"I firmly believe that both the Kurgan and Def Leppard were quoting Neil Young when they said, “I’ve got something to say - it’s better to burn out than fade away.”
This is mainly on the strength of the song ‘Animal’, which - although one LP later than the quoted Leppard song, ‘Rock of Ages’ - says, “Like a restless rust, I never sleep.”
Clearly that is a ‘Rust Never Sleeps’ reference. QED."
This is mainly on the strength of the song ‘Animal’, which - although one LP later than the quoted Leppard song, ‘Rock of Ages’ - says, “Like a restless rust, I never sleep.”
Clearly that is a ‘Rust Never Sleeps’ reference. QED."
— Playmixt, on Neil Young’s likely unwitting influence on both Def Leppard and the filmHighlander.