AC/DC are about to be paid a glowing tribute at Holyrood in recognition of the rock band's Scottish roots.
South of Scotland MSP Christine Grahame has lodged a parliamentary motion calling for the achievements of the group to be acknowledged.
Founding members Angus and Malcolm Young were born in Glasgow before the family moved to Australia in 1963.
And former frontman Bon Scott was born in Kirriemuir, where there is a memorial plaque in his honour.
Given the...ehmm...bluntness of their lyrics:
She was a fast machine
She kept her motor clean
She was the best damn woman I had ever seen
She had the sightless eyes
Telling me no lies
Knockin' me out with those American thighs
Taking more than her share
Had me fighting for air
She told me to come but I was already there
etc etc etc
...and the means by which their ex-vocalist departed to meet the Great White-haired Headbanger in the sky, you’ve got to wonder they really have been the best role model for Scotland's long-haired youth- but as Ms Grahame points out, Bon Scott did have a 'Scotland forever' tattoo and they did once all wear a Scottish shirt round about 1978 or so. Fair enough then, really.
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And those great British icons - the Beatles and the Rolling Stones - particularly the latter are blame free eh?
Mick Jagger - the only knight of the realm to blatantly appear in a home porn movie - "Cock Sucker Blues"
Keith Richards - don't go there
Bill Wyman - how old exactly was Mandy Smith when he started seeing her?
If the UK Parliament passed a resolution praising the Stones, would you protest?
Are those lyrics misogynistic? Sounds like the lady in question is on top of things....
Anyway I still think AC/DC are a great rock and roll band despite the revelation of their Scotch roots.
Concerning the Beatles, remember Macca was busted for smuggling drugs into Japan!
And of course the Beatles freely admitted that they beat up and robbed some people when desperate for money during their Hamburg days. I remember it started off with them attacking a fat drunk sailor that had befriended them whose bulging wallet they could not resist.
Macca - a future member of the House of Lords maybe?
Aberdonian,
If for nothing else, for writing "Sympathy for the Devil" Mick Jagger deserves every gong going! The original psot was supposed to be slightly tongue in cheek, having more of a pop at Christine Grahame rather than AC/DC's position in the overall cultural fabric of the nation. She's seriously stretching credibility recently with some of her more wayward. statements
aww,cmon man, what have we stooped to when we have to drag the gods that are AC/DC into nat bashing.
Im scottish, i love AC/DC, and think its great that theres a Bon scott memorial in his hometown. What is missing from all this is that they are primarily an australian band, the young brothers AND phil rudd consider themselves australian, while Brian Johnson and cliff williams are english.
While i think ALL parliaments everywhere should immediatley acknowledge the brilliance of AC/DC,not quite sure what business it is of the Scottish one.
>>I'm seriously stretching credibility recently with some of my more wayward statements<<
That's better! Just changed the gender of your silly attack on the recent object of your attentions(stalker alert?)and more fitting methinks. C'mon O'neil time to reevaluate the constant pettiness. Oh and the irony and hypocrisy around your response to the Aberdonian typifies a serious brass neck.
Have a great Christmas!
Making a political football out of something as apolitcal as AC/DC really is stretching it bit far. Great rock band and never ones for poitical tub thumping, something some of our Irish 'rockstars' like Bozo and Sir Bob could learn from
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