TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA Violinist Anna Phoebe On AEROSMITH's London Show - "Steven Tyler Oozed Raw Animal Magnetism And Barely Stood Still For The Entire Set"
June 29, 2010, 14 years ago
TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA violinist Anna Phoebe, who recently joined ROXY MUSIC for live shows, has posted her latest weekly blog. An excerpt is available below:
"Sitting on my little balcony in Berlin surrounded by green leaves and twittering birds. It feels a million miles away from the land of rock. It is, of course, a great time to be in Germany (or, indeed, to hastily adopt my German side)! I watched yesterday’s crushing defeat of the England team on a street cafe in Kreuzberg – the part of Berlin where there is a seamless flow between young hip musicians/designers, mixed with punks stuck in the 80s and Turkish immigrant families. Each German goal was punctuated by fireworks blasting off into the air and deafening cheers from up and down both sides of the streets. I actually got rather into it!!Not quite as much, though, as I got into AEROMSITH’s show at the O2 in London a couple of weeks ago – they were on FIRE! Their stage set was relatively basic compared to most arena acts, and so it was left up to the band to deliver the show. In my opinion, between Steven Tyler and Joe Perry they most DEFINITELY succeeded. Perry’s playing and showmanship were flawless – and his singing on Stop Messin Around sounded great.
But it was the leathery Tyler who oozed raw animal magnetism and barely stood still for the entire set. He swaggered around the stage in his fringed shirt and clingfilm tight silver trousers, twirling the mike stand over his head with the signature scarves trailing down, rubbing up against Perry playing air guitar and turning his tightly packaged bottom to the audience, giving us a cheeky hip thrust.
His voice was incredible – he hit every note, including the high falsetto at the end of Dream On. The only SLIGHTLY odd moment was when he was on all fours with his face thrust into the camera (and thus projected onto the HUGE screens) licking his lips for what seemed a little TOO long…"
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