i didn't read it like that. i couldn't conceptualise that the contents of those sly little brackets could have been addressed to mamba. i read them as a superfluous description of our hairy chum in newbury.
Well, that was fucking awesome. Total panic at the start as my mates name wasn't on the list. Luckily he'd printed out the confirmation e-mail so we got in. They picked us up at victoria and took us out to a warehouse in north london behind a B&Q and bummed us.
They didn't really. They had a big stage set up with cogs and stuff (rock and roll train... I guess so...). AC/DC came out mimed to the new track. Was a little bit lame/surreal but AC/DC were having fun with it and chatting with the fans between takes & having a laugh. Was funny to see them just relaxing and messing about. The new song is okay, very catchy, very ac/dc. Not a classic by any stretch though. It'll do though.
All in all a really surreal night and one to tell the grandkids about.
"Overenthusiastic American reviews AC/DC's Black Ice and shouts a lot
Bob Lefsetz – who apparently is a 'renowned American music industry figure' – has decided to review AC/DC's new album Black Ice, even though it isn't out until October 20.
Lefsetz, whose journalistic expertise is such that he can't even spell AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd's name properly, was given a sneak preview of Black Ice by Steve Barnett, chairman of Columbia Records.
"I'm sitting here listening to the new AC/DC album on Steve Barnett's MacBook Air," Lefsetz drools.
Lefsetz continues: "This ain't Crocs music. This ain't made for Sephora. This is the sound that drove your parents away, that they didn't only tell you to turn down, BUT THROW OUT!
"It's a rough tough tumble world we live in. Where sold-out whores tell us what to like and try to make us believe we're losers. What are we supposed to do?
"Listen to AC/DC. Turn it up and nothing else seems to matter. The sound obscures the rest of the world, it's just you, equal to everyone you hate, who's got you down, your dad, your principal, the President...
"The groove to Decibel... Like you've just stripped naked and are sauntering to the bed to stick your rod into a woman who's BEYOND FANTASY! Wow, this is too much, PURE SEX!
"If you're a fan of a band, in this case one of the most legendary in the business, only eclipsed by the Beatles in sales, you're EAGER! It's like Moses, it's like JESUS has come back to Earth... You want to hear what he's got to say!"
That was extremely helpful. Thanks, Bob.
You can read more of Lefsetz's carefully considered ruminations on Black Ice on the Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles website here."