blue February 7th, 2006 08:48PM  
Well I heard this song was about:
A)A man who looks like a woman, but the singer is still attracted to him. Ex:
"She had the body of a Venus, lord imagine my surprise"-Refers to finding out the woman is actually a man.
B)Steven Tyler XD
I think both of those make sense.

anonymous February 28th, 2006 05:34PM  
Actually, this song is about Vince Neil of Motley Crue. Steven Tyler saw Vince at a bar and said "hey! that dude looks like a lady!" and the rest of the band started laughing and then Steven Tyler had the idea to write a song about it. A few years later steven told Vince that the song was about him on a tv show about Vince Neil getting surgery, and made over for the new motley crue tour. Vince said that the song is about him after meeting someone who was very good friends with Aerosmith and helped Tyler write the song.

Surfer_Coyote October 11th, 2007 11:41PM  
The song is inspired by the gender-bending glam days of Motley Crue. Steven Tyler talks about seeing Vince Neil at a bar and thought he was a woman. It is mentioned in one of the band's bios.

fastfordfocus December 10th, 2008 12:49PM  
This is one of my favorite songs of all time. The music always gets me going. The lyrics are funny when taken at face value, but beneath that there is signifigance. This song is about societies need to place boundaries, and clearly define gender relations. This causes pain and confusion for people of both sexes. Obviously, there was a strong attraction between the singer and "dude". I think it's most interesting that the song never expresses any change of heart or disappointment after the singer discovers that this lady is actually a dude. To me, this preaches the gospel of androgenous sexual identity and sexual relations. We should all be more balanced in our sexual exploits and identity. You go, Steven Tyler.

anonymous March 16th, 2009 11:06PM  
around the time the song was made people were starting to cross-dress. Well thats what my mom said (shes 49 i think she knows what shes talkin bout

anonymous December 18th, 2009 08:16PM  
Ummmm my guess is Steven Tyler wanting to have sex with a man therefore being gay.

anonymous February 20th, 2010 04:31AM  
the meaning of the phrase, "had the body of a venus" refers to the roman god of love and beauty. and VENUS does refer to a woman, so i think this song has a mixed meaning. Motley Crue, and actual woman, and steven is not gay, read the rest of his lyrics for songs he wrote. as far from gay as possible.