The version that I think is the best is not the one that appears on the album. The song was a huge hit and became the signature song from the album. The first three had been met with mixed success, but it was "Pour Some Sugar on Me" that really catapulted Hysteria into that super successful arena. "Pour Some Sugar on Me" was the fourth single from Hysteria. So it was double platinum or bust for Def Leppard. The production costs skyrocketed, and it was reported that the album would have to sell at least two million copies just to break even. A process that had already been drawn out ended up taking over three years, and I should know because I was one of those anxiously awaiting their new album. So the band went back into the studio with their uber-perfectionist producer and went to work. And practice.Īll the delays ended up working in the long run because after Mutt's prolonged break to recharge his batteries, he returned to produce Hysteria.
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So they hooked up an electronic drum kit that was tied into a series of kick pedals for his left foot and he set off to practice.
He invented a radically new style of playing the drums where he played all of the beats that would have been played by his left arm with his left foot. and I'm a drummer." But you've never met a more persistent man than this one armed drummer. As Rick himself put it in his Behind the Music interview, "Well, I've lost my arm.
The band didn't want to replace him, but they didn't know what they could do. Then, to top it all off, drummer Rick Allen was in a life-threatening auto accident that resulted in him losing his left arm. Production costs were soaring and they didn't have anything that was worth putting on an album. The band tried another producer and even tried to produce the album themselves, but both proved inadequate. Pyromania producer John "Mutt" Lange was too burned out from his previous workload and wanted to take some time off. After their huge success with their 1983 album, Pyromania, the band went back into the studio to take it to the next level with their follow-up. Before Titanic was the money pit of movies, Hysteria was the money pit of albums. It's asteroids, superheroes and sequels up the yingyang. No Nazis, no mentally challenged fathers, no abused children. You go because you just want to turn your brain off and enjoy yourself. Def Leppard is the summer blockbuster of music.
So they're not trying to change you, they're just trying to entertain you. The lyrics are about as deep as a puddle of spilled beer. "Pour Some Sugar on Me" by Def Leppard is not one of those songs. They're songs that not only want to move you with their music, but they want to change you with their lyrics. Some of the songs that I've written about for this list have had some very deep and meaningful lyrics.
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