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Then we are in agreement. Let’s get a cold one.
Clearly yes we agree. I like when we agree to agree. It is very agreeable.
“A” cold one? Brother, let’s get MULTIPLE cold ones.
This is the album where they lost me, and I’ve never really gone back. I did own it for years but eventually unloaded it. At least on “Pump” they were still creating some unique songs along with the typical Aerosmith ballads & rockers, but everything here came across as a retread of things they had previously done better. That being said, there are still songs I like from this album, but if I never hear them again I won’t feel like I’m missing out. I can’t say that about most of their discography prior to this.
I hung around for one more album, which was Nine Lives. I haven’t listened to Nine Lives for a couple years but my memory of it is that it was better than Get A Grip. Significantly better, for me. I loved the track “Taste of India” and I was really into that album during the 1990’s. Maybe I should dig it out and review it eh?
I remember at the time major promotion of this record. Tyler/Perry were on Muchmusic about a month before this album came out and when they premiered Livin On The Edge I was hooked ,I mean even today I would say its up there with some of there best rock tracks.
I found the album sound dry,trying to go back to basics as millionaires could I guess.
I caught this tour about the second week in back in 93 in Miinieapolis and they started of the show with Eat The Rich,Get A Grip and Fever..a triple header right off the new album they were plugging….good show even the stage was stripped down to bare essentials unlike the Pump tour.
Deke, regarding that MuchMusic interview, do you remember Tyler drawing on his jeans with magic marker? I might have that interview on VHS tape somewhere.
Get A Grip is the last time Aerosmith were truly untouchable superstars. They took way too long between albums after this. Even before this.
Yeah I do remember that !..hahahaha…..course it was a Erica Ehm interview so I guess they were bored,that was the impression I got,but you know what I really dig Nine Lives,more than Get A Grip ,if you review it I will say why? Haha..how’s that for a offer!
Nine Lives is a better album…I’ll get around to it, maybe even sooner than later because I have a whack of bonus tracks to talk about with that album. It was a grower.
For sure Mike for sure,perhaps my favourite live show I seen of there’s as well as production goes….
I never bought the live album from that tour though…A Little South of Sanity. Didn’t like it one bit.
Not a lot to enjoy about this one. I think Pump and Nine Lives both bury it. I did really like Livin’ on the Edge and I think the video was great for that too! I liked a few songs but, like you say, too much filler and too many ballads. An extra point for the massive belch! I’m guessing from the cavernous acoustics it must have been one of Tyler’s. I seem to remember him doing an incredible burp in the Making of Pump video too!
Nah that was me. Steven called me up just for my talents. The next album’s going to have one of my farts on it.
Completely agreed on the 2 highlights – I’m surprised Eat the Rich wasn’t a bigger hit, an outstanding opener. Amazing has one of my favourite outros from the 90s as well.
Eat the Rich wasn’t as played as the other singles around here. It was barely a single at all in fact, seems like they rolled out another ballad right after Eat the Rich! As far as singles go, this was definitely a ballad album. Even Living on the Edge had its ballady qualities.