Partners In Crime

My love affair for music began when I was about twelve years old. My best friend, Liz, had just introduced me to Aerosmith's recently released album: "Get a Grip", and I became fascinated with it. I fell in love with their first single that was released off the album: 'Cryin'. Liz and I would watch the 'Cryin' video (that starred Alicia Silverstone) everyday after school, over and over again. We started buying more and more Aerosmith CD's, T-shirts, posters, you name it. We saved every Aerosmith magazine article and picture that we could find. Our #1 goal in life was to meet Steven Tyler. Every time I saw a shooting star, I would close my eyes and wish that I would get a chance to meet Steven Tyler and tell him how much I loved his music. But year after year passed, and I starting losing hope that I would ever meet him.

Three years later, Liz and I were shopping at the mall after school when a girl ran up to us screaming that she had just met Steven Tyler. Sure enough, we looked up and saw a group of people crowding around a man in a long leopard coat with his wife and children. No way, I thought. Was this really happening?

Liz and I walked up to him, introduced ourselves, and explained what big fans we were. He signed autographs for us and was really nice. When we were leaving, I told him how nice it was to finally meet him. He turned to me and said, "I hope it was as good for you as it was for me". He'll never know how much it really was.

Last summer, I saw Aerosmith in concert at the Tweeter Center in Mansfield, MA. Towards the end of the show, the band started playing 'Cryin', and then the music video appeared on all the T.V. screens as they performed the song. It had been about ten years seen I had seen that video or listened to the song, and I literally felt like I was twelve years old again. I couldn't have asked for a better performance to take me on a trip down memory lane.