"Rock 'n' Roll Train"
AC/DC
(acdc.com)
AC/DC's new single, "Rock 'n' Roll Train," is the hard-rock titan's best stuff in more than a decade. It's heavy, swinging blooze with a charmingly simple lyric about the joys of R&R decadence. A potent Angus Young guitar solo kicks in right around the 2:30 mark, giving the cut a rough edge that makes it sound like a killer outtake from, say, High Voltage. Critics will bitch that it's AC/DC doing the same three-chord shtick, but that's almost as silly as dissing Chuck Berry or Bo Diddley on similar grounds. If the formula works, why fuck with it? 3.5 stars
This article appears in Oct 8-14, 2008.
