" OAKLAND 2010 "

Format : 2 CDR. 22 tracks ~ 125 min

Label : Zone51prod record 352.01/02

 

Disc 1 : 57.31

01. Opening

02. Rats In The Cellar

03. Monkey On My Back

04. Love In An Elevator

05. Falling In Love (Is Hard On The Knees)

06. Eat The Rich

07. Pink

08. Livin' On The Edge

09. What It Takes

10. Janie's Got A Gun

11. Last Child

12. Cryin'

 

Disc 2 : 68.52

01. Lord Of The Thighs

02. Stop Messin' Around

03. I Don't Want To Miss A Thing

04. Sweet Emotion

05. Baby Please Don't Go

06. Draw The Line

07. Dream On

08. Walk This Way

09. Toys In The Attic

10. Presentation

 

    

   Recorded live at :

The oracle arena

Oakland .ca.usa

July 23th.2010

 

Comments :

 Good audience recording "Rats!!!" Ah it

was the 1980s all over for me again

(the first time I saw Aero was in Oakland

at this venue 1/7/83.) What a great

opening tune, maybe the "deepest"

cut of the night..."Going under, rats in the cellar..."  "East side west side blues..." Wow.  "Monkey" was next, not bad...Pump was an OK album for me, some of the slickness was creeping in obviously, but the band was still acceptable as a rock outfit and this tune ain't half bad. "Elevator" after that, er, from Pump....um, barely acceptable and "Falling In Love.." while not a bad song, just doesn't do it for me, more of a Steve Tyler "solo album song" along with "Pink," "What It Takes," "Cryin'," and "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing." I don't know how Perry/Whitford/Hamilton/Kramer stomach these night after night...the band (or Tyler) was seduced by the these bubble gum songs...hey not against ballads, I mean "Dream On" is one, but the later seem more structered to be hits for soccer mommies.  "Eat the Rich" seems to be like it should just be called "Eat Ourselves" cuz those Aero guys are some rich ass mofos.. but not bad for later stuff. "Janie's Got A Gun" again, eh, OKish, I guess. "Last Child," ah good, a chance for Brad to grab the spot. They get into a bit of Sly Stone's "Sing A Simple Song" which Hendrix also copped at the begining of "We Gotta Live Together" on the Band Of Gypsys Lp. Pretty cool shit.  Ah now, "Lord of The Thighs" a good rocker, nice one band really does it well, again they gather together on stage,  feeling the tune out. Tyler grabs a big African horn and blows into it, then puts it down, good idea Steven, doesn't work, but nice try. Before "Stop Messin' Around" Tyler refers to his brief ouster from the band, "Ya they wanted a new singer and here he is...Joe Perry!"  Perry takes he mic for the tune, with his recent motorcyle accident still in mind, he tells riders in the crowd to wear their helmets. Good advice. "I don't wanna sound like an old man up here but...." Perry says as he issues the warning