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AC/DC - Play Ball

AC/DC - Play Ball Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Rock or Bust
Released: 2014

Play Ball Lyrics

Listen!
Pick me up
Fill my cup
Pour me another round
Come on in, mix in the sin
Come in and join the crowd
I said it’s party time
When I’m on the loose
Make it feel alright
Listen, drinks all around
I’m in the mood
Because the night is mine

Let’s Play Ball
Shoot it down the wall
Let’s play ball, baby
Battin’ down the stalls
Play, play, play ball

Listen Sid, light me up
I’m in love
I’m all regional now
Dive on in and swim in the gin
Come on, shout it out loud

Let’s play ball
Shoot it down the wall, yeah
Let’s play ball
Battin’ down the stalls, yeah
Play, play, play ball

Let’s play ball
Shootin' down the wall
Let’s play ball
And never stall
Let’s play ball
Let’s play ball
Let’s play ball
Play, play, play ball

Writer/s: MALCOLM MITCHELL YOUNG, ANGUS MCKINNON YOUNG
Publisher: J. ALBERT & SON(INTERNATIONAL) PTY. LTD.
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The first taste of music from AC/DC's Rock or Bust album was heard on September 27, 2014 when this aptly title song was used as part of a promotional trailer for TBS' American League baseball playoff coverage.

It wasn't the first time that the Australian rockers have been paired with the sport. The practice of using a heavy metal theme song to signal the entrance of a relief pitcher began in 1998, when the San Diego Padres started playing "Hell's Bells" to accompany Trevor Hoffman's taking the mound. Other pro players that have used the band's songs as their walk on music include Chad Billingsley, Adam Castro, Brendan Donnelly and Adam Dunn.

Rock Or Bust was the first AC/DC album in the band's history on which Malcolm Young doesn't appear. The band's former guitarist officially departed the band due to serious dementia and Stevie Young – nephew of the Young brothers – plays rhythm guitar on disc. He previously played with AC/DC during their 1988 Blow Up Your Video tour, while Malcolm Young was in rehab.

The song's performance-based music video was shot on October 3-4, 2014 with director David Mallet at Black Island Studios in Middlesex, England. Phil Rudd was unable to attend due to murder allegations which were later dropped. Bob Richards of Shogun filled in for him on drums, whilst Stevie Young took his uncle Malcolm's place. Mallet, who's been working with the band since their 1986 "You Shook Me All Night Long" clip said : "They are the same band they were – they have never come out with any pretence to be anything else than the best rock'n'roll band in the world."

"It's just as thrilling doing stuff with them now as it was all those years ago," he added. "That's because the records are just as good."

Rock or Bust was AC/DC's second album in a row with producer Brendan O'Brien, following Black Ice. This was the first time the band had used the same producer on consecutive albums since Mutt Lange helmed 1980's Back in Black and then For Those About to Rock.

Brian Johnston told Shaun Keaveny and Steve Lamacq of BBC Radio 6 Music about O'Brien's production. "Seven days a week, [Brendan] kept the adrenaline pumped all the time and he calls everybody by both their names. He never says 'Brian' or 'Angus.' He's, like, 'Angus Young. C'mon! I want you in here now. Let me get that magic from you. What do you got for me? Brian Johnson, downstairs now. Sing, baby, sing.' And it turned out wonderful. We were excited, and I think that's great, 'cause it comes through in songs. If you sing a song twelve times to get it right, you can tell. If you sing a song just a couple of times, like I did, you can tell it's fresh and it's new. And it was the same for Ang, and it was the same for everyone. [Brendan is] wonderful to work with."

Angus Young added: "He keeps everyone moving, so nobody's sitting around, going, 'What am I doing next?' Once we had a track down, he would go, 'Right. I'm gonna take this. I'm going down with Brian.' He'd get Brian up. 'While I am doing that, you guys get this track together and start knocking it out. Know all your bits.' So when he'd come back out, we would more or less [have] the track all in order and ready to go."

The video also shows clips of different sports, with an emphasis on female athletes in bikinis. Asked about the visual during an interview on the Australian television program, The Project, Angus Young said: "I've gotta admit. When they watched the Olympics, I'm always the one… I mean, I tuned in for the bikini beach volleyball. That's one of my favorite sports. If that wasn't on, I don't think I'd be watching."

This was used to soundtrack two commercials from Beats Electronics that aired in early 2015, promoting the Apple-owned company's Powerbeats2 Wireless and Studio Wireless headphones. AC/DC have rarely licensed its music for advertising, although the band have twice allowed "Back In Black" to be used: In 2011 they gave permission for the song's opening riff to feature during a commercial for Walmart, and a few years later, the track featured in a commercial for the 2015 Chevy Colorado pickup truck.

AC/DC - Rock or Bust

AC/DC - Rock or Bust Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Rock or Bust
Released: 2014

Rock or Bust Lyrics

Hey yeah
Are you ready

We be a guitar band
We play across the land
Shootin' out tonight
Gonna keep you up alrigh

You hear the guitar sound
Playin' nice and loud
Rock you to your knees
Gonna make your destiny

In rock we trust, it's rock or bust
In rock we trust, it's rock or bust
In rock we trust, it's rock or bust
In rock n' roll we trust, it's rock or bust

We hear the siren scream
It sounds so lean to me
We love to shake it down
Know what we're talkin' bout

We turn the amps up high
The crowd's gonna hit the sky
We play it fast and loose
Because this night we're gonna pull a fuse

In rock we trust, it's rock or bust
In rock we trust, it's rock or bust
In rock we trust, it's rock or bust
In rock n' roll we trust, it's rock or bust

In rock we trust, it's rock or bust
In rock we trust, it's rock or bust
In rock we trust, it's rock or bust
In rock we trust, it's rock or bust

Writer/s: MALCOLM MITCHELL YOUNG, ANGUS MCKINNON YOUNG
Publisher: J. ALBERT & SON(INTERNATIONAL) PTY. LTD.
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The title track of AC/DC's fifteenth internationally released studio album finds Brian Johnston crooning, "In rock we trust. It's rock or bust." AC/DC had released fourteen previous songs including the word 'rock', from 1975's "It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock 'N' Roll)," by way of 1981's "For Those About To Rock (We Salute You) " and 1995's "Hard As A Rock" through to 2008's "Rock 'N Roll Train." Rock or Bust also contains three other rock-monikered tracks, "Rock the Blues Away," "Got Some Rock & Roll Thunder" and "Rock the House."

Angus Young told The Pulse of Radio why it felt like time to use the word 'rock' in a title again. "Well, 'Rock Or Bust', it's a good, strong title and it's got the word 'rock' in it, you know? [laughs] 'Cause everyone says, jeez, you know, how many songs have they got with 'rock' in the title in it," he said. "But they've got to cut us some slack — I mean, we've made 16 albums, you know."

The song opens with a combination of guitars from Angus Young and Malcolm Young's replacement Stevie Young. Brian Johnson said he toyed with the idea of calling the album 'Man Down' in reference to Malcolm Young's absence, due to dementia. He said, "But it's a bit negative and it ('Rock or Bust') was probably just straight from the heart. I like that."

The song's music video was shot on October 3-4, 2014 along with the clip for "Play Ball." It was filmed by director David Mallet at Black Island Studios in Middlesex, England.

The visual finds AC/DC, playing in the round to some of their fans. Phil Rudd was unable to attend and Bob Richards of Shogun filled in for him on drums. Brian Johnson told the audience that Rudd was occupied with a "family emergency" at the time. It later transpired that he was answering murder allegations, which were later dropped.

Bob Richards told Rhythm magazine he was contacted and asked if he could make his way down to London for the video shoot. "I received a call on the Thursday evening asking if I could step in as Phil was unavailable, so I filled in at the last minute," the Welsh drummer recalled. "It was all hands on deck. I got my kit sorted out and then an early start to London."

"I heard the songs an hour or so before we went on to the set to start the filming," Richards concluded. "I played it over several times and did a bit of air drumming to it."

"The band were fantastic," he concluded. "They made me so welcome and we had a great time shooting the videos. They were very encouraging. I could just enjoy the experience."

Angus Young told Rolling Stone this song's swinging-thunder riff was something, "I kicked around for years in different forms."

Rock or Bust was AC/DC's second album in a row with producer Brendan O'Brien, following Black Ice. This was the first time the band had used the same producer on consecutive albums since Mutt Lange on 1980's Back in Black and the following year's For Those About to Rock We Salute You.

Brian Johnston told Shaun Keaveny and Steve Lamacq of BBC Radio 6 Musi of O'Brien's production. "Seven days a week, [Brendan] kept the adrenaline pumped all the time and he calls everybody by both their names. He never says 'Brian' or 'Angus.' He's, like, 'Angus Young. C'mon! I want you in here now. Let me get that magic from you. What do you got for me? Brian Johnson, downstairs now. Sing, baby, sing.' And it turned out wonderful. We were excited, and I think that's great, 'cause it comes through in songs. If you sing a song twelve times to get it right, you can tell. If you sing a song just a couple of times, like I did, you can tell it's fresh and it's new. And it was the same for Ang, and it was the same for everyone. [Brendan is] wonderful to work with."

Angus Young added: "He keeps everyone moving, so nobody's sitting around, going, 'What am I doing next?' Once we had a track down, he would go, 'Right. I'm gonna take this. I'm going down with Brian.' He'd get Brian up. 'While I am doing that, you guys get this track together and start knocking it out. Know all your bits.' So when he'd come back out, we would more or less [have] the track all in order and ready to go."

Speaking to Lochlin Cross of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada's 100.3 The Bear radio station, Angus Young explained the Rock or Bust meaning. "The title pretty much sums up AC/DC," he said. "I mean, whatever we did, it was a case of, you went for broke. And that's how it's always been. It's been the way of the band for a long time. I mean, when people would say, 'You should be doing this,' we did [something else]. When [they would say], 'You should be doing this,' we did it our way. We stuck to our guns. That's always how we've been. So 'Rock Or Bust' sums us up. Go for broke."

AC/DC, who were snubbed by Grammy voters until 2010 when they won Best Hard Rock Performance for "War Machine," opened the 2015 ceremony with a performance of this song, followed by "Highway To Hell."

AC/DC - Hard Times

AC/DC - Hard Times Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Rock or Bust
Released: 2014

Hard Times Lyrics

Feeling low
Going down slow
Make you quake
Make a body shake
Trying to hold you down
They can't push you around
They try to hold you back
Getting on the right track

Hard times
Blue and sad
Don't you cross the line
Run, run make it fun
Freeing up the time

Hidey plumping
Feet are jumping
This heart a loving
Keeps me running
They try to hold you down
But they can't push you around
Trying to hold you back
Getting on the right track

Hard times
Blue and sad
Don't you cross the line
Run, run make it fun
Freeing up the time
Hard times
Get on top
Follow me down the line
Hard times
Get online
Make a grown man blind

Hard times, these hard times
Sure ain't been good to me
Hard times, hard times
Sure been misery

Hard times
Blue and sad
Don't you cross the line
Run, run make it fun
Freeing up the time
Hard times
Get on time
Follow me down the line
Hard times
Get online
Make a grown man blind

Writer/s: JOHN ANGUS, ADAM PAQUETTE, ANDREW YOUNG, JAY EMMONS, BRETT EMMONS, CHRIS HUOT
Publisher: BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC, J. ALBERT & SON(INTERNATIONAL) PTY. LTD.
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Many of the songs on Rock or Bust find the Aussie veteran rockers recalling past memories. "Hard Times goes back to when we were younger and touring, and we didn't have much money," Angus Young told The Sun. "It's a good old song, rather than a modern day reflection."

Fire by AC/DC - Baptism

Fire by AC/DC - Baptism Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Rock or Bust
Released: 2014

Baptism Lyrics

Hey, ooh
Let's get the party started
And lemme do your tricks
Ooh yeah
Let's get the joint jumping
The boys need their kicks

We're gonna shock the nation
Make them flip their lips
You know your need a litigation
Ooh, bring a lot of bottles and enjoy the trip

I said ride ride ride, up all night
Ride, it'll blow your mind
Baptism by the fire
Don't let me roll the tires
Baptism by the fire
You stir the fire and acquire
Play your hand, come on and make a stand

Feeling the track of thunder
Or feel the lightning spike
Hey
Get your kicks conspirin'
It's ready for tools night

Ride ride ride, up all night
Ride, it'll blow your mind
Baptism by the fire
Don't let me roll the tires
Baptism by the fire
Your fever burn the wire
Baptism by the fire
Shooting high and shooting higher hey hey hey
Play your hand, come on and play your hand
And let me show you how
Come on and make a stand

It'll blow your mind
Baptism by the fire
Sweet sweet desire
Baptism by the fire
You're gonna burn the wire
Baptism by the fire
Shooting high and shooting higher hey hey hey

Writer/s: ANGUS MCKINNON YOUNG, MALCOLM MITCHELL YOUNG
Publisher: J. ALBERT & SON(INTERNATIONAL) PTY. LTD.
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Rock or Bust is AC/DC's first album without founding member and rhythm guitarist Malcolm Young, who left the band in 2014 because of dementia. His brother Angus recalled to Rolling Stone playing this song's guitar hook "a few times" for Malcolm. "He would say, 'That's a good one. Hang on to that.'"