The 10 AC/DC Songs That Are More Important Than You Think 10. “Bedlam in Belgium” (Flick of the Switch, 1983) This is a massively underrated barnstormer from the boys off the much-maligned (unfairly, I think) Flick of the Switch. The album was missing Mutt Lange, but the Youngs did have his very capable engineer, Tony Platt, as co-producer in the studio at Compass Point in the Bahamas. Tony’s a real pro. I think he did a perfectly fine job on this album, which also features the slamming “Nervous Shakedown”. But what I find most interesting about “Bedlam in Belgium” is that it’s based on a fracas that broke out on stage in Kontich, Belgium, in 1977, involving Bon Scott, the rest of the band, and the local authorities. AC/DC had violated a noise curfew and things got hairy. Yet Brian Johnson, more than half a decade later, wrote the lyrics with such insight; almost as if he was the one getting walloped by the Belgian police: He gave me a crack in the back with his gun / Hurt me so bad I could feel the blood run. Cracking lyrics, Bon-esque. Unfortunately for Brian, he was removed from lyric-writing duties from The Razors Edge (1990) onwards. All songs up to and including 2008’s Black Ice are Young/Young compositions. Who’ll be writing the songs on the new album AC/DC has been working on in Vancouver? AC/DC fans can’t wait to hear them. Nor can I. More at: popmatters/post/184058-the-10-ac-dc-songs-that-are-more-important-than-you-think/P0/ Order THE YOUNGS in the US from amazon/The-Youngs-Brothers-Who-Built/dp/1250053838/ref=zg_bsnr_2331_19 and the UK from amazon/The-Youngs-Brothers-Who-Built/dp/1845029380/ref=zg_bsnr_2331_27
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