Def Leppard’s album, HYSTERIA (1987), is a great classic that will be forever remembered. Lead singer Joe Elliot sings songs all based around women, whether the songs be about man’s need for a woman or the hardships that come with loving women. “The main theme he deals with in this album is men’s relationships to women” (Adams 68). The relationships he speaks about in his songs are not necessarily love relationships. Elliot advocates his desires for the lusts of a woman in his songs. “Def Leppard would rather keep it simple, with quick, punchy guitar riffs and a straight-from-the-crotch philosophy. These songs are devoted to one adolescent fantasy after another—Animal, Woman, and Armageddon It are just what you think they are—with music that pounds their hormone-heavy attitudes home. It’s rarely more than 6 inches deep, but even mindless fun is still fun” (Adams 68).
             Def Leppard’s album starts off with the song titled Women. Elliot discusses how “In the beginning God made the land” and “Then He made the water and creatures, then He made man…born with a passion”. He goes on to describe that “there was something that was missing, something lost”. He says that women are what “men…can’t live without”. Elliot makes many biblical references in this song. “In the second verse, he describes that ‘in the garden, lust began’, referring to the Garden of Eden” (Fricke 14). This song is a great example of the theme of men’s relationships with women concerning man’s search for women. Elliot is describing and making reference to the Bible to show that man’s instinct and desire for women came from the beginning of time. He uses this powerful reference as a tool to justify his point that men need women.
             In the song Animal Elliot speaks mos
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