AC/DC - Bonfire
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Free Music Review: Almost a good box set
Hit: 3 Stars
I am a big fan of the bon scott ACDC, but could someone tell me why the Back in Black album is in this set & Jail break is not?Free Music Review: Unbelievable lost opportunity
Hit: 1 Stars
What is being lost in each and every review lauding this box set on to seventh heaven is what WASN'T included. Like most bands, the Bon-era AC/DC had a backlog of B-sides and demos that never got released in the digital age, and a whole lot of them are NOT here. The Volts disk makes absolutely no sense - after the first five demos, we get a live Sin City from the "Midnight Special" (but nothing else from that show), She's Got Balls from Bondi Lifesaver (and again, nothing else from that show), School Days, It's a Long Way to the Top, and Ride On. School Days actually makes sense; it never got released in the U.S, and only hardcore AC/DC fans possess the imported TNT, where it first appeared. But why are It's a Long Way and Ride On included on a box set of rare Bon Scott material?!? Not only had the former been available stateside for 21 years at the time of Bonfire's release (on High Voltage), but the latter had been available for years and years on TWO different albums: Dirty Deeds and Who Made Who.
This is just the beginning of Bonfire's wrongheadedness and idiocy. Many have carped about Back in Black's inclusion here, and they're absolutely right. Everyone on earth - even non-AC/DC fans - owns a copy of Back in Black in some format, whether it's 8-track, cassette, vinyl, or CD. Note to Eastwest records: WE DON'T NEED BACK IN BLACK ANYMORE. Most of us have owned it for over 20 years. Justifying it as part of this box by saying it's the band's tribute to Bon is asinine. It's a Brian Johnson record, period.
That an entire disk was wasted on an album that has sold a bazillion copies at this point is bewildering. There were plenty of rare Bon songs that should have been in this box; most are still only available on bootlegs. They are: Stick Around and Love Song (from the Aussie High Voltage), Rock in Peace (from the Aussie Dirty Deeds), Fling Thing (the B-side of Jailbreak), Crabsody in Blue (from the Aussie Let There Be Rock), Carry Me Home (B-side of Dog Eat Dog), and Cold Hearted Man (from the European Powerage).
Inserting the European Powerage as disk 5, with its different mix and the Cold Hearted Man song, would have made more sense than Back in Black. Hell, including the band's first single (with Dave Evans on vocals), Can I Sit Next to You Girl/Rockin' in the Parlour, would've made more sense than Back in Black. Not a Bon recording, I know, but neither is Back in Black, and many AC/DC fans aren't even aware this single exists.
And anyway, if you're going to put a Brian album in a Bon collection, why not include all the rare Brian tunes, like Snake Eyes, Borrowed Time, and Down on the Borderline? Face it fanboys and sycophants, Bonfire is a dud. The first three disks and the first half of Volts are essential, but the rest of the box is inexcusably lame.
Free Music Review: Nothing but rehashed AC/DC tunes
Hit: 1 Stars
I have one question about this boxed set. Why did they include "Back In Black?" The title itself - BONFIRE - indicates this to be some kind of tribute to Bon Scott. That being the case, why was Back In Black included? That album has nothing even REMOTELY RELATED to Bon Scott. Instead of Back In Black, they should have included "HIGHWAY TO HELL". Sure, every ac/dc fan already has it, but at least including it instead of Back In Black makes SOME sense. I have to agree with one of the other reviews - if i hear THE JACK or WHOLE LOTTA ROSIE or LET THERE BE ROCK JUST ONE MORE TIME - just O N E M O R E T I M E - It will make me so pig-biting mad, i'm gonna barf up my last bottle of Old Crow, by gum! "The Jack" is one song that, if i NEVER hear it again, won't be too soon for me. Actually, just about any AC/DC song that is longer than 3 minutes is TOO MUCH to me. Three-root-chord repetitions grates on my nerves after about 3 minutes. I have to hand it to them though - ANY band that can sell 80 million records just by rearranging root chords can't be all bad. I don't want to leave the impression that I don't like AC/DC though. On the contrary, I think Back In Black and Highway To Hell are 2 of the best hard rock albums ever recorded, but yeah, this BONFIRE box set is a dud. The Atlantic studio CD is worth the money but the rest is nothing but more attempts to cash in on AC/DC's popularity.Free Music Review: satisfaction gauranteed 5 stars, disreguard above scale
Hit: 1 Stars
reluctantly bought this set a few months ago used, and I havent stopped listening since. the atlantic studios disc is my favorite, perfect acoustics, crowd , set, etc. The paris stuff is great too ,but the larger arena yields a slightly lesser sound quality. disc 4 is like a cool new studio album with altered favorites and some good origionals. Some people didnt understand why back in black was included here (myself included), but listen to it again and you'll realize its a bon scott album being sung by another person.
Bon scott will always be my favorite singer/showman of all time. Unlike most whiny mansion living , hummer driving , rehab , modern rock stars , bon lived pretty much ghetto til the day he died, (much longer than he should have). Always grinning, never complaining, giving it all he had.
Free Music Review: overhyped Bon again....
Hit: 1 Stars
Bon bon bon.....boring!!! This set is not worth the price of admission. One of the disc's is just a copy of Back In black...as if any AC/DC fanboy doesn't already own it. The other three disc's hve some decent "unreleased" so to speak meterial but the sound quality sounds like bootleg quality and isn't even worth listening too. Waste of money.