Yes being well educated and classically trained musician doesn’t stop you from being a drunken bogan. This is not meant as disrespect I am as a 48 year old Australian man who grew up in the suburbs have undying respect for AC/DC, for they are the sound track of my youth.
Sure puts a whole new spin on “She’d got a *ticket *to ride”.
No worries, man. I’m a 52-year old Eastern Suburbs Melbournite (and probably got a fair bit of bogan in me). The day I was old enough to sneak into a pub to see AC/DC was a big moment for me.
Those Youngs wrote my youth, as well - not just AC/DC, but all the Vanda & Young hits as well. They wrote everything good in the 70s.
Sounds like the N word to me, too.
And that’s why I prefer to be in instrumental bands.
An even more important thing:
Google any preconceived notion and you’ll find hits, that doesn’t make it research.
Ummm what? 
It’s always meant a person of dark skin, although it’s never in my lifetime been an oft used word and I never heard used to refer to a hob or bum.
Our version of a Hobo was probably the swaggie, or swagman so called because they walked around with their bedroll (AKA Swag) on their back.
It was also a word not used generally in conjunction with Aboriginals, when someone wanted to use a colloquially insulting term they just used Abo or Coon.
What **stui **said. Sorry SykoSkotty, you are totally wrong. My nationality is my cite. What’s yours?
Princhester,
At the risk of causing you a severe pain in the occipital, doesn’t this thread remind you of another many moons ago about with a similar recalcitrant who was adamant about the apparent use of “trailhead” in the opening verse of Men at Work’s Downunder?
I’d forgotten all about that. Heh that was quite a funny thread in an exasperating way.
In the American South that could refer to the short trip behind a pickup to the lynching tree.
In Australia in the 70’s, it would have had no such meaning. It wouldn’t have meant anything at all.
Just another Aussie confirming that “nigger”, while understood as a slur at the time, wasn’t in common use. And the line is most definitely “season ticket…”. If Bon Scott had wanted to use a racial slur, he would have used one of our own.
But it would make no sense at all in context.
Livin easy
Lovin free
Dragging a black man behind a truck to a lynching!
Hey guys educate yourselves before you wreck yourselves! They changed the lyrics of the song after united nations determined the word offensive and frowned upon to be used… acdc changed their lyrics but in 1979 it was she’s a nigger on a one way ride, everyone knew it. If you find a old original record those lyrics will also be on the vinyl. Tip look for the vinyl where the bandmates are all on fire and Bon Scott is barely visible because of the flames. If you find a newer one most likely the lyrics inside will already be changed.
Nothing you wrote is supported by the video you linked to.
And you’re wrong.
I was not aware that the United Nations had the power to make a pop band change the lyrics of a song, especially considering that they haven’t done anything about the thousands of other songs that use that word.
checks join date Just what I thought. Anyhow, should be pretty easy to find these records with original lyrics on them, no? How 'bout a picture?
Best post here. The season ticket would be a waste if the journey is only one time in one direction.
Well, no. You can start off in one part of the continent and end up at the other. I’ve done season tickets like that. Not a waste at all unless you want to return to your starting point and, well, that’s kind of completely opposite of the point of the song.
That could have been “she’s a digger.” Definitely didn’t hear “season ticket” myself.