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CMU hosted some pretty good shows back then. I saw BTO and Dave Mason there as I recall. Was going to Ferris State at the time which is about 45 minutes to the west. At Ferris I saw Blue Oyster Cult, Ted Nugent, Bob Segar & the Silver Bullet Band, Rick Wakeman, James Gang (post Joe Walsh), J Geils Band, and King Crimson. Can you imagine that happening these days? I can’t. I’m 70 years old now and those days can never be replicated. What a time to be growing up and seem so long ago.
I saw them at least 15 times prior to releasing their 1st album and multiple times following. They were always a core rock n roll band. Upper New England is very proud of their success and their music lives on !!
This appearence was Aerosmith's first big exsporure in America. Perhaps even saved their career. Their first album didn't sell at all and "Get Your Wings" (released March 15, 1974) was selling slowly at the time. This appeaence may have been the turning point.
I had "Get Your Wings" and "Toys in the Attic" @ 13....memorized it from front to back. Got to see AC/DC open for Aerosmith in '77....Tyler mooned the audience
At the time of this appearance Dream On had been re-released and became a hit so that led to them playing Midnight Special and their 2 previous albums being rediscovered
@@jennifersman7990 Dream On wasn't reissued until January 1976 after the success of Toys In The Attic and Walk This Way. Peaking at #6. Though it was a regional hit in the Boston area in 1973.
Loved get your wings The first 4 albums were vintage Aerosmith then they went in a commercial direction and changed their style Never followed them afterwards
With a heave and a ho...Aerosmith is a great way to start the week! This is one of my favorites of theirs! Fire performance! 🔥 Wish I could have seen them live back then. 🙌💜
@johnstrong3824 Mine too. It usually doesn't seem to get much love. I don't know why. I love every song on it. Especially Train, Seasons of wither, and spaced. Woman of the world is great also. I like Toys and Rocks too, but Wings is my absolute favorite.
Watching Tyler's singing style, stage presence, and mannerisms, you can see its influence on Cinderellas Tom Kieffer when they hit the music scene in the 80's.
Hunter and Wagner were fantastic on Alice Coopers Welcome to my Nightmare tour. Just so cool. Battling eachother with capes and top hats. Actually Jabbin eachother during the battle. EPIC !!!
When the simplest covers could be used to great effect. Come Together is another classic that Aerosmith does very good versions of. Will we ever see another American rock band with thier swag? Not likely.
@@andrewbecker3700 Personal music taste aside , G N R had that take no prisoners , conquer the world , we are rock n roll swagger like Aerosmith , Zeppelin and Queen. Don't get me wrong , i dig VR as well but they were comprised of seasoned rock veterans.
Yes, he didn't have enough experience at this stage in his career. He certainly became a much better player when he got years of experience. He was great by the 90s and early 2000s.
Soooooo... Brad Whitford and Tom Hamilton aren't interesting enough for a tight camera shot? Too many of these old videos focus on one or two band members, and ignore the rest.
@@jessewolf7649 The 60's was the birth of heavy rock. The 70's refined and perfected it. The 80's ruined it and made it hacky and commercial. (im talking about hair bands, not early metal and punk) IN MY OPINION
Yup. Rock was at its best right before it splintered off into a bunch of siloed off subgenres. Sure, there were lots of different rock genres in the early 70s (metal, prog, glam, etc.) but the lines were blurrier, and you had more artists who would straddle two or more genres at once.
They play that song better today than they did on this special. The performance isn't very good at all, and is surpassed by so many performances of the same song.
I watched some of the tapes from their recent Vegas residency (man, that does make then sound like a bunch of aspiring MDs), and I think yours would very much be a minority opinion about end stage Aero being > than early era Aero. I believe that Rocks is is one of the finest albums ever released by any band. A lot fell apart after that. It is amazing that they remained intact (Kramer’s health challenges notwithstanding) for a half century. One of the few bands where I can name every member.
@@jaykeehan5813 They sound better here in Vegas: th-cam.com/video/X8A6JT1ToIA/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=gooddogs74 . This from 1974 performance is sloppy, slower and they're using bad sound equipment.
It’s really Aerosmith mentor and instructor Klaus Nomi that’s responsible for all great bands of the70s and 80s. His pen was in every song all of the big bands wrote . He deserves all the credit for their success. And he reviewed.and ok”d every thing.any of the guys wrote. After he left Aerosmith cuz of Tyler’s sexual behavior and advances they went downhill. He trained Joe on how to play . Randy Rhodes, Jimi James Hendrix,,, all Klaus Nomis pupils. Klaus Nomi was a master. Aerosmith,Kiss , Iron Maiden , even Queen nd the Stones are all his work. His video of his hit Total Eclipse shows his mastery and shows clearly where They all got their style , mannerisms and talent
Get your Wings is my all time favorite Aerosmith album. Of course I like Rocks and Toys too. Probably because Wings was first album I ever heard of their's in its entirety. Every song on it is great. Steven was sure cute then, but I was only 8 years old when they did this performance.
@@planomathandscience And they were still kicking ass in their live shows in 2014. 40 yrs after the Midnight Special broadcast. I've seen video of them in 2022-23. Still amazingly tight and energetic. I was approx. 11 years old when this was broadcast. Please go sell craaaazy somewhere else.
@@stuartgoodloe9537 Amen brother 🙏 To come through all that and release Pump - a killer from start to finish - shows the true nature of their talent and commitment.
I wish Van Halen had the opportunity to play on this show. This is some of the most incredibly well-preserved (in terms of fidelity and quality) music-television I have ever seen from this period.
@@PatchworkAndNuance Right? Its a shame they didn't really get noticed right away. Of course, I think this show wasn't airing at the time of Van Halen I in 1978, so the literally JUST missed out!
Agreed, many people don't know that Perry & Whitford were too lame to play the hot solos that are on the album. Also a little tidbit is that on the Get Your Wings version the "live" part contains audience from The Concert For Bangladesh. I read that in in bio their book.
I must agree. I had those 5 albums as well, as far as I was concerned they went to sh*t after Rocks. Rocks kicked a$$, and imo, everything after that sucked. I saw the Rocks tour in '77, which wasn't that remarkable. Then I saw them again in '91 on whatever p.o.s. album they were touring and they flat out sucked.
Amen! I love most of Aerosmith's 70s music (and a little bit of their 80s stuff), and what people my age refer to as Classic Rock--I'm 54 so I think I can really appreciate the rawness of live recordings, especially the unpredictability of tv performances of the 50s - 80s artists, and I know that this was the height of their heroin addictions, but this is...shockingly bad, wow. Obviously, good music producers, both studio and live, were worth their weight in gold. I've learned that many of my memories of my younger years (music, films, tv, comic books, etc) are evidently better off as memories without documentation.
@@mcfarlanejb19 Lol no...The serious drug problems were 3/4 years down the road. Whitford(criminally underrated overall) and especially Perry just were not great guitar players at this point. Sad thing is after all the years since get your wings they have never been able to replicate that original blistering Steve Hunter guitar work.
@@billsouza4457 As a guitarist in a cover band, I can tell you it's really hard duplicating another guitarist's leads (especially when he's a better guitarist). I clicked this video just to see what Joe Perry would do, and I was pleasantly surprised. I can imagine when Perry first that recording and thought "I have to play that live?!"
@@kilroy2517 I did the same thing , i had to see if Perry even came close. Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner made it hard for Perry as they played cleaner lines. Perry was always a little sloppy.
Joe Perry left Aerosmith in 1979 , Brad Whitford left in 1981 , they both returned in 1984. On the current farewell tour Joey Kramer is not playing drums , he's been replaced by his former drum tech John Douglas who filled in for Joey in 2019 when Joey injured his foot & again in 2022 when Joey took time off to be with his family & focus on his health 3 months after the passing of his wife Linda.
Not exactly true. As the above poster says Joe and Brad briefly left the band and Joey has been absent lately. It's still impressive since many other bands are like revolving doors of members coming and going.
This is excellent. A young and fame hungry band delivers a perfect performance. Imagine how it must have been to see them live at the Anaheim stadium in 1976 when they played this with the late Jeff Beck.
@@jonnuanez7183 Actually Hammer was playing with Beck that tour(supporting their Live album). There was a 4th act though: The Stu Day (Daye?) Band. Some Mott/Dylan knockoff that wasn't very interesting.
I’ve seen Aerosmith 61 times in my 60 years, I’m born n raised in Cincy n they played all over the Midwest in the 70s, 80s n 90s n without a doubt Americas best Rock Band !
Aaahhhh the 70's! Followed by the 80's then the 90's. Lucky for me I got to participate in all three! Still going obviously but those three decades were memorable to say the least!
@@Earlvis Nope they are the greatest. Based on the 70s alone. But if you add their comeback in the 80s and 90s there's really no debate. They influenced so many other great bands that were supposed to replace them but Aerosmith outlived them all.
@@MrGenexxx Listen to the Allman Brothers Band “Live at the Fillmore East” record and you’ll hear the greatest rock band ever. Duane and Dickey were way ahead of Brad and Joe and then add in the dual-drummers and Gregg Allman’s Hammond B-3 work. It’s not even close. Molly Hatchett also blew Aerosmith off the stage.
@exmarine268 If I had a dollar for every time I've played/listened to GET YOUR WINGS, I'd be a wealthy man. Just curious your thoughts on GET A GRIP? Those two are my favorites.
@@eldoabrahamson I think the comparison isn't about "true vs false" it's about hard rock 70's Aerosmith vs soft rock/pop mid to late 80's Aerosmith. That's how I read it.
I guess that Steven Tyler’s real name is Steven Victor Tallarico. I’m guessing it’s either Spanish or Italian. But I guess he’s been healing from a vocal injury. I would imagine when he goes into his falsetto it puts quite a strain on his vocal cords.
In the liner notes for this DVD, it says that because they recorded this at around 10am, the boys in the band had to start drinking at 6am to get their usual feel just right
I saw them at least 15 times prior to releasing their 1st album and multiple times following. They were always a core rock n roll band. Upper New England is very proud of their success and their music lives on !!
Have you picked up Julian Gill’s book ‘Aerosmith On Tour 1973-85’? It covers all those early gigs (actually dating back to 1970) setlists, headliners, openers, reviews. It’s a great historic document of the band.
So I spent my life thinking this song on GYW was Joe Perry's finest guitar work. It was but "it wasn't, it wasn't Joe" Imagine my surprise when I heard about Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner. Only to later learn the same was true on AC "Billion Dollar Babies"! I also never understood why Joe was the lead guitar in this band when Brad was actually a Berklee guy?? You've got to be a real decent guitar player to even get into Berklee so brad had to be good before he even went! Makes you wonder.....
When you went to see these guys at the Boston Garden in the 70s, it was dangerous. Every leather jacket dude from every high school in Massachusetts in one place. Wild.
Anyone can see why they needed Hunter and Wagner to play guitar for them. Its sad Perry never got much better than this. They should have let Brad play lead on this one for sure.
Love Aerosmith!!!! Greetings from Argentina!!!🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷
Early 70's Rock 'n Roll was just the best, period
Late 60s too
@@beastbee0118 I’ll give you a close 2nd… Doors, Hendrix, Kinks, Beatles, Zeppelin
Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart, The Faces, Alice Cooper,
Awesome! Loved their music since 1973! Saw them in Nov of 74 at Central MI University and was hooked.
I had seen them in the early 70s as well while they were touring the Get Your Wings album. Saw them at Westboro Speedway in Mass. Great show!
CMU hosted some pretty good shows back then. I saw BTO and Dave Mason there as I recall. Was going to Ferris State at the time which is about 45 minutes to the west. At Ferris I saw Blue Oyster Cult, Ted Nugent, Bob Segar & the Silver Bullet Band, Rick Wakeman, James Gang (post Joe Walsh), J Geils Band, and King Crimson. Can you imagine that happening these days? I can’t. I’m 70 years old now and those days can never be replicated. What a time to be growing up and seem so long ago.
I saw these guys in June of 1974 open for Lynyrd Skynyrd. They were a hot mess. It’s a miracle that they are all still with us. Tickets $5.50. ✌️
They are with us because their managers were smart enough not to buy that garbage plane in 77
@@MrGenexxxthat’s exactly right because the story goes was they looked into buying it but decided against it.
Who cares about he plane they didn’t buy , it’s a miracle none of them OD’d . This is a doped out 3:17 shit storm
I saw them at least 15 times prior to releasing their 1st album and multiple times following. They were always a core rock n roll band. Upper New England is very proud of their success and their music lives on !!
I understand they did not like the pilots or drinking Jack while looking at the craft..???
This appearence was Aerosmith's first big exsporure in America. Perhaps even saved their career. Their first album didn't sell at all and "Get Your Wings" (released March 15, 1974) was selling slowly at the time. This appeaence may have been the turning point.
I had "Get Your Wings" and "Toys in the Attic" @ 13....memorized it from front to back. Got to see AC/DC open for Aerosmith in '77....Tyler mooned the audience
At the time of this appearance Dream On had been re-released and became a hit so that led to them playing Midnight Special and their 2 previous albums being rediscovered
@@jennifersman7990 Dream On wasn't reissued until January 1976 after the success of Toys In The Attic and Walk This Way. Peaking at #6. Though it was a regional hit in the Boston area in 1973.
Loved get your wings The first 4 albums were vintage Aerosmith then they went in a commercial direction and changed their style Never followed them afterwards
@@timeportal8937 Yes. The first four albums. Then drugs and bad habits derailed them.
I love this song I love hearing you sing it sounds awesome 💞💞 love Hilda Ross
Impressive 🤟😎
My favorite Aerosmith song!
They did not write the song though.
Johnny Burnette wrote it.
@@dwaynewladyka577 Tiny Bradshaw first in 1951. Then Johnny Burnette rearranged it
@@BigSky1 Actually, you are correct.
I agree this is a great version but it’s not their song.
With a heave and a ho...Aerosmith is a great way to start the week! This is one of my favorites of theirs! Fire performance! 🔥 Wish I could have seen them live back then. 🙌💜
Saw them once on the Nine Lives tour.
@@gregoryduncan3067 Oh wow! Now I'm jealous!😜☺️
@@StephanieJeanneI admit that was a good one.
I got to see them in Memphis in 1987, they were awesome.
Me too, me too, back then in their prime would have been a fantastic show to see live.
I remember hearing this song off Get Your Wings for the first time 😳🤯🔥
Definitely my favorite album by Aerosmith get your wings.
@johnstrong3824 Mine too. It usually doesn't seem to get much love. I don't know why. I love every song on it. Especially Train, Seasons of wither, and spaced. Woman of the world is great also. I like Toys and Rocks too, but Wings is my absolute favorite.
See-thru Lucite drum kit!!
Yeah!! 👍🏾🥁
Look out for Mr. Kramer!
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SERIOUSLY!!! S.T is the best front ever
Watching Tyler's singing style, stage presence, and mannerisms, you can see its influence on Cinderellas Tom Kieffer when they hit the music scene in the 80's.
yeah they do look and sound similar
Who? Tom Who? Cinderella?
Best band in the world ❤
Hunter and Wagner were fantastic on Alice Coopers Welcome to my Nightmare tour. Just so cool. Battling eachother with capes and top hats. Actually Jabbin eachother during the battle. EPIC !!!
When the simplest covers could be used to great effect. Come Together is another classic that Aerosmith does very good versions of. Will we ever see another American rock band with thier swag? Not likely.
When Guns N Roses released Appetite For Destruction they had that swagger.
@@rogerdaly6326 Sure, but to be honest Velvet Revolver was the band I preferred. Not a big Axle Rose fan.
@@andrewbecker3700 Personal music taste aside , G N R had that take no prisoners , conquer the world , we are rock n roll swagger like Aerosmith , Zeppelin and Queen. Don't get me wrong , i dig VR as well but they were comprised of seasoned rock veterans.
I now understand why Steve Hunter was bought in to re-record Joe Perry’s lead guitar solos 😳
Wow, never heard about that.
Not terrible, a little rough but kind of fits the song.
I didn't think Joe ever recorded solos for "Train." Joe does a good job playing that Hunter intro here!
Actually, both Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner recorded the solos for the song. Hunter for the intro solo, and Wagner for the "live" portion.
Yes, he didn't have enough experience at this stage in his career. He certainly became a much better player when he got years of experience. He was great by the 90s and early 2000s.
Joe let Brad play all the solos please.
Lick and A Promise, anyone? Givin' the Dog a Bone? So many rockers from the early days. And they were all incredible.
God I'm so thankful to be gen X.
I watched this with my Father and our neighbor from across the street. They keep saying that one ugly White Woman. I laugh so hard.
REGULAR ESTA VERSION .
I love watching this band to see how truly crap they were.
Never get dressed in the dark.
When Aerosmith was good
Soooooo... Brad Whitford and Tom Hamilton aren't interesting enough for a tight camera shot? Too many of these old videos focus on one or two band members, and ignore the rest.
No doubt. The 70's is the golden Era of rock n roll.
60s for me…JJ Flash…
@@jessewolf7649 The 60's was the birth of heavy rock. The 70's refined and perfected it. The 80's ruined it and made it hacky and commercial. (im talking about hair bands, not early metal and punk) IN MY OPINION
Yup. Rock was at its best right before it splintered off into a bunch of siloed off subgenres. Sure, there were lots of different rock genres in the early 70s (metal, prog, glam, etc.) but the lines were blurrier, and you had more artists who would straddle two or more genres at once.
Have to add the 60s as well 🙂
Which will ALWAYS be the measuring stick by which all future rock music will be judged! And never duplicated again!
They would soon release ....one of the best albums of the 70s Toys in the Attic
Then Rocks the following year. Kick ass LP!!!!!
Yep. In fact, they would begin recording that historic album just a few months after this performance on the Midnight Special!
What I wouldn't give to have this Aerosmith back.
Just need a kilo of coke.
They play that song better today than they did on this special. The performance isn't very good at all, and is surpassed by so many performances of the same song.
I watched some of the tapes from their recent Vegas residency (man, that does make then sound like a bunch of aspiring MDs), and I think yours would very much be a minority opinion about end stage Aero being > than early era Aero.
I believe that Rocks is is one of the finest albums ever released by any band. A lot fell apart after that. It is amazing that they remained intact (Kramer’s health challenges notwithstanding) for a half century. One of the few bands where I can name every member.
Its been 50 years, gramps. Let it go.
@@jaykeehan5813 They sound better here in Vegas: th-cam.com/video/X8A6JT1ToIA/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=gooddogs74 . This from 1974 performance is sloppy, slower and they're using bad sound equipment.
This is why the 70's rock.
and ROLL
It’s really Aerosmith mentor and instructor Klaus Nomi that’s responsible for all great bands of the70s and 80s. His pen was in every song all of the big bands wrote . He deserves all the credit for their success. And he reviewed.and ok”d every thing.any of the guys wrote. After he left Aerosmith cuz of Tyler’s sexual behavior and advances they went downhill. He trained Joe on how to play . Randy Rhodes, Jimi James Hendrix,,, all Klaus Nomis pupils. Klaus Nomi was a master. Aerosmith,Kiss , Iron Maiden , even Queen nd the Stones are all his work. His video of his hit Total Eclipse shows his mastery and shows clearly where They all got their style , mannerisms and talent
@@danielhoran8416 Also well known as 'the 6th Beatle' for his ghostwriting.
And will never duplicated again!
Tyler looks like a kid! Loved the whole Get Your Wings album. Thanks for posting an awesome live version of this song!
Get your Wings is my all time favorite Aerosmith album. Of course I like Rocks and Toys too. Probably because Wings was first album I ever heard of their's in its entirety. Every song on it is great. Steven was sure cute then, but I was only 8 years old when they did this performance.
The looooong years of drug abuse haven't kicked in, yet.
@@lisascorpGet your Wings was the first album that I ever had. By the way I was 8 years old when they did this performance also.
@@planomathandscience And they were still kicking ass in their live shows in 2014. 40 yrs after the Midnight Special broadcast. I've seen video of them in 2022-23. Still amazingly tight and energetic. I was approx. 11 years old when this was broadcast.
Please go sell craaaazy somewhere else.
@@stuartgoodloe9537 Amen brother 🙏 To come through all that and release Pump - a killer from start to finish - shows the true nature of their talent and commitment.
I wish Van Halen had the opportunity to play on this show. This is some of the most incredibly well-preserved (in terms of fidelity and quality) music-television I have ever seen from this period.
Yes 🙌🏼
@@PatchworkAndNuance Right? Its a shame they didn't really get noticed right away. Of course, I think this show wasn't airing at the time of Van Halen I in 1978, so the literally JUST missed out!
@@ruggie.74 absolutely 👍🏼
You can thank Wolfman Jack for being cool enough to bring all this to you!
Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner sure gave that song life with their guitar chops on Get Your Wings.
You can really hear what Hunter and Wagner did for this song, when you see what happened when these guys tried it.
Agree: they just didn’t have great chops at this point. Perry’s solos sound disjointed. He definitely improved a lot over time.
that would have probably destroyed me to know that my producer replaced me with another guitarist...who wasn't even in the band!
Ha - it's such a GREAT story!
Agreed, many people don't know that Perry & Whitford were too lame to play the hot solos that are on the album. Also a little tidbit is that on the Get Your Wings version the "live" part contains audience from The Concert For Bangladesh. I read that in in bio their book.
When Aerosmith was Aerosmith
Before that stupid rap song
💯 percent truth !!!
They lost me after after, Done with Mirrors.
drunk and high
Now they're just caricatures of themselves.
I’m 65 I loved the 70s still with the same wife too love it!!
I hope they passed the audition.
Haha. I know, right.
Love the first four albums (and live bootleg).
The real and only version of Aerosmith are those albums ❤
I must agree. I had those 5 albums as well, as far as I was concerned they went to sh*t after Rocks. Rocks kicked a$$, and imo, everything after that sucked. I saw the Rocks tour in '77, which wasn't that remarkable. Then I saw them again in '91 on whatever p.o.s. album they were touring and they flat out sucked.
Rocks was years ahead of it's time.
Yes! A smokin album!
Half of Draw The Line was good , the other half you could hear how the substance intake started taking its toll.
This is awesome. The Midnight Special. the gift that just kept giving.
Going by these clips you forget that Midnight Special was 95 percent Neil Sadaka and Captain and Tanielli
Aerosmith cutting their teeth on the midnight special , absolutely live , thats old school kids, the way us rockers like it
Damn, I remember coming home from roller skating and watching this show every Saturday night. The good old days…
I couldn't fuckin imagine.
And Don Kirshner's Rock Concert
Yes! Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert was another one we were lucky enough to have experienced.
Me too, but usually stoned!!!🤣 ✌❤
Yes! And to think now it’s legal recreationally in some states including the one I now reside in. 💨💨💨
Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner were sorely missed on this performance
Amen! I love most of Aerosmith's 70s music (and a little bit of their 80s stuff), and what people my age refer to as Classic Rock--I'm 54 so I think I can really appreciate the rawness of live recordings, especially the unpredictability of tv performances of the 50s - 80s artists, and I know that this was the height of their heroin addictions, but this is...shockingly bad, wow. Obviously, good music producers, both studio and live, were worth their weight in gold. I've learned that many of my memories of my younger years (music, films, tv, comic books, etc) are evidently better off as memories without documentation.
@@mcfarlanejb19 Lol no...The serious drug problems were 3/4 years down the road. Whitford(criminally underrated overall) and especially Perry just were not great guitar players at this point. Sad thing is after all the years since get your wings they have never been able to replicate that original blistering Steve Hunter guitar work.
Yes. I saw them live 4 years after this and sadly they were so wasted. Glad they recovered
@@billsouza4457 As a guitarist in a cover band, I can tell you it's really hard duplicating another guitarist's leads (especially when he's a better guitarist). I clicked this video just to see what Joe Perry would do, and I was pleasantly surprised. I can imagine when Perry first that recording and thought "I have to play that live?!"
@@kilroy2517 I did the same thing , i had to see if Perry even came close. Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner made it hard for Perry as they played cleaner lines. Perry was always a little sloppy.
One of the only bands to have the exact same lineup for 50 years. Exceptional.
Joe Perry left Aerosmith in 1979 , Brad Whitford left in 1981 , they both returned in 1984. On the current farewell tour Joey Kramer is not playing drums , he's been replaced by his former drum tech John Douglas who filled in for Joey in 2019 when Joey injured his foot & again in 2022 when Joey took time off to be with his family & focus on his health 3 months after the passing of his wife Linda.
Not exactly true. As the above poster says Joe and Brad briefly left the band and Joey has been absent lately. It's still impressive since many other bands are like revolving doors of members coming and going.
listened to Aerosmith and Bad Company every morning before going out to wait for the school bus. mom was happy when I left.....
lol
I think these kids have potential.
Right. These dudes look like a lady can surely make it if they dream on.
Potential but not longevity
Mick Jagger's in a new band???
they were really great in the 70's then like many turned to crap in the 80's and beyond
As long as they don’t get hepped up on the goofballs.
This is excellent. A young and fame hungry band delivers a perfect performance. Imagine how it must have been to see them live at the Anaheim stadium in 1976 when they played this with the late Jeff Beck.
"Rocks" Tour, Also with Jan Hammer/ and Rick Derringer opening...
@@hotrox2112 That's an awesome ticket...those 4 in one night. Wow!!!
Here to represent the gig at Comiskey Park in Chicago when some fireworks started the stands on fire during Beck's set!
@@jonnuanez7183 Actually Hammer was playing with Beck that tour(supporting their Live album). There was a 4th act though: The Stu Day (Daye?) Band. Some Mott/Dylan knockoff that wasn't very interesting.
It was very cool, I was there, Starz, Derringer, Skynryd cancelled, Flo and Eddie m.c.s, Beck, Aerosmith,The Big A @ The Big A.
Aerosmith was a great band back then way before corporate record companies ruined them.
I’ve seen Aerosmith 61 times in my 60 years, I’m born n raised in Cincy n they played all over the Midwest in the 70s, 80s n 90s n without a doubt Americas best Rock Band !
11x for me,Had tickets for Peace out but it wasn't meant to be.I cherish every memory of those live performances . Always will love this band!❤
I remember fighting sleep to stay up for Don Kirchner or the Midnight Special in hopes of some cool shit like this.
Awesome. Be even better if Brad's amp was mic'd up :/
There was a rawness and authenticity to them that was very unique. Born to be rock stars.
Aaahhhh the 70's! Followed by the 80's then the 90's. Lucky for me I got to participate in all three! Still going obviously but those three decades were memorable to say the least!
Very obviously live...Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner are the guitar players that made this version rock
Shows what a good producer can do.
And having Steve Hunter & Dick Wagner playing the guitar parts in the studio!
@@ТарасЗагайкевич ..yep..part of the producers job...hear what a song could sound like..with the right players
70's ERA AeroSmith!!!! America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band!!!! Early AeroSmith is the Best AeroSmith!
Greatest my ass.
@@Earlvis easily the greatest hard rock band from America. All other legendary bands were from England.
@@MrGenexxx Not even close. Aerosmirh was good but never great. There were many bands that were better.
@@Earlvis Nope they are the greatest. Based on the 70s alone. But if you add their comeback in the 80s and 90s there's really no debate. They influenced so many other great bands that were supposed to replace them but Aerosmith outlived them all.
@@MrGenexxx Listen to the Allman Brothers Band “Live at the Fillmore East” record and you’ll hear the greatest rock band ever. Duane and Dickey were way ahead of Brad and Joe and then add in the dual-drummers and Gregg Allman’s Hammond B-3 work. It’s not even close. Molly Hatchett also blew Aerosmith off the stage.
Joe Perry playing a Strat. Something you don't see much these days.
He’s my favorite band member, Joe’s HOT! 😂
young and hungry defined…
This was when Aerosmith was a true hard rock/metal band. Get Your Wings - every track was a banger.
And then they reached the mid 80's and started sucking...
@exmarine268 If I had a dollar for every time I've played/listened to GET YOUR WINGS, I'd be a wealthy man. Just curious your thoughts on GET A GRIP? Those two are my favorites.
There's no such thing as false hard rock/metal.
@@eldoabrahamson I think the comparison isn't about "true vs false" it's about hard rock 70's Aerosmith vs soft rock/pop mid to late 80's Aerosmith.
That's how I read it.
@@eldoabrahamson - Sure there is. Lots of pretenders out there
I guess that Steven Tyler’s real name is Steven Victor Tallarico. I’m guessing it’s either Spanish or Italian. But I guess he’s been healing from a vocal injury. I would imagine when he goes into his falsetto it puts quite a strain on his vocal cords.
Italian
he's Italian.
This is historic footage! They were just a few months away from recording their third album, "Toys in the Attic"!
The 70s rocked.
nothing like a good ol' fashion American band
Almost as good as a good old fashioned British band………kidding. Great music in those days, from both sides of the pond.
In the liner notes for this DVD, it says that because they recorded this at around 10am, the boys in the band had to start drinking at 6am to get their usual feel just right
Well whoever ran sound for this completely lost Brad Whitford's guitar. It sounds thin as hell with just Joe.
That bass is fantastic here! Chugging along like a fricken freight train - holding that back beat rhythm, fantastic stuff !!!!
The 70's Aerosmith...The Best Aerosmith
Pretty raw! ❤
50 yrs later still sounds so fantastic.
God bless
How does this onlyh have 4k likes....geez, amazing early on performance, rare and glad it was filmed and saved to enjoy in 2024,
My first concert Aerosmith /Nazareth . Richfield Coliseum . Much love and appreciation for growing up in this era . I wanna go back !!!! 🎩🎸💘🎵🎶☮️🤩
They were my first concert too , 1977. KISS was my second 1979 , Van Halen in 1980.
Joe pre skunk-stripe
He has great hair. Tyler also had incredible hair.
Just sayin he went skunk - like Rundgren - the question is why ~ ~ ~ why Lisa?@@lisascorp
Read the bible at least once
Get Your Wings, Toys in the Attic, just awesome albums from start to finish
and Rocks
@@rideon1956 I was just going to add that 👍
@rideon1956 how did I forget that?!?
Spirited cover byThe 'Smith!
One of the best front men ever. Crazy that they sound this good so early in their career.
That bass thumps, I love it
The lead guitar sounds different than on the record.The record sounds more fluid and flowing. I wonder if Joe is all hopped up on his drugs.
Can’t even hear Brad’s guitar?!?!
And that’s a shame. Would have been nice hearing the crunch from that LP Jr. with the always tasty P90 pickup.
This is such an epic version and performance of this song. Aerosmith are such an amazing band. Cheers! ✌️
Indeed! Love it!✌️
These guys will be big someday
Was the rhythm guitar not plugged in? not mic'ed?? its just lead/bass/drums/vocals - he's standing there playing, but cant be heard!
This song totally kicks ass❤ This song is a song from the good ole days.
Sure is because it was originally done by The Yardbirds.
Can’t believe there aren’t any comments (that I can see) about how great of a drummer Joey Kramer is and as evident here, always has been!
That's because he sucks. I love early Aerosmith but speaking as a pro drummer, he is terrible live.
Haha, yea...they all blast him in biographies about the band.
I ❤ Steven Monkey Tyler. Like a Rolling Stone: Mick Jagger
Amazing song and performance. These guys were in their prime when this went down.
Aerosmith e sua grande fase de ouro dos 70,que joia preciosa do Hard Rock dos anos 70!!!!!!!
I saw them at least 15 times prior to releasing their 1st album and multiple times following. They were always a core rock n roll band. Upper New England is very proud of their success and their music lives on !!
Have you picked up Julian Gill’s book ‘Aerosmith On Tour 1973-85’? It covers all those early gigs (actually dating back to 1970) setlists, headliners, openers, reviews. It’s a great historic document of the band.
So I spent my life thinking this song on GYW was Joe Perry's finest guitar work. It was but "it wasn't, it wasn't Joe" Imagine my surprise when I heard about Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner. Only to later learn the same was true on AC "Billion Dollar Babies"! I also never understood why Joe was the lead guitar in this band when Brad was actually a Berklee guy?? You've got to be a real decent guitar player to even get into Berklee so brad had to be good before he even went! Makes you wonder.....
Very cool
Thank you Mr Sugarman
🙏🤗🍺cheers
The only good thing about this performance was it was so bad you knew it was live not lipped to a record like a lot of other acts....😂
Hey Look Kids... They are PLAYING L I V E BaBY !!! 😁👍
I have such fond memories of this show. I used to come home from a night out just to watch. I’m probably saw this one too!
R n roll
When you went to see these guys at the Boston Garden in the 70s, it was dangerous. Every leather jacket dude from every high school in Massachusetts in one place. Wild.
Lol..any fights? Rival gangs?
Dude! What strange twist of fate brought us to the same place, only 2 weeks apart? Rock on! >>(Dan)
@@13iffRifkin Dano! What’s up brother? We are rockers from Massachusetts! Where else would we be? See you soon!
I love the phaser on the drums...
Me too.
We got both of them now. Beautiful.
Midnight Special and Soul TRAIN. GOLDEN YEARS
You forgot 'Don Kirschner's Rock Concert'!
When Jim Morrison fuses with Mick Jagger: Steven Tyler
Early Aerosmith was the American Rolling Stones/Bad Company to me.
Anyone can see why they needed Hunter and Wagner to play guitar for them. Its sad Perry never got much better than this. They should have let Brad play lead on this one for sure.
Says the card that has never made a dollar playing guitar
@@jeffkramer4467 says the jackass that knows nothing about me or guitar