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Reposted @thelegendsofmusic AC/DC playing “For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)” Live in December of 1981 in Landover, Maryland

November 20th, 1981 - The day AC/DC proved they could exist without Bon Scott by releasing “For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)”

In subsequent decades since this album’s original release, many critics have said that AC/DC’s run of good albums ended here. However, this isn’t true as the band was about to go a massive musical reinvention under the guidance of Brian Johnson. Instead of repeating their aggressive musical formula that put them on the map in the first place, AC/DC slowed down the tempo and aggression, and proved they could be more musically. In terms of songwriting, there was so much more of an emphasis on melody here. The main message of this album was inspired by an ancient salute used by Roman prisoners to be executed in the Colosseum, “Ave, Caesar, morituri te salutant” (“Hail Caesar, those who are about to die salute you”).

In an interview with Zane Lowe, it was revealed what the message of this album was all about: “‘For Those About To Rock, it came out with Malcolm and myself, it was a combination. ‘So the two of us worked on that and we came up with the verse idea of it. And the funny thing is, when we got to the chorus, we were going, “Okay, what are we going to sing on this?” And for me, I just thought, well, sometimes I go back [to] something I’ve read somewhere, and there was the writer Robert Graves, I think he had a book out or a story he had put in one of the papers because he did a lot of history stuff. And I had read it and it was, “For those about to die,” and he went into a day in the Coliseum or somewhere in Rome at the time and the thing that the gladiators did. And I thought, “That might fit.” ‘I think at first Malcolm thought, “Wait. What is he on?” And I’m going, “Well, for those about to ...” And I got it in, I got it all in, “For those about the rock.” So that kicked off that.”

What do you think of the album? Leave a comment, I’d love to hear your thoughts!⁣

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