Archive for July, 2014
I’m gonna lose in Sin City
Docklands - from 20,000 feet
The drums were beating on the causeway at Docklands. They’d been beating all day inside my head, during the flight to Melbourne, while I waited in the cold rain at the airport and in the Laurel on Mount Alexander Road before the game.
Russ wanted to know if the multicultural drums were beating for Mick Malthouse. I wanted to know if the multicultural drums in my head were beating for sin. I tried supplanting the drums with Sin City as a memory to childhood and bad black and white movies arose.
I’m gonna win in Sin City
Bon Scott’s lyrical prowess never ceases to amaze me. On Wednesday night, seeking inspiration, I was assaulted by power chords through the headphones. The opening riff of AC/DC’s Sin City sliced through me.
It remains one of the most underrated, foreboding sounds in rock history. Quickly supported by a heavy bass and slamming drums, I waited for Bon.
