AC/DC - Mistress for Christmas
Following on neatly from the Ramones, here's another band who've managed to carve out a long and illustrious career despite all their records sounding EXACTLY the same. AC/DC famously never strayed too far from their blueprint of big ass riffs, fist in your face percussion and raunchy lyrics and 'Mistress for Christmas' is no different, displaying no ostensibly festive characteristics aside from the punning title and a few lyrical references to 'riding your reindeer' etc. But then I don't think sleigh bells and festive ho-ho-ho's would go very well with Brian Johnson's Domestos-gargling vocals and music that would make most kids run and hide in the attic. The track was released on 1990's 'The Razor's Edge' (home of 'Thunderstruck', 'Moneytalks' etc) which came as a stonking return to form after a string of slightly lacklustre 80s releases and would be their last new material for five years until they staged another comeback in the mid 90s with the similarly subtle 'Ballbreaker' LP. There's not much point waxing lyrical about the track, it sounds pretty much like every other AC/DC song but any excuse to stick on a bit of Acca Dacca is a valid one in my book and 'Mistress for Christmas' is the ideal soundtrack to playing festive air guitar at three in the morning whilst spilling lager all over the carpet and waking up your neighbours. Surely an indispensable inclusion on any Xmas playlist!
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