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Bullet for My Valentine also released a cover of the song as a bonus track on their 2013 album Temper Temper. All contents are subject to copyright, provided for educational and personal noncommercial use only. Let me just point out that the guy who did it sure had a lot of time on his hands because it’s not easy trying to mash up the clips from Presley’s show with vocals for “Whole Lotta Rosie.” It’s not Presley’s voice though, it’s from his impersonator James Brown.

"Dirty Eyes" features a different chord progression in the chorus, as well as a slower tempo than "Rosie". Hell Ain't A Bad Place To Be. A live video of "Whole Lotta Rosie" is also featured on the DVD Family Jewels, from a 1978 performance on the BBC's TV concert series Rock Goes to College, on which Scott refers to Rosie as the "biggest, fattest woman who ever fornicated. It is also the eighth and final track on the international version of the album, released in June the same year. There's very few people who'll go out and write a song about a big fat lady, but Bon said it was worthy.[3]. Overdose.

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The song is about an obese Tasmanian woman, Rosie, with whom the singer (Bon Scott) had a one-night stand at the Freeway Gardens Motel in North Melbourne.

A live version of this song is included on AC/DC Live: Rock Band Track Pack. "Whole Lotta Rosie" is a song by Australian hard rock band AC/DC. The Japanese power metal band Galneryus released a cover of it, on their 2007 Voices from the Past EP, which is an EP of 5 cover songs. It is the eighth and final track on the band's fourth Australian album, Let There Be Rock, released in Australia in March 1977, and was written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young, and Bon Scott.

", When the song is performed live, the crowd will usually shout 'Angus!' He’s done covers of songs from The Beatles and Bob Dylan, so why not?

The song's first verse reveals Rosie's substantial physical measurements (42"-39"-56"), and that she weighs nineteen stone (266 pounds/approximately 120 kilograms).

Fun Fact: James Brown also performed Queen’s “Crazy Little Thing Called Love.”, “I’ve been a fan of Elvis since I was a small child. Writer(s): Young Angus Mckinnon, Scott Ronald Belford. album: "Let There Be Rock" (1977) Go Down.

People told me I sounded like him, so I started singing publicly.” – Brown to Derry Journal.

Another cover version, by Steel Panther, was released in 2010 on The Metal Forge Volume Two (A Tribute To AC/DC) by Metal Hammer. [2] In addition to pointing out the woman's size, the singer finds her to be one of the most talented lovers he's ever experienced. Let me just point out that the guy who did it sure had a lot of time on his hands because it’s not easy trying to mash up the clips from Presley’s show with vocals for “Whole Lotta Rosie.” It’s not Presley’s voice though, it’s from his impersonator James Brown.

When the song was released as a single in 1978 it was heavily edited, making the song considerably shorter. This recording is possibly the version that was later issued on the Bonfire boxed set. From what he said, there was this Rosie woman and a friend of hers. They’re like on the opposite ends of the rock ‘n roll spectrum but have you ever wondered what it would sound like if Elvis Presley covered one of AC/DC’s classic hits? Chords for Elvis Presley, A Whole Lotta Rosie.

One of AC/DC's most popular songs, "Whole Lotta Rosie" has been included on each of the band's official live albums: three with Scott If You Want Blood You've Got It (short version which misses the second guitar solo), Live from the Atlantic Studios, Let There Be Rock: The Movie – Live in Paris, the latter two released in 1997 as part of the Bonfire box set, and also four with Brian Johnson (released on Live, Live: 2 CD Collector's Edition, the tour edition of Stiff Upper Lip, and also on Live at River Plate). David Corino from Hawley, Pa In the BonFire boxset durning "Whole Lotta Rosie" (the live at paris gig) Durning the solo by angus, it sound like he pulls back and lets the rest of the band play. "Whole Lotta Rosie" is a song by Australian hard rock band AC/DC. on the American version of the 1996 Still Not Black Enough album.

He looked around and saw this leg and thought: 'Oh well!'

A. AC/DC Lyrics. In March 2005, Q magazine placed the live version from If You Want Blood ... at number 16 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks. Problem Child.

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