"Got Some Rock n' Roll Thunder" & "Hard Times", that's all I need!!

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"Got Some Rock n' Roll Thunder"

worst song on the album alongside Dogs Of War for me

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Maindefender
"Got Some Rock n' Roll Thunder"

worst song on the album alongside Dogs Of War for me

Knowing you are not a fan of Money Talks or Anything Goes, that totally makes sense.

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Knowing you are not a fan of Money Talks or Anything Goes, that totally makes sense.

That's low! ><

After first listening this ROCK OR BUST album is a Touch Too Much for them and/or the fans.
I like Baptism By Fire the best and Let's Play Ball is okay but not a great single like Thunderstruck or even Stiff Upperlip (which I found great, it gave me an AC/DC revival which highlighted in Oberhausen 2003. AC/DC opening for The Stones and Angus and Malcolm guesting on Rock Me Baby. Great Memories!)
Every song on PowerAge is better than Let's Play Ball and Flick Of The Switch also.
Phil Rudd is sounding solid like always, but he can't make these songs outstanding because the songs are not great by potention.
I like "Zwarte Piet" in the Rock or Burst video at 1;52. Must be the influence of Angus living in Aalten, The Netherlands, married to a dutch woman since 1980. It's a nice touch.
All in all I won't rush to buy Rock or Bust like I did even with Black Ice. Wait a year or two maybe to complete my AC/DC collection (which I don't play anyway anymore).



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Phil definitely appears to be "tweaking" on meth in that footage. Very sad and I'd say he's probably done with AC/DC.

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"Got Some Rock n' Roll Thunder"

worst song on the album alongside Dogs Of War for me

Lol I like Dogs Of War also. To each is own I say.....

Phil is just an utterly foolish, pathetic individual now.

Very sad...hope he gets help before it's too late.

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I've heard Play Ball and Rock or Bust which are both solid, no nonsense tracks. I mean, they're a one trick pony but what a pony it is!! I still feel like a noob as I only heard This House is on Fire for the first time on Sunday. Now That's What I Call AC/DC.

Kinda funny how history gives perspective. At the time of its release Flick of the Switch was much maligned and considered to be sub-par....

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There's not much to dislike about Flick. It certainly stands head and shoulders above some of the later 80s albums.

I have to say, am damn impressed with the new AC/DC opus, "Rock or Bust"

How did I miss the frenzy online over last few days' articles everywhere, reviews, videos of the launch party which looked great; the premiere of the new video 2 nights ago..

The lyrics are super dumb, even by the Young brother' standards - 'DC lyrics were smart, witty and cutting with Bon Scott, but from the 80s, the double entendre became the single entendre, too many songs like 'Sink the Pink'. Lyrics mostly about how much they rock, how much they want to rock or keep rocking, the power of rock, and women!

But, lyrics aside, the music is some of the catchiest in ages; I was reminded very much of 'Fly on the Wall' and 'Razors Edge' - very catchy guitar riffs, and the guitar riffs on this album are very catchy on almost every track.

Brian Johnson is singing better than he has arguably in 30 years. He's getting a lot of praise.

'Got Some rock'n'roll Thunder', 'Miss Adventure' and the excellent 'Baptism of Fire' - even those three, listen to the wonderfully catchy riffs, the pounding, grooving tempo, the great chorus' (in the case of 'Miss Adventure' one of the most musical and catchy chorus' they've ever done).

Not every track is gold, but majority are, and at 35 minutes, it doesn't outstay it's welcome.

Better than 'Black Ice', and catchy in the 'Fly on the Wall', 'Blow Up your Video', 'Razors Edge' sense.

It's going to be huge!!

Lyrics mostly about how much they rock, how much they want to rock or keep rocking, the power of rock, and women!

I don't see a problem here?

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Lyrics mostly about how much they rock, how much they want to rock or keep rocking, the power of rock, and women!

I don't see a problem here?

haha! Come to think of it, why not! Why not indeed!

I do think 'DC had much better lyrics with Bon Scott; had 'Powerage' on the other night and some of the words, for excample, 'Gone Shootin', were very good.

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Lyrics mostly about how much they rock, how much they want to rock or keep rocking, the power of rock, and women!

I don't see a problem here?

haha! Come to think of it, why not! Why not indeed!

I do think 'DC had much better lyrics with Bon Scott; had 'Powerage' on the other night and some of the words, for excample, 'Gone Shootin', were very good.

I daresay that Bon Scott was a BRILLIANT lyricist...extremely witty and clever in a blue-collar, no-nonsense sort of way.

Brian Johnson's lyrics were decent for a while too, but then the Young brothers took over and it all went downhill.

Again, while of course I don't listen to AC/DC for the lyrics, SOME wittiness and clever wordplay would be nice. Angus and Mal are geniuses at riffs...lyrics, not so much.

Meth is a terrible drug.

Never saw this. Very cool! Would be great to see ACDC do an album of blues and early rock covers.

Damn this is good :

- Wright appears to be a competent blues drummer
- the band should have included this vid in one of their DVD retrospective!

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Interview with Angus and Brian, questions in Spanish, answers in English
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Is it any wonder that Brian Johnson's favorite Bon Scott album is Powerage?

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Is it any wonder that Brian Johnson's favorite Bon Scott album is Powerage?

Of course not. It's a remarkable album.

It's also Keith's favorite AC/DC album, and one of his favorite rock'n'roll albums period.

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Is it any wonder that Brian Johnson's favorite Bon Scott album is Powerage?

i still think its the weakest bon era album but thats also like saying yu have to pick a stones album from 1968-1972 to be the weakest

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Lyrics mostly about how much they rock, how much they want to rock or keep rocking, the power of rock, and women!

I don't see a problem here?

That´s what R&R is all about - more or less ><

Gave the latest album a few good listens and...it's really hard to muster much enthusiasm for it. A bit like if ABB was 10x "Driving Too Fast"...there are a couple of good moments, like the last 15 seconds of "Play Ball" and another one or two that I can't place exactly for now. I fear they might be about to enter another "Flick of the Switch" phase in the eye of the public. It's still a bit of a marketing miracle that they managed to get out of that rut BTW...

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There’s no more reliable brand in rock than AC/DC. Over the last four decades, the metal-studded Huns have stuck to their signature sound as rigidly as the Coca-Cola company has to its soft drink.

In the last year, however, two events have occurred that threatened to short-circuit the band’s current. Rhythm guitarist Malcolm Young left, due to his increasing struggles with dementia. Then, last month, drummer Phil Rudd was arrested for possession of meth and pot, as well as for threatening to kill two people. The band says Rudd hasn’t been in touch with them of late, further threatening his musical future.

This one-two punch represents the strongest shock to AC/DC’s system since the sudden death of lead screamer Bon Scott 34 years ago.

Even so, they’re soldiering on.

The new “Rock or Bust” features songwriting credits from Malcolm on every track. And though he didn’t play on the album, he’s been replaced with someone who has Malcolm’s ethic in his blood: nephew Steven Young.

Small wonder every track on the disc seems to ask fans the rhetorical question: “Are you ready to rawk?”

Eskimos have a hundred words for snow. AC/DC has as many ways to rock!
They ought to be, considering how long it’s been since a venerable, unflinchingly hard, guitar band put out good new music.

The Stones haven’t done it. Nor the Who. And not even Aerosmith.

With “Rock or Bust,” AC/DC has.

Of course, new music from AC/DC sounds remarkably like old music from AC/DC. As always, the members attack their instruments with the repetition, and savagery, of a serial killer.

All the problems facing the band haven’t inspired a second of introspection — or, worse, a ballad. This first new album in six years approaches AC/DC’s essential sound with all the variation of an O.C.D. victim.

AC/DC’s new album is great.
Even so, the new songs again prove what a broad array of variations can be found within the narrowest m.o. In the same way Eskimos have a hundred words for snow, AC/DC has countless ways to stagger its riffs and stutter its beats.

In “Miss Adventure,” the band pulls a twist on the snaking guitar of “Train Kept a Rollin,” enlivening a blues-rock classic. For “Play Ball,” they find a tune catchy enough to be an anthem for any sports team, while “Rock the Blues Away” houses the band’s catchiest pop melody since “You Shook Me All Night Long.”

More often, however, AC/DC soars on pure rhythm. At root, the band takes rhythms as funky as those of James Brown and translates them into the language of rock. It helps that singer Brian Johnson currently channels something akin to soul. He’s less the electrocuted rooster of old than a reborn Steve Marriott.

One quibble: At under 35 minutes, “Rock or Bust” is the shortest AD/DC album ever. Rest assured, however, this short album is no less sweet.

jfarber@nydailynews.com

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Great interview in the Guardian :

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