Let There Be Rock

By Music • Nov 14th, 2008 • Category: Features

If you ever wondered what happened to that cute, bad boy in high school - the one who was always mouthing off to teachers and smoking in the schoolyard… I know.  I know because I saw him tonight at the AC/DC concert at Madison Square Garden.  You may have had a little crush on him, or just marveled at the way he thwarted authority, but those types don’t age well.  Today, that cute, bad boy is a puffy, pony-tailed drunk who hangs out with guys half his age to try and relive his rebellious years of yore.  He boozily turns around to give you the “rock on” sign, and three songs later has his arm draped around his neighbor and is slurring lyrics into his ear.   45, 600 “rock on’s” later, you want to poke his eyes out.  But you don’t, because you feel sorry for him.  His life is sad.

But the concert was AWESOME.

This was my second AC/DC concert, the first was five years ago.  I don’t consider myself a huge fan of AC/DC’s, but man.  MAN.  They are definitely aging.  But, if it weren’t for the enormous LCD screens, you would never know it.  They still rock as hard (and with as much crotch-grabbing) as they did 30 years ago.  Their longevity is astounding.  Their flamboyant, aggressively juvenile, guitar-driven rock and roll makes your arm involuntarily start pumping into the air.  Suddenly, you find yourself making the “rock on” sign 45,599 times back to the formerly cute, bad boy and you don’t mind.

It’s THAT good.


ACDC - BIG BALLS
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  1. eoc on November 14th, 2008 at 9:12 am:

    That is pretty funny. You are so very right on about aging bad boys. I don’t think the same really applies to aging bad girls. Likely someone came along and made the ho’ into a ho’usewife. Women don’t seem to fall into extended adolescence adulthoods quite as much as men do. If we are to believe the latest slew of movies starring Paul Rudd.

    Anyway, love this.

  2. b on November 14th, 2008 at 11:43 am:

    Thanks. I love Paul Rudd but he isn’t really believable as a former bad boy, he’s too quirky.

    I’m still deaf from the concert. WHAT?

  3. eoc on November 14th, 2008 at 11:48 am:

    Paul Rudd is the quirky cute. They age better than the bloated bad boys.

    If you are in Attleboro tomorrow night there is a concert at Morin’s that we are going too. Gay Perkoski Barboza is belting out some tunes and bunches of us are going to hear. Cocktails at my house before, Houle’s City Cab to Morin’s, then rocking crazy afterhours at my house. We are going to tear it up.

    Ha.

  4. b on November 14th, 2008 at 10:09 pm:

    I am in NYC this weekend, so I’ll miss the crazy night at Morin’s. Do they even have a stage? Houle’s, that makes me crack up. Love it!

  5. Steve McK on December 12th, 2008 at 3:16 pm:

    “Ride On” is probably the best AC/DC song that no one has ever heard:
    Enjoy: https://rcpt.yousendit.com/633909880/fe1a027e5f47e059e9a1693c2f1fa029

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