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"Back in Black" - song analysis. For those interested.
Back in Black
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Re:"Back in Black" - song analysis. For those interested.
2012/12/11 12:55:04
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THIS ONE'S PRETTY EASY TO BREAK DOWN
hence, the genius of lange and acdc as a team
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Re:"Back in Black" - song analysis. For those interested.
2012/12/11 13:03:07
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Re:"Back in Black" - song analysis. For those interested.
2012/12/11 13:08:41
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Nice. One of my favourite rock songs, and a superb, simple riff.
Was watching AC/DC live at River Plate over the weekend, and it is remarkable how clean the guitars are, which seems to make them way more punchy and powerful.
Still a fine live band.
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Re:"Back in Black" - song analysis. For those interested.
2012/12/11 13:17:05
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I remember wearing out a few Back In Black albums...
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Re:"Back in Black" - song analysis. For those interested.
2012/12/11 13:33:53
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I remember when this album came out my best friend's older brother painted his entire bedroom (walls and ceiling) jet black and painted a huge AC/DC logo in silver. I just felt like my life would be revolutionized if I, too, could have a black bedroom. Fortunately, my mother was having none of it 
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Re:"Back in Black" - song analysis. For those interested.
2012/12/12 07:20:13
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The drummer looked pretty glum though at that gig, but I did enjoy the shots of him playing away with a fag (of the Brit kind!) dangling from his mouth. I thought the crowd were awesome, and some great overhead camera angles of the whole lot moving about. And great to see Angus still leaping about all the time.
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Re:"Back in Black" - song analysis. For those interested.
2012/12/12 07:39:58
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So, like... how does Booby O decide that Phil Rudd is behind the beat rather than figuring that Mr. Angus may be off the front?
Any body know what key it's in?
I wanna go clean out my cookies.
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Re:"Back in Black" - song analysis. For those interested.
2012/12/12 07:50:41
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Good point Mike. I would hazard that Angus is pushing the guitar, and the rhythm section is bang on.
I'll take a stab at A for the key...
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Re:"Back in Black" - song analysis. For those interested.
2012/12/12 10:18:15
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A is always a good guess for most AC/DC or Ted Nugent song. LOL!
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Re:"Back in Black" - song analysis. For those interested.
2012/12/12 10:41:39
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A is always a good guess for most AC/DC or Ted Nugent song. LOL! Pioneers, for sure. Everybody else was in E (you kids probably know it these days as "D").
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Re:"Back in Black" - song analysis. For those interested.
2012/12/12 10:49:23
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Re:"Back in Black" - song analysis. For those interested.
2012/12/12 10:49:56
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Interesting that Owsinski doesn't mention the mastering, or lack of "volume maximizing" that is responsible for the big punchy sound. There is some compression on the drums, but not like what's normal on current recordings of the same genre.
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