The fifth song on this list that references rock ‘n’ roll in the title. My favorite Angus Young quote comes from the 2020 Vulture interview, when he talks about his lack of respect for being respectable. “We never set out for prizes or awards like that. If you asked me in my early 20s, I always thought of those people as uncool. It was an uncool world. My viewpoint was if something was on television, it was finished.”
This is the essential truth of AC/DC, the guiding philosophy that informs their artistic decisions and explains why they are so endearing. They are the most authentic “IDGAF” band in rock history. And they have consistently expressed this point of view from the beginning of their reign. You can hear it in “Rock ‘N’ Roll Damnation” in the way Bon Scott snidely asks, “You say that you want respect / honey, for what?” For what, indeed.
