History Awesome / ACDC

* Making bagpipes sound cool with "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock n' Roll)".

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* Making bagpipes sound cool with "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock n' Roll)".

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* AC/DC are responsible for a '''mind-boggling''' amount of HardRock classics, but maybe the most beloved worldwide is from ''Music/BackInBlack'': "You Shook Me All Night Long," one of rock's premier getting-laid anthems.
** Expanding on ''Back In Black's'' "Hells Bells": it opens with what sounds like funeral bells (referencing the death of Bon Scott). Then suddenly the Young brothers and the rhythm section come in with an EpicRiff, and Brian Johnson makes his debut with the epic lyric "I'm rolling thunder, pouring rain. I'm coming on like a hurricane."
** It's impossible to listen to the title track of ''Music/BackInBlack'' without feeling like a badass. Riffs don't get more [[EpicRiff Epic]] than that.
* "Thunderstruck" from their 1990 CareerResurrection ''The Razor's Edge.'' You already hear the "na NA na NA, NA na NAAAH nah" in your head now, don't you?
* If "You Shook Me..." is a classic getting-laid anthem, the title track from ''Highway To Hell'' is '''''the''''' de facto hedonism anthem, with one of the band's most recognizable riffs. Also serves as something of an epitaph for the all-too-short life of Bon Scott.
** "If You Want Blood (You Got It)"... not the live album, the song from ''Highway To Hell.'' An awesome, chunky EpicRiff and lyrics that add up to one big BadassBoast make for one of the best AC/DC album tracks ever.
* "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" (from the album of the same name) already has some awesome AddedAlliterativeAppeal, but the song itself gets the blood pumping quick and it's got Bon Scott's dirty skirt-chasing fingerprints all over it.
* "Jailbreak." Drunk Canadians probably remember this song, its three-chord monster riff, and Bon Scott's {{Badass}} tale of a prison break, for being featured in the cult movie ''[=FUBAR=]''.
* The aforementioned "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock n' Roll)" (from 1976's ''High Voltage'') is a bit [[OvershadowedByAwesome overshadowed]] by the other songs here, but it's a minimalist guitar boogie that serves as the AC/DC mission statement.
** Also from ''High Voltage,'' live favorite "The Jack" is the perfect way to illustrate how effective AC/DC are when they slow the tempo down; in this case, it's sleazy BluesRock with {{Double Entendre}}s galore. (In live performances they have new lyrics that don't even ''bother'' with the entendres!)
* ''Black Ice'' gives us "Rock n' Roll Train" which wound up becoming ''another'' comeback. The band play around with the time signature a bit and never once lose the meat n' potatoes style they always had. Also provided an awesome concert intro for the ''Black Ice'' tour, when they burst onto the stage ''with a life-size train.''
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** Expanding on "Hells Bells": it opens with what sounds like funeral bells (referencing the death of Bon Scott). Then suddenly the Young brothers and the rhythm section come in with an EpicRiff, and Brian Johnson makes his debut with the epic lyric "I'm rolling thunder, pouring rain. I'm coming on like a hurricane."

* It's impossible to listen to the title track of ''Music/BackInBlack'' without feeling like a badass.

* Angus Young playing "Thunderstruck"'s main riff with ''only one hand'' in the song's music video.

** Expanding on "Hells Bells": it opens with what sounds like funeral bells (referencing the death of Bon Scott). Then suddenly the Young brothers and the rhythm section come in with an EpicRiff, and Brian Johnson makes his debut with the epic lyric "I'M ROLLING THUNDER...POURING RAIN...COMING DOWN LIKE A HURRICANE..."

* According to a friend (yeah, that's what we all say), it's impossible to listen to the title track of ''Back in Black'' without feeling like a badass (yup).

* According to a friend (yeah, that's what we all say), it's impossible to listen to the title track of ''Back in Black'' without feeling like a badass.

* According to a friend, it's impossible to listen to the title track of ''Back in Black'' without feeling like a badass.

* According to a friend, it's impossible to listen to the title track of ''Back in Black'' without feeling like a {{badass}}.

* The fact that they managed to respond to Bon Scott's death with only the [[Music/BackInBlack second best-selling album of all time]], bested only by Music/MichaelJackson's ''Thriller'' and only because of sales outside of the U.S., and that album rocked (Hells Bells comes to mind).

* According to a friend, it's impossible to listen to the title track of ''Back in Black'' without feeling like a BadAss.

* The fact that they managed to respond to Bon Scott's death with only the [[Music/BackInBlack second best-selling album of all time]], bested only by Music/MichaelJackson's ''Thriller'' and only because of sales outside of the U.S., and that album rocked (Hells Bells comes to mind)

* The fact that they managed to respond to Bon Scott's death with only the second best-selling album of all time, bested only by Music/MichaelJackson's ''Thriller'' and only because of sales outside of the U.S., and that album rocked (Hells Bells comes to mind)

* The fact that they managed to respond to Bon Scott's death with only the second best-selling album of all time, bested only by MichaelJackson's ''Thriller'' and only because of sales outside of the U.S., and that album rocked (Hells Bells comes to mind)

* According to a friend, it's impossible to listen to the title track of ''Back in Black'' without feeling like a BadAss.

* According to a friend, it's impossible to listen to the title track of ''Back in Black'' without feeling like a BadAss.
** This troper disagrees. Listening ''Back in Black'' doesn't make you FEEL like a BadAss. IT MAKES YOU ONE!

** This troper disagree. Listening Back in Black doesn't make you FEEL like a BadAss. IT MAKES YOU ONE!

* According to a friend, it's impossible to listen to the title track of ''Back in Black'' without feeling like a BadAss.

** To be honest, playing the riff with only one hand isn't that impressive. The song itself, though...

* The fact that they managed to respond to Bon Scott's death with only the second best-selling album of all time. And that album rocked (Hells Bells comes to mind)