Brian Johnson is 70 today



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Nice! Happy birthday to the great Brian Johnson.

Special gift for a special day.
Do you know this one, Shot Down In Flames, Tokyo 1981, with this special Phil Rudd intro ?

[vocaroo.com]

Electric...

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I love Brian but I do not think we'll see him again on stage with AC/DC. I hope I'm wrong but the page is turned Imo.

Another evidence of "no Brian" is the way the guitars were tuned in ACDC. From 2008 on they were tuned to E flat and when Axl got the gig guitars were back to standard E.
Translation : Brian asked the guitars to be detuned (and all the songs to be played a semitone lower) cause it put less stress on his vocal chords.

I'm sure Angus was glad to see Axl had no problem with standard tuning : it gives the guitars an edge and aggression E flat tuning lacks.

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Special gift for a special day.
Do you know this one, Shot Down In Flames, Tokyo 1981, with this special Phil Rudd intro ?

[vocaroo.com]

Electric...

Nice recording. Man, no one can make a stupid-simple 4/4 backbeat swing and groove like Phil Rudd. All in the hi-hat...the man is a magician.



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didn't know that one, thanks for sharing,

(r&r damnation)

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I love Brian but I do not think we'll see him again on stage with AC/DC. I hope I'm wrong but the page is turned Imo.

Another evidence of "no Brian" is the way the guitars were tuned in ACDC. From 2008 on they were tuned to E flat and when Axl got the gig guitars were back to standard E.
Translation : Brian asked the guitars to be detuned (and all the songs to be played a semitone lower) cause it put less stress on his vocal chords.

I'm sure Angus was glad to see Axl had no problem with standard tuning : it gives the guitars an edge and aggression E flat tuning lacks.

I'm not a musician so I wasn't aware of this! Saw them on the Black Ice and Rock or Bust tours, bought both CD's as well as live DVD and the songs sounded the same to me, didn't seem like a lower key.

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powerage78
Special gift for a special day.
Do you know this one, Shot Down In Flames, Tokyo 1981, with this special Phil Rudd intro ?

[vocaroo.com]

Electric...

Never heard it, excellent intro! ><

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Brian Johnson is 70 today

Congratulations and thank you!

Latest news:

Brian will be leadvocalist of LED ZEPPELIN on the next tour and Axl is singing with AC/DC ofcourse.

What's Robert Plant gonna do?

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I love Brian but I do not think we'll see him again on stage with AC/DC. I hope I'm wrong but the page is turned Imo.

Another evidence of "no Brian" is the way the guitars were tuned in ACDC. From 2008 on they were tuned to E flat and when Axl got the gig guitars were back to standard E.
Translation : Brian asked the guitars to be detuned (and all the songs to be played a semitone lower) cause it put less stress on his vocal chords.

I'm sure Angus was glad to see Axl had no problem with standard tuning : it gives the guitars an edge and aggression E flat tuning lacks.

I'm not a musician so I wasn't aware of this! Saw them on the Black Ice and Rock or Bust tours, bought both CD's as well as live DVD and the songs sounded the same to me, didn't seem like a lower key.

It's subtle but noticeable. It was definitely done to accommodate Brian's vocal limitations as he entered his 60s.

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I love Brian but I do not think we'll see him again on stage with AC/DC. I hope I'm wrong but the page is turned Imo.

Another evidence of "no Brian" is the way the guitars were tuned in ACDC. From 2008 on they were tuned to E flat and when Axl got the gig guitars were back to standard E.
Translation : Brian asked the guitars to be detuned (and all the songs to be played a semitone lower) cause it put less stress on his vocal chords.

I'm sure Angus was glad to see Axl had no problem with standard tuning : it gives the guitars an edge and aggression E flat tuning lacks.

I'm not a musician so I wasn't aware of this! Saw them on the Black Ice and Rock or Bust tours, bought both CD's as well as live DVD and the songs sounded the same to me, didn't seem like a lower key.

It's subtle but noticeable. It was definitely done to accommodate Brian's vocal limitations as he entered his 60s.

brians voice though was also already lower than bon's or axl's even when he was new to he band



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Brian Johnson is 70 today

Congratulations and thank you!

Latest news:

Brian will be leadvocalist of LED ZEPPELIN on the next tour and Axl is singing with AC/DC ofcourse.

What's Robert Plant gonna do?

Sing for Guns'n'Roses!

Sydney 2015 with Brian, that was (still) so good...

[youtu.be]

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I love Brian but I do not think we'll see him again on stage with AC/DC. I hope I'm wrong but the page is turned Imo.

Another evidence of "no Brian" is the way the guitars were tuned in ACDC. From 2008 on they were tuned to E flat and when Axl got the gig guitars were back to standard E.
Translation : Brian asked the guitars to be detuned (and all the songs to be played a semitone lower) cause it put less stress on his vocal chords.

I'm sure Angus was glad to see Axl had no problem with standard tuning : it gives the guitars an edge and aggression E flat tuning lacks.

I'm not a musician so I wasn't aware of this! Saw them on the Black Ice and Rock or Bust tours, bought both CD's as well as live DVD and the songs sounded the same to me, didn't seem like a lower key.

It's subtle but noticeable. It was definitely done to accommodate Brian's vocal limitations as he entered his 60s.

brians voice though was also already lower than bon's or axl's even when he was new to he band

Well his natural speaking voice certainly is. I don't know how he screamed like that for over 30 years while smoking like a chimney.

When you listened to Bon talk, you could tell he had a naturally high voice, so his singing style was probably pretty natural-feeling to him, but Brian was practically putting his balls in a vice-grip to hit those screams.

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Brian was practically putting his balls in a vice-grip to hit those screams.

Lol yes...alot of times Brian looked like it was a painful struggle to sing the way he did.



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Rip this joint, gonna save your soul, round and round and round we go......

Lol, I love his natural speaking voice and that Geordie accent. I wish AC/DC had taken more advantage of his low voice and did more blues over the years.

Listen to this cover of John Lee Hooker's Boom Boom on a French radio station (I think during promotion for Ballbreaker in 1995):

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Could have been killer if they'd recorded a whole hardcore blues record in that vain.



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Geordie.

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Geordie.

I knew that! Lol, terrible mistype.

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I love Brian but I do not think we'll see him again on stage with AC/DC. I hope I'm wrong but the page is turned Imo.

Another evidence of "no Brian" is the way the guitars were tuned in ACDC. From 2008 on they were tuned to E flat and when Axl got the gig guitars were back to standard E.
Translation : Brian asked the guitars to be detuned (and all the songs to be played a semitone lower) cause it put less stress on his vocal chords.

I'm sure Angus was glad to see Axl had no problem with standard tuning : it gives the guitars an edge and aggression E flat tuning lacks.

I'm not a musician so I wasn't aware of this! Saw them on the Black Ice and Rock or Bust tours, bought both CD's as well as live DVD and the songs sounded the same to me, didn't seem like a lower key.

It's subtle but noticeable. It was definitely done to accommodate Brian's vocal limitations as he entered his 60s.

brians voice though was also already lower than bon's or axl's even when he was new to he band

Well his natural speaking voice certainly is. I don't know how he screamed like that for over 30 years while smoking like a chimney.

When you listened to Bon talk, you could tell he had a naturally high voice, so his singing style was probably pretty natural-feeling to him, but Brian was practically putting his balls in a vice-grip to hit those screams.

exactly. he always had to use every ounce of his being to hit the notes in bon songs. the fact they eventually had to drop the tuning to songs isn't a shock

Angus attended the show last night...great photo with Keith...

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Great pic. Love it.

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Angus attended the show last night...great photo with Keith...

[www.facebook.com]

Great!
Thanks for sharing.

No jam...
Maybe in Arnhem (but probably not).

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Someone posted this on facebook...



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Rip this joint, gonna save your soul, round and round and round we go......

Keith and Malcolm Young, best riff makers ever.
Look at this :
[youtu.be]

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Someone posted this on facebook...

Norwegian folk singer Jan Eggum – who is who?

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Keith and Malcolm Young, best riff makers ever.
Look at this :
[youtu.be]

Malcolm!
I'll never forget being there in person to see this in Toronto:

[youtu.be]

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Keith and Malcolm Young, best riff makers ever.
Look at this :
[youtu.be]

Malcolm!
I'll never forget being there in person to see this in Toronto:

[youtu.be]

One of the coolest things as ever. I love how tiny Angus looks next to Keith, who's not that tall as it is. That guitar is just swimming on him.

In french but just a great book

[acdclelivre.fr]

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