Run? Must in August.

[El Gordo]

I did the deed. Downloaded the AC/DC album in question and played it on Saturday morning. It wasn't long before my pulse was racing -- though I suspect that listening to it on the treadmill may have had something to do with this.

The sad fact is that whatever appeal there may once have been, it had now long gone. I should have discovered it aged 15, and not aged 53. The theme of 2 of the first 3 songs -- I wanna be a rock 'n' roll star -- is guaranteed to wind up the heart rate of an adolescent boy, but it's a long-standing bête noire of mine. Sorry guys, but it left me cold. I think I got to track 5 before turning gratefully to Bob Dylan Studio Outtakes Volume 4: 1962-64. Phew.

No need to rush to TNT's defence. I'm certain I would have loved it in my teens. But 40 years on, hearing it for the first time, it seemed too tinny and superficial, compared with the real heavyweights of the genre. Perhaps too much rock music has flown under the bridge since then. And my mindset has changed too much. Neither is the fault of the band.