12. Oi!

12. "TNT" by AC/DC

I know that this song might not chart as high for other fans of AC/DC, but this song became my favorite AC/DC song when I went to their concert and had Angus Young lead me, my nephew, and 20,000+ others in screaming "Oi!" as loud as we could while pumping both fists into the air. Plus, it's the absolute best song for those times when it becomes clear someone is messing with you, and you're going to have to kick some ass HARD!


Also, my nephew had some trouble with some kids at school bullying him, and he had to fight back, but it didn't go so well for him. So I played him this song and told him that this is HIS song now, and then I got him enrolled in a jiu jitsu class. After just a couple months, his jiu jitsu made his confidence soar, and now he embodies the underlying theme of this song--you mess with me, you're going to loose. In fact, he became so confident that one day a kid bumped into him on purpose in the locker room and said something like, "You wanna fight? I'll fight you right here right now!" My nephew looked at him totally unafraid, grinned, and said, "Yeah, good luck with that," and walked away. The other kid was so stunned by my nephew's confidence that he left him alone. It was a great day for my nephew because, as he told me later, he knew that it would have been just like in the TNT song--he would win the fight no matter what the kid did.

Oi!