VH-1 did the ‘Top 50 Videos Of All-Time’ – we were No.1. “People tell me it’s the greatest rap record ever made and the greatest video. Aerosmith may have benefited more from the success – they soon kicked their addictions and enjoyed a hugely successful comeback.ĭMC can see what the song accomplished. Raising Hell was soon a smash, peaking at No.6 on the US album chart, while Walk This Way hit No.4 on the US singles chart. Soon after, the video was filmed, which MTV aired throughout the summer of 1986. We didn’t think it was going to be a big hit, but people were loving it.” Me and Run were so puzzled, because the reaction was overwhelming. They’d been eating lunch from McDonald’s.”Īs soon as Run-DMC began playing their version of Walk This Way, DMC knew they were on to something. “Run and D and Jay were huddled in a corner, really intent on something. In the Walk This Way… autobiography, Tyler reflected on the sessions. He was like a little kid – excited and enthused.”
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But Steve was just very friendly and inquisitive, like, ‘Wow, do the DJ thing Jay – show me how to DJ’. He’d nod at you, go over and play the guitar, finish his riff. “Steven was very friendly and Joe Perry didn’t say one word. Aerosmith: How We Made Toys In The AtticĭMC recalls his first impressions of the Aero-duo.The Story Behind The Song: Bring The Noise By Anthrax And Public Enemy.Steel Panther's 10 Favourite Aerosmith Songs.I thought they’d show us ideas on how to rearrange the song, but all they had was a drum track.” Perry added, “I didn’t know what was gonna happen when I walked into the studio. In the 1997 book Walk This Way: The Autobiography Of Aerosmith, the band’s then-manager, Tim Collins, admits not knowing what rap was when Rubin first suggested the session – but agreed when offered $8,000 for a day’s studio work. So we went in the booth and that went so good that Steven said, ‘Yo, let me get in with y’all’.” Jay was like, ‘Yo, don’t think of the record as “Steven Tyler and Joe Perry’s record”, think of those lyrics as Run-DMC lyrics’. Me and Run knew we had to step our game up. We walk in and Joe Perry is playing his riff, Steven Tyler is in the booth doing the lyrics. Eight hours later, we get a call to come back to the studio. “We went into the studio and laid down a weak version – because we didn’t want to do the record – and left. What Run-DMC didn’t know was Rubin had already asked Perry and Tyler to drop by Magic Ventures Studios in NYC.
When Steven Tyler opened his mouth, we got on the phone: ‘Y’all motherfuckers – we’re going to be ruined!’. But he persuaded me and Jay to sit down and listen to the lyrics, so we put the needle on the record. That’s going to be fake, nobody in hip-hop is going to like it’.
“Me and Run were like, ‘You’re taking this rock-rap shit too far – you’re going to ruin us. When Rubin suggested Run-DMC re-do the song, DMC remembers resistance.
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