LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JULY 11, 2019…ON THIS DATE IN 1981 DEF LEPPARD RELEASED THE ALBUM ‘HIGH ’N’ DRY’. THE ALBUM WAS THE SECOND STUDIO ALBUM FOR THE GROUP, AND IT WAS PRODUCED BY MUTT LANGE WHO WAS JUST COMING OFF OF PRODUCING AC/DC’S ‘BACK IN BLACK.’
THE RECORD WAS POWERED BY TRACKS LIKE ‘LET IT GO’ ‘BRINGIN’ ON THE HEARTBREAK’ AND THE TITLE TRACK ‘HIGH ‘N’ DRY(SATURDAY NIGHT)’
‘HIGH ‘N’ DRY’ ACTUALLYMADE THE NOTORIOUS “FILTHY 15” LIST OF SONGS THAT WERE DEEMED “HORRIBLY OFFENSIVE” BY THE PARENTS MUSIC RESOURCE CENTER. THE SONG WAS CITED FOR “DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE.” AS A RESULT OF THIS GROUP, ALBUMS WITH OBJECTIONABLE LYRICS WERE AFFIXED WITH STICKERS TO WARN PARENTS !
THIS IS INCREDIBLE. HERE’S DEF LEPPARD FROM 1981. I WILL BE HONEST. I’M MESMERIZED WITH THIS VIDEO BECAUSE IT HAS RICK ALLEN PRE-CAR CRASH. I CAN’T STOP WATCHING IT. AND IT AMAZES ME THAT HE WAS ABLE TO RE-LEARN HOW TO DRUM AND SOUNDS JUST AS AMAZING. IN-F***ING-CREDIBLE !!
THIS IS ‘LET IT GO’ FROM ‘HIGH ’N’ DRY’
