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RIP George Young

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Damn shame. A very private person too but can assume it was lung cancer that perhaps was the reason. Every interview I saw him in he always had a ciggie.
 
Bugger. Not many people can say songs they wrote were covered by David Bowie and Blue Oyster Cult.

Far before my time, but I always felt this was quite underrated:
 
It really feels like hell
An unassuming pioneer of Aussie music and driving force behind so much so many wouldn't have realised unless they took the time to go back and learn what this man achieved over the years. Never forgotten. RIP "guitar George"
 
I chucked on my copy of Lights in the Night the other day when I heard about this. I wonder why he always used that effect on his vocals? Every track. Not sure what it's called but makes his voice sound like an old radio news announcer.

Also never realised Walking in the Rain was a Vanda & Young song. Always thought it was Grace Jones.
 
Bugger. Not many people can say songs they wrote were covered by David Bowie and Blue Oyster Cult.

Far before my time, but I always felt this was quite underrated:


There is a much better film clip for this song featuring George and Harry and a mock up of the interior of The Titanic but it doesn't seem to be on YouTube anymore :huh:
 

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Yep. I went looking for it a while ago and it was gone after having watched it a while before that. Weird.

A while ago when I was watching a whole lot of old Aussie music I stumbled across a couple of great AC/DC clips filmed the same day as the one of them going down Swanston St on the back of the truck. The quality was amazing and they were just performing in some square or other with bystanders looking on. There were two clips, one was Long Way To The Top and I can't remember the other one, they too have disappeared :thumbsdown: Why would old stuff like this be removed? :huh:
 
A while ago when I was watching a whole lot of old Aussie music I stumbled across a couple of great AC/DC clips filmed the same day as the one of them going down Swanston St on the back of the truck. The quality was amazing and they were just performing in some square or other with bystanders looking on. There were two clips, one was Long Way To The Top and I can't remember the other one, they too have disappeared :thumbsdown: Why would old stuff like this be removed? :huh:
Copyright would be the only reason I can think of off the top of my head.
 
Copyright would be the only reason I can think of off the top of my head.

I wish I could watch those old clips again :( the AC/DC ones in particular were freakin awesome, it was like peering into history as I'd never seen them before.
 

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There is a much better film clip for this song featuring George and Harry and a mock up of the interior of The Titanic but it doesn't seem to be on YouTube anymore :huh:

Yeah, I remember seeing that clip. Classic.
 

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