![]() I called Elliott to talk about the band he's lead for almost 25 years. It's a testament to the power of Def Leppard that their songs can be sung by a shirtless Tom Cruise dressed in a devil skull codpiece -as they are in the new movie musical Rock of Ages-and still not lose their capacity to make you smile. How can you not have affection for a band that found a way to use "rock" as a noun, verb, adjective and adverb, sometimes all in the same song? When you hear Elliott declare "Let's get the rock out of here" and your first instinct isn't to respond with a fist salute, you officially have no soul. ![]() Hating Def Leppard is like hating birthdays or parades or hotdogs and beer at a ballgame. If you think you know what sexual act is being described, you're very, very confused about what actually happens during sex.īut even when it feels like their songs were written by somebody having a stroke, it's still infectious good fun. But nothing the band has ever recorded comes close to the lyrical chaos of "Pour Some Sugar on Me." Even if you could ignore lines like "Livin' like a lover with a radar phone" and "Television lover, baby, go all night," there's still that brilliantly obtuse chorus, so easy to sing along with and so utterly devoid of meaning. There is no good explanation for why "Are you gettin' it?" should ever be answered with "Armageddon it!" "Animal" contains at least a dozen mixed metaphors, with singer/co-lyricist Joe Elliott comparing himself to the drivin' rain, a circus, a heartbeat, a river, a shadow, rust, and a wolf capable of giving CPR. And I'm not just talking about that "gunter glieben glauchen globen" hokum that kicks off "Rock of Ages." Their lyrics are littered with nonsensical gibberish. "The chords I used and the chords they used are the same three chords we’ve all been using in basic pop music since Buddy Holly, Eddie Cochran and Chuck Berry made it clear that fancy chords don’t mean great music - not always," Townshend added.Def Leppard is one of those rare bands where everybody on the planet seems to know every lyric to all their songs and yet nobody has any goddamn idea what any of it means. Back in summer, there were accusations that their "Best Song Ever" ripped of a part of the Who's "Baba O'Riley," but Who main man Pete Townshend let them off the hook, saying it was all "part of pop's lineage," and giving the band his approval. The isn't the first time this year that 1D has been accused of nicking a rock classic. 13 review for Entertainment Weekly, critic Nick Catucci wrote, "The title track sounds like Def Leppard's 'Pour Some Sugar on Me,' criminally de-boogied pounding sports-arena beats and guitar riffs a centerfold short of raunchy dominate." The source added, "Everyone is staying silent at this stage but it’s clear the two songs sound alike - which has been enough for Def Leppard's aides to pose questions to their legal team."Īnd Def Lep's lawyers aren't the only ones that have noted the similarity. "These cases can often take weeks to sort out because we are not talking about peanuts here - the 1D album is selling millions and if the title track goes out as a single it will generate even more money." "Music lawyers will routinely scour hits like this one to see if there is any evidence that a band has either copied or cleverly mimicked a Def Leppard song," the source said. "Midnight Memories" is credited to 1D's Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson and three other collaborators, but no members of Def Leppard, a fact that led the band to consult their lawyers, a source recently told the U.K.'s Mirror. If a new song is heavily inspired by or samples an old hit, often the original songwriters receive a credit. This time, there are allegations that 1D borrowed a bit of Def Leppard's 1987 hit "Pour Some Sugar On Me" for the chorus of "Midnight Memories," the title track from their latest album. The boys in One Direction are once again being accused of ripping off a classic rock hit in one of their songs.
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