"Let The Music Do The Talking," "My Fist Your Face" & "Shame On You"

The first track, and lead single, from Aerosmith's first reunited album for Geffen was actually a cover of the title track to the first Joe Perry Project album. Steven Tyler reportedly liked it so much he felt inspired to go and write a whole new set of lyrics to make it their own (tellingly, the song is now performed at Joe Perry Project gigs with the original lyrics.) It's a pretty striking song, and gets the album off to a striking start. Longtime fans could be easily won over by an album full of songs of this calibur. From that very opening tease, through the riff, and finally the lyrics and especially the chorus, it's got a type of chemistry the band hadn't had since Draw the Line - and it equals almost everything on that album (not for nothing though, it incorporates the title track's riff.)



Likewise, "My Fist Your Face," while not much of an artistic triumph, shows the band is game. It has a kind of basic appeal, a good groove and a decent hook. It's still a fair bit removed from the glory years, but it exemplifies the backbone and rock-solidness of Mirrors, which even the worst, most forgettable tracks have. And in fact, this song has a dirty weird boogie that the next album lacked. This song itself represents one of the best obscure Aerosmith tracks: good, basic functional rock. The fundamentals in play.



Y'know, I said I'd talk about every Aerosmith song, and I've kept to that, but this is one I just have so little to say about. It's not bad... a pretty funky riff, a sort of good clean cut that the band lacked on Ruts and Hard Place... yet it lacks. It doesn't do anything, it's just there as filler, albeit filler with a decent riff.