In those early interviews, Tyler often looked back in fondness at the early days of Aerosmith and the band’s struggle to pay its dues by playing anywhere and everywhere, in direct contrast to the ‘new system’ of reality shows pushing people to the top in a quicker, more efficient manner.
After participating in the audition stages of the Idol adventure, Tyler got a first-hand look at how the system had changed, and now he’s fully bought into the program.
"I wish I could represent for my era but my era's over," said Tyler, speaking before a special Q&A with fans of the show at PaleyFest in Beverly Hills. "The way it was back then, isn't how it is now. It's all about however you can get heard, get it out there. You've gotta have the right song and you better be good."
The Press Association reports that, despite his initial reluctance to take over from Simon Cowell on the high-profile show, the Aerosmith singer is enjoying his new role as a judge. "I didn't want to," he admits. "I'd only watched it a couple of times and thought 'what kind of c*** is this?' I didn't allow myself to get emotionally involved."
"I didn't think anyone could be an idol because of a game show,” continued Tyler. “I didn't realize, that what it really is about, Idol is the ownership of the American people watching these kids, getting passionately into their characters and watching whoever they love come out of the worm hole or not. Forty million people watch it and like to vote because they become emotionally involved, like I do."
Aerosmith Aerosmith – Walk This Way
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3 comments:
His era is gone alright! Or at least he stopped representing it some time ago.
Funny thing is, for Tyler being so critical of others he's worked with, he hasn't really shown himself to have very discriminating taste or judging. The other two have done better to really let the contestants know what they should be doing. He's gotten what he wanted though: self-promotion, money, and future concerts of more screaming young girls.
"Bad Boys Of Boston" no more. Tyler seems to think swearing and talking about sex makes you rock n roll at 63 years-old. Someone enlighten him, please, it's begun to look silly. People vote anyway and that in itself is skewed.
WELL I must be from this era gone by because I like him and will always like him. I think he is doing great as a judge. At least he is not so negative as Randy Jackson saying the song was boring or not the type of music she/he should be singing there is plenty of time to find your nitch. Us 60ish folks have to stick together
There would be no Aerosmith if the music biz was like it is now back when they were climbing to the top. The death of the music industry was suicide - it killed itself.
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