Aerosmith
is one of the bands that I grew up listening to in the early 70s and I have a
real soft spot for the bands early albums and they play mostly that material to
this day. I think this must be one of the few bands from the 70s that play
mostly improvised and jamming on every single song (on this tour!). On this DVD
they rarely play a single song like the records, every song is played with long
guitar solos, having fun, not worried about being super tight. This concert opens with Draw the Line (1977)
and they are just jamming.. Love in an Elevator, while having a very poppy
chorus has a pretty heavy riff and both Joe and Brad just do great and pretty
long solo sections. I skipped Livin’ on the Edge but Hangman Jury was played
even though they did not rehearse it and they mix in some backstage banter
about Steven wanting to play it even though they did not rehearse it. Throughout
the DVD they mix in some backstage banter, pics and interviews of the band in
and around Japan, etc. between most songs. All but a few of the songs are shown
completely. No More no More, Mama Kin,
Toys in the Attic… every song just jammed out all the time. I got the Japanese version from my friend
Hatsumi and it is well worth it with nearly 30mins of extra songs (One Way
Street, Lord of the Thighs (Best song on the DVD with a great long Brad
Whitford solo), Train kept a Rollin’ and Lick n’ Promise!). I don’t think there
is another band from this era that plays so much early material and just jams
out every single song and not just sticking to the formula. Which bands still play 3-4 songs from their
first record? Not UFO, Scorpions, ZZTop, Deep Purple, none… Great DVD… A huge
surprise and I had not expected it to be that good.
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