AC/DC

[Captain Nemo]

Anyone else go to any of the concerts around Oz?
I went sat night here in Sydney, F me, what a show they put on!

[poidda]

Yeah I'm at the one in Brisbane tomorrow. I still class the last time I saw them in England as one of the best shows ever.

[Captain Nemo]

I saw them at the ent centre last tour but this was bigger and way better, amazing show from a bunch of old bastards!

[KristianJ]

A few freinds of mine went on Sat night and told me about Angus Young's 20 minute guitar solo...I wonder if they allowed audience taping at that show - might have a look tonight and see if there is a recording.

[Webster]

its not AC/DC unless Bon Scott is on lead vocals.

[goughy]

Yeah I'm at the one in Brisbane tomorrow. I still class the last time I saw them in England as one of the best shows ever.

So maybe there will be a happier crowd there than at Whitney's :)

[LarryLong]

A few freinds of mine went on Sat night and told me about Angus Young's 20 minute guitar solo...
I'm assuming the singer had to take a dump or something?

Or maybe his dentures fell out and he couldn't find them? :mrgreen:

[Bruce Dickinson]

Perth concert next week, I might be the only one who thinks this but for me a 20 minute guitar solo isn't something to look forward to.

[live4golf]

I went Saturday...awesome. guitar solo was a tad long.

[GolfBallWhackerGuy]

I went Saturday night also. F***en awesome concert. Their music sounds better live. Got to see some nice boobies too. LoL

[live4golf]

I went Saturday night also. F***en awesome concert. Their music sounds better live. Got to see some nice boobies too. LoL

What about that blonde girl they kept going back to and she wouldn't show the goods...

[PerryGroves]

Perth concert next week, I might be the only one who thinks this but for me a 20 minute guitar solo isn't something to look forward to.

Planning a 20 minute drum solo for Perth. :)

[Bruce Dickinson]

Planning a 20 minute drum solo for Perth. :)
at Phil Rudd's age 20 minutes might be a tad too long

[adlo]

I wouldn't even enjoy a 20 min solo from a decent guitarist.

[Bruce Dickinson]

I wouldn't even enjoy a 20 min solo from a decent guitarist.
Name a decent guitarist

[poidda]

Name a decent guitarist

I'm guessing...

http://www.dv247.com/assets/news/dv247/hannah-montana.jpg

[PeteyD]

Saw em in 88. Show is probably the same!

Angus Young is a pretty decent guitarist.

[adlo]

Stevie Ray Vaughn
Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Page

Nuno Bettencourt
Joe Satriani

or that I have seen live:

BB King
Buddy Guy
Santana
Jeff Beck
Believe it or not..... John Mayer (I know you'll give me shit forever for this one BD)

Or, better than all of these guys is good family friend Pete Rinaldi. He was playing Satriani note for note before he was in high school. I have wwatched him tear it up for hours, but I still think a 20 min solo is too long.

[Jarro]

I wouldn't even enjoy a 20 min solo from a decent guitarist.


Name a decent guitarist


I'm guessing...

http://www.dv247.com/assets/news/dv247/hannah-montana.jpg

:lol:


Saw em in 88. Show is probably the same!

Angus Young is a pretty decent guitarist.

I was thinking the same thing PD.
The show in '88 was great, but really dragged on towards the end, particularly as the song endings all consisted of Angus running around berko for 5 mins holding his Gibson aloft :roll:

[Tomo]

Saw them Thursday and again on Monday.

Great show....all the better for the female crowd participation

[PeteyD]

20 minute solo is long.

Angus Young is at least as good as Nuno the ninny.

[adlo]

Angus Young is "Mr Poo Licks" and messy as anything.

[PeteyD]

Mr Poo Licks, that's funny.

Reminds me of:

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[adlo]

Staged?

Funny though

[goughy]

at Phil Rudd's age 20 minutes might be a tad too long

No offence to Phil Rudd, but we are talking about Phil Rudd here. Even 20 years ago a 20 minute solo would consist of 20 minutes playing 2-4!! With a cymbal crash every 2 bars!


Stevie Ray Vaughn
Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Page

Nuno Bettencourt
Joe Satriani

or that I have seen live:

BB King
Buddy Guy
Santana
Jeff Beck
Believe it or not..... John Mayer (I know you'll give me shit forever for this one BD)

Or, better than all of these guys is good family friend Pete Rinaldi. He was playing Satriani note for note before he was in high school. I have wwatched him tear it up for hours, but I still think a 20 min solo is too long.

Where's Jeff Healey in this list??? Saw him in '89 I think it was and he rocked! Weird ass retarded way of playing guitar worked a dream for him.

[adlo]

That is my list goughy. Feel free to build your own 8)

[Bruce Dickinson]

That is my list goughy. Feel free to build your own 8)
without John Mayer :lol:

[adlo]

He he, the guy is a douche, but he is a SRV clone if I have ever seen one. Awesome guitarist.

[Bruce Dickinson]

He he, the guy is a douche, but he is a SRV clone if I have ever seen one. Awesome guitarist.
any bloke that knocks back Jennifer Anniston is no good in my book

Comparing his ability to SRV is a big, big call

[goughy]

He did say clone! Copying his style doesn't mean he copied his ability. I should have brought my kids up on SRV's Mary had a little lamb - stuff the nursery rhyme! (I did used to sing 'sympathy for the devil' to my daughter when she was too small to remember)

[adlo]

No, his ability is not equal to SRV.

However, his ability would put him amongst the best "current" blues-rock guitarists alive today.

[Bruce Dickinson]

No, his ability is not equal to SRV.

However, his ability would put him amongst the best "current" blues-rock guitarists alive today.

like this

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or this

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[PeteyD]

I think it is pointless Bruce.

[Bruce Dickinson]

I think it is pointless Bruce.

:lol:

[adlo]

Bruce, that top video is a bit more of shredding than blues-rock ala SRV. That would compare to Satriani more than SRV.....

Also, I long for the day when you link any music that isn't pre-2000. I am sure if your employer allowed it, you would still have a mullet.

PD, I grew up with a guitar teacher for a brother and have seen a lot of serious guitarists in my time. So it is not wasted. I stand by my comments.

Maybe I should say "blues" guitarist then. I make my opinion as much on feel as technical brilliance. I have seen Mayer "shred" but IMO he has brilliant feel. Similar to how SRV did. Bruce D, most of the clips you link lack in the feel department in my books.

FWIW, you should compare Mayer to Clapton. And IMO, Mayer is a better guitarist than Clapton. Contrary to popular opinion, of course.

[PeteyD]

:D You is funny Adlo. Is there any link of Gheyer playing. I only know him by the crap assed mega play songs on the radio my wife listens to.

[adlo]

I'll find some.

Please don't read my comments above as saying Mayer is equal to SRV.

IMO no one has equalled SRV since he passed.

[Jarro]

FWIW, you should compare Mayer to Clapton. And IMO, Mayer is a better guitarist than Clapton. Contrary to popular opinion, of course.

Now there's a ripper :shock:

Surely that was a gee-up adlo !!!

[adlo]

In part.

Clapton is overrated. Another "Mr poo licks" if you ask me. And yes, I have listened to all of his stuff.

[goughy]

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I also love the 3 piece band thing!

[PeteyD]

I agree on Clapton being overrated.

[Jarro]

fair enough then, i'd hate you to make that assumption without really listening to a lot of Claptons work.

So anyway, back to AccaDacca ... and i personally think Angus is an overated player.

Influential - yes
Technically great - probably not

... but then ACDC haven't topped Musicians polls in their respective categories a lot, but they sure top the albums sold lists :)

[adlo]

Sorry for the threadjack.

Maybe a guitarist thread is the go.

I am afraid all of my professed quieter musical tastes have made you think I don't know what I am talking about.

[PeteyD]

ACDC found their niche and have remade the same album over and over. Awesome in terms of marketing and sales etc. Angus is a solid blues rock player. 20 minute solos are boring as bat shit and should have stopped after Dazed and Confused on The Song remains the same.

[PeteyD]

Sorry for the threadjack.

Maybe a guitarist thread is the go.

I am afraid all of my professed quieter musical tastes have made you think I don't know what I am talking about.

No I was just poking fun at you. Love that you put BB King and Buddy Guy in your list, and that is was not an ameri-centric crap list from a guitar mag.

[goughy]

And ask any heavy metal or hard rock band pretty much in the world who their influences are, and AC/DC list by almost all of them. I'm amazed by how influential they have been. Just producing good solid rock. Forget INXS or anyone else; AC/DC has to be our most successful musical export!

[Jarro]

I have to agree with Jack though, they haven't really been ACDC since Bon died.

[adlo]

No I was just poking fun at you. Love that you put BB King and Buddy Guy in your list, and that is was not an ameri-centric crap list from a guitar mag.

Looking at my list makes me realise how much I like blues influenced players. This might be explained by my obsession with Hendrix from the age of 12.


And ask any heavy metal or hard rock band pretty much in the world who their influences are, and AC/DC list by almost all of them. I'm amazed by how influential they have been. Just producing good solid rock. Forget INXS or anyone else; AC/DC has to be our most successful musical export!

I think you are right.

I am not a huge fan, but they have a solid formula and make some pretty decent heavy rock.

[Webster]

Jeff Healey is superb. His version of "When the night comes fallin' from the sky" is a cracker.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZT-mtFiLBY&feature=related

[goughy]

This all reminded me to go looking on ebay again and yeah there was a seller with copies of both Live in London (89) and Monterey (99) so I'll soon have some Healey back in my collection.

Now if I could only find Rod Stewarts Live at the LA Forum I'll be in heaven!

[poidda]

I have to agree with Jack though, they haven't really been ACDC since Bon died.

That's a big call considering he's been dead for 30 years and was only the AccaDacca front man for 6 years prior that.

[poidda]

Five months after Scott's death, AC/DC recorded Back in Black as a tribute to him with two tracks from the album, "Hells Bells" and "Back in Black", dedicated to his memory. It is now the second best-selling album in history, behind Michael Jackson's Thriller, and the best-selling album by a band.

I never realised that to be honest.

[goughy]

My fav AC/DC song, Back in Black!

[PeteyD]

Awesome a side, but the b side of Back In Black had some crap on it, "Have a Drink on me springs to mind (assuming I remember it correctly).

[gazgolf1]

Jeez they are LOUD!!, I'm at Holland Pk and can hear them plain as day.:shock:

[AndyP]

I'd put in a complaint, Gaz. Something needs to be done. People need to be able to hear their own TVs. Have a word to the woman around the corner from me, who got her face in the paper for complaining about the speedway noise six kilometres away.

[Tomo]

I wonder how they would be now if Bon were alive.

Would the band have survived with two egos like Angus and Bon?

[PeteyD]

Doubt it. They survive Brian because no one can understand a thing he says.

[Jarro]

I'd still love to hear Bon sing Back in Black though 8)

[poidda]

Jeez they are LOUD!!, I'm at Holland Pk and can hear them plain as day.:shock:

I can vouch for that! They were LOUD! My ears are still ringing.

Great gig/production, the whole thing. And hats off them for still running around like school kids in their 60's. It's not as if they just stood up there and just collected their coin. I was stuffed just watching them.

As for still being the same with Bon Scott still alive. It was never going to happen anyway.

[poidda]

Here's a couple of vids from the gig last night mymate took.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am1N34DEVjI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqH-jX8GtOA

[Hamo84]

Just got home from the AC/DC concert in adelaide and all i can say is wow.... bloody awesome show!!!!!!!

[GolfBallWhackerGuy]

What about that blonde girl they kept going back to and she wouldn't show the goods...

There were a few. but the ones that did were pretty good. :mrgreen:

[Bruce Dickinson]

good show but f..k me 15 minute guitar solo's are a drag. Would rather them use that 15 minutes to play 2 or 3 more songs.

[adlo]

Oh well look on the bright side, you were expecting 20 minutes :lol:

[Bruce Dickinson]

Oh well look on the bright side, you were expecting 20 minutes :lol:

every cloud has a silver lining

[Jarro]

A 15 minute drum solo would be better ....

.. but i doubt old Phil would have it in him ;)

[Bruce Dickinson]

A 15 minute drum solo would be better ....

.. but i doubt old Phil would have it in him ;)
Phil Rudd along with Brian Johnson looks the healthiest of all of them, and was drumming and smoking at the same time which is pretty impressive. He must have a durry roadie that makes sure he doesn't drop winnie blue ash on himself

Malcolm Young looked like one of the cast of the living dead.

[PeteyD]

Phil Rudd along with Brian Johnson looks the healthiest of all of them, and was drumming and smoking at the same time which is pretty impressive. He must have a durry roadie that makes sure he doesn't drop winnie blue ash on himself

Malcolm Young looked like one of the cast of the living dead.

As I guessed, just like in '88 :D