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Rating:
It's embarrassing to write a review about a band that is legendary.
AC/DC, along with the early Black Sabbath, are my favorite band of all time. Nevertheless, I have always strived to be objective regarding their productions because it is humanly normal, in so many years of career, to have ups and downs.
I feel compelled to say a few words about this album because I often see it "treated badly" in reviews. I don't find it fair, and in Captain Ventosa style, I feel the need to intervene!
Firstly, it is an album, from a sound perspective, a bit atypical for the band. The sound is much harder compared to usual, particularly in the title track that opens the album, introduced by a "big" ultra-distorted riff, almost heavy metal. Even the solo in the song is very heavy metal, compared to Angus's usual bluesy phrasing.
The second track is history: "Shake Your Foundations". Anyone who has picked up an electric guitar and loves distortion has at least tried to replicate the riff. Here too, the sound is very powerful compared to standards. The other noteworthy tracks are "Sink The Pink" and "Playing With Girls", but, in the end, the whole album flows smoothly and pleasantly. The last time I listened to it in full, it was the soundtrack of an evening in a pub where the AC/DC-beer combination worked great!
It is curious that the band rarely plays live tracks from this album, as well as from "Flick Of The Switch", also considered a half "flop" but which, in my opinion, contains very beautiful tracks.
Tracklist Lyrics Samples and Videos
01 Fly on the Wall (03:44)
You can dance through the night
Rock n roll music itching to fight
Makin love drunk or stoned
Lookin for dollars
Get broken-boned
It's a game too tough to tame
Ends up the same
Sweatin out the rain
I was trapped like a fly on the wall
I was caged lke a zoo animal
No escape from the fate that you make
You're a snake, I've had all I can take
Watch out, there's a fly on the wall
Take a chance, take a bite
Rock n roll devil, take me tonight
Like a bitch makin heat
Beatin on my chest
Lickin at my feet
It's a game too tough to tame
Ending up the same
Sweatin in the rain
So watch out, there's a fly on the wall
I was trapped like a fly on the wall
I was caged like a zoo animal
No escape from the fate that you make
You're a snake, I've had all I can take
There's a fly on the wall
04 Danger (04:22)
Don't talk to strangers, keep away from the danger
Don't talk to strangers who smile
Keep away from the danger all the time, you just keep away
Just keep away
Red lights are flashing, there's been a misunderstanding
I'm Bruised and broke and bandaged
Through drinking all that brandy
I was, under the table but I came back for more
Gotta hit that bottle but my head hit the floor
Danger, danger, don't talk to strangers
Stranger, danger, don't you talk
Danger, danger, don't talk to strangers
Danger, danger, don't talk keep away
Red lights still flashing
People all still dancing in my head
I've done with thinking, about what to do
Another bout of drinking
Just one before I'm through
I was just raising hell I wasn't doing no harm
The cops could not appreciate my natural charm
I'm a
Danger, danger, don't talk to strangers
Stranger, danger, don't you talk, don't talk
Danger, danger, don't talk to strangers
Danger, danger, don't talk keep away
Don't talk to strangers
Danger, danger, don't talk to strangers
Stranger, danger, don't you talk, don't talk
Danger, danger , don't talk to strangers
Danger, danger , don't talk keep away
Danger, danger, don't talk to strangers
Stranger, danger, don't you talk, don't you talk
Danger, danger, don't talk to strangers
Danger, danger
Don't you go talking to no stranger in this town
05 Sink the Pink (04:15)
Put your gear into fire
Lay your bullets on the ground
Turn your head to desire
There's a woman going down
She said she'll rough you up, all the way
And she gonna spit you out, count your days
She says choice is yours, casually
So why don't you do what comes naturally
CHORUS:
Sink the pink, it's all the fashion
Drink the drink, it's old-fashioned
Gimme water, gimme wine
Gonna show you a good time
Sink the pink
Sink the pink
Got a fever runnin' high
Give you wings to make you fly
She school you like a fool
She make you break the rules
She wanna get a shot, hit the spot
Then I'm gonna rack 'em up, get that hot
She said make it good, satisfy
You know that woman got jealous eyes
REPEAT CHORUS
Did you sink it on me?
OOOOH!Yeah!
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!
REPEAT CHORUS
Ow1
Ow1
Ouch
07 Stand Up (03:53)
Put on the headset, get on
the stage
Out on a midnight escapade
Didn't want to steal your
thunder
Wouldn't want to play your
game
Makin' all the headlines
Gettin' on the front page
Didn't even know her number
Didn't even know her name
[CHORUS]
Stand up, stand up and take
it
Stand up, stand up and make
it
Stand up, stand up and face
it
Stand up
Get on the red dress, slip
on the lace
Up for a high heel and a
pretty face
Woman wanna get you under
Woman wanna get you tame
Lovin' on a hot night
Stokin' up the flame
Didn't wanna know her number
Didn't wanna know her name
[CHORUS]
(You can make it)
[CHORUS]
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By tonycool
The sirens of failure had already driven away the good drummer Phil Rudd.
The album was a disaster both commercially and critically, it even makes the useless 'Flick Of The Switch' seem better in comparison.
By Battlegods
Fly On The Wall is an underrated and underappreciated CD, much like Lemmy’s Rock’N’Roll, without realizing it contains tracks that are the band’s showpieces.
Playing With The Girls is a real punch in the teeth... I dare to define it as the first heavy metal track by AC/DC!!
