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AC/DC: Let There Be Rock! [DVD]

A legendary concert that’s long been tricky to track down, AC/DC: Let There Be Rock! has finally got a long overdue disc release. And fortunately, it’s been worth the wait. The concert was originally released in 1980, but has remained steadfastly hard to get hold of, leaving fans treasuring their old VHS copies. But no more. Let There Be Rock’s arrival on DVD brings with it 13 songs, live and loud, including some of the band’s finest work. The songs themselves are further interspersed w

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Music video by AC/DC performing Thunderstruck. YouTube view counts pre-VEVO: 30054567 (C) 1991 J. Albert & Son (Pty.) Ltd.
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Straight into the UK album charts at number 1 on 25/4/2010

Still making hits in 2010 are Australian heavy metal band AC/DC showing that quality rocks on and on – even over 35 years on!

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Deluxe 15 track CD with 32 page booklet plus DVD featuring exclusive interviews, behind the scenes footage, and music videos.

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During Election Week 2008 Barack Obama became the 44th United States President and the first African American to hold our nation’s highest office, and it was a good week for AC/DC as well. The famed rock band spent their second week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart for their most recent album, the Columbia-released Black Ice, which at that point sold 271,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen Soundscan. Black Ice, which is available exclusively at Wal-Mart, Sam’s Club and on the band’s Web site, has fended off musical contenders like Pink to remain atop the charts. Pink’s Funhouse sees the feisty singer experiencing career-best chart placement with the No. 2 spot and 180,000 units sold. Disney’s High School Musical 3 soundtrack fights for a place at No. 3 with John Legend’s Evolver (No. 4), Toby Keith’s That Don’t Make Me a Bad Guy (No. 5) and Rascal Flatt’s greatest hits set (No. 6) competing for AC/DC’s spot as well. Help the band celebrate their two-week reign atop the Billboard charts by seeing them live.

While most of the names currently on the charts are relatively new acts, AC/DC began making their brand of minimalist rock music in the early 1970s. Guitarist Malcolm Young, formerly of the Velvet Underground, formed AC/DC with his brother Angus (who was just 15-years-old at the time) in their native Australia in 1973 and enlisted bassist Mark Evans (who would later be replaced by Cliff Williams), vocalist Bon Scott and drummer Phil Rudd to join the band. Taking their name from the back of their sister’s sewing machine, the Young brothers and company released a handful of moderately successful albums before finally hitting the big time with 1979′s iconic rock album Highway to Hell. Sadly, Scott died the following year due to alcohol consumption and was replaced by Brian Johnson. AC/DC then issued what would be their-biggest seller, For Those About to Rock We Salute You, and subsequently Simon Wright replaced Rudd.

AC/DC suffered from waning commercial success in the 1980s but came back in 1990 with the hit single “Thunderstruck” off successful album The Razor Edge and has remained one of the premier rock bands ever since. AC/DC is known for their energetic live performances, which have been packing stadiums for nearly four decades, and their current tour in support of Black Ice is proving to follow the trend. If you want to see this rock band live, hurry up and get your AC DC tickets soon before they all sell out. The Black Ice tour is AC/DC’s first since 2001 and they are currently in the midst of performing 24 dates in North America, during which they will undoubtedly be preaching their constant message of sex, drugs and rock’n'roll that has been luring in fans (and making parents worry) for years now. The tour concludes Dec. 18 in Charlotte, N.C. but is sure to not be the last outing for AC/DC.

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AC/DC didn’t make many people stop and ponder life’s questions when they were rocking in their heyday. And you can probably assume that with their current tour they’re sticking to their guns, playing a lot of the old stuff and running with the familiar themes. While you can point to a number of lyrical subjects in their songwriting, one that sticks out above the rest is rocking. Chasing women and getting inebriated are both very common themes, but based purely on the amount of songs with the word “rock” in the title (“There’s Gonna Be Some Rockin’,” “Rocker” “It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Want to Rock and Roll),” “Rock n’ Roll Singer,” “Let There Be Rock,” “Rock n’ Roll Damnation,” “‘Rock n’ Roll Aint No Noise Pollution,” “For Those About to Rock (We Salute You),” etc.), you can imagine these guys were very serious about being rockers, rocking and basic rock n’ roll things.

Therefore, it’s not uncommon that the average AC/DC tickets buyer will try to ponder the question: What AC/DC song rocks the hardest? That kind of study would take a whole novel. For the purpose of narrowing down some of the parameters of the debate, we’ll focus on two classic songs about rocking from AC/DC’s Dity Deeds Done Dirt Cheap album, “There’s Gonna Be Some Rockin’” and “Rocker.” Let’s take a look at the lyrics.

THERE’S GONNA BE SOME ROCKIN’

“Well me and the boys are out to have some fun/ Gonna put on a show – Come on lets go/ There’s gonna be some rockin’/ There’s gonna be some rockin’/ There’s gonna be some rockin’ at the show tonight./ Every night there’s a rock ‘n’ roll Queen/ Gonna quiver and quake/ Gonna shake her thing/ There’s gonna be some rockin’/ We got a big fat sound/ Wanna share it round/ Got a big bass drum/ Gonna have some fun/ There’s gonna be some rockin’”

ROCKER

“I’m a rocker/I’m a roller/I’m a right out of controller/ I’m a wheeler/I’m a dealer/ I’m a wicked woman stealer/I’m a bruiser/ I’m a cruiser/I’m a rockin’ rollin’ man./ Got slicked back hair/Skin tight jeans/ Cadillac car/ And a teenage dream./I’m a rocker/ I’m a roller/ A rockin’ rollin’ man/ Got lorex socks/ Blue suede shoes/ V8 car/ And tattoos/ I’m a rocker/ I’m a roller/ A rockin’ rollin’ man”

The similarities between these song lyrics are too numerous to name, but when you see them side by side you can notice some subtle differences in rock philosophy. “There’s Gonna Be Some Rockin’” describes an even that will, if AC/DC can help it, rock in the foreseeable future, whereas “Rocker” describes a person (“I” not “We”) who has already achieved the status of “rocker” (as well as “roller”). First person narration is the most obvious difference, but also the least meaningful.

If we’re here to discover what rocking is, then we need to look at the rock each song seeks to relate to the audience. That said, the major difference seems to be a matter of superficiality. “There’s Gonna Be Some Rockin’” is a vastly superior AC/DC rock song because the rocker it describes is a doer. He’s going to have some fun, include others, share it round, quiver, quake, put on a show. He gets after it and makes rock happen. In contrast, “Rocker” seems to portray a man who rocks simply because of his many possessions- a fast car, tattoos, women, tight jeans, lorex sox (what are those anyways?).

So you have to ask yourself, are you a rocker because you have the gear, or are you a rocker ’cause you take the wheel and steer? Do you necessarily rock because of the things you own, or because of the lifestyle you lead? Actions rock much louder than possessions.

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