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A true rock n roll legend.
30 years blimey i feel old now ( i was 14)
RIP Bon.
Ac/Dc without him are keech imo.
Saw em in the mid 70's, fantastic. Always thought Bon was better than the new(still to me)guy. True rock and roll way to die, drown in your own vomit.
Someone's listening to Planet Rock, then!
I was 12 and dimly recall it so I never saw them being fronted by him. I did see them when I was 14 or 15 (For Those About To Rock tour) and again last year on the Black Ice tour.
But I would gladly trade both of those (and many more live gigs I have seen) in to see them as dirty little kids playing a tiny uni hall or maybe the famous Paris gig.
"30 years blimey i feel old now ( i was 14) "
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Someone's listening to Planet Rock, then!
Yep 🙂
'ave it! 😡
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He had the biggest b@lls of them all.....
It is amazing how they managed to find a Geordie with such a similar vocal style to an Aussie though (okay, so he was a Scot, but he WAS young when he moved to the criminal's island).
I remember getting Sounds & reading that, damn I feel old .... gets ready to put some early AC/DC on the ipod
But i's even more rock'n'roll to drown on someone elses vomit.
But of course you can't dust for vomit...
Highway to Hell; on.
Random Play; off
Makes me feel like a 14 year old again 🙂 I wore the tape out...
Still have the single of Touch to Much
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Check out the backing vocalist
Respect.
They haven't done too badly without him though.
One of the few proper [u]singers[/u] in the genre, likes of 'Ride On' showed his melodic side. Much preferred that to Johnsons yelling. I think the lyrics were slightly better quality in Bon's tenure too...
...time to go & hunt out the 'Let There Be Rock' video...
Best early tune?
Mine has to be Gone Shootin
he still looks cool, albeit awkward, in that video geejay 😆
Just finished the Highway to Hell album, I had forgotten how much I liked Night Prowler.
The guitarist in our office is just playing it through, on my Strat ... I really must learn to play it one day .... no Gibson SG in the office
is he employed as a guitarist to entertain the office?
Cool work.
Just had it on shuffle on my iPod as I walked around town - lots of bootleg live stuff as well as all the albums etc. I could easily listen to them all day but the rest of the office will get a bit bored 🙁
Best early tune?Mine has to be Gone Shootin
+1 to that...also 'Bullett to bite on' Powerage is amazing.
What a voice;shot down in flames is being met with pained looks by my third year class!Eat classic metal emo kids! 😈 (that was the ACDC smiley)
He's supposed to make money too ... I think an extended lunchbreak in honour of Bon Scott.
It is Friday afternoon 🙂
In theory I am working, I guess in practice I am looking at STW
Powerage is amazing
+1 to that; my favourite album of theirs, + the 1st one I got on CD to replace my worn out casette... Fave song - 'Riff Raff' (great guitar work)..
& talking of Powerage have Sin City on now 🙂 .... another album I still have on vinyl
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High Voltage (the album) proper raw rock n'roll! The man was rock n'roll personified and his lyrics pure genius........ Although I still love the band - their lyrical content is pretty keich these days! Come to think of it apart from the odd gem, their songs are pretty keich altogether these days!
cool friday afternoon geetar jams in the office.
Highway to Hell and If You Want Blood... two of my favourite albums.
Bon Scott & the Glasgow Apollo. It doesn't get any better.
U**** Bon Scott - Lionel Ritchie and Lionel Blair have both died!
Apparently.
But it might have been Brian Blessed.
Bon Scott ??
I had to google that
Sadly missed. He was the man. Was listening to Let there be Rock this morn.
"Powerage" was the best album they ever made. I saw AC/DC on that tour in may 78 and again in november 78. Brilliant both times. 30 years since Bon died seems unreal!
Thunder.....
I was 15 and a big AC/DC fan (still am), I remember my mate phoning me with the news that Bon SCott had died - I was gutted.
Much though I like the later stuff, Bon-era AC/DC will never be bettered.
RIP
Crikey there was a lot of us 14 when he died, Dirty deeds done dirt cheap & She's Got Balls always raises a smile & Touch to Much is one of my all time top tunes.
Spooky thing was it was on my iPod last night as I went to sleep!
"For those who want blood.." is one of if not the best live album ever.
I think you'll find it's 'If you want blood.... you've got it'
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what's quite funny is that after nearly 30 years i still consider brian johnson to be ac/dc's new lead singer.
+ for powerage being their best work
If you want blood - one of my fave album covers of all time - visually arresting image if not wonderful design.
They seemed good right from the beginning - Jailbreak and Squealer have always been great to me though Powerage is my favourite album too.
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I think you'll find it's 'If you want blood.... you've got it' "
Of course it is!
<hangs head in shame>
Just realised I was 14 as well, not 15 til the August....
I loved the cover of 'if you want blood' cos my mum hated it!
I remember reading about his death on my paper round - saw them 6 times with the geordie fella but would swap them all to see the original lineup
To me similar to Iron Maiden - saw them with Paul di'anno and couldnt get used to Bruce Dickinson after that despite much more success.
jeez 30 years,,,i remember singin along to my old man lp's,,,
i wonder what he thought when his 11 yo son was innocently singin along to "she's got the jack",,
RIP Bon
Pop - would have to have seen maiden with Di'anno - just that bit too young. I did see them with Dickinson on the number of the beast tour though - easily the best they have been with him on vocals. Seen them about 8 times since too.
Saw 'Maiden tour the first album with Di'anno, loved that album (still do), and they were cracking live. Once Dickinson took over on vocals I lost interest and never regained it. Di'anno era Maiden had a slight punk edge to then IMO whereas the later (and bl00dy succesful) incarnation always seemed to me to be rather a pastiche of metal aimed at 13 year old boys.
He was booted because management wanted a more nu-metal sound ( a la Saxon ). He is still sore about it now apparently.
Ah Saxon. I did (briefly, I was young) want a white tassled leather jacket.... :-\
Wheels of Steel, 747, never great, but damn good nonetheless.
My mates band has just toured with them - still going strong ( arm of the law).
He was booted because management wanted a more nu-metal sound ( a la Saxon ). He is still sore about it now apparently.
he was booted fro being unprofessional and Steve Harris had got p1ssed off with hime and decided to get rib
Anyway, Bon Scott, brilliant vocallist, I think I prefer the new guy though
I stand corrected - that was the line I was told by my 'rock star' mate who occasionally rubs shoulders with several real legends (such as Biff Byford and Ozzy, both of whom he has toured with).
He was booted because management wanted a more nu-metal sound ( a la Saxon ). He is still sore about it now apparently.he was booted fro being unprofessional and Steve Harris had got p1ssed off with hime and decided to get rib
Sort of right, more to do with being wrecked far too often and getting a bit big for his boots
That's fact not secondhand or assumed, i was on the scene at that time in east london and remember Steve from our schooldays although Paul was a couple of years younger
I first saw Maiden with Di'anno in december 79, and again in february the next year. They played the whole of that gig as an instrumental, cos Paul just couldn't sing!!
I too kinda lost interest after Paul left though, even though Bruce Bruce was a damn fine singer and frontman. I saw Bruce a few times with Samson, and he was very impressive.
' Once Dickinson took over on vocals I lost interest and never regained it. Di'anno era Maiden had a slight punk edge to then IMO whereas the later (and bl00dy succesful) incarnation always seemed to me to be rather a pastiche of metal aimed at 13 year old boys. '
Amen. Maiden with Dickinson are keech in my opinion.