Lol...Brad, you should know by now that Lex is almost always right about whether a song is from the 80's - she's got the 80's in her blood at this point!

@mnomadvfx

2 жыл бұрын

It's not a huge stretch, music from the 80s just sounds different.

@TheStefan6969

2 жыл бұрын

💯🤣🤣🤣

@kayakuprising5914

2 жыл бұрын

#truth 1987 right here. I graduated high school in '88 The 80s were friggin awesome!

@CoboProdz

2 жыл бұрын

Still very weird that they don’t do any basic research on a song before reacting

@CokeBoyBaby

2 жыл бұрын

@@CoboProdz makes it more fresh and interactions w fans

Used to listen DEF LEPPARD a whole lot back in high school days.. Nostalgia kicks in listening to this one.

@trmn8r677

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, remember when they were like, every 4th song on the radio! Those were the days! 😁🤟🤙

@bink5242

2 жыл бұрын

I never even lived in the 80s and I feel nostalgic listening to this song it just gives good vibes and how life used to be so much better

Def Leppard always manages to make you feel "Free" even if just for a little bit

@da_blade5040

2 жыл бұрын

Very Well put!! 😁

@watonemillion

2 жыл бұрын

a small taste

Def Leppard made two incredible albums in a row. Pyromania and Hysteria, perfect in different ways. If you enjoy 80s rock those are two you absolutely want to grab.

@johntremmel3949

2 жыл бұрын

Incredible albums you’ve definitely stretched that they made mtv albums,

@noone8418

2 жыл бұрын

Stage fright is one of my favorites.

@richardwarner1463

2 жыл бұрын

The first two albums were the best

@charlesfitzgerald9631

2 жыл бұрын

@@noone8418 I love Stage fright but everything else is just crappy 🤷🏻‍♂️

@charlesfitzgerald9631

2 жыл бұрын

OMG no, no, no

Next to Michael Jackson, def leppard was the only other 80s act to have had two consecutive selling ten million+ albums that decade. Extraordinary.

@samreed7817

2 жыл бұрын

Madonna did with Like a Virgin + True Blue

@ZantZinner

2 жыл бұрын

Bon Jovi too

@TheRetroManRandySavage

2 жыл бұрын

@@ZantZinner pretty sure it was only slippery when wet that actually sold over 10 million copies in the 80s. It took their other big album of the 80s many years before it sold 10 million units.

@Kj-wz2zf

2 жыл бұрын

But yet many people have no clue who they are

@WineSippingCowboy

2 жыл бұрын

If you saw the rock umentary, producer + writer Mutt Lange used Thriller as a guide for the album Hysteria. Joe Elliott confirms that in an interview.

One of my favorite Def Leppard Songs. I am only 21yr and I swear, all the good music is from the 1980's.

@jxchamb

8 ай бұрын

You missed out. It was a magical decade. All night listening to the rock station on the radio with a big pair of headphones.

Def Lepard was at least in the background of every young persons 80's life, and in the front for many too!!! 😉❤✌🏼

Def Leppard - Rock of Ages, Rocket, Gods of War, Run Riot, Foolin', Rock Rock (Til You Drop), Die Hard the Hunter

@TrackRecord3455

2 жыл бұрын

I was going to say this is one for the ages

80,s and no auto-tune, their sound is due to overlapping. Producer Mutt Lange is a genius, he produced AC/DC Back in Black first album after Bon died. The Hysteria album was the first album after Rick Allen lost his left arm,

@RoadHammer1972

2 жыл бұрын

I think it’s called overdubbing not overlapping

@jamescurfman3284

2 жыл бұрын

@@RoadHammer1972 Layering is another word for it. We all know what they meant.

@brushstroke3733

2 жыл бұрын

That may all be true, yet I must wonder if the songs might not have been just as good with a much simpler production. From my understanding, these recording sessions were brutal, repetitive, boring, tedious, and dragged on and on. Does it really take a week to tweek a snare sound to make a great record? Maybe cocaine had something to do with producers wanting to produce everything to the utmost degree. I have little doubt Def Leppard would have been awesome even if they had been recorded like the Beatles or The White Stripes or Prince - quick and dirty and it's done.

@joehynes5452

2 жыл бұрын

This album is beyond fantastic but an absolute nightmare to make. I think it took them 3yrs to complete it but yes, Mutt IS a genius!!

@grobinson7507

2 жыл бұрын

@@joehynes5452 I agree 100%! I think when they kick off the tour for Hysteria it was 4 years from the last time they toured. I seen them on this tour and we went CRAZY when they all came out and than we all started to chant RICK ALLEN!!!

This song hit me hard. Roller skating days. Omg. So many slow skates with girls. Also memories of old flames. Kinda hurts a little. Even at 49 years old. Lol 😆

@marctammyfaith5966

2 жыл бұрын

Wow!!!! Ok skating rink!! Couples and backwards skaters only….. lol

@ceetruth7419

2 жыл бұрын

Riedell 595s, laser plates, redline fan jets .... I’m still hitting the rink just like that! 💪🏾

@OverboardDM

2 жыл бұрын

@@ceetruth7419 I just got some ridels myself with a powertrax plate. I haven't been skating for a bit. Need to get back on em. I'm 49 now. I'm a little bit slower now

@ceetruth7419

2 жыл бұрын

@@OverboardDM I want the power track plate the red one, I have Riedell 595s with redline fan jets but just have a sure grip rock plate but made it sick with some stickers, I want a new plate but don’t want to drill new holes in my boot! Most places have adult skate night, don’t know what city your in but you need to hit the rink 🙏🏽💪🏾🌊

@OverboardDM

2 жыл бұрын

@@ceetruth7419 I'm in the southern most part of Alabama. Near the gulf coast.

Such a great tune all Def Leppard songs are great you should give Rocket or Photograph a listen next. R.I.P Steve Clark (Guitarist)

@brianbarnett1004

2 жыл бұрын

Photograph

@bettyzippay236

2 жыл бұрын

Photograph

Leppard and Journey will always be two of the most precise and clean sounds of rock... can listen to their Best Of albums on repeat all day.

@Radebozovic24

2 жыл бұрын

Journey man Jesus both bands had such good somgs

This song always puts me in such a peaceful state of mind. I’ll never be able to explain why, but it makes me feel safe and comforted. Something in the guitar riff maybe. And the harmonies.

@Rob-eo5ql

2 жыл бұрын

Musical Xanax

@Radebozovic24

2 жыл бұрын

Dude I have the same feeling I tried to explain it to my brother and he aggreed the intro riff gives such a feeling of peace

For some reason, I was nostalgic about this song even when it was brand new in 87. I knew I'd be remembering it fondly years later

Played this whole album on repeat when it was released..still have this in my CD case in the car🤟

@thehdogs4125

2 жыл бұрын

I may still have the tape!

@joey22306

Жыл бұрын

That's a keeper 💯

Lex is correct about 80's and moving into digitized recording that dominates pop music today. This was really polished pop/rock for back then as well. I prefer their albums High 'n' Dry, and Pyromania.

@rrwdhw

2 жыл бұрын

Agree completely!! High 'n' Dry and Pyromania are their two best albums that show Lep's foundation of hard rock and great riffs, vocals that are not overproduced from Hysteria and forward.

@judithrunyon186

2 жыл бұрын

@@rrwdhw people sleep on High n Dry and On Through the Night. I prefer them over Hysteria but you can't go wrong on any of their first four US released albums.

@rrwdhw

2 жыл бұрын

@@judithrunyon186 I agree. My top three are the first three. Hysteria is ok, just a little too poppy for me. But I respect the phenomenal sales and the new audience they reached with Hysteria.

@showtime4243

2 жыл бұрын

You nailed it !! High N Dry and Pyromania were the best 2 albums…..Hysteria was good in that it was filled with lots of hits but didn’t rock like the other 2 did !,

@dennyspinks3582

2 жыл бұрын

The reason it sounds like that was is because of Rick Allen only having one arm. The whole drum kit had to be redesigned. New style of playing.

Back in the day I would lie in bed at night and listen to this on my Sony Walkman and the repetitive guitar licks would just swim around in my head and I loved it.

@rascalmatt6713

Жыл бұрын

I definitely remember those days.... or nights rather.

Def Leppard's High "N" Dry album is their heaviest rock album to explore before going to a more commercial style. You'll love songs like Let It Go, Lady Strange, Another Hit and Run, High n Dry (Title Track), No, No, No (yes it's a song). This album is 🔥🔥🔥🔥

@christopherweaver2123

2 жыл бұрын

Pete Willis.

@MrJeddYoung

2 жыл бұрын

Good advice. Let It Go is my favorite Def Leppard song. Lot of younger rock fans aren't familiar with the album.

@steveschmidt9792

2 жыл бұрын

I’d also throw in “Rock Brigade” from their first album, but High “N” Dry is definitely their masterpiece. It’s one of my favorite albums to this day.

@rrwdhw

2 жыл бұрын

@@steveschmidt9792 Yes, Rock Brigade is my favorite track from OTTN album too!! Can't beat High n Dry album though.

@charlesfitzgerald9631

2 жыл бұрын

“Lady Strange” is the frickin JAM !…..perfect hard rock song

Great album, every single song.

@scapito

2 жыл бұрын

@@LordEriolTolkien I still have my album and play it from start to finish occasionally. Such an appreciation for bands I can listen to their entire album and not be disappointed. Beauty is in the ear of the beholder.

@rrwdhw

2 жыл бұрын

@UCCsb6mqvNuR7JtMykYSCz2Q Agree! Hysteria was the 100% shift to pop rock. Easy on the ears, but lacks their hard rock roots. IMO High n' Dry and Pyromania are Lep's best albums. On Through The Night is a close 3rd.

Lex has a great ear and truly feels music in her soul! Makes me smile!

I listened to this album nonstop in our cars cruising the backroads of our town! Rock of Ages is my favorite song of theirs. I think you guys will love it! Oh I graduated in 1983. Definitely the 80's. Please react to Rock of Ages!!❤

@Renkk17

2 жыл бұрын

Same year I graduated! They were the first concert I went to see, awesome sound on stage!

@wnctarheel9626

2 жыл бұрын

Graduated in ‘83 as well. Great times that will never be recreated.

@nrwlkguy

2 жыл бұрын

Your making me feel old, 1981 here. High and Dry would make a great reaction video!!

Def Leppard Bringing On The Heartbreak/Switch 625 is a must listen. Two songs that flow into each other on the album meant to be listened to as one. 🤘

The production of this album has always fascinated me. Nothing sounded like this, the soundscape, at least at the time.

Def Leppard never had to shock you into remembering them...never had to scream to get your attention...never had to do something outrageous or over to the top to get their names in lights. The 80's were a blessing for those who were lucky enough to experience it. X

One of the greatest 80s songs the guitar riff is brilliant. This songs brings me back.

The anthem of the 80s. The perfect song.

Groundbreaking and gamechanging tunes from late 80’s. We need to appreciate both Def Leppard worlds, the rough analog as the clean digital. Great band!

I saw def Leppard multiple times in the 80s and they always put on a good show :)

Was lucky enough to see them twice on the Hysteria tour - first time Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh NC was an intimate concert. Later that autumn, they came to Chapel Hill to the Dean Smith Center. That concert was more raucous, but both were absolutely terrific!

80's hair metal!! the best decade and one of the best types of genre's. 🤘🔥🤘

Lex is always on point with the time era of songs. And has such a good feel for music. Brad's analysis of the lyrics makes for a great combo. Love you guys! ❤

Iron Maiden - The Rime of Ancient Mariner 🤘🏻🤘🏻

This is one of their most melodic beautiful songs. Sadly you've only ever heard stuff off their lightest album "Hysteria" from 1987. My fav song on that album is the opening track "WOMEN" which has an awesome 'lit' sound that Lex was asking about. That said: Their earlier albums are more edgy sounding, and older harder rock vibe. Most of my fav songs come from those albums. Harder badass songs to check out: Mirror Mirror Bringing on the HeartAche Rock of Ages Coming Under Fire Too Late For Love Foolin' Another Hit & Run Lady Strange Let it Go

@rrwdhw

2 жыл бұрын

Spot on!! I recommend to my friends who are listening to Def Lep for the first time to start with the High n Dry and Pyromania albums and go forward from there. On Through The night album is good too for a few tracks. I believe listening in this order helps the listener understand the progression from hard rock band to pop commercial band better.

@Xenon0000000000001

2 жыл бұрын

It's mostly ignored, but Desert Song has to be up there as one of their heavier songs. It also has my favourite Def Leppard guitar solo.

@marksaunderson3042

11 ай бұрын

Nice list of good tracks. 👍

Def Leopard was such a thigh band they kept their drummer even after he lost an arm in an accident, he was amazing to watch !

Please do more Def Leppard! Another good reaction!

Drummer has one arm. Lost it in car crash. Should have heard the crowd when he came back to play drums for the first time after losing his arm. They lost it. Should listen to him with 2 . "Let it Go" comes to mind. Great tune.

@davidtingley9978

2 жыл бұрын

Let It Go is definitely my favorite song of theirs. Rick Allen might not have even been 18 when he recorded it.

@leedog396

2 жыл бұрын

Perfect hard rock tune

Bringin on the Heartbreak…Def Leppard

When I was little my mom would jam this album in her car.

@nikkiwilliams8508

2 жыл бұрын

Dude!! My mom watched kids out of the house so she kept the tv on MTV all day lol

Def Leppard's hysteria album was released in 1986. The Same album with Pour Some Sugar On Me

This song, no matter what I’m going through, will always pick me up and remind me of the good times in high school.

I saw the Hysteria Tour when I was in the Air Force stationed in Alaska. My roommate and I took a couple of days leave to go down to Anchorage to see them. Best concert ever!!!!! I've always been a huge Def Leppard fan. Been listening to them since they first came out. I'm 57 now, and I still listen to them. My fav band to jam on the guitar with.

Listening to Def Leppard. And the drummer without without one arm. Truly amazing

Favorite part of these videos is watching lex be in the moment. Makes me smile every time

No auto-tune here. Great guitar parts and harmonies.

That hysteria album is fantastic, used to listen to the entire album while late night driving intercity so awesome man

My favorite Def Leppard song is "Love Bites". I was actually able to see them live back in 2015 they opened for KISS. It was amazing to watch.

This song brings me right back to the 14 year old me, in the mid to late 80s. The 80s were by far the best generation ever!

I absolutely love the way y’all do your reactions. First, you don’t talk over the vids. You pause, make a comment, rewind a little and continue the vid. THAT’S how it’s supposed to be done. Plus, you introduce the vid and get right into it. Another major plus. Brad is very low key and analytical, where Lex is more free spirited and flows with the vibe. You compliment each other well. Favorite reaction channel. Others could learn a thing or two from you. Much love from Texas.

@rascalmatt6713

Жыл бұрын

I second all of that.

My all time favorite 80’s love ballad! Very soothing riff and melody. I never get tired of hearing it. Still sounds fresh to me. Sigh 😌

Hey LEX, I truly appreciate your reactions to this band in particular, I love that you are genuinely enjoying the moment and the details. 💜

Saw Def Leppard twice on the 'Hysteria ' tour - fantastic band

Probably my all time favorite band. I'm a 80's kid, grew up on mtv when it was brand new. Def just hit me differently. Deeper. I'm 49 and it still hits me there.

1st rock concert I ever attended was Def Leppard’s HYSTERIA tour.. been listening ever since

This brings back such beautiful memories.👌

I really enjoy watching y’all try to reason out the date of creation by the instruments, production, and video. Thanks!

Just binge watched you all for longer than I will admit Triumph. Magic Power

@soozcueful

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. Rik Emmett- most under rated amazing vocalist and guitarist in Canadian music history. Lay it On the Line

Lex is really vibing to this, its good to see you both enjoying this 70s 80s era of rock.

One of the best songs ever to be put on record

TRUST ME ON THIS ABSOLUTE CLASSIC,, FLEETWOOD MAC "HYPNOTIZED"..A MUST HEAR.

At very loud volume the natural overlapping harmonics in this song will put your heart into a natural high. You will resonate. It's a secret weapon to creating a hit. You can't resist.

This was 1987. The Hysteria album was part of the soundtrack of my high school years. My friends and I listened to this cassette tape until it was worn down.

@jamescurfman3284

2 жыл бұрын

SAME! :)

This song represents so much to me and my husband! Weve been to their concert on 2018, my husband gift to us and OMG it was perfect!! Were sepadated rn due to all this craxiness, but I cant wait to get closer to my husband!! Also, when Joe sung Hysteria, he mended with "Heroes" by David Bowie, you should check it out too!!

This song takes me back to my first duty station and having a huge crush on a girl from an MI battalion. 🤪

@Omegaphats

2 жыл бұрын

What happened? I mean did you ever let her know??🤔😎

@noone8418

2 жыл бұрын

@@Omegaphats Nope. We hung out a little bit but I was chicken. 🤦

@Omegaphats

2 жыл бұрын

@@noone8418 C est la vie

Hell ya its the 80's, the BEST! This song and album came out summer of '87, my sophomore year in high school! We wore this cassette out driving around in my '77 Camaro! Lol...

Great reaction thank you this is one of my favorite and most nostalgic songs to listen to

In 1983, Def Leppard did to radio what Nirvana did in 1991. DL opened up for Billy Squire when their “Pyromania” album was released and totally overthrew the tour. Def Leppard is the OG of the “Rock Ballad”, and started the “Big Hair Band” genre.

Def Leppard is the OG ! Classic rock will always be in vogue ! 🤟🏽

If i could go back to the 80s and live on repeat id go right now the greatest music ever,and the best everything i miss the 80s

Def Leppard is an awesome band. I was lucky enough to see them in concert when I was younger. To see Rick Allen play the drums with one arm was truly amazing.

when they released their first album ,on thru the night, oldest 1 in band was 17......

I was in grade 12 when this came out...remember like it was yesterday! 1987

@angelabordack

2 жыл бұрын

I remember it too. I was 9.

The album was huge! Lex would like Love Bites

It took me a long time to accept Def Leppard as heavy metal when Pyromania came out. Photograph was the first single and it was played on rock stations but Bringing On The Heartache is hard rock and I’m good with them as a rock or hard rock band but metal is another level. I saw them on Pyromania and Hysteria and they put on a great show. Love Bites from Hysteria is a great song!

Love Def Leppard ❤️🙌🏻 I’m an 80’s baby and that is so my jam. Photograph has got to be one of my all time fav songs. Love what y’all are doing!! Keep up the great work!!

I love your reactions. Lex you are my spirit animal lol. Seriously I love watching your joy of discovery and Brad’s reluctant admiration🤘

I love that Rick Allen learned to play drums with his one arm and feet. Amazing!!!!

Lex is usually right on with her feelings about different bands and the emotions that different genres bring out. And I’ve been listening to all of these since they came out (60’s to the present). Very perceptive ...

I never understood everyone's obsession with this song...not one of my faves, but it's cool for vibin'. Mutt Lange was so instrumental in their sound...actually Mutt has his own sound that you can hear through the different artists he's produced. Let's dig in to older songs! Like Photograph, Rock Of Ages, Billy's Got A Gun, Bringin' On The Heartbreak, Rock Rock Til You Drop, Stage Fright.

Listening to this makes you think of a time in America where we were sure of ourselves and life was good.

Try “Let it Go!” That’ll get you fired up lol🤟🏼

Def Leppard never disappoints. You were going to have to try skid row, I’ll remember you,

Def Leppard - Love Bites

One of my all time favorites! Simple but nice, no frills or smokin guitar solos. Just simple yet crisp rock music.

One of my favorite songs of the 80's. Thank you.

This is the 80s era. I seen this with the band Tesla back then. Check out Bringing On The Heart Break and Too Late For Love by this band.

You’re not far off from saying it’s like the beginning of autotune and complex digitizing. They pulled out all the tricks and invented new ones for this record. Including layering in around 100 backing vocals. Even the tone of the guitars were painstakingly created by modifying the Rockman (Tom Schultz’ creation from the band Boston). Everything they did makes this album sound huge.

@jonathansemler369

2 жыл бұрын

Like the saying goes best I remember "Appetite For Destruction was the last big rock album recorded, mixed and mastered with analog vinyl/cassette in mind and Hysteria was the first big rock record with digital CD in mind". I'm sure I didn't get it exactly right but close.

That track hypnotises from start to finish.

I love the 80s music it's Raw. No auto tune just pure voice.

my favorite band. they are tattooed on my back with the British flag. since i heard "Rock of Ages" when I was 15 in 1983. i was hooked. seen them live 6 times.. amazing!!!

One of my absolutely favorite ballads EVER. I was there in the 80s. What an AWESOME time. It was truly a MEGA RAD time to be ALIVE.

I saw them on this tour when I was 16 - such a great show!

Little late to the party, I remember when and where I was when I heard Def Leppard. Was on vacation over a 1000 miles from home in Moorcroft Wyoming summer between 6th and 7th grade.

One of my favorite Def Leppard Tunes.

This was late 80's Def Leppard this is the first album they recorded after Rick Allen the drummer lost his arm in a car accident who still currently plays drums for the band

Hysteria is pure nostalgic romanticism. In concert, it is the point when the audience really feels connected to the band, the music and each other. I would recommend listening to “Hysteria” live from the “In the round, in your face” concert video (It is on KZread). If for no other reason just to watch Steve dancing with his guitar and being the epitome of cool.

its a beautiful song. gives me shivers

Definitely need to explore some more Def! Maybe Photograph, Love Bites, Animal? The whole album Hysteria is on point! Cheers.

It's Def Leppard. What more can I say. Amazing and yes 80's

Def Leppard "Mirror, Mirror or It could be you" Rock on!

Yep it’s 80’s. Drummer lost his arm in car accident and the rest of the band waited for him to recover and setted up his drum set a little different cause of his one arm but he bounced back and still doing well today. If that’s not love idk what is. Crew been friends for a long time before they got the band going.RIP Steve Clark.