m00n Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 The virdict is still out rather I like it or not. It's far removed from typical Def Leppard. What they did is took a bunch of songs that inspired them as kids and redone them Def Leppard style. Kinda Def Leppard style anyway. So anywho, if you get a chance, they do a version of the old song Rock On. The recording is just flawless and sounds soooooooooooo fricking good on those RF7s. Well, that's it, that's about all I wanted to say. [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Shmoe Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 Wow... shows how much I have been paying attention... I didn't even know they had a new release. I will have to check into it. "Rock On" eh? I used to really like that tune.... "James Dean" (in my low voice lol) Good song! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbuckster Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 Wow... shows how much I have been paying attention... I didn't even know they had a new release. I will have to check into it. "Rock On" eh? I used to really like that tune.... "James Dean" (in my low voice lol) Good song! The David Essex song "Rock On"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuzzzer Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 Hey kids, rock and roll rock on! Bought the CD for my wife last night. I told her it was her early anniversary present. She said that better not be the only thing she's getting! [:|] She thought it was alright. "Stay with me" is dead-on. "No matter what" is probably the best song on the disc. I thought it was great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Shmoe Posted May 29, 2006 Share Posted May 29, 2006 Wow... shows how much I have been paying attention... I didn't even know they had a new release. I will have to check into it. "Rock On" eh? I used to really like that tune.... "James Dean" (in my low voice lol) Good song! The David Essex song "Rock On"? That's the one! [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbuckster Posted May 29, 2006 Share Posted May 29, 2006 It's to bad they didn't do more songs like "two steps behind", instead of the easy route of doing old songs. Seems they all fall back on repeating proven old songs when they have nothing new. My favorite old song re-do's are;Acid Eater's, the Ramones,and Pin-ups, David Bowie, they rock. Joe; did you see the new Metal Years special on VH-1 classic? Lot of great footage, good show, explains how the term Heavy Metal started, and how it changed over the years, and the birth of the Power Ballad ,which in the end ,killed the Hair Metal boys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Shmoe Posted May 29, 2006 Share Posted May 29, 2006 Yeah, I have actually been watching VH1 quite a bit. I think I have caught them all. The Metal Years was always a favorite of mine, I am waiting for it to come out on DVD. On the Heavy Metal show, I thought it was great when Dee Snider from Twisted Sister (sarcastically) thanked Tesla for "unplugged" lol.... And how he criticized the hair metal bands for the power ballad. It made me realize that wow, that's true, I never noticed Twisted Sister never did one. Have you watched any of the "supergroup"? That's some more crazy stuff there. Ted Nugent is pretty entertaining. when told by the female chef (that had never heard of Ted) that he was "tooting his own horn" for saying how good his career has been, he replied "I can't not toot that horn, or untoot that horn, that's the horn that keeps on tooting" [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovedrummin Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 There is also a separate "Bonus CD" that can be purchased that has five more songs including "American Girl", "Search & Destroy", "Space Oddity", "Dear Friends" and "Heartbeat" as well as three backstage interviews. Overall I've enjoyed both discs. allmusic.com gave "Yeah!" a pretty good review. I was pretty impressed with "Rock On" also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m00n Posted May 30, 2006 Author Share Posted May 30, 2006 The more I listen to it, the more I like it, but I was still expecting a bit more of a Def Leppard flair to it. I wish they would come back to their roots and put out another Pyromania type CD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Shmoe Posted June 1, 2006 Share Posted June 1, 2006 I don't think they will ever sound like they did on Pyromania, or High & Dry. Joe's voice isn't quite what it used to be. You can clearly see that just recently on the VH1 rock honors show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m00n Posted June 1, 2006 Author Share Posted June 1, 2006 Well, I was referring more to their musical sound, the guitar riffs, thier melodies... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbuckster Posted June 2, 2006 Share Posted June 2, 2006 Well, I was referring more to their musical sound, the guitar riffs, thier melodies... That won't happen doing other peoples songs. They need to go back and do original material, not remakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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