Watching AC/DC again! This time with Bon Scott on lead vocals. "Highway to Hell" LIVE in 1979
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- Опубліковано 8 лип 2023
- The first time we heard AC/DC on the channel we watched a live performance from 2009 with Brian Johnson at the mic. Today we're going back in time to watch Bon Scott perform the same song live!
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Bon was one of the best frontmen ever!
The best front man !!! Without Angus Young, Bon would not be the legend he is now .....Axl Rose maybe could have taken his place if he was in that generation at the time Brian Johnson legend ..Alice Cooper ..the greatest front man ever with his garage 70's legend band or solo ...
Yep. I gotta say I like his voice more than Brian's.
facts- I miss him to this day ...
@@gduhate who does not miss bon at least we still have angus with us
he was and is the one
"If you want blood you got it" a live album by ACDC with Bon Scott is definitely worth exploring its Bon at his best
I sincerely agree best live album
Extremely important album
When they first fully hit their stride, AC/DC was absolute fire.
And good for them sticking around another 40 years as a kind of royalty of rock. It’s been much different in recent decades, but what a band.
By far my favorite AC/DC album. Bon was killing it that night, some of his performances are better than the studio tracks ("Hell ain't a bad place to be" being the best example).
My first & favorite album! Rock On.
Aside from his voice, Bon was just so likeable. He was a character, he was funny, he had a mischievous twinkle in his eye, but he was a good bloke. And it shines through. Thank you for featuring Australian artists. We have so much talent for such a small population and not every talented Aussie artist is known overseas.
Brian Johnson is a great guy, but this is the rock and roll game. Any casting director is going to choose Bon.
Brian was chosen by Bon
@@michaelbaker4076 to replace him as frontman in the event that he does die of hypothermia in his car?
That's some pretty nifty foresight...
@@juliangrant9718 Bon saw Brian Johnson play prior to his hypothermia and loved his voice presence and charisma and on Bon's passing the remaining band members invited him as lead .I guess it was some pretty nifty foresight that most likely a guy named Angus Young followed up with much support from his brother Malcolm RIP !!!
@@michaelbaker4076 then he wasn't chosen by Bon. He was chosen by the remaining band mates.
@@juliangrant9718 Yes I stand corrected !! He was invited by the band for one reason ,the reaction and interaction that Bon Scott had when he saw Brian Johnson on stage before his sad passing
I have always thought that Bon Scott WAS THE lead singer of AC/DC. BJ is good but Bon is next level...
100% agree! Bon Scott was everything a lead singer should be, in a band of that era. Brian brought vocals, and drew attention. But Bon brought those plus raw sex appeal (despite the fact that he was actually kind of gross, unwashed and unhygienic! AS a teen I thought he was the sexiest man ever! LOL! ) danger and godly rock appeal. No contest really!
exactly Bon was so natural to the fit of ac/dc sound. The band had to change to fit Johnson’s voice, as normally happens to bands that change singers, but his voice (while still epic) is definitely more forced.
100% Bon the master of frontmen.
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Yes and no. Brian is different - he is the very best replacement they could have found. But i agree - Bon is always "the man".... in rock nobody could hold his water - NOBODY, and i mean the guys from LedZep and co included. Only Freddie is better - but him i count into Pop-Rock, not Rock´n´Roll.
Brian had huge shoes to fill. He did well, but Bon was next level, and one of the best rock singers ever. So unique!
I write this so often on a Bon Scott performance with AC/DC. I grew up in Melbourne and as a teenager in the mid 70’s saw them so often live with Bon. We all knew that they were something special even then. I have never wanted to see them live since he died and have never bought an album since. He will always be their front man to me, and always with that naughty twinkle in his eye. My 15yr old friends and I never went backstage, we just knew that he was a wild one but also a great guy. Broke my heart when he died. He is and will always be a legend in this country.
@@hockeyrules160 The statue is in Western Australia, in Fremantle where he grew up and is buried. I mean no disrespect to Brian, but he just isn’t their front man to me, and it will always be Bon. And he was a devil with the ladies, which is why my young friends and I never tried to go backstage. We were middle class little girls who dressed a little provocatively for a show but we never did anything and our parents wouldn’t have let us out of the house if we looked like hookers 😂. The guys at the gigs were always respectful and well behaved and we never had any trouble. My ears used to ring for days though, it was the best time!
Bon is a legend to all fans of rock n roll and ac/dc from any country. I do love your description of the "naughty twinkle in his eyes" . I've always loved that charismatuc look and you have the perfect description of it!!!!!!
@@wildwillie5408 Believe me, he had charisma dripping off him, which was another reason he had girls falling all over him. We,were,young and we could feel it, and thought if we went backstage he might sweet talk one of us and we didn’t want to be known as what they used to call “band moles” here, which was not a flattering description. So as much as we may have wanted to meet him, and the others, we valued our reputations more 😂
Bravo pour votre commentaire ce n'est que la pure vérité
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One of the greatest front men in all of rock music.
Bon Scott was the man. Definitely prefer that era. Had the pleasure of seeing them with Bon twice and Brian twice
I think what u are trying to say is that this guy is probably the greatest frontman of all time!
Bon is King!
That voice was built to do nothing but sing hard and loud. Left us doing what he loved. Respect.😀
THANK YOU for this. It's always been so frustrating to hear people reacting to the wrong singer in the wrong decade. This is close to the album version. Bon Scott was a wild character but a true professional singer.
Agreed. There's nothing wrong with the later performances, but for a true perspective of the song at the time it was written, it's much better to listen to either the studio version, or at least a live version that's close to when it was first performed. There's nuances that are present that simply don't exist, in live performances decades later.
What's missing in later versions is simple, It's Bon Scott. IMO real AC/DC died with Bon. I do like the version with Brian but other than back in black it just doesn't compare to Bon n the boys. I have always wondered how much of back in black Bon was responsible for as they never reached that level again
@@wildwillie5408 The answer is 'All of it.' AC/DC died in 1980.
Back in Black was Bon's masterpiece...if Brian & the young brothers were so good, why haven't they put anything out that compares to that album in the last 43 years.
All Bon all the time! What a massively charismatic, fun, talented performer. Love him! For me, the element of pure fun left the band after Bon’s death.
Bon Scott is probably one of the rare singers where the tone of his speaking voice is the same as his singing voice. The guy is 100% legit.
Vocalist you are so sweet I love listening to your reactions.
I love Bon with “Hell ain’t a bad place to be”………Bon wrote the lyrics to all of these hits while Angus & Malcolm wrote the music.
So true, hell Bon Scott wrote a lot of the BACK IN BLACK.His signature is all over it.👍👍
@@billreilly7693 - there's a box set that includes some of the early recordings for Back in Black with Bon's vocals. But those were unfinished so the entire album was redone with Brian on all the vocals. The band felt it was better that way. Bonfire.
What a lot of people don’t mention about Bon is that his singing was so effortless. Brian has/had a great voice, but he always looked like he was squeezing out an unflushable.😂
glad to know i'm not the only one who thought brian sounds and looks like he was constipated and struggling to get it out
True. The lyrics just flowed out of Bon. Totally effortless, as he winks, smiles, scowls throughout his performances. He and Phil Anselmo are my all time favorite front men. Brian filled a void. I can take him or leave him. RIP Bon Scott🕊
Thats why when people buy me AC/DC vids or albums if its Brian I wont watch or listen because Bon made the band to me (and Angus of course)
Absolutely… Brain isn’t signing, he is shouting and screaming to hit the notes that Bon makes effortlessly. Classic Tenor vs. Baritone
Perfectly said Ive always felt the same.
Bon Scott seems to be far more effortless with his vocals then Brian Johnson who always looks to be far more strained with his facial expression when singing. Both are great just two different styles to achieve a similar result.
Bon was a professional singer that could sing....Brian at one time had an amazing voice when he was with the band Gordie....he sounded a lot like Tom Jones.
Bon Scott is the best, number one vocalist of AC/DC. He was the man.
AC/DC live was EPIC!!!!!!!
I saw AC/DC on the Highway to Hell tour and Bon Scott one of the best unique voices in Rock! Sorely missed!
Glad you enjoyed this. I'm impressed how good Bon's vocal sounds because it's very close to what he sang in the studio, which is often not an easy feat in rock music.
And the cool thing is that AC/DC, throughout their career, always sounded better during a live performance
This is actually a genuine live performance, this one. No overdubs or digital trickery. It actually pretty rare. Much more rare than people realise
Saw them on highway to hell tou with UFO. $6.50 still have the stubb .great show
They infamously have always done very little post-production on studio recordings.
What a legend! Great sense of humor and lyrics of self distance. Listen to “Ride On” for some silky smooth soulfulness.
it'll always be Bon, for me
I never got to see Bon. I'm 72 and saw ACDC 8 times in Houston. Awesome.
Bon greatest rock n roll singer and lyricist off all time what he put down on vinyl in his short 33 yrs unsurpassed he is the king
I grew up in the punk scene in LA. The first arena rock show I went to was AC/DC on the For Those About to Rock tour for my 16th birthday. Mind blowing. 😊
Awesome!
Shame Bon was gone at that stage, but still it was a pretty awesome tour👍
Bon was a legend. The soul of AC/DC. Great loss. I recommend the 'Rock Goes to College' video that is on UA-cam, about half an hour. Mesmerising.
Yep. Everyone reacts to Live At River Plate, but their Rock Goes To College set is epic.
A rock legend , saw him live twice, it was awesome
Ironic , 1979 the year I saw him live on the highway to hell tour at the Hammersmith odeon, London , great memories
Once for me , devastated when he died , Brian did AC-DC Proud though eve n if it took me years to come around
Hi, Alain from Marseille south of France France, Fan base since 44 years. Dear Madame thank you, no autotune here for sure and raw power straigth in the face. Bon was a dream, with an unique powerfull voice, charismatic, and extremly empathetic with everyone around him . Golden, silver and platinum years for an huge number of people around the world.
We felt, in the beginning they were going to become huge ... this is it ( me as a new suscriber 4 you )
They are on tour now, maybe for the last time, fly over to Europe and see them live. They are one of the best live rock shows ever, probably the absolute best live rock band ever.
I’ve seen them several times since the 80’s, always top notch performances.
I saw them in 1979 on this Highway to Hell tour not but several months before Bon Scott died. Saw them in a smaller arena, slightly smaller than this one, and it still is one of the best live rock shows I've ever seen, and believe me I went to to a whole bunch.
Just amazing. And at some point this one heavyset bouncer looking guy put Angus Young on his shoulders and literally walked him up and down every stair in that arena through every section.
He came right by me and I got his stinging sweat in my eyes from him flipping his head around while he rocked out, and I could see how beat up and battle-scarred his guitar was and all the worn decals and scratches on the back of it.
His solo went on for easily 15 minutes. And meanwhile the band was just rocking so hard down on the stage and Bon Scott was always having the audience right in the palm of his hand. He just had that energy coupled with a sense of humor.
I don't want to sound condescending or offensive, but it's so fun to watch your facial reactions while listening to the music. Not just AC/DC, but most of the reviews you've done. I love the way you crinkle up your nose in certain parts. Keep it up, Bethany! ☺
Thank you for your reaction. It is interesting to watch your two reviews of this song, from performances 30 years apart, and with two different singers.
Prior to AC/DC, Bon Scott was in a progressive, folk, & blues band called Fraternity. In those days he was something of a hippie poet, and a prolific letter writer while on tour. Consequently, he had the ability to rhyme without losing the message. His tongue-in-cheek lyrics became a signature feature of AC/DC songs.
My point is that I think his vocal performance was perhaps enhanced because he was singing his own carefully crafted (and heartfelt) words.
Yes - you can even see Bon Scott playing wind instruments in Fraternity! Later Fraternity also had John Swan and his brother Jimmy Barnes.
I don't think Bons voice ever got tired. These songs are almost impossible to copy. He just made every note after note without fade it seemed. A pure singer. RIP, brother. We miss you.
Definitely heck out more Bon, AC/DC has been my favorite all time band since 1974 , Bon never gets old listening to, Absolutely the Greatest Rock And Roll Frontman there ever was and ever will be
Bon had been around. I first saw him in a frilly-shirted teeny-bopper band called the Valentines. Bon trying to look cute was disturbing. He was in another hippy/folky band called Fraternity. Can you imagine Bon playing the recorder? These were two completely different personas. Bon was scary wonderful. You've shown your enjoyment of bagpipes. Their "It's a Long way to the Top" has them too. Bon was perfect for AC/DC.
Both singers have great sounds. Bon would be so happy that Brian took over for him. And life long success the guys in the band did. They did it for Bon❤
Not only was The Late Bon Scott a great lead singer, but he was a phenomenal songwriter.
R.I.P Bon Scott.
UNFORTUNATELY BON SCOTT was gone by the time I saw AC/DC but I liked their............ ENERGY so much I saw THEM 7 times the last time was "STIFF UPPER LIP" what an..... EXCELLENT show and BAND (BON RULES!). ....................NICHOLAOS of TIME!..................
The song is about their tours. Being on the road all the time, the "highways to hell" leading to the arenas and stadiums full of fans waiting for them to come and play. Hell is just a party.
Bon Scott era AC/DC was my all time favourite band. I moved to Switzerland in 2007 and walked into my local rock bar, heard the music that was being played and went “Bon Scott era AC/DC: how is it possible that I have never heard this before?”
It wasn’t AC/DC, but a Swiss band called Krokus, with singer Marc Storace, but the resemblance was uncanny. Apparently AC/DC did audition Marc Storage, who to my mind would have been a perfect fit for the band, but apparently Malcolm and Angus wanted a native English speaker, so went with Brian Johnson instead.
I saw AC/DC several times with Brian Johnson and his attempts to sound like Bon Scott never really did it for me. But then I heard some of his work with Geordie: oh my God, the man has a fabulous voice! Why, oh why, did he put on that screech to try to sound like the previous guy, instead of playing to his strengths and using the fabulous voice that he did have? Some questions will never be answered, more’s the pity 😕
Bon wrote all the original songs while he was still with us. Saw them 3 times while he was still alive, there was nothing like them. He WAS the band! Angus (the lead guitarist) was just a baby when they started, he was only 16! 😳
Being an AC/DC fan in my mid teens I was devastated when Bon died, thinking the band was never gonna get back on their feet again. Then when they released "Back in black" I was very sceptic. Remeber I walked into the record store, picked up the album and asked the staff to put it on. 5 seconds after Brian started singing i just smiled and said "I´ll take it" 😍
You just gotta love Bon Scott's stage presence - wonder if Freddie Mercury took inspiration from him...😎 the similarity is striking.
C'est Les deux plus grands Au monde deux icônes iremplacable
We all loved him... RIP Bon.
I've been an AC/DC fan for over 40 years, and I have to admit it, Ballbreaker is my favorite album. It was when I was just finishing my basic training in the Army that it came out, and it stuck with me.
It is amazing how all their songs rocked an done with simple vocabulary & lines!
Great review & reaction!..🤘👍
I swear that yo could listen to Bon Scott on wax cylinder and the epic tone of his voice would come through. For me one of the best captures of his personality I'd say the video for Let There Be Rock, see if you can spot the bit where Bon breaks his ankle...
Bon Scott -best singer to ever exist, best person to ever exist! -A Natural. Thanks from New Zealand Beth
-I'd love for you to witness/hear Bon Scot singing in official vdeio's, HQ video's because Bon's voice is AMAZING
The Live At Donington concert is an amazing 2 hours, and they did a show called Rock Goes To College back in the day. You can find that whole show on UA-cam, and it's incredible.
Love Bon Scott my favorite AC/DC.....what a tragic life. gone way too soon.
Bon will always be the true sound of ACDC for me. Songs like Evil Walks used to blast out of my car stereo all the time. It is a bit like Queen having to replace Freddy, you get a different sound but the songs are so great you still get great music. Interestingly, Queen's first choice for a new lead singer was Australian John Farnham but he did not want to move overseas for family reasons.
Got to see Bon Scott with AC/DC at Madison Square Garden in NYC in the late 70's. LOUD!
Thanks Bethany, that was another wonderful post.
Bon Scott has the advantage of authenticity. Highway to Hell is about the band’s early days in Australia, touring, with long distances on the highway, often to hell-hole towns. Bon Scott lived it. He feels it, and we hear that reality in his voice. Authenticity.
And I remember back in the days before AC/DC became internationally famous, blasting AC/DC on my car stereo on long drives down highways in Queensland in tropical heat that created mirages on the road. We could relate to that song.
Ive only heard one reaction to this song, but Id really love your reaction to "Ride On" with Bon
Scott.
Thank you for this. Miss Bon
I hope you have a great week.
Thanks for the reaction, much appreciated.
Pro & a Show, that's AC/DC. The audio recording was fantastic back in the 70s & 80s. The engineers, producers & techs new there stuff.
Ms Vocalist your face your voice your smile all blend together it’s like a beautiful melody I could watch you speak all day long
Bon Scott was pure charisma.
I love your reactions, your insightful analysis and knowledge are both first rate. I was just a kid, here in Australia, when these guys were playing the pubs and clubs, before they got really huge. I even had a Rotty x named Bon and like the man himself, that dog was brilliant and I remember being heart broken when I heard Bo Scott had died. The band however didn't fold and in true Aussie fighting fashion, they came back bigger and better than ever. Rock in peace Bon Scott, both of you.
..really,.,.....-my eyes jusr plobbed... Thanks for this...kisses from Finland!
Love you're approach to these songs 👍
I love the show of ACDC live in Paris with Bon Scott 👌👌🎸
Bon was an absolute original, he sounded sordid, dirty, funny, pure Rock n Roll.
@mixodorians - And Scottish too...
I saw them in the early years. They were playing the Evansville Coliseum in '76 or around then. Bon came out into the audience on the shoulders of the guitar player. The one that always wears short pants. Sweat was flying everywhere, an experience I will never forget.
Love your reactions! Love your smile even more.
I think Bon was the greatest rock singer who ever lived. What an amazing voice, and amazing band. I saw them twice on the Dirty Deeds tour and even early in their career they were something special.
As good as Brian has been, Bon will always be the definitive AC/DC sound to me and was a tragic loss. As well as being a great vocalist, his song writing was dunny, cheeky and irreverent and often a bit naughty. The official video of 'A touch too much' is a great showcase of that.
AC/DC livestream - go for it, I'll be there
Bon Scot every day of the week! And twice that on the weekend!!!
Saw them in July of '79 at Oakland's Day on the Green. They rocked!
I was lucky to have seen AC/DC with Bon Scott live about 16 times between 1975-79. He had a mesmerising presence on stage. To me the band died with him. He was AC/DC. Miss you mate.
Nobody did it like Bon,nobody. He was a God!
Bon was the man. Brian Johnson had his own deal but when it comes to greasy, sleazy front men with a great stage presence and 0 f's, it's Bon Scott!
I absolutely adore watching your exsprecions as you listen I can honestly say any musian would get off watching you get off the way you do listing to them from one music love to another you rock
Always view the "its a Long Way To the Top" video... where they are in a parade going down the street...
Best ACDC video ever
AC⚡DC / Bon Scott,, the soundtrack of my youngest youth,, 💖🥰💖,, and I cried rivers when he died. 💔😥💔
Cheers and thank you sooo much Bethany. You are a true star,, 🍻⭐😎💕👍
I saw AC/DC live at the Oakland Coliseum in 1985. I was 12 years old. My first real Rock concert. What I remember besides the incredible crowd was the incredible VOLUME things I had never experienced before!!!! The Volume is something you have to "experience" it's more like something you "feel" because its so loud it shakes your entire body.
This song as many before is Bon’s life sang through his lyrics…nobody will ever sing ‘em as well, especially live.
He was a Rock & Roll Singer 🔥
Bon's vocal was amazing gone to soon................i grow my hair and rocked thanks to AC/DC ..great vid thank you.
Awesome 👊🏼Thank You ⚡️
Bons singing facial expressions were in part to keep some of his false teeth from falling out. He was great! Got to see him in concert before he died. What a future he had ahead lost.
Bon Scott was best singer of all time great range full nice of the voice show them live great music live band them deference in music
I saw AC/DC live in '79, in Nuremberg, (West) Germany, while serving overseas in the US Army Infantry. It was an open-air concert that started at 10am, first with local bands, then later in the day with Cheap Trick, Molly Hatchet, Scorpions and AC/DC, the headline group was The Who, who finished out the concert with a laser show. And it all it took place in the same stadium where Hitler and the Nazi's held their rallies.
I guess the best thing about getting old is to look back and say I saw them live in the late 70s before he died. Guys like Scott, Freddie, and SRV to name a few were taken way too soon. I'm glad people get to see these guys on UA-cam. Take care.
Bon Scott rules!
A couple of great ones that show case his voice and stage presence, A Touch Too Much and Let There Be Rock. The funny thing is both live and in official videos he is great.
This one cracks me up because you can see the energy even though it looks like they just walked out and setup in your local bar with very old tech.
This was in my hometown Arnhem in Holland, great concert.
Thank you.
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If you listen to the studio version, the vocals are nearly identical. Bon was a genius. One of a kind
there is no AC/DC without Bon. Brian did ok by belting out the lyrics, but Bon was the master
Brian was/is the best replacement they could have found. It was genius to get him into the band.
Tout à fait d'accord avec vous Bon Scott était bien le maître Un gars exceptionnel n'a jamais été remplacé ET ni sera jamais pour ceux qui ne savent pas c'est lui qui a écrit toutes les chansons d ac DC
Definitely up for the ACDC livestream!!!!
Happy heavenly birthday Bon !!
I seen ACDC a few times in Sydney before Bon join the band , he really made it for ACDC success.🔥
Oh my god thank you so much
He was a performer, I saw them many times and he always delivered..I've the last photo of him on stage..Southampton..
Bon is the Man !!