tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760137241594753268.post1343213271240279200..comments2024-01-30T08:47:44.544-08:00Comments on Rock Hall Monitors: Preferences of artists on the 2019 ballotPhiliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08292012228944104037noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760137241594753268.post-84146193605313244752018-12-05T20:38:33.073-08:002018-12-05T20:38:33.073-08:00Working on it! Trying to get it done.Working on it! Trying to get it done.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08292012228944104037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760137241594753268.post-19751029302150799592018-12-05T12:38:05.054-08:002018-12-05T12:38:05.054-08:00You should probably post your predictions soon, si...You should probably post your predictions soon, since the vote deadline is almost here.Followerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10584710940928310564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760137241594753268.post-761381775427438552018-11-21T19:44:44.893-08:002018-11-21T19:44:44.893-08:00I haven't really given it much thought since t...I haven't really given it much thought since the VGHoF shut down. Besides, I'd hope for the VGHoF to induct Bad Religion first.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08292012228944104037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760137241594753268.post-81933996888232337632018-11-21T19:40:14.273-08:002018-11-21T19:40:14.273-08:00Ah shit, you're right about Patience. For som...Ah shit, you're right about Patience. For some reason, I had it in my head that DL did it, but you're spot on.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08292012228944104037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760137241594753268.post-70923811457760812792018-11-21T18:36:27.165-08:002018-11-21T18:36:27.165-08:00So you like Def Leppards harmonizing. Is there a p...So you like Def Leppards harmonizing. Is there a particular song where they do it very well? A "Vocal Group Hall of Fame Song of Proof" if you will?Followerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10584710940928310564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3760137241594753268.post-31791777681988602432018-11-21T16:48:17.260-08:002018-11-21T16:48:17.260-08:00I don't see that Def Leppard have a song calle...I don't see that Def Leppard have a song called "Patience." Are you thinking of the Guns 'N Roses song?<br /><br />I've totally noticed the Def Leppard/Bryan Adams similarity myself. Songs like "Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad?" and "Do I Have to Say the Words?" sound like they have almost the exact same backing music. Since he produced Adrenalize and Waking Up the Neighbours at about the same time (and entirely cowrote both of those albums), I guess he was copying some of his own backing music in places. Even though I think the similarity in sound is entirely Lange, I do think the first use of that sound was probably Hysteria, so I'd still say it was more likely Adams ripping off Leppard than vice versa. (Even if really it was Lange ripping off himself.)<br /><br />I think that's the real criticism to be made of Def Leppard that they owe too much of their success to Mutt Lange, whose productions whether they're The Cars, Foreigner, Def Leppard, Bryan Adams, Shania Twain, or Nickelback tend to sound too similar to each other. (Except the AC/DC albums... he didn't manage to give them that high-tech drum machine sheen...)<br /><br />For all the talk of Janet Jackson relying on Jam & Lewis she also seems to have been pretty much responsible for their breakthrough and most of their success as producers, while Lange had a ton of success before and after Def Leppard. The people who would whine about producers would mostly be rockists anyway but it seems Def Leppard were more reliant on their producer for their success than Jackson was, which may be why they didn't age well. It's sort of funny that the act considered most rockist is also likely the act that had the most calculated pop production (except for maybe Kraftwerk or Rundgren, who did their production themselves.) I do also like Def Leppard though.Seannoreply@blogger.com