“Let There Be Rock” by AC/DC

AC/DC made "Let There Be Rock" the title track of their March 1977 album and put it out as a single that year with "Problem Child" on the flip. Angus Young, Malcolm Young and Bon Scott wrote it, and it's a tall tale of rock and roll's creation told like scripture: it picks up where Chuck Berry's "Roll Over Beethoven" left off, has Tchaikovsky actually get the news and spread it, and follows the fallout as bands spring up everywhere, businesses cash in and millions of kids pick up electric guitars.

Vanda & Young produced, Mark Evans and Phil Rudd lock down the bottom, and Scott tells the story with a grin. Then Angus takes over for a long closing solo built on tremolo picking, bends and hammer-ons, and the sermon turns into a riot.

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