Mar 13 • Soundtrack of Day
"Walk This Way" funk cover ft. Judith Hill
"Walk This Way" has fun evolutionary arc:
🎸 Aerosmith (1975) — The original, already funky at its core. Joe Perry has said the riff was directly inspired by New Orleans funk bands like the Meters, so that groove was always baked in from the start.
🎤 Run DMC feat. Aerosmith (1986) — This is one is a really important moments in music history, full stop. It didn't just remake a song — it genuinely bridged rock and hip-hop at a time when those worlds were very separate, and launched both acts back into the mainstream in a huge way.
🕺 Judith Hill's funky remake is the perfect next chapter for this song — she leans hard into those soul and funk roots that were always hiding inside it, and that powerhouse voice of hers doesn't just sing the song, it inhabits it. The full-body feel Judith brings has this rare ability to make you feel music in your chest before your brain even catches up.
It's pretty remarkable that a riff Joe Perry came up with during a soundcheck in Honolulu in 1974, inspired by a Mel Brooks movie, has now traveled through rock, hip-hop and landed in the hands of one of the most soulful vocalists alive today.
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"Walk This Way" funk cover ft. Judith Hill
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