Thursday 10th June

Aerosmith - Festival Stage (4/5)

When Aerosmith played SRF the last time we wrote 2007 and I was expecting a lot - Having seen them on several occasions, I knew that they are a killer live band and after the four or five first songs I thought they would play the best gig in SRF’s history........Enter the ballads. Not only did they kill the whole show by playing all those ballads in a row, but they decided to throw a couch on stage to sit and do some acoustics as well. That’s when I left in a rage.

This year they were booked again and I won’t be the lesser man, so I had no problem giving them another chance. And this time they took it. After a couple of turbulent years with Steven Tyler falling off the wagon to drugs and inside fighting with Tyler wanting to go solo and the rest of the band looking for a replacement, they had decided that they wanted to show everyone how the big boys do it, that they’re hungry again and that they won’t go away anytime soon.

Basing the set on seventies material made a lot of us happy, bringing back stuff like “Kings And Queens” and “Lord Of The Tights” mixed with crowd pleasers like “Toys In The Attic”, “Draw The Line”, ”Back In The Saddle”, “Sweet Emotion”, “Dream On” and of course “Walk This Way”. Plus the covers “Walking The Dog” and “Baby Please Don’t Leave Me” that fitted in very well, even though I would have chosen a couple of originals instead. The eighties were somewhat neglected, no “Dude Looks Like A Lady”, “Janies Got A Gun” or “Rag Doll”, but “Love In An Elevator” was a great opener. The ballads were there and that’s ok when spread out through the set and some of them, like “Cryin’” are a must, but why they keep playing crap like “Jaded” or “I Don’t Wanna Miss A Thing” is beyond me.

No one would have cried had those been left out and with the treasure chest of songs that Aerosmith have, there is at least a dozen songs they could have played. Ok, enuff of the complaining, Aerosmith played a great gig, they sounded hungry and like they meant business and hopefully this wasn’t the last we saw of them.

Now, will you please release that album that has been in the works for the last years already.



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Review : Jon Wilmenius

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