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AC/DC Appreciation Thread
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Agreed about Brian. He was a perfect fit.
2 random clips of him that I love:
https://youtu.be/dqBRqshlbzM
https://youtu.be/HvomkUR28XU
His show, Cars that Rock is also pretty entertaining. I dont care all that much about cars but Brian makes it really interesting because of hs personality.
2 random clips of him that I love:
https://youtu.be/dqBRqshlbzM
https://youtu.be/HvomkUR28XU
His show, Cars that Rock is also pretty entertaining. I dont care all that much about cars but Brian makes it really interesting because of hs personality.
Lucky Forward
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Good stuff!
It really isn't.
JeTmAn81
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Thanks. I thought about posting the live version with Brian but it just...wasn't right. Brian really pales in comparison to Bon. I went through and mentally checked off all the pre-Brian songs that I thought were great vs. post and the Bon era, at least for me, was much much better.
Sorcerer
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Funny that Brian was recommend by Bon in a way. Bon was aware of Brian from his first band Geordie.
From Wikipedia:
"Following the death of AC/DC frontman Bon Scott on 19 February 1980, Johnson was asked to audition for the band in London. AC/DC lead guitarist and co-founder Angus Young recalled: "I remember Bon playing me Little Richard, and then telling me the story of when he saw Brian singing [with Geordie]." He says about that night: "There's this guy up there screaming at the top of his lungs and then the next thing you know he hits the deck. He's on the floor, rolling around and screaming. I thought it was great, and then to top it off – you couldn't get a better encore – they came in and wheeled the guy off!'" Johnson was diagnosed with appendicitis later that night, which was the cause of his writhing around on stage.[2] The band agreed immediately that Johnson's performing style fit AC/DC's music."
From what I understand Bon was such a mess at the end, his 33 year old body was really the body of a 60 year old. Bon contemplated one more album with AC/DC then calling it quits, settle down and try to get healthier.
I had no idea about any of this.
CartridgeBlower
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I hate this knock on the band. I mean, I get that they don't experiment really at all, but to say they've been rewriting the same 'one song' over and over again is such a fucking slap in the face to a great band that literally paved the way for hundreds of others. This 'one song thing' is like something some music critic wrote in a book once and it caught on with all the people who wanted to sound like they knew what they were talking about but didn't. Touch Too Much sounds nothing like Back in Black, which sounds nothing like T.N.T., which sounds nothing like Night Prowler.
It's like saying Chuck Berry had 'one type of song.'
hey! that's Wamuu, not Esidisi! wrong Pillar Man.
I stand by saying that the Johnson years were formulaic and only serious heavy rock fans should explore that part of their discography beyond an album or two, but to say one song?
No one in their right mind should or would say they have one song and I want to clarify my post was not of that caliber.
My calling them formulaic breaks down to:
If your an AC/DC fan or really into bluesy/heavy rock go nuts.
If not you really only need one but you should own one regardless of your primary music choices( rap,country,jazz,etc) everyone who likes music should own an AC/DC album.
No one in their right mind should or would say they have one song and I want to clarify my post was not of that caliber.
My calling them formulaic breaks down to:
If your an AC/DC fan or really into bluesy/heavy rock go nuts.
If not you really only need one but you should own one regardless of your primary music choices( rap,country,jazz,etc) everyone who likes music should own an AC/DC album.
Hero Prinny
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