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The chorus of Run-DMC's cover contains a pitch alternation that Aerosmith adopted in most future live performances. In collaborations, the other singer often says "talk this way" every alternate line of the chorus. This rap-style delivery may explain why the song worked so well as a hip hop song when it was covered eleven years later. [32]
Run-DMC performed at the legendary Live Aid benefit shortly after Rock Box was released. In late-1985, Run-DMC were featured in the hip hop film Krush Groove, a fictionalized retelling of Russell Simmons' rise as a hip hop entrepreneur and his struggles to get his own label, Def Jam Recordings, off the ground. [17]
The 2021 GRAMMY Awards were filled with star-studded performances by music's biggest names! Hosted by Trevor Noah in Los Angeles on Sunday, the annual awards ceremony featured live performances ...
In 1987, Aerosmith won the Soul Train Music Award for Best Rap Single for the re-mix of "Walk This Way" with Run-DMC In 1990, Aerosmith won their first Grammy award, for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, and went on to win a total of four such awards (all of them in the 1990s) for "Janie's Got a Gun", "Livin' on the Edge ...
As part of our 35th anniversary, we’re naming the most influential artists of the past 35 years. Today, we’re at 7. From Queens, New York, here are Run-DMC. Hip-hop had to go through rock in ...
Live and documentary DVD and CD: Columbia 4× Platinum (US), Gold (UK), Platinum (Aus) 400,000 Rock for the Rising Sun: July 23, 2013 Live 2011 DVD, Blu-ray and streaming: Eagle Rock Entertainment — — Aerosmith Rocks Donington 2014: September 4, 2015 Live DVD, Blu-ray and streaming Eagle Rock Entertainment — —
For those who were in the Bronx on August 11, 2023, the 50th birthday celebration of hip-hop culminated with a star-studded concert at Yankee Stadium, where the surviving members of Run DMC ...
It was the idea of Rubin's friend Sue Cummings, an editor at Spin magazine, to have Run-DMC and Aerosmith collaborate on a cover of Aerosmith's "Walk This Way". This 1986 production is often credited with both introducing rap hard rock to mainstream ears and revitalizing Aerosmith's career. [ 13 ]