One of the most underrated aspects of AC/DC is the amazing rhythm guitar playing by Angus' brother Malcolm (RIP). He literally drives the rhythm of most of their songs.
Fun fact, Angus has been quoted as saying he isn't even the best guitarist in his family, actually referring to older brother George, who was in a very famous group, The Easybeats, in the 60's, had a big hit with Friday on My Mind!
Bon had a charisma and cheekiness that just oozed from his performances. He was a rock God and one of my favourite frontmen. His voice is like two alley cats fighting...pure gold! I think ACDC were at their peak right before Bon died unfortunately.
And his image was what he was really like. Same for all of them. They were just a bunch of young blokes and they never got big heads. They talk to their fans just like a normal conversation. That's one of the reasons Australia loves them and is so proud of them.
I think he was one of the top 5 greatest front men of all time. Jim Morison, Robert Plant, Stevie Wright, Bon Scott Michael Hutchinson just my educated opinion.
Almost all their stuff with Bon was high energy. They were pure energetic rock and roll, which was why all the punks liked them as well as the rockers. Bon’s lyrics could be smutty, but he had a real turn of phrase, and a very cheeky sense of humour. He could also be a bit of a street poet. It’s a Long Way to the Top, Downpayment Blues and Night Prowler are all good examples of his lyrical style. Brian was never much of a lyricist, and the Young brothers wrote all the lyrics from about 3 albums after Brian joined. Brian has the higher range, Bon had more of the element of danger. Both great frontmen
Agree with everything. For me the song "Ride On" shows that they could do blues ballads brilliantly, too. Bon had a wider range of styles. But I cannot decide wich one I like better Bon or Brian. Both of them hit it and as long as Bon is dead Brian has to do the job anyway
Bon made AC/DC what it was. the lyrics the music the charisma all screams Bon. Back in black is the only album with Brian that measures up and yet it's still not the same. After B in B things really went downhill which leads to the question how much of B in B was Bon responsible for? Circumstantial evidence says he had a lot to do with B in B. To me AC/DC with Brian is like an AC/DC tribute band. It really becomes obvious when they do Bon songs with Brian, it just doesn't cut it. Brian sounds like he's constipated and trying to get out a good shit
Bon Scott was THE VOICE of AC DC. Brian tried.....bless his heart. If you want to hear the most powerful songs, listen to the early stuff with Bon. Touch Too Much and Shot Down In Flames will blow your minds.👌
I was 13 years old, heard this song and was adicted. I'm a grandmother now, still listening to ACDC with my grandchildren. Highway to Hell is also a favorite of mine. Listen to these two songs everyday, sometimes after waking up. Immediately happy 😊 😃 Thanks you two. Kudos from the Netherlands 🇳🇱
Their life performance in River Plate there was a giant blowup doll of rosie standing up on the back of the stage tapping her foot to the beat of the music. It was incredible how they were able to do that.
I was at the River Plate show. And any band is always full like that. I even saw Clapton , The Police and many others. Although it gets more crazier when River Plate plays ⚽️ at that stadium. And my home team is...River Plate 😉
@cindyshawver9986 I was at that show. And any artist that puts a show there is that crazy. I saw Clapton , The Police and other shows there. And like I say the crowd is crazy. Not to mention that River Plate is my football team . When we play home games , it's 10 times crazier.
Bon was the KING!! Full Stop!!!!! The ultimate street poet!!!! Tough hard livin' man!!! I saw him with AC/DC when I was 12 years old at a very small theatre. It was a game changer!!!!! Brian Johnson is a great screamer but Bon is an amazing VOCALIST!! HUGE DIFFERENCE!!!!!
Has anyone told you that Bon wrote this song after he spent a wild night with the woman who was his reason for writing this song that has now become one of their biggest hits in their concerts.
@@porkypile From what I heard he woke up the following morning in the same bed as the both of them! The evening was somewhat of a blur for him, though.
The band's record company asked Bon Scott to change the number reference right before the high-energy phase begins. They thought it was a phone number but Bon explained that it was simply her measurements (or a close proximity).
Bon Scott baby!!! Love it when you guys do the older AC/DC prior to Brian Johnson. They have a lot of rockin tunes like this. Any group that’s been around for 50 years is definitely the bomb.!
in a live version you would see how effortless it looks for bon to get his voice to this sound.no red head,no venes pumping at his neck,he just did it.also at the beginning,the crowd uses to yell ANGUS beween the riffs.
Brian Johnson became the lead singer of AC/DC around 1979/1980 and his vocals were on the Back in Black album!! On a side note, his audition song for lead vocalist for the band was actually Whole Lotta Rosie!! Thanks for reacting to this song, I hope you guys react to more AC/DC Bon Scott Era songs and videos in the near future. Keep up the great work, I always enjoy watching your reaction videos!!
George Thorogood (and the Destroyers) did 'Bad to the bone'... but that came out in 1982. 'Whole lotta Rosie' came out in 1977... initially, it wasn't a single (per se) but the live version in 1978 from the AC/DC live album "If you want blood - You've got it" made it a fan fave. Originally, Bon Scott wrote the song 'Dirty eyes' and sang a demo version that was recorded in 1976 w/ AC/DC... The story was that AC/DC did a show in Tasmania in their early days, and Bon Scott went to the bars after the concert... He met a stripper there, who was an overweight woman and she grabbed his arm and took him to bed... Bon was so impressed w/ her skills in the sack that he re-wrote the same track as 'Whole lotta Rosie' for their 1977 album 'Let there be rock'... Apparently a year later, AC/DC went back to Tasmania and Bon went looking for her - he was disappointed to find out that she had lost a lot of weight 🤣 Brian Johnson sang 'Whole lotta Rosie' at his audition in 1980 and has performed it in concert since. Some of AC/DC's 80's albums were not as popular, but had some of their most aggressive songs - 'Flick of the switch' (1983) and 'Fly on the wall' (1985)... Songs like - 'Shake your foundations' ... 'Landslide' ... 'This house is on fire' ... 'Playing with girls'... 🔥🔥🤘🤘
Actually Muddy Waters played a similar riff a long time ago in the song "Manish Boy", so this riff used by Thorogood and AC/DC is much older than those artists. There is many old blues riffs that can be found in many songs.
Man I remember buying this album new in 1977 as a 12 yr old from an old record store we had on the square {home of the Dukes of Hazzard Georgia}, I cut grass & collected pop bottles to maintain my album collection ✌💖☮
@@williamreiser3118 I had many 8 tracks but by 1983 I had over 500 albums! My bedroom back then almost looked like the record store that Hyde worked at on That '70s show, even had concert posters all over including my ceiling plus blacklights & lava lamps...I miss those days
42" 39" 56" weighing in at 19 stone (266 lbs.), Rosie was definitely a whole lotta woman, so glad that you are exploring the Bon Scott days - there are only 57 songs over 7 albums, but all of them were bangers, enjoy the ride!!
A lot of Bon Scott songs were written with tongue in cheek. I’m aging myself but in high school I saw AC/DC with Mr Scott, they were the act at a “Day on the Green” concert in Oakland. The other bands that day after AC/DC were Van Halen. , Pat Travers Band , Foreigner and Aerosmith. Fairly decent day of music 🤣
"The Jack" was from the Bon Scot era. The one you heard had new lyrics. "Highway To Hell" "TNT" "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" "High Voltage" "Jailbreak" "Girls Got Rhythm" "Touch Too Much" "Riff Raff" are other Bon Scot era songs to consider.
If I could only see one song played live it would be "Whole Lotta Rosie" by ACDC, preferably with Bon Scott... pure uncut rock and roll that ACDC nails every time. Angus Young's best performance.
So many great riffs from AC/DC with Bon. "Riff Raff", "If You Want Blood You've Got it"..etc. There is a great live recording of "Riff Raff" at the Apollo that captures what I believe is the essence of AC/DC.
Not all AC/DC songs are this high energy. To slow things down a bit listen to Ride On off of the Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap album in 1976 originally release only in Europe and Australia. Then later in 1980 it was released in the US. I saw them at the Polaris Amphitheatre in Columbus, Ohio in 1996. Rosie onstage is definitely a site to behold. Angus did a guitar solo from a lift crane in which he stripped down to his Union Jack underwear. It was the Ball Breaker World Tour and to start the show Angus came swinging onto stage riding a wrecking ball. Forget about Miley, Angus did it first. 😁
I was at that concert along with most of the gang from work! The only two things wrong with the concert were that it wasn't loud enough and wasn't long enough!
1980. Bon Scott died on the same day as my dad. February 11, 1980. Brian Johnson came along a few months later. Bon Scott was their 2nd singer (Dave Evans was there the first year) and like Malcolm Angus,and Cliff Williams (bass) he was born in Scotland and moved to Australia as a kid after a few harsh Scottish winters. Bon took them from obscurity to the top of the mountain by 1979 after relentless Aussie and English touring. Their tour in the US in 1977 didn't garner much but word of mouth advertising and it was 1979s Highway to Hell that caused the US to release 3 of their previous albums that same year when they were hot. Brian is from Newcastle England, and has done perfectly well taking over for the beloved Bon.
Thank you for reacting to the album version of this song. Despite the later live version that usually gets reacted to by the majority of RUclips channels, is well worth the experience, I feel the original recording with Bon Scott lends a whole new experience what with the sheer energy and power behind it, pushing things to the limit. A great closer to this particular album that is legendary from beginning to end.
Let There Be Rock = one of the top 3 albums of all time IMO. The whole album is full of Angus guitar-on-stun lead solo work. The heaviest AC/DC album ... and therefore their best!
I used to have a VHS tape (official release) of this tour. It has been a long time since I last saw it (not sure I even have it anymore), but during one song, Angus Young is running around, headbanging, and doing his high energy two step dancing / running around the stage and then a camera shot shows him back stage, STILL PLAYING THE SONG, while someone holds a mask up to him to give him OXYGEN! Then he takes back off to the races again!
The band really went into the studio with something to prove. George Young (brother of Angus and Malcom) produced the record. At one point in the studio recording, an amplifier overheated, but George urged the band to keep playing.
'Let There Be Rock' the No1 AC/DC album, Go Down and Overdose are two of the best, while Bad Boy Boogie, Let There be Rock and Whole Lotta Rosie are AC/DC classics. The best version of 'Rosie' is without doubt the live version on the 'If You Want Blood' Album. Probably the song most responsible for the arthritis in my neck 40+yrs on.
Angus has always been a skilled guitar player because he simply has an incredible work ethic. Even decades into their run, he was getting up early to work on new riffs.
@@flyspith7686 okay buddy 🤡 I’ve seen AC/DC 5 times with Bon….. 4 times with Brian…. Love ❤️ Brian !!! Bon’s voice live was better. I seen Brian on the Back In Black, For Those about To Rock, and Flick Of The Switch tours up to 1983….. Fly On The Wall sucks and everything going forward was lack luster in my opinion. Whole Lotta Rosie live with Bon singing trumps anything Brian has ever done. I will say Malcolm & Angus are AC/DC no matter who’s singing 🎸🎸 P.S. …….AC/DC being one of my favorite bands of all time ! I do own the entire catalog’s on Vinyl, Cassette, CD, and digital 🤘🏼also their 1st 4 albums on 8-track 🤡
Here is a list that you should try (in any order): -Let There be Rock - official video or Live at Apollo Theatre - (with Bon) -Whole Lotta Rosie (Live at River Plate) - (With Brian) -TNT (Live at River Plate) - (with Brian) -Riff Raff Live at Apollo Theatre - (with Bon) - The Jack Live at River Plate - (with Brian) - Its a Long Way to The Top (If you wanna Rock n Roll) - (with Bon) - Thunderstruck - Live at River Plate or Donington - (with Brian) -For Thouse About to Rock - Live at River Plate (is The Last song from the concert)
You guys have GOT to check out their song Riff Raff, I think the official video is the live version from 1978, I'd say it's definitely their highest energy song!
Imagine what people thought when this first came out. Released in 1977; during the height of the disco phase. Some of the heaviest music of that time. Some other Bon Scott era songs you should check out: Riff Raff, Walk All Over You, Soul Stripper, Night Prowler...just to name a few.
I love Brian Johnson and I think he does a great job on songs from the Bon era. That said I definitely prefer listening to Bon on his songs. He is very fun to watch. Guitarist Angus Young once told a reporter who said all 11 of their albums sound the same. Angus replied no, we have made 12 albums that sound the same 😂 His brother Malcolm when asked would reply (of course they do, it’s the same band) lol
AC/DC “HEATSEEKER”. Great Brian Johnson era song. It was a hit at a weird time in the 80’s and it gets lost in the AC/DC shuffle. Super high energy. HEAT SEEKER does not disappoint!
Could probably give more than 15 Ac Dc songs to check out but one that is a must is "For those about to rock we salute you" an amazing song and even better live, probably the best closer song in rock n roll history
I remember when Brian Johnson became the singer for AC/DC. The Back in Black album was a bolt from the blue, imagine a time before mass media and social media, information was sparce and frequently very late. Nobody knew it was coming until it arrived. After the death of Bon Scott we all thought AC/DC were done and dusted and then Back in Black just appeared on the record store shelves. It just blew our minds. It was 1980, it was a new decade and a new era for music fans. I was about 16 years old and suddenly had my faith restored.
Bon is one of the best to ever do it!! He is a strip bar dirty, and so greasy he drips with it with his voice and swag. Having said that, Bon was one of the nicest guys in rock. RIP Bon. You are still loved.
The original lyrics for The Jack were even more wild than what they settled with later. They had to tone down the wording because it was too explicit, but if you wanna hear the true original lyrics its out there live from 1976.
1980 i was 12🤗 This song and the album it's on are ACDC at their finest, imo. The commercial success started with this album. That was the beginning of the end of my love affair with them. Instead, I went back in time to the stuff I was too young to listen to. Bon Scott = Rockstar! LET THERE BE ROCK, the title track from this epic album is hard like this one. Even better, imo.
I missed seeing their very first performance in Fort Worth Texas and will kick myself forever . Bon passed away before I got to see them . Bon and Angus are AC/DC . This song and Highway To Hell were the first songs I heard of theirs and they hooked me forever . So glad you reacted to them .
Thank you, thank you for doing the Bon Scott version! I've seen so many of this song with Brian Johnson. I love Brian's time with AC/DC, but the early stuff should be Bon
the boys were on fire recording this album literally, one of the amps caught fire and they kept playing according to folklore.. I can understand Bon's lyrics far better than Brian's and after all he wrote the early stuff. in short rosie got hold of Bon one night and had her way with him. Angus said they went in the room and all they could see were Bon's arms coming out from under the woman. he always wrote about his life events.
Wan' tell you a story 'Bout a woman I know Ah, come to loving She steals the show She ain't exactly pretty Ain't exactly small 42-39-56 You could say she's got it all Never had a woman, never had a woman like you Doin' all the things, doin' all the things you do Ain't no fairy story, ain't no skin-and-bones But you give all you got, weighin' in at 19 stone You're a whole lotta woman A whole lotta woman Whole lotta Rosie Whole lotta Rosie Whole lotta Rosie And you're a whole lotta woman Oh, honey, you can do it, do it to me all night long Only one that turn me, only one that turn me on All through the night-time And right around the clock Woo, to my surprise, Rosie never stopped She was a whole lotta woman Whole lotta woman Whole lotta Rosie Whole lotta Rosie Whole lotta Rosie A whole lotta woman, yeah-yeah-yeah Oh, you're a whole lotta woman Whole lotta woman Whole lotta Rosie Whole lotta Rosie You're a whole lotta Rosie Whole lotta woman-man-man-man-man Yeah, yeah, yeah Whole lotta Rosie Whole lotta woman Ho Whole lotta woman
You need to see a live performance of this. Great reaction guys. The Bon Scott version to see from Bon is "AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (Official Video). He broke his ankle performing that. Y'all be safe.
The story of how Brian got the job, as second vocalist -Bon saw him, and his band in a club, when Ac-Dc were in England. Bon Scot’s family, were Scottish. They moved to Australia, Fremantle, up river from Perth, on the west, on the Indian Ocean. After Bon died, they memorialized him with a statue. I’ve visited Oz’. (Watch the video for “it’s a long way to the top” where AC/DC ride on a truck, up a street in Melbourne, with Bagpipers, and Bon took lessons on the Pipes. (I did too!) So, AC-Dc were in England, and Bon went to a club, and this singer was “howling”….Brian J’, from Newcastle, up near the border from Scotland, was the singer. It was really his appendix had ruptured (I also had that experience -pain!) So, Brian was trying to get through this concert, in a club, in pain, really for the money, and his band. Yet, Bon Scot, is reported to have gone back to his band and told about this concern with a howling singer. And, when Bon died of alhohol overdose in 1979,…they searched for this guy to howl in Bob’s place.
I'm glad to see another reaction channel has picked up on Bon Scott AC/DC! You're going to love the songs from Young, Young and Scott. If I may suggest, listen to Live Wire, Overdose, Squealer, Let There Be Rock, What's Next To The Moon. Oh damn, I can go on forever! Anywho, enjoy the era of Bon Scott AC⚡DC! It'll Rock your Sox off!! 🤘🤘
bon Scott passed in 1980, Brian became the lead singer shortly after. because bon saw brian preform, brian had appendicitis and was carried out on a stretcher after performing.... Bon told the band about this amazing singer... When Brian auditioned, he had the gig in hand.
Their best live show to watch is Paris on the Highway to Hell tour December 1979. It does have outtakes through it though. It is also called Let There Be Rock. Highway to Hell was the album to where they started getting more into their classic sound, and then Back in Black cemented the sound that was to be on every album after that.
Saw AC/ DC with Bon Scott in London 1980 at the Hammersmith odeon ( now Apollo) Angus young running shirtless up and down the isle playing guitar with a smoke canister on his back - one of the highest energy concerts to this day - magic
@@garykidson4489 May have been late 1979 but it was Highway to hell tour I think and the album came out in 1980 - was a long time ago so may be a year out - what I do still remember was the energy of the gig- just looked it up think it was November 1979
I enjoy both era of AC/DC (Bon and Brian) but the Bon Scott era will always hold a special place in my heart. For me the biggest difference is that while Brian is a great singer and helped take them to new heights, Bon embodied the songs he sang. Bon WAS what he was singing and for me that sets him apart. Sex drugs rock'n'roll is how Bon lived, and it's how he died. There will never be another one quite like him. Bon passed away in 1980, the same year Back in Black was released with Brian Johnson as their new singer. So 1980 is when Brian took over. My sister was into AC/DC and that's how I got into them. I still remember clipping the article from the newspaper reporting that Bon had passed away.
Brian Johnson joined AC/DC in 1980. I didn't buy the album 'cause there was no way to replace Bon Scott.🙄 A friend of mine came by with the album and convinced me to listen to just one song just to see what it was like.🤔 He put on "Back in Black" then we listened to the whole album twice!😂 I went to Tower Records the very next day and got the album!🤗❤️✌️
Angus Young is the hardest working, on stage guitarist, period. No rivals. And that pre-high school outfit just sets him apart as a stage presence. Truely the motor of AC/DC!!
Bon Scott was the best, as there’s a lot of humour and attitude in Bon’s vocals. Brian is wonderful and does great, but a different sort of rock vocalist, hence the band changed when Bon died in 1980. I far prefer Bon, although I always liked Brian from Geordie, his earlier band that had 4 top 40 hit singles in the UK in the 1970’s, the biggest was “All Because of you” at no 6 in 1973.
Brian has a good rock rasp he has trained himself to use, but it's a matter of tightening in his throat, while Bon's high notes are more of a whole body effort and a more natural rasp and scream. If you hear "Night Prowler" or Bon's version of "The Jack", you can hear Bon singing in his lower register where his voice is very different. The energy comes partly from everyone but Bon being in their mid-twenties. Bon's death came a month and half before Angus's 25th birthday, and older brother Malcolm had turned 27 the previous month.
Great song! ❤❤You should definitely do the official videos for both ‘Let There Be Rock’ and ‘It’s a Long Way to the Top ( If You Want to Rock and Roll)’! Great reaction Phil and Sam!❤❤
Sin City (live in Paris '79), Jailbreak 1976 (official music VIDEO), Riff Raff (live at The Apollo), Down Payment Blues, Overdose, Problem Child, Live Wire, (all studio), It's A Long Way To The Top (where they're riding in the back of a truck performing), High Voltage (official video), and Shot Down In Flames (official video).
Check out the history of the song there was a Tasmanian woman that jumped bon scotts bones... Like he said 42 39 56. She had it all....He also said it was the 1 of the best lovers he had... Wrote a song about it here it go
You two keep opening up more and more! Feeling it! I think it is great that with RUclips, The Ladies seem to be opening up more to this music. It got harder, for me as I grew a bit, to get my girlfriends to enjoy my music. Today it seems more and more Peeps are getting together and vibing out. Gotta love their opinions ALSO! Smart!! Thanks ! 1982.
There's an amazing performance in Paris when Bon Scott was alive, where Angus breaks his guitar and has to have a roadie replace it in the middle of the solo.
AC/DC's most unique song, maybe rocks, is 'A Long Way to the Top', if you want to Rock and Roll. Watching play it on a flatbed truck is the funnest version.
One of the most underrated aspects of AC/DC is the amazing rhythm guitar playing by Angus' brother Malcolm (RIP). He literally drives the rhythm of most of their songs.
He is the best rythem guitarist in the world for a reason
Malcolm was also the heart and soul of this band he created and ruled for so long
Fun fact, Angus has been quoted as saying he isn't even the best guitarist in his family, actually referring to older brother George, who was in a very famous group, The Easybeats, in the 60's, had a big hit with Friday on My Mind!
Bon telling the actual story about the real Rosie is hysterical
One of the funniest things I’ve ever heard 😆😆👍
paraphrasing.... "she just kinda put it on me.... i had to succumb."
Bon had a charisma and cheekiness that just oozed from his performances. He was a rock God and one of my favourite frontmen. His voice is like two alley cats fighting...pure gold! I think ACDC were at their peak right before Bon died unfortunately.
And his image was what he was really like. Same for all of them. They were just a bunch of young blokes and they never got big heads. They talk to their fans just like a normal conversation. That's one of the reasons Australia loves them and is so proud of them.
Agreed. You can just see that mischievous glint in his eyes. Loved him. Crazy and fun!
R.I.P. Bon …….. you were the best, the most energetic …… pure rock & roll
I think he was one of the top 5 greatest front men of all time. Jim Morison, Robert Plant, Stevie Wright, Bon Scott Michael Hutchinson just my educated opinion.
Almost all their stuff with Bon was high energy. They were pure energetic rock and roll, which was why all the punks liked them as well as the rockers. Bon’s lyrics could be smutty, but he had a real turn of phrase, and a very cheeky sense of humour. He could also be a bit of a street poet. It’s a Long Way to the Top, Downpayment Blues and Night Prowler are all good examples of his lyrical style. Brian was never much of a lyricist, and the Young brothers wrote all the lyrics from about 3 albums after Brian joined. Brian has the higher range, Bon had more of the element of danger. Both great frontmen
Bon was wayyyy better than
Brian can't rhyme 'moon' with 'june'. He's not anywhere near the level of Bon Scott musically. RIP.
Agree with everything. For me the song "Ride On" shows that they could do blues ballads brilliantly, too. Bon had a wider range of styles. But I cannot decide wich one I like better Bon or Brian. Both of them hit it and as long as Bon is dead Brian has to do the job anyway
Bon made AC/DC what it was. the lyrics the music the charisma all screams Bon. Back in black is the only album with Brian that measures up and yet it's still not the same. After B in B things really went downhill which leads to the question how much of B in B was Bon responsible for? Circumstantial evidence says he had a lot to do with B in B. To me AC/DC with Brian is like an AC/DC tribute band. It really becomes obvious when they do Bon songs with Brian, it just doesn't cut it. Brian sounds like he's constipated and trying to get out a good shit
Bon Scott was THE VOICE of AC DC. Brian tried.....bless his heart. If you want to hear the most powerful songs, listen to the early stuff with Bon. Touch Too Much and Shot Down In Flames will blow your minds.👌
Walk all over you
Beating around the bush.
The Highway to Hell album is awesome!
I was 13 years old, heard this song and was adicted.
I'm a grandmother now, still listening to ACDC with my grandchildren.
Highway to Hell is also a favorite of mine.
Listen to these two songs everyday, sometimes after waking up.
Immediately happy 😊 😃
Thanks you two.
Kudos from the Netherlands 🇳🇱
Their life performance in River Plate there was a giant blowup doll of rosie standing up on the back of the stage tapping her foot to the beat of the music. It was incredible how they were able to do that.
100%
The acdc concerts i went to, in the 90s, they had the rosie inflatable then. They've definitely gotten some life from it.
I was at the River Plate show. And any band is always full like that. I even saw Clapton , The Police and many others. Although it gets more crazier when River Plate plays ⚽️ at that stadium. And my home team is...River Plate 😉
She was actually sitting on a locomotive train.....LOL
@cindyshawver9986 I was at that show. And any artist that puts a show there is that crazy. I saw Clapton , The Police and other shows there. And like I say the crowd is crazy. Not to mention that River Plate is my football team . When we play home games , it's 10 times crazier.
Bon was the KING!! Full Stop!!!!! The ultimate street poet!!!! Tough hard livin' man!!! I saw him with AC/DC when I was 12 years old at a very small theatre. It was a game changer!!!!! Brian Johnson is a great screamer but Bon is an amazing VOCALIST!! HUGE DIFFERENCE!!!!!
solo with angus violently headbanging from start to finish in his earlier years...quite the talent...rip bon...rip malcom
Has anyone told you that Bon wrote this song after he spent a wild night with the woman who was his reason for writing this song that has now become one of their biggest hits in their concerts.
Mal was lucky to have escaped the other chick that wanted him lol
@@porkypile From what I heard he woke up the following morning in the same bed as the both of them! The evening was somewhat of a blur for him, though.
The band's record company asked Bon Scott to change the number reference right before the high-energy phase begins. They thought it was a phone number but Bon explained that it was simply her measurements (or a close proximity).
The opening guitar riff is incredible live. In between each riff , the entire crowd yells " Angus. ". Chills every time.
Greatest export from Australia. Tony, Cheers from Adelaide, Australia !!
Bon Scott baby!!! Love it when you guys do the older AC/DC prior to Brian Johnson. They have a lot of rockin tunes like this. Any group that’s been around for 50 years is definitely the bomb.!
Rosie was a real person in New Zealand. In Malcom's bio they talk about her quite extensively. Fun times.
Rosie was not from New Zealand, she was from Tasmania...
in a live version you would see how effortless it looks for bon to get his voice to this sound.no red head,no venes pumping at his neck,he just did it.also at the beginning,the crowd uses to yell ANGUS beween the riffs.
Brian Johnson became the lead singer of AC/DC around 1979/1980 and his vocals were on the Back in Black album!! On a side note, his audition song for lead vocalist for the band was actually Whole Lotta Rosie!! Thanks for reacting to this song, I hope you guys react to more AC/DC Bon Scott Era songs and videos in the near future. Keep up the great work, I always enjoy watching your reaction videos!!
George Thorogood (and the Destroyers) did 'Bad to the bone'... but that came out in 1982.
'Whole lotta Rosie' came out in 1977... initially, it wasn't a single (per se) but the live version in 1978 from the AC/DC live album "If you want blood - You've got it" made it a fan fave.
Originally, Bon Scott wrote the song 'Dirty eyes' and sang a demo version that was recorded in 1976 w/ AC/DC... The story was that AC/DC did a show in Tasmania in their early days, and Bon Scott went to the bars after the concert... He met a stripper there, who was an overweight woman and she grabbed his arm and took him to bed... Bon was so impressed w/ her skills in the sack that he re-wrote the same track as 'Whole lotta Rosie' for their 1977 album 'Let there be rock'... Apparently a year later, AC/DC went back to Tasmania and Bon went looking for her - he was disappointed to find out that she had lost a lot of weight 🤣
Brian Johnson sang 'Whole lotta Rosie' at his audition in 1980 and has performed it in concert since.
Some of AC/DC's 80's albums were not as popular, but had some of their most aggressive songs - 'Flick of the switch' (1983) and 'Fly on the wall' (1985)... Songs like - 'Shake your foundations' ... 'Landslide' ... 'This house is on fire' ... 'Playing with girls'... 🔥🔥🤘🤘
Actually Muddy Waters played a similar riff a long time ago in the song "Manish Boy", so this riff used by Thorogood and AC/DC is much older than those artists. There is many old blues riffs that can be found in many songs.
The dictionary definition of a banger. AC/DC is just so damn good. What a fantastic song! Those guitar riffs are just so iconic.
Bon Scott passed on 02/19/80
I ❤ the Bon era So much , fires my engine
Man I remember buying this album new in 1977 as a 12 yr old from an old record store we had on the square {home of the Dukes of Hazzard Georgia}, I cut grass & collected pop bottles to maintain my album collection ✌💖☮
I was 15 then had on vinyl and 8 track
@@williamreiser3118 I had many 8 tracks but by 1983 I had over 500 albums! My bedroom back then almost looked like the record store that Hyde worked at on That '70s show, even had concert posters all over including my ceiling plus blacklights & lava lamps...I miss those days
42" 39" 56" weighing in at 19 stone (266 lbs.), Rosie was definitely a whole lotta woman, so glad that you are exploring the Bon Scott days - there are only 57 songs over 7 albums, but all of them were bangers, enjoy the ride!!
So true... all ACDC-songs are good or great, but some are even better.
"Only"? That's still bigger then most other bands entire career catalog.......
A lot of Bon Scott songs were written with tongue in cheek.
I’m aging myself but in high school I saw AC/DC with Mr Scott, they were the act at a “Day on the Green” concert in Oakland. The other bands that day after AC/DC were Van Halen. , Pat Travers Band , Foreigner and Aerosmith. Fairly decent day of music 🤣
The guitar riff for this song and Bad to the Bone dates back to old blues tunes... It's just one of the classic motifs.
Now you have to do this song, that version is fantastic!!!
-Let There be Rock - Live at Apollo Theatre - (with Bon)
"The Jack" was from the Bon Scot era. The one you heard had new lyrics. "Highway To Hell" "TNT" "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" "High Voltage" "Jailbreak" "Girls Got Rhythm" "Touch Too Much" "Riff Raff" are other Bon Scot era songs to consider.
One of the most underrated of there songs is "Night Prowler".
@@hk45c62 Great song. I love that one.
If I could only see one song played live it would be "Whole Lotta Rosie" by ACDC, preferably with Bon Scott... pure uncut rock and roll that ACDC nails every time. Angus Young's best performance.
Bon was a master poet. She's got balls, Little Lover, Big Balls, Squealer, Crabsody In Blue, I can go on here....
So many great riffs from AC/DC with Bon. "Riff Raff", "If You Want Blood You've Got it"..etc. There is a great live recording of "Riff Raff" at the Apollo that captures what I believe is the essence of AC/DC.
Not all AC/DC songs are this high energy. To slow things down a bit listen to Ride On off of the Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap album in 1976 originally release only in Europe and Australia. Then later in 1980 it was released in the US. I saw them at the Polaris Amphitheatre in Columbus, Ohio in 1996. Rosie onstage is definitely a site to behold. Angus did a guitar solo from a lift crane in which he stripped down to his Union Jack underwear. It was the Ball Breaker World Tour and to start the show Angus came swinging onto stage riding a wrecking ball. Forget about Miley, Angus did it first. 😁
Ride On is a great blues tune.
Who wears undewear? Angus got old... early on you could kiss his blank a§§ :D
I was at that concert along with most of the gang from work! The only two things wrong with the concert were that it wasn't loud enough and wasn't long enough!
1980. Bon Scott died on the same day as my dad. February 11, 1980. Brian Johnson came along a few months later. Bon Scott was their 2nd singer (Dave Evans was there the first year) and like Malcolm Angus,and Cliff Williams (bass) he was born in Scotland and moved to Australia as a kid after a few harsh Scottish winters. Bon took them from obscurity to the top of the mountain by 1979 after relentless Aussie and English touring. Their tour in the US in 1977 didn't garner much but word of mouth advertising and it was 1979s Highway to Hell that caused the US to release 3 of their previous albums that same year when they were hot. Brian is from Newcastle England, and has done perfectly well taking over for the beloved Bon.
If you want to hear some great AC/DC slow burners, try Ride On or Gone Shootin'... They're both killer tunes.
Ride On has to be the most underrated ACDC song. The closest they ever came to writing a ballad.
For me - a HUGE ACDC fan, Ride on is the best ACDC-song, followed by DirtyDeeds and JailBreak.
Thank you for reacting to the album version of this song. Despite the later live version that usually gets reacted to by the majority of RUclips channels, is well worth the experience, I feel the original recording with Bon Scott lends a whole new experience what with the sheer energy and power behind it, pushing things to the limit. A great closer to this particular album that is legendary from beginning to end.
Let There Be Rock = one of the top 3 albums of all time IMO. The whole album is full of Angus guitar-on-stun lead solo work. The heaviest AC/DC album ... and therefore their best!
I used to have a VHS tape (official release) of this tour. It has been a long time since I last saw it (not sure I even have it anymore), but during one song, Angus Young is running around, headbanging, and doing his high energy two step dancing / running around the stage and then a camera shot shows him back stage, STILL PLAYING THE SONG, while someone holds a mask up to him to give him OXYGEN! Then he takes back off to the races again!
The hardest working band in rock and roll
First time they performed this Rosie was in the crowd and knew imidiatly it was about her
The band really went into the studio with something to prove. George Young (brother of Angus and Malcom) produced the record. At one point in the studio recording, an amplifier overheated, but George urged the band to keep playing.
Great reaction guys😂Do a deep dive you won't be disappointed❤
'Let There Be Rock' the No1 AC/DC album, Go Down and Overdose are two of the best, while Bad Boy Boogie, Let There be Rock and Whole Lotta Rosie are AC/DC classics.
The best version of 'Rosie' is without doubt the live version on the 'If You Want Blood' Album. Probably the song most responsible for the arthritis in my neck 40+yrs on.
Bad to the bone - 1982
Whole lotta Rosie - 1977
You need to see the live video for this song, they have a gigantinc inflatable Rosie at the back of the stage and she's tapping her foot to the beat!
Angus has always been a skilled guitar player because he simply has an incredible work ethic. Even decades into their run, he was getting up early to work on new riffs.
You need to see a live version, Rosie Pop Up on stage.
Bon is true AC/DC !!!! Any song you hear from 70’s AC/DC is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Angus at his best 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
Yeah....because Brian is fake AC/DC. FFS.
@@stevemurrell6167 EXACTLY....no fuckin CLUE of what Mr.Johnson did for AC/DC and what AC/DC did for Mr. Johnson..
@@flyspith7686 okay buddy 🤡 I’ve seen AC/DC 5 times with Bon….. 4 times with Brian…. Love ❤️ Brian !!! Bon’s voice live was better. I seen Brian on the Back In Black, For Those about To Rock, and Flick Of The Switch tours up to 1983….. Fly On The Wall sucks and everything going forward was lack luster in my opinion.
Whole Lotta Rosie live with Bon singing trumps anything Brian has ever done. I will say Malcolm & Angus are AC/DC no matter who’s singing 🎸🎸
P.S. …….AC/DC being one of my favorite bands of all time ! I do own the entire catalog’s on Vinyl, Cassette, CD, and digital 🤘🏼also their 1st 4 albums on 8-track 🤡
@@flyspith7686No shame on Brian, he was great and kept the band going but Bon was something unique
Here is a list that you should try (in any order):
-Let There be Rock - official video or Live at Apollo Theatre - (with Bon)
-Whole Lotta Rosie (Live at River Plate) - (With Brian)
-TNT (Live at River Plate) - (with Brian)
-Riff Raff Live at Apollo Theatre - (with Bon)
- The Jack Live at River Plate - (with Brian)
- Its a Long Way to The Top (If you wanna Rock n Roll) - (with Bon)
- Thunderstruck - Live at River Plate or Donington - (with Brian)
-For Thouse About to Rock - Live at River Plate (is The Last song from the concert)
The REAL and great AC/DC !
Down Payment Blues (studio) next !
BON
You guys have GOT to check out their song Riff Raff, I think the official video is the live version from 1978, I'd say it's definitely their highest energy song!
Legendary riff(raff)
Absolutely
Bon is AC/DC !!!!
Imagine what people thought when this first came out. Released in 1977; during the height of the disco phase. Some of the heaviest music of that time. Some other Bon Scott era songs you should check out: Riff Raff, Walk All Over You, Soul Stripper, Night Prowler...just to name a few.
I love Brian Johnson and I think he does a great job on songs from the Bon era. That said I definitely prefer listening to Bon on his songs. He is very fun to watch.
Guitarist Angus Young once told a reporter who said all 11 of their albums sound the same. Angus replied no, we have made 12 albums that sound the same 😂
His brother Malcolm when asked would reply (of course they do, it’s the same band) lol
AC/DC “HEATSEEKER”. Great Brian Johnson era song. It was a hit at a weird time in the 80’s and it gets lost in the AC/DC shuffle. Super high energy. HEAT SEEKER does not disappoint!
Could probably give more than 15 Ac Dc songs to check out but one that is a must is "For those about to rock we salute you" an amazing song and even better live, probably the best closer song in rock n roll history
Love that you missed the crux of Bon’s description. 42-39-56 and “weighing in at 19 stone” paints a clear picture!
Bon Scott baby. 42 39 56 she had it all.
It’s time to introduce B&B to 🖤 Joan Jett and the Black Hearts “Do You Want to Touch Me” 🔥
I remember when Brian Johnson became the singer for AC/DC. The Back in Black album was a bolt from the blue, imagine a time before mass media and social media, information was sparce and frequently very late. Nobody knew it was coming until it arrived. After the death of Bon Scott we all thought AC/DC were done and dusted and then Back in Black just appeared on the record store shelves. It just blew our minds. It was 1980, it was a new decade and a new era for music fans. I was about 16 years old and suddenly had my faith restored.
One of their best performed live. Based on a true story when Bon Scott had a romantic interlude with a large Tasmanian woman named Rosie.
Bon is one of the best to ever do it!! He is a strip bar dirty, and so greasy he drips with it with his voice and swag. Having said that, Bon was one of the nicest guys in rock. RIP Bon. You are still loved.
42-39-56...you could say she's got it all!
Sounds like she’s bigger than 19 stone.
The original lyrics for The Jack were even more wild than what they settled with later. They had to tone down the wording because it was too explicit, but if you wanna hear the true original lyrics its out there live from 1976.
1980 i was 12🤗 This song and the album it's on are ACDC at their finest, imo. The commercial success started with this album. That was the beginning of the end of my love affair with them. Instead, I went back in time to the stuff I was too young to listen to. Bon Scott = Rockstar! LET THERE BE ROCK, the title track from this epic album is hard like this one. Even better, imo.
I missed seeing their very first performance in Fort Worth Texas and will kick myself forever . Bon passed away before I got to see them . Bon and Angus are AC/DC . This song and Highway To Hell were the first songs I heard of theirs and they hooked me forever . So glad you reacted to them .
19 Stone = 266 pounds. That's a Whole Lot of Rosie alright.
Thank you, thank you for doing the Bon Scott version! I've seen so many of this song with Brian Johnson. I love Brian's time with AC/DC, but the early stuff should be Bon
Ladies and gentlemen . . . the one AND ONLY Mr.Bon Scott ! ! ! . . . how nice it is to hear his voice again. . . . .
Please bring more ACDC!❤
the boys were on fire recording this album literally, one of the amps caught fire and they kept playing according to folklore.. I can understand Bon's lyrics far better than Brian's and after all he wrote the early stuff. in short rosie got hold of Bon one night and had her way with him. Angus said they went in the room and all they could see were Bon's arms coming out from under the woman. he always wrote about his life events.
yes, Rosie is real
Wan' tell you a story
'Bout a woman I know
Ah, come to loving
She steals the show
She ain't exactly pretty
Ain't exactly small
42-39-56
You could say she's got it all
Never had a woman, never had a woman like you
Doin' all the things, doin' all the things you do
Ain't no fairy story, ain't no skin-and-bones
But you give all you got, weighin' in at 19 stone
You're a whole lotta woman
A whole lotta woman
Whole lotta Rosie
Whole lotta Rosie
Whole lotta Rosie
And you're a whole lotta woman
Oh, honey, you can do it, do it to me all night long
Only one that turn me, only one that turn me on
All through the night-time
And right around the clock
Woo, to my surprise, Rosie never stopped
She was a whole lotta woman
Whole lotta woman
Whole lotta Rosie
Whole lotta Rosie
Whole lotta Rosie
A whole lotta woman, yeah-yeah-yeah
Oh, you're a whole lotta woman
Whole lotta woman
Whole lotta Rosie
Whole lotta Rosie
You're a whole lotta Rosie
Whole lotta woman-man-man-man-man
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Whole lotta Rosie
Whole lotta woman
Ho
Whole lotta woman
You need to see a live performance of this. Great reaction guys.
The Bon Scott version to see from Bon is "AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (Official Video). He broke his ankle performing that.
Y'all be safe.
The story of how Brian got the job, as second vocalist -Bon saw him, and his band in a club, when Ac-Dc were in England. Bon Scot’s family, were Scottish. They moved to Australia, Fremantle, up river from Perth, on the west, on the Indian Ocean.
After Bon died, they memorialized him with a statue. I’ve visited Oz’. (Watch the video for “it’s a long way to the top” where AC/DC ride on a truck, up a street in Melbourne, with Bagpipers, and Bon took lessons on the Pipes. (I did too!)
So, AC-Dc were in England, and Bon went to a club, and this singer was “howling”….Brian J’, from Newcastle, up near the border from Scotland, was the singer. It was really his appendix had ruptured (I also had that experience -pain!) So, Brian was trying to get through this concert, in a club, in pain, really for the money, and his band. Yet, Bon Scot, is reported to have gone back to his band and told about this concern with a howling singer. And, when Bon died of alhohol overdose in 1979,…they searched for this guy to howl in Bob’s place.
Brian is the third vocalist not the second.
Dave Evans was before Bon
@@bullfidde I had forgotten that!
Bad to the Bone is by George Thorogood. Recorded in 1982--a few years after Whole Lotta Rosie
I'm glad to see another reaction channel has picked up on Bon Scott AC/DC! You're going to love the songs from Young, Young and Scott. If I may suggest, listen to Live Wire, Overdose, Squealer, Let There Be Rock, What's Next To The Moon. Oh damn, I can go on forever! Anywho, enjoy the era of Bon Scott AC⚡DC! It'll Rock your Sox off!! 🤘🤘
The instrumental is what ac/dc is all about so many riffs that you know the song the instant you hear them
bon Scott passed in 1980, Brian became the lead singer shortly after.
because bon saw brian preform, brian had appendicitis and was carried out on a stretcher after performing.... Bon told the band about this amazing singer... When Brian auditioned, he had the gig in hand.
The story Bon was telling about this "encounter" was hilarious. "...who's it gonna be?" Rosie: "ME !!!" "..and I was too scared to say no" lol
1980 when Back In Black dropped. RIP Bon.
Their best live show to watch is Paris on the Highway to Hell tour December 1979. It does have outtakes through it though. It is also called Let There Be Rock. Highway to Hell was the album to where they started getting more into their classic sound, and then Back in Black cemented the sound that was to be on every album after that.
Saw AC/ DC with Bon Scott in London 1980 at the Hammersmith odeon ( now Apollo) Angus young running shirtless up and down the isle playing guitar with a smoke canister on his back - one of the highest energy concerts to this day - magic
Are you sure? He died in Feb of 1980.
@@garykidson4489 May have been late 1979 but it was Highway to hell tour I think and the album came out in 1980 - was a long time ago so may be a year out - what I do still remember was the energy of the gig- just looked it up think it was November 1979
@@antonylacroix6475 I bet it was amazing!!
"The looser the waistband, the deeper the quicksand"
David Saint Hubbins, Patron Saint of Quality Footwear
Bon, the frontman’s frontman, with the Youngs, legend!
I enjoy both era of AC/DC (Bon and Brian) but the Bon Scott era will always hold a special place in my heart. For me the biggest difference is that while Brian is a great singer and helped take them to new heights, Bon embodied the songs he sang. Bon WAS what he was singing and for me that sets him apart. Sex drugs rock'n'roll is how Bon lived, and it's how he died. There will never be another one quite like him.
Bon passed away in 1980, the same year Back in Black was released with Brian Johnson as their new singer. So 1980 is when Brian took over.
My sister was into AC/DC and that's how I got into them. I still remember clipping the article from the newspaper reporting that Bon had passed away.
Brian Johnson joined AC/DC in 1980. I didn't buy the album 'cause there was no way to replace Bon Scott.🙄 A friend of mine came by with the album and convinced me to listen to just one song just to see what it was like.🤔 He put on "Back in Black" then we listened to the whole album twice!😂 I went to Tower Records the very next day and got the album!🤗❤️✌️
Brian Johnson joined AC/DC in 1980 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
Angus Young is the hardest working, on stage guitarist, period. No rivals. And that pre-high school outfit just sets him apart as a stage presence. Truely the motor of AC/DC!!
My favorite AC/DC song with Bon Scott is Love Hungry Man from my favorite album of theirs Highway to Hell.
Bon Scott was the best, as there’s a lot of humour and attitude in Bon’s vocals. Brian is wonderful and does great, but a different sort of rock vocalist, hence the band changed when Bon died in 1980.
I far prefer Bon, although I always liked Brian from Geordie, his earlier band that had 4 top 40 hit singles in the UK in the 1970’s, the biggest was “All Because of you” at no 6 in 1973.
The live one with Byan Johnson, has a huge prop behind them! 😉
PS:- Im not sure of the title for the Apollo performances.
Either live at The Apollo or From The Apollo.
Brian has a good rock rasp he has trained himself to use, but it's a matter of tightening in his throat, while Bon's high notes are more of a whole body effort and a more natural rasp and scream. If you hear "Night Prowler" or Bon's version of "The Jack", you can hear Bon singing in his lower register where his voice is very different.
The energy comes partly from everyone but Bon being in their mid-twenties. Bon's death came a month and half before Angus's 25th birthday, and older brother Malcolm had turned 27 the previous month.
Great song! ❤❤You should definitely do the official videos for both ‘Let There Be Rock’ and ‘It’s a Long Way to the Top ( If You Want to Rock and Roll)’!
Great reaction Phil and Sam!❤❤
Sin City (live in Paris '79), Jailbreak 1976 (official music VIDEO), Riff Raff (live at The Apollo), Down Payment Blues, Overdose, Problem Child, Live Wire, (all studio), It's A Long Way To The Top (where they're riding in the back of a truck performing), High Voltage (official video), and Shot Down In Flames (official video).
Check out the history of the song there was a Tasmanian woman that jumped bon scotts bones... Like he said 42 39 56. She had it all....He also said it was the 1 of the best lovers he had... Wrote a song about it here it go
My favorite version and my favorite ACDC song.
You two keep opening up more and more! Feeling it! I think it is great that with RUclips, The Ladies seem to be opening up more to this music. It got harder, for me as I grew a bit, to get my girlfriends to enjoy my music. Today it seems more and more Peeps are getting together and vibing out. Gotta love their opinions ALSO! Smart!! Thanks ! 1982.
There's an amazing performance in Paris when Bon Scott was alive, where Angus breaks his guitar and has to have a roadie replace it in the middle of the solo.
Let There Be Rock ,,,live at River Plate 2009.. Angus Young will blow your mind on this one and the crowd man oh man probably 30,000 people there.
AC/DC's most unique song, maybe rocks, is 'A Long Way to the Top', if you want to Rock and Roll. Watching play it on a flatbed truck is the funnest version.