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AeroBLUD.
If you've been crying for some new music from Aerosmith, then the pleasure and pain has been one and the same. It seems like the band with nine lives have been on a permanent vacation, as the 'Toys In The Attic' rockers haven't pushed play on an album since London held the Olympics, with 2012's 'Music From Another Dimension' (featuring the hallowed hit single 'What Could Have Been Love' and the beautiful 'Beautiful'). But it's time to get a grip (and your wings) on the pump again, as the elevator is going down again, like the love symbol going crazy. Recovering from the heartbreak of having to cancel their farewell tour to arms. And it's only taken a young twenty-something from Doncaster, South Yorkshire to get them here, bringing them on back. 'One More Time' for one last dance...and scream!
YUNGBLUD has never met a confidence he couldn't coax. Or the letter "O" for that matter. And fresh off his album of 'Idols', the '21st Century Liability' and huge rock hit maker has given the ageing Aerosmith their biggest collaboration since they walked this way with those legends that strut in shell toes. After their beautiful tribute to Black Sabbath's late, great Ozzy Osbourne together, Aerosmith and YUNGBLUD have given us the sensational single 'My Only Angel', sharing the microphone like Springsteen does with fellow Jersey boy rockers, The Gaslight Anthem. "Niiice!" "F#####g-A!" and "hallelujah's" can be heard as Dominic Richard Harrison kisses Steven Tyler on the cheek after bringing the 77-year-old's old thing back. With Joe Perry ripping and riffing, this really is 'Amazing'. All over again. Reworking 'Back In The Saddle', for a 2025 mix with the boys from Boston, that gives the track new blood.
'Problems' continue on a track that tells us, and the muse, "Yeah, I know I've felt you in my life/In the streets of every city/Where I dream at night/I met all the bitter saints, and I was sold/But to get to where you want/You can’t do what you're told." Whereas, riding a 'Wild Woman', this new perfect partnership sings, "Big life from a little dream/Whole forest from a little seed/Drop me off down by the ocean, baby/That's a good place to leave me/Big house on a little hill/That's what you said that you want from me/Call me up when you get lonely, lady/I'll give you what you need." 'A Thousand Days' keeps this 'Dream On', 'Sweet Emotion' sound going. And you won't want to miss a thing, like this, "You got a little fire going on in you head/Maybe we can turn it up in my cold bed/Because, babe, heaven's gonna burn down eventually", crazy love. From Blud's trademark open shirt, to the scarfs hanging from Steven's microphone, this may just be an EP, but the skull fits perfectly on the wings. TIM DAVID HARVEY.
Playlist Picks: 'My Only Angel', 'A Thousand Days', 'Back In The Saddle (2025 Mix)'.
Spin This: Aerosmith - 'Music From Another Dimension'
YUNGBLUD - 'Idols'
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