Organization: Penn State University
Date: Thursday, 9 Apr 1992 15:26:09 EDT
From: <BMK112@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll
Subject: Re: Def Leppard
 <1992Apr6.192628.993@acsu.buffalo.edu>

In article <1992Apr6.192628.993@acsu.buffalo.edu>, becker@acsu.buffalo.edu (Don
Becker) said:

>Proving that oral defecation is not impossible,


This thing started when bd427@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (David J. Babinsky) wrote:

>>ALL RIGHT MARY!  THE DISC CAN'T BE FULLY APPRECIATED UNLESS YOU
>>BUY IT AND LISTEN TO IT!  DON'T GO BY WHAT EVERYONE ELSE THINKS
>>BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN TOO MANY BAD STATEMENTS MADE ABOUT THE
>>NEW ALBUM.  GO OUT AND BUY IT----YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED.

>>THANKS ONCE AGAIN, MARY.  IT JUST GOES TO SHOW THAT SOME
>>PEOPLE REALLY DO HAVE SOME MUSICAL TASTE.  NOT LIKE RICK!

Don Becker replied by stating that:

>Once again, the mighty legions of Def Leppard fans rise in support
>of their favorite band. Why bother? I've heard the new album. Our
>local stations have been playing little else. If you won't be
>disappointed by cheesy songs like "Make Love Like A Man" or
>"Let's Get Rocked", then go out and waste $14 on the CD.

We Def Leppard fans are supporting their new album because we know that it is a
quality album that has recieved a lot of unneeded bad reviews just because some
people don't like their "Hysteria" style. "Make Love Like A Man" and "Let's Get
Rocked" blow the shit out of a LOT of the garbage that gets played on the radio
around here. If you've already listened to it and do not like it, then don't
listen to it anymore. When a song from it comes on the radio, tune into another
station; there are plenty of them out there. We DO live in a free country, you
know; you DON'T have to listen to just one or two stations. And when you can't
find something that you like, do what the rest of us do: play a tape or CD that
you DO like. And quit ripping on a band that has been to hell and back and
still has balls enough to lick their wounds and keep recording despite both
death and dismemberment. Hysteria was an excellent album, and Adrenalize makes
an excellent sequel to that album. I don't think I've ever heard of a drummer
besides Rick Allen who lost a ligament and can still play drums as good as he
does. And I think Phil Collen did an outstanding job on the guitar parts; sure,
it's not as good as when both he and Steve Clark wrote the parts, but that was
when they had two guitarists, not just one.

>Sure, DL might be going in a new direction, but personally, I'd
>rather see them regress to the days of High N Dry and On Through
>The Night, the albums that got me into DL in the first place.
>Hysteria killed DL for me. Adrenalized is the final nail in their
>coffin.

Then just listen to the stuff you like from them, and don't waste bandwidth
telling us how much you like their old stuff but hate their new stuff. Go
ahead and flame me for this; I need something to laugh at.

By the way, you are right; you just showed everyone who reads the stuff on this
net that oral defacation IS possible. How about that!

Brian at Penn State University   Internet: BMK112@psuvm.psu.edu
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