That "Under my Thumb" cover was great. I actually remember a fairly brief period, about 1977 to 1985 or so, where bar bands would take some pride in taking a "moldy oldy" and kicking it's ass like that. There were a lot of great songs where the playing was sublimated - Steppenwolf, the Doors, early Stones, all that stuff was measured and designed for AM radio singles market of the 1960's. I played bass in a few bands with guitarists who could slay those things, and there was (at least) one band in every city doing it too. Between MADD, Walkmans->iPods, MTV->YouTube an awful lot of places have lost their live music scenes. I've actually been off on this lately:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dL_JdOCDkQA
Aerosmith is a really schizophrenic band - they were a great rock band for a few albums, then they got too drugged, and when they came back it was with croony power ballads like "Crazy" and Jaded" and "Crying." But they're still a rock band once in a while. As many pointed out, this is actually a cover of the AC/DC cover of an old blues song. Thank double-dog they did it better than Celine DIon. :toothy12:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dL_JdOCDkQA
Aerosmith is a really schizophrenic band - they were a great rock band for a few albums, then they got too drugged, and when they came back it was with croony power ballads like "Crazy" and Jaded" and "Crying." But they're still a rock band once in a while. As many pointed out, this is actually a cover of the AC/DC cover of an old blues song. Thank double-dog they did it better than Celine DIon. :toothy12:
