Back in Black - My Number ONE 80s album!

I grew up in a time that the only time I heard a lot of 70s hard rock was when I was with friends or at the pizza shop. "What is that shit???" was a common phrase from Mom & Dad, so I didn't really understand the magic of Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath or Judas Priest until I was an adult. Well, actually until I got divorced because my ex-husband was a bit (?) of a control freak.

AND, I will admit to having a bit of a prejudice against Zeppelin for a different reason. At the time, my best friend in high school loved Led Zep AND had a huge drug problem. So, I blamed Zeppelin. He's cured, he's still one of my dearest friends AND I can thank Shawn & Bodak - and indirectly, Brad the psycho-freak manager for keeping us at Barley's until o'light-thirty on the weekends - for letting me develop an appreciation for Led Zeppelin.

But I digress. I still have one favorite album from the 80s - hell, it was released in 1980 and in my humble opinion, not a single album released in the decade to follow could measure up to what AC/DC did with "Back in Black". Brian Johnson showed the world that sadly, yes, Bon Scott was dead but AC/DC was still alive...and would never die.

All these years later - damn, has it been 30 years? - I still remember when I learned the "Have a Drink on Me" drinking game. It was the night of OJ Simpson's infamous slow-speed Bronco chase. I was at the bowling alley in Mount Vernon and a girl I didn't know but would eventually become friends with was sitting beside me at the bar and said "oh - do you want to play?"

I've seen AC/DC twice in concert. Once at Polaris in Columbus (RIP) while I was living in Chillicothe. I didn't miss a second of the show, but because I was alone I headed straight for my car as the closing notes of the encore were fading away and I made it back to my front door in barely over an hour. The second time was SARStock '03 in Toronto. Yeah, the Rolling Stones were the headliners but I will shout from the rooftops that AC/DC blew the Stones away in showmanship and power in their short one-hour set that night.

AC/DC ROCKS - and no one can ever take that away from them!


The Best Album of the Eighties

That's right...I know you want to dance!



OK, a two-fer: My absolute FAVORITE AC/DC song, even if it's a different album!