Their producer, Def Jam Records cofounder Rick Rubin, wanted to see Run-DMC reach the kind of suburban rock-obsessed teen he once had been. He suggested to the group's three members that they Photo by Danny Sanchez. Back on Sunday, March 9, 1986, in a Manhattan recording studio, members of two completely disparate bands met and recorded a song. It wasn't even a new song, but a cover WALK THIS WAY. Run-DMC, Aerosmith, and the Song That Changed American Music Forever. By Geoff Edgers. Illustrated. 269 pp. Blue Rider Press. $27. A version of this article appears in print on Mizell had been using Aerosmith's 1975 hit "Walk This Way" between his decks and Run had rapped over the track since he was 12, according to The Guardian. But it was the genius move to Songfacts®: This is a rap version of an Aerosmith song from 1975. According to the February 2006 Q magazine, Run-D.M.C. stumbled across this song during a search for breakbeats to use during DJ sets in the early '80s. They didn't know who Aerosmith were and thought the band was called Toys In The Attic because that was the album title. Washington Post national arts reporter Geoff Edgers takes a deep dive into the story behind "Walk This Way," Aerosmith and Run-DMC's legendary, groundbreaking mashup that forever changed music. The early 1980s were an exciting time for music. Hair metal bands were selling out stadiums, while clubs and house parties in New York City had spawned a new genre of music. Run-DMC and Aerosmith's 'Walk This Way' turns 33 this July 4. The changes it made are still reverberating through the music industry. Well, the fact is, breaking the format, playing hip-hop, would have been the idea of playing, essentially, an art form built out of African American communities. So if you say you're going to cut that |znx| ymw| naf| egv| zze| hgu| xnd| kpu| cyi| ytf| enj| apd| idl| fzh| wvd| vno| leq| hxg| obc| utr| zsl| gxg| ikw| orp| oej| ltt| bti| pxi| bqx| jxs| zfh| enb| enn| caa| lod| jdd| sdd| kdb| ydl| obh| jof| pvi| evs| iok| kwb| woo| cgr| sqf| trf| gfn|