"No worries, I'll just make my own tracks. And I'll play the instruments. And I'll mix 'em. Then I'll do a killer in-depth talk about them. All in a day's work."
Rick doesn't get enough credit for what he does, creating an ACDC song from scratch in it's entirety just so he can dissect it and tell us what makes it amazing, thank you
Exactly. I grew up listening to these guys (I’m in my 20’s) and I can pretty much hear each Angus Young or Malcolm Young riff and know what song it is right off the bat. I wish I could play guitar, I always wanted to learn the guitar but people around me tell me I can’t because I am autistic (very mild form) and I am a female. I’m not gonna let that stop me.
One thing my brother pointed out to me about 30 years ago was that Australian late seventies and early eighties pub rock songs that really swing (from ACDC, The Angels, Cold Chisel, Midnight Oil, Rose Tattoo, Divinyls etc) would often have even hard emphasis on all four beats (whereas successful US rock tunes would emphasise the 2 and 4 more eg Van Halen Jump or Panama or many G&R songs). A lot of Australian rock was hard on all four beats. I can't over emphasise this because there is plenty of overlap, but I think it is rooted in the primitive nature of the pub rock scene. I know there's plenty of four-to-the-floor music in the US, (or even in UK - Pink Floyd Run) but in Australia it took on a greater significance. If this doesn't make sense, maybe talking about the pub rock thing would help give context to the ACDC approach to rhythm. ACDC played over a hundred recorded Australian pub gigs a year, every year from 1973 to 1977 (probably many more unrecorded) . The main thing about pub rock in Australia was that if you didn't make the audience feel the music, make them really feel it, the audience would hurt you, literally and you'd be lucky to get paid or to get out without injury. Likewise, any extra notes or beats that showed pretence would bring a similar response. Perhaps that's why Malcolm went for the school uniform and Bon Scott for the gaudy theatre so they could hide behind the idea they were taking the piss, sending themselves up. Showing off does not go down well, so Australians tend to take the piss to get attention (I know, we are weird). Pink Floyd or Guns & Roses, Cream, Led Zeppelin much as they are respected and loved here, would not have created their sound here in the 1970's or 80's. Heavy Metal and prog rock likewise. A band had to be heavy and hard, with nothing unnecessary in their sound, but also had to to swing it, if they wanted to win their audience over and be asked to came back. If the audience couldn't drink, stomp, holler along or make out to it, the band would be eating beer cans in seconds flat. The irony was that if you were good, the audience wouldn't let you off the stage until you'd played your whole set and all extra songs twice and were literally bleeding. Playing the final gig in a very minor pub band called Who Cares in 1990 (the best known song was called 'Drunk'), I had the gaff tape on my hands wear through after four hours or more, and Pete Gare on guitar was unplugging, when a girl in a lace dress grabbed my hair and hollered "Play another song or I'll break your F...N arm". So that was the pub rock scene. The stage smelled of beer, smoke and the sourness of puke. The band had a job to do - make it loud, make it swing but keep it simple. It's not unique to pub rock, but probably very characteristic of it, and ACDC took it to the Nth degree and in that found their own great sound.
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Rich, thanks for this great comment. Now pub culture in Sydney is dead, even before the corona.
Brilliant analysis mate..IMHO the best rock bands hone themselves in rowdy pubs as they have to match and inspire simultaneously the most critical and disinhibited audiences they get PRIMAL and get right down to the nitty gritty
@@ebbanjenkins5960 This! "they have to match and inspire simultaneously the most critical and disinhibited audiences they get PRIMAL and get right down to the nitty gritty" Pub rock created music around a a mob - the songs were tested and introduced (sometimes created through jamming) in that environment, without prior radio play. ACDC (also Midnight Oil and Cold Chisel) gigged for years before seeing a recording studio. These days an aspiring musician has essentially a multitrack studio on their phone and on their home computer, creating music in bedrooms (since Beck) and releasing it on alternative channels, without a single live performance (not a criticism). The listeners hear songs on Spotify, RUclips Red etc, or on radio stations like JJJ in Australia (college radio in the US?). I'm not saying there's anything wrong with that at all; it just is a completely different way of making music, eh. Live performances are now at festivals and the audience know all the words and yell along for a band that may be performing live for only the third or fourth time! Tech means the new system is here for a long while and pub rock is unique in time, to that particular seventies to eighties period when amps, guitars and drums were (only just) affordable, social upheaval made audiences look for release, when driving after a beer hadn't become an issue, and listeners could not freely find great music in any other way but to go to the pub or turn on the (often mediocre) radio.. I guess we were pretty privileged to see it.
@ True. The real killer might have been the approach to real estate. The inner cities became office block and apartment waste lands dotted by night club districts, and then there was the lock out (it seemed to be a blunt instrument for people's safety).
@@Me37368 dude! Me too. I think I finally got it though. What a PITA. And that riff towards the end of the song with the fast vibrato for every note? Genius. Tackling the solo now.
Yes Rick. Wonderful teacher @RickBeato, I have this thing that bother's me. I love a wide variety of music including everything you and others say about AC/DC. However, I get bored by them. I love all the individual parts of what they do as well as how it fits together but if I hear more than 2 songs in a row by them I'm just done. One time I was on the beach with friends and someone was blasting their greatest hits from across the small bay and on about song five I said "Their stuff all sounds he same" My friend said "But it's all great!" He was right but I can't eat steak for every meal.
@@experimetalfan8851 it's actually not a legal loophole really. It's still copyright infringement. However, every song recording has two copyrights. The one that gets blocked most commonly is the right in the sound recording (which a record label basically always owned in the "good old days") The other copyright is in the composition itself. I.e. any score or tab you may have written down. It's not always as common for a label to own that right as well and is not really searched in the RUclips algorithm to find offending content. (This is also ignoring any fair use defense claims someone might make)
@@manny75586 That's correct. And the reason composition copyright doesn't get prosecuted is because it's the songwriters themselves who own it. And they don't care if you are paying homage to them. In fact they usually like someone praising their work online, because it re-ignites interest in their work! How many people watched this and then searched "AC/DC" afterwards? The problem is (and always has been) the record labels.
Phil Donald and it’s free publicity for them, too! I remember on the late 90’s show Freaks & Geeks, the producers wanted to use “Back In Black” and the AC/DC people wanted something like $100,000 to use it! Ridiculous!
@@marksea64 its exactly the point, stupid. I appreciate Rick's work too but when you monetize your channel like he's doing with copyrighted material then the owner has the right to ask for compensation or to ask you to stop. Thems the rules, like it or not.
Back in the 80s I purchased Back in Black and George Winston’s Winter Into Spring at the same time. The guy at the checkout counter looked at me like l had lobsters hanging out of my ears. One of the greatest things about watching your videos is that you teach us how and why things work. In this case the drum downbeat vs. guitar upbeat and bass pedal relationship creating ACDCs signature hard-driving sound . For a song writer, this is gold. Thank you Rick for opening our minds. Excellent.
Never been into genres. Always liked AC/DC, Winston, Irish tenor John McDermott, bandleader Andre Rieu... whatever moves me in the moment. Speaking of lobster-hanging ears check out German Oom-paw band The Heimatdamisch doing a cover of GNR's "Sweet Child of Mine."
Amazing how the simplicity of pretty much the same drumming style, singing about, partying, drinking, women, and being bad boys for it, major chords with pentatonic solos every time can be so kickass with a greatest hits list that would be the size of 4 albums of music could exist. Their style never changed yet never sounds dated. They are the epitome of the definition of what rock and roll sounds like yet I have trouble describing them to people unaware of them or mentioning bands similar to them. They are a rock standard and an anomaly at the same time. They will always be on my music rotation as a listener and a guitar player no matter how sophisticated I may become.
So many elements that makes AC DC sound so great, but cannot overlook Phil's drum style. It's a got a swing. That's why Malcolm asked him to come back to the band, that element was missing and was vital.
The drums were different on Blow Up Your Video, but it wasn't just the "feel" of the playing, it was also the sound, the production, they obviously have a very different mic set -up/mixing/engineering what have, the production is just different. Still love that album, one of my favourites. I didn't miss Phil on The Razor's Edge, there was so much else going on and Chris Slade brought other things with him. But, you can always tell when it's Phil playing. His timing is never quite where you think it is, he's always just that little bit behind what you expect and it definitely makes tracks like Highway or Girl's Got Rhythm. He can both power everything along and somehow be slightly behind it all at the same time.
And he’s back again. I seen them with Chris Slade on drums , he’s not a bad drummer at all but I just really wanna see the whole gang (unfortunately we can’t see Malcolm for obvious reasons) I wish I did when he was alive. But I hope I’ll get to see them with Brian and the rest of them.
That's the subtle genius of Malcolm Young. It seems simple but you dig into it and you just nod your head in admiration at how clever and catchy it is.
I’m a drummer who’s been playing for 25 years. The first rock band I fell in love with and learned to play was AC/DC. Over the years I grew to love all of the “great drummer bands.” Led Zeppelin, Rush, The Police, Frank Zappa, etc. But my love for AC/DC has never diminished. Their stuff seems simple compared to those other bands, but the combination of the rock solid drums and bass with those legendary guitar riffs locking right in feels so great. A classic band.
Its funny how so many people joke about Phil Rudds drumming, he doesn't play complicated things, but where it sits amongst the guitar riffs is very hard to replicate!!
Same with poor Ringo. The guy is a fantastic musician because he always served the music instead of his own ego. Knowing when to play what is more important than being able to play 64th notes at 480BPM
Too right mate. Always thought that the rhythm section of AC/DC (Phil, Cliff and Mal) are the cement that binds it all together setting it up for Angus to work his magic over the top and bring on that distinct AC/DC Sound. In the words of Keef (Richards), “I’ve always admired their tightness”
I cannot say enough how much i love this channel. Entertaining, funny, and super educational. And today you did AC/DC!! It's like christmas without all the crappy music.
Thta's why AC/DC is my favourite band of all times. They got me started on the guitar, they taught me so much. I'm more than ten years into my guitar journey, and still find out things about them that I had never noticed. AC/DC for life
It's really amazing when you see that, for the purpose of teaching you music theory, Rick got through all the process of playing every instrument, recording them, mixing and mastering the song, just to recreate it with the same catchy aesthetic - and then teach you. ♥
Also, an interesting thing is in the bass lines . Cliff Williams didn't always play the root note to Malcolm's rhythm which creates a great amount of tension. eg Back in black third chord is an Amajor but cliff plays the c sharp. makes it sound really cool. love the vid and the channeL Rick.
My dad was a huge AC/DC fan. I was five when I first remember hearing them. Nothing like that sound. They have definitely been the biggest influence in my own playing. Eventhough I play a lot of music, they were the reason I wanted to play guitar.
The remix of Back In Black that plays while you set up the drums is awesome! I've also noticed that Bryan Adams does a lot of the same thing with his guitar/drum/bass rhythms. Sometimes musically you'd hardly know it wasn't AC/DC if you listened as only instrumentals in some of his more Rock oriented songs. Well, maybe it's a Mutt Lange thing actually since he produced most all of Bryan Adam's songs and all the AC/DC songs you mentioned...
Mutt only produced two Bryan Adams albums, Waking Up The Neighbors and 18 'til I Die. Those two definitely had that connection to the AC/DC sound. Cuts Like a Knife and Reckless were Bob Clearmountain productions for the most part, with some Bryan Adams input, and had a little different feel.
@@larrycanepa that makes sense. Those are the two albums of Bryan's that I listen to the most. Also, on songs like "Photograph" that Mutt produced for Def Leppard there is a lot of these similar "AC/DC type elements".
@@DavidDiMuzio yes, I was thinking that Def Leppard seems to have a lot of the same characteristics as well from Mutt. He found what worked and kept using it.
Rick, you are the KING, sir! You should put out the next AC/DC album. I saw them in concert in Atlanta at the Omni for the For Those About to Rock tour, and it was a fantastic show. about half way through, Angus got on Brian and Malcolm's shoulders and he jammed like there would be NO TOMORROW while they carried him through the audience on the floor center stage, came RIGHT BY ME. It was beyond spectacular. Fantastic. And you duplicate their sound exceedingly well!
Best rock band ever. Bon Scott and Freddie Mercury were the two best front men ever to grace the stage. I remember buying if you want blood, the live album as a 13 year old and trying to learn every riff. AC/DC will still sound good in another 50 years.
None of the members of Ccr ever overplayed, they only ever played what was needed and I think that’s one reason why they are so good. Most musicians will listen to em and just call it all simple but it doesn’t have to be complicated to be good.
Creedence where popular, creedence where good, but successful? Well theres a whole very awful tale about that :( Lets just say Dont do what creedence did. Read your contracts, kids! (See also: Stone Roses)
We covered lots of CCR they detuned before detuning was a thing...they also did some killer covers...Suzy Q, Heard it through the grapvine, I put a spell on you...John Fogerty was incerdibly anal about his production , drove brother nuts...but man he could write those hooks even in his solo career.
Rick, please inform youtube they have a problem - it seems like the thumbs up button is only letting me give you one thumbs up. I'm pretty sure that a video this cool is supposed to allow me to give you at least ten thumbs up. My friends and I in college used to say that Phil Rudd was the greatest drummer of all time. We sort of said it joking around but in somewhat of a serious way too. I always thought he was sort of playing behind the beat but your explanation of the rhythm is really helpful. So many people mess it up when they try to play their songs. Kudos on putting together all the parts with such great quality and for so many songs! Thank you.
Malcolm was the arranger but when they were playing he was the rythm guitarist. and Malcolm and Angus worked so well off each other. and Phil of course was the time keeper. and when you put it all together they made a sound that makes people move. its ingenious.
Every time you pick up an instrument I'm floored my dude... You are such a good instrumentalist. You probably threw these together (all things considered) and they sound as good as the originals.
SO right Armin. He brought real rock 'n roll to kids like me who had never heard of Chuck Berry but then went on to appreciate Chuck, Little Richard and Bill Haley. Malcolm was the reincarnation of these guys in the 70s and 80s. Never to be forgotten.
I've played AC/DC cover tunes in live bands for 30+ years and they ALWAYS get people out of their seats and on the dance floor.. one of the best rock bands ever!
Rick, it's genius to make your own tracks. You tackle the copyright/blocking while taking us into the fine details of the music we love as you re-create it. It's a helluva lot of work but it's Fantastic! Thank you.
I love the way this great guy breaks everything down, and explains in detail every beat and riff. Plus he is a very talented all round multi musician, who plays bass rhythm lead drums all equally as well.
You obviously put a ton of effort into this, and I think it is well worth it. There is a lot of quality information for listeners, musicians, and aspiring producers as well.
I was born in 81 so my music identity really starts in the 90s. That being said, AD\DC is such a *huge* influence. It's really simple but it sets this standard that never leaves me.
Hey I was born in 81. Honestly, AC\DC wasn't always one of my favorites, I pulled my influence from more to the likes of Pink Floyd or The Doors, but they're undeniable in their greatness!!!
Music history, analysis, musicality, tones, production, key features, the "What Makes this..." insider talk, the stems... Man, youre just gold. A growing legend. Much love and respect.
DUDE! Beato is a serious BAMF ! Not just cobbling everything together, not just playing the tasty riffs, but breaking everything down… I’m not even a musician ( beyond the commuter sing along…) but I LOVE getting this play by play from these songs! Great video brother!
I'm really grateful someone with your Talent & Skills, has taken to sharing it with us. While immersed in the reasons that I love ac/dc. I stepped back a moment to appreciate the entire delivery. It's amazing that you not only play (everything) beautifully, you go and tie it up with a bow in the editing room. These videos are the best YT has to offer. Thank You!
Mutt Lange is a freaking genius. People attach him so much to Def Leppard it's easy to forget he also produced Back in Black, Highway to Hell, Foreigner's 4, The Cars' Heartbeat City, and all of Shania Twain's records until they split up. Lange, Phil Spector, Quincy Jones, and George Martin are your Mt. Rushmore of music producers. I'd also accept arguments for Bruce Fairbairn, for his engineering work alone, but his production catalog is quite impressive as well.
Great mix. Nice and clean. I find that in many ACDC tunes, the use of major chords also contributes to a positive vibe. It elevates us. Listeners are able to pick up the riffs within a seconds and feel the mood without having to hear a lyric. Making basic songs great is an art.
Major chords?? I'm not hearing them. 95% of AC/DC's chords are basic root/5th/octave power chord with no major or minor tonality. In fact if anything is implied it is minor keys with many vocal melodies containing a constant minor 3rd over the guitar chord. 3 straight off the top of my head - Rocker, Bad Boy Boogie and Let There Be Rock. Major chords are just too 'nice' for AC/DC! In fact the only ones I can think of straight away are at the beginning of Big Balls. (Their worst song!) Oh and major and minor in Love Song. But that one's a complete stylistic one-off for them!
@@halodust1304 maybe I'm misunderstanding but shook me all night long fire example, according to the music I'm seeing online is major chords on the chorus. Obviously they use a lot of power chords as well. My musical knowledge isn't on par with pros. Even on this song I'm hearing an a major and a g major in the way in referring too. No?
Yeah, you're right@@Churd84538 Taking a bit more time to think it through, there's quite a few major chords in their songs! Still more power chords than major or minor though...
Rick, you are an excellent ambassador to rock music. Thank you. Over the years, many of us know what we like. And it is often hard to communicate to younger people seeking. Today, we can check literally anything out! Rock has just as much to offer new listeners today as it ever did! When you go through the technical elements that make this music great, it not only helps people communicate and explore, but maybe start to do. I find myself going back through some music made then that I did not quite grok. And more often I can! All of this happening means new experiences, new people, new takes on great music. All of rock benefits when we share. You doing what you do matters just like some fan talking a new listener into a little adventure. What happens is the music does what was intended, and that is to get people up, moving, laughing, loving, doing, playing. I still do not fully understand why some are so aggressive about limiting this kind of thing. It isn't like the field is too crowded, or some how anyone or anything is made less. The truth is more. Where is the downside? You said greed. I disagreed, but after thinking, reading a listening for a while now, perhaps you are much closer to the mark. I have a young one coming up right now. Your work is perfect for rekindling that spark related to music, why it matters, that it matters at all. Thanks again.
This is the reason why I subscribed to your channel, not just naming theories, styles etc. of Music, but going deep for us to understand what's truly happening to that song.
Cliff must be one of the most underrated bassists ever. You keep hearing Rick reference pedal tones. That’s Cliff!!! Dude knows what he’s doin’!! My God, This is the perfect band!!!
If Rick Beato speaks highly about an artist/groups musicianship, you know it means something of value...RB get's us almost in the mix on the day, truly behind-the-scene brilliance...🎸🎵🎼🎶
The "simpleness" is what makes this stuff sound so huge on records...the empty spaces. "Supersonic" by Oasis is another great example of how to make a simple song sound massive on record.
The groove that AC/DC got was something I couldn't fully understand or appreciate until I became a seasoned musician. Now I revel in it. I will just pull up back in black or highway to hell and just play the Malcom parts and just groove and LOVE it. This is the act of a real band hooking up in a way that is extremely rare and musically advanced.
As a drummer, I really feel the connection between Cliff William’s right hand and Phil Rudd’s is part of the magic of their sound and tightness. The driving eighth-notes they both play are soooo incredible right, it really drives the music along. The bass and hit-hat are LOCKED in.
You matched that tone so well which makes me happy because I have a Les Paul but no SG. Gives me hope I can get that tone once I upgrade my amp situation.
Remember Angus and Malcolm's older brother was George. They grew up with songs like Wedding Ring etc. showing how to put the upbeats against the rhythm section. Aussie pub rock was built on the precedents set in places like Hoadley's Battle of the Sounds.
@@DMSProduktions - not too proud to admit I was wrong! I checked JPY's bio, their early years mirror each other from being born in Scotland to the move to Australia at nearly the same time! That's where my info got merged.
@@heatherk1200 Yeah, easy to see. Their lot came here in the 50s/60's as a 10 pound rocker, as it cost 10 pounds on a passenger liner to come to Australia. They were the pioneers of Oz Rock in the 60s onward! I am an Aussie and grew up with these guys in the 70's! I knew they weren't related. I mean BoN Scott also came over from Scotland as a kid in the 50's!
I had video speed set at 1.25 from a previous video and I spent 5 minutes wondering why you were playing so damn fast... I understand the adrenalin for the song, but man... Hahaha great video!!!
You mentioned not going into the vocals... My favorite AC/DC vocalist by far is Bon, but Brian Johnson took it to another level. Well done Rick!!! I grew up on "Let There Be Rock" and "High Voltage" when I was a young lad of 12?!? Changed my life in many ways. It still gets me going at almost 52 years old :0)
As a fan of AC/DC since the first time I heard them in 1979, I really appreciate this video. Regardless of how many people try to put them down as playing only three chords or what ever all these crazy comments say, they found a formula that just plain works. The feel and rhythm the Young brothers brought to the music is undeniable!!! AC/DC Rocks!!! good job Rick!
YES! A couple of my jam buds say, "ACDC is too simple", and therefore not that great. I knew better. Another great episode Rick. Your channel is one of the very best, and probably my absolute favorite.
Growing up in Australia, I'm well steeped in ACDC, to the point I thought I knew them backwards. Now when my band jams on ACDC I learn even more about those guys. Yes, playing their music is easy, playing their music well is very hard. Their sense of rhythm absolutely makes them one of the most unique bands in rock. I never really broke down why but I just knew when we played Shoot to Thrill etc there was something special in there.
I remember learning, "She's got Balls", great riff, with my mate in his bedroom played through a 100w Strauss', back in the early 70s, then we'd go to the "Bondi Lifesaver" the following night and watch them live, what a venue that was.
AC/DCs music is like a boxing match. Its just left and right hooks (down an up beats) all the way, just straight up throwing punches. The fairly straight meter and high energy makes it great for workouts as well, gets the blood pumping. AC/DC proves how (apparent) simplicity has its place in music, not every band has to be Dream Theatre or King Crimson :D
Syncopation in the riff that emphasizes every beat of the measure. And into those holes Phil plays on “on” beats. Genius riffing plus swinging drummer.
I first saw Akker Dakker in Adelaide at the Adelaide Festival theatre supporting Lou Reed before anyone had heard of them before Bon Scott joined and they were as good then as they ever were....
I like watching you play all of the instruments almost as much as I am happy that you're not singing Rick. I can't believe I missed this when it first came around and am just getting to it now. Awesome job across the board...you're my new hero
What a great channel. Its like going to the music class you never had in school. Great to see someone that can explain every aspect of music from production to theory and execution on every instrument.
"No worries, I'll just make my own tracks. And I'll play the instruments. And I'll mix 'em. Then I'll do a killer in-depth talk about them. All in a day's work."
He still got demonetized. 😔
He's like Prince in that regard
And edit it
And still there's people who take the time to come here to dislike the video :/
I had to do and mix all the tracks for a the pretender (foo fighters) cover for school and it took a week, rick can knock one out in a day
Becoming a one man AC/DC to make one video - that's dedication and one of the many reasons Rick is the best one RUclips by some distance.
I humble myself b4 thee...
Rick is amazing
now when I get a compliment I'm just gonna say "well I'm no rick beato"
By the proverbial country mile.
You should send him some money for his time.
Rick doesn't get enough credit for what he does, creating an ACDC song from scratch in it's entirety just so he can dissect it and tell us what makes it amazing, thank you
So true!
Exactly. I grew up listening to these guys (I’m in my 20’s) and I can pretty much hear each Angus Young or Malcolm Young riff and know what song it is right off the bat. I wish I could play guitar, I always wanted to learn the guitar but people around me tell me I can’t because I am autistic (very mild form) and I am a female. I’m not gonna let that stop me.
@@YourFellowRNRSisterFan98 dude who says you cant??? go rip it.
He has 3 milllion subscribers for essentially talking about music, umm i think he gets enough credit.
One thing my brother pointed out to me about 30 years ago was that Australian late seventies and early eighties pub rock songs that really swing (from ACDC, The Angels, Cold Chisel, Midnight Oil, Rose Tattoo, Divinyls etc) would often have even hard emphasis on all four beats (whereas successful US rock tunes would emphasise the 2 and 4 more eg Van Halen Jump or Panama or many G&R songs). A lot of Australian rock was hard on all four beats. I can't over emphasise this because there is plenty of overlap, but I think it is rooted in the primitive nature of the pub rock scene. I know there's plenty of four-to-the-floor music in the US, (or even in UK - Pink Floyd Run) but in Australia it took on a greater significance. If this doesn't make sense, maybe talking about the pub rock thing would help give context to the ACDC approach to rhythm. ACDC played over a hundred recorded Australian pub gigs a year, every year from 1973 to 1977 (probably many more unrecorded) . The main thing about pub rock in Australia was that if you didn't make the audience feel the music, make them really feel it, the audience would hurt you, literally and you'd be lucky to get paid or to get out without injury. Likewise, any extra notes or beats that showed pretence would bring a similar response. Perhaps that's why Malcolm went for the school uniform and Bon Scott for the gaudy theatre so they could hide behind the idea they were taking the piss, sending themselves up. Showing off does not go down well, so Australians tend to take the piss to get attention (I know, we are weird). Pink Floyd or Guns & Roses, Cream, Led Zeppelin much as they are respected and loved here, would not have created their sound here in the 1970's or 80's. Heavy Metal and prog rock likewise. A band had to be heavy and hard, with nothing unnecessary in their sound, but also had to to swing it, if they wanted to win their audience over and be asked to came back. If the audience couldn't drink, stomp, holler along or make out to it, the band would be eating beer cans in seconds flat. The irony was that if you were good, the audience wouldn't let you off the stage until you'd played your whole set and all extra songs twice and were literally bleeding. Playing the final gig in a very minor pub band called Who Cares in 1990 (the best known song was called 'Drunk'), I had the gaff tape on my hands wear through after four hours or more, and Pete Gare on guitar was unplugging, when a girl in a lace dress grabbed my hair and hollered "Play another song or I'll break your F...N arm". So that was the pub rock scene. The stage smelled of beer, smoke and the sourness of puke. The band had a job to do - make it loud, make it swing but keep it simple. It's not unique to pub rock, but probably very characteristic of it, and ACDC took it to the Nth degree and in that found their own great sound.
Rich, thanks for this great comment. Now pub culture in Sydney is dead, even before the corona.
great comment....very true too
Brilliant analysis mate..IMHO the best rock bands hone themselves in rowdy pubs as they have to match and inspire simultaneously the most critical and disinhibited audiences they get PRIMAL and get right down to the nitty gritty
@@ebbanjenkins5960 This! "they have to match and inspire simultaneously the most critical and disinhibited audiences they get PRIMAL and get right down to the nitty gritty" Pub rock created music around a a mob - the songs were tested and introduced (sometimes created through jamming) in that environment, without prior radio play. ACDC (also Midnight Oil and Cold Chisel) gigged for years before seeing a recording studio. These days an aspiring musician has essentially a multitrack studio on their phone and on their home computer, creating music in bedrooms (since Beck) and releasing it on alternative channels, without a single live performance (not a criticism). The listeners hear songs on Spotify, RUclips Red etc, or on radio stations like JJJ in Australia (college radio in the US?). I'm not saying there's anything wrong with that at all; it just is a completely different way of making music, eh. Live performances are now at festivals and the audience know all the words and yell along for a band that may be performing live for only the third or fourth time! Tech means the new system is here for a long while and pub rock is unique in time, to that particular seventies to eighties period when amps, guitars and drums were (only just) affordable, social upheaval made audiences look for release, when driving after a beer hadn't become an issue, and listeners could not freely find great music in any other way but to go to the pub or turn on the (often mediocre) radio.. I guess we were pretty privileged to see it.
@ True. The real killer might have been the approach to real estate. The inner cities became office block and apartment waste lands dotted by night club districts, and then there was the lock out (it seemed to be a blunt instrument for people's safety).
I've always said this, if you're a musician and you think ACDC is easy and simple, try covering them.
Graham Black that up beat lick in the main riff of back in Black just kills me timing wise
@@Me37368 dude! Me too. I think I finally got it though. What a PITA. And that riff towards the end of the song with the fast vibrato for every note? Genius. Tackling the solo now.
Same with the Beatles
Yep, and to actually capture the energy and feel of one of their tunes and play it is a challenge.
RIP Malcolm
Way to go Rick. If you can’t use them, become them.
Yeah!
Agreed!
Yes Rick. Wonderful teacher @RickBeato, I have this thing that bother's
me. I love a wide variety of music including everything you and others
say about AC/DC. However, I get bored by them. I love all the
individual parts of what they do as well as how it fits together but if I
hear more than 2 songs in a row by them I'm just done. One time I was
on the beach with friends and someone was blasting their greatest hits
from across the small bay and on about song five I said "Their stuff all
sounds he same" My friend said "But it's all great!" He was right but I
can't eat steak for every meal.
Road Runner That’s why there are other bands :)
This is a fantastic example of their songs. :) @@RickBeato
My brother had "Highway to Hell" played at his wedding ... turned out to be more appropriate that we all thought.
Bluebuthappy182 Ha ha!
If true, he kind of deserved it. That's fairly unaware.
Haha
HaHa, just hope he learned from it.
Hahaha
Recreating the track! This is a whole new level of cool!
Yep - Kudos on the guitar tones Rick!
3:11 - 3:34 sounds killer!! Put that in your pipe and smoke it blockers!
@@experimetalfan8851 it's actually not a legal loophole really. It's still copyright infringement.
However, every song recording has two copyrights. The one that gets blocked most commonly is the right in the sound recording (which a record label basically always owned in the "good old days")
The other copyright is in the composition itself. I.e. any score or tab you may have written down. It's not always as common for a label to own that right as well and is not really searched in the RUclips algorithm to find offending content.
(This is also ignoring any fair use defense claims someone might make)
Merry Christmas Rick, Dylan, Lennon, Layla, friends and subscribers! Have a good one. :-)
@@manny75586 That's correct. And the reason composition copyright doesn't get prosecuted is because it's the songwriters themselves who own it. And they don't care if you are paying homage to them. In fact they usually like someone praising their work online, because it re-ignites interest in their work! How many people watched this and then searched "AC/DC" afterwards?
The problem is (and always has been) the record labels.
So excited these guys are back with a new album!
Can't wait
i just hpe they will do a tour with the new album
The highway to hell is paved with chord progressions.
YEAAHH!!
That ship has sailed.
Rick Beato - Guitar
Rick Beato - Bass
Rick Beato - Drums
The best band
You forgot:
Rick Beato - Recording
Rick Beato - Producer
Rick Beato - Mixing
xD
This man isn't just a one-man band. He's a one-man industry!
@@UltromanTheTacoman OH DON'T forget the SEGEBORN BROS, they would come in a CLOSE 2nd!
Qazd I do like Frog Leap studios too. Leo is awesome
@@UltromanTheTacoman Don't forget Rick Beato - Roadie, mic'ing up the drum kit at the start ;-)
@@UltromanTheTacoman Also Rick beato - analysis and breakdown
Brilliant video.
I remember Angus describing AC/DC’s sound as The Who meets Chuck Berry. Perfectly sums up their groove.
I'd guess Free/Paul Kossoff was a major influence as well.
@Erdnase23
- Good point friend, my take is The Who meets Keith Richards & co - peace bro ; )
@@michaelh1832 They sound similar but I highly doubt it
And there’s always the Duck Walk.
Shame these labels are being so heavy handed when Rick's videos are clearly for educational purposes.
Phil Donald and it’s free publicity for them, too! I remember on the late 90’s show Freaks & Geeks, the producers wanted to use “Back In Black” and the AC/DC people wanted something like $100,000 to use it! Ridiculous!
You think Rick's doing these for free??
They are seriously doing a disservice by blocking access to a deeper understanding of their artists
@@SDFitz That's not the point, dummy.
@@marksea64 its exactly the point, stupid. I appreciate Rick's work too but when you monetize your channel like he's doing with copyrighted material then the owner has the right to ask for compensation or to ask you to stop. Thems the rules, like it or not.
Back in the 80s I purchased Back in Black and George Winston’s Winter Into Spring at the same time. The guy at the checkout counter looked at me like l had lobsters hanging out of my ears. One of the greatest things about watching your videos is that you teach us how and why things work. In this case the drum downbeat vs. guitar upbeat and bass pedal relationship creating ACDCs signature hard-driving sound . For a song writer, this is gold. Thank you Rick for opening our minds. Excellent.
Jordon love George Winston and AC/DC. It’s almost like we just like good music lol.
AC/DC and George Winston....would love to see this become the next Bill McClintock mashup.
dude...it as Winter for me! love this comment...
Never been into genres. Always liked AC/DC, Winston, Irish tenor John McDermott, bandleader Andre Rieu... whatever moves me in the moment. Speaking of lobster-hanging ears check out German Oom-paw band The Heimatdamisch doing a cover of GNR's "Sweet Child of Mine."
Amazing how the simplicity of pretty much the same drumming style, singing about, partying, drinking, women, and being bad boys for it, major chords with pentatonic solos every time can be so kickass with a greatest hits list that would be the size of 4 albums of music could exist. Their style never changed yet never sounds dated. They are the epitome of the definition of what rock and roll sounds like yet I have trouble describing them to people unaware of them or mentioning bands similar to them. They are a rock standard and an anomaly at the same time. They will always be on my music rotation as a listener and a guitar player no matter how sophisticated I may become.
great comment 👍
So many elements that makes AC DC sound so great, but cannot overlook Phil's drum style. It's a got a swing. That's why Malcolm asked him to come back to the band, that element was missing and was vital.
Yup. It's just not the same without it. Not even close.
The drums were different on Blow Up Your Video, but it wasn't just the "feel" of the playing, it was also the sound, the production, they obviously have a very different mic set -up/mixing/engineering what have, the production is just different. Still love that album, one of my favourites.
I didn't miss Phil on The Razor's Edge, there was so much else going on and Chris Slade brought other things with him.
But, you can always tell when it's Phil playing. His timing is never quite where you think it is, he's always just that little bit behind what you expect and it definitely makes tracks like Highway or Girl's Got Rhythm. He can both power everything along and somehow be slightly behind it all at the same time.
And he’s back again. I seen them with Chris Slade on drums , he’s not a bad drummer at all but I just really wanna see the whole gang (unfortunately we can’t see Malcolm for obvious reasons) I wish I did when he was alive. But I hope I’ll get to see them with Brian and the rest of them.
Malcolm said Phil’s has very consistent timing like a metronome too
@@YourFellowRNRSisterFan98 Slade was in a different league. Rudd could never replicate the Donnington show
That's the subtle genius of Malcolm Young. It seems simple but you dig into it and you just nod your head in admiration at how clever and catchy it is.
I’m a drummer who’s been playing for 25 years. The first rock band I fell in love with and learned to play was AC/DC. Over the years I grew to love all of the “great drummer bands.” Led Zeppelin, Rush, The Police, Frank Zappa, etc. But my love for AC/DC has never diminished. Their stuff seems simple compared to those other bands, but the combination of the rock solid drums and bass with those legendary guitar riffs locking right in feels so great. A classic band.
*RUclips strikes AC/DC songs*
Rick: "Fine, I'll do it myself!"
You took every video of my channel!
*I don't even know you.*
Right? I love it!
And he did it damned well too.
How do reaction videos get away with it....they play the whole clip ??
@@daver7867 Do they pay for music licenses?
Its funny how so many people joke about Phil Rudds drumming, he doesn't play complicated things, but where it sits amongst the guitar riffs is very hard to replicate!!
He, (like Malc, Cliff, (& Dale earlier) served the SONG!)
Same with poor Ringo. The guy is a fantastic musician because he always served the music instead of his own ego. Knowing when to play what is more important than being able to play 64th notes at 480BPM
@@Stratocaster42 True!
Too right mate. Always thought that the rhythm section of AC/DC (Phil, Cliff and Mal) are the cement that binds it all together setting it up for Angus to work his magic over the top and bring on that distinct AC/DC Sound. In the words of Keef (Richards), “I’ve always admired their tightness”
@@alexleinhardt4062 Keith would know!
A this is why Phil Rudd is a legend. That beat is lagging ever so slightly on every track he's playing on.
Not lagging - playing behind the beat.
Rick even has the kit set up "Phil Proper"...slightly rotated left.....
I cannot say enough how much i love this channel. Entertaining, funny, and super educational. And today you did AC/DC!! It's like christmas without all the crappy music.
Thta's why AC/DC is my favourite band of all times. They got me started on the guitar, they taught me so much. I'm more than ten years into my guitar journey, and still find out things about them that I had never noticed. AC/DC for life
It's really amazing when you see that, for the purpose of teaching you music theory, Rick got through all the process of playing every instrument, recording them, mixing and mastering the song, just to recreate it with the same catchy aesthetic - and then teach you. ♥
Or just realizing how much work goes into micing a drum kit.
Also, an interesting thing is in the bass lines . Cliff Williams didn't always play the root note to Malcolm's rhythm which creates a great amount of tension. eg Back in black third chord is an Amajor but cliff plays the c sharp. makes it sound really cool. love the vid and the channeL Rick.
My dad was a huge AC/DC fan. I was five when I first remember hearing them. Nothing like that sound. They have definitely been the biggest influence in my own playing. Eventhough I play a lot of music, they were the reason I wanted to play guitar.
The remix of Back In Black that plays while you set up the drums is awesome! I've also noticed that Bryan Adams does a lot of the same thing with his guitar/drum/bass rhythms. Sometimes musically you'd hardly know it wasn't AC/DC if you listened as only instrumentals in some of his more Rock oriented songs. Well, maybe it's a Mutt Lange thing actually since he produced most all of Bryan Adam's songs and all the AC/DC songs you mentioned...
Mutt probably brought it over.
Mutt only produced two Bryan Adams albums, Waking Up The Neighbors and 18 'til I Die. Those two definitely had that connection to the AC/DC sound. Cuts Like a Knife and Reckless
were Bob Clearmountain productions for the most part, with some Bryan Adams input, and had a little different feel.
@@larrycanepa that makes sense. Those are the two albums of Bryan's that I listen to the most. Also, on songs like "Photograph" that Mutt produced for Def Leppard there is a lot of these similar "AC/DC type elements".
@@DavidDiMuzio yes, I was thinking that Def Leppard seems to have a lot of the same characteristics as well from Mutt. He found what worked and kept using it.
Say what you want about Bryan Adams but that guy had some amazing recorded guitar tones, at least on the early stuff.
You're a wonderful teacher Mr. Beato!
Yep he is👍
Rick, you are the KING, sir! You should put out the next AC/DC album. I saw them in concert in Atlanta at the Omni for the For Those About to Rock tour, and it was a fantastic show. about half way through, Angus got on Brian and Malcolm's shoulders and he jammed like there would be NO TOMORROW while they carried him through the audience on the floor center stage, came RIGHT BY ME. It was beyond spectacular. Fantastic. And you duplicate their sound exceedingly well!
Best rock band ever. Bon Scott and Freddie Mercury were the two best front men ever to grace the stage. I remember buying if you want blood, the live album as a 13 year old and trying to learn every riff. AC/DC will still sound good in another 50 years.
Hands down best music channel ever.
Ignazio Di Salvo by Far!
No One Comes Close
Hey rick could you do a video on why creedence were so successful and how they pieced their songs together
None of the members of Ccr ever overplayed, they only ever played what was needed and I think that’s one reason why they are so good. Most musicians will listen to em and just call it all simple but it doesn’t have to be complicated to be good.
Indeed
Creedence where popular, creedence where good, but successful? Well theres a whole very awful tale about that :( Lets just say Dont do what creedence did. Read your contracts, kids! (See also: Stone Roses)
Richard - agreed. I think this is true of so many great bands. Leave some space between the notes, every hole doesn’t have to be filled.
We covered lots of CCR they detuned before detuning was a thing...they also did some killer covers...Suzy Q, Heard it through the grapvine, I put a spell on you...John Fogerty was incerdibly anal about his production , drove brother nuts...but man he could write those hooks even in his solo career.
Rick, you've really outdone yourself here! I could watch the "AC/DC create then discuss" videos for hours and hours! Thanks!
Amazing!!! I loved how you recreated the track and I loved seeing all the shots, especially the part showing you set up!!!
The copyright police appreciate seeing it too. The last thing they want to do is cause anyone trouble by being overly-aggressive jerks. /s
Rick, please inform youtube they have a problem - it seems like the thumbs up button is only letting me give you one thumbs up. I'm pretty sure that a video this cool is supposed to allow me to give you at least ten thumbs up.
My friends and I in college used to say that Phil Rudd was the greatest drummer of all time. We sort of said it joking around but in somewhat of a serious way too. I always thought he was sort of playing behind the beat but your explanation of the rhythm is really helpful. So many people mess it up when they try to play their songs.
Kudos on putting together all the parts with such great quality and for so many songs! Thank you.
Malcolm was the arranger but when they were playing he was the rythm guitarist. and Malcolm and Angus worked so well off each other. and Phil of course was the time keeper. and when you put it all together they made a sound that makes people move. its ingenious.
Phil Rudd, the most underestimated drummer ever. Also known as the "Human Metronome"
Every time you pick up an instrument I'm floored my dude... You are such a good instrumentalist. You probably threw these together (all things considered) and they sound as good as the originals.
way to go. everyone should rember Malcolm as one of the greatest rock'n roll composers of all times - so highly underrated!
He understood rock'n'roll.
SO right Armin. He brought real rock 'n roll to kids like me who had never heard of Chuck Berry but then went on to appreciate Chuck, Little Richard and Bill Haley. Malcolm was the reincarnation of these guys in the 70s and 80s. Never to be forgotten.
I've played AC/DC cover tunes in live bands for 30+ years and they ALWAYS get people out of their seats and on the dance floor.. one of the best rock bands ever!
Rick, it's genius to make your own tracks. You tackle the copyright/blocking while taking us into the fine details of the music we love as you re-create it. It's a helluva lot of work but it's Fantastic! Thank you.
I love the way this great guy breaks everything down, and explains in detail every beat and riff. Plus he is a very talented all round multi musician, who plays bass rhythm lead drums all equally as well.
You obviously put a ton of effort into this, and I think it is well worth it. There is a lot of quality information for listeners, musicians, and aspiring producers as well.
Even the Blockers can't stop Mr. Beato ! ;)
suomiperkele
I was born in 81 so my music identity really starts in the 90s. That being said, AD\DC is such a *huge* influence. It's really simple but it sets this standard that never leaves me.
Hey I was born in 81. Honestly, AC\DC wasn't always one of my favorites, I pulled my influence from more to the likes of Pink Floyd or The Doors, but they're undeniable in their greatness!!!
Music history, analysis, musicality, tones, production, key features, the "What Makes this..." insider talk, the stems... Man, youre just gold. A growing legend. Much love and respect.
DUDE! Beato is a serious BAMF ! Not just cobbling everything together, not just playing the tasty riffs, but breaking everything down… I’m not even a musician ( beyond the commuter sing along…) but I LOVE getting this play by play from these songs! Great video brother!
I'm really grateful someone with your Talent & Skills, has taken to sharing it with us. While immersed in the reasons that I love ac/dc. I stepped back a moment to appreciate the entire delivery. It's amazing that you not only play (everything) beautifully, you go and tie it up with a bow in the editing room. These videos are the best YT has to offer. Thank You!
What a great excuse to spend the whole day playing ACDC :D
Mutt Lange is a freaking genius. People attach him so much to Def Leppard it's easy to forget he also produced Back in Black, Highway to Hell, Foreigner's 4, The Cars' Heartbeat City, and all of Shania Twain's records until they split up. Lange, Phil Spector, Quincy Jones, and George Martin are your Mt. Rushmore of music producers. I'd also accept arguments for Bruce Fairbairn, for his engineering work alone, but his production catalog is quite impressive as well.
It's quite a bigger list actually.
It's the most amazing and credible explanation on all things AC DC. And that enthusiasm for rock music, that Rick has, is unmatched.
What people don’t appreciate about AC/DC is that even non-rock fans know & love their songs. No other band has managed this.
CCR: “Hold my beer.”
Great mix. Nice and clean.
I find that in many ACDC tunes, the use of major chords also contributes to a positive vibe. It elevates us. Listeners are able to pick up the riffs within a seconds and feel the mood without having to hear a lyric.
Making basic songs great is an art.
MAjor chords and the use of mixolydian in the vocal melodies.
Major chords?? I'm not hearing them. 95% of AC/DC's chords are basic root/5th/octave power chord with no major or minor tonality. In fact if anything is implied it is minor keys with many vocal melodies containing a constant minor 3rd over the guitar chord. 3 straight off the top of my head - Rocker, Bad Boy Boogie and Let There Be Rock. Major chords are just too 'nice' for AC/DC! In fact the only ones I can think of straight away are at the beginning of Big Balls. (Their worst song!) Oh and major and minor in Love Song. But that one's a complete stylistic one-off for them!
@@halodust1304 maybe I'm misunderstanding but shook me all night long fire example, according to the music I'm seeing online is major chords on the chorus. Obviously they use a lot of power chords as well. My musical knowledge isn't on par with pros. Even on this song I'm hearing an a major and a g major in the way in referring too. No?
Yeah, you're right@@Churd84538 Taking a bit more time to think it through, there's quite a few major chords in their songs! Still more power chords than major or minor though...
Just pinch a leaf or two. Your comment is right on it! Very well put,Pheno.
Now you know why all the ACDC clones never got anywhere but ACDC are legends.
Rick, you are an excellent ambassador to rock music. Thank you.
Over the years, many of us know what we like. And it is often hard to communicate to younger people seeking.
Today, we can check literally anything out! Rock has just as much to offer new listeners today as it ever did!
When you go through the technical elements that make this music great, it not only helps people communicate and explore, but maybe start to do.
I find myself going back through some music made then that I did not quite grok. And more often I can! All of this happening means new experiences, new people, new takes on great music.
All of rock benefits when we share. You doing what you do matters just like some fan talking a new listener into a little adventure. What happens is the music does what was intended, and that is to get people up, moving, laughing, loving, doing, playing.
I still do not fully understand why some are so aggressive about limiting this kind of thing. It isn't like the field is too crowded, or some how anyone or anything is made less.
The truth is more. Where is the downside?
You said greed. I disagreed, but after thinking, reading a listening for a while now, perhaps you are much closer to the mark.
I have a young one coming up right now. Your work is perfect for rekindling that spark related to music, why it matters, that it matters at all.
Thanks again.
this song will always make me happy. Driving with my buddy in HS in his 78 Berlinetta and blasting AC/DC.
This is the reason why I subscribed to your channel, not just naming theories, styles etc. of Music, but going deep for us to understand what's truly happening to that song.
Sunday morning coffee with Rick. Back in black (with 1 sugar)!
Great to see you doing a video on our favourite Sons from Australia 🇦🇺! Over here we call them “ACCA DACCA”!
Phill Rudd my favorite drummer I love his simple style
Cliff must be one of the most underrated bassists ever. You keep hearing Rick reference pedal tones. That’s Cliff!!! Dude knows what he’s doin’!! My God, This is the perfect band!!!
Bloody Brilliant, I've never seen such an in-depth look at what makes ACDC so great, cheers Rick
Another sublime video Mr Beato - You are the best creator / teacher / inspiration and go to guru on You Tube - Thank you for sharing 🙏🏻
Yes. Do songs by Sublime!
:-)
Jon Parvin Amen to that!
Amazing how You give detailed technical explanation of Something that Angus and Malcolm played only by Instinct . Great video
If Rick Beato speaks highly about an artist/groups musicianship, you know it means something of value...RB get's us almost in the mix on the day, truly behind-the-scene brilliance...🎸🎵🎼🎶
AC/DC really are the Occam’s razor of the musical world. Their simplicity is their brilliance because it’s all about HOW they play it.
Malcolm was an atomic clock of a rhythm player. Unshakable precision.
Worth mentioning is how left field "Back In Black" was in 80/81, still a hit!
And after the death of Bon Scott. How could they possibly go on without the lead singer?
how what? left field? what does that mean? (I am German, so not a native speaker of English...)
Rainer Dietwerner he means unexpected, different from mainstream.
@@rainerdietwerner5048 "out of left field" basically means that it came from out of nowhere, and was really unexpected.
@@albertorivera7937 ah, ok...thx...!
Thank you Malcolm Young. The world is out of sync without you.
The man had the greatest right hand in rock n roll
No offense to the rest of the band but this video illustrates what a great guitar player Malcolm Young was.
Ringing from the future to say how right you are. It only gets worse.
Songs that hit on the upbeat are always lively and feel more exciting and active. That's why I think AC/DC is the best purely rock & roll band ever.
Phill Rudd always served the song! Great drum sound and guitar sounds you got Rick!
The "simpleness" is what makes this stuff sound so huge on records...the empty spaces. "Supersonic" by Oasis is another great example of how to make a simple song sound massive on record.
I expected these 'make-do' parts for back in black to sound much worse.... I was pleasantly surprised. Great work!
Jack Walley Music never underestimate the magic of Beato! 😃
The groove that AC/DC got was something I couldn't fully understand or appreciate until I became a seasoned musician. Now I revel in it. I will just pull up back in black or highway to hell and just play the Malcom parts and just groove and LOVE it. This is the act of a real band hooking up in a way that is extremely rare and musically advanced.
Great breakdown, Rick! Malcolm rocked! RIP as you Rock us out of here......
As a drummer, I really feel the connection between Cliff William’s right hand and Phil Rudd’s is part of the magic of their sound and tightness. The driving eighth-notes they both play are soooo incredible right, it really drives the music along. The bass and hit-hat are LOCKED in.
You matched that tone so well which makes me happy because I have a Les Paul but no SG. Gives me hope I can get that tone once I upgrade my amp situation.
Pj Stuss31 Here's a hint... Most people use too much "gain" when trying to find their AC/DC tone.
Remember Angus and Malcolm's older brother was George. They grew up with songs like Wedding Ring etc. showing how to put the upbeats against the rhythm section. Aussie pub rock was built on the precedents set in places like Hoadley's Battle of the Sounds.
Simon the Likeable “Monday I got Friday on my mind” The Easy Beats, featuring the older Young.
@LMN And 'St' Louis' is more like the Allmans.
@@heatherk1200 LOL! JPY is no relative of the Easybeats/ACDC Youngs! Coincidence!
@@DMSProduktions - not too proud to admit I was wrong! I checked JPY's bio, their early years mirror each other from being born in Scotland to the move to Australia at nearly the same time! That's where my info got merged.
@@heatherk1200 Yeah, easy to see. Their lot came here in the 50s/60's as a 10 pound rocker, as it cost 10 pounds on a passenger liner to come to Australia.
They were the pioneers of Oz Rock in the 60s onward!
I am an Aussie and grew up with these guys in the 70's! I knew they weren't related. I mean BoN Scott also came over from Scotland as a kid in the 50's!
I had video speed set at 1.25 from a previous video and I spent 5 minutes wondering why you were playing so damn fast... I understand the adrenalin for the song, but man... Hahaha great video!!!
You mentioned not going into the vocals...
My favorite AC/DC vocalist by far is Bon, but Brian Johnson took it to another level. Well done Rick!!!
I grew up on "Let There Be Rock" and "High Voltage" when I was a young lad of 12?!? Changed my life in many ways. It still gets me going at almost 52 years old :0)
As a fan of AC/DC since the first time I heard them in 1979, I really appreciate this video. Regardless of how many people try to put them down as playing only three chords or what ever all these crazy comments say, they found a formula that just plain works. The feel and rhythm the Young brothers brought to the music is undeniable!!! AC/DC Rocks!!! good job Rick!
YES! A couple of my jam buds say, "ACDC is too simple", and therefore not that great. I knew better. Another great episode Rick. Your channel is one of the very best, and probably my absolute favorite.
That's the best sounding BASS on RUclips.
Rick, you rock! I love your videos. They always focus on positives. You make the internet a better place. Thank you.
Great point! I completely agree.
The coolest thing about Highway to Hell is the drum fill into the second verse. Simple but amazingly effective
There's something magical about the drumming in ACDC. Simple yet groovy
I love the say you break down the beats, measures, tones and riffs. It is so instructive. Thank you.
I never get sick of AC/DC! I was lucky enough to see them in Denver back in 1996.
Growing up in Australia, I'm well steeped in ACDC, to the point I thought I knew them backwards. Now when my band jams on ACDC I learn even more about those guys. Yes, playing their music is easy, playing their music well is very hard. Their sense of rhythm absolutely makes them one of the most unique bands in rock. I never really broke down why but I just knew when we played Shoot to Thrill etc there was something special in there.
Jason Wooler where you from mate
That something special was Malcom McKinnon Young! May he Rock In Peace
EXCELLENT! Very cool way of discussing AC/DC. You mentioned discussing the vocal part, can't wait! Thanks!!
AC/DC gets recognized as cool and timeless but people don't know why. Thanks for showing everyone.
Recreating tracks- AWESOME!
I remember learning, "She's got Balls", great riff, with my mate in his bedroom played through a 100w Strauss', back in the early 70s, then we'd go to the "Bondi Lifesaver" the following night and watch them live, what a venue that was.
AC/DCs music is like a boxing match. Its just left and right hooks (down an up beats) all the way, just straight up throwing punches.
The fairly straight meter and high energy makes it great for workouts as well, gets the blood pumping.
AC/DC proves how (apparent) simplicity has its place in music, not every band has to be Dream Theatre or King Crimson :D
I’m not even joking....I started this vid, paused it and went and grabbed a beer coz I was so damn excited. Great job, Rick.
Rick, your videos have rekindled my passion for music. Thank you, sir.
Syncopation in the riff that emphasizes every beat of the measure. And into those holes Phil plays on “on” beats. Genius riffing plus swinging drummer.
Great tones you have for guitar, bass and drums Rick.. nice video.. AC/DC will never lose their crown..
Finally some AC/DC! Love ur in depth videos, keep up the great work man! :)
AC/DC played at my high school in the 70s, beat that 👈😂🤣😆😭
Bon Scott was the lead singer in. Band called Fraternity at my high school dance...
I first saw Akker Dakker in Adelaide at the Adelaide Festival theatre supporting Lou Reed before anyone had heard of them before Bon Scott joined and they were as good then as they ever were....
What school?
Gavin McInnes Blackwood High Schools
School
Great job Rick as always
How bout some ZZ TOP?
I like watching you play all of the instruments almost as much as I am happy that you're not singing Rick. I can't believe I missed this when it first came around and am just getting to it now. Awesome job across the board...you're my new hero
What a great channel. Its like going to the music class you never had in school. Great to see someone that can explain every aspect of music from production to theory and execution on every instrument.