Friday, June 09, 2006

Yeah! I don't think so

For our anniversary, I bought M Def Leppard's new album called Yeah! It's a bunch of covers of late-'70s British bands. Here's the lineup:

1. 20th Century Boy
2. Rock On
3. Hanging on the Telephone
4. Waterloo Sunset
5. Hell Raiser
6. 10538 Overture
7. Street Life
8. Drive-In Saturday
9. Little Bit Of Love
10. The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll
11. No Matter What
12. He's Gonna Step on You Again
13. Don't Believe a Word
14. Stay with Me

The only songs I had heard of were Rock On by David Essex, Badfinger's No Matter What and The Faces' Stay with Me. (Incidentally, I spent the whole time we were listening to the album reading the liner notes and saying, "I didn't know (fill in the blank band name) was British." M spent the whole album giving me the look o' death.)

OK, M loves him some Def Leppard. One of my first memories of our relationship is him pulling into my apartment building parking lot in his then-brand new car, blasting some godawful Mutt Lange-overproduced shit out the windows. He even braved the Mixfest (and a performance by John Mayer -- shudder) a few years ago to see them. But listening to this album makes me very glad we each have our own cars with CD players. I often steal his CDs to listen to on the way in (think Queen, Zeppelin, Credence Clearwater Revival -- you know, GOOD classic rock). But rest assured that this one will stay with you, my friend.
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