Steven Tyler Pumps More Money Out Of Aerosmith’s Catalog


Steven Tyler has sold an interest in the publishing rights to about 160 Aerosmith songs to Primary Wave, who you may remember as the people who facilitated that Very Special Nirvana Episode of Cold Case. Tyler apparently pocketed $50 million from the deal, according to the New York Post, but it does have a catch:

It only covers songs from Aerosmith’s post-Permanent Vacation career, because Tyler doesn’t own the publishing rights to any of Aerosmith’s earlier music. Can’t wait for the Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode that will manage to shoehorn “Janie’s Got A Gun” and “I Don’t Wanna Miss A Thing”* into its soundtrack!

AERO-SMART MOVE [NYP]

* The latter song will score yet another “let’s try and humanize Mike Logan’s relationships with women” scene, I suspect.

 
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  1. NickEddy  |   Posted on Jan 11th, 2008

    Isn’t “…Miss A Thing” a Diane Warren numbah?

    Was shocked, on cursory glance, that “Jaded” was actually written by them, mostly.

  2. Camp Tiger Claw  |   Posted on Jan 11th, 2008

    Et Tu, Falling In Love Is Hard On The Knees?

  3. Rob Murphy  |   Posted on Jan 11th, 2008

    “I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing” was written by the hacktacular Diane Warren, so…

  4. Rob Murphy  |   Posted on Jan 11th, 2008

    @NickEddy: Sorry, nickeddy, you beat me to it.

    Also, I always liked “Jaded”, and not just because Mila Kunis was in the video. Plus, it always made me chuckle a little to think of Aerosmith on TRL.

  5. Maura Johnston  |   Posted on Jan 11th, 2008

    @NickEddy: @DHMBIB: Ah, crap. Well, maybe they’ll still get the rights to that song anyway. Did you guys see the episode that opened with “Rocket Man”?

  6. Maura Johnston  |   Posted on Jan 11th, 2008

    @DHMBIB: “Jaded” always seemed to me like Aerosmith’s attempt to get into the altish-rock sound. Or rather Joe Perry’s attempt. I mean, that riff would not have sounded out of place in a rock block that contained the Meat Puppets’ “Backwater.”

  7. Nicolars  |   Posted on Jan 11th, 2008

    Can’t wait for the Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode that will manage to shoehorn “Janie’s Got A Gun” and “I Don’t Wanna Miss A Thing”* into its soundtrack!

    It will feature Goren and Nicole Wallace finally making out.

  8. Maura Johnston  |   Posted on Jan 11th, 2008

    @Nicolars: OMG

  9. Elijah-M  |   Posted on Jan 11th, 2008

    @NickEddy:While Dianne Warren wrote “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing,” Aerosmith owns the master recording, so they still stand to make a ton of money when they license it for use on TV, movies and Disney attractions.

  10. J DTZR  |   Posted on Jan 11th, 2008

    L&O doesn’t use outside music. If only.

    Let’s face it, when Aerosmith got clean and sober, their music started sucking way hard. Rocks is one of the greatest albums ever. Pump? Not so much.

  11. Maura Johnston  |   Posted on Jan 11th, 2008

    @J DTZR: Criminal Intent does! It used pop songs on four or five episodes last year.

  12. NickEddy  |   Posted on Jan 11th, 2008

    @Elijah-M:

    Perhaps an all Diane Warren crime show would be in order: when they find a body frozen in a meat locker a la Frankie Carbone, Pet Shop Boys “Numb” could be used…

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