Best Bon Scott era AC/DC song (studio)

i wanna say "wtf no jailbreak!?" but it's not like there isn't a crazy amount of great songs to choose from anyway

kind of impossible but i'm leaning towards "rock'n'roll damnation"

Once you expand it beyond intl edition albums, you have to start including not just the early Oz-only tracks, but the stuff from two box sets, and I just couldn't be bothered to round it all up. None of the Oz-only tracks would have won anyway.

oh the only stuff I was surprised to see excluded was the '74 Jailbreak EP but again, that would just make this tougher

really impossible, considering "She's Got Balls" or "Problem Child" or "Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be" or "Highway to Hell" or etc

She's Got Balls is the great underrated sleeper in the AC/DC catalogue innit.

"TNT," "Dirty Deeds," "Riff Raff," "Girls Got Rhythm" gah

love a lot of the bluesier tracks, Bon's vocal on "She's Got Balls" is awesome

"It's a Long Way to the Top" is a raver, that one

the real answer here is "highway to hell".

but you know what, i'm gonna throw a bone to "sin city". i can't think of a song that begins with a more glorious riff.

yeah this is just too many great tracks to choose from, Bon-era AC/DC is all-time

that said the one I think "man there is a slept-on tune" most when I see it is "walk all over you"

'overdose' is pretty slept-on too, i reckon.

'i never smoked me no cigarettes / i never drank much booze...' - uh-huh.

one of the few singers who can sonically wink and leer.

Will anyone stick up for There's Gonna Be Some Rockin'? Never understood why that ended up on an international version when Jailbreak didn't.

'Riff Raff' maybe?

Then again, if we're talking about the most Bon song of all of them, vocally, I really want to rep for 'Can I Sit Next To You Girl'. Leering Bon in full effect. (Lick your ear lol)

Today it's between "Ain't No Fun" or "Walk All Over You". Tomorrow could be "Down Payment Blues" and "She's Got Balls". Wednesday could be "Gone Shootin'" and "Dog Eat Dog".

I don't know if I could even pick a worst, let alone a best.

gotta admit, "she's got balls" and "walk all over you" are pretty low in my estimation of bon songs. had no idea they were popular.

stuff i could vote for that hasn't been mentioned: "what's next to the moon," "love hungry man," "high voltage" (that climactic shriek!), "whole lotta rosie," "let there be rock"

I think I'm going to try to focus on my least favorites. It has to be an easier choice.

Ooh Whole Lotta Rosie. I forgot about that.
Damn this is hard (pun intended lol)

xpost problem with Can I Sit Next to You Girl is that they'd already recorded it with Dave Evans before Bon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyMmVBHTPhw

Well yeah, that was a thing that they did. But does anyone honestly prefer Dave's version over Bon's?

Anyway it sounds like Slade. Catchy and all but without Bon it ain't the same song. At all.

gotta admit, "she's got balls" and "walk all over you" are pretty low in my estimation of bon songs. had no idea they were popular

I've never been crazy about "she's got balls" but both the verse riff & the vocal take & the grind-down-to-a-slower-chorus deal in "walk" are A+ imo

good grief. dude in that clip above sounds like Ted Mulry. what a misfit for accadacca.

lol he does doesn't he.

Which now makes me wonder what Bon would sound like singing Jump In My Car

can we get a side-poll going about which songs on this list will get zero votes

yeah i'm just not a real "grind-down-to-a-slower-chorus" person in general

'Highway To Hell'. An obvious choice, maybe, but an absolutely stone-cold 100% classic one.

"touch too much" is fuckin great too

no vote, too many of them right next to each other

yeah 'touch too much' is killer

there's no way I can vote in this, I've changed my mind 5 times in the last 10 minutes

I've picked my least favorite but favorite is far too hard.

Down Payment Blues

The layers of guitar tones going on here + 4/4 beat is righteous.
Let There Be Rock was a very close second.

I mean, yeah most AC/dc songs have layers and guitar tones and 4/4 beat. I just chose one I've Djed with way back when during my beat matching days

What I want I take
What I don't I break
And I don't want you...

Whole Lotta Rosie, but I suddenly realise I need to a complete set of nicely-aged vintage LPs

It's A Long Way To The Top has bagpipes, which makes it secretly brilliant, but Shot Down In Flames has always been my favourite accadacca song.

it's a long way to the top, dirty deeds or highway to hell. think i'm going with deeds.

I think there'll be an amazing spread of songs voted for here. Maybe Rosie won't win.

whole lotta rosie for so many reasons

'Let There Be Rock' or 'Touch Too Much' but mackro mackro is OTM re: the guitar on 'Down Payment Blues'.

"Riff Raff"!

Yeah, Riff Raff for me too. Just look at those wonderful songs above ... It's like choosing a favorite child. And my buddies wonder why I only listen to Bon era acdc - jeez...

picking one is insane but i would be lying to myself if i didnt pick dirty deeds.

"Sin City"

...although "If You Want Blood.." is damn close.

Just to be a contrarian, I didn't pick HtH or Dirty Deeds or Touch Too Much but voted Night Prowler 'cause it showcases his voice so well.

plus it's nasty

Live Wire
T.N.T.
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Rocker
Highway to Hell

how to, what, I give up

^^^ posts that effortlessly summarize an entire thread

y'know plus the fact this aint even on the list

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5xnc1p7BMk

So much to love, but "Dirty Deeds" is perfection.

(As is a lot of other stuff up there, I know.)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

Top 5 goose-eggs: Love Hungry Man, High Voltage, Squealer, Hell Ain't A Bad Place To Be, Rock'n'Roll Singer