that houston show is just peak awesomeness. those guitars....man oh man. everyone sounds great. punk-dub echo on the vocals sound so cool. epic funky lord of the thighs.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 15:17 (nine years ago) link
amateurist otm
― brimstead, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 18:48 (nine years ago) link
the guitar solos on "nobody's fault"... hell "nobody's fault" on its own is just ridiculous. and "sick as a dog" is punk as fuck, imo
― brimstead, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 18:50 (nine years ago) link
i think i said this in the other rocks thread but imo you can hear r.e.m. being born in "sick as a dog"
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Wednesday, 4 November 2015 18:53 (nine years ago) link
R.E.M. actually covered 'Toys In The Attic'!
Yeah, this album rules and this band were totally on fire in the '70s... that they didn't end up really getting much commercial success here in the UK until their best years were long behind them will always have me scratching my head.
― Turrican, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 19:10 (nine years ago) link
I think I'm gonna play this album really loudly when I get home today
― sleeve, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 19:16 (nine years ago) link
that houston show made my morning. i was almost late for work. so cool. i never really listen to aerosmith anymore. they are kinda just a part of my dna thanks to years of exposure. my brother worshipped them.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 19:37 (nine years ago) link
my brother went to this show. it was the rock event of his summer.
http://theconcertdatabase.com/sites/theconcertdatabase.com/files/1978-08-06.jpg
― scott seward, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 19:39 (nine years ago) link
Not cheap!
― Three Word Username, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 19:50 (nine years ago) link
Seriously, I don't see a date on that poster, but that's mid '80s pricing, not '70s pricing. (Woulda been a hell of a show, though.)
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 4 November 2015 20:06 (nine years ago) link
1978
― new noise, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 20:18 (nine years ago) link
yeah, '78. my dad took him. but would my dad take me to see maiden and priest in new haven in 1982? noooooooooo.....
― scott seward, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 20:31 (nine years ago) link
Just lost an evening to that '77 show upthread.
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 5 November 2015 08:09 (nine years ago) link
like what IS that thing at the end of "Back in the Saddle"? Apparently a 27-string bass, could just as well be a tuba or an exploding meth lab.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 28 May 2020 23:55 (four years ago) link