BOSTON — While classic rock band Aerosmith’s hit 1987 single “Dude Looks Like a Lady” has not aged well, it ultimately sucks too hard to worry about its problematic nature, sources confirmed.
“The world has certainly evolved past the point at which writing a song with this subject matter would be acceptable,” reported correspondent Tasha Barton. “However, it’s been unanimously agreed that the song just eats so much shit, so any argument about its supposed merits versus the offensive nature of its lyrics would just be a waste of everybody’s time. Debates over problematic music should be restricted to bands that possess actual artistic value, so while conversations are worth being had about, for example, homophobia in Beastie Boys’ ‘License to Ill’ or the Bad Brains’ ‘Don’t Blow Bubbles,’ we don’t need to talk about some stupid fucking Aerosmith song that just annoys the piss out of everyone who hears it.”
Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler was happy about the news.
“For once, I’m excited to hear about how much people think our music sucks,” Tyler admitted. “Usually, it’s a downer to constantly hear how it’s ‘obnoxious bullshit’ or ‘boring-ass dad rock that makes Seals & Crofts sound exciting by comparison,’ but if this new determination on one of our biggest songs means we don’t get canceled, I’m all for it. We’re still getting some pretty hefty paychecks from the endless radio play, so it would really suck for that spigot to suddenly turn off. I’ll keep ‘Dude Looks Like a Lady’ off the setlist for our inevitable reunion tour.”
Music expert Tori Stillwater thinks this approach can apply to many classic rock songs.
“Sure, a lot of songs we’ve heard ad nauseam are problematic, but are they worth getting in a tizzy over?” Stillwater opined. “We all know that ‘Christine Sixteen’ by KISS is creepy and gross, and ‘Jailbait’ by Ted Nugent is about as awful and disgusting as one would expect it to be after having looked at him, but these songs just straight-up suck too hard to give a fuck. It’s actually refreshing to come across a shitty, problematic classic rock song that isn’t about statutory rape, so I actually give kudos to Aerosmith for that.”
At press time, it was reported that “Love in an Elevator” sucks too hard to be repulsed by the thought of Tyler performing cunnilingus.
