Rock of Ages

Somehow time has escaped me again, and it has been two weeks since my last post.  Yikes.  Well, at least I can say that this evening I have found a timeless '80s rock anthem to remedy my bad sense of time as of late.  "Rock of Ages"was released by Def Leppard in 1983 and has always been one of my favorites.  "I'm burnin', burnin', I got the fever -- I know for sure, there ain't no cure."  Indeed!  Rock on, Def Leppard!  I have to say that that is my favorite line from the whole song.  The video for this is also pretty interesting and is full of all kinds of religious and mythological symbols.  Yup, we've got monks, a reverse time-lapse broken chalice of wine, a sword in a stone, and well, I think Joan of Ark (I can't really tell).  It's all cool and very fun, although Joe Elliott wrote retrospectively that he found the video to be rather silly.  I disagree.  Well, maybe it is kind of silly, but it still rocks.

OWWW -- or owl?

The video ads quite a bit to the song, too, especially when you watch the whole band chanting the chorus.  I'm also completely jealous of the lead guitarist's ability to lip sync along with his guitar solo.  Now, that is something that is just not possible with wind instruments.  Anyway, I really do enjoy this video, and there's a whole lot of hub-ub out there about the introductory four words.  I think the words really are gibberish, so I won't debate, dissect, or split hairs about what is going on with that intro.  Sometimes, you just need some nonsensical line to keep people guessing.  But, I do wonder it Joe Elliott is really singing "owwwww" in the beginning or "owl" -- especially since the image of an owl appears right before this exclamation.  Hmm.... Now that is something I will ponder...