Joe Perry, 'Aye, Aye, Aye'

Joe Perry is getting ready to release his new album album called Sweetzerland Manifesto. The album will come out January 19 and the lead single is "Aye, Aye, Aye" featuring vocals by Cheap Trick singer Robin Zander. Johnny Depp was one of the producers on this album. What do you think?

Comments

[Him]

I guess "Meh, Meh, Meh" was taken. I am joking and that was too easy anyway.

I find it funny that the album is a nod to an out of date slang term (and also the name of a chocolate shop). Not exactly edgy.

Here's the thing though: if Aerosmith could muster half the energy of this song, they might be back on track. Nothing slick. Nothing unexpected. But something that fans would engage. If not, Aerosmith should name their next slab of gloss "Missed Opportunities."

But this is Perry's thing. And by that standard it is perfectly fine. It won't Rock Your World. Then again, he's letting his hot sauce line do that sorta' talking nowadays. Giggle.

[Gary]

I think Joe Perry should concentrate on Aerosmith. I think Robin Zander should concentrate on Cheap Trick and being the best vocalist to come out of his era,which he still is,hands down. I also think Johnny Depp should concentrate on not punching out women,brushing his teeth once every decade or so,and stringing together a coherent sentence when he's interviewed. He should also forget about thinking he's some kind of rock star because he knows 5 chords on the guitar,and just go back to making a lot of strange movies with some good ones mixed in occasionally. But that's just me....

[Him]

Here! Here! Gary. Only one mistake. You forgot to mention that Steve Tyler needs to stop thinking he is Charlie Pride.

Love your take on things, Gary. Love it.

[Metalboy!]

Hahaha!!!, HIM! That one about Tyler is of the most exquisite “touchés” ever laid down here so it’s only natural it came from you!

The rest of it is shear balderdash save for the positive comments from both you AND Gary (the funny one) ...

IMHO, this is “KILLER, KILLER, KILLER”!!!

To HIM’s point, “if Aerosmith could muster half of the energy of this song they might be back on track.”, are basically my sentiments exactly! What’s crazy is Tyler and Perry had moments of deploying something fairly akin to this kind of sound on Aerosmith’s first album.

Like the evolution of the Ford Mustang, however, they kept evolving their sound, adding more and more gloss (save for most of “Rocks”, the songs “Draw the Line” and “Let The Music Do The Talking” - the “Done With Mirrors” version, “Shut Up And Dance” and the forgettable “Honking on Bobo”) until it became almost completely both unexciting and virtually unrecognizable.

This is the alternate reality of that analysis. It sorta sounds like it belongs on a kind of strange hybrid of an album that would be equal parts Aerosmith “Rocks” (the immediacy of fairly raw production and layers of jamming guitars) and Cheap Trick “In Color” (Zander’s awesome vocals and simplistic song structure) with a splash of Zeppelin’s iconic song, “Rock and Roll” (classic Rock and Roll sound with Jerry Lee Lewis piano).

It’s a fun romp that sounds like the weight of years and years of Perry having to play ball with Tyler and the record companies while longing to do the next “Rocks”, has been lifted from his shoulders.

And if this is any indication of what else may be on Perry’s new album, we are in for, worst case scenario, what may be the closest thing to “Rocks” we ever get or, best case scenario, what could hopefully be a progenitor to “Rocks II”, a project Perry has longed for that Tyler could, at last, finally understand (and not a moment too soon, yee haw!) is not only possible, as evidenced by what sounds like “Sweetzerland Manifesto” might be but a totally plausible endeavor he needs to undertake asap!

p.s. Isn’t it “Hear, hear”, not “Here! Here!”, HIM?

[Him]

You are correct, Metalboy! Hear, hear it is. I bow. The OED is never wrong and 1868 is the oldest date of usage listed. Like I said on a previous post, I need an editor!

That said, _here_ is to hoping we _hear_ more good stuff from Perry, Tyler, Aerosmith or some combination thereof.

[TheCheapSeats]

Most interesting thing to come out of anyone in the Aerosmith camp since Done With Mirrors. I'd be good with a Perry/Zander record. Would it be better if Aerosmith would record an album full of songs like this? Sure. But will they ever again? I don't know. I'll take this in the meantime.

[fletch]

hey mb! do you believe in love at first sight? or should I stroll by you again?

-gary (the funny one).