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Strat · **Posted:** Fri August 06, 2021 11:12 pm

Birds in Hell wrote:

Strat wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:

Uh, yes?

This has nothing to do with parochialism.

I don't think it's surprising at all, personally.

AC/DC are elemental, primal, minimalist - just great music.

Jocks love them, i agree.

yea ill always love this song in all its iterations

Strat · **Posted:** Fri August 06, 2021 11:14 pm

There's something very punk rock about that period of the band that i like more for sure.

Guys, im not saying i actively hate ac/dc. Im just saying they are a tad overrated and that has to do with a lot of american meathead men and sports.

Birds in Hell · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 9:38 pm **Posts:** 15235

I don't think that's AC/DC's fault, though.

I don't love AC/DC because they're Australian, but perhaps being Australian allows me to see them through a different cultural lens.

I'll accept they also had quite a different vibe later on, e.g. in the 80s and 90s, and I'm not very interested in that period.

Anyway, here they are rolling through the streets of Melbourne on the back of a truck:

Strat · **Posted:** Fri August 06, 2021 11:23 pm

yea but why does angus still need to dress like that?

Birds in Hell · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 9:38 pm **Posts:** 15235

That's like asking why Robert Smith still persists with the whole big hair and smeared lipstick thing.

wease · **Posted:** Fri August 06, 2021 11:59 pm

Jorge wrote:

I like several of their songs I just always wish they were a little faster. Like maybe 9% faster.

Maybe Matt Cameron should join them.

Strat · **Posted:** Sat August 07, 2021 12:07 am

Birds in Hell wrote:

That's like asking why Robert Smith still persists with the whole big hair and smeared lipstick thing.

yea and i ask the same thing. Dumb

Birds in Hell · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 9:38 pm **Posts:** 15235

Strat wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:

That's like asking why Robert Smith still persists with the whole big hair and smeared lipstick thing.

yea and i ask the same thing. Dumb

I think it's a combination of being aware of audience expectations (i.e. some audience members won't feel like they saw a 'real' AC/DC or Cure show unless they get that visual) - and it also becoming like a uniform/costume after a while, where it's just now part of their whole persona as a performer.

Angus gets to jump around wearing that school uniform for two hours and be "Angus Young - guitarist, AC/DC" - then he can leave the stage, throw on a t-shirt and jeans and be 66 year-old Angus Young.

I get it.

Strat · **Posted:** Sat August 07, 2021 12:55 am

Birds in Hell wrote:

Strat wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:

That's like asking why Robert Smith still persists with the whole big hair and smeared lipstick thing.

yea and i ask the same thing. Dumb

I think it's a combination of being aware of audience expectations (i.e. some audience members won't feel like they saw a 'real' AC/DC or Cure show unless they get that visual) - and it also becoming like a uniform/costume after a while, where it's just now part of their whole persona as a performer.

Angus gets to jump around wearing that school uniform for two hours and be "Angus Young - guitarist, AC/DC" - then he can leave the stage, throw on a t-shirt and jeans and be 66 year-old Angus Young.

I get it.

But you hate when Ed does x, y, z, a, b, c,.....

All because he hates Dave A.

Spenno!

Birds in Hell · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 9:38 pm **Posts:** 15235

Strat wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:

Strat wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:

That's like asking why Robert Smith still persists with the whole big hair and smeared lipstick thing.

yea and i ask the same thing. Dumb

I think it's a combination of being aware of audience expectations (i.e. some audience members won't feel like they saw a 'real' AC/DC or Cure show unless they get that visual) - and it also becoming like a uniform/costume after a while, where it's just now part of their whole persona as a performer.

Angus gets to jump around wearing that school uniform for two hours and be "Angus Young - guitarist, AC/DC" - then he can leave the stage, throw on a t-shirt and jeans and be 66 year-old Angus Young.

I get it.

But you hate when Ed does x, y, z, a, b, c,.....

All because he hates Dave A.

Spenno!

I'm uh... huh?

bodysnatcher · **Posted:** Sat August 07, 2021 2:08 am

AC/DC is a down blunder

Rob · **Posted:** Sat August 07, 2021 3:01 am

McParadigm wrote:

AC/DC created a really fun sound, and then made good records with it right up until 1981. Then they shat out a lifetime’s worth of albums that had one good song apiece and were otherwise just a string of tired riffs and ejaculation jokes that got sadder with every year.

I didn’t agree with this post (completely) when I saw it, but it got me to listen to a bunch of 70s AC/DC, which I had heard before but I guess never really listened to hard enough. They really did make good, fun records in the 70s and then kind of seem to cash in on a “sound” afterwards. I don’t care about that, and always saw the difference with & without Bon Scott, just never saw how wide that gap was.

Leatherhead · **Joined:** Fri August 09, 2013 4:38 am **Posts:** 3897

Birds in Hell wrote:

Strat wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:

Strat wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:

That's like asking why Robert Smith still persists with the whole big hair and smeared lipstick thing.

yea and i ask the same thing. Dumb

I think it's a combination of being aware of audience expectations (i.e. some audience members won't feel like they saw a 'real' AC/DC or Cure show unless they get that visual) - and it also becoming like a uniform/costume after a while, where it's just now part of their whole persona as a performer.

Angus gets to jump around wearing that school uniform for two hours and be "Angus Young - guitarist, AC/DC" - then he can leave the stage, throw on a t-shirt and jeans and be 66 year-old Angus Young.

I get it.

But you hate when Ed does x, y, z, a, b, c,.....

All because he hates Dave A.

Spenno!

I'm uh... huh?

He's saying you hate on Ed when he does stuff akin to Angus Young wearing a school uniform on stage forever.

bodysnatcher · **Posted:** Sat August 07, 2021 3:42 am

Boy, if Ed wore a school uniform ….

Croon spoon

Birds in Hell · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 9:38 pm **Posts:** 15235

bodysnatcher wrote:

AC/DC is a down blunder

Birds in Hell · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 9:38 pm **Posts:** 15235

Leatherhead wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:

Strat wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:

Strat wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:

That's like asking why Robert Smith still persists with the whole big hair and smeared lipstick thing.

yea and i ask the same thing. Dumb

I think it's a combination of being aware of audience expectations (i.e. some audience members won't feel like they saw a 'real' AC/DC or Cure show unless they get that visual) - and it also becoming like a uniform/costume after a while, where it's just now part of their whole persona as a performer.

Angus gets to jump around wearing that school uniform for two hours and be "Angus Young - guitarist, AC/DC" - then he can leave the stage, throw on a t-shirt and jeans and be 66 year-old Angus Young.

I get it.

But you hate when Ed does x, y, z, a, b, c,.....

All because he hates Dave A.

Spenno!

I'm uh... huh?

He's saying you hate on Ed when he does stuff akin to Angus Young wearing a school uniform on stage forever.

For what it's worth, I think both Angus Young and Robert Smith look ridiculous.

I said I understood why they do it - that's not a vote of approval.

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