#1152 AC/DC Thunderstruck, Dinosaur Colour, Ejaculation, Surfing Competition

Show 1152 Friday 29 January

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Hi, I'm Sarah. Welcome to The Daily English Show.

I thought we’d study a song by AC/DC today because they are playing in Auckland next week so I’ve been thinking about them recently.

Have you heard of AC/DC?

They’re from Australia and they’ve been around since 1973 and they’re pretty successful. It says in Wikipedia: As of 2008, AC/DC have sold more than 200 million albums worldwide.

Not bad.

The song we’re looking at today is called Thunderstruck.

This song is very popular – I think there are millions of people in the world who could recognize this song just by hearing the first few seconds.

I only remembered the part where they say thunder over and over again, so I was surprised when I looked it up and found that there are actually lyrics. And the song seems to tell a bit of a story:

I was caught

In the middle of a railroad track

I looked round

And I knew there was no turning back

My mind raced

And I thought what could I do

And I knew

There was no help, no help from you

So, what’s it about?

Well, I think it might have a double meaning – like the name of the band.

AC/DC is about power … it refers to “equipment that may be operated using either alternating current (AC) or direct current (DC) power. “

And AC/DC is also an informal word for bisexual.

And as for the song, it could be about actually being thunderstruck, which means being “extremely surprised or shocked”. Or it could be about sex.

According to the person on songmeanings.net who was actually talking about the meaning of the song, rather than raving on about how great it was, the song is about premature ejaculation.

And that theory makes sense to me.

For example, these lines:

I was shakin' at the knees

Could I come again please?

Yeah the ladies were too kind.

What do you think the song’s about?

STICK NEWS

Kia ora, in Stick News today, for the first time ever, scientists have been able to confirm the colour of a dinosaur.

Dinosaurs are animals that have been extinct for about 65 million years.

Until now scientists didn’t know what colour they were.

Recently some reddish-orange colour was discovered in the 125-million-year-old tail of a small Chinese dinosaur.

And that was Stick News for Friday the 29th of January.

Kia ora.

Word of the Day

Today’s word is ejaculation.

n. the moment when sperm comes out of a man’s penis

And there’s also another meaning.

(formal) a sudden shout or sound that you make when you are angry or surprised

friday joke

What do you call a dinosaur as tall as a house, with long sharp teeth, and 12 claws on each foot?

Sir.

conversations with sarah

#730 Did it ever start?

Step 1: Read Mary's lines.

Step 2: Repeat Mary's lines and talk to Sarah.

Mary Did you go and watch the surfing competition?

Sarah Yeah, the final was yesterday so we went out and watched it.

Mary How was it?

Sarah It was really good. I really enjoyed it. Except for the last part.

Mary What happened?

Sarah Well, the prize giving was supposed to start at 2. And so everyone was standing around on the concrete waiting for it to start and it was really hot. And then an hour later, someone came out and said it was going to start at 3:30.

Mary Really? Why?!

Sarah I don’t know. They just said that the drug tests were still happening.

Mary So there was a problem with the tests?

Sarah Yeah, maybe, I guess so. So, yeah, we decided to keep waiting cause we thought, “Oh, we’ve already waited an hour, we might as well wait another half hour.” And then, we waited until 3:30 and the guy came back and said, “Oh, sorry, it’s going to start at 4:30.”

Mary Did it ever start?

Sarah I don’t know. We gave up and went home … I was so exhausted.

Thunderstruck by AC/DC - Lyrics

Thunder

Thunder

Thunder

Thunder

Thunder

Thunder

Thunder

Thunder

Thunder

Thunder

I was caught

In the middle of a railroad track - Thunder

I looked round

And I knew there was no turning back - Thunder

My mind raced

And I thought what could I do - Thunder

And I knew

There was no help, no help from you - Thunder

Sound of the drums

Beatin' in my heart

The thunder of guns

Tore me apart

You've been - thunderstruck

Rode down the highway

Broke the limit, we hit the town

Went through to Texas, yeah Texas

And we had some fun

We met some girls

Some dancers who gave a good time

Broke all the rules, played all the fools

Yeah, yeah, they, they, they blew our minds

I was shakin' at the knees

Could I come again please?

Yeah the ladies were too kind

You've been - thunderstruck, thunderstruck

Yeah yeah yeah, thunderstruck

Yeah

Oh, thunderstruck, yeah

Now we're shaking at the knees

Could I come again please?

Thunderstruck, thunderstruck

Yeah yeah yeah, thunderstruck

Thunderstruck, yeah, yeah, yeah

Said yeah, it's alright

We're doing fine

Yeah, it's alright

We're doing fine

So fine

Thunderstruck, yeah, yeah, yeah,

Tunderstruck, thunderstruck, thunderstruck

Whoa baby, baby, thunderstruck

You've been thunderstruck, thunderstruck

Thunderstruck, thunderstruck, thunderstruck

You've been thunderstruck

links

today's news
today's STICK NEWS pictures

AC/DC - Wikipedia

AC/DC - site

Thunderstruck - video on YouTube

music

show start
artist: Kevin MacLeod
track: Future Cha Cha
from: Brooklyn, NY, United States
artist site

WOD start
artist: DJ iPep's
album: Home Mix 2007
track: Game Toy
from: EVREUX, France
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site

friday joke start
artist: AdHoc
album: Toutes directions
track: Sumbala
from: Annecy, France
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site

cws start
artist: Kevin MacLeod
track: The Jazz Woman
from: Brooklyn, NY, United States
artist site

qa start
artist: ioeo
album: triptracks
track: triptrack2
from: Saint Raphael, France
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site

qa bgm

artist: King Dubby

album: Chapter II

track: Zen Dub 2

from: Angers, France
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo

artist site

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