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Eat The Rich | ||||||||||||
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| Recording Artist: | Aerosmith | ||||||||||||
| Writers: Date Written: Albums: Charts: |
Joe Perry Jim Vallance 1992 / Vancouver Canada Get A Grip (Geffen, 1993) Big Ones (Geffen, 1994) A Little South Of Sanity (Geffen, 1998) Young Lust (Geffen, 2001) Aerosmith Classics - The Universal Masters (Universal, 2002) Gold: Aerosmith (January 11, 2005) #5 - Billboard Album Rock Tracks Chart / 1993 (18 weeks on the chart) #34 - UK Top 40 / June 1993 ? |
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| Spotify Streams: | 27,362,325 - as of November 2024 | ||||||||||||
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| Studio version, from the 1993 album "Get A Grip" | |||||||||||||
Steven Tyler: vocal Joe Perry: guitar Brad Whitford: guitar Tom Hamilton: bass Joey Kramer: drums Polynesian log drums: Mapuhi T. Tekurio, Melvin Liufau, Wesey Mamea, Liainaiala Tagola, Sandy Kanaeholo, Aladd Alatina Teofilo, Jr. |
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Produced by Bruce Fairbairn. Recorded at Little Mountain Sound Studios, Vancouver Canada, September-November 1992. |
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| "Live" version, from the 1998 album "A Little South Of Sanity" | |||||||||||||
Steven Tyler: vocal Joe Perry: guitar Brad Whitford: guitar Tom Hamilton: bass Joey Kramer: drums |
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Produced by Jack Douglas. Recorded by Jay Messina during the "Get A Grip" and "Nine Lives" tours. Mixed by Jack Douglas at Manhattan Center Studios, New York. |
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"Eat The Rich" was written with Steven
Tyler and Joe Perry in my basement studio in Vancouver in 1992. It started with Steven literally banging like a Banshee on my "Korg M1" keyboard (see photo). That's where the underlying "jungle" feel came from. Joe contributed the guitar riff under the verse, and I added the two-chord descending guitar phrase over Joe's verse riff. Once we had a "bed" track, Steven started singing over Joe's riff ... improvised nonsense lyrics at first, but often Steven's babbles end up being the real thing! |
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Lyrics:
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Well I
woke up this morning On the wrong side of the bed And how I got to thinkin' About all the things you said About ordinary people And how they make you sick And if callin' names kicks back on you Then I hope this does the trick 'Cause I'm sick of your complainin' About how many bills And I'm sick of all your bitchin' 'Bout your poodles and your pills And I just can't see no humour About your way of life And I think I can do more for you With this here fork and knife Eat The Rich There's only one thing that they are good for Eat The Rich Take one bite now - come back for more Eat The Rich I gotta get this off my chest Eat The Rich Take one bite now - spit out the rest So I called up my head shrinker And I told him what I'd done He said you best go on a diet Yeah, I hope you have some fun And a don't go burst the bubble On rich folks who get rude 'Cause you won't get in no trouble When you eats that kinda food Now they're smokin' up their junk bonds And then they go get stiff And they're dancin' in the yacht club With Muff and Uncle Biff But there's one good thing that happens When you toss your pearls to swine Their attitudes may taste like shit But go real good with wine Eat The Rich There's only one thing that they are good for Eat The Rich Take one bite now - come back for more Eat The Rich Don't stop me now, I'm goin' crazy Eat The Rich That's my idea of a good time baby Believe in all the good things That money just can't buy Then you won't get no bellyache From eatin' humble pie I believe in rags to riches Your inheritance won't last So take your Gray Poupon my friend And shove it up your ass Eat The Rich There's only one thing that they are good for Eat The Rich Take one bite now - come back for more Eat The Rich Don't stop me now, I'm goin' crazy Eat The Rich That's my idea of a good time baby |
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