When I read this morning that Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler had fallen off stage and was rushed to the hospital with injuries… it got me thinking about whether he’s fallen off in more ways than that.

Steven Tyler Falls Off Stage

Tyler was in South Dakota performing at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, where he was promoting his Dirico Motorcycles line. Apparently the accident took place during ‘Love in an Elevator’ when the sound system failed and Steven had to entertain the crowd by dancing in silence on the stage’s catwalk.  At some point amidst the bandanna-flowing moves and leather pant squeeking shuffles, he wobbled and fell backward off the stage.  People seemed shocked when it was reported that he received minor head, neck, and shoulder injuries.  THE MAN IS 61 YEARS OLD!

This brings me to a point about his style… maybe it’s fallen off-stage as well.  There’s something to be said for having a unique, kitschy, flair that consists of women’s scarves and tight leather pants with no shirt… but maybe it’s time for this look to evolve a bit.  He’s got his thing (ie. “that’s my thing”) and that’s great – but when you’re in your 60s and falling off stages, maybe your thing has become more of a characature of your old thing, than it is a style all its own.  Ya dig?  Look at someone like Mick Jagger.  Granted, his fashion was never as costumey as Tyler’s, but Jagger has developed his look into something more sophisticated over the years, while remaining edgy.

I think the difficulty for me is that Steven Tyler’s get-up floats right in the middle between Kiss costume and straightforward clothing, so I’m not sure how to view it.  I think at 61 you have to choose one way or the other… and God help us if he chooses the other.