68. Adam Aizer Discusses Aerosmith, Get a Grip

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The 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_-VU

1:07 Adam joins the show

1:48 Al acknowledges his debt to Adam

2:27 Adam recalls a tense podcast that he and Al did

4:56 Adam and Al are continuing previous conversations about Get a Grip

6:18 Adam explains how he got into Aerosmith and Get a Grip

10:07 Adam and Al talk about the videos Aerosmith made for tracks on Get a Grip

12:12 Al discovers why he hasn’t liked Aerosmith more

14:48 Adam describes how he sees the evolution of Aerosmith’s personality

19:03 Adam addresses one criticism of Get a Grip

19:38 Al has lumped Aerosmith in with several ‘70s artists who changed their style in the ‘80s

21:46 Adam and Al disagree on who is the best American rock band

23:30 Adam reveals something about his music-listening habits

24:52 Al — and not Adam — picked this episode’s album

25:23 Adam also liked the albums Aerosmith released after Get a Grip

27:33 Adam talks about why Get a Grip is his favorite Aerosmith album

Observations about specific tracks:

29:09 Amazing

31:34 Crazy

33:13 Livin’ on the Edge

35:55 Adam ranks his six favorite tracks from the album

37:04 Eat the Rich

41:46 Adam brings up the most unfortunate part of the album

43:33 Shut Up and Dance

45:00 Line Up

47:05 Gotta Love It

48:31 Al compares Eat the Rich with Livin’ on the Edge

50:16 Adam thinks the sequencing of Get a Grip is interesting

52:29 Al takes another crack at comparing Eat the Rich and Livin’ on the Edge

54:46 Al sums up his opinion of Get a Grip

55:20 Adam recommends another album for Al to listen to

56:38 Adam discusses his work with CBSSports.com

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