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AC/DC, High Voltage
High Voltage is my favorite AC/DC album, and the song “High Voltage” is one of my favorite songs on there. I think its a near perfect rock and roll song, the only thing nicking it up for me is the pre-chorus when Bon Scott chants, “HIGH…HIGH…HIGH…” Always sounded a bit cheesy to me, but goddamn…
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AC/DC Week, Hells Bells
And thus the bell tolls for the end of AC/DC week, and what better way to close it out then with “Hells Bells” from Back in Black. A lot of my fellow baseball fans know this song mainly from all time saves leader Trevor Hoffman, who used the song whenever he entered a game for…
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AC/DC Week, Shoot to Thrill
AC/DC is really good live. For this installment of AC/DC Week, I have them live in Houston, Texas in 1983 performing “Shoot to Thrill” from Back in Black. It blows my mind that Brian Johnson can sing the way he can for hours. There are rumors that now, in 2011, he is finally considering retirement. …
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AC/DC Week, Back in Black
So Bon Scott died and in comes English native and Geordie lead singer Brian Johnson. Johnson never would match Bon’s rock star charisma, but he would out sing him in every demonic capacity. Scott had a high raspy McCartney/Plant like voice, not nearly as good as those guys, but similar. Johnson had something altogether different;…
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AC/DC Week, Highway to Hell
AC/DC week won’t stop, but Bon Scott’s contributions will. Highway to Hell was released in 1979, and it would be the last album to feature the legendary front man. Ten days after the video below was created, Bon Scott died from choking on vomit. Whether it was his vomit or not, no one knows, because…
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AC/DC Week, Live Wire…LIVE!
For today’s AC/DC tribute, I got “Live Wire” from 1975’s T.N.T. and it’s LIVE…in London! This is a GREAT video performance. AC/DC were fantastic because they could easily recreate the energy from all their recorded tracks live. It’s no surprise that they achieved massive international success. All they had to do was show up, turn…
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AC/DC Week, Girl's Got Rhythm
AC/DC week…why the hell not. AC/DC is one of my guiltier pleasures. Adored by a fan base that never understood that they were probably a parody band, AC/DC took rock and roll to a comical level of extremeness. The Young brothers who founded the band were very talented rock and roll artists, but were also…
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The Kinks, You Really Got Me
Welcome to part 57 of my never ending youtube countdown. Today, I present another one of England’s best, this time, The Kinks! I start off this blog with an understatement, the Kinks are an interesting group. Led by lead singer/songwriter and all around musical genius, Ray Davies, the Kinks are the all time kings of…
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Motorhead, Let it Rock!
Part 15 of my youtube favorites continues with Motorhead covering Chuck Berry’s Let it Rock on the old David Letterman show. Now, you’ve probably never heard of Let it Rock. It’s one of Chuck’s lesser known tunes. It’s basically Johnny B Goode with different lyrics and no choruses. But the lyrics are amazing, featuring an…