Oh look. Another band that has a song named after the previous album. That was a coincidence unless subliminally, I had it planned all along and just was not consciously aware.
After completely enjoying Def Leppard’s Pyromania I had to get more. At that time more meant On Through The Night or High ‘N’ Dry. I gambled on High ‘N’ Dry and I feel like I won. To this day, I don’t think that I’ve ever heard On Through The Night. Maybe I should check it out.
One of the early observations that I had was that the lyric structure on Let It Go was very similar to Quiet Riot’s Metal Health. Here are the first few lines of Metal Health. Go ahead and cue up Let It Go then see how well these words fit.
- Well I’m an
- Axegrinder,
- piledriver
- Mother says
- that I never, never mind her
- Got no brains
- I’m insane
- The teacher says
- that I’m one big pain
OK so it is not perfect but you get the idea. High ‘N’ Dry was a little more raw and under produced compared to Pyromania. Which was welcome at that point in The Metal Years. Although I played this one quite a bit, it never could overtake Pyromania on my list of favorites. It does contain another one of those Rise & Fall Of ’84 crossover songs, Bringin’ On The Hearbreak.
Sadly, this would be my last Def Leppard purchase. By the time Hysteria would be released, The Metal Years were all but over and I really couldn’t get into the direction they were heading. Pour Some Sugar On Me just wasn’t the Def Leppard I knew.
Let It Go
High ‘N’ Dry
Switch 625
Lady Strange
Mirror, Mirror (Look Into My Eyes)