Tuesday, 4th February 2014
Def Leppard will release the Slang Deluxe Edition on 11th February and in 1996 Phil Collen told the story of the 11 original album tracks.
In May 1996 Phil went through each song giving a brief explanation of them.
In the last part Phil talks about the song 'Pearl Of Euphoria'.
Slang Song 11 - Pearl Of Euphoria
Phil - "This song was played over Joe's original demo (if it ain't broke don't fix it, just add to it). Lyrically very dark. With a few different interpretations of the song the longer we spent on it. So before we talk about the content of the lyric you guys should listen to it. This song reminds me of the movie Apocalypse Now although it has nothing to do with it. For me, it just captures the mood of the psychedelic era. Partly because Joe reminds me of angry Jim Morrison on this song."
"The most interesting thing about the lead vocal is that it was recorded as we wrote the lyrics (almost like a demo). They had the perfect intention and attitude. Joe tried replacing the vocal later but it never sounded as good as the guide so we kept it. The end guitar solos were me and Viv randomly improvising (without hearing each other) we got about 14 tracks like this and Pete just used them all. It sounded great so we left it."
Slang Album - End Comments
Phil - "The whole album was great fun because we pushed our own boundaries and we weren't pressured in any way."
All previous updates on this release and new music can be found in the Album News section.
- Buy 2CD Album @ - Amazon.com - 11th February 2014
- Buy Double Vinyl Album @ - Amazon.com - 11th February 2014
- Buy MP3 @ - Amazon.com - 11th February 2014
- Buy 2CD Album @ - Amazon.co.uk - 11th February 2014 (Import)
- Buy Double Vinyl Album @ - Amazon.co.uk - 11th February 2014 (Import)
- Buy MP3 @ - Amazon.co.uk - 11th February 2014
- Def Leppard - Slang Deluxe Edition 2014
- Def Leppard - 2014 Album News
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