Def Leppard HYSTERIA
Def Leppard’s album, HYSTERIA (1987), is a great classic that will be forever remembered. Lead singer Joe Elliot sings songs all based around women, whether the songs be about man’s need for a woman or the hardships that come with loving women. “The main theme he deals with in this album is men’s relationships to women” (Adams 68). The relationships he speaks about in his songs are not necessarily love relationships. Elliot advocates his desires for the lusts of a woman in his songs. “Def Leppard would rather keep it simple, with quick, punchy guitar riffs and a straight-from-the-crotch philosophy. These songs are devoted to one adolescent fantasy after another—Animal, Woman, and Armageddon It are just what you think they are—with music that pounds their hormone-heavy attitudes home. It’s rarely more than 6 inches deep, but even mindless fun is still fun” (Adams 68).Def Leppard’s album starts off with the song titled Women. Elliot discusses how “In the beginning God made the land” and “Then He made the water and creatures, then He made man…born with a passion”. He goes on to describe that “the
J. H. “Collen, Phil – Interviews; Def Leppard (Music Performer)”. People. 5/20/96, Vol 45 Issue 20, p27. Fricke, D. “Def Leppard grows with HYSTERIA”. Rolling Stone. 2/21/91 Issue 598, p14. Love Bites is one of Elliot’s most famous songs. “There’s no more to it, this song describes a man’s vulnerability in women: his paranoia that a woman is unfaithful to him” (Fricke 38). Elliot’s insecurity is illustrated in this song. He says, “Who do you think of, does he look like me?”, clearly implying his insecurities with the subject, the girl, he’s singing to. He’s worried that the girl will lead him on to fall in love with her and then let him go. He clearly expresses in his song that he doesn’t trust the girl. He’s so worried that she wants to use him as a toy, “Do you think twice or just touch and see?”. In the chorus, he goes on to talk about how he doesn’t “wanna touch you too much baby, cause making love to you might drive me crazy”. He is aware of his handicap around her. He is aware that he can’t control his feelings, his thoughts, his emotions when he is around this girl with so much influence on his heart. Elliot describes his fears that if he sleeps with the girl, she will “walk out”. He tries to explain to her, but also to himself, that “it can’t be love” if she throws his love around, meaning: if she doesn’t take things seriously.
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