Tonight's random selection is courtesy of Jim - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, by AC/DC.
I think this is their second or third album, depends on whether you count an early compilation which came out in Australia...either way, it's classic AC/DC - sleazy Bon Scott lyrics over gritty Angus Young riffs. To misquote Dr Johnson - a man who is tired of AC/DC is tired of life...
There is no Bon Scott era DC album which is not worth owning. I think my favourite is Powerage, which has an edge of melancholy alongside the smut, and the lyrics are fantastic. Only Chuck Berry has written better songs about cars, girls and drinking. The first two Brian Johnson LPs are also good, especially Back In Black, but to be honest they have been pretty mediocre since then. Which isn't to say that I would pass up the chance to see them live; and with a new LP on the way maybe I'll get the chance.
Dirty Deeds has a mixture of schoolboy sexism (Big Balls was not a serious contender for an Ivor Novello award), hard riffing rock (Rocker, Problem Child) and the sublime Ride On, which is unlike anything else they recorded, a soulful slow blues. Would love it if they had made a whole LP of this kind of stuff.
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