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.
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.
@J DTZR: Criminal Intent does! It used pop songs on four or five episodes last year.
@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…
Isn’t “…Miss A Thing” a Diane Warren numbah?
Was shocked, on cursory glance, that “Jaded” was actually written by them, mostly.
Et Tu, Falling In Love Is Hard On The Knees?
“I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing” was written by the hacktacular Diane Warren, so…
@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.
@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”?
@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.”
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.
@Nicolars: OMG
@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.