"Rock ON" Def Leppard

[ultra9]

this is way early, but i hope they release this remake as the first single off theyre upcoming covers cd YEAH!. I think it could be a summer hot ac sleeper hit. It's timeless, Hey Kids Rock n' Roll, Rock ON!!!

[tozion]

Billboard review:

Rock On
DEF LEPPARD
Producer(s): Def Leppard, Ronan McHugh
Genre: ROCK
Label: Bludgeon Riffola/Island/ UME

Talk about peculiar. We know Def Leppard's upcoming album of cover tunes, "Yeah!," is a tribute to the band's musical heroes, so its tracks were dictated by the heart instead of an A&R man. Still, it's odd to hear one of Britain's greatest metal bands perform a sparse, atmospheric ditty like "Rock On"—a cover of David Essex's 1974 hit, repopularized by Michael Damian in 1989—with gurgling bass and random guitar wails that fade in and out. The quintet's axe-men Vivian Campbell and Phil Collen don't get to rock out until the song is almost over, and with a blink-whoops-you-missed-it running time, that moment shoots right past. The interpretation is solid, but you wouldn't know you were listening to the band 'til the guitars kick in. —Christa L. Titus