Okay, at about the 3:00 mark we get the reworked history story once again about how the Tyler/Perry songwriting partnership was at the core of Aerosmith's success.

I went back and checked the songwriting credits for the first four albums. Here's how they break down...

AEROSMITH -- 5 songs written solely by Steven Tyler, 1 by Tyler/Perry, 1 by Tyler and Steve Emspak (an old friend), 1 cover

GET YOUR WINGS -- 3 songs written by Tyler, 2 by Tyler/Perry, 1 by Tyler and Joey Kramer, 1 by Tyler and Don Solomon (an old bandmate from Chain Reaction), 1 cover

TOYS IN THE ATTIC -- 1 song written by Tyler, 3 by Tyler/Perry, 2 by Tyler and Tom Hamilton, 1 by Tyler and Brad Whitford, 1 by Tyler/Solomon, 1 cover

ROCKS -- 1 song written by Tyler, 4 by Tyler/Perry, 2 by Tyler/Whitford, 1 by Tyler/Hamilton, 1 by Perry alone

So out of 31 songs that were credited to members of Aerosmith, only 10 were written by Tyler/Perry. Of those, three were fan favorites ("Walk This Way," "Toys in the Attic," "Back in the Saddle") and three other popular tunes ("Dream On," "Sweet Emotion," "Last Child") were written without Perry.

The crappy  background music on this video makes it impossible to listen to the full story.

The first album is still my favorite, It's a masterpiece for a debut album like Sabbath.

TOYS IN THE ATTIC --- GET YOUR WINGS-- AND THE 1ST ALBUM--'AEROSMITH' THESE WERE THE BEST OF THE BEST TIMLESS CLASSICS.

1:23 Ok i wouldn't go THAT far...Run DMC introduced Aerosmith to a generation of fans who probably never heard of them

Last time I checked, Run DMC didn't write or record anything on Permanent Vacation, Pump, Get a Grip, Nine Lives, Just Push Play, or Honking on Bobo. Aerosmith still coulda and woulda had a successful 2nd act with or without them.

And I got to correct this dude run DMC did not do Walk This Way better than Aerosmith ever did come on man. It wasn't Run DMC that got them back, it was permanent vacation and the singles that came out of it. And, as far as Desmond Child goes, he and Diane Warren killed the later half of the 80s. Desmond was pure cyanide

I remember seeing the "Walk This Way" video by Run-DMC and actually got excited, "Hey, that's Aerosmith!" because I had always been a fan of them since I was a little guy. Run-DMC didn't do it better, they put their own spin on it (literally as well), and it got older fans excited again and introduced Aerosmith to younger fans. Not much longer after, I went to the Aerosmith concert when they were touring for Permanent Vacation, saw them when they had Dokken open up for them. I really was not a big fan of the newer Aerosmith tunes, but I couldn't pass up going to check them out live. Dokken kicked ass, they sound way better live than they ever did on records. And Aerosmith was on fire that night, played the hell out of everything. Put their PV stuff in a block to itself but bookended that with all the classics. I think that was the last time I really enjoyed Aerosmith songs, except maybe for "Love in an Elevator". I just couldn't get into most anything else after, when they had Desmond Child and Jim Vallance also helping them write some hits for the next two albums after that, like they did for PV. After that, they kept trying but all the magic was long gone. Rocks is my favorite Aerosmith LP, and the first album is #2. I also enjoy some of the lesser-known hits, like "Mama Kin" and "Draw the Line", and their remake of "Come Together" kicks ass. They did play "Draw the Line" at the concert I saw. And "Big Ten-Inch Record" too.

I remember back in the mid eighties when Aerosmith released Done With Mirrors, all their tapes from the 1970s and their greatest hits were being sold for only one dollar, then two years later done with mirrors was sold for one dollar also,  I dont think it was Run DMC alone that  gave them their second run around the track, it was the video they made with them showing high screams from the voice and image of  Steven Tyler doing a back flip that fit right in to the bad ass image of Run DMC and it created what looked like a goodtime of rap and rock combined, and then that paived the way for the album Permanent Vacation on, and then years later the one dollar tapes and albums from the band in the 70s was now being sold in stores at the same price as their 80s and 90s albums all the way up till this very day.

The 70s albums Aerosmith, Get Your Wings, Toys in the Attic, Rocks, Draw The Line are all classic in their own way.  When I listen to Draw The Line, I hear a prequel to GnR's Appitite For Destruction.  1979 Night In The Ruts is half of what could have been their best album, when driving hard rock tunes, raw and gritty, like GnR would become a decade later, but it had filler tunes like Mia and drunk sounding tunes (Reefer Headed Woman) and mediocre tunes (Bone to Bone) nevertheless the rest of the album is among their best works.  Worst of all the band breaks apart during NITR.  Rock in a Hard Place is actually ground breaking early 80s hard rock metal vibe, one of my favorites, but is not accepted by the public.  Done With Mirrors has Aerosmith reformed in 1985 and is back to basics like the first album except with a hard and heavy MACHO sound, zero choruses, horns or ear candy, just pure Steve Tyler machismo and murky rocking guitars and heavy drums and fast paces.  It wasn't promoted, with one video played one time on MTV.  Of course that wouldn't be a hit, it was way under rated and remains a classic I love for myself.  In 1986 RunDMC resurrects Aerosmith on TV, featuring Steven Tyler machismo and Joe Perry coolness covering Walk This Way, this time to an 80s screaming metal vibe.  I loved it.  Then in 1987 Aerosmith released what I consider the best album of all time, my personal favorite, featuring 80s metal and macho energy, catchy rhythm and coolness, and an out of this world dark vibe who's backbone tracks radiates enthusiasm, energy and happiness with life.   This is when they became my favorite band.  After that album, despite scoring bigger hits, they did this with more ballads and more estrogen.  I love their macho cool energy from the 80s best

I hate musicals, but Sgt. Pepper is one of my favorite shit movies...I think Mike McPadden(McBeardo, R.I.P. 😢) called it a multi megaton stink bazooka.😂❤

Wonder why the Hell so many well known vocalists were former drummers: Iggy Pop, Joey Ramone, Chris Cornell just to name three very notable examples and also this clown.
What I do find unforgivable though is rockstars and there is a big list of them  that take advantage of their teenage fans and I'm pretty sure everyone knows what I'm referring to here as YooToobz doesn't like when we call out that sort of person: Peter File

I think they are great!

I thought it was going to be about that 14 yr old girlfriend. Like Bill Wyman of the Stones.

As a life long Aerosmith fan you gotta keep it real, Rick Rubin saved their ass. It was his idea to show that RAP was another version of rock. Plenty of the music the band produced and had co-writers for was extremely good and as good as the early shit. Dude with D. Child, Hangman with Jim Vallance, Engineered by Bob Rock, Young Lust w/Vallance, FINE, What It Takes w/Child, Elevator, Monkey, Janie, Don’t Get Mad, Medicine Man, all the Twins. You all need to get over it. I saw them in 76 &78, 88, 89 & 01. 78 was really a rough show. A lot of the “new shit” was really good. Yea, some of it sucked too.

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I'll take both. Pump because it was my introduction to Aerosmith and has no filler tracks, and Rocks because of Sick as a Dog and Nobody's Fault.

I can play both those albums for trhe rest of my life and still find new aspects about them.

He still has a home at the lake in N.H

My favorite is “Get your wing” but if I had to pick between “Toys” and “Rocks” I’m going “Toys in the attic”

Seasons of Wither,indeed