YTD Lesson #8: Always Give Rock the Right of Way.
Ah, I haven't rocked out like that in a very long time.
On the 401, amid ugly, ugly rush-hour traffic, I cranked the AC/DC to a level that actually left me with a terrible head-ache. Throbbing pain which, to be clear, was the point. The volume was uncomfortable and abusive. There was such shouting and riffing in the car, that I barely noticed how long it took for me to get home.
This is a good start. A very good start.
The first track to really surprise me (so far) came from that thumping dance cover of AC/DC. When the throbbing dance beat started, immediately following Who Made Who? if I remember it right, I thought maybe we'd switched discs. I was pleased to see that we hadn't. And that you'd found a clever way to get around calling this a pure AC/DC CD (which would've alphebatized it after ABBA you must realize, regardless of your alpha-numeric title.)
You must tell me who sings that jazzy, wonderful cover of Highway to Hell by the way (track 17.)
First day's reaction? I'm really happy that you didn't give me track listings. And that most CDs will remain a mystery to me with regards to content. Too many blitzs, for me, are propelled by the impatience to get to the next song or the next CD. It's my ongoing struggle with this exercise to live in the moment and not worry about what I'm listening to next. Listening without track info (or any info for that matter) seems to have solved the problem completely. After all, I'm in no rush to finish the AC/DC CDs for 80 Degree Rawk. I don't know what the hell 80 Degree Rawk is.
By the by, I finished only the first CD and got only halfway through the second today. There's no rush on the part of this blitz. I don't think I'll scarf down 10-12 CDs/week after all.
On the 401, amid ugly, ugly rush-hour traffic, I cranked the AC/DC to a level that actually left me with a terrible head-ache. Throbbing pain which, to be clear, was the point. The volume was uncomfortable and abusive. There was such shouting and riffing in the car, that I barely noticed how long it took for me to get home.
This is a good start. A very good start.
The first track to really surprise me (so far) came from that thumping dance cover of AC/DC. When the throbbing dance beat started, immediately following Who Made Who? if I remember it right, I thought maybe we'd switched discs. I was pleased to see that we hadn't. And that you'd found a clever way to get around calling this a pure AC/DC CD (which would've alphebatized it after ABBA you must realize, regardless of your alpha-numeric title.)
You must tell me who sings that jazzy, wonderful cover of Highway to Hell by the way (track 17.)
First day's reaction? I'm really happy that you didn't give me track listings. And that most CDs will remain a mystery to me with regards to content. Too many blitzs, for me, are propelled by the impatience to get to the next song or the next CD. It's my ongoing struggle with this exercise to live in the moment and not worry about what I'm listening to next. Listening without track info (or any info for that matter) seems to have solved the problem completely. After all, I'm in no rush to finish the AC/DC CDs for 80 Degree Rawk. I don't know what the hell 80 Degree Rawk is.
By the by, I finished only the first CD and got only halfway through the second today. There's no rush on the part of this blitz. I don't think I'll scarf down 10-12 CDs/week after all.
posted by J. at 7:59 PM
1 Comments:
This is so good to hear. I'm happy it's started off so successfuly - especially when you seemed a little surprised that you'd be starting with a double-cd of AC/DC.
Now, as happy as you may be that I didn't give you track listings, you may find it more challenging to accept the fact that my own track listings are suspect at best. I looked up the title of the dance-cover - and all I have is "Shook Me Like Milk." For the jazzy highway, I have "Guest Starring The Devil".
And as for the clever way of sticking it to ABBA - it wasn't really me being clever. I would have slapped AC/DC ahead of that second-rate Cube Squared quartet no matter what the mathematical consequences. All the same, I'm glad it has your stamp of official listing approval.
So, did AC/DC bring you back to Queen's at all? Which one of your roomates was it that could sing the samed lyrics to every AC/DC song? I think it was the Back In Black listings. And did you have time to enjoy the Bon Scott version of Back In Black? I really like that. My new favourite track off that compilation was "Rock N' Roll Ain't Noise Pollution".
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