Highway to Hell

We might be on the road without knowing it

Growing up in the 70’s was interesting. Marijuana, whiskey and beer were common around my house. And my favorite record was Highway to Hell by AC/DC. I would play that album over and over, pretending to be Angus Young rocking out on the solos.

The church hated that song, and asked people to break the record if they owned it. The assumption was that the writer and the band were glorifying the desire to go to hell. But that wasn’t actually the meaning of the song.

The words of the song are the expression of the ironic life of a rock star - leaving family, eating junk food, living in a bus with a bunch of smelly guys. And remember, in the 70’s there were no cell phones, video game systems or iPods. Highway to Hell was the verbal expression of what it meant to leave loved ones and comforts for the pursuit of the excitement of the rock star life.

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Tags: exclusion, feasting, poor, rich