It's like a lot of Aerosmith songs... the lyrics consist of descriptive phrases, strung together in a cool sounding way. But they're essentially random, describing random situations, that aren't related in a way that particularly makes sense - a series of cool images, cobbled together into a rhyme scheme. That aside, the song is a great rocker, probably one of their 3 or 4 best tracks. It drips with attitude, and drives like crazy. It's dead simple, and works because of the power of the slide riff and the force of the lead vocal Their live version of it can be pretty transcendant, especially the Joe Perry slide playing. If anyone thinks it's easy to write one of these, try coming up with a riff this bulletproof.
As a lyricist though, Steven Tyler is kind of a paradox. Some of his lines are so cool, brainy and phonetically powerful. But mostly, a great line is followed by a lazy one, and they never seem to add up to any kind of description of anything specific. Surrealistic coolness, it's great if you don't mind there being no point. What you hear first here, is all you get. if that's enough for you, it works like crazy. This track is on my top ten greatest rock songs of all time list. The performance is just so good. If the words don't really mean anything .....Who cares?
It's like a lot of Aerosmith songs... the lyrics consist of descriptive phrases, strung together in a cool sounding way. But they're essentially random, describing random situations, that aren't related in a way that particularly makes sense - a series of cool images, cobbled together into a rhyme scheme. That aside, the song is a great rocker, probably one of their 3 or 4 best tracks. It drips with attitude, and drives like crazy. It's dead simple, and works because of the power of the slide riff and the force of the lead vocal Their live version of it can be pretty transcendant, especially the Joe Perry slide playing. If anyone thinks it's easy to write one of these, try coming up with a riff this bulletproof. As a lyricist though, Steven Tyler is kind of a paradox. Some of his lines are so cool, brainy and phonetically powerful. But mostly, a great line is followed by a lazy one, and they never seem to add up to any kind of description of anything specific. Surrealistic coolness, it's great if you don't mind there being no point. What you hear first here, is all you get. if that's enough for you, it works like crazy. This track is on my top ten greatest rock songs of all time list. The performance is just so good. If the words don't really mean anything .....Who cares?