Back in the 90's I played the Dirty Deeds album to my gran: she had never heard it and bloody well loved it. Then she asked me who the singer was and what was he doing nowadays. When I told her he was dead she burst out crying and couldn't stop. Listening to AC/DC brings her back. Miss ya gran.
Hey Buddy,you must have had a Dandy Grandmother.My Grandmother was my best friend when I was young...I consider you and myself pretty damn lucky Lads. Rock On Buddy.
Great documentary ,,I feel for Bon ,he's not here to enjoy the success,and all his due millions and millions , that his" incredible lyrics " have contributed to this band ACDC being the best Rock Band on planet Earth...R.I.P Bon
No disrespect to Brian, but I was hooked on Angus and Bon. I managed to buy a bootleg copy of "Let There Be Rock" i late '77 or early '88, and was immediately blown away. I had the good fortunate to see AC/DC live in 1979, about 6 months before Bon died. When "Back in Black" came out, I was totally let down by the vocals. Bon was irreplaceable, but a funny thing is if you listen to "I Can't Dance" by Phil Collins, he sounds very, very similar to Bon. Phil's no contest to being the kind of front man Bon was, but his vocals were very, very close. And I'm not even a Collins fan.
Bon Scott wasn't AC nor DC he was the lightning bolt in the middle because he was that electrifying spark that made the band the greatest rock band ever. Bon Scott was, is, and will always be the greatest frontman ever.
Yes Back In Black Is Brian's Best Album, All Of Bons Albums Are Better And The Voltage ⚡ Is Higher ⚡ And Forever Will Be ⚡ Rock On Forever Bon Scott⚡ Still Rocking The World! Voltage ⚡ On High ❤
Ya knows what you talk it was my first album cos thouse albums find out here In Finland now we are all in right time tahts great, I am glad but nexst time when they come to here I must see them fanx ya for this
A good insight,into AC/DC,over the 44 years since Bon passed. Bon wrote from his heart about feelings. Male and female. I think he was just broken in the end. Worn out.❤
The greatest live Rock band ever in history. There was/is a lot of brilliant stuff out there, but there is no live experience like the DC. Show me one band in the world that had two different lead singers and were that successful in each aera. Bon, the best rock singer ever, Brian, a humble, down to earth force of nature. Both brought out the best of AC/DC, and I'm forever grateful having seen them live.
Van Halen is one .Black Sabbath is another .Rainbow and Deep Purple is a couple more .if you give me a few minutes I'm sure I could find several more . (Molly Hatchet) don't get me wrong they were a big-time live band
Never saw them with Bon but did see them on the "Back In Black" and "For Those About To Rock" tours and they were definitely a very high energy band .Angus makes that band and always has .all their songs are so simple to play on guitar due to everyone is is the key of A .but they still made the most out of such easy material to play .you can't teach that High Voltage live shows
There were 6 Studio Albums with Bon!! 1975 (1974) High Voltage 1975 T.N.T 1976 Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap 1977 Let there be Rock 1978 Powerage 1979 Highway to Hell (and probably a lot Stuff on Back in Black Lyrics were written by Bon, too) I've seen AC/DC with Bon 4 Times in Germany. 3 times in Offenbach (City Hall) and once in Nürnberg at the Zeppelinfeld, Open Air Festival, Headliner The Who!!!
I would say maybe' Grab you by the Ass' best bottomed out Rock & Roll band at the time (I mean until Paul & Cliff were gone) but not the Greatest in the World.
@@robertcameron1579greatest 🎸 one of them . Best performance one of the best most successful rock bands on earth. In history what rock bands last successful for 40 plus years then ? Your CLUELESS on rock n roll. Young kid
Two of the best bands in one. I love Bon and he is my favorite to listen to. I’m glad AC/DC carried on and are still my favorite band! ROCK ON BON!! 🤘🏼
Yep. Especially the first release that starts with Gimme A Bullet and doesn't have R n R Damnation on it at all. Powerage is Keef and Jimmy Page's fave AC/DC album.
I grew up idolizing Bon and Angus etc. Watching and listening to this brings tears to my eyes because Bons voice just has that awesome sound of what a rock-n-roll singer should be. RIP Bon, love you man😢
@@davidgeisler9885 I guess your correct. I never really liked so called "metal" bit bey certainly are hard core rock and roll and I love them. I didn't much care for other hard rock like Judas Priest or Nazareth but AC/DC was in a class all their own.
I say, Let There Be Rock is a thrash metal album before the genre was invented. The playing technics, sound and style of thrash were not yet developed, but the energy and rawness of LTBR in my opinion capture the same spirit, that Metallica did later with Kill Em All or Exodus with Bonded By Blood. AC/DC had the same intension with LTBR and they did it in the most perfect style possible in 1977. Yes: I consider it closer to thrash than Judas Priests "Exciter", that appeared in 1978, just because LTBR has so much more punch, power and outraging rawness
I had chance to see AC/DC in Toulouse (France) in january 1980. Toulouse gave the group a small place (6000 people only in a gymnasium out of the city). Phenomenal souvenir :) RIP Bon and Malcom.
I grew up in the 70's with AC/DC. Bon Scott was an amazing singer when they became famous. He had a great voice and he didn't have to scream. Brian Johnson came in after that and he also helped the band become more famous. But Brian Johnson screamed through his teeth and didn't have the same kind of voice. Don't get me wrong. I loved the band both ways.
Am not far into it but already having issues with it in comparison to ABC australia's "On the Brink" version who has Bon's brother interviewed in it. There is none of these garbage critiques in it either. But am going to try to get through this one. Kinda hard after the 1st one!
Agreed. Terrible rating that they gave it. They failed to mention that Eddie Van Halen and Keith Richards both cite Powerage as their favorite AC/DC album.
I had to stop listening to AC/DC after Bon died. I still think he was the best rock vocalist that ever lived. I saw them on their first tour of the US, twice, and I was punk af at that time. Me and my punk rock group of friends loved them. They were different. We bought, and I still have, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap.
My rock and roll moment was Bon carrying Angus on his shoulders over my blanket at a Bill Graham Day on the Green. What a force of energy they were with Bon!
That's exactly right, when you're first starting off you will play any gig anywhere just to get your shit down. I actually had to fit my guitar and amp into a horse stall at a barn party once. There was still hay in the stall. I've heard a lot of music over the last 65 years and in my Top 10 of all time has to be the band going down that street on the truck bed playing, "It's a Long Way to the Top." Who ever thought of putting a bagpipe in a R&R song? You got to get up and dance when that song comes on.
I love all the rawness of the early albums...just because it's not spit polished doesn't mean it's not good rock n roll...& always remember, the worst AC/DC album is still an AC/DC album...which means it still kicks ass...& as great as Bon is, was & always will be, I'm just as big a fan of Brian Johnson...but even after over 4 decades fronting that band, that's longer than Bon's complete life, to a lot of people he's still 'the new guy'...Lol!
Most people agree the Bon stuff was amazing even though the production was not the best thing ever. Also Id give Powerage, Highway To Hell, and Let There Be Rock all 5 stars
The best singer and the ydolle of my youth.... we were 16 years old in France, hard rock was coming massively, and for me you were the best !!! RIP Bon !!!
I had just received Highway To Hell for Christmas that year. I was 15, and absolutely broken hearted when Bonn passed. Shortly after, we heard Dirty Deeds for the first time here in America. My heart almost jumped out of my chest! Had I misheard the reports? Was Bonn actually still alive? What a cruel trick, I thought at the time. It took years for me to finally accept Brian. Side note here.. I disagree with these guys that Powerage was a so-so album. In my opinion it was absolutely their best. I still spin it regularly. Peace!
No disrespect to Brian Johnson by no means, he took the band to great lengths... but in the end, he's no Bon Scott. Bon was very rare and authentic and true to the rock-n-roll fashion. No one could ever replace Bon, he was truly one of a kind.
I feel the same way too! Bon was the ultimate front man and an excellent songwriter. And my hats off to Brian, I couldn't imagine having to go into that situation and did, and still does an excellent job. I can't think of any other band that continued on with another singer the amazing way he did. He's very humbled too!
Brian said it the best (and he's a classy guy) "I wasn't there to "replace" Bon, I was there because Bon was there no more." Brian had a lot of respect for Bon Scott and they were friends. I'm sure Bon would be happy that Brian was the guy.
They simplified rock and made is a pile of fun. I loved the early sound. I like when studio albums sound quite raw like it was a jam session in a garage. One song that didn't make this video and one of my favorites is Can I Sit Next to You Girl.
Everytime i hear "it's a long way to the top if you want to rock n roll" I THINK OF MY CHOIR TEACHER in my sophmore/junior year, due to him allowing us to here 1 song during our FINALS for that year.!!!! at Yerba Buena High. thank u sir.
I've seen a lot of R&R bands over the decades, but only a few can match the energy of AC/DC consistently in live performances. Through all the changes in sound over the years they've remained true to the essence of Rock. The original Headbangers.
The roadies I know work with only headline bands and they'll be touring Australia (maybe a farewell tour after 50ys) and the set list I've seen is a massive tribute to Bon with 9 of the last 10 songs all Bon songs....so look into that as you want but that tells me goodbye farewell to Oz and what a way to go out... There'll be a massive concert for their last ever show but I doubt it will be here in Sydney but we can only hope us locals... This is where it began and Mr n Mrs young are still here so let's all look forward to the last chapter to this icon of rock and always bang your head n tap for ACDC 👍
I saw them in wheeling WV 3 times. Once in 1977 at theatre that i had just started working in in 1976. UFO with Shenker and The Motors. what a show that was. I was wide eyed young guitar player working as a stagehand more so just to be there than the money. I talked to Angus. He was my age. He wanted to play his guitar in the balcony behind the statues over the box seat on the floor. lol they had wireless guitars then, Not great but they worked. Shenker was even wire less. I walked into the storage room under the stage and Shenker's Black and White V was just laying there. I wanted to touch it so bad. I was scared of getting caught because the amps were set up and they had already sound checked. I was scared some one would hear it. UFO's manager kept me happy all damn day from the time i met him early in the morning. He said you look like you had a rough night. I said we had some beers last night. He said come with me. lol cocaine all day and all night. After the show he asked me to go the dressing room and get Michael's guitars. I walked in that room it was thick with has smoke and smell. I was stoned the rest of the load out. I got the guitars. I brought them upstairs. Michael was in there with 2 beautiful women. I was like so this is what it is to be a rock star. It highly influenced me to to play harder and longer. I'll never forget that day. My personal thoughts being of this age and there even so slightly through all of this and looking back, They broke a barrier of getting their music played on radio in USA and most hard rock bands did not get that kind of radio time back then. It was a time when power was moving from the dj's hands to the record companies hands. DJ's had all the power before the 70's. they played what they wanted to. Now it's controlled buy the corporate machine. It was very fun and interesting to grow from a boy to man during these years. It was such a social change of power. I wouldn't change a damn thing if I could do it again. As matter fact I would love to do it again and who the hell wouldn't?
Great docu...heart felt with Bon, hard one, been in the music industry as drummer, done stuff...just to echo Bon ..long way to the top...its hard ..ups and downs, need balls of steel. Still love AC/DC, but Bon is there in every song...The modern version knows it....one has to carry on ...way it is.
I’m too young (47 hah) to have seen Bon. My first AC/DC show was in 1991. But of the things I would do if I had a time machine, seeing them perform with Bon would definitely be on the list.
Bon truly was one of if not the greatest rock frontman of all time, i wish i was born when he was still alive. Brians great and all but the stage presence and charisma that Bon had was somethin else not to mention that epic voice.
As great as both Let There Be Rock and Highway From Hell are, and each in their own rights, Powerage is AC/DC's best album-from cover to cover. RIP Bon
Up To My Neck In Yòu, Kicked In The Teeth and Riff Raff are great deep cuts on Powerage. Bon is a masterclass lyricist. His signature use of the double entendre and cleverly phrased sexual innuendo was and remains the pinnacle example for High Voltage Rock N Roll. Brian Johnson pales in comparison lyrically, but I will say Flick Of The Switch is an underrated Johnson ģem.
Well, here in 2023. Whole lotta Rosie is still a kickass song and the first song I ever learned on guitar 37 years ago. I guess I could say that Malcolm young was the best guitar teacher I ever had. He showed me that it doesn’t need to be a difficult rhythm. Simplicity can drive hard and get the people stomping their feet.
No Bon no ac dc, back in black I have to take the hat off but everything after that just couldn't quite deliver. None of the albums had a bad song, take flick of the switch and fly on the wall together and you can't beat any of the albums with Bon.
I mean definitely!! I respect Ac/dc & Brian and the records they did after..... But yeah you said it all it just doesn't come close 2 the Bon Scott years...
Shout out to "The Stream" for posting this excellent (although very British) take on the band. It's a pity there wasn't more presented on the bands rise in Australia. I was fortunate enough to see the band play at Festival Hall when they were pushing the newly released Dirty Deeds record down here, just prior to setting up in Britain then conquering the world. It was a musical blessing. Re: Powerage "Although, the album didn’t chart and got in the middle between two of the band’s breakthrough, Let There Be Rock and Highway To Hell, over the years, the likes of Keith Richards, Eddie Van Halen, Joe Perry and Slash named it as their favorite AC/DC record". Australian record producer and audio engineer Mark Opitz once said: “In a way it was AC/DC’s Sgt. Pepper’s.”
In the mid 80’s my cousins got ahold of a copy of an early AC/DC album prior to it being released in the USA. Everyone was wonder who are these guys……..what a rocking sound.
I'm at about the 56:00 mark and they're talking about the live performances. I lived in Nashville and my first time to see them was the tour for Flick of the Switch (oops, For Those About To Rock), both, underrated albums. But as used to listening to their albums as I was, sometimes all day long; I was blown away at being totally wiped out well before the concert was over. They just kept playing, loud, driving and it just didn't let up. And even though it was one or two albums later, it still started off with Hells Bells. That wasn't my first concert, but it was my first AC/DC concert.
I agree,bon Scott was a. Deep rooted part of acdc.the iconic foundation.brian Johnson let it grow and let it live longer..god bless bon.and Brian, and long live ac/DC and the band .Angus Malcolm cliff a.nd all that played.we will never hear or see this again.😅
I absolutely love the band with Scott at the mic and I love all his songs. I also like some of Brian’s songs; I could listen to back in black all day. I think that they are best when singing their own songs and not the others. Besides at the end of the day, it is still AC/DC and it is still some of the best damn rock and roll ever
@@nem447The lyrics to Back in Black scream Bon Scott. Brian Johnston was never known for lyric writing & we're expected to believe he came up with this album in 5 months & never came up with anything as good again !!
@@maze2490 I agree, Two things I wish the band would’ve done with Powerage, at least for the American market. First release “Cold hearted man which was held for Australia release only and two Added Bon’s cut of “What do you do for money honey, which was worked on but ultimately dropped from the sessions. Again worked on For Highway to hell as well but dropped again. Brian did a great job with it for Back in Black but Bon wrote it and his version would’ve just killed. Those two songs if included on Powerage would’ve sealed The deal as to the number one AC⚡️DC album of all time in everyones opinion not just mine.
@@Gratefulman1965 Great opinion, Jeff! I am german and I don't really know the US version of Powerage. But for me the album is absolutely perfect as it has been done, by Vanda and Young. I know there are rumours of lyrics Bon also wrote, but this is kinda legendary, and perhaps we will never find out the truth. With Mutt Lange as next producer AC/DC made their biggest mistake for me. The raw and rough sound of their earlier work I loved so much, was then sadly lost (came back a little with Flick of the Switch). Of course they were doing great albums later on, with Lange, but this was for the world's taste, but not for mine. Nothing against Brian Johnson, he was the best man they could ever get, but AC/DC's real spirit died with Bon. RIP Bon, RIP Malcolm. Long live AC/DC!!!
Fuckin great story of thouse greatest band and all who make it hapen Bon 's got lyricks Angus, Malcolm and Mark Ewans or Cliff and Phil Rudd make rythm very great
The bloke on guitar breaks ACDC down to it's simplest & most basic form and he sounds pedestrian at best . Just goes to show that ACDC is more than the sum of of all it's parts, so what does Angus (ACDC) do differently to everybody else, nothing except he (they) have absolutely mastered tone & technique with no compromise straight ahead rock & roll & never deviating from that path few others if any can genuinely replicate their sound. Angus does this all while bouncing around the stage without missing a beat with a rhythm section behind him that swings & never quits its equal any rock & roll rhythm section to ever hit the stage.
Angus is one of the most underrated guitar players out there. If people think his playing is so basic I challenge them to keep up with him. he's lightening fast and what he plays kicks you right in the fuckin face with no apologies
Thank you for sharing! Im 19 and while I only started getting albums around 3 years ago because as a kid i never really listened to music. I made it a goal though to try to get most albums they’ve released weather it be bon scott or brain johnson. Its hard for me to have a preference for either because they are both are so so good in different ways! Regardless of who you prefer one things for sure, AC/DC makes damn good rock and roll!
Simple rock music played brilliantly. When I think of the GOATs of rock Bon's ACDC is always at the top up there with The Doors, The Stones, The Who, Led Zepp, Pink Floyd & Queen
Half the panel reminds me of ol' Metal Forces before 1991's big flick of the wrist into G-Metal. I guess Ac\Dc's golden years with Ronnie Scott are sheer adventure; i only got to know of them in 77 on a German mag, in a peripheral Euro country, where they only started being played on national FM around late 78 and very sparsely . Naturally, when If you want blood and HWTH came out, finally on a Portuguese pressing, their popularity rate here broke in like a massive dam collapsing, that voice and guitars and thudding drums almost omnipresent where teens gathered, 43 years ago...
I will listen to AC/DC with Brian Johnson, but out of respect for Bon Scott I have never owned any AC/DC music with Brian Johnson. No disrespect but AC/DC to me is Bon Scott.
Agreed. Powerage is an awesome album, but sadly underrated. I have the European press with the extra track; "Cold Hearted Man". My favourite AC/DC album.
It's sad that the surviving members of the band, hold the line that Bon didn't really have any input to speak of on Back In Black. That album has Bon's fingerprints all over the lyrics. He probably wrote 85% or more of that album.
The world lost a bit of colour the day Bon passed. What a natural front man. RIP Bon you Legend
Back in the 90's I played the Dirty Deeds album to my gran: she had never heard it and bloody well loved it. Then she asked me who the singer was and what was he doing nowadays. When I told her he was dead she burst out crying and couldn't stop. Listening to AC/DC brings her back. Miss ya gran.
Aww💯❤
Awww how touching...I Miss Bon too,..can listen to him sing over n over.
Hey Buddy,you must have had a Dandy Grandmother.My Grandmother was my best friend when I was young...I consider you and myself pretty damn lucky Lads. Rock On Buddy.
That shows how special Bon Scott was, still is..
And like you said when you listen to certain songs it brings back special memories for you.
Awesome.
Weird..Same exact thing happened with me and my grandma. 😪
I feel so lucky that I got to see AC/DC with Bon Scott... my favorite band for sure
Ya are lucky and that's it
This is a great doc. One of the greatest rock icons that ever graced a stage. Wish he was still with us today.
Great documentary ,,I feel for Bon ,he's not here to enjoy the success,and all his due millions and millions , that his" incredible lyrics " have contributed to this band ACDC being the best Rock Band on planet Earth...R.I.P Bon
RIP Malcom Young too
I heard he died with only with $30,000.
No disrespect to Brian, but I was hooked on Angus and Bon. I managed to buy a bootleg copy of "Let There Be Rock" i late '77 or early '88, and was immediately blown away. I had the good fortunate to see AC/DC live in 1979, about 6 months before Bon died. When "Back in Black" came out, I was totally let down by the vocals. Bon was irreplaceable, but a funny thing is if you listen to "I Can't Dance" by Phil Collins, he sounds very, very similar to Bon. Phil's no contest to being the kind of front man Bon was, but his vocals were very, very close. And I'm not even a Collins fan.
Bon is a legend rip brother bon
Bon Scott great great vocals Live ever...
Rocker ...highest...highest..
Thanks guy...🤘🙏
Excellent documentary on the Bon Scott years of AC⚡DC Thanks for posting this for all AC⚡DC fans worldwide.😀👍👍
Our pleasure!
Bon Scott wasn't AC nor DC he was the lightning bolt in the middle because he was that electrifying spark that made the band the greatest rock band ever. Bon Scott was, is, and will always be the greatest frontman ever.
For sure
👍❤️
My only proviso with that statement is: Jim Morrison
this the corniest shit i've ever read 😭
Here here I second the motion. Best frontman and every concert should start out with live Wire and Angus jumping off his stack of Marshall s
I own only one Brian Johnson
LP. But I do own every album featuring Bon.
I don't hate Brian. I just love Bon.
I own BIB. I refuse to buy any other BJ albums!
@@georgittesingbiel219 Same.
Yes Back In Black Is Brian's Best Album, All Of Bons Albums Are Better And The Voltage ⚡ Is Higher ⚡ And Forever Will Be ⚡ Rock On Forever Bon Scott⚡ Still Rocking The World! Voltage ⚡ On High ❤
It's stupid thinking there should be some kind of a competition between them.
@@dukecraig2402 Competition is good. Without it we sink into mediocrity. Which AC/DC became after Bon's death.
This is the best documentary ever done on a musician
Go with God Bon Scott ❤
“Powerage”, just OK?, are you kidding Powerage was a masterpiece.
totally agree...I was shocked by the commentary in the film..."Powerage" is a five-star album and has always been my favorite LP by the band.
These guys are idiots. All their commentary is cringe
Should have been more intelligent people in the documentary
Yeah rock n roll d the best track? No gone shooting or riff raff. Powerage is at least as good as any at most the beat album
Ya knows what you talk it was my first album cos thouse albums find out here In Finland now we are all in right time tahts great, I am glad but nexst time when they come to here I must see them fanx ya for this
A good insight,into AC/DC,over the 44 years since Bon passed.
Bon wrote from his heart about feelings.
Male and female.
I think he was just broken in the end.
Worn out.❤
Very true more than you will ever no RIP Bon
The greatest live Rock band ever in history. There was/is a lot of brilliant stuff out there, but there is no live experience like the DC.
Show me one band in the world that had two different lead singers and were that successful in each aera. Bon, the best rock singer ever, Brian, a humble, down to earth force of nature. Both brought out the best of AC/DC, and I'm forever grateful having seen them live.
Me too Randy.
I agree with most of your comment but Bon is definitely behind Steve Marriott, no one even comes close to him.
Van Halen is one .Black Sabbath is another .Rainbow and Deep Purple is a couple more .if you give me a few minutes I'm sure I could find several more . (Molly Hatchet) don't get me wrong they were a big-time live band
Never saw them with Bon but did see them on the "Back In Black" and "For Those About To Rock" tours and they were definitely a very high energy band .Angus makes that band and always has .all their songs are so simple to play on guitar due to everyone is is the key of A .but they still made the most out of such easy material to play .you can't teach that High Voltage live shows
Journey. lol
All Bon albums are 5 stars ladies and gentlemen
🎉I concur
Too right.
There were 6 Studio Albums with Bon!!
1975 (1974) High Voltage
1975 T.N.T
1976 Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
1977 Let there be Rock
1978 Powerage
1979 Highway to Hell
(and probably a lot Stuff on Back in Black Lyrics were written by Bon, too)
I've seen AC/DC with Bon 4 Times in Germany.
3 times in Offenbach (City Hall)
and once in Nürnberg at the Zeppelinfeld, Open Air Festival, Headliner The Who!!!
@@michaelkohler1566 Awesome!! I count TNT and High Voltage the same album. TNT for the Aussies and High Voltage for us Americans.
Way better than 5 star that’s what I think definitely 👍✌️
Greatest rock band on earth. Then and now and allways. I have been a fan since the early days in the early 1970s .
I would say maybe' Grab you by the Ass' best bottomed out Rock & Roll band at the time (I mean until Paul & Cliff were gone) but not the Greatest in the World.
@@robertcameron1579greatest 🎸 one of them . Best performance one of the best most successful rock bands on earth. In history what rock bands last successful for 40 plus years then ? Your CLUELESS on rock n roll. Young kid
Two of the best bands in one. I love Bon and he is my favorite to listen to. I’m glad AC/DC carried on and are still my favorite band! ROCK ON BON!! 🤘🏼
POWERAGE WAS A 5 STAR BAR NONE. Ride on Bon & Malcolm 🤘
Yep. Especially the first release that starts with Gimme A Bullet and doesn't have R n R Damnation on it at all. Powerage is Keef and Jimmy Page's fave AC/DC album.
My favorite as well
Malcolm is dead RIP
I love their song ride on too
Yes! LOVE Powerage!!!!
As I read elsewhere. Bon Scott is the voice of rock and roll!
I grew up idolizing Bon and Angus etc. Watching and listening to this brings tears to my eyes because Bons voice just has that awesome sound of what a rock-n-roll singer should be. RIP Bon, love you man😢
Bon Scott was the best frontman in that entire era. He was unbelievable.
My father, Ron Eden, took the photos on the back of the High Voltage ⚡ album, amongst a Hush & Kiss album cover 🙂
AC/DC was the original hardcore metal band. Bon was the best front man. I'm blessed that I got to experience them in real time.
I don’t reckon they are metal. Heavy rock or just “rock and roll” as they call themselves
@@davidgeisler9885 I guess your correct. I never really liked so called "metal" bit bey certainly are hard core rock and roll and I love them. I didn't much care for other hard rock like Judas Priest or Nazareth but AC/DC was in a class all their own.
I say, Let There Be Rock is a thrash metal album before the genre was invented. The playing technics, sound and style of thrash were not yet developed, but the energy and rawness of LTBR in my opinion capture the same spirit, that Metallica did later with Kill Em All or Exodus with Bonded By Blood. AC/DC had the same intension with LTBR and they did it in the most perfect style possible in 1977. Yes: I consider it closer to thrash than Judas Priests "Exciter", that appeared in 1978, just because LTBR has so much more punch, power and outraging rawness
I’d say humble pie and Steve Marriott were the originals, no singer will ever come close to Steve but Bon is definitely second up there
Definitely Rock n' roll!
I saw AC/DC in Vancouver 78 or 79. Bon was amazing.
So cool!
I had chance to see AC/DC in Toulouse (France) in january 1980. Toulouse gave the group a small place (6000 people only in a gymnasium out of the city). Phenomenal souvenir :) RIP Bon and Malcom.
I grew up in the 70's with AC/DC. Bon Scott was an amazing singer when they became famous. He had a great voice and he didn't have to scream. Brian Johnson came in after that and he also helped the band become more famous. But Brian Johnson screamed through his teeth and didn't have the same kind of voice. Don't get me wrong. I loved the band both ways.
Rip Bon George and Malcom
IMO this is by far the best documentary on Bon Scott primarily and AC/DC in general. Very well done
Am not far into it but already having issues with it in comparison to ABC australia's "On the Brink" version who has Bon's brother interviewed in it. There is none of these garbage critiques in it either. But am going to try to get through this one. Kinda hard after the 1st one!
All albums with bon scott is ac dc at its finest in my opinion yall this is trevor and forever gonna rock to bon
Powerage should get 5 stars. 6 if it existed
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Powerage 😏
@@musicffan1863 noooo!!!🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨🚬
Absolutely
Love powerage the album is about being burned by no good women you know what normally happened s to guys
Agreed. Terrible rating that they gave it. They failed to mention that Eddie Van Halen and Keith Richards both cite Powerage as their favorite AC/DC album.
I had to stop listening to AC/DC after Bon died. I still think he was the best rock vocalist that ever lived. I saw them on their first tour of the US, twice, and I was punk af at that time. Me and my punk rock group of friends loved them. They were different. We bought, and I still have, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap.
What a brilliant and comprehensive documentary. Thanks for sharing. What a beauty of a band, eh?
My rock and roll moment was Bon carrying Angus on his shoulders over my blanket at a Bill Graham Day on the Green. What a force of energy they were with Bon!
That's exactly right, when you're first starting off you will play any gig anywhere just to get your shit down. I actually had to fit my guitar and amp into a horse stall at a barn party once. There was still hay in the stall. I've heard a lot of music over the last 65 years and in my Top 10 of all time has to be the band going down that street on the truck bed playing, "It's a Long Way to the Top." Who ever thought of putting a bagpipe in a R&R song? You got to get up and dance when that song comes on.
That street was Swanston Street in Melbourne
Each album means something to someone. Don't go by the lack of ⭐'s on certain records. They are all good in their own way.
The critics are stupid Rolling Stone only gave good ratings to High Voltage, Highway To Hell, and Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Powerage is a classic. These tossers don't know what they're talking about
So glad I was able to see this band twice in my lifetime! Albeit, it was with Brian, but they were just amazing all the same! 👍
Rock on!
What a great Docu! Part #1 and #2!
I love all those pros who are accompany this masterpiece soperfectl, especially Malcolm Dome ! 🤘🤘
I love all the rawness of the early albums...just because it's not spit polished doesn't mean it's not good rock n roll...& always remember, the worst AC/DC album is still an AC/DC album...which means it still kicks ass...& as great as Bon is, was & always will be, I'm just as big a fan of Brian Johnson...but even after over 4 decades fronting that band, that's longer than Bon's complete life, to a lot of people he's still 'the new guy'...Lol!
Most people agree the Bon stuff was amazing even though the production was not the best thing ever. Also Id give Powerage, Highway To Hell, and Let There Be Rock all 5 stars
Proper music... Crank it Up..
I was lucky enough to see them with Bon
Awesome show
Fantastic documentary and a must for any die hard AC/DC fan. Thanks for uploading this I thoroughly enjoyed it from start to finish! ❤❤
Thanks for watching! So glad you enjoyed it.
No one like Bon then and know for sure
Phil Rudd is such a great drummer,he like Steven Adler,Peter Criss, Charlie Watts and Joey Kramer never get the credit they deserve.
Bon’s sound is effortless and patently his own.
The best singer and the ydolle of my youth.... we were 16 years old in France, hard rock was coming massively, and for me you were the best !!! RIP Bon !!!
I had just received Highway To Hell for Christmas that year. I was 15, and absolutely broken hearted when Bonn passed. Shortly after, we heard Dirty Deeds for the first time here in America.
My heart almost jumped out of my chest!
Had I misheard the reports? Was Bonn actually still alive? What a cruel trick, I thought at the time.
It took years for me to finally accept Brian. Side note here.. I disagree with these guys that Powerage was a so-so album.
In my opinion it was absolutely their best. I still spin it regularly. Peace!
I really don’t know how Bon kept singing like that. I got back in black when I was 10. Also Motörhead’s ‘ace of spades ‘. Good days!
Tim,. Powerage. is. a. Killer. album.
No disrespect to Brian Johnson by no means, he took the band to great lengths... but in the end, he's no Bon Scott. Bon was very rare and authentic and true to the rock-n-roll fashion. No one could ever replace Bon, he was truly one of a kind.
I feel the same way too! Bon was the ultimate front man and an excellent songwriter. And my hats off to Brian, I couldn't imagine having to go into that situation and did, and still does an excellent job. I can't think of any other band that continued on with another singer the amazing way he did. He's very humbled too!
Brian said it the best (and he's a classy guy) "I wasn't there to "replace" Bon, I was there because Bon was there no more." Brian had a lot of respect for Bon Scott and they were friends. I'm sure Bon would be happy that Brian was the guy.
the difference is that this is actually Bon's voice. Brian is straining to growl and hit the notes. appreciate the effort, though.
They simplified rock and made is a pile of fun. I loved the early sound. I like when studio albums sound quite raw like it was a jam session in a garage. One song that didn't make this video and one of my favorites is Can I Sit Next to You Girl.
Everytime i hear "it's a long way to the top if you want to rock n roll" I THINK OF MY CHOIR TEACHER in my sophmore/junior year, due to him allowing us to here 1 song during our FINALS for that year.!!!! at Yerba Buena High. thank u sir.
I've seen a lot of R&R bands over the decades, but only a few can match the energy of AC/DC consistently in live performances. Through all the changes in sound over the years they've remained true to the essence of Rock. The original Headbangers.
The roadies I know work with only headline bands and they'll be touring Australia (maybe a farewell tour after 50ys) and the set list I've seen is a massive tribute to Bon with 9 of the last 10 songs all Bon songs....so look into that as you want but that tells me goodbye farewell to Oz and what a way to go out... There'll be a massive concert for their last ever show but I doubt it will be here in Sydney but we can only hope us locals... This is where it began and Mr n Mrs young are still here so let's all look forward to the last chapter to this icon of rock and always bang your head n tap for ACDC 👍
I saw them in wheeling WV 3 times. Once in 1977 at theatre that i had just started working in in 1976. UFO with Shenker and The Motors. what a show that was. I was wide eyed young guitar player working as a stagehand more so just to be there than the money. I talked to Angus. He was my age. He wanted to play his guitar in the balcony behind the statues over the box seat on the floor. lol they had wireless guitars then, Not great but they worked. Shenker was even wire less. I walked into the storage room under the stage and Shenker's Black and White V was just laying there. I wanted to touch it so bad. I was scared of getting caught because the amps were set up and they had already sound checked. I was scared some one would hear it. UFO's manager kept me happy all damn day from the time i met him early in the morning. He said you look like you had a rough night. I said we had some beers last night. He said come with me. lol cocaine all day and all night. After the show he asked me to go the dressing room and get Michael's guitars. I walked in that room it was thick with has smoke and smell. I was stoned the rest of the load out. I got the guitars. I brought them upstairs. Michael was in there with 2 beautiful women. I was like so this is what it is to be a rock star. It highly influenced me to to play harder and longer. I'll never forget that day. My personal thoughts being of this age and there even so slightly through all of this and looking back, They broke a barrier of getting their music played on radio in USA and most hard rock bands did not get that kind of radio time back then. It was a time when power was moving from the dj's hands to the record companies hands. DJ's had all the power before the 70's. they played what they wanted to. Now it's controlled buy the corporate machine. It was very fun and interesting to grow from a boy to man during these years. It was such a social change of power. I wouldn't change a damn thing if I could do it again. As matter fact I would love to do it again and who the hell wouldn't?
I saw every concert they had in Florida from 1976 till 1983. What a great concert.
Lucky!
Brian was a magical an humble man to be so greatful. To do the impossible. But he did it so well God bless Brian Johnson. Rip bon
AC/DC Simple in theory Deceptively complex in practice.
They injected a vibe into the music have ever matched. And Bons lyrics LMAO....The Best
Great docu...heart felt with Bon, hard one, been in the music industry as drummer, done stuff...just to echo Bon ..long way to the top...its hard ..ups and downs, need balls of steel. Still love AC/DC, but Bon is there in every song...The modern version knows it....one has to carry on ...way it is.
I’m too young (47 hah) to have seen Bon. My first AC/DC show was in 1991. But of the things I would do if I had a time machine, seeing them perform with Bon would definitely be on the list.
...this documentary is so informative, great commentaries on songs from TNT, High Voltage, etc..
I was 14 when I first heard Ride On and I've been riding ever since.
Bon truly was one of if not the greatest rock frontman of all time, i wish i was born when he was still alive. Brians great and all but the stage presence and charisma that Bon had was somethin else not to mention that epic voice.
bon was the best song writer their was. he was the man.
Best Rock and Roll Band ever!!!
As great as both Let There Be Rock and Highway From Hell are, and each in their own rights, Powerage is AC/DC's best album-from cover to cover. RIP Bon
The best Johnson album is Flick Of The Switch
Powerage is a great album. Down Payment Blues could well be my favourite Acker Dacker song.
'For Those About To Rock We Salute You' 'LIVE' with the cannons!
Up To My Neck In Yòu, Kicked In The Teeth and Riff Raff are great deep cuts on Powerage. Bon is a masterclass lyricist. His signature use of the double entendre and cleverly phrased sexual innuendo was and remains the pinnacle example for High Voltage Rock N Roll. Brian Johnson pales in comparison lyrically, but I will say Flick Of The Switch is an underrated Johnson ģem.
You got that right Ben powerage my favorite all the songs seem too be about being screwed over by women kinda mirrors my life
Well, here in 2023. Whole lotta Rosie is still a kickass song and the first song I ever learned on guitar 37 years ago. I guess I could say that Malcolm young was the best guitar teacher I ever had. He showed me that it doesn’t need to be a difficult rhythm. Simplicity can drive hard and get the people stomping their feet.
Saw Bon in Toronto prior to his passing. I think every song is great!!!!!
No Bon no ac dc, back in black I have to take the hat off but everything after that just couldn't quite deliver. None of the albums had a bad song, take flick of the switch and fly on the wall together and you can't beat any of the albums with Bon.
I mean definitely!! I respect Ac/dc & Brian and the records they did after..... But yeah you said it all it just doesn't come close 2 the Bon Scott years...
Indeed. Wh3n a Edwardo Vedder Hälen stepped in, it precisely sHæwked me
Shout out to "The Stream" for posting this excellent (although very British) take on the band. It's a pity there wasn't more presented on the bands rise in Australia. I was fortunate enough to see the band play at Festival Hall when they were pushing the newly released Dirty Deeds record down here, just prior to setting up in Britain then conquering the world. It was a musical blessing.
Re: Powerage
"Although, the album didn’t chart and got in the middle between two of the band’s breakthrough, Let There Be Rock and Highway To Hell, over the years, the likes of Keith Richards, Eddie Van Halen, Joe Perry and Slash named it as their favorite AC/DC record".
Australian record producer and audio engineer Mark Opitz once said: “In a way it was AC/DC’s Sgt. Pepper’s.”
It's Brian's favorite AC/DC record too
There is one about their early Australian beginnings !
The greatest rock band ever.
In the mid 80’s my cousins got ahold of a copy of an early AC/DC album prior to it being released in the USA. Everyone was wonder who are these guys……..what a rocking sound.
absolutely brilliant frontman,best ever.
Great documentary! Thanks to whoever put this together! Great job! I watched it twice already!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Make No Mistake Bon Scott is AC/DC!
Force of Nature. My formative years would not have been the same - longing for my youth remembering these guys!
Great video Bon will always be the man!
No doubt!
I'm at about the 56:00 mark and they're talking about the live performances. I lived in Nashville and my first time to see them was the tour for Flick of the Switch (oops, For Those About To Rock), both, underrated albums. But as used to listening to their albums as I was, sometimes all day long; I was blown away at being totally wiped out well before the concert was over. They just kept playing, loud, driving and it just didn't let up. And even though it was one or two albums later, it still started off with Hells Bells. That wasn't my first concert, but it was my first AC/DC concert.
My God I miss him so badly!
Malcom never gets the credit he deserves. He wrote most of the music and is probably the best rhythm guitarist in rock history.
The Debut was great, hell every album is amazing
Powerage is my favorite
5 stars ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️
One more time we see how underrated Powerage is...:)
Angus and that Gibson it's all we love.
Thank you so much for this, this was great
Best live band I ever saw nearly 40 years ago lol. Nothing has beat them. Whole lotta rosie is my favourite, then TNT. Fun hard rock band.
The hardest Rocking Band. Whole Lotta Rosie is great with the giant blow-up balloon chick!
I agree,bon Scott was a. Deep rooted part of acdc.the iconic foundation.brian Johnson let it grow and let it live longer..god bless bon.and Brian, and long live ac/DC and the band .Angus Malcolm cliff a.nd all that played.we will never hear or see this again.😅
No doubt about, can't live without it. AC⚡DC
I absolutely love the band with Scott at the mic and I love all his songs. I also like some of Brian’s songs; I could listen to back in black all day. I think that they are best when singing their own songs and not the others. Besides at the end of the day, it is still AC/DC and it is still some of the best damn rock and roll ever
Back in Black lyrics are from Bon's notebook, they were about to go into the studio to record when he died....
@@nem447The lyrics to Back in Black scream Bon Scott. Brian Johnston was never known for lyric writing & we're expected to believe he came up with this album in 5 months & never came up with anything as good again !!
Kind of a Punk Rock approach to blues-based, hard rock. Simple, yet nobody else has what they have/had.
Ride On is one of the greatest AC/DC songs
⚡️Powerage⚡️ #1 album ever by the band.
In 1978 AC/DC were at their top peak! They never got better.
@@maze2490 I agree,
Two things I wish the band would’ve done with Powerage, at least for the American market. First release “Cold hearted man which was held for Australia release only and two Added Bon’s cut of “What do you do for money honey, which was worked on but ultimately dropped from the sessions. Again worked on For Highway to hell as well but dropped again. Brian did a great job with it for Back in Black but Bon wrote it and his version would’ve just killed. Those two songs if included on Powerage would’ve sealed
The deal as to the number one AC⚡️DC album of all time in everyones opinion not just mine.
@@Gratefulman1965 Great opinion, Jeff!
I am german and I don't really know the US version of Powerage. But for me the album is absolutely perfect as it has been done, by Vanda and Young. I know there are rumours of lyrics Bon also wrote, but this is kinda legendary, and perhaps we will never find out the truth. With Mutt Lange as next producer AC/DC made their biggest mistake for me. The raw and rough sound of their earlier work I loved so much, was then sadly lost (came back a little with Flick of the Switch). Of course they were doing great albums later on, with Lange, but this was for the world's taste, but not for mine. Nothing against Brian Johnson, he was the best man they could ever get, but AC/DC's real spirit died with Bon.
RIP Bon, RIP Malcolm.
Long live AC/DC!!!
Fuckin great story of thouse greatest band and all who make it hapen Bon 's got lyricks Angus, Malcolm and Mark Ewans or Cliff and Phil Rudd make rythm very great
The bloke on guitar breaks ACDC down to it's simplest & most basic form and he sounds pedestrian at best . Just goes to show that ACDC is more than the sum of of all it's parts, so what does Angus (ACDC) do differently to everybody else, nothing except he (they) have absolutely mastered tone & technique with no compromise straight ahead rock & roll & never deviating from that path few others if any can genuinely replicate their sound. Angus does this all while bouncing around the stage without missing a beat with a rhythm section behind him that swings & never quits its equal any rock & roll rhythm section to ever hit the stage.
Angus is one of the most underrated guitar players out there. If people think his playing is so basic I challenge them to keep up with him. he's lightening fast and what he plays kicks you right in the fuckin face with no apologies
DIRTY DEEDS is their masterpiece, still crude, yet sophisticated, it's an impossible task to balance between
Dirty Deeds is my favorite AC/DC album, first one I ever owned. Every song is killer.
It's got balls, very big balls. LOL!
Thank you for sharing!
Im 19 and while I only started getting albums around 3 years ago because as a kid i never really listened to music. I made it a goal though to try to get most albums they’ve released weather it be bon scott or brain johnson. Its hard for me to have a preference for either because they are both are so so good in different ways! Regardless of who you prefer one things for sure, AC/DC makes damn good rock and roll!
Simple rock music played brilliantly. When I think of the GOATs of rock Bon's ACDC is always at the top up there with The Doors, The Stones, The Who, Led Zepp, Pink Floyd & Queen
Bon Scott♥️♥️ Bon Scott kirremuir august 13 2022 here we come 🤟🤟
Clearly my age is known! These old songs are my greatest years of life.
AWESOME…RIDE ON BON, RIDE ON!!
i discover ACDC with my uncle in 1979 and touch too much was the 1st i ever heard and for me Bon was the best singer of the band
Totally agree Bon is the true AC/DC
First time seeing AC/DC at Manchester Apollo. Unbelievable
Got the opportunity to attend 3 concert of AC/DC Mt Smart,Wellington and Melbourne, didn't get to meet Bon,R.I.P.
Half the panel reminds me of ol' Metal Forces before 1991's big flick of the wrist into G-Metal. I guess Ac\Dc's golden years with Ronnie Scott are sheer adventure; i only got to know of them in 77 on a German mag, in a peripheral Euro country, where they only started being played on national FM around late 78 and very sparsely . Naturally, when If you want blood and HWTH came out, finally on a Portuguese pressing, their popularity rate here broke in like a massive dam collapsing, that voice and guitars and thudding drums almost omnipresent where teens gathered, 43 years ago...
I will listen to AC/DC with Brian Johnson, but out of respect for Bon Scott I have never owned any AC/DC music with Brian Johnson. No disrespect but AC/DC to me is Bon Scott.
I agree. Bon 💖💖💖
@@ganojo1Me too Bon Scott forever. ❤😊
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Same here
Same 🏴
They only gave Powerage three stars?!? The fuck man
Agreed. Powerage is an awesome album, but sadly underrated. I have the European press with the extra track; "Cold Hearted Man". My favourite AC/DC album.
Yeah, fuck 'em! Powerage is their best album.
Agree, bullshit. It's their best album.
Agreed
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Powerage . If they won't do it I will
It's sad that the surviving members of the band, hold the line that Bon didn't really have any input to speak of on Back In Black. That album has Bon's fingerprints all over the lyrics. He probably wrote 85% or more of that album.