AC/DC in Bilbao, Spain,

Have seen a few posts about last night’s concert that thundered through Bilbao, Spain (northern Spain, Basque area). The show was fantastic—if the Youtube videos are any indication. BTW: If you’re interested in a mini-course on everything about AC/DC, try the sources I mentioned previously, as well as acdcbelgium.blogspot.com—you’ll get up to speed before you know it—and—you’ll love the experience.. Thanks to Bedlam in Belgium, found a making-of video for Anything Goes, second cut from Black Ice: loved it! Have watched it over and over. Not only does it have lovely, fleeting views of that most enchanting city on earth, Paris, but right off, there’s Angus! The guys are being driven to Bercy stadium to film footage for the video. He’s such a character—he charms us right away with tidbits: “I don’t talk much before 12.” I mean, who does, really? Later in the video, we see him backstage just before the Highway to Hell segment of the Bercy (Paris, February 2009) concert, putting on the devil horns, he points to his face, and, typically deprecating about himself, “Pretty as ever. You can’t buy beauty like this.” How adorable!

Told a couple of you about a new link, http://acdcfannation.com/ . One of the things acdc.com has done right is this series of videos about the fans. Many of my friends, acquaintances, relatives, think this AC/DC fascination of mine is more than just a little outré; once you watch these two fannation videos, you’ll see I’m strictly one of the only plain vanilla, conservative fans. Cool parts include Abruzzo, the Italian AC/DC fangroup and a fan who dealt with his alcohol issues through his AC/DC devotion. (Malcolm, Angus’s brother and co-founder of AC/DC, is a recovering alcoholic.) A number of the other fans come across really strongly in their own inimitable ways: the ones from Japan, some with their outrageous AC/DC tattoos, some with fashion and dental issues, and all share a common trait with me—an intense, insistently declared, unapologetic love for the greatest live band in the world.