Comic Relief Singles - Walk This Way, Spirit in the Sky, Who Do You Think You Are, Uptown Girl, Is This the Way to Amarillo (Paperback)

Commentary (music and lyrics not included). Chapters: Walk This Way, Spirit in the Sky, Who Do You Think You Are, Uptown Girl, Is This the Way to Amarillo, Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree, Love Can Build a Bridge, All About You/you've Got a Friend, When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going, Absolutely Fabulous, Stick It Out. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 70. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: "Walk This Way" is a song by American hard rock group Aerosmith. It was written by Steven Tyler and Joe Perry. It was originally released as the second single from their 1975 album Toys in the Attic. It peaked at Number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1977, part of a string of successful hit singles for the band in the 1970s. In addition to being one of the songs that helped break Aerosmith into the mainstream in the 1970s, it also helped resurrect their career and revolutionized the new hybrid sub-musical genre of "rock and rap," or the molding of rock and hip hop music when it was covered by rappers Run-D.M.C. in 1986 on their album Raising Hell. In so doing, it helped bring rap into the suburban mainstream, where it has remained ever since. It became an international hit and won both groups a Soul Train Music Award for Best Rap - Single in 1987. The song starts out with the famous two measure drum beat intro by Joey Kramer, followed up the equally famous guitar riff by Joe Perry. The song then goes into the verse, with a steady drum beat and bassline by Tom Hamilton forming as the backbeat, with dueling guitars by Joe Perry and Brad Whitford. Though not verified, it is believed by some that an uncredited guitarist contributed to the song, including the solos. The lyrics, which tell the story of a high school boy losing his virginity, are sung quite fast by Steven Tyler, with heavy em...http: //booksllc.net/?id=544210