

“T elevision lover, baby, go all night,” he sings. I can’t get enough Chorus to “Pour Some Sugar On Me” by Def Leppard.Īll of the song’s verses contain sexual innuendos that imply this woman is a freak, and that Elliot has been waiting for the chance to take her home for quite some time. Sugar is sweet and lovable, and the idea is that this woman he is dancing with, and then going home to spend the night with, has these qualities, too.

Thus we must assume that the lyrics are not meant to be taken literally, and the phrase “pour some sugar on me” is metaphorical for having a good time. However, there isn’t exactly a sexual act that involves pouring sugar on your lover, and even if there was, it wouldn’t be very enjoyable. The lyrics are clearly sexual, or at least written with sex on the mind. Today, the bombastic “Pour Some Sugar On Me” is seen as the quintessential Def Leppard song, and listeners have danced to it and debated its meaning for decades. Photo by Ross Halfin.ĭef Leppard’s “Pour Some Sugar On Me” is one of the most iconic songs to come from the 80s hair metal craze.Īppearing on the band’s 1987 album, Hysteria, “Pour Some Sugar On Me” was a massive hit, reaching number two on the Billboard Hot 100, and helped bring the album to the top of the charts in the USA. There’s a rarity to it, which gives it value.Def Leppard live in the early 1980s. “And the audience goes, ‘Yeah!’ I’ll be sitting in the stadium looking out at 30,000, 40,000, 50,000 people, thinking, ‘What the hell are they all doing here? Why now?’ I guess, in a way, I’m an anachronism. “I’ve gone onstage and said, ‘I don’t have anything new for you, so we’re just going to play the old shit,’ ” he said. When he spoke to Rolling Stone in 2019, he said he was baffled by his continued popularity on the road. People come to hear what they know, and we’re going to play exactly what you expect from us.”īilly Joel, meanwhile, hasn’t released an album of original pop songs since 1993’s River of Dreams. We’re going to play a select couple or three.

“We’re not going to play every song off of it. “This stadium tour gives us an opportunity to promote our new album, but we’re not stupid,” Elliott told Rolling Stone earlier this year. Other guests to come out at MSG include Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, Miley Cyrus, Jon Bon Jovi, Brian Johnson, and Sting.ĭef Leppard’s set on The Stadium Tour is heavy on hits like “Pour Some Sugar On Me,” but they’re also playing three or four songs a night from their new LP Diamond Star Halos. This was the third time that Joel and Elliott have sang “Pour Some Sugar on Me” together following a 2018 show at Boston’s Fenway Park and a 2019 Madison Square Garden gig. Yes, Homelander on 'The Boys' Is Supposed to Be Donald Trump Pour Some Shadow on Me: Def Leppard Unveil Rockstar-Worthy Makeup Collection Watch Machine Gun Kelly, Pitbull Perform at CNN's 'The Fourth in America' Concert
