AC/DC: Classic or Dud

Hey btw if any of you missed Phil's Stereogum article that's linked above, it's a great read, even got me to check out some of the later albums. And "Powerage" is a weirdly underrated album.

may have even said it on this thread but i like to think of powerage as a concept album about bon scott belatedly experiencing being dumped for the first time in his life and just losing his mind about it. "hell ain't a bad place to be" on the last album even being kind of a foreshadowing

Dementia at 61? Man, I wonder what's going on. My dad had a rare form of Alzheimer's called post cortical atrophy, but I don't think that affects short term memory as radically as that article indicates Malcolm is dealing with.

Stroke can have profound effects on memory, but who knows what came first.

New song "Play Ball":
http://youtu.be/0-ksJ8ItQT4

Sounds exactly what an AC/DC custom-made-for-use-as-a-tv-sports-bumper-anthem song should sound like imo.

Sounds like Van Hagar if Sammy had a cold.

if Sammy had a cold.

Worst Esquire piece ever.

Sounds like Van Hagar if Sammy had a cold.

that sure sounds like a new ac/dc song

I'm sort of warming to it? After the initial disappointment I think I just accepted this is no new Thunderstruck, not even a new Heatseeker or Stiff Upper Lip, but just an OK AC/DC song, and that's something I can appreciate. I like it better than Rock n Roll Train but it's not even close to Anything Goes, which still is my favorite AC/DC track since Big Gun.

"safe in new york city" was great

BUH. The entirety of AC/DC's back catalog on sale at Amazon's mp3 store...for $6.99. You might want to take advantage.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00O6DOQES/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00O6DOQES&linkCode=as2&tag=thepartim-20&linkId=XKGGDXO7COKF6ZU6

thanks ned saw this on facebook thanks, damn what a deal

wow!!

Looks like the link is now 404'd so I hope you all took advantage.

dammit! I was going to wait till I got home.

I got it! And because I clicked a couple buttons I'm getting ALL my due amazon mp3's...ever. All 167 hours of them.

Time for a party.

man how good was this fuckin band?

these are so good sounding

Very, very, good.

Damn, I put it in my cart for later and came back to find it all greyed out. Looks like each of the albums are available for $6.99 now.

Lessons I should have already learned from ilx like not to dick around when Amazon fucks up the price on something.

This was everything* too--Bonfire, Backtracks, tons of live stuff.

*Well, the single w/the first singer isn't there (not that that was happening).

YSI??

is it gone already!!!??

Damn.

Not to rub it in, but I was just checking something on my account, and I actually paid $4.99 for the set.

dirty deeds etc

I wish there was an equivalent of Steam sales for music mp3s. I'd love to stay up late at night waiting for a flash sale of the AC/DC or the Fleetwood Mac or the Sparks catalog. I'd gladly have it set fire to my credit card.

Apparently it had been a sneak sale since Friday, believe it or not.

thanks Ned for pointing this out, stoked that I pounced when I did and now, well, I've got 290 mp3s of AC/DC on my hard drive. Now I just need the lifestyle to go with that.

First thing I did was dig through all the boxes and rarities compilations to restore the Australian track listings of the first 4 albums.

been listening to AC/DC all day

about done with Let There Be Rock right now

so fucking consistently awesome! not just every album is good, they basically don't have hardly any bad songs, like at all, i don't think i've actively disliked a song yet

Vanda/Young are such good rock producers, these records sound so awesome and so tuff, like I can't imagine a better hard rock record sound (obv mutt does well later too)

"Overdose" is the greatest thing

ok on to Powerage now - this album rules! "Downpayment Blues" is amazing

I'm so happy to see you discover the joys of Bon Scott AC/DC. Makes me smile.

oh i knew they were great! but i guess i just kinda had the "hits" - dirty deeds, highway to hell, and let there be rock, stuff recycled on who made who.. so there are a lot of great tracks i never heard

Much better albums then people give them credit for. It doesn't last through the Brian years, but a Bon deep cut can be staggeringly good.

yeah a good bon-era non-single can be as good if not better

ridiculously, consistently good output

"Overdose" is the greatest thing

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Dog Eat Dog is one of the meanest things ever put to wax. LTBR and Powerage are the ultimate in savagery.

Downpayment Blues is a perfect Bon Scott song.

on to Highway to Hell now, obviously classic

"Touch Too Much" is totally a test run for Def Leppard, that chorus and something about how they harmonize it is totally Def Leppard

High and Dry is the great lost 70s AC/DC record. Nowhere near as good, but I do love it.

yeah high and dry rules

def leppard kinda rules overall

i think powerage is overall a better album than highway to hell

this here Back in Black album is pretty good, feel like it could be a hit

Interviewed Angus and Brian the other day. Angus was very – surprisingly - frank about Malcolm's dementia and the progression of his illness.

Oh man. Where will your interview appear?

In the Guardian. Online Nov 27, print Nov 28.

Please post a link. Very interested in that.