S.O.S. (Too Bad)

"S.O.S. (Too Bad)"
Single by Aerosmith
from the album Get Your Wings
B-side "Lord of the Thighs"
Released 1974
Format Record
Recorded December 17, 1973January 14, 1974 at Record Plant Studios
Genre Hard rock
Length 2:51
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Steven Tyler
Producer(s) Jack Douglas
Aerosmith singles chronology
"Train Kept A-Rollin'"
(1974)
"S.O.S. (Too Bad)"
(1974)
"Sweet Emotion"
(1975)

"Train Kept A-Rollin'"
(1974)
"S.O.S. (Too Bad)"
(1975)
"Sweet Emotion"
(1975)

"S.O.S. (Too Bad)" is a song by American hard rock band Aerosmith. It was released in 1974 as their third single from their second album Get Your Wings.

Background

Written by Steven Tyler, it is a hard rocking song focusing on sex and sleaze, with a chorus of "I'm a bad, lonely school boy, and I'm a rat, and it's too bad, can't get me none of that." The song starts off with a fast drum beat and basic guitar riff, then slows down, and builds up once again, with Steven Tyler's rapid-fire, fierce lyrics accompanying. The song's lyrical content and musical styles are in the vein of "blooze", a grittier hard rock version of blues music, often with lyrics focused on sex, drugs, and urban life.

The song has remained a fan favorite and has been a staple in the setlists on Aerosmith's most recent tours, the Rockin' the Joint Tour and the Route of All Evil Tour.

S.O.S. stands for "Same Old Shit".

Track listing

  1. S.O.S. (Too Bad)
  2. Lord of the Thighs

References

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