Song Analysis: Toys In The Attic

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Amanda May MU3308 Writing assignment 2 Toys in the Attic is the third album that Aerosmith, an American rock band, had created in 1975. Aerosmith worked side by side with Jack Douglas and Colombia records to get this studio album completed. Aerosmith had styles that were rooted within a blues based heavy rock. They have produced music that included R&B, pop and even heavy metal elements as well. Within the album, competing with the sounds of Led Zeppelin, both being rock bands with roots in blues style as well as competing albums in 1975 with Physical Graffiti, and even the Rolling Stones, due to in part because of the striking resemblance between Mick Jagger and Steven Tyler or the excessive use of drug to guide their songs, helped inspire …show more content…

Bull Moose Jackson can be given a source of inspiration credit for Big Ten Inch Record because he was who previously made the song famous; Aerosmith took the song and made it their own. Aerosmith’s music was not only inspired by many contributing factors, it also inspired many artists to come and that were already producing music. Van Halen was a band that was just a club-performing group that used Aerosmith songs to get their name out there. Aerosmith’s inspiration became very evident on the coming groups for hard rock or metal bands such as Guns N’ Roses, Metallica and even Cinderella. Guns N’ Roses opened Aerosmith’s 1988 tour with covering one of their popular songs Mama Kin which was one of the defining songs that helped influence Guns N’ …show more content…

The album seems to be a roller coaster of sound going from songs with a heavy rock influence such as the very first song on the album Toys in the Attic that has an upbeat tempo with lyrics that reminds listeners of someone is losing their mind to a softer ballad songs such as the very last song on the album You See Me Crying which keeps a softer slower tempo. The songs in between range in “genre” such as James Brown inspirations for Walk This Way or a blues feeling influences on Big Ten Inch

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