You pretty much described my teenage years perfectly. I remember cruising down the streets in my 81 firebird with the Windows down , long hair and blaring this song as loud as my radio would go.
Angus Young on lead guitar actually wears a school uniform because when he was a kid in Australia he would head straight for his guitar after school, no time for changing 🎸🔔🔥
The 'noose' that you saw in the Thunderstruck video from River Plate is a foot rest for Brian Johnson at the beginning of this song. He stands in it swinging, ringing the bell... do yourself a favor and watch the River Plate version of this song and 'Highway to Hell'... you'll love it!!!
The video where they are doing the Australian version of American Bandstand and the girls dancing around them is maybe one of the best videos on youtube. Prefer it over the one where they are on the back of the truck by quite a bit. It's been remastered now, and the video is called "It's a Long way to the Top" Promo Clip
If you listen to the whole album, your hair will grow longer and you just randomly flip off people that listen to pop. You just lose control of certain things.😊
I grew up in this era. We didn't take the music and culture for granted but it never occurred to us that it wouldn't last forever. In hindsight, this was the tail end of a multi-decade long era; a golden era in music 1940-1990. We knew music would change but thought it would just morph into something equally good ..... but it didn't. I feel very fortunate to have come of age in the 70s/80s.
What great music came out in 1940....what great powerful music came out before rock n roll? If you said 55-90 I would buy it but music was shit before rock n roll
@@emptyemptiness8372 The mid 40s is when the real/original R&B music started to get converted to rock with heavier sustained notes and bent strings by the likes of Chuck Berry, John Lee Hooker, and BB King, as the Boogie Woogies, B Bops, Gospel and Blue Grass was getting pushed aside in New Orleans, the mid 40s to mid 50s were more of a Rocking Blues era. Not exactly Rock, not exactly Blues. I would start Rock and Roll a couple of years earlier in the 50s, and add a couple of extra years in the 90s until it briefly changed to Grunge which only lasted 5 years and completely destroyed R&R as we loved it and for some strange reason it completely disappeared for the last 20 years, somehow replaced by Swift, Miley, Kylie, Diddy, M&M, Bieber, and all sorts of other manufactured no talent rubbish. Thank god Rock is being rediscovered, but will it ever go back to the glory days? I really hope it does.
One of my all-time favorite songs. I’m 60 years old and still jam out to this. When I’m driving my truck, I turn it all the way up and I love it. The two guys wearing the hats are brothers.
The gradual increase in tempo is what makes the song for me. It's like each member of the band eases into the song and the band comes together as the music gets faster.
Dude, I saw them for the first time in 1987 at the Capital Centre outside Washington DC. The whole joint went pitch black for a few seconds, and then all you heard was.... BONG.............. BONG............. and then this plexiglas tube filled with yellow lit-up smoke had come up out of the front of the stage. The giant cast iron Hell's Bell came rising up through the tube. At that moment I became a lifetime hardcore fan of The Boys. I saw them a few years later with my best friend at the Garden State Arts Center in NJ. As they always do, they closed the show with For Those About To Rock. At the guitar solo in the middle, these 3 giant battleship guns rose out of the front of the stage and angled out over the crowd. It got to the moment where it gets to "FOR THOSE ABOUT TO ROCK......" with Brian Johnson singing...... ......FIRE! and these 3 guns go off with a flash, smoke rings, and a shock wave that knocked the whole crowd a step back. I ain't never seen anything it before that or since. Good times.
The one thing that people either don't know or frequently forget is that AC/DC is, like Aerosmith, a blues band. Yeah, they've got everything cranked up to 15, the drums hit harder, the guitars scream louder, and there's more gravel in the singer's voice (regardless of which singer it is), but music is just down and dirty, nitty gritty blues.
Skipped school to go to my friend's house to listen to this album, Back in Black. No way would my parents allow me to own an AC/DC album. I've never regretted that day. So pleased you wish music like this was still being made today.
Whenever I am feeling depressed, run down, incompetent, ect.......This album will rise you up. Make you feel better, make you walk and talk better, make you shoot pool better, and make the drive better. Just so many betters,....you have no choice but to rock you head, tap your foot, and feel that combination of Young, Rudd and Williams run down your spine. It is naturally invigorating and inspiring. A true tribute to Bon.
AC/DC is Rock Legends. Angus could play the guitar falling down stairs and Brian sounds like he gurgles motoroil before bed! -Try reacting to Airbourne from Australia aswell if you wanna see something similar but a bit faster paced. They are ready to carry the torch when AC/DC closes the show.
Saw AC/DC perform in St. Petersburg, FL in the late '90s. They not only had a real church bell for this song, but pirate-era cannons for "For Those About to Rock". Everything they did live was real, nothing synthesized. Great reaction!
You absolutely nailed the feeling of the song with the Camaro or Firebird and the Jean jacket or the leather jacket just giving it hell flying not giving a shit about anything ready for anything. It was such a time and feeling of freedom. Go out cruise around and smoke a joint to this Andreas jam! Life was good!
If not on video, listen to yourself AC/DC "Big Balls". There's a double for you. And that's still Bon Scott on lyrics. "Back in Black" was the first album since his death, so first for Brian on the vocals.
wow, 1980 in my Firebird Convertible blasting this song, feeling like THE MAN, you must be psychic. I'm 63 now and have memories of the moment the cassette tape opened up those bells.
I'm an Aussie, born & raised on this music, I'm eternally grateful that my folks never gave into "music bad" hype that hit the 80's. They loved rock, they loved Aussie Rock more and I grew up listening to all of it; music will never be the same.
😂😂 I remember being 8 years old in the early 80's and putting this record on. Let's just say my mind and soul were blown. Game over after that. Best band ever.
For those about to rock (we salute you) I'm an 85 baby, so I never saw this live, but my parents told me stories about them using cannons in their performances for this song....wild...and a great song
Saw them in Frankfurt Germany in 1985... one of the cannons started a small fire, but nothing came of it. Seen the many times over the years. still have my ticket stubb from the Back in Black tour, saw them in Boston. All my 3 girls are AC/DCers. They never had a choice.
my girlfriend (dj) and I (ran the lighting system) for a decent sized rock and roll club and went to a lot of concerts together back in the day. AC/DC songs were some of the most requested songs we got at that time. saw AC/DC live in 81 or 82. they were the only band we ever saw that after leaving the concert, neither of us could hear for 3 days, lol. oh, the memories!
I was 9 years old in 1980 queing outside my local record store with my mom the day this amazing album was released ❤ Thank you mom for following me there 2 hours before they opened the store 😊
This was the album after their original lead singer died. Everyone thought that AC/DC would end, but then along came Brian Johnson and a whole new era started. I started listening to AC/DC as a teen in 1976
Saw them in concert 2 times, amazing group. I graduated in 96... for my 22 birthday my dad got us tickets to their concert. He was a 83 guy so he did exactly as you said.
What you described about driving to and from school jamming this is exactly what I did with me and my friends and especially junior year went to JVS and I drove a 63 Ford galaxy that we’ll see about 14 comfortably. We would burn down all the way to school. I got kicked out twice that year. Ended up going back to my home school the next year but we listen to a lot of AC/DC and Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath and Boston and we had a good time, my mom wasn’t very happy with me during those days but I was having a good time. Thank God my son didn’t grow up like me.
Time for a chat with your dad, Cliff! I'm sure he could point you to some great bands and music. So glad your giving the music that charted my youth a listen. Just hits so different!
I think 🤔 it’s time for you to hear the lads play a tune with Bon Scott as the lead singer!!! Brian Johnson replaced Bon after his sudden death. “It’s called “A Touch To Much“ Official Video. You will get a kick out of Bon and his song writing. Outstanding penmanship!!! So says Austin Tx. 🎸🎸😎🍸
Back in Black is definitely an AMAZING album start to finish. Turn it up to 11 and let it rip until the end. No weak tracks. This came out when I was a freshman in high school and I listened to it at least once every day for a year. I can't even count the number of times I have listened to this album in my life. Pushing 60 and I still pop the CD in the car crank it and rock out just like 40 years ago and maybe rock out a couple tickets too much. ACDC is nothin fancy, just straight forward rock and roll at it's best.
This reminds me of high school with friends cruising in a friends camaro or other late 60s car listening to AC/DC, Cheap Trick, Styxx passing a left hander or pipe around.
Growing up back in the 70's were a blast. Listening to all this great music in the 77 mustang driving to the lake with the guys to meet up with girls. Those were the days!
i saw ac/dc 1983 fly on the wall tour in denver colorado my first concert going lone as a teenager ...those about to rock was the closing song ..i could see the sound wave from the nose bleeds when the cannons when off .....of course i had a pocket of joints...great concert it was ...cheers cliff have a good one bro..oh yeah i was 13 ...lol
Fun fact. When they were starting out in the 70s they would do a live night gig in Sydney then go straight to the recording studio and record what they had just played. The theory was that this would help to capture the energy of a live performance in a studio recording. Seemed to work.
The bell that they ordered for the tour of this album, Back in Black, is a fittingly sized 13 ton church bell made especially for them by bell-makers in London, England. The bell is the largest musical instrument ever used in a rock concert, and has become a staple and icon of the AC/DC tour. The bell rings an iconic 13 times in the song, with the feeling of the song meant as a hard rock send off for their lost brother Bon Scott. RIP Bon! Your music has NEVER died!
I saw AC DC in 1991 Razors Edge concert in Jacksonville Florida and I have to say this is one of my favorite songs Hells Bells and they have a huge bell that came down and it was being wrung which was awesome.
I once walked into a music store, stopped and listened for a few seconds, turned to my husband and said 'AC/DC must have a new album out' They have such a distinctive sound, deliberately, Back In Black was my first DC album, I collected the rest over the years. You should look at one with their original singer Bon Scott, Let There Be Rock or Highway To Hell maybe.
Back in black.Was the first tape I ever bought.I was lucky enough to see ACDC in Seattle In 1980s when they were on tour . I got a little too drunk, but it was a great concert.
Cliff….. You should 100% do a full album reaction to Back In Black. One of the greatest rock albums EVER made. And the song order on that album is phenomenal!! Let’s go!
Anything from River Plate is a must-watch. The crowd shots are insane. Besides the usual suggestions below, you'll love "Whole Lotta Rosie". Welcome to our era of music - it cannot be topped. Great reaction!
This song gets me hyped up too.. AC/DC rocked!!!! I had an 88 fire bird in the 90’s ! I listened to rock, rap, pop and you never knew what I would be rocking lol
AC/DC’s beloved lead singer, Bon Scott, had recently died, and they almost quit. However, they brought In Brian Johnson and came out with Hells Bells, a tribute to their friend, Ronald Belford Scott, taken way too soon. You should check out Bon’s AC/DC next-Highway to Hell is full of bangers. The first time I heard them, I was 15, hearing “Girl’s Got Rhythm” at the local roller skating rink. That would be a great one to start with.
I remember sitting in the gym for graduation rehearsal and someone walking in with this cranked on a boombox. Perfect for the occasion. This was make or break song for the new lead singer and he more than exceeded expectations.
You cracked up with your high school and Firebird comment. I graduated in 86 and drove a gold Pontiac Trans am with T-tops if you know what those are . My friends and I drove with the tops off, wind through our hair, my Kenwood slide-out radio playing and cranking these tunes on our way to school and on the way home. Dam those were good times. Thanks for bringing me back for a minute. Got a tingle reliving that for a second. Much success to you.
Nice reaction. The noose is from Black in Black. "I'm let loose from the noose That's kept me hanging about". About their struggles after Bon Scott died.
My mum loves AC/DC. She has a bunch of the books about them and I bought her a couple of figurines of them. She was apparently really upset when Bon Scott died and Brian Johnson will never not be ‘the new guy’. 😂
When you live in a fish bowl (The Chicago inner city as you describe it) your experiences are severely limited. It's only when someone gets a net and drops you into a river that you start to see what you couldn't before. Then when that river empties into the ocean, you really see what you couldn't before. There is so much waiting on RU-vid for you to discover. Enjoy the temporal travel, not just the lateral genre journey. Today's music in a given genre is not the same as it was 50 years ago. Each generation stands on the shoulders of the previous generation. Sometimes for the better, sometimes not (honestly, mostly not). When you get tired of the harder side of the '70s, you can check out a milder side with Chicago and E.L.O. both have masterful vocals and instrumentals (Both are fullish orchestras).
I am 60. I was that guy cranking Hells Bells with my two 100 watt per channel 6 by 9s cranking and the woofer rattling the back window feeling like the man!
The first lyrical lines refer to the weather conditions outside the studio,other parts when an even tempered person or short fused one reaches a boiling point & exclaim " Hell's Bells anyway!!!" also when we can become our own worst enemy, because even when we have REASON to be angry, sometimes when we stomp on a pile of $#it all we do is spread it around
1980, 16 years old, in my Mom's '73 Le'Sabre, with my friend Jamey and a couple girls, in a parking lot, doing what young people do. And suddenly, I sat on the door, with the window open, and said wait, listen, this is new AC/DC. Once we heard it, we all knew they were going to be alright. 😂
I'm late to the party, but it's worth noting that "hell's bells" was an epithet in the UK. My grandfather used to shout "hell's bells and buckets of blood" when he stubbed his toe or hit his thumb with a hammer.
You mentioned AC/DC gets you "jacked up." Well, if you really want to get jacked up, check out She's Got The Jack. Its a very wholesome song about a woman who obtains a jack to lift her car so she can change a tire.😅
