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"Rock of Ages" is a song by Def Leppard from their 1983 album ''Pyromania''. It takes its name from the hymn "Rock of Ages". When released as a single in the United States, the song reached number 16 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and number one on the Top Tracks rock chart.〔Whitburn, Joel (2004). ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits'', 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 170.〕 It begins with a German-like nonsense phrase, "Gunter glieben glauchen globen", which was later sampled in "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)" by the Offspring as well as "Call Me What You Like (If You Like Rock-N-Roll)" by Puffy AmiYumi. This was also sampled in a parody of the song, "Rape Rock of Ages," by shock rock band the Mentors. According to the official Def Leppard FAQ, According to the liner notes of the compilation release ''Rock of Ages: The Definitive Collection'', the band was at a recording studio when lead vocalist Joe Elliott stumbled upon a hymn book left by a member of a children's choir that had just used the studio. In the book, he saw the words "Rock of Ages," which prompted him to write the lyrics of the song. As the song's melody begins, Elliott speaks the lines, "All right/I've got something to say/It's better to burn out/Than to fade away"; the second two lines are a reference to Neil Young's song "My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)". Def Leppard's four-line version was quoted in the 1986 movie ''Highlander'' by the film's villain, the Kurgan. Young's line would later become immortalized in rock history when it was used in the suicide note of grunge pioneer Kurt Cobain. == Music video == The music video was directed by David Mallet〔(Def Video 2 Pyromania 1983/High 'n' Dry 1984 ), Def Leppard UK.com〕 and shot on 8 December 1982 (Guitarist Phil Collen's 25th birthday), in Battersea, London, England. Former Def Leppard co-manager Peter Mensch appears in this video as one of the monks. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rock of Ages (Def Leppard song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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