Top ten reasons why you love/hate AC/DC

There is probably at least one good reason to hate them, but given (1-10) above, I can't be bothered to think about it.

Hate:
1. They employed a bald drummer
2. Stupendously moronic Johnson-era videos

(And there was nothing creepy about him, either, which makes me think it may actually have been him, for real. This was in 1995, when everyone was going online for the first time and relishing the novelty of it all.)

1. "I said 'Baby, what's the going rate?'/She told me to go to hell."

1. Angus Young
2. "Whole Lotta Rosie"
3. The bell on "Hell's Bells" tolls THIRTEEN times.
4. The live version of "Thunderstruck"
5. The gatefold photo of For Those About to Rock.
6. For never penning a power ballad.
7. "Shazbott, Nanu-Nanu" at the tail end of Highway to Hell
8. Bon Scott
9. Phil Rudd's filigree-free drumming
10. Who doesn't love dumb sexual innuendos?

Hate...
1. Association with bad movies like "Last Action Hero" and "Maximum Overdive"
2. "Money Talks"
3. Angus' hair loss
4. AC/DC purportedly dismissing the Punk scene.
5. The album cover of Stiff Upper Lip
6. ....

That's all I can think of.

2. I love that the songs from each year (of US release) seem to chronicle a relationship. in '76 he's meeting squealers & asking if he can sit next to you, '77 is mid-relationship goin' steady hell ain't a bad place to be, in '78 Rosie DUMPS him and in '79 he's ambling about post-, getting shot down in flames and getting by. Whatever status you're in romantically he's got a dude covered (again, except for marraige & kids and all that).

3. Rock'n'roll was perfected by Chuck Berry and all white people could do to the formula without congealing the milk into butter was make it dumber and snottier. Nobody did it better.

4. Two of their songs climax with Bon Scott unleashing some ungodly shriek as the music crashes in and the Young bros. yell "HIGH!!!"

5. The opening track on their first U.S. release featured bagpipes. Every other song in their original incarnation was simply vocals-guitars-bass-drums.

6. Clem Bastow observed (I'm paraphrasing) that Bon acts the part of a total yob but in a delicate, almost feline way - purring, leering, its almost effeminate. This contradiction is incredibly effective and her appreciation of it is part of why she should give me a ring if she wants to get a green card.

7. This may sound asinine, but when someone I love and/or respect dies, nothing makes me feel better than "Back In Black." If they could respond to Bon Scott's death with THAT track, surely I can get through my day.

8. "Whole Lotta Rosie" and "Shook Me All Night Long" are some of the warmest, most appreciative rock songs you'll ever hear from unashamed hornball rockers.

9. If they didn't invent disco-metal (live drums division), they perfected it.

10. Angus Young's been doing that with his neck for thirty years and it hasn't snapped off.

Hate
1. I can count the number of Brian Johnston-era tracks I love on two hands, one if I'm feeling cranky.

2. Brian can't enunciate to save his goddamn life.

3. Christ, sometimes I'd prefer Hagar.

4. "I'd appreciate some indication that Johnson knows the difference between his dick and the light tower." - Robert Christgau.

5. Disc 2 of Family Jewels is downright humilating if you watch it right after Disc 1.

6. A lot of friends didn't even know how much Scott pwns all until they were shown Disc 1. The whole Back In Black=their best album bullshit gets me furious (though "Shook Me" may be their best song).

7. "For Those About To Rock We Salute You" is a chore to sit through on the radio.

8. I really can't imagine them getting better.

9. I'll never know what those later tracks would have sounded like with Scott on vocals. I'll never know if he might have written something intelligent about marriage, kids, middle age, coming out (hey, who knows?!), or any of the other experiences he might have had if he didn't die.

10. The Jailbreak EP is full-album price.

C'mon, man, he's not that bad. Be serious.

8. I really can't imagine them getting better.

Neither me, sadly.

on the anti- side, it doesn't matter if charlie watts is ancient, he's still cool. it's tougher for angus and the lads.

Jesus Christ. Black Ice. So awful. I was gonna start a "defend the indefensible" about these guys, but there are always contrary/hipster rock dicks that make some claim that it's all about the riffs. possible worst band ever. including S.M.A.S.H, Shwayze, and Candy Flip.

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all i can say about your comment is...sir...u mad....u so very very mad

I"ve got four letters for you knob: AC\DC.

paulhw i defy to you listen to the riff to back in black and not feel rockin'! it can't be done.

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for those about to QUENCH

I got a ticket to the upcoming show for my birthday. How slutty do I dress for an AC/DC show.... with my 51 year old aunt?

Those pesky contrarian hipsters, always pretending to like AC/DC. I dunno, kids these days.

I never hear anyone claim it's "all about" the riffs

your aunt is such a hipster

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A Hipster Contrarian, earlier today

Two reasons for love:
1. The Riffs
2. Mutt Lange

Two resons for hatred:
1. Brian Johnson
2. Their fans

Geir slags off adorable little girl shocker.

I am not certain if that girl is representative.

This guy, however:
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;)

that guy rules, though.

Yeah, I'd party with him.

I'd pretend to party with him, to impress all the elite ilx hipsters.

The other day I heard a little kid tell his mom that "AC/DC are better than you can even think!"

Love:
1. Bon Scott
2. "Can I Sit Next To You Girl"
3. "Whole Lotta Rosie"
4. The "OI"'s at the beginning of Dirty Deeds
5. Bon's tight jeans

HATE
6. Death by misadventure
7. Brian gets progressively more creepy with time, lyrics more and more EW
8. Thunderstruck. Thunderstruck. Thunderstruck.
9. The legions of bogan fans
10. Goddamn US versions of albums that dick around with track listings, the RETARDED Jailbreak EP, repeating songs on different albums, goddammit it really PISSES me off

^^ point 10 is OTM. We have the same versions in the UK as the US. It really pisses me off that when they remastered all the albums they released Jailbreak still as a 5 song EP at the same price as an album, when they could easily have added all the tracks missing from the UK albums as bonus tracks.

A song about having big balls is just plain daft and immediately excludes you from any legitimate discourse about good art and culture.

RONG :)

So that's a reason for love, right?

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Wait, people don't like the Jailbreak EP? Why??

(It's a lot better than Black Ice.)

(Okay, I see the reasons up there. I dunno. I've never really cared that the albums are different in the U.S.; I heard the US ones first. And that EP has always worked great for me. And I've never saw the point in paying attention to any of the remasters; my turntable still works.)

Have never comprehended the love for "Thunderstruck" either (so Vegemite Grrrl and I agree on that at least.)

Also better than Black Ice: The new Rose Tattoo album.

My turntable's broke. And you're not missing a thing with the remasters, honestly.

Jailbreak EP in and of itself is totally cool...but buying an EP to get Jailbreak the song is beyond ridiculous. It should have stayed on Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap. The EP's just...unnatural?

I didn't know the Tatts had a new album. Sweet! I'll have to check it out.

Didn't know about new Rose Tattoo! Cool

oh fuck new rose tattoo

"there are always contrary/hipster rock dicks that make some claim that it's all about the riffs."

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The new album is 10 good-enough-to-damn-good songs and five that should have been left off. And I have the Australian versions of the first three or four (I forget how many differed) albums on my iPod, hence no need for the Jailbreak EP.

there are always contrary/hipster rock dicks that make some claim that it's all about the riffs.

clean the snot out yr nose, dawg

Love:

1. Bon Scott's drinking antics.
2. Fucking BAGPIPES.

Hate:

1. Everything else.

Reason to love:

AC/DC doesn't care about those with iPods and still manages to have the best selling hard rock catalog in the US, period. -- source, NY Times, today.

Piece intimates Wal-Mart exclusive contract for Black Ice guarantees sales of 2.5 million, whatever the verdict. "The album's first single, 'Rock N' Roll Train,' is the most played song on classic rock radio stations ..."

A song about having big balls is just plain daft and immediately excludes you from any legitimate discourse about good art and culture.

Lots of rock songs -- not to mention hip hop songs!! -- are about having big balls. They just aren't called "Big Balls."

1. lot of songs about balls
2. lot of songs about having sex
3. after christ devil comes
4. schoolboy uniform
5. no pretenses
6. shrill screaming
7. no production flourishes
8. their music just rocks
9. effort/reward ratio is very low
10. angus and malcolm young both weigh about 110 lbs.

7. no production flourishes

This is not true. On the three albums he produced (two of which are also their two bestselling and generally considered their best) Mutt Lange would usually record the strings of Angus Young's guitar one and one separately instead of having him play the entire riff at once. This made it "rock" even more though. So the production flourishes are actually one of the main things that make me like those albums from that era. To me, AC/DC are first and foremost about the Mutt era though.

Mutt Lange would usually record the strings of Angus Young's guitar one and one separately

I don't understand. You mean each string was recorded alone and overdubbed with others to build the riff?

Yes, that was exactly what he did. This is described in the chapter about "Highway To Hell" in "The Mojo Collection", I believe.

Another reason why AC/DC are one of my most hated bands ever: the vocals.

Not digging Brian Johnson kinda makes sense, but otherwise hating AC/DC is like saying "I hate the human body and all the wonderful things it can do."

new album is 10 good-enough-to-damn-good songs and five that should have been left off

You like more of it than I do. About half of it just bored me. My favorite songs were a two or three that reminded me of '70s rock bands other than AC/DC.

>My favorite songs were a two or three that reminded me of '70s rock bands other than AC/DC.

Yeah, no kidding. "Decibel" is a straight-up ZZ Top riff circa 1974, and there's another that's like a Physical Graffiti outtake (first disc).

each string was recorded alone and overdubbed with others to build the riff

this blows my fucking mind

reason to Love: They're kind of catchy
reason to Hate: Sexist, crappy lyrics, terrible vocals, wham-bam guitar thud b.s.

bands like the Clash and many others have shown you can "rock" and not sound constipated drunk and redneck.

hahahahaha i love this guy

each string was recorded alone and overdubbed with others to build the riff

so this is how he recorded one-armed drummer

Is it tight is it right??

A song about having big balls is genius. How can you not get this?

Top 1 Reason I Hate ACDC has always been the people who like ACDC. If you grew up in suburban Australian in the 1980s you know what I'm talking about.