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November 2003 Recording Engineer Obie
O'Brien - Page 10
MBADC: Last question. I asked Jon this
question in a chat on the Internet once, and he seemed to like it so much, we ask everyone
now. The question is: God wants you to make the ultimate album. Bon Jovi are not available
but God OK’s any other musician, living or dead. Also, God wants all the publishing
and Jon and Richie will not go for that. So you have to find someone to write the songs,
or you can use covers. So, who do you get to produce the album, write for the album, and
play on the album, and if you use covers, what are a few of the covers you’d want to
put on it?
Obie: I’ll tell you what I would do. I’d get Mutt Lange and AC/DC with Bon
Scott singing. End of story. There it is.
MBADC: What is it specifically about Mutt that you like?
Obie: It’s not Mutt so much as that I think AC/DC is just like, if you look up
"rock" in the dictionary, and AC/DC isn’t in there, there’s something
wrong. I mean, come on, is this the greatest strip club band ever invented?
MBADC [laughing]: You’re probably right! I used to live next door to a stripper.
Obie: I mean, when my wife vacuums the house, she’s got AC/DC at 100. Or when
she’s down doing the Tae Bo. Man, there’s something about it. Let me tell you,
it’s one of those things. When I was doing Front of House, I used to have the guys
call me when they were leaving the dressing room, when they were on that walk [to the
stage]. And as soon as they called me, I’d play an AC/DC song.
MBADC: I remember that!
Obie: Yep, I played "Givin’ the Dog a Bone" or "The Girl’s
Got Rhythm." And if that crowd didn’t get up and rock, it was a dead crowd.
MBADC: Yeah! I knew the lights were about to go out when "The Girl’s Got
Rhythm" came on.
Obie: That was my thing. I’m playing AC/DC just to kick everybody right in the
ass right before the band comes out. Because if that doesn’t rev you up for a rock
show, you are dead, my friend.
MBADC: That’s right, and the whole energy in the venue changed.
Obie: Yep. And that’s in a rock vein. And you know what? If it was just anything
else, I would put The Beatles back together with George Martin. Wouldn’t change a
thing. George Martin, The Beatles, Lennon-McCartney writing. So there it is. There it is
for both sides for me.
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