“The music is not in the notes but in the silence between.” Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
AC/DC: Two of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock & Roll
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AC/DC
Origin: Sydney, Australia
Genres: hard rock, blues rock,
rock and roll, heavy metal
Bon Scott formed AC/DC with brothers Malcolm and Angus Young in 1973. Angus was only 18, and his sister suggested he wear his school uniform on stage. The look became the band's visual trademark. The group's lyrics are about drinking, sex, and rock. In 1976, Rolling Stone wrote about the band's first release: "Hard Rock has unquestionably hit its all-time low."
Songwriters: Bon Scott, Angus Young, Malcolm Young
AC/DC exploded onto the international stage in 1979 with their sixth album, Highway to Hell. The title track from the LP was the first AC/DC song to chart in the US and drove sales for the album. Rolling Stone magazine ranked the tune number 258 of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
The Canning Highway in Australia is nicknamed the Highway to Hell. It runs from where lead singer Bon Scott lived in Fremantle and ends at a rock 'n roll drinking hole called The Raffles in the '70s. As Canning Highway approaches the pub, it dips into a steep decline. People die driving fast from the top of the hill on the way for a good night out.
When Bon says, "I'm on the highway to hell," it means that he was doing the nightly or weekly pilgrimage down Canning Highway to The Raffles bar to rock and drink with his mates: "Ain't nothing I would rather do. Going down, party time, my friends are gonna be there too." Just months after its release, Scott died of acute alcohol poisoning after a night of heavy drinking.
Back in Black
Single: AC/DC
Album: Back in Black
B-side:What Do You Do for Money Honey
Released: December 1980
Genre: Hard rock
Songwriters: Brian Johnson, Angus Young, Malcolm Young
"Back in Black" was the second single AC/DC released from the 1980 album of the same name. It reached number 37 on the Billboard Hot 100. The track's known for its opening guitar riff. In a retrospective piece on "Back in Black," Metal Hammer magazine wrote:
"There are rock songs that appeal to metal fans. And there are metal songs that appeal to rock fans. Then there is Back in Black – a rock and metal song that appeals to everybody, from dads to dudes to little old ladies beating noisy kids over the heads with their sticks – and it all hangs on that monumental, no-nonsense, three-chord monster of a riff."
VH1 ranked "Back in Black" number 4 on their list of the 40 Greatest Metal Songs in 2006. In 2009, it was named the second-greatest hard rock song of all time by VH1. In 2004, on their 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list, Rolling Stone included "Back in Black" at number 190 and "Highway to Hell" at 258.
The origin stories of Plastic Jesus™ are murky - full of myth and legend. He was the brain-child of Ed Rush and George Cromarty in 1957. But Rush has given two accounts of the conception of Plastic Jesus.™ According to one story, the song was inspired by a radio program in Del Rio, Texas, in the mid-1950s. The program was run by a dentist and religious fanatic who " sold the most outrageous stuff imaginable, all with magical healing properties. " One particular broadcast contained the line " ...leaning on the arms of Jesus, wrapped in the bosom of the Lord... "
Tumbleweed Connection Studio album: Elton John Released: October 30, 1970 Recorded: March 1970 Genre: Roots rock, country rock Tumbleweed Connection is Elton John 's third studio album. His attempt at American country and western themes reached number 2 on the UK Albums Chart and 5 on the US Billboard 200 chart. It was certified platinum in the US in August 1998. In 2012, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Tumbleweed Connection number 458 among the 500 greatest albums.
Highway to Hell
Back in Black 
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