A long time ago, an age in fact, I wrote a post called ‘Top 10 Dirtiest ACDC Songs’. Since then, I have had several blog incarnations and had lost the text. Sad. But Lo, a fortitious email brings word of said long lost post! Seems I was smart enough to submit it to blogcritics. Seeing as how I wrote it, I now place it in its rightful home here on maxpower.

In the interveening years, my appreciation for ACDC has only deepened. They truly rocked SARS stock. So with a new appreciation, I present a redux of the original — Top 10 Dirtiest ACDC Songs.

ACDC is indeed one of the greatest live rock acts to be seen, full stop. You can’t help but smile pump your fist when you hear the chorus of ‘caught with your pants down.’ Recently, I was pondering life, wondering how these guys could be so successful and it hit me! Steps to success: 1) simple blues based hard rock, 2) distortion, 3) schoolboy outfit, and 4) crazy voiced singers. Sheer genius! Its like they are in a rock n’roll band singing about sex, drugs, and rock n’roll… What moxy!

Anyway, I was listening to ACDC and came up with this short list of their best innuendo filled rock numbers. Each song is listed with a small choice lyrical excerpt. For those of you not familiar with ACDC, I’m not making this up. Drumroll please….

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Open Source is about transparency. Talk to the authors and ask for permission or authorization. If they don’t agree, fork the projects and create a new one based on their projects.

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The list below represents some amazing work by various artists who have made their work available to the general public for a variety of uses. These icons are all free. There are literally hundreds of websites that will sell you icons that are royalty free for whatever purpose you desire. However, royalty free does not necessarily mean free — you still have to pay for whatever it is you want. This is because with royalty free items, the creator retains all copyrights and publishing rights. You, the average web guy, simply purchase the right to use and publish the items as specified under the terms of usage (you must agree before you can buy). Usually, these terms include a provision to not sell derivative works nor redistribute the content. Royalty free sounds great, but it isn’t truly free — it costs money.

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