Well, swa(y), that's not only the basis of many blues songs, but also many songs in general. Another huge blues theme is revenge on the unfaithful lover and outrage at and/or revenge against the boss man. I'm not stereotyping blues music, there is also a lot of spiritual and soulful content too, of course.
Here's a good explantion on why Norma J is basically right, yet is also wrong when he insistently excludes other viewpoints:
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Originally Posted by me (mere minutes ago)
In each case (in each wiki listing for Van Halen and AC/DC), we find "hard rock" listed first, and (one would assume) primarily, and "heavy metal" appearing as a secondary description. Which is to say that both bands contain elements of "heavy metal," and so one is technically not entirely wrong in referring to them as "heavy metal," it just depends on the point of view. But what is also being implied by the online encyclopedia is that perhaps the most all-encompasing term that best describes the music of each band (Van Halen and AC/DC) is "hard rock."
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