European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 3, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Focus Amos muh s staying Power Good theatrics and. Hard driving Rock n Roll by Deedee Arrington Doke assistant City editor to would have thought Back in 1973 that Aero Smith would still be banging around the music business a As headliners no less a 20 years later a a a dream on right however current successes like its popular singles cry a and Livin on the Edge prove the boys from Boston still have a grip on the Rock a hard All american Rock. Vocalist Steve Tyler guitarist Joe Perry guitarist Brad Whitford bassist Tom Hilton and drummer Joey Kramer were live and loud recently in the Schleye Halle in Stuttgart Germany delivering the goods they re famous for in a roughly 20-song set. A Black and White of Art curtain shielded Aero Smith from the audience s View As its set opened with eat the Rich the curtain soon fell away revealing Tyler in a a amp Mdahl Mimi guitarist Joe Perry jeans into a chord As Aero Smith takes the stage. Sparkly top hat round shades and brandishing his. A trademark Scarf. ,. Perry gaunt in a Black frock coat looked like a hell fire and Bri Storte preacher ministering to a fallen flock As he tweaked and whip obedience. 8&s me Hwy Ataman a guitarist Perry Quot Quot plays the fait to the antics of vocalist Steven Tyler who below shows off his hat and Tattoo ripped his guitar into fast paced the set touched most generation n s of a Rosm i the Ana ignoring a few Low Points in its tumultuous career but drawing heavily from the 1975 classic toys in the attic for talk this Way Sweet emotion and the album s title song. Also receiving deserved emphasis were the songs from the late 80s and the 90s that enforced the group s return to Power including Janefs gof a gun love in an elevator rag dolt dude looks like a lady and the other Side. From 1976 s rocks there was fast child other. Potshots included draw the line and shh Dup and dance a. While Aero Smith s onstage interplay is similar to the rolling stones with Lead Singer and Lead guitarist Tyler and Perry Mick Jagger and Keith Richard grabbing the spotlight this group is still responsible for some of the Best Rock pieces Ever created to show off Good Bass work. If there were any revelations during the performance it was just How Good bassist Hamilton is and How overlooked his contributions to this outfit have been Over the years. On Sweet emotion dude and the other Side particularly his Bass set the Pace propelling the undertow for Tyler s howl and Perry s digital acrobatics. In addition to working his Boogie bar rims around Tyler s vocals Perry also had a Solo singing shot on walk on Down and later powered an instrumental Jam of the old Peter Gunn theme. Aero Smith shows have an athletic intensity that s mind boggling Tyler fit and flexible dashes from one Side of the stage to another leapfrog with his microphone stand flips around bars mounted on the stage in Quick somersaults and twirls a microphone with some agility never losing a breath. If being Able to recognize songs during a concert is important to you Aero Smith has Only gotten better since the 1970s. A concert it performed in 1976 in the 67,000-person capacity kingdom in Seattle wash., was one of the five worst shows i d Ever seen a unrecognizable _. Murky music a lurching Tyler doing a bad Jagger imitation and an arrogance that seemed out of line with the group s onstage ineptness. Whatever the Aero Smith performers Are doing in their spare time today to keep going is working. Or big an outfit that can to decide if it wants to play hard Rock or pop ballads kicked off the night with a repertoire that included a new single a cover of cat Stevens wild world. A the group s own Quot or big Quot is guitarist Paul Gilbert whose ascension to guitar god status has repeatedly been predicted since the mid 80s. As part of racer a a Speed Metal band with a cult following Gilbert imaginatively thrashed his Way through an album or two. Although Gilbert demonstrated his chops for Speed during or. Big s set it was Clear this band is banking on a More mainstream  amps mocha to vat top of the charts pop singles 1. Id do anything for Lovo but i wont do that meat loaf 2. Again Janet Jackson 3. All thit she want a Ace of base 4. Shoop Salt a Pepa 5. Gangsta loan drs. 9. Haro Marlah Carey 7. Juat Kickin it escape 0. Pm Tara forgive a Bryan Adams 9. Breath again Toni Braxton 10. Can Waalk Tevlin Campbell top albums 1.va., Peart Jam 2. Duets Frank Sinatra 3. Tha one thing Michael Bolton <4. Bat out of Hall ii Back into hell meat loaf 5. Common thread the Songa of the Eagle various artists 0. Music Box Marlah Carey 7. So far so Good Bryan Adams �6. Greatest hits Tom Petty and the heartbreaker 9. Janet Janet Jackson 10. River of dreamt Bilty Joel country singles 1, aider can Honky Tonk bar association Garth Brooks 2. My baby Lovea a Martina Mcbride 3, reckless Alabama 4. Mercury blues Alan Jackson amp god blessed Texas Little Texas 0. Almost goodbye Mark Chesnutt 7, my second Home Tracy Lawrence 0. On the Road Lee Roy Parnell 9. That was a River Collin Rayef 10. Soon Tanya Tucker country albums 1. Common thread the sorta of the eaglet various artists 2. In pieces Garth Brooks 3. Greatest Hite volume two Reba Mcentyre 4. A lot about Uvlin and a utile a bout love Alan Jackson 5. Easy coma Ebay go George Strait b. Let there be peace on Earth Vince Gui. 7. The song remember when Trisha Yearwood 8. This time Dwight Yoakam 9. Tell me Why Wynonna 10.1 still believe in you Vince Gill Roc tracks 1. Daughter Pearl Jam 2. Mary Jane Slaet dance Tom Petty amp the heartbreaker 3. Amazing Aero Smith 4. Stone free Eric Clapton 5. Stick it out Rush 0. Black on Black ii heart 7. Stick it out Rush Quot _ 8. That Don t satisfy me brother Cane 9. A nth fun guns n roses 10. Shaken the Bluet screaming cheetah wheelies ramp a singles 1. Gangsta lean drs 2. Can we talk Tevin Campbell 3. Just kicking it escape 4. Shoop Salt a Pepa 5. Breathe again Toni Braxton 0. Never keeping secrets baby face 7. Keep a head up 2pac 8. Sex me Parte i a Lar. Kelly 9. Again Janet Jackson 10. Anniversary Tony Toni tone rap singles 1. Shoop Salt a Pepa 2. Keep a head up 2pac 3. I know i got ski Liz Shaquille o Neal 4. We oomph there it Stag team 5. Real. G a eazy a 0. Freak it Das eff 7. Award tour a tribe called quest 8. U.n.i.t.y., Queen Latifah 9. Ghetto Jam Domino 10. Coma baby come k7 adult contemporary 1. Said i loved you. But i used Michael Bolton 2. The River of dreamt Billy Joel 3. Of ease forgive me Bryan Adams 4. Reason to believe Rod Stewart 5. Dreamt Over Marlah Carey 0. Another sad love song Toni Braxton. 7. Hopelessly Rick Astley 0. Fields of Gold sting 9. I d do anything for love but i won t of that meat loaf 10, both Sld a of the Story Phil Collins a compiled by billboard disc notes a human wheels John Mellencamp Mercury or All of John Mellencamp a efforts to be a Folk Singer for the Downtrodden human wheels starts rolling Only when his band locks into a serious Groove. Mellencamp seems to have become uncomfortable with the seeming contradiction of being a Rock n Roll Singer with something serious to say. That gives Rise to some of the Pedantic exercises on human wheels which includes cuts that seem better lectures than songs. Only Case 795 the family despite its daunting title skilfully connects a tale of Domestic strife with a larger truth about disintegrating family Structure in the United states. On the whole human wheel has Many positives but Mett encamp a meandering keeps it from being truly memorable. A David Bauder the associated Prata world gone wrong Bob Dylan Columbia maybe a person gets to the Point where _ they be written enough songs Quot Bob Dylan told a reporter Early in 1992. Since then the songwriter has released two albums of traditional tunes and old songs performed simply on Soto guitar and Harmonica. World gone wrong his newest contains old country blues and ballads from Blind Willie Mctell Doc Watson and other Quot Folk Quot artists songs of betrayal revenge obsession and struggle. Dylan s singular voice is More accessible than it has been recently and beautifully captures the material s essence its impulse to describe what used to be called Quot the human , Quot technology to wipe out truth is Rebh now available Quot Dylan writes in Yutan the flyer notes. Quot when the Cost comes Down look out there won t be songs like these  a Timothy Cahill the stare and stripes very pot shop boys erg whatever happened to the pet shop boys. Vision Nell Tennant and Chris Lowe were supposed to spearhead this great dance pop revolution put a new spin on o tired sound. Back in the mid 60s, after their stunning debut with West end girls they were hailed As the Phil sectors of dance pop. The English duo s Wall of techno sound and their melodic pop tales brimming with quirks ironies and Black humor can be effervescent or nightmarish. Like All other pet shop boys albums very is list enable and danceable and features a Surprise or two. But despite some Strong songs in their did style a like the eerie to speak is a sin and the rousing go West this Overall it sounds As if the duo is recycling rather than creat ing. A Dennis Hunt Quot los Angeles times wish Joshua Redman Warner Bros Here s nothing unusual about hearing a Young jazz musician include a recent pop hit in his repertoire. It s rare though to hear one invest such a song with the kind of Energy and insight usually reserved for jazz classics. Yet that s exactly what be nor saxophone St Joshu a red Man does on wish when he and guitarist Pat Metheny dig into Eric Clapton a tears in heaven the result May sound like Lite jazz at first but by the second chorus the tune has already been transformed. Even better they pull the same trick with Moose the mooch maintaining the general sense of this Charlie Parker Chestnut White deftly opening new harmonic horizons. No wonder Redman has been hailed As one of the brightest new lights in jazz. A . 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