I know this sounds strange, but I have a soft spot in my heart for AC/DC's Back in Black. It was the first album (yes, album) I asked for that my mom was really appalled by, which therefore meant it was one of my first memories of feeling like a bona fide rebel.
My mom: AC/DC? Who are they? And why do they have an album cover that is entirely black? You crazy kids!
And later, when listening to it for the first time with me: Ewwww
I remember getting the album as a gift, tearing off the plastic wrap and immediately putting it on the record player. I remember placing the needle on the album and hearing the first sounds of a bell ringing - the prelude to the serious rock out of Hells Bells. I think that is when I officially became a teenager (years I don't especially want to re-live, thank you very much.)
I was stuck in stop and go traffic on the 405 the other day, and You Shook Me All Night Long came on the radio, and let me tell you, I suddenly couldn't have cared less about the traffic, but it was awfully hard not to crank up the volume, jump out of my car and go for it.
Nothing like a little AC/DC to take the edge off traffic.
Posted by: Pippin Schupbach | April 22, 2010 at 09:18 AM
AH yes, this album was sooo good. How could it not be? Sometimes you just have to rock out. xoxo
Posted by: gillian | April 22, 2010 at 07:12 AM
Not strange at all (well, that is, unless we're both strange:). The second concert I ever went to was ACDC and I was about 16 - 1980 or so. I don't remember a lot about the concert but of course I remember what I wore - black spandex pants (I think spandex was required for entry), a purple and black striped top and BIG hair. Went with my best friend and her bf and he had a Dodge Charger that was loud, fast, and jacked up in the back. We head banged to Back in Black all the way to the concert and for months after. I still love the album too but have to minimize the head-banging as it makes me dizzy now. lol. Thanks for sharing and helping me remember such fun teenage times. Rock on!
Posted by: Suzanne | April 21, 2010 at 06:11 PM
Back in Black is one of the greats!!
When we're in the car with the iPod on shuffle and an AC/DC song comes on we totally rock our little middleaged heads off...
Posted by: Christine | April 21, 2010 at 05:58 PM