10 Most Underrated AC/DC Songs
10. That's The Way I Wanna Rock And Roll - Blow Up Your Video
As the '80s opened up, you could pretty much see AC/DC's influence everywhere you went. Regardless of whether they wanted to admit it or not, you could find that lowdown and dirty guitar sound popping everywhere from the hard rock side of the Cult to the hair metal bands making waves in LA. On the other hand, it's not like these Aussies had exactly gone anywhere.
Though most of Blow Up Your Video is just a pretty consistent AC/DC record from front to back, there is something a little more raw regarding That's the Way I Wanna Rock and Roll. While Brian Johnson was spending a lot of time on previous albums settling into his role as the new frontman, this is where we start to see him as the epitome of his squealing self. This is also a point where things start to feel a bit more in tune with hard rock compared to the band's bluesy roots.
Even though this version of AC/DC didn't exactly set the world on fire, the little bit of polish we saw on this album is what eventually led to their comeback in the early '90s with Thunderstruck and Money Talks. Sure, there may have been some copycats of AC/DC at this point, but once you get an earful of this, you realize that you should accept no substitutes.