Aerosmith
"Dream On"
Single / B-side: "Somebody"
Released: 27 Juny 1973
Album: Aerosmith (Released: 5 January 1973)
Writer: Steven Tyler
Label: Columbia
Tyler says that this was the only song on the band's first album where he used his real voice. He was insecure about how his voice sounded on tape, so for the other songs, he tried to sing a bit lower and sound more like soul artists, such as James Brown. The song is also famous for its building climax to showcase Tyler's trademark screams. The main riff and chorus of the song were famously sampled in the 2002 song "Sing for the Moment" by rapper Eminem on The Eminem Show album.
Tyler's father was a classically trained musician, and when Steven was three years old, he would lie underneath the piano and listen to his dad play. In his book, Does The Noise In My Head Bother You?, Tyler writes, "That's where I got that 'Dream On' chordage."
Regarding the meaning of this song, Tyler explained: "It's about the hunger to be somebody: Dream until your dreams come true." He added, "This song sums up the s--t you put up with when you're in a new band. Most of the critics panned our first album, and said we were ripping off the Stones. That's a good barometer of my anger at the press, which I still have. 'Dream On' came of me playing the piano when I was about 17 or 18, and I didn't know anything about writing a song. It was just this little sonnet that I started playing one day. I never thought that it would end up being a real song."
Aerosmith first performed this song at the Shaboo Inn in Willimantic, Connecticut in November, 1971. They were paid $175 and a bottle of gin for the show, and as Steven Tyler recounts, he and Joe Perry stayed at the Inn that night. They picked up a couple of girls after the show and all slept in the same bed, resulting in a nasty case of crabs for Steven and Joe.
Long a concert staple, the song's piano part has been played live by Tyler. The band has also played "Dream On" with an orchestra on a couple of occasions. One of these performances, conducted by Michael Kamen, was performed live for MTV's 10th Anniversary (in 1991) and included on the soundtrack for the movie Last Action Hero. Additionally, in 2006, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry performed the song live with the Boston Pops Orchestra at their Fourth of July spectacular.
A coinciding video directed by Marty Callner was also created at the MTV 10th anniversary special performance with the orchestra.
"...Guitarist Joe Perry has voiced that he was not entirely fond of the track -- that he felt that instead of doing ballads, the hard rockin' quintet should do slow blues numbers. But 'Dream On' has also proven to be an incredibly influential composition in the rock world -- it opened the floodgates for such future power ballads as Nazareth's 'Love Hurts', Kiss' 'Beth', and Mötley Crüe's 'Home Sweet Home; ..." (allmusic, review by Greg Prato)
Line-up / Musicians:
Steven Tyler – lead vocals, piano
Joe Perry – guitar
Brad Whitford – guitar
Tom Hamilton – bass guitar
Joey Kramer – drums
Link / Review:
wikipedia: Dream On - Aerosmith (song)
songfacts: Dream On by Aerosmith
allmusic: Dream On - Aerosmith
rollingstone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time / Aerosmith - Dream On
"Dream On"
Single / B-side: "Somebody"
Released: 27 Juny 1973
Album: Aerosmith (Released: 5 January 1973)
Writer: Steven Tyler
Label: Columbia
"Dream On" is a power ballad by Aerosmith from their 1973 debut album, Aerosmith. Written by lead singer Steven Tyler, this song became their first major hit and classic rock radio staple. The album version of "Dream On" (4:28, as opposed to the 3:25 1973 45rpm edit), was re-issued early in 1976. Tyler played the piano on this song. It provided an interlude at concerts where he could sit behind a piano instead of running around on stage.
The song "Dream On" is part of the The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll list. It is also ranked #173 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. On 25 February 2013, Massachusetts State Representative James Cantwell (D) of Marshfield and Massachusetts State Representative Josh S. Cutler (D) of Duxbury drafted a bill to name "Dream On" the Official State Rock song of Massachusetts.
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| Aerosmith's single: "Dream On", 1973 |
Aerosmith - "Dream On" (from the album Aerosmith, 1973)
Tyler says that this was the only song on the band's first album where he used his real voice. He was insecure about how his voice sounded on tape, so for the other songs, he tried to sing a bit lower and sound more like soul artists, such as James Brown. The song is also famous for its building climax to showcase Tyler's trademark screams. The main riff and chorus of the song were famously sampled in the 2002 song "Sing for the Moment" by rapper Eminem on The Eminem Show album.
Tyler's father was a classically trained musician, and when Steven was three years old, he would lie underneath the piano and listen to his dad play. In his book, Does The Noise In My Head Bother You?, Tyler writes, "That's where I got that 'Dream On' chordage."
Regarding the meaning of this song, Tyler explained: "It's about the hunger to be somebody: Dream until your dreams come true." He added, "This song sums up the s--t you put up with when you're in a new band. Most of the critics panned our first album, and said we were ripping off the Stones. That's a good barometer of my anger at the press, which I still have. 'Dream On' came of me playing the piano when I was about 17 or 18, and I didn't know anything about writing a song. It was just this little sonnet that I started playing one day. I never thought that it would end up being a real song."
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| Aerosmith's promo single "Dream On" |
Aerosmith - "Dream On"
Aerosmith first performed this song at the Shaboo Inn in Willimantic, Connecticut in November, 1971. They were paid $175 and a bottle of gin for the show, and as Steven Tyler recounts, he and Joe Perry stayed at the Inn that night. They picked up a couple of girls after the show and all slept in the same bed, resulting in a nasty case of crabs for Steven and Joe.
Long a concert staple, the song's piano part has been played live by Tyler. The band has also played "Dream On" with an orchestra on a couple of occasions. One of these performances, conducted by Michael Kamen, was performed live for MTV's 10th Anniversary (in 1991) and included on the soundtrack for the movie Last Action Hero. Additionally, in 2006, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry performed the song live with the Boston Pops Orchestra at their Fourth of July spectacular.
A coinciding video directed by Marty Callner was also created at the MTV 10th anniversary special performance with the orchestra.
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| Aerosmith's album: Aerosmith, 1973. |
Aerosmith - "Dream On" (MTV 10th Anniversary)
"...Guitarist Joe Perry has voiced that he was not entirely fond of the track -- that he felt that instead of doing ballads, the hard rockin' quintet should do slow blues numbers. But 'Dream On' has also proven to be an incredibly influential composition in the rock world -- it opened the floodgates for such future power ballads as Nazareth's 'Love Hurts', Kiss' 'Beth', and Mötley Crüe's 'Home Sweet Home; ..." (allmusic, review by Greg Prato)
Line-up / Musicians:
Steven Tyler – lead vocals, piano
Joe Perry – guitar
Brad Whitford – guitar
Tom Hamilton – bass guitar
Joey Kramer – drums
Link / Review:
wikipedia: Dream On - Aerosmith (song)
songfacts: Dream On by Aerosmith
allmusic: Dream On - Aerosmith
rollingstone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time / Aerosmith - Dream On
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