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blinduncledallas wrote:NC

I was in bar on AC/DC Lane in Melbourne (yes, they have changed the name in honour) the other night. There is a bunch of letters on the wall from Bon Scott to his then ex-wife that he wrote whilst he was on tour. I can't believe how honest they are and so well written even though he is clearly out of his nut when he wrote them. How many of us can write hand-written letters when fucked up?

Below is a transcript of the picture I took of one of them.

TRANSCRIPT:

Dear 'Rene,

Hi There. Tis About four in the morn (Mon). The Bar's closed... the bottle of black jack (daniels) is empty... We're outta dope... The TV's finished... I don't have anybody to fuck.. I've dropped a Qualude (V)... I could go on all night but I won't... We're two days from the finish of our U.S Summer tour... It's been fourteen weeks + of course we did a month in England before that. We have Six days off before touring England + Europe again for a month. Boring In'it. I should be back in Sydney about Arround (sic) Nov 16th As . we . is . come . back - record. (it's these *UNREADABLE*). We're recording for maybe a month + hopefully January will be off. Now I've had days off since I joined this band.. But not our whole thirty one day month(?). I'll come + see you and the family in Adelaide-.. Oh shit, I forgot you are in Melbourne. I'll come to see you anyway (just don't die between now and then. I don't feel like going to hell yet.. Yuk Yuk)
Say hello to Mum + Faye Barry Kath. Sounds like a Port Pierrie Cheerio call on the ernie *UNREADABLE*. Say Hi to them all.

Love to see you soon

BON

blinduncledallas wrote:NC

I was in bar on AC/DC Lane in Melbourne (yes, they have changed the name in honour) the other night. There is a bunch of letters on the wall from Bon Scott to his then ex-wife that he wrote whilst he was on tour. I can't believe how honest they are and so well written even though he is clearly out of his nut when he wrote them. How many of us can write hand-written letters when fucked up?

Below is a transcript of the picture I took of one of them.

Dear 'Rene,

Hi There. Tis About four in the morn (Mon). The Bar's closed... the bottle of black jack (daniels) is empty... We're outta dope... The TV's finished... I don't have anybody to fuck.. I've dropped a Qualude (V)... I could go on all night but I won't... We're two days from the finish of our U.S Summer tour... It's been fourteen weeks + of course we did a month in England before that. We have Six days off before touring England + Europe again for a month. Boring In'it. I should be back in Sydney about Arround (sic) Nov 16th As . we . is . come . back - record. (it's these *UNREADABLE*). We're recording for maybe a month + hopefully January will be off. Now I've had days off since I joined this band.. But not our whole thirty one day month(?). I'll come + see you and the family in Adelaide-.. Oh shit, I forgot you are in Melbourne. I'll come to see you anyway (just don't die between now and then. I don't feel like going to hell yet.. Yuk Yuk)
Say hello to Mum + Faye Barry Kath. Sounds like a Port Pierrie Cheerio call on the ernie *UNREADABLE*. Say Hi to them all.

Love to see you soon

BON

connor wrote:
I have never agreed with a single opinion that user "dimpfelmoser" has expressed. Here, user "dimpfelmoser" is simply carrying on that tradition.

It is my opinion that his taste is lame.

tmidgett wrote:

Dylan wrote:They will forever hold a special place in my heart, no matter how many Rubin-fucked records they make.

By the way, I have heard three different interpretations of the beginning of "For Those About To Rock" - which one do you favour?

1st & 2nd string, round about the 12th fret
1st and 2nd string, open B
1st & 3rd string, 12th fret-ish

In my mind's ear, it's not an open string, and the interval seems farther apart than one string--you know, in terms of timbre, the way a fretted low A seems deeper than a ringing A string.

So I think the third option.

This gets to the genius of the rhythm playing--Malcolm very, very rarely plays more than four strings tops, and most of the time it's two or three.

And he selects the particular strings and voicings and his chord positioning very deliberately.

And he will play a given riff two or three different ways depending on where it is in the song--intro build-up, post-chorus comedown, rave-up part. Often the rhythm is the same, but he will add a note, play it farther up the neck, play a previously fretted note on an open string, etc.

Not even getting into his picking technique, muting, etc. It's extremely sophisticated playing.

You can learn most of what there is to know about playing hard rock rhythm guitar by listening carefully to all of Back in Black. It's basically all there. And he continues to get it right on every record, even when the songs are not up to snuff. He's absolutely terrific.

Lemuel Gulliver wrote:What DVD of them live is best to begin with? I'd prefer Bon-era, but any'll do. Dylan, I assume you recommned Family Jewels. Anyone know how the Donington one is?