R. I. P. Malcolm Young

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R. I. P. Malcolm Young

Postby Arneb » Sat Nov 18, 2017 11:53 pm

Maybe not the face, or the voice, or even the heart of AC/DC, but definitely their brain, boss and centre - It's Malcolm's band, as their drummer once said.

Having quit playing in the band in '14 because of progressive dementia, he died peacefully in a nursing home in Australia, his second home after his native Scotland. Not a very rock'n'roll way to go, but he seems to have had a gentle end, surrounded by the people he loved.

For all my classic buffery, I love that band and their relentless groove, their street-corner bravado, the way their one recipe almost always works infallibly. I watched a few YouTube videos tonight, and I totally reommend the songs taken from their Live at River Plate gig in 2009. These are ageing guys up there. Brian Johnson is putting up a fight against his failing voice and creaky joints every second, but they totally still had it at that time.
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Re: R. I. P. Malcolm Young

Postby Heid the Ba » Sun Nov 19, 2017 7:29 pm

I was never much of a fan but I’m still rocker* so I have heard enough of them and know enough fans for this to mean something to me.

I spent four hours in the car today, the CDs were Lynyrd Skynyrd, BOC, Green Day and Motörhead. Fuck me, autocorrect put the umlaut in.
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Re: R. I. P. Malcolm Young

Postby tubeswell » Sun Nov 19, 2017 9:38 pm

Aww Nooo. Bummer. RIP it up Malcolm
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