"Livin' on the Edge" Aerosmith (1993)
Every generation feels like it's watching the world fall apart. It’s human nature, really. We look around, see the chaos and division, and assume things have never been this bad. In 1993, Aerosmith released “Livin’ on the Edge” in the wake of the LA riots, convinced they were witnessing society unravel. And maybe they were. But 25 years earlier, 1968 and 1969 had already seen assassinations, riots, and a country on fire. And here we are in the 2020s, once again wondering if this is the end of something… or everything. The truth is that the world has always been broken. It’s not uniquely bad now. It’s consistently bad, in different ways, across every age. What Aerosmith tapped into wasn’t just the angst of a moment. It was the timeless ache of a fallen world. Aerosmith’s reputation was always more sex, drugs, and rock ’n roll than social critique, but in this song, they turned their platform into a mirror. There’s something wrong with the world today I don’t know what it is Some...
