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Let it go Dave
I'm sorry but AC/DC would went no where with Dave.Rockin in the parlor is agood song but I cant hear him on any of their first 6 albums.or more. He can go on forever but Bon was the man for the job in the begining back in 1975. or 74
Yep. Well interesting enough Vince Lovegrove and Clinton Walker (author of the Bon biography, Highway to hell the times of Bon SCott) both say that deep down Bon was a miserable person and hated the touring lifestyle and wanted to retire and stuff like that. I personally dont belive it but ill post some quotes and stuff like that soon.
Anyway, I cried and cried about the loss of a mate, and all the things you do emotionally when someone you love leaves forever...you know, anger, regret, sorrow, pain, the full tilt boogie...but it was not a surprise. I am never surprised when someone from the rock world dies. It really is part of the deal...It is a life on the edge, and everyone plays it to some extent at some time...some get out, some go under...he was troubled...I saw him in Atlanta, Georgia in 1978, and we raved and got fucked up until dawn, and he told me then he'd had enough, that he couldn't stand the touring lifestyle anymore but that he had top keep going because the big money hit was just around the corner...In many ways, bon was not suited to be a pop star, in many ways he was...But he longed to get out, settle down, have kids and just write and sing music, that's for sure. No matter what anybody else says, he wanted out...but the addiction of it all was too much...he was hooked like we're all hooked on music. It's just a matter of how hooked, what we do about it, and under what circumstances we try and let it and its side effects take over. http://www.kolumbus.fi/nononsense/vince.htm
Highway to Hell The Life and Times of AC/DC Legend Bon Scott by Clinton Walker [Thanks to Brendan Ring busa056@csc.canterbury.ac.nz] First published in 1994 by Sun by Pan Macmillan Publishers a division of Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Limited, 63-71 Balfour Street, Chippendale, Sydney, Australia ISBN: 0 7251 0742 1 324 pages, including discography of Bon's recordings, and a short biography of each of the major characters in the book. This book covers Bon's entire life, including early childhood (with many photos) through to his death (he had japanese fish cakes for breakfast the day he died!). Walker was not assisted by Albert Productions and hence many of those currently working with Alberts refused to have anything to do with it (including Angus and Malcolm). However, in many respects this has been an advantage as the author has instead been assisted by people who have no vested interest in following "the official line". Consequently, many AC/DC myths are shot down. The people he interviews include Bon's parents, his major girl friends, members of the Valentines, Fraternity, former AC/DC bassists Rob Bailey and Mark Evans, early AC/DC band managers etc. These interviews appear through out the text as transcripts so what you read is exactly what they said. This gives a great deal of credibility to the book. The author also includes many letters that Bon wrote to friends throughout his career (One from 1975 ends with "PS: If you can still manage the other $50 I'd love ya f'rever. It's no fun waiting around to be a millionaire."). A criticism of this book is that the author really has it in for Angus and Malcolm, presenting them as ogres with very little supporting evidence. He also over-analysis Bon's life, analysising everything as if it plays a part in his eventual demise. The book presents a complex picture of Bon. It shows him to be wild and reckless (nearly dying 3 times during the 70's), but very polite, likable, though basically alone in the world. At the time of his death Bon apparently had ambitions to settle down in California, and even to do a solo album. The following 2 quotes really sum up the book: Mark Evans (former AC/DC bassist) "They (implying Angus and Malcolm) would dispute this, but I think they viewed Bon to be ultimately disposable. In hindsight, it seems preposterous, but at the time, he was always in the firing line. And there was a lot of pressure, mainly from George (Young), and record companies. I think within that camp, there's been a certain rewriting of history, about how they felt about the guy - no that's wrong, how they felt about the guy professionally. Because there was no way you could spend more than 30 seconds in a room with Bon and not be completely and utterly charmed." In 1978 Vince Lovegrove, Bon's friend and former member of the Valentines, interviewed Bon for RAM magazine. He wrote: "(Bon said) Vinnie. I really am getting tired. I love it, you know that. It's only rock'n'roll and I like it. But I want to have a base. It's just the constant pressure of touring that's fucking it. I've been on the road for thirteen years. Planes, hotels, groupies, booze, people, towns. They all scrape something from you. We're doin'it and we'll get there, but I wish we didn't have these crushing day after day grinds to keep up with ...... Rock'n'roll, you know that's all there is,' he said. 'But I can't hack the rest of the shit that goes with it." On the whole this book is well worth getting - it provides infintely more insight into Bon and AC/DC than any of the other books I have read about the band. There are also many interesting comments about AC/DC in general: Dennis Laughlin (early manager): "The biggest problem I had with AC/DC in those early days, being a touring unit, and not having much money, was keeping everything together, keeping everyone happy. There's a few dope smokers in the band, right? Instead of giving everyone fifty bucks a week, it's like, alright, whatever you need, we'll get it. Thirty bucks a week plus a bag of dope, a bottle of Scotch. Well, Angus was a pain in the arse, because he says, Fuck ya, I don't drink booze, or fuckin' take drugs. I'd give him a bag of fish'n'chips, a Kit Kat, a packet of Benson and Hedges and a bottle of Coke." Richard Griffiths (AC/DC's first booking agent in England, now Epic Records CEO). "It was clear to me it was Malcolm's band. Bon was a great guy. But even then, I sensed, off Micheal (Micheal Browning, their manager), that he wasn't sure that Bon was the singer to take the band all the way....... He (Bon) was sort of seperate from the rest. Phil, he was off on his own, he was actually pretty obnoxious,. Angus and Malcolm were thick, obviously. And then Mark, you knew Mark wasn't going to last, he was just too much of a nice guy....." Some other interesting points: - So who has heard of a rare album from early 1973 called "Tales of Old Granddaddy" by the Marcus Hook Roll Band (Angus, Malcolm, and George Young, and Harry Vanda). This has actually been re-released by Sony Australia this year - it's not easy to get a copy though. - Bon's girl friend at the time of his death claims that the title of "Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution" was a line Bon used in an argument with his landlord during the time he was preparing the lyrics for the album to follow Highway to Hell! - In the epilogue the author claims that AC/DC recently considered sacking Brian Johnson, though they thought better of it (though he presented no evidence)!¬ And in 1978 a compilation album called "12 of the Best" was to be released. Its release was cancelled in favour of If You Want Blood. The book shows the album cover and lists the tracks as: Long way to the top High Voltage Problem Child TNT Whole Lotta Rosie Let There Be Rock Jailbreak Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap The Jack Dog Eat Dog She's Got Balls Baby, Please Don't Go http://www.acdc-faq.fsnet.co.uk/two/books.html Sorry if this is the wrong place to post this, but this has really pissed me off, and id like to see what other fans have to say about this
I honestly think that the Australian High Voltage is my vision of what AC/DC could've been. It sounds a lot like the first single, and some of the songs were originally written by Dave. Also, it has been said by Dave that he didn't recieve much, if any royalties from the first single. I think that if Dave would've stayed, AC/DC could've been like the Rolling Stones. But as for all the Bon wanting to stop touring and stuff. I don't blame him. Powerage was their best album with Bon and now it isn't even there best known album. Also, I've heard that Brian didn't feel completely comfortable about his position in the band until The Razor's Edge era. I think that within AC/DC, there was a lot of tension in the earlier years that lead to stuff like this. Hell, Dave says the outfits were Malcolm's idea, and yet, according to the official routes, Margaret (the Young sister) is credited with both the name and schoobly outfit. Also, I have heard the theories that some of Back In Black is actually Bon's material. It does seem kinda odd that Brian did such a good job on lyrics (all by himself) on Back In Black and then do the job he did on Flick On The Switch and Fly On The Wall. Also, whatever the fuck happened to High Voltage, T.N.T., Let There Be Rock, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, and Powerage, the alternate versions and Carry Me Home and Fling Thing? I mean, those are important recordings in AC/DC's history yet Australia still seems to have a hold on them, and I'm sure that Alberts would want the money from them if they were released by Columbia.
if im correct Australia Australia let go of the hold that they have, when i say let go i dont mean releasing them in America or overseas except New Zeland if im accurate of the only other country that got those original albums except Powerage which was a Europe thing, but Europe has long released the overseas version of Powerage and the European original is no longer in print, also from Australia i have also did research and found that (not 100% accurate) but from what i understand they also no longer have the original albums but the overseas versions, this makes absolutely no god damn sense to me at all, can someone please fill me in on how the hell this came to be that Australia has abandoned their territorial versions, same with Europe and picked up ours, and also what i have seen on Australian sites, '74 Jailbreak, if this is right meaning they obviously are now disributing that instead of original High Voltage and Dirty Deeds
Yeah, one of the guys who goes by the name of maniac1075 has said he's had a hard time finding the albums. It appears that in 2003, all of AC/DC's distribution was taken over by Epic, and Epic didn't have a care to release the Australian stuff.
its all on amazon. http://tinyurl.com/36kan5 Adam
Eh, I've heard Amazon.com sellers can be a real P.I.T.A. when you have a dissatisfaction. Also, Amazon.com is like eBay, it's not the website, but actual individual sellers selling the stuff. This leads to real bad return handling and complaint handling. BTW: I have CD-Rs of the 1995 remastered versions of the Australian albums.
Hey Travis, would you mind send sending those to me or telling me where you got them, im sure i could easily find them as a torrent or on emule.
actually never mind that, i just remembered i has the AUS. only tracks in excellent quality on the Ultimate Volts bootleg
I'm going to have to take a listen to the ending tracks on the volts CD. To tell you the truth, I've never gotten past the new stuff in that cd. I thought that the last few tracks were just filler material. Thanks...
Travishayes89 wrote "Ithink that if Dave would've stayed, AC/DC could've been like the Rolling Stones." I think they are the 2nd Rolling Stones. When you look into concerts you see father's with their son nd they say look this is what I call R'N'R. I did not sse that once I saw that many times her in Europe. In the meantime you really say in public "I'm AC/DC Fan". Year ago you would not have got a job for that. I hope you got my meaning
I am suprised at all of the response that came from the Let it go Dave post.Some good opinons and conversations among everybody.But Bon was the right man for the job.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THATS MY BELIEF.