Spencer4 - Rock Rock (Till You Drop)
Spencer4
Feb 21, 2025 04:50am
<p>This is one of my top 5 favorite songs from the "Pyromania" album, one of the greatest albums in modern rock IMO.</p><p>This was so much fun to cover and I thank you kindly for listening!!</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mxxSQF8uMQ&t=1s" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Def Leppard - Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)</a></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">"The music video for the song was shot in January 1984 in Japan during the Pyromania World Tour."</span></p><p><br></p><p><img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/772c25f941340d26840e6cc3aa10c22a/d4ec4af1b44d9115-09/s400x600/41e70e81cabe97fbe6abb3313da27a12064a4ce5.gifv" alt="Def Leppard Gifs : DEF LEPPARD - ROCK! ROCK! (TIL YOU DROP) on..."></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">"Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)" predates the </span><em style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">Pyromania</em><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> recording sessions by a few years. Def Leppard first played a song by the title "Medicine Man" on their first UK headlining tour in April 1980."</span></p><p><img src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KRp2DwxXxeCeUj72KLYuBD.jpg" alt="Def Leppard: "Steve Clark was a very unique player - he didn't get enough credit for the stuff ..."></p><p><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">"Medicine Man", which appears in its original form twice as live tracks on the band's 2020 box set </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Early_Years_79%E2%80%9381" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><em>The Early Years 79–81</em></a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">, contains the main guitar parts and structure of "Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)."</span></p><p><img src="https://townsquare.media/site/295/files/2022/10/attachment-GettyImages-85849813.jpg?w=1200&h=0&zc=1&s=0&a=t&q=89" alt="35 Years Ago: Def Leppard's Hysteria Tour Hits the United States"></p><p><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">"The song was rewritten to include new rhythm and lyrics, and a solo by Def Leppard's newest band member </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Collen" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Phil Collen</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">, to debut as the opening track on the 1983 multi-platinum </span><em style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">Pyromania</em><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">."</span></p><p><img src="https://www.defleppard.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/1986-Monsters-of-Rock-live.jpg" alt="Def Leppard 80s"></p><p><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">"Though not released as a single in major markets, the song was released as a single in Mexico, and a music video was released. The song is one of the few non-singles to appear in many live sets, most recently played as an opener on the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Def_Leppard_World_Tour_2015" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">2015 World Tour</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">. The song also appears as the opening track of the second discs of the compilation albums </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_of_Def_Leppard" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><em>Best Of</em></a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> and </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_of_Ages:_The_Definitive_Collection" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><em>Rock of Ages</em></a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">."</span></p>