AC/FreeC (AC/DC vs Free)
Two seventees rock tracks blended as if they were intended to be brought together all the time. A match made in heaven; Paul Rodgers on an energetic AC/DC track ain’t bad company!
“(Highway To) Hell Right Now” locks two of rock’s most beloved riffs into the same groove and finds they fit like they always belonged together.
Bon Scott and Paul Rodgers share something rare: a voice that sounds like it could fill a stadium made of corrugated iron. Both songs carry the same gleeful confidence, a rolling swagger that doesn’t try to be anything other than what it is.
Put Bon Scott’s full-throttle energy next to Paul Rodgers’ bluesier soul and the result is two eras of British and Australian rock colliding at full volume.
Ingredients
This mashup / mix is a blend of these tunes:
AC/DC
Highway to Hell
Year: 1979
Album: Highway to Hell
Genre: Hard rock
About Highway to Hell
The title track from AC/DC’s sixth studio album, “Highway to Hell” was the last studio recording featuring Bon Scott, who died in February 1980. It’s arguably the band’s defining riff — Malcolm Young’s rhythm guitar is a metronome set to “unstoppable,” while Angus Young’s lead howls over the top. Scott’s vocal is rock bravado at its most committed: no irony, no distance, completely magnificent. The album reached #8 in the UK and broke AC/DC internationally. The song has been a live staple — for the band and for tribute acts everywhere — ever since.
Free
All Right Now
Year: 1970
Album: Fire and Water
Genre: Hard rock
About All Right Now
“All Right Now” remains Free’s defining moment. Released in 1970, it reached #2 in the UK and #4 in the US, and became one of the most-played rock tracks in radio history. The song rests on Paul Kossoff’s unforgettable guitar riff — one of rock’s great gifts — and Paul Rodgers’ raw, soulful vocal that made him one of the most respected rock singers of his generation. After Free disbanded, Rodgers went on to front Bad Company and later toured with Queen. “All Right Now” never needed any of that to cement its place.
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