• Voto:
Bello, ben fatto, discreto, sufficiente: sono aggettivi che si possono usare per descrivere un qualsiasi album. Ma non in questo caso: infatti ci troviamo di fronte a qualcosa di storico, immortale, ad una vera e propria Pietra Miliare. Stiamo parlando di Highway To Hell, uno degli album più rappresentativi degli AC/DC, sicuramente uno dei migliori tre o quattro prodotti dalla band australiana nella sua pluridecennale carriera. E’ con questo disco che Angus Young e soci dimostrano al mondo cosa significa suonare Rock ‘n’ Roll in maniera potente e convincente, con un’energia che è il marchio di fabbrica della band; purtroppo però è anche l’ultimo album composto in compagnia del primo cantante storico, Bon Scott, deceduto poco dopo e sostituito dall'altrettanto bravo Brian Johnson.
Highway to Hell si presenta all’ascoltatore con la storica title track, perla vera e propria dell’Hard Rock mondiale: il pezzo è molto ben ritmato, con dei riff non troppo sopra le righe, ma tremendamente coinvolgenti; ottima la prova di Bon, che ci accompagna verso il grande ritornello, semplice ma unico. Eccezionale la prova di Angus, soprattutto nell’assolo, così come quella degli altri componenti del gruppo. Dei giri di chitarra veloci e frizzanti, introducono Girls got Rhythm, la seconda Track, che, seppur senza una grande melodia, dà una grande carica, così come la migliore tradizione della band australiana. Walk All Over You è invece introdotta da un inizio nettamente più lento, ma è rapida quanto le precedenti, anche se la lentezza e la pesantezza dell’ introduzione si riaffaccia soprattutto nel ritornello. Ma quando alle nostre orecchie arrivano dei nuovi, magnetici e trascinanti riff, è l’ora della seconda perla dell’ album, Touch Too Much: pezzo di gran ritmo, che esplode nel magnifico e stupendamente suonato e cantato ritornello; ottimo l'assolo, le backing vocals e l'intreccio tonalità vocale/suonato, che rendono il pezzo intoccabile. Giungiamo ora a Beating Around the bush, da subito veloce e aggressiva, con un cantato forse leggermente più urlato rispetto alle altre tracks. Dopo aver ascoltato Shot Down In Flames, caratterizzata da dei riff molto marcati, e la meno aggressiva ma ugualmente molto ritmata Get It Hot, è l’ora di If You want Blood (you've got it), terza inarrivabile song dell’ album: potente, decisa, con un grande assolo e un’ottima prova (come sempre) di tutti i componenti del gruppo; particolarmente azzeccate le backing vocals del ritornello. A concludere il capolavoro vi sono due song più lente e ricche di pathos: Love Hungry Man, leggera e romantica (possono essere romantici gli AC/DC?), e Night Prowler, ancora più lenta della precedente dominata stavolta dalla Lead Guitar e con un ritornello che si trascina lento ma coinvolgente.
Insomma, che dire? E’ un album che smentisce gli eterni critici degli Ac/Dc, che dicono che l'unica cosa che cambia nei loro album sono i titoli delle canzoni, essendo le musiche uguali. Invece qui, sebbene le tonalità musicali e le scale usate sono in effetti simili, i pezzi sono abbastanza distinti fra loro, pur mantenendo lo stile caratteristico della band. Un disco che deve ASSOLUTAMENTE essere presente nella collezione di chiunque ascolti Rock ‘n’ Roll e Rock in generale, da comprare ad occhi chiusi, essendo una tappa fondamentale della carriera della storica Band australiana.
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01 Highway to Hell (03:27)
Living easy, loving free
Season ticket on a one-way ride
Asking nothing, leave me be
Taking everything in my stride
Don't need reason, don't need rhyme
Ain't nothing that I'd rather do
Going down, party time
My friends are gonna be there too
I'm on the highway to hell
On the highway to hell
Highway to hell
I'm on the highway to hell
No stop signs, speed limit
Nobody's gonna slow me down
Like a wheel, gonna spin it
Nobody's gonna mess me around
Hey Satan, paid my dues
Playing in a rocking band
Hey momma, look at me
I'm on my way to the promised land
I'm on the highway to hell
Highway to hell
I'm on the highway to hell
Highway to hell
Don't stop me!
I'm on the highway to hell
On the highway to hell
I'm on the highway to hell
On the highway to hell
Highway to hell
I'm on the highway to hell
Highway to hell
I'm on the highway to hell
Highway to hell
I'm on the highway to hell
Highway to hell
And I'm going down all the way
We're on the highway to hell
02 Girls Got Rhythm (03:23)
I've been around the world
I've seen a million girls
Ain't one of them got
What my lady she's got
She steals the spotlight
Knocks me off my feet
She's enough to start a landslide
Just a walkin down the street
Wearing dresses so tight
And looking dynamite
Enough to blow me out
No doubt about it can't live without it
(CHORUS)
The girl's got rhythm (girl's got rhythm)
The girl's got rhythm (girl's got rhythm)
She's got the backseat rhythm (backseat rhythm)
The girl's got rhythm
She's like a lethal brand
Too much for any man
She gives me first degree
She really satisfies me
Love me till I'm legless
Aching and sore
Enough to stop a freight train
Or start the Third World War
You know I'm losin sleep
I'm in too deep
Like a body needs blood
No doubt about it can't live without it
(CHORUS)
You know she moves like sin
And when she lets me in
It's like liquid love
No doubt about it can't live without it
The girl's got rhythm (girl's got rhythm)
The girl's got rhythm (girl's got rhythm)
She's got the backseat rhythm (backseat rhythm)
The girl's got rhythm (girl's got rhythm)
You know she really got the rhythm (girl's got rhythm)
She's got the backseat rhythm (backseat rhythm)
Rock n roll rhythm (rock n roll rhythm)
The girl's got rhythm
03 Walk All Over You (05:09)
Outta my way I'm a runnin high
Take your chance with me and I'll give it a try
Ain't no woman in the world I know
Cause I ain't looking for an overflow
Oh baby I ain't got much
Resistance to your touch
Take off the high heels, let down your hair
Paradise ain't far from there
I wanna walk all over you
I wanna walk all over you
Do anything you want me to, baby
I wanna walk all over you
Reflections on the bedroom wall
And girl you thought you'd seen it all
We're rising, falling like the sea
You're looking so good under me
I'm gonna walk all over you
I'm gonna walk all over you
Do anything you want me to do to you
I'm gonna walk all over you
Moanin, groanin stereo
Said gimme the stage, I'm gonna steal the show
Leave on the lace and turn off the light
Tonight is gonna be the night
I'm gonna walk all over you
I'm gonna walk all over you
Do anything you want me to
I'm gonna walk all over you
Ow, I'm gonna walk all over you
04 Touch Too Much (04:26)
It was one of those nights when you turn out the lights
And everything comes into view
She was taking her time, I was loosing my mind
There was nothing that she wouldn't do
It wasn't the first, wasn't the last
She knew we was making love
I was so satisfied deep down inside
Like a hand in a velvet glove
Seems like a touch, a touch too much
Seems like a touch, a touch too much
Too much for my body, too much for my brain
This damn woman's gonna drive me insane
She's got a touch, a touch too much
She had the face of an angel, smiling with sin
The body of venus with arms
Dealin' with danger, strokin' my skin
Like a thunder and lightening storm
It wasn't the first, wasn't the last
It wasn't that she didn't care
She wanted it hard, wanted it fast
She liked it done medium rare
Seems like a touch, a touch too much
Seems like a touch, a touch too much
Too much for my body, too much for my brain
This damn woman's gonna drive me insane
She has a touch, a touch too much
Touch me!
Seems like a touch (touch too much)
You know it's much too much (much too much)
I really wanna feel ya (touch too much)
Girl, you know you're givin' me (much too much)
Seems like a touch
Just a dirty little touch
I really need your touch
'Cause you're much too much too much too much
Seems like a touch
A touch too much
Seems like a touch
A touch too much
Give me your touch
A touch too much
Baby you've got a touch
A touch too much
Seems like a touch
A touch too much
A touch too much
A touch too much
A touch too much
Touch, come on and touch me!
Yeah! ahh!
05 Beating Around the Bush (03:56)
Smilin' face and laughin' eyes
But ya can't keep on tellin' me all those lies
How'd you expect me to believe
Honey I ain't that naive
Baby I got my eye on you
Cause you do all the things I want you to
Stop your cryin' and dry your tears
I ain't that wet behind the ears
You can throw me lefts, you can throw me rights
But where was you last night
Beatin' around the bush
Wish I knew what was on your mind
Why you bein' so unkind
Remember those nights we spent alone
Talkin' on the telephone
Thoughts of you goin' through my brain
You told me that you felt the same
You said that you loved me too
But tell me who was there with you
I was talkin' birds, and you was talkin' bees
And was he down on his knees
Beatin' around the bush
You're the meanest woman I've ever known
Sticks and stones won't break my bones
I know what you're looking for
You've eaten your cake you want some more
I'm gonna give you just a one more change
Try to save our romance
I've done everything I'm gonna do
The rest is up to you
And you can chew it up, you can spit it out
You can let it all hang out
Beatin' around the bush
And you can chew it up, you can spit it out
You can let it all hang out
Beatin' around the bush
07 Get It Hot (02:34)
Going on over time
Just a me and you
Going to have ourselves-a party
Tonight I guess will do
No bodes play
Another note
No bodes playing slow
And now owns playing hard tonight
To get on rock and roll
Get it hot
Get it hot
Come on baby
Get it hot
Get it hot
Get it hot
Alright
Moving up and down everywhere
Got a whole lot of booze
Got myself a sweet little lady
Whose got nothing to lose
Nobody going to go straight
For nothing like the fife
So leave your body in the white place
Cause we can roll it by
Get it hot
Get it hot
Come on baby
Get it hot
Get it hot
Get it hot
Alright
(Guitar Solo)
Get it hot
Get it hot
Come on baby
Get it hot
Get it hot
Oh get hot
Oh you did it
Get it hot
Come on baby
Get it hot
Make me fell good
Get it hot
Come on baby
Get it hot
Look out
08 If You Want Blood (You've Got It) (04:36)
It's criminal
There ought to be a law
Criminal
There ought to be a whole lot more
You get nothin' for nothin'
Tell me who can you trust
We got what you want
And you got the lust
If you want blood, you got it
If you want blood, you got it
Blood on the streets
Blood on the rocks
Blood in the gutter
Every last drop
You want blood, you got it
Yes ya have
It's animal
Livin' in a human zoo
Animal
The shit that they toss to you
Feelin' like a Christian
Locked in a cage
Thrown to the lions
On a second's rage
If you want blood, you got it
If you want blood, you got it
Blood on the street
Blood on the rocks
Blood in the gutter
Every last drop
You want blood, you got it
Got to you
Blood on the rocks
Blood on the streets
Blood in the sky
Blood on the seats
If you want blood
You got it
I want you to bleed for me
If you want blood, you got it (until fade out)
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Altre recensioni
Di metallicaliveshit88
Il loro sound è bastardo e grezzo ed è caratterizzato dalle forti venature blues che sostengono la voce al vetriolo di Bon Scott.
Questo CD sprigiona energia da tutti i pori, dimostrando come suonare rock'n'roll in maniera potente e convincente.
Di S.I.A.P.
Un capolavoro che rappresenta appieno l'essenza dell'hard rock.
Questo è un disco che tutti gli appassionati hard rock dovrebbero avere nel proprio scaffale.
Di kain3325
Dietro alle chiacchere ci sono cinque musicisti tecnicamente preparati che sanno suonare per puro piacere.
Meglio un inferno vivo e scoppiettante che un paradiso scontato, noioso con troppa luce.
Di teenagelobotomy
"Touch Too Much, autentica perla della band, pezzo che gira già dalle sessioni del precedente album."
"L'apice assoluto degli AC/DC, meglio di 'Let There Be Rock' e 'Back In Black', l'album che li ha portati ai vertici del rock mondiale."
Di paolofreddie
Non capisco coloro che li annoverano sul podio della migliore rock band della storia.
Highway to hell rappresenta il canto del cigno della band australiana, un album adrenalinico e potente che raggiunge l’orecchio con la sua franchezza e semplicità.
