Friday, December 7, 2012

AC/DC


As we all know, Music is the most direct way to share different accents or dialects people have. Due to that, we are going to show you several Australian bands or singers in order to hear their accent in different songs. The very first band is, in my opinion, the most famous and global band Australia has; they are AC/DC.

This is a curious anecdote of the name of the band:
Malcolm and Angus Young developed the idea for the band's name after their sister, Margaret Young, saw the initials "AC/DC" on a sewing machine. "AC/DC" is an abbreviation meaning "alternating current/direct current" electricity. The brothers felt that this name symbolised the band's raw energy, power-driven performances of their music. 

"AC/DC" is pronounced one letter at a time, though the band are colloquially known as "Acca Dacca" in Australia slang.

I leave you here a video of a concert of them in the Olympic Stadium of "La Cartuja" Seville, (Spain) , the city where we live.



Source: - http://www.goingrank.com.au/ 
              - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC/DC

2 comments:

  1. Hi! Congratulations for the post :)
    I think everybody know something about AC/DC, and certainly this song is their masterpiece. I would recommend you another group called 'Eskimo Joe' which is an Australian alternative rock band and you'd probably hear about. I hope you enjoy them as well.
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  2. Hi Alba!! I think like you, "Highway to Hell" is the masterpiece of Acca Dacca, how an Australian teenager would say, lol. Thaks so much for the recomendation of "Eskimo Joe" I will listen to them when I have free time...

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