Synth Single Review: Def Leppard's “Hysteria’’ covered by Kidburn

Kidburn’s cover of Def Leppard’s Hysteria describes overwhelming, all-consuming love that borders on obsession. The cover begins with a strongly driving foundation as the full synth carries a triumphal melody. Kidburn’s visceral vocal performance seizes the lyrics and propels them with fierce conviction while the guitar growls, chimes glitter, and the rhythm pulsates heavily. The vocals are full of sincerity while a scintillating synth joins the guitar's compelling expression.

A gigantic grounding pulse presses on as Kidburn seizes me by the metaphorical lapels and shakes me. His guitar reaches out with heart and soul, filling me with emotion. The rhythm supports the guitar as it unwinds with passionate strength while the solidly snapping drums move forward. The vocals are touching as the bright guitar rings out.

Drums move in unstoppable motion while the guitar howls with wild force, launching into an intricately interwoven solo that carries undoubted desire and need. Kidburn has a voice that oozes massive character as the pounding foundation presses on. The background exudes luminosity while the vocals fly with ferocious love, and the guitar solo moves with caressing sensations before the song ends on the drifting vocals.

The narrator has been hypnotized by passion, unable to stop the desire burning inside. When the song’s subject is near, the feeling becomes a “magical mystery” that leaves him breathless and ecstatic. He yearns for belief and connection, longing for the other person to close the distance between them, to surrender to the unstoppable force of their mutual attraction.