AC/DC forgot the hearse and took another round with the rolling thunder and fast machine fever of this triumphant tribute. The group had been started in 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young, who had been born in Scotland and emigrated to Australia with their family a decade earlier. In 1975, they released two albums in Australia and New Zealand (High Voltage T.N.T. High Voltage Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap Let There Be Rock Powerage Highway to Hell
They began work on their next album, but it was cut short when lead singer Bon Scott died after a night of drinking in London on February 19, 1980. His friend Alistair Kinnear had tried to move him into his house; but, when he couldn't, left Scott in the car overnight. In the morning after he could not wake him, Alistair Kinnear brought Scott to the hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Angus Young considers: “By the way he carried himself, you really thought that Bon Scott was immortal. He would drink like a fish, and when you saw him the next morning, he’d be no worse for wear. And you’d think to yourself, ‘How does this guy do this?’... [After Scott's death] Malcolm called me and said, 'Me and you will keep working on the songs that we had been writing. It'll take our minds off all of this."
They held auditions for a new lead singer and settled on Brian Johnson from British band Geordie . Johnson remembers: "I'd met Bon about five years earlier, when he was with a different band, and he was supporting Geordie, the band I was in, and we got to know each other then. He was the funniest man and we had a lovely time. But it was all too brief. He wasn't half as good as he was when he joined AC/DC. They brought something out in him, as they did with me. When they start playing, they bring something out in ya that's just inexplicable. I can sing with a charity band, good rock 'n' rollers, all great players, and I'll sing all in tune and do me thing, but it just doesn't sound the same. But when I sit down with the boys in a rehearsal room -- 'let's kick this one around' -- and boom, this thing comes out that I really can't explain, and I don't want to. The first thing I noticed about these guys was how straight they were. There wasn't two faces at all ."
'Back in Black' was recorded during April and May of 1980 in the Bahamas at Compass Point Studios in Nassau. Robert John "Mutt" Lange produced the sessions that featured Brian Johnson on lead vocals; Angus Young on lead guitar; Malcolm Young on rhythm guitar and backing vocals; Cliff Williams on bass guitar and backing vocals; and Phil Rudd on drums. The band opted for a black album cover as a sign of mourning. Angus asserts: "We didn't want to put in memory of, because Bon wasn't that sort of person. I think we calmed down a bit, but if there's a party, we can still put on a good show."
'Back in Black' went to number thirty-six in Switzerland; twenty-four in New Zealand; twelve in Sweden; eight in Norway; six in Austria; four in the US; and number one in Australia, Canada, France, and the UK. It made its debut at the top of the British album chart and went on to become one of the best selling albums of all time with an estimated fifty million copies sold worldwide.
Johnson says: " When I joined them, the lads just said, 'Listen, we'll put you on a wage for six months and if it doesn't work out, then nobody's hurt.' I said, 'These guys are straight shooters, there's no bullshit.' So of course, after three months, Back in Black went to number one, and their manager came and said, 'I think we'd better talk.' Back in Black was number one, and I didn't have a contract. I was still on a wage. I signed it and they were great. " http://www.acdc.com/ "You Shook Me All Night Long"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo2qQmj0_h4 VIDEO AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long by hushhush112 "Back in Black"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAgnJDJN4VA VIDEO 'Back in Black' full album:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsmWryMcLlaAELPzd-wiYsZcvx3O4bolH VIDEO All songs written and composed by Angus Young, Malcolm Young and Brian Johnson.
Side one
1. "Hells Bells" 5:10
2. "Shoot to Thrill" 5:17
3. "What Do You Do for Money Honey" 3:33
4. "Given the Dog a Bone" 3:30
5. "Let Me Put My Love Into You" 4:16
Side two
1. "Back in Black" 4:14
2. "You Shook Me All Night Long" 3:30
3. "Have a Drink on Me" 3:57
4. "Shake a Leg" 4:06
5. "Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution" 4:15
AC/DC took their lethal brand of hard rockin' backseat rhythm on a one way ride all the way down to the promised land. After varying degrees of success with their previous five albums ( 'High Voltage' , 'T.N.T.' , 'Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap' , 'Let There Be Rock' , and 'Powerage' ), the band decided to record for the first time outside of their native Australia. 'Highway to Hell' was done in London with Bon Scott on lead vocals; Angus Young on lead guitar; Malcolm Young on rhythm guitar and backing vocals; Cliff Williams on bass guitar and backing vocals; and Phil Rudd on drums. The recording was done at Roundhouse Studios and mixing at Basing Street Studios with producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange and engineers Mark Dearnley and Tony Platt.
The result is a more refined sound that maintains the band's raw energy. Angus Young would reflect: " I think it's great... Fuck, yeah. We spent a lot more time on this one. A lot more people are listening to the band than what they've ever done before... They get me and they strap me to a seat and then say, 'Go play.'... I don't know too much about the technical side of guitar; I never bothered with it. If you know too much, it all becomes complex and then you start dissecting and analyzing. I just like thinking of it as good clean fun, you know? The only times I pick up a guitar is when I feel like playing rather than six hours a day practice... We pick up riffs and things on the road, you might come across somethin' and it sticks in your head. We don't just walk in and go, 'Well, we've got nothing, what are we gonna do? All sit around and twiddle our thumbs. We always have a good idea...T he band has gone a long way... The band has a lot of rawness; it progressed, but it hasn't lost its feeling... A lot of people take us wrong; people criticize us because they say we can't play. It's a lot of bullshit... I hate bands that go above people's heads, you know? You know, musically they're trying to put shit on an audience and that's what they are doing. They're not going with 'em, they're going against 'em."
Bon Scott: " When we record everybody thinks like one mind. Everybody gives suggestions and says, 'Why don't we try this?'...O ur music hasn't changed. .. No matter how long you play rock and roll for, the songs might change, just as long as the balls is always there... Shit, man, we could play fuckin' a nything, jazz, whatever. But we choose to do what we do. Anybody who criticizes that is themselves, they're thinking wrong, we're not thinking wrong, they are... What's a punk band?" 'Highway to Hell' was their first album to chart in several countries, going to number fifty-seven in Switzerland, forty-six in New Zealand, forty in Canada, thirty-eight in Austria, thirty-seven in Norway, twenty-four in Sweden, seventeen in the US, thirteen in Australia, eight in the UK, and number two in France. It would be the band's final album with lead singer Bon Scott, who would be found dead in a car after a night of drinking in London in February of 1980.
http://www.acdc.com/ "Highway to Hell" was a euphemism used by Angus to describe life on the road. It also was a reference to Canning Highway in Australia and its deadly intersection near the Raffles Hotel, a local rock hangout.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l482T0yNkeo Living easy, living free
Season ticket on a one-way ride
Asking nothing, leave me be
Taking everything in my stride
Don't need reason, don't need rhyme
Ain't nothing I would rather do
Going down, party time
My friends are gonna be there too
I'm on the highway to hell
No stop signs, speed limit
Nobody's gonna slow me down
Like a wheel, gonna spin it
Nobody's gonna mess me round
Hey Satan, payed my dues
Playing in a rocking band
Hey momma, look at me
I'm on my way to the promised land
I'm on the highway to hell
(Don't stop me)
And I'm going down, all the way down
I'm on the highway to hell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOTMw0o1ELM 'Highway to Hell' full album:
http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/Highway+To+Hell/1095052 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLALq4FdEvkiQm9U2vYfIwpFfQNBsJqBfR VIDEO
All songs written and composed by Angus Young, Malcolm Young and Bon Scott.
Side One
1. "Highway to Hell" 3:29
2. "Girls Got Rhythm" 3:24
3. "Walk All Over You" 5:11
4. "Touch Too Much" 4:28
5. "Beating Around the Bush" 3:57
Side Two
1. "Shot Down in Flames" 3:23
2. "Get It Hot" 2:35
3. "If You Want Blood (You've Got It)" 4:38
4. "Love Hungry Man" 4:18
5. "Night Prowler" 6:18
live at the Pavillon de Paris, France, on 9th December 1979
VIDEO
[0:00 Intro]
0:12 - Live Wire
6:52 - Shot Down in Flames
10:44 - Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be
15:42 - Sin City
22:16 - Interview
22:53 - Walk All over You
26:31 - Interview
28:12 - Bad Boy Boogie
42:42 - The Jack
49:06 - Interview
51:39 - Highway to Hell
55:13 - Girls Got Rhythm
59:27 - High Voltage
1:06:55 - Interview
1:11:00 - Whole Lotta Rosie
1:16:40 - Rocker
1:27:02 - Let There Be Rock
[1:35:00 Outro]
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