AEROSMITH - 'Tell Me' Track Premiere Online; Steven Tyler And Tom Hamilton Comment

October 22, 2012, 11 years ago

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On November 6th, AEROSMITH will release Music From Another Dimension! on Columbia Records. It marks the band’s 15th studio album and their first studio album of all-new material in 11 years.

RollingStone.com are premiering the album, one track at a time, in the weeks leading up to the release. The band slow things down with some bittersweet emotion on 'Tell Me', which begins with an acoustic guitar and the heartbroken voice of Steven Tyler lamenting a lost love: "I guess I have to accept it / I was never the one... Why was it there for me / but not for you?"

There is a bit of THE BEATLES' 'Norwegian Wood' in those opening chords, which give way to a soaring, wistful chorus. 'Tell Me' was written by bassist Tom Hamilton, who has contributed the occasional song starting with the swaggering 'Uncle Salty', off 1975's Toys In The Attic. This one, though, was the first to include his own lyrics. He was inspired by an online course in lyric writing from the Berklee College of Music in Boston, where Aerosmith's Joey Kramer and Brad Whitford both studied.

"I had these chord changes, and I thought maybe I could try writing lyrics," says Hamilton. "It was a whole new experience for me. The song is about lost love, but I've been married since I was 25 years old. My wife goes, 'What the hell do you know about that?' I was just evoking a feeling I had when I was a kid listening to the Beatles and the Stones – I always loved their lonely sounding songs."

Tyler heard 'Tell Me' after basic tracks were done by the band, and was intrigued by Hamilton's words. "I don't know how you can put being not in love in such eloquent terms – we can argue about that later," Tyler says, turning to Hamilton. "It's just genius."

Read more and listen to 'Tell Me' at this location

Read about and hear the album track, 'Beautiful, at this location.

The album track, 'Oh Yeah', can be heard at this location.

Aerosmith recently released the latest video from Music From Another Dimension!, for the song 'What Could Have Been Love'. The clip can be seen below:

Check out Making Of Music From Another Dimension! episodes at the following links:

Episode 5

Episode 4

Episode 3

Episode 2

Episode 1

Music From Another Dimension! was recorded in Los Angeles and at the band’s studio in Massachusetts; it was produced by Jack Douglas, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, with the exception of three tracks produced by Tyler and Marti Frederiksen.

“It’s not that it took ten years,” Steven Tyler says, “but that we were busy getting ready!”

"This is the album we wanted to make since the band got back together in 1984,” Joe Perry says. “Can't complain about number one singles or album-driven sold-out world tours, as we blaze the Aerosmith trail with our fans. But this is the record that when the five of us are in a room yelling turn up the volume, that room could be 1325 Commonwealth Avenue (a reference to the band’s first apartment where they lived and wrote their first song).”

A deluxe version of Music From Another Dimension! will include:

- Four live performance videos: 'Rats In The Cellar', 'Train Kept A Rollin'', 'Oh Yeah' and 'Same Old Song and Dance'
- Exclusive interviews with the members of Aerosmith band members
- Three exclusive new bonus tracks: 'Up On A Mountain', 'Oasis' and 'Sunny Side of Love'

Music From Another Dimension! tracklisting is as follows:

'LUV XXX'

'Oh Yeah'

'Beautiful'

'Tell Me'

'Out Go The Lights'

'Legendary Child'

'What Could Have Been Love'

'Street Jesus'

'Can’t Stop Loving You' (with CARRIE UNDERWOOD)

'Lover A Lot'

'We All Fall Down'

'Freedom Fighter' (with JOHNNY DEPP)

'Closer'

'Something'

'Another Last Goodbye'

Steven Tyler and Joe Perry talked about Music From Another Dimension! on October 20th edition of The Jonathan Ross Show. Check out the chat below:

Aerosmith recently announced the second leg of The Global Warming Tour, which will include support act CHEAP TRICK. Tickets are on sale now at LiveNation.com. For VIP ticket packages, including opportunities to meet band members, backstage tours, great tickets and more, visit Aeroforceone.com.

Dates:

November

8 - Oklahoma City, OK - Chesapeake Energy Arena
11 - Wichita, KS - INTRUST Bank Arena
14 - Kansas City, MO - Spring Center
16 - Austin, TX - Frank Erwin Center
20 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
23 - Atlantic City, NJ - Revel Resorts – Ovation Hall
25 - Columbus, OH - Nationwide Arena
27 - Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre

December

1 - Las Vegas, NV - MGM Grand Garden Arena
3 - Los Angeles, CA - STAPLES Center
6 - New Orleans, LA - New Orleans Arena
9 - Fort Lauderdale, FL - BB&T; Center
11 - Tampa, FL - Tampa Bay Times Forum
13 - Nashville, TN - Bridgestone Arena

According to the Late Night TV Page, Arrosmith will guest on CBS's Late Night With David Letterman, on Thursday, November 1st. For more details visit CBS.com.


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