Zeppelin wannabes

AC/DC are a f***in fantastic rock and roll band and
anyway who says otherwise is a fool.
Anyone who can listen the final crashing section of
Riff Raff and not leap around in wild, joyous abandon
is probably dead, at least from the neck up.
Comparing them to Zepp is like comparing a fish to
a bicycle. Both are brilliant but there is nothing alike
in their approaches.
AC/DC are a fun, boogie band who also wrote some
genuinely brilliant three-chord trick pop songs - Back
in Black, Sin City, Gone Shootin', Let's Get it Up,
Touch too Much etc etc etc.
This does not make them bad musicians as some
twits have pointed out here.
Angus Young is in fact a remarkably good guitar
player. His touch is wonderful and his vibrato
technique to die for, Any man who can do all he does
with tone with just the volume pot on his Gibson SG
and some cranked Marshalls earns my undying
respect. Just listen to the guitars solos on Night
Prowler, Ride On, Riff Raff, it's incredibly good
playing.
AC/DC rule, period.

Whoa Is Me wrote: dude don't worry, bands tend to rip off tracks without knowing all the time ... my dad seems to rec. that :- LZ - Kashmir RATM - Wake Up were the same ....

There are similarities in the opening riff, definitely.

Sound Chaser wrote: Wizard/TRueStar wrote: Anyone notice almost every AC/DC song has THE SAME DRUM BEAT!!!!??? That doesn't bug me as much as the fact the %99 of AC/DC songs start the exact same way! I don't think AC/DC is anything like a Zep ripoff band. AC/DC is as stated before just about good time rock and roll. It's not super serious music it's but it's fun to listen too.

Whatever,i dont think theres much of an argument here. AC/DC are average musicians with a specific formula that appeals to AVERAGE listeners, so of cource they arent going to be highly appealing to sophisticated gents like ourselves. They even admit theyve been making the same damn album for 30 years!! Their formula works for what they try to achieve: UNLIKE Zeppelin, their goal has never been to break musical barriers They're just fun , mindless rock at its best.

Certif1ed wrote: That's not true - Status Quo learned a 4th chord, and were so excited they wrote "Living on an Island". AC/DC have NEVER learned a 4th chord.

Would that be Yes's "Chord Of Life"?

Certif1ed wrote:  That's why we love 'em - and that's why they're so different to Led Zep

AC/DC are a tribute band.

The Australian Status Quo anyone?

Al right then. 66% of AC/DC songs start exact the same way!

James Lee wrote: I don't know about RATM, but I heard a P. Diddy song that reminds me of Kashmir... ...maybe that's just because it was Kashmir, with some sub-par rapping on top. Now if he'd done a version of "Hot Dog"...that would have intrigued me.

The P.Diddy song (Come With Me) was done with the complete co-operation of Jimmy Page. Page appeared on the video.I actually quite like it.I mean it couldnt be worse than the film, could it? Roland Emmerich is a great director isn't he ?

Rob The Plant wrote: Petra wrote: Ooooh and don't forget that Led Zep were Spirit wannabes so much so that they stole their tune Stairway to Heaven from Spirit's track 'Taurus'   You can go screw yourself too. Stole. BAH!

dude don't worry, bands tend to rip off tracks without knowing all the time ...
my dad seems to rec. that :-
LZ - Kashmir
RATM - Wake Up
were the same ....

Nor Petra either.

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Why I outta....

Rob The Plant wrote: Petra wrote: Ooooh and don't forget that Led Zep were Spirit wannabes so much so that they stole their tune Stairway to Heaven from Spirit's track 'Taurus'   You can go screw yourself too. Stole. BAH!

Now then Mr Plank that is no way to speak to a lady.
Nor Petra either.