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* OurLawyersAdvisedThisTrope: Some of the more dangerous activities in the VR scene come with ContentWarnings. the Surgeon General's Warning appears during the SmokingHotSex allusion.

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* OurLawyersAdvisedThisTrope: Some of the more dangerous activities in the VR scene come with ContentWarnings. the The Surgeon General's Warning appears during the SmokingHotSex allusion.
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* OurLawyersAdvisedThisTrope: Some of the more dangerous activities in the VR scene come with ContentWarnings. the Surgeon General's Warning appears during the SmokingHotSex allusion.
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** The intro track includes the line "You got the right key, baby, but the wrong keyhole" -- paraphrasing a line from the song "F.I.N.E." on the band's 1989 album ''Pump''.

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** The intro track includes the line "You got the right key, baby, but the wrong keyhole" -- paraphrasing a line from the song "F.I.N.E." on the band's 1989 album ''Pump''.''Pump'' -- and ends with the guitar riff from "Walk This Way."
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** The intro track includes the line "You got the right key, baby, but the wrong keyhole" -- paraphrasing a line from the song "F.I.N.E." on the band's 1989 album ''Music/Pump''.

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** The intro track includes the line "You got the right key, baby, but the wrong keyhole" -- paraphrasing a line from the song "F.I.N.E." on the band's 1989 album ''Music/Pump''.''Pump''.

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!!The one last trope's a permanent vacation:
* BigRockEnding: "Amazing" averts this by ending this way, only to go to a BigBand-style epilogue that samples the 1945 big band song "Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well" by Lucky Millinder.
* CallBack: "Amazing" does an AlbumTitleDrop to their CareerResurrection in the line "That one last shot's ''Permanent Vacation''!".

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!!The !!That one last trope's a permanent vacation:
* BigRockEnding: "Amazing" averts this by ending this way, only to go to a BigBand-style epilogue that samples the 1945 big band song "Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well" by Lucky Millinder.
Millinder. The whole album averts it with the final track, a quiet, eerie instrumental called "Boogie Man."
* CallBack: "Amazing" does an AlbumTitleDrop to their 1987 CareerResurrection in the line "That one last shot's ''Permanent Vacation''!".a permanent vacation."
** The intro track includes the line "You got the right key, baby, but the wrong keyhole" -- paraphrasing a line from the song "F.I.N.E." on the band's 1989 album ''Music/Pump''.



* DreamWithinADream: The music video for "Amazing" shows a guy living a VR fantasy with Creator/AliciaSilverstone. The ending reveals ''that'' to be ''a VR fantasy of Alicia Silverstone''.

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* DreamWithinADream: The music video for "Amazing" shows a guy living a VR fantasy with Creator/AliciaSilverstone. The ending reveals ''that'' to be ''a VR fantasy part of Alicia Silverstone''.Silverstone's own fantasy.
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->''Tell me what you think about your sit-u-a-tion''\\
''Complication - aggravation''\\

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->''Tell me what you think about your sit-u-a-tion''\\
''Complication -
situation''\\
''Complication,
aggravation''\\



''If chicken little tells you that the sky is falling''\\

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''If chicken little Chicken Little tells you that the sky is falling''\\



''I bet you would my friend''\\

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''I bet you would would, my friend''\\



''But I'd would rather be a hanging on''

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''But I'd I would rather be a hanging a-hanging on''

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* CallBack: We get an AlbumTitleDrop for ''Permanent Vacation''; it's here in "Amazing".

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* CallBack: We get "Amazing" does an AlbumTitleDrop for to their CareerResurrection in the line "That one last shot's ''Permanent Vacation''; it's here in "Amazing".Vacation''!".



* DreamWithinADream: The music video for "Amazing" shows a guy living a VR fantasy with Alicia Silverstone. The ending reveals ''that'' to be ''a VR fantasy of Alicia Silverstone''.

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* DreamWithinADream: The music video for "Amazing" shows a guy living a VR fantasy with Alicia Silverstone.Creator/AliciaSilverstone. The ending reveals ''that'' to be ''a VR fantasy of Alicia Silverstone''.


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* LastNoteHilarity: "Eat the Rich", true to the title, ends with a belch. Which Steven can do on stage impromptu!
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''Even if it wasn't, would you still come crawling back again?''\\

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''Even if it wasn't, was, would you still come crawling back again?''\\



''Again and again and again and again and again''\\

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''Again and again and again and again and again''\\
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But ''Get a Grip'' was the first Aerosmith album to hit #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart, and would ultimately go seven-times platinum in the United States. At a total of 20 million copies worldwide, it is Aerosmith's best-selling studio album. It also hit #2 in the UK. Two songs ("Cryin'", "Livin' on the Edge") hit #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart. Its highest work on the Billboard Hot 100 was #12 for "Cryin'".

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But ''Get a Grip'' was the first Aerosmith album to hit #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart, and would ultimately go seven-times platinum in the United States. At a total of 20 million copies worldwide, it is Aerosmith's best-selling studio album. It also hit #2 in the UK. Two songs ("Cryin'", "Livin' on the Edge") hit #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart. Its highest work on the Billboard Hot 100 was #12 for "Cryin'".
"Cryin'", as its pop chart performance was dragged down somewhat by the ongoing {{grunge}} movement.
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But ''Get a Grip'' was the first Aerosmith album to hit #1 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart, and would ultimately go seven-times platinum in the United States. At a total of 20 million copies worldwide, it is Aerosmith's best-selling studio album. It also hit #2 in the UK. Two songs ("Cryin'", "Livin' on the Edge") hit #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart. Its highest work on the Billboard Hot 100 was #12 for "Cryin'".

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But ''Get a Grip'' was the first Aerosmith album to hit #1 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart, and would ultimately go seven-times platinum in the United States. At a total of 20 million copies worldwide, it is Aerosmith's best-selling studio album. It also hit #2 in the UK. Two songs ("Cryin'", "Livin' on the Edge") hit #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart. Its highest work on the Billboard Hot 100 was #12 for "Cryin'".
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* BigRockEnding: "Amazing" averts this by ending this way, only to go to a BigBand-style ending that samples the 1945 big band song "Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well" by Lucky Millinder.

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* BigRockEnding: "Amazing" averts this by ending this way, only to go to a BigBand-style ending epilogue that samples the 1945 big band song "Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well" by Lucky Millinder.
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* SmokingHotSex: Done at the end of the sex part of the VR fantasy.

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* SmokingHotSex: Done at the end of the sex part of the VR fantasy.fantasy in the music video of "Amazing".
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* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: The VR fantasy includes a Surgeon General Warning for cigarettes.
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* TitleSong: "Get a Grip"

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* TitleSong: TitleTrack: "Get a Grip"

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[[caption-width-right:300:''That kinda lovin' turns a man to a slave''\\
''That kinda lovin' sends a man right to his grave''\\

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[[caption-width-right:300:''That kinda lovin' turns a man [[caption-width-right:300:''Got to get a slave''\\
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Skin and bones, it ain't such
a man right to his grave''\\pity ''\\


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* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: The VR fantasy includes a Surgeon General Warning for cigarettes.


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* SmokingHotSex: Done at the end of the sex part of the VR fantasy.
* TitleSong: "Get a Grip"
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* CallBack: We had to wait two albums for the AlbumTitleDrop for ''Permanent Vacation''; it's here in "Amazing".

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* CallBack: We had to wait two albums for the get an AlbumTitleDrop for ''Permanent Vacation''; it's here in "Amazing".
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* CallBack: We had to wait two albums for the AlbumTitleDrop for ''Permanent Vacation''; it's here in "Amazing".


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* EpicRocking: "Livin' on the Edge" is just over six minutes, and three other songs fall within three seconds short ("Amazing", "Flesh", and "Gotta Love It").
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[[labelnote:Disclaimer]]No cows were harmed in the making of this album cover.[[/labelnote]]]]

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[[labelnote:Disclaimer]]No [[labelnote:Disclaimer]][[NoAnimalsWereHarmed No cows were harmed in the making of this album cover.cover]].[[/labelnote]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:300:No cows were harmed in the making of this album cover.]]

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[[caption-width-right:300:No [[caption-width-right:300:''That kinda lovin' turns a man to a slave''\\
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'''''Get a Grip''''' is the eleventh studio album by the rock band Music/{{Aerosmith}}.

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'''''Get a Grip''''' is the eleventh studio album by the rock band Music/{{Aerosmith}}.
Music/{{Aerosmith}}. It was released through Creator/GeffenRecords on April 20, 1993.



The album was released on April 1993 to generally positive reviews. Robert Christgau of ''The Village Voice'' hailed it as their best album since ''Rocks''. Mark Coleman of ''Magazine/RollingStone'', however, chided what he felt as a generally somber and unadventurous feeling to the album; he felt "Livin' on the Edge" sounded too much like Music/BonJovi, and that the outside influence generally dragged the album down.

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The album was released on April 1993 to generally positive reviews. Robert Christgau of ''The Village Voice'' hailed it as their best album since ''Rocks''. Mark Coleman of ''Magazine/RollingStone'', however, chided what he felt as a generally somber and unadventurous feeling to the album; he felt "Livin' on the Edge" sounded too much like Music/BonJovi, and that the outside influence generally dragged the album down.
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* ProductPlacement: Apple products are all over the music video for "Amazing".

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* ProductPlacement: Apple Creator/{{Apple}} products are all over the music video for "Amazing".
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The video for "Amazing" is LOADED with this. The best part is when the guy knocks over his water bottle on his keyboard during his first VR sex attempt; especially the way the water pumps out of the straw.
* DreamWithinADream: "Amazing" shows a guy living a VR fantasy with Alicia Silverstone. The ending reveals ''that'' to be ''a VR fantasy of Alicia Silverstone''.

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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The music video for "Amazing" is LOADED with this. The best part is when the guy knocks over his water bottle on his keyboard during his first VR sex attempt; especially the way the water pumps out of the straw.
* DreamWithinADream: The music video for "Amazing" shows a guy living a VR fantasy with Alicia Silverstone. The ending reveals ''that'' to be ''a VR fantasy of Alicia Silverstone''.



* ProductPlacement: Apple products are all over "Amazing".

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* ProductPlacement: Apple products are all over the music video for "Amazing".
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->''Tell me what you think about your sit-u-a-tion''\\
''Complication - aggravation''\\
''Is getting to you''\\
''If chicken little tells you that the sky is falling''\\
''Even if it wasn't, would you still come crawling back again?''\\
''I bet you would my friend''\\
''Again and again and again and again and again''\\
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''Something right with the world today''\\
''And everybody knows it's wrong''\\
''But we can tell 'em no or we could let it go''\\
''But I'd would rather be a hanging on''
-->--"Livin' on the Edge"
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[[caption-width-right:300:No cows were harmed in the making of this album cover.]]

'''''Get a Grip''''' is the eleventh studio album by the rock band Music/{{Aerosmith}}.

After a break following ''Pump'', the band returned to the studio in 1992 to record a follow-up. Record executives initially bemoaned a lack of radio-friendly tracks, so they recorded a few more songs later in the year, reaching out to some collaborators for some more songs.

Several of the songs, including the title track "Get a Grip" and "Amazing", deal with the band's past of drug abuse, and coming to a crossroads on dealing with addiction. They also produced several love ballads with their own twist of dysfunctional relationships, such as "Cryin'" and "Crazy".

The album was released on April 1993 to generally positive reviews. Robert Christgau of ''The Village Voice'' hailed it as their best album since ''Rocks''. Mark Coleman of ''Magazine/RollingStone'', however, chided what he felt as a generally somber and unadventurous feeling to the album; he felt "Livin' on the Edge" sounded too much like Music/BonJovi, and that the outside influence generally dragged the album down.

But ''Get a Grip'' was the first Aerosmith album to hit #1 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart, and would ultimately go seven-times platinum in the United States. At a total of 20 million copies worldwide, it is Aerosmith's best-selling studio album. It also hit #2 in the UK. Two songs ("Cryin'", "Livin' on the Edge") hit #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart. Its highest work on the Billboard Hot 100 was #12 for "Cryin'".

The album spawned several music videos, some of which were popular on Creator/{{MTV}}: "Livin' on the Edge", "Cryin'", "Amazing", and "Crazy". The latter three of those became famous for starring budding actress Creator/AliciaSilverstone. "Crazy" also starred Steven Tyler's daughter, Creator/LivTyler, who would also become an actress in her own right.

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!!Tracklist:
[[AC:Side One]]
# "Intro" (0:24)
# "Eat the Rich" (4:11)
# "Get a Grip" (3:59)
# "Fever" (4:15)
# "Livin' on the Edge" (6:07)

[[AC:Side Two]]
# "Flesh" (5:57)
# "Walk On Down" (3:39)
# "Shut Up and Dance" (4:56)

[[AC:Side Three]]
# "Cryin'" (5:09)
# "Gotta Love It" (5:58)
# "Crazy" (5:14)

[[AC:Side Four]]
# "Line Up" (4:03)
# "Amazing" (5:57)
# "Boogie Man" (2:17)

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!!Principal members
* Steven Tyler – lead vocals, keyboards, mandolin, harmonica, additional percussion
* Joe Perry – guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Walk on Down"
* Brad Whitford – guitar, lead guitar on “Fever”, “Gotta Love It”, and “Flesh”
* Tom Hamilton – bass guitar, bass solo on “Gotta Love It”
* Joey Kramer – drums

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!!The one last trope's a permanent vacation:
* BigRockEnding: "Amazing" averts this by ending this way, only to go to a BigBand-style ending that samples the 1945 big band song "Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well" by Lucky Millinder.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The video for "Amazing" is LOADED with this. The best part is when the guy knocks over his water bottle on his keyboard during his first VR sex attempt; especially the way the water pumps out of the straw.
* DreamWithinADream: "Amazing" shows a guy living a VR fantasy with Alicia Silverstone. The ending reveals ''that'' to be ''a VR fantasy of Alicia Silverstone''.
* FakeKillScare: "Cryin'" ends with Alicia Silverstone jumping back off a bridge, only to show that she's on a wire connected to a belly button ring she got earlier in the video.
* LoveHurts: Both "Cryin'" and "Crazy" allude to this.
* NoAnimalsWereHarmed: PETA complained about the album cover, which features a cow with a pierced udder. The band later stated the piercing was photoshopped in.
* ProductPlacement: Apple products are all over "Amazing".
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->''So, from all of us at Aerosmith, to all of you out there wherever you are, remember: the light at the end of the tunnel may be you. Good night.''

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