LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES- OCT 31, 2019…AC/DC RELEASED THE SINGLE ‘HELLS BELLS’ 39 YEARS AGO. THIS IS THE FIRST TRACK ON THE ALBUM ‘BACK IN BLACK’ AND IT WAS THE SECOND SINGLE FOR AC/DC FEATURING BRIAN JOHNSON AFTER THE DEATH OF BON SCOTT(THE FIRST SINGLE WAS ‘YOU SHOOK ME ALL NIGHT LONG’). A 2,000 POUND BRONZE BELL WAS ACTUALLY USED ON THE TRACK, A REPLICA OF THE DENNISON BELL USED IN THE LOUGHBOROUGH WAR MUSEUM. THE GROUP AT FIRST TRIED RECORDING THE ACTUAL BELL WHEN IT RANG IN THE TOWER, BUT AUDIBLY THAT PROVED TO BE A REAL PROBLEM WITH ALL THE PIGEONS LIVING IN THE BELL. WHENEVER IT RANG, THE PIGEONS MADE TOO MUCH NOISE FOR CLEAN AUDIO. SO THE BAND FIGURED “F— IT” AND MADE THEIR OWN AT A LOCAL FOUNDRY THAT THEY WOULD ALSO USE ON STAGE. IN TRIBUTE TO SCOTT, THE SONG STARTS OFF WITH THE BELL RINGING 4 TIMES BEFORE THE BAND COMES IN.THE BELL RINGS ANOTHER NINE TIMES, GRADUALLY FADING OUT. WHEN PLAYED LIVE, BRIAN JOHNSON WOULD STRIKE THE BELL. TO DATE, THE SINGLE ‘HELLS BELLS’ REMAINS ONE OF THE BAND’S MOST POPULAR SINGLES. ACCOUNTING FOR SALES, DOWNLOADS AND STREAMING IT HAS SOLD OVER 8,770,000 COPIES.
HERE’S THE OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO FOR AC/DC’S ‘HELLS BELLS’
