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"Rock’s ploughed its own furrow for 30 years but still music magazines don’t give rock its due and still rave on about Nick Drake. How many more front covers do Paul McCartney and Morrissey need? Our album will sell more than Morrissey’s so why don’t we get the same kind of respect?"
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Joe Elliot: Def Leppard don't get enough respect - Metro.co.uk
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Why Def Leppard Doesn't Get The Same Respect... (Score:3, Informative)
In other words, they were sellouts. Morrissey has class, writes one-of-a-kind songs & has *integrity*... that's why he gets so much reverence.
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haha (Score:1)
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who can name a Def song? (Score:0)
Well its three things really... (Score:2, Funny)
Other than that, nuff respect.
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Its simple (Score:1)
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Maybe (Score:2, Funny)
I mean, really...
That's enough for me.
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doesnt mean anything (Score:1)
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Pour some sugar on me... (Score:0)
I ask myself why Bono (Score:1)
Morrissey,the Last Living Legend
[well, Anthony Hopkins, Pual Newman, Mickey Rourke and Sean Penn and Marlon Brando [he's still alive, aint he?]
but you cant compare this ones with music cult
legends
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Def Leppard = the Big Mac of music (Score:2, Insightful)
And a Big Mac will outsell fine cuisine. And there is your answer.
There is NO comparison (Score:0)
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Ha Ha Ha (Score:0)
re: tard (Score:1)
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Crybabies (Score:1)
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Morrissey/Smiths were the anti-Def Leppard (Score:1, Funny)
Ask a silly question... (Score:0)
now this is genuinely funny. only when third parties attack Moz like this does solo come into its own. read em and weep leopard.