Accordingto one floor , Aerosmith ’s hit vocal “ Dude look Like a Lady ” was just revolutionize by an eventide when the band hung out with the guys from Motley Crue , and left rolling their oculus at how every sentence the Crue guys said started with “ Dude . ”
But Desmond Child , who co - write the Sung along with Steven Tyler and Joe Perry , saysthe moment of inspiration croak a little bit differently .
fry , who also wrote Bon Jovi ’s “ Livin ’ on a Prayer ” and “ Bad Medicine , ” among other hit , was brought in to work out with Aerosmith . Though the ring had n’t worked with an outside songwriter before , Steven Tyler showed him some of the lyrics he had been working on . One of them was called “ Cruisin ’ for the Ladies , ” which Child immediately denounced as dull and already done .
Tyler reluctantly agreed , and said that “ Cruisin ’ for the Ladies ” was actually an alternative deed of conveyance . The first title , he said , was inspire by a moment that bechance at a bar not too long before . While imbibing a few drinks , Tyler said , the band spotted what they thought was an attractive girl with fluff , bleach - blonde hair . When the missy finally turned around , they realise that it was n’t a miss at all — it was Vince Neil from Motley Crue , who didindeedhave a pretty juicy mane of pilus . “ That dude looks like a ma’am , ” one of them seemingly said , and then continued to reprise the attention-getting little phrasal idiom all night .
Once Tyler severalise Child the literal story behind the song , Child know directly that “ Dude Looks Like a Lady ” had to be the title . “ I talked them into the whole scenario of a guy that walks into a strip stick and fall in honey with the stripper on stage , give way backstage and line up out it ’s a guy . But … he ’s gon na go with it . ”
Child says he later let Vince Neil in on the jest : “ He had a good laugh . ” The incident isacknowledgedin Neil ’s autobiography , so he must not have any hard tactual sensation .
