"Lord of the Thighs" is a song performed by

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band

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. It was written by frontman

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, and released on the band's 1974 album ''

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''. Drummer

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has said it is his favorite song to perform live. Kramer and singer

have each said that he alone was the subject of the song's title. The song has remained a live staple since its release.

Composition

"Thighs", as it is commonly abbreviated on setlists and elsewhere, was supposedly the last song written for ''Get Your Wings.'' The band needed one additional song for the album, so they locked themselves in Studio C at the

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in New York City and came up with this song, based on the unsavory characters near their hotel on Eighth Avenue. The tongue-in-cheek lyrics are filled with

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and innuendo, and the song is darker than it first appears. The song is notable for the funky drum beat by Kramer. In its opening, the drum beat sounds very similar to "

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" and the song also features lead guitar work by

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and piano playing by Steven Tyler.

Live performances

The song has long been a staple in setlists at Aerosmith concerts, and was featured on the live albums ''

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'' and ''

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''. It was also featured on the deep cut collection ''

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''. The song was resurrected as a live staple, being played at several concerts on the

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and

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s in 2005 and 2006. In concert, the band typically does an extended jam in the song, which often results in the song exceeding seven minutes in length, which prominently features Whitford on lead guitar. Tyler also introduces Whitford before he starts playing the song's riff. Joe Perry typically plays slide guitar.

Notable cover versions

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covered the song in 1993 as a b-side to ''

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''. * Danzig covered the song on their 2015 album ''

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''.

In other media

The song was featured in ''

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'' as well as both episodic expansion packs ''

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'' and ''

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'' on in-game radio station

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References

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