Comments on: Swanee pays his dues… http://www.bonscottblog.com/2008/04/11/swanee/ ...for all your Bon Scott needs... Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:31:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Joe http://www.bonscottblog.com/2008/04/11/swanee/#comment-549 Joe Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:10:09 +0000 http://www.bonscottblog.com/2008/04/11/swanee-pays-their-dues-to-bon/#comment-549 Here are some videos from the other night... Swanee - It's A Long Way To The Top... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-JpPQQ0ngk John Cass - Hell Ain't A Bad Place To Be http://www.youtube.com/v/gCWRzPTN4Eo Simon Meli - Live Wire http://www.youtube.com/v/9HvEoIjS940 Max Smidt - Sin City http://www.youtube.com/v/dkn_REi1pS0 Here are some videos from the other night…

Swanee - It’s A Long Way To The Top…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-JpPQQ0ngk

John Cass - Hell Ain’t A Bad Place To Be http://www.youtube.com/v/gCWRzPTN4Eo

Simon Meli - Live Wire http://www.youtube.com/v/9HvEoIjS940

Max Smidt - Sin City http://www.youtube.com/v/dkn_REi1pS0

]]> By: Peter http://www.bonscottblog.com/2008/04/11/swanee/#comment-537 Peter Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:13:17 +0000 http://www.bonscottblog.com/2008/04/11/swanee-pays-their-dues-to-bon/#comment-537 Lizzie, men in suits? get out I was there, what about all the topless women? Anyway poor job by John Swan not rehearsing or even learning his lyrics, And you are right Richard was great Lizzie, men in suits? get out I was there, what about all the topless women? Anyway poor job by John Swan not rehearsing or even learning his lyrics, And you are right Richard was great

]]> By: Mickie http://www.bonscottblog.com/2008/04/11/swanee/#comment-500 Mickie Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:31:54 +0000 http://www.bonscottblog.com/2008/04/11/swanee-pays-their-dues-to-bon/#comment-500 Lizzie, for a second there, i thought you said "get laid back stage". Lizzie, for a second there, i thought you said “get laid back stage”.

]]> By: Lizzie http://www.bonscottblog.com/2008/04/11/swanee/#comment-492 Lizzie Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:56:10 +0000 http://www.bonscottblog.com/2008/04/11/swanee-pays-their-dues-to-bon/#comment-492 well... Let There Be Rock indeed! Jessie and I went as roving reporters for the bon scott blogger to this sydney salute to the man himself. Being non-fans we felt like stow-aways going into the vanguard. We both felt a ridiculous self-consciousness - as though it would be evident to everyone there that we weren't fans, and that our lack of fan-credentials was somehow socially embarrassing. In fact, the most noticeable thing about the event was that no-one really looked like an obvious fan. There were few ACDC Tshirts and no impressive singlets. It was mostly suits for the men, and slightly glam dresses for the ladies, which is probably due to the "dinner/dance" nature of the venue. Now I don't know much about rock, and I'd had a few gins, but to me the band sounded great - especially Richard Madden on guitar. The singers were also pretty good - the first guy, Simon Melly from oo la la, looked a bit Bon-esque - lean and wiry - and had the skinny jeans, singlet and long rockin hair (wig?). He also had some pretty good hip gyrations going on. I grabbed a photo op. with him which you can see here: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2350/2440333910_0cce6da453_b.jpg One of the singers, John Cass, was apparently the owner of the Vanguard - and the guy who had put the salute together. Jessie pointed out that it was probably his idea to have such a long interval in the middle to up the bar sales. The famous Swanee was pretty impressive for an oldish fella. He belted out "Its a long way to the top", which got the suited-man next to me headbanging. I may not know all the words to all the songs - but I do have quite a thing for "She's got the Jack". There's something about the ridiculously unsubtle double entendre which I find charming. So in between songs I yelled it out to the band hoping for a rendition. The last singer - who i guess must have been Max Smidt - was pretty good. He had the voice and the moves, and as the evening drew to a close, to my great excitement, he did my favorite song. Leaping off the stage he strutted his way (unsteadily) over the tables, working the crowd and getting them to sing out "JACK" at the appropriate moments. Finally he came over and flung an arm around me, pushing the mic in my face for me to whisper (seductively, I thought), "Jack", and then turned to the audience for his punch-line "...and she looked like such a nice girl". Well, I blushed - and i couldn't help thinking - if that had actually been Bon, back in the day, i suspect I'd have been more than willing to get led back stage to share a bottle of vodka. well… Let There Be Rock indeed!

Jessie and I went as roving reporters for the bon scott blogger to this sydney salute to the man himself.

Being non-fans we felt like stow-aways going into the vanguard. We both felt a ridiculous self-consciousness - as though it would be evident to everyone there that we weren’t fans, and that our lack of fan-credentials was somehow socially embarrassing.

In fact, the most noticeable thing about the event was that no-one really looked like an obvious fan. There were few ACDC Tshirts and no impressive singlets. It was mostly suits for the men, and slightly glam dresses for the ladies, which is probably due to the “dinner/dance” nature of the venue.

Now I don’t know much about rock, and I’d had a few gins, but to me the band sounded great - especially Richard Madden on guitar. The singers were also pretty good - the first guy, Simon Melly from oo la la, looked a bit Bon-esque - lean and wiry - and had the skinny jeans, singlet and long rockin hair (wig?). He also had some pretty good hip gyrations going on. I grabbed a photo op. with him which you can see here: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2350/2440333910_0cce6da453_b.jpg

One of the singers, John Cass, was apparently the owner of the Vanguard - and the guy who had put the salute together. Jessie pointed out that it was probably his idea to have such a long interval in the middle to up the bar sales. The famous Swanee was pretty impressive for an oldish fella. He belted out “Its a long way to the top”, which got the suited-man next to me headbanging.

I may not know all the words to all the songs - but I do have quite a thing for “She’s got the Jack”. There’s something about the ridiculously unsubtle double entendre which I find charming. So in between songs I yelled it out to the band hoping for a rendition. The last singer - who i guess must have been Max Smidt - was pretty good. He had the voice and the moves, and as the evening drew to a close, to my great excitement, he did my favorite song. Leaping off the stage he strutted his way (unsteadily) over the tables, working the crowd and getting them to sing out “JACK” at the appropriate moments. Finally he came over and flung an arm around me, pushing the mic in my face for me to whisper (seductively, I thought), “Jack”, and then turned to the audience for his punch-line “…and she looked like such a nice girl”. Well, I blushed - and i couldn’t help thinking - if that had actually been Bon, back in the day, i suspect I’d have been more than willing to get led back stage to share a bottle of vodka.

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