{"id":1021,"date":"2008-10-27T11:25:46","date_gmt":"2008-10-27T18:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2008\/10\/the-acdc-blues\/"},"modified":"2008-10-27T10:33:31","modified_gmt":"2008-10-27T17:33:31","slug":"the-acdc-blues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2008\/10\/27\/the-acdc-blues\/","title":{"rendered":"The AC\/DC Blues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-style: italic\" class=\"Apple-style-span\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/music\/2008\/oct\/27\/acdc-music-recession\" target=\"_blank\">from The UK Guardian<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h1>Things really must be bad &#8211; AC\/DC are No 1 again<\/h1>\n<ul class=\"article-attributes\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; background-repeat: no-repeat; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; list-style-type: none; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 12px; position: relative; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; min-height: 54px; border-color: #d1008b\">\n<li class=\"byline\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; background-repeat: no-repeat; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; font-weight: normal; display: block; border-color: #999999; padding: 0px; margin: 0px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/profile\/alexispetridis\" target=\"_blank\" name=\"&amp;lid={contentTypeByline}{Alexis Petridis}&amp;lpos={contentTypeByline}{1}\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; background-repeat: no-repeat; text-decoration: none; color: #005689; font-weight: bold; padding: 0px; margin: 0px\" title=\"&amp;lid={contentTypeByline}{Alexis Petridis}&amp;lpos={contentTypeByline}{1}\">Alexis Petridis<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"publication\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; background-repeat: no-repeat; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; display: inline; font-weight: normal; border-color: #999999; padding: 0px; margin: 0px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/theguardian\" target=\"_blank\" name=\"&amp;lid={contentTypeByline}{The Guardian}&amp;lpos={contentTypeByline}{2}\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; background-repeat: no-repeat; text-decoration: none; color: #005689; padding: 0px; margin: 0px\" title=\"&amp;lid={contentTypeByline}{The Guardian}&amp;lpos={contentTypeByline}{2}\">The Guardian<\/a>,\u00a0<\/li>\n<li class=\"date\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; background-repeat: no-repeat; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; display: inline; font-weight: normal; border-color: #999999; padding: 0px; margin: 0px\">Monday October 27 2008<\/li>\n<li class=\"history\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; background-repeat: no-repeat; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; font-weight: normal; display: block; border-color: #999999; padding: 0px; margin: 0px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/music\/2008\/oct\/27\/acdc-music-recession#history-byline\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"historylink sendbyline\" id=\"historylink-byline\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; background-repeat: no-repeat; text-decoration: none; color: #005689; padding: 0px; margin: 0px\">Article history<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"article-wrapper\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; background-repeat: no-repeat; position: relative; padding: 0px; margin: 0px\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"image\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; background-repeat: no-repeat; padding: 0px; margin: 0px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.guim.co.uk\/sys-images\/Guardian\/Pix\/pictures\/2008\/10\/26\/acdc10b.jpg\" width=\"460\" height=\"276\" alt=\"Angus Young (r) and lead vocalist Brian Johnson of AC\/DC\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; background-repeat: no-repeat; padding: 0px; margin: 0px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; background-repeat: no-repeat; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: #666666; margin-bottom: 13px; font-size: 0.857em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.25; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px\">Angus Young (r) and lead vocalist Brian Johnson of AC\/DC. Photograph: Joerg Koch\/AFP\/Getty images<\/p>\n<p> Those keen to draw wider inferences from its success might note that the last time AC\/DC made No 1 in Britain, the country was on the brink of recession. Back In Black, the album that marked their commercial breakthrough and went on to become the second biggest-selling of all time, was released in 1980, just as inflation had reached 20% and unemployment inched towards 2 million.<\/p>\n<p>When the economy recovered, AC\/DC&#8217;s popularity receded.<\/p>\n<p>AC\/DC&#8217;s appeal in unpredictable times is straightforward. People crave something uncomplicated and dependable in a time of uncertainty, and rock music has never produced a band so uncomplicated and dependable as AC\/DC.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/thumb\/3\/3e\/Black_ice_red.jpg\/200px-Black_ice_red.jpg\" align=\"left\" height=\"200\" width=\"200\" hspace=\"15\" border=\"0\" \/>For 35 years, they have done exactly the same thing &#8211; which in guitarist Angus Young&#8217;s case involves dressing like a naughty schoolboy &#8211; unaffected by changes in fashion or band personnel.<\/p>\n<p>Not even the death of lead singer Bon Scott could stop AC\/DC cranking out hard-edged, wilfully basic blues-rock, decorated with lyrics in which the phrase &#8220;rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll&#8221; figures heavily, but not as heavily as sniggering innuendo about scrotums.<\/p>\n<p>Western capitalism might collapse but at least Young can be relied on to perform a song about either rock and roll or testicles while wearing shorts, blazer and cap. Alas, what he can&#8217;t be relied on to do is support those who delve into the sociological implications of AC\/DC&#8217;s appeal. &#8220;What we do, you&#8217;re not going to look into it with depth, y&#8217;know,&#8221; he suggested recently . &#8220;Because if you look into it with depth, you&#8217;re not going to get it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px\">Highway to hell<\/h2>\n<p>1973:\u00a0<strong>AC\/DC<\/strong>\u00a0form in Sydney, Australia.<br \/>\n<strong>Economy:<\/strong>\u00a0Start of the oil crisis, which saw the price quadruple<\/p>\n<p>1980:\u00a0<strong>AC\/DC<\/strong>\u00a0release breakthrough album Back In Black<br \/>\n<strong>Economy:<\/strong>\u00a0Inflation in UK reaches 20% and unemployment nears 2 million<\/p>\n<p>1990:\u00a0<strong>AC\/DC<\/strong>\u00a0score comeback with The Razor&#8217;s Edge<br \/>\n<strong>Economy:<\/strong>\u00a0Recession in UK imminent<\/p>\n<p>2008:\u00a0<strong>AC\/DC<\/strong>\u00a0top UK album charts<br \/>\n<strong>Economy:<\/strong>\u00a0Biggest world recession in decades looms\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>[ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/music\/2008\/oct\/27\/acdc-music-recession\" target=\"_blank\">click to read at Guardian UK<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from The UK Guardian Things really must be bad &#8211; AC\/DC are No 1 again Alexis Petridis The Guardian,\u00a0 Monday October 27 2008 Article history \u00a0 Angus Young (r) and lead vocalist Brian Johnson of AC\/DC. Photograph: Joerg Koch\/AFP\/Getty images Those keen to draw wider inferences from its success might note that the last time [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1021\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}