132. "Jailbreak" by AC/DC
During my last six months of employment at Boise State, I reached a point where I really hated going into work. The bosses had taken their crazy-making to an intolerable level for me. The only way I got through the day was by listening to music while I did my work. And the song I listened to over and over during those six months was "Jailbreak." But it wasn't just one version of the song I listened to. If I needed a quick Jailbreak fix, I listened to the short 4-minute version from AC/DC's early years when Bon Scott sang it outside with an open shirt blowing in the wind. (Nice missing tooth, Bon. THANKS!)
I also listened to the long 19-minute concert version in which Angus does his whole audience participation and strip tease bit--a part of every AC/DC concert that sends all of the hard core fans into fits of ecstasy, because getting mooned by Angus is an honor and a privilege, unless you're standing in the first ten rows, in which case it's a jolting and horrifying psychological shock to see that much sweaty Australian ass up close and personal.
And sometimes, but not often, I listened to the medium 11-minute version because the short version was too short, and the long version was too long, but the medium version was just medium.
On my last day of work at Boise State, "Jailbreak" was the last song I listened to before I shut down my computer and walked out the door with a few of my colleagues to walk the Boise Green Belt, where I jumped from a bridge into the Boise River. Why? Because if there's one thing I've learned from Hollywood, it's that all successful jailbreaks involve a desperate escape down a river to throw off the hounds. And maybe that's why Angus strips down for the song--to get ready for the swim. It's either for that or to get ready for the blackmailed veterinarian to extract the bullet in his...BACK!
JAAAAAIILLL-BREAK-ah!
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