AC/DC, “You Shook Me All Night Long” | Outlandish Rock 🎸🤘

In the 16^th edition of Outlandish Rock 🎸🤘, we explore the outlandishness behind the song “You Shook Me All Night Long” performed by AC/DC.

Bring on the outlandishness! Outlandish Rock 🎸🤘 provides background information and insight into rock and metal songs that raise eyebrows and stir the pot.  The records featured on Outlandish Rock 🎸🤘 can be classic or brand new. In the 16^th edition of Outlandish Rock 🎸🤘 (2022), we explore 🎵 “You Shook Me All Night Long” performed by 🎙 AC/DC.

Theme & Lyrics ✍ 

“She was a fast machine, she kept her motor clean.”  Whoa, whoa, whoa, 🎙 AC/DC! Clearly, this is a different sort of motor that lead singer 🎙 Brian Johnson is referencing.  For more context on the 💿 Back in Black hit, 🎵 “You Shook Me All Night Long”, Johnson memorably sings, “She told me to come, but I was already there.” Wow… no sexual innuendo whatsoever 😏! And if that’s not enough evidence of what’s going down on this outlandish, guitar-heavy rock gem, what about the fact that “… The walls start shaking, the Earth was quaking / my mind was aching, and we were making it.” The earthquake, my friends, is clearly coitus.

“And you shook me all night long

Yeah you, shook me all night long.”

Clearly, the sex was out of this world – amazing! In the second verse, Johnson mentions a “seduction line,” and asserts, “Made a meal outta me, and come back for more.” A meal, huh? Use your imagination… It’s understandable why, “Had to cool me down to take another round.”  There’s science behind that, actually. Regardless, the plan is to go again, and by go, Johnson is totally referring to doing it.  The thing is, unless you have virgin ears or live totally under a rock, it doesn’t take much analysis to understand this one.

Final Thoughts 💭 

🎵 “You Shook Me All Night Long” is what it is – a kicka$$, hard rock song about sex. It’s a classic tale of man and woman banging… boning… doing it…f#¢king… getting down… hunching… making it do…  Honestly, is sex really that outlandish when it’s universal and everyone seems to enjoy it? Food for thought!

🎙 AC/DC •  💿 Back in Black • 🏷 Leidseplein Presse B.V. • 🗓 1980

AC/DC, “You Shook Me All Night Long”: Outlandish Rock 🎸🤘 No. 16 (2022) [📷: Brent Faulkner, Conna Lee, Leidseplein Presse B.V., Madelin Berry, The Musical Hype, Pexels, Sebastian Ervi, Vinícius Caricatte]