"Gunter Glieben Glauchen Globen". What's the first song that pops into your mind?

“Springtime for Hitler.”

55, Hey Hey, My My by Neil Young, because of the second real line in the Def Leppard song.

I think of Chuck Berry’s “My Ding-a-ling.”

Well, I immediately recognized the line as it’s used in both versions–as the intro–but I couldn’t remember what song followed.

Listened to them both, and though I actually know “Pretty Fly…” better (bizarrely), the line feels older to me, like something I heard in college when I was into classic rock. For me, college was about a decade too early for my original exposure to have been from the Offspring. I almost certainly heard it first via “Rock of Ages.”

I’d say it’s a toss-up since really, neither song came to mind. Oh, and I’m 49, FWIW.

(Well… for 11 more days, anyway.)

  1. I know Rock of Ages, but I think of Offspring when I hear it.

Never really liked Def Leppard.

I don’t know about others, but in the 80s, I was listening to rap and R&B music. I came into alternative music in the early 90s through friends in high school and have (very slowly) over the years been expanding my knowledge of older rock music ever since*. The day after I first read this thread was the very first time I’d ever heard the Def Leppard song. But I could sing along to most popular 90s rock/alt music.

*Thanks, Guitar Hero/Rock Band!