sopsych

I thought the "Green eggs and ham" comment was funnier.

Yeah, analysis can go overboard, but at least sometimes good points come from it. For example, there's probably a general rule that mediocre lyrics cause musically solid songs to sound tiresome much faster than their better written counterparts. But at least "Animal" is more or less a big analogy, so it takes a while to become irritating, at least to me. And its harmonizing is very good. Def Leppard went downhill on Adrenalize arguably because some of the lyrics were too tongue-in-cheek (including "Make Love Like a Man" and the sometimes clever "Let's Get Rocked"). Or because the vocals weren't blended greatly on most of the tracks. I had no idea that Phil Collen played all the lead guitar on the album and that Vivien Campbell didn't play at all - that probably was part of the problem. Regardless, an act can only remain high on the charts for several albums if the music or lyrics evolve, which Def Leppard didn't do - and then couldn't do well, as Slang showed.