146. Def Leppard – Hysteria
If there was any such thing as a best Def Leppard album, this wouldn’t be it. But it’s the CD I pulled blindly out of the Box Of Unlistened to Music today to review. It is, however the album in which Rick Allen did his one arm drumming thing, so it’s got that going for it.
I suppose it’s a great album if you’re a Def Leppard fan. It’s got hits, it’s got a rock ballad in Love Bites and it has the most annoyingly named song ever, Armageddon It.
The one redeeming factor of Hysteria happens to be the one thing that is also the most unlikeable thing about it: Pour Some Sugar On Me. Which, I admit, I love, in an embarrassing sort of way.
Sometimes you go years and years singing a favorite song, not even bothering to really listen to the lyrics or think about what you are singing. And one day, you will have a moment of clarity, maybe in your car in the 7-11 parking lot, singing out loud with the window open, when you’ll realize just how incredibly stupid a lyric “do you take sugar, one lump or two” is.
Really. No self respecting rock song should contain the word “saccharine” in yet.
Yet, I love this song for the sheer cheesiness of it, and because belting it out in a crowded 7-11 parking lot gets you looks usually reserved for middle aged men in Firebirds singing Journey ballads.
Favorite song: Pour Some Sugar on Me
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December 26th, 2008
Not to mentioned being one of those famed masturbation songs.
December 26th, 2008
Heh. Despite the ridiculousness of BOTH Pour Some Sugar On Me and Armageddon It, I find them both to be fantastic rock-out songs. But, I have this weird, twisted Def Leppard genetic mutation, so I’m completely biased.
December 29th, 2008
I don’t know how I missed this review.
Had a girlfriend once that would sneer, yes sneer at me whenever I’d rock out to Def Leppard. “You’re so much better than this.” actually came out of her mouth. You know, one of those girls that kept trying to change you? Yeah, that didn’t last long.
Favorite album? Currently “Yeah” strictly for the cover of Rock On.
December 29th, 2008
Def Leppard. Freshman year in my colllege dorm. I’m a Smiths/REM/Cult fan surrounded by Def Leppard freaks.
It was a tough year.
January 19th, 2009
At the time, I loathed this band with the same feeling of disgust that made me make a face like I just smelled some rotten cheese as Ratt and Poison (I’m making that face now just thinking about them). But I’ve softened a little on Def Leppard. They don’t make me go *ick* anymore.
July 11th, 2009
Def Leppard is awful; They make me want to hurt myself and others