“Turn it off, that ain’t my scene”
Turn it off: that was basically my opinion when I first heard it on the radio in 1992, but who knew Def Leppard’s cheesemongous Let’s Get Rocked would prove to be such a grower? It’s three chords’ worth of dumb with cringey lyrics, but after countless listens, live performances, steamin’ singalongs and noticing just how incredibly euphoric that guitar solo is, it would be churlish not to appreciate that this song makes me happy. And surely that was the goal. OK, it’s not Lep’s best song by a mile, it’s not even the best song on its parent album Adrenalize, but I’ve got a real soft spot for it. A rock is definitely not out of the question.
HEAVY METAL OVERLOAD 
Banger. I wouldve hated it when I was in highschool, but free from worrying about coolness, this is just plain and simple a banger.
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Exactly! Hearing it with post-Hysteria expectations… big let-down. Hearing it as a grown adult with no shame? Awesome!
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Duuuude I am with ya. I HATED this song when it was first out. It was “turn off the radio” level hate. Today? I like it. It is cheesy, but a good rocker all the way! No shame. 🤘
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Yaaay! Your hub needs convincing though.
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Nah, he;ll never get on board, I suspect…
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I bought Adrenalize when I was 16. I listen to the first two songs, took the cassette out of my walkman, and gave it to my sister.
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Get the rock out of here!
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I guess I didn’t wanna get rocked.
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Well said. The song is exactly like that. Dumb and cheesy but a whole lot of fun and I guess we all wanted to get rocked.
And spot on for the brief but excellent guitar solo.
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Not my favourite Def Leppard song but there is something about it.
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I hated this song when it came out as it was so cheesy, but dang it. I can’t help sing along with it now and I love it.
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I get you, it still hasn’t won me over though. It’s about as heavy as Sugababes.
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True. Do people really listen to Leppard expecting heavy though?
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Not any more, I guess. I’d like a little more energy though I think, what’s the rest of the LP like?
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I don’t think there’s much on there that would change your opinion. Better songs and worse songs: definitely softer than Hysteria overall.
Hearing later Leppard probably makes LGR seem better too… it’s like grindcore compared to some of the stuff on X.
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I remember one learned critic calling X ‘Boy band pish’.
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Wow, that guy sounds like an opinionated twat!
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Scottish. You know the type.
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I really want the Leppard play grindcore EP now. Oh and they’ll probably cover something by Ian Hunter too.
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Ian’s more into party slam though
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I’m now imagining Lep and Mutt Lange taking three years to mix their cover of ‘You Suffer’ – all two seconds of it.
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That’s when you need to bring Desmond Child in to really punch it up for US radio play.
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Maybe think about some extended dance mixes too… everyone loves those
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Oh golly yes! Some extra keyboard fills and you could get it up to 6 seconds.
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Hahaha. Beautifully put. Golden trash this song. Terrible brilliance
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Yup. Sometimes you need the cheez, and DL brought it gloriously.
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Good track actually and when this hit on this side of the pond this tune and Remedy were getting a ton of Video play on MuchMusic. Adrenalize had some good stuff on it esp Stand Up but considering Cobain and his posse went headhunting its amazing that Leppard and Jovi survived the initial onslaught while other guy in other bands were asking people if they wanted gravy with there French fries!
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Haha true. I’m glad you picked out Stand Up, that’s such an amazing song!
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I like that it has a bit of kick(no pun) in the beat. Would have been a mega hit in 88 even 90
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It would have been. Don’t think they even play it live?
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Kinda weird as they dumped all that money into a video and never played it live…
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Early 1992. Hearing “Let’s Get Rocked” on the radio the first time.
My sister: “It’s kind of the same as all their other stuff.”
Me: “No, it had the string section.”
My sister: “That was like 2 seconds!”
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I agree, “Let’s Get Rocked” is neither Def Leppard’s best work nor their best song on ‘Adrenalize.’ I still dig it though because it’s a fun song! Now, what bugs me is that they still play this one live over “White Lightning.”
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Yes definitely! And I don’t think they’ve done Stand Up (Kick Love Into Motion) much either have they? That’s a great song too.
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I don’t think they’ve played “Stand Up (Kick Love Into Motion),” not according to my research. Which is a shame because that’s one of the best songs on the album!
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