This 1975 Rock Classic NEVER CHARTED… It Now Has a BILLION STREAMS! | Professor of Rock

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I discovered AC/DC in 1980, my senior year in high school. Back In Black had just came out. Once I heard more, I went to the local record store and found the other albums with Bon Scott and started blaring their music. Haven't stopped since. I'm 61 years old now

An AC/DC story: I was driving home one warm, spring Sunday morning from a night shift with my windows down, and while stopped at a stoplight, a well-dressed family who looked like those "proper" people on televangelists shows (going to church, obviously) pulls up next to me. Then the AC/DC song BIG BALLS comes on the radio. I look out the side of my eyes at them, and the teenage daughter is trying not to laugh, the dad gets this disgusted look on his face and the grandmother is telling everyone to roll up the windows now!

I'm an Aussie and was in my teens during the 70s, so AC/DC, or Acca Dacca as we sometimes call them, were are huge part of my journey of musical discovery. So proud that a band from Down Under and from Sydney went on to rise to the top of the rock world, and do so without any compromise to their music. They stuck to what they loved and let the rest take care of itself. They had the usual dips that ensue but they are still going and probably lasted longer than bands that try to follow the trends.

To me AC/DC was AC/DC with Bon Scott. To this day it still makes me sad thinking of Bon dying. What amazing music he could have made with the band had he lived. He was the perfect front man for AC/DC. Two of their most underrated songs. Night Prowler and Ride On. What could have been had Bon lived. Thank you for sharing the story about your son, had me choked up a little. A proud father loving his son. Thank you for your YouTube channel and great stories,

I'm a woman who loves ACDC. ACDC is a band that has a central location in my heart and mind. The power of their songs, the beat, the lyrics, the unforgiving masculine TNT energy. I love it! As a girl, my peers didn't understand my attraction to ACDC, as a woman my peers asked "How can you like ACDC? Their lyrics are not women-friendly" I can't hear them over my head-banging. I don't think my story will get many views, but I'll share it anyway. Women--why do you like rock? Is it the yang to your yin? One thing is for sure, my self-confidence gets a boost every time I hear their music.

AC/DC is basically the best bar band ever put together. Their songs usually sounded kind of raw and they weren’t complex arrangements, but they had hook after hook, great rhythms, lyrics, timing and pacing.

I have noticed over the many decades since I first heard "Big Balls" that every 12 year old boy seems to suddenly, magically know all the words to it.

Love the story about your son. I have a similar one about mine. He was 6 yrs old, taking a bath, and it suddenly got quiet. I had the door open so I could hear him from the next room, but the sudden stillness concerned me. I raced across the hall, and just as I entered the bathroom he belted out "cause I'm TNT, I'm dynamite"...13 years later and it still makes me laugh

The transition to Brian Johnson after Bon Scott’s death has to be the most seamless of any band changing lead singers. Shows what true pros the band and their producers were.

I was the first of my music loving friends to discover AC/DC back in ‘76. We were all blown away and couldn’t wait for them to release more albums. Hearing of Bon Scott’s passing was truly heartbreaking.

That story you told about your son and T.N.T. brought tears to my eyes. I never shared music with my dad. He was into big band music , Perry Como & Bing Crosby etc.

"Oi" is a very common and extremely Aussie expression. If you see someone across a paddock and you want to get their attention, "oi," is often what you would call. It became enshrined in this song and resonated because it was so common. It later became that staple Aussie chant you can hear at every international sporting event, "Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi, Oi, Oi. The Australian in the battery add is Mark 'Jacko' Jackson. A larger than life Australian Rules football player that had more arse then class. When he says "oi" he is not borrowing from anyone, he is just being an Aussie.

This song and the band's music is played by the US military all over the world. Never seen so many air guitar solos in my life. Biggest grins on so many faces. Thank you AC/DC. Bon Scott 😈😇

they rock i gave my dad a ac/dc dvd to watch when he was 69 after that he went out and bought all of ac/dc cd,s you could here him jamming a block away when he would come over. he passed away at 80. he was hoping they would have been closer to see them in concert.

In my opinion AC/DC is hands down the best rock band of all time. Their music and sound is unique, their live shows phenomenal, and their energy is awesome. There will never be another band like them.

Bon Scott era AC/DC is fantastic. Oi! Oi! Oi!

Went to HS from 77-81. Discovered and became a fan of AC/DC almost immediately and they remain one of my favorite bands to this day. Spin my original vinyl often. Great episode.

At school in Sydney all the boys were acdc fans and all the girls were fans of another rock band called The Angels. That's what made the Sydney Back In Black concert so great - The Angels were a support act. I think acdc also have the greatest live album - If You Want Blood.

Always interesting when a song doesn't catch on when it comes out but becomes a massive hit later.