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Walk This Way Lyrics
Backstroker lover always hidin' 'neath the covers
'Til I talked to your daddy, he say
He said you ain't seen nothin' 'til you're down on a muffin
Then you're sure to be a changin' your ways
I met a cheerleader, was a real young bleeder
Oh the times I could reminisce
'Cause the best things of lovin' with her sister and her cousin
Only started with a little kiss
Like this!
Seesaw swingin' with the boys in the school
And your feet flyin' up in the air
Singin' hey diddle diddle
With your kitty in the middle of the swing like you didn't care
So I took a big chance at the high school dance
With a missy who was ready to play
Wasn't me she was foolin' 'cause she knew what she was doin'
And I knowed love is here to stay
When she told me to
Walk this way
Walk this way
Walk this way
Walk this way
Walk this way
Walk this way
Walk this way
Walk this way
A just gimmie a kiss
A like this!
Oooh...uuh
Schoolgirl sweetie with a classy kinda sassy
Little skirt's climbin' way up the knee
There was three young ladies in the school gym locker
When I noticed they was lookin' at me
I was a high school loser, never made it with a lady
'Til the boys told me somethin' I missed
Then my next door neighbor with a daughter had a favor
So I gave her just a little kiss
A like this!
Seesaw swingin' with the boys in the school
And your feet flyin' up in the air
Singin' hey diddle diddle
With your kitty in the middle of the swing like you didn't care
So I took a big chance at the high school dance
With a missy who was ready to play
Wasn't me she was foolin' 'cause she knew what she was doin'
When she told me how to walk this way
She told me to
Walk this way
Talk this way
Walk this way
Walk this way
Walk this way
Walk this way
Walk this way
Talk this way
A just gimmie a kiss
Like this!
Aerosmith may be a rock band, but there is no doubt in my mind that this is a rap. A very clever and well written rap (as opposed to perhaps 50Cent or Eminem), but a rap nonetheless. I don't agree with anybody who says this is the best Aerosmith song, and certainly not by far. It is an amazing song, and is certainly a classic... and yes it probably is the most popular Aerosmith song (besides "Don't Wanna Miss A Thing" perhaps... but in my books, if Tyler didn't write it, it isn't Aerosmith.) but to me it just isn't classic Aerosmith.
Nonetheless, fantastic song. Aerosmith are legends.
I get what you mean, but, you could make that argument about virtually any song with a strong backbeat and staccato delivery! (kids!) ;)
I get what you mean, but, you could make that argument about virtually any song with a strong backbeat and staccato delivery! (kids!) ;)
They went to the movie "Young Frankenstein" and saw one of the characters, Egore, say "walk this way" that's how Steven got the idea for the lyrics to an already kick ass guitar lick. honest to God.
@diseased_and_amused At first, I didn't believe this, as I thought that Walk This Way was written before the release of Young Frankenstein. However, after some research, I found that it's true! Young Frankenstein" was released on December 15, 1974, and this song was written in early 1975 and released as a single on August 28, 1975.
@diseased_and_amused At first, I didn't believe this, as I thought that Walk This Way was written before the release of Young Frankenstein. However, after some research, I found that it's true! Young Frankenstein" was released on December 15, 1974, and this song was written in early 1975 and released as a single on August 28, 1975.
From Wikipedia: "Deciding to take a break from recording, band members and producer Jack Douglas went down to Times Square to see Mel Brooks' "Young Frankenstein". Returning to the studio, they were laughing about Marty Feldman telling Gene Wilder to follow him in the film, saying...
From Wikipedia: "Deciding to take a break from recording, band members and producer Jack Douglas went down to Times Square to see Mel Brooks' "Young Frankenstein". Returning to the studio, they were laughing about Marty Feldman telling Gene Wilder to follow him in the film, saying "walk this way" and limping. Douglas suggested this as a title for their song."
@diseased_and_amused it's pronounced eye-gore
@diseased_and_amused it's pronounced eye-gore
The "Young Frankenstein" story is probably apocryphal, especially since the joke, "Walk this way" - - "If I could walk that way I wouldn't need the talcum powder" - - has been around for decades prior to both the song and the film. According to SongFacts.com: "(Steven) Tyler, however, tells a different story regarding the inspiration for the title . . . "The song title evolved from watching The Three Stooges on TV. They walked this way and that." Not sure what that meant; possibly, the "Slowly I Turned" sketch from their "Niagara Falls" episode?...
The "Young Frankenstein" story is probably apocryphal, especially since the joke, "Walk this way" - - "If I could walk that way I wouldn't need the talcum powder" - - has been around for decades prior to both the song and the film. According to SongFacts.com: "(Steven) Tyler, however, tells a different story regarding the inspiration for the title . . . "The song title evolved from watching The Three Stooges on TV. They walked this way and that." Not sure what that meant; possibly, the "Slowly I Turned" sketch from their "Niagara Falls" episode?
Run DMC killed this song in every possible way. RAP SUX
Just as "Puff Daddy" mutilated Zep's "Kashmir" on SNL, and with Zep's permission and lead guitarist, Jimmy Page, playing, no less! In all such cases, the rappers either didn't understand the songs and/or thought they could bring it to a new generation by covering it their way. Some things just don't translate! And yes, rap sucks! :)
Just as "Puff Daddy" mutilated Zep's "Kashmir" on SNL, and with Zep's permission and lead guitarist, Jimmy Page, playing, no less! In all such cases, the rappers either didn't understand the songs and/or thought they could bring it to a new generation by covering it their way. Some things just don't translate! And yes, rap sucks! :)
I think its about learning how to "relate" to women, learning how to walk, talk,act, etc. like a man.
"Relate." Well put! ;)
"Relate." Well put! ;)
I must admit I was agry at Aerosmith for many years for the rap version of this song. If Leonardo DaVinci defaced the Mona Lisa, he would still be arrested for vandalism if it is no longer his painting. Never mind that he created the artwork. WTW is not different. Recently a friend in the industry explained to me that the rap version was critical to Aerosmith's relaunch in the 1980's, so I have softened my stance.
This song is about the sexual awakening of a young man. He is very excited about "getting to third base," as walking in this context is about fingering a girl with two digits. Of course going down on a muffin doesn't need nearllly as much explanation.
The song takes us through the a progression of the a young boy's early sexuality. First, he is masturbating (backstroke lover) then he is seeking girls his own age when he met a cheerleader who was a real young bleeder.
In the last verse, he finally makes his move and gets his conquest. After all the masturbation, advice from others and talking about sex, he finally takes a big chance at a high school dance with a missy who was ready to play He ends with my favorite line in that he wasn't surprised and in fact was delighted that her knowledge of managing female genitalia was at the Instructor level.
@mirgang You probably hit the best description of this song yet. I saw Aerosmith play at Westboro Speedway in Mass. in '74 when I was a freshman in HS, I Loved them. Got stoned everyday listening to their albums after school.
@mirgang You probably hit the best description of this song yet. I saw Aerosmith play at Westboro Speedway in Mass. in '74 when I was a freshman in HS, I Loved them. Got stoned everyday listening to their albums after school.
the song is an ode to teenage lust - "back stroke lover" -masturbation, "He said you ain't seen nothin' 'til you're down on a muffin" - you havnt experienced anything till you've had REAL p***y. And thats the truth.
About a promiscuous cheerleader who leads a schoolboy through his first sexual experience.
Let's be politically correct, here: It's about a horny schoolboy. And why is it that if a guy does it with a lot of women, he's considered a "stud," but, given the reverse, the woman is considered a "slut," "nymphomaniac," or, as you stated, "promiscuous," et al.?
Let's be politically correct, here: It's about a horny schoolboy. And why is it that if a guy does it with a lot of women, he's considered a "stud," but, given the reverse, the woman is considered a "slut," "nymphomaniac," or, as you stated, "promiscuous," et al.?
This song is awesome, but I am a fanatic of Aerosmith and so I don't visualize it as their best. But the phrase "walk this way" means, when a guy fingers a girl but with 2 fingers, and while he is fingering her, his fingers are in a walking motion. SWEAR TO GOD. I found it out in their autobiography.
WOW I kinda knew like it was about sex but it's hard to make out the words some times and actually work out what they mean...wow...that's more intense than I had thought!!!! Lol ...ewww even. But what does that guy mean "the riff is too hard and its too fast" does he mean to play on a guitar?? It was the first song I learned man!
degree7 you don't know what you're talking about.
This is the coolest riff ever conducted in the history of forever and will never be topped.
The cleverest concoction of sleazy lyrics in the history of forever.
Overall, in the history of forever it's a great song.