Guitar Tricks Insider November / December Issue | Page 29

COVER STORY Besides owning the stage, Young has always had a knack for coming up with just the right riffs for the right songs. “As long as what you play goes with the track, adds to it, and pumps it along with that feel, that’s all you need,” he notes. “I can’t tell you what my favorite solos are, but I can tell you what I think are great songs. [1977’s] ‘Let There Be Rock’ has a lot of guitar in it. It had that intention to it. It’s designed to almost sound biblical. And [1981’s] ‘For Those About to Rock’ is manic and fierce.” and listen to it with more thought, as far as the listening value goes. In other words, you could sit and listen, and you could also tap your foot. [1977’s] Let There Be Rock has a title that says, ‘This album has to rock start to finish.’ [1980’s] Back in Black is where we thought we wanted to try a few different things, with songs like ‘You Shook Me All Night Long’ and ‘Given the Dog a Bone.’ On [1983’s] Flick of the Switch, we wanted to be very tough. We wanted it to be five guys standing there on a battlefield.” Young believes AC/DC has evolved from album to album. “I think AC/DC grows by the day. We don’t go backwards,” he explains. “I remember when we did [1979’s] Highway to Hell, and we wanted a cross-section where you could sit back Listeners experience an almost instant level of gratification from the moment they first hear AC/DC songs. “I can safely say I’ve heard old songs by us that you grow to love as soon as you hear them,” Young concurs. “At the time we NOVEMBER / DECEMBER DIGITAL EDITION GUITAR TRICKS INSIDER 29