Def Leppard - Photograph video

Here's the Def Leppard video...I still loooove this song!

Unfortunately, after this album, Def Leppard became way too popular and ended up turning too "soft" and radio friendly (although this song was radio friendly, but still had that rock sound). Their post- "Pyromania" albums were mainly totally soul-less and void like Bon Jovi, Winger, and their ilk.

"Hysteria" their huge followup album in 1987, also produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange (aka Mr. Shania Twain) had seven monster hit singles, all of which sucked big hairy balls (c'mon, "Love Bites", "Armageddon It" "Animal", "Women" and that classic stripper fave, "Pour Some Sugar on Me", etc.?) What ever happened to the raw power of their rockin' debut LP, "On Through the Night" (1980) and their masterfully kickass sophomore effort "High 'N Dry" (1981), one of my all time favorite albums. I'm sure I'm boring all of you non rock fans, but Def Leppard provided the soundtrack of my youth along with AC/DC, Van Halen, Boston, Queen, and early Ozzy.

Back to the reason why I posted this video. Check out Joe Elliott's outfit...that was me last night. Next year, I'm going to be Angus Young of AC/DC (Hands up! do the horned salute!)

By the way, this is the American version of the video. The British version had a knife flashing a few times in the very beginning. American TV felt it was too "violent" so it was replaced by a black cat and an extra shot of Joe Elliott leaping off the stage. Damn censors. Wimps.