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Misspellings and other Alternate Names:

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AC/DC Bon Scott, AD/DC

Music Quotes:

I just go where the guitar takes me.
- Angus Young
Submitted by: recklesdisaster
From what I still can gather Bon had fallen asleep in the car and had, more or less, asphixiated and it's called 'death by misadventure.'
- Angus Young - on Bon Scott's death
Submitted by: Celeste
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Music Jokes:

Q: Why did Angus Young get paid only $2.00 for changing a childs diaper, picking up after his kids, taking out the garbage and washing his dog?
A: Because dirty deeds are done dirt cheap!
Submitted by: Kaylaiscool...duh
 

Band Name Origins:

  • This is the real story. AC/DC was on the back of Angus and Malcolm's sister's sewing machine not a vacuum cleaner. Submitted by: Celeste
  • Angus Young (lead guitar) pretty much always wears a school uniform which his mother sews. The name AC/DC was on the bottom of the sewing machine, and most other electrical appliances. Submitted by: ED

Why the Name is Stupid:

  • AC= alternating current DC= direct current. So basically, CORD/BATTERY Submitted by: Katrina
  • I guess they swing both ways Submitted by: Tom

Performer Nick Names:

Known informally as: Acca Dacca. Submitted by: Stone Cold Crazio

Song Titles Not Used as Lyrics:

Song Name
Comments & Submitter Name
"Rock N' Roll Train"Runaway train (running right off the tracks) - Stone Cold Crazio

Better Names for Current Songs:

Original Song Name
New Song Name
Submitter Name
"It's A Long Way To The Shop If You Want A Bacon Ro""It's A Long Way To The Top If You Want To Rock N R"JMasta
"G.M.C.""T.N.T."ThatAwesomeGuy
"Thirty Trees Done For Sheep""Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"ThatAwesomeGuy
"Hummerstruck""Thunderstruck"ThatAwesomeGuy
"Mother's Truck""Thunderstruck"Kaylie L

There are additional new song names available.

Literally Impossible Song Titles:

Song/Performer
Comment
Submitter Name
"You Shook Me All Night Long,"You must be really dizzySeth
"Highway to Hell,"I can't seem to find it on the mapSeth
"Money Talks,"The presidents and the Queen can't talk on coins.Seth
"Hells Bells,"I did not now hell had bells!Seth
"Highway To Hell,"Is there such a road? Where is it?Seth

There are additional literally impossible song titles available.

Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:

Song & Band Name
Song & Band Name
Comments & Submittor Name
"Stairway To Heaven""Highway To Hell," AC/DCSpencer
"I Gotta Get Drunk""Have A Drink On Me," AC/DCJosh
"Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On""You Shook Me All Night Long," AC/DCKathy
"All Shook Up""You Shook Me All Night Long," AC/DCKathy
There are additional songs titles that answer other songs available.

Remove a Letter From a Song Title:

"Shake Our Foundations" originally "Shake Your Foundations"
Fred
"Sow Business" originally "Show Business"
Josh
"Love Bob" originally "Love Bomb"
Hmmm... Insert your own joke here.
Josh
"Love At Fist Feel" originally "Love At First Feel"
Karen Smith
"Rock And Roll Ain't Nose Pollution" originally "Rock And Roll Ain't Noise Pollution"
Peter

There are additional song titles with a letter removed available.

Add a Letter To a Song Title:

"Highway To Hello" originally "Highway To Hell"
Mickey D.
"Hell Ain't A Bad Place To Bet" originally "Hell Ain't A Bad Place To Be"
Heather Brockwell
"Hell Ain't A Bad Place To Beg" originally "Hell Ain't A Bad Place To Be"
Heather Brockwell
"Shell Ain't A Bad Place To Be" originally "Hell Ain't A Bad Place To Be"
Depends on how the gas prices are.
Heather Brockwell
"Cover You in Foil" originally "Cover You in Oil"
... To stop the aliens from reading your thoughts?
Josh

There are additional song titles with a letter added available.

Change a Letter In a Song Title:

"Torch Too Much" originally "Touch Too Much"
mandylee
"Money Tanks" originally "Money Talks"
Amanda
"Money Walks" originally "Money Talks"
Amanda
"Little Loser" originally "Little Lover"
Mickey D.
"Snake Your Foundations" originally "Shake Your Foundations"
yes, snake can be a verb.
George Straitjacket

There are additional song titles with a letter changed available.

Song Parody Recordings:

June 24 "(Straight to) DVD" by McKludge a parody of "TNT" by AC-DC
Here's another recording of my parodies. We've all seen those movies at the store, the ones we never saw an ad for, the ones that look pretty bad ... SoundClick: (MP3) (Comments)

Song Parodies:

Original Song Name
Parody Song Name
Parody Author
"TNT""D&D"Dr. Oliver Clozoff
"It's A Long Way To The Top""It's a Long Way To The Shop"Joseph
"You Shook Me All Night Long""He Is A Real Bogan"the_conqueror_of_parodies
"It's A Long Way To The Top""It's A Long Way To The Shop If You Want a Bacon Roll"JMasta
"Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap""Budget Cuts Ain't So Cheap"Edward Genereux
"Rock 'n' Roll Train""Rock 'n' Roll Gran"Jakko Wakko
"The Jack""She Cheats at Cards"blackjack21
"Jailbreak""Whale Steak"Malcolm Higgins
"Rock And Roll Train""Capital Gains"Malcolm Higgins
"Shook Me All Night Long""Stalked Me All Night Long."Chance Gollnick

There are additional song parodies available.

Untapped Commercial Ideas:

Song Name
Product
Submittor
Highway to HellHell's KitchenIcknabob
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt CheapDirty Jobs (TV Show)brainstem
Highway To HellHell's pizzaWerebelushi03
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt CheapPlumberAnonymous Bob
You Shook Me All Night LongPoloroid CamerasAnonymous
There are additional commercials that haven't been done yet available.

Bad Choices for On Hold Music:

Song Name
Company/Organization
Submittor
Shoot To ThrillGun Control OrganizationTodd W. Zimmerman
Dog Eat DogHumane Society America Animal Foundationjdizzy
Hell's BellsCatholic ChurchScandia
Big BallsTesticular Injury Treatmentbrainstem
You Shook Me All Night LongSex Addiction HelpHall0weenT0wn
There are additional on hold music ideas available.

Duets Not Yet Performed:

First Band/Song Name
Second Band/Song Name
New Song Name
Submittor
Love On The Rocks
   Sara Bareilles
Whiskey On The Rocks
   AC/DC
Love Whiskey On The Rocks
Josh
Love Me Like A Rock
   Paul Simon
Hard As A Rock
   AC/DC
Love Me Hard As A Rock
Josh
Gives You Hell
   All American Rejects
Big Balls
   AC/DC
Gives You Big Balls
John
Raise A Little Hell
   Trooper
Highway To Hell
   AC/DC
Raise A Little Highway To Hell
Rocky
There are additional duets that haven't been done yet available.

If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be :

ABC/DC
ABC combined with AC/DC
They wear gold lame schoolboy outfits on stage.
Submitted By: neptunevsmars
KC/DC
KC & The Sunshine Band combined with AC/DC
Shake your booty at your own risk.
Submitted By: neptunevsmars
ZZ/DC
AC/DC combined with ZZ Top
Rumour spreading around in that Australian town...about that shack outside La Grange.
Submitted By: Bob
AC-Jetski
AC/DC combined with Jet
I'm listening to AC/DC right now, but Jet was random. I came up with jetski because it rhymes with DC.
Submitted By: Anonymous Bob

There are additional Combined Groups that haven't been done yet available.

Misheard Lyrics:

"For Those About to Rock"
Misheard Lyrics:
The bells about to rock
Original Lyrics:
For those about to rock
"Back In Black"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't try to push select just get out of my way
Original Lyrics:
Don't try to push your luck just get out of my way
"Thunderstruck"
Misheard Lyrics:
I was shakin' at the knees
Could have killed me in a breeze
Original Lyrics:
I was shakin' at the knees
Could I come again, please?
"Dirty Deed Done Dirt Cheap"
Misheard Lyrics:
Dirty Jesus and their dun dur cheet.
Original Lyrics:
Dirty deeds and they're done dirt cheap.
There are additional misheard lyrics available.

Misheard Lyrics Story:

"Rock & Roll Aint Noise Pollution"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hubba Dubba Zubba playing on my Guitar
Original Lyrics:
Heavy decibels are playing on my guitar

Story about this misheard lyric by: Randy Vanasse

Just fucked up, for GOD sakes man. Learn to speak the Queens English.

There are additional AC/DC misheard stories available.

Song Parody Fragments:

"Moneytalks"
Better Lyrics:
Paisan, paisan,

Listen to your Mommy

Paisan, paisan,

Listen when your Mommy talks
Original Lyrics:
Come on! Come on!

Love me for the money

Come on! Come on!

Listen to the money talk
Submitted by: Jonathan S.
"TNT"
Better Lyrics:
First you're a Dammit,
and then you're a baa,
Sort of looks like you
don't know who you are.
Original Lyrics:
So lock up your daughter,
lock up your wife,
Lock up the back door
and run for your life.
Submitted by: Dylan Baranski
"You Shook Me All Night Long"
Better Lyrics:
You, you kicked my dog.
Original Lyrics:
You shook me all night long.
Submitted by: Anonymous Bob

Funny Lyrics:

"Big Balls"
The Funny Lyrics:
Some balls are for charity and some for fancy dress but people say that my big balls are the ones they like best.
Why They're Funny:
Omg this is just funny lyrics
Submitted by: Slipknotswingo
"Big Balls"
The Funny Lyrics:
I'm ever upper class high society God's gift to ballroom notoriety I always fill my ballroom The event is never small The social pages say I've got The biggest balls of all
Why They're Funny:
It goes on for like, five minutes like this. The best part is, you could argue that it's a totally innocent song.
Submitted by: Emily Hemmings
There are additional Funny lyrics available.

Repetitive Lyrics:

"Hard As A Rock"
The Repetitive Lyrics:
Hard as a rock
Hard as a rock
Hard as a rock
It's as hard as a rock
Why They're Repetitive:
The title keeps getting repeated. Anyway, do you have to keep telling her that? Since this is AC/DC theres no need to say just what "it" is, is there?
Submitted by: Ballbreaker in Babylon
"Cover You In Oil"
The Repetitive Lyrics:
Wanna cover you in oil
Why They're Repetitive:
As though the idea of a fifty-year-old eunuch covering me in oil was bad enough, it's the sole line in the chorus! Over and over and over and over and over...
Submitted by: Adore
There are additional repetitive lyrics available.

Nonsensical Lyrics:

"You Shook Me All Night Long"
The Nonsensical Lyrics:
She had the sightless eyes
Telling me no lies
Why They're Nonsensical:
What is this meant to be? I mean is his girlfriend blind or what? It just sounds stupid!
Submitted by: Rachel
 

Dated Lyrics:

"Who Made Who"
The Dated Lyrics:
The databank knows my number...
Running out of chips, you got no line in an 8-bit town
Why They're Dated:
What was commonly refered as a databank in the 80s is called a database now. And in 2006, 'you got no line in 64-bit town.'
Submitted by: Allen
 

Dirty Lyrics:

"Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"
The Dirty Lyrics:
For a fee I'm happy to be your back door man
Why They're Dirty:
I don't think he means "back door" in a literal sense....
Submitted by: Bob
"Love At First Feel"
The Dirty Lyrics:
You never told me where you came from
You never told me your name
I didn't know if you were legal tender
but I spent you just the same
I didn't think it could happen to me
but I fell in love in the first degree.
Why They're Dirty:
Very cleverly written about the statutory...
Submitted by: wadded beef
There are additional dirty lyrics available.

Band Name Pronunciation:

"Ay-see Dee-sy
Not "Ack Dick" as a friend of mine called it.
Submitted by: Fred

Song Lyrics That Mention Brand Name Products:

"Little Lover"
The Lyrics:
Saw you in the front row
Moving to the beat
Just movin' and groovin'
Killed me when I saw
The wet patch on your seat
Was it Coca Cola?
Product Brand Name:
Coke
Submitted by: munkeyman
 

Songs That Open With Their Titles:

"Back In Black"
Opening Lines:
Back in black I hit the sack I've been too long I'm glad to be back
Comments:
If you don't know by the opening lines what this song is about, then obviously the opening drumbeat will let you know.
Submitted by: Peter
 

Boasts in Song Lyrics:

"Bad Boy Boogie"
The Boasting Lyrics:
I had more dirty women than most men ever had.
Comments:
Well that sounds like boasting, don't you think?
Submitted by: wadded beef
"T.N.T."
The Boasting Lyrics:
'Cos I'm TNT, I'm dynamite
TNT, and I'll win the fight
TNT, I'm a power load
TNT, watch me explode!
Comments:
I'm convinced!
Submitted by: FussBudget

Song Title Space Change:

"Soul's Tripper" originally "Soul Stripper"
Ha, ha! I tripped your soul!
Submitted by: Josh
"Rid Eon" originally "Ride On"
Submitted by: Josh
"Thunder's Truck" originally "Thunderstruck"
How can thunder own a truck?
Submitted by: H. Tim Smith

Bad Grammar in Song Lyrics:

"Rock n' Roll Singer"
The Lyrics:
Gonna be a rock n' roll singer. Gonna be a rock n' roll star. Yes I are!
Why:
It should be "yes I am" but they had to make it rhyme.
Submitted by: wadded beef
"Let There Be Rock"
The Lyrics:
Let there be drums, and there was drums.
Why:
"Drums" is a plural. "Was" is for singular nouns. Therefore, "was" should be "were".
Submitted by: Just A Person

Band Name Anagrams:

DACA/ Submitted by: brainstem

Song Title Anagrams:

"Ink Black Cab" originally "Back In Black"
BON SCOTT DOES NOT APPROVE OF THIS VANDALISM
Submitted by: dxman
"Elate Stiff Lover" originally "Love at First Feel"
Submitted by: Josh
"Aha! Car Dorks" originally "Hard As a Rock"
Submitted by: Josh
"You Love Ironic" originally "Cover You In Oil"
Submitted by: Josh
"In Urban Evil" originally "Burnin' Alive"
Submitted by: Josh

There are additional Song Title Anagrams available.

Real Places Mentioned in Songs:

"Bedlum in Belgium"
The Lyrics:
It was bedlam in Belgium
Bedlam in Belgium
Came for a good time
Left on the run.
Why:
Belgium is a country...
Submitted by: Carolyn
 

Songs That Are Banned:

"Let Me Put Love Into You"
This song and the group's name made it half way to the top of the PMRC's notorious Filthy Fifteen list because it alledgedly had sexual content in it. The PMRC also assumed that the initials AC/DC stood for Anti-Christ/Devil's Children.

All I have to say to that is "WHAT?"?
Submitted by: Celeste
"Shot Down in Flames"
banned from Clear Channel Radio after 9/11
Submitted by: weirdkid106
"Highway to Hell"
This was banned by Clear Channel after 9/11
Submitted by: brainstem

Song Title Acrostics:

BIB: "Back In Black"
Submitted by: Travis
BIB: "Back In Black"
Submitted by: Rocky Balboa Constrictor
BIB: "Back In Black"
Submitted by: Hardrock

Song Title Spoonerisms:

"Rock 'N' Troll Rain" originally "Rock N' Roll Train"
Submitted by: Alan Toyce
"Eyed Ron" originally "Ride On"
Bon's checking out guys?!
Submitted by: Josh
"Runny Whole" originally "Honey Roll"
Ewww!
Submitted by: Josh
"Tie Hay, Woo Hell" originally "Highway To Hell"
Submitted by: Janice Ferrell
"High Hay To Well" originally "Highway To Hell"
Submitted by: Janice Ferrell

There are additional Song Title Spoonerisms available.

Upbeat Songs With Depressing Lyrics:

"Highway to Hell"
The Lyrics:
I'm on the highway to hell Highway to hell Highway to hell Highway to hell
Why:
This guy thinks that there's a party down there, but Satan's party is a party you don't want to be invited to!
Submitted by: Paul Warren
 

Band Name Spoonerisms:

Daisy/Easy originally "AC/DC"
Submitted by: Not This One, Jacques

What A Band is Best Known For (aside from their music):

"School Uniform"
Agnes Young wore a School Uniform every time AC/DC would tour.
Submitted by: Paul Warren

Products Bands Should Endorse Based on Their Name:

An Electric Company
AC/DC = Alternating Current/Direct Current.
Submitted by: Dylan Baranski

Movies Named After Song Titles:

"Problem Child"
1990 film with John Ritter & Amy Yasbeck
Submitted by: Penelope Beckinsale
"You Shook Me All Night Long"
The Lyrics:
She was a fast machine,
She kept her motor clean,
She was the fastest damn woman that I ever seen
Why:
Well you meet your girlfriend parents and your phone goes off, that would cause a lot of awkwardness. Also you don't want this to play at grandma's funeral
Submitted by: ThatAwesomeGuy
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