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Il signor Frank Zappa da Baltimora era uno che qualcosa di rock e di musica ne capiva, al signor Francesco Zappa piaceva molto una band di scatenati piccoletti che ebbe il piacere di trovare sulla sua strada durante un suo viaggio in Australia, correva l'anno 1976, gennaio. Quella band ovviamente si chiamava e si chiama AC/DC, veniva da una serie di devastanti tour in patria, storie di enormi folle adoranti, di successi, di esilaranti e deliranti esibizioni in programmi come "Countdown" dove davano sfogo a tutta la loro folle creatività scenica, ma anche storie di risse e diverse disavventure sessuali dei diversi componenti e ora la band era in procinto di affrontare il suo primo importantissimo tour britannico. Il genio di Baltimora fu il primo voler portare i 5 diavoletti negli States, non se ne fece nulla, pazienza, la band si potè così concentrare sulla stesura e sulla registrazione del nuovo album "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" che avrebbe completato una fondamentale trilogia iniziale partita da meno di un anno con "High Voltage" prima e proseguita con "T.N.T." poi. A differenza di questi primi lp registrati in pochi giorni, questo nuovo lavoro venne prodotto nell'arco di 2 mesi circa per permettere alla band di finire il tour, i produttori ovviamente erano quelli di sempre: Young e Vanda.
L'opener è secondo il sottoscritto il pezzo più devastante della storia del gruppo, anche più di "Let There Be Rock" e "Whole Lotta Rosie", assolutamente strepitoso il riff, assolutamente fantastiche le backing vocals, semplicemente meraviglioso il tutto; il testo riportava anche i numeri 36 24 36, ovvero i moderni 90 60 90, che come spesso accade in questi casi vennero scambiati per numero telefonico provocando il disagio di una povera vedova di Sydney. L'ottima "Love At First Feel", presente solo nell'edizione mondiale, introduce la divertentissima "Big Balls" che con il suo breve rock blues ribadisce che agli AC/DC i cosidetti non mancano certo; "Rocker" è un altra bomba, nata nella sua versione embrionale durante un suondcheck, proveniva da "T.N.T." e ascoltando quegli esplosivi 3 minuti scarsi si capisce perchè talvolta i 5 erano etichettati come punk rock, pur non essendo propriamente tale (in fondo il punk altro non era che scarno e violento rock n roll).
"Problem Child" è presente anche nel successivo lp (seppur leggermente differente alla fine) e la tralascio avendola già affrontata appunto nella recensione di quell'album e passo direttamente a "There's Gonna Be Some Rockin'" che mantiene molto alto il livello sempre su un hard blues supportato magnificamente dall'inconfondibile voce "alcolica" del grande Bon; le successive ultime 3 prima di congedarci da uno dei più grandi album degli AC/DC ci introducono ad uno dei momenti più lunghi di sempre nella discografia degli australiani: s'incomincia con la lunghissima "Ain't No Fun (Waiting Round To Be A Milionaire)" ovvero il loro pezzo più lungo di sempre (quasi 7 minuti), l'ultima traccia "squealer", che vede il nostro Bon alle prese con una verginella, è un altro pezzo molto lungo e risulta alla fine un pò ripetitivo; cosa che invece non capita alla splendida "Ride On", chiudo questo racconto volutamente con questa lunga ed intensa ballata di puro blues che ci racconta di un Bon inquieto e riflessivo sulla sua situazione di giovane/vecchio rocker, un uomo che se la spassava alla grande, ma che poco prima della sua tragica scomparsa confessava agli amici di sognare di mettere la testa a posto e magari mettere su famiglia. Stupenda.
In conclusione si può parlare di un grande album e di un punto molto importante della loro carriera: rifiutato dall'Altlantic americana fu il primo album ad essere pubblicato nel Regno Unito, nel novembre '76, e musicalmente un importante via di mezzo tra i precedenti due dischi e il successivo; alterna infatti brani aggressivi ad altri più rock blues, sempre nel vecchio inconfondibile stile AC/DC, questo a dimostrare che si può evolvere anche mantenendo uno stile e un genere ben definito. A smentire quelli che superficialmente bollano gli AC/DC come una band "che ha fatto sempre lo stesso album".
Un album ancora (di poco) imperfetto, forse qualche pezzo risulta troppo lungo ma che dimostra come i ragazzi fossero sulla buona strada verso i successivi capolavori, fu la perfetta introduzione allo storico "Let There Be Rock" e a tutto quello che ne conseguì.
Elenco tracce e testi
01 Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (04:12)
If you're havin' trouble with the high school head
He's givin' you the blues
You wanna graduate but not in his bed
Here's what you gotta do
Pick up the phone, I'm always home
Call me any time
Just ring 36 24 36 hey
I lead a life of crime
Dirty deeds done dirt cheap
Dirty deeds done dirt cheap
Dirty deeds done dirt cheap
(Dirty deeds and they're done dirt cheap)
(Dirty deeds and they're done dirt cheap)
You got problems in your life of love
You got a broken heart
He's double dealin' with your best friend
That's when the teardrops start fella
Pick up the phone, I'm here alone
Or make a social call
Come right in, forget 'bout him
We'll have ourselves a ball hey
Dirty deeds done dirt cheap
Dirty deeds done dirt cheap
Dirty deeds done dirt cheap
(Dirty deeds and they're done dirt cheap)
(Dirty deeds and they're done dirt cheap)
Yeahhh
If you got a lady and you want her gone
But you ain't got the guts
She keeps naggin' at you night and day
Enough to drive you nuts
Pick up the phone, leave her alone
It's time you made a stand
For a fee, I'm happy to be
Your back door man hey
Dirty deeds done dirt cheap
Dirty deeds done dirt cheap
Dirty deeds done dirt cheap
(Dirty deeds and they're done dirt cheap) yeah
(Dirty deeds and they're done dirt cheap)
(Dirty deeds and they're done dirt cheap)
(Dirty deeds and they're done dirt cheap)
Concrete shoes, cyanide, TNT
(Done dirt cheap)
Neck ties, contracts, high voltage
(Done dirt cheap)
Dirty deeds done dirt cheap
Dirty deeds done dirt cheap
Dirty deeds
...
Done dirt cheap
Dirty deeds, dirty deeds, dirty deeds,
Done dirt cheap, yeah
03 Big Balls (02:38)
Well I'm upper-upper class high society
God's gift to ballroom notoriety
And I always fill my ballroom
The event is never small
The social pages say I've got
The biggest balls of all
I've got big balls
I've got big balls
And they're such big balls
Fancy big balls
And he's got big balls
And she's got big balls
(But we've got the biggest balls of them all)
And my balls are always bouncing
My ballroom always full
And everybody comes and comes again
If your name is on the guest list
No one can take you higher
Everybody says I've got
Great balls of fire
I've got big balls
Oh I've got big balls
And they're such big balls
Fancy big balls
And he's got big balls
And she's got big balls
(But we've got the biggest balls of them all)
Some balls are held for charity
And some for fancy dress
But when they're held for pleasure
They're the balls that I like best
My balls are always bouncing
To the left and to the right
It's my belief that my big balls
Should be held every night
We've got big balls
We've got big balls
We've got big balls
Fancy big balls
He's got big balls
She's got big balls
(But we've got the biggest balls of them all)
(We've got big balls)
(We've got big balls)
And I'm just itching to tell you about them
Oh we had such wonderful fun
Seafood cocktail, crabs, crayfish
(But we've got the biggest balls of them all)
(Ball sucker)
(Ball sucker)
(Ball sucker)
(Ball sucker)
(Ball sucker)
(Ball sucker)
(Ball sucker)
(Ball sucker)
(Ball sucker)
(Ball sucker)
(Ball sucker)
(Ball sucker)
04 Rocker (02:50)
I'm a rocker
I'm a roller
I'm a right out of controller
I'm a wheeler
I'm a dealer
I'm a wicked woman stealer
I'm a bruiser
I'm a cruiser
I'm a rockin' rollin' man
Got slicked black hair
Skin tight jeans
Cadillac car
And a teenage dream
I'm a rocker, I'm a roller
I'm a rocker, I'm a roller
I'm a rocker, I'm a roller
I'm a rockin' rollin' man
Got lorex socks
Blue suede shoes
V8 CAR
And tattoos
I'm a rocker, I'm a roller
I'm a rocker, I'm a roller
I'm a rocker, I'm a roller
I'm a rockin' rollin' man
I'm a rocker, I'm a roller
I'm a rocker, I'm a roller
I'm a rocker, I'm a roller
I'm a rocker, I'm a roller
I'm a rocker, I'm a roller
I'm a rockin' rollin' man
I'm a rocker, I'm a roller
I'm a rocker, I'm a roller
I'm a rocker, I'm a roller
I'm a rocker, I'm a roller
I'm a rockin' rollin', rockin rollin man, hey
Wanna jive honey?
C'mon, spin you 'round, hey yeah!
Yeah I'm a rocker, I'm a roller
I'm a rocker, makin' you roll
05 Problem Child (05:45)
COP THIS
I'm hot, and when I'm not
I'm cold as ice
Get out of my way
Just Step aside
Or pay the price
What I want I take
What I don't I break
And I don't want you
With a flick of my knife
I can change your life
There's nothing you can do
I'm a problem child
I'm a problem child, yes I am
I'm a problem child
And I'm wild
Make my stand
No man's land
On my own
Man in blue
It's up to you
The seed is sown
What I want I stash
What I don't I smash
And you're on my list
Dead or alive
I got a .45
And I never miss
I'm a problem child, hey
I'm a problem child
I'm a problem child
Just runnin' wild
~(SOLO)~
Just watch your step
Every night
Street light
I drink my booze
Some run
Some fight
But I win they lose
What I need I like
What I don't I fight
And I don't like you
Say bye bye
While you're still alive
Your time is through
Cause I'm a problem child
I'm a problem child
I'm a problem child
I'm a problem child
Problem child
I'm a problem child
Even my mother hates me
I'm a problem child
I'm a problem child
(Problem child, problem child)
(Problem child, problem child), ....
(Problem child, problem child)
(Problem child, problem child)
Problem child
I'm a problem child
Problem child
And I'm running wild
I'm a problem child
(Problem child, problem child...)
06 There's Gonna Be Some Rockin' (03:17)
Well me and the boys
Are out to have some fun
Gonna put on a show
Come on, let's go
There's gonna be some rockin'
There's gonna be some rockin'
There's gonna be some rockin' at the show tonight
Every night there's a rock 'n' roll queen
Gonna quiver and quake
Gonna shake her thing
Gonna be some rockin'
There's gonna be some rockin'
There's gonna be some rockin'
There's gonna be some rockin' at the show tonight
It's a rock 'n' roll show
We got a big fat sound
Wanna share it round
Got a big bass drum
Gonna have some fun
Gonna be some rockin'
There's gonna be some rockin'
There's gonna be some rockin' at the show tonight
C'mon
There's gonna be some rockin'
There's gonna be some rockin'
There's gonna be some rockin'
There's gonna be some rockin'
There's gonna be some rockin' at the show tonight
There's gonna be some rockin'
Hey there's gonna be some rockin'
There's gonna be some rockin'
Gonna be some rockin'
There's gonna be some rockin'
There's gonna be some rockin' at the show tonight
Hey there's gonna be some rockin' at the show tonight
Oh there's gonna be some rockin' at the show tonight
07 Ain't No Fun (Waiting Round to Be a Millionaire) (07:29)
The following is a true story
Only the names have been changed
To protect the guilty
Well I left my job in my home town
And I headed for the smoke
Got a rock 'n' roll band and a fast right hand
Gonna get to the top
Nothing's gonna stop us, no nothing
So if you've got the money, we've got the sound
You put it up and we'll put it down
If you've got the dollar, we've got the song
Just wanna boogie woogie all night long
Yeah boogie
I got holes in my shoes
I got holes in my teeth
I got holes in my socks
I can't get no sleep
I'm trying to make a million
And I got patches on the patches
On my old blue jeans
Well they used to be blue
When they used to be new
When they used to be clean
But I've got a Mumma who's a hummer
Just keeping me alive
While I'm in the band doing drinking with the boys
She's working 9 to 5
She knows her place that woman
Just you wait
One of these days see me driving round town
In my Rock 'n' Rolls Royce with the sun roof down
My bottle of booze, no summer time blues
Shouting out, "Look at me"
In my rock 'n' roll voice
No it ain't no fun, yeah
Waiting round to be a millionaire
No it ain't no fun
Waiting round to be a millionaire
Do you believe me
It ain't no fun, no
Waiting round to be a millionaire
It ain't no fun, I don't care what they say
Waiting round to be a millionaire
Drive a Rolls Royce car
No it ain't no fun, and you know it
Waiting round to be a millionaire
No, no, no, no , no, no, no
No, ain't no fun
Waiting round to be a millionaire
Got a million dollar scream
But it ain't no fun, (ain't no fun), oh no
No it ain't no fun, (ain't no fun), that's what I said
But it ain't no fun, (ain't no fun), and I wanna be rich
No it ain't no fun, (ain't no fun), ain't no fun digging this
bitch
Ain't no fun waiting round to be a millionaire, you better
believe me
Ain't no fun waiting round to be a millionaire
Ain't no fun waiting round to be a millionaire
No it ain't no fun waiting round to be a millionaire
No it ain't no fun (ain't no fun)
No it ain't no fun (ain't no fun)
I ain't having no fun (ain't no fun)
No it ain't no fun (ain't no fun)
Ain't no fun waiting round to be a millionaire, no no
Ain't no fun waiting round to be a millionaire
Ain't no fun waiting round to be a millionaire
No it ain't no fun waiting round to be a millionaire
"Hey Hello Howard, how ya doin'?
"Next door neighbour?"
"Oh yeah... Get your fuckin' jumbo jet off my airport"
(Ain't no fun, ain't no fun)
No it ain't no fun, (ain't no fun)
Hey it ain't no fun, (ain't no fun)
No it ain't no fun, (ain't no fun)
Ain't no fun waiting round to be a millionaire
Ain't no fun waiting round to be a millionaire
No it ain't no fun, no it ain't no fun, ain't no fun
(Ain't no fun waiting round to be a millionaire)
(Ain't no fun...)
08 Ride On (05:50)
It's another lonely evening
And another lonely town
But I ain't too young to worry
And I ain't too old to cry
When a woman gets me down
Got another empty bottle
And another empty bed
Ain't too young to admit it
And I'm not too old to lie
I'm just another empty head
That's why I'm lonely
I'm so lonely
But I know what I'm gonna do -
I'm gonna ride on Ride on
Ride on, standing on the edge of the road
Ride on, thumb in the air
Ride on, one of these days I'm gonna
Ride on, change my evil ways
Till then I'll just keep riding on
Broke another promise
And I broke another heart
But I ain't too young to realize
That I ain't too old to try
Try to get back to the start
And it's another red light nightmare
Another red light street
And I ain't too old to hurry
'Cause I ain't too old to die
But I sure am hard to beat
But I'm lonely
Lord I'm lonely
What am I gonna do -
Ride on
Ride on, got myself a one-way ticket
Ride on
Ride on, going the wrong way
Ride on, gonna change my evil ways
Ride on, one of these days
One of these days
Ride on
Ride on
I'm gonna ride on
Ride on, looking for a truck
Ride on
Ride on, keep on riding
Riding on and on and on
09 Squealer (05:14)
She said she'd never been
Never been touched before, hummm
She said she'd never been
This far before
She said she'd never liked, hummm
To be excited
She said she always had
Had to fight it
And she never won
She said she'd never been
Never been balled before
And I don't think
She'll ever ball no more
Fixed her good
Hey
(Squealer) when I held her hand
(Squealer) I made her understand
(Squealer) when I kissed her lips
(Squealer) sucked her finger tips, hey
(Squealer) oohh started getting hot
(Squealer) oohh made it hard to stop
(Squealer) got too much
(Squealer) I think I've got the magic touch, aaah
(Squealer....)
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