Electric Light Orchestra vs Run DMC ft. Aerosmith
A Pytski mashup from 2008. One of Jeff Lynne’s masterpieces and evergreens, mixed with a unique musical collaboration: Run DMC and Aerosmith on their groundbreaking record “Walk This Way”.
Both songs are, in their own way, about collision. “Don’t Bring Me Down” is ELO at their most direct — Jeff Lynne stripping away the orchestral excess to deliver a straight-up rock groove. “Walk This Way” by Run-DMC and Aerosmith is literally about collision: hip-hop crashing into rock, two worlds sharing a riff, a collaboration that reshaped both genres. Pytski finds the frequency where ELO’s irresistible momentum feeds into the relentless drive of Aerosmith’s guitar and Run-DMC’s flow — and realises they were always pointing at the same spot.
Ingredients
This mashup / mix is a blend of these tunes:
Electric Light Orchestra (ELO)
Don’t Bring Me Down
Year: 1979
Album: Discovery
Genre: Poprock
About Don’t Bring Me Down
One of ELO’s biggest hits, “Don’t Bring Me Down” reached #4 in both the UK and the US and became one of Jeff Lynne’s most enduring compositions. From the album Discovery (1979), it’s a surprising departure from ELO’s usual lush orchestral sound — leaner, rawer, built on a stomping drum machine and a guitar riff that refuses to be ignored. The song is also famous for one of rock’s great aural illusions: the word shouted after “Don’t bring me down” sounds unmistakably like “Bruce” — a mondegreen Lynne has repeatedly denied, insisting he sang “Groos.” Millions remain unconvinced.
Run DMC ft. Aerosmith
Walk This Way
Year: 1986
Album: Raising Hell
Genre: Hiphop, alternative rock
About Walk This Way
Originally a 1975 Aerosmith track from Toys in the Attic, “Walk This Way” was reimagined for Run-DMC’s landmark album Raising Hell in 1986. The collaboration — Steven Tyler and Joe Perry in the studio with Rev Run and DMC — became a genuine cultural moment: the first hip-hop record to cross over to mainstream rock radio in force, and the collaboration that effectively revived Aerosmith’s flagging career. The music video, showing the two groups literally tearing down the wall between them, remains one of the defining images in MTV history.
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