The Train Kept A Rollin - Aerosmith | The Midnight Special

Aerosmith performed August 16, 1974
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[@benjaminbaird9303]

No doubt. The 70's is the golden Era of rock n roll.

[@jessewolf7649]

60s for me…JJ Flash…

[@promark5317]

@@jessewolf7649 The 60's was the birth of heavy rock. The 70's refined and perfected it. The 80's ruined it and made it hacky and commercial. (im talking about hair bands, not early metal and punk) IN MY OPINION

[@daviddalrymple2284]

Yup. Rock was at its best right before it splintered off into a bunch of siloed off subgenres. Sure, there were lots of different rock genres in the early 70s (metal, prog, glam, etc.) but the lines were blurrier, and you had more artists who would straddle two or more genres at once.

[@lynnschnekenburger7270]

Have to add the 60s as well 🙂

[@impalaman9707]

Which will ALWAYS be the measuring stick by which all future rock music will be judged! And never duplicated again!

[@maplejames6992]

One of the only bands to have the exact same lineup for 50 years. Exceptional.

[@rogerdaly6326]

Joe Perry left Aerosmith in 1979 , Brad Whitford left in 1981 , they both returned in 1984. On the current farewell tour Joey Kramer is not playing drums , he's been replaced by his former drum tech John Douglas who filled in for Joey in 2019 when Joey injured his foot & again in 2022 when Joey took time off to be with his family & focus on his health 3 months after the passing of his wife Linda.

[@SteveKraus]

This is why the 70's rock.

[@hanskloss1331]

and ROLL

[@danielhoran8416]

It’s really Aerosmith mentor and instructor Klaus Nomi that’s responsible for all great bands of the70s and 80s. His pen was in every song all of the big bands wrote . He deserves all the credit for their success. And he reviewed.and ok”d every thing.any of the guys wrote. After he left Aerosmith cuz of Tyler’s sexual behavior and advances they went downhill. He trained Joe on how to play . Randy Rhodes, Jimi James Hendrix,,, all Klaus Nomis pupils. Klaus Nomi was a master. Aerosmith,Kiss , Iron Maiden , even Queen nd the Stones are all his work. His video of his hit Total Eclipse shows his mastery and shows clearly where They all got their style , mannerisms and talent

[@carlsaganlives5112]

@@danielhoran8416 Also well known as 'the 6th Beatle' for his ghostwriting.

[@impalaman9707]

And will never duplicated again!

[@BackwoodsFilms]

What I wouldn't give to have this Aerosmith back.

[@anthonyfrombelow]

Just need a kilo of coke.

[@teriekwilliams2828]

They play that song better today than they did on this special. The performance isn't very good at all, and is surpassed by so many performances of the same song.

[@jaykeehan5813]

I watched some of the tapes from their recent Vegas residency (man, that does make then sound like a bunch of aspiring MDs), and I think yours would very much be a minority opinion about end stage Aero being > than early era Aero. I believe that Rocks is is one of the finest albums ever released by any band. A lot fell apart after that. It is amazing that they remained intact (Kramer’s health challenges notwithstanding) for a half century. One of the few bands where I can name every member.

[@SundayMorningRunner]

Its been 50 years, gramps. Let it go.

[@teriekwilliams2828]

​@@jaykeehan5813 They sound better here in Vegas: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmmkZ32KZrmif6M&ab_channel=gooddogs74 . This from 1974 performance is sloppy, slower and they're using bad sound equipment.

[@brianingell3174]

listened to Aerosmith and Bad Company every morning before going out to wait for the school bus. mom was happy when I left.....

[@DanielCochranSC]

lol

[@randy-yu5uz]

I saw these guys in June of 1974 open for Lynyrd Skynyrd. They were a hot mess. It’s a miracle that they are all still with us. Tickets $5.50. ✌️

[@MrGenexxx]

They are with us because their managers were smart enough not to buy that garbage plane in 77

[@Tom-ok2rh]

@@MrGenexxxthat’s exactly right because the story goes was they looked into buying it but decided against it.

[@humanactivated1017]

Who cares about he plane they didn’t buy , it’s a miracle none of them OD’d . This is a doped out 3:17 shit storm

[@inthenameofliberty6417]

I saw them at least 15 times prior to releasing their 1st album and multiple times following. They were always a core rock n roll band. Upper New England is very proud of their success and their music lives on !!

[@DIOSpeedDemon]

I understand they did not like the pilots or drinking Jack while looking at the craft..???

[@ruggie.74]

I wish Van Halen had the opportunity to play on this show. This is some of the most incredibly well-preserved (in terms of fidelity and quality) music-television I have ever seen from this period.

[@PatchworkAndNuance]

Yes 🙌🏼

[@ruggie.74]

@@PatchworkAndNuance Right? Its a shame they didn't really get noticed right away. Of course, I think this show wasn't airing at the time of Van Halen I in 1978, so the literally JUST missed out!

[@PatchworkAndNuance]

@@ruggie.74 absolutely 👍🏼

[@impalaman9707]

You can thank Wolfman Jack for being cool enough to bring all this to you!

[@97warlock]

They would soon release ....one of the best albums of the 70s Toys in the Attic

[@lynnschnekenburger7270]

Then Rocks the following year. Kick ass LP!!!!!

[@impalaman9707]

Yep. In fact, they would begin recording that historic album just a few months after this performance on the Midnight Special!

[@brianharris9949]

Damn, I remember coming home from roller skating and watching this show every Saturday night. The good old days…

[@brooks5656]

I couldn't fuckin imagine.

[@rogerdaly6326]

And Don Kirshner's Rock Concert

[@brianharris9949]

Yes! Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert was another one we were lucky enough to have experienced.

[@lynnschnekenburger7270]

Me too, but usually stoned!!!🤣 ✌❤

[@brianharris9949]

Yes! And to think now it’s legal recreationally in some states including the one I now reside in. 💨💨💨

[@garysondrini4911]

Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner sure gave that song life with their guitar chops on Get Your Wings.

[@xtremErisa]

You can really hear what Hunter and Wagner did for this song, when you see what happened when these guys tried it.

[@Dan-zq5wt]

Agree: they just didn’t have great chops at this point. Perry’s solos sound disjointed. He definitely improved a lot over time.

[@cigarbuttmutt6023]

that would have probably destroyed me to know that my producer replaced me with another guitarist...who wasn't even in the band!

[@xtremerisaxtremerisa1046]

Ha - it's such a GREAT story!

[@GalaxyRover1020]

Agreed, many people don't know that Perry & Whitford were too lame to play the hot solos that are on the album. Also a little tidbit is that on the Get Your Wings version the "live" part contains audience from The Concert For Bangladesh. I read that in in bio their book.

[@phil4208]

Aerosmith cutting their teeth on the midnight special , absolutely live , thats old school kids, the way us rockers like it

[@user-er3du2co2n]

I’ve seen Aerosmith 61 times in my 60 years, I’m born n raised in Cincy n they played all over the Midwest in the 70s, 80s n 90s n without a doubt Americas best Rock Band !

[@exmarine268]

This was when Aerosmith was a true hard rock/metal band. Get Your Wings - every track was a banger.

[@PsychoThirteen]

And then they reached the mid 80's and started sucking...

[@stuartgoodloe9537]

@exmarine268 If I had a dollar for every time I've played/listened to GET YOUR WINGS, I'd be a wealthy man. Just curious your thoughts on GET A GRIP? Those two are my favorites.

[@eldoabrahamson]

There's no such thing as false hard rock/metal.

[@PsychoThirteen]

@@eldoabrahamson I think the comparison isn't about "true vs false" it's about hard rock 70's Aerosmith vs soft rock/pop mid to late 80's Aerosmith. That's how I read it.

[@exmarine268]

@@eldoabrahamson - Sure there is. Lots of pretenders out there

[@HellOnWheel]

I think these kids have potential.

[@SimonSheen990]

Right. These dudes look like a lady can surely make it if they dream on.

[@b5maddog]

Potential but not longevity

[@drm54321]

Mick Jagger's in a new band???

[@no834]

they were really great in the 70's then like many turned to crap in the 80's and beyond

[@georgemaranville3305]

As long as they don’t get hepped up on the goofballs.

[@user-vp8nu8qq3d]

I’m 65 I loved the 70s still with the same wife too love it!!

[@remohio]

Love the first four albums (and live bootleg).

[@JoseRamirez-nw7pg]

The real and only version of Aerosmith are those albums ❤

[@guillermo3564]

I must agree. I had those 5 albums as well, as far as I was concerned they went to sh*t after Rocks. Rocks kicked a$$, and imo, everything after that sucked. I saw the Rocks tour in '77, which wasn't that remarkable. Then I saw them again in '91 on whatever p.o.s. album they were touring and they flat out sucked.

[@musicmike1960]

Rocks was years ahead of it's time.

[@Mark-eu4di]

Yes! A smokin album!

[@rogerdaly6326]

Half of Draw The Line was good , the other half you could hear how the substance intake started taking its toll.

[@staxmantim]

Can’t believe there aren’t any comments (that I can see) about how great of a drummer Joey Kramer is and as evident here, always has been!

[@kickstar1]

That's because he sucks. I love early Aerosmith but speaking as a pro drummer, he is terrible live.

[@brooks5656]

Haha, yea...they all blast him in biographies about the band.

[@jameslatta6813]

There was a rawness and authenticity to them that was very unique. Born to be rock stars.

[@thomasmurphy9348]

Shows what a good producer can do.

[@user-dc5rg9mn1p]

And having Steve Hunter & Dick Wagner playing the guitar parts in the studio!

[@thomasmurphy9348]

@@user-dc5rg9mn1p ..yep..part of the producers job...hear what a song could sound like..with the right players

[@4rah46]

Early 70's Rock 'n Roll was just the best, period

[@beastbee0118]

Late 60s too

[@4rah46]

@@beastbee0118 I’ll give you a close 2nd… Doors, Hendrix, Kinks, Beatles, Zeppelin

[@David-xd5qs]

Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart, The Faces, Alice Cooper,

[@rock-n-rollmusicandmore6560]

This is excellent. A young and fame hungry band delivers a perfect performance. Imagine how it must have been to see them live at the Anaheim stadium in 1976 when they played this with the late Jeff Beck.

[@hotrox2112]

"Rocks" Tour, Also with Jan Hammer/ and Rick Derringer opening...

[@jonnuanez7183]

​@@hotrox2112 That's an awesome ticket...those 4 in one night. Wow!!!

[@daveguitarnowski4402]

Here to represent the gig at Comiskey Park in Chicago when some fireworks started the stands on fire during Beck's set!

[@daveguitarnowski4402]

@@jonnuanez7183 Actually Hammer was playing with Beck that tour(supporting their Live album). There was a 4th act though: The Stu Day (Daye?) Band. Some Mott/Dylan knockoff that wasn't very interesting.

[@williamtynertyner1425]

It was very cool, I was there, Starz, Derringer, Skynryd cancelled, Flo and Eddie m.c.s, Beck, Aerosmith,The Big A @ The Big A.

[@yellowveedub]

Aaahhhh the 70's! Followed by the 80's then the 90's. Lucky for me I got to participate in all three! Still going obviously but those three decades were memorable to say the least!

[@markt4605]

Tyler looks like a kid! Loved the whole Get Your Wings album. Thanks for posting an awesome live version of this song!

[@lisascorp]

Get your Wings is my all time favorite Aerosmith album. Of course I like Rocks and Toys too. Probably because Wings was first album I ever heard of their's in its entirety. Every song on it is great. Steven was sure cute then, but I was only 8 years old when they did this performance.

[@planomathandscience]

The looooong years of drug abuse haven't kicked in, yet.

[@andyZ3500s]

​@@lisascorpGet your Wings was the first album that I ever had. By the way I was 8 years old when they did this performance also.

[@stuartgoodloe9537]

@@planomathandscience And they were still kicking ass in their live shows in 2014. 40 yrs after the Midnight Special broadcast. I've seen video of them in 2022-23. Still amazingly tight and energetic. I was approx. 11 years old when this was broadcast. Please go sell craaaazy somewhere else.

[@dukabear2640]

⁠@@stuartgoodloe9537 Amen brother 🙏 To come through all that and release Pump - a killer from start to finish - shows the true nature of their talent and commitment.

[@DanielCochranSC]

50 yrs later still sounds so fantastic. God bless

[@seanmahoney2755]

When you went to see these guys at the Boston Garden in the 70s, it was dangerous. Every leather jacket dude from every high school in Massachusetts in one place. Wild.

[@yancyjenkinssr1824]

Lol..any fights? Rival gangs?

[@13iffRifkin]

Dude! What strange twist of fate brought us to the same place, only 2 weeks apart? Rock on! >>(Dan)

[@seanmahoney2755]

@@13iffRifkin Dano! What’s up brother? We are rockers from Massachusetts! Where else would we be? See you soon!

[@bryanb4141]

I remember fighting sleep to stay up for Don Kirchner or the Midnight Special in hopes of some cool shit like this.

[@nutsco1]

How does this onlyh have 4k likes....geez, amazing early on performance, rare and glad it was filmed and saved to enjoy in 2024,

[@larrylawson2912]

I was 16 in 1966 and living on base at Dyess AFB with my parents, me and some of my friends went to Dallas to see The Yardbirds, and they played this song. Yardbirds was a killer band. They had Page, Beck, and Clapton as guitarist at one time or another. Page and Beck were members together.

[@bronsonmejia1794]

This is awesome. The Midnight Special. the gift that just kept giving.

[@60zeller]

Going by these clips you forget that Midnight Special was 95 percent Neil Sadaka and Captain and Tanielli

[@michaelthornburg2491]

Aerosmith was a great band back then way before corporate record companies ruined them.

[@inthenameofliberty6417]

I saw them at least 15 times prior to releasing their 1st album and multiple times following. They were always a core rock n roll band. Upper New England is very proud of their success and their music lives on !!

[@bryanjordan4262]

Have you picked up Julian Gill’s book ‘Aerosmith On Tour 1973-85’? It covers all those early gigs (actually dating back to 1970) setlists, headliners, openers, reviews. It’s a great historic document of the band.

[@deyonnapattie8973]

My first concert Aerosmith /Nazareth . Richfield Coliseum . Much love and appreciation for growing up in this era . I wanna go back !!!! 🎩🎸💘🎵🎶☮️🤩

[@rogerdaly6326]

They were my first concert too , 1977. KISS was my second 1979 , Van Halen in 1980.

[@KittyGrizGriz]

That bass is fantastic here! Chugging along like a fricken freight train - holding that back beat rhythm, fantastic stuff !!!!

[@stevedanos9866]

70's ERA AeroSmith!!!! America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band!!!! Early AeroSmith is the Best AeroSmith!

[@Earlvis]

Greatest my ass.

[@MrGenexxx]

@@Earlvis easily the greatest hard rock band from America. All other legendary bands were from England.

[@Earlvis]

@@MrGenexxx Not even close. Aerosmirh was good but never great. There were many bands that were better.

[@MrGenexxx]

@@Earlvis Nope they are the greatest. Based on the 70s alone. But if you add their comeback in the 80s and 90s there's really no debate. They influenced so many other great bands that were supposed to replace them but Aerosmith outlived them all.

[@Earlvis]

@@MrGenexxx Listen to the Allman Brothers Band “Live at the Fillmore East” record and you’ll hear the greatest rock band ever. Duane and Dickey were way ahead of Brad and Joe and then add in the dual-drummers and Gregg Allman’s Hammond B-3 work. It’s not even close. Molly Hatchett also blew Aerosmith off the stage.

[@dwaynewladyka577]

This is such an epic version and performance of this song. Aerosmith are such an amazing band. Cheers! ✌️

[@StephanieJeanne]

Indeed! Love it!✌️

[@steveo44]

One of the best front men ever. Crazy that they sound this good so early in their career.

[@rebeccawagner4167]

This song totally kicks ass❤ This song is a song from the good ole days.

[@barrygreenstein8383]

Sure is because it was originally done by The Yardbirds.

[@The_R-n-I_Guy]

Get Your Wings, Toys in the Attic, just awesome albums from start to finish

[@rideon1956]

and Rocks

[@aschule5684]

​@@rideon1956 I was just going to add that 👍

[@The_R-n-I_Guy]

​@rideon1956 how did I forget that?!?

[@gervais.d8399]

The 70s rocked.

[@InService77]

Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner were sorely missed on this performance

[@mcfarlanejb19]

Amen! I love most of Aerosmith's 70s music (and a little bit of their 80s stuff), and what people my age refer to as Classic Rock--I'm 54 so I think I can really appreciate the rawness of live recordings, especially the unpredictability of tv performances of the 50s - 80s artists, and I know that this was the height of their heroin addictions, but this is...shockingly bad, wow. Obviously, good music producers, both studio and live, were worth their weight in gold. I've learned that many of my memories of my younger years (music, films, tv, comic books, etc) are evidently better off as memories without documentation.

[@billsouza4457]

@@mcfarlanejb19 Lol no...The serious drug problems were 3/4 years down the road. Whitford(criminally underrated overall) and especially Perry just were not great guitar players at this point. Sad thing is after all the years since get your wings they have never been able to replicate that original blistering Steve Hunter guitar work.

[@David-vu7zy]

Yes. I saw them live 4 years after this and sadly they were so wasted. Glad they recovered

[@kilroy2517]

@@billsouza4457 As a guitarist in a cover band, I can tell you it's really hard duplicating another guitarist's leads (especially when he's a better guitarist). I clicked this video just to see what Joe Perry would do, and I was pleasantly surprised. I can imagine when Perry first that recording and thought "I have to play that live?!"

[@rogerdaly6326]

​@@kilroy2517 I did the same thing , i had to see if Perry even came close. Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner made it hard for Perry as they played cleaner lines. Perry was always a little sloppy.

[@mauriciogianguzzo6086]

Love Aerosmith!!!! Greetings from Argentina!!!🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷

[@kraquin]

It's good to be old now to have been young then.

[@josesergiosanchezgutierrez]

The 70's Aerosmith...The Best Aerosmith

[@ricobonifacio1095]

That bass thumps, I love it

[@henryhoward8341]

This appearence was Aerosmith's first big exsporure in America. Perhaps even saved their career. Their first album didn't sell at all and "Get Your Wings" (released March 15, 1974) was selling slowly at the time. This appeaence may have been the turning point.

[@Raelyn976]

I had "Get Your Wings" and "Toys in the Attic" @ 13....memorized it from front to back. Got to see AC/DC open for Aerosmith in '77....Tyler mooned the audience

[@jennifersman7990]

At the time of this appearance Dream On had been re-released and became a hit so that led to them playing Midnight Special and their 2 previous albums being rediscovered

[@henryhoward8341]

@@jennifersman7990 Dream On wasn't reissued until January 1976 after the success of Toys In The Attic and Walk This Way. Peaking at #6. Though it was a regional hit in the Boston area in 1973.

[@timeportal8937]

Loved get your wings The first 4 albums were vintage Aerosmith then they went in a commercial direction and changed their style Never followed them afterwards

[@henryhoward8341]

@@timeportal8937 Yes. The first four albums. Then drugs and bad habits derailed them.

[@ScooterOnHisWay2024]

Amazing song and performance. These guys were in their prime when this went down.

[@joefleezymarquez6122]

These guys will be big someday

[@Barry101er]

Pretty raw! ❤

[@davidlewis8814]

In the liner notes for this DVD, it says that because they recorded this at around 10am, the boys in the band had to start drinking at 6am to get their usual feel just right

[@eatcat2]

Us who were there in those times know just how good it was 😢

[@kellylappin5944]

Yes we did! We ate it up!

[@David-vu7zy]

Love this. This was 8 years before MTV and Midnight Special and Don Kirschners Rock Concert were one of the few ways to see performances of bands on tv. I would stay up every weekend for this.

[@rogerdaly6326]

Did the same with both of those shows.

[@impalaman9707]

This is historic footage! They were just a few months away from recording their third album, "Toys in the Attic"!

[@StephanieJeanne]

With a heave and a ho...Aerosmith is a great way to start the week! This is one of my favorites of theirs! Fire performance! 🔥 Wish I could have seen them live back then. 🙌💜

[@gregoryduncan3067]

Saw them once on the Nine Lives tour.

[@StephanieJeanne]

@@gregoryduncan3067 Oh wow! Now I'm jealous!😜☺️

[@gregoryduncan3067]

​@@StephanieJeanneI admit that was a good one.

[@michaelcosta1369]

I got to see them in Memphis in 1987, they were awesome.

[@KittyGrizGriz]

Me too, me too, back then in their prime would have been a fantastic show to see live.

[@joetrolo7076]

I'll have to rock my new Midnight Special t-shirt for this one!

[@rosamattisse4652]

I have such fond memories of this show. I used to come home from a night out just to watch. I’m probably saw this one too!

[@mikeshomin8144]

Awesome! Loved their music since 1973! Saw them in Nov of 74 at Central MI University and was hooked.

[@johnmurray950]

I had seen them in the early 70s as well while they were touring the Get Your Wings album. Saw them at Westboro Speedway in Mass. Great show!

[@IhavebecomeComfortablyNumb]

CMU hosted some pretty good shows back then. I saw BTO and Dave Mason there as I recall. Was going to Ferris State at the time which is about 45 minutes to the west. At Ferris I saw Blue Oyster Cult, Ted Nugent, Bob Segar & the Silver Bullet Band, Rick Wakeman, James Gang (post Joe Walsh), J Geils Band, and King Crimson. Can you imagine that happening these days? I can’t. I’m 70 years old now and those days can never be replicated. What a time to be growing up and seem so long ago.

[@PatchworkAndNuance]

Outstanding! Classic ✌🏼

[@TheBent139]

The urban dictionary can help define the meaning of this song. This is classic blues. Why can't we have something like The Midnight Special or In Concert these days? There are plenty of talented live musicians out there even today.

[@skeezix8156]

Cable tv has been losing subscribers by the millions each quarter for years. Its turned into something those old people have now

[@TheMonolake]

Midnight Special and Soul TRAIN. GOLDEN YEARS

[@aisforapple2494]

You forgot 'Don Kirschner's Rock Concert'!

[@stevencurrie1540]

Yeah. Keep finding the Vintage AEROSMITH totally love it

[@bigelile07]

The Midnight Special and Don Kirshner's Rock Concert were *awesome* . Too bad we don't have anything like that anymore.

[@sonnyeastham]

...glad I was alive to witness this...

[@KittyGrizGriz]

Joe Perry is the man and machine 🎸, love him, great performance here! 🤘🤘🤘 My favorite album of theirs is “Toys in the Attic”, my older brother introduced me to the band. I loved having three older sibs and their musical tastes, filtering on down to me~the youngest.

[@lisascorp]

I heard Aerosmith pretty early on due to older siblings also. I was only about 9 or 10 when I first heard them in the mid 70s. I can listen to Get your Wings, Rocks, and Toys in the attic in their entirety Love every song on them, especially Wings. Rocks and Toys are tied for 2nd. But I also enjoyed some of their music from Pump etc, but 70s Aerosmith is the best.

[@JackFrost-rb5yz]

JP is actually left handed. He forced himself to learn guitar right handed when he first started. Amazing !

[@TheRealSlickRick63]

I saw them in San Diego around 1988. Right about when they made their big comeback with hits on MTV. They sounded way better than I expected. Really professional and great stage presence.

[@pfzt]

I saw them in the 90s in Germany and they were ok-ish musically but way too loud. Steven however put on a show that i have never seen before and that i will never forget. Absolutely insane stage presence!

[@notlameguy]

Grew up in Boston, still a huge fan of everything up to "Rock in a Hard Place(which is half freakin' awesome), saw 'em live plenty in the late 70s, remember staying up late to watch this...but, all that sed, it's just kind of funny seeing Joe struggle to mimim the Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner leads from the studio version. Those guys were utterly so special and brilliant bringing their pin-point musicality to ripping classic 70s tracks(Alice Cooper, Lou Reed, Aerosmith, more...)...but Joe just can't begin to hold a candle to them but it's kind of amusing here seeing him try. (btw, the first solo and first section of the second solo in the studio version was only Steve Hunter's second pass, he was just warming up and Jack Douglas told, "Yr all good..thanks!".)

[@trowerz]

I’ve seen Aerosmith many times, including rock and a hard Place tour. What a cluster fuck that was! Glad they made it through🤘

[@deadringer28]

Absolutely incredible.

[@gregoryduncan3067]

We got both of them now. Beautiful.

[@pedruxxo]

Aerosmith e sua grande fase de ouro dos 70,que joia preciosa do Hard Rock dos anos 70!!!!!!!

[@phildixon8586]

That's plugging it in ❤!!!

[@brianharris7243]

Spirited cover byThe 'Smith!

[@Rockzilla404]

I love the phaser on the drums...

[@lisascorp]

Me too.

[@steveb9151]

This was just about the top of their game.

[@rogerdaly6326]

I always thought they peaked with Rocks.

[@steveb9151]

@@rogerdaly6326 Rocks was my favorite, too.

[@tomflynn2912]

Studio musicians are brought in on many songs for many groups. Perry & Witford are excellent guitarists. Ive listened to very early live Aerosmith shows plus seen then every year since 74. They rock hard!

[@daktarioskarvannederhosen2568]

dick wagner played on their earlier albums due to band members' lack of skill.

[@user-cz7zn5tn7x]

I love this song I love hearing you sing it sounds awesome 💞💞 love Hilda Ross

[@timeportal8937]

When Aerosmith was Aerosmith

[@lisazinn866]

Before that stupid rap song

[@kmjr2400]

💯 percent truth !!!

[@kmjr2400]

They lost me after after, Done with Mirrors.

[@ldenorio]

drunk and high

[@richardcosse2493]

Now they're just caricatures of themselves.

[@billhorstkamp98]

I saw this when it came out. Damn I’m old.

[@lisascorp]

Wow. I was about 8 years old I'm old too.

[@billhorstkamp98]

@@lisascorp I was 10 Lisa 😂

[@MS-xu7jm]

nothing like a good ol' fashion American band

[@bobcaygeon4533]

Almost as good as a good old fashioned British band………kidding. Great music in those days, from both sides of the pond.

[@johntilson2535]

My very first concert was Aerosmith: May 1974 @ Allen Park Civic Arena MI. Probably within a few months of this performance!

[@DannyGatton94]

This is true Rock ‘n Roll!

[@Ibrian8888]

Very cool Thank you Mr Sugarman 🙏🤗🍺cheers

[@jamesboardman7048]

No lip syncing, no back tape just musicianship

[@jaykeehan5813]

Props to the Special for having real playing. It makes things so much more valuable from an historical perspective. Shows like Soul Train were good if you wanted to see what the performers looked like, but pretty uninteresting otherwise.

[@icankillbugs]

As is the case with every real band to this day. You say it like you think every group is The Backstreet Boys. If I could have just shaken my ass like a queer on stage and not worried about playing or singing properly in any of my touring bands, I'd have just done that. Probably less embarrassing than fucking up a guitar solo in front of a crowd or some such lol 😅

[@marty_the_party]

Yes, the 1970's, real rock live!

[@Linda29]

Get Your Wings my favorite album!!!

[@trowerz]

💯!!

[@andyandrew7557]

Early Aerosmith was the American Rolling Stones/Bad Company to me.

[@abrax_7]

And THAT is how you do it !

[@JimmyMook]

Very page esque. Loved it!

[@ChuckSchickx]

I remember hearing this song off Get Your Wings for the first time 😳🤯🔥

[@johnstrong3824]

Definitely my favorite album by Aerosmith get your wings.

[@lisascorp]

​@johnstrong3824 Mine too. It usually doesn't seem to get much love. I don't know why. I love every song on it. Especially Train, Seasons of wither, and spaced. Woman of the world is great also. I like Toys and Rocks too, but Wings is my absolute favorite.

[@carlmorris1959]

50 years of potential!!!!

[@iamcanadian7559]

Impressive 🤟😎

[@ACEDIAMOND666]

Here we are 50 years later...still fucking awesome!

[@kevinnugent6530]

Love music. And I can express it without putting down any generation's music.

[@tonychavez2083]

Video gold

[@edwardkisner3119]

When they sing about the train making a stop in Albuquerque they were stopping to meet their drug dealer Jimmy Butifuco. I knew Jimmy before I joined the the Army in 1979 and he was known to be the connect for the rock stars in Alb. Still one of my top 10 groups of all time. I watched this episode when it premiered. Those were the days.

[@Tomcruise-e4j]

Me seeing this KZbin video before anyone else in the world,made it very special,im back in the saddle again.

[@gened9787]

What a GREAT time.

[@user-ux9bx8kc5y]

Love the two cymbal hit!.

[@bigwyo9523]

Wow, 1974 and they managed to catch them sober. Well done.

[@rock-n-rollmusicandmore6560]

There was still a probability to catch them sober during this time. That probability turned to zero when they finished their first Japan tour and stopped in Hawaii for "team building".

[@lisascorp]

Well this same show at the same performance, they also did Dream On (This midnight special, they did 2 songs, I'm not sure which one they did first though) and during Dream On, Steven seems like he is maybe on something during parts of his performance. I've seen it on KZbin. From reading his book, sounds like he took a lot of downers around this time. He didn't get into the super hard drugs until about 2 years after this.

[@user-cz7zn5tn7x]

I love this song.Baby love watching you in this video ❤❤❤ Hilda Ross

[@TheMalibuDar]

Not only was there no lip syncing and no auto-tune, except for the flange effect on the snare in the middle, there's no basic effects on the Steven's voice nor Joe's guitar! No reverb. No delay. Zero. They just raw dogged it.

[@wiredsparx]

My favorite Aerosmith song!

[@BigSky1]

They did not write the song though.

[@dwaynewladyka577]

Johnny Burnette wrote it.

[@BigSky1]

@@dwaynewladyka577 Tiny Bradshaw first in 1951. Then Johnny Burnette rearranged it

[@dwaynewladyka577]

@@BigSky1 Actually, you are correct.

[@curtisphilumalee1447]

I agree this is a great version but it’s not their song.