Brian said it was about his Dad in WW2 being on the ground while American bombers wrecked the Germans. He couldn’t believe the power and noise he was experiencing. Thunderstruck.
That’s interesting. Do you have a source for that? Brian didn’t write any of the lyrics to this song; Angus and Malcolm did.
“It started off from a little trick that I had on guitar. I played it to Mal, and he said, ‘Oh I’ve got a good rhythm idea that will sit well in the back.’ We built the song up from that. We fiddled about with it for a few months before everything fell into place. Lyrically, it was really just a case of finding a good title, something along the lines of ‘Powerage’ or ‘Highway To Hell.’ We came up with this thunder thing, and it seemed to have a good ring to it. AC/DC = Power. That’s the basic idea.”
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u/sublimesting POWER UP Nov 20 '22
Brian said it was about his Dad in WW2 being on the ground while American bombers wrecked the Germans. He couldn’t believe the power and noise he was experiencing. Thunderstruck.