The Biggest Unknown in Rock
How to not get noticed in the rock world….
Here’s a story from a part of the world I’ve been working in recently, Cumbria, North West England. It’s a story about never knowing who might walk into your shop. It all starts with; quote: a “scruffy geezer wearing a flat cap” walks into a second hand record shop, looks around and takes a copy of AC/DC’s ‘Back in Black’ album to the counter….
“Do you want me to sign it for you?” asks the man to the shop assistant.
“Er, Who are you?” asks the shop assistant
“I’m the singer” say’s the man with a Geordie accent and flat cap.
Album (the second biggest selling album EVER) is duly signed and sold for thee times the original price.
The shop owner told the local rag that the assistant was the book keeper and, quote: “Wouldn’t recognise Madonna if she walked in wearing a pointy bra”
Brian Johnson, lead singer of AC/DC, a multi millionaire rock legend and all round salt of the earth has written a book all about his experiences with cars, not drugs and sex. He’s happily married and has written what could well be one of the funniest books of recent years, he’s one of music’s real gentlemen. I love stories like these.
Very few people realise just how big the hard rock genre is - certainly it shocks people when they realise that even The Beatles have not released an album that has sold as well as AC/DCs Back in Black !
He’s a top bloke !
Cheers
Rod
October 30, 2009 @ 9:49 am
Miles,
I’ll be on the look out for any unusual characters with or without hats, wandering in to my shop…. however I’ll need to phone a friend if I suspect he’s a rock star, give a quick description, hum a few bars and see if he joins in. I’ll be alright if it’s Mick Jagger, beyond that there’s not much hope….. still, one can always dream about the Motorhead boys popping in to clean the windows
Cid
p.s. Lemmy looks the sort of man who can eat a whole Stilton
October 30, 2009 @ 11:19 am
Rod,
Too true, what I like is the fact that he has always been so ‘grounded’…no rock star bs about him.
Miles
October 30, 2009 @ 11:45 pm
Cid,
God help any of them who stumble into your deli!
Miles
October 30, 2009 @ 11:46 pm
Miles,
Pity they didn’t pop in this week…. I’ve been dressed like Alice Cooper in honour of Halloween, just in case…. ‘but you looked more like Shirley Temple with uncle Fester eyes’ said old Scrunge the delivery boy
Cid
October 31, 2009 @ 8:19 pm