tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post3515428663492766716..comments2024-03-28T10:37:48.564-04:00Comments on PowerPop: Wails From the Crypt (An Occasional Series): Tonio K.NYMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863355110457910935noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-6773159406768092282009-07-21T08:23:34.316-04:002009-07-21T08:23:34.316-04:00Steve, don't you think "Jaded" was a...Steve, don't you think "Jaded" was as close to power pop as Aerosmith is ever going to get?Blue Ash Fannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-46516582562954523002009-07-20T23:17:55.935-04:002009-07-20T23:17:55.935-04:00Mr K. . . so many memories. If you listen really h...Mr K. . . so many memories. If you listen really hard and turn the volume way up and stick your ear right on the speaker, is there a 12 string Ric right around the Louie Louie car horn? <br /> Got turned on to the Gadfly releases, including Rodent Weekend, which has a lot of his songs from the live act during the Foodchain era, where you rarely heard released songs. It doesn't have my favorite ode to the apocalypse that never happened "Hard to be a hero at ground zero" . Maybe someday. . . <br />By the way, I feel that Tonio, like Nancy Kerrigan, was ROBBED. He shoulda had top billed listamania mentions of his album covers, including La Bomba and Ole. I mean, cmon, already.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07810110916503252581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-30634031674922152422009-07-20T22:41:00.298-04:002009-07-20T22:41:00.298-04:00"Janey" and the subsequent stuff just to..."Janey" and the subsequent stuff just too polished for me. The production on "Rocks" still had aa certain unruliness that fit the band more than that David Foster-esque approach.<br /><br />I remember the Tonio K record showing up at the radio station at my backwater college that year, always played it on my DJ shift. I'd never heard anything like it, and I guess I still haven't.Noam Sanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14078219408896745687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-59606641216682188232009-07-20T17:58:01.181-04:002009-07-20T17:58:01.181-04:00You know, I hate to say it, but I think the post r...You know, I hate to say it, but I think the post rehab Aerosmith rules.<br /><br />Seriously -- the 70s band couldn't have made a record as good as "Janey's Got a Gun."<br /><br />IMHO.steve simelsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-65072281126025802672009-07-20T17:53:46.974-04:002009-07-20T17:53:46.974-04:00Who would've guessed the Power Pop blog would ...Who would've guessed the Power Pop blog would have a contingent of secret Aerosmith fans? They may not have been as deep or edgy as Tonio K, but yeah, those first four (or five) still sound great. (The streak ended at Night in the Ruts, although the title still gives me a chuckle.) They got little critical respect, but Christgau gave Rocks an A-. My first concert ever was Aerosmith/Ted Nugent at the Garden, and it blew my teenage mind. Tomorrow we can discuss Wishbone Ash.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04378528518778247285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-34559781337971773922009-07-20T17:31:47.363-04:002009-07-20T17:31:47.363-04:00And, David, you can love both "Rocks" an...<i>And, David, you can love both "Rocks" and "Foodchain." They're both great albums in their respective ways.</i><br /><br />Thank you. <br /><br />The first 4 Aerosmith albums are excellent and hold up well. Even "Draw the Line" sounds good after all these years.billy bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-90606116558837656712009-07-20T15:24:16.803-04:002009-07-20T15:24:16.803-04:00To this day, my all-time fave record review. I was...To this day, my all-time fave record review. I was probably the only kid in my small, Pennsylvania hometown to own this record, but I searched for it zealously after reading this review. Been loving the album for 30 years now and I'm forever grateful to Steve.<br /><br />And, David, you can love both "Rocks" and "Foodchain." They're both great albums in their respective ways. I know I love them both and doing so harms neither limb nor psyche.Blue Ash Fannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-51023062571910376412009-07-20T13:10:32.858-04:002009-07-20T13:10:32.858-04:00Great song and one that I can attest, as a former ...Great song and one that I can attest, as a former FCC-conscious college radio deejay, is quite difficult to live-dub into playability. (They still have the vinyl!)David Rasmussenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03652293916468672552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-5169140183011785832009-07-20T12:33:43.800-04:002009-07-20T12:33:43.800-04:00I do remember this review, but it kind of went ove...I do remember this review, but it kind of went over my head--(at the time, I still thought Aerosmith's Rocks was the greatest LP ever made) but it's nice to see it again. Bonus points for the use of "schween," one of my favorite epithets and a rarity in the blogosphere and elsewhere. I've used it for a long time, but I probably picked it up from mid-'70s National Lampoon.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04378528518778247285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-37427223123679258202009-07-20T10:18:30.933-04:002009-07-20T10:18:30.933-04:00I've had the tune in my head all weekend.
E...I've had the tune in my head all weekend. <br /><br /><b>EINS, ZWEI, DREI!!!!!</b>Billy Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-50179607933779521842009-07-20T09:59:24.291-04:002009-07-20T09:59:24.291-04:00My vinyl promo copy was in clear green plastic.
...My vinyl promo copy was in clear green plastic. <br /><br />Good times!!!steve simelsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-32957816992555090512009-07-20T09:35:59.133-04:002009-07-20T09:35:59.133-04:00HATRED is my favorite song from the record as well...HATRED is my favorite song from the record as well. I still have my original, it only has a couple of tics and pops on it.<br /><br />He kind of reminds me of some of the early Tubes mentality. I mean that as a compliment.<br /><br />TreyTMinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07221261635305430323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-58719476061072921492009-07-20T09:18:36.623-04:002009-07-20T09:18:36.623-04:00Steve, you are THE MAN. This song rocks. I'v...Steve, you are THE MAN. This song rocks. I've got the sound cranked up to 11 and I've been playing it over and over again. For some reason the Misses does not share my enthusiasm. Perhaps its due to the fact I keep expressing "the resentment I feel for the years I pissed away on you" at the top of my lungs. Oh well.DeepKarmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01502995267705229711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-88715782810094491042009-07-20T08:32:30.687-04:002009-07-20T08:32:30.687-04:00Thanks for reprinting that, Steve.
It's as ...Thanks for reprinting that, Steve. <br /><br />It's as good now as it was back in 79 when I first read it.<br /><br />Mr. K's LTOE is fuuny also.Billy Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-3358567723847554892009-07-20T02:20:09.679-04:002009-07-20T02:20:09.679-04:00Steve,
I read that review of Foodchain in spring ...Steve,<br /><br />I read that review of <i>Foodchain</i> in spring '79, about a week after I saw another positive review in - wait for it - <i>People</i>. I found the record a couple of weeks later at the little record store next to the little teacher's college in my small town (no, not the one that John Mellencamp sang about), took it home, put it on the turntable, and the rest was history. I played "H.A.T.R.E.D." and "The Funky Western Civilization" at a high school dance later that year just to wig out the dorks (it was highly successful). Me and my mates had this record on our car stereos all year, along with Zevon's <i>Excitable Boy</i> and the Who's <i>Who's Next</i> which I had just discovered - teenage wasteland indeed! Thanks for introducing me to one of the best singer-songwriters of the last 30 years.cthulhunoreply@blogger.com