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WTF schillid?
BIB...those were the days when nearly all the songs on the album were great, hard to top Hells Bells or Given the Dog a Bone. FTATR has grown on me and I like most of the songs on it as well now.
After they had peaked, it was only a few good tracks each on Flick and Blow. Same for the later albums where Brian was taken off the songwriting credits altogether. Those later albums are lacking good lyrics, I feel they should at least have let Brian handle that. But they always churn out a great song or two on their later albums.
I think I like Flick better than Those About To Rock. Biggest problem is they stopped using Mutt Lange and self produced. Not sure if Angus and Malcolm didn't want to use him or he was busy with Leppard on Pyromania. A very raw sounding album that wasn't radio friendly. Next album Fly On The Wall was terrible sounding, Brian's vocals sounded like someone ran over a cat's tail.
Brian Johnson is a bit screechy. I though either Angry Anderson (Rose Tattoo) or Doc Neeson (the Angels) might've been better.
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WTF schillid?
BIB...those were the days when nearly all the songs on the album were great, hard to top Hells Bells or Given the Dog a Bone. FTATR has grown on me and I like most of the songs on it as well now.
After they had peaked, it was only a few good tracks each on Flick and Blow. Same for the later albums where Brian was taken off the songwriting credits altogether. Those later albums are lacking good lyrics, I feel they should at least have let Brian handle that. But they always churn out a great song or two on their later albums.
I think I like Flick better than Those About To Rock. Biggest problem is they stopped using Mutt Lange and self produced. Not sure if Angus and Malcolm didn't want to use him or he was busy with Leppard on Pyromania. A very raw sounding album that wasn't radio friendly. Next album Fly On The Wall was terrible sounding, Brian's vocals sounded like someone ran over a cat's tail.
Brian Johnson is a bit screechy. I though either Angry Anderson (Rose Tattoo) or Doc Neeson (the Angels) might've been better.
Agree, and I thought he was an odd pick as a replacement back then.But my high school friend bought Back in Black the day it was released and played it daily for weeks...seemingly months on end. After that much exposure, it sort of grows on you whether you like it or not, and can't deny it's a great album w/some great tunes. For Those About To Rock (the tune itself) seemed a bit silly...well, sillier than anything else they'd released, and after that it all seemed sort of downhill from there. I still don't own anything from the Brian era, but when I get the urge I'll look up a few tunes from Back and Black on youtube and reminisce. I've always had copies of all things Bon though - they were truly legitimate back then.
PS - Hope all is well with you up in Seattle crholmstrom - been watching the news and for weeks now (maybe months?) it seems violence, chaos, and lawlessness has been the rule of the day with no end in sight. Stay safe.
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Hey Treaclefingers, not sure if you knew,one of AC/DC's first shows with Brian was in Vancouver, July 16, 1980 at the Coliseum concert bowl, 9 days before BIB would be released. Streetheart was the opening act. I cut out the review from the Vancouver Sun, the headline said This Highway To Hell One Big Headache!
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Imo their last good album it's 'Stiff Upper Lip'.
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RollingFreak
Black Ice was just way too long. That was its biggest issue. They haven't had a truly great album where more than 1/3 of it is good in an incredibly long time.
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Black Ice was just way too long. That was its biggest issue. They haven't had a truly great album where more than 1/3 of it is good in an incredibly long time.
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Hey Treaclefingers, not sure if you knew,one of AC/DC's first shows with Brian was in Vancouver, July 16, 1980 at the Coliseum concert bowl, 9 days before BIB would be released. Streetheart was the opening act. I cut out the review from the Vancouver Sun, the headline said This Highway To Hell One Big Headache!
Sorry I missed your note Deej...funny, I'd just bought The Streetheart album that year, and wasn't even aware of AC/DC until Back in Black came out...watching Casey Kasem's "America's Top 10" on TV with the Back in Black performance video.
He went into the story about the lead singer dying and it blew me away they replaced him so quickly. A few months later EVERYONE's favourite band was AC/DC while I started my Stones journey with the She's So Cold 45.
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Black Ice was just way too long. That was its biggest issue. They haven't had a truly great album where more than 1/3 of it is good in an incredibly long time.
Same thing Stones fans here said about Bigger Bang about the length of the album/cd. Regarding a truly great album where more than 1/3 is good, I can't think of any band that has been around since the 60s/70s that have done that!
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Black Ice was just way too long. That was its biggest issue. They haven't had a truly great album where more than 1/3 of it is good in an incredibly long time.
Same thing Stones fans here said about Bigger Bang about the length of the album/cd. Regarding a truly great album where more than 1/3 is good, I can't think of any band that has been around since the 60s/70s that have done that!
Oh I agree. Listen, we all know in our heart of hearts the Stones haven't put out a GREAT album since Tattoo You lol. And I'm a big Bigger Bang fan. If you cut it down to 10 songs, I do genuinely think its far and away and easily their strongest effort since Tattoo You. But yeah, in its current form, its similar to Black Ice.
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Hey Treaclefingers, not sure if you knew,one of AC/DC's first shows with Brian was in Vancouver, July 16, 1980 at the Coliseum concert bowl, 9 days before BIB would be released. Streetheart was the opening act. I cut out the review from the Vancouver Sun, the headline said This Highway To Hell One Big Headache!
Sorry I missed your note Deej...funny, I'd just bought The Streetheart album that year, and wasn't even aware of AC/DC until Back in Black came out...watching Casey Kasem's "America's Top 10" on TV with the Back in Black performance video.
He went into the story about the lead singer dying and it blew me away they replaced him so quickly. A few months later EVERYONE's favourite band was AC/DC while I started my Stones journey with the She's So Cold 45.
Yes, suddenly every weekend highschool party I went to there was AC/DC being played! Atlantic Records suddenly rushes to release all of the Bon era albums in huge quantities and I'm discovering all the pre-Highway To Hell albums.
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Hey Treaclefingers, not sure if you knew,one of AC/DC's first shows with Brian was in Vancouver, July 16, 1980 at the Coliseum concert bowl, 9 days before BIB would be released. Streetheart was the opening act. I cut out the review from the Vancouver Sun, the headline said This Highway To Hell One Big Headache!
Sorry I missed your note Deej...funny, I'd just bought The Streetheart album that year, and wasn't even aware of AC/DC until Back in Black came out...watching Casey Kasem's "America's Top 10" on TV with the Back in Black performance video.
He went into the story about the lead singer dying and it blew me away they replaced him so quickly. A few months later EVERYONE's favourite band was AC/DC while I started my Stones journey with the She's So Cold 45.
Yes, suddenly every weekend highschool party I went to there was AC/DC being played! Atlantic Records suddenly rushes to release all of the Bon era albums in huge quantities and I'm discovering all the pre-Highway To Hell albums.
I think we had exactly the same childhood. How old were you in 1980? I was 15.
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Hey Treaclefingers, not sure if you knew,one of AC/DC's first shows with Brian was in Vancouver, July 16, 1980 at the Coliseum concert bowl, 9 days before BIB would be released. Streetheart was the opening act. I cut out the review from the Vancouver Sun, the headline said This Highway To Hell One Big Headache!
Sorry I missed your note Deej...funny, I'd just bought The Streetheart album that year, and wasn't even aware of AC/DC until Back in Black came out...watching Casey Kasem's "America's Top 10" on TV with the Back in Black performance video.
He went into the story about the lead singer dying and it blew me away they replaced him so quickly. A few months later EVERYONE's favourite band was AC/DC while I started my Stones journey with the She's So Cold 45.
Yes, suddenly every weekend highschool party I went to there was AC/DC being played! Atlantic Records suddenly rushes to release all of the Bon era albums in huge quantities and I'm discovering all the pre-Highway To Hell albums.
I think we had exactly the same childhood. How old were you in 1980? I was 15.
I was a year younger! It was all AC/DC for a while, then Tattoo You came out and suddenly it's all Stones, especially when the tour started. I didn't go down, but a lot of friends drove down to Seattle to see either of the Kingdome shows.
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Saw both too. I just remember the excitement in the city, first time the Stones were in town since 72. I was a member of Hot Seats at the time so I could buy tickets before they went on sale. First show I got seats in the lower bowl around mid field. Second show I was row 2 on the floor, dead centre. Best seats I've ever had for any show!
Couple months prior I saw The Who at BC Place. Can't remember if they did 2 shows, too.
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powerage78
THEY ARE BACK
New album in november ?
Cliff, Brian, Stevie, Phil, Angus
From acdc.com
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ThePaleRider
Someone once said that when listening to ACDC, they the greatest rock and roll band in history for about 3 songs. After that they start to become the worst rock and roll band in history...I'm not saying I agree but I somewhat understand the sentiment...
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powerage78
Well...