Let There Be Rock by AC/DC

"Let There Be Rock" is a song by Australian hard rock band AC/DC. It is also the title track of their Australian album Let There Be Rock, released in March 1977, and was written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young, and Bon Scott. It similarly featured on the international version of Let There Be Rock, released in October 1977.Let There Be Rock" is a play on the third verse of the Book of Genesis, in which God created heaven and earth. God's demand of "Let there be light" is echoed in the song, and is extrapolated to calls of "Let there be sound... drums... guitar... Let there be rock". In the studio recording, Scott called for sound before light, whereas this is switched during live performances of the song.The song is influenced by Chuck Berry's "Roll Over Beethoven", specifically the lyric "go tell Tchaikovsky the news", which is referenced in Scott's lyric "but Tchaikovsky had the news.""Let There Be Rock" is a playable song in the music video game Rock Band 2. A television advertisement for the game features a Kurt Cobain look-a-like lip-syncing to a short clip of "Let There Be Rock", which resembles the music video. Others are shown playing the guitar and drum-simulating game controllers in time to the music. It was then featured on a track pack for Rock Band that have live versions of the songs in it, with Let There Be Rock being the hardest of them all, due to being played at a faster tempo than the studio version. It also is the only song with a Big Rock Ending to last more than 2 minutes.

Lyrics:

In the beginning
Back in nineteen fifty-five
Man didn't know about a rock 'n' roll show
And all that jive
The white man had the smoltz
The black man had the blues
No one knew what they was gonna do
But Tchaikovsky had the news
He said -
"Let there be sound", there was sound
"let there be light", there was light
"Let there be drums", there was drums
"Let there be guitar", there was guitar
"Let there be rock"
And it came to pass
That rock 'n' roll was born
All across the land every rockin' band
Was blowing up a storm
And the guitarman got famous
The businessman got rich
And in every bar there was a super star
With a seven year itch
There were fifteen million fingers
Learning how to play
And you could hear the fingers picking
And this is what they had to say
"Let there be light"
"Sound"
"Drums"
"Guitar"
"Let there be rock"
One night in a club called `The Shaking Hand'
There was a ninety-two decibel rocking band
And the music was good and the music was loud
And the singer turned and he said to the crowd -
"Let there be rock"

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[smijjjjj]

nice vid man!

[paulweinhold]

I was 9 years old in 1981 when I heard this song.....It sold me on Rock 'n Roll for Life. The solo gave me chills then and it gives me chills today!!!!!!!!!! Let There Be Rock!!!!!!!!!

[JanWey91]

why no playlist allowed ;(

[shawdowman56]

@BillBraskyisaSOB Dude just shutup and enjoy the music. They are a good band and thats all that matters

[hockeydude634]

Oooops the sound is accidently on full blast.........thats ok its ACDC...

[jilatanaka1]

long live to AC DC best rocking band ever

[rusticwiles0]

....and after you add all the ingredients your rock is ready. Warning results may vary.

[universalself]

the roar , growl + bite sound they produced in this album is really amazing...the wild, swelling bass in this track is also huge

[sameer137]

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky



[MetalMistress888]

It doesn't get more classic than this!

[krashkneck]

Nice sound man, thanks alot!

[BillBraskyisaSOB]

@ExtremeRulez13 oh shit idk... the who, stones, fucking doors, floyd.idk there are plenty that are more "notorious." I know you think you were being EXTREME with the description of notorious, but you ACDC isn't notorious. It's hard to be when youre lead guitarist doesn't even drink. Angus is a saint. I mean Bon died from alcohol poisoning, so they've got to be a bad ass band right? WOW A ROCK MUSICIAN DYING FROM ALCOHOL OR DRUG O.D.!??? NEVER HEARD OF THAT BEFORE! ACDC IS FUCKIN NOTORIOUS BRA!!!