R.I.P., Bon Scott. 30 years ago. Semi-Official Bon Scott remembrance thread.

[Common Sense Party]

Post your favorites if you like...

And if anyone was lucky to have seen him front Ac/Dc live, please share with those of us who didn't.

Let There Be Rock:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deV_tXedY8c

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1. Highway to Hell, live 1979

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqwFfGgLPzM

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2. It's a Long Way to the Top

if you wanna play rock'n'roll bagpipes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1iR2Wi3u5o

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3. Dirty Deeps Done Dirt Cheap

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH8N4s3pat0

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4. Jailbreak, 1976

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNIsKOwzv08

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5. Probably the best Bon Scott AC/DC song ever: Ride On

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNdagpIgItw

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6. T.N.T.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4r6fhRMtF8

[flvegan]

7. Shot Down in Flames (HQ)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULml9Zw5tug&feature=related

Best lineup ever, not that I don't love Brian Johnson.

[gbate]

9. Best AC/DC song evah!

[Common Sense Party]

10. Yup. Brian's great, but Bon had a whole other dimension.

Man, they could jam.

[flvegan]

8. Let There Be Rock

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuxuHwcPdDs&feature=related

[Common Sense Party]

11. I can't believe how young Angus looks in these clips.

He WAS young, but I don't remember him actually appearing 12.

[flvegan]

13. That's why that's one of my favorites of theirs.

He truly does look like he's 14 years old. It's also the only video of them that he's not wearing the usual schoolboy outfit that I can recall.

[bluesbassman]

12. Whole Lotta Rosie - RIP Bonn

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8iKgIOwV2c

[guitar man]

14. Problem child

RIP Bon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tg2A7GSxoE&feature=youtube_gdata

:headbang:

[Initech]

15. For those about to rock, we salute you

:headbang:

[Common Sense Party]

16. Bon Scott documentary here.

Part One
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deV_tXedY8c

Part Two
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYtjaVR6tiI

Part Three
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPgUnvt8ckg

[Throd]

17. Beating Around the Bush, My favorite AC/DC rocker

enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CGLneL5LR4

[Common Sense Party]

20. Great song. I don't think half that studio audience was prepared

for that.

[flvegan]

18. Shoot To Thrill (maybe up there with Angus' best)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzBIe8Q6K6Y&feature=related

[Common Sense Party]

19. Bon Scott interview, 1977

Part One
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TUGYpM8Gww

Part Two
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4b5ZyTcfb0

"We're an album band. We don't give a pinch about the singles."

"European bands don't play rock music. If they do, they don't play it well."

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21. Girl's Got Rhythm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SxVOI5zfdQ

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22. Can I Sit Next To You Girl

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbBosqruaeA

Compare Bon's version with the previous AC/DC singer's:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0-Dks26h8Y

Yikes. Thank Gaia that Bon came along.

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23. If You Want Blood (You've Got It)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3wXkv1VW54

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24. High Voltage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvC-vENeF2E

I got to get my kicks some way

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25. Dog Eat Dog

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmI8ms5-tB8

Little known, but great early tune.

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26. Touch Too Much

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5soFkGX250

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27. Walk All Over You

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vmq3acdgmO8

[nomorenomore08]

28. "Gone Shootin'":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmayGJ4D7L8

"Whole Lotta Rosie" was my first choice, "Beatin' Around the Bush" my second, but I got to this thread late.

[Common Sense Party]

31. All gtood selections. I'm listening to all AC/DC, all day today.

[flying rabbit]

29. Sqealer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRJFqCfCqAk :headbang:

[flying rabbit]

30. Riff raff

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uXu067MTqI :headbang:

[davsand]

32. The Jack

A song guaranteed to scare every parent hearing it through a bedroom door. I play it and other ACDC songs to impress on my 12 year old that there is nothing she's gonna come up with that her father and I have not already thought of or done.

Bon did a great job of helping illustrate that.

RIP.


Laura

[Common Sense Party]

33. She gave me her body...but she gave it to everybody

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St-pD8oKTYc

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34. Kicked in the Teeth

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUT99a6UR0A

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35. Gimme a Bullet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atnHZGdcRnY

Gimme a bullet to bite on
Something to chew
Gimme a bullet to bite on
And I'll make believe
I'll make believe it's you

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36. Rocker

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIypew6g_MY

I'm a rocker
I'm a roller
I'm a ride out of controller

(edited to put a better version link)

[Urban Prairie]

37. Sin City!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKSvc46QHjc

[mitchum]

38. ...well, they used to be clean...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X16RuZgIA2o

Rest In Peace

[Common Sense Party]

40. Great song. So many of the Bon-era songs were about wanting to be

a rich and famous rock star.

I wonder how wealthy Bon was when he died.

[Bennyboy]

39. If rats could sing......

They would sing like Bon Scott...

[Common Sense Party]

41. Sorry. He's more like a ferret or a mink.

Way more personality than a rat.

[Kat45]

42. R.I.P., Bon

Great music.

[omega minimo]

43. Love Bon

[Skittles]

44. I saw Bon in concert in Austin

awesome :thumbsup:

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46. Did you? What are your memories of the show?

Many of us never got to see him live.

[AzDar]

45. What's Next To The Moon...

:headbang:

[Common Sense Party]

47. I completely forgot about that song. Haven't heard it in twenty years

at least:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg-UdkvykIk

[SoxFan]

48. IMMA LET YOU FINISH, BUT IAN CURTIS WAS THE BEST ROCK STAR TO DIE IN 1980

[Common Sense Party]

49. Who?

Oh, yeah. The Joy Division guy. Nah. Bon was much better, and much more popular 30 years later.

[SoxFan]

50. Better? Hardly.

AC/DC regurgitated a single song both before and after Bon Scott. Their lyrics have always been uniformly banal "sex drugs, and rock and roll" pap. Compare that to Curtis' darkly poetic lyricism. No room for comparison.

Curtis and his bandmates also changed rock music. Much like the Velvet Underground, their influence can't be quantified in record sales or radio airplay. Joy Division laid the ground work for acts ranging from U2 to Bloc Party, from REM to Interpol. AC/DC was basically just another bluesy bar band that hit it big.

[flying rabbit]

51. Bon Scott and his bandmates

were the soundtrack to more good times than Joy Division ever dreamed of. They are a group that does one thing, but they do it better than almost anyone. They rock.