Bon Scott

Blue850

31st anniversary of his death today, RIP Bon

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

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

scudzilla

Wish i'd have seen him live, one of my fav ever singers

R.I.P Bon

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsDpznl8eIs

rednik

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsEHH0cDwHw

RIP Bon.

martinr5232

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOyeK7OMspo

Grid.

R.I.P Bon!!! Best front man ever!!!!!!!;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98I85ceICRM

McDave

scudzilla wrote: »

Wish i'd have seen him live, one of my fav ever singers

Was lucky to catch him at AC/DC's gig at the Olympic Ballroom in late August 1979 when they were touring 'Highway to Hell'. They ripped through a shortish set and blew the crowd away. Including my eardrums.

They were supported at that gig by a rubbish group called DC Nein, touting themselves as a skinhead band. Some duckhead threw a Nazi flag onto the stage. Bon was in full flow, glanced down at the flag and the idiot, and carried on belting through his song. I wondered what he must have made of such a dumb and unexpected gesture at a gig in Ireland.

Bon Scott was pure AC/DC through and through. I'm reading Murray Engelheart's 'AC/DC: Maximum rock & roll' biog and have literally just finished the chapter dealing with Bon's unfortunate death. I remember the event well. AC/DC were well known to their fans, but had no widespread recognition at that point. His death was mentioned in the newspaper shorts. I was dumbfounded and so disappointed at his demise. What a loss.

'Rock in Peace', Bon.

McDave

Blue850 wrote: »

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

"Two-faced woman with the two-faced liiiiiees"... :-)

RayCon

R.I.P. Bon ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We9FD1UWiao

Harrocks

RayCon wrote: »

R.I.P. Bon ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We9FD1UWiao

One of my personal fav tracks.from Bon and ac/dc

deman

Something different...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ-45XG7n4k

Furey

Often imitated, never equaled!! What a legend!

PeterIanStaker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsDpwb3ILxM

Ride on
got myself a one-way ticket
going the wrong way
gonna change my evil ways,
one of these days
. . .One of these days

McDave

... the first AC/DC song I ever heard!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDjKl41gs54

It was the opening track on the original UK issue of Powerage (the standard issue opens with Rock'n'roll Damnation). The moment I heard it, I knew I was going to like this band. Simple, forceful guitars, nice funky bit of bass, minimal lyrics, and a hi-hat being played like an instrument in its own right! And no manic Angus solo!!!

The next track on that UK issue was Downpayment Blues. After that I was hooked on AC/DC, bought my own copy of the album and duly wore it out!!

Incidentally, I listened to the Youtube clip on me laptop. Even low-fi the features of this deceptively simple song stand out. Malcolm's rhythm guitar out of the left speaker, Angus's unspectacular but effective stroking out of the right.

If pushed, I'd say this is probably my favourite AC/DC song.

And the UK/Europe version of Powerage also had the excellent Cold Hearted Man!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16wgfp9ZPWA