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Is it a hidden gem or a no brainer hit hiding in plain sight? Even though today’s song broke the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and claimed #1 on the Mainstream Rock chart, What it Takes By Aerosmith has faded into obscurity since its moment of glory. Which is a huge oversight, because its one of the best songs in its genre from one of the biggest bands in the world. It came from one of the best rock albums of 1989 in Pump the also included the hits Love in an Elevator and Janie Got a Gun and get this, The song started out as a country western song but Steve Tyler and Joe Perry knew they could never get away with that so Tyler gave it a no holds barred hard rock twang, which molded into a fierce power ballad that set an all time record for the most repeated lyrics in a top 10 hit. Story is next on Professor Of Rock.
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So, it’s time for another edition of #1 in Our Hearts. We haven’t done one of these in a while…..This show honors songs that were so unbelievably great, they should've been #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart. But for whatever reason, lack of marketing, label support or whatever it may be, the song came up short. On previous episodes we have covered You Shook Me All Night Long by AC/DC, Panama by Van Halen, and Pour Some Sugar On Me by Def Leppard.
Today we are sticking with the theme of 80s rock, but we’re taking it down a just a notch to cover Aerosmith’s exceptional 1989 power ballad What It Takes. It’s one of the greatest rock and roll stories ever told… They lost it all and then forged one of the greatest comebacks ever…Substance abuse, larger than life egos, and infighting within the band culminated in 1979 with lead guitarist Joe Perry’s bitter departure from Aerosmith. And then guitarist Brad Whitford’s exodus as well in 1981. From that point, Aerosmith steadily declined from their once exalted status as one of the 70s greatest multi-platinum acts.
By 1984 the old line-up was back in the saddle again. But old issues continued to plague the band. Too much partying, too much excess, and Aerosmith was deep in debt with their old label Columbia. Their 1985 album Done with Mirrors was supposed to be their big comeback. But high hopes weren’t enough and it fell flat. Ironically, the band’s first single was a Joe Perry Project rerecording called ‘Let the Music Do the Talking’. Well, the record buying public heard the music, and they didn’t like it.
Done with Mirrors topped out at #36 on the Billboard Albums chart and failed to yield any Hot 100 singles. After all the drama of the past half decade, it looked liked like maybe the bad boys of Boston were done. There’s no question Aerosmith had the talent to get back to the top, but they needed a drastic turnaround to keep from becomings “has-beens”. The tipping point turned out to be an unexpected partnership with trailblazing rappers Run DMC. Together they reworked Aerosmith’s 1974 classic Walk This Way into a hip-hop-rock mashup that went to #4 on the Hot 100.

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@ProfessorofRock
@ProfessorofRock Год назад
POLL: What is your pick for Aerosmith's greatest song? Also click here to get BUBS Naturals: www.bubsnaturals.com
@killrmillr
@killrmillr Год назад
No More No More
@petercena9497
@petercena9497 Год назад
Best song - Last Child Guilty pleasure - Jaded
@catherine6653
@catherine6653 Год назад
1. Dream On 2. Janie's Got A Gun
@vehicle22
@vehicle22 Год назад
Dream On, and I like Dio and Malmstein's version, too. But I really get a kick from Dude Looks Like A Lady--brings back good memories of watching Mrs. Doubtfire with my kids.
@MyName-pl7zn
@MyName-pl7zn Год назад
Seasons of Wither is one of my favorites
@bnparts90
@bnparts90 Год назад
I got clean and sober in 84 and I think they started cleaning up around 86, so I perceived this song to have a dual meaning, just replace the woman with your intoxicant of choice. To me it was about what it takes to get sober, the song is so powerful and heartfelt, it still brings tears to my eyes when I listen to it. It is my sobriety anthem, and yes, I am still sober.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад
The perfect song for the journey to sobriety.
@jessiehermit9503
@jessiehermit9503 Год назад
That's awesome. Congratulations.
@kcash6359
@kcash6359 Год назад
I was a little over two years when this came out. I know what you mean.
@Gooberpeanut
@Gooberpeanut Год назад
I finally sobered up after 27 years. I quit drinking in 2012 ? I think but at least I quit. But , my mistakes still started back 50 years ago right on to 20 years ago. Not really. 4 years ago I had remember something that almost took a life. Not enough to stop being stupid. I didn't have enough sense to stop ,. Mistakes that could have put me in prison in a few states , brains? I didn't have any . I regret it. Should have got married many many years ago. If I would have no woman is going to put up with BS. No kidding. I threw away 42 years, last 42 ,. I'm 61 now. 98 it not quite caught up to me until 2000 , darn ,. Live and learn
@debbylou5729
@debbylou5729 Год назад
You said it perfectly. I believe that the music takes you to a place in your own heart. I’m not a fan of ‘insiders’ telling me what the song REALLY means. That’s nice and everything, but it means exactly what I say it means
@Frostheimer
@Frostheimer Год назад
Another under appreciated song by a major artist is “Fire Lake” by Bob Seger. He never (or rarely) plays it live, but everyone I know who likes Seger thinks it’s one of his best.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад
Great song. Love Seger.
@Fuphyter
@Fuphyter Год назад
I saw Seger in 78. Great show!! "Shame on the Moon" is another one.
@jojodyan
@jojodyan Год назад
It’s my favorite!!!
@darylhoskins5696
@darylhoskins5696 Год назад
@@FuphyterSaw Him in 77 and 78 One of my Fav’s😊
@darylhoskins5696
@darylhoskins5696 Год назад
Alto Reed Swung out over The Floor Audience !
@odessa8810
@odessa8810 Год назад
What it takes was my mother's favorite song from that album. Everytime I hear it I picture her singing it in the car driving. She and I got to meet the band on the Get a Grip tour. A friend of my mom wrote their manager about me being a big fan and having a disability. We got a call and received tickets and backstage passes. I will cherish the memory of meeting the band (awesome guys) and my mother meeting Steven Tyler. 😍😍 In memoriam L. O'Daniels 1947-2010❤️💜❤️💜
@ProfessorofRock
@ProfessorofRock Год назад
So sorry for your loss. I lost my dad a few years back. We shared that bond of music as well. Thanks for sharing.
@odessa8810
@odessa8810 Год назад
@@ProfessorofRock Thank you. She gave me the love of music. That helps through my grief. My condolences to you as well. This was the first time seeing your videos. I will definitely view more!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад
Were they nice guys?
@odessa8810
@odessa8810 Год назад
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Yes they were all nice to me and my mom. Pics and autographs!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад
@@odessa8810 That’s sweet to hear. May your mom rest in heavenly peace.
@behindtheshades6456
@behindtheshades6456 Год назад
I was at an Aerosmith concert in Dec of '97 or '98; I remember when they got to the second verse of "What it Takes" they stopped playing and the ENTIRE audience sang the verse in unison.
@aaronrobinson5048
@aaronrobinson5048 Год назад
That would have been Amazing...
@curtisprice9806
@curtisprice9806 Год назад
When Steve Tyler hits "dice" ....WOW, what a killer set of pipes!! One of the greatest voices EVER in rock!!! A phenomenal emotional song
@mazterford
@mazterford Год назад
Yeah and that guitar chords on “dice” is sinister..
@mattmallecoccio8378
@mattmallecoccio8378 Год назад
This is what I love about the Prof. He introduces songs that maybe I don't know, even though it's well known. Also, he doesn't make those of us who don't know the songs feel like we're idiots for having never heard of them.
@barrysmith8920
@barrysmith8920 Год назад
True...He’s honestly passionate about music without ego. RARE on YT for sure.
@ProfessorofRock
@ProfessorofRock Год назад
Thanks Matt. Rock on!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад
Super true. Unlike Reddit, Adam and his community respect opinions.
@treyhudson73
@treyhudson73 Год назад
Make sure you carry on that spirit the best you can, and we'll all be OK
@lilmike2710
@lilmike2710 Год назад
You're not an idiot for not having heard any of the great music of the past generations. More like a victim for having only 💩 foisted into your ears, made by talentless hacks. But I'm not a bitter person 😁
@kkay3784
@kkay3784 Год назад
It isn't only that the song is fantastic, it isn't only that the arrangement is perfection, it isn't only that the instrument choices and overall sounds are so faithful to Aerosmith's Americana roots, but DAMN! That screaming, soulful, gut wrenched coupling of vocal and guitar! No remake of this song could possibly capture the effect this band's performance has on me, pretty sure. Rock and roll is THIS!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад
It’s a great song!!!
@ChiquiTuni
@ChiquiTuni Год назад
Kay: are you seeing all the other K’s?my name is Kay (just Kay, ) I have always been interested in seeing other people named Kay, and they are everywhere in the comments!
@proudmoon3
@proudmoon3 Год назад
This is what I came to the comments to say, but you said it so much better than I could've! It's so special the way it is, you just can't remake this song.
@davidlaw689
@davidlaw689 Год назад
The whole album is jam packed with great songs !! " What It Takes " is a bona fide classic.
@ProfessorofRock
@ProfessorofRock Год назад
For sure. Thanks David!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад
Pump is my favorite Aerosmith album.
@davidlaw689
@davidlaw689 Год назад
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Same here Lily ! Absolute beast of an album
@robrain18
@robrain18 Год назад
I thought it was 'toss of a dime'...cause he was so broke
@amostlyreasonableguy
@amostlyreasonableguy Год назад
@@robrain18 that would make sense but in this case it was like saying “you threw what we had away to chase new love with someone else, not knowing if it would even be worth what you lost with me.” A toss of the dice, chancing it.
@mikekloepfer7424
@mikekloepfer7424 Год назад
I loved Pump. I remember after listening to it for about the 100th time, I thought to myself "This might just be a *perfect* album." There isn't a 'clunker' in the bunch. Each song is stellar, contributing to make the whole album a joy to to from beginning to end. Thanks, professor!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад
Pump rocks!
@FloridaCatholicGuy
@FloridaCatholicGuy Год назад
Pump is good…but Rocks is the best album of all time by any band.
@Jimmietwotimes
@Jimmietwotimes 16 дней назад
You must enjoy your popcorn plain or you're a kid who doesn't remember when Aerosmith actually played rock n roll. I pity you, either way.
@ca9968
@ca9968 Год назад
"Pump" is an absolute masterpiece! I got it for Christmas on cassette tape in 1990 at age 13 and now own it on CD and vinyl...still my favorite album of theirs and their best in my opinion, "What It Takes" is the best track on the album, a true hidden gem, just how it should be...
@xennial80sxberner
@xennial80sxberner Год назад
I was almost the same age when I got PV and Pump (born 1984, got them both in 96-97). "Monkey on my back" is underrated as hell too.
@rokology
@rokology Год назад
Saw them on tour in 89 at Great Woods (which is just outside Boston) in support of this album....he hits these notes live...saw them last year for their 50th-anniversary show at Fenway and he again was hitting those notes. Amazing talent, the whole band!
@mattmallecoccio8378
@mattmallecoccio8378 Год назад
Have you ever heard the Mark Chestnutt country version of Don't wanna miss a thing? I prefer it. But I have never heard THIS one. Never heard What it Takes
@ProfessorofRock
@ProfessorofRock Год назад
I think I did back in the day.
@craigbenz4835
@craigbenz4835 Год назад
The Other Side and Janie's Got a Gun are what made the album for me. Especially with the intro for The Other Side.
@trinaq
@trinaq Год назад
A country song masquerading as a hardcore rock song? It's safe to say that Aerosmith bamboozled us for years! 😎🎸
@ProfessorofRock
@ProfessorofRock Год назад
Ha ha. Now when you hear it, you can get a feel for the country version.
@onusgumboot5565
@onusgumboot5565 Год назад
It's been done before. Few people realized that Love Hurts by Nazareth was a cover of an Everly Brothers song. A country song really, done previously by Emilou Harris, and Gram Parsons.
@debbie4503
@debbie4503 Год назад
@@onusgumboot5565 I didn't know that. And I am the age where I should have known it. 😂
@debbie4503
@debbie4503 Год назад
@@onusgumboot5565 I wish I could copy your comment to send to my brother. We're both music addicts.
@fnjesusfreak
@fnjesusfreak Год назад
Consider that (with different lyrics) Garth Brooks covered "Fever"...
@Kenboslice3
@Kenboslice3 Год назад
Such a great song, and what an album!! If a country artist were to cover this song today my money would be on Chris Stapleton to bring this song back into the radio stratosphere! Tyler's vocals are so good on this song you need a singer with some very strong chops!
@ProfessorofRock
@ProfessorofRock Год назад
Good call! Stapleton would kill it.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад
That’d be awesome!
@tomcanterbury7139
@tomcanterbury7139 Год назад
I would agree that Chris Stapleton would nail it, just would hope he would reimage it in a way that was uniquely his and not simply a remake of the Aerosmith song. I think Radney Foster would also be a good singer for a country compilation of What It Takes… His song “What Kind of Love” is deep and heartfelt in much the same way.
@RC32Smiths01
@RC32Smiths01 Год назад
An interesting transition there. Never know what changes and modifications a song goes through to become the staple it is.
@ProfessorofRock
@ProfessorofRock Год назад
Thanks RC32.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад
It’s really surprising.
@Stoughton48
@Stoughton48 Год назад
I could not disagree more on Permanent Vacation. Fantastic album. Cover to cover. IMO. Their best album, since the comeback that is. Nothing could touch the first four. Masterpieces.
@xennial80sxberner
@xennial80sxberner Год назад
Yeah PV has a lot of sentimental value (I still have my cassette copy I got at 12 in '96) and has no filler. "Magic Touch", "Girl keeps coming apart" and the title track are perfect hair metal and should have been hits. Side 1 of Pump is perfect, but Side 2 drags a bit imo
@aaronrobinson5048
@aaronrobinson5048 Год назад
Agreed. "Permanent Vacation" is the "Masterpiece". "Pump" simply Capitalised upon the New Found Professionalism & Consistency, that was Established upon that Rekkid...
@WeaponsEducation
@WeaponsEducation Год назад
According to Steve Tyler's autobiography, he never remembered being "clean" in his his adult life. Whatever, they did make some kick ass music.
@alindasue
@alindasue Год назад
You say that Steven Tyler is not a country singer, but he did release a country music album. The single from that album, Love Is Your Name, actually did quite well on the country music charts.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад
I figured.
@craiganderson5946
@craiganderson5946 28 дней назад
I have to respectfully disagree with your take when you mention that nothing has come “close since” Pump. Although Pump is a fantastic album, I’d say Get A Grip is a VERY close second. Great video as always, I love watching your channel.
@Cindy-Says
@Cindy-Says Год назад
Yes!! I am a lifetime Aerosmith fan and I always felt they were under appreciated!
@rob21
@rob21 Год назад
I remember seeing Aerosmith in 1987 on their Permanent Vacation tour, with a little known band opening for them called Guns N Roses. What a night that was.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад
The next year, guess who went big?
@sNs-jb5ss
@sNs-jb5ss Год назад
What were your original thoughts about gnr that night? I'm just curious
@rob21
@rob21 Год назад
@@sNs-jb5ss I already knew who they were at the time. I thought they blew Aerosmith out of the water. It was fantastic.
@userperson5259
@userperson5259 Год назад
What it takes is my all time favorite Aerosmith song. Couldn't agree more how underrated - at least technically - it was. Stephen Tyler's vocals are unbelievably great. He would sing every note live too. They sound the same live as they did in the studio. Mindblowing
@labenbrittenum6934
@labenbrittenum6934 Год назад
i remember when " walk this way " with RUN DMC hit and you couldn't get away from it... that song seemed like the biggest thing on earth
@ProfessorofRock
@ProfessorofRock Год назад
For sure. Thanks Laben.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад
My mom got sick of it after a while when she was in high school. It was December 1986 and she had to switch to It’s Tricky.
@labenbrittenum6934
@labenbrittenum6934 Год назад
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 that song played so much everybody got sick of it!!!!
@martyblack7245
@martyblack7245 Год назад
Love this song, it is best done live. Steven Tyler sings the first few lines completely A cappella & it takes it to a whole new level!
@dad4ever-c90
@dad4ever-c90 Год назад
I find it interesting how substance abuse SEEMS to fuel the musical creativity and mesmerizing performances behind many bands' early success - Aerosmith, Guns n Roses, and Metallica to name a few. But sobriety enables them to overcome a lull in their careers later. Right or wrong, it's tough to argue with success!
@ProfessorofRock
@ProfessorofRock Год назад
It's kind of true.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад
It’s amazing!
@JrGoonior
@JrGoonior Год назад
Pump was the first CD I ever bought in 1989 at 19 years old and still have it to this day. Played it on my brand new, for Christmas that year, a portable CD player that took SIX AA batteries!!!!
@natural2112science
@natural2112science Год назад
Wow. When this song came out, things were so much simpler. It was that time for me right before highschool! This takes me back! Thank you Professor!
@ProfessorofRock
@ProfessorofRock Год назад
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching.
@dave210yt
@dave210yt Год назад
always loved this song
@edgardeese
@edgardeese Год назад
What a great time to be alive! Absolutely awesome concert. It was exam week at college, so everybody was shitting themselves studying. My best bud calls me up and say he has Aerosmith tickets...I had two exams the next day. So, of course, I hit the road! They tore it down! And, then your boy became campus legend by coming back the next morning and rocking two B's after a night with the bad boys from Boston... what a year!
@TheNewRevolution
@TheNewRevolution Год назад
I knew this episode was about "What it Takes" as soon as you mentioned country. I love the song(the long version, I always feel cheated by the short version. Someone should throw the short version in the trash). I still listen to the song and occasionally here it on the radio. It's one of the few 80s Aerosmith songs I still listen too.
@joesemo
@joesemo Год назад
"What It Takes" - Never sounded like a country song to me. More of a Rock/Pop song. Never ever has a true country feel to me. Slow Blues Ballad maybe. But never a country song. Down By The Seaside (Led Zeppelin) is way more of country song >>>>>>> ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-g2U1BhziqzM.html - pretty much only country song Zep ever did.
@tnrodgers
@tnrodgers Год назад
Aerosmith made the comeback climbing up with hard rock in a rap/disco/grunge era. They cemented timeless relevance. Toys in the Attic is the full listen album, Pump is the comeback match.
@Soulreaver6
@Soulreaver6 Год назад
But their best is ROCKS
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад
I agree with you.
@davesrvchannel4717
@davesrvchannel4717 Год назад
“Done With Mirrors” as described by bass player Tom Hamilton was a marketing massacre. The fact that the album cover was written in reverse was cool to the kid that knew about it and bought it. But to the person meandering through the record/music store, the album would never catch your eye. Myself as a fan, “ Done With Mirrors” is their best Geffen album. Hard to decide their best Columbia album Done with mirrors is the bridge between Columbia and geffen as you’ll hear the old and the new sound of Aerosmith
@jjrob7220
@jjrob7220 Год назад
The album flow of Pump was phenomenal. Even the B-side songs were good. What It Takes gets overlooked often. Thank you Professor for giving the song the spotlight it deserves.
@bartkdt
@bartkdt Год назад
Can we stop talking about Aerosmith? The band is horrible personally to everyone. Steven Tyler in the 70’s adopted a child. Impregnated her. Divorced his wife to marry his daughter. Divorced her. Then gaslighted her.
@TheRetroManRandySavage
@TheRetroManRandySavage Год назад
I was never too fussed about this one, Adam. It's mediocre for Aerosmith. Only my opinion, of course. I'm sure many will disagree.
@ProfessorofRock
@ProfessorofRock Год назад
His best vocal. I think you should listen again. It's such a fun song.
@justpray365
@justpray365 Год назад
My name is Many, and you’re right, I disagree.
@ahwhite2022
@ahwhite2022 Год назад
I have a very low batting average of guessing the song from your teaser titles. And swung and missed in this one as well. My mind went straight to Poison's "Every Rose Has Its Thorn." Then you said "1989," and I was stumped. Never would have guessed at the history of this song. I've heard Steven Tyler is actually a bug Bluegrass aficionado, so it makes me wonder what else he has up his sleeve. Anyway, great narration as always, I always learn so much from these videos.
@micahgerdis1008
@micahgerdis1008 Год назад
They have some of the best most sophisticated chord progressions with perfect key changes. I always wondered where that came from. Somebody was masterful with the songwriting. This song in particular embodies my impression of this.
@davidcastanuela7752
@davidcastanuela7752 7 месяцев назад
Also I hated that sometimes the radio cuts a lot of the solo out. Like wtf?I really get into the song and the solo is pretty much cut. It sucks . I've been to a few super markets that play music while you shop and they play the shortened song. Beeothes
@maplechill75
@maplechill75 Год назад
Pump is definitely my favorite album of theirs. I remember playing it cover to cover many times 🤘
@ProfessorofRock
@ProfessorofRock Год назад
Same!
@cjc2
@cjc2 Год назад
Yes! I still remember it! Late summer early fall 1989. Heard Love in an elevator on the radio for the first time…I knew it was gonna be huge. I rushed to town records to buy the cassette. 😊Miss those days.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад
It’s a treasure.
@N-Lee
@N-Lee Год назад
I never viewed that song as a country song. I guess they Rockified it, but the Rolling Stones wrote a country song -- The Girl With The Far Away Eyes.
@TheErrorGrammatical
@TheErrorGrammatical Год назад
Pump has to be Aerosmith's best album. You can tell by the way the melodies and lyrics blend so well together. The group is obviously having a lot of fun in the studio. Magic like this is rarely captured. Pump is a timeless classic
@proudankle8381
@proudankle8381 Год назад
Sorry. You are incorrect when you say this is their greatest “HIT” ballad. That would be “Don’t wanna miss a thing”. Their only #1 hit.
@tynettaballinger7530
@tynettaballinger7530 Год назад
I loved this song. I was in love with someone who I could not quite get over so this song spoke to my heart. You really bring back memories.
@bensfisher6065
@bensfisher6065 Год назад
Love this complete Album.. Pump . ROCKS
@johnnyflowers8085
@johnnyflowers8085 Год назад
Aerosmith was the first band I saw live. It was the Toyz in the Attic tour. My big sister took me and they rocked so hard my face melted.
@michaelmcdonald8452
@michaelmcdonald8452 Год назад
Funny. I've always thought of it as a "country song." And one of the best album enders of the rock era.
@Krullmatic
@Krullmatic Год назад
This has gotta be my favorite song from Aerosmith. I never cared about them that much, but when they came back in the 80s, they killed it!
@ProfessorofRock
@ProfessorofRock Год назад
Agreed.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад
This album was their peak.
@chrisoakley5830
@chrisoakley5830 Год назад
Yes, I prefer 80s Aerosmith over 70s Aerosmith. The original version of Walk This Way I don't care for but the version with Run DMC is awesome.
@dukecraig2402
@dukecraig2402 Год назад
@@chrisoakley5830 Thanks, I just threw up in my mouth when I read that.
@chrisoakley5830
@chrisoakley5830 Год назад
@@dukecraig2402 You're welcome, glad I could help.
@redhousej
@redhousej Год назад
My favorite Aerosmith tune, period. It perfectly captures the pain, confusion, turmoil, and sadness of being completely heartbroken and not knowing how to move on. But in the end, all you can do is "let it go".
@georgeedward1226
@georgeedward1226 Год назад
As a guitar player, I have found when you take the basic chords to any song, you can adapt it to any other style of music fairly easily. The lyrics are a different story.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад
Country is the perfect genre for storytelling.
@blueforest2927
@blueforest2927 Год назад
I was watching something else when this flashed by...my first thought was it just had to be 'Far away eye's' by the Rolling Stones off of their 'Some Girls' album...But had i really thought about it i would have realized that no one could not like that song just the way it is.Good ole Aerosmith..Who would have known...Nice !
@ProfessorofRock
@ProfessorofRock Год назад
Thanks for watching!
@PhantomOfTheMall
@PhantomOfTheMall Год назад
Dude! "What It Takes" is my absolute favorite Aerosmith song!! Those key changes at the Chorus are killer!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад
The arrangement is fire.
@acason4
@acason4 Год назад
Agreed. The Bb key change comes out of nowhere & I love it!
@DanieVargas
@DanieVargas Год назад
OMG!! I LOVE THIS SONG! Been a fan of Aerosmith for DECADES and I’m 50+! I remember hearing Dream On when I was a little girl and FELL IN LOVE with the song!! Adam, you do stuff on songs from the 70’s, right? Let’s discuss Kings and Queens by Aerosmith! It’s off Draw the Line (1977). Now, let’s discuss Aerosmith 2.0! Their “first” 2 albums when they came back into the American Conscience were AMAZING!! Pump was a great album…Steven Tyler has such a way with lyrics! I truly love Aerosmith. The funny part? When I first heard this song, I started singing it with a country twang! Never realized it STARTED as a country song! LMAO!! And I’ve always thought he was singing “toss of the knife”
@davidellis5141
@davidellis5141 Год назад
Pump was pumped full of hits for Aerosmith ! 🎸
@ProfessorofRock
@ProfessorofRock Год назад
That right! Good one!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад
It pumped you up! 😊
@davidellis5141
@davidellis5141 Год назад
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 When You Don't Really Need It ..
@Emophiliac2
@Emophiliac2 Год назад
I got both of those later 80s albums. Like songs off both. And, yes, I remember that SNL sketch. I have no recollection of the other songs that were at the top of the charts at that time. Those definitely weren't in my focus (and still aren't). My favorites of those albums were 'Jamie got a gun', 'Dude looked like a lady', and 'Love in an elevator'.
@aspalovin
@aspalovin Год назад
There is a live version of What it Takes. (Detroit I think) where Steven learned his ex passed away before the show and just pours his all into it. Chilling
@ProfessorofRock
@ProfessorofRock Год назад
I need to hear it! Where can I find it?
@robpaxson4455
@robpaxson4455 Год назад
I’ve heard that story before but can’t find any video of it
@aspalovin
@aspalovin Год назад
@@ProfessorofRock ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YMDGGXe_sr8.html Camden 2002. The audio quality sux. sorry. There was a better version but it seems to be gone.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад
😮
@arthurcohen9390
@arthurcohen9390 7 месяцев назад
@@ProfessorofRocksaw it on RU-vid once
@aprilmorris4588
@aprilmorris4588 Год назад
Wow, Adam, you kicked off a disagreement between me and my husband. He's one of the last years of the Boomers and I'm Gen-X. So, his favorite Aerosmith album is Toys in the Attic, a solid album that I dearly love, too. However, I still think Pump was better. Not by a lot, but still a better album. That said, can you (or have you) done a video about Toys? I won't ask you to referee which album is better because you already agreed with me. 😀 🤣 Sorry, husband; the professor has ruled.
@jeffkile5015
@jeffkile5015 Год назад
Along with Love Hurts, my favorite rock ballad. The Bm7-5 chord, and that middle eight. C'mon those backing vocals are huge. Ay - yi -yi, has anyone else tried to sing along with that on a single breath?
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад
He ROARED.
@SolderBrothers
@SolderBrothers Год назад
Nine Lives! Had Guitar Hero before Guitar Hero was a thing. An underrated game that was too early for its own good.
@hattleysengineroom
@hattleysengineroom Год назад
My favorite and most played song on here was Voodoo Medicine Man. I’d always look at the credits to see what Brad contributed to. PUMP is still one of my all time favorite albums by anyone.
@xennial80sxberner
@xennial80sxberner 2 месяца назад
Vacation and Pump are classics without one bad song. Hard blues rock influenced by hair metal
@richsadowsky8580
@richsadowsky8580 Год назад
As always Adam, this episode caused me to go listen to the track. And I remember what an F.I.N.E. song it is. I grew up from my early teens with Aerosmith living in nearby Hartford, CT area. Pump was certainly a key album and led to my reconnection with the band later on.
@ProfessorofRock
@ProfessorofRock Год назад
Thanks Rich! Have a great one!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад
Had you seen them in person?
@richsadowsky8580
@richsadowsky8580 Год назад
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 yes a couple of times. Both in Hartford. Once was mid 1970s when they were touring in support of first and second album and then early 80s when they were filling bigger venues such as the Hartford Civic Center. But more importantly, I attended a party with Steven and Joe at a release party for a Joe Perry Project video. I was talking with Steven when Joe called him onstage. I got to see them perform together in a room with just a couple hundred people. This was in the early 2000's.
@richsadowsky8580
@richsadowsky8580 Год назад
Being brought to that party was a fringe benefit of being a CTO of two early Internet radio companies.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад
@@richsadowsky8580 Wow, what a cool experience!
@NoCoverCharge
@NoCoverCharge Год назад
Well I have a country band so now want to cover it but take it back to it’s country roots.. Just might hav to do that
@jamesantosca4005
@jamesantosca4005 Год назад
It's among Tyler's best studio vocal performances but the really cool element, to my ears, is the inclusion of the backing accordian track. An accordian in a hard rock band hit?! Yes, and it works well in this underrated tune.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад
It all sounds like perfection.
@andyevans2336
@andyevans2336 Год назад
Well, AC DC made it with friggin bagpipes!
@richardchambers3533
@richardchambers3533 5 месяцев назад
Done with Mirrors. Most excellent album!
@richardflorence3927
@richardflorence3927 Год назад
Those were always my 2 favorite records from them.... but I do agree, they nailed it in every way on "Pump".
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад
It slaps!
@CanadianGamerDad
@CanadianGamerDad Год назад
I remember listening to Pump on tape in my Sony water proof Walkman in grade 8
@pigletjt
@pigletjt Год назад
If you have ever listened to Joe Perry's solo work, he has a strong lean toward the country side of music. This doesn't surprise me at all, but then again I had Aerosmith blasting out of my 8 track player in my '63 Fairlane back in 1975!!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад
They have a lot of roots in country.
@marktait2371
@marktait2371 Год назад
ps couple of friends and i attended a joe perry project show at a small club music do the talkin dont recall much other than very loud probably smaller club than usedto but pretty decent no frills rock band cant recall year same club modern english dixie dregs ramones local guys dads bad brains must have been late 80s later on than those other bands junior brown also about the same time was popular there maybe 84 85
@pigletjt
@pigletjt Год назад
@@marktait2371 sounds perfect, I saw the Romantics in a similar situation and it was great!
@constipatedinsincity4424
@constipatedinsincity4424 Год назад
Sinead O'Connor just lost her son back in September. Rip
@michaelmcculley7880
@michaelmcculley7880 Год назад
The Eagles and Credence Clearwater Revival fooled all of us playing country and calling it rock too. I love it!!!!
@ProfessorofRock
@ProfessorofRock Год назад
You got that right!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад
It’s called country rock.
@michaelmcculley7880
@michaelmcculley7880 Год назад
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 100%. I work with an older dude from Pennsylvania who swears it's country constantly. We like stirring him up. We're here in Texas so it's funny to see a tantrum with his accent.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад
@@michaelmcculley7880 Tell him that country rock unites fans of country and rock together. Why would we call it anything else?
@pariahpokemonwesbragg2904
@pariahpokemonwesbragg2904 Год назад
Love how y'all edit into the vid alot of the songs you mention (like how you mention AC/DC, Def Leppard, etc, at the start of this vid, then show clips of the tracks you named). Anyway..this is one of my favorite Aerosmith songs, especially from this time period. They have so many hits, though. It's hard to single out any decade as their best..although most might say it was in the 70s...I love some of their 80s songs and I grew up on their 90s(corny) stuff. Great vid, as always, Adam!!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад
Late 80s for me.
@crazy1234573
@crazy1234573 Год назад
I loved this album!!! "Young Lust", and "Don't get mad, get even" were my favorites. I always thought he said "Toss of a dime" always fun to sing too and I remember seeing that Wayne's World skit when it first aired. 🤣 Great memories.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад
Wayne’s World was one of the greatest things ever to come out of the 90s.
@crazy1234573
@crazy1234573 Год назад
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Absolutely!! Loved them even before the movie❤️
@ausmarkb
@ausmarkb Год назад
As an 80’s teen down here in Australia, I rocked out to “Love in an elevator “ and “Janie’s got a gun”. They were massive songs down here. Whilst the cover art for “Pump” is somewhat nostalgic to me, I never owned it, (one of my mates must have), so songs like “What it takes“ are not just underrated but unheard of.
@LadyAspenHaven
@LadyAspenHaven Год назад
I'm glad to be among many who have always remembered and appreciate this perfect song🙂
@constipatedinsincity4424
@constipatedinsincity4424 Год назад
Hey ProRo 👋 so I see that Steve Perry is going on tour with Journey this year.
@Xochiyolotl
@Xochiyolotl Год назад
I never forgot this song. It was one of the reasons I bought the pump album. Also, it was a faithful drinking companion during my divorce. Must’ve listened to this damn song about 1 million times. I think the only one I listened to more was never going back again by Fleetwood Mac.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад
Cars by Gary Numan and Werewolves of London by Warren Zevon are some of mine.
@scottdunn1371
@scottdunn1371 Год назад
Their greatest albums are actually Classics Live I and II. For studio albums, however, I actually love Done w Mirrors and Perm Vacation.
@boatymsboatface3929
@boatymsboatface3929 Год назад
God I LOVE THIS SONG- there’s no way to even guess how many times I’ve listened to it!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад
It’s awesome.
@StevenEveral
@StevenEveral Год назад
About that SNL skit with Aerosmith: Tom Hanks was also in that skit portraying a sound guy for Aerosmith.
@Frostheimer
@Frostheimer Год назад
Sibilance. Sibilance.
@tarheel7406
@tarheel7406 Год назад
Tyler/Perry really dropped the ball on this. It's a true test of talent and a boss move to write a song for another artist in a different genre. Bruce Springsteen wrote "Fire" for Elvis, and the Bee Gees wrote "To Love Somebody" for Otis Redding (if I recall correctly). Tyler/Perry should have given the song to a country artist and released their own version on some later greatest hits release.
@italia1577
@italia1577 Год назад
1. Back in the saddle 2. Sweet Emotion 3. Last Child
@Deepdriller328
@Deepdriller328 Год назад
Never regarded this song as a "hidden gem" but rather the "premier song" of the album. It's everything a Aerosmith song should be. Hard loud and full of hooks and the real gem great lyrics with top knotch guitars and drums. In other words a great Aerosmith song!!!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад
Easily one of my favorite Aerosmith songs.
@BoredOuttaMySkullBoi
@BoredOuttaMySkullBoi Год назад
I think the hidden gem of the Pump album may be "The Other Side"
@teal_panda_8434
@teal_panda_8434 Год назад
Yeah I think of this as a well known Aerosmith song? Maybe not as well known as Janies got a gun or walk this way...
@constipatedinsincity4424
@constipatedinsincity4424 Год назад
2:58 It's alright brother Thanks for remembering me
@acevaper
@acevaper Год назад
One thing though, somehow, I always hear as F I N G fine, from those days it came out until today
@foleynj86
@foleynj86 26 дней назад
Any TRUE Aerosmith fan should know What It Takes. It is very underrated and should get a lot more airplay than it has gotten over the last 30+ years. My introduction to Aerosmith was the CD "Big Ones" and I played the hell out of that CD especially that song. I also did a report on the song in junior high and got an A so that is another reason I love it as well.
@midnightmusicfanx36
@midnightmusicfanx36 Год назад
In the eighties, it was essential to have a power ballad as part of your stage show...Not only were they great songs, they altered the pace and tempo of a concert and set the stage for a high intensity rocker afterwards. Also, women loved them....A definite plus post concert.... Xxxxxxxx The title of this post made me laugh...I write fiction and poetry... There's been a few times I finished a poem and said, "Shit, it reads like a country song." lol
@Jimmietwotimes
@Jimmietwotimes 16 дней назад
Aerosmith. Another great 70's band diluted and bastardized into a shitty 80's-90's band.
@paulamaples9021
@paulamaples9021 Год назад
I had a feeling ‘what it takes’ was going to be the song, but I also think ‘ hangman’s jury’ & ‘crazy’ would make great country songs as well 🤘
@beenaplumber8379
@beenaplumber8379 6 месяцев назад
I never really connected with this song, but you had to drop that bomb about Dream On??? In what way is that a ballad? Ahem... Pump was the album that convinced me to give Aerosmith another chance after Permanent Vacation. It had real, classic Aerosmith rock on it, but there were signs of their "chick-rock" future, including this song. HOWEVER, the Pump tour was INCREDIBLE!!! They co-headlined with Guns & Roses (who were so high in Nashville, where I saw them, they only made it through 6 songs - barely), and the old Aerosmith was definitely present! I thought I could have been watching the Toys in the Attic tour! What an incredible show! They played their new stuff right away, then quickly moved on to the show they knew we came to see - the hard rock Aerosmith we all loved from the 70s. As recovering, sober people, I don't know how they could stand sharing the bill with G&R. They embarrassed themselves. For balance, I also saw G&R at the peak of their perfection, while they were touring Appetite for Destruction (they were the opening act for Alice Cooper in St Paul, MN), and that was such an incredible show I couldn't believe Alice would hire them as an opener. Surely they were upstaging him! But then I saw what an Alice Cooper live show really was, and I understood. I understand G&R only did like a half-dozen shows opening for Alice before they began headlining. They deserved it. What an incredible band, and a world-changing album! And what an incredible waste drugs are. Between 1987 and 1989 they had fallen from the most incredible rock act to a bunch of wasted fools who could barely hold themselves upright.
@Hodaggium
@Hodaggium Год назад
Certainly a country video if there ever was one. I wonder if Big & Rich would turn this into a straight up country song like they did with You Shook Me All Night Long.
@solman93
@solman93 Год назад
What about 1998 I Don't want to miss a thing?
@jeremymull6138
@jeremymull6138 Год назад
Great song, in my opinion. Still get it randomly stuck in my head out of the blue sometimes.
@williamwilkinson6665
@williamwilkinson6665 Год назад
Some country singer actually did a version of I don't wanna miss a thing
@DJFrankeeTNT
@DJFrankeeTNT Год назад
It’s been clearly my fave Aerosmith song ever. Unique and gutsy. You feel every word. Every note.
@edfoy2680
@edfoy2680 7 месяцев назад
I've seen these guys in concert just under 20 times going back to 1976 and ending in 1998. Even though I saw them more in the 80's and 90's versus the 70's , I still prefer the 70's version of the band much better. My favorite album by them was "Get Your Wings" followed by "Rocks" and their self titled debut. I would like "Toys In The Attic" better but due to all the overplay of "Walk this way" which I never really could understand, decent song just not great in my opinion. Their 80's material had some good to great songs but I never saw any totally fantastic albums. Too me alot of their hits in the 80's and early 90's were of the overly hyped cheesy variety. Just my opinion and we all know what they say about them, opinions are like butt holes - everybody has one but the only one that matters is mine.
@rickrickard2788
@rickrickard2788 Год назад
What I remember of this album? Honestly? I was stunned that Steven Tyler was sober too. In fact, as I finally began cleaning up my own act, I realized there's many out there, well known, who were doing the same thing. And it gave me the strength to continue on. Many weren't as opened about it. But for myself? Having come from a 80's Rock Band, who told me they'd had enough and needed to part ways? I was sure glad Tyler was one who did. Now, I grew up with more Country roots, than Rock? But moving back to CA. in my early teens, changed all that. Sobriety? Changed it back- except for myself? I stayed with Country. I wonder if that's something Steven Tyler may have experienced, however briefly, before settling back into his first passion? Guess we may never know, lol. I just know? I'd found a "theme song" to stay sober by, and came up with this line for myself- "What it takes"... is "Whatever it takes".
@TheSjuris
@TheSjuris Год назад
Drugs and alcohol just about destroyed Aerosmith.
@tuskermedic_E232
@tuskermedic_E232 26 дней назад
“Good in your life to the Toss of the SKY!” never knew he was saying DICE 🎲 🎲
@airdrie_wolf
@airdrie_wolf Год назад
Great song! Great break down, thanks Prof. Favourite Aerosmith song is impossible to say , one of those bands I could listen to for hours without getting bored. What it takes is the story of my life right now :( Maybe there is a hidden meaning in the song... Just sing "Let it go, Let it go, Let it go,Let it go ,Let it go ,Let it go ,Let it go ,Let it go Let it go ,Let it go ,Let it go ,Let it go ,Let it go ,Let it go ,Let it go ,Let it go ,Let it go ,Let it go ,Let it go ,Let it go ,Let it go ,Let it go ,Let it go ,Let it go ,Let it go ,Let it go ,Let it go ,Let it go ,Let it go ,Let it go Let it go ,Let it go ,Let it go ,Let it go ,Let it go ,Let it go ....... Until you brain gets it? Cheers!
@ghostmachine71
@ghostmachine71 Год назад
Cryin' definitely sounds like a country song, and I'm surprised a country artist hasn't covered it.
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