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About This Track
“Back in the Saddle” is a song by American hard rock band Aerosmith. It was written by Steven Tyler and Joe Perry. It is the first song on Aerosmith’s pinnacle hard rock album Rocks released in 1976. The song was released as the third single from the album in 1977. It peaked at #38 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The song’s main riff was written by Joe Perry on a Fender Bass VI, which gives the song its distinctive “growl”. Brad Whitford plays the lead guitar part. “Back in the Saddle” also features one of the heaviest and noticeable bass lines by Tom Hamilton. The song is also notable for the slow buildup of the drum beat and guitar riff in the beginning of the song, as well as the sound effects of a galloping horse and whips, and screams and yodeling by Steven Tyler at the end of the song. A real bullwhip was intended to be used for the whip effects and hours were spent trying to get it to crack. The band members ended up cut up and hurt without making any progress. Eventually, the band decided the whip effects would be created by whirling a 30-foot cord from the studio, then by firing a cap gun to create the crack of the whip (the sound effects are more prominent in the Quadraphonic mix of the album (Columbia CAQ 34165)). When the song is performed in concert, Steven Tyler often makes more noticeable lyrical and visible references to sex. Although the lyrics, by Steven Tyler, were written with the simple idea of cowboys and sex, this song took on new meaning after Aerosmith reunited in 1984 and embarked on their Back in the Saddle tour.
The song’s main riff was written by Joe Perry on a Fender Bass VI, which gives the song its distinctive “growl”. Brad Whitford plays the lead guitar part. “Back in the Saddle” also features one of the heaviest and noticeable bass lines by Tom Hamilton. The song is also notable for the slow buildup of the drum beat and guitar riff in the beginning of the song, as well as the sound effects of a galloping horse and whips, and screams and yodeling by Steven Tyler at the end of the song. A real bullwhip was intended to be used for the whip effects and hours were spent trying to get it to crack. The band members ended up cut up and hurt without making any progress. Eventually, the band decided the whip effects would be created by whirling a 30-foot cord from the studio, then by firing a cap gun to create the crack of the whip (the sound effects are more prominent in the Quadraphonic mix of the album (Columbia CAQ 34165)). When the song is performed in concert, Steven Tyler often makes more noticeable lyrical and visible references to sex. Although the lyrics, by Steven Tyler, were written with the simple idea of cowboys and sex, this song took on new meaning after Aerosmith reunited in 1984 and embarked on their Back in the Saddle tour.
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Shouts
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rolsroyse wrote:
I like pies....
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MIKEH3875 wrote:
ROCKS what else needs to be said
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MaytheLyoness wrote:
Yeaaaaah, AEROSMITH! What a great group. This album is great, I nearly forgot about it!
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Ex-bluesbreaker wrote:
underrated
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rockandrolljoe wrote:
ROCKS
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LucytheNyu wrote:
their signature track!!
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Rockofages32 wrote:
back in the saddle again
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lisabemine wrote:
Nice lips. Oh the song is good 2.
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next__ wrote:
amazing track
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fredericojose95 wrote:
very nice :D
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MIKEH3875 wrote:
kickass track
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promisedeyes wrote:
My favorite tune by them! <3
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prominence_la wrote:
You've got to hear this with headphones...only then can you hear the horse galloping and neighing. Great touch.
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Stiv10 wrote:
Always a great opening track:)
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zaynzaynzayn wrote:
GREAT SCREAM
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lee-olphert wrote:
Watchin 'The Fighter' has rekindled my love for this tune
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JOEDOG1369 wrote:
THIS IS GREAT MUSIC ME AND MY 8 TRACK OF ROCKS
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JOEDOG1369 wrote:
THE BEST BAND EVER MADE IN THE U.S.A.
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Hi_peeps wrote:
crazy voice, I love her.......cry, baby, cry
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felipelsp1997 wrote:
q chato suas musicas cara vc é um perdedor
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