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 01.11.1963 - s-a nascut Rick Allen ( drummer ) – Def Leppard.

Istoric ( 282 )

 27.01.1980 - Def Leppard canta primul concert dintr-o serie de doua sold out-uri la Marquee Club in Londra. Un bilet costa 2 lire.

Def Leppard - Hello America ( L2 )

Hello America, hello America

Hello America, hello America

Well I'm takin' me a trip I'm going down to California
Yeah, I'm gonna try Hollywood and San Pedro Bay
I'll tell ya what I'm gonna do
I'm gonna give my love to you
I'm gonna take you where the lights are bright
I'm gonna give you my love tonight

Hello America, hello America
Hello America, hello America

I'm gonna get me a greyhound bus down the motorway
I'm gonna spend a little time in Frisco and L.A.
But when it gets to twelve o'clock
And you feel that you gotta rock
You'd better let your hair hang down
So we can boogie all over town

Hello America, hello America
Hello America, hello America

Takin' me a trip I'm going down to California
Yeah, I'm gonna try Hollywood and San Pedro Bay
I'll tell ya what I'm gonna do
I'm gonna give my love to you
So won't ya take me where the lights are bright
Won't you give me your love tonight

Hello America, hello America
Hello America, hello America
Hello America, hello America
Hello America, hello America

Def Leppard - Hello America ( S1.1 )

 

Track listing

7": Vertigo – Phonogram / LEPP1 (UK)

1. "Hello America"
2. "Good Morning Freedom"

Personnel

• Rick Allen – drums
• Steve Clark – lead guitar
• Joe Elliott – lead vocals
• Rick Savage – bass guitar
• Pete Willis – rhythm guitar

Additional personnel

• Chris M. Hughes – synthesizer

Charts

Chart (1980)	Peak position
UK Singles (OCC)	45

Single by Def Leppard
from the album On Through the Night
B-side	"Good Morning Freedom"
Released	February 1980
Recorded	December 1979 Startling Studios Ascot, Berkshire
Genre	Heavy metal, hard rock
Length	3:27
Label	Mercury
Songwriter(s)	Joe Elliott, Steve Clark, Rick Savage
Producer(s)	Tom Allom
Def Leppard singles chronology
"Wasted" (1980) "Hello America" (1980) "Rock Brigade" (1980)

Def Leppard - Hello America ( S1 )

 "Hello America" is a 1980 song by the English rock band Def Leppard from their debut album, On Through the Night. The lyrics and title of the songs are about the fantasies the band had about touring in America.

The single’s B-side, “Good Morning Freedom” has only been released on cd in 2018 on the rareties volume one cd which was part of the CD Collection Part One boxset. The song was featured on a BBC studio session recorded in 1979 and the show has since been bootlegged. A live version of the song is also included on Viva! Hysteria, released in October 2013, although Def Leppard have all but disowned On Through the Night and “Hello America” was one of the first songs to leave the setlist, having never been played live since the release of High 'n' Dry.

An alternate recording of the song “Hello America” appeared as a b-side on the “Wasted” single, also an alternate recording. Both were recorded a few months earlier than the main album sessions.

Video

When the song was within the Top 50 in the UK Singles Chart, Mercury Records had the band record a performance for BBC’s Top of the Pops, provided that the song advanced the following week. However, the song slipped off the charts, and the video never aired. It is, however, included in the band's video Historia. What makes this video unique is that Rick Allen’s drum kit is placed in the front of the stage, while the rest of the band performs behind him. Joe Elliott is wearing a patriotic outfit because of the red and white striped shirt and his blue jeans.

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 22.09.1979 - Melody Maker face prima cronica serioasa a unui concert Def Leppard. Este prima aparitie serioasa a formatiei in presa scrisa.

Istoric ( 165 )

22.09.1992 - Def Leppard sunt obligati sa anuleze doua concerte in America, dupa ce un camion cu echipamentul de turneu este gasit abandonat. Soferul incercase sa jefuiasca un magazin. In cele din urma este prins si acuzat de trafic de droguri si distrugeri majore.

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15.02.1988 - Dupa ce solistul Joe Elliot spune despre El Paso ca este „locul ala plin de mexicani slinosi”, Def Leppard sunt obligati sa anuleze concertul din El Paso. Formatia primise amenintari.

Def Lappard - Rock Brigade ( L1 )

Well, in the middle of the night and the early morning light
You can hear them a million miles away
They'll be bangin' on their drums bangin' on your door
Waving their flags telling you to score

Watch out for the rock brigade (rock brigade)
Oh no, it's the rock brigade (rock brigade)
Look out for the rock brigade
Leading you away, away

So when they hit your town you'd better get down
I'm telling no lies to you mister
Cause they live for rock'n'roll they'll try to steal your soul
Might even try to steal your sister

Watch out for the rock brigade (rock brigade)
Oh no it's the rock brigade (rock brigade)
Look out for the rock brigade
Leading you away, away, away

So in the middle of the night or the early morning light
If you hear them comin' your way
Well you'd better watch your step don't step out of line
Cause here they come one more time

Watch out for the rock brigade (rock brigade)
Oh no it's the rock brigade (rock brigade)
Look out for the rock brigade (rock brigade)
You better watch for the rock brigade (rock brigade)
I say watch out for the rock brigade (rock brigade)
Keep your eyes on the rock brigade (rock brigade)
Don't let your eyes off the rock brigade (rock brigade)
They'll be leading you away, away, away

Def Leppard ( I1 )

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Istoric ( 46 )

18.07.1978 - Def Leppard au debutul live in Sheffield, Anglia, in fata a 150 de studenti.