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  • Living easy, living free

  • Season ticket on a one-way ride

  • Asking nothing, leave me be

  • Taking everything in my stride

  • Don't need reason, don't need rhyme

  • Ain't nothing I would rather do

  • Going down, party time

  • My friends are gonna be there too

  • I'm on the highway to hell

  • Highway to hell

  • On the highway to hell

  • Highway to hell

  • No stop signs, speed limit

  • Nobody's gonna slow me down

  • Like a wheel, gonna spin it

  • Nobody's gonna mess me around

  • Hey Satan, paid my dues

  • Playing in a rocking band

  • Hey mama, look at me

  • I'm on my way to the promised land

  • I'm on the highway to hell

  • Highway to hell

  • I'm on the highway to hell

  • Highway to hell

  • Don't stop me

  • I'm on the highway to hell

  • Highway to hell

  • I'm on the highway to hell

  • Going down

  • Highway to...

  • Hey Rock fans, what's up?

  • Let's try to understand this classic?

  • Many people say this song is about the first AC/DC tour in America

  • 'Cause back then they were being much accused of Satanism

  • And because of that they were quite mistreated in some more religious states

  • And Angus Young described this tour as "A highway to Hell"

  • Before the release of the album Highway to Hell

  • But there's also a story

  • That combines better with the lyrics in my opinion

  • There's a road in Australia

  • AC/DC home country

  • Called Canning Highway

  • But it has the nickname "Highway to hell"

  • Because many people die there

  • Precisely because part of this road is a steep decline

  • With no stop signs or speed limit

  • This road runs from Fremantle where the lead singer Bon Scott lived

  • And ends at a bar which was a big rock 'n' roll drinking hole in the '70s

  • So the song would be about Bon Scott, who is the composer

  • Taking the highway to hell to meet his friends at the bar

  • What do you think?

  • A difficult tour in America

  • A killer road in Australia

  • Or neither, is the song about something else?

  • Leave your opinion in the comments

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  • And till the next video

  • Bye!

Living easy, living free

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