..............cattle

Bon had the fortune to be in the band when it was on it's way to making it and superstardom. He had a swagger and when he sang it was almost like he was in on a private joke and he'd sneer it at you in little morsels. Notably are the songs "Sin City", "Ride On", "Jailbreak" and "Whole Lotta Rosie"...he's telling a story and is a bit player in the telling. The band all has a role and they do it to a deft perfection. Just something about his talk/sing and the high tone mixed with a scream here and there that did it for me.

It was the band's misfortune to lose a guy like him. They don't come around too often and when they do you KNOW you're seeing the real deal. They settled with Brian. Yeah, I say settled because they could've had any number of replacements. I really wish they would've grabbed Marc Storace. They would've been able to continue where they left off damn near seamlessly. PAul Shortino would've been another guy that would've enabled them to just pick up and go. What do your ears tell you?

Instead we got Brian. The dude sounds like he gargled down a Lye milkshake with a Draino backer. He looks like Bruce Springsteen when he's singing...it's that damn painful! By the end of the concert his vocal cords are shot. I've had the opportunity to meet up with him. He has a home in the Sarasota area and LOVES a local tribute band called Highway To Hell. If he's in town he NEVER misses a show and in some cases he'll hop up onstage with the band and sing for them. He LOVES the guy that covers him and he has an uncanny way of doing Bon and Brian's vocals to the point you close your eyes and you'd swear it's them. Likeable guy. I like some of the songs he sang..."Have A Drink On Me", "Safe In New York City", "Big Gun" and "Thunderstruck"...it's AC/DC but it really is a different band that was lucky enough to make it's living on Malcolm inventing some of the best intro guitar riffs that his brother Angus would expand upon with a drum and bass that would give a lightning storm a good run for it's money!

Live Wire

I have a box set called Bonfire of all the songs with Bon Scott. Live Wire, live at the Atlantic Recording Studios in NY, kicks serious ass.

Btw...I STILL remember dropping the needle on Back in Black for the first time and knowing I was hearing something special. Gaddam that album RAWKS!

Glad to see there are only 2 of you so far that love johnson

Well, Jade did use the word "c0ck" twice, and he would be likely to check off the "johnson" category by simple force of habit...

It's funny this thread happened today, because it was just last night or the night before when I first heard Dave Evans sing for AC/DC.

He's the original singer, and helped write "Can I sit next to you, girl?".

There's a video on youtube.

Pretty good, actually.

But Bon is the one.

A little too Glam Rock for me. I'm glad that they didn't continue down that road!!!!

Shawn - Ditto on the Bonfire Box Set. One of the best boxsets out there.

Funny thing is, he didn't always sing this way.

His former band is called Geordie.

I used to have a couple albums from them and they're not half bad.

Decent version of House of the Rising Sun.

A few other songs I can't remember, but if you google Brian Johnson Geordie you'll get some good youtube hits.

He actually sings pretty decent, without the harsh scream or anything.

but..............bon is gone. brian can hit some killer notes, but not for 2 hrs. his studio stuff ia great, but not live.

i'd rather have ac/dc the way it is than none at all.............................

agree.,,

me and the old lady saw them again a year or so ago and they were still good...