Tyler's singing is incredible!
Even better LIVE!
Yeah I always feel the emotion and screaming live makes the studio version sound almost flat
AND HE SINGS IT BETTER THE OLDER HE GETS
@@timmanning5206 agreed. Once you hear that version this one seems unrealistic.
I absolutely love your reaction videos and glad that you have such diverse taste. Your reactions are genuine and proof that good music is timeless and meant to be appreciated by everyone. Keep expanding your eardrums and sharing great works of art to TH-cam.
I recall Aerosmith playing at the Stone Church in Newington, NH in the early to mid 70s. Place had a dirt floor. What a trip. Lot of groups played there. It was and experience to say the least. What I wouldn't give to turn back the clock and relive it all.
More classic! The Eagles,The Steve Miller Band, Foreigner, Journey
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Marry me? 🤷♂️🙏
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Also The Doors, Cream, Queen, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Rolling Stones... and more Aerosmith of course.
The eagles!!!!!!
Great recommendations❤
Shaq how is it possible u aint ever heard this song, That's tuff!
I agree.
tough, not tuff.
Dan Maler he did that on purpose if you couldn’t tell
My thought too. It's possible, I know people that have never seen Star Wars.
Dan Maler pretty sure Shaq spells it like that....
"The Gods of Olympus have abandoned me, now there is no hope!"
Music is medicine! Steven Tyler, lead singer of Aerosmith, is 74 & one of his kids, is just 2yrs old! Crazy!! 🤪 Love his music & high pitched voice!
Jesus, his expression when Steven Tyler hits that high note....priceless!!! Dude is all like 🤯
I was jus sayin the same thing lol
@@carmelocolon4679 Same here, man. Always cracks me up how quick his expression changes. First, he's having a good time, then he's in shock.
When he paused it RIGHT BEFORE THAT MOMENT.
Straight goosebump
This is arguably the greatest rock song ever mad
I would say this and Bohemian Rhapsody are competing for first and second.
When the levee breaks by zeppelin
nah bohemian rhapsody and stairway to heaven are on the top
i'd say this song and a day in the life by the beatles fight for 3rd place
@@jonasrmb01 Baba O’Riley by The Who is fighting for that 3rd spot as well.
Music is subjective so my favorite wont necessarily be yours thats why i say arguably