Blog #4

Walk this way- Aerosmith
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UFFa1HbFfA

Listening Framework

Tempo - Fast
Source- The rhythm comes from the electric guitar and the drums
Groove- The edgy guitar and fast paced vocals give the song the iconic rock and roll feel.
Instrumentation- The electric guitar and vocals drive the song while the drum and bass act as a background.
Structure- Guitar riff- vocal verse- Guitar riff- vocal verse- chrous- guitar solo- guitar riff- vocal verse- guitar riff- vocal verse- chorus- guitar solo- guitar solo
Emotional Architecture- The repeated guitar riff gives the song a high tempo right from the beginning and throughout the song. The fast past vocals and guitar solos also add to this high energy song.
Height- The guitar is more high pitched during the guitar riffs and solos and more low pitch during the vocal verses.
Width- The song does not pan left to right
Depth- The vocals and the electric guitar are the loudest instruments in the song, while the bass and drums serve as the background.

Walk this Way- Aerosmith ft. Run DMC

Listening Framework

Tempo - Fast

Source- The rhythm comes from the electric guitar and the drums

Groove- The rock and rock sound mixed with hip hop lyrics made for and different and exciting sound.

Instrumentation- The electric guitar and vocals drive the song while the drum and bass act as a background.

Structure- Hip hop Intro- main guitar riff- lyrics- main guitar riff - lyrics - chorus - guitar solo- main guitar riff- lyrics- main guitar riff- lyrics- chorus- main guitar riff- guitar solo
Emotional Architecture- The intro with the turntables give begin the song with a hip-hop feel.  The energy picks up with the guitar riffs.  The vocals by Steven Tyler are more intense in this cover version.

Height- The guitar is more high pitched during the guitar riffs and solos and more low pitch during the vocal verses.

Width- The song does not pan left to right

Depth- The vocals and the electric guitar are the loudest instruments in the song, while the bass and drums serve as the background.

The two versions of Aerosmith original song “Walk This Way” are very similar pieces of music overall.  Lyrically the songs are identical, however there are some slight variations in the two pieces. A couple of the verses in the second song are covered by Run DMC.  The verses are still very similar though because of Steven Tyler’s rap style delivery in the original piece.  The verses sung by Tyler in the second version are slightly different as well.  His voice is much more high pitched in the chorus giving the cover version a more intense sound.  In both versions the songs contained a high speed rhythm.  Also both songs had identical organization and instrumentation, except for the addition of the turntables in the beginning of the cover version. The instruments used in both versions were an electric guitar, bass, drums, and vocals.  Neither song gives a sense of width, because neither version pans left or right throughout the song. As for depth. The vocals and the electric guitar are the loudest instruments in the song, while the bass and drums serve as the background in both songs. Of the two versions I prefer the cover version by Run DMC because I like hip-hop feel he brings to the song.  Although the lyrics were identical I prefer the rap genre rather the rock and roll sound.