AC/DC fact and fiction

AC/DC has announced the title and tracklisting for it’s forthcoming album. This wouldn’t normally be news here at TIRBD, but in this case, I’ll make a self-serving exception. Back in 2002, inspired by what I’m not sure, I wrote a little humor piece called “AC/DC: The Board Meeting.” It envisioned AC/DC as a corporation where album and song titles were generated by a board comprised of band members. I found the juxtaposition funny, and so did the folks at McSweeney’s who posted it here. Flash forward six years, and AC/DC has finalized its first album, Black Ice, since that piece was written. I’m somewhat saddened to say that I came up with a goose egg in terms of my title predictions, but seeing what they actually chose makes me realize I was closer than I’d comfortably expect. A little quiz – which is mine, and which is AC/DC’s?

1. Rock ‘n Roll Train
2. Put Your Glove on My Love
3. Wired for Rock
4. Smash ‘n Grab

Wasn’t easy, was it? The real titles were 1 and 4, mine were 2 and 3. I’d trade a songwriting credit for the rights to any of my titles should the members of AC/DC find themselves with cliche block in the future. It might be worth it to me. The band has an exclusive deal to sell its album through Wal-Mart stores, with the surprising blessing of its label, Columbia. The times they are a-changin’.