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fucking hard choice...

ok, "Whole Lotta Rosie", everything what rock is about in five minutes

― Regular John (Regular John), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 17:41 (twenty years ago)

night prowler

― dave q (listerine), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 17:50 (twenty years ago)

You Shook Me

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 17:51 (twenty years ago)

Hells Bells

NO wait Shoot To Thrill. it has TWO breakdowns

― sovietpanda (sovietpanda), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 17:56 (twenty years ago)

"Nervous Shakedown"

― Myonga Von BonStill#1 (Myonga Von Bontee), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 18:16 (twenty years ago)

I second "Whole Lotta Rosie," but "Jailbreak" is right up there.

― pdf (Phil Freeman), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 18:18 (twenty years ago)

Problem Child

"what I want, I take. what I don't, I break; and I don't want you..."

― nicky lo-fi (nicky lo-fi), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 18:35 (twenty years ago)

"Rocker"

― Edward III (edward iii), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 18:45 (twenty years ago)

"Sin City"

― hank (hank s), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 18:51 (twenty years ago)

well right now it's "rock and roll damnation" cuzza that awesome disco breakdown, but this is really more appropriate for a POX kinda thing y'know?

― A nervous goat is a force to be reckoned with (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 18:54 (twenty years ago)

"Girl's Got Rhythm"

― sleeve (sleeve), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 18:55 (twenty years ago)

"It's a Long Way to the Top"

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 18:56 (twenty years ago)

but this is really more appropriate for a POX kinda thing y'know?

Yeah, but there's already a thread for that. This is fun because it's harder.

― sleeve (sleeve), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 18:59 (twenty years ago)

live wire

― 6335, Tuesday, 11 April 2006 19:18 (twenty years ago)

early returns favor Bon...

― hank (hank s), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 19:28 (twenty years ago)

I was surprised that my immediate reaction was "Shoot to Thrill".

― Sparkle Motion's Rising Force, Tuesday, 11 April 2006 19:32 (twenty years ago)

Dog Eat Dog. Not their best but my fave.
And it's a damn shame that the video of it (with an introduction by Leo Sayer fer cryin' out loud) has been removed from youtube.

― dr lulu (dr lulu), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 19:38 (twenty years ago)

beatin' around the bush

always sounds like they're going too fast, and might go off the rails.

― Lawrence the Looter (Lawrence the Looter), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 19:40 (twenty years ago)

Squealer

It's just so... nasty. And it has their grooviest bassline. And it concludes with Angus wigging out for like three minutes, and not repeating himself once. Why doesn't the guy get his due for being one of the greatest improvisers of all time?

― Palomino (Palomino), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 20:30 (twenty years ago)

You Shook Me All Night Long

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 20:37 (twenty years ago)

You Shook Me All Night Long

― Some Guy, Tuesday, 11 April 2006 20:53 (twenty years ago)

OK, I'm trying... ungh... rr.. ((( head explodes )))

― Bobby Peru (Bobby Peru), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 20:54 (twenty years ago)

"Shot Down in Flames."

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 20:56 (twenty years ago)

Problem Child, on the Live at the Atlantic Studios recording. They're rocking so hard they damn near fall apart. Listen for the Angus freakout feedback at the end of his second solo.

Or, Baby, Please Don't Go from one of the live, 1976 bootlegs. No boogie-band rocks harder, and no 15-yr-old white boy should be allowed to rock that hard at that age. Fucking shit, man.

Overdose Ang and Mal's smarshing crunchy guitar tones, tasty.

― the matching mole, Tuesday, 11 April 2006 21:02 (twenty years ago)

Overdose Ang and Mal's smarshing crunchy guitar tones, tasty

That song is so, so awesome. I may have to change my vote.

― Sparkle Motion's Rising Force, Tuesday, 11 April 2006 21:05 (twenty years ago)

opo? Can't be done really....

― dr lulu (dr lulu), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 21:11 (twenty years ago)

RIFF RAFF!

― chad (chad), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 21:45 (twenty years ago)

TNT!!!!

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 21:55 (twenty years ago)

JAILBREAK!!!!

― darin (darin), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 22:02 (twenty years ago)

Dirty Deeds...DONE DIRT CHEAP!

― M. Biondi (M. Biondi), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 22:04 (twenty years ago)

Actually, I think Long Way to the Top may be the best. I love how Bon lectures the listener about how "it's harder than it looks" and discourages them from trying this at home, cuz ya know he wants all the rock to himself.

― darin (darin), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 22:07 (twenty years ago)

SHE'S GOT BALLS

― Mike Dixn (Mike Dixon), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 22:22 (twenty years ago)

'high voltage'.

― haitch (haitch), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 00:16 (twenty years ago)

Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 00:22 (twenty years ago)

Virtually impossible, but for me it's a toss up between "Sin City" and the live version of "Thunderstruck".

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 00:58 (twenty years ago)

"Thunderstruck" possibly

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 00:59 (twenty years ago)

I'm amazed that no one has chosen "Highway to Hell." That opening riff is one of the most glorious moments in rock n' roll, and the rest of the song is pretty fucking good too.

― Davlo (Davlo), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 01:11 (twenty years ago)

Did it really need to take that long for someone to say "Jailbreak"?

― Sundar (sundar), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 02:58 (twenty years ago)

Easily the hardest OPO thread there could possibly be, but I'd have to go for Overdose.
A wise ILXer once wrote some fine words on the trance-inducing, space rock-like qualities of this song, but I've no idea which thread that was on.

― M Carty (mj_c), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 04:06 (twenty years ago)

Also love the way Overdose has what sounds like the beeps of someone's digital watch chiming the hour midway through!

― M Carty (mj_c), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 04:07 (twenty years ago)

beatin' around the bush

always sounds like they're going too fast, and might go off the rails.

I was going to say "Beatin' Around the Bush" too, but didn't know why. This is on the money. It's so fun hearing the ultimate lockstep beat band get unhinged.

― bendy (bendy), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 09:41 (twenty years ago)

"Shot Down In Flames"

But it'll be something different in 5 minutes.

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 09:44 (twenty years ago)

overdose

chuck chuck. bing bing. THUNG. bing bing bing bing. bing bing bing bing. bing bing bing bing. bing bing bing bing. SKRATCH! (izzat Malcom or Angus in the opening? sure sounds like a Gretch to me; it is in the left channel after all. Angus sounds like he's running the SG through some kind of Rat pedal).

it sounds mean. harrowing. you know something bad and heavy is coming. then phil and cliff come in plodding. the song just keeps building momentum, from slow simmer to all-out boil.

but i'm only a man, don't you understand? a man who sometimes loses...

― the matching mole, Wednesday, 12 April 2006 13:38 (twenty years ago)

Everyone knows that AC/DC was so shit they didn't even have ONE good song, making this thread redundant.

Mods, plz delete thread.

― ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!!! (ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!!!), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 13:40 (twenty years ago)

'Highway to Hell', spliced with the chorus of 'You Shook Me All Night Long'.

I haven't done it yet, but I know it's going to work. Unless someone wants to do it for me.

― S- (sgh), Thursday, 13 April 2006 03:42 (twenty years ago)

three years pass...

perhaps 'down payment blues'.

― Charlie Howard, Thursday, 16 April 2009 10:39 (seventeen years ago)

Yeah, that song is fucking great. This thread is impossible. I'll second the guy above who said Dog Eat Dog to give him company.

― Bill Magill, Thursday, 16 April 2009 13:20 (seventeen years ago)

nine years pass...

"Girl's Got Rhythm"

― sleeve, Friday, 31 August 2018 19:17 (seven years ago)

“Shot Down in Flames”.....’that’s niiice’.

― Dan Worsley, Friday, 31 August 2018 19:24 (seven years ago)

Downpayment Blues

― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 31 August 2018 20:10 (seven years ago)

For Those About to Rock is like their Start Me Up, a late in the game entry that's become almost their defining anthem.

― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 31 August 2018 20:41 (seven years ago)

'Crabsody in Blue'

― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, 31 August 2018 21:41 (seven years ago)

TNT

― calstars, Friday, 31 August 2018 21:54 (seven years ago)

Subject to change daily if not hourly, but right this minute my vote goes to "Riff Raff," one of their hardest, most berserk songs from the Bon Scott era.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErXbMB9R5-0

― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 31 August 2018 22:10 (seven years ago)

that is a wonderful video

― niels, Saturday, 1 September 2018 07:58 (seven years ago)

rock n roll hoodie

― niels, Saturday, 1 September 2018 08:00 (seven years ago)

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