Run DMC wanted to cover the song, and when they went to ask Steve Tyler for permission to do so, he said he'd only allow it if they let him play on it, too. They were more than willing to accept those terms. In retrospect, it was a huge win-win for both acts.
@@terrymead4024 that’s right. Jam Master Jay came into the studio with this beat but Rev Run and DMC couldn’t get any lyrics down for it. Rick knew the song and asked if they had ever heard the original since it came out 10 years prior to RunDMC ever hearing this, he played the original, told them they should cover it, then had the idea of bringing in Aerosmith to record it with them. The rest….. is history.
Seems like a definite win-win. I heard this version first and didn't know who Aerosmith was. It was a few years later with Aerosmith's "Pump" that I appreciated them. Good decision!
I literally never heard of Aerosmith before I heard/seen this song on MTV back when I was 14. Was loving all their songs and videos that were coming out in the late 80s and early to mid 90s after this.
@@MrWhoevr Yeah but he specifically said "relaunched". Perry and Whitford had left the band and sales of the '82 album weren't great. When they rejoined the band Aerosmith still only managed a gold record compared to the album after the video which was 5x Platinum. Yeah they got sober in between as well which helped but without the WTW video who knows if MTV puts those Permanent Vacation videos into heavy rotation like they did. To your point yes of course they were huge before MTV but there is no denying they had fallen off, 3 underperforming albums and smaller venues and the changing lineups made for a rough time.
This song is pretty historic because it got Rap onto the rock stations and at the time MTV wasn't showing Rap videos, a big controversy, but suddenly they had no choice. It was also the return of Aerosmith to the music world, they had disappeared while Steven Tyler went through rehab for his drug addiction.
Rap videos back then were just mainly on BET. Once in awhile slipped over to MTV. But, you are correct. It helped get more rap videos onto MTV. Shortly after (1988) , Yo! MTV Raps show was formed on MTV. During the rap music explosion into mainstream. Showing tons of rap videos for hours. Lasted until the mid 1990s.
RUN DMC didn't want to do this, they were heard by Rick Rubin rapping their own stuff over the sampled intro at various locations. He talked them into doing the original song with Tyler and Perry but even so they told him don't release this as a single. Rubin ignored them.
There was Yo MTV Raps with Fab F Freddy & Ed Lover, which was like a half hour show of rap videos. They also had a half hour show of heavy metal videos until they did Headbanger's Ball
two icons coming together and showing the world 'it ain't that different'. Elevated RUNDMC by a lot and also a big part of Aerosmith's huge rise in popularity in the late 80s into the early 90s. Win for them and win for music fans.
@@jamesgabioud6654 they were but they had that rough period when Joe perry quit the band in 1979. This collaboration was their first big hit in a long time and after this hit they had a run of incredibly successful albums/singles.
It was definitely a big hit but I don’t agree that they wouldn’t have made a come back without it, Permanent vacation, pump, get a grip, ect. Were amazing albums (regardless of what the people who only like 70’s Aerosmith think, I love all Aerosmith decades myself) this may have made them more known to people who listened to hip hop and rap but I doubt it made them go out and buy Aerosmith records. It was us rock fans who did that, and I would say mtv helped a lot because they played Aerosmith videos like crazy, and that is probably why they did so much better in later decades than many of their peers, if you look at the classic rock artists who continued through to the 80’s and 90’s well, they were the one putting out videos. Tom petty, journey, heart, ect.
This was a really big deal when the video came out on MTV. Helped RUN-DMC's album "Raising Hell" to sell crazy numbers. With this song and "Rock Box" , RUN-DMC were one of the earliest rap groups to experiment with hard rock as a sample.
This deserves a video reaction. This is a collab & a cover which bought Aerosmith back and rap to a wider audience. So happy for this tune because Aerosmith gave us so much more great music. I've seen Aerosmith & Run DMC perform this in concert. One of my fav bands & hip-hop artist. Iconic tune.
In the video, the two bands are in separate practice rooms divided by a thin wall. Each band can hear the other play. As Aerosmith plays 'walk this way' Run DMC begins rapping to it. At some point, the wall is broken down and the two bands play together... Symbolic of the divide between rap and rock and the video helped both bands gain new fans from each other's fan base.
As a white kid growing up in the '80s, this was probably one of the first raps I ever heard. You captured some of my thoughts I've always had about it. In hip hop, typically, a rapper raps OVER an older song or sample. Here, it felt like Run DMC just sang the original song, except they weren't singing but rapping. It makes me think that the original (which came out in 1975) has sort of a proto-rap quality to it. Actually, there's a lot of music from the '70s that has that feel; much of the funk genre is somewhat of a predecessor to hip hop, and you can detect its roots in blues itself--all stuff that Aerosmith was being influenced by when they created the original song. In the Run DMC version, I've rarely seen a hip hop song bring out this dynamic more vividly. You can practically hear the evolution of the genre itself.
You Have to WATCH THE VIDEO Guys!!!! You miss so much of so many records by not watching the videos!! They tell half the story! Especially this one and things like Pink Floyd and others also.. THIS record collaboration was Ground breaking at this time!! They collaborated and merged the genres Rap and Heavy Metal BASICALLY, one to prove it could be done! and I think in America to "break down stereotypes" that "black people had to listen to rap" and "white people had to listen to rock" and "never the twain shall cross" so to speak, so they made this and the video is brilliant as it shows Run DMC one side of a fake brick wall and Steve Tyler and Aerosmith on the other side of the wall and almost battling eachother from each side of the wall musically, then eventually they kick the wall down as a metafore to "breaking down walls of the segregation and stereotypes" in pop music culture and "what you can listen to.." that's how I remember it 'being portrayed' over here in England anyway, as being the "importance" of this Record, in America (so to speak). Was never an issue here, but in the US, it was always separate streams of music for white and black people generally.. as stupid as that is. It's not the same nowadays, but mainly due to this record and the ones that followed it and also by the odd crossover stars like black country music stars and white rappers etc etc which also never happened way back in their genres infancy.. Cheers from London England 👍😎🏴
this was HUGE, this is what brought rap into homes of millions of kids via MTV. Soon this rock-n-roller would be jamming Public Enemy and NWA, all thanks to Run DMC. The next major contribution was anthrax/public enemy BRING THE NOISE!
The video for this said what it was all about as Aerosmith and RunDMC started out on opposite sides of a wall, but then they broke through the wall between rock and rap.
The impact of this song is hard to convey to younger generations. I was a big Run DMC fan but also listened to rock radio, which would NEVER play anything rap or R&B related. One day this song came on and I seriously thought I was on the wrong station. Walk This Way changed a lot of people's perceptions about genres and what was "acceptable" to listen to, for rap and rock fans alike.
Yeah, as so many others are saying, the thing about this version of this song is the video. As a long time Aerosmith fan and not so much of a rap fan, it's no improvement on the original. But the story that unfolds in the video is entertaining.
@@oisinduggan8944 I completely disagree that this is so much better than the original. To be honest it’s really not that much different. The only thing run dmc really added was the turn table. The lyrics, the Rhythm, the beat, the timing is all the same and that was all Steven Tyler and the rest of the group. And while I like both Versions I’d choose the original any day. Just sayin 😂
Michelle, you are so right. Honestly, for me the video makes it sooo much better. It’s all about getting past preconceived notions of those different and understanding each other and accepting each other’s differences. Literally breaking down the walls and just rocking out together as one 😂
The lyrics video got it backwards. Aerosmith had their own Walk This way, then ten or twenty years later, Run DMC did a version that included Aerosmith in the background.
This was a huge hit when I was a kid, '80s. Should watch the video! 📺. Very funny and cool. It's a classic. The lyric video seems longer than the MTV, radio version. I think its the studio version. Lex good observation. Tyler does rap a little in the original song. Lol. So, it was a smooth transition into this rap/rock mix. Tyler is also just a funky, soulful singer at times. Also on the DJ record scratching sounds on the turntables, which was very prominent during the early rap years (late '70s, '80s, and early '90s). Lex is good at picking up those things. Brad as well. Yes same lyrics. Rappers and rock/metal/punk bands started collaborating a lot during later '80s and '90s, '00s. Nu-Metal came from these roots.
This came out n like 1986, when I was a Freshman n high school, it helped me evolve into a fan of Rap, cause I was a pure Metal Head before this. It opened my eyes. I still love Metal, Rock and Hip Hop
Ahhh the Iconic mashup that reintroduced Aerosmith back to the world again! I still remember every visual from the MTV vid of this!!!! Also, this was a collab/cover ft Aerosmith's Steven Tyler singing the iconic hook of the song.
Aerosmith sung their original song back in the 70’s and in the 80’s Run-Dmc collaborated with Aerosmith with a rock/rap collaboration and both versions were BIG HITS at the time of their releases
This is my earliest memory of Aerosmith, I don't think I ever heard another Run DMC song (I probably did but I can't remember). My (Aerosmith) youth was, this, Dude Looks Like A Lady, Love In An Elevator, Janie's Got A Gun
The thing some of today's rap is missing is this type of edge. This was iconic. MTV was challenged by David Bowie for it's lack of Black artists on the channel. A partnership between an established Rick Band and a well know Rap group to it's audience bridged the gaps of music. If you listen to NWA and Public Enemy, Ice T many artists back in the day were bringing hard lyrics with a harder sound to rap.
Run DMC had their own version of this taking cuts from the original record, but they were both on the same label so the management of one got together with the other, and Aerosmith went into the studio with Run DMC and recorded this new version. The lyrics are the same but there is a lot more guitar here with solos that just didn't previously exist.
This reminds me of grade 7. i went to a cool high school here in Montreal back in 1986-1987. What memories. That Run DMC album was great. I liked the song You be Illin. I memorised it. My 6 year old knows some lyrics now.
I definitely remembering this being a game-changer when I was a kid. Y'all should check out the actual video for this one. First time I saw it was definitely a stop and pay attention moment!
I remember an interview with RUN DMC where they talked about this song. They used to put on the this Aerosmith track to freestyle to cause they liked the beat. They'd say "put 'Toys in the Attic' on" (the album name) b/c they didn't even know the song's name. A friend suggested they just cover the original song.
Without the video, it loses A LOT. Great song, but to see both groups together and how they do the video is everything. It was incredibly huge and groundbreaking at the time, bringing those two musical genres together.
I'll never forget when this came out. Damn! Another beautiful moment in music history. The music video of them all on stage together was so f*cking cool. Music ain't got no color! Oh, and Run DMC rejuvenated Aerosmith's career with this one.
sampling the drum beat from the first few seconds of the original all the way through,and having the originals vocalist on the chorus,and guitarist shredding to the end? all while rapping the originals verses? brilliant! there's never been a better mix of rock and rap.
If you're interested in hearing pretty much the only band that has successfully managed to fuse heavy rock and rap/hiphop and make it sounds awesome, go listen to some *Rage Against The Machine.* they're quite heavy though, so to ease into them you could start with one of their calmer songs like "Renegades of Funk"' move onto songs such as: Killing In The Name Bulls On Parade Know Your Enemy Testify Take The Power Back People of the Sun Year of the Boomerang (don't jump into this one because it has very heavy parts that might put you off IF you're not ready for it)
It's cool because Run DMC is rapping the Aerosmith rock song! Those are the lyrics they weren't changed. Steven Tyler is savage. Awesome collaboration!
This was basically the first BIG collaboration between two such different genres. The video broke down walls in the music industry. You should check out the video. The song without the video is just the song with some added music riffs. The video was iconic for the times! I was big rock fan and never listened to rap. I loved this song so gave it a chance when DMC was added and found that rap wasn't so bad.
The music video for this adds a whole new layer of entertainment value to this collaborative remake (that's what they called it before "remixes" were a thing).
We kids loved this when it came out in 1987. Aerosmith originally wrote and recorded it in the early 70s, and this is the first Rock / Hip Hop collaboration that I knew of. You MUST see the video.
The vid is a "must watch." The visuals add so much to the song it's ridiculously entertaining. I'd suggest a follow-up reaction and to dirt-nap this version.
This is the moment when the border between rock and hip hop got fuzzy. Our whole world was changed in an instant. The lyrics are absolutely the ones from Aerosmith's original -- no changes.
This song introduced millions of people my age and demographic to rap. As a suburban white 10 year old, I don't think I'd ever heard that style of music. This video was HUGE on MTV in 1986, and I loved it! This paved the way for the mainstream acceptance of rap and hip hop, and is a hugely influential collaboration.
This was the first rap-rock team up that I had ever seen, a few years later the Anthrax/Public Enemy team up "Bring the Noise" was done, then it could be argued that Rage Against the Machine in the 90's was the final catalyst to get the rap rock groups in the late 90's/early 2000's (Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park being the best known examples). One album you might want to react to is the soundtrack for the movie Judgement Night. Lot of rap groups and rock bands teamed up on there, might be a couple of things you guys would like on there.
The video of this is actually one worth watching as it shows RUN DMC and Aerosmith getting together.
Yeah, it was actually a huge moment in music♥️
Brad needs to read lyrics at the expense of not watching some incredible music videos.
It truly revived Aerosmiths career
Yessssssssss
Video.... Please?!?!
Dude, y'all should do the video, too. It's EPIC. The lyrics are pretty much the same.
Brad needs to read lyrics at the expense of not watching some incredible music videos.
He should watch the video and read the lyrics off his phone
I was thinking the same! This song is so much better, watching the video!!!!!
you beat me to it, you gotta watch vid version!
Yeah, love the video.
Run DMC wanted to cover the song, and when they went to ask Steve Tyler for permission to do so, he said he'd only allow it if they let him play on it, too. They were more than willing to accept those terms. In retrospect, it was a huge win-win for both acts.
Run DMC was talked into it by Rick Rubin. They hated the original song.
@@terrymead4024 that’s right. Jam Master Jay came into the studio with this beat but Rev Run and DMC couldn’t get any lyrics down for it. Rick knew the song and asked if they had ever heard the original since it came out 10 years prior to RunDMC ever hearing this, he played the original, told them they should cover it, then had the idea of bringing in Aerosmith to record it with them.
The rest….. is history.
HUGE Win! This WAS Music HISTORY! THE VIDEO MUST BE SEEN to UNDERSTAND LOL!!
Seems like a definite win-win. I heard this version first and didn't know who Aerosmith was. It was a few years later with Aerosmith's "Pump" that I appreciated them. Good decision!
This song simultaneously relaunched Aerosmith AND established rap beyond certain demographics and regions
Agreed thanks to MTV that video introduced me to both rap and Aerosmith when it aired.
I literally never heard of Aerosmith before I heard/seen this song on MTV back when I was 14. Was loving all their songs and videos that were coming out in the late 80s and early to mid 90s after this.
@@confucius12012 Thank Rick Rubin.
Aerosmith was huge before MTV existed.
@@MrWhoevr Yeah but he specifically said "relaunched". Perry and Whitford had left the band and sales of the '82 album weren't great. When they rejoined the band Aerosmith still only managed a gold record compared to the album after the video which was 5x Platinum. Yeah they got sober in between as well which helped but without the WTW video who knows if MTV puts those Permanent Vacation videos into heavy rotation like they did.
To your point yes of course they were huge before MTV but there is no denying they had fallen off, 3 underperforming albums and smaller venues and the changing lineups made for a rough time.
This song is pretty historic because it got Rap onto the rock stations and at the time MTV wasn't showing Rap videos, a big controversy, but suddenly they had no choice. It was also the return of Aerosmith to the music world, they had disappeared while Steven Tyler went through rehab for his drug addiction.
Rap videos back then were just mainly on BET. Once in awhile slipped over to MTV. But, you are correct. It helped get more rap videos onto MTV. Shortly after (1988) , Yo! MTV Raps show was formed on MTV. During the rap music explosion into mainstream. Showing tons of rap videos for hours. Lasted until the mid 1990s.
Fuck rap.
Well said
RUN DMC didn't want to do this, they were heard by Rick Rubin rapping their own stuff over the sampled intro at various locations. He talked them into doing the original song with Tyler and Perry but even so they told him don't release this as a single. Rubin ignored them.
There was Yo MTV Raps with Fab F Freddy & Ed Lover, which was like a half hour show of rap videos. They also had a half hour show of heavy metal videos until they did Headbanger's Ball
two icons coming together and showing the world 'it ain't that different'. Elevated RUNDMC by a lot and also a big part of Aerosmith's huge rise in popularity in the late 80s into the early 90s. Win for them and win for music fans.
Areosmith was legendary long before this.
@@jamesgabioud6654 I wish I could “like” this comment 1,000 times…..
@@jamesgabioud6654 they were but they had that rough period when Joe perry quit the band in 1979. This collaboration was their first big hit in a long time and after this hit they had a run of incredibly successful albums/singles.
@@THEDEEPDIVE you got that right 👍😁
It was definitely a big hit but I don’t agree that they wouldn’t have made a come back without it, Permanent vacation, pump, get a grip, ect. Were amazing albums (regardless of what the people who only like 70’s Aerosmith think, I love all Aerosmith decades myself) this may have made them more known to people who listened to hip hop and rap but I doubt it made them go out and buy Aerosmith records. It was us rock fans who did that, and I would say mtv helped a lot because they played Aerosmith videos like crazy, and that is probably why they did so much better in later decades than many of their peers, if you look at the classic rock artists who continued through to the 80’s and 90’s well, they were the one putting out videos. Tom petty, journey, heart, ect.
This was a really big deal when the video came out on MTV. Helped RUN-DMC's album "Raising Hell" to sell crazy numbers.
With this song and "Rock Box" , RUN-DMC were one of the earliest rap groups to experiment with hard rock as a sample.
Love the album Raising Hell!! Grew up on it!
This deserves a video reaction. This is a collab & a cover which bought Aerosmith back and rap to a wider audience. So happy for this tune because Aerosmith gave us so much more great music. I've seen Aerosmith & Run DMC perform this in concert. One of my fav bands & hip-hop artist. Iconic tune.
In the video, the two bands are in separate practice rooms divided by a thin wall. Each band can hear the other play. As Aerosmith plays 'walk this way' Run DMC begins rapping to it.
At some point, the wall is broken down and the two bands play together... Symbolic of the divide between rap and rock and the video helped both bands gain new fans from each other's fan base.
Y’all gotta watch the video to this! Classic!
I remember when this dropped - work like this is one reason why MTV was iconic and culture-shaking in its day. The video was a mind blower.
As a white kid growing up in the '80s, this was probably one of the first raps I ever heard. You captured some of my thoughts I've always had about it. In hip hop, typically, a rapper raps OVER an older song or sample. Here, it felt like Run DMC just sang the original song, except they weren't singing but rapping. It makes me think that the original (which came out in 1975) has sort of a proto-rap quality to it. Actually, there's a lot of music from the '70s that has that feel; much of the funk genre is somewhat of a predecessor to hip hop, and you can detect its roots in blues itself--all stuff that Aerosmith was being influenced by when they created the original song. In the Run DMC version, I've rarely seen a hip hop song bring out this dynamic more vividly. You can practically hear the evolution of the genre itself.
You Have to WATCH THE VIDEO Guys!!!! You miss so much of so many records by not watching the videos!! They tell half the story! Especially this one and things like Pink Floyd and others also..
THIS record collaboration was Ground breaking at this time!! They collaborated and merged the genres Rap and Heavy Metal BASICALLY, one to prove it could be done! and I think in America to "break down stereotypes" that "black people had to listen to rap" and "white people had to listen to rock" and "never the twain shall cross" so to speak, so they made this and the video is brilliant as it shows Run DMC one side of a fake brick wall and Steve Tyler and Aerosmith on the other side of the wall and almost battling eachother from each side of the wall musically, then eventually they kick the wall down as a metafore
to "breaking down walls of the segregation and stereotypes" in pop music culture and "what you can listen to.." that's how I remember it 'being portrayed' over here in England anyway, as being the "importance" of this Record, in America (so to speak). Was never an issue here, but in the US, it was always separate streams of music for white and black people generally.. as stupid as that is. It's not the same nowadays, but mainly due to this record and the ones that followed it and also by the odd crossover stars like black country music stars and white rappers etc etc which also never happened way back in their genres infancy..
Cheers from London England 👍😎🏴
Gotta watch the video for this. Iconic.
this was HUGE, this is what brought rap into homes of millions of kids via MTV. Soon this rock-n-roller would be jamming Public Enemy and NWA, all thanks to Run DMC. The next major contribution was anthrax/public enemy BRING THE NOISE!
The video for this said what it was all about as Aerosmith and RunDMC started out on opposite sides of a wall, but then they broke through the wall between rock and rap.
The impact of this song is hard to convey to younger generations. I was a big Run DMC fan but also listened to rock radio, which would NEVER play anything rap or R&B related. One day this song came on and I seriously thought I was on the wrong station. Walk This Way changed a lot of people's perceptions about genres and what was "acceptable" to listen to, for rap and rock fans alike.
The video for this is hilarious. This brought Aerosmith back from the brink of oblivion.
This Version changed Everything in 1986.
Run DMC were Pioneer’s in a Lot, including the Rap-Rock genre.
Yeah, as so many others are saying, the thing about this version of this song is the video. As a long time Aerosmith fan and not so much of a rap fan, it's no improvement on the original. But the story that unfolds in the video is entertaining.
I dont like rap either but this is still so much better than the original
@@oisinduggan8944 I completely disagree that this is so much better than the original. To be honest it’s really not that much different. The only thing run dmc really added was the turn table. The lyrics, the Rhythm, the beat, the timing is all the same and that was all Steven Tyler and the rest of the group. And while I like both Versions I’d choose the original any day. Just sayin 😂
Michelle, you are so right. Honestly, for me the video makes it sooo much better. It’s all about getting past preconceived notions of those different and understanding each other and accepting each other’s differences. Literally breaking down the walls and just rocking out together as one 😂
@@wendydotson8891 didn't ask
The lyrics video got it backwards. Aerosmith had their own Walk This way, then ten or twenty years later, Run DMC did a version that included Aerosmith in the background.
This was a huge hit when I was a kid, '80s. Should watch the video! 📺. Very funny and cool. It's a classic. The lyric video seems longer than the MTV, radio version. I think its the studio version. Lex good observation. Tyler does rap a little in the original song. Lol. So, it was a smooth transition into this rap/rock mix. Tyler is also just a funky, soulful singer at times. Also on the DJ record scratching sounds on the turntables, which was very prominent during the early rap years (late '70s, '80s, and early '90s). Lex is good at picking up those things. Brad as well. Yes same lyrics. Rappers and rock/metal/punk bands started collaborating a lot during later '80s and '90s, '00s.
Nu-Metal came from these roots.
This is one where the official video adds to the song and should be watched.
The video for this is epic. Worth a watch on your own time
This song totally gave Aerosmith a new audience,a rebirth and projected them into a whole new stratosphere.
burning it down - one of the best every
Man Run DMC had those clean beats, I miss that in hip-hop
As often, the song is not easy to understand without the video - battle between a rock band and a hiphop gang ;-)
This came out n like 1986, when I was a Freshman n high school, it helped me evolve into a fan of Rap, cause I was a pure Metal Head before this. It opened my eyes. I still love Metal, Rock and Hip Hop
You have to see the video. A real classic. Thanks, cats.
This was trailblazing at the time.🤘🏻🔥🎧
Walk This Way was essentially a rap song before rap. It was a natural to cover.
Ahhh the Iconic mashup that reintroduced Aerosmith back to the world again! I still remember every visual from the MTV vid of this!!!!
Also, this was a collab/cover ft Aerosmith's Steven Tyler singing the iconic hook of the song.
The video for this is awesome ! A true classic
Aerosmith sung their original song back in the 70’s and in the 80’s Run-Dmc collaborated with Aerosmith with a rock/rap collaboration and both versions were BIG HITS at the time of their releases
This is my earliest memory of Aerosmith, I don't think I ever heard another Run DMC song (I probably did but I can't remember).
My (Aerosmith) youth was, this, Dude Looks Like A Lady, Love In An Elevator, Janie's Got A Gun
This made RUN/ DMC very popular and the video was fun to watch. Must see
Game changing moment in music forever...good for all musicians
It's funny how Brad's approach is always more studio engineer while Lex's approach is music journalist.
The thing some of today's rap is missing is this type of edge. This was iconic. MTV was challenged by David Bowie for it's lack of Black artists on the channel. A partnership between an established Rick Band and a well know Rap group to it's audience bridged the gaps of music. If you listen to NWA and Public Enemy, Ice T many artists back in the day were bringing hard lyrics with a harder sound to rap.
You have to watch the video to really get it! The video shows the merger of the two groups in a really cool way.
You have got to watch the live video to really see how the 2 groups interact.Very funny
Run DMC had their own version of this taking cuts from the original record, but they were both on the same label so the management of one got together with the other, and Aerosmith went into the studio with Run DMC and recorded this new version. The lyrics are the same but there is a lot more guitar here with solos that just didn't previously exist.
This version helped Aerosmith's comeback. Younger 80's audience got introduced to Aerosmith because of this version. Myself included.
one of the great 'cow-bell' songs!
Not the music video? OUCH!! You've GOT to see the music video. One of the best.
I grew up on this track back in the 80’s.
This was a big deal when it came out, and it led to the harder-core Anthrax/Public Enemy collab "Bring The Noise", which is also worth checking out.
They actually did that one already.
@@brettkenschaft4239 Thanks, I'll go check it out!
@@ischmidt You bet! Great suggestion though. I LOVE that song!
Just said the same thing. Gave ya an up vote 🍻
Still have the 12" on my shelf. This was a game changer.
"It's Tricky " is another good one from. RUN DMC ❤
This reminds me of grade 7. i went to a cool high school here in Montreal back in 1986-1987. What memories. That Run DMC album was great. I liked the song You be Illin. I memorised it. My 6 year old knows some lyrics now.
that riff and beat though ... infectious...
I definitely remembering this being a game-changer when I was a kid. Y'all should check out the actual video for this one. First time I saw it was definitely a stop and pay attention moment!
Yes exact lyrics just done by RUN DMC
It’s amazing how much the music video adds.
I remember seeing the video on MTV as a kid.
I remember an interview with RUN DMC where they talked about this song. They used to put on the this Aerosmith track to freestyle to cause they liked the beat. They'd say "put 'Toys in the Attic' on" (the album name) b/c they didn't even know the song's name. A friend suggested they just cover the original song.
Without the video, it loses A LOT. Great song, but to see both groups together and how they do the video is everything. It was incredibly huge and groundbreaking at the time, bringing those two musical genres together.
You really need to listen to this while watching the video.
I'll never forget when this came out. Damn! Another beautiful moment in music history. The music video of them all on stage together was so f*cking cool. Music ain't got no color! Oh, and Run DMC rejuvenated Aerosmith's career with this one.
Really to watch the music video of this to get the dynamic between the two.
The MTV video for this was so good.
sampling the drum beat from the first few seconds of the original all the way through,and having the originals vocalist on the chorus,and guitarist shredding to the end? all while rapping the originals verses? brilliant! there's never been a better mix of rock and rap.
I feel like you guys miss out on so much when you don't watch the videos from the MTV era.
Make sure you watch the video for this, it’s iconic.
I am not a big fan of rap, but this joint venture of Aerosmith with Run DMC was dynamite.
Not a rap fan myself, but this is one of the 3-4 rap songs that pops up in my playlist. 🙂
If you're interested in hearing pretty much the only band that has successfully managed to fuse heavy rock and rap/hiphop and make it sounds awesome, go listen to some *Rage Against The Machine.*
they're quite heavy though, so to ease into them you could start with one of their calmer songs like "Renegades of Funk"'
move onto songs such as:
Killing In The Name
Bulls On Parade
Know Your Enemy
Testify
Take The Power Back
People of the Sun
Year of the Boomerang (don't jump into this one because it has very heavy parts that might put you off IF you're not ready for it)
It's cool because Run DMC is rapping the Aerosmith rock song! Those are the lyrics they weren't changed. Steven Tyler is savage. Awesome collaboration!
Wife here..This was an Epic song!!..Totally brought a smile to my face..Back to cheerleading and school dances..Thanks again!!
It's a collab and a cover, and awesome.
One of the first crossovers between Hiphop and Rock music.
Anthrax and Public enemy were first and at least most important.
@@gamleskalle1 This was first
Does Blondie - Rapture count? That might be on a technicality though
@@lowstryder1022 Yes it counts
First I definitely recommend watching the official video. Definitely worth checking out
Need to see the video……it’s AWESOME!
This was basically the first BIG collaboration between two such different genres. The video broke down walls in the music industry. You should check out the video. The song without the video is just the song with some added music riffs. The video was iconic for the times! I was big rock fan and never listened to rap. I loved this song so gave it a chance when DMC was added and found that rap wasn't so bad.
Being a lover of just about all music, this is still one of the best collaborations ever.
You should watch the video to this classic, game changing collaboration
I felt at the time that RunDMC rescued Aerosmith with this song, and am glad they did!
Yeah you should watch the video for this one... Very entertaining and iconic! 🤘😎
1986 this Is collaboration changed everything. This was before Anthrax & Public Enemy, Linkin Park & Jay Z.. I was 11 blew my mind..
The music video for this adds a whole new layer of entertainment value to this collaborative remake (that's what they called it before "remixes" were a thing).
We kids loved this when it came out in 1987. Aerosmith originally wrote and recorded it in the early 70s, and this is the first Rock / Hip Hop collaboration that I knew of. You MUST see the video.
The vid is a "must watch." The visuals add so much to the song it's ridiculously entertaining. I'd suggest a follow-up reaction and to dirt-nap this version.
This is the moment when the border between rock and hip hop got fuzzy. Our whole world was changed in an instant. The lyrics are absolutely the ones from Aerosmith's original -- no changes.
You guys just witnessed the marriage of Rock and Rap. They were glorious times!
Can't be a cover when the original artist is performing it!
This song introduced millions of people my age and demographic to rap. As a suburban white 10 year old, I don't think I'd ever heard that style of music. This video was HUGE on MTV in 1986, and I loved it! This paved the way for the mainstream acceptance of rap and hip hop, and is a hugely influential collaboration.
This was my childhood 👍🥃😎
Great collaboration. A classic.
Check out the actual music video sometime!
This was the first rap-rock team up that I had ever seen, a few years later the Anthrax/Public Enemy team up "Bring the Noise" was done, then it could be argued that Rage Against the Machine in the 90's was the final catalyst to get the rap rock groups in the late 90's/early 2000's (Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park being the best known examples).
One album you might want to react to is the soundtrack for the movie Judgement Night. Lot of rap groups and rock bands teamed up on there, might be a couple of things you guys would like on there.
You don't have to do a reaction on it if you don't want to but you surely have to watch the video they made! It is truly hilarious😅😅
Rock - Rap fusion started here
This one is more about the video. MTV classic.
Guys,you needed to do the video! It's sick!
Why, oh WHY wouldn't you watch the official video for this? It's epic!
It's the video that's the best part of this whole thing.
Rock on Brad & Lex
Needed the official video for this one.
Live performances and creative vids take away from staring at lyrics.
A great collaboration! Love this
The video is important here, shows them coming together
Same words!
Another where the video makes a great song even better