aerosmith has
always been one of my favorite rock bands and till date they are one of the few
bands of their time who came up with great music videos without SELLING OUT!!!
steven tyler and crew have quite a few good music videos under their belts and
i guess most people are at least familiar with the ones featuring alicia silverstone (aka
the Aerosmith chick!).
my first exposure to aerosmith music videos came from some
locally compiled disk that i had come across and i was surprised to see that
alicia silverstone had appeared in three of their music videos all of which
were from the get a grip album.
i guess she is the only actress other than stephanie seymour (who
had appeared in two guns
n' roses videos: don't cry and november rain) who had
appeared in multiple music videos by the same band. seymour was dating axl rose at the time
those songs were recorded which makes complete sense behind her appearances in those
videos. alicia, on the other hand, was not related to any members of aerosmith
at any point which makes the selection rather interesting.
my first exposure to aerosmith music videos came from some
locally compiled disk that i had come across and i was surprised to see that
alicia silverstone had appeared in three of their music videos all of which
were from the get a grip album.
i guess she is the only actress other than stephanie seymour (who
had appeared in two guns
n' roses videos: don't cry and november rain) who had
appeared in multiple music videos by the same band. seymour was dating axl rose at the time
those songs were recorded which makes complete sense behind her appearances in those
videos. alicia, on the other hand, was not related to any members of aerosmith
at any point which makes the selection rather interesting.
the first video featuring alicia silverstone was that
of cryin'. the
video features a teenage girl who has a falling out with her boyfriend after
she catches him cheating. rather than describing the plot of the video, i
will leave you with a link to the video itself. it's a great song with a great
video. the video was a smash success on MTV, becoming one of the most
requested videos in 1993, and earning the band several awards at the Video
Music Awards.
the next song to feature alicia silverstone in the video
was amazing. this
video features a teenage boy and girl, both depicted as two cyberspace
kids who escape to a world of virtual reality together, both not
realizing the other isalso doing virtual reality. it's a pretty cool video with
an amazing joe perry guitar solo that builds the song's momentum.
the last song to feature the actress was crazy. it also
featured liv tyler, steven
tyler's daugher. crazy was the first aerosmith song that i had heard and it got
me into their music. the video depicted the two actresses as two schoolgirls
who skip class and run away, driving off in a convertible.
i still wonder what aerosmith were thinking when they
decided to cast alicia silverstone in three music videos from the same album.
well, to date it still remains one of the most unique music video ideas and the videos themselves continue to be some of the coolest music videos ever released!
