Although in ordinary circumstances I wouldn't kick it off the tea table, it seems dense and bland in comparison with the others. Raymond Blanc's Gallic take, meanwhile, ups the egg content and sticks in some double cream for good measure. Nigel Slater replaces some of the flour with ground almonds, which I like: the sweetness of the nuts works well with the sharpness of the lemon, and the cake itself has a more interesting texture. He does add milk to make a sloppier mixture, however, which seems to give a lighter, fluffier result.) (Rhodes claims it's a 'classic example of an enriched bread which is now served as a tea bread', but as the ingredients and method are exactly the same as for a victoria sponge, the only thing bread-like about his is the loaf tin it's baked in. Rich and fluffy, the classic victoria is certainly one to bear in mind for my do-gooding new year's resolutions. Geraldene Holt's Cakes, Gary Rhodes and Tonia George all plump for a solid, workaday victoria sponge: equal amounts of butter, sugar and self-raising flour, whisked with egg, to produce a result Holt assures me is 'recommended for a fundraising stall'. Photograph: Felicity Cloakeīefore drizzle, of course, comes cake. If you think you know what sexual act is being described, you're very, very confused about what actually happens during sex.Gary Rhodes recipe lemon drizzle cake. But nothing the band has ever recorded comes close to the lyrical chaos of 'Pour Some Sugar on Me.' Even if you could ignore lines like 'Livin' like a lover with a radar phone' and 'Television lover, baby, go all night,' there's still that brilliantly obtuse chorus, so easy to sing along with and so utterly devoid of meaning. There is no good explanation for why 'Are you gettin' it?' should ever be answered with 'Armageddon it!' 'Animal' contains at least a dozen mixed metaphors, with singer/co-lyricist Joe Elliott comparing himself to the drivin' rain, a circus, a heartbeat, a river, a shadow, rust, and a wolf capable of giving CPR. And I'm not just talking about that 'gunter glieben glauchen globen' hokum that kicks off 'Rock of Ages.' Their lyrics are littered with nonsensical gibberish.

Def Leppard is one of those rare bands where everybody on the planet seems to know every lyric to all their songs and yet nobody has any goddamn idea what any of it means.

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