Aerosmith - You Gotta Move
Published December 09, 2004
Other than those "minor" annoyances, this is still one hell of a kick-ass video. The setlist is fantastic, covering most of their classics, and alsothrowing in a few of the obligatory, sugar-coated ballads that have helped the band to prosper in the 90's and on into the new century. The main feature begins backstage as the band is being led out to the small stage that is set up in the middle of the arena. This is where they perform the first two songs, "Toys In the Attic", and "Love In An Elevator". By the third song, "Road Runner", the first selection played from Honkin' On Bobo, they are up on the main stage. Three other songs from Bobo are also played, "Baby Please Don't Go", "Stop Messin Round", with Joe Perry on the lead vocals, and "Never Loved A Girl". I was surprised at how good these songs were. Aerosmith definitely made them their own, and they didn't slow down the show one bit. There were too many highlights to name them all. "Dream On" was incredible, and still gives me chills when I hear it. Tyler's vocals (and screams) are legendary. He is truly one of the best frontmen ever. Seeing Tyler and Perry share a vocal mike during "Draw The Line" brought me right back to 1978 when I used stare at their posters on my wall, dreaming I was Joe Perry, as I played air-guitar, while Live Bootleg cranked in the background.
Not only do you get the 16-song set from the A&E broadcast, but they also include five bonus songs that were edited out of the show. For my money, these five songs were the highlight of the DVD. Included, were smoldering performances of "Fever", "Rats In The Cellar", "Livin' On The Edge", "Last Child", and "Same Old Song And Dance". The best thing about the bonus songs is that they are pure, unadulterated, live concert performances, with no interruptions from the documentary. Each of these live versions easily outshined its studio counterpart. "Fever" was heavier and rawer; "Rats In The Cellar" featured a great slow blues jam in the middle, with Tyler playing the maracas and then blowing some killer harp; "Living On the Edge" featured Perry playing a double-neck Gibson and driving the song much harder than the original; Brad Whitford simply owned "Last Child", and his guitar solos were some of the best of the concert, but, damn he sure looks like he is in pain when he is playing; and Tom Hamilton showed off some killer bass licks during a fantastic "Same Old Song And Dance". The camera work and overall look during these songs captured the live concert atmosphere much better than on the main feature, which was burdened by hyper-fast camera angle changes, and way too many shots of all those current and future strippers dancing in the isles.
- Aerosmith - You Gotta Move
- Published: December 09, 2004
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- Filed Under: Music: Classic Rock and Oldies, Music: Hard Rock, Video: Music
- Writer: Paul Roy
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I saw Aerosmith on this last tour. When they did those first two songs on that small stage down the catwalk, they had the sound and the energy of a buncha teenage punks playing in someone's tiny rec room, hammering their instruments and making the loudest racket they possibly could. It was a serious rock 'n roll moment, and as far as I'm concerned, they could've played the entire night right there. Hope it looks good on the DVD.