CAN'T HOLD ME BACK

Can't Hold Me Back from Stiff Upper Lip

I got a big fat Cadillac built for you
I got a honk that'll blow the avenue
Got a hot dog kickin' all bend my thing
Got a a sugar looking woman with a bald headed man
Give me five o here boy, that's what I'll do
Got a big fat momma who can hold a tune
Gotta slip that bone in hard and mean
A honky tonk woman get the best of me
Can't hold me back
Can't hold me back
Can't hold me back
Get a heart attack
Can't hold me back
Got a honky tonk big ball hit to thrill
I got a sugar boot money baby that'll kill
A honky tonk 15 golden mile
Gotta bald headed woman loaded in the town
You can get me to the ball man, drivin' in
And don't balk the kill, call in the 'ville
You gotta map the wrong town, hit the road
You got the whole boppa movin' on down the road
Can't hold me back
You can't hold me back
You can't hold me back
You get a heart attack
Can't hold me back
You can't hold me back
You can't hold me back
You can't hold me back
You get a heart attack
Can't hold me back
You can't hold me back, you can't hold me back
You can't hold me back, you can't hold me back
Can't hold me back, you can't hold me back
You can't hold me back, you get a heart attack
Can't hold me back (hold me back)
You can't hold me back (hold me back)
You can't hold me back (hold me back)
Can't hold me back (hold me back)
You can't hold me back (hold me back)
Can't hold me back (hold me back)
You can't hold me back (hold me back)
You can't hold me back

BON HISTORY

In Melbourne, a tribute band plays the pubs as ac/dc did after forming in 1974, but they only use Bon's material, spurning all later works. His appeal was a mixture of bad boy wild man and down to earth larrikinism and talent. Scott who was born in Glasgow and migrated to Australia as a five year old grew up in Spearwood. Taught by his father he played drums with a Fremantle pipe band and was the only one of the three sons to show any musical aptitude. " dad tried to teach us all but it was only Ron { Bon's real name } who got it" recalled his brother Graeme. " When he was a kid he used to play two recorders at one time as a party trick, one with the left hand and one with the right". he said. Jim Keays former lead singer and song writer for the Masters Apprentices met Scott in Melbourne when the future ac/dc frontman was touring with the Perth based band The Valentines. " I was walking down the street when this van came alongside and all these guys got out and ran towards me," said Keays. " for a moment i didnt know what was going on. Then they said they recognised me and wanted to meet me. After that we toured a lot with The Valentines. Bon was a cheeky sort of guy a practical joker who was always trying to make people laugh but he was also underestimated as a musician. He could pick up any instrument and instantly play it, he was probably the most naturally gifted musician i have met." but it was Scotts gift for excess and his delight in telling tales on himself that would mark him out. While others might seek to hide a criminal past Bon Scott told a journalist of the 11 months he spent in juvenile detention for assaulting a policeman. He was 17 at the time and working as a labourer but fronting a band at night. " I was singing a couple of songs with a band at a dance in Fremantle and a couple of guys started giving me a hard time." he said. " I got off the stage and tried to break it up and i finished up on a charge of assaulting police." he told another journalist of being bashed and threatened by the father of a 17 year old girl he was sleeping with. Graeme Belford said she was only 16. " yeah i knew her. She came to the door of the hotel room naked one day." he said." they were good times. disgusting. He was a wild and funny man and a loyal big brother.

BON ANTEDOTE

Story that was written in MOJO magazine Feb 2000

With Let There Be Rock hovering in the lower end of the UK charts in 1977, AC/DC were looking forward to their homecoming gig in Melbourne. With the magnanimity of conquering heroes, they racked their brains for exciting things to incorporate into their stage set to show the Aussie crowd they cared. But this was the early days and there wasn't enough money for pyrotechnic cannons, hell, even for a school uniform. Then vocalist Bon Scott came up with an idea. He'd rig up a rope on-stage and swing Tarzan-style across the audience. Management were a little wary- This was back before rock bands made a habit of this sort of thing-and had devised safety harnesses, but it was no problem for the former docker who'd kept in shape by bench pressing large women and beer mugs. So they set up a rope and did a practice run during the sound check, Bon grabbed the rope and skimmed niftily over the top of the chairs and swung around successfully before dropping back on stage, much like Tarzan.
That night at the Melbourne Festival Hall the crowd was going wild, the floor was sticky with beer and pizza, but who cared: every one was standing on the chairs. Then the roadies lowered the rope. Bon grabbed hold and soared over the crowd. Or rather into the crowd-splat- like a cartoon cat. When they had worked out the length of the rope, they hadn't reckoned on the audience standing on the chairs. { which they should have because we always stood on the chairs, sometimes security would go around telling us to get off them but we didn't...it don't go to a rock concert to sit ! } The fans took this unexpected familiarity as a cue to strip the singer of his kit. Since the rest of the band and crew were too busy falling about laughing to help, he finally fought his way back on-stage on his own, dressed only in his jockstrap. And we understand Australians always were their jockstraps back to front... { no they don't !}

HOUSE OF JAZZ

From Stiff Upper Lip

Humdinger
Bell ringer
Got a nasty stinger
To slow you down
Mud slinger
Gold digger
Who point the finger
And do you down
Kickin' and a fightin' on a TV show
Lightin' blindin' in the middle of the road
Are you comin' in
Are you comin' in

I said come into the house of
Come into the house of
Come into the house of jazz
Come into the house of
Come into the house of
Come into the house of jazz, yes

Ball stripper
Big tipper
Got a slap 'n' tickler
To make you growl
A spitin' and bitin' on a TV show
Tightenin' frightenin' givin' out a load
Are you comin' in
Are you comin' in

I said come into the house of
Come into the house of
Come into the house of jazz
Come into the house of
Come into the house of
Come into the house of jazz
Are you comin' in
Come on in
Are you comin' in
Are you comin' in
I said come into the house of
Come into the house of
Come into the house of jazz
Come into the house of
Come into the house of
Come into the house of jazz
Are you comin' in
Are you comin' in
I said into the house of jazz
Come into the house of
Come into the house of
Come into the house of jazz
The house of jazz