Two nights ago Ambo, a friend of ours (the missus and me) handed me a CD he had burned. I had been asking him for weeks if he knew where I could possibly get old metal records, specifically Def Leppard albums. He replied that he could burn CD's for me since he had an extensive MP3 collection of late `80's and early `90's rock. I asked for the Hysteria album. He gave it to me three nights ago. I haven't stopped listeningto it since.

I'm a Def Lep fan. Been one since I first listened to them when I was still in high school. I even had my brother buy Adrenalize. It was the first album he bought with his own money. There is nothing like a rock band to bring two brothers together. Listening to Hysteria brings back a lot of memories, many of which I could not have lived without. Hysteria was special for Def Leppard, too. It was the last album Steve Clark played on before he died. Adrenalize was their first album without him.





To me this album represents my carefree days as a teen. Though deprived of the joys of material wealth, I enjoyed the company of my friends and my brothers. That was enough for me then. Bliss could be had drinking a bottle of pop and listening to busted up bootleg tapes of Def Lep albums. More precious was the time I spent arguing with my brother, discussing which bands kicked ass harder. LOL . Such were the times back then. Things were simple, life was simple. We found happiness in the trivial. Innocence lost is innocence missed a few years after, is what I say. I wish things could be simpler now. Maybe I'm listening to Hysteria in an attempt to reach the innocence buried deep within me, checkin' if its still a part of who I am today. Or I just enjoy listening to them. It could be as simple as that. :-))