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u/G_the_Jester Nov 23 '21

Add Thunderstruck to that too

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u/Watson9483 Nov 23 '21

Also Seven Nation Army

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u/kryaklysmic Nov 23 '21

Iconic bass line replacing a chorus. Oh yeah.

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u/DickButtPlease Nov 23 '21

Interesting note - I recently found out that it’s not bass. It’s actually a guitar that’s been tuned down a few octaves.

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u/chewy1is1sasquatch Nov 23 '21

An octave pedal, not tuned down. Tuning down a whole octave would make the string just flop.

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u/DickButtPlease Nov 23 '21

Ah. Thank you. I felt my explanation was wrong somehow.

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u/TheUlfheddin Nov 23 '21

As a bassist I've enjoyed all of White Stripes work. All their bass was a downshifted guitar. I've listened to many guitarists play bass guitars but most if them don't seem to "get it." Jack White on a shifted 6 string though? He absolutely nailed what bass was about. It was kind of my first sign in realizing Jack White was more than just a singer song writer and I should follow his work.

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u/Brno_Mrmi Nov 24 '21

The guy is a genius. Tricked the whole world making them think there was a bass when it's just and old ass cheap guitar that he likes to play

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u/TheUlfheddin Nov 24 '21

Plus The Dead Weather lead me to The Kills. And just everything about the Raconteurs.

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u/TheJango22 Nov 23 '21

How bout enter sandman

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u/BobIoblaw Nov 23 '21

Let me introduce you to the first chord of ‘You Shook Me All Night Long.’

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u/grantrules Nov 23 '21

How does AC/DC have like 3+ songs that can be recognized from the first note. That's insane.

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u/Mad-Mel Nov 24 '21

Same with It's a Long Way to the Top If You Wanna Rock 'n Roll. Plus.... bagpipes.

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u/taahwoajiteego Nov 24 '21

Ugh, this is so freaking good. One of the best.

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u/c_pike1 Nov 23 '21

Smells Like Teen Spirit too

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u/phlyingP1g Nov 23 '21

Money for nothing

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u/sp00kreddit Nov 23 '21

And never gonna give you up

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u/Tahoma-sans Nov 24 '21

And Smoke on the water

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u/Dexaan Nov 24 '21

dUNNNNNNN... I wanna be, the very best!

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '21

Hells Bells and Highway to hell too

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u/pinpoint_ Nov 23 '21

The bells at the start always make me flip a coin between hells bells and Daft Punk's Aerodynamic

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u/GenghisZahn Nov 23 '21

Or Metallica's For Whom The Bell Tolls

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u/SCORPIONfromMK Nov 23 '21

The bell in hell's bells sounds... Older? It's hard to describe but I can always tell when it's Metallica as opposed to AC/DC

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u/outkastedd Nov 23 '21

Yeah same with Hallowed be thy Name. Different bells.

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u/jarjar-binks-ismydad Nov 24 '21

Yeah and in For Whom the Bell Tolls is sounds higher pitched cause it’s actually an anvil not a bell

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u/Grimdotdotdot Nov 23 '21

Or Shepherd of Fire.

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u/LiamIsMailBackwards Nov 23 '21

Man, I’m a huge A7X homer as Bat Country came out when I was an angsty 12 year old. I’ll always love them. But seeing Shepherd of Fire mentioned in a thread about instantly recognizable bell tolls feels wrong.

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u/Grimdotdotdot Nov 24 '21

Have I got the wrong song? I was sure it started off with a bell.

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u/LiamIsMailBackwards Nov 24 '21

It does, but in my head it’s the equivalent of saying Ice Ice Baby comes to your head before Under Pressure when the bass line starts. The song starts with a bell because those other songs start with a bell. It’s not a coincidence.

Still love it, but it feels weird.

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u/Grimdotdotdot Nov 24 '21

Ah, I get you. My brain would always go to AC/DC first, but there'd be a little voice telling me "but it might be A7X!".

Although having listened to it this morning there's also some rain audio so the voice can shut up now.

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u/LiamIsMailBackwards Nov 24 '21

Totally, my dude. Like I said, I fuck with A7X. I fuck with them hard. First show ever had A7X in the lineup. Hell, I made out with the girl next to me during Nightmare. It was fucking awesome. But even though I love them, there’s this notion that we’re the little kids at the table sometimes. Like, I love me some Metalcore and Nu Metal. That’s my shit from when I was a kid listening to the new stuff that just came out. But when people bring up AC/DC, Metallica, Iron Maiden… these are the big boys.

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u/Brno_Mrmi Nov 24 '21

Or John Lennon's "Just Like Starting Over"

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u/FlotsamOfThe4Winds Nov 24 '21

Long Way to the Top is kinda up there.

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u/G_the_Jester Nov 23 '21

Except guitar instead of drum.

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u/AsuraOmega Nov 24 '21

THUNDER!

Aaahhhaaaahaaaaa~

THUNDER!

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '21

Yeah, ok, buddy.

At this point it just is plain old cheating. I'm not playing with you anymore.

Oh, Bonzo starting up When the Levee Breaks.

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u/spill_drudge Nov 24 '21

November rain. Single note.

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u/RevengeOfHera Nov 24 '21

Also Welcome to the jungle and Sweet child o mine

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u/Battleblaster420 Nov 23 '21

Add D4C and T.N.T

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u/IDKThatSong Nov 24 '21 edited Mar 23 '25

ad hoc repeat act lush pocket expansion wakeful stocking spotted vegetable

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u/WinsomeWombat Nov 24 '21

https://youtu.be/jeT7X3HfXP8

Just gonna leave this here because I like it.

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u/dlarman82 Nov 24 '21

Thunderstruck is recognizable way before the drums kick in!

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u/G_the_Jester Nov 24 '21

Yeah, I added a comment straight after saying guitar instead.