W11 "Walk This Way"
This song is such a standard and pretty iconic, that is why I chose to write about it. I really liked the music video when we watched in class. It was fun to see these two competing at the beginning with rapping and then this hard rock. As the video goes on they go from a fight into a performance. I really liked it and have always heard the song but did not realize how iconic it really is. I didn't know much about Run-DMC and it was cool to see the foundation that they gave for rap. They really got it on the charts and got it to become a genre which is such an impressive feat. This collaboration also shows how diverse and mixed the music got too. Leading to today's day its hard to specifically identify some songs into one genre. Which I think is way cool that there isn't limits placed on musicians today for them to create however they want! I like Aerosmith and the lead singers voice! It's crazy how he can make it so raspy and sound like that! Overall it is just an amazing song and really gets you excited and want to jam a long!
I really like Aerosmith! I will say though that I am have not listened to as much stuff as I feel like I should. I know their song "Dream On" very well but I fell like that is not surprising at all because of how popular it is. I notice while listening to this song how much I liked the guitar tone. It is very deep and gritty.
ReplyDeleteI haven't listened to a lot of Aerosmith or Run-DMC but this is definitely a song I've heard. It's pretty cool when artists make songs that get popular enough for most people to recognize them at least a little. I like how you mentioned the foundation they created for rap as well.
ReplyDeleteI also really enjoyed the music video we watched in class. It was fun to see a collaboration between a rock group and rappers and to watch the singers from each group acting like they were fighting. It was also fun to hear the differences in their musical styles -- like you said, Aerosmith's lead singer has a very raspy texture to his voice, which is very different from the smoother texture of the rappers' voices.
ReplyDeleteAerosmith is an amazing band and they’ve produced some phenomenal songs like “Walk This Way.” I agree that this song just makes you excited and want to jam out. This was a great song choice and a very detailed report of the song for being roughly over two hundred words.
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