The first time I heard AC/DC was in grade school. The school was having an airband competition and one of my friends said we should do AC/DC and I was hooked. In my music library I have 21 AC/DC albums, 214 songs and about 15 hours and 46 minutes of playing time all told. I will grant you that is a lot of time and space for what most would argue is not a very good band. But, there are times where they just work for me. I just am able to totally enjoy them and really isn't that what listening to music should be all about.
Now with a discography this large I can only really take a dip into it but I hope I give you some listening pleasure and perhaps get you to purchase a classic album or two.
Off of their first album in 1975 T.N.T. is the classic that gets played at hockey games all over the land. T.N.T.
Most fans, myself included, feel that early AC/DC with Bon Scott is a far better band then they are now. Not that people hate Brian Johnson but his voice is just not the same. But before we go on to AC/DC with him. I want to give you another from Bon Scott
LET THERE BE ROCK!!!
I would be remiss if I didn't put up one of the many of the bands hits that upset the churchies back in the 70's and that is from 1979 and that last album Bon Scott sang on "Highway to Hell". This song has one of the most memorable guitar riffs of all time. If you are a fan of rock you will instantly recognize this riff. It is a rather appropriate song sine Bon died of alcohol poisoning soon after the release of this album.
I guess if I have to give one song to Brian Johnson it is this one and I realized that as I went through this list I just do not really care about the stuff after Back in Black. Sure there are some okay albums and the stuff off of Who Made Who is kind of fun. But my list stops here.
There you go folks. You have a good day and remember these words and live my them
KEEP ON ROCKIN!!!!
2 comments:
Brian Johnson filled in well in Back in Black but his voice has gotten more Donald Duck than heavy metal over the years. Too bad too I still like AC/DC a lot.
Back in the day I always thought AC/DC sounded like Zep played at 17rpm. As much as I like loud dumb thrashiness, can't say they were ever very high on my list. Still, heckuva lot better than most of the metalish stuff from the '80s.
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