MKtacosRthebest
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It's time... for Def Leppard
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palmage
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Are you a huge fan of hair in general? :ROFLOL::ROFLOL:
Love me some Def Leppard! Talk about a shock I just left Dl's website to come here and browsing and i find this! Love it!
For those of you how do like DL They have a new cd coming out on April 29th! they are even going to be on Dancing with the stars that same night! Ok so i find that last bit a little disturbing but hey i will watch! There new song with Tim Mcgraw is being played a good amount on the radio now too!
Any way as for a DL cover band in Epcot uk pavillion. Not so much but playing some british rock while going throgh that pavillion would be cool:slurp:
For those of you how do like DL They have a new cd coming out on April 29th! they are even going to be on Dancing with the stars that same night! Ok so i find that last bit a little disturbing but hey i will watch! There new song with Tim Mcgraw is being played a good amount on the radio now too!
Any way as for a DL cover band in Epcot uk pavillion. Not so much but playing some british rock while going throgh that pavillion would be cool:slurp:
Mikester71
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Should have been playing the Canadian Pavillion considering they are Canadian. :wave:
Mikester71
Well-Known Member
I vote for an Oasis cover band instead. Close enough to the Beatles, but still very modern for the younger crowd. :ROFLOL:
Pumbas Nakasak
Heading for the great escape.
Pumbas Nakasak
Heading for the great escape.
Cant have the Lepps in the UK pavillion, the Sheffield rockers were never that popular in the UK (too American). Saw them open for AC/DC and a year or so later their first headline tour pretty good but not Maiden class.
Oasis wouldnt work too many people dont like them and they are just another Beatles tribute band anyway. I cant think of a band thats bland enough for Disney and contributed anything to British music, Soul 2 Soul perhaps.
Oasis wouldnt work too many people dont like them and they are just another Beatles tribute band anyway. I cant think of a band thats bland enough for Disney and contributed anything to British music, Soul 2 Soul perhaps.
joel_maxwell
Permanent Resident of EPCOT
your so rockin 80's style. i still wish i had my jeans with 100's of horizontal rips in them.I HEART Def Leppard!
"Pour some sugar on Me" is one of my ringtones..
That being said..I think it would not be that great in the park..I love The Beatles also..and it really should not be replaced
I agree 100%. As a musician, I can tell you Def Leppard is considered in music purist circles to be "commercial pop cheese". Fun music? Maybe. Enough to carry a themed representation of a Country or the British Isles for Disney? Nah. A cover band capable of covering every truly British influence on music including the Beatles would be cool....with each member dressed to represent a different era or British musician. Just my thoughts.
TubaGeek
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Woah, woah, woah, woah, woah. You're comparing Def Leppard to the Beatles? Blasphemy!
This can be proven in the purely scientific fact which is certainly not something I just made up: The Beatles > Def Leppard.
And there you have it. Science: 1; Band-who-made-10%-of-Beatles'-record-sales: 0.
This can be proven in the purely scientific fact which is certainly not something I just made up: The Beatles > Def Leppard.
And there you have it. Science: 1; Band-who-made-10%-of-Beatles'-record-sales: 0.
Pumbas Nakasak
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In album sales the Beatles are ahead 115 million to 96 million, not the 10% you claim, the Beatles have also had a 20 year head start.
TubaGeek
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115 million?!? I hate to site Wikipedia, but the Beatles have sold "500 million records or more." Some sources say that they've literally sold a billion albums. Def Leppard is listed between 50 to 75 million, and those are mostly just Pyromania and Hysteria. As for your 20 year head start, the Beatles were only active from '62-'70. Def Leppard has been releasing records since 1980. They've got an additional 20 years more than the Beatles, and they're still going. But not as strong...
I do enjoy Def Leppard, but they simply cannot compete with the Beatles. That's a spot reserved exclusively for Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson.
camithepirate
New Member
the Beatles are also more "family-ish" music. when i was little, i grew up listing and learning the words to songs like Yellow Submarine and She Loves You, (all the hits)
Def Leppard is more....air-guitar-in-your-basement. :brick:
Def Leppard is more....air-guitar-in-your-basement. :brick:
Pumbas Nakasak
Heading for the great escape.
so none of the quoted Beatles sales occurred after 1970? The best albums sales figure I have seen for the Beatles is 130 million.
Academic really as we are comparing the sales of a faux hair metal band with a main street pop act, so Id say the specialist acts with high sales are far more successful per say than bands who spent their careers being purchased by teenage girls. Nothing can change the fact that the Beatles were a band of their time, thing is that time was when even an old fart like me didn't buy music.
TubaGeek
God bless the "Ignore" button.
The Beatles are still alive and kickin'! Well, at least Paul and Ringo at least... but since they broke up, they've released two anthologies, Let It Be... Naked, the 1 album (the fastest selling album of all time), plus the Cirque du Soleil show Love as well as the recent movie Across the Universe, the Beatles are a long ways away from being out of their time. Even after half of them are dead they still have more of an influence on society than Def Leppard.
Pumbas Nakasak
Heading for the great escape.
A classic fan boy move, post opinion as fact, when caught out change the angle of discussion to deflect from the inaccuracy.
If you are using your recent analogy surely then Led Zepplin would be in the running given 2 million applied for tickets?
However the main thing is Id rather have an attraction than a 5th rate cover act, no matter how influencial the beatles were, Id wager more folk watch Off Kilter, a RunRig / Big Country inspired act.
If you are using your recent analogy surely then Led Zepplin would be in the running given 2 million applied for tickets?
However the main thing is Id rather have an attraction than a 5th rate cover act, no matter how influencial the beatles were, Id wager more folk watch Off Kilter, a RunRig / Big Country inspired act.
mickeymaniacs
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I love Def Leppard! Was never a fan of the beatles. I am also an 80's child. My 8 year old son even likes them. I got a shirt from my brother as a gift when they were touring a few years back. I say put em in.
O'Malley
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Def Leppard (as of 2007) has sold 60 million worldwide, and 35 million in the U.S., while The Beatles have sold over 500 million worldwide, and over 115 million in the U.S. And The Beatles continue to sell millions of CD's (and downloads) every year, unlike Def Leppard, whose record sales dwindled after 1991. Def Leppard was an MTV/video era band. They came and went (1980-1991), and after 1991, they continued to struggle with meager sales, a couple FM radio songs, etc, but they mostly sounded exactly like the "Hysteria" LP.
What the Beatles did will never be accomplished again. Their longevity was due to their songwriting, THEN their image. With Def Leppard (and most other bands), it was just the opposite. That's why The Beatles have endured for over 45 years, and still going strong.
That being said, I'm also a big Def Leppard fan! Their first album still amazes me that they were all about 18 years old. I don't think any group before or since was THAT good being THAT young.
An Oasis cover band in Great Britain would be great, except most Americans don't have a clue who they are. From 1994-present, they are still one of the biggest acts in the world, and their albums continue to shoot to the tops of the charts in Japan, South America, Australia, Canada, and other countries, but they never really broke America.
Personally, I think Epcot's Great Britain should have a number of cover bands do a song or two from the biggest British acts, sort of Vegas style. Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, Elton John, Pink Floyd, Beatles, Who, and even a nod to later groups like Def Leppard, Duran Duran, etc. I think it would actually be a pretty good show if they could get the proper cover bands. But no Culture Club...:ROFLOL:
slappy magoo
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I'm too tired and bald to make a big stink about this, and it's not like I'm a fan of the Lep. I will just question this: I thought that up until now, the Beatles didn't authorize downloads, mainly because the compression of mp3 isn't/hasn't been an "acceptable" amount of music quality loss. I know that's why they're not on itunes. Although I suppose if you include the non-EMI recordings whose legality slipped through the cracks or away from the Beatles, and Beatles covers/karaoke CDs, you'd be correct. If something's changed recently & I'm out of the loop, I stand corrected & apologize.