Dream On - Aerosmith | The Midnight Special
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- Aerosmith played on The Midnight Special August 16, 1974
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I think this is the earliest surviving footage of Aerosmith on film. They were on American Bandstand in 1973 but unfortunately, I think that episode is lost. The Midnight Special have been putting out a lot of goodies lately.
I remember the AB broadcast. If the telecast even exists it may be on kinescope.
@@kevingoins9858 There's always a chance. I think more of these "lost" shows exist than what we're aware of.
Thank you so much for bringing back so many wonderful memories. Midnight Special is great.
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All AB performances were mimed.
I applaud the sound engineers and cameramen that made this video on TH-cam many years later possible!
THANK YOU!
Midnight special did not fail to deliver. Keep these coming, really enjoying the flashbacks to the 70's.
Thanks, will do!
Real, live, authentic performances from the top acts of the day. It doesn't get better
Love the raw sound on the first Aerosmith album.
they do sound unpolished but that's a good thing
No doubt.
I agree, it suits them, especially Steven Tyler's voice
I love how this sounds raw and good at the same time. This really highlights their greatness as a band.
Bingo! That's why people are "amazed, dumbfounded etc." about the Stones (Like ROSmth one of the bands about who you refer)and their "magical" new singles.
Strip away all or some of the gizmotic "essentiality" that has made recorded music
something akin to tonal "Crisco Oil":since 1983
and Wowsa! This is incredible! It's downright revolutionary! Voices and instruments, from humans only and the sound causes goosebumps and chills down the spine? It"s verifiable evidently.
It's brilliant. True genius!😂😂.
1970's ROSmth's sound was the most unaltered of all the Rock acts, and
they reached top of the heap
and stayed there.
You can hear the picks hitting the strings and the point of impact when sticks hit drums ànd cymbals.😅
Music like everything else is cyclical . Maybe recording live will become a trend again.
I'd love, to have that need to bolt to a record shop and purchase the song that just blew me away on the radio. Just one more time before I croak!😂 👍🎶
Me too
You mean flat and missing a lot of notes?
The band sounds good. Tyler sounds awful.
@@clicheguevara5282He sounds decent to me, alot like the studio version . I'm amazed he still sings as well as he does considering what him and Joe put themselves through.
I've literally waited a lifetime to see this performance, once again!
Midnight Specials be having artists and bands that are legendary today. Watching these videos where they're at or near their peak is damn awesome.
My mom bought me a 13 inch TV for my room so I could watch Midnight Special. I saw them all, how I wish I could go back!
Why? You can watch them again in this wonderful modern world with modern technology...
Does youre username actually say you have 4 damn cats? Unbelievable. Lol lmfao
just 50 years ago... ty Aerosmith
10 thumbs up !!! MAN I miss Midnight Special..... and Don Kirshner's Rock Concert.... And hey yah Wolf Man Jack too... 😁
Amen , to that
This is awesome, back in the days when a director knew when to hold a shot to capture the performance!
Back when everyone in this band were at their peak!
Yeah, it was cool how the cameras focused on Brad during his solo.
They were not at their peak during these sessions. Young and full of energy yes. But not at their musical peak. 76’ they were pretty much there but the heroin and cocaine about did them in. In the 80s the album “Pump” they were at their peak as well. After that “Get a Grip” was pretty awesome. The guitar work from Joe and Brad on “eat the rich”, “living on the Edge”, “crazy”, “amazing” etc..was second to none. They had moments of greatness on “nine lives” as well. After that it was few and far between.
@@Justin-pq3rq They were awesome in the 70s. Night in the Ruts was the last good Aerosmith album change my mind. Pre Geffen era.
Exactly ...they hold one frame for more that a second
Such a superb and deep song to have been written by such a young man. For my money this tune goes in the Top 20 Classic Rock and Roll Songs of All Time. So good, and so poignant.
Top 10
@@Justin-pq3rq Done! :)
It came to Steven one night, he woke up Joe and the finished it in a heartbeat. Some songs are destined to be written, even ones I don’t like( I do love Dream On)
@@trowerz lol that’s not what happened. Steven wrote it on the piano when he was 17. Far before he was in the band.
@@trowerz Sometimes inspiration strikes at any time.
This is such an ambitious song. And it’s so remarkable hearing this band play it, with their out-of-tune sounding guitars, but Steven is great and they really pull it off regardless
It's simply amazing to actually hear a performance instead of canned tuna.👍👍
canned tuna bad... but Canned Heat is darn good and Hot Tuna wasn't so bad
Canned tuna at the toucan cantina. That might be ok.
Dude you should see the things I do with canned tuna. I'm telling you it is life changing stuff.
The midnight special shows are amazing! Thank you for preserving this history!
Totally raw and organic real live Playing. So awesome
i know, it seems like he doesn't even have reverb on his voice... awesome live band
This was at the end of Aerosmiths first era. They were compleley strung out on drugs and partying during this time, and it shows in this performance. It was a blessing that they found their way to sobriety in the 80s (relativiely speaking), so their greatness could be truely appreciated by all.
Sir you so right. This performance is...lacking
Agreed. You can hear it in Steven's voice. He's singing about a half tone flat and Joe is super sloppy. Nothing like the clean playing on the album.
Excellent video quality for a TV broadcast from nearly 50 years ago 😳!!
Time Flies By...Thanks 🙏Midnight Special for resurrecting these (restored) archived TV shows!!
I wished there was a program like this that can show current artists from different music genres. I love The Midnight Special programs.
Not many current artists compare to most of what has been added here. Some real musical talent on display!
It would be great if there wasn't so much use of autotune and backing tracks going on today.This is the real deal,warts and all.
That high falsetto near the end Steven Tyler pulls off is brilliant.
There's a few series on TH-cam that are similar. Look up some of the KEXP performances or NPR Tiny Desk Concerts. Plenty of great talent these days, although they don't get the mainstream attention that allowed great bands in the 70s to flourish.
There is the KEXP TH-cam channel
@@Griloso#HIPSTER #BULLSHIT
Best live capture of early Aerosmith that I've ever heard and/or seen. Most every live early video I've watched is iffy sounding to say the least. This performance is remarkable and the band looks great!
The early early Aerosmith, thank you
I can't think of another example where someone's voice has gotten so much better over the following, several decades!!!!
I was thinking the same thing. But it didn't sound as complimentary as you put it.
I just think for this performance he was high as fuck.
@@amandahuginkiss4098 Yeah, they had some NOTORIOUSLY bad shows during the height of their drug era. My dad saw them during this time and he said it was one of the worst concerts he's ever been to - and he's a musician, so he's been to thousands.
more "production value added" may be one reason, the other one that he was totally f## up during this concert. He has little control about his pitch.
His voice here is already pretty damn good, he just seemed a little insecure and there was like 0 reverb on the mic
I love all of his. I started listening in 73
Excellent. Patiently waiting for you Black Sabbath uploads.
Black Sabbath with OZZY-PLEASE!
Yeah you right
I was 7 yrs old 1975 first concert at 15 they had me from the 1st back flip lol luv this band! Brings me to tears hearing Steven’s raw god like voice like no other!
"Hello, my amazing supporter! Your warmth and positivity always brighten my day. Thank you for your unwavering love and encouragement. I'm so grateful to have you here! Where in the world are you tuning in from?"
Another great AMERICAN legendary band ❤we can be proud of ❤🎉
I saw Aerosmith in the 70s in Atlanta Georgia at the Omni it was my first concert I got all the way up to the front I was pressed up against the fence and I cannot tell you the feeling I got when Steven Tyler looked down into my eyes I was hooked from that night on anytime I went to a concert I had to have front row so the performer could look me in the eye there’s nothing like it
Just like when a pretty woman looks and a guy and smiles. Most numbskulls think the gal must really like 'em... just because "she's smilin' at me!" There's nothing like it... and you just named the female equivalent! no shade either way... just the way it is.
I remember hearing a story about the Midnight Special from Aerosmith. The taping was actually done at 11am our time so Steven and Joe and the band were completely out of their element and I’m pretty sure they tried to get drunk at 10 am to help with the nerves😂😂😂😂
Yeah.... You can hear the minor imperfections in the song... But that makes it even greater...
The Midnight Special and Top Of The Pops were what people in the 70s had before MTV.
They were so good in the 70's. Was fortunate enough to see them many times live back then. Loved every show! At least what I can remember. lol
Then saw The Joe Perry Project countless times starting about 1981- unreal shows in small venues for cheap tickets. You know if you were there- you were deaf until the end of the week!
And what Steven can remember 🤣🤘
They used to play this song for couples at the roller skating rink I used to frequent as a teen. What I wouldn't do to walk through the door with all the colorful lights flashing and the music blssting... just to hear this song one .ore time. "Dream on... It's in the past."
Happy Wednesday... thank you for sharing! 💖
Tell me this is true
You're going to make me bust out in tears thinking of the wonder of those roller rink nights, it's impossible to explain to someone that didn't experience it.
@@bigmamajama2829 Nothing can ever compare!! 👌💖
I remember watching this like it was yesterday !!! Thank you for posting !!!
Glad you enjoyed it
Can you guys please upload the johnny winter clips
These guys molded my childhood 🫡
I was born 03 sadly missed out on the greatest generation, these videos make me wish things were like this still🔥
Yer dam rite, we wurr tha GG.
It does make me happy to see young people that recognize this fact. the 70's was music on god-mode.
the Greatest Generation lasted from 1901-1927 LOL
One of the *best* vocals in rock history.
Historic.
I love Tyler’s voice but here it’s off-key.
Hummm.... Well I've never been much of a fan of his myself and can think of dozens of better Rock singers.
Yes.
@@redbarchetta8782 there are more consistently better rock singers, I said that his performance of this song is one the best rock vocals ever. Difference.
Too bad Aerosmith is on their last tour. They have worked hard and long enough and deserve a break.Thank you Midnight Special for this fabulous flash back
Yes....but is it their LAST last tour? The stones, had like, 10, and then started the reunion tour 2 months later.😂
I never saw much of this kind of stuff back in the day because I was always out partying with my friends, and not home watching TV. I did see Aerosmith in 1976 at the Warehouse in New Orleans. That was the only time I would get to see band perform.
Same here. I never knew this show existed (or any show on Friday or Saturday nights🤣).
Being an ROSmth fiend , Joe Perry essenstially forcing me to finally take up guitar and growing up in their turf, I was lucky to see them or the Joe Perry Project over 40 times before I was 22 .
I lucked out.!
Steven Tyler was YOUNG once??? Wow! Amazing! And totally live!! What a fantastic band, and what a look! Thanks so much for posting this!
Rock on!
Hard to believe they’re on last tour. Tyler is 75. Damn. That makes me old too!
@@326vince my wife worked in a New Hampshire hospital for ten years, and Steven’s father was in the hospital for some treatment. His (and Steven’s) last name is Tallarico. The family owns car dealerships in New Hampshire. Anyway, Steven was visiting his father, and he didn’t have his makeup on or any of his usual “rock attire”, and he was eating in the commissary. My wife said he looked like a little old lady, and it was hard to tell he was THE Steven Tyler. This was sometime between 2004-2009. Oh, one of the ladies she worked with was the wife of Rod Price of Foghat. Another New Hampshire classic rock legend was Brad Delp, singer of Boston. He used to play the corner bars doing Beatles covers in the 90’s. Anyway….
I was watching the show that night, it was the first time I was introduced to Aerosmith. My music world changed forevermore after seeing them sing Dream On and Train Kept a Rolling on this show! 🤘🏻♥️✨🎤🎶
Thanks midnight special for alll the great posts
One of the grestest songs of all time
Steven Tyler always had hit that signature G5 note that most singers can still hit to this day.
Cant*
@@stormcorrosion176 Can't? What do you mean by that? Are you saying that most singers who have a high range Can't hit a G5 even if their open their throat and sing it?
@@tony_2024Not only those who have a high range. I'm a lower voiced baritone and I can sing G5 and G#5 almost whenever I want. Sure, it's not comfortable for me as it was for Steven but still. The note he hits in Crazy though is not achievable for me unfortunately. He hits D6 or E6 there and I just can't sing that high, no matter how hard I try 😒
@@MultiKamil97TH-cam Ken Tamplin, he can get you there👍🔥💣🎶🎵
@@kevinwalsh4652 I know Ken 😁
wow now this is a classic! Early Aerosmith and listen to Stephen hit those high notes!
Midnight Special is awesome!!!
Absolutely amazing! Greatness in the beginning.
Love this! So many great performances on TMS back then. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!!
My teenage self fell madly in love with this song and Steven Tyler.
Real sets. Real performances. Real music. Much love, everyone.
Lol let me guess the rest: "They don't make music like this anymore, darned kids with their button pushing and fancy lights, nobody makes real music anymore!" That about right?
@@nomicons Yes, isn't it 100% true though? Music today is total crap
Glad i grew up at a time when all these songs first came out run around with my hippy hair and a green army jacket miss them days
Still have my green army jacket. Has my last name on it since dad served. But my hair is much shorter now!
Still have mine too, bought at a thrift store in Van Nuys in 71. Still have all my hair, gray and a bit of thinning now, but I never compromised and everything worked out just fine.
This song is the epitome of rock and roll,Steven Tyler never ,ever stop rockin your music will live on for other generation to hear❤❤
This is such a document. They are just a bunch of young guys still struggling with themselves in order to find their own inner voice but they are already amazingly brilliant at once. I love it!!
I’m not a great fan of Aerosmith but this song is bloody brilliant, it towers above everything else they did. What a treat to see performed live!
Same here, but really liked this one. And in the Lyrics there is a kind of reminder for us now...we have only so many "Tomorrows".
I absolutely Love AEROSMITH. So sad you dont know great music.
@@lastcall170 I do. I saw Aerosmith in concert in the late 90s and apart from ’Dream On’ they weren’t great. Not my kinda music. I’ve seen Frank Zappa and Brian Wilson in concert, now that’s what I call great music!
Rocks and Toys in the Attic were great albums.
The first 4 albums are pretty impressive; after that, they get too commercial.
The band sounds great. Tyler has a great high pitched rock voice and when he goes extremely high at the very end with his "Dream On", that is very impressive.
great classic rock! bring back the 70s and 80s! (and some 90s)
I got freaking chills bro... Awesome
To me this is the signature live version of "Dream On".
Check out the MTV 10 year anniversary. Full orchestra behind them doing this song.
@@davidmitchell6873yup then the mtv unplugged version.
guitar interplay during clean parts is beautiful. Brad Whitford is the star of this, all these years and I never realized he played lead on this extremely iconic rock track.
Actually I think that’s Joe Perry playing lead guitar
@@raymondmeyers8983It was Brad.
This may have been the first time I saw Aerosmith. I was 14 and we would stay up and watch the Midnight special, way before MTV.
I was 16. Three shows back then, The Midnight Special, ABC' s In Concert and Don Kirshner's Rock Concert. Because I was and still am into rock I place TMS 3rd because of some of the light Pop and RnB acts but TMS gets mad love for broadcasting David Bowie's 1980 Floor Show. On the flip side I seem to recall In Concert broadcasting the Spiders from Mars last concert. And I will never forget California Jam!
It made having a curfew not so bad , coming home to this
Crazy that he can hit that so well live
America’s greatest rock and roll band! Love you Aerosmith ^^(A)^^
another great upload! thanks for this!
1974. Oh do I remember that summer. It wasn't long after "Get Your Wings" was released and we listened to it over and over and over and over. Then in April of 75 Toys in the Attic was released. It hit the stores by the weekend so she bought for a party we had. We played it cover to cover the entire night. Those were the days...
He was raised in my home city where I was also born and raised... Yonkers NY 🙌🙌🙌😎😎
I was 3-4 months old when they was filmed.. Aerosmith has always been one of my favorite bands of all time. To think these guys are still rocking all these years later is so crazy..
I saw them live about a year after this was recorded. It was awesome
I was 14 years old during this performance.
One of my favorite bands.
Greatest lyric ever.
“You got to lose to know how to win” 🎶❤
The record version was their best. In later years they performed this song in concerts with Steven playing it on piano.
and with an orchestra. my personal favorite version
What a song. I think the lyrics are so under rated. Poetry right there
‘Underrated’ term is so very overrated, we’re picketing the word here 🪧🪧🪧, don’t cross the line 😂
Very well done!
This is magnific!!! Great song, great band 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
There are no words to describe how good this is
thanks
Aerosmith was the first band I ever seen " 74 " ( they opened with MAKE IT 🎶 ) and the second band I ever seen " 75 " Toledo Ohio both yrs. The 74 ticket was purple and Aerosmith was spelled Arrowsmith. Sadly I lost that one but I do have the ticket stub ( laminated ) from 75. still. My adoptive brothers from another mother till the end ! We lived through those 70s side by side. . . like gypsy's . What a time it was. Aerosmith is my number one favorite American rock band. Love you guys ❤ FOREVER.
Freaking fantastic!
I’ve died and gone to heaven 🔥🔥🔥
phenomenal
What a legendary band.
Wow! So raw but amazing!
"All the things you do come back to you"
~☆☆☆☆♤☆☆☆☆~
CLASSIC. I've loved this song since it came out; imo it's the (if not one of the) greatest rock songs of all time.
The Midnight Special was way better than Top Of The Pops simply for the fact the MS let bands play live in front of the audience/camera. Right on, Aerosmith!
Wow!
Thank you for sharing!
This reminds me of 7th grade when Aerosmith was a newer band and everybody had an Aerosmith transfer t-shirt. They were so good back then.
Some decades and tons of toxic additives ago... There was Aerosmith, and they all have survived to this day TG!
They love me! ROCK ON! Dreams come true!
So good to see. Thank you.
Great performance of the song. Always liked this.
AEROSMITH RULED THE 70's and they ROCKED our High School World! 🎶🎸🍺
Uhm....yeah they rocked, but not ruled...Boston did
@@azdesertrats729 Judas Priest and Black Sabbath
Zeppelin and Queen and Sabbath.
But yeah, they were good too!
So cool to see. Thanks for the upload!
Legendary rock band.
Great job!
38 years later I saw them in concert. ❤
Dude! What a gem of a video! Thanks for sharing
Beautiful, rare and interesting! Thanks for uploading!
top 5 classic rock song of all time
i dont know about that.. but great song none the less
Song birds are attracted to this song, I have 4 of them add in their enhancements to this song ...
Gotta love Joe's donning that classic coke-loader pinky nail.
Probably the greatest live song in the history of rock and roll.
Aerosmith 2024 .. Still Touring.. Still going Strong !!!!Damn Right..Mr Dilly Approved... Aerosmith... Forever !!!👍🎸😎❤️
I'd heard of how good The Midnight Special and how special it was/is, in the UK we had The Old Grey Whistle Test with "Whispering Bob Harris" (among others) and that used to be my go to for listening to classic tracks and now finally discovering MS I am going to so enjoy listening to these tracks! Why does work get in the way of having a good life?
Fantastic footage, those were the days!