AC/DC
Live

THE REVIEW

In times where Marco Carta is considered a symbol of rebellion for thousands of young people, where Giusy Ferreri's tour is the most anticipated of 2009, and where you sometimes feel like hanging a rope around your neck, it occasionally does good to give yourself a nice injection of Rock 'n' Roll.

Well, this double live album by AC/DC is an excellent healthy remedy (and actually also economical) against the crisis.

After 14 years from the previous "If You Want Blood (You've Got It)", in 1992 Angus Young's band returns to release a live album. The recordings come from the massive "The Razor's Edge Tour", which touched, believe it or not, a total of 21 countries with a number of 153 concerts.

Rough and overwhelming as usual, AC/DC don't hide that they're having, and giving, a tremendous amount of fun during their incredible performances. This manifesto, perhaps one of the last, of how real live rock music is done. For those unaware they are listening to a concert, it might almost feel like they are at a soccer match, maybe in one of those gigantic stadiums in Barcelona or Rio de Janeiro. The music is still turned off, but the excited crowd is already singing its chants, cheering on the idol Angus ready to hit the field with his Gibson. And here’s the starting whistle: the cymbals struck fast and light, and the devastating riff of "Thunderstruck" which opens the event. "Thunder!", "Thunder!". The delirium of the crowd is total and will accompany every piece from start to finish. Then it continues with "Shoot to Thrill", and then "Back in Black", "Hell's Bells", "Highway to Hell", "TNT" and many other pieces that have made the history of the Australian band. It would be both useless and reductive to try to describe the rest; the music doesn't change (did it ever change?). The only thing left to say is: get it!