The Train Kept A Rollin - Aerosmith | The Midnight Special
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- Aerosmith performed August 16, 1974
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No doubt. The 70's is the golden Era of rock n roll.
60s for me…JJ Flash…
@@jessewolf7649 The 60's was the birth of heavy rock. The 70's refined and perfected it. The 80's ruined it and made it hacky and commercial. (im talking about hair bands, not early metal and punk) IN MY OPINION
This is why the 70's rock.
and ROLL
It’s really Aerosmith mentor and instructor Klaus Nomi that’s responsible for all great bands of the70s and 80s. His pen was in every song all of the big bands wrote . He deserves all the credit for their success. And he reviewed.and ok”d every thing.any of the guys wrote. After he left Aerosmith cuz of Tyler’s sexual behavior and advances they went downhill. He trained Joe on how to play . Randy Rhodes, Jimi James Hendrix,,, all Klaus Nomis pupils. Klaus Nomi was a master. Aerosmith,Kiss , Iron Maiden , even Queen nd the Stones are all his work. His video of his hit Total Eclipse shows his mastery and shows clearly where They all got their style , mannerisms and talent
@@danielhoran8416 Also well known as 'the 6th Beatle' for his ghostwriting.
What I wouldn't give to have this Aerosmith back.
Just need a kilo of coke.
They play that song better today than they did on this special. The performance isn't very good at all, and is surpassed by so many performances of the same song.
I watched some of the tapes from their recent Vegas residency (man, that does make then sound like a bunch of aspiring MDs), and I think yours would very much be a minority opinion about end stage Aero being > than early era Aero.
I believe that Rocks is is one of the finest albums ever released by any band. A lot fell apart after that. It is amazing that they remained intact (Kramer’s health challenges notwithstanding) for a half century. One of the few bands where I can name every member.
Its been 50 years, gramps. Let it go.
@@jaykeehan5813 They sound better here in Vegas: czcams.com/video/X8A6JT1ToIA/video.html&ab_channel=gooddogs74 . This from 1974 performance is sloppy, slower and they're using bad sound equipment.
They would soon release ....one of the best albums of the 70s Toys in the Attic
Aerosmith cutting their teeth on the midnight special , absolutely live , thats old school kids, the way us rockers like it
I’m 65 I loved the 70s still with the same wife too love it!!
The 70s rocked.
I saw these guys in June of 1974 open for Lynyrd Skynyrd. They were a hot mess. It’s a miracle that they are all still with us. Tickets $5.50. ✌️
They are with us because their managers were smart enough not to buy that garbage plane in 77
@@MrGenexxxthat’s exactly right because the story goes was they looked into buying it but decided against it.
Who cares about he plane they didn’t buy , it’s a miracle none of them OD’d . This is a doped out 3:17 shit storm
These guys will be big someday
Damn, I remember coming home from roller skating and watching this show every Saturday night. The good old days…
I couldn't fuckin imagine.
And Don Kirshner's Rock Concert
Yes! Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert was another one we were lucky enough to have experienced.
There was a rawness and authenticity to them that was very unique. Born to be rock stars.
Early 70's Rock 'n Roll was just the best, period
Late 60s too
@@beastbee0118 I’ll give you a close 2nd… Doors, Hendrix, Kinks, Beatles, Zeppelin
Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart, The Faces, Alice Cooper,
Tyler looks like a kid! Loved the whole Get Your Wings album. Thanks for posting an awesome live version of this song!
Get your Wings is my all time favorite Aerosmith album. Of course I like Rocks and Toys too. Probably because Wings was first album I ever heard of their's in its entirety. Every song on it is great. Steven was sure cute then, but I was only 8 years old when they did this performance.
The looooong years of drug abuse haven't kicked in, yet.
@@lisascorpGet your Wings was the first album that I ever had. By the way I was 8 years old when they did this performance also.
@@planomathandscience And they were still kicking ass in their live shows in 2014. 40 yrs after the Midnight Special broadcast. I've seen video of them in 2022-23. Still amazingly tight and energetic. I was approx. 11 years old when this was broadcast.
Please go sell craaaazy somewhere else.
@@stuartgoodloe9537 Amen brother 🙏 To come through all that and release Pump - a killer from start to finish - shows the true nature of their talent and commitment.
Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner sure gave that song life with their guitar chops on Get Your Wings.
You can really hear what Hunter and Wagner did for this song, when you see what happened when these guys tried it.
Agree: they just didn’t have great chops at this point. Perry’s solos sound disjointed. He definitely improved a lot over time.
that would have probably destroyed me to know that my producer replaced me with another guitarist...who wasn't even in the band!
Ha - it's such a GREAT story!
Agreed, many people don't know that Perry & Whitford were too lame to play the hot solos that are on the album. Also a little tidbit is that on the Get Your Wings version the "live" part contains audience from The Concert For Bangladesh. I read that in in bio their book.
Shows what a good producer can do.
And having Steve Hunter & Dick Wagner playing the guitar parts in the studio!
@@user-dc5rg9mn1p ..yep..part of the producers job...hear what a song could sound like..with the right players
My first concert Aerosmith /Nazareth . Richfield Coliseum . Much love and appreciation for growing up in this era . I wanna go back !!!! 🎩🎸💘🎵🎶☮️🤩
They were my first concert too , 1977. KISS was my second 1979 , Van Halen in 1980.
This was when Aerosmith was a true hard rock/metal band. Get Your Wings - every track was a banger.
And then they reached the mid 80's and started sucking...
@exmarine268 If I had a dollar for every time I've played/listened to GET YOUR WINGS, I'd be a wealthy man. Just curious your thoughts on GET A GRIP? Those two are my favorites.
There's no such thing as false hard rock/metal.
@@eldoabrahamson I think the comparison isn't about "true vs false" it's about hard rock 70's Aerosmith vs soft rock/pop mid to late 80's Aerosmith.
That's how I read it.
@@eldoabrahamson - Sure there is. Lots of pretenders out there
Can’t believe there aren’t any comments (that I can see) about how great of a drummer Joey Kramer is and as evident here, always has been!
That's because he sucks. I love early Aerosmith but speaking as a pro drummer, he is terrible live.
Aaahhhh the 70's! Followed by the 80's then the 90's. Lucky for me I got to participate in all three! Still going obviously but those three decades were memorable to say the least!
This is awesome. The Midnight Special. the gift that just kept giving.
Going by these clips you forget that Midnight Special was 95 percent Neil Sadaka and Captain and Tanielli
That bass is fantastic here! Chugging along like a fricken freight train - holding that back beat rhythm, fantastic stuff !!!!
Love the first four albums (and live bootleg).
The real and only version of Aerosmith are those albums ❤
I must agree. I had those 5 albums as well, as far as I was concerned they went to sh*t after Rocks. Rocks kicked a$$, and imo, everything after that sucked. I saw the Rocks tour in '77, which wasn't that remarkable. Then I saw them again in '91 on whatever p.o.s. album they were touring and they flat out sucked.
Rocks was years ahead of it's time.
Yes! A smokin album!
Half of Draw The Line was good , the other half you could hear how the substance intake started taking its toll.
This is true Rock ‘n Roll!
In the liner notes for this DVD, it says that because they recorded this at around 10am, the boys in the band had to start drinking at 6am to get their usual feel just right
This is excellent. A young and fame hungry band delivers a perfect performance. Imagine how it must have been to see them live at the Anaheim stadium in 1976 when they played this with the late Jeff Beck.
"Rocks" Tour, Also with Jan Hammer/ and Rick Derringer opening...
@@hotrox2112 That's an awesome ticket...those 4 in one night. Wow!!!
Here to represent the gig at Comiskey Park in Chicago when some fireworks started the stands on fire during Beck's set!
@@jonnuanez7183 Actually Hammer was playing with Beck that tour(supporting their Live album). There was a 4th act though: The Stu Day (Daye?) Band. Some Mott/Dylan knockoff that wasn't very interesting.
It was very cool, I was there, Starz, Derringer, Skynryd cancelled, Flo and Eddie m.c.s, Beck, Aerosmith,The Big A @ The Big A.
I love this song.Baby love watching you in this video ❤❤❤ Hilda Ross
When you went to see these guys at the Boston Garden in the 70s, it was dangerous. Every leather jacket dude from every high school in Massachusetts in one place. Wild.
Lol..any fights? Rival gangs?
Dude! What strange twist of fate brought us to the same place, only 2 weeks apart? Rock on! >>(Dan)
@@13iffRifkin Dano! What’s up brother? We are rockers from Massachusetts! Where else would we be? See you soon!
70's ERA AeroSmith!!!! America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band!!!! Early AeroSmith is the Best AeroSmith!
Greatest my ass.
@@Earlvis easily the greatest hard rock band from America. All other legendary bands were from England.
@@MrGenexxx Not even close. Aerosmirh was good but never great. There were many bands that were better.
@@Earlvis Nope they are the greatest. Based on the 70s alone. But if you add their comeback in the 80s and 90s there's really no debate. They influenced so many other great bands that were supposed to replace them but Aerosmith outlived them all.
@@MrGenexxx Listen to the Allman Brothers Band “Live at the Fillmore East” record and you’ll hear the greatest rock band ever. Duane and Dickey were way ahead of Brad and Joe and then add in the dual-drummers and Gregg Allman’s Hammond B-3 work. It’s not even close. Molly Hatchett also blew Aerosmith off the stage.
This is such an epic version and performance of this song. Aerosmith are such an amazing band. Cheers! ✌️
Indeed! Love it!✌️
Aerosmith was a great band back then way before corporate record companies ruined them.
That bass thumps, I love it
Love Aerosmith!!!! Greetings from Argentina!!!🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷
One of the only bands to have the exact same lineup for 50 years. Exceptional.
Joe Perry left Aerosmith in 1979 , Brad Whitford left in 1981 , they both returned in 1984. On the current farewell tour Joey Kramer is not playing drums , he's been replaced by his former drum tech John Douglas who filled in for Joey in 2019 when Joey injured his foot & again in 2022 when Joey took time off to be with his family & focus on his health 3 months after the passing of his wife Linda.
Get Your Wings, Toys in the Attic, just awesome albums from start to finish
and Rocks
@@rideon1956 I was just going to add that 👍
@rideon1956 how did I forget that?!?
Here we are 50 years later...still fucking awesome!
Pretty raw! ❤
This song totally kicks ass❤ This song is a song from the good ole days.
Sure is because it was originally done by The Yardbirds.
Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner were sorely missed on this performance
Amen! I love most of Aerosmith's 70s music (and a little bit of their 80s stuff), and what people my age refer to as Classic Rock--I'm 54 so I think I can really appreciate the rawness of live recordings, especially the unpredictability of tv performances of the 50s - 80s artists, and I know that this was the height of their heroin addictions, but this is...shockingly bad, wow. Obviously, good music producers, both studio and live, were worth their weight in gold. I've learned that many of my memories of my younger years (music, films, tv, comic books, etc) are evidently better off as memories without documentation.
@@mcfarlanejb19 Lol no...The serious drug problems were 3/4 years down the road. Whitford(criminally underrated overall) and especially Perry just were not great guitar players at this point. Sad thing is after all the years since get your wings they have never been able to replicate that original blistering Steve Hunter guitar work.
Yes. I saw them live 4 years after this and sadly they were so wasted. Glad they recovered
@@billsouza4457 As a guitarist in a cover band, I can tell you it's really hard duplicating another guitarist's leads (especially when he's a better guitarist). I clicked this video just to see what Joe Perry would do, and I was pleasantly surprised. I can imagine when Perry first that recording and thought "I have to play that live?!"
@@kilroy2517 I did the same thing , i had to see if Perry even came close. Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner made it hard for Perry as they played cleaner lines. Perry was always a little sloppy.
I'll have to rock my new Midnight Special t-shirt for this one!
Spirited cover byThe 'Smith!
Amazing song and performance. These guys were in their prime when this went down.
When Aerosmith was Aerosmith
Before that stupid rap song
💯 percent truth !!!
They lost me after after, Done with Mirrors.
drunk and high
Now they're just caricatures of themselves.
Can you imagine being a band from the 70s seeing these videos now remembering that feeling of hunger and energy to make it, the best years of your band, all mates and having a blast, would be such a difficult thing to see...
...glad I was alive to witness this...
I have such fond memories of this show. I used to come home from a night out just to watch. I’m probably saw this one too!
Love this. This was 8 years before MTV and Midnight Special and Don Kirschners Rock Concert were one of the few ways to see performances of bands on tv. I would stay up every weekend for this.
Did the same with both of those shows.
Midnight Special and Soul TRAIN. GOLDEN YEARS
You forgot 'Don Kirschner's Rock Concert'!
My very first concert was Aerosmith: May 1974 @ Allen Park Civic Arena MI. Probably within a few months of this performance!
Awesome! Loved their music since 1973! Saw them in Nov of 74 at Central MI University and was hooked.
I had seen them in the early 70s as well while they were touring the Get Your Wings album. Saw them at Westboro Speedway in Mass. Great show!
CMU hosted some pretty good shows back then. I saw BTO and Dave Mason there as I recall. Was going to Ferris State at the time which is about 45 minutes to the west. At Ferris I saw Blue Oyster Cult, Ted Nugent, Bob Segar & the Silver Bullet Band, Rick Wakeman, James Gang (post Joe Walsh), J Geils Band, and King Crimson. Can you imagine that happening these days? I can’t. I’m 70 years old now and those days can never be replicated. What a time to be growing up and seem so long ago.
I love this song I love hearing you sing it sounds awesome 💞💞 love Hilda Ross
This appearence was Aerosmith's first big exsporure in America. Perhaps even saved their career. Their first album didn't sell at all and "Get Your Wings" (released March 15, 1974) was selling slowly at the time. This appeaence may have been the turning point.
I had "Get Your Wings" and "Toys in the Attic" @ 13....memorized it from front to back. Got to see AC/DC open for Aerosmith in '77....Tyler mooned the audience
At the time of this appearance Dream On had been re-released and became a hit so that led to them playing Midnight Special and their 2 previous albums being rediscovered
@@jennifersman7990 Dream On wasn't reissued until January 1976 after the success of Toys In The Attic and Walk This Way. Peaking at #6. Though it was a regional hit in the Boston area in 1973.
Loved get your wings The first 4 albums were vintage Aerosmith then they went in a commercial direction and changed their style Never followed them afterwards
@@timeportal8937 Yes. The first four albums. Then drugs and bad habits derailed them.
I saw them in San Diego around 1988. Right about when they made their big comeback with hits on MTV. They sounded way better than I expected. Really professional and great stage presence.
I saw them in the 90s in Germany and they were ok-ish musically but way too loud. Steven however put on a show that i have never seen before and that i will never forget. Absolutely insane stage presence!
Very cool
Thank you Mr Sugarman
🙏🤗🍺cheers
What a GREAT time.
With a heave and a ho...Aerosmith is a great way to start the week! This is one of my favorites of theirs! Fire performance! 🔥 Wish I could have seen them live back then. 🙌💜
Saw them once on the Nine Lives tour.
@@gregoryduncan3067 Oh wow! Now I'm jealous!😜☺️
@@StephanieJeanneI admit that was a good one.
I got to see them in Memphis in 1987, they were awesome.
Me too, me too, back then in their prime would have been a fantastic show to see live.
Me seeing this CZcams video before anyone else in the world,made it very special,im back in the saddle again.
We got both of them now. Beautiful.
Yeah. Keep finding the Vintage AEROSMITH totally love it
I love the phaser on the drums...
Me too.
I remember watching this.
I think these kids have potential.
Right. These dudes look like a lady can surely make it if they dream on.
Potential but not longevity
Mick Jagger's in a new band???
they were really great in the 70's then like many turned to crap in the 80's and beyond
As long as they don’t get hepped up on the goofballs.
See-thru Lucite drum kit!!
Yeah!! 👍🏾🥁
Video gold
The Midnight Special and Don Kirshner's Rock Concert were *awesome* . Too bad we don't have anything like that anymore.
Impressive 🤟😎
The urban dictionary can help define the meaning of this song. This is classic blues.
Why can't we have something like The Midnight Special or In Concert these days? There are plenty of talented live musicians out there even today.
Cable tv has been losing subscribers by the millions each quarter for years. Its turned into something those old people have now
No lip syncing, no back tape just musicianship
Props to the Special for having real playing. It makes things so much more valuable from an historical perspective. Shows like Soul Train were good if you wanted to see what the performers looked like, but pretty uninteresting otherwise.
As is the case with every real band to this day. You say it like you think every group is The Backstreet Boys. If I could have just shaken my ass like a queer on stage and not worried about playing or singing properly in any of my touring bands, I'd have just done that. Probably less embarrassing than fucking up a guitar solo in front of a crowd or some such lol 😅
Absolutely incredible.
I remember hearing this song off Get Your Wings for the first time 😳🤯🔥
Definitely my favorite album by Aerosmith get your wings.
@johnstrong3824 Mine too. It usually doesn't seem to get much love. I don't know why. I love every song on it. Especially Train, Seasons of wither, and spaced. Woman of the world is great also. I like Toys and Rocks too, but Wings is my absolute favorite.
I saw this when it came out. Damn I’m old.
Wow. I was about 8 years old I'm old too.
@@lisascorp I was 10 Lisa 😂
Wow, 1974 and they managed to catch them sober.
Well done.
There was still a probability to catch them sober during this time. That probability turned to zero when they finished their first Japan tour and stopped in Hawaii for "team building".
Well this same show at the same performance, they also did Dream On (This midnight special, they did 2 songs, I'm not sure which one they did first though) and during Dream On, Steven seems like he is maybe on something during parts of his performance. I've seen it on CZcams. From reading his book, sounds like he took a lot of downers around this time. He didn't get into the super hard drugs until about 2 years after this.
nothing like a good ol' fashion American band
Almost as good as a good old fashioned British band………kidding. Great music in those days, from both sides of the pond.
Us who were there in those times know just how good it was 😢
Aerosmith e sua grande fase de ouro dos 70,que joia preciosa do Hard Rock dos anos 70!!!!!!!
My favorite Aerosmith song!
They did not write the song though.
Johnny Burnette wrote it.
@@dwaynewladyka577 Tiny Bradshaw first in 1951. Then Johnny Burnette rearranged it
@@BigSky1 Actually, you are correct.
I agree this is a great version but it’s not their song.
Great cover of a classic Yardbirds song.
A cover of the Yardbirds' cover version of the song, to be precise.
Love music. And I can express it without putting down any generation's music.
Hats off to Joey Kramer!!!👏👏👏
Love the two cymbal hit!.
This was just about the top of their game.
I always thought they peaked with Rocks.
@@rogerdaly6326 Rocks was my favorite, too.
Saw them in 96..Great show..
Snare through the phase shifter was pretty fuckin cutting edge back in the day.
Listen to the effect used on the snare. Radical
It's called a flanger
@@rcruz262 i think it's called a wanger. or wanker.
Man, those really were the days! 🎸
Look out for Mr. Kramer!
Yes, the 1970's, real rock live!
And THAT is how you do it !
High quality video, shows em up close
Joe Perry is the man and machine 🎸, love him, great performance here! 🤘🤘🤘
My favorite album of theirs is “Toys in the Attic”, my older brother introduced me to the band.
I loved having three older sibs and their musical tastes, filtering on down to me~the youngest.
I heard Aerosmith pretty early on due to older siblings also. I was only about 9 or 10 when I first heard them in the mid 70s. I can listen to Get your Wings, Rocks, and Toys in the attic in their entirety Love every song on them, especially Wings. Rocks and Toys are tied for 2nd. But I also enjoyed some of their music from Pump etc, but 70s Aerosmith is the best.
JP is actually left handed. He forced himself to learn guitar right handed when he first started. Amazing !
This is Great To See
Not only was there no lip syncing and no auto-tune, except for the flange effect on the snare in the middle, there's no basic effects on the Steven's voice nor Joe's guitar! No reverb. No delay. Zero. They just raw dogged it.
Very page esque. Loved it!
YEAH! I've been waiting for this performance. Thanks for uploading.
Early Aerosmith was the American Rolling Stones/Bad Company to me.
50 years of potential!!!!
They might just make it big someday
Love it!!🥰
Joe Perry playing a Strat. Something you don't see much these days.
He’s my favorite band member, Joe’s HOT! 😂
Get Your Wings my favorite album!!!
I ❤ Steven Monkey Tyler. Like a Rolling Stone: Mick Jagger