´74 Jailbreak es un álbum de AC/DC, publicado en 1984. El disco incluye 5 canciones, entre ellas «Jailbreak», «You Ain´t Got a Hold on Me», «Soul Stripper» y «Baby, Please Don´t Go».
Sobre el álbum
Este lanzamiento, ´74 Jailbreak, no es un álbum de estudio como tal, sino un EP de cinco canciones diseñado para presentar al mercado estadounidense material inédito de la primera época de Bon Scott. Todas las canciones incluidas fueron grabadas entre 1974 y 1976 y publicadas originalmente solo en las versiones australianas de sus primeros discos. Por lo tanto, fue una oportunidad de oro para los fans internacionales de descubrir estas joyas ocultas.
La pieza central es "Jailbreak", un clásico absoluto con uno de los riffs más memorables de la banda y una narrativa carcelaria marca de la casa. Además, el EP incluye "You Ain't Got a Hold on Me", "Show Business" y una cruda versión del "Soul Stripper". Estas canciones capturan la esencia más pura y salvaje de los primeros años del grupo, con un sonido todavía por pulir pero con una energía arrolladora.
La publicación de este EP en 1984 fue una decisión inteligente, ya que mantuvo el interés en la banda durante un período de menor éxito comercial y recordó a todo el mundo el inmenso legado de Bon Scott. "´74 Jailbreak" es una pieza esencial para cualquier coleccionista y un recordatorio del increíble material que AC/DC produjo en sus inicios, demostrando que incluso sus descartes eran mejores que los éxitos de muchas otras bandas.
Listado de Canciones
- Jailbreak
Letra
There was a friend of mine on murder And the judge's gavel fell Jury found him guilty Gave him sixteen years in hell He said "I ain't spending my life here I ain't living alone Ain't breaking no rocks on the chain gang I'm breakin' out and headin' home Gonna make a jailbreak And I'm lookin' towards the sky I'm gonna make a jailbreak Oh, how I wish that I could fly All in the name of liberty All in the name of liberty Got to be free Jailbreak, let me out of here Jailbreak, sixteen years Jailbreak, had more than I can take Jailbreak, yeah He said he'd seen his lady being fooled with By another man She was down and he was up He had a gun in his hand Bullets started flying everywhere And people started to scream Big man lying on the ground With a hole in his body Where his life had been But it was All in the name of liberty All in the name of liberty I got to be free Jailbreak, jailbreak I got to break out Out of here Heartbeats they were racin' Freedom he was chasin' Spotlights, sirens, rifles firing But he made it out With a bullet in his back - You Ain´t Got a Hold on Me
- Soul Stripper
Letra
Well I met her in the garden Underneath that old apple tree Sitting with a handful of flowers Looking as cool as can be We talked away a couple of hours Then she laid her hand on my lap Oh I thought I got to be dreaming I didn't know I fell in her trap Then she made me say things I didn't want to say Then she made me play games I didn't want to play She was a soul stripper, yeah She took my heart She was a soul stripper, ooh And tore me apart She started moving nice and easy Slowly getting near to my spine Killing off each last little feeling Ooh everyone she could find And when she had me hollow and naked, yeah That's when she put me down Pulled out a knife and flashed it before me Stuck it in and turned it around Then she made me say things I didn't want to say, you know Then she made me play games I didn't want to play She was a soul stripper, yeah Ooh she took my heart Ooh was a soul stripper Tore me apart Soul stripper, soul stripper You're a soul stripper Soul stripper, soul stripper Soul stripper Took out my heart And tore it apart Aah you're a soul stripper Soul stripper, soul stripper - Baby, Please Don´t Go
- Show Business
Letra
You learn to sing You learn to play Why don't the businessmen Ever learn to pay That's show business [Show business] Show business [Show business] Show business That's the way it goes You play in halls Play in bars You're climbin' walls Chasin' stars That's show business [Show business] Show business [Show business] Show business That's the way it goes You pay the man You pay your dues When it's all gone, ooh You sing the blues Show business [Show business] Show business [Show business] Show business That's the way it goes You want to roll You want to rock You find it hard If your guitar's in hock That's show business [Show business] Show business [Show business] Show business That's the way it goes You're smoking butts They smoke cigars You're drown in debt They drown in bars That's show business [Show business] Show business [Show business] Show business That's the way it goes You pull a chick Take her home No use, man You're worn out to the bone That's show business [Show business] Show business [Show business] Show business That's the way it goes That's show business, show business That's show business, show business, show business That's the way it goes Know what I mean