AC DC's Highway To Hell (33 1/3)
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| Rating | : | 4.10 (502 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1441190287 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 144 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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Why does Highway To Hell matter to anyone beyond non-ironic teenagers? Blending interviews, analysis, and memoir with a fan's perspective, Highway To Hell dramatizes and celebrates a timeless album that one critic said makes "disaster sound like the best fun in the world.". Released in 1979, AC/DC's Highway To Hell was the infamous last album recorded with singer Bon Scott, who died of alcohol poisoning in London in February of 1980. The best songs on Highway To Hell achieve Sonic Platonism, translating rock & roll's transcendent ideals in stomping, dual-guitar and eighth-note bass riffing, a Paleolithic drum bed, and insanely, recklessly odd but fun vocals. Officially chalked up to "Death by Misadventure," Scott's demise has forever secured the album's reputation as a partying primer and a bible for lethal behavior, branding the album with the fun chaos of alcoholic excess and its flip side, early death. Joe Bonomo strikes a three-chord essay on the power of adolescence, the durability of rock
Joe Bonomo teaches in the English Department of Northern Illinois University. He is the author of Sweat: The Story of the Fleshtones, America's Garage Band (Continuum 2007), and Installations (Penguin), a collection of prose poems. . His personal essays and prose poems have appeared in numerous literary journals
Not Enough Info I expected WAY more from this little tome: I thought we would get a blow by blow of THE MAKING OF HIGHWAY TO HELL. Maybe 5% of the book discusses this. For the rest, we get descriptions of what the author thought of the songs during his teenage years. And which of his friends still like the album now. And a brief history of Bon Scott.I know there's precious little info out there on the making of this album. Writing a book like this is not easy. But when so little of the book covers the making of the album in the studio. we get stuck with filler material that adds very little to the historical importance of this album. Do no. J. Hundley said Great fun, as it should be. I am one of those annoying Bon Scott people: I admit, when he died, so did my interest in AC/DC. His drunken Donald Duck vocals, and loopy, winkingly, silly-stupid-goofy lyrics were what made the band great. All due respect to the Young brothers (and Phil Rudd and Cliff Williams), no matter how catchy, driving and (yeah) rocking the music, Scott was the cement. Brian Johnson seems like a wonderful guy and I suppose he has his charms, but for me, his voice is just shrill and his lyrics just stupid-stupid.My personal favorite has always been Let There Be Rock (Dlx), but Highway to Hell is probably the one most people would ch. Great for Bon Scott fans Rich L. The writer is a HUGE Bon Scott fan. And he makes his arguement for Bon very convincingly throughout the pages of the book. His personal testimony, as well as analysis of the album, and its relevance to the AC/DC discography, is to the point and free of pretension. My complaint is this: I too prefer Bon to Brian Johnson. I believe you could take everything from the Bon years and put together an album of your choosing that would make up the best AC/DC album. As such, it still remains that "Back In Black" is their best album. Yes, as a whole they were better and much more entertaining with Bon, but if it wasn't for his death,
He is the author of Sweat: The Story of the Fleshtones, America's Garage Band (Continuum 2007), and Installations (Penguin), a collection of prose poems. . His personal essays and prose poems have appeared in numerous literary journals. About the Author Joe Bonomo teaches in the English Department of Northern Illinois University