This song was playing my very last day of high school as we were driving away from the school screaming out the windows!! I’ll never forget that! Great band!!
While I had this album and this song was still popular my senior year of high school, I was blasting "School's Out" by Alice Cooper from my Pioneer Supertuner through the Rockford Fosgate speakers in my '89 Mustang, on that day in May 1989.
I was 13 years old when this song came out. I was at my best friend's house and we were listening to Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 on the radio. He told the story of how Rick Allen lost his arm in a car accident and this was their first single after that happened. I was so inspired by his comeback story and loved the song so much that I bought the Hysteria album and ended up seeing them in concert 3 times! I have so many memories that revolve around their music!
@@rickwelch8464 have you heard the outtake from Casey's American Top 40 where he's yelling at everyone? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rV7WF5VVwuo.html spoiler alert, he uses a lot of profanity and puts Christian Bale to shame!
It was actually Casey Kasem's Top 40 with host Rick Dees. Casey was the original host as well as the creator of the show. It is now Ryan Seacrest's Top 40. He purchased the production rights following Casey Kasem's death.
One of my favorite Def Leppard songs, ever. Great choice. I think that's now TEN songs by this amazing group you've done! Next up should be "Rocket", "Armageddon It", or "Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad". Or, if you want to go back to Def Leppard's VERY beginning, check out "Wasted", which was their very first single (in the UK, in 1979). Also - If you get back to doing more Toto, they also had a bangin' song called "Animal" (with some KILLER sax!).
Yes! I wore this cassette OUT in my car back in the day. One thing about us 80’s teens is we have never stopped listening to all the great genres we had. Truly. Some good new stuff now and then, but nothing compares ❤️
I think every Def Leppard fan immediately recognizes them when one of their songs comes on, they absolutely have their "sound"...they always have the best backing vocals
Def Leppard and Van Halen were, in my mind at least, above the other “hair bands” of the 80s, which I saw as mostly competent imitators of those two and 70s bands like Aerosmith and Kiss. They distinguished themselves with their unique sounds, musicianship, and production quality. I managed to see Def Leppard in concert around the time of Hysteria. They put on a great, high quality, energetic show.
Totally agree! Just because a band has long hair doesn't make them a hair band. True 80's hair bands also wore heavy woman's makeup and teased up their hair. Which is why they're also and more accurately known as glam metal. Bands such as Motley Crue, Poison, Skid Row, Cinderella, Stryper, etc.
DL and VH are rock bands. Not anything to do with hair metal which is seen as a derogatory term to bands. Poison was a hair metal band. Hair metal is associated with androgynous huge teased hair, and honestly big on looks and somewhat lacking for the most part in actual ability
@@flyingburritobro68 Where I agree with it being derogatory, hair metal actually a term never used in the 80s. In the 80s, while it was happening, everything was either metal or thrash metal. It was coined in the 90s by some DJ who decided if he or she called it hair metal it would seem inferior. The thing is it really just means a band popular in the 80s. I've heard every band from Poison to Iron Maiden including Def Leppard, Van Halen, Aerosmith and KISS called a hair metal band at one time. Even glam was just a gimmick to get signed and make that first album. Most if not all of those bands were over it by their second album.
This was the song that was released to announce Def Leppard's return after Rick's accident, and you better believe that everyone in the band was holding their breath! And as history has shown, it not only heralded their return, it charted the highest they'd ever been before. And they never looked back for the rest of this album. You're absolutely correct, Amber. This is a summer song, and it was perfect for it. I still remember being an 18 year old kid, off doing my Advanced Infantry Training in the middle of nowhere, on a base that we'd have a hard time finding on the map, losing out on all the summer fun my friends were having -- but having this song blasting out of the radios and jukeboxes every single day, so we didn't have as bad a time as we could have had. Despite the isolation, we were having a hell of a lot of fun, and it's due in no small part to songs like this.
You're right. It's got great summertime vibes. Cruising the highway, top down and the wind blowing through your hair. It's a fantastic song. Definitely one of my favourite leppard songs.
Gigantic album, they were rising stars before but became superstars with its release and tens of millions of sales. Try Love Bites from it, Amber will love it! Enjoy. 🎵
I've said it a bunch of times, one of the best bands of all time! One of the best "performing" bands too! I've seen them many, many times! More than any other band. Whenever they come to Phoenix, my lady and me are there!!! Love you guys!!
So many great Def Leopard songs! Reminds me of younger days! I still enjoy Joe and the boys, yes I agree I never saw them as a hair band just plain old good rock and roll! Love them to this day what 30 years later? A def favorite!
Def Leppard was one of the big Hair Bands of the 80's . My niece loves them so much . Like crazy fan love . LOL No not crazy hiding under the bus just throwing bra crazy. She is 55 years old and been crazy since the 80's . They had that effect.This album Hysteria, (1987) sold over 20 million world wide and 20 million USA with 7 mega hits on it. Great Album.
I heard phil collen say a few months ago that the album has now sold 30 million copies. Absolutely fantastic achievement. Hysteria and pyromania are some of the greatest rock albums of all time imho.
Hair band? I never heard them classified that way before. They were hard rock/metal because they had staying power. Hair bands were like the one hit wonders who played the part of a rock star for one video, but to each their own!
Nostalgia city for me....high school days when this came out. So good. Love them so much. Me and my ex high school girlfriend listen to this together all the time and now we talk once in a while and say to each other everytime we hear Def Leppard we think about each other. This whole album is fire.
The sound of this song is like a time machine sending me back to 8th grade. It was my introduction to def leppard & was their first song when they came back from the drummer losing his arm.
After Rick lost his arm the drum set they created for him was amazing. Saw them in concert and his feet never stop moving it was amazing to watch. If you haven't yet reacted to their song LOVE BITES you must for me is my favorite song by them.
They originally planned to use two drummers, Jeff Rich at that time with Status Quo was the other...They played a few very low key shows around Ireland. After a couple of shows Jeff had to fly out to play a Quo gig and fly back again for the Leppard show....his plane or taxi was late and he missed most of the show. Rick was able to do the show on his own and Jeff was cool about being no longer needed, Rick has been on his own ever since.
This was the song that made me love Def Leppard. I saw the video on MTV, and yes young people they actually used to play music on that channel. I went out and bought Hysteria on cassette. I love that Def Leppard has a new album. New music from an amazing group still rocking!
Def Leppard has their own unique awsome sound! I first heard Def Leppard when I was 4 back in 1983 and here I am almost 43 years old and Def Leppard IS still my favorite band! They just plain Kick-ass!
This was such a great time in music for live concerts. Def Leppard "In the Round" was one of the best concerts I've ever been to. Tesla opened the show. Sacramento, CA 1988
I'm a lifelong Leppard fan. I would like to suggest Gods of War from the album Hysteria. It was an unreleased track. To me, there is no bad Def Leppard song. Not sure if you heard the new one called Kick but it's worth checking out too. A few lesser known ones to check out include Breathe A Sigh, Heaven Is, You Got Me Runnin' and Back In Your Face. They are unreal live.
I love Def Leppard so much. I've been lucky enough to see them twice. I wanted to go again. They are touring with Toto. What a great concert THAT would be. This is one of my FAVORITES of their songs. So good!!
Def Leppard is in my top 5! I remember when their first album was released here in the 80s all of us were writing everything in the same script as their name. Such good memories around this group!
Great song and great band. Going to see them tomorrow night in Atlanta. They will be there with Motley Crew, Poison, and Joan Jett. Should be a great concert. Can't go wrong with Def Leppard songs though. Don't think they have a bad song.
I've said it once & I'll say it again . Not just because of their music but because of the character Joe Elliott , Rick Savage , Steve Clark & Phil Collen showed to Rick Allen after he lost his arm by staying with him & not replacing him with someone else , which a lot of other bands would have done . Is why I say Def Leppard is the greatest band ever .
Def is very much "old school recording". They take a guitar, plug it into an amp. and record that. No effects, just play guitar and that works for them. The vocal tracks, however, are very much Mutt Lange, their producer and engineer- tons of overdubs of the vocals, which is what fattens the chorus vocals. The band got started when they were very young, teenagers for the most part.
Had to buy this album and to this day I still have my album. Had the opportunity to see them live few times live back in the 80s. To this day they still rock. High school memories.
One of my favourite guitarists of all time, along with David Gilmour, is the brilliant and talented late Steve Clark from Def Leppard. Like Gilmour always played for the song, not his ego. A beautiful, gentle and gorgeous soul who deserved a longer life and we deserved more of his music. Will always grieve for him and miss him, even after 31 years.
Animal is a great song! Love this song, love this band! Hysteria was a near perfect album! And you still have more of it to react to! Rocket, Women, and Armageddon It! I don't really think of DL as a hair band, they were Brittish and all the bands I really thought of as Hair bands came out of L.A. or at least America. When I think of hair bands I think of Cinderella, Motley Crue, Poison, Warrant, Faster Pussycat, White Lion, Ratt, Kix and maybe WASP (who you should react to, but not their song "Animal" cause well, maybe not family friendly LMAO!!) To me Def Leppard, GNR, and Bon Jovi, even Whitesnake, may Technically be considered hair bands, but they were just far enough for me outside of the mold to just never think of them that way.
I saw them live on their first ever tour in England in a small night club when they were all around the age of 16/17. They sounded alot different back then but were raw and fantastic. Their music changed when they went to America and everything became super polished. I still liked their music but preferred the sound of the first few years back in South Yorkshire when they were trying to breakthrough. If you get the chance, listen to their first ever album "On through the night" where it all began!
Rick's left foot replaced his left arm. Absolutely amazing. Joe helped him all through the rehab and had a lot to do with the new electronic setup idea to allow him to be a drummer again. I'd say he's the only one armed drummer in history.
I remember this video would play all the time on MTV my freshman year of high school. I was living in NYC at the time. This song, "Love Bites" and "Hysteria" bring back fond memories of great times.
This album was soooo big, it had 7 singles released spanning August 87 to February 1989. This was single number 2 and it got the album rollin saleswise. The first single " women" was the only one that did nothing in the charts. If you put all the singles together like a puzzle, they form a huge picture of the album cover. It's one of 2 DIAMOND ALBUMS this band has. Nowadays, even Taylor Swift could never get diamond sales
Also feel this is one of Def Leppard's best! Another 80's recommendation is Yes and their song Owner of a Lonely Heart ... you guys reacted to Yes already but I didn't see that song reacted to yet. Also gotta hit y'all for Queensryche again lol Take Hold of the Flame is another 80's song that'll change your life and Silent Lucidity will make you grab your kids and hold 'em right! Thank you for all you do!
My favorite rock group, I was a teen when they came out and I still listen to them today, love them. I agree that Def Leppard has a very distinct sound. "TOO LATE FOR LOVE" and "HAVE YOU EVER NEEDED SOMEONE SO BAD" are more great songs from Def Leppard. Love you guys!!
Again, one of my all time favorite bands, just neck and neck with Boston. Love all Def Leppard songs and this one is up there. Got to see a DL concert a few years back here in OKC, it was awesome.
When reacting to Def Leppard Hysteria and earlier, don't forget to mention guitar player Steve Clark RIP. He was a VERY underrated guitar player! ❤️🎼🎸🌼
In the summer of 1998 I saw them in concert while they were touring forthis album. It was incredible!They were amazing live performers. I remember the feeling of the crowd. Just alive and on a natural high.
Billy Squier/Def Leeppard was my first concert. It was also Def Leppards first tour. It was before Rick Allen's accident. I saw them again the first tour after Rick's accident. I am in the pour some sugar on me video. You can't see me but when they show the crowd I am one of them. I'm going to see them again this year!! CAN"T WAIT!!!
This band is my absolute favourite band! Since 1982 I have been a diehard fan, snapping up every album as they came out. I highly suggest the next song you react to should be either When Love And Hate Collide or Slang. Both of these songs were written after Vivian Campbell joined the band, and while they initially shifted their sound to try and keep up with the grunge sound (check out the Slang album), they eventually returned to something close to the signature sound they created with the Hysteria album. Thank you for this one. One of my top 5 DL songs 💜
This was my favourite video and song from the Hysteria album. I loved all the circus workers were featured in the video. It took months for me to watch, let alone listen to this one after Steve died. He was and will always be my fave member of Leppard. I was crushed when he died. I was about 15 or 16 at the time.
Though this was the second single from the Hysteria album in 1987, it was quite literally the (re)introduction of Rick Allen and his new foot-activated drum kit. The first time I heard this song, I was riding shotgun in a friend's car. I thought Def Leppard had hired a new drummer, but my friend said "Nope, it's the same guy." I was instantly blown away! I just HAD to get a copy for myself!
Ohh gosh you guys. Here in Toronto we have the Canadian national exhibition each year, before school starts. Tons of rides games etc. Then Ontario place across on the lake with the bands shell. For 5 or 6 yrs. Deff Leppard came. You got access to Ontario place with ticket purchase. Ot was a whole day. Rides with the kids enjoy the day. Then dinner and the concert . They are absolutely amazing on stage such womderful memories. It was not a huge venue it was great. Over the lake sun going down..... Cheers
I love Def Leppard!!!! This is one of my favourites by them, and I cannot help but sing along with this song every time I hear it!!! Animal is awesome to hear live! If this band ever comes to Oklahoma or Texas, I would SERIOUSLY recommend you two go to them!! They still tour, and still rock hard!
This song was 2 years in the making... They came up with the song in 1984 but could never get it to sound right in the studio until 1986 and they finally put it on their Hysteria album in 1987. Well worth the wait! 🤘
This is the song that alienated every British rock fan and endeared them to Americans, Def Leppard are peretty much reviled in the uk now by true rockers.
My best friend married Phil Collin's first cousin. So I've had the opportunity several times for backstage passes. And each member of Def Leppard are down to earth and some of the coolest guys
Haha!! Just when you thought you knew the Def Leppard sound they put out an album called Slang!! Very different but it's incredible!! One of my favorites!!❤️
spending all day at my towns giant public pool with all my cousins and def leopard on the loud speaker radio. whenever i hear hair bands it takes me back to the 80s at dreamland pool.
As a kid when I got my first walkman the first cassette I bought was the Hysteria album. Played it to death, especially this song and Rocket. One of those songs that takes me back to a specific time of life. The Def Leppard rabbithole is a great one to go down!
I grew up in El Dorado which is just 20 minutes northeast of Wichita and the comment about being at the lake/ beach and listening to this is epically true! I was a part of that back in the day and look forward to seeing Def Leppard with Poison, Motley Cue and Poison…Led Zepplin was not a hair and btw…different era but still loved in the Def Leppard era.
I was into New Wave on the 80s (Duran Duran, The Cure, Thompson Twins...) but Def Leppard was my favorite rock band. Saw them in concert a few years ago and still great.
