Added: 6 years ago
From: ackerboy
Views: 112,713
Sort by time | Sort by thread (beta)

Link to this comment:

Share to:

All Comments (302)

Sign In or Sign Up now to post a comment!
  • they were good in the early days even tho they were on drugs.... im glad they got clean though cuz who knows where they'd be by now... plus they written insanely great songs while sober

  • Who's stupid idea was it to smash a melon? LMAF

  • One of the most badass riffs ever written. Classic. No Joe Perry though. I forget who replaced him for this album. Aerosmith was kinda at a low point here. I still love this album. Bitch'e Brew is another great track.

  • @smacman68 Jimmy Crespo if I am correct

  • Aerosmith were better when they did drugs

  • @jpkilldriver Hell no... Have you seen them LIVE lately? They kick so much more ass when they are sober!

  • Comment removed

  • This is one kick ass song

  • forever AEROSMITH¡¡ ^^(A)^^

    

  • Steven looks pretty hot with his hair short :)

  • RIGHT BEFORE THEY STARTED TO FULL OUT SUCK!

  • Rock In A Hard Place...one of THE lost GREAT albums of all time...utterly brilliant!! Without Perry or Whitford (except this track), just a great rock n'roll kickass album. Jailbait! Holy smoke! You all need to really listen again! 

  • early 1980's was quite a sad time for Aerosmith fans. when Joe Perry and Brad Whitford left the band, it wasn't the same. Thank the Lord that they got back together. Thank the Lord they are sober.

  • @SweetPandora93 I respectfully disagree. The more time passes, the more I've come to regard "Rock In A Hard Place" as one of their better efforts. It just flat out kicks. The problems Aerosmith had in the early eighties in my opinion had less to do with the departures of Perry & Whitford and more to do with Tyler's inability to stay clean. Crespo and Dufay were solid hands and this incarnation of the band could've made a run at things if Tyler was able to maintain some semblance of sobriety.

  • @SweetPandora93 (continued) the problem was that one night Tyler would be on his game and the next he'd be off in his own little world to the point where you couldn't tell what you were going to get one night to the next. I don't think they were ever able to coherently tour behind this album which is a true shame. It has never gotten the recognition it deserves.

  • damn these times were so far away...i wish i were around for them, even if they were painful for the band, i would've at least like to experience what it felt like at the time

  • But we're not the ones paying a billion dollars for advertising time. We're the the idiots paying a hundred bucks a pop to hear "Don't Wanna Miss a Thing"

  • Want to know what's really weird? Steven Tyler did his best work when he was wasted. Just look at this video. Tyler probably hates it but I love it!

  • I know this video isn't that great but remember the days when Aerosmith was a great hard rock band? When I see Tyler on American Idol I just wanna puke. Joe Perry, where are you?

  • whats w/ the melon at 3:04- 3:18?

  • There where definetly overlooked tunes from this album.

  • this video diserve a better quality... it gives the impression that it was made not in 1982 but in 1928 (even with colours) ...

    This is the problem with youtube... in fact 70 % of the music i love was made between more or less 1965 and 1983 but it's not what we can see in my dear favourites where 80 % of the videos are made or are songs after 1983...

    It's difficult to attract the actual youth to good old rock music... 'cause of the bad quality videos...old music is 2often disadvantaged grrr

  • the last thing i'd like by them before the stupid rap thing,like the drums beat.

  • This rules.Dark & druggy.Just the way I like!

  • this is the NOBLE WRESTLING theme song!

  • this video gives me a creepy feeling. like imagine how long ago this was made....and imagine the feelings they had, with all the drugs and partying and not having joe and brad there....it feels...odd....

  • GET WELL SOON STEVEN I MISS YOUR MUSIC

  • Someone aced their video production class!

  • WHOS THIS GUY RAY NEWTON ANYWAY?

  • I love this song but let's face it, the best thing Rick Dufay ever produced was Minka Kelly.

  • Tom Hamilton is the scariest looking one of the bunch. With his hair all slicked back he looks like James Hetfield.

  • Hard rock bands are always better in their youth - and on drugs before they burn out on them. I wouldn't think of buying any Aerosmith album now - too commercial, too many 'helper' songwriters to keep their stuff commercial. Toys In The Attic and Rocks are the best. This song is awesome and I had this on LP when it was released but I don't remember much about it. Night In The Ruts is great too. Thanks to Crespo and Dufay for keep the band alive while their personal lives were being sorted.

  • wow this is actually a good videoholyshit joey kramer has a beard!!!

  • great sounding song, lyrics are kindof dumb (that whole 50's greaser street gang fights)

    but still awsome none the less

  • GO CHARGERS !

  • wow... Steven Tyler with short hair... it's so Not Steve Tyler... hahaha

  • Corny video, but an awesome song. Even Joe Perry said he liked this one after they got back together.

    "Rock in A Hard Place" is one of my favorite albums...

  • Rick Dufey and... Anyway, not bad for all the conflict and drugs, dontcha think?? I wonder for the future with the Smith these dayz

  • Rock in a hard place was a great album ya they were on drugs but it was still great and i think that rock in a hard place is better than honkin' on bobo ......but anyway i love this song "when the lightning strikes" Fuckin masterpiece!!

  • This song kicks ass! It's actually bit more "metal" than most other Aero songs. Who cares if the "Toxic Twins" weren't together for this? A killer tune is a killer tune! Used to hear this a lot on the radio when it first came out so it brings back some memories.

  • Everyone is saying how Aerosmith's music is worse than before, I agree it's definitely not as good as the old days, but they are talented any way you look at it, if a song is not good, it's definitely not garbage, it's aerosmith. they love to rock and they are trying to make music based on popular demand when it comes to sound. Either way, they are all 60 and can get on stage and rock out like they are 20, and they will always be the kings of rock.

  • There first five alblums yes alblums thats what they were called back then or maybe 6 and 7th alblums are the only ones worth buying but the rest complete garbage you couldn't give them to me.

  • This is BY FAR my fav aerosmith song. And I know the GOOD STUFF FROM THEM. we r talkin mama kin, walkin in the sand, nobodys fault etc.

    I noticed that the album rock in a hard place is VERY underrated. It's one of those albums where u feel like CRUSIN. itz my fav song of all time. To bad they went from this to I don't wanna miss a thing.

  • Aerosmith please get back on drugs for the love of good music.

  • This is the last song they did that was any good the shit they put out now is garbage.

  • I've always loved Steven tyler! Joe was a personal favorite of mine, So it kinda broke my heart but then i just thought Aerosmith is Aerosmith! Go Steven and His Huge mouth, lolz thats what makes him him.

  • I gotta go with the person who said they were much better when they were on drugs.

    Saddest thing I ever saw was them lip synching at the Stupid Bowl half-time show.

  • I like joe and brad better than jimmy and rick the whole album is good except bitch's brew

  • no offense to jimmy and rick but i just dont enjoy aerosmith as much without brad and joe. the songs aren't the same and plus the videos look better. joe's got a mean chest. and brad is just sooooo cute with his quiet self. steven doesn't even sound the same in the begining. p.s. the guitar solos suck in this one

  • IS THIS AN OFFICIAL AEROSMITH VIDEO???

  • @77REVOLTFORAFRIKA77 I dont think so because when they came out with the 'walk this way'/Run DMC version, that was considered Aerosmith's first music video, then they realized what it did for marketing their music and they kept making more vids after that.

  • when aerosmith fell apart and replaced perry and witford with Rick and Jimmy,they werent real good.But still give credit to Rick and Jimmy cuss at least they were there 4 aerosmith when they needed replacements

  • kick ass aerosmith......hell yeah!!!!

  • HA HA WHEN LIGHTING STRIKES

  • My fav aerosmith song. Underrated album.

  • Never loved this album. None of the songs hit me "like a punch in the face". They're nice songs to listen to while driving and none of them totally suck (see: Seasons of Whither) but there is no song that just totally kicks ass. This is probably why I've never seen them play one of these songs in concert. It seems like the people who love this album are the people who were going to see their first Aerosmith shows in the early 80's. Nuthin wrong w/ that. I'm just sayin.

  • @aerojommel Steven's personal favorite is Seasons of Whither and I tend to agree with him, it's excellent! But before this LP. Also, Done with Mirrors is my favorite 80s AeroAlbum

  • WHEN ASSHOLE STRIKES

  • Didnt Poison lift this riff for "Look what the cat dragged in"?

  • This was actually a good ablum....even minus Perry...goes to show he is replacable. As for that period musically, one word sums it up...cocaine..too much...

  • Not the Aerosmith we know today. This song was ahead of it's time for sure.

  • Very cool vid!....Those were the good 'ole days!

  • Steven shouldn't be dancing on stage anymore at his age, he's liable to land on his lips!

  • hauhauha que tosquera mais o pior é que eu curto o rock in a hard place! mais os cara tava zuado com as drugs nessa época!

  • IM BEGINING TO THINK GUYS FROM ROCK ARE GUYS FROM COCK

  • I think "Night in the Ruts" is way underrated as well. Joe Perry laid down all the tracks on Ruts besides "Remember Walkin in the Sand", "Mia" and part of "No Surpize"

  • Those years with Rufay and Crespo were soooo special...

  • Best song from Aerosmith after "Dream On". And this is so underrated and kinda lost track from Aerosmith. I think Aerosmith was real rock band then and still with "Done with Mirrors" but after that the group went total shit. Everything cince Permanent Vacation has been garbage.

  • acdc and crystal meth

  • judus priest some heads are gonna roll john cougar melloncamp jack and diane black sabbath ziggy stardust and the spiders from mars motley crue shout at the devil ozzy osbourne i dont know black sabbath led zepplin black dog

  • This is what the excesses of living the rock and roll lifestyle can do to you.Look at Tyler's scenes in the studio he can barely keep his eyes open!! Thankfully they cleaned up and reformed to have an even bigger career the second time around. Read "Walk this Way" Aerosmith's Autobiography if you want to read about how they had it all,hit rock bottom and reclaimed the title of America's Greatest Rock Band.

  • bostons bad asses the mother fucking bad boys of boston one of kind gods gift 22222222 all of us

  • no es lo mismo sin joe y brad

  • best song they ever did........ all there other shit is glam band crap.

  • Steven's great.

  • more classic awesome kick ass music...

  • Riddle me this?? Everyone says that "Walk this Way" was Aerosmith's big video breakthrough, that they never thought about doing videos before but the MTV audience was coming out and blah blah blah......how can that be stated when there's this video, video for "Chip Away" and "Chiquita"?..........don't get it. Technically Aerosmith had at least 4 videos under them before WTW.

  • They Are a classic. Music these days are so gay. Man you can't beat bands like this

  • THEY ARE So AMAZING!!!!

  • This video was done 25 years ago! .....They still f'n rock, I can't believe its been 17 years since I saw them in concert :(

    Steven looks so snazzy as a "gangster"

  • god i miss this version. they were mean as hell. none of the crappy girly cheese they were churning out for mtv all through the 90's... this was when they rocked.

  • The reason GnR band and many other bands fall out its because they do not cover this... Muwahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • This song is kick ass!!!Amazing times.ROCK'N ROLL

  • the early days ... i miss thats days

  • this fucking song rocks so fucking much! sounds awesome in my brand new silverado z71 with the bose stereo turned the fuck up!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • This video is pretty silly, but I like this song a lot. It would fit in rather well on "Rocks".

  • The rehab years....

  • one of the best Aerosmith albums

  • "There isn't a better tune to get your mind right before a hockey game."

  • the video actually compliments the acts

    its not the first thing i would do,but provoked,steve the actor is readt to rumble

  • About the time Joe Perry and Steven Tyler parted ways. Unreal that most classic rock stations don't have this tune in their rotation. I bought this album back in 1981 on cassette tape. Overall the album wasn't that great but this song has to rank up there among their best.

  • This is one of Aerosmith`s get ass hard rock songs ! - Joe Perry :) I love this song ! The beat and vocals are killer !

  • This is in my top three Aerosmith songs along with Train kept a rollin and Back in the saddle. Well theres about six in my top three to be honest cant make up my burnt out mind.

  • I wouldn't say that they have sucked since they've cleaned up. They are talented as hell, but the music had a harder edge in the 1970's. After that MTV took control of most bands.

    It was better back in the day when you had to buy the album, listen on the radio, and catch there show.

  • I'll say if for you, "They suck now."

  • @Holechaser Truer words can NEVER be said! Aerosmith basically lost their credibility when they went straight. I knew back in 1990 that nobody would ever take them seriously again after they quit the drugs and alcohol. They could've at least kept drinking.

  • Aerosmith has always been a great band, all their albums were worth listening to. Many think they became soft or sold out, read 'Walk this Way', Steven hates all the crap he had to write, but they had to. Rock on blue army, Aerosmith, play whatever ya damn feel like, you rock hard!

  • Better records than the last ones they made; get a grip, nine lives etc.

    Since they recorded Pump they haven´t any good record. It´s a pity they were my idols when I was teenager and I listened these records.

  • Comment removed

  • @tomasmasol u know, i think nine lives is a great album, yeah, it's different but is good and hard.

  • This was a strange time for the band, but that's song's rhythm riff is killer.

  • Guess now that Steven has left the band. . . The Smith can now go away. . . So sad. . . But its time!!!

  • I remember I'd request this video be played at Harpos back in the 80's.. Nearly every time I'd go there.

  • Sorry, but I will go as far as saying they have sucked since the clean up.....it's like two different bands. One sleaazy and dirty, and one corporate and souless...

  • I couldn't agree w/ you more....

  • No Joe nor Brad........but still a fuckin' good album......

  • great aerosmith klassik last of the greats!

  • Go Chargers!!!

  • this is SSOO cheesey! love this song, though!

  • This is my favorite song of theirs as well.

    Do any experts on this band know why Brad Whitford and Joe Perry were replaced at this point? I never followed the personal relationships of Aerosmith.

    Recently I heard that Joe Perry is going on without Tyler. Is Tyler too old or on drugs or what is the deal with him? Why can't he make music anymore. After seeming what performing did to Michael Jackson I am assuming Tyler just can't do it anymore?

    Any insight would be helpful.

  • joe perry left because he didnt like how the band was going. brad left because he couldnt deal with the stress.

    joe perry isnt leaving aerosmith again either. he just has another solo album coming out and is going to tour for it

  • Thanks for the info.

    I agree Perry is not leaving Aerosmith but the interview I saw he sounded not pleased with Tyler's constant problems. He said he has not been alone in the same room making music in over 10 years.

    I think he also said the solo material was stuff he wrote for Aerosmith and he just took it and made the album anyway.

    I think things are rocky right now with them but I could be wrong.

  • read the book "Walk This Way". Its a great read.

  • no Tyler fell off stage and broke his callar bone he'll be fine.

  • that album rocks,so underrated.This song is fucking awesome,same to Jailbait

  • Tyler had a street gang in HS. He's the real deal. Yeah this album is really good..

  • my favorite all time aerosmith song....

  • FUCK YEAH! Mine too!

  • This is great, but I think that if Jimmy Sinclaire did a cover of this, it would totally rock! Has anyone else heard of Jimmy Sinclaire????? The guy is a legend.

    \m/

  • rock in a hard place is my favourite aerosmith album - hard as hell, fierce, totally under-rated.

  • You may say whatever you want but This song and video rocks totally. They were fucked up by drugs but Rock in a Hard Place was a good record. Jimmy Crespo made a couple of great riffs on it. but it's good that Joe And Brad returned in 1984.

  • @Thorgal20 I agree with you. Though I didn't listen to it then, I was aware of this video. I don't even think this is their best song on the album, a matter of taste & opinion. There are rockin' songs on it & different ones such as "Joani's Butterfly" & its Prelude. This is their most "hit-sounding" song, but contrary to what a bunch of reviewers have said, this album isn't an embarrassment, esp. considering what was going on at that time.

  • i luv this record, wuz amazed at how much the new guys sounded like the old guys. of course tyler, hamilton, and kramer had a lot to do with it. it's amazing tyler survived. just bought their autobiography 'walk this way', bought joey's book too. both hardbacks. can't wait to get them.

  • walk this way is amazing i couldnt put it down lol those guys did so much shit

  • aerosmith is great and will always be great

  • Damn,tyler looks bad....like he's strung out!!

  • in the autobio tyler sez prior to the shooting of this vid he had passed out by the pool and got burned really bad and clumps of his hair fell out.

  • If you don't have this album, you need it. This song, Jailbait, Bolivian Ragamuffin...up there with the best Aerosmith songs. Love it when Tyler spins round at 3:20....stoned to f...k.....Sorry, but this was the last great Aerosmith album. When they cleaned up, they lost it.

  • Cool- see what you mean about 3:20.

    A little more exhale might have accentuated the moment. Rock on....

  • they should of called it quits after this album. the new sshit sucks when they are sober.

  • ur kidding right? the new stuff is great just like the old come on srsly Cryin crazy love in an elevator rag doll livin on the edge jaded janies got a gun these are all great songs they did and look at them now have their own video game in the rock hall of fame

  • hahaha those are some of Aerosmiths worst songs. Seriously your can compare Jaded to Last Child or You see me crying

  • wow rky? all aerosmith songs are great i guess the redone version of i dont want to miss a thing is bad =/ when it freakin got best song award

  • You must be on drugs. I guess now that Aerosmith are sober there's a lot more to go around.

  • lol.

  • Jaded was great too

  • there are much more better songs than jaded. But jaded is cool too.

  • Even Joe Perry likes this song. I read somewhere he called this song "the best Aerosmith song I never played on".

  • One of the best and most forgotten Aerosmith songs ever!

  • Completely in agreement

  • amazing, just amazing.

    aerosmith rule the world

  • last great song they did...only compares to mama kin...

  • not the last...

    if you don't know a new album is coming...

  • YEAHH OLD SCHOOL THIS SONG IS BADASS

  • Thats not joey kramer on the drums

  • Ahhh, yes. I always liked this song. That weird period of time in the early to mid 80's for Aerosmith when Joe Perry and Brad Whitford took off to do their own thing and Jimmy Crespo and Rick Dufay came into the picture for a brief spell. This was one of those albums that flew under the radar for many years. Good post, man.

  • Amazing video!

    (And song.)

    Haha Steve looks really funny as a hood.

  • Great tune. Nothing is better than on-the-pipe Aerosmith.

  • Brad Whitford had actually already recorded the rhythm guitar part for this song before he left. It's just Dufay playing it.

  • Thanks for posting this one. I had heard about this video back in 1982 and would always watch for it on MTV. Believe it or not I finally seen it here 26 years later. Thanks again.

  • grat fx..lol...good song..

    and this album rocks and Just Push Play doesn't..that's a fact

  • Steven was wasted...and so Kramer

  • real aerosmith only thing near this is mama kin

  • One of thier best ever albums, so forgotten ! But great !

  • they were great with and without the original members...

  • When they interveiwed Rick Dufay he even said that this incarnation of Aerosmith was'nt working and they needed to get Brad and Joe back into the band.

  • Joe eventually thanked Rick for committing "career suicide" in terms of talking Steven into getting Joe and Brad back.

    Not to take anything away from Jimmy Crespo, but NO ONE can replace Joe Perry's contributions to Aerosmith.

    Rick was ok too, but when you establish yourself in a band for a decade, its hard to be replaced. Actually the casual fan wouldn't even have known that Brad had left for RIAHP was the only album out of what, 20, that he missed.

  • this is my face song off of Rock In A Hard Place, it was before they had Whitford.

  • No, it was recorded before Whitford left in '81. They left his original rhythm guitar track on it.

  • I was talking about the video because I did not see Whitford in it. Sorry, my bad!

  • How did this band turn into what it did? Crap, generic, tennie bop, fag rock.

  • Joe Perry must cringe when he hears this solo..... Very poor

  • LOL, fruit getting its ass kicked.

    I fucking love Aerosmith.

    They kick so much ass, fruit and musical alike.

  • Tahnk you Rick Perry for endorsing John Mccain

  • this song rocks...fuck alla that "cryin" and "amazing" and that stupid "dont wanna miss a thing" cornyass shit,this is fucked up rock n roll like it should be.

  • my favorite aerosmith song; it's off their worst album though

  • Tyler's a monster rock star.

  • The original Aerosmith came back in 1984 and I still think Done With Mirrors was better than Rock In A Hard Place.

  • Metallica should cover this song