Muc was the first guy that I knew of that owned Let There Be Rock. At the time when I heard Let There Be Rock for the first time (early 1981) Back In Black was raging supreme in sales so when I sauntered over to Mucs house that cold Jan day and kicked the snow from my boots ….there it was ….
LET THERE BE ROCK….
The cover said it all. I mean who needs a million words when one pic will do and that’s the cover of Let There Be Rock! Band on stage in action with a ray of light from the heavens shining down on them! Ok that sounds corny! But look at the pic for the two vids posted! See! Cool huh? AC/DC there heads down and getting to work….no fuckin around! This is the cover we got in Canada. Now the Australian version had a different cover and that’s the pic of Angus Youngs guitar neck with the title Let There Be Rock written underneath. And like the good blog boy I am I included the one song that is on the Aussie version and not the Canadian version! You have to keep reading to find out what the mystery track is! Hahaha….. Gotta love hype?
The back cover as well has a full pic of Angus! Wowzers man this blew me away as I knew even back than that Angus was the focal point but a whole pic of him on the back cover. Ahhh why not it’s about self promotion and I guess that’s what the suits were doing!
GO DOWN- 1,2 …da bam bam..da bam bam..that’s AC/DC laying down some serious riffage off the top and what a great opener! Bon the rock poet name drops Ruby Ruby and Mary Mary and something about lickin a stick! Hahahaha….the guitars courtesy of Angus and Malcolm drive the lyrics written by Bon and Frigg what a classic opener! Just what I like those Gang like backing vocals singing GO DOWN…GO DOWN…yeah man you are gonna get your ass kicked!
DOG EAT DOG-“Well it’s a dog eat dog …eat cat too! Frenchy eat frog and I eat you!” What a great opener of a line and man the DC Express is loaded and leaving the station! Love the beat to this tune. Phil pounds the drums with Mark Evans playing straight bass and keeping the Express on the tracks! Angus nails down a ripping solo as soon as Bon yelps “Woof” and man this is a fantastic one two punch of a start with Go Down and Dog Eat Dog!
LET THERE BE ROCK-ok so I posted The vid for this song and this is the cover we got here in Canada! See the light shining down..hahaha…(yeah I know Shaddup DeKEs get on with it! )Phil smacks his snare drum and we’re off with Angus riffing and rolling and Bon drinking and Snortin and I’m like….WTF!! This is heavy devy hard blues rock ! Love the verses just kick back with Bons voice,Marks bass and Phil(Mr Jailbreak) on drums and when Angus and Malcolm join the party all bets are off ! Angus plays a bunch of Chuck Berry riffs at 120 clicks and this song just flat out rocks! It does not get any heavier in the sense of hard blues rock than Let There Be Rock! Let There Be Light….Drums..Guitars….Arrrrrrrgh ….Let There Be Rooooooooock!
BAD BOY BOOGIE-Angus and Phil lead the pack with the charge of drums and guitar and here comes Bon leading the pack with a fists a flying and doing the Bad Boy Boogie all over town! Great song just a straight ahead rocker but you would expect that from these guys right?! Angus and his solos on this record are like lightening bolts of brilliance. These guys were going for the throat and they grabbed my throat and wouldn’t let go!
OVERDOSE-always loved the opening to Overdose! Angus and Mal sound like there trying to figure out the chords! Ha…and boom the song kicks in and shifts into gear! Sounds like Bon was overdosing on women here man. Thats the great thing about Bons lyrics,the way he wrote them you know he lived them! One of the best lyricists ever!
CRABSODY IN BLUE- heres the mystery track! One that was left of the Canadian version of Let There Be Rock( we got Problem Child) Folks,how many of you have heard this tune? Well here at Arena Rock I posted the vid it lists the song as Overdose but it’s Crabsody…..I’m not gonna say anymore about this track! Just listen to it and drop some comments on what you think of it.
HELL AINT A BAD PLACE TO BE-smashing cymbals,loud guitars and Bon saying “Hey You!” and we’re going to Hell with the Angus and Malcolm blazing a trail with there guitar chops! Love the tightness of the guitars in the Verses and the chorus ramps up with Bon leading the charge with “Hell Ain’t A Bad Place To Be!” The solo like all Angus solos just flat out rocks!
WHOLE LOTTA ROSIE-42-39-56….you could say she’s got it all sez Bon! When I think of this song I think of the live version on If You Want Blood You Got It when in between the song starts and ramps up you can hear the audience chanting Angus! Well JackLoaf we argued with him back in highschool as JackLoaf thought the crowd was saying “”ROCK US!!” Hahaaha…we chastised him for months in school over this flub! Ha….Rosie though since 77 has been a staple forever and a day since than! Great song,cool lyrics, great beat, awesome solo and Bon laying waste in the night and than theres Rosie!
IN CONCLUSION-Wowzers man Back In Black was the first AC/DC record I heard back In 1980 where I learned the birds and bees about (Ahem) life! Now if I had heard Let There Be Rock first this would have been the one. Bon with his lyrics tells me all about the Dog Eat Dog world out there! How to do the Bad Boy Boogie while Overdosing on some lady who goes by the name of Rosie! It’s all here kids!
Crank this one if you got it…if not just buy the friggin thing!
Let There Be Rock Muc!
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Nice one Deke. Overdose is possibly, possibly my fave ever AC/DC track. That’s a big thing for me to say.
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Now that’s a true fan picking a deep track! Good stuff…..
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That or ‘Go Down’ … or ‘Up To My Neck In You’ from Powerage … or …. (you get the picture!)
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“Well it’s a dog eat dog …eat cat too! Frenchy eat frog and I eat you!”
Frank Zappa once asked, “Does humour belong in music?” While it is true that I usually don’t want humour (too much anyway) on an album, there are three artists that always get away with it scott-free:
1. Zappa himself
2. Max Webster
3. AC/DC (w/ Bon though sometimes w/ Brian)
Bon had such a way that the funny lines were also way cool.
I had Crabsody for the longest time, before finally getting it officially on the Backtracks box set. Remember Limewire? I downloaded a bunch of random tracks and that was one!
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Limewire…throwback there dude! Bon was one of a kind for sure he could write a excellent lyric!
It was great visiting ACDC this week ..next week it’s two Canadian artists and a American guitar slinger featured ….
Looking forward to Mondays post as its a band from Canada that no one knows outside of this country and for all the young kids out there….never heard of them still..
I’m looking forward to Aaron’s spin on it as well as yours CUZ everyone else outside of Canada will think I made it up like The Trooper Hot Shots review….
Hahahaha…..
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Deke! I have this! Scott gave it to me! Man he hooked me up with a few AC/DC albums and if ever there was a finer gift…
I even reviewed it right here:
https://keepsmealive.wordpress.com/2014/03/04/acdc-let-there-be-rock/
Personally, I loved it. I haven’t heard Crabsody In Blue, but the title makes me laugh ‘cos we used to play Gershwin in our concert band in high school. Hahaha awesome.
Dammit, I need to just go get that Backtracks set, it’s been coming up in these pages a lot…
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Read your post! Great stuff on the shout out to the tracks on If You Want Blood! Yeah I guess Backtracks is where it’s at! Let me know your thoughts on Crabsody!
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Heh heh maybe I need to get myself a little birthday present… of course, they’re not selling the cool guitar amp version like Mike’s got…
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