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About This Track
“Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)” is a song performed by American hard rock band Aerosmith. It was written by Steven Tyler, Joe Perry and record producer/writer Glen Ballard. Glen Ballard had originally been the producer and a songwriting collaborator for the Nine Lives album, but was replaced by Kevin Shirley halfway through the recording process of Nine Lives. “Falling in Love” was released as the first major single from Nine Lives in 1997. The song is primarily a rocking number, yet has many overdubs and other instruments to maintain a pop sound and appeal to mainstream audiences, including synthesizer-produced horns.
Lead singer Steven Tyler got the inspiration for the title off a bumper sticker he saw a few years previously. The line “But you like the way I hold the microphone” was a reference to an almost identical line in The Rolling Stones’ 1965 song “The Spider And The Fly.”
This song is quite rare in popular rock music, in that the song starts with the chorus, then moves into the first verse, before going back towards a traditional verse-chorus-verse-instrumental-verse/chorus structure. Opening a rock song with the chorus, especially for a song that achieved relatively good radio coverage and sales such as Falling in Love, is very uncommon and innovative in the rock industry.
Lead singer Steven Tyler got the inspiration for the title off a bumper sticker he saw a few years previously. The line “But you like the way I hold the microphone” was a reference to an almost identical line in The Rolling Stones’ 1965 song “The Spider And The Fly.”
This song is quite rare in popular rock music, in that the song starts with the chorus, then moves into the first verse, before going back towards a traditional verse-chorus-verse-instrumental-verse/chorus structure. Opening a rock song with the chorus, especially for a song that achieved relatively good radio coverage and sales such as Falling in Love, is very uncommon and innovative in the rock industry.
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Shouts
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Pedrorockeiro wrote:
Uma das melhores com certeza
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Agilipuppy wrote:
Stevie Tyler ROCKS!!! He has rocked since the late 70's. Damn!
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rockandrolljoe wrote:
ROCKS
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BuffyJackson wrote:
cool band
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thebonniescott wrote:
Don't give me no lip, I got enough of my own.. Love Aerosmith @johnny20200 damn straight
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johnny20200 wrote:
they great thing about aerosmith is they dont take themselves to seriously, they just take themselves seriously enough to write fantastic songs
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Danirebonatto wrote:
YOU'RE SO BAD YOU'RE SO BAD YOU'RE SO BAD
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Black-Cherry wrote:
❤
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tonystuff wrote:
cool video........
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racamorg wrote:
Steven is such a clever songwriter. "Don't give me no lip, I've got enough of my own."
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Quel-Thul wrote:
timeless
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Daniel_flippy wrote:
Amo demais <3
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gsm007g wrote:
Naughty ,naughty....
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Giraffe19 wrote:
One of my faves :) Awesome song
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alicelanders wrote:
<3
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CrimsonXero wrote:
Cool track.
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pjbird wrote:
Could tune and a disappointing album
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FjordSweetFjord wrote:
one of their best in the last 20 years.
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Brodanizer wrote:
von nine lives - geiler song
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Arthur-Engler wrote:
YEAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH
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