Honkin' on Bobo [Import]

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Japanese limited edition of 2004 album features 13 tracks including one bonus track 'Jaded'. Includes a harmonica-shaped key chain for the initial pressing only! Sony.

Tracks:

Road Runner
Shame, Shame, Shame
Eyesight To The Blind
Baby, Please Don't Go
Never Loved A Girl
Back Back Train
You Gotta Move
The Grind
I'm Ready
Temperature
Stop Messin' Around
Jesus Is On The Mainline

Customer Reviews:

Aerosmith and the Blues...a match made in heaven!.......2007-06-16

I had several questions when purchasing this disc:

1) Aerosmith has been back on the scene now for twenty years after their initial fall from grace. Do they have ANYTHING left to say at this point?

2) Isn't the Blues a more or less a dead art form akin to Latin as a spoken language? I mean, when was the last time you heard a great new blues record? Hasn't it all been done? Why not just listen to Muddy Waters' "Hard Again" or B.B. King's "Live At the Regal" and save some money?

3) Can Aerosmith actually play the blues convincingly? In other words, can they be true to the art form and still make it their own?

4) Is the record as ridiculous as the title seems to be at first glance?

One listen to this disc will tell you that the blues is alive and well, Aerosmith is alive and well, and yes (Virginia) they not only play the blues, they wear it out! And the title actually grows on you in a tongue-in-cheek sort of way. They obviously attacked this project with some real passion and intensity. Nothing about this recording sounds forced or put-on. They're not trying to live up to anyone's expectations other than their own. And you know what? They're a great band, and if they think it's good, they're probably right most of the time. They resurrected some great old songs that probably haven't seen the light of day in many years. I've never heard a better version of "Road Runner".

Buy the disc and crank it up. They did a wonderful job.

best blues cd ever!.......2007-03-31

Aerowsmith did an awesome job with the blues on this cd. The guitars, drums, and Steven's harmonica sounds amazing. I love this cd.

What Were They Thinking?.......2007-03-12

I thought for sure that most Aerosmith fans would feel like I do,that Honkin On Bobo was just about the worst musical idea since N'Sync
but after browsing through the reviews,I find myself in the minority

so I would recommend reading this review and the rest of the reviews and base your decision on your choice of musical taste
what I enjoy might be different then what you enjoy

After releasing some of the best music ever created 'Permanent Vacation''Pump' 'Get a grip' 'nine lives' 'just push play' the band could have continued on the path...great songwriting equals hit singles...but someone decided to 'go back to their roots' and release a total blues album...one reviewer said it wasn't really blues,it was more like their 70s work..well,everyone is entitled to their opinion but there is NOTHING like mama kin or walk this way or sweet emotion on this album...it all sounds like blues to me
if this was just an average blues band,I'd give 'em a thumbs up and say 'way to go' but this is Aerosmith...alot of people come down on them for songs like 'don't want to miss a thing' but that song is genius,that's why it's stuck in everyone's head for all these years...when's the last time you found yourself humming 'you gotta move'? What song is that? Well,that's my point,it's on here and I can't think of a reason..
I give 'em some credit for having courage to try something new even when they were so successful,that's why it isn't a 1 star review...and I also give them credit for coming back to good solid songwriting (the new singles off their latest greatest hits album sound every bit as good as anything off 'Nine Lives') but this release,sorry guys,in my opinion,sucks!

I've listened to it many times,hoping it would grow on me,but the only song I like is Back Back Train (it's got the perfect beat for ummm well,dancing,yeah that's it,dancing),it is a great song but the rest of the album is so forgetable (much like Joe Perry's solo release,but don't get me started)

the upside - they tried an experiment but it didn't work,they had guts,and back back train is an awesome song

the downside - it sucks! If they would have released each of these songs 1 at a time on a regular Aerosmith rock album it would have been fine,but a whole album of this stuff feels like torture

the bottom line - unless you are a die-hard blues fan,run from this album,there is almost nothing memorable and it sounds nothing like aerosmith...instead buy 'Young Lust' and 'O Yeah' to hear what Aerosmith really sounds like...donutman says so!!!

One of the best yet.......2007-02-27

Next to "Permanent Vacation" this album is one of their best. If you are a blues fan it is a must have! Aerosmith are at their best of this CD.

The Band Plays It Too Safe....It Should Have Been Better.......2007-01-25

Ok, now here is something different. Aerosmith's blues album. I have grown a great affinity for good blues over the past decade or so, and I was really looking forward to seeing what the band could do with straight blues. Aerosmith's music has been rooted in the blues over the years, and has usually pulled out at least one or two traditional blues songs on most of their records. Unfortunately I think they tried to play it a bit safe on this one. This is blues, but it is commercial blues for the most part. They keep things fairly mainstream I am guessing to try not to put off their traditional fan base. The majority of the songs on this disc are covers, with only one original song in the bunch, "The Grind" which sounds like it could have fit on any other Aerosmith album and is not all that bluesy. Actually two of my favorite tracks on this album are the ones Joe Perry sings. "Back Back Train" is a great sleazy blues number with killer background vocals from Tracy Bonham. Bonham is also used quite effectively on the gospel tinged "Jesus Is On The Main Line" which closes the album. Perry's other featured track "Stop Messin Around" features some nice guitar work from him. The rest of the album consists of fairly well known blues standards, most of which have been covered by other rockers at one time or another, "Road Runner", "Eyesight To The Blind" (The Who), "Baby Please Don't Go" (Ted Nugent and others), "You Gotta Move" (Rolling Stones). Again, I feel the band was playing it a bit safe with these selections. All in all the album is good and quite different from the rest of their latter day catalogue, but I think it could have been a stronger album if they had taken more risks.

Average customer rating:

not bad, but not my type of music
Aerosimth on Blues
Don't Get Me Started...
One of Aerosmith's best records.
Still Layin' it in a Groove

Honkin' On Bobo
Aerosmith
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0001FR8H2
Release Date: 2004-03-30

Tracks:

Road Runner
Shame, Shame, Shame
Eyesight To The Blind
Baby, Please Don't Go
Never Loved A Girl
Back Back Train
You Gotta Move
The Grind
I'm Ready
Temperature
Stop Messin' Around
Jesus Is On The Mainline

Album Description

This package will have a special keychain with a harmonica.

Customer Reviews:

not bad, but not my type of music.......2007-07-08

They did a good job of turning blues songs into rock songs, and the harmonica was great, but this album wasn't one of my favorites. It just didn't fit my taste. I much preferred "Permanent Vacation" and "Nine Lives", which I also just bought. I'm giving it 3 stars because it's not bad, but it will end up pushed behind my other CD's and forgotten. The one song I liked was "Jesus is on the Main Line".

Aerosimth on Blues.......2007-02-16

Aerosmith did a fine job on this CD,these guys are no stranger to Blues,one song comes to mind is "the big ten inch".I give this CD a Thumb up.

Don't Get Me Started..........2006-03-28

These guys haven't made an honest effort at making music in over 20 years; They sold out and started making "product" instead. Now, after all these years, they decide to make a real rock 'n' roll CD, and it's decided during the mastering process to crank the volume so high that the peaks clip and the overall sound becomes very compressed! I have a volume control, so why do they feel a need to do this? This band can't win for losing.

One of Aerosmith's best records........2006-03-17

I honestly wasn't too excited when I heard the band was going to do a covers album. In an interview Joe Perry gave in Metal Edge magazine a few years ago, he made it sound like they were going to do a blues style record of their 'own' material. So I was kind of disappointed at first. However, once I bought this cd I could not get it out of my stereo. The songs are all great, the production is great, and the guitars really sound awesome. Steven Tyler really sounds incredible on vocals from beginning to end. The whole thing just flat out rocks and it continues to grow on me to this day. Hopefully, the intensity on this album rubs off on their next album.

Still Layin' it in a Groove.......2006-02-17

I can see why Aerosmith followed "Bobo" - with a live album. This record is too good - it's so difficult to follow-up. So why not wait another year, and re-attempt the studio magic? Clearly their best effort - since "Right In The Nuts", Joe Perry's last album - before departing the band in 1978.
Actually, this was an album for their longtime fans - not for the newer 80's fans of their power ballads. This cd cooks, and so does their follow-up live release. AeroRock.