Back in ye saddle...

Just got done watching the stream from this afternoon's Aerosmith concert at 1325 Commonwealth in Boston. This was the apartments they lived at way back in the day when they were just starting out. They decided to return to the scene for a free outdoor gig on the bed of a truck, to celebrate the release of their to-be-released-tomorrow album, 'Music From Another Dimension'. After being presented championship game balls from New England Patriots' Owner Bob Kraft, the band grooved their way through a 9 song, 45 minute set of, surprising mostly older material. Opening with "Walking the Dog", they followed with 2 more from their first album before jumping to "Lover Alot" from the new CD. Other than "Oh Yeah", this was all they did from the new CD. I found it interesting that the whole 80's and 90's ('00's too) were completely left out. No power ballads either. The point seemed to be how well (and how much) the new songs fit in with the early catalog. Even though it's worked out quite well for them, Aerosmith is another band who has a faction of their fan base that wishes they would revert back to their "good old days" and just rock. Of what I've heard from "Music From Another Dimension", they seem to be appeasing both factions of their fan base. It doesn't exactly sound like two different records mashed together but more something for everybody. The show anyway, found Aerosmith in good form. They didn't really let loose until the end on "Train Kept a Rollin'" but it was still worth the wait. Coulda been a little lack of return energy perhaps from the crowd. Large in size, small on noise and feedback (unless you wanna count the Patriots cheerleaders). It's still a good watch and hopefully is just a warm up for the upcoming tour/media blitz. You can also catch some tunes from the CD on NOTIMEWARP RADIO...

                                                                (photo by Matt Stone)