Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi all,
Vanilla are planning an update to the site on April 24th (next Wednesday). It is a major PHP8 update which is expected to boost performance across the site. The site will be down from 7pm and it is expected to take about an hour to complete. We appreciate your patience during the update.
Thanks all.

AC/DC New album and Tour.

1…89111314…39

Comments

  • #302
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 10,728 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    Anyway forgetting about those magnificent beasts from Airbourne for one minute (I know some people can't help but bring them up)

    I really like that new song even though they re-use the riff from All Screwed Up, it's definitely on the same level as the Black Ice material, this album will be their best since Back In Black :pac:


  • #303
    briany
    Registered Users Posts: 13,506 ✭✭✭✭briany


    Say Your Number wrote: »
    Anyway forgetting about those magnificent beasts from Airbourne for one minute (I know some people can't help but bring them up)

    I really like that new song even though they re-use the riff from All Screwed Up, it's definitely on the same level as the Black Ice material, this album will be their best since Back In Black :pac:

    Neither of the two released would quite have the anthemic fist-raising quality of RnR Train, and as AC/DC tend to release their best or at least most live friendly songs as lead singles, it's unlikely that the album will get much better than what we've already heard. That's not to say they're bad, oh no, but I can't imagine it being as good as Black Ice, unfortunately.

    All Screwed Up is a great song. All the tracks off of Stiff Upper Lip are very good. It's a very mid-tempo groove-oriented album, with much more emphasis on a boogie feel and it has probably the best, most natural sound since Mutt Lange. Especially House of Jazz. That's a stomper.

    http://grooveshark.com/s/House+Of+Jazz/4QeQgf?src=5

    I'd give a YT link but AC/DC's management have apparently sent the copyright elves forth.


  • #304
    LETS GET NAKED
    Closed Accounts Posts: 68 ✭✭LETS GET NAKED


    Was wondering which song they're gonna open the set with on the next tour and have fizzy balls again just thinking about seeing them again.


  • #305
    jack presley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,687 ✭✭✭✭jack presley


    briany wrote: »
    Neither of the two released would quite have the anthemic fist-raising quality of RnR Train, and as AC/DC tend to release their best or at least most live friendly songs as lead singles, it's unlikely that the album will get much better than what we've already heard. That's not to say they're bad, oh no, but I can't imagine it being as good as Black Ice, unfortunately.

    I agree, optimistic thinking there from SYN. I'm hoping it'll be a good album but like Briany, i can't see it as being an album we'll be raving about in 6 months time.


  • #306
    blastman
    Registered Users Posts: 5,449 ✭✭✭blastman


    LETS GET NAKED wrote: »
    Was wondering which song they're gonna open the set with on the next tour and have fizzy balls again just thinking about seeing them again.

    I'm gonna take a wild guess that it will be Let's Play Ball. :D


  • Advertisement
  • #307
    briany
    Registered Users Posts: 13,506 ✭✭✭✭briany


    Relatively small thing, but will Stevie be doing backing vox as well? Did he do them in 88? Will AC/DC be able to do 'Dirty Deeds...' without Malcolm's frog voice bit? At least they still have Angus to go 'YAAAAAAAARRGH!'at the end of it...

    Also, regarding backing vox, they sound great on official live releases but a bit off-key in many bootlegs. Makes me wonder if the official ones get touched up in post.


  • #308
    blastman
    Registered Users Posts: 5,449 ✭✭✭blastman


    Noises from the listening party are encouraging


  • #309
    Ryker Echoing Washbowl
    Posts: 0 ✭ Ryker Echoing Washbowl


    blastman wrote: »
    Noises from the listening party are encouraging

    Really looking forward to it after reading that!


  • #310
    scudzilla
    Registered Users Posts: 11,908 ✭✭✭✭scudzilla


    blastman wrote: »
    Noises from the listening party are encouraging

    Don't read too much into that, place was full of DC Nuthuggers.

    Metallica had a listening party for Load or St Anger, can't remember which, in an Arena in NYC, the fans went nuts over it


  • #311
    jack presley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,687 ✭✭✭✭jack presley


    scudzilla wrote: »
    Don't read too much into that, place was full of DC Nuthuggers.

    Metallica had a listening party for Load or St Anger, can't remember which, in an Arena in NYC, the fans went nuts over it

    Exactly. Look at what he says about Lets Play Ball and the title track and how good he thinks they are. While I think they're ok, they aren't classics by any means and if he's that enthusiastic about them two, I think his enthuasism for the rest of the tracks can be taken with a pinch of salt.

    I'm still looking forward to the album though and hope it's decent.


  • Advertisement
  • #312
    briany
    Registered Users Posts: 13,506 ✭✭✭✭briany


    jack presley wrote: »
    Exactly. Look at what he says about Lets Play Ball and the title track and how good he thinks they are. While I think they're ok, they aren't classics by any means and if he's that enthusiastic about them two, I think his enthuasism for the rest of the tracks can be taken with a pinch of salt.

    I'm still looking forward to the album though and hope it's decent.

    Yeah, Rock or Bust is very standard fare by AC/DC standards. Nice little rock song, but it's pretty sparse on ideas. I don't really hear it lighting up stadiums and arenas around the world. Play Ball could get people going, though.

    It's usually AC/DC's 'stadium' songs that get all the fanfare, but there's about 70 percent of their back catalog that never gets a mention. Like any fan of the band, I'm more interested in what's after track 1 'cause the band can make rock songs that put out a serious groove but aren't really meant for live play. Even on the last album, Black Ice, songs like Rock 'n' Roll Dream are great headphone songs. I think the real quality of an album should be judged in what goes in between the singles, 'cause as far as I'm concerned, an album is still sh*te if it contains one great number and 9 stinkers.


  • #313
    fyfe79
    Registered Users Posts: 4,122 ✭✭✭fyfe79


    scudzilla wrote: »
    Don't read too much into that, place was full of DC Nuthuggers.

    Metallica had a listening party for Load or St Anger, can't remember which, in an Arena in NYC, the fans went nuts over it

    Yeah, every printed press review of an AC/DC album for the last 20 years has been the same - "the last album got great reviews, but hasn't aged well, but this one is fantastic!". The massive bands always get good reviews so that the publication in question will get their interview 'cos they haven't p*ssed off the band.
    In this case, a room full of die-hards, probably after a few drinks, listening to the new album being blasted at convert volume, aren't going to be non biased.


  • #314
    Sugarlumps
    Registered Users Posts: 6,897 ✭✭✭Sugarlumps




  • #315
    briany
    Registered Users Posts: 13,506 ✭✭✭✭briany


    Sugarlumps wrote: »

    Great interview. One of the annoying things when you follow a band through their album junkets is that they basically give the same interview about 30 or 40 times. Stern's one of the only interviewers with the sense, or maybe the license, to ask a few probing and interesting questions.


  • #316
    Ryker Echoing Washbowl
    Posts: 0 ✭ Ryker Echoing Washbowl


    One week to go until the new album is out ( at least in Ireland)


  • #317
    ned rierson
    Registered Users Posts: 557 ✭✭✭ned rierson


    i know there are bullsh1t rumours all the time but i heard today that a major rock band are playing in punchestown on june 13.


  • #318
    asteroids over berlin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,115 ✭✭✭asteroids over berlin


    ned rierson wrote: »
    i know there are bullsh1t rumours all the time but i heard today that a major rock band are playing in punchestown on june 13.

    thats my band - "skullcrushers"


  • #319
    briany
    Registered Users Posts: 13,506 ✭✭✭✭briany


    asteroids over berlin wrote: »
    thats my band - "skullcrushers"

    Double live album - "Punchestown Punch-Up".


  • #320
    Blackie Grey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 151 ✭✭Blackie Grey


    Heard some of the new album-awful


  • #321
    LETS GET NAKED
    Closed Accounts Posts: 68 ✭✭LETS GET NAKED


    Heard Hard Times and Rock the House myself the other day thought they were pretty good (especially RTH, probably my favourite so far). So far I prefer this to Black Ice, but I didn't really like Black Ice. Prefer it to Ballbreaker and probably Razor's Edge as well from what I've heard so far.

    Both of the new songs I heard are 2:40~, so would expect the main complaint with this album to be that it comes and goes and the weaker tracks will probably be completely unmemorable.

    Anyway, the album doesn't sound like Black Ice part 2 imo, more kind of Flick of the Switch/Blow up your video groove. I hope there's a couple more with the kind of upbeat sound that Play Ball has.

    Rock the house will be a complete banger live, people will have this album written off before they hear it, but if songs like Rock the house were on For Those about to Rock instead they'd be looked back on fondly.


  • Advertisement
  • #322
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 10,728 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    Pretty interesting review, I agree with his point about their lyrics

    www.theguardian.com/music/2014/nov/24/acdc-rock-or-bust-first-listen-review


  • #323
    Ryker Echoing Washbowl
    Posts: 0 ✭ Ryker Echoing Washbowl


    Blackie Grey wrote: »
    Heard some of the new album-awful

    Where can you hear it?


  • #324
    briany
    Registered Users Posts: 13,506 ✭✭✭✭briany


    Ryker Echoing Washbowl wrote: »
    Where can you hear it?

    "Hard Times" and "Rock the House" leaked some time over the weekend. Sounds like they were being played on a radio station and someone ripped them. Both are mid tempo, going for a syncopated, funky-ish rhythm, similar to the titular title of Black Ice. Neither are going to particularly set the world alight but they're both decent filler. As for where you can hear it, I suppose I can't give a positive answer that would be Boards friendly, but some sniffing around on the web should produce results.

    The album sounds very Black Ice-ish in terms of the production. No surprise given it's by the same producer in the same studios. Since it's mainly the production which differentiates AC/DC albums, this is very much akin to Black Ice.


  • #325
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 10,728 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    New video, it's slightly better than the last one



  • #326
    briany
    Registered Users Posts: 13,506 ✭✭✭✭briany


    That's more like what you want to see from an AC/DC video. Few fans rocking out with the band, just what's needed.


  • #327
    Lithium93_
    Registered Users Posts: 48,990 ✭✭✭✭Lithium93_


    Rock Or Bust is available for streaming on iTunes
    http://smarturl.it/RockorBustStream


  • #328
    jack presley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,687 ✭✭✭✭jack presley


    Anyone had a listen yet? I won't get a chance till this evening myself.


  • #329
    Lithium93_
    Registered Users Posts: 48,990 ✭✭✭✭Lithium93_


    jack presley wrote: »
    Anyone had a listen yet? I won't get a chance till this evening myself.

    I've had several listens to it, it's nothing game changing, just good 'ol reliable AC/DC


  • #330
    briany
    Registered Users Posts: 13,506 ✭✭✭✭briany


    Lithium93_ wrote: »
    I've had several listens to it, it's nothing game changing, just good 'ol reliable AC/DC

    I keep going back to Dogs of War.

    low pitched voice

    "Dogs of war..."

    Yes, absolutely no real surprises. The band try one or two production tricks here and there, though. Nothing that messes with the formula, but certainly stuff that makes it sound like a modern record. The production of the guitars sounds like a carbon copy of Black Ice to me. There's definitely parallels of BUYV in the sound with the reverb, except it's not as strong and it's not there to cover up Brian's voice which was flagging badly on that album. I prefer the warmer, up-front production of Vanda & Young, myself.


  • Advertisement
  • #331
    jack presley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,687 ✭✭✭✭jack presley


    I know it can be argues that all AC/DC sound the same (and that's part of the fun!) but following on from what Briany says about RoB sounding like Black Ice, the song Rock The Blues Away is very very similar to Anything Goes.

    Edit - jaysus that's a short album. All done in about 35 mins. Not overly impressed on first listen but I'll give it a few more spins before writing it off.


Advertisement