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Foolin'
"Foolin'" is a 1983 single by English heavy metal band Def Leppard from their diamond album ''Pyromania''. When released as a single later that year, it reached #9 on the Mainstream Rock chart and #28 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. ''Cash Box'' said "Foolin'" has "structural similarities to arlier Def Leppard single'Photograph' and follows in that single’s skillful pop blend of melodicism and metallicism." Music video The music video was shot in June 1983 at the Ritz Theatre in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and directed by David Mallet. The video shows Elliott escaping from his evil girlfriend in a fantasy sequence, interspersed with scenes of the band performing on a concert stage. It features Billy Idol's then-girlfriend Perri Lister playing the harp with her eyes closed. On the video compilation '' Historia'', the text commentary before this video states, "Indeed, a face without eyes", a pun on Idol's song " Eyes Without a Face". There is also a rare "Performance Only" ver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Pyromania (album)
''Pyromania'' is the third studio album by English rock band Def Leppard, released on 20 January 1983 through Vertigo Records in UK and Europe and through Mercury Records in the US. The first album to feature guitarist Phil Collen who replaced founding member Pete Willis, ''Pyromania'' was produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange. The album was a shift away from the band's traditional heavy metal roots toward a more radio-friendly sound, finding massive mainstream success. ''Pyromania'' charted at No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' 200, No. 4 on the Canadian RPM Album chart and No. 18 on the UK Albums Chart. Selling over ten million copies in the US, it has been certified diamond by the RIAA. Recording The album was partially recorded with original guitarist Pete Willis, whose rhythm guitar tracks appear on all songs. Toward the end of the recording, Willis was fired for alcohol abuse and replaced by guitarist Phil Collen, who contributed solos and guitar parts not yet recorded by Willis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Pyromania (Def Leppard Album)
''Pyromania'' is the third studio album by English rock band Def Leppard, released on 20 January 1983 through Vertigo Records in UK and Europe and through Mercury Records in the US. The first album to feature guitarist Phil Collen who replaced founding member Pete Willis, ''Pyromania'' was produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange. The album was a shift away from the band's traditional heavy metal roots toward a more radio-friendly sound, finding massive mainstream success. ''Pyromania'' charted at No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' 200, No. 4 on the Canadian RPM Album chart and No. 18 on the UK Albums Chart. Selling over ten million copies in the US, it has been certified diamond by the RIAA. Recording The album was partially recorded with original guitarist Pete Willis, whose rhythm guitar tracks appear on all songs. Toward the end of the recording, Willis was fired for alcohol abuse and replaced by guitarist Phil Collen, who contributed solos and guitar parts not yet recorded by Wil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Too Late For Love (Def Leppard Song)
"Too Late for Love" is a 1983 power ballad by English band Def Leppard from their Diamond album ''Pyromania''. When released as a single, it reached #9 on the Mainstream Rock charts. Music video The music video, filmed in December 1983, was taken from a Christmas music special called ''Supersonic''. According to the text commentary in the video '' Historia'', the performance was filmed after hanging out with Elton John and Meat Loaf over some champagne. The video, however, featured an edited version of the song with many sections of the song taken out including the guitar section starting at 3:28 in the original and ending at 3:38. The total length of the edited version is 3:23 while the original song is 4:30. Track listing # "Too Late for Love" # "Foolin'" # "High 'n' Dry (Saturday Night)" Personnel Def Leppard * Joe Elliott – lead vocals * Phil Collen - additional rhythm guitar, backing vocals * Steve Clark – lead guitar *Pete Willis – rhythm guitar *Rick Savage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Historia (Def Leppard Video)
''Historia'' is a compilation video released by Def Leppard containing all the band's promotional videos from 1980 to 1988. On DVD, it is bundled with '' Live: In the Round, in Your Face''. Track list # "Hello America" # "Let It Go" # "High 'n' Dry (Saturday Night)" # "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" (with Pete Willis) # "Photograph" # "Rock of Ages" # "Foolin'" # " Too Late for Love" # "Rock! Rock! Till You Drop" # "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" (with Phil Collen) # "Me & My Wine" # "Women" # "Animal" # "Pour Some Sugar on Me" (UK version, featuring the band Tesla in the crowd scene) # "Hysteria" # "Armageddon It" (live) # "Pour Some Sugar On Me" (US version live) # "Love Bites" (unlisted on VHS version) * "Armageddon It" and "Pour Some Sugar on Me" (US version) are listed as live versions, but the videos are of a live performances accompanied by the studio album music tracks. DVD errors The 2001 DVD release contains errors not present on the original VHS and Laserdisc releases ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Rock Of Ages (Def Leppard Song)
"Rock of Ages" is a song by Def Leppard from their 1983 album ''Pyromania''. When issued as a single in the United States, the song reached #16 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and #19 on the '' Cash Box'' Top 100. It also hit #1 on the Top Tracks Rock chart. In 2012, the band re-recorded the song, along with "Pour Some Sugar on Me", under the title "Rock of Ages 2012". Both were released digitally on 4 June 2012. Lyrics The song begins with "Gunter glieben glauten globen", a German-like nonsense phrase introduced by Mutt Lange, who is of German descent. According to the official Def Leppard , As the song's melody begins, Elliott speaks the lines, "All right/I've got something to say/It's better to burn out/Than to fade away"; the second two lines are a reference to Neil Young's song " Hey Hey, My My (Out of the Blue)". Def Leppard's four-line version was quoted in the 1986 movie ''Highlander'' by the film's villain, the Kurgan. Young's line would later become immortal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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David Mallet (director)
David Victor Mark Mallet (born 17 December 1945) is a British director of music videos and concert films. He was one of the most prolific directors of music videos in the 1980s. Career Mallet rose to prominence in the late 1970s as a director of the then new format of music videos with the hugely successful enterprise MGMM, which he co-founded with Scott Millaney, Brian Grant and Russell Mulcahy. He is noted for his innovative work on hugely popular music videos in the 1980s, becoming one of the decade's most sought-after directors for this format. His work includes Iron Maiden's " Run to the Hills", David Bowie's " Ashes to Ashes" and " Let's Dance", Rush's " Distant Early Warning", and Queen's " Radio Ga Ga" and " I Want to Break Free" videos. He has directed numerous videos for AC/DC since the 1980s. He has also served as a producer on television programmes including '' The Kenny Everett Video Show''. He is also known for directing some concert recordings of soprano Sar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Def Leppard
Def Leppard are an English rock band formed in 1976 in Sheffield. Since 1992, the band has consisted of Rick Savage (bass, backing vocals), Joe Elliott (lead vocals), Rick Allen (drums, backing vocals), Phil Collen (guitar, backing vocals), and Vivian Campbell (guitar, backing vocals). They established themselves as part of the new wave of British heavy metal movement of the early 1980s. The band's greatest commercial success came between the early 1980s and the early 1990s. Their first album, 1980's '' On Through the Night'', reached the Top 15 in the UK but received little notice elsewhere. Their second album, 1981's '' High 'n' Dry'', was produced by Mutt Lange, who helped them begin to define their melodic hard rock style, and the album's most popular track " Bringin' On the Heartbreak" became one of the first rock videos played on MTV in 1982, but the album only reached the Top 30 and 40 in the UK and US. Def Leppard's next studio album, '' Pyromania'', was releas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Eyes Without A Face (song)
"Eyes Without a Face" is a song by English rock musician Billy Idol, from his second album '' Rebel Yell'' (1983). It was released in 1984 as the second single from the album. The song is softer and more ballad-like than most of the album's other singles. It reached No. 4 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, becoming Idol's first Top 10 hit in the USA. The recording features the voice of Perri Lister—she appeared in the banned video for " Hot in the City"—who sings ''"Les yeux sans visage"'' ( French for "Eyes without a face") as a background chorus. The title of the song refers to the English title of French director Georges Franju's 1960 film '' Les yeux sans visage''. In a retrospective review of the single, AllMusic journalist Donald A. Guarisco praised the song and wrote: "The music plays against the dark tone of the lyrics with a ballad-styled melody yearning verses that slowly build emotion and a quietly wrenching chorus that relieves the emotional tension in a cathartic m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Cash Box
''Cashbox'', also known as ''Cash Box'', was an American music industry trade magazine, originally published weekly from July 1942 to November 1996. Ten years after its dissolution, it was revived and continues as ''Cashbox Magazine'', an online magazine with weekly charts and occasional special print issues. In addition to the music industry, the magazine covered the amusement arcade industry, including jukebox machines and arcade games. History Print edition charts (1952–1996) ''Cashbox'' was one of several magazines that published record charts in the United States. Its most prominent competitors were ''Billboard'' and ''Record World'' (known as ''Music Vendor'' prior to April 1964). Unlike ''Billboard'', ''Cashbox'' combined all currently available recordings of a song into one chart position with artist and label information shown for each version, alphabetized by label. Originally, no indication of which version was the biggest seller was given, but from October 25, 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Billy Idol
William Michael Albert Broad (born 30 November 1955), known professionally as Billy Idol, is a British-American singer, songwriter, and musician. He first achieved fame in the 1970s emerging from the London punk rock scene as the lead singer of the group Generation X. Subsequently, he embarked on a solo career which led to international recognition and made Idol a lead artist during the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" in the United States. The name "Billy Idol" was inspired by a schoolteacher's description of him as "idle". Idol began his music career in late 1976 as a guitarist in the punk rock band Chelsea. However, he soon left the group. With his former bandmate Tony James, Idol formed Generation X. With Idol as lead singer, the band achieved success in the United Kingdom and released three studio albums on Chrysalis Records, then disbanded. In 1981, Idol moved to New York City to pursue his solo career in collaboration with guitarist Steve Stevens. His debut studio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Ultimate Albums
This is a list of programs currently broadcast or will air soon or formerly aired on VH1. Current Acquired programming *'' 48 Hours'' *''Cheaters'' *''Eve'' *''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'' *''Living Single'' *''Martin'' *''My Wife and Kids'' *''The Wayans Bros.'' Former Scripted programming *'' Single Ladies'' *'' Hit The Floor'' *''Hindsight'' *'' The Breaks'' *''Daytime Divas'' *''Strange Frequency'' Acquired programming *''8-Track Flashback'' *''America's Next Top Model'' *''American Bandstand'' *'' Armed & Famous'' *''Bands on the Run'' *''Beauty and the Geek'' *''Beavis and Butt-Head'' *''Behind the Music'' *'' Black to the Future'' *''Bridal Bootcamp'' *''Bye Felicia'' *''Can't Get a Date'' *''Celebrity Eye Candy'' *''Chappelle's Show'' *''The Cher Show'' *''The Cho Show'' *''The Cleveland Show'' *''Click!'' *''Confessions of a Teen Idol'' *''Cover Wars'' *''Dance Cam Slam'' *'' Darcy's Music'' *''Don't Forget the Lyrics'' *''Driven'' *''Entertainment Tonight'' *' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Phil Collen
Philip Kenneth Collen (born 8 December 1957) is an English musician who is best known as the co-lead guitarist for the rock band Def Leppard, joining the band in 1982 during the recording of the ''Pyromania'' album. Prior to joining Def Leppard, Collen had performed with a number of bands in the burgeoning British glam metal scene. Outside of Def Leppard, with which he still records and performs live, he has been involved in a number of side projects most notably the trio Man Raze, with which he is the lead singer and sole guitarist. Early life Collen was born in Hackney, London. He got his first guitar, a red Gibson SG, on his 16th birthday, and taught himself how to play. He played with several bands including Lucy, Tush, and Dumb Blondes. He left school to work as a motorcycle dispatch rider for a type setters until his band Girl got their first record contract. During his tenure with Girl, Collen's career began rising, spurred by the relative success of the albu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |