Re: Back In Black

Somebody wanna do me a favor and grab their old copy of Back In Black and answer a question for me? I could swear that when I first bought the album in 1981 or so, the 4th song was listed on the cover as "Given The Dog A Bone." Even in 8th grade, I knew that was grammatically incorrect.

But in flipping thru a friend's CD folder (he's gotten rid of the covers and cases), I see that on the CD version, the song is listed as the grammatically proper "Giving The Dog A Bone" (oddly, when I pop it into my computer, it comes up on iTunes as "Givin' The Dog A Bone").

I no longer have my vinyl version of the record anymore, so can someone tell me if my recollection is correct and that some genius editor at Atlantic has since gone back and corrected the song title? Or am I making this up entirely?

Yup, mine says "Given The Dog A Bone"

Those lads in AC/DC are usually such devotees of proper English, it's a trifle off-putting to see them make such a howler of a mistake. Not at all like those unlettered ruffians in Slade! Humbug!

The schoolboy's uniform is not a mere affectation, you see? Truly committed to learning they are! Modern day philosophers. The rocking sort, of course.

You know, I think there might still be a snap of our Angus leafing through a copy of Fowler around here somewhere. Where did I leave it?

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No. My mistake. He'd just placed the book on the table in the foyer when the picture was taken. No such luck. You'll just have to trust me on this one.

mine says

Giving The Dog a Boner

that's the x rated version

get it? X? Aussie? get it?

Still my favorite couplet, to this day: She had the face of an angel, smiling of sin/The body of Venus, WITH ARMS...

There was a pianist named Liszt
Who played with one hand while he pissed
But as he grew older
His technique grew bolder,
And in concert jacked off with his fist.

Leave it to Baker to hi"jack" the thread and turn a boy's innocent question into a vile parody of all that is good and true. I hope you're proud of yourself, dickwad. That's supposed to be STEVE's job anyway.

man. if you think ac/dc is all that is good then this thread shd be deleted, not hijacked

I remember an interview with Brian Johnson, where the interviewer brought up the rude innuendoes in the guy's lyrics. He cited "Given the Dog a Bone" as an example. Johnson got in the dude's face over that, saying (as I recall it), "Listen now, don't you put down that song in your article. My mum says that's her favorite AC/DC song. She thinks it's nice of us lads to give the poor doggie a bone!"

Johnson ended the interview by asking, "Just one more thing: Exactly why am I being interviewed by a magazine called Musician?"

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"Just one more thing: Exactly why am I being interviewed by a magazine called Musician?"

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Because Harper's was full up that go-round?

:::Edited to include this late addition:::





Post Edited (11-28-09 00:59)

Because Shredded Larynx Quarterly didnt exist at that time.