Poll: What are the top 3 songs from both AC/DC eras (Bon Scott & Brian Johnson)?

@brokl26

3 жыл бұрын

All of them

@dickeymantle

3 жыл бұрын

Back In Black Highway To Hell You Shook Me All Night

@Jamieboy1964

3 жыл бұрын

I'd have to add in Dirty Deeds to BS era

@mknewlan67

3 жыл бұрын

Dirty deeds. Hells Bells Highway to hell. Thunderstruck Whole lot a Rosie. Back in Black Bon. Brian

@alonsonatividad9620

3 жыл бұрын

To me, Highway to Hell, Back in Black and Thunderstruck.

One of my favourite Angus quotes, paraphrased from memory... 'A lot of people accuse us of making the same album a dozen times. That really hurts my feelings, we made the same album 15 times!'

@johnmason4835

Жыл бұрын

Metallica records all sound the same to me . I prefer early AC/DC

@BigBri550

Жыл бұрын

It's true, y'know. Their songs all sound more or less the same. But then again, so did Chuck Berry's.

@johnnynovax

Жыл бұрын

And all still getting play 30 years later

@voodoochild1975az

Жыл бұрын

@@johnnynovax exactly. Sure, they kept in a certain .... Sound.... But what a fucking sound it was. To me they are like the menu at In N Out... Short, simple, not a lot of diversity.... But everything on it is really fucking good.

@gary6754

Жыл бұрын

@@voodoochild1975az - boring, zzzzzzz

One of my fondest memories of this song is that my father had the intro guitar as his ringtone on his phone before he passed away. He had asked me to make that song his ringtone but with old flip phones we could only find the intro sequence, but he loved it. Every time someone called him, he would say "My son made that my ringtone. Awesome, right?" Biggest smile... I miss it. Every time I hear this song, I think of him. Rocking out in heaven.

@gloomsdoom649

2 жыл бұрын

That’s precious bro, thanks for being an awesome son.

@rocketphilosophy

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry for your loss. I'm sure this meant a lot to him.

@paner_a_bread

Жыл бұрын

Everyone's dad had this as a ringone

@philipbell9301

Жыл бұрын

Nice memory, God bless.

@Louis-qi1gz

Жыл бұрын

Cool 👍

I still miss Bon Scott. He was such a character. AC/DC was one of the great things about being a teenager, in Australia, in the 1970’s.

@Is43109

Жыл бұрын

I got Bon's autograph when they came to Bunbury W.A Wish I still had it.

@greigcumming

Жыл бұрын

ACDC the best band eva! I graduated from high school in Southern California that year before moving back to Australia. My friends didn't get them at first. But when I explained, then they did.

@lalaboards

Жыл бұрын

No coMParison to Bon . Had a tough time with Brian myself ….. he’s good but he ain’t no Bon !!!!!!!

@timraster

Жыл бұрын

I discovered ACDC in the 80s with Back in Black. I thought that album was OK. Then i checked out their older albums and discovered the Bon Scott stuff. I love that stuff so much more. The guy was a true poet! Particularly love Highway to Hell, High Voltage, Powerage.

@mattybkulas8200

Жыл бұрын

AC/DC IS one of the great things about being Aussie

It still amazes me that, in the space of 6 years, Bon Scott went from a virtual nobody to rock sensation &, now, 40 years later, a rock legend; the man may die but, a legend live forever...

@russe19642

Жыл бұрын

He had a career in Australia with other bands,even won a countrywide competition of bands,but it fell apart and he thought it was over

@nicholaskruger9460

2 ай бұрын

Now it happens after some singing show

The Bon Scott to Brian Johnson transition is the smoothest in rock history... both just awesome singers with an instantly recognizable tone... Pure, organic rock and roll!

@ProfessorofRock

3 жыл бұрын

I agreed with that for sure.

@KevinMcClave

3 жыл бұрын

And to add to that thought, I'd be hard pressed to come up with a better album opener than "Hells Bells." Just perfect.

@toomanyjstoomanyrs1705

3 жыл бұрын

I hated Rock and Roll music. My first and only fave became AC⚡DC. As a newbie to the band I had no idea there were two singers. Till someone asked me whom I liked best, Bon or Brian. I was like 😱😳🤯😮🤔 😱😳🤯😮🤔 😱😳🤯😮🤔 😱😳🤯😮🤔

@louisflege3741

3 жыл бұрын

Couldn't have said it better!

@Alpha_7227

3 жыл бұрын

@limelight81 I'm sure I heard Brian Johnson say it himself when he went for an audition in an interview

Fixing broken cassettes. The download generation will never know the struggle.

@ProfessorofRock

3 жыл бұрын

Ha ha. Great comment.

@javierortiz82

3 жыл бұрын

When I was a teacher I brought a cassette and a bic pen and asked them to find the relationship, the one that got close the most wrote the band's name on the sticker. That was 2006, cassettes weren't phased out that long ago. I'm still shocked.

@javierortiz82

3 жыл бұрын

@limelight81 yeah, I had a walkman that did just that to my copy of Slippery When Wet. Sucks balls.

@bigtechisbigbrother8690

3 жыл бұрын

Or wedging a piece of folded paper in your car stereo so the tape would align and play right. Life was a rough road back in the olden days.

@ChipmunkRapidsMadMan1869

3 жыл бұрын

@@bigtechisbigbrother8690 Amen Brother.

I heard a story about Angus in his early days. Someone was in the studio as Angus was recording a guitar solo. He was ripping it up in the studio and bouncing around around inside the booth. He actually jumped up on an amp and performed as he would on stage. All alone in a room and still performing. What a legend.

@ultimobile

Жыл бұрын

a doco of their first days described coming to the Young's (ex-Easybeats - another famous Australian band) family house to discuss with the older brothers, and 16yo Angus jumping up and down with his guitar saying 'how about this' to his riffs.

@salahad-din4114

Жыл бұрын

So sorry, was going to like the comment but it was at 69, couldn't bring myself to change it. I'd heard it said that Angus had to have a pacemaker fitted. If that's true and he is still jumping around the stages world wide that in itself deserves absolute respect. I'm not surprised he hadn't put on that dad bid like the rest of us 😁

@5Heth

Жыл бұрын

I remember me & my mates wagging school & getting the train into Melbourne. We were walking down the street when we started hearing bagpipes loud music & it was AC/DC on the back of a truck singing "It's a long way to the top". Me & my mates were so excited but we couldn't tell anyone what we'd seen cos we were supposed to be at school.

I was 11 years old. My whole family were country music fans. We moved to a new neighborhood and an older neighbor introduced me to "Baxk In Black'. This album opened my eyes to a new style of music, new genre, new outlook. Sidenote: who would have thought a band like AC/DC could lose an iconic voice like Bon Scott and find a replacement like Brian Johnson? Simply Amazing!

It is a damn shame Bon never got to see how big AC/DC has become!

@NandR

3 жыл бұрын

Really is. I've grown up without him ever being alive but I wish we could have had more. The man was the real deal. Those tattoos, that devious smile, his crackling growling vocals...

@billmoran3219

3 жыл бұрын

What makes you think he isn’t out there somewhere watching the mayhem? I read somewhere that the band took care of any of Bon’s mothers wants or needs after he departed this world, that’s more then enough to keep his spirit alive for them and me!🤘

@greggregory8311

3 жыл бұрын

YES! It is a damn shame!!

@TheHumbuckerboy

3 жыл бұрын

The Bon era was absolutely essential AC/DC whereas after he died only Back in Black was on the same level. For Those About to Rock had some great songs (especially the title track of course ) but as far as I am concerned there was only the odd highlight here and there from within the rest of their output.

@greggharrison4395

3 жыл бұрын

@@NandR yeah Eye agree about Bon'Scott "R.I.P." He had the "Raw SOUL"AC/DC Stole our ❤'s/Minds'💀/and Soul's with 🌎 Rock in Peace ✨

When I was 17 in the early seventies in a country Australian city, I attended a free concert in the local park. It was a two week old Rock and Roll band from Sydney, known as AC/DC. They were amazing. Angus was in his school uniform. At the end they smashed guitars. A drunk local yokel jumped on the stage to fight Bon. The local DJ, who was the MC, punched the fool off the stage. I knew after seeing them that the world as I knew it had changed.

@DaveEPie

3 жыл бұрын

Perfect story.

@Hoopsrocks

2 жыл бұрын

Dave Evans would've been singing, wouldn't he?

@plantsninja

2 жыл бұрын

Lie. Hoops Hooper's comment explains why.

@Piobagusfidil

2 жыл бұрын

Lucky bastard I’m so jealous. That’s a story for the grandkids

@Dave-Rough-Diamond-Dunn

2 жыл бұрын

@@Hoopsrocks He would have had to have been the singer, he was the singer on the first single and music video. A lot longer than two weeks!!!

I know Highway To Hell’s riff is probably their most famous but I think Thunderstruck is up there too. ❤

@heatherfantana1912

Жыл бұрын

That's my fave- thunderstruck 😍❤️😍

@jameshazen2907

Жыл бұрын

Back in black is close behind!

@michaelbloomfield9911

Жыл бұрын

Back in black surely!

@ianlassitter2397

10 ай бұрын

Hells bells, opening… pure rock.

For me AC/DC is forever engraved in my mind with Rock N Roll Ain't Noise Pollution, one of the more underrated AC/DC songs but it's the one that would play in my mind for days

It’s a long way to the top is an amazing song for me because who else would put a bag pipe on top of a heavy rock song? Genius idea

@666theninja

3 жыл бұрын

Only Bon could make Bagpipes Rock.

@andrewd7586

3 жыл бұрын

Bon Scott couldn’t play the bagpipes. The story goes one of the band members asked if he could play, he said yes! Went& got a set from somewhere, came back to the studio & tried to play. When he began, they apparently winced at how bloody terrible he was! Then said to Bon, “I thought you said you could play?!” Bon replied “Yeah, just not bloody well!”🤪🤣

@TheHumbuckerboy

3 жыл бұрын

It is a pity that they didn't show more imagination during the rest of their increasingly boringly predictable career.

@andrewd7586

3 жыл бұрын

@Totty McGee Exactly! 🥁 👍🏻

@TheKnobCalledTone.

3 жыл бұрын

One of the greatest film clips of all time. AC/DC just rocking out whilst slowly being driven through the middle of Melbourne's CBD on the back of a truck.

Bon Scott showed the world you can include Bagpipes into rock, that song is amazing

@carlstrickland5573

2 жыл бұрын

Animals….Sky Pilot …had pipes in 68

@shegocrazy

2 жыл бұрын

Bon couldn't actually play the pipes but it was a good idea.

AC/DC are my band, they've helped me through some extremely difficult times, the early stuff with Bon obviously being some of the best. ❤

@KeithWilsonUK

Жыл бұрын

Music is the first place I go when I need to properly process emotions. Better than drugs!

@TheBillaro

Жыл бұрын

ride on❤

As much as I like the Brian Johnson era, I love the six albums with Bon even more. The blues sound was more prominent from both Angus and Malcolm and nobody in rock could match the naturally powerful vocals of Bon.

@sylviayoung1901

Жыл бұрын

Amen and Ride On!

@dognott

Жыл бұрын

@@sylviayoung1901 Lookin' for a truck!

@loskam

Жыл бұрын

@@sylviayoung1901 Ride On is probably the song I've listened to the most in my life

@scottangle574

11 ай бұрын

Totally agree

@sjholmwood9852

8 ай бұрын

Bon had a beautifully melodic voice. I don’t know any other rock singer who sang like that.

Mutt Lang truly belongs in the Rock and Roll Hall of fame. So many bands have had his magic touch. Including Eileen Twain

@gerryvandepol7630

2 жыл бұрын

Eileen Edwards from Windsor

@dawnliphard9591

Жыл бұрын

If you mean his ex-wife Shania? Too bad he wasn’t as good a husband as he was a music producer

@teryarty177

Жыл бұрын

@@dawnliphard9591 That's life for you. You get what you want and what you don't want in the same package.

@gordons-alive4940

Жыл бұрын

@@dawnliphard9591 Twain's so gorgeous and seems like such a sweetheart. She took care of her younger siblings when their parents died. How do you be a bad husband to her?

My Dads funeral was at Fremantle Cemetery as he was a huge AC/DC fan (Bon is buried there). The last song to play as the send off for the Old Man was Highway to Hell. It was the one thing he was adamant needed to happen!

@ddelaney712

3 жыл бұрын

I salute your Father. Rest In Peace. A 21 gun salute, aka, For Those About To Rock, We Salute You, would have been epic of viking proportions. I hope you are doing okay. Take care of yourself. It was a relief to hear someone else had the same thoughts as I have

@johnbenias5090

2 жыл бұрын

Highway to Hell was the ‘Wedding March’ played for my second marriage. Prophetic and still going down.....aaaaall the waaaaaaayyyyy!!!

@temperedprobe

2 жыл бұрын

I've told my wife and kids more times than I care to remember that I want Highway to hell (as I think that's where I'm headed) played at my funeral.

@jenniferschmitzer299

2 жыл бұрын

That’s fucking awesome.. dad got oomph ❤️❤️

Love Bon's lyrics. Almost every song had a phrase or delivery that grabs me to this day. What a rascal...😎😎

@guitarmon100

10 ай бұрын

Yes. The Bad Boy Dylan. Very underrated lyricist.

As an Aussie, and being from Perth WA Acca Dacca will always hold a special place in my heart. The I first songs I heard where T.N.T and it’s a long way to the top, after I heard that I was hooked. And I haven’t stopped listening to them since. 🤘🏻

@roymacdonald8312

Жыл бұрын

Why?they're Scottish

@paulkiley4667

Жыл бұрын

@@roymacdonald8312 Born in Scotland and moved to Australia at a young age

@Voxguitarsrock

Жыл бұрын

Leave it 2 Bon Scott to use the pipes in a rock song!

@KeithWilsonUK

Жыл бұрын

I love that you wrote out Acca Dacca rather than type AC/DC. Even if it took longer to type!!! Legendary band from your island sir!!!!

@ctempleman1401

8 ай бұрын

​@@roymacdonald8312Bonn was a Scott but I thought that the Youngs were English? Bonn's family came to WA and the Youngs went to NSW, I think. We have a Bonn Scott statue here in Fremantle. Bonn went over to the Eastern States and joined the band there. Highway to hell is supposed to be Canning Hwy and it goes from Fremantle (Freo) to Perth.

My Uncle was friends with Bon way back in the day, he got "the phone call'" and was told. He went out to the pub with a bunch of Bons mates here in Adelaide and had a drink for Bon. He said Bon was tough as nails could drink beer like it was water.

@MrLuigiFercotti

3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, he could down a 5th like water too. Was a real gut punch losing him.

@terryquesenberry9218

2 жыл бұрын

42

This story highlights how a good producer is like a good coach - someone who can guide and inspire the athletes/musicians to realize their true potential.

@christianhaynes1954

3 жыл бұрын

That's exactly what a great producer should do !

I am Australian & I fell in love with Bon Scott & AC⚡DC when they first appeared on an Australian music show called Countdown when I was about 12. I bought all their albums & went to their concerts. Then Bon Scott died. That was the end of AC⚡DC. UNTIL BACK IN BLACK I was horrified that they replaced Bon Scott so fast, so easily. I didn't want to watch or listen to them, but as soon as i heard the first beat on their new album I was hooked. The boys were back with a new lead singer & a whole new sound & that sound blew me away. My favourite AC ⚡DC song beyond a shadow of a doubt is THUNDERSTRUCK. That song has been the ringtone on every mobile phone I have owned. It is also the alarm I wake up to. When you are deep in slumber & you suddenly hear a mans loud, deep, gravelly voice, suddenly saying "You've been...THUNDERSTRUCK. There's no way you're going back to sleep after that. My kids know that when I die I want THUNDERSTRUCK played at my funeral as I am being carried out of the chapel in my coffin & if they don't... I WILL come back & haunt them. Then Brian Johnson nearly went deaf & the band fired him & ended up with Axel Pose as the lead singer. To this day I have never watched or heard anything that Axel Pose sang with AC/DC. I refuse to hear him murder the songs of Bon Scott & Brian Johnson. Now Brian Johnson is back where he belongs singing with the boys & all is good again. They always have been Freaking awesome to see live in concert & now that Brian is back they are awesome again.

My first introduction to Ac/Dc was Whole lotta Rosie. Still my favorite song of theirs. I love the riff for Highway to Hell, but love the Back in Black riff more. I’m glad the band has been uncompromising in their sound all these years, and they’ll continue to be my all time favorite

@sarahferguson0

Жыл бұрын

Me too! Whole Lotta Rosie was the very first song from them i ever heard. My best friends's brother was playing it in his room and i literally stopped her and said "what the hell is Casey listening to"?? And i stood by his door until the song ended 🙂 and it's still one of my favorites.

When I was in boot camp for the Navy we had a drill instructor that would sing Highway to Hell as the rhythm for our marching practice. It was awesome!

@jamesreding6336

3 жыл бұрын

My son is in the Navy now thanks for serving!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@whatthe2458

3 жыл бұрын

I would belt out,If you want blood, at a double time pace. USMC.

@jerryvahnknight218

3 жыл бұрын

@@whatthe2458 that’s a good one! We’d also march to Smoke on the Water too. There were a few songs, but those were the best and the times that formation drills were enjoyable.

@theironlukeve5544

3 жыл бұрын

When i was in boot camp (Navy) we didn't get any of that, however when I got my second haircut there that as the first time I heard Same old Song and Dance and Back in the Saddle by Aerosmith, believe me I held on to those two through the rest of boot camp, the right songs at the right time, it was eye opening!

@jamesreding6336

3 жыл бұрын

@@theironlukeve5544 thanks for serving my sons in the Navy so was my dad but not me

Powerage is the definitive AC/DC album for purists. There is not a single filler on it. It is the essence of the band.

@brianstrutter1501

3 жыл бұрын

Same with Back In Black and BIB has 3 iconic songs on it not just 1 like most albums

@fifthof1795

3 жыл бұрын

@@brianstrutter1501 I have to disagree with that .I've always thought BinB is slightly overrated. It has four really great songs, but the rest feels like filler to me. Personal choice though. AC/ DC lost their spirit when Bon died. As he himself put it.."I am neither AC or DC, I am the lightning flash in the middle."

@Tsukamaki

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed man! While my fav song(s) are on Highway to Hell, there is just something magical with Powerage that grabs one by the balls and doesn’t let go until the end of the album.

@edlawn5481

3 жыл бұрын

Powerage is the true AC/DC fan's favorite album.

@brianstrutter1501

3 жыл бұрын

@@fifthof1795 - totally disagree. Zero filler on BIB. To me one of the most consistent albums in history

1st song I heard was The Jack. I was a fan from the start! I'm 61 and if you drive my house, it's likely you will hear Bon Scott wailing and the band feeding off him. Props to Brian for keeping the fires stoked and the energy crackling at maximum potential!!

@art23428

3 ай бұрын

We don't care about age

It’s the soul of AC/DC that makes them so great to me. You just can’t help but FEEL their songs.

The first time I heard that thunderous intro to Highway To Hell I was just a young lad, which was like musical candy to my young ears, instantly making me an AC/DC fan for life.

@ProfessorofRock

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly!

@fivestring65ify

3 жыл бұрын

I remember the first time I heard AC/DC. I was in junior high school. Changed my life.

@toddinthemiddle

3 жыл бұрын

First heard the song Highway to Hell on vinyl. What a raw, wicked song. Wish I woulda bought all of their stuff on vinyl instead of going the cassette route for all but FTATR, HV and IYWBYGI.

Sin City, TnT, What's Next to the Moon, Jail Break, the list goes on and on, for Bon. He was not only an incredible singer with a unique style, but imbued every song with his immutable personality, and an attitude that was immediately identifiable to anybody who listened. Bon was an absolute beast, a monster of a singer and persona, one of the greatest rock leads of all time.

@brianyoung3

3 жыл бұрын

Well said. I got into ACDC after Bon's demise but despite Back in Black being such a good album, the band just wasn't the same without Bon. It was missing his spirit. It was a great tragedy that they finally started seeing success just as Bon Scott died.

@Empirism

3 жыл бұрын

agreed, I would pick Sin City easily. in TNT bass make big role on the feel. But if talking to essence of AcDc riffs... Sin City have it, that style is in countless of their songs.

@chrispys696

3 жыл бұрын

@Treebeard Moon too true and all tracks mentioned are killer. One of the best ftontmen ever. Period. under rated in dome instances.

@theironlukeve5544

3 жыл бұрын

Down Payment Blues!

@ctempleman1401

8 ай бұрын

Thank You, I could see the video in my head with the explosions and heard "died with a bullet in his back", but couldn't remember the song's title of Jail Break.

So weird when I was younger I never got into AC/DC but when I got older, well their once of the greatest bands I've ever heard!!!

Nothing like seeing them live they just rock!! Miss Bon what a voice!!

Malcoms B riff intro to “It’s a long way to the top….” is still the classic in my book.

@1888BW

2 жыл бұрын

"she got the jack ... " is an classic to

@AirsoftReviewArgentina

2 жыл бұрын

You can wrap up all of the Bon's era in that riff. Fuck it. In that song!

@DocTheGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

I love Malcomb's riffs just as much as Angus' and that one is the best!

One riff that captures their essence. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap. The most kick ass intro ever!

@dielaughing73

2 жыл бұрын

I thought it would be Back in Black. I'm not a fan at all but that is hot stuff

@prolific4832

2 жыл бұрын

Yo fr though that song and that solo is too underrated imo

@NoTraceOfSense

2 жыл бұрын

Filthy Acts At A Reasonable Price

@BlockyRaptor

2 жыл бұрын

@@NoTraceOfSense Morally Questionable Actions at a penny to the dollar

@splenderella9

2 жыл бұрын

@@dielaughing73 How can you not be a fan??

A friend of mine in 6th grade, introduced me to this album because he liked the band and bought the album when it came out, and I immediately loved the sound. Long live Bon !

As an Australian, I’m extremely proud of ACCA-DACCA. The Young Brothers grew up not far from my Nana in Burleigh St Burwood, NSW, just around the corner from Burwood Station. I remember as a kid walking past the Young house (No. 4). This was in the 1980’s when AC/DC were the biggest band in the world. Their house is a modest, nondescript semidetached brick home, a far cry from the mansions they would eventually live in. They deserve every success they got as they were among the hardest working bands in the world.

I always think of Let there be rock when I think of AC/DC, that riff SHREDS.

@brianswelding

3 жыл бұрын

Yes sir

@ChuckSpade

3 жыл бұрын

“seismic” is more like it. It moves the earth. It doesn’t titillate, it crushes.

As an Aussie, It's a Long Way to the Top holds a special place in my heart. And is practically a National Treasure to the Australian music scene. 🏆 Subscribed. 👏👏👏

@adamperre4852

2 жыл бұрын

Same Long way to the top was my first ACDC song I heard I was 10 1985 in grade 5 primary school first Album was BACK IN BLACK I'm 47 now and still listen to them and it's always like the first time I heard them never gets old just gets better like a fine wine

@coolworx

2 жыл бұрын

Gettin' robbed, gettin' stoned Gettin' beat up, broken boned Getting had, getting took I tell you folks, it's harder than it looks

@AussieDad79

2 жыл бұрын

The video clip is a ripper for sure!!

@chadkimmel8957

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely one of my favorites. It’s something about the bagpipes.

@bobmitchell8012

2 жыл бұрын

@@coolworx Some of the Best Darn Lyrics ever written.......Simple But Brilliant.

I was living in the Detroit suburbs when I first heard this song. Within days, every rock station in the metro area was playing the hell out of it. It was like the summer anthem. It was my introduction to the band and I now own the bulk of their recorded work. And, yes, I play it often and I play it LOUD.😊🎸😆

When released, I was 14 in summer of ‘79. My friend played If You Want Blood for us before I heard Highway. Still one of my favorite albums. First real guitar teacher had us bring what we listened to and wanted to play vs Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Walk All Over You was the first AC⚡️DC song I learned.

Another great video Adam....I'm almost 57 yrs old, and Bon Scott-era AC/DC still gets me feeling all jacked up like a teenager again...it is timeless music, and resonates deeply

@HarryFlashmanVC

2 жыл бұрын

Me too

@DavidKing-jx3sg

2 жыл бұрын

Real rock n roll boogie

Love Highway to Hell, but to me the entire live album "If You Want Blood, You Got It" epitomizes the AC/DC vibe. The best way to listen to it is as loud as possible. Many of those songs, especially at high volume, make the hairs stand up on the back of my neck. Riff Raff, Whole Lotta Rosie, Bad Boy Boogie, The Jack, Problem Child, Let There Be Rock... absolute classics.

@andrewhall7853

3 жыл бұрын

Totally agree - possibly one of the greatest live albums ever !

@whatthe2458

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed. My favorite

@keithhartman9946

3 жыл бұрын

The agreeing people are correct. I concur

@marios8120

3 жыл бұрын

high voltage with break with Bon and audience, then upbeat Angus tempo to creshendo of all band of the song is an rnr orgasm...

@aussierhino471

3 жыл бұрын

I still have that album on vinyl! One of the great album covers too.

AC/DC Was my first concert, 1996 Ballbreaker tour. Blew my mind, immediately started finding my next concert, nothing beats live music with a crowd.

Heard a certain track about big balls as a kid and found it hilarious, played it over and over with friends giggling like kids as we were 😁 Loved them ever since. Angus is definitely my favourite guitarist, what a performer

@Rhythmattica

11 ай бұрын

"But Ive got the biggest balls of them all" .....

One of my favorite stories from ACDC was from a Rolling Stone interview from a number of years ago. The brothers were saying that people who complained about them always said, "They have 11 albums that all sound the same!". They're response was, "We have 12 albums, mate." That's why I love Acca/Dacca. You know what you're going to get in every album - pure Rock.

Such a great classic rock album! "If You Want Blood (You've Got It)" is still played daily on my playlist!

I was fourteen when that album came out. I never looked back, everytime I get into my car the first thing I hear is that riff. Thanks Angus ♥️♥️

I think we will all be gone and ACDC will still be rocking movies, high school bands and so on. Theyve survived time and this song would still sell if it came out today.

I'm a Perth boy from the 70's, so Acca Dacca was everything. Bon Scott was always the real lead singer (even with Brian being in longer. It still is always Bon). So it was great to hear this one. Love your work Prof, keep it coming.

@williamroark

3 жыл бұрын

I always saw BOTH Bon was the BRATTY PUNK TEEN and Brian was the Punk GROWN UP Like someone said “PERFECT SEAMLESS TRANSITION”

@reggrundy2367

3 жыл бұрын

At the time all the "High Voltage" signs disappearing from the Midland and Armadale train lines barbed wire fences. Classic Perth

@gavinholt5428

3 жыл бұрын

@@reggrundy2367 Wow I remember that😀

@StellaWaldvogel

3 жыл бұрын

There's a parallel to the Three Stooges in this. Shemp was with them the longest and he was good, but Curly was even better.

@rivertam7827

3 жыл бұрын

Nothing lights up a Perf pub like Acca Dacca 👍

I remember when Back in Black came out. Living in Melbourne as a 13 year old kid. It was like nothing I have ever heard. That album is a masterpiece in rock music, mixing and mastering. There is simply no other rock album that comes close to its rawness.

@sugarnads

3 жыл бұрын

Yep. It is fantastic.

@jmm1817

3 жыл бұрын

Rawness? I have to go VH

@Enraged-vu2vb

3 жыл бұрын

Lol I’m from Melbourne

@chrismaldonado535

3 жыл бұрын

I’m from Southern California and was 13 when this album came out. Bought the record. Didn’t have it long. Loaned it out and it never came back!!

@johnwgibson24

3 жыл бұрын

Same age, it was huge, great times for metal, so much music coming out then

I totally love every song they have written! I have all their albums. Ok so I'm old, 70 something but can't get enough of them .

Bar band drummer here for 40 years - playing this song subsumes me in a way that is hard to describe. Technically simple, but you have to buy in with your whole body and really listen to your fellow musicians to grab the sweet spot. And once there, hold on, it flows, man! Great video and backstory, thank you!

Bon Scott was my favorite. His voice was just so distinctive. TNT is amazing. I believe he even plays the bag pipes on long way to the top on the same album (High Voltage)

@scottricklaroque7428

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, he did indeed play them, though there's a video they shot where he has the whole mouth piece in his cheek that led to many thinking it was just a stunt for the video but he did actually know how to play bagpipes very well.

@markbarker6739

2 жыл бұрын

Considering the bagpipes were never used it was an earlier form of synthesizer I can't remember the name think it's something like a melotron or similar name item bon admitted it he could play them but never did on record mutt Lange was chosen for iron maiden first album he was useless they basically produced them themselves with the engineer Matt just sat reading magazines smoking weed drinking and saying i think you can do better

@scottricklaroque7428

2 жыл бұрын

@@markbarker6739 Look it up, 3 different sources say that Bon was a secondary drummer in a pipe band and Angus and Malcolm's older brother George, who was also a co-producer, bugged him to play them so he went and bought the pipes but had to teach himself how to play that tune and even played them live on many occasions. He left them too close to a crowd in one show and the fans destroyed them so they used a tape loop after that. But he DID play on the recording and several live shows.

@russblack443

2 жыл бұрын

@@scottricklaroque7428 Bon was in a pipe band but was a drummer

@russblack443

2 жыл бұрын

@@markbarker6739 that sounds nothing like a mellotron at all. A mellotron is what you hear on the extended break on the live version or turn the page after the sax solo. Also a mellotron isn't a synth it's a electric piano with a built-in tape delay effect.and if they had wanted to use a synth why not just use a ARP,a Moog or a oberhiem as they all existed at the time

One of the best riffs ever written. The way that all the instruments fit together including the vocals. And the chorus of all choruses of course

In the early days I used to go see AC/DC in the pubs around Adelaide they only got better through the years The shows were up close and personal with the booze flowing both on and off stage It was wild and raw

AC/DC has a raw but great sound, and performs like a really great bar band, but the best bar band you’ve ever seen. Adding to that they write their own stuff…and it’s some of the best.

I never really pick my favorite AC/DC singer. I'm just happy that the stars aligned and AC/DC found Brian Johnson when they did. The world would not be the same place without the last 40 some odd years of AC/DC music. RIP Bon & Malcolm.

I saw AC/DC with Bon Scott 3 times...I have seen many other of the classics...Bon was the greatest frontman of all time...His lyric writing is among the greatest...Down Payment Blues...Highway To Hell is the epitome of rock and roll

@diekedrake

2 жыл бұрын

I'm very jealous. Rock on!

@xlgallerydotru

2 жыл бұрын

Down Payment is The masterpiece

@fivecitydirttracker4776

2 жыл бұрын

I bow as I make way for thee Julie...... How I wanted the experience of a live Bon show.......missed by a year. Up side...have seen DC many times from '82 on ...... nothing like a live show.

@davidrice3337

2 жыл бұрын

He was great

@benmacdhui

2 жыл бұрын

@@xlgallerydotru Absolutely!

AC/DC is the absolute greatest hard rock band of all time. Simple, Powerful, In your face, Adrenalyzing, Rock and Roll. They shaped me as a young teen finding my way and gave me confidence to stand up in a crowded room. Even at 52, if I need a boost within, jamming their music loudly gets me a lift to push on through. 🤟🤘🤜💥

@ianlassitter2397

10 ай бұрын

Hell ya !💪

1983. Middle of the night. Sitting in Dodger stadium parking lot in the bed of my best friends Datsun 4x4waiting for the traffic to lighten up. Tape deck blasting Highway to Hell and freaking out my born again friend by whispering the lyrics to "Night Prowler". Great fun. Greatest rock and roll band ever.

Saw them in 1979, about 8 months before Bon passed away from “misadventure.” What a show.

The immortal Bon Scott. Legend has it that Bon and the band went out in London(?) to see a gig with Brian Johnson fronting a band. During the performance Bon turned to Malcolm and said :if anything happens to me, get him" (Brian). Bon's body is interred at Fremantle. From time to time fans from "over east" make the 3,500 km (?) journey to Western Australia's Fremantle cemetery. An equivalent trip in Europe maybe Paris to Moscow and in the US maybe New York to LA....by road. Thanks for your presentations Professor reminds of a time in my life when I had a lot more hair and a lot less stomach...Acca Dacca rocks eternal....may the chord's be with you.

@rumblehat4357

3 жыл бұрын

The band was called Geordie.

@TheWesternunionman

3 жыл бұрын

@@rumblehat4357 thanks Blood

@mikjord

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah. Brian was leading vocalist of Geordie and he was having an apendicite crisis on stage and had to be carried out of the stage by the medical staff.

@peterschibler1580

3 жыл бұрын

Bon's body's remains are interred at Fremantle. Or are they? At risk of disrespecting his wishes Legend has it Adelaide is where his heart and family were; That in order for him to rest in peace and avoid all the nonsense that goes on around his memorial.

@petedix2554

3 жыл бұрын

They played a festival together somewhere in the UK Bon was touring with Fraternity I think.

First AC DC Album I bought was High Voltage and I hadn't ever heard of AC DC at that time but I bought it on a whim because I liked the Album Cover Art, after one listen I was an AC DC fan for life. When I was about 16 and into fast cars and hard rock Highway To Hell came out and I bought it as soon as it hit the store in our little town. I took it home and copied it onto an 8 Track tape and to this day it is still one of my go to albums for road trips. Of course the old 8 Track is no longer with me but it was worn out within a few months and retaped and then taped onto cassette then Disc then into an I Pod and now it's on my phone. Ah the evolution of music, my nephew still has my original record as he collects them and it is still in pristine condition.. Top 3 AC DC Songs is tough because there are so many so I will go with the ones I love the most love which are You Shook Me All Night Long, It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll) and For Those About to Rock.

Amazing band. One of a kind. Always be a part of my soul. Bless you all for gracing us with your talents.

Bon was the embodiment of what a rock-n-roll singer is to everyone who saw and heard his unforgettable style . Just like the song says "Gonna be a rock-n-roll singer, Gonna be a rock-n-roll star , yes I are! RIP Bon

@adamolddude4495

Жыл бұрын

Cause I ain't no fool......

@adamolddude4495

Жыл бұрын

I hear it pays well.... Still as good as it was for me in 1979 when I was a teenager.

I was fortunate enough to see AC/DC open up for KISS in December '77. I knew nothing of AC/DC at the time but looking back I remember how I thought this is an amazingly energetic band! I can still see Bon Scott carrying Angus atop his shoulders through the entire Capital Center floor in Landover, MD. Wow what an incredible show!

@brentjames9388

2 жыл бұрын

I saw the same tour in London Ontario

@MrSteel7

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve heard that Gene Simmons discovered them

Great video! I love how your videos usually include stories about guys like Mutt Lang and what they contributed. I love those kinds of stories, because we're so used to praising the band that we don't always know who else contributed or pushed the band to improve. Good stuff!

Bon lived and breath rockstar his charismatic ways was insane mix that with his voice and the rest of the bands talent it's why they are still a juggernaut house hold name in everyone's life all around the globe and for many more years to come .

The problem was Kramer had a big head. He felt like he was the shit because he had directed big groups already. Mutt was coming up and eager to work and prove himself, but he was also trained and very intelligent. Mutt Lange and acca decca was the greatest unholy rock alliance spawned straight from hell, epic and unrepeatable.

@Memnoch67

3 жыл бұрын

Kramer, also stole millions from Hendrix, drove him to a depression which would lead to his death. Eddie Kramer is in Hell now, so ironically Hendrix was ringing "Hells bells" for him.

@theblacksquirrel.

3 жыл бұрын

It was also a difference in attitudes (at the time) Australian Vs American (down to earth Vs Flash & Brash) an earlier example ACDC getting into a punch-on with the Deep Purple crew at Sunbury in '75 or another band of the era "Dragon" could have been huge in the US, but upon meeting the US labels execs deliberately torpedoed their chances. In '81 another band, and Australian music royalty, "Cold Chisel" hated the US label execs and wrote the song "You've got nothing I want" about the experience. Mutt Lange was unassuming and down to earth who could also backup everything he said, hence they had a good relationship.

@chriscampbell9191

3 жыл бұрын

@@theblacksquirrel. AC/DC is one of the few Oz acts that made it big before the Oz Rock boom of the 80s. I think their perseverance here in the US (touring a lot) is part of what paid off for them.

Highway to Hell was the 1st hard rock album I ever bought in the 7th grade, and it spawned my lifelong love of metal. I owe many, many thanks to AC/DC for this. They are truly one of the greatest bands to have ever existed!

When this song came out it blew my mind. My memory is walking down the street we lived on cranking this cassette on my boom box in the dead of winter! Dec 1979.

The essence of what Rock & Roll was back in the day. Pub bands and rawness. I knew someone who saw ACDC play at a High School concert when they were first starting out. Bands used to even play schools back in the early seventies in Australia. They payed their dues.

Riff Raff is by far one of the best riffs ever written.

Favorite track from that album has to be "Girls Got Rhythm". That song should get more respect.

@BillGraper

3 жыл бұрын

Great tune! :)

@scottybbadd

3 жыл бұрын

Touch Too Much

@a2ndopynyn

3 жыл бұрын

Same here. Girl's Got rhythm is an absolutely infectious riff, as close to a perfect rock song as it gets.

@Alpha_7227

3 жыл бұрын

Whole album is brilliant

@chiptovey6015

3 жыл бұрын

You’re not kidding. I would put the first 5 tracks up against any other album’s first 5, including their own Back in Black. Highway to Hell to me is AC/DC at their peak. The entire album is phenomenal, but that first 5 is a WOW moment. Mutt’s production was great, Bonn was in his best form, and the riffs were insane. That album still sounds current. Just perfect. I like Brian Johnson, but nothing beats Bonn Scott.

Riff Raff was an incredible AC/DC song!! The heard a live version import of this song, WOW!!!

Love them. I can honestly say I have contributed to Back in Black's record sales. Not only owning one in every incarnation, but wearing them all out! First Metal album I got as a teen. Metal album I return to the most...

Privileged to see AC/DC with Bon Scott live in 79. Unbelievable show.

I literally picked up a guitar for the 1st time because of AC/DC when I was younger. Years and years later I’m now a good guitarist with a red SG that looks like Angus’s. AC/DC inspired me and many others. Their music will live forever!

@benallmark9671

2 жыл бұрын

Out of curiosity it is one with the small or big pick guard ?

@caseymisso8603

2 жыл бұрын

@@benallmark9671 I've always been a fan of the bigger one. It just looks better to me personally.

Professor I am now 64 and when I was 17 I came home from school and I could hear Back In Black shaking the windows of our house. you see my mom would only do the vacuuming to ACDC. yes she was one cool mom.

I saw Bon Scott in the mid seventies at the Houston Coliseum. I was barely a teenager. Angus had a wireless guitar and jumped on Bon's shoulders who was standing on the floor and ran down the center aisle all the way to the back of the coliseum. Angus was shirtless and sweaty and jamming, head bobbing back and forth. It was the most awesome thing I've ever seen in my early days of stadium rock concerts.

A friend made me listened to Hell's Bells when I was 12 ..... can't thank this guy enough - fell in love with the band about 17 seconds into the song - this band showed they were for real - when you lose your lead singer and manage to record a top 3 global album of all time only months after losing the singer - you know they are Rock Titans

@briantaylor2.023

2 жыл бұрын

You’re seriously missing out if you don’t also listen to their Bon Scott-era songs!! In my opinion, nothing compares to the time period when Bon was their frontman!

I saw AC DC as the opening act for Ted Nugent in Seattle in 1978. I believe it was my first concert ever. Great show. Bon Scott walked into the crowd singing, with Angus on his shoulders playing.

Thunderstruck. I think that song could make an argument for number one also. One of my favorite memories ever was "tubing" down the New River CRANKING AC/DC and watching all the campers we passed at EVERY bend joining OUR ROCK OUT! Got a lot of free beers tossed to me that day!

It’s a great riff, but my favourite ACDC song hands down has to be Thunderstruck with that gorgeous hypnotising arpeggio intro that just builds and builds until the chorus. You just have to turn the volume up to 11 every time!

I'll never forget my first AC/DC concert, Seattle Coliseum 1978 opening for Ted Nugent. We had no idea who they were, but were very impressed by the little guitar player in shorts spinning on his back on stage! The Nugent fans were booing, but after seeing Angus ride on Bon's shoulders into the crowd playing a cordless guitar, I was hooked!

“Highway to Hell” is sacred music.

Dirty Deeds was the 1st album I ever bought, but not the last. Saw the Back in Black gig at the RDS in 1982. Best gig of my life, and I was at The Wall in Berlin 1990. Still the best rock band in the world for me.

A Touch To Much. The guitar has a great groove, feel, rhythm. It's probably my favorite AC/DC song.

A classic album. Still sounds as fresh as it was new.

@ProfessorofRock

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Thanks for watching!

@steveyray8852

3 жыл бұрын

Very true, I think their sound is timeless. I love ac/dc

@Biden_Cult_Morons

3 жыл бұрын

@@steveyray8852 .. Me too. The license plate on my truck reads ACDC TNT

Gotta say, nothing gets me rocking like AC-DC especially the riff you focused on today.

Angus' and Malcom's big brother was a musical genius and wrote hits before, and after ACDC broke. Prior to ACDC he was in an early 60s band 'The Easybeats' who had a huge hit with 'Friday on my Mind'. Afterwards he was part of the Duo 'Flash and the Pan' they had many hits and went on to be pioneers of electronic music. Great pop songs include 'Hey St Peter', 'Midnight Man' & Down Among the Dead Men. Grace Jones' hit 'Walking in the Rain' was one of their B-sides.

Glasgow Apollo,1978,I was 13(I looked a lot older) and it was the 1st gig I'd ever been to,I'm 57 now and I've seen hundreds of Bands since and not one of them even comes close to AC/DC with Bon Scott on vocals !!,I'm actually headbanging along at the front of the stage in quite a few of their video's from that night which I found on you tube a few month's ago !!, To Absent Friends !!....

The simplicity and drive of their '3 chord ' music has become a staple of rock, for generations to come!!

Love a bit of ac/dc,hard to pick a favourite,but I always loved Ride on…..under rated tune imho.

@m1cajah

2 жыл бұрын

Great song indeed

@richardthompson5436

2 жыл бұрын

As a person goes through life, that song hits harder and goes deeper. Legendary.

@supertramp6011

2 жыл бұрын

@@richardthompson5436 true dat!👌

@lew-e

2 жыл бұрын

I was just thinking that! I did a full listen to all their albums while remodeling my basement and that song just stuck out. That became my favorite song of theirs from that point on

@DJB99

2 жыл бұрын

The second guitar solo in Ride On is pure genius. To my mind Angus’ best solo.

Powerage is the best of the best. An underrated effort that really showcases bon, Malcolm and Angus, and their stunning ability to ROCK!!

I’ve always been into metal music but AC/DC is one of the few bands that walk the line between rock and roll and heavy metal like no other band.

One of the greatest rifts ever...I play guitar and whenever I play this on my electric it puts a smile on everyone's face 🙂🙂🙂

For most Aussies the greatest AC-DC Song is Long Way To The Top and is widely regarded as being the top of the pile when it comes to Australian Rock Songs of all time

@MandyRRAh

3 жыл бұрын

So great that we sang it to our children, and then grandchildren, substituting "It's a long way to the shop when you want a sausage roll." No disrespect. Just affection. Ingrained into the souls of people my age.

@hiptonymusic1794

3 жыл бұрын

@@MandyRRAh and us Sydney boys sang "It's a long way to the Cross if you wanna F*^k a mole...

@MandyRRAh

3 жыл бұрын

@@hiptonymusic1794 Oh dear. Desperate boys had to take desperate measures, I suppose. Won't be teaching that version to the grandkids. ;)

@AuMechanic

3 жыл бұрын

Or the more commonly know version in Aus "Its a long way to the shop if you want a sausage roll"

@brucepulver8358

3 жыл бұрын

It's a Long way, It's a Long way, It's a Long way to the shop if y'a want a Chiko roll!!!!

1979, nine years old. Sitting in the back seat of a burnt orange cutless regal. Heading to Golf n Stuff in Norwalk CA. Older brother of a friend puts on Highway to Hell. I was never the same!