LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-MAY 19, 2019…AEROSMITH RELEASED THE SINGLE SWEET EMOTION ON THIS DATE IN 1975. THIS WAS THE SINGLE THAT STARTED A STRING OF SUCCESS FOR THE GROUP THAT LASTED THROUGH THE REST OF THE 70’S AND EARLY 80’S. IRONICALLY, STEVEN TYLER WROTE THIS SONG ABOUT HOW FRUSTRATED HE WAS WITH THE BAND. THE GROUP WAS DOING A LOT OF DRUGS AT THE TIME AND TENSIONS OFTEN RAN HIGH, ESPECIALLY BETWEEN TYLER AND JOE PERRY.
TYLER ATTRIBUTES THE FIRST LINES:
“Talk about things that nobody cares, wearing out things that nobody wears”
TO JOE PERRY’S GIRLFRIEND AT THE TIME ELISSA, AND TO ONE INCIDENT IN PARTICULAR. ONE NIGHT WHEN TYLER WENT TO PERRY’S HOTEL ROOM LOOKING FOR SOME HEROIN PERRY AND ELISSA SENT HIM AWAY, REFUSING TO SHARE THEIR DRUGS.
IN THE AEROSMITH AUTOBIOGRAPHY ‘WALK THIS WAY” TYLER SAID THESE LINES WERE HIS:
“Angry side talking,” and adds that when he wrote the lyrics, “Can’t say baby where I’ll be in a year ,” HE WAS THINKING, “but it will be at at least 1000 miles away from you!”
THE MUSIC WAS BASED ON A BASS LINE TOM HAMILTON CAME UP WITH.
TYLER WROTE THE LYRICS(PERRY WAS KNOWN AS “MR. SWEET EMOTION”)
AND THEY PUT THE SONG TOGETHER IN A JAM SESSION.
THIS WAS THE FIRST SINGLE RELEASED FROM THE ALBUM ‘TOYS IN THE ATTIC.’ THE SONG STILL REMAINS POPULAR TO THIS DAY WITH OVER 3 MILLION DIGITAL DOWNLOADS
THIS IS THE OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR ‘SWEET EMOTION.’
