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Poll Question: Do you own a copy of Back in Black?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 04 2009 at 20:41
Originally posted by Vibrationbaby Vibrationbaby wrote:

Originally posted by A Person A Person wrote:

Originally posted by Henry Plainview Henry Plainview wrote:

Hell no. If I had gotten it in high school I would have sold it by now.

LOL

I have never heard a complete ACDC album, let alone own one. That is not a bad thing.


Ditto. It's like porno films. You've seen one, you've seen you want to see them all.
 
Fixed that for ya.  Approve
 
Yes I do own BIB.  I also own High Voltage, Dirty Deeds, Let There Be Rock and Highway To Hell.  I prefer Bon to Brian.
 
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 04 2009 at 20:43

Back in Black is a great rock album.  This is undisputed.  Much of AC/DC's Bon Scott-era output is also great rock music.  In regard to the poll, some 14 million people bought BiB, maybe more (I have not seen recent numbers).  Certainly a few of them are around these parts.

The good songs on it are good, the others are typical AC/DC riff-fests.  I've never really been able to accommodate Brian Johnson's voice.  That's okay, it's still a good album.  I have a remastered version.  That's the one I use to evaluate the performance of any set of speakers.  If You Shook Me All Night Long has the correct bottom, while keeping the empty space, it's a good set of speakers. 
 
I think also Whole Lotta Rosie also is a good test for the correct bottom. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 04 2009 at 21:50
Don't own it and proud.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 04 2009 at 22:30
No, I really don't care about AC/DC and I dislike their music
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 04 2009 at 23:05
0:00 through say 0:30 of You Shook Me All Night Long is as powerful as a rhythm section gets.  Not saying it's up there with the first few minutes of Heart of the Sunrise, but it is for visceral rock it's good enough.  And that's with no bass.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 04 2009 at 23:53
Originally posted by TheProgtologist TheProgtologist wrote:

I can't believe all the negativity about AC/DC.Granted,their music lately all sounds the same,but these guys are icons.

Bon Scott era AC/DC is great.His lyrics were clever and witty and loaded with double entendres,and his voice was gritty and dirty and unique.Albums like Powerage,Let There Be Rock and Highway To Hell are essential albums for any rock n roll fan.


Agreed. I think it's too simple for people round these parts, if you know what i mean. Wink
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 06 2009 at 16:53
Yes I do. Very good album. But I do listen more "Ballbreaker", which I prefer. More bluesy maybe, excellent production (the 90's, just before entering the loudness war), and almost a perfect album (only one song is less interesting)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 07 2009 at 15:19
Of course!  this is a classic must have album.  Sure, you get tired of hearing those songs over and over, but come on, it's a landmark album.  give it a break for a while, then go back to it to appreciate it again.

it's in my collection along with all the other AC/DC albums.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 07 2009 at 16:35
Perhaps demonstrating how little of an AC/DC fan I am, when I saw the thread title I thought it was asking about that Amy Winehouse album that was big a few years ago!

As for AC/DC, I really can't see the appeal.  I've been hearing them all my life via various friends, on the radio etc. (I listen to Planet Rock, a UK 'classic rock' station, fairly regularly and they are always on it).  They bore me to tears. I have exactly the same reaction to them as I have to Status Quo. It's like they have a template and they stick to it. No variation, no light and shade, exactly the same formula time after time.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 07 2009 at 20:06
Comedian Jim Breuer impersonates AC/DC:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssR6_7UBwrM
 
(I wish this was the actual footage from the tv special, but instead it's a lame slideshow.  Still, you get the idea.)
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 07 2009 at 20:34
Yeah I own one, and put me in the camp that really kinda hates AC/DC anyway
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 08 2009 at 11:35
Nope, I haven't got a copy. I don't know whether I'll end up getting one or not... maybe if I see it for cheap somewhere.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 08 2009 at 11:42
Originally posted by Drew Drew wrote:

No- never bought ACDC because they are ALWAYS on the radio- get enough of them there if I need


Lol.  This.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 08 2009 at 19:37
I despise AC/DC. I would never buy that album.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 09 2009 at 13:22
Originally posted by ProgBob ProgBob wrote:

It's like they have a template and they stick to it. No variation, no light and shade, exactly the same formula time after time.


They used bagpipes once. If figure if you're going to transcend your self-imposed mold, you might as well do it with bagpipes.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 09 2009 at 13:40
Originally posted by Pekka Pekka wrote:

Yes, a great album. But I own everything by AC/DC.
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 09 2009 at 13:49
I actually own 2 copies of Back in Black.  I already owned one, and then when I bought the AC/DC Box Set it came with a second rendition of Back in Black.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 09 2009 at 13:51
I have a ripped copy somewhere in my house. Sold the CD years ago.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 09 2009 at 14:46
Originally posted by The Block The Block wrote:

Don't own it and proud.
 
My exact words... BTW, love your avatar man...!!!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 09 2009 at 15:45
Every home should have oneThumbs Up Vinyl or disc .......I have bothWink
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