Got a paying music journalism job, one of my first assignments was to comment on a fan-selected AC/DC best-of list. It was a blast and all the songs are excellent but I really wanted to add one under-appreciated song, ‘Go Zone’ from their 1988 album ‘Blow Up Your Video.’
I love this song because if you switch out the rhythm guitars for a horn section, you could have James Brown take over for Brian Johnson and it’d make perfect sense. AC/DC went a bit too metal for a while there, they really are best as a rock band with a bit of R&B swing. For the best sixty seconds of this song, shocker, I’m going with the instrumental breakdown and Angus’s solo, starting around 2:47:
(PS I’d like to shout out to Mrs. Slurply McNewspaperFlipper, who decided she just had to sit 18 inches from me even though I chose an isolated chair in a nearly empty coffeeshop when the storm knocked out our power while I was trying to write this yesterday. I don’t care if you’re 73 and 4′ 8″, you’re lucky the cops were there. I can’t imagine how anyone gets work done in those places, the espresso machines sound like jet engines. )