Robert Levine, profiling AC/DC for the New York Times last week, gets a compelling quote out of guitarist Angus Young:
The band makes no pretense to art, and its lyrics often contain what might be called single entendres … For this, and much else, Angus is unapologetic. “People say it’s juvenile music, but pardon me” — he speaks these last two words with exaggerated politeness — “I thought rock ’n’ roll was supposed to be juvenile. You sing what you know. What am I going to write about — Rembrandt?”
Below: A detail from Rembrandt’s 1627 “The Rich Man from the Parable”; and AC/DC singer Brian Johnson. I don’t know … maybe it’s just the hats.
