Steven tyler says mick jagger comparisons hurt

1. STEVEN TYLER SAYS MICK JAGGER COMPARISONS
HURT
Steven Tyler staying
current by posing with
Rocker Anand Bhatt
on the GRAMMY Red
Carpet (PHOTO)
After 40 years with Aerosmith, Steven Tyler takes the long view on the group’s well-documented
ups and downs. He’s comfortable with what the band have achieved in their career together. But
that doesn’t mean the unfavorable comparisons to Mick Jagger from early in his career don’t still
sting.
“The ‘cheap imitation of the Rolling Stones‘ criticism was constant,” Tyler tells Rolling Stone. “And it
hurt for the first couple of years. It was constantly Mick Jagger this and Mick Jagger that — that I
copied him, andJanis Joplin too. Mick was the cheapest, easiest shot.”
It took some time, but Aerosmith eventually proved the critics wrong. The band will receive the
ASCAP Founders Award next week in Los Angeles, just after their induction into the Songwriters
Hall of Fame. After years of personal and professional upheaval, Tyler says it’s about time his
band finally received some credit.
“We’ve been strung out and sober,” he muses. “We’ve sold in, and we’ve sold out. Some days we
didn’t even sell at all. What matters is we’re still together as a band.”
• Lizzie Gowers Top Commenter McNary High School
I think Aerosmith is far better than The Rolling Stones.
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2. Jaffe Avaruuslävistäjä Rautanen Top Commenter Linnankosken lukio
You can't say that! That's something everyone knows but no one says... or even thinks about consciously...
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Lawrence Moseley Top Commenter Massey College
"Better" has to be defined.
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Joe Kroger Top Commenter
Be comfortable in your mental illness.
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Patricia Kelly Top Commenter
Mick Jagger and the Stones are a higher class above Steven Tyler and his band! Dream on Steven!
Reply 6 Like Follow Post Friday at 1:50pm
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Cassy McKendry Top Commenter Subsitute Ninja Turtle at New York, New York
No pun intended I am assuming?
(referring to the "Dream on" remark)

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Patricia Kelly Top Commenter
Dream on referrs to... Here is a quiz for you One has mega man boobage and twisted gnarly toes hint it's not Mick
Jagger!
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Eric Chenault Top Commenter
Shallow....JESUS! Yeah, that's what we're all talking about. Man boobs and toes. Definitely not their music. FFS!
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Trudy Esper Boyd Realschule der Ursulinen Marienberg, Boppard
The Stones will have their place in music history, and so will Aerosmith! There is one important difference between
Steven Tyler and Mick Jagger - Steven can sing! Aerosmith all the way! Keep on rocking!
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Twylia Gish Beltran Follow Top Commenter Vwcc
HUMMM, STEVEN TYLER OR MICK JAGGER??? IDT SO.....STEVEN TYLER, YOU HAVE NOTHING TO CONCERN
YOURSELF WITH LOVE. YOU AND AEROSMITH HAVE THE WHOLE PACKAGE. ENUFF SAID........
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David Mantle Deptford, New Jersey
In Steven Tyler's book "Does the Noise in My Head Bother You?" he says he loved being compared to Mick Jagger,
before he became famous he even impersonated Mick's younger brother, and he cites the Stones as his biggest
influence. Why the sour grapes now?
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Twylia Gish Beltran Follow Top Commenter Vwcc
YES HE DID ADMIRE HIM WHEN HE WAS FINDING HIS PLACE AND HE WANTED TO BE AS GREAT AS MICK
JAGGER AND JANIS JOPLIN.... THINK HE SUCCEEDED FAR BEYOND HIS OWN EXPECTATIONS??? JUST LOOK @
THE 2 PICTURES..... LISTEN TO THE VOICE, IT'S UNLIKE ANY OTHER.... AND HIS MUSICAL ABILITIES ARE SO
FAR BEYOND WHAT PEOPLE EVEN REALIZE.
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Jerry Homeniuk
Lizzie, i'm sorry to say that you are wrong. Aerosmith is a decent band, but the Stones..well they're a great band.
No comparison between the two, at all.
Reply 3 Like Follow Post Friday at 2:28pm
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Sarah Reynolds Top Commenter Toronto, Ontario
like both bands, have seen Stones live twice, and Aerosmith a few. Aerosmith far superior live. The Stones were
just going through the motions.
Reply 2 Like Follow Post Friday at 1:53pm

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Dennis N. White Jr. Encinal High School
Aerosmith is Americas band! as far as I'm concerned, they have rocked from the start, and have never stoped.
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Nick White Wigan & Leigh
These days Steve bears more resemblence to Joan Rivers. Theres only one Mick Jagger
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Marc Purello Top Commenter Troy, New York
I mean this in a good way, I always felt that Aerosmith was America's Rolling Stones...our very own! :)
Reply 1 Like Follow Post Friday at 1:31pm