So, I wonder what Stern will do now? Change the song to a newer version with the next update?

"wrapped up like a douche, another rumor in the night."

Explanation one is that we've got an Aussie rock singer who swallows his consonants. Explanation two is that there's a global conspiracy in which millions of listeners, thousands of radio stations, and one pinball company are complicit in a massive coverup. I'm going to go with Occam's Razor on this one.

I almost forgot about this till this thread

Here is a live video of Bon and I really don't hear the slur. This is just BS . This video will set the record straight !

ACDC Highway to Hell with lyrics

It shows that its "ticket", however they could have mumbled something else... who knows???

This whole thread is incredibly stupid. It is clearly season ticket. If your ears want to hear something else then that is your problem.

John

Ok, this could be fun. Let's break it down logically, debate-style. The question is, based on your chosen interpretation, what does the lyric mean?

I'll take the "not a slur" side of the debate. The entire song is in the first person -- it's all "I" and "me." (This is really important to the discussion. Throughout the entire song, it's obvious that the singer is talking about himself in literally every single line.) The singer is singing about he's on an, um, highway to hell. This highway, it's a one-way ride, you see. And a *ride* often requires a *ticket.* In this case, given that the one-way nature of the ride has been established, it's by definition a "season ticket" that he has.

So, who wants to take the pro-slur side of the debate? Who is this mysterious "she" who is referred to at no other point in the song, and why is she so important as to warrant the song's only third person voicing? What does her race have to do with the rest of the song? I'm sincerely curious to hear your interpretation of what the lyric could possibly mean in the context of the rest of the song.

I mean, it'd be one thing if the song was a bunch of nonsense words, as rock and roll can certainly be, but in this case every single lyric is perfectly straightforward. Nothing too hard to understand. Why would only one line make no sense at all?

(As they say on HIMYM, lawyered.)

you're clearly too intelligent for this debate.

please....go away.

hahahahhahahahaha +1

If you say TICKET without the T on the end then I guess it could sound like something else.... Just slurring... nothing more...

bombz.

but.....doesn't quite fit in with the conspiracy theorists.

Next he'll be saying Manfred Mann really did say "douche" instead of "deuce" in Blinded by the Light and the record label is covering that up too.

John

This thread has it all bashing, racism, foot in mouth syndrome, in depth analysis, controversial marriage issues lol for 1950 anyway. You know whats missing now.....

BOOOOOOOOOBS!

Who gives a poo. GAME ON!!!!!!

even the conspiracy theorist though has his entire "proof" of the lyrics in the pin based upon B_R stating (wrong or right)that Bon Scott sang it differently 30 years ago...which would have nothing to do with the lyrics in the pin

I agree!

Jim

This thread is almost as much fun as a Wizman thread!

In this video, he clearly says "season ticket", but in the one BR posted, I heard what I heard. N word. I'm still taking delivery of a Premium in a couple weeks. That is not gonna stop me from enjyoying this awesome game. Just a history lesson, I guess.

I don't wanna say the exact figure, but my game is free. LOL

No history here. Just made up bullshit and it all started with Howard Stern.

Jim

LOLOL!

Hey I have a WOZ and ACDC coming ..... I call it Bi-Polar theming. Depends on my mood that day

about 15 posts above yours.

hey, wait a minute....let's not bring howard stern into this.

lol.

a history lesson............OR.............

another in a long line of misheard lyrics.

"make me fries."

Except in this case the "douche" interpretation makes the song better.

I have been considering doing the same thing for the same reason. I have been thinking they would contrast styles and looks...

drugs are bad mkay

They turn your words into garbbled crap that nobody can really understand. The real problem here is lack of enunciation.

I am still just hoping I can eventually play one off these games.

dumbest thread ever

man oh man, you guys are really going to be upset when borg's next pin, marilyn manson: the pinball, comes out.

Kangaroo riders.. erm.. Austrailians, if that's what you want to call yourselves..
Do you even have the same slang as southern Amercians? Wouldn't you have a different racial slur if you were bothering to put that in a song?

_{Post edited by Blakesell : weird question along with the stupid commentary.}

That's pretty much the only thing that could turn this abortion of a thread into something good but it would probably end up getting it locked. Pretty sad state of affairs, if you ask me.

At this point this thread needs to get locked. Someone declare Hitler or shift the subject to 911 Truthers or something!

That video from '79 that Jim posted was kick-a$$! Thanks, Jim!

Really ? I am defending the band not the pinball machine . Get a clue and go fuck yourself ! Seriously !

Jim

Yeah what he said!

this thread needs a "season ticket on a one-way ride" on the highway to hell.

I can hear it both ways if I WANT to. But frankly, listening to his enunciation in that video, and being a grammophile, his accent is *really* thick. I don't think he says the word, but it does sound horribly distorted/slurred, so it could be either and I can't tell 100%. It's not like I'm a huge AC/DC fan. I never listened to the lyrics and this is the first I've heard of all this silliness. Maybe it's "before my time"...I'm only 31.

THAT SAID...if Stern really thought it was in there, do you really think they would risk letting it in the game? No. Come on. These guys don't even take a risk on a playfield toy without some fool doing a cost-benefit analysis on it. If you're worried about your kids hearing something that may or may not be there, there's one of two things you can do:

1. Don't buy it.

or

2. Don't make a huge deal out of it. Racism is learned behavior. If you act all horrified and offended every time it goes out the speaker, what are they SUPPOSED to think? That they should act all horrified and offended and get pissed off every time that word shows up?

Personally, I think you're completely over-reacting, especially given that you're using "WTF" as your letters on here? Someone might find that offensive too, who knows. I don't, but if you're going to judge something this harshly that's PROBABLY NOT EVEN IN THE GAME, I can make a snap judgement about you based on that, right?

*Edit* Yes, a good set of knockers (physical or software?!) would've been better than Angus' face on the playfield.

Not talking about pinball!

I have not tilted anyone and pm'd you once and will never again .

I can agree with this statement.

I don't care what you think about my game,I know what it is .

Thanks !

WTF ?

What the hell, dude. You started this thread with a legit gripe about your interpretation of the lyrics. I didn't agree with you, but you seemed level-headed about it. Now you've resorted to this? Not cool and doesn't help your argument. You just seem like a troll basher now.

I still don't buy the slur argument. Doesn't make any sense in the context of the song. My opinion does not make me a sheep... just a guy with an opinion that doesn't match yours.

This video of B_R at Hooters is FRICKEN hilarious!