Back in Black Song By Song

[Zzzptm]

GIVIN THE DOG A BONE

Yeah, I can't get past the lyric. I prefer to not have graphic depictions of sexual activities in my music. Yeah, yeah, I know I said subtlety doesn't matter to AC/DC, and it's 100% clear here that it truly does not, but I check out at lyrics like these. I have a similar problem with a fair amount of Whitesnake's back catalog, as well...

I have to pass on this one.

[Vyn]

Givin the Dog a Bone

Yeah, not much imagination required to realize this song isn't an advert for the ASPCA.

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

Given the Dog a Bone

(On my copy it says "given", but google suggests that different versions had different titles!)

Musically solid, but lyrically woeful.

Look, I'm not unfamiliar with crude songs, but what makes the songs I know and like worth listening to is that those lyrics are witty, funny and self-depricating/tongue-in-cheek. Sadly, this song is just crude without the wit or the humour which might have saved it.

[Zzzptm]

^ True, true.

If this had been a song making suggestive comments about Old Mother Hubbard, on the lines of Big Balls, it would be easier to bear.

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

Let Me Put My Love Into You

While the lyrics are still a little seedy, they are more acceptable than the previous track, indeed they even have that witty element. A bluesy song with a nice intro, this used to to be my 2nd favourite on the album, but one or two other songs have slipped above it now.

[Zzzptm]

My first thought on this song was "AC/DC doing a Whitesnake song." The bluesiness of it all very reminiscent of the Marsden-Moody era of Whitesnake.

Don't know if I like the slower pace on the tune. Kinda makes it all a little darker...

[Vyn]

Let Me Put My Love Into You

Agree with Z, it seems a little darker - maybe insistent, given the subject matter of the song.

 

[Zzzptm]

BACK IN BLACK

Yay for this one after the awkward porno songs on the end of side 1.

One of the best rockers ever written, period. Lyrics are light-hearted, the riff is catchy as hell, and the solos and the boogie section push it over the top. Everybody knows this song because it's just that good.

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

Back in Black

I quite like this one, it's fun. I like it better now than I used to, but tastes change and it's not like I ever actually hated it!

[Vyn]

Back in Black

Definitive Brian Johnson-era AC/DC. Sounds great cranked loud, even better in concert.

[Zzzptm]

YOU SHOOK ME ALL NIGHT LONG

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand we're back to songs about the sex. But this one's 100% consensual and enough entendre for the whole gang to enjoy. Got a chorus for everyone to drink their beers to and Angus gives us a nice show with his solo.

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

You Shook Me All Night Long

This is my second favourite song on the album. Yes it's sex but it is done with wit and humour. The lyrics are fun, I can relate to the line "knocking me out with those American thighs"... there is something about the thighs of American women (sadly no personal experience, but I've seen pictures!!), and it has a nice vocal melody which works well with the lyrics.

[Zzzptm]

Ah, but which *region* of America do the thighs in question hail from?

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

I don't know about specific regions... I have tall and athletic with long legs in mind such as 5'10"+ Cheerleader!

[Zzzptm]

I don't know about specific regions... I have tall and athletic with long legs in mind such as 5'10"+ Cheerleader!

Dirty old man, no wonder you like AC/DC!