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Knockin’ me out with those American thighs….   2 comments

Posted at 4:48 pm in Best things about Jacksonville

We have already discussed my history with rockers AC DC and the way, to me, the band will forever be associated with Flash Gordon (and those pesky Lion Men of Mongo). Whatever. Anyway, they are playing Veteran’s Arena here in the river city on October 30th.

That’s right.

The night before Florida/Georgia.

That weekend is going to be Pretty. Fucking. Huge. I counsel you all (every one of you) not to miss it. Jacksonville.com (with whom I am about to have a feud about their unethical love of hipsters) report,

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band AC/DC will bring its “Black Ice” Tour to Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena on Friday, Oct. 30 — the night before the Florida-Georgia game is played across the parking lot.

Tickets for the Australian hard rockers show go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday through the arena box office, livenation.com and Ticketmaster outlets. All tickets are $90.50.

Here’s a reminder, plus lyrics……

She was a fast machine
She kept her motor clean
She was the best damn woman that I ever seen
She had the sightless eyes
Telling me no lies
Knockin’ me out with those American thighs
Taking more than her share
Had me fighting for air
She told me to come but I was already there

‘Cause the walls start shaking
The earth was quaking
My mind was aching
And we were making it and you –

CHORUS:
Shook me all night long
Yeah you shook me all night long

Working double time
On the seduction line
She was one of a kind, she’s just mine all mine
Wanted no applause
Just another course
Made a meal out of me and came back for more
Had to cool me down
To take another round
Now I’m back in the ring to take another swing

‘Cause the walls were shaking
The earth was quaking
My mind was aching
And we were making it and you –

CHORUS

And knocked me out and then you
Shook me all night long
You had me shakin’ and you
Shook me all night long
Yeah you shook me
Well you took me

[INSTRUMENTAL]

Your really took me and you
Yeah you shook me, yeah you shook me
All night long

Ten kinds of awesome, my fellow rockers.

Written by Joe Bones on August 6th, 2009

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AC DC and the Lion Men of Mongo……   1 comment

Posted at 2:59 pm in rivercityvibe

I listened to AC DC’s seminal Back in Black for the first time in years at a buddy’s house on Saturday night.

Most of the cool folks know that Joe’s more of a trip hop, funk, soul kind of a brother, but this is a classic. It was also the first album I ever bought, in 1981.

Hearing the bells at the beginning of Hells Bells brought back memories….  I had won fiscal recognition of my dangerous intellect and as a reward, my mother and father bought me a Cassette Player and two cassettes of my choosing……

One of these two cassettes  was Back in Black. The other was the audiobook of Flash Gordon and the Lion Men of Mongo……..

Flash rescued Dale Arden in it. As usual.

Flash rescued Dale Arden in it. As usual.

Apart from the insight this gives you into the development of a child into an adolescent, it also says something about my taste. In music or science-fiction, it is faultless.

Written by Joe Bones on September 9th, 2008

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