Eh, wasn't sure about the new album. Just sorta there.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 6 May 2004 17:50 (nineteen years ago) link
I can imagine they'd be a hoot live though
― uh (eetface), Thursday, 6 May 2004 18:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― donut bitch (donut), Thursday, 6 May 2004 18:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Friday, 7 May 2004 14:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Friday, 7 May 2004 16:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― Rock Bastard, Friday, 7 May 2004 17:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alice, Friday, 7 May 2004 17:15 (nineteen years ago) link
and on audiogalaxy for a while, songs from Rage's The Perfect Man were labeled "Rage Against the Machine". :) I can't imagine the RATM fans who d/led it. "WOW, ZACH IS SINGING! WHERE'S THE RAP?"
My favorite gimmick is when people "leak" new albums and then you download it and it's just Michael jackson's thriller.
― uh (eetface), Friday, 7 May 2004 17:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― donut bitch (donut), Friday, 7 May 2004 17:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― uh (eetface), Friday, 7 May 2004 17:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Friday, 7 May 2004 18:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― zebedee (zebedee), Friday, 7 May 2004 18:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ian Christe (Ian Christe), Friday, 7 May 2004 18:26 (nineteen years ago) link
http://lookinside2-images.amazon.com/Qffs+v35leoSAuVahiEysS6kjw5/huTOGaUAOrFjwzfi/iliNdpAA9pE/V7MUkmk
― Ian Christe (Ian Christe), Friday, 7 May 2004 18:28 (nineteen years ago) link
I LOVE...(STRATOSPHERE WAIL) TO FEEL YOU DIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
― uh (eetface), Friday, 7 May 2004 18:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ian Christe (Ian Christe), Friday, 7 May 2004 18:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― uh (eetface), Friday, 7 May 2004 18:45 (nineteen years ago) link
this is actually why Highway To Hell is one of my least favorite Scott-era albums.
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Friday, 7 May 2004 20:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― Broheems (diamond), Friday, 7 May 2004 20:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Friday, 7 May 2004 20:44 (nineteen years ago) link
But I stress the word "may" in all of the above, of course. Perhaps, Bon could have possibly been recharged and made Back In Black an album 10 times more amazing than it stands now...(which is really not much to me)
― donut bitch (donut), Friday, 7 May 2004 22:18 (nineteen years ago) link
Brian Johnson was more of a rock machine... which is cool for the material they were doing at that point. Back In Black is a miracle for a post-Bon effort.
But what am I gonna flip in on a road trip and rock the fuck out to at top-volume for hours extended? That would be Bon Scott...
― Bobby Peru (Bobby Peru), Friday, 25 March 2005 05:40 (nineteen years ago) link
That said, since The Razor's Edge, when AC/DC pretty much changed their sound significantly for the first time, Johnson obviously fits better.. and doesn't need to sing as loud and high.
Stiff Upper Lip is actually my favorite Johnson-era AC/DC album under For Those About To Rock, We Salute You...
I'm quite curious what the next AC/DC record will sound like. Aren't they due for one right around now? It's been half a decade.
― donut debonair (donut), Friday, 25 March 2005 05:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― Lord Custos Omicron (Lord Custos Omicron), Friday, 25 March 2005 18:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― Bobby Peru (Bobby Peru), Friday, 25 March 2005 18:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― donut debonair (donut), Friday, 25 March 2005 19:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― George Smith, Friday, 25 March 2005 19:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― Lord Custos Omicron (Lord Custos Omicron), Saturday, 26 March 2005 06:39 (nineteen years ago) link
On the Efficiency of AC/DC: Bon Scott versus Brian Johnson, by Dr. Robert J. Oxoby, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Calgary (pdf)
― mookieproof, Thursday, 23 August 2007 04:31 (sixteen years ago) link
The premise of that paper is faulty. There is no debate: Scott runs rampant over Johnson, First round KO.
And to the guys a couple years ago saying Scott sounded"bored" on Highway to Hell: I hope your hearing has returned.
― Bill Magill, Thursday, 23 August 2007 14:01 (sixteen years ago) link
The paper shies away from an obvious conclusion. The experiment shows that Bon Scott makes people act crazier than Brian Johnson. Therefore Bon Scott rocks harder.
Brian Johnson fans can cry all they want about inadequate sample size. And then they can go off and listen to a version of AC/DC that makes them act in an economically efficient manner. Science has spoken.
― dad a, Thursday, 23 August 2007 17:55 (sixteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5rLSyT_hVE&feature=related
one of the few recordings I've ever found where he sounded good live on this, though on the second verse it sounds like he realizes midway through that he used verse 1's vocal pattern....
― my downeaster ilxor (Neanderthal), Saturday, 11 June 2011 22:45 (twelve years ago) link
The real question is...Brian Johnson vs. Dan McCafferty of Nazareth.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Saturday, 11 June 2011 23:45 (twelve years ago) link
Listening to AC/DC right now - which, I can assure you, is something of a novelty for me - and, boy, does Bon Scott ever sound like Alex Harvey!
― Eggbreak Hotel (Tom D.), Thursday, 7 January 2021 18:53 (three years ago) link
Yes! I have always audibly thought Alex Harvey was a huge influence on Bon. He was very open that Alex was his hero and for sure borrowed some of his inflections. Two Scottish titans.
― stirmonster, Thursday, 7 January 2021 20:57 (three years ago) link
I knew SAHB were especially popular in Aus, Nick Cave's another big fan, so I'm not surprised that Bon Scott was a fan too. Bon's voice is slightly higher and more of a conventional rock voice but his phrasing is so similar.
― Eggbreak Hotel (Tom D.), Thursday, 7 January 2021 21:45 (three years ago) link
I misread this title as BORIS Johnson vs Bon Scott. Which would be no contest, obv.
did we ever get this sorted
― shivers me timber (sic), Thursday, 7 January 2021 21:47 (three years ago) link
i just found out Bon was in a prog rock band called Fraternity and it kinda blows my mind, on some Procol Harum, Moody Blues shit crazy to hear/see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZY2nl2CwLc
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 7 January 2021 21:53 (three years ago) link
I knew SAHB were especially popular in Aus
Not sure this is true btw; I first heard of them reading a Cure bio in 1989, never encountered 'em in second-hand record shops after that, and have never heard a note of them in the wild.
Wikipedia says they had one top 30 single, and their best-selling album peaked at #78.
― shivers me timber (sic), Thursday, 7 January 2021 21:58 (three years ago) link
Not sure about the broad truth of this statement, but Foetus covered "Faith Healer" live in '88-'89.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 7 January 2021 22:07 (three years ago) link
Seems like musicians in Australia like them at least!
― Eggbreak Hotel (Tom D.), Thursday, 7 January 2021 22:16 (three years ago) link
... liked them, that is.
― Eggbreak Hotel (Tom D.), Thursday, 7 January 2021 22:17 (three years ago) link
Foetus probably heard it off Cave’s cassettes in NYC or London or Berlin.
― shivers me timber (sic), Friday, 8 January 2021 00:00 (three years ago) link
"Faith Healer" is a pretty well known song though. Even if people didn't know any SAHB there is a good chance they'd know it plus JG Thirwell had been living in UK for many years.
― stirmonster, Friday, 8 January 2021 00:53 (three years ago) link