Ladi Watches AC/DC's "Long Way To The Top" & "Highway To Hell" For The FIRST TIME!
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- Опубліковано 2 чер 2024
- In this episode of Ladi's Rockucation, Mark introduces Ladi to the unstoppable power of the Bon Scott era of AC/DC!
Mark tells Ladi about the beginning of the band and shows Ladi "It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock And Roll)" and "Highway To Hell."
This is part one of a two part series.
You can watch Part II here: • Ladi Watches AC/DC's "...
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0:00 LML Intro
0:19 Introduction to AD/DC
3:14 Long Way To The Top
20:32 Highway To Hell
#acdc #longwaytothetop #highwaytohell #bonscott
Hey there folks, Mark recently recorded a matchup where he compares pre-AC/DC Bon Scott to pre-AC/DC Brian Johnson. He looks at "Seasons of Change" from when Bon was in Fraternity, and he compares that to "Don't Do That" from Brian's days in Geordie. It's a really fun video, and Mark talks quite a bit about Brian's book "The Lives Of Brian: A Memoir."
We'd love it if you checked it out: ua-cam.com/video/NP2pgO_10eM/v-deo.html
Also, to showcase their blues / rock&roll influence they did a version of Muddy Waters - Baby please don't go on countdown (tv show) Bon dressed as a girl for a laugh, which was scandalous at the time. Now everyone's doing it🤣ua-cam.com/video/PyJFcsn8B08/v-deo.html
Bagpipes have a military background, so mostly you only see them in military parades in Oz
Proud to say I saw ACDC record this live in Melbourne by accident of just being there at the time about 46 years ago and I was 14 at the time. Unfortunately, that make me 61. Been a fan ever since. Last saw ACDC perform live in Melbourne 2009. They still rock!
Oh man that must be one hell of a memory. I can't imagine just wandering up and accidentally seeing AC/DC.
I definitely prefer the Bon Scott era. The first 2 albums with Brian are great but after that it all sounded the same. Bon was the greatest frontman
Can't replace bon. Doesn't scream or give you ear fatigue.
Yeah Roachy they went commercial,would they had the same success in the states with Bon?? I'm not certain because acca dacc had a different vibe with Bon to Brian...miss Bon's era so much 😢
Bon was something special. But Brian has not tried to imitate Bon but try to honour him with his style. To say there later music is the sme I feel you’re being closed minded
Some of those bagpipe players played at Bon's funeral. They also played at Malcolm's funeral. Not sure what they played at Bon's funeral, but I do know that they played THIS song (It's a Long Way to the Top) and Waltzing Matilda at Malcolm's service. Angus said they were Malcolm's favorite songs. One last thing, and I promise I'll stop rambling, I think it should be noted that Malcolm Young passed away from Dementia/Alzheimers. I was taken aback when Angus shared the story of when he learned /realized that Malcolm was ill. He said they were still touring like crazy, and he thought everything was fine, although he had noticed slight differences in Malcolm and even asked him if he was OK. He said Malcolm would always smile and say he was fine. He noticed that Malcolm wasn't spending much time with the band between shows. He was keeping to himself and just showing up shortly before they would go on stage. Angus said that went on for about 4-5 years. He said he finally asked Malcolm what was going on and Malcolm confided to him that he was having trouble remembering how to play the guitar and remembering how to sing. So, whenever he wasn't on stage, he'd go off by himself and he was literally re teaching himself to play guitar and how to sing, and recall lyrics. He did that almost everyday for 4-5 years, and he never said a word about it to anyone, not even Angus. He told Angus he didn't want to upset or disappoint anyone. Can you imagine re teaching yourself everyday, to play the guitar? That was straight up savage dedication. He was the backbone and the nerve center of the band. Everybody thought Angus was, but I feel it was Malcolm.
Yeah that's really sad.
I mentioned it in the episode I think, but Scott Ian from Anthrax said that if AC/DC was a freight train that Malcolm was the engine. I always liked that analogy.
Angus has said that Malcolm was the backbone of the band.
@@LikeMindedLunatics, how much did your Acca Dacca T-shirt cost?
I'm planning to order a similar shirt soon.
Bon's voice sounds the way Angus looks....put the two to gether and it is pure rock and roll. 3 or 4 chords a good hook and away you go. Not sure any band couldn't have made it with Bon singing lead. Let There Be Rock might be the last, pure no frills rock and roll album that will ever be made.
@@jamesedwards2237 Totally agree :)
I was there that day , 11 years old walking down Swanston Street! Bunch of crazy guys on a truck with bagpipes even! playing this awsome song super loud and i was Hooked!!
Wow that's very cool. There's been a lot of folks in the comments section who were also there. What an experience that must have been.
Saw them in 79 in 🇺🇸 15 years old, LOVE AC/DC . IT WAS better with Bon but that's just my opinion 🥰
I love them both....that being said Bon Scott was special (R.I.P.)
Yeah he for sure was. Even Brian says so. In his biography he writes that one of his biggest regrets was being so drunk the only time he met Bon that he doesn't even really remember it.
They will always be Acca Dacca to us Aussies and to be honest our accent is the only one that makes it sound good lol
"to be honest our accent is the only one that makes it sound good lol"
Are you insinuating I don't sound good saying it?
If so, you're 100% correct. It even felt wrong saying it!
@@LikeMindedLunatics Ha Ha yes I'm sorry but I haven't heard anyone that's not Australian sound good saying it.
But good effort at trying :)
So true
I keep pronouncing it with the Southpark middle eastern accent, like "Derka Derka? Durka!"
AC/DC’s first American radio exposure was through Bill Bartlett at Jacksonville station WPDQ/WAIV in 1975, two years before they played their first US concert as support band for Canadian group Moxy in Austin, Texas, on 27 July 1977.
I'm pretty confident saying one of Ang's biggest influences was the older Young brother George, who was already a genuine rockstar in Australia, playing in a band called The Easybeats.
George Young and Harry Vanda of the Easybeats were genius song writers. They wrote for many artists including early stuff for AC/DC. The Easybeats had many hits including one of the biggest songs of the 60s, "Friday on my Mind".
@@pyrmontbridge4737George and Harry did help guide AC DC in the early days up to, i think, Highway to Hell.
Loved loved loved The Easybeats. High school 196Os. Grade 10. Never had heard anything like it!
That sound from ACDC comes from the 1970s pubs in Australia 🇦🇺 😍 👌 and it has not changed ever🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
Love,love, love this band!!! I'm 65 years old and still can't find a better band.
🤘55 y
45 and me either! I love them so much.
We were having dinner with some friends one night, and someone asked "If you were stuck on a desert island and could only take one band's entire catalog with you, who would you..." and before he could finish I blurted AC/DC.
Im an old duck 70 and luv luv luv
@@LikeMindedLunatics I was having a disagreement with a relative who was a bit younger and it was about the best band in the world. He was saying Rolling stones and I was saying acdc,I said to him the rolling stones are already forgotten and in a hundred years there'll still be teenagers rocking on to ACDC. Wasn't trying to put down the rolling stones,but really,acdc even now still has the younger generation talking about them and I haven't heard any of them talking about the Rolling stones
Oh boy what a deep discussion! First, I think I should say that one of our members is a professor of music at Texas State University, and he is very fond of saying that we have no idea what bands or songs will be important to humanity 100 years from now. He says that there were musicians in the past that were gigantic that most people have never heard of. Time is a fickle mistress.
But having said all of that, I think I agree with you! I mean, don't get me wrong, I like some of the rolling Stones material, but there's something about their music that grounds it to the time period in which it came out. Whereas with AC/DC, their music feels entirely timeless to me. Anyway, that's just my two cents. But thanks for checking this one out and commenting!
OK, I lied, I'm saying one more thing, then I'll stop. Thank you for reacting to the Bon Scott era. Brian Johnson is an amazing person and he has done well for the band. However, there is nobody who can compare to Bon in my opinion. He had that special something as a front man. He had charisma and a voice that was unmistakable. Not disparaging Brian. Just saying that Bon was special.
I don't think that's disparaging Brian. I dearly love Brian, too. But you're right. There was something very special about Bon. I'm sad we lost him way too soon, but happy that we got to experience his music and personality even if it was too short.
Any musician can play rock and roll, but Bon Scott WAS rock and roll.
@@LikeMindedLunatics 40 years later, brians still the new guy
True.id have loved to see them all together.just once.amazing.
No comparison. I cannot listen to the band's stuff after Bon.
My 9th grade German teacher had an AC/DC poster on her wall - she was a small, quiet woman and a huge fan, and cried when Bon Scott died. Of course, she couldn’t play it in school as a teacher. I didn’t hear their music until a few years later. Story for the next video.
With Bon and his bagpipes- his dad Chick was in a pipe band and he was in a pipe band as a kid - but as a drummer. Bon did play the recorder when he was in Fraternity, a prog/folk band he was in before AC/DC - it was when he was touring with them in the UK he met Brian Johnson when he was in Geordie.
George Young suggested the pipes in this song as a nod to the Scottish roots of Bon and the Youngs themselves, and history was made.
Angus was 20 when the film clip for It's a Long Way To The Top was filmed- he was born in 1955, and the video came out in 1976.
It's a Long Way To The Top" was released in 1975 in Australia and New Zealand on the TNT album, and in 1976 in Europe/USA/rest of the world on the "High Voltage" album (not the same as the original Australian album of the same name).
Once when I was wearing an AC/DC shirt an Australian woman told me that in Australia they were called Acka/Dacka. Cool! This is my new favorite song!
AC/DC is pure... no matter how you water something down the pure version will always stand out. Pure Rock is AC/DC.
The Rats of Tobruk were soldiers of the Australian-led Allied garrison that held the Libyan port of Tobruk against the Afrika Corps, during the Siege of Tobruk in World War II. The siege started on 11 April 1941 and was relieved on 10 December. AC/DC are one of the best Aussie bands ever. I grew up with these guys and to this day will dance around the house to their music. 😂
I grew up on ACDC. I was 14 when I first heard them. We called this Rock n Roll. Like they said "It's a long way to the top if ya wanna Rock n Roll".
Yeah, I still feel pretty firmly that AC/DC just straight-forward Rock n Roll! Thanks for checking this one out!
Malcolm Young, Angus Young’s brother and co-founder of the Australian rock band AC/DC, passed away on November 18, 2017, at the age of 64 12. Malcolm had been suffering from dementia for the past three years, which forced him to retire from the band he founded with his brother Angus in 1973 12. After Malcolm’s death, Angus issued a statement saying that “As his brother it is hard to express in words what he has meant to me during my life, the bond we had was unique and very special. He leaves behind an enormous legacy that will live on forever. Malcolm, job well done
AC/DC was a mix of Scottish and Australian’s, they considered themselves an Australian band as that’s where they formed the group, played in pubs across Australia and the first place they became famous. Bon Scott was by far the best singer, Brian screamed too much and didn’t have the same charisma on stage.
Is it true that before Bon was the lead singer, he was their driver?
Acca dacca runs through the veins of any over 30s Aussie. Love their stuff and they are just awesome. Many rock bands have like a party anthem but AC/DC is just all party anthems.
In 1975 Angus was 20 and Malcolm was 22. In fact Angus will be 69 March 31st. This is what pure hard driven rock n roll is. Never be another band like this ever!! RIP Bon and Malcolm.
Aussie pub band! Oz had the best band pub scene back in the day, every pub & venue pumped out great live music, it was a long way to the top!!! Sooooo many great Oz bands about back then, timing, talent & luck man!!!
I would have loved to have experienced the Aussie pub band scene! For a while, Austin had a pretty great rock blues scene. Literally any bar after 9 PM at night downtown would have an amazing band playing. Sadly, that's all gone now. I hope the scene in y'alls pubs fared better than the scene here.
And give me some great Aussie band names from back in the day! Maybe I'm just ignorant of them, but I don't really remember very many musical acts from your part of the world. I'd love to learn about them.
@@LikeMindedLunatics Cold Chisel and their lead singer Jimmy Barnes are a deep deep rabbit hole here is a link to
a song by Jimmy with Joe Bonamassa
ua-cam.com/video/IyXFHr5jylI/v-deo.html&ab_channel=MascotLabelGroup
this one is a Chisels song but with their guitarist singing ua-cam.com/video/NhFXjzRRv4w/v-deo.html&ab_channel=EternalPicturesand one of my favourite songs from them
ua-cam.com/video/NhFXjzRRv4w/v-deo.html&ab_channel=EternalPictures
@@LikeMindedLunaticsooh i just remembered a little known fact Jimmy Barnes and Bon were good mates and he got on well with the Youngs there was also a rumour doing the rounds for about 30yrs that Jimmy was on the short list for lead singer of AC/DC but it was only a rumour
@@LikeMindedLunatics If you like AC/DC, try the Angels with songs such as Take a Long Line, Shadow Boxer, Am I ever going to See you Face again. Rose Tattoo had a similar sound at that time too. The great tragedy is that the Australian pub band scene faded in the 90s with the introduction of poker (slot) machines in pubs. It was an easier way to make money for the pubs.
Best rock and roll band ever nobody will top them live 500yrs
AC/DC is and always will be Australia's favourite rock band. 🤘❤🎸
I'm actually heading to Melbourne in December. My first stop? AC/DC lane. Gotta pay tribute.
Melbourne is awesome, you'll love it. ENJOY yourself man! ✊ @@LikeMindedLunatics
Hard to believe Bon was in a bubblegum band The Valentines and sang backup vocals on the song Build Me Up Buttercup. Definitely a must see video
I know and that video is so amazing. I started to show Ladi that video and then some video of Brian in Geordie, but I knew we were already running long on these videos. Sometimes the hardest part of putting together a Rockucating Ladi segment is deciding what has to be left out.
I was a teenager when this came out and hooked me forever on AC/DC!
Highway to Hell was written by Bon Scott RIP which is about a highway ere in Perth Western Australia that every year 5 kms of this highway is closed down to allow tribute bands on the back of trucks to travel down this highway playing ACDC songs....
Class of 80, went to Catholic High School, great memories of all us partying catholic kids playing this over and over at keggers! Screaming HIGHWAY TO HELL
That sounds awesome! I grew up around Southern Baptists. They weren't nearly as accepting.
AC/DC was formed in Sydney, Australia, but the members were not all born in Australia. Brothers Angus and Malcolm Young were both born in Glasgow, Scotland. Vocalist Bon Scott was born in Angus, Scotland, drummer Phill Rudd originated in Melbour..
This is from their second album TNT. This song was released worldwide in 1976 on the High Voltage album, Which was a compilation of the first two Australian albums High Voltage and TNT. Punk and disco were big when they first went to England, But they still pulled the crowds.
The most important Young brother was George. With his fellow Easybeats bandmate Harry Vander they wrote for and produced so many great Aussie artists.
Yeah, and from what it sounds like based off of things Angus and Malcom said in the material in the Bon Fire box set, George was kind of forced out by the studio, but they later brought him back as producer after they had some actual clout as a band.
@@LikeMindedLunatics one band that should have made it on the same label but they left was the angels or in the US think they were Angel City. I call them the thinking man's acca dacca. Want some good classic Aussie rock? Check out their hit "I ain't the one"
Play that one every Australia Day morning. Legends. After Acca Dacca played at a smaller venue people wouldn't hear properly for days. Like a kind of masochistic trauma.
Loved Bon Scott, can't help it I was 13 when this came out . I saw this clip on countdown
Love him too! His death was such a loss, but I'm grateful we still have the videos and audio from his performances. Thank you for checking out our videos.
I was in my twenties in Sydney and their our BAND forever.
Pure rock and roll totally awesome.
Yeah, I've always said that if aliens land and ask "What is rock and roll?" we should just give them AC/DC's catalog.
I totally agree with the premise that this music/penmanship is grounded in pure rock and roll 🎸 history. I mean they just dropped a new album in November 2020 in the middle of a pandemic with the lead singer Brian Johnson being 73, the lead guitarist Angus Young at 65. Hell they’re all in their 60s + and yet they still have the wherewithal and energy to show young people and really everybody what rock ‘n’ roll is all about. Damn near 50 years as a band and ppl still love them. If they were touring they would sell out every stadium 🏟!!!!! Obviously they are doing something right!!!! So says Austin Tx!!!!😍😍😍🎸🎸🎸🥳😎🍸
Yeah it's just unbelievable that they've been as powerful as they have been for over almost half a century.
I started to mention it in this series, but it didn't seem to fit.
But Brian told a story one time about meeting Chuck Berry in 1975 and asking him for an autograph. He was a huge Chuck Berry fan, as were the other guys in AC/DC. This was back when Brian was still with Geordie. And the meeting didn't go as Brian had hoped. Here's Brian telling the story: ua-cam.com/video/Ek_FuPZjM8I/v-deo.html
He said it was that meeting that made him be nice and give autographs to every fan he encounters even if he's tired or out of sorts.
And we're in Austin, too! ATX represent!!!
@@LikeMindedLunaticsATX forever hombre!!!! 😎🍸
@@LikeMindedLunatics Brian was a godsend for sure!!!! I love how certain performers realize your fans make you who you are. I guess Chuck drank the cool aid and figured he was too cool for school!!!! His loss!!!!!! I’ve been rocking with the the lads since 1974 at 14 with The old pirate radio station in San Antonio 99.5 KISS FM and Joe Anthony so I have a bit of history if you will and yes I’m old!!!! Party on you two!!!!! More ACDC please!!!! So says Austin Tx!!!! 😎🍸
Angus Young always wore a school uniform as a carry on from when the band 1st formed, he'd go straight to practice from school, he's brother Malcolm was used by Ted Albert ( Albert records) as a studio musician when he was about 16, he was that good
I’ve always thought as a child in the 70/80’s that the ending of Long Way to The Top sounded like a siren lol!! Like, watch out what’s coming to your town!!🤘
This is the best band ever and always. Love Bon Scott and love Brain Johnson too.bern listen seen I was 9 and now 55 years old.
One of our favorite bands, too.
We recently did a reaction to "Mists of Time." As an AC/DC fan, I'd love your thoughts on our reaction if you haven't already seen it: ua-cam.com/video/ZMcQNZ-p15E/v-deo.html
I watch a lot of reaction videos. I watch them to see other people become exposed to the music that I like. It honestly annoys me when those reactor talk very much as I really don't want to hear what they have to say, I just want them to enjoy the music. This video is the first time I have ever actually enjoyed the reactors commentary more than the music. I love the education and the back and forth. This was a tremendously well done video.
I'm glad you liked ours. Thanks!
We talk during the reactions because we're reacting honestly and in the moment. Our philosophy is that if folks want to hear the songs sans reaction, the videos are available for everyone to enjoy. So we're glad you liked this one, and we hope you check out more of our content.
Thank you so much. Mark makes this incredibly fun for me and it a good guy to hang out with. I would probably still never listen to this music if it wasn't for Mark, but I've found that I like some music that I thought I didn't like.
Or the Reactors who talk over or pause during a guitar solo,or pause far too much. Copyright avoidance I get,but damn
I just realised that there's a lyrical tribute to Chuck as well. Berry was a great story teller through lyric, he has been acknowledged for this.
I've recently started re-learning guitar, and I've been focusing on a lot of early AC/DC, and it's been shocking to me how much Chuck Berry Angus throws into the earlier songs. It's so, so obvious all the boys in the band loved Chuck.
I think I mentioned it in this video, but Brian says that Chuck was one of the rudest people he ever met. His band Geordie opened for Chuck, and they even loaned Chuck some equipment, and Brian worked up the courage to ask him for an autograph, and Chuck said "I only sign one autograph a day, and I already signed today's." Brian's mentioned that in several interview and even mentions it again in his new autobiography. It must have hit him hard.
@@LikeMindedLunatics wow, that's a shame about Chuck being so rude. I don't play guitar, but my brothers do, and watching my younger brother coming up and learn the 12 bar blues, learning Jimi Hendrix and rock n roll songs including Johnny B. Goode. You're soon fully immersed. So I can hear and identify it straight away in AC/DC also, including the blues. I was very lucky as a kid to be introduced to good music by my older brothers etc. I was listening to all the blues greats, and other early rock n roll like Little Richard. Speaking of Little Richard, his interviews are great, and he was talking about The Beatles when they supported him, I hope he was as nice as he seemed. Paul was the biggest fan, Little Richard influenced so many of course, including the Stones. I also wanted to say, surely Angus was a fan of B.B. King as well.
This video of Long Way to the Top is good. For my two cents, Long Way to the Top on Australian TV is the best thing UA-cam has to offer though.
Thank you for playing this song. I love AC\DC and this is one of my favorite songs along with "Let there be Rock". Its nice to see a reactor that is a rocker. I noticed as soon as the music started the head started banging. Every time any of their dongs start my head gets to moving. There isnt a better band in the world as far as I'm concerned.
Thank you! We love AC/DC around here and have reacted to a bunch of their stuff, but if you haven't seen it, we did a reaction to "Through The Mists of Time." If you're an old school AC/DC fan, we'd love your thoughts on it: ua-cam.com/video/ZMcQNZ-p15E/v-deo.html
This is the video of AC/DC I love 💕.
ACDC was big around 1976. I saw them with Thin Lizzy in a rising star concert at the Paramount Theater in Portland OR for 95 cents in 1977 or 78. A year later after Highway to Hell was a huge hit and I saw them as a headliner at the Memorial Colliseum.
Oh wow. That must have been an amazing show!
WHOA WHOA WHOA! Did I just stumble upon two crazy dudes explaining rock and metal with accuracy?!?! 🤯
Yea, I’m binge happy today now. Bless you both for doing this channel. Worth mentioning, if it wasn’t for Malcolm stating that he wouldn’t join the band unless they took Angus as well. Also, playing live while rolling down the street was spectacularly shocking to these people, lol. Who comes up with this stuff and then they add the bagpipes!? Bonn learned them specifically for this song! Keep it going guys!! Love this! 😍
May I recommend doing “Let There Be Rock” next?!
Thanks so much! We're really glad you liked this video. I hope you check out some of the other Ladi's Rockucation episodes as well. "Let There Be Rock" is such a fun video. I'll for sure put that one on the list to do in the future. I hope you hit the subscribe button and stick around. We've got a lot of fun stuff planned.
Saw this great band when I was 14 at a shopping centre as they were transitioning to become in my opinion the best Rock & Roll in the world. I'm impressed with your knowledge of this band. 👌. Angus does not drink alcohol but smokes like a chimney. The video was shot in Melbourne. I'm surprised so many albums were sold in the USA since when I watch First Reactions they don't seem to know AC/DC or back here ACCA DACCA.
Thanks so much! I'm really glad you liked our reaction! I hope you hit the subscribe button and plan on sticking around the channel.
You might also like my reaction to "You Shook Me All Night Long." It's an older reaction, but I did a fair bit of research trying to map the band's little trek around the Newcastle area: ua-cam.com/video/YiFbypQlNk4/v-deo.html
And if you haven't read it yet, Brian Johnson's new autobiography is fantastic. Obviously he wasn't around during this tie of the band, but he does describe the one and only time he met Bon. And his description of getting hired in the band is fascinating. He thought he was being pranked. He actually told Malcolm that he didn't believe him, and to wait 10 minutes and call him back to hire him. And Brian said he sat for 10 minutes convinced it was a prank. And at precisely 10 minutes the phone rang again, and Malcolm again asked him to be the in the band.
If you're a fan of the band, you gotta read it. It's wonderful.
Thanks again for checking this one out.
Bon was in 2 bands before joining ACDC. It was The Valentine's & Fraternity . He played wind instruments in those bands. Check out " Seasons Change "
Wow. Thank you for suggesting that. I wish I'd known about that video before we filmed this reaction. What I find interesting is that both Bon and Brian were part of very traditional sounding late 60s-early 70s style rock and roll bands before joining AC/DC. In the video, Ladi asked me several times what genre I consider AC/DC, and I kept saying "just rock. rock and roll." And I think this video and the others of Brian in Geordie make me even more sure in my answer. These guys were old school rock guys that, when combined together with the Brothers Young, created a rock band that was creating a "new" sound, but really was a sound based in foundational rock music.
Thanks for suggesting that video. It was fascinating.
@@LikeMindedLunatics welcome !!! And in my opinion , Bon is the front man of Rock n Roll !! He defines it 🎸🎤
I love watching the reactions of someone discovering AC/DC for the first time.
"Its a Long Way to the Top" was released here, but after Bon's death, this is one song the Brian Johnson would not sing out of respect to Bon. He called it Bon's Song and said that he could never sing it as good as Bon, so he didn't.
It was a lot of fun introducing Ladi to these videos and songs. I hope you check out some of the other Rockucation videos as well.
Reading about how Brian took over is always interesting. It had to have been so intimidating and scary taking over for Bon, but he's always been so humble and respectful of Bon's place in the band.
Speaking on the story about Angus saying they made 12 albums, I actually listened to an interview with Angus and Brian Johnson and that **EXACT** exchange occurred. One of the radio personalities said "There are some people who say you've made eleven albums that sound exactly alike." Angus didn't even hesitate and angrily replied "HEY HEY HEY!!! We've made *TWELVE* albums that sound exactly alike!" I don't remember when exactly it happened, but it was on Greg & The Morning Buzz on 100.3 WHEB FM in Portsmouth, NH.
I'm reasonably sure Angus has been making that joke for decades. I'm almost 100% sure I remember him making the joke on Howard Stern's show when they were promoting Private Parts. I tried to find a clip of it but couldn't, but I'd swear I heard him make that same joke as far back as the 90s.
I love the verse that's how it goes in a rock and roll band It's a Long Way to the Top If you want to rock and roll
i love the bagpipes being added to the mix
One of my favorite songs by them is ""walk all over you " !
I was fortunate to see these with Bon b4 he passed.alawys will stay with me. Love ur reactions & love & energy.
I am late deafened (completely) still appreciate bass and drums, and closed captioning.
My favourite Bon Scott lyric which sums up his life (and AC/DC) -
“ I can see my name in lights
And I can see the queue
But I’ve got the devil in my blood
Telling me what to do
…. and I’m all ears “
Yeah, there's a sense of fatalism in Bon's lyrics that simply aren't there in Brian's. Not that I think one is better than the other. In fact, depending on my mood, I swing back and forth between whichever suits the mood I'm in, but it's an interesting lyrical shift the band went through.
MASTERPIECE!!!!😁
I went to concert in Atlanta 1980. My daughter was 2, I have always been a AC/DC lover. I was a teenage single mother, could always find time & money for cheap tickets. Bob Segar, Peter Frampton in high school. Great 70’s & 80’s music
Oh man I'm so jealous of the music and concerts you must have been able to enjoy. I'm old enough that I remember a time before ticketmaster, but wow what a time that must have been. Thanks for commenting.
I was fortunate to see them with bon before he passed.amazing energy.always live with me. They were known as acca dacca in australia
He was also talking about a dangerous road in his hometown in Perth, Australia which a lot of people died on because at the end of this road was a pub and a lot of hit and runs. Rosie was from a small town in Tasmania, Australia called Queenstown and Tasmania is my home state so we all know about Rosie lol
Oh wow that's very cool! I knew about Rosie being from Tasmania. That anecdote about her is so funny!
AC/DC released the album High Voltage in Australia and then later that year released TNT . When it was released for International markets they took 2 tracks from Aussie High Voltage and 7 from TNT and that was what the rest of the world got when released in 1976. The early Aussie AC/DC albums had different track listings then those released Internationally until Powerage came. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap was actually the 3 album recorded by the band but never released in the US until 1981.
I believe the first video was shot for a Melbourne TV show where the host was a fan of theirs and liked to give them media exposure.
F it, I was and have been since the 70’s! I’m the only old broad you will see rocking out full blast in my car in 2023!
There's no way you're the only one!
Can just imagine the confusion of Melburnian's as they witnessed this lot rolling through the CBD, trying to figure out how the sound they were producing had anything to do with Bagpipes! Hilarious.
Malcolm didn't die of any of the sudden onset / YOD ( Younger Onset Dementia's ). He suffered from Alcohol Related Dementia and hid his symptoms for a number of years before he couldn't any longer.
I am in Sydney, we would sing, "It's a long way to the shop if you want a sausage roll."
When the "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" album made it over here as an import 1976. First saw them at the Old Waldorf in San Francisco in Sept. 1977. Amazing!
This song found a new life in the School of Rock movie.
Yeah it certainly did. That medley with the kids at the end of the film is really great. I don't know if you read the story, but Kevin Clark played the drummer in that film, and he was recently killed while riding his bike. He was struck by a car. Really sad stuff. He'd just started a new band and had been making music.
I'm a Christian, and I love AC/DC. Btw...Malcolm had a Christian funeral service. The band's songs might be fun and mischievous, but they are not satanic.
I know. The Satanic Panic of the 80s was so, so dumb.
funny thing a lot of Christian thought AC/DC stood for after Christ or anti Christ devil comes and you could not tell them otherwise
Oh trust me. I know. I talk about that in the episode. When I was a kid the local churches sent handouts to our school that we had to take home to our parents about "satanic" bands. AC/DC was at the top of that handout. I remember that very vividly.
@@LikeMindedLunatics I guess I can understand the misinterpretation back then, due to the images that some bands portrayed, the lyrics that they wrote, and people not knowing the meaning behind them. There are actual satanic bands out there, that play "black metal" with clear and overt messages belittling Christ and praising satan, and I would never listen to them. AC/DC is clearly not one of them, however, and I think most people recognize that today.
I get the impression from watching interviews with people like Tony Iommi and Dee Snider and those kind of folks that those bands were fundamentally filled with DnD and comic book nerds who just loved the imagery from things like the Monstrous Manual and Marvel and DC, and they initially started using "occult" imagery because of that. But then when they saw the fundamentalists acting like loons and calling them Satanic and using that term literally, they decided to intentionally lean into it to annoy the fundamentalists.
I didn't know any of that as a kid, but I kind of fell into the same behavior. I remember having Trapper Keeper that I'd drawn band names on, and one of the was Iron Maiden. A teacher's assistant starting chastising me for being a Satanist. I asked my mom about it, and my parents weren't religious, so just she explained about how some people think those things are "satanic." So after that I started drawing pentagrams and 666 and all kinds of stuff on my notebooks, not because I believed in anything supernatural because I didn't, but solely because it annoyed those people.
If you really want to classify this genre it is Aussie Pub Rock. Australia has had sooo many great rock bands that fought their way through the Pub circuit...........that is what this song is all about. There is a certain sound that is unique and you can recognise bands who came through the same baptism of fire, like Cold Chisel, The Angels etc. not all "cookie cutter" replicas but with echoes of the pub circuit.
Just loved the contextualisation and the snippets of history and facts. It "places" AC/DC and shows how they became what they are, even today. Thoroughly enjoyed the reaction. I subscribed. Cheers.
Thank you so much! I'm really glad you liked our content, and we're happy you're here! Most of Ladi's Rockucation videos are like this one. Some of the Friday Night Videos are also deep dives into songs/bands, and our matchups frequently get a little nerdy, too. Thanks for subbing!
In Australia we call that immigration period from the UK "The Ten Pound Poms".
John Farnham incorporated bagpipes into his song "You're The Voice".
Post Script: AC/DC were not the only one's to get pissed off about them being called a punk rock band.
Say it to an Aussie and its a sure fire way of losing your teeth with a Cricket Bat. (Translation: Cricket Bat = A lump of 2 by 4)
"Highway To Hell" came out in 1979, not 1980. I saw AC/DC live in Nuremberg, (West) Germany, Sept. of '79 while I was serving in the US Army, it was an open air concert, that also featured the bands Cheap Trick, Scorpions and The Who. "Highway to Hell' would also be Bon Scott's last album, he died in Feb. of 1980.The album "Back in Black" came out in July of 1980, with Brain Johnson as the bands new lead singer.
So glad I found your channel! You guys are having so much fun! Who can blame you ACDC are incredible!! I’m loving the trivia and background stories you’re sharing in between 👍🏽 - this was so cool to watch. Love to see more ACDC reactions from you guys in the future 🤘🏽❤️
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Mark makes this a lot of fun! I found that I like more music than I realized.
AC/DC, themselves played schools! In fact they played my school in 1973(actually 1974)! And in Australia we called this version of rock, especially their early stuff, Boogie!
Oh man I cannot imagine having AC/DC play at my school. That would have blown my little mind!
I remember singing- "It's a long way to the shop when you want a sausage roll" hehehe
AC/DC is my favorite Rock band of all time! Thank you for educating
me to a lot of things I didn't know about them! I seen them in concert back in 2009 at Gillette Stadium in Massachusetts where I'm from, and let me tell you that entire stadium was Rocked BIG TIME by them that night! I could barely speak when it was over from all the screaming and singing I did that night! THE BEST CONCERT I EVER SEEN IN MY ENTIRE LIFE!!!
I'm so jealous! AC/DC is one of those bands I never had the chance to see, and now that Malcolm is gone, I'm super sad I never saw them. I'm glad you enjoyed this one! Ladi had a lot of fun filming it!
@@LikeMindedLunatics funny seeing Ladi with the horns on...I bought those at the concert, and still have them...love them and treasure them so much! lol...
If you listen to Stevie Wright singing Evie, which was a three part song, you will hear AC/DC sound in one of the parts. It was written by Harry Vanda and George Young .
To answer your earlier question, yes, there are bands who play with bagpipe players. The Dropkick Murphys from Boston have had a few of them over the years. Here’s them covering this song
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Yeah, you know, when I was editing this, I even thought, "Why the hell didn't I mention Korn?"
We've even talked about Korn on the channel using bagpipes. Sometimes I just blank on things in the moment while we're filming.
Swanston Street, Melbourne - now only accessible to pedestrians and trams and taxis.
If you want to show their sense of humor play Big Balls! I love that song.
A year late but this just showed up on my page. Saw someone reacting to my FAVORITE AC/DC song, Long way to the top, and I had to listen.
Well thanks for checking it out! We love AC/DC around here.
And if you haven't seen it, I recently did a matchup between pre-AC/DC Bon Scott and Brian Johnson. It doesn't have a ton of views, but I had a great time recording it. And I talk quite a bit about Brian Johnson's new autobiography in it. If you get a chance, check it out and let me know what you think: ua-cam.com/video/NP2pgO_10eM/v-deo.html
They are Aussie Pub Rock, no nonsense, relatable and still humble blokes.
Another great Aussie rock band you should check is *COLD* *CHISEL*
We do call them ACCA DACCA and always will !
Very informative diagnose boys.im over 60 and thought I new most of this history.i subscribed about halfway through.your a great team.good music choices.think I'm hooked.
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Most of the Rockucation videos are like this one. I try to help rockucate Ladi on songs/videos/bands that are important to me.
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Angus young is a machine I've been to 2 concerts of there's and it's not phisicly possible to move your body like he does for an hour n half
Yeah. I feel like maybe he just doesn't move at all unless he's on stage? That's the only explanation that makes sense.
Bon Scott drove for ac/dc before becoming lead singer
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@@ladislaoloera6095 me and my dad shared a love of music. Grandfather played mariachi and Ranchera. Grandmother loved Vicente, Jose Jose and Elvis and la India Maria, in that order..lol
So I was exposed to a wide variety growing up. I must've looked really strange being super white with blond hair around age 7 in my mariachi outfit singing Volver Volver with my abuelo and his band.
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I kind of had the same experience. My grandmother loved Irish folk singers and the Beatles, my parents loved the oldies station, and my best friend loved rock and roll. So was always surrounded by really different types of music!
I just subscribed to your channel, primarily because your approach is about the artist & the music, & not on yourself. Too many reactors are wannabe celebrities. Also, I loved the history lesson. Great approach. Are you gentlemen always together? You have an unmistakable chemistry. Also, the smiles & laughter, enhance the process. Good job. By the way, I am 71 years old & a lifelong AC-DC fan.
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If you want any suggestions/recommendations for more great songs from them in their earlier days, I would highly recommend "Shot Down in Flames " and "Touch Too Much ". Bon and Angus were on fire in those songs/videos. 👌💯
I forgot about "Touch Too Much". The one they never play any more but used to get MAJOR airplay was "Girl's Got Rhythm". The whole album is gold, though. You can't go wrong with ANY of them. My "alternate" faves would be Walk All Over You, Shot Down In Flames and the one we all forget about....If You Want Blood.
Bon singing Touch Too Much gets me hot under the collar to this day.
as someone who was there that day and do appear in the clip i can confirm this is in Swanston st Melbourne
You were THERE!?!? That's AWESOME! Are you visible in the video?
@@LikeMindedLunatics yes
@3:05 i was 12yo at the time
Wow that is stunningly cool! You're a part of rock history!
funny thing though when i saw the truck go past i saw the cameras on the same side of the street that i was on so i though i wouldnt be in the video so when ever i watched the video on tv i was always looking at the band and not the crowd so it wasnt till 20 odd yrs later that i saw myself lol
Definitely my favorite ACDC song, love the video.
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High Voltage in the states 75’ & that Red Gretsch Malc is playing is the same one he had all along painted it natural or yellow & took neck pup out, that guitar is responsible for a rock tone that is easily top 5 all time. You’ve heard the term sound track in hell. Guess which band they bring up most?
When this song came out, we used to sing "It's a long way to the shop if you want a suasage roll!" :) :)
So many Aussies have commented to tell us that! That's not something that happened here. I guess sausage rolls are much more popular down under, which, if I'm being honest, annoys me. Why can't we have sausage rolls at the shop! I'd love a sausage roll!
@@LikeMindedLunatics Our sausage rolls are the bomb. Very different, and so much better to any others I have tried in other parts of the world. You'll have to come to Oz one day and try some.😁
Never heard cooler bagpipes in my life!
I've been around many years and *I* am getting a musical education on these rock bands! You are doing a good public service!
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It was Aussie pub rock. Balls out and just friday night as normal.
As an Australian, you are well informed my man. You mentioned the word wheelhouse, my maiden name. Fate man, fate.
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I would highly recommend watching 'Long Way To The Top' a six part series about Australian popular music history made by the ABC (Australian Broadcast Corporation). There's some great content and insight on AC/DC, and fittingly, Vanda & Young, the highly successful record label. It demonstrates the raw background of Aussie pub rock and even the recording techniques used by AC/DC. You are guaranteed to love it.
I just love pub rock. We kind of have the same thing here in the States, but it's kind of dying.
ROCK AND ROLL AINT NOISE POLLUTION...
@@josephhickman4759 it sure ain't.
@@LikeMindedLunatics I should have replied to this. I grew up in Melbourne which has on of the greatest live music scenes in the world. Things are probably fading now though, but if I took you to some of the great gig pubs in the 90s, you'd drool with the authenticity. These are cultured places. Maybe that's why the carpet's so sticky in these joints.