

Jamie has always been the 'rebel' in the family with a devil-may-care attitude so it doesn't surprise me that she's an AC/DC fan. She could probably tell you everything you ever did - or didn't - want to know about the band and has declared Angus Young to be the best guitarist ever; there's no arguing that point with her one iota so it isn't even worth trying. To be honest, I have to admit that in spite of the school-boy outfits he wore on stage, the "Duck Walking", and the wild antics that I find a bit distracting, Angus has an easily identifiable and unmatched style of minimalist blues-based riffs that has been often imitated by other up and coming wannabe rockers. Rolling Stone magazine ranked him at #96 on their 2003 list of The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time but don't tell Jamie that as he'll always be #1 to her. The girl knows what she likes and what she likes is Angus Young and AC/DC. Her father, of course, disapproves as some of the lyrics of their songs are a little risqué but I guess compared to a lot of today's music, they aren't that bad. Still, her father frowns upon her being a fan of the boys from Down Under.
Brian helped finish writing the songs for the band's third album Back in Black, a tribute album to the late Scott, that was released in 1980 just six months after Scott's death and which became the band's biggest selling album when it went platinum a year after its release. The album reached #1 in the UK and #4 in the US, where it spent 131 weeks in the top ten, making it the 5th highest-selling album ever in the USA.

All told, AC/DC has sold an estimated 150 million albums worldwide with an estimated 68 million of them being sold here in the US. The band is ranked #4 on VH1's list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time as well being ranked #7 by MTV's list of Greatest Heavy Metal Bands of All Time. With a grand total of 25 albums, both studio and live, under their belts AC/DC was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 10th, 2003 where Brian Johnson accepted the award by quoting lyrics written by Bon Scott for the song "Let There Be Rock",
"In the beginning, back in 1955, man didn't know about the rock 'n roll show and all that jive.Now that you've had the chance to drink up all this knowledge on my youngest daughter's favorite band and you'd like to see what other people are drinking this St. Patrick's Day, click on the link to go check out Mo's Manic Monday post and quench your desire to find out!
The white man had the schmaltz, the black man had the blues, but no one knew what they was gonna do but Tchaikovsky had the news, he said: 'let there be rock."
Your Jamie and this Jamie have distinctly different music tastes though if the volume goes down I can manage appreciation of the expertise. :-)
ReplyDeleteHope you all have a great St. Patrick's Day.
I went to an AC/DC concert many moons ago. I thought I was going to die laying when he came out in that short suite. LOL I still love a good AC/DC song in the car when the weather is right and the windows are down.
ReplyDeleteAha - this is the Whiskey-Sherry-Brandy song. Tell Jaime that I like AC/DC (not love them but like them :o)
ReplyDeleteI didn't know any of this. Never one of my favorite bands, but don't tell Amanda. Excellent, well written post and a great job for drink. Have a wonderful MM. :)
ReplyDeleteNot Amanda....Jamie. Duh. Sorry about that. :)
ReplyDeleteThat's okay, Amanda can't stand AC/DC so she'd agree with you totally, Sandee!
ReplyDeleteIt seems my girls have to be in different in just about everything!
interesting about the girls differences in music too! great post...
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Great post, Linda! I am working on my wishing star as we blogspeak....
ReplyDeleteGreat MM post! Have a nice week!
ReplyDeleteMy wishing star is up!
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Wow! That band really rocks.
ReplyDeleteHappy Monday. I'm still looking for an idea on drink to post for MM.
ReplyDeleteLinda, your posts remind me of high school and writing essays. Your research is so special and thorough, you always deserve an A+ !!!
ReplyDeletePlease tell Jaime that I bought my 64 year old hubman a DVD of AC-DC live. We're both big fans! If nothing stops her love affair with them, that should!
We're extremely eclectic in our musical tastes, I guess you can tell...
~~~Blessings~~~
AC/DC... reminds me of the VP I used to work for at the big health care company. It was his favorite band as well!
ReplyDeleteHappy MM!
As a heavy rocker in my youth, I appreciated this post. Although the tops for me are Led Zep.
ReplyDeletei love tha band, they rock!!
ReplyDeleteAC/DC was never one of my faves back then.
ReplyDeleteInteresting post, though. You've done a lot of research again!
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
happy st patties day
ReplyDelete"Have A Drink On Me" is the perfect choice! *grin*
ReplyDeleteHappy SPD!
Interesting post. Unfortunately, I'm not allowed to listen to AC/DC anymore. It's a long story. I have a medical prescription that requires me to drink beer everyday, however. So it evens out. Tried to drop on you (entrecard) but couldn't find a widget on your blog anymore. Hope you haven't dropped out because that's how I found you in the first place. Have a good day. YummyMax
ReplyDeleteYou say you've never ever ever had an entrecard acount? That's strange. How could we have ever found you then? (Let's face it, your stuff isn't THAT interesting, to where we would actually seek you out..)
ReplyDeleteWait. Maybe it is!
Cheers!!
ReplyDeleteI'm hoping to post my wishing star on Wednesday.
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ReplyDeleteCan't say that AC/DC is my favorite rock band, either.
ReplyDeleteBut great post!
Rock on, my st. patty's day friend!
Drink up!
They seem to have been going some time.
ReplyDeleteAC/DC just reminds me of Starlight Express...
ReplyDeleteExcellent retrospective on one of my favorite rock bands. It's very weird to think that a teenager likes a band I rocked to when I was a teenager so many years ago.
ReplyDeleteWeird...but way cool too!
Rock on Jamie!
Ooohhhh... one of my favorite bands of all times...
ReplyDeleteThank you, thank you, thank you so very much!
YOU SOOOOOOOOO ROCK!!!!
SMOOCHES~
Excellent retrospective on one of my favorite rock bands.
ReplyDeleteMy wish star is up today!
ReplyDeleteGreat band, awesome songs! :)
ReplyDeleteCome on over, I got little something something for you!
ReplyDeleteOMG! Guess what! The new AC/DC Album is out! its called Black Ice!! Its tottally awsome and mom, I WANT IT! Also i'll try to send you pictures of what i looked like this halloween, i looked awsome! Well love ya and TTYL
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