Until the very final refrain the chorus doesn’t swing on a large enough circumference to scoop you into it and the verses are non-descript. The last 30 seconds have the harmonies, the melody, the warmth to create that power-grab tingle and a momentary softening to the Hollywood notion of American happiness. ‘What Could Have Been Love’ is the weakest of the three. Whilst Aerosmith alumni may be mildly impressed by the 'prog' seven minutes of 'Street Jesus' and admire the head down rhythm of 'Lover Alot', really there are only three songs that move beyond treading water ‘What Could Have Been Love’, ‘Can’t Stop Lovin’You’ and ‘Another Last Goodbye’. So there’s three power ballads smeared into this messy collection and they’re the only songs worth writing about. If Cameron’s singing and not feeling it, if he doesn’t believe what he says, we’ll be able to tell.
That way there’d be no chance for deception in the House of Commons. Politics should be conducted via power ballads. Ballads are honest outpourings of emotion. People like power ballads, be they from Steve Tyler, Charlotte Church or people in adverts selling financial products.
The only reason Music From Another Dimension! will stop you is to turn around for a refund. Once in a while, Aerosmith can make you stop, don a pashmina and feel good. Whilst their MO has always been gratingly cheeky blues riffs and sugary torch songs they’ve also had the power to surprise, from a genuinely innovative collaboration with Run DMC to some genuinely excellent, if unhealthily saccharine, ballads (mostly from ‘Get A Grip’). If there was one musical personality from the not too distant past (well, 11 years since the last album), one act that you’d hope would come back with something at least pleasantly eccentric (if not necessarily good), it would be Steve Tyler and Aerosmith.
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