AC/DC: Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (1976) - Song Review

Official Score = 3 Devils

There are a surprising amount of great Rock 'n Roll music out there! I mean really, just a crap load! And the bands... Forget about it! Rather you like Black Sabbath's, 'Iron Man' (1971), Elvis Presley's 'Tutti Frutti' (1956), or something more contemporary...  Like say... Disturbed's, 'Asylum' (2010), there is just a lot out of truly awesome head banging rock 'n roll out there to listen to!

And there is one song, this song I have to admit is the song that started it all for me, when I became a fan of AC/DC's this song brought me in to the fold: That song being, 'Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap' (1976), from their album of the same name!

AC/DC doing, 'Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap' live!

Now why pray tell is this such a good song? Honestly? Because to me, I felt like this song had a little bit of a different vibe to it... One that I felt, (and still do feel,) make this song an awful lot of fun... That being the slightly more 60'sish style rock music that came out of the counterculture movement... But with the darker, more heavier edge that would become a growing staple in rock/heavy metal during the 1970s and onward!

In the end though, I will admit this, when it comes to this song... It is great, there is no getting around that, but I have now been listening to AC/DC for almost a decade now, and where as it is not their best song to come out, it is still a classic, and if you give it a try, I think you might find that you really like it!

For the true fan, the lyrics to: Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap by AC/DC!

well if you're having trouble with the high school head
he's giving you the blues
you want to graduate but not in his bed
here's what you gotta do
pick up the phone, I’m always home
call me anytime,
just ring, 362436 oh
I lead a life of crime

dirty deeds done dirt cheap, dirty deeds done dirt cheap, dirty deeds done dirt cheap
dirty deeds and they're done dirt cheap
dirty deeds and they're done dirt cheap

you're got trouble in your life of love
you got a broken heart
he's double dealing with your best friend
that's where the teardrops start
pick up the phone, I’m here alone
or make a social call
come right in forget about him
we'll have ourselves a ball

dirty deeds done dirt cheap, dirty deeds done dirt cheap, dirty deeds done dirt cheap
dirty deeds and they're done dirt cheap
dirty deeds and they're done dirt cheap

if you got a lady and you want her gone
but you ain't got the guts
she keeps nagging at you night and day
enough to drive you nuts
pick up the phone
leave her alone
it's time you made a stand
for a fee
I’m happy to be
your back door man

dirty deeds and they're done dirt cheap, dirty deeds and they're done dirt cheap
dirty deeds and they're done dirt cheap, dirty deeds and they're done dirt cheap

concrete shoes, cyanide, T.N.T.
done dirt cheap
neck ties, contracts, high voltage
done dirt cheap
dirty deeds, done dirt cheap, dirty deeds, done dirt cheap
dirty deeds do anything you want me to
done dirt cheap
dirty deeds
dirty deeds done dirt cheap