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Deep thoughts about creativity, commerce, and AC/DC

 

So to follow my train of thought here I need you to think like an alien. Forget about whatever you think about AC/DC. Whether you like them or hate them. Pretend that you're from a different planet discovering AC/DC for the First Time.?

The first question is can you do that?

So this is basically what happened to me the other day when Caspian reminded me that there's a song that he knows from a cartoon movie it sounds a lot like "Thunderstruck."

It's probably a cover in a Pixar movie or something.?

So anyway I listened to the song and watch the video with him and I kind of saw it from his eyes and I appreciated these things in order.. remembering of course that that song and a few others were major hits...

1. The sheer boldness of the song and the loud drum drum
2. They clearly intended to make it an anthem
3. The virtuoso guitar playing? is amazing
4. The dudes in the video.. that is, the band. Just how they look. Their imaging. They're rock stars.
5. And then everything is set up for the main guy to start singing. And I don't know his name. And even though I know how AC/DC sounds I don't think I ever watched the lead singer sing before.
6. you see this guy in a watch cap. He just today to me looks like a dirty cab driver or something and he's just sort of like standing on stage of the microphone in the video.
7. And then I appreciate it how high his voice is and amazing his voice is but also how they chose him in the beginning ..or they found each other or whatever and they just wanted that sound just that super high voice.
8. And how the combination of all of that... The specific type of music... The guy's voice... The boldness of the song.. the drum beats.. it was exactly what the world wanted. It hit the spot of that exact taste that millions of people wanted.

And of course if they had never existed and this band suddenly came right now while rock for the moment is dead it's highly unlikely it would be as big now as it was back then. I think they would be just like a cult hit

And really any hit could be boiled down to something like that but when you look at it with 20/20 vision it seems both very complex and very easy.

and as we all know that exact same combination could have come together in a high school and for whatever reason and just didn't take off. Nobody just gave a shit.?

I read recently that I think it was a early manager of the Beatles that he was a young guy that I like their age. I think he was like 26 or 27 at the time. And he just died. But the Beatles were playing in cheap bars and pubs for years or something and this guy was the one who always believed in them. And now it seems ridiculous like.. no doubt about it the Beatles were destined to take over the world but maybe that passionate guy played a major part of it.

Deep thoughts?
 

Have you not seen the movie Yesterday?


-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Buck <vertpurple@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sun, Sep 18, 2022 3:31 pm
Subject: [dannysic] Deep thoughts about creativity, commerce, and AC/DC

So to follow my train of thought here I need you to think like an alien. Forget about whatever you think about AC/DC. Whether you like them or hate them. Pretend that you're from a different planet discovering AC/DC for the First Time.?

The first question is can you do that?

So this is basically what happened to me the other day when Caspian reminded me that there's a song that he knows from a cartoon movie it sounds a lot like "Thunderstruck."

It's probably a cover in a Pixar movie or something.?

So anyway I listened to the song and watch the video with him and I kind of saw it from his eyes and I appreciated these things in order.. remembering of course that that song and a few others were major hits...

1. The sheer boldness of the song and the loud drum drum
2. They clearly intended to make it an anthem
3. The virtuoso guitar playing? is amazing
4. The dudes in the video.. that is, the band. Just how they look. Their imaging. They're rock stars.
5. And then everything is set up for the main guy to start singing. And I don't know his name. And even though I know how AC/DC sounds I don't think I ever watched the lead singer sing before.
6. you see this guy in a watch cap. He just today to me looks like a dirty cab driver or something and he's just sort of like standing on stage of the microphone in the video.
7. And then I appreciate it how high his voice is and amazing his voice is but also how they chose him in the beginning ..or they found each other or whatever and they just wanted that sound just that super high voice.
8. And how the combination of all of that... The specific type of music... The guy's voice... The boldness of the song.. the drum beats.. it was exactly what the world wanted. It hit the spot of that exact taste that millions of people wanted.

And of course if they had never existed and this band suddenly came right now while rock for the moment is dead it's highly unlikely it would be as big now as it was back then. I think they would be just like a cult hit

And really any hit could be boiled down to something like that but when you look at it with 20/20 vision it seems both very complex and very easy.

and as we all know that exact same combination could have come together in a high school and for whatever reason and just didn't take off. Nobody just gave a shit.?

I read recently that I think it was a early manager of the Beatles that he was a young guy that I like their age. I think he was like 26 or 27 at the time. And he just died. But the Beatles were playing in cheap bars and pubs for years or something and this guy was the one who always believed in them. And now it seems ridiculous like.. no doubt about it the Beatles were destined to take over the world but maybe that passionate guy played a major part of it.

Deep thoughts?
 

I know about it. It's way down the list I'm afraid


On Mon, Sep 19, 2022, 6:45 AM Richard Chang <rcterp@...> wrote:
Have you not seen the movie Yesterday?


-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Buck <vertpurple@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sun, Sep 18, 2022 3:31 pm
Subject: [dannysic] Deep thoughts about creativity, commerce, and AC/DC

So to follow my train of thought here I need you to think like an alien. Forget about whatever you think about AC/DC. Whether you like them or hate them. Pretend that you're from a different planet discovering AC/DC for the First Time.?

The first question is can you do that?

So this is basically what happened to me the other day when Caspian reminded me that there's a song that he knows from a cartoon movie it sounds a lot like "Thunderstruck."

It's probably a cover in a Pixar movie or something.?

So anyway I listened to the song and watch the video with him and I kind of saw it from his eyes and I appreciated these things in order.. remembering of course that that song and a few others were major hits...

1. The sheer boldness of the song and the loud drum drum
2. They clearly intended to make it an anthem
3. The virtuoso guitar playing? is amazing
4. The dudes in the video.. that is, the band. Just how they look. Their imaging. They're rock stars.
5. And then everything is set up for the main guy to start singing. And I don't know his name. And even though I know how AC/DC sounds I don't think I ever watched the lead singer sing before.
6. you see this guy in a watch cap. He just today to me looks like a dirty cab driver or something and he's just sort of like standing on stage of the microphone in the video.
7. And then I appreciate it how high his voice is and amazing his voice is but also how they chose him in the beginning ..or they found each other or whatever and they just wanted that sound just that super high voice.
8. And how the combination of all of that... The specific type of music... The guy's voice... The boldness of the song.. the drum beats.. it was exactly what the world wanted. It hit the spot of that exact taste that millions of people wanted.

And of course if they had never existed and this band suddenly came right now while rock for the moment is dead it's highly unlikely it would be as big now as it was back then. I think they would be just like a cult hit

And really any hit could be boiled down to something like that but when you look at it with 20/20 vision it seems both very complex and very easy.

and as we all know that exact same combination could have come together in a high school and for whatever reason and just didn't take off. Nobody just gave a shit.?

I read recently that I think it was a early manager of the Beatles that he was a young guy that I like their age. I think he was like 26 or 27 at the time. And he just died. But the Beatles were playing in cheap bars and pubs for years or something and this guy was the one who always believed in them. And now it seems ridiculous like.. no doubt about it the Beatles were destined to take over the world but maybe that passionate guy played a major part of it.

Deep thoughts?

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