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OT - Def Leppard!!
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Vixzter said on November 21, 2002 06:41:
@xarrrr - come with us! whereabouts in the UK are you? we could meet up or something.
Jud (moderator) said on October 1, 2002 16:38:
Also OT :)
Downloaded Suede´s new album, a new morning, for those who like Suede, this is a must have! For others... just try it out. I luv it!
xarrrr said on October 1, 2002 17:31:
@vixster: i’ve got it! yippi!!! sav is way cool... esp on the live acoustic bits at the end of the video archive... singing Armageddon It... phwoar!
but Phill Collen! teeeeheee!!! he rocks! :P
@Judith... i dont really know them... silly xarrrr!
Vixzter said on October 1, 2002 17:45:
xarrrrr - I want to get the dvd’s but I’ve got to find something for my PC DVD that will play US region ones, I’m working on it though ;)
xarrrr said on October 1, 2002 19:00:
aaah vixzter you’ll LOVE them when you have them! why you gotta get the american ones??
xarrrr said on October 1, 2002 20:08:
too right Pietro! YAY!!! i really like Torn To Shreds and Four Letter Word... woooooo!... ;)
*silly xarrrr lent X to her friend so she has to live without it for a while*... sob! at least i have the Vault by my side! yay!
Vixzter said on October 1, 2002 20:53:
xarrrr - didn’t think they did UK ones??? if they do where’d i get em from??
Vixzter said on October 2, 2002 05:43:
Tried.....never found anything :( but then I’m in Oxford and we tend to just have crappy Radiohead and Supergrass ;)
Vixzter said on October 2, 2002 06:09:
ARGH!!!! *gets out mastercard*
found em..... hmv.co.uk ;) oh god! Now I gotta spend some money...think i’ll just get Visulize this month ;)
pietROxette said on October 2, 2002 06:57:
Four Letter Word and Gravity are my absolute favourites from the album.
xarrrr said on October 2, 2002 07:05:
HMV here in Milton Keynes have Classic Albums: Hysteria, Visualise&Video Archive and theres also In The Round In Your Face with the “Slang” videos as a bonus ;)
xarrrr said on October 2, 2002 21:47:
wow thats great! i got historia/ in the round... today! yaya! now i got them all!
xarrrr said on October 3, 2002 13:46:
coolies! i’m kinda a DL newbie!! known bout em since slang and that in 96 but it never caught on! now i wuv them! yay! go joe! go phil! go sav! go rick! go viv! woo yeah! ;)
rsox70 said on October 3, 2002 14:05:
cool to see others enjoy Def Leppard...I am from USA and apparently they are another band of greatness from the 80’s. I still enjoy their sound today, although they do not get the radio play they once did here - unfortunately. Their new album “X” is great as well and I recommend it to any fan of this band. Not Hysteria or Pyromania, but it is a nice combination of their new sound meeting the old.
xarrrr said on October 3, 2002 15:09:
i agree with you there, but i really LOVE Hysteria! (dont have Pyromania yet, sob!) also the Vault is WICKED and Slang rocks! yaya!!!
rsox70 said on October 3, 2002 16:45:
Slang too is good as well as Adrenilize (although it is so much like Hysteria)...”X” is a cross between “Slang” and “Hysteria”!!
xarrrr said on October 3, 2002 16:51:
i aint got adrenalise either so i cant really compare :( the DVDs are soooo coolies though!
i’ve only got the vault, slang and X teehee! and i call myself a fan! *LOL*
Vixzter said on October 3, 2002 17:03:
ARGH!!!! This dvd rocks!!! OMG......its got live footage from the 1993 concert I was at! WOAH!!! :)))))))))))
Vixzter said on October 3, 2002 17:12:
Marie could take some comfort an inspiration from Rick Allen!!! not quite the same circumstances.....but .....you know..... ;) that guy is just awesome! I’ve seen him play the drums with one arm and smoke a cigarette at the same time too LOL.....he rocks!
xarrrr said on October 3, 2002 17:16:
hahahaha! is that even physically possible?!!! LOL
he’s so cool.... mmm, rick in the slang video.... yum yum!
*geeez girl shuddup already!* ...... dont mind me while i go mad, quietly ofcourse! ;)
Vixzter said on October 3, 2002 17:21:
xarrrr - you need to get Hysteria, Adrenalize and Euphoria ;) BTW theyre apprently touring next year! >:)
xarrrr said on October 3, 2002 17:27:
OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!! yayayaya!!!!! i really want those! HMV have Hysteria in the sale for £9,99!!!! but i wanted the DVD more!!!!
a tour??!!!! *passes out* PHIL!!!
xarrrr said on October 3, 2002 17:30:
no ways!!! OMGGGGG! dude, you making me as green as a bowl of yukky sprouts! he’s such a god!
Vixzter said on October 3, 2002 17:35:
actauly.....twice!! LOL you can have Phil......Sav’s mine though ! :P
xarrrr said on October 3, 2002 17:38:
hehehe!!! he’s all yours dear!!! have you seen the bit in that acoustic whatchumacallit towards the end of the DVD where they’re singing Armageddon It... he looks well sweet in them glasses!!! bless!!!! and no offence cos i think he’s kinda cute... he looks a little like a monster from Monsters Inc when he sings all those low bits (well i think he does!) he’s great!
BUT PHIL!!
Vixzter said on October 3, 2002 17:40:
LOL .....just flicked thru that bit....watching live bits at the mo.........Rock Of Ages >:)
xarrrr said on October 3, 2002 17:43:
coolies!!! hahaha, i saw the video for Photograph last night and OMG... Phil... what was up with THAT hair! it was sooo unbelieveably wierd and all like... eeew! soz! but OMG! skanky! *LOL* not to mention how laffable Joe’s was!
xarrrr said on October 3, 2002 17:48:
teehee.... the 80s... man am i glad i grew up in the 90s! imagine all the potential fashion and hair disasters! hahaha!
Vixzter said on October 3, 2002 17:55:
depends what you mean by growing up ;) hehehehehehehe I mean I’m 26 and I haven’t grown up yet ;) *roflol*
xarrrr said on October 3, 2002 20:07:
teeheehee @ vix! i kinda know the feelin! exept mine is the other way round! silly me... i’ll be a granny by the time i’m 30! (not literally! pheeew!!)
Jud (moderator) said on October 3, 2002 21:49:
OT in the Def Leppard thread ;)
have just been surfing the official´s Suede website, suede.net and i found there was an accoustic concert in NO some days ago.. been listening to the songs.. yay!!
Reminds me of the 2 Suede concerts i´ve been to, superb!
http://www.vg.no/video/ And scroll down :)
Vixzter said on October 4, 2002 13:51:
My bro has just brought the new Suede album.....I’ll have to take a listen.......he also has the new Oasis album and although I’m not keen on them anymore I have to say ...the trax I heard aren’t so bad ;) OMG! did I admit to that?? ;)
Jud (moderator) said on October 4, 2002 14:02:
LOL it happens the same to me with Oasis ;)
I always tell me “bleh they suck” but I always end up learning their songs! ;)
Vixzter said on October 4, 2002 14:12:
same here.....i liked them until “whats the story...” and haven’t liked em since.....but now....”stop crying your heart out” is a great track.......maybe its because they’re played so much ;)
xarrrr said on October 4, 2002 14:23:
ehehe! i love that oasis one... bless... i is going soft for them i is! i got the new album the same day that i got The Vault... and as you can tell, i only really listened to one! *LOL*
no prizes for guessing which tho ;)
Vixzter said on October 6, 2002 07:59:
Judith - I’ve been listening to the new Suede album.....its not bad, I quite like it......maybe worth another listen ;)
xarrrr said on October 6, 2002 15:12:
grrrrrr! i is well jealous! my sister downloaded it at hers and says its cool... but my pooter’s being a silly moo and wont let me! bah! ne-mind! ;)
Vixzter said on October 6, 2002 15:30:
BTW .....off topic again ......I just saw Shania Twains new video.....didn’t even know she had new stuff out LOL.....so anyways....it reminds of the 80’s film ’Tron’....anyone remember that?? So anyway, its a good song, just thought I’d share that with ya ;)
xarrrr said on October 6, 2002 16:56:
thats wicked! she rocks!
BTW... not very OT if you ask me! cos Shania is married to Mutt Lange... who did loadsa stuff with Def Leppard! eeeh... i have too much time on my hands! ;)
pietROxette said on November 14, 2002 13:42:
When I last wrote here I didn’t have all Def Leppard albums, but now I »managed to« have them all.
I like Euphoria the best. It’s full of powerful, yet very catchy songs. I can’t stop listening to it. But I like the other ones as well.
xarrrr said on November 14, 2002 15:29:
aaah lucky pietro!!! thats great! i only have 3 albums... Vault, Slang and X. but i love them. i have all the DVDs though! YIPPI!!!
pietROxette said on November 14, 2002 16:24:
Yea, I used to have those 3 for a long time. You got to get Euphoria, it’s superb!
Vixzter said on November 14, 2002 17:19:
Def Leppard are touring in the UK feb 2003!! WOO HOO!!!! >:)
check out www.defleppard.com :) :) :)
I’m off out to see Status Quo now! :P
Griesau said on November 14, 2002 21:06:
They’re touring the UK in february, I’m gonna talk my fiance into takin me to the manchester apollo on the 23rd.
They’re well ace, I got into em by accident I downloaded pour some sugar by accident cos it was labelled as guns n roses!
My favourite would probably be now or promises!
overdog said on November 14, 2002 21:16:
Way to go Da Lepps !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On the road again !!!!!!!!!!!!!
xarrrr said on November 14, 2002 22:21:
woohooo!!!! anyone going to the one in London... we should have a little roxer/leppard fan meeting! LOL!... i still gotta get tix tho...
Vixzter said on November 15, 2002 06:19:
Hopefuly I’ll make it to atleast the London gig ..... would like to get to Wolverhampton, Portsmouth and maybe Sheffield too :) gotta see how things go! ;) Sheffield would mean I’d have to stay over night otherwise its a 3 hour drive home :( although.....if I can do it for Bryan Adams then I can do it for the Leppard! :P
*goes to get tickets for London* >:)
Vixzter said on November 15, 2002 06:33:
Tickets for the London show now purchased! >:)
BTW ..... I went to see Status Quo last night, they were fantastic!!! Francis Rossi rocks! :)
coyboyusa said on November 16, 2002 11:56:
i like the fact shania twain works with mutt lang who prodouced the ebst leppard albums :)
Griesau said on November 16, 2002 12:04:
That’s someone else I’d love to see live, Shania twain rocks. I love gonna getcha. . . but then again so does my mum . . . I feel suddenly uncool. :-(
Vixzter said on November 18, 2002 17:34:
My mum likes Def Leppard too!! ;) and Roxette :P
Anyways.......off topic again........kind of
When I went to see Status Quo the other day their support band was called Little Egypt......they were really kewl!
http://www.littleegypt.co.uk/ and listen to some of their stuff. :)
xarrrr said on November 20, 2002 14:44:
ooooooh!!! i still gotta find someone to come with me! grrrrrr!!! never mind! i’ll DRAG someone along if i have to!
Vixzter said on November 21, 2002 21:29:
yay :) an off topic section >:) can we possibly have a section for ppls who want to post things about voting on radio station web sites??? ;)
* sarcastic smile* ;)
xarrrr said on November 22, 2002 23:04:
@vix... i live in milton keynes. what about you?!
i cant wait to see them! will have to get there HOURS before to get to the front! where did you book your tix for?! mail me! teehee! :)
Vixzter said on November 26, 2002 18:01:
@xarrr - I have tickets for London booked ....will hopefuly take the day off work :)
I’m in Oxford BTW
Brought my tickets from ticketmaster.co.uk
Stormkeeper said on November 26, 2002 18:58:
DL takes me back in time and reminds me of Bon Jovi and Whitesnake! :)
I´m a 80´s teen, what a decade!!
xarrrr said on November 27, 2002 22:08:
ooooooh yaya! i need to book tix quick! will mail you soonies vix, but emails gone a bit wonky at the mo! LOL!
Vixzter said on February 4, 2003 06:55:
@xarrrr - looks like the new single is going to be ’Long Long Way To Go’ and is released in the UK/Europe on 24th of Feb! (exspnsive months for me then!)
Check out defleppard.com and go to the news section :)
xarrrr said on February 5, 2003 10:36:
oh wowie!!! thats so cool! i love that song!!!! *thank goodness i’ve saved for holiday already!!* lol! i’m gonna be skint!
Vixzter said on February 16, 2003 20:00:
I swear to god....I was watching MTV this morning (god must’ve been ill or sommit) and I saw this international chart programme thing.......well anyway....bloody Mariah Carey was on it *yawn* I hate that womans voice it grates..........so....to cut a long story short....there was a clip of her singing some secret concert or sommit......and I swear she was singing ’Brining On The Heartbreak’ by DL!! how dare she try and murder a DL song......i used to just think she was annoying....now i just plain don’t like her ;)
I’m investigating further as to if it really was a DL song ;)
watch this space! :P
Vixzter said on February 16, 2003 20:45:
i’m not saying her version is bad.....but then i don’t like her voice so i’m not going to like it anyway....if anyone wants mariahs version i’m happy to email it.
Stormkeeper said on February 16, 2003 20:47:
please do...
I was a big fan of hers but not anymore. She looks so slutty and I hate hip hop stuff she´s doing nowadays, yuck.
I miss songs like Hero.
Vixzter said on February 17, 2003 06:41:
@Stormkeeper - your mailbox threw it back at me so I’ve uploaded it for you to download.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/vixzter/mariah_carey_bringin_on_the_heartbr...
powerpoplarry said on February 17, 2003 06:56:
OOO goody, a Def Lep board!!
Um yep, Mariah covers DL’s BOTH on her new album “Charmbracelet”. Um, we went to the same highschool, me + Mariah, so yeah, Def Lep was big by us as early as 1981, and BOTH was a favourite of mine and people from my town. It was all over MTV, and that’s the song that broke em in America.
Um, yep, I’m a longtime fan, and I’ve had all their albums. I’m waiting for the early CDs to be remastered, they really need it done, as the sound quality is kinda horrible. Um, I have the 2 DVDs, AUTOGRAPHED by Def Lep, as I saw them play NYC’s kinda small Irving Plaza, holds 700 I think. Afterwards, some people I met, we tried to meet DL afterwards, and we were able to find the aftershow party. Met them all, Phil was the coolest. REALLY friendly, outgoing guy, signed everything. Joe wasn’t really in the mood, but he did sign 2 things. I gave him pics from an Ian Hunter gig I went to, as I knew he loves IH. Viv was really cool, a friendly guy. Sav didn’t have much to say really. Rick was calm, cool + collected, but it seemed like the slightest thing would set him off, a short temper. I mentioned to him that the early CDs need remastering, and he seemed to take it the wrong way!! Like the albums don’t SOUND bad, but the times changing and sound quality of CDs is improved, and the old CDs just need an upgrade, that’s all, but I felt he was ready to deck me with his 1 arm, yikes!!
Of the albums, “Slang” is my favourite, as it’s fairly original and a great direction, but it didn’t sell. The 2CD “Rock Vault” is an AWESOME hits collection!! “X” is really good!! Um, I really want the Japanese import version, with the black lettering-on-white cover + 2 bonus tracks!! I have a signed copy of the US version (white lettering-on-black cover), but I can’t just buy the Japanese version and switch booklets, ya know?? Sooo, I want to SELL my signed “X”, any takers?? A trade would be cool as well. Def Lep appreciaters only (Vixster?? xarrrr??)
Back to the albums, “Euphoria” is excellent. “Hysteria” is classic, “Pyromania” a drop below, and “On Through The Night” is like a demo. LOVE “High + Dry”!! “Retroactive” is a cool B-sides/rarities collection. My least fave is “Adrenalize” cuz, it’s kinda average and boring I think, some good songs on there though.
And aweosme, Def Lep is coming back to New York, playing the Beacon Theater on April 10th!!
Stormkeeper said on February 17, 2003 15:06:
Thank you Vicky. I don´t know why my email did what it did.
Vixzter said on February 17, 2003 17:23:
@powerpop - I’m going to see the Lepps next week in London :) can’t wait :)
Vixzter said on February 17, 2003 19:06:
OMG! right at the end of the Mariah version....she does what I hate about her voice.....that little high pitched squealy type thing......argh....it makes me cringe...... wheres the delete button.......this isn’t living on my pc for long. ;)
*Plays Def Lepp version to wash horrible sound away*
powerpoplarry said on February 18, 2003 06:54:
That’s cool Vixzter!! :-) You’ll enjoy the show, they still rock live, haven’t lost their edge one iota!! Would YOU maybe wanna trade for that signed copy of the US “X” CD?? Lemme know...
Vixzter said on February 18, 2003 18:38:
It seems the Lepps have the same problem as Roxette.....read this :
Unfortunately, the single release of “LONG LONG WAY TO GO” has been pushed back... once again. This time, the main reason for the delay is the (absence of a) promo video. According to the original schedule, the band was supposed to shoot the video this week in London (Joe) and Spain (rest of the band). However, the shoot has been moved to London for the entire band and is now scheduled to take place on February 18. A new date for the single release has not been determined yet, although the US division of the record label has finally decided not to release the single in North America at all – neither for radio, nor commercially.
Taken from their web site dated 06/02/2003.
It was due for release next week. 24/02/2003
Vixzter said on February 26, 2003 18:33:
This time tomorow evening I shall be head bangin’ to the Lepps >:) ....... no I’m not strange at all ;)
zaine said on February 26, 2003 19:26:
I come in here, expecting a nice chat with some mates, and then there’s peeps like you who scare me half $hitless. Not only do I have my parents who have gone into a “let’s try and be cool and impress the kids” phase, I also have my friggin next door neighbours yelling out the window ’telling’ me to stop drumming so loud. And then, YOU, yes you xarrrr, turn really schizophrenic and start laughing like the builder from up the road (who, incidentally, chased me down the street with a spade this morning).
If I wanted to be surrounded be twisted, half retarded cretinous plebs, I would have invited my parents ’mates’ over for a jolly old knees-up. So please, in future, could we try and be a little bit more ’normal’???
* edit: P.S, don’t take me literally. You guys are the only ones who can actually make me laugh out loud while sitting at a pc. ;) *
Vixzter said on February 26, 2003 22:45:
@zaine : I think you need to discover Def Leppard!! and play ’LET’S GET ROCKED’ loudly to your neighbours! ;) .....that might create mass ’HYSTERIA’ :P and then you’d be able to take a ’PHOTOGRAPH’ of all the ’ACTION’ as everyone begins to ’RUN RIOT’, just make sure you ’BREATHE A SIGH’ before you ’DISINTERGRATE’ as otherwise you’ll be up ’ALL NIGHT’ and it’ll feel like you’re ’TWO STEPS BEHIND’ and you won’t be able to ’WORK IT OUT’ coz you won’t realize that I’m only ’FOOLIN’ and you’ll think that its ’UNBELIEVABLE’ that I still have a ’LONG LONG WAY TO GO’ before ’ARMAGEDDON IT’
’DAY AFTER DAY’ it might suddenly come clear that I’m a ’21st CENTURY SHA LA LA LA GIRL’ and not a ’DEMOLITION MAN’, anyway gotta go now coz I ran out of ideas and I got ’STAGEFRIGHT’ so I’ll collect my ’PERSONAL PROPERTY’ and make off like ’WHITE LIGHTENING’ coz otherwise I may just ’TURN TO DUST’
:P
It took 2 cans of beer to work that out!
Vixzter said on February 28, 2003 08:31:
DO YOU WANNA GET ROCKED...................
Def Leppard were F******* AWESOME last night!!!
I LOVE SAV :P
xarrrr said on February 28, 2003 22:30:
i love Phil!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@zaine: do ya want me to tape you some stuff? hheh!
Stormkeeper said on February 28, 2003 23:52:
What happened to DL‘s success? They hardly play them on the radio anymore. How is their newest album? Are DL fans fans of Europe and Bon Jovi too?
I love Love Bites btw.
xarrrr said on March 1, 2003 23:38:
@stormkeeper: i think they’re still kinda huge in america.... but not in the UK :(
their latest album (X) is well good! you should get it.
Vixzter said on March 2, 2003 11:01:
No pix as the tossers on the door took away my camera when they let someone in with a whole cam-corder....work that out! wouldn’t mind but a: my digi cam doesn’t take brilliant pix and b: i’m not very tall so would’ve had 5000 heads infront of every pic i took!
Anyway, was talking to an American guy in the que and he said that DL hardly get played there anymore either, so i guesse its the same situation as here.
The reason ppls started to hate them here was because they thought they were selling out to America when what really happened was the Americans just appriciated decent music when they heard it :P
The fact remains though....they go on tour more there than they do here, just wish I’d had the cash to get to more than one concert.
@xarrrr : t-shirts are ready to be sent tomorow :)
BTW, Long Long Way To Go should be out in the next couple of weeks, nice single very radio friendly lets see how many times it gets played, prolly less than ATAY....which means theyve really had a bad time of it. :(
Vixzter said on March 5, 2003 17:29:
@xarrrr - t-shirts have mostly definately gone today!!!! sorry for the delay, i’m a forgetful sod ;)
Vixzter said on March 11, 2003 18:52:
’Long Long Way To Go’ still hasn’t been released :(
Seem’s it won’t be :(
xarrrr said on May 27, 2003 21:37:
hay whata happened to this topic! LOL!
gone dead!
anyhoos... got the long long way to go single/dvd yesterday and its so cool. the vid is sweet :)
powerpoplarry said on May 28, 2003 04:53:
What’s on the single/DVD?? Haven’t seen it yet as an import!!
Revived, YAY!! Yeah, longtime Leps fan, but radio pretty much abandoned them here too, yet that hasn’t stopped their touring. Seems they do more of it as it’s probably their only source of income and exposure. Maybe TV but that’s rare.
BTW, my fave album of their’s is “Slang”. Also, when in hell is Island Def Jam gonna remaster the Leps catalogue?? It’s in serious dire need of a rematering overhaul, dontcha think??
Also, I met the band after their NYC club show at Irving Plaza right when “X” was released, cool guys, espesh Phil, Viv + Sav. Joe wasn’t in the mood to meet people after the party and just wanted to go back to the hotel, moody guy, Joe is. Rick was cool but you have to watch what you say, as he seems to have a short fuse. I asked him about the possible remastering of their CDs, and he looked like he was about to deck me, DOH!! :-O
Yeah, please let me know about the B-sides on the LWTG single, as if they are the bonus tracks on the UK + Japanese version of “X”, I won’t have to sell my SIGNED COPY of the US version!! Normally, what I would do is buy the import and switch the booklets + sell the American version. Why can’t I do that?? Cuz the colour scheme is different!! The UK/Japanese version is black on white, while the US is white on black... If the songs are not the new B’s, I’d be willing to sell my signed “X”, as I would want the Japanese import version instead, more complete. BTW, “X” is awesome!!!! Still great live too, will forever be a fan, but still, Rox is better... ;-)
Stormkeeper said on May 28, 2003 11:20:
I´m surprised -but glad- they worked with Cheiron hit-factory on X. Way to go boys!
xarrrr said on May 28, 2003 15:20:
@powerpoplarry: Slang is a GREAT album!!! i dunno why it didnt do too well!!! i love it! :D
Vixzter said on May 28, 2003 16:25:
Trax on LLWTG singles are.....
CD (Normal enchanced cd single, card sleeve)
1. LLWTG
2. 10x Bigger Than Love
3. Now (Acoustic)
4. LLWTG (Video)
Special Edition DVD single
1. LLWTG (Video)
2. Gimme A Job (Audio)
3. Video Clips: Now - Pour Some Sugar On Me - Hysteria.
@power: if you need these singles I might be able to get hold of them here for you, let me know and I’ll go find out if I can still get them.
powerpoplarry said on May 29, 2003 08:23:
Hey Vix!! Thanxxx!! Um, you live in the London area, right?? Cuz I will BE there on June 14th to the 16th for my brother’s wedding. We can meet up and you can show me around. I can bring you that Wheatus tape, and I can trade you my SIGNED copy of the US “X” cuz I need the Japanese version. The Xtra tracks on there are “Kiss The Day” and “Long Way To Go” (Acoustic), which are not on anything else as B-sides or bonus tracks....lemme know if this is OK...thanxx Vix!!
Vixzter said on May 30, 2003 08:53:
OK.....
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/vixzter/Leppard.htm
Right click on the links and ’save target as’.....you should then be able to get them 2 trax :)
xarrrr said on May 30, 2003 14:56:
OMG!!! Vixxxxxxxxxxx!!! CONGRATULATIONS HONEY!!!! yaaaaaay! you’re so lucky!!! tell Per i love him!!! plz!!!!
xarrrr said on May 31, 2003 20:32:
cheers for the MP3 thingys vix.... i’ll download them as soon as my computers sorted.... havin probs at the mo! grrrr!
pietROxette said on June 7, 2003 12:42:
Next up on VH1e: Ultimate Albums - Def Leppard (16:00 CET, repeated tomorrow 19:00 CET)
pietROxette said on June 8, 2003 18:10:
Yep, VH1 Europe. The show was really really well producted, it contained a lot of interesting information, and some parts of the story were told by band members.
xarrrr said on June 8, 2003 22:30:
oh wow, you’re so lucky to have seen it. we only get VH1 UK & Ireland here. sigh. we never see anything good!
Vixzter said on June 12, 2003 20:07:
@powerpop: can’t make it to London on Monday, can’t get the time off next week coz I had to take it this week instead. (Gessle’s fault!!)
Not at home right now so can’t email :(
Let me know if you still want them lepp singles as I’ve seen them in HMV here :)
xarrrr said on June 16, 2003 12:56:
wow, my friend works in Virgin Megastore and they were gettin rid of so much stuff, and she got me a Def Leppard interview CD!!! Joe and Phil talking about X! its really coolies :)
Vixzter said on October 17, 2003 20:05:
I’m going to see the Lepp’s soon!! woo hoo!!
26th and 31st of this month >:)
Thought I’d resurect this topic ;) I had to search though, sad that I have nothing better to do on a friday evening ;P
DaminehGessle said on October 26, 2003 17:29:
I believe Def Leppard are cool. I like most of their albums. I even liked them more when they performed in Freddie Mercury Tribute. We shall not forgot that this is the band that’s been through SO MUCH. Most bands wouldn’t survive.
Vixzter said on October 27, 2003 06:55:
Well what can I say.....the boys were great as always.....birmingham academy is a pile of ****
didn’t matter where i stood (when i finaly found somewhere to park) i could hardly hear joe’s voice at all.... maybe they had sound issue’s ...i dunno....but was very disapointed :...( worst DL concert i’ve been to ever, and that was #9) .....but that was no reflection on the band as they were fantastic as usual.
Sav is lush! ;P
Vixzter said on October 27, 2003 17:09:
@Damineh: Watching that Freddie tribute show was how I got into DL :)
xarrrr said on October 28, 2003 10:10:
weiiiiii i cant wait to see them on friday!!!! and to see all the roxers ;) *points at Vix and Fliss and Mi* :D
Vixzter said on October 28, 2003 17:11:
@zaine: are you going too???? :)
i’m gonna try and sneak my camera in....on the back of my ticket it says no flash photography.....well....I don’t plan on using a flash LOL :P
Coming down with a sore throat :( hope it doesn’t affect my rocking ;)
zaine said on October 28, 2003 17:23:
nah, as much as I wish I was :(
I get to see Ali and Mia on thurs though which is gonna rock!
xarrrr said on November 1, 2003 23:11:
weiiiiiiiiiiii! great pix you!!! went to Liverpool today... asked dad to take mine in... do ya think he did! LOL! nooooooooooooo.........
goetz said on November 4, 2003 13:34:
Hey, I saw them yesterday in Frankfurt and I´m going to see them in Köln today as well. I can‘t believe they finally came to Germany. The last time I was so excited about a concert was in‘94 (CBB-Tour). But I never was so satisfied with what I saw!!
LaMan said on November 29, 2004 10:22:
DEF LEPPARD
Best Of
Reviewed By Sean Parsons
Def Leppard emerged from Sheffield at roughly the same time as bands such as The Human League, Cabaret Voltaire, and Vice Versa. Unlike their peers who were experimenting with tape loops and early synthesizers to create some fairly challenging music, Def Leppard preferred to play comparatively straightforward rock music on more traditional instruments. In doing so, they became extremely successful with multi-million selling albums and playing to sold-out stadiums around the world.
This ’Best Of’ does pretty much what-it-says-on-the-tin by collecting together the band’s biggest hits. Now, I’m the first to admit that I’m not really much of a fan of Def Leppard, but I was quite surprised at just how many of these records I remember from the 80’s. I guess that this serves as some kind of testament to the band’s songwriting ability.
The album has a healthy mix of ballads and more up-tempo rock tracks. For me, however, the ballads seem to work better purely due to the fact that they seem to have stood the test of time better. Included in this group of songs are ’Love Bites’, ’Two Steps Behind’, ’When Love & Hate Collide’, ’Long, Long Way To Go’, ’Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad’, and ’Hysteria’. However, if out-and-out rock tracks are more your cup of tea, then you’ll find plenty to please your ears, with tracks such as ’Pour Some Sugar On Me’, ’Photograph’, ’Let’s Get Rocked’, ’Animal’, ’Heaven Is’, ’Rocket’, ’Action’, and ’Make Love Like A Man’.
It is well known that the band’s drummer tragically lost an arm in a car accident. However, instead of giving up playing the drums, he adapted his playing style and incorporated elements of electronic percussion into his drum kit. The upshot of this is that a lot of Def Leppard’s records featured some fairly inventive rhythms both in terms of style and the sounds used. Indeed, they give the tracks a contemporary sound that is mirrored in a lot of today’s rock acts that incorporate DJ turntables and hip hop elements into their sound.
This album almost serves as a snapshot of the sound of (heavy) rock music through the 80’s. However, the subsequent emergence of Nirvana and Metallica changed the sound (and arguably the look) of rock bands forever. Hence, by today’s standards, a lot of the tracks on this album no longer sound as ’heavy rock’ as they did when they were originally released. However, this probably won’t worry you too much if you were a fan of them the first time round. Now, where did I put my air guitar?
LaMan´s comments: Another GH!
Vixzter said on November 29, 2004 10:31:
Got the cd and dvd they both rock!
DL’s version of Waterloo Sunset is cool :)
They’re supposed to be releasing an album of cover versions at some point with versions of ’20th Century Boy’ by T-Rex, ’Hellraiser’ by The Sweet and ’Rock On’ by David Essex ( GT have covered this!)
:)
LaMan said on November 29, 2004 10:34:
I see....what else have they covered during their career? I didn´t know they has some cover versions.
btw does DL fans like Whitesnake as well? I loooooooveee Is This Love and Here I Go Again! I´m glad they tour again.
Vixzter said on November 29, 2004 17:15:
Let’s see....what else have DL covered.....
’Action’ by The Sweet is one that springs to mind, they’ve done some accoustic covers of some Bowie stuff ’Ziggy Stardust’ & ’Jean Jeanie’ although they have so much stuff of their own they don’t really throw many covers into their gigs and albums.
I’ve seen them play ’Now I’m Here’ by Queen with Brian May as guest guitarist, thats also on the Freddie Mercury Tribute concert dvd I think.
Vixzter said on November 29, 2004 19:12:
ah that was it, well they did that too, was getting confused with the freddie mercury thingie
harriej said on November 29, 2004 21:13:
Do they still exist?
Last time I heard of Def Leppard was with
“Let’s Get Rocked” , somewhere around 1991 or so.
Was a good song btw.
Vixzter said on November 29, 2004 21:48:
@harriej: oh god uve missed out!!! ;) since then they’ve had 5 ( 1 was a GH) albums out 6 if u include the new best of ;)
Vixzter said on March 26, 2006 16:49:
Leppard on tour!
Saturday 17th June ’06 Sheffield Hallam Arena
Sunday 18th June ’06 London Hammersmith Apollo
I got my tix for Hammersmith but I nearly bloody choked when I had to pay £4.50 per ticket booking fee!
RIP OFF!!!
xarrrr said on March 26, 2006 19:43:
OMG!!! and the tickets are uber-expensive this time!!!
still gonna go tho :P
Vixzter said on March 26, 2006 21:15:
yea £32.50 and then bloody ticketmaster have a cheek to add £4.50 on top PER TICKET! bastards! but ....gotta go see the Lepps :-D
plectrum said on March 28, 2006 18:28:
seen them before @ don valley stadium(sheffield) & they rocked
pwbbounce (moderator) said on April 7, 2006 09:42:
I’ve got a couple of their albums. X and some another one from the 80’s I think. Plus the latest greatest hits. Does anyone know what’s gonna be on Yeah! yet?
xarrrr said on April 7, 2006 19:41:
theres a new album?! whoooooaaaaaa..... *checks out the site*
yay!!!!! cant wait!!! hmmm.... only leaves little time to memorise the new one before the show LOL
ThePopHits said on April 8, 2006 06:19:
They says themselves they are more pop than rock. What do you think?
I dont like an idea of cover album c´mon DL.
Vixzter said on April 9, 2006 15:39:
when is Yeah! coming out? theyve been on about that for the last year or 2!
klair said on April 9, 2006 20:13:
They’re doing a cover of Golden Age of Rock & Roll!!??! Ace!
How gutted am I that they are only playing with Journey on the US dates
Vixzter said on May 12, 2006 20:12:
’Rock On’ is the first single but only seems to be available on iTunes USA which is about as useful as a choclate tea pot so i’m searching all my usual sources to try and get it ;-)
I liked GT’s version of this song so i wonder what the Lepps have done with it :-)
Vixzter said on May 13, 2006 07:35:
got the whole track now ;-) where theres an internet theres a way ;-) anyone want it?
xarrrr said on May 13, 2006 18:10:
yeaaaaah please!!!! could ya email it t me please?! [email protected] :P
pwbbounce (moderator) said on May 15, 2006 13:23:
So what’s RockOn like?? Any good?? Intrigued to here it
Vixzter said on May 17, 2006 08:14:
I’ve got ’20th Century Boy’ ’He’s Gonna Step On You Again’ and ’10538 Overture’ :-) quality isn’t fantastic though
xarrrr said on May 26, 2006 09:36:
whooooa i didnt know it was released this week! *runs to tescos....*
xarrrr said on May 27, 2006 16:49:
have ya got it yet Vix? its sooooo awesome!!! i absolutely LOVE it!!! :D
Vixzter said on May 27, 2006 17:58:
i’m loving 20th Century Boy played at loud volumes in my car ;-) not long to go til the Hammersmith gig :)
xarrrr said on May 27, 2006 19:06:
i looooove No Matter What....... the original is in one of my favourite films and they do such a great cover of it!
klair said on May 28, 2006 15:11:
So is it good then?
I need to pick myself a copy up, I’ve been so broke for ages I’ve hardly bought anything...trying to hide from record stores so I am not tempted!!
klair said on May 28, 2006 17:40:
I’m going shopping in Chester tomorrow so I will pick it up :) I’m tempted to see a gig, but I’ve only just payed off my debts from when i was unemployed so.....hmmnn...it is tempting tho...
Vixzter said on May 29, 2006 18:19:
oh yes bring on the Lepps!
xarrrr: i’ll be at Monsters Of Rock this weekend coming at MK Bowl ;-) my first time at a gig there! :-) Thunder, Alice Cooper and Deep Purple :-D
xarrrr said on May 29, 2006 21:06:
aaah i so wanted to go to that but i have noooo money LOL! and my family are all here from SA lol
klair said on June 2, 2006 19:36:
I got it, and I like.
I like the pictures inside of the old covers!! :)
Vixzter said on June 2, 2006 20:12:
i hate the pix of Sav! the new one on the inside of the front cover eeeewwwwww
;-)
klair said on June 2, 2006 20:25:
Is that the queen one? haha - isnt he supposed to look like a girl tho? :)
Vixzter said on June 2, 2006 21:41:
yea he’s trying to do a Queen but he’s goone all eye make up ;-) I’ve now fallen out of love with Sav because of this picture ;-)
need to see him in the flesh at the gig just to to make sure its just a photo shoot phase ;-)
xarrrr said on June 3, 2006 08:36:
phil looks a bit freaky in the new pix.... lol. still soooo hot tho!!!
klair said on June 3, 2006 16:53:
I did notice the eye makeup was a bit offputting on him (and I usually like that kind of thing!)
Which gigs is everyone going to? As I am quite tempted to come along and annoy you all!! haha!
pwbbounce (moderator) said on June 5, 2006 07:23:
I’m loving their version of Hangin’ On The Telephone!!!!
klair said on June 5, 2006 19:15:
The jury is still out on that one...I just find it weird hearing a guy sing that song.
But I am liking Waterloo Sunset :)
klair said on June 15, 2006 19:08:
Chris Moyles Strikes Again! Thur 15th June.
Not quite the hysterical interlude as the Roxette one a month ago, but a little Leppard talk can be found at 2:04 (or 2:09 if you wanna skip them playing Pour Some Sugar) and then a little bit more at 2:18.
The show is up for 7 days.
Enjoy
xarrrr said on June 19, 2006 09:53:
wooooooooooo it was absolutely amazing last night!!! i was in the front row in the middle and i got some fookin awesome pics!
Vixzter said on June 19, 2006 17:51:
I was looking for you but couldnt see you!!
We were at the back by the bar!
It rocked! and I have now discovered Cheap Trick, they were fantastic
;-)
ROCK ON!
Vixzter said on June 20, 2006 21:26:
Sav ;-).......
And I want
And I need
And I lust
Animal......
;-)
*chuckle*
xarrrr said on June 22, 2006 11:47:
ahhahaha vix ur a nut!!!! actually...... i think the same about phil! *drooooooooooools*
xarrrr said on October 1, 2002 12:10:
hey everyoneeeee! ehehe!
anyone here like Def Leppard? i think they rock! and *sshhhh* Phil Collen is way sexy *sshhhh*
i got the Hysteria and Visualise/Video Archive DVDs and have totally fallen in LOVE with them!
teehee! got the new album and its cool... not the same though... hmm...
most definately the bestest band EVER... after Roxette that is!
...Gunter Glieben Glauten Globen... ;)