Last night on acdc.com there was a panic among some of the folks, me included. The Dallas and Houston dates were no longer showing on the list of upcoming concerts! Today, this message was posted on acdc.com--and the dates are still not back on the list of concerts: One bit of business between now and then: if you're interested in tickets to the Dallas and/or Houston shows, the AC/DC Fan Club On-Sales for each show have been delayed. Stay tuned to the News on ACDC.com for more information.
Yes, I emailed the Toyota Center and 107.5 right away, asking for information. Now, one of the other acdc.com members says that he spoke to someone at Toyota Center this morning who said the ticket sales and maybe the concert were on hold so the tour schedue could be reviewed. Agonized Bon Scott scream here.
What a letdown it would be NOT to see them in Houston before the Mexico City concert. In fact, I think today is ruined, at least I sense a dark pall over the day. After a hopefully restorative nap, Bibi will struggle to finish the pick of the day though, since I know the faithful who read this blog were depending on it. These kitty shoulders will somehow bear this huge burden of possibly dashed hopes as long as necessary. Maybe if some treats were offered, the positive mood Bibi usually maintains will be revived and salvage part of the day. We will see.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
AC/DC at the Stade de France in 2010?
If you believe even some of the things you find on the web, it's been reported that AC/DC will be back at the Stade de France in the spring. I won't hold my breath, since there's no money for this sort of trek across the Atlantic, but WHOA!!! wouldn't it be so cool to see them there again? Maybe Bibi would even get there early this time. Already know where they stay in Paris, so no sweat on that count, which is a plus, too. Will keep you posted and who knows what the new year will bring, right?
Up to My Neck in You, Angus Young
In a vain attempt to stay calm in advance of ticket sale day for the Houston concert, I’m initiating a new series: My Current To-Die-For AC/DC Song and Why It Should Be Yours
First question: if it’s your to-die-for song, how can you have a different one every day? Good question! You are so right—how to move on to another song when, for example, today’s pick, Up to My Neck in You, is so, so, so perfect? Answer: for the purposes of this exercise—I said from the outset that it was one taken up in vain, since we all know it’s IMPOSSIBLE to be calm in this pre-purchase interval—I will force myself to change the cd in my car to another outstanding AC/DC selection every day. From each of those CDs, I will target my favorite song and let y’all know why you should be as taken with that song as I am.
As much as I love the entire Powerage track list, my favorite has to be UTMNIY, and why not? It has everything: powerhouse opening, tough pounding rhythm section blazing out at us from the get-go, Bon’s no nonsense delivery echoing words that ring true with all of us: Well I've been up to my neck in trouble/Up to my neck in strife/Up to my neck in misery/For most of my life /I've been a fool/And you know what a fool can do. Whoa, don’t we know the feeling all too well? Then, after the second verse, well baby my time is due/oh it’s way overdue, Angus just pours it on mercilessly with his extended solo…geez, no prisoners taken. Everything Angus does in the solo reinforces what Bon’s singing: his reluctant acknowledgement of surrendering to the power she has over him. He reveals that she can make him suffer and at the same time, the great feeling she may bestow on him (if everything’s going well). Baby you were too good, too good to be true/What you've got no one else could do/Now I'm up, I'm up to my neck in you/Yeah you came along when I needed you/Oh I'm up to my neck in you
And give Phil huge credit, the drum work supporting the solo is unbelievable. Okay, Phil’s great throughout, but I never noticed the superbly well-fitting, so necessary quality his drumming brings to the AC/DC sound as I do in this song.
Next question: if this song is so great, why don’t they play it in concert? Excellent question! Answer: when I finally get to meet Malcolm and/or Angus and I get past the incoherent mumbling section of the event, plus the courage to question the wisdom of the set list, I will find out. I only discovered UTMNIY relatively recently and I’m the poorer for it, but since that mind-blowing moment, I’ve talked about this song—and not just to myself—nonstop. History shows that it may or may not have been played in Houston on Sunday, July 2, 1978, when AC/DC opened for Aerosmith. (I know, I know, what? ?Aerosmith??) On acdc.com, one of the members said he was at an AC/DC concert where the song was played. Will check that out.
For now, suffice it to say: Up to My Neck in You is one of the best of the best. Excellent rhythm section, drumming by Phil Rudd outstanding; Angus’s solo is longer than in many of their songs and a fantastic extension of the words. He’s so into it, visceral, energy pumping riffs, with a playful, ironic attitude, you can just see him spinning, duck walking around the stage, reveling in the fantastic band interplay AND, the words, truly emblematic of the human condition! Thanks once again, Bon Scott! Let there (continue to) be rock, AC/DC!!
First question: if it’s your to-die-for song, how can you have a different one every day? Good question! You are so right—how to move on to another song when, for example, today’s pick, Up to My Neck in You, is so, so, so perfect? Answer: for the purposes of this exercise—I said from the outset that it was one taken up in vain, since we all know it’s IMPOSSIBLE to be calm in this pre-purchase interval—I will force myself to change the cd in my car to another outstanding AC/DC selection every day. From each of those CDs, I will target my favorite song and let y’all know why you should be as taken with that song as I am.
As much as I love the entire Powerage track list, my favorite has to be UTMNIY, and why not? It has everything: powerhouse opening, tough pounding rhythm section blazing out at us from the get-go, Bon’s no nonsense delivery echoing words that ring true with all of us: Well I've been up to my neck in trouble/Up to my neck in strife/Up to my neck in misery/For most of my life /I've been a fool/And you know what a fool can do. Whoa, don’t we know the feeling all too well? Then, after the second verse, well baby my time is due/oh it’s way overdue, Angus just pours it on mercilessly with his extended solo…geez, no prisoners taken. Everything Angus does in the solo reinforces what Bon’s singing: his reluctant acknowledgement of surrendering to the power she has over him. He reveals that she can make him suffer and at the same time, the great feeling she may bestow on him (if everything’s going well). Baby you were too good, too good to be true/What you've got no one else could do/Now I'm up, I'm up to my neck in you/Yeah you came along when I needed you/Oh I'm up to my neck in you
And give Phil huge credit, the drum work supporting the solo is unbelievable. Okay, Phil’s great throughout, but I never noticed the superbly well-fitting, so necessary quality his drumming brings to the AC/DC sound as I do in this song.
Next question: if this song is so great, why don’t they play it in concert? Excellent question! Answer: when I finally get to meet Malcolm and/or Angus and I get past the incoherent mumbling section of the event, plus the courage to question the wisdom of the set list, I will find out. I only discovered UTMNIY relatively recently and I’m the poorer for it, but since that mind-blowing moment, I’ve talked about this song—and not just to myself—nonstop. History shows that it may or may not have been played in Houston on Sunday, July 2, 1978, when AC/DC opened for Aerosmith. (I know, I know, what? ?Aerosmith??) On acdc.com, one of the members said he was at an AC/DC concert where the song was played. Will check that out.
For now, suffice it to say: Up to My Neck in You is one of the best of the best. Excellent rhythm section, drumming by Phil Rudd outstanding; Angus’s solo is longer than in many of their songs and a fantastic extension of the words. He’s so into it, visceral, energy pumping riffs, with a playful, ironic attitude, you can just see him spinning, duck walking around the stage, reveling in the fantastic band interplay AND, the words, truly emblematic of the human condition! Thanks once again, Bon Scott! Let there (continue to) be rock, AC/DC!!
Thursday, September 3, 2009
AC/DC Let There Be Rock--in Houston, November 8
omigod, omigod, omigod!!!!! Unbelievable, incredible, and finally!!! November 8 Houston! Bibi was feeling a bit under the weather and then...found out about the upcoming visit from the boys and aaaaaagggghhhh----extended Bon Scott scream here!!! Will it come to pass, will I be able to say: Angus Young, finally we meet. What a great, fantastic bit of news!
Guess I was more successful than I thought when I spoke to Malcolm's son in Amsterdam in June about this. A Houston concert, just for Bibi. That's the way I will remember it. Doesn't matter now that i won't see them in Las Vegas. No way I was going to pay to go to Dallas or Austin, but I was worried that I would see them only once more in Mexico City if they didn't play Houston.
There's gonna be some rocking on November 8, for sure! AND--Toyota Center to top it off--so cool! Reliant is okay, but now that I know what an AC/DC concert is, Toyota surpasses Reliant as a concert venue by a long shot. Another cool thing: December 14 was a Sunday and so is November 8. Whoa, coincidence or fate? What could this signify for Bibi?
Anyway, the Highway to Hell continues, so thanks, Angus for finally setting the date! Can't wait for the bad boy boogie you'll bring to us all. LET THERE BE ROCK!
Guess I was more successful than I thought when I spoke to Malcolm's son in Amsterdam in June about this. A Houston concert, just for Bibi. That's the way I will remember it. Doesn't matter now that i won't see them in Las Vegas. No way I was going to pay to go to Dallas or Austin, but I was worried that I would see them only once more in Mexico City if they didn't play Houston.
There's gonna be some rocking on November 8, for sure! AND--Toyota Center to top it off--so cool! Reliant is okay, but now that I know what an AC/DC concert is, Toyota surpasses Reliant as a concert venue by a long shot. Another cool thing: December 14 was a Sunday and so is November 8. Whoa, coincidence or fate? What could this signify for Bibi?
Anyway, the Highway to Hell continues, so thanks, Angus for finally setting the date! Can't wait for the bad boy boogie you'll bring to us all. LET THERE BE ROCK!
Friday, August 21, 2009
Slow Day for News of Angus Young and AC/DC
Tomorrow is the hugely anticipated AC/DC concert in Winnipeg, Canada--I'm even excited for the lucky fans that get to see this one! In the meantime, it's been a slow few days for fresh AC/DC and Angus news, but today, I heard of this video on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU4lDmsPgno&feature=related, basically, what if AC/DC played the Hokey Pokey. A comedian named Jim Breuer sings the song as if Brian was doing it. He does an excellent imitation of Brian and the video comes off really funny. I do wonder if people outside the US, AC/DC included, know how the Hokey Pokey is such an integral part of an American child's upbringing, though. Hope so, or the whole enterprise might come off as just bizarre. Apparently, Brian and Cliff are familiar with this guy's work, because Youtube has another video of him onstage at House of Blues with Brian and Cliff backing him up. Once again, it's truly impressive that AC/DC take themselves and their fame so lightly. A cool bunch of guys!
While I was finding this video clip, just happened to see three or four others of interviews with Angus, a couple with Angus and Malcolm, where, again, the guys demonstrate what approachable and down to earth people they are. The stories of their early days are so unself-conscious and when they talk about their approach to song construction, delivery, so unassuming and matter of fact. What's not to like about them? Plus, Angus is always so quick to point out the funny, humorous parts of the road to fame and the process of making music, along the way, making fun of himself, sometimes. Just adorable! Malcolm always seems so serious and kind of scary, but he spills some of the best glory days' stories.
For the last birthday, got Maximum Rock and Roll and am in the process of filling it with color-coded post its that mark significant dates and events, like band membership changes, tour names and dates. Two-fold objective: fill in the discography that I've begun and work on improving the Maximum Rock and Roll index. The book is a very good source for learning a lot about the band, but it sometimes reads like a laundry list of every scrap of a story ever heard about AC/DC, even if it's only a scrap and doesn't really fit in the paragraph or chapter, and they really could have used an editor with expertise in syntax. The pictures are an interesting collection, if not the best pictures of the band. Angus was much more of a cute poster boy for the band than these pictures suggest--why not show some of those pictures? He's still a good looking man; the book could really benefit from some better pictures. But, I do like the book and really enjoy reading and re-reading it.
If you get a chance, check out that video. It's funny!
While I was finding this video clip, just happened to see three or four others of interviews with Angus, a couple with Angus and Malcolm, where, again, the guys demonstrate what approachable and down to earth people they are. The stories of their early days are so unself-conscious and when they talk about their approach to song construction, delivery, so unassuming and matter of fact. What's not to like about them? Plus, Angus is always so quick to point out the funny, humorous parts of the road to fame and the process of making music, along the way, making fun of himself, sometimes. Just adorable! Malcolm always seems so serious and kind of scary, but he spills some of the best glory days' stories.
For the last birthday, got Maximum Rock and Roll and am in the process of filling it with color-coded post its that mark significant dates and events, like band membership changes, tour names and dates. Two-fold objective: fill in the discography that I've begun and work on improving the Maximum Rock and Roll index. The book is a very good source for learning a lot about the band, but it sometimes reads like a laundry list of every scrap of a story ever heard about AC/DC, even if it's only a scrap and doesn't really fit in the paragraph or chapter, and they really could have used an editor with expertise in syntax. The pictures are an interesting collection, if not the best pictures of the band. Angus was much more of a cute poster boy for the band than these pictures suggest--why not show some of those pictures? He's still a good looking man; the book could really benefit from some better pictures. But, I do like the book and really enjoy reading and re-reading it.
If you get a chance, check out that video. It's funny!
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Kicked in the Teeth Again: AC/DC in Dallas in November
Can you even believe this? Dallas on November 2! WHERE IS THE HOUSTON DATE?????? Bibi was feeling really low about this. Started watching Criminal Minds and--really, there is a deity out there somewhere that adores Bibi because the scene begins with an eighteen wheeler coming toward us, radio set on ROCK AND ROLL TRAIN!! To hear Brian's voice, hear Angus's riffs, (all the guys, of course) playing the opening song on this tour, well, it was just what I needed to restore my hopes!! This has got to be a positive omen for the impending Houston concert announcement, right? Let there be rooooccccckkkk!
Tune in tomorrow!
Tune in tomorrow!
Monday, August 10, 2009
Ain't No Fun Waiting Round for my next AC/DC concert!
Bibi has been feeling out of kitty sorts--AC/DC withdrawal, if you will. Mexico City and November 12 seem sooooo far away. Have been reading online reviews of the US-Canada tour and of course they have all been raves, except for an idiot now and then who includes snipes at Angus's guitar work or Brian's hoarseness; jeez, what sour grapes! Like anyone even knows their names! In any case, ran across this funny blogpost sent to a Canadian radio station of a dedicated mom and daughter team on their way to the Moncton concert on August 6:
FLIPPED CAR? DON'T CARE. MUST... GET TO... AC/DC
Hi, well I have a great AC/DC story for you all.
I'm from Five Islands Nova Scotia, (about an hour and a half from Moncton) and me and my mother were on our way to AC DC at 10 in the morning. We were driving on a dirt road (Lynn Road) on the way to Moncton, the road was being grated and was in terible shape....when a gravel truck who was turning into a pit, hit the side of my car and we lost control and ended up rolling the car into the ditch, it ended up on the roof and we crawled out, left the car there and hitchhiked to NB ...
I just wanted to show what serious fans we are, i'm sending you guys a picture of the car and a few pictures of us at the concert. A Buick was deffinaty worth the show, we would both do it all again!
Whats a car a car any way
it was the an expereince of a life time !!!
- Thanks Kristyn & Annette Walton
Can't see being that calm and collected, but I am a cat, so different parameters, but I do admire them!
FLIPPED CAR? DON'T CARE. MUST... GET TO... AC/DC
Hi, well I have a great AC/DC story for you all.
I'm from Five Islands Nova Scotia, (about an hour and a half from Moncton) and me and my mother were on our way to AC DC at 10 in the morning. We were driving on a dirt road (Lynn Road) on the way to Moncton, the road was being grated and was in terible shape....when a gravel truck who was turning into a pit, hit the side of my car and we lost control and ended up rolling the car into the ditch, it ended up on the roof and we crawled out, left the car there and hitchhiked to NB ...
I just wanted to show what serious fans we are, i'm sending you guys a picture of the car and a few pictures of us at the concert. A Buick was deffinaty worth the show, we would both do it all again!
Whats a car a car any way
it was the an expereince of a life time !!!
- Thanks Kristyn & Annette Walton
Can't see being that calm and collected, but I am a cat, so different parameters, but I do admire them!
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