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Rag Doll baby won't you do me like you done before Give it all ya got until you're put out of your miseryīaby won't you do me, baby won't you do me.You're so fine they'll never see ya leavin' by the back door, mam So fine, they'll never see ya leavin' by the back door, man They were amazing! Looking back, that performance remains one of my most unforgettable rock-n-roll experiences. I'd just spent a month writing and recording with Aerosmith but I'd never seen them play "live". The small stage was just one step higher than the dance floor, so the band were literally in your face! There were only 50 people in the club and everyone's jaw dropped when Aerosmith suddenly appeared. Playing for an audience seemed like a good way to let off a little steam.
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Los Angeles for John Kalodner's comments (email was rudimentary and MP3's hadn't been invented yet!).Īerosmith perform was at a small club in Vancouver (I think When the lyric was finished, we added Steven's vocal to our demo and FedEx'd a cassette tape to The afternoon there, building a lyric around the "Rag Time" theme. Then Steven and I got started on the lyrics.Īnd we took our note pads out to the picnic table in my back yard. We recorded a basic track in my home studio. We ended the verse by building on an F# for four bars before returningīy the time Bruce Fairbairn returned, just before dinner, we'd completed the song'sīasic structure including the temporary title "Rag Time", inspiredīy the track's New Orleans feel. Meanwhile, in search of a verse, Joe took the chord progression up aĤth (to E), adding a Chuck Berry guitar stride. The fat snare-drum sound I'd used on the Glass Tiger single, " Someday". I dialled up a funky half-time drum feel on my Emulator keyboard, borrowing Riff, and it quickly became apparent we had the beginnings of a song. Steven started singing a melody that mirrored Joe's Underneath: two bars of B, two bars of D, two bars of A, and back Joe continued playing the riff while I introduced some movement Off the wagon was out of the band - no questions asked, no secondĮlectric bass. Plus, they'd made a pact amongst themselves: the first guy to fall Nearly six months and they were grateful to have another shot at success. On life (thanks to the Betty Ford Clinic). Had a new label (Geffen), a new manager (Tim Collins) and a new lease Produce Aerosmith, and Bruce asked me if I'd be interested in writing with Steven and Joe. Geffen A&R man John Kalodner hired Bruce to We played together in two Vancouver-based bands, Sunshyne and Prism. I'd known Aerosmith's producer Bruce Fairbairn sinceġ973. It's the first song I wrote with Steven and Joe Jim Vallance: I have a real fondness for "Rag (The above quotes are from the book "Walk This Way - The Autobiography of Yell at me, "Who's to say that it wouldn't have been huge if it was 'Rag
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Later, when it was a big hit record, Tyler was enraged. John brought in Holly Knight, who changed one word and got a piece of Tim Collins (Aerosmith's manager): This was a big deal. and she says "Hey! Call it Rag Doll".Īlong with that, and changing a few other words, I gave her credit on "I'm rippin' up a rag doll, like throwin'Īway an old toy". Through it again and Holly reads my lyrics. Steven Tyler: He got Holly Knight to come up and weīrain-stormed for three days in Vancouver. Orleans, the old traditions, the roots of rock 'n roll. John Kalodner: Steven gave me some bullshit about New rags,īut Kalodner says, "No one will understand this". John Kalodner (A&R Geffen Records): In Marchġ987 Steven and Joe moved to Vancouver and started to work with Jim Vallance.įrom then through June they came up with most of the tracks: Magic Touch, in May 1988, entering the Billboard chart on June "Rag Doll" was the third single from Aerosmith's "Permanent Vacation" album. Your browser does not support the audio element. #17 - Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart / Aug(17 weeks on the chart) #12 - Billboard Album Rock Tracks Chart / 1987 (18 weeks on the chart) #11 - The Record (Canada) / Octo(15 weeks on the chart) The Essential Aerosmith (September 2, 2011) Tough Love - Best of the Ballads (Geffen, May 24, 2011) Guitar Hero: Aerosmith / video game (June 2008, Activision) Yeah! Ultimate Aerosmith Hits (Columbia, 2002)Ĭlassics - The Universal Masters (Universal, 2002)ĭevil's Got A New Disguise (Columbia/Sony, 2006)Ģ0th Century Masters - The Millenium Collection (November 6, 2007)