68. Adam Aizer Discusses Aerosmith, Get a Grip

Send us Fan MailThe man who taught Al everything he knows about podcasting — podcast and video host Adam Aizer of CBSSports.com — pays a visit to the show, and he introduces Al to Aerosmith’s 1993 album, Get a Grip. In addition to discussing the album and nearly all of its tracks in detail, Adam and Al reminisce about their time podcasting together for CBSSports.com and explore the lack of overlap in their musical tastes.Al made a reference to a Misheard Lyrics video for Pearl Jam’s Yellow Ledbetter. He and Adam highly recommend it. Give it a watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLd22ha_-VU1:07 Adam joins the show1:48 Al acknowledges his debt to Adam2:27 Adam recalls a tense podcast that he and Al did4:56 Adam and Al are continuing previous conversations about Get a Grip6:18 Adam explains how he got into Aerosmith and Get a Grip10:07 Adam and Al talk about the videos Aerosmith made for tracks on Get a Grip12:12 Al discovers why he hasn’t liked Aerosmith more14:48 Adam describes how he sees the evolution of Aerosmith’s personality19:03 Adam addresses one criticism of Get a Grip19:38 Al has lumped Aerosmith in with several ‘70s artists who changed their style in the ‘80s21:46 Adam and Al disagree on who is the best American rock band23:30 Adam reveals something about his music-listening habits24:52 Al — and not Adam — picked this episode’s album25:23 Adam also liked the albums Aerosmith released after Get a Grip27:33 Adam talks about why Get a Grip is his favorite Aerosmith albumObservations about specific tracks:29:09 Amazing31:34 Crazy33:13 Livin’ on the Edge35:55 Adam ranks his six favorite tracks from the album37:04 Eat the Rich41:46 Adam brings up the most unfortunate part of the album43:33 Shut Up and Dance45:00 Line Up47:05 Gotta Love It48:31 Al compares Eat the Rich with Livin’ on the Edge50:16 Adam thinks the sequencing of Get a Grip is interesting52:29 Al takes another crack at comparing Eat the Rich and Livin’ on the Edge54:46 Al sums up his opinion of Get a Grip55:20 Adam recommends another album for Al to listen to56:38 Adam discusses his work with CBSSports.comSupport the show