And laughs lucky, really — I was a bit lucky, I think. Angus has got a lovely story. When Malcolm asked him to join the band, right at the very start, and Angus asked Malcolm, he said, 'Well, what kind of music are we gonna play? To date, Back In Black , which has sold 25 million copies to date, is at Number Five on the list of the biggest selling albums in the U. Is it anyone's favorite song on the album? The initial half of the song has a simmering energy twitching beneath the surface, and after slowing it down to a rolling boil at the halfway point, the band erupts into a cataclysmic supernova during the last minute.
All the same, this crotch-thrusting exercise in preteen male humor manages to soar thanks to a vocal from Johnson that is more winking than lecherous and a chugging guitar riff that's hard not to get caught up in. And really, isn't that dichotomy what rock is all about? And while Brian Johnson may not have been able to match him in the bewitchment department, he was every bit the equal when it came to occupying that rarified vocal territory where a high-pitched banshee wail meets blue-collar growl.
Over one of the most irresistible headbanging riffs ever committed to tape, Johnson's manic wail is unleashed on the title track, demonstrating an unexpectedly bright future for the black-clad band in mourning. That crunchy G-C-D is tough enough that the band actually gets away with their poppiest sing-along chorus at least up until that point without losing one sweaty ounce of credibility.
Even before the chorus arrives, though, it's already the best damn thing on the album — hell, lyrics were never this band's strong suit, but "she told me to come but I was already there" is one of the best double entendres of the classic rock era and shockingly restrained for a band who thought "Big Balls" was clever enough to justify an entire song.
Built to last, this exercise in manicured metal is the kind of classic that will endure even after hey hey, my my rock n' roll finally dies. Search term. The suits at Atlantic Records felt that an all-black design would be bad for business, but the band would not yield. The black cover was in memory of Bon.
There was no backing down on that. Rolling Stone writer David Fricke declared the album a masterpiece and a milestone in rock. In other words, Back In Black kicks like a mutha. Back In Black was an immediate hit. Within two weeks of its release, the album was at number one in the UK. By early October, when the band finished touring in North America, the album was certified platinum in the US as it began an incredible thirteen-month residency in the Billboard top ten.
At one point it was selling 10, copies a day. Brian Johnson had been anxious before his first gig with the band in Belgium, one month before the album was released. Bon Scott, Good Luck Brian. Brian Johnson delivered, on debut, the performance of a lifetime. In Phil Rudd and bassist Cliff Williams, there was the best rhythm section in the business, no frills, no fancy stuff , just driving it home.
And at the heart of it all was the guitar power of Malcolm and Angus Young: Malcolm, wielding his Gretsch, all about the rhythm, a master of riffs; Angus, with his Gibson SG, playing off Mal, and conjuring up one killer solo after another.
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