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Krayola

Krayola

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Aerosmith - Dude (Looks Like A Lady)​


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf0oXY4nDxE


Here is a quote from Desmond Child, who is a songwriter who has worked with the band. He gives the backstory on this song:

"Steven (Tyler) was much more friendly, as he is, and was very generous, really, and showed me a song that they had started called “Cruisin' for the Ladies.” I listened to that lyric, and I said, “You know what, that’s a very boring title.” And they looked at me like, “How dare you?” And then Steven volunteered, sheepishly, and said that when he first wrote the melody he was singing “Dude Looks like a Lady.” It was kind of a tongue twister that sounded more like scatting.

He got the idea because they had gone to a bar and had seen a girl at the end of the bar with ginormous blonde rock hair, and the girl turned around and it ended up being Vince Neil from Motley Crue. So then they started making fun of him and started saying, “That dude looks like a lady, dude looks like a lady, dude looks like a lady.” So that’s how that was born. That’s the true story of how that was born."

Apparently Vince Neil laughed when he found out that he had inspired the song.
 
packyderms_wife

packyderms_wife

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Krayola said:

Aerosmith - Dude (Looks Like A Lady)​


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf0oXY4nDxE


Here is a quote from Desmond Child, who is a songwriter who has worked with the band. He gives the backstory on this song:

"Steven (Tyler) was much more friendly, as he is, and was very generous, really, and showed me a song that they had started called “Cruisin' for the Ladies.” I listened to that lyric, and I said, “You know what, that’s a very boring title.” And they looked at me like, “How dare you?” And then Steven volunteered, sheepishly, and said that when he first wrote the melody he was singing “Dude Looks like a Lady.” It was kind of a tongue twister that sounded more like scatting.

He got the idea because they had gone to a bar and had seen a girl at the end of the bar with ginormous blonde rock hair, and the girl turned around and it ended up being Vince Neil from Motley Crue. So then they started making fun of him and started saying, “That dude looks like a lady, dude looks like a lady, dude looks like a lady.” So that’s how that was born. That’s the true story of how that was born."

Apparently Vince Neil laughed when he found out that he had inspired the song.
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The truly sad part is now when I see strange looking skinny females on tv I'm left wondering if it's really a guy posing as woman. :(
 
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