Favorite "Highway" Songs #3 - "Highway to Hell"
@teamfreak16 (43418)
Denver, Colorado
January 14, 2018 1:27pm CST
I've been MIA for a couple days, but we now return to our regularly scheduled programming, in this case, my @JohnRoberts suggested countdown of songs with "highway" in the title. We are at #3, and no surprise here: "Highway to Hell" by AC/DC.
While it was not the band's biggest hit, "Highway to Hell" might just be Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band AC/DC's most popular song. Sadly, it was the swan song of original vocalist Bon Scott, who died just six months after the song's release. While it could be assumed the song is about a decadent lifestyle, the lyrics actually refer to the group's then-grueling tour schedule.
The title track to the band's 1979 album, "Highway to Hell," with it's classic guitar riff, was an international hit, having charted in 13 countries over the course of a few decades (eight different years, variously,) since it's release (and it's landed on a lot of iPods as well. The song reached #1 on Billboard's Digital Singles chart in 2012. A bona fide rock and roll classic!
I've linked to the official video.
Enjoy!
(Hell-bound info verified by Wikipedia)
Highway To Hell: Buy/Listen - https://lnk.to/ACDChth!ythth About the album: Highway to Hell is AC/DC's fifth internationally released studio album and the si...
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
14 Jan 18
It was honestly like the last song cut.
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@TheHorse (220116)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Jan 18
@teamfreak16 The humanity! I like pretty much anything by Lightfoot before 1977 or so.
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@FourWalls (68902)
• United States
15 Jan 18
@teamfreak16 — the carefree highway to hell? 
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@internetnam (20)
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14 Jan 18
I love that track. You should do a list of songs or albums that are suitable for listening to on a road trip down a long empty highway. An album you could include would be Songs for the Deaf by Queens of the Stone Age.
@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
14 Jan 18
It might be interesting to do a road trip countdown.
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@internetnam (20)
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14 Jan 18
@teamfreak16 Definitely let me know if you do! I'd love to add some suggestions ;)
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@FourWalls (68902)
• United States
15 Jan 18
Thumbs up!! As I may have mentioned a time or 50, I’m not a big AC/DC fan but the songs of theirs I do like are Bon Scott-era songs.
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@FourWalls (68902)
• United States
15 Jan 18
@teamfreak16 — he played bagpipes on “It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock and Roll),” so that set him apart, period.
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
15 Jan 18
@FourWalls - Oh yes! I am always down with bagpipes.
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
15 Jan 18
I do still miss him. He was fun to listen to, and not just "Big Balls."
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
14 Jan 18
Gee, I can't imagine why this song made the list lol!!!!
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
14 Jan 18
I was really reaching for songs on this one. Consider this one filler!
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@dgobucks226 (35716)
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18 Jan 18
One of favorite AC/DC tunes. HIghway to Heaven would of been a better theme but after all "are they not Rockers!"
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
20 Jan 18
This and "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)" are my favorites by them.
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
21 Jan 18
@dgobucks226 - True. That is an awesome beginning.
@dgobucks226 (35716)
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21 Jan 18
@teamfreak16 I also like Thunderstruck. The beginning guitar solo repetition is mesmerizing! 
The Razors Edge: Buy: https://LegacyRecordings.lnk.to/ACDCre1AY!tdsk3 Listen: https://LegacyRecordings.lnk.to/ACDCre2AY!tdsk3 About the album: The Razors Edg...
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
15 Jan 18
A song I think of in every traffic jam
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
17 Jan 18
@teamfreak16 REM's Everbody Hurts video is the best reaction to a traffic jam ever
"Everybody Hurts" from R.E.M.’s best-selling 1992 album, Automatic for the People. Preorder the 25th anniversary album: http://found.ee/REM-automatic25-r R.E...
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
15 Jan 18
I hate traffic jams. I need to come up with a song.
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
17 Jan 18
@arthurchappell - Yeah it is. I haven't seen that in years.
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@JudyEv (341752)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Jan 18
Touring must really be the pits sometimes. One of our house-concert musicians did a great gig but wasn't well. We got him to a doctor next morning and they sent off tests. He went on to the next town for more gigs and later we heard the tests showed he had diphtheria of all things.
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@JudyEv (341752)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Jan 18
@teamfreak16 I think they were back home before he got the results! They were all in their 60s too. But I guess the show must go on.
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
15 Jan 18
@JudyEv - Hopefully he's better by now.
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
15 Jan 18
Did he have to pull the plug on the tour?
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@andriaperry (117133)
• Anniston, Alabama
15 Jan 18
Yes I know this one, probably could sing it and get all the words right too. What is funny is there was this question thing on facebook, " what would your tomb stone say if it were a song" or something like that. Mine was " highway to hell"
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
16 Jan 18
@nela13 - Axl's voice is pretty good fit for them. I wasn't sure how he would work out with his massive ego.
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
14 Jan 18
That is definitely a great song.
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@nela13 (58720)
• Portugal
15 Jan 18
@teamfreak16 in 2016 they had a tour in Europe and I went to their concert but at that time Brian Johnson was replaced by Axel Rose, it wasn't bad but I prefer the first one. The concert was amazing.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
15 Jan 18
I knew this one would be on here. I don't like AC/DC very much but their intros are really good.
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
15 Jan 18
Especially this one. Classic guitar riff.
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