Comments on: Hits and Memories http://www.bonscottblog.com/2008/04/02/hits-and-memories/ ...for all your Bon Scott needs... Sun, 01 Aug 2010 09:08:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Lucas http://www.bonscottblog.com/2008/04/02/hits-and-memories/#comment-448 Lucas Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:53:20 +0000 http://www.bonscottblog.com/2008/04/02/hits-and-memories/#comment-448 Now that I am aware of Ted Nugent's existence (or The Nuge, as he is known to friends) I can't seem to open a browser window without stumbling across the conservative crooner. <a href="http://idolator.com/379608/toby-keith-willie-nelson-and-the-nuge-to-play-musical-vigilantes" rel="nofollow">Here's an article</a> which advertises his upcoming performance in a film about the good old fashioned lynching of outlaws and troublemakers... Now that I am aware of Ted Nugent’s existence (or The Nuge, as he is known to friends) I can’t seem to open a browser window without stumbling across the conservative crooner. Here’s an article which advertises his upcoming performance in a film about the good old fashioned lynching of outlaws and troublemakers…

]]> By: Lucas http://www.bonscottblog.com/2008/04/02/hits-and-memories/#comment-419 Lucas Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:55:30 +0000 http://www.bonscottblog.com/2008/04/02/hits-and-memories/#comment-419 Great stories Andrew! I have been listening to Evie part 3 almost non stop since you posted this comment. It really is a great track. And your school story made me laugh. Hilarious to think how heterogenous the venues were that AC/DC played at (stadiums, parks, pubs, school halls...) And especially funny to imagine that Angus was probably the only one there dressed in a uniform at the time! I imagine you were all in your three piece suits with bow ties and cummerbunds etc. Something sacreligious about his ironic wearing of the school uniform in that setting. Great stories Andrew! I have been listening to Evie part 3 almost non stop since you posted this comment. It really is a great track.

And your school story made me laugh. Hilarious to think how heterogenous the venues were that AC/DC played at (stadiums, parks, pubs, school halls…)

And especially funny to imagine that Angus was probably the only one there dressed in a uniform at the time! I imagine you were all in your three piece suits with bow ties and cummerbunds etc. Something sacreligious about his ironic wearing of the school uniform in that setting.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.bonscottblog.com/2008/04/02/hits-and-memories/#comment-413 Andrew Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:42:55 +0000 http://www.bonscottblog.com/2008/04/02/hits-and-memories/#comment-413 L I was on the decks at Paul Wakelin's house in Perth for new year last year (ie 14mths ago) under my moniker 'pg recordplayer' ('cos that's what I actually do - I don't mix, scratch or toast). I'd been playing some dancefloor favourite when I threw on my of my personal favourites, Stevie Wright's 'Evie Pt 3'. Note that designation. Part 3 is, for me, one of the best goddamn guitar driven dirty funk harmony tunes out of the 70s in Australia. And I'm not alone. I looked across the dancefloor to see one of Perth's most glamourous artworld gay boy couples throw their arms up in delight at the recognition of the tune. So much for presumed musical stereotypes. PS I saw Bon's ACDC play live twice, once at a 2SM free concert on the swimming pool roof in Victoria (?) Park near Sydney Uni (Bon's hair still stretched way down his back) and then, would you believe, at our school dance c1976/7. North Sydney Boys for any hard core fanatics who want to check. Dances were BANNED for the next year. Only clear memory. Angus leaping off the speaker stacks, and my French teacher turning to me, saying 'He's very energetic, isn't he?' A L

I was on the decks at Paul Wakelin’s house in Perth for new year last year (ie 14mths ago) under my moniker ‘pg recordplayer’ (’cos that’s what I actually do - I don’t mix, scratch or toast). I’d been playing some dancefloor favourite when I threw on my of my personal favourites, Stevie Wright’s ‘Evie Pt 3′. Note that designation. Part 3 is, for me, one of the best goddamn guitar driven dirty funk harmony tunes out of the 70s in Australia. And I’m not alone. I looked across the dancefloor to see one of Perth’s most glamourous artworld gay boy couples throw their arms up in delight at the recognition of the tune. So much for presumed musical stereotypes.

PS I saw Bon’s ACDC play live twice, once at a 2SM free concert on the swimming pool roof in Victoria (?) Park near Sydney Uni (Bon’s hair still stretched way down his back) and then, would you believe, at our school dance c1976/7. North Sydney Boys for any hard core fanatics who want to check. Dances were BANNED for the next year. Only clear memory. Angus leaping off the speaker stacks, and my French teacher turning to me, saying ‘He’s very energetic, isn’t he?’

A

]]> By: Mickie http://www.bonscottblog.com/2008/04/02/hits-and-memories/#comment-394 Mickie Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:23:55 +0000 http://www.bonscottblog.com/2008/04/02/hits-and-memories/#comment-394 "So simple it's stupid!" ...indeed. Ai yi yi. “So simple it’s stupid!” …indeed. Ai yi yi.

]]> By: Lucas http://www.bonscottblog.com/2008/04/02/hits-and-memories/#comment-391 Lucas Thu, 03 Apr 2008 02:26:46 +0000 http://www.bonscottblog.com/2008/04/02/hits-and-memories/#comment-391 Thanks Josh, that three little pigs video is very funny. I like the way the animator makes the pigs' lips move. Amazing that you remembered "Pig Nugent"! It's funny, the third pig's use of architecture to solve a border-security issue is very similar to Ted's solution presented in the interview I linked to above... And I have no doubts he would approve of using Rambo's M16 to eliminate the trespassing wolf! And - as much as I was a fan of Tom Petty back in the late 1980s, I can't help thinking, after watching the trailer, that a full-length doco about the guy's life would be a little dull. There doesn't seem to be enough "struggle against the odds" to make for an interesting story. At least with Acca Dacca you've got the great working class myths all laid out - the triumph of the little guys from nowhere hitting the big time, and then the death of their heroic leader, and miraculous comeback (let's just not mention their subsequent decline)... Thanks Josh, that three little pigs video is very funny. I like the way the animator makes the pigs’ lips move. Amazing that you remembered “Pig Nugent”! It’s funny, the third pig’s use of architecture to solve a border-security issue is very similar to Ted’s solution presented in the interview I linked to above… And I have no doubts he would approve of using Rambo’s M16 to eliminate the trespassing wolf!

And - as much as I was a fan of Tom Petty back in the late 1980s, I can’t help thinking, after watching the trailer, that a full-length doco about the guy’s life would be a little dull. There doesn’t seem to be enough “struggle against the odds” to make for an interesting story.

At least with Acca Dacca you’ve got the great working class myths all laid out - the triumph of the little guys from nowhere hitting the big time, and then the death of their heroic leader, and miraculous comeback (let’s just not mention their subsequent decline)…

]]> By: Josh http://www.bonscottblog.com/2008/04/02/hits-and-memories/#comment-388 Josh Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:39:26 +0000 http://www.bonscottblog.com/2008/04/02/hits-and-memories/#comment-388 Luco, I thought I had heard the name Nugent before although I had never heard of any of his music .then I remembered he is mentioned in this little gem . listen on the 3rd pig http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNYi6W3v0io They have made a movie about Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers saw this on youtube last year http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEZyL074HOs I can't help with a link between Mr Petty and Mr Scott though x Josh Luco,
I thought I had heard the name Nugent before although I had never heard of any of his music .then I remembered he is mentioned in this little gem . listen on the 3rd pig http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNYi6W3v0io

They have made a movie about Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers saw this on youtube last year http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEZyL074HOs

I can’t help with a link between Mr Petty and Mr Scott though
x Josh

]]> By: Lucas http://www.bonscottblog.com/2008/04/02/hits-and-memories/#comment-387 Lucas Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:02:18 +0000 http://www.bonscottblog.com/2008/04/02/hits-and-memories/#comment-387 Gawd. I just listened to <em>Is This Love</em> by Whitesnake. "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is_This_Love_(Whitesnake_song)" rel="nofollow">Power Ballad</a>". Sheesh, maybe it's a bit dated, but it sounds pretty soft. But a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujnH4yNqL8E" rel="nofollow">great '80s video clip</a> (check out the double necked guitars! What were they ever for??) But Holy Middle America Batman! Whitesnake's musical crimes pale into insignificance when compared with the simple-simon conservatism in which <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Nugent#cite_ref-12" rel="nofollow">Ted Nugent </a> continues to wallow. He's pretty much the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Hanson" rel="nofollow">Pauline Hanson</a> of the USA! See for instance this 2007 interview with him on "border security" and illegal immigration: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjFiHENNf9Q" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2244/2381787375_1f0813830c_m.jpg" alt="ted nugent on tv" /></a> Gawd.

I just listened to Is This Love by Whitesnake. “Power Ballad“. Sheesh, maybe it’s a bit dated, but it sounds pretty soft. But a great ’80s video clip (check out the double necked guitars! What were they ever for??)

But Holy Middle America Batman! Whitesnake’s musical crimes pale into insignificance when compared with the simple-simon conservatism in which Ted Nugent continues to wallow. He’s pretty much the Pauline Hanson of the USA! See for instance this 2007 interview with him on “border security” and illegal immigration:

ted nugent on tv

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