Should I be embarrassed since I'll be 40 in a few months and this never occured to me? Because I feel kind of embarrassed.

In walk this way Steven Tyler is basically rap singing

@@livefreeprintguns No.....because I am 46 and same thing!

And Kid Rock appears.

Yep and it almost never got finished. Aerosmith had the music, but no lyrics. All the other songs on the album were finished. So they took a walk around NYC trying to find some inspiration. Ended up going into a movie theater playing "young frankenstein". After watching the movie the head back to the studio. The engineer starts goofing around and does the "walk this way" line from the movie. After goofing around for a bit Steven Tyler says he has it. Runs off and writes the lyrics. The rest is history, but imagine if they hadn't walked into that theater.

Yep

Yep. I got introduced to heavy metal (Metallica) and gangsta rap (N.W.A.) all around the same time. The 80s gave Gen X some wide and varried musical tastes.

I never liked this version, but that is only my opinion.

@Michael Mathers Because that was when MTV played music.

lol, Aerosmith & Steven Tyler didn't want to do it either

John Day Why?

Why?

@@Solaaaaa I saw an interview/documentary a couple years ago. It's been so long I don't remember the fine details but there was some resistance on Tyler's end. You can probably find it if you look for it.

Bro, I don't think people even understand what Rick Rubin did for music, just on another level.

Only thing that topped this was the Michael Jackson & Freddie Mercury & Mick Jagger Crossover: State Of Shock

@@seasickviking OMG I forgot all about that!!!! THAT WAS EPICCCCC.

See also: Bring the Noise with Anthrax and Public Enemy.

Nah jay z and linkin park take the win with collision course

Collision course: "That's cute"

I studied music at a school where there were a bunch of headbangers and a bunch of bluegrass pluckers. . . . And we'd end up at the same parties. The jam sessions were epic. Neither group knew WTF the other group was doing, but we had a great time.

no business being played together? how so?

Yeah it's called butchering the song that I loved and grew up with

I disagree. MANY modern generes wouldn't exist without rock and roll having set the stage...and may I add that rock and roll was founded by a black man...

💯 it’s a beautiful thing mixing things up!!!!

Front flip supremacy.

Depends on your age. Some of us know the music like the back of our hands, and to this guy it's apparently new. So, that's a curiosity to see his reaction. But at the same time, it's regretful that new listeners to Walk This Way, don't have all of the cultural landscape to connect the points to. Once while reading the lyrics of this song, in Run DMC's version. I noticed that some words were changed, no doubt the old words were too politically incorrect.

I grew up during the 70s and watching Shaq react to the classic rock just makes me smile. I've tried out other reaction tubers but they dont entertain me at all.

That's why I subscribed to about 10 reaction channels lol

Im 52 and I totally agree

No shit, are they really? That's awesome

@@diegoesaa8289 eminem was the one that inducted them to it, that was epic

@@diegoesaa8289 yepp even slim shady paid his respects to the kings of rock saying with out run dmc he wouldent exsist

He's great but in my opinion Whitford is better

Your guy Joe Perry is underrated and my guy Allen Collins is as well...

Class of 89 here :D

Barbara Matthews I miss music videos like that.

Class of ‘91 here. I’m not too far behind y’all

Graduated in 90. I recall watching the 20 video countdown each week in middle school.

‘88 here! MTV was actually about the music then. One thing I truly miss. One of my favorite things to do was watch it. Those were the days.

miller kingdom I’ve been requesting that forever!

Greatest rap and metal collaboration ever.

Exactly what I was going to say!

Great track 👍👍👍👍👍👍

Yes, I know I've suggested that before. Then after that one he can watch Anthrax's lighter rap "I'm the Man".

I felt you way too hard on being a fan of rock and rap. My first cassette was a mix of rap singles, with the first song being Basketball by Kurtis Blow. In kindergarten there was a lady named Tiffany who was the defintion of 80's... she wore a jean jacket, had the bangs parted in the middle, smoked marlboro reds, and also played Bon Jovi for me and my friend Danny on the playground. Growing up it was a weird time, especially in high school when I had music by punk bands, hardcore bands, rock bands, metal bands, rap groups on top of being raised on a healthy diet of Motown and the Oldies. Confusing times for sure but I'm glad music has collectively matured to look past all the BS genres and labels. Now when people ask me "what type of music" I listen to, I reply with: anything that has heart, soul and balls.

@@livefreeprintguns Funny...I just saw Tiffany and Debbie Gibson live in 2019! I was in junior high at the height of their popularity.

@@tazmom0 Hahah awesome... I was more of a Bananarama and Bangles 80's kid. 😜

@@livefreeprintguns I like them too. I like pretty much any kind of music.

I remember this momentous moment in real time also. It was so wonderful and of course some people complained. But it was a beautiful bridge between music style and it was awesome.

I literally lived it through my entire childhood. I listened to Bon Jovi, Naughty By Nature, Guns N' Roses, Public Enemy, Metallica, N.W.A., Pantera... all while ingesting heroic doses of Oldies and Motown that my mom loved to listen to when I was growing up. I'm glad we all became more accepting of what made us different versus what kept us apart... at least musically. Other parts of our culture unfortunately still have a ways to go before it catches up.

Or Prophets of Rage

What about Biohazard & Onyx?

Omg! Yes!!!!

Or Anthrax - Armed and Dangerous

Another great

Aerosmith's career might have been stagnant at the time, but they were NEVER in ashes...

Hell yeah

Yep, there for awhile they were opening for Heart

sunsungoaway to be fair, Heart is awesome

I agree, Run DMC revived their career

"Heavy metal"??? Let's not get carried away.

yes! that was epic!

I seen them in concert together. It was awesome

It's was great except for the Kid Rock parts.

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jNWFnsh_zrq2YJc.html I was thinking the same thing about that performance

Holden shipp can’t prove you wrong at all I’m In a band that covers both those styles. Now I want whiskey and coke haha 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🥃

Holden shipp both made by black people 🙌🏾

When done well, I agree...but when done poorly, it's a disaster....less whiskey and coke and more Zima and New Coke....

@@michaelbaldwin8484 LOL New Coke. If you ever watched "Dexter's Lab".. Coke Classic is like Dexter.. New Coke is like his little sister DeeDee. That's all I can say :P hehe

What u mean like line of coke and wash the drip down with a double shot of crown kinda party

Amen to that!!

80’s ok, but late 60’s and 70’s were my era. Better music. Lol

@@Fly_Navy everyone loves there era

Me, too!

When people ask me "what type of music" I listen to, I reply with: anything that has heart, soul and balls.

You like horrorcore? Lmao

@@unknowngaming1884 who doesn't like bad luck 13?

yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!

third ... ed or whatever.

Definitely an all time great for the genre crossing

Yes!

Was going to say that.

He should listen to "Bring The Noise" and both versions of "I'm The Man".

I gotta stan for two of my favorite artists growing up by going with this. Believe me, I had Run DMC, LL Cool J, Fat Boys, even some Kurtis Blow. But nothing really quite hit like the first time I heard Public Enemy.

@@livefreeprintguns yup...legends all. Music needs a band or artist to "knock the walls down" as most of those did. Music has become pretty damn bland...to me anyway. It's past time that it needs to be "shook" up real good. We fans sure could use something that does that very thing.

@@drew65sep I have high hopes for EZ Mil. He is a filipino rapper that's been making some waves. He writes his own songs and makes his own beats but he has roots in rock/metal (his dad was in a band called Rockstar out of the Philippines, super 80's rock ballad style) and in one of his videos he was wearing a Deicide t-shirt so yah he has my attention I'mma keep watch on him.

@@livefreeprintguns I didn't mean to sound like ALL current music is crap...there's talent out there. It's just not being allowed to foster. Instead, they're shown the door in lieu of the next recording industry formula "flavor of the week."

Damn. All these years, I had no idea that Kerry did the guitar solo.

@@Danimal77 yup. He played in "Fight for your right to party" also. He's even in the video

No Sleep til Cleveland by Prophets of Rage...

Back when the "M" stood for music

Didn't know that.... awesome

Well... Him and Mick Jagger. Lol

Don't forget Angus. He's still in school ;)

HellenKillerProject goals!

"I'm not 70. I'm 18 with 52 years experience"

In their minds..lmao.

Second that

I remember people saying Aerosmith & Run DMC ??? WTF ???...This turned out well though !

When rap was...well...Rap...and not all gangsterized!

This collab changed the course of music history! I often wondered if we'd've had the Beastie Boys, Rage Against the Machine or Linkin Park if not for this song.

Second Best is Public Enemy feat. Anthrax

Glad there's someone else out there who tells it as it is. I see it more as RUN DMC made Aerosmith reach a bigger audience though. Either way, both got more exposure. Lol from Spain😘

Truth, aerosmith was good as dead before this

@Mike Forti They were back together and the tour was successful but Done with Mirrors was not. This definitely raised their profile.

It raised everyone’s profile, Aerosmith needed it after what they had gone through, and it introduced hip hop to a mainstream audience, effectively it helped bring down the barriers between black and white music which as you can see they were trying to do in the video, pretty cool, still probably one of the best crossovers and music videos of all time

@Mike Forti Thanks for clearing that up for me. However, as I was brought up in London, England, it was the other way round there...and it was thanks to this video that Aerosmith was taken notice of...again. I guess it comes down to it depending on which side of the 'pond' you lived in😕

Could not agree more!

Yessss!!!!!

Please my guy!!!!! 🤘

1000x YES!!

Yep, I was just about to say the same thing

The 80’s was whose house?

Run's house

Sure but whites largely rejected rap, projects like this really did move rap into to the mainstream with young white kids toward just a few years later there were rap artist on the pop charts.

@@ineffable1129 as I grew up in the 80’s I call this rap versus some of the stuff they try to claim is rap now

The Run DMC album with this and You Be Illin’ was one of the first cassettes I ever owned as a kid. I wore it out!

kickstar1 Music is the glue that always holds us together and doesn’t discriminate! #OneLove

@@davidgreen46 Agreed, music crosses all divides.

Bone thugs n phil Collins

Pretty sure this was the first mainstream song to break the boundary between hip hop and rock as well. Historic

and before Run DMC, it was Michael Jackson and Prince during the early "disco sucks" 80s.

Kemet 1976 he hardly goes through the bars anymore unfortunately. Was my favorite part of this channel. Now it’s just reactions and jokes like other channels.

#morebarsbreakdown

CGBalla1014 true sold out

Same here.

Yeah. He wasn’t sure how it would turn out, but he liked doing the video with them. They all did. (I’m thinking maybe all of Aerosmith even learnt how to rap while they were at it. Lol)

Steven Tyler is probably a woman.

@@eileentsiapanos5430 Aerosmith released Walk This Way in 1975, the song structure is what attracted Run-DMC because it was similar to the hip-hop structure of the early-mid 80's.

Eileen Tsiapanos they actually credit walk this way and sweet emotion as some of the first raps songs in rock music

It was breaking down the wall between Black and White!

👎 👎 👎 👎

John Scott hahaha

John Scott lol yeah me too!

Me too 😊

Such are the are benefits to getting older!

ok boomer

Nice. Hope he saw it.

Without a doubt I don't like reaction channels because they only do one kind of music but he does all genres

Absolutely!

hello there Yes he is 💜💜💜

Hell yeah

Y'all brown noses

Yes best rap rock collab alongside thisin here

Staind covered that song too haha

legend

"Hear tha drumah get wic..ked!"

I think anyone that finds Shaq becomes a fixture here. If not they should lol. Shaq's reactions are epic. They are completely honest and warm. Not like some i have watched. Amazing channel Shaq we love you. We just need some Guns N Roses lol. Knocking on Heavens Door live in Tokoyo 1992. Please and thank you with a cherry on top lol.

I'm in my mid 60s and love his reactions. I sheepishly told my 30ish daughter to check out his reactions to Free Bird, Thunderstruck, Queen, SRV. She saw those and has watched several more since then

@@Xcris_crosX oh you cant stop at 1 or 2

Exactly the same with me bro! :) Just bumped into his Simple Man reaction accidently some days ago, and im hooked as well LOL in my 44, kickin it eastern europe, and i find this dude major fun, so refreshing (sometimes bit difficult to understand though)

Welcome. It's my crack!

Train Kept a Rollin

We got to get him to Van Halen ERUPTION ♡♡♡

November rain!!!

I use to listen to ALL those!!

Tricky

Rock Box!!

All of these and more Beastie Boys please!

Man, Tricky was my favourite hip hop song as a kid... until Jump Around supplanted it.

Don Henley the goat

Don’t forget Baba O’Riley when talking about The Who!

@@onelove101unity or Who Are You

Pinball Wizard is my favorite song!

YYYESSSS!!!! please!!

We got to get him to Van Halen ERUPTION ♡♡♡

Yeap! At least since I've seen Coach react to "Dream on".

Ikr?!

Charlie Valens I was just gonna say, are we just going to ignore the fact Shaq has a Dunder Mifflin Paper Company shirt on? Legendary.

For sure !

Bless up to Rick Rubin who was a true visionary doing his thing from behind the scenes. I don't think people fully understand the impact he had on our music and culture.

I watched the day it launched!!! I was ten but I remember!!!

Neither band knew wtf to do with each other. I saw some behind the scenes and it was really funny

@@noth1ng5id I think I saw the same thing! I also remember them saying that Steven busting through the wall was symbolic to breaking down the barriers that had separated the cultures. I knew who both groups were but was in complete disbelief when this collaboration was announced! It was and still is amazing!

I was like 6 or something. This was my intro to rap at all lol

NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is exactly why I came down to the comments

Not true. Did you forget " Rock Box" or "King Of Rock"?

The Flash...They were inducted because they're legends, the 1st Hip-Hop group to have albums go platinum/multi-platinum, the 1st Hip-Hop video on Mtv with 'Rock Box' and a slew of other 1st accomplishments for a Hip-Hop group. You don't get inducted into the RRHF for one track.

There should be a rap hall so rappers and popstars aren't looked upon as rockstars I think

@@lukelynch8328 I agree! "Foreigner" still hasn't been inducted...and it took forever for "Journey" to be inducted. It's crazy!