![]() The title track of the album of the same name, the song was first released in Australia in September 1976, featuring Bon Scott on lead vocals. Yes, kids, I’m talking about Dirty Deeds Done Dirty Cheap, the stone cold butt-rock classic FPA from arguably the quintessential FPA band, Australian rockers AC/DC. And then there are the category-bridging pop classics, with their own special shout-outs: see, for example, George Michael’s I Want Your Sex ( “C-C-C-C-C-C’mon!”), These Boots Are Made For Walkin’ by Nancy Sinatra ( “Are you ready boots? START WALKIN’!”) and of course, everyone’s favorite by the Spice Girls ( “I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I WANNA REALLY REALLY REALLY WANNA ZIG-A-ZIG HA!”) But for me, the all time greatest FPA comes down to three words: DONE. There are the obvious rawknroll candidates, such as Song 2 by Blur ( “WOO HOO!”), the Rolling Stones ( “I can’t GET NO! SATISFACTION!”) and Lenny Kravitz ( “AREYOUGONNAGOMYWAY?”) Then there are the dance club monsters, best represented by Michael Jackson’s Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ ( “HEE, HAW, HOOO!”), Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars ( “UP-TOWN, FUNK YOU UP, SAID UPTOWN FUNK YOU UP!”) and Tom Jones’ version of Kiss ( “THINK I BETTA DANCE NOW!”). ![]() Yes, folks, you’ve just become a victim of that most frightening and wonderful category of pop song: the Fist Pump Anthem (FPA). Without warning you scream or shout the lyrics, to your personal glee and to the embarrassment of your friends and neighbours. And you wait for it patiently, the break in the song that signals your participation, the invitation to join in, to wail along at full volume. You slowly crank up the volume, tap your toes and start quietly humming along. The song comes on the radio, or on the headphones, and you know it instantly, reflexively. You’re driving down the road, taking the tube, shopping in the mall, and all of a sudden, it happens. until 1981, after Bon's death, after AC/DC had become millionaires - if it arrived any earlier, it would have been too insurrectionist for the common good.No one wants to admit it, but we’ve all fallen prey to it. Maybe that's why the album wasn't released in the U.S. That's what gives Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap its supercharged, nervy pulse there's a real sense of danger to this record, something that can't be hidden beneath the jokes. There's a sense on Dirty Deeds that AC/DC is storming the gates - they're problem children sick of waiting around to be a millionaire, so they're gonna make their own money, even if they take down others as they go. Take "Big Balls" - sure, it's a dirty joke, but it's a dirty joke with class overthrow in mind. But for as glorious as the title track was, the entire album served as a call to arms from a group that wanted nothing more than to celebrate the dirtiest, nastiest instincts humans could have, right down to the insurgent anti-authority vibe that runs throughout the record. More than most of their songs to date, it captured the seething malevolence of Bon Scott, the sense that he reveled in doing bad things, encouraged by the maniacal riffs of Angus and Malcolm Young who provided him with their most brutish rock & roll yet. There's a real sense of menace to "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap," the title song of AC/DC's third album. ![]()
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