Do dee do, Time for a Rat Review!

As many of you fellow rats already know, the pie here was lucky enough to attend a very, very special concert over the weekend. Now this was no ordinary everyday concert like the ones the pie goes to on a weekly basis, this was a once in a lifetime opportunity. None other than the pie's lifelong rock 'n roll heros... *drumroll* AC/DC!!!

Now since I'm writing this review a few days late, it won't be as detailed as I would like it to be. I'll try my best though to rack my brain and dig into every last corner of my memory. I know that I am probably one of the luckiest people on earth to actually have attended this concert. This was probablty the most sought after event in many years. When tickets for it were released on Ticketmaster, within 4 minutes they were all gone. My dad ended up have to go on eBay to buy us tickets for several times their original value. He didn't seem to care though about the price. He was ecstatic that we were actually going. He was probably more excited than I was!

When we got to GM place that night, we were such keeners that we were there an hour and a half before the doors even opened. We didn't care though or even seem to notice the conditions outside. It was pooring rain and fucking windy and freezing as hell, but nobody could even give a damn. We were all caught up in anticipation of what was about to come. When we got inside the building, it was nothing short of total chaos. Everybody was rushing to the merch booth to be the first get their hands on one of AC/DC's legendary concerts shirts. Red light-up devil horns were also a big hit with the crowd. I didn't fully understand why until the lights went down in the stadium and in the darkness was a sea of blinking red lights.

The show started off with Irish openers "The Answer." They had a raw rock 'n roll sound which of course, resembled that of AC/DC's. After their half-hour set, the crowd really started to get wild. Drunken shouts of AC fuckin' DC could be heard throughout. After what seemed like an eternity well for me anyways, ahh bless the impatient teenage mind, it was really happening. The crowd rose to their feet. The TV screens played a short animated clip featuring hot chicks hijacking an AC/DC train and causing it to overheat and overspeed. Then just as the train was about to crash, and explosion of fireworks went off and behind the smoke and fury, a full sized model locomotive was revealed. And all 5 members of the band appeared from behind it.

They immediatelly started rippin' into everly catchy Rock 'n Roll train and I was in complete awe of the whole scene. I've watched many AC/DC live DVD's before, but actually seeing them in real life is a completely different story. I was blown away in ways that I never have been before. To see Angus Young start shredding and bouncing around on stage truely was something, epecially for a man his age. Especially for all members of AC/DC. I find it spectacular how they are still rocking today just as hard as they were 20 or so years ago.

Now there's just something special about AC/DC shows. Although you can predict and you know exactly what's coming next, it doesn't make the show dissapointing at all. Infact, it just enhances the thrills of it all. You know that Angus Young is going to do his infamous strip tease and show off his ancient AC/DC boxers. You know that Brian Johnson is going to swing from the giant church bell during Hells Bells. And you know that a huge blow-up doll, bearing excessively large umm cleavage, is going to appear out of nowhere for Whole Lotta Rosie. But yet there's just something that seems almost comforting and very thrilling at the same time in this very simple, yet powerful formula.

The show concluded with an encore of Highway to Hell, which featured lots of spectacular pyrotechnics, and in which Angus Young donned his famous red devil horns. Since Highway to Hell is my personal favourite AC/DC song, this was one of the highest points in the show for me. Their last song, For Those About To Rock, was probably one of the best ways to end such an epic show. With the boom of the real cannons and the "We Salute You!" I don't think there could have been a better way in ending such an epic night. This is one night that I will definately never forget. It was truely a once in a lifetime experince.

When it comes to rockin' out hard and thrilling fans, AC/DC sure know what they're doing. They are something that almost everybody loves and they will never get old. I predict that my kids will still be listening to AC/DC and I will beable to tell them that I was lucky enough to see them live in concert when I was 17.

Now then, without further adue...Rock'n Roll ain't noise pollution, Rock 'n Roll ain't gonna die!