AC/DC – Back In Black

The main lick of Back in Black is from Elvis's song "Little Sister"....
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Back in black
I hit the sack
I've been too long I'm glad to be back
Yes, I'm gettin' loose
From the noose
That's kept me hanging about
I've been looking at the sky
'Cause it's gettin' me high
Forget the hearse 'cause I never die
I got nine lives
Cat's eyes
Abusin' every one of them and running wild

CHORUS:
'Cause I'm back
Yes, I'm back
Well, I'm back
Yes, I'm back
Well, I'm back, back
(Well) I'm back in black
Yes, I'm back in black

Back in the back
Of a Cadillac
Number one with a bullet, I'm a power pack
Yes, I'm in a bang
With a gang
They've got to catch me if they want me to hang
Cause I'm back on the track
And I'm beatin' the flack
Nobody's gonna get me on another rap
So look at me now
I'm just makin' my play
Don't try to push your luck, just get out of my way

CHORUS:
'Cause I'm back
Yes, I'm back
Well, I'm back
Yes, I'm back
Well, I'm back, back
(Well) I'm back in black
Yes, I'm back in black

Well, I'm back, Yes I'm back
Well, I'm back, Yes I'm back
Well, I'm back, back
Well I'm back in black
Yes I'm back in black

hooo yeah
Ohh yeah
Yes I am
Oooh yeah, yeah Oh yeah
Back in now
Well I'm back, I'm back
Back, I'm back
Back, I'm back
Back, I'm back
Back, I'm back
Back
Back in black
Yes I'm back in black

Out of the sight

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Lyrics submitted by Demau Senae

Track duration: 04:16


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    Song Meaning:the songs means that your poop has finally changed back to black instead of green slimy shit
    Flagged dicktwiston April 11, 2013   Link
  • -1
    General Comment:It's about a guy whose girlfriend has FINALLY returned to town. He got sex. He told her he loved her. He smiled and laughed with her. He made promises. And he'll have some banana pancakes with her this morning. And, OH, tonight is New Year's Eve! More lovin' is on the way! Nothin' ever changes 'cause life is just grand the way it is! Happy New Year, Everyone. Here's to the end of a miserable year with miserable people and the start of a GREAT new one! I'm back!!!
    Flagged ComeOnEileenon December 31, 2012   Link
  • -1
    General Comment:After reading the lyrics, it sounds to me as if the lyrics could be talking about some kind of criminal that has escaped from jail... like an outlaw. In a nutshell, he's a criminal on the run, back on the streets running from the law and causing mayhem.

    "Back in Black" referring to how bad guys wear black to not be seen... to hide in the shadows.

    "Getting loose from the noose". Meaning, he was captured, but he escaped. The noose being a metaphor for his confinement.

    "Looking at the sky 'cause it's getting me high". Meaning he's finally free from confinement and he's getting "high" on actually being able to see the sky.

    The second part of the song is pretty clear about him being a criminal.

    "Nobody's gonna get me on another rap". Meaning, he's not going to get caught again. "rap" is a charge... like how criminals have a "rap sheet" listing their crimes.

    "They've gotta catch me if they want me to hang". Talking about the law.
    Flagged BMD004on December 10, 2012   Link
  • -1
    General Comment:The main lick of Back in Black is NOT...
    -from Chuck Berry
    -from the devil
    -from the Young brothers,

    but it's from Elvis's song "Little Sister". Guitar by Hank Garland.
    Ending on the open A power chord.
    Flagged Vollgaseron November 22, 2012   Link
  • -1
    Song Meaning:This song is, I believe, a simple celebration of Bon Scott's life. I don't think it's trying to convey any sort of deeper message here (not that the celebration of a friend's life through song is in any way shallow).

    Anyway, Bon lived (and died) a fairly stereotypical rock & roll lifestyle. He spent a short time in prison in his youth & was generally seen as a troublemaker by authority figures.

    He was also a very heavy drinker, a detail that leads me to his stereotypical rock & roll death which is, of course, chocking on his own vomit while passed out drunk.

    Judging from the lyrics, this song is pretty obviously, IMHO, meant to be a celebration of his wild, hard drinking, rock & roll life.

    The timing of it's release is further evidence towards this interpretation.
    Flagged tvsinesperantoon November 12, 2012   Link
  • -1
    General Comment:Back in Darkness

    Abusin' every one of them and running wild

    Back in the back
    Of a Cadillac
    Number one with a bullet, I'm a power pack
    Yes, I'm in a bang
    With a gang
    They've got to catch me if they want me to hang
    Cause I'm back on the track
    And I'm beatin' the flack
    Nobody's gonna get me on another rap -
    So look at me now
    I'm just makin' my play
    Don't try to push your luck, just get out of my way


    Sodomite pedophile child abuser released back into the streets

    Molesting in the back of the Cadillac

    Gang bang

    He's back in black (darkness).

    In the black or back door lyrics usually mean anal sex..sodomy.

    He's hearing the Hells Bells and on the Highway To Hell.

    .
    Flagged soulfreedomon November 05, 2012   Link
  • -1
    General Comment:They had just lost their lead singer, and until this new album, it looked like things were over for them. They had begun to wonder if they'd die poor.
    So, if it were you, and your record company approved a new line-up, and you made a hit record, wouldn't you also celebrate being back in the black?
    "I've been too long I'm glad to be back" and "Forget the hearse, cause I never die, I got nine lives" They're celebrating the reformation of their band, and making money again.
    They're BACK! out of the red, and back in the black.
    "Yes, I'm gettin' loose, From the noose" Doesn't that sound like a reference to their debt.
    Flagged mouseman77on May 18, 2012   Link
  • -1
    General Comment:They had just lost their lead singer, and until this new album, it looked like things were over for them. They had begun to wonder if they'd die poor.
    So, if it were you, and your record company approved a new line-up, and you made a hit record, wouldn't you also celebrate being back in the black?
    "I've been too long I'm glad to be back" and "Forget the hearse, cause I never die, I got nine lives" They're celebrating the reformation of their band, and making money again.
    They're BACK! and they're out of the red, and back in black.
    "Yes, I'm gettin' loose, From the noose" I think that's reference to their debt.
    Flagged mouseman77on May 18, 2012   Link
  • -1
    General Comment:They had just lost their lead singer, and until this new album, it looked like things were over for them. They had started to wonder if they'd die poor.
    So, if it were you, and your record company approved a new line-up, and you made a hit record, wouldn't you also celebrate being back in the black?
    "I've been too long I'm glad to be back" and "Forget the hearse, cause I never die, I got nine lives" They're celebrating the reformation of their band, and making money again. They're BACK! and they're out of the red, and back in black.
    "Yes, I'm gettin' loose, From the noose" I think that's a reference to their debt.
    Flagged mouseman77on May 18, 2012   Link
  • -1
    General Comment:ok the only austrailian born member of the band was Phil Rudd. Bon Scott died February of 1980 after, sadly, chocking on his vomit while sleeping after a night of drinking. The singer to replace him was Brian Johnson who Bon had seen in concert and loved his preformance. And lastly the rest of the band was born in Scotland Brian being the eldest of the group.
    Flagged acdcrocker1976on January 21, 2011   Link

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