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AC/DC Bon Scott, AD/DCQuotes:
I just go where the guitar takes me. - Angus Young Submitted by: recklesdisaster
| From what I still can gather Bon had fallen asleep in the car and had, more or less, asphixiated and it's called 'death by misadventure.' - Angus Young - on Bon Scott's death Submitted by: Celeste
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Jokes:
Q: What does AC/DC REALLY stand for? A: ACcepted/DeClined! Submitted by: Robert D. Arndt Jr.
| Q: why did the electrcity go out in Australia? A: because ac/dc was on a powerrage Submitted by: sheri
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Band Name Origins:
- This is the real story. AC/DC was on the back of Angus and Malcolm's sister's sewing machine not a vacuum cleaner. Submitted by: Celeste
- Angus Young (lead guitar) pretty much always wears a school uniform which his mother sews. The name AC/DC was on the bottom of the sewing machine, and most other electrical appliances. Submitted by: ED
Stupid Band Names:
- I guess they swing both ways? Submitted by: Tom
Music Performer Nicknames:
Known informally as: Jolt of Volt. Submitted by: Robert D. Arndt Jr.
Known informally as: Anti-Christ/Devil's Child. Submitted by: Hot Ray Chelle
Song Titles Not Used as Lyrics:
Song Name | Comments & Submitter Name |
| "Rock N' Roll Train" | Runaway train (running right off the tracks) - Stone Cold Crazio |
New Band Names:
New Name | Why It's Better | Submitter Name |
| Ack-Dick | For those who pronounce AC and DC as indiv. words | Evan Shortoria |
| Acey Deusy | they'd play this game while onboard a jet | Nameless? |
| AD/BC | They've set the history of rock back to Rome! | Alan the Ottoman |
New Song Names:
Original Song Name | New Song Name | Submitter Name |
| "It's A Long Way To The Shop If You Want A Bacon Ro" | "It's A Long Way To The Top If You Want To Rock N R" | JMasta |
| "G.M.C." | "T.N.T." | ThatAwesomeGuy |
| "Thirty Trees Done For Sheep" | "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" | ThatAwesomeGuy |
| "Hummerstruck" | "Thunderstruck" | ThatAwesomeGuy |
| "Mother's Truck" | "Thunderstruck" | Kaylie L |
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Literally Impossible Song Titles:
Song/Performer | Comment | Submitter Name |
| "Hell Ain't A Bad Place To Be," | Hell is a very bad place to be! | Isac |
| "Hell's Bells," | As far as I know, there are none. | Susanna Viljanen |
| "Thunderstruck," | Thunder doens't strike, lightning strikes. | JeReMy |
| "You Shook Me All Night Long," | You must be really dizzy | Ricky |
| "Highway to Hell," | I can't seem to find it on the map | Ricky |
There are additional literally impossible song titles available. | ||
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name | |
| "Highway Song," System Of A Down | "Highway To Hell," AC/DC | |
| "Mount Everest," Teenage Fanclub | "It's A Long Way To The Top," AC/DC | |
| "Stop," Jane's Addiction | "Can't Stop," ACDC | |
| "Daddy's Gun," Lisa Angelle | "Shoot To Thrill," AC/DC | |
| There are additional songs titles that answer other songs available. | ||
Remove a Letter From a Song Title:
"Soul Tripper" originally "Soul Stripper"
Peter
"Shake Our Foundations" originally "Shake Your Foundations"
Fred
"Sow Business" originally "Show Business"
Josh
"Love Bob" originally "Love Bomb"
Hmmm... Insert your own joke here.
Josh
"Love At Fist Feel" originally "Love At First Feel"
Karen Smith
There are additional song titles with a letter removed available.
Add a Letter to a Song Title:
"It's A Long Way To The Stop" originally "It's A Long Way To The Top"
Candy Welty
"Highway To Shell" originally "Highway To Hell"
As in a Shell gas station
Richard
"Stiff Upper Flip" originally "Stiff Upper Lip"
Richard
"Stiff Supper Lip" originally "Stiff Upper Lip"
Sutch
"Stiff Upper Lisp" originally "Stiff Upper Lip"
Sutch
There are additional song titles with a letter added available.
Change a Letter:
"Sour Stripper" originally "Soul Stripper"
Peter
"Soup Stripper" originally "Soul Stripper"
Peter
"Foul Stripper" originally "Soul Stripper"
Peter
"You Shoot Me All Night Long" originally "You Shook Me All Night Long"
That's not very nice, though.
Pat Mahiney
"Big Walls" originally "Big Balls"
Frank
There are additional song titles with a letter changed available.
Recordings:
July 28
a parody of "Highway To Hell" by AC/DC
Done under my pseudonym Nib Oswald with my friend Nick Foran on guitar and vocals.
YouTube: (YouTube)
Aug 19
a parody of "T.N.T." by AC/DC
Written by Matthias, recorded by Below Average Dave this is one of Matty's most heavy hit songs among his collection of nearly 500 written works.
soundclick.com: (mp3)
June 23
a parody of "TNT" by AC-DC
Here's another recording of my parodies. We've all seen those movies at the store, the ones we never saw an ad for, the ones that look pretty bad ...
SoundClick: (MP3)
Song Parody Lyrics:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "Hells Bells" | "Hells Bells (Eastern Lightning version)" | Hu's On First |
| "There's Gonna Be Some Rocking" | "There's Gonna Be Some Cherry (in The Pie Tonight)" | Peter Andersson a.k.a K1chyd |
| "There's Gonna Be Some Rocking" | "There Oughta Be Some Meat In" | Peter Andersson a.k.a K1chyd |
| "There's Gonna Be Some Rocking" | "I'm Gonna Need More Caffeine" | Peter Andersson a.k.a K1chyd |
| "Highway to Hell" | "Migraine from Hell" | Lionel Mertens |
| "It's a Long Way to the Top" | "It's a Long Way to the Shop (If You Want a Sausage Roll)" | Jimp |
| "Highway To Hell" | "Highway To Hell (2013)" | Immoral Liberal |
| "Back In Black" | "Back On Smack" | Pillicothe Guy |
| "TNT" | "Oin and Gloin" | 2nz |
| "TNT" | "D&D" | Phil Alexander |
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Songs for Commercials, That Haven't Been Done Yet:
Song Name | Product | Submittor |
| Black Ice | Leeds City Council | pickle |
| Big Balls | Katamari Damacy | Vic George |
| Big Balls | Wipeout | JeReMy |
| Highway to Hell | Hell's Kitchen | Icknabob |
| Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap | Dirty Jobs (TV Show) | brainstem |
| There are additional commercials that haven't been done yet available. | ||
Bad Choices for On Hold Music:
Song Name | Company/Organization | Submittor |
| Night Prowler | Insomniac Clinic | carly_carlz |
| Highway to Hell | California Highway Patrol | weathergirl123 |
| Ballbreaker | Male Reproductive Surgeon | weathergirl123 |
| Shoot To Thrill | Gun Control Organization | Todd W. Zimmerman |
| Dog Eat Dog | Humane Society America Animal Foundation | jdizzy |
| There are additional on hold music ideas available. | ||
Songs for Duets, That Haven't Been Done Yet:
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
| All Nightmare Long Metallica | You Shook Me All Night Long AC/DC | You Shook Me All Nightmare Long | Jack |
| Love On The Rocks Sara Bareilles | Whiskey On The Rocks AC/DC | Love Whiskey On The Rocks | Josh |
| Loves Me Like A Rock Paul Simon | Hard As A Rock AC/DC | Loves Me Hard As A Rock | Josh |
| Gives You Hell All American Rejects | Big Balls AC/DC | Gives You Big Balls | John |
| There are additional duets that haven't been done yet available. | |||
If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be:
Tenacious DC
Tenacious D combined with ACDC
Submitted By: GlamRockNinjaLord
All Time AC
All Time Low combined with AC/DC
...which is an anagram of Metallica :)
Submitted By: Jonathan S.
Washington, DC
Grover Washington Jr. combined with AC/DC
Submitted By: Joe
ABC/DC
ABC combined with AC/DC
They wear gold lame schoolboy outfits on stage.
Submitted By: neptunevsmars
There are additional AC/DC Combined Groups that haven't been done yet available.
Misheard Lyrics:
"Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"
Misheard Lyrics: Durga dunga the dungo deep
Original Lyrics: Dirty deeds and they're done dirt cheap.
| "Back in Black"
Misheard Lyrics: Cut loose from a noose
Original Lyrics: Let loose from a noose
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"Rocker"
Misheard Lyrics: I got little red socks, blue suede shoes...
Original Lyrics: I got lorex socks, blue suede shoes...
| "Beatin' Around the Bush"
Misheard Lyrics: Honey, I ain't around my eve.
Original Lyrics: Honey, I ain't that naïve.
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Misheard Lyrics Stories:
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"Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"
Misheard Lyrics: Dirty Pete and the thunder jeep.
Original Lyrics: dirty deeds done dirt cheap
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Story about this misheard lyric by: A.D.I.D.A.S. Another song from my youth which I heard terribly wrong until my mom heard me shouting "THUNDER JEEP!" in the back seat. |
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Song Parody Fragments:
"Moneytalks"
Better Lyrics:
Paisan, paisan,
Listen to your Mommy
Paisan, paisan,
Listen when your Mommy talks
Listen to your Mommy
Paisan, paisan,
Listen when your Mommy talks
Original Lyrics:
Come on! Come on!
Love me for the money
Come on! Come on!
Listen to the money talk
Love me for the money
Come on! Come on!
Listen to the money talk
Submitted by: Jonathan S.
"TNT"
Better Lyrics:
First you're a Dammit,
and then you're a baa,
Sort of looks like you
don't know who you are.
and then you're a baa,
Sort of looks like you
don't know who you are.
Original Lyrics:
So lock up your daughter,
lock up your wife,
Lock up the back door
and run for your life.
lock up your wife,
Lock up the back door
and run for your life.
Submitted by: Dylan Baranski
"You Shook Me All Night Long"
Better Lyrics:
You, you kicked my dog.
Original Lyrics:
You shook me all night long.
Submitted by: Anonymous Bob
Funniest Song Lyrics:
"Big Balls"
The Funny Lyrics: Some balls are held for charity
And some for fancy dress But when they're held for pleasure They're the ones that I like best Why They're Funny: This has to be one of the funniest songs I've ever heard. I haven't heard it in probably 20 years but I'll never forget the lyrics!
Submitted by: Newt Gingpoor
| "Big Balls"
The Funny Lyrics: I'm ever upper class high society
God's gift to ballroom notoriety I always fill my ballroom The event is never small The social pages say I've got The biggest balls of all Why They're Funny: It goes on for about five minutes like this. The best part is, you could argue that it's a totally innocent song.
Submitted by: Emily Hemmings
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Repetitive Song Lyrics:
"Hard As A Rock"
The Repetitive Lyrics: Hard as a rock
Hard as a rock Hard as a rock It's as hard as a rock Why They're Repetitive: The title keeps getting repeated. Anyway, do you have to keep telling her that? Since this is AC/DC theres no need to say just what "it" is, is there?
Submitted by: Ballbreaker in Babylon
| "Cover You In Oil"
The Repetitive Lyrics: Wanna cover you in oil
Why They're Repetitive: As though the idea of a fifty-year-old eunuch covering me in oil was bad enough, it's the sole line in the chorus! Over and over and over and over and over...
Submitted by: Adore
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Nonsensical Song Lyrics:
"You Shook Me All Night Long"
The Nonsensical Lyrics: She told me to come, but I was already there.
Why They're Nonsensical: This lady must've been pretty stupid to not notice that the guy was already present.
Submitted by: Rachel
| "You Shook Me All Night Long"
The Nonsensical Lyrics: She had the sightless eyes
Telling me no lies Why They're Nonsensical: What is this meant to be? I mean is his girlfriend blind or what? It just sounds stupid!
Submitted by: Rachel
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Dated Song Lyrics:
"Who Made Who"
The Dated Lyrics: The databank knows my number...
Running out of chips, you got no line in an 8-bit town Why They're Dated: What was commonly refered as a databank in the 80s is called a database now. And in 2006, 'you got no line in 64-bit town.'
Submitted by: Allen
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Dirty Song Lyrics:
"Let's Get It Up"
The Dirty Lyrics: Let's get it up. Right now!
Why They're Dirty: Let's get that rocket vertically up and ERECT on that mobile rocket launching platform! You can figure what COMES next.
Submitted by: Love Missile F1-11, Shoot It Up
| "Let Me Put My Love Into You"
The Dirty Lyrics: I've got reputations blown to pieces with my artillery
Why They're Dirty: an artillery from down under
Submitted by: Rod
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How to Pronounce a Band Name:
"Ay-see Dee-sy
Not "Ack Dick" as a friend of mine called it.
Submitted by: Fred
Song Lyrics That Mention Brand Name Products:
"Little Lover"
The Lyrics: Saw you in the front row
Moving to the beat Just movin' and groovin' Killed me when I saw The wet patch on your seat Was it Coca Cola? Product Brand Name: Coke
Submitted by: munkeyman
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Songs That Open With Their Titles:
"Back In Black"
Opening Lines: Back in black I hit the sack I've been too long I'm glad to be back
Comments: If you don't know by the opening lines what this song is about, then obviously the opening drumbeat will let you know.
Submitted by: Peter
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Boasting in Song Lyrics:
"Bad Boy Boogie"
The Boasting Lyrics: I had more dirty women than most men ever had.
Comments: Well that sounds like boasting, don't you think?
Submitted by: wadded beef
| "T.N.T."
The Boasting Lyrics: 'Cos I'm TNT, I'm dynamite
TNT, and I'll win the fight TNT, I'm a power load TNT, watch me explode! Comments: I'm convinced!
Submitted by: FussBudget
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Song Title Space Change:
"Rock 'N' Roll Dam Nation" originally "Rock 'N' Roll Damnation"
Submitted by: Yvette Bristle
"Soul's Tripper" originally "Soul Stripper"
Ha, ha! I tripped your soul!
Submitted by: Josh
"Rid Eon" originally "Ride On"
Submitted by: Josh
"Thunder's Truck" originally "Thunderstruck"
How can thunder own a truck?
Submitted by: H. Tim Smith
Bad Grammar in Song Lyrics:
"Rock n' Roll Singer"
The Lyrics: Gonna be a rock n' roll singer. Gonna be a rock n' roll star. Yes I are!
Why: It should be "yes I am" but they had to make it rhyme.
Submitted by: wadded beef
| "Let There Be Rock"
The Lyrics: Let there be drums, and there was drums.
Why: "Drums" is a plural. "Was" is for singular nouns. Therefore, "was" should be "were".
Submitted by: Just A Person
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Band Name Anagrams:
A CCD Submitted by: Calop
This name doesn't give you much to work with.
Song Title Anagrams:
"Move Blob" originally "Love Bomb"
Submitted by: Alyssa Jayne
"Bomb Vole" originally "Love Bomb"
Submitted by: Alyssa Jayne
"Arsehole Tit Wool" originally "Whole Lotta Rosie"
Submitted by: James d
"Lack Back Bin" originally "Back In Black"
Submitted by: Yvette Bristle
"Ban Back Lick" originally "Back In Black"
Submitted by: Yvette Bristle
There are additional Song Title Anagrams available.
Real Places Mentioned in Songs:
"Bedlum in Belgium"
The Lyrics: It was bedlam in Belgium
Bedlam in Belgium Came for a good time Left on the run. Why: Belgium is a country...
Submitted by: Carolyn
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Songs That Are Banned:
"Let Me Put Love Into You"
This song and the group's name made it half way to the top of the PMRC's notorious Filthy Fifteen list because it alledgedly had sexual content in it. The PMRC also assumed that the initials AC/DC stood for Anti-Christ/Devil's Children.
All I have to say to that is "WHAT?"?
All I have to say to that is "WHAT?"?
Submitted by: Celeste
"Shot Down In Flames"
banned from Clear Channel Radio after 9/11
Submitted by: weirdkid106
"Highway to Hell"
This was banned by Clear Channel after 9/11
Submitted by: brainstem
Song Title Acrostics:
GAB: "Gimme A Bullet"
Submitted by: Candy Welty
BIB: "Back In Black"
Submitted by: Travis
BIB: "Back In Black"
Submitted by: Rocky Balboa Constrictor
BIB: "Back In Black"
Submitted by: Hardrock
Song Title Spoonerisms:
"Rock 'N' Troll Rain" originally "Rock N' Roll Train"
Submitted by: Alan Toyce
"Eyed Ron" originally "Ride On"
Bon's checking out guys?!
Submitted by: Josh
"Runny Whole" originally "Honey Roll"
Ewww!
Submitted by: Josh
"Tie Hay, Woo Hell" originally "Highway To Hell"
Submitted by: Janice Ferrell
"High Hay To Well" originally "Highway To Hell"
Submitted by: Janice Ferrell
There are additional Song Title Spoonerisms available.
Upbeat Songs With Depressing Lyrics:
"Highway To Hell"
The Lyrics: I'm on the highway to hell
Why: This guy thinks that there's a party down there, but Satan's party is a party you don't want to be invited to!
Submitted by: Paul Warren
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Band Name Spoonerisms:
Daisy/Easy originally "AC/DC"
Submitted by: Not This One, Jacques
What A Band is Best Known For (aside from their music):
"Appearance in a Walmart commercial"
Around Black Friday, "Back in Black" appeared in commercials for Walmart.
Submitted by: JeReMy
"Phone Number Lawsuit"
36-24-36 is a woman's measurements. Some couple sued the band claiming that this number is their phone number. The lawsuit was filed when the AC/DC album "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" was released in the U.S.A. in 1981. The bogus lawsuit was thrown out. A real situation occured the following year when Tommy Tutone scored a big hit with "867-5309 Jenny".
Submitted by: I Do Dirty Deeds
"A song that can be used about a hit TV show"
The chorus of the song "Big Balls" can be used for a compilation of falls off the Big Balls on the hit ABC show, "Wipeout".
Submitted by: JeReMy
"School Uniform"
Agnes Young wore a School Uniform every time AC/DC would tour.
Submitted by: Paul Warren
Products Bands Should Endorse Based on Their Name:
An Electric Company
AC/DC = Alternating Current/Direct Current.
Submitted by: Dylan Baranski
Movies Named After Song Titles:
"Problem Child"
1990 film with John Ritter & Amy Yasbeck
Submitted by: Penelope Beckinsale
TV and Movies Mentioned in Lyrics:
"Hells Bells"
The Lyrics: I'm rolling thunder, pouring rain
I'm coming down like a hurricane Why: Rolling Thunder is a 1977 cult classic with William Devane and Tommy Lee Jones.
Submitted by: Sutch
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Bad Ringtone Choices:
"Hells Bells"
The Lyrics: You're only young but you're gonna die.
Why: In a hospital with terminally ill children, bad idea.
Submitted by: Thaddeus Gammelthorpe
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