It's Rock KILL, South Carolina!

Two weeks....

Two weeks and Rock Hill, South Carolina will be the new home of Scottish Killer and the wife.  Had a visit from the mother in law all this past week, and it's been a whirlwind week to be sure.  It's been a good week, getting a lot accomplished, and even hit some of the Disney parks for the last time.  I'm not, however, gonna miss this state, not for a second.  Too many tourists, too many people actually trying to be pains in the ass, and they are everywhere.  I'll gladly take the South over sunny Florida any day.  A new chapter in my life begins in two weeks.  I can't have it any other way. 

Wrestlemania is this Sunday, and I've seen every single one of them up to this point.  This is going to the the 30th event to bear the name.  As always, I'm excited.  Most dumb jock sports fans will say their biggest day of the year is the Super Bowl, or when the World Series begins.  Or the start of the NBA Finals.  For me, it has been and always will be WrestleMania.  My only regret is that I won't be in New Orleans to see it, but I'll be watching it via the WWE Network. Which I am pretty much an addict of since February.  Usually, I would go to the Wing House to see it with some of my closest friends, my wife, and a couple hundred other drunken 'rasslin fans.  This year, it's the Network with some friends and the wife.  What more can anyone ask?

2nd Chance CD of the Week
Aerosmith
Nine Lives (1997)

Tracklist
Nine Lives
Falling in Love (is Hard on the Knees)
Hole in My Soul
Taste of India
Full Circle
Something's Gotta Give
Ain't That a Bitch
The Farm
Crash
Kiss Your Past Goodbye
Pink
Attitude Adjustment
Fallen Angels

    Truth be told, I've always liked Aerosmith.  Catch me at the Retro Room singing "Dream On" at Karaoke Night, it's a blast.  The band from Boston had been on a major roll since their comeback album, Permanent Vacation back in 1987.  Ten years after that comes this, one of the best albums to come out of the 90s.  In my opinion, I always saw Nine Lives as a comeback album of sorts.  After 1993's Get a Grip, I was actually starting to get tired of Aerosmith.  That is, until I heard "Falling in Love (is Hard on the Knees)" on the radio for the first time that year.  It took me roughly three years before I got the opportunity to hear the rest of the album, in full.  First question that popped in my head upon hearing the 63 minute classic album was "What the Hell took me so long?" Even worse, the copy I had, I ended up losing between moving several times in the ensuing 14 years.  However, after rediscovering it just a couple of weeks ago thanks to Spotify, I fell in love with the album all over again.  It begins straightforward immediately with it's first, and title, track, and doesn't let go until the album's closer, the 8 minute epic "Fallen Angels."

The song, "Pink" won the Hard Rock Grammy award that year, although I would have to respectfully disagree. An award like that I would have given to "Taste of India" or my personal favorite of the album, "Hole in My Soul."

Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, and company are in full force and in proper form from start to finish with this album.  I feel that if Permanent Vacation was their big comeback album, then Nine Lives was the sequel.  I can't think of a single person who has not heard this album, or even heard OF it.  But if you haven't, I suggest you fix that right now.  You won't be disappointed.  I mean come on, how can you go wrong?

It's Aerosmith.

Thumbs up.