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Back in Black - 40 years old
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8th best selling album of all time.. and only 3 cords
Best opening to an album of all time.
Interesting and useless trivia - Caddyshack also turns 40 today.
What a day for classics
What a day for classics
A classic from beginning to end.
Not to forget that most thought the band was finished after Bon's death.
Bruce Almighty said:
Best opening to an album of all time.
You're probably right, but as an ACDC fan, give me highway to hell as a top to bottom album over Back in Black, give me H2H as an opening track over Hells Bells, and give me that opening riff from H2H over the intro to Hells Bells.
Unrelated side note, but there used to be (may still be) an all girl ACDC cover band called Hells Belles. I dont think they were hot like the Lez Zeppelin chicks, but the lead guitarist was bad ass.
I'm old
One of, if not the best rock albums ever released.Can't believe it's been 40 years since this album was released.
Listening to 80s music now is equivalent (in years) to listening to 40s music then. Let that sink in. Yikes!
Here's the beginning I like on the album:
Hey there, all you middle men
Throw away your fancy clothes
And while you're out there sittin' on a fence
So get off your ass and come down here
Cause rock 'n' roll ain't no riddle man
To me it makes good, good sense
Hey there, all you middle men
Throw away your fancy clothes
And while you're out there sittin' on a fence
So get off your ass and come down here
Cause rock 'n' roll ain't no riddle man
To me it makes good, good sense
I can't even recall how many cassettes of that I wore out. Just kept getting replacements because it was a must have in the big tray of cassettes everybody used to have in their front seats back in the 80s. I'm on my second CD of Back in Black because I lost the first one.
The follow up album For Those About to Rock was similarly epic. Good time for music!
The follow up album For Those About to Rock was similarly epic. Good time for music!
Yes, I still have my BinB album but it's not in good shape.
I do have my concert shirt that got made into a t shirt quilt. I'm the only guy with a For Those About to Rock quilt I imagine.
I do have my concert shirt that got made into a t shirt quilt. I'm the only guy with a For Those About to Rock quilt I imagine.
When I was little, we bought a 1980 Honda Accord. Took it back to the dealership a few weeks later and had a tape deck put in. First car we had with a cassette player. And the first cassette ever played in it was Back in Black. My brother had just bought it and I still remember sitting in the driveway listening to it for the first time in that Honda Accord.
The Bell in "Hells Bells" was custom made to produce that large sound and that exact note.
I think they even took it on tour.
The single was released on Halloween too!
A perfect album.
I think they even took it on tour.
The single was released on Halloween too!
A perfect album.
Back when albums were awesome with kick ass music. What the heck do preteen and teenage boys listen to now?
plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose
New World Ag said:
Back when albums were awesome with kick ass music. What the heck do preteen and teenage boys listen to now?
Likely som hip indie rock / EDM mash up band that sounds like every other indie rock band that ever came out.
You know who they are, 75% of this board likely worships them too.
Either that or whoever the freshest mumble rapper is.
New World Ag said:
Back when albums were awesome with kick ass music. What the heck do preteen and teenage boys listen to now?
Auto tune rap
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I honestly can't pick between Back in Black and Highway to Hell.
When I was 9 (Circa 1980), I got both on 8 track from my uncle as a Christmas gift. I liked the music and tempo at 10 years old. When I turned 12-13 and figured out what the hell the songs were about I liked it even better! Those were good times.Tony Franklins Other Shoe said:
I honestly can't pick between Back in Black and Highway to Hell.
gggmann said:
Not to forget that most thought the band was finished after Bon's death.
Let's be clear. As good as they have been over those 45+ years, the worst AC/DC with Bon Scott is 10 better than the best AC/DC with Brian Johnson.
Duncan Idaho said:gggmann said:
Not to forget that most thought the band was finished after Bon's death.
Let's be clear. As good as they have been over those 45+ years, the worst AC/DC with Bon Scott is 10 better than the best AC/DC with Brian Johnson.
He was no Dave Evans.
From his wiki page "They replaced Evans with Scott while changing their sound from glam rock to harder blues rock.[6] "
I must find this Glam Rock version of AC/DC
I must find this Glam Rock version of AC/DC
The first time I heard Back in Black was when me and my friends went camping on Spring Break down by the creek on my friend's parent's property. We were like 13. Just a couple of hundred yards from the house. Anyway, all we had was a cassette of Back in Black that we borrowed from one of the guys older brother. We listened to that cassette for 4 days straight. Play one side, flip over, play side, repeat. I don't know how many batteries we went through on the boombox. We knew every word within a day. That next weekend I went to the mall and bought my own copy.Buck Turgidson said:
I can't even recall how many cassettes of that I wore out. Just kept getting replacements because it was a must have in the big tray of cassettes everybody used to have in their front seats back in the 80s. I'm on my second CD of Back in Black because I lost the first one.
The follow up album For Those About to Rock was similarly epic. Good time for music!
this just came across my fb feed.
https://loudwire.com/acdc-audition-thunderstruck-singer-lost-job/
hah man.. you get fired to audition for ac/dc as a tribute artist singer, but then lose to axl rose. I'd be like wtf why did you even pull normal people into this!
https://loudwire.com/acdc-audition-thunderstruck-singer-lost-job/
hah man.. you get fired to audition for ac/dc as a tribute artist singer, but then lose to axl rose. I'd be like wtf why did you even pull normal people into this!
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