A buddy of mine's daughter was in a Chili's one night . She had noticed a tour bus in the parking lot and was curious who might be there . I'll be damned if she didn't see Rod Stewart sitting at the bar . Her friends dared her to go talk to him . She walked over and sat down next to him and chatted him up . He told her she should buy him a beer .I guess he was joking . When she told him that she couldn't because she was underage , he excused himself to go to the restroom ..

Good suggestion. I don't want to derail anything so I'll follow it.

Bob

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Originally posted by straightshooter1:
Never heard of him, though I have heard of the band. Never heard their music but saw the clips on this thread and it's just not my type of music.

Sounds like a couple of ignorant, low class clods, given your initial reason for noticing them-the F bombs your wife said they were dropping.

I understand the reasons for using profanity, but in public, in a restaurant setting, with men and women (children?) present, using the F bomb as you describe suggest trash or just a drunk, regardless of who the user may be.

Bob

Newcastle is pretty close to Scotland after all...

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Originally posted by straightshooter1:
Never heard of him, though I have heard of the band. Never heard their music but saw the clips on this thread and it's just not my type of music.

Sounds like a couple of ignorant, low class clods, given your initial reason for noticing them-the F bombs your wife said they were dropping.

I understand the reasons for using profanity, but in public, in a restaurant setting, with men and women (children?) present, using the F bomb as you describe suggest trash or just a drunk, regardless of who the user may be.

Bob

We were at the bar and he was right next to us. Not like anyone could hear them. My wife was eavesdropping a bit as we enjoy chatting with people at the bar. I didn’t even hear them.

Apart from that AC/DC are rock legends. My 86 year old mom knows them, my kids know them. Hearing a rock star drop f bombs at a bar is not surprising.

I updated the title so people will know before clicking who he is.

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Originally posted by smschulz:
Just a suggestion if you don't know who this is, who the band is and/or don't like the music you probably should just move on to the next thread.
It just shows your ignorance and derails the positive vibe of the thread.
Just a suggestion.

Jesus, no kidding. Go spread cheer elsewhere.


Frayed, that’s awesome. Always like hearing good stories when someone meets a giant in the music industry and it’s a pleasant interaction.

I always liked Bon Scott better (RIP), but that's pretty cool.

Those about to rock.... salute you!

Oh, you young people and your rock and roll! I don't know who these foul mouthed hooligans are.
After an episode of Matlock I'll put a Benny Goodman record on my phonograph, now thats real music!

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Originally posted by sigspecops:
Oh, you young people and your rock and roll! I don't know who these foul mouthed hooligans are.
After an episode of Matlock I'll put a Benny Goodman record on my phonograph, now thats real music!

Kids these days... Get off my lawn!

(The funnier part is that, as already noted, AC/DC is considered "Classic Rock", and those that grew up on it in the late 1970s and 1980s are themselves pushing 50/60 nowadays.)

While I am not a particular AC/DC fan, they are certainly well known, and very popular.

It is fun to meet someone you admire or like for a talent. Cool.

Huge AC/DC fan here .

You know who else owns a home in Sarasota? Mick Jagger. Do we have to explain who that is as well? At least this thread was actually about Brian Johnson for a change. I can’t tell you how many times on the forum I’ve misread Boris Johnson as Brian Johnson.

I’ve only seen AC/DC twice and it was awesome both times. 8th row center at Alpine Valley. 10th row center in the Dane County Coliseum for the Razor’s Edge tour. The cannons reverberating inside the Coliseum during For Those About to Rock was incredible. That was fun because I got to meet Angus Young backstage after the show. I will never sell my Marshall JMP or my Gretsch Malcolm Young.

At the small, private Christian college I attended in the early 1980's, AC/DC were regarded by many as minions of the dark side. This was at the height of the backward masking/subliminal messaging hysteria. It wasn't until several years after graduation I watched the AC/DC episode on MTV's Behind The Music and realized the band was nothing more than a group of hard drinking, hard living rockers - nothing more. In our country, we would call them good ole boys.

Very cool

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Originally posted by RogueJSK:
The funnier part is that, as already noted, AC/DC is considered "Classic Rock", and those that grew up on it in the late 1970s and 1980s are themselves pushing 50/60 nowadays.

Yep. Classic rock, and I'd say heading more towards soft rock these days compared to modern heavy rock and metal genres.

I probably paid for that beer. In between 8 tracks in the 70's, cassettes in the 80's, CD's in the 90's and finally all the downloads to my phone, plus a dozen or so concerts.

I had a friend with a limo service, during Jamboree in the hills I would help him out driving. Drove a limo from Columbus or Pittsburgh to the field, a couple hours each way. Met all the big names in country music, Willie, Waylon, Kenny,..... almost all of them were nice, enjoyed to talk, and great tippers as well.

That's so cool!!!
Malcolm Young was one of the most influential guitarists that got me into playing. I would have had a hard time being cool when I noticed him.

Funny thing about AC/DC.... I listen to Metal/Hard Rock when I work out. I have AC/DCs Thunderstruck album loaded in my music. Was on the treadmill one time getting about 112 heartbeat when they came on. Within a half-minute, my heartbeat went up to 130+ BPM on that music!

BTW, I'm in my 70s.....

Very cool experience! I have had relatively few brushes with anyone famous. A weekend or two ago a fellow brushed past me at ComicCon and I looked back to see it was Actor Robert Patrick , starred as the liquid metal robot in the Arnold movie Terminator 2.

The other was a surreal experience in 1986. I was driving to my girlfriends house in Clarksville TN from Ft Campbell. I stopped at a large, main 4 way intersection. Even though it’s morning, I’m air drumming and rocking out with the car stereo. I noticed a limo beside me with all the occupants watching me as if I was the strangest thing on Earth. Meh. I looked away and continued to jam out. The next time I looked back they were still looking at me but with a strange, perplexed look, almost as if I was missing something obvious. As I turned away it hit me that they had an expectation that I should recognize something. Or someone…. Then it hit me. The gentleman in the back was Kenny Rogers. As I looked back with recognition on my face the entire car looked as if they were laughing. This was early morning on a Saturday with no other cars around. They motioned for me to pull over at a business so I did amd they followed. These kind folks got out and spoke with me with laughter and a familiarity southern people know and I couldn’t believe it.

At the time I was 19 years old. Mr Rogers said he was in town to make a music video in downtown Clarksville and invited me and my girlfriend to attend which we did happily. The video he filmed was to a song “Twenty Years Ago”. That was quite an experience for me. Brian Johnson would have been much cooler but I’ll take it.

Super cool- sounds like you could bump into him again if he goes out much.

Check that off your bucket list!