By the time we got the song finished, we stuck it on the front because it was just part of our DNA by then." "And between cabin fever, stupidity, rock & roll, whatever you want to call it, it became the joke. "So everything had to be done with counts: "1, 2, 3, 4 … go!" Eventually, Mutt got bored of "1, 2, 3, 4," and so he started saying all these mad things - "Gunter, Glieben, Glauten, Globen" was just one of them." There's no indication for where the guitar comes back in for what turned into the "What do you want?" section." "Once the guitar drops out, it's just drums and some bass. Then when it came time to add vocals, we had no idea where anything came in because there are no musical cues." "For the longest time, we were making the backing track without any lyrics. Rolling Stone 2016 - Joe Elliott Interview Quotes It's gibberish said by producer Mutt Lange during the recordings of "Rock Of Ages", instead of the regular one, two, three, four." "Nothing in particular (although the band sometimes jokingly claims it means "running through the forest silently"). This guy must have just escaped from the happy house or something."Ģ001 Def Leppard Official FAQ Quote - (Note spelling)ĥ.1 - What does "Gunter Glieben Glauten Globen" mean? The other one was "Gunter glieben glauten globen." Some German guy sent a letter to our Artist Pages and said that it's German for "running through the forest silently." I'm assured it isn't. One of them was "chapatti puppadum something something," all about Indian food. So instead of counting off one, two, three, four, he'd say these ridiculous things to make everybody laugh. There were no guitars in the verses, just drums. "That's the intro to "Rock Of Ages." It's Mutt Lange. This was us doing Joan Jett's "I Love Rock And Roll" or Billy Squier's "The Stroke" or Queen's "We Will Rock You." Big drums, handclaps, no guitars in the verse, singing, and then guitars blaring in on the chorus." A Bible was left in the studio open to the hymn "Rock of Ages." So I picked it up and started singing, "Rock of ages." Mutt went, "That's it! That's the chorus!" It was a very anthemic song. We let somebody use the studio the night before, and they held a bible study session. "We had the backing track for "Rock Of Ages" but were singing melodies because we didn't have any lyrics. Where did the idea for "Rock of Ages" come from?
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