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Posted By: Rajd07Even though a band is more successful with their new singer there are still those who prefer the band with the singer that was before. Lex Iron Maiden
Posted By: Rajd07To change this scenario a bit. If the Bon era wasn’t a success, or if the albums with him sucked, would Bon be so highly regarded as he is amongst die hards?
Posted By: ForThoseAboutToPostPosted By: Rajd07To change this scenario a bit. If the Bon era wasn’t a success, or if the albums with him sucked, would Bon be so highly regarded as he is amongst die hards?
If the albums sucked with Bon, AC/DC likely would have burned out and faded long before 1980, so that’s a hard one. But no, Bon is as highly regarded as he is only because he was great.
Posted By: Rajd07Posted By: ForThoseAboutToPostPosted By: Rajd07To change this scenario a bit. If the Bon era wasn’t a success, or if the albums with him sucked, would Bon be so highly regarded as he is amongst die hards?
If the albums sucked with Bon, AC/DC likely would have burned out and faded long before 1980, so that’s a hard one. But no, Bon is as highly regarded as he is only because he was great.
I think his greatness luckily happened to coincide with the Youngs most creative era. Would Brian have been as successful during the same circumstances? My guess is no. Would Bon have made a bigger difference for Ac/Dc during the Brian era if it was him instead of Brian? Lyrics maybe, but guess not.
Posted By: Demon FireIntriguing question. As someone who's a diehard Brian Johnson fan, I'd like to think that if he'd had replaced Dave and they'd have been just as great as they turned out with Bon but who knows. Although I think things turned out perfect as is. The big what if I have is would Back In Black had been as big with Bon.
Posted By: Rajd07Posted By: Demon FireIntriguing question. As someone who's a diehard Brian Johnson fan, I'd like to think that if he'd had replaced Dave and they'd have been just as great as they turned out with Bon but who knows. Although I think things turned out perfect as is. The big what if I have is would Back In Black had been as big with Bon.
My guess is that Ac/Dc would have been almost as successful also if it was Brian who replaced Dave. But then again, would the lyrics been even half as good as Bons? You don’t need to answer that .. xD. Bon is nr 1 imo not only because of his lyrics and how he delivered those lyrics, but also because he had a certain x-factor around him that very few front men has. I guess BIB would have been great also with Bon. Great but different. Even though it’s hard to imagine anyone doing a better job on BIB than Brian.
Posted By: BSeattleI think that those who love Bon, wouldn't be "resentful", but would look back on the "Bon years" with nostalgia, and as a perfect encapsulation of a band who has been struggling to make it (with all the trappings of that era), and is about to make it big.
As great as Brian is, the whole vibe around the band had changed, post BIB.
The mystique around "Bon era AC/DC" would probably be even more glorified for it's grimy, blue collar vibe.
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