"The Jack" — STD as poker metaphor. Bon Scott's most notorious piece of coded vulgarity, from T.N.T. (1975).
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Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 23:09:30 -0500
From: [email protected] (Adam Spanberger)
Subject: The Jack by AC/DC
The Jack
AC/DC
Angus and Malcolm young
It`s a 12 bar blues (E E E E A7 A7 E E B7 A7 E B7)for the chorus and Just 4 bars of E and A7
for the verse
This is for the verse
4 times
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4 times
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Знаете ли вы, что...
- From T.N.T. (1975, Australian). The original lyrics were openly about gonorrhea — later cleaned up for international release. The poker metaphor is one of rock's cleverest acts of self-censorship.