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Too little woke? AC/DC do not believe that their coarse rock songs would still be well received today
A text from October 30, 2020.
Some of her biggest hits had AC/DC in the late 1970s. But would rock songs like “Highway to Hell” still be so well received these days? The band around Angus Young and Brian Johnson themselves doubts that. They believe that AC/DC are not woke enough,
In an interview expressed The Australian rockers The assumption that some of their previous songs are no longer at the pulse of modern times. In particular, songs that were discussed controversially several decades ago would not be so successful today, they believe.
The hard rockers are known for their explicit and sometimes provocative texts. In “You Shook Me All Night Long” from the 1980s, for example, they sing an anonymous lover as a “fast machine” who “keeps your engine clean”.
Brian Johnson: “I have no idea how it works”
Songs like this would probably cause more violent reactions in 2020 than then, Frontmann Brian Johnson suspects. The reason for this is the increased cultural sensitivity of a new generation. The 73-year-old is not quite familiar with their concepts and ideas. “I didn’t even know what to stand for,” he admits in the “NME”.
Too little woke? AC/DC do not believe that their coarse rock songs would still be well received today
The terms “Wokeness” or “Woke” describe an increased awareness of discrimination and social privileges in English (but increasingly also in German). Johnson first found out what the terms meant when he returned to England. But he is still a bit perplexed: “I have no idea what exactly that is or how it works!”