AC/DC – Live at
River Plate (DVD, Blu-Ray)
Columbia
www.acdc.com
Rating: B+
Recorded live in Buenos Aires Argentina, the concert video
debuted at # 1 in seventeen countries. AC/DC is one of the
biggest bands on the planet and are forging ahead and moving up
the ladder of the ‘Greatest Bands of All Time” list. This is an
amazing feat when you consider that before the seminal Back
in Black album, critics hated this band and blasted them
with the release of every album calling them juvenile,
untalented and noisy. Now, they are media darlings and rock
royalty. They deserve the accolades but it is funny what happens
when the cool kids find out they were wrong about something.
Instead of admitting it, they just take it as their own and move
on.
This is another superb DVD/Blu Ray. The band plays to a
jam-packed soccer stadium full of people hopping up and down the
entire concert. They sing along to the guitar parts and to every
word. AC/DC does not play in this area often so the reaction is
that of religious fervor.
The band responds, as they always do, by blasting out a show
of classic tunes, huge hits and a few deep album cuts for the
die-hard fans. It was great to see “Dog Eat Dog” and “Hell Ain’t
a Bad Place to Be” back in the set list. Of course, it is the
massive hits, “Thunderstruck,” “You Shook Me All Night Long,”
“Highway to Hell,” “Hells Bells” and “For Those About to Rock”
that bring the house down.
The concert was part of the Black Ice world tour so
several tunes from that album are peppered in and Rosie even
rides a gigantic locomotive like it’s Bon Scott’s pecker – great
fun indeed. This band is still able to put on a great show as
they defy age. AC/DC are the real deal and one of the best at
what they do, but real rockers knew that back in 1977, now
didn’t we?
By Jeb Wright
