S.O.S. (Too Bad)

S.O.S. (Too Bad)

Infobox Single
Name = S.O.S. (Too Bad)


Artist = Aerosmith
from Album = Get Your Wings
B-side = "Lord of the Thighs"
Released = 1974
Recorded = 1974
Format = Record
Genre = Hard rock
Length = 2:51
Label = Columbia Records
Writer = Steven Tyler
Producer = Jack Douglas
Chart position =
Reviews =
Last single = "Train Kept A-Rollin'" (1974)
This single = "S.O.S. (Too Bad)" (1975)
Next single = "Sweet Emotion" (1975)"S.O.S. (Too Bad)" is a song by American hard rock band Aerosmith. It was released in 1974 as their third single from their second album "Get Your Wings".

Background

Written by Steven Tyler, it is a hard rocking song focusing on sex and sleaze, with a chorus of "I'm a bad, lonely school boy, and I'm a rat, and it's too bad, can't get me none of that." The song starts off with a fast drum beat and basic guitar riff, then slows down, and builds up once again, with Steven Tyler's rapid-fire, fierce lyrics accompanying. The song's lyrical content and musical styles are in the vein of "blooze", a grittier hard rock version of blues music, often with lyrics focused on sex, drugs, and urban life.

The song has remained a fan favorite and has been a staple in the setlists on Aerosmith's most recent tours, the Rockin' the Joint Tour and the Route of All Evil Tour.

S.O.S. stands for "Same Old Shit". [Douglas, S. and Aerosmith: "Walk This Way", page 215. Avon, 1997]

External links

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk6A-aUHK-w Aerosmith's performance of "S.O.S. (Too Bad)" in 1977]

References


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