Oh Bon Scott fuck, I'ma just gonna cry over in da corner like a lil baaabyyyy -- death by misadventure!!! The only way to die. AND ON TO ROCK N ROLL VALHALLA!!!!!!!

>> ^cracanata:

I found the use of "fail" word discouraging my hopes for humanity. I agree with the use of it when something is amusing, but when terrible things like this happen is just wrong and dehumanizing.


It's still a fail...

To me it looked like the wingsuit didn't give him the lift he was expecting and he pulled the chute too late to make much of a difference. I understand 900 feet is not a lot of room for error but still, there was time for a seasoned veteran (anyone wingsuiting from a bridge should have some logged hours flying the thing in a less dangerous environment, say 12,000 feet higher) to pull out of the stunt and admit defeat, sparing himself the injuries.

I lump this 'tradgedy' in with things like the death of Kurt Kobain, Bon Scott or Steve Irwin. Choosing to do something risky where it is foreseeable that you could die or be seriously damaged is exercising poor choices, not tragic.

But of course it's all in the eye of the beholder. I just tend to have a low opinion of things like this being talked up as tragic because, as packo noted, there are plenty of real tradgedies where the victims have absolutely no choice in their situation and still suffer horribly.

Ta. I had to struggle through the last half hour of work, so I did a bit of youtube random clicking and ended up there. I found a great interview with Bon Scott, but it was embed disabled.

In reply to this comment by MikesHL13:
Nice AC/DC vid you posted. I love AC/DC, but had never seen this vintage. Thanks.

Thanks for the quality, homeslice!

In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
This still makes me laugh. *quality

Great song. If you're going to replace Bon Scott, I doubt you could do better than Brian Johnson. I saw these guys on the Razor's Edge tour. Was awesome.

yes, yes. you're all absolutely right of course, which is why i'm now switching the embeds. making the 'alternate' link i had in the description, the actual embed. can't find good alternates, because it's '76 and predates Mtv by several years.
and i accept rasch's downvote, for not doing this sooner.

i only had this because the audio was so much better, and you could tell just how good a job that guy was doing, mimicking Bon Scott.

Thanks for that, brother. I've been wanting to have that video saved! I think it's a gem that was discarded prematurely. Thanks again.

In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
*promote

I'm on the drug, I'm on the drug
I'm on the drug that killed River Phoenix

I saw his body thrashing 'round
I saw his pulse rate going down
I saw him in compulsive throws
I said "I'll have one of those"

Hilary had, Hilary had
Hilary had it in his veins

Hilary had Everest in his veins
Armstrong did moon, was not the same
Heroes explore to give us hope
River pushed back the envelope

Drank the slab, drank the slab
Drank the slab that Bon Scott drunk

I drank the slab that Bon Scott drunk
I injected some of Hendrix's junk
I booked a seat on Lynyrd Skynyrd's plane
Mama Cass' sandwich? I ate the same

Now I'm bored, now I'm bored
Now I'm bored and there's no stoppin'

Now I'm bored and there's no stoppin'
I need another celeb to fill a coffin
Where will I get my next drug action?
Odds on it'll be Michael Jackson

I'm on the drug that killed River Phoenix
I'm on the drug

...their last one with Bon Scott before he drank himself to death. Why do they do such stupid crap?

Maybe because rockn'roll is destruction, plowing into the ground in flames? They martyr themselves so we don't have to. Praise be to Scott.