Brian Johnson over Bon Scott

Johnson is as good a replacement lead singer as the band could hope to find; AC-DC did make a great album, a good album and some good songs after he joined. Many bands completely fall apart after a line up change as such.

To be honest, I'm no huge AC/DC fan. I love raw rawk 'n rollll, but other than Back in Black, I'm really not a fan of the band much at all.

So Brian didn't really have much say in the creative process. While I can see Bon on a number of tracks, I really am not sure that he'd pull off the title track as well as Brian did. I guess it's really up to our own imaginations.

I like most every track on it, though some thrill me less than others.

I'd put forth "shoot to thrill" as one I'd be questioning Bon's ability on, too. I agree with Anthony's opinion on the "more melodic" stuff...I think the other tunes on Back in Black he could tackle though, even if I admittedly was no fan of him.

Eh, wasn't sure about the new album. Just sorta there.

I can imagine they'd be a hoot live though

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.

http://lookinside2-images.amazon.com/Qffs+v35leoSAuVahiEysS6kjw5/huTOGaUAOrFjwzfi/iliNdpAA9pE/V7MUkmk

I LOVE...(STRATOSPHERE WAIL) TO FEEL YOU DIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

this is actually why Highway To Hell is one of my least favorite Scott-era albums.

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)

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...

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.

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)

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.

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.

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....

The real question is...Brian Johnson vs. Dan McCafferty of Nazareth.

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!

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.

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.

I misread this title as BORIS Johnson vs Bon Scott. Which would be no contest, obv.

did we ever get this sorted

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

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.

I knew SAHB were especially popular in Aus

Not sure about the broad truth of this statement, but Foetus covered "Faith Healer" live in '88-'89.

Seems like musicians in Australia like them at least!

... liked them, that is.

Foetus probably heard it off Cave’s cassettes in NYC or London or Berlin.

"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.