Song lyrics can be a source of confusion even when the words are clear their meaning seldom is. One example Is Aerosmith's "Walk This Way" which taken at face values sounds like a guy falling for a girl and doing whatever she wanted. The real story is a bit comical. The band was doing a sound check before opening for The Guess Who in 1974 playing what would become the guitar riff and drum beat that would eventually become "Walk This Way". They worked on the song off and on but could never get lyrics that worked for it until they saw "Young Frankenstein" and started reciting the lines and hit on the one where Igor tells Gene Wilder to "walk this way" and Wilder imitates the hunchback's steps. Will you ever think of that song in the same way?
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