'I'll Tumble 4 Ya' has to be one of the most ridiculous hit singles that any international superstars have given the world.

Hometown Aerosmith fans are different from other Aerosmith fans, and that mainly has to do with Joe Perry. It's tough to overstate his strange grip on the local psyche. Tyler is a star who belongs to the whole world, but Perry, that dude belongs to Boston.

Madonna was so flamboyant in terms of her look, her style, her public pronouncements, her religious taboo-smashing.

On 'Idol,' Steven Tyler will be sitting at a table with two other judges, and part of his job will be keeping his yap zipped while they talk. This makes no sense at all, since Tyler has zero yap-zipping skills.

Falling in love with Renee was not the kind of thing you walk away from in one piece. I had no chance. She put a hitch in my git-a-long.

It takes only one bad amp to turn your ears to oatmeal: That's how old hippies became Yanni fans.

One nice thing about growing up Catholic is it makes you open-minded about other people's religions, since ours is nuttier than yours.