Ain't No Fun Waiting Around To Be A Millionaire

Ain't No Fun (Waiting Round To Be A Millionaire)
The genesis of this song appears to be a letter Bon Scott wrote shortly after joining the band. In January 1972, the Scottish-born Ronald Belford Scott married Irene Thornton, a native born Australian. The two traveled to the UK with Bon's band Fraternity, but although they were backed by Hamish Henry, a wealthy idealistic Adelaide music promoter, the tour was a disaster, and the band broke up. His new band would soon establish themselves as the biggest rock group in Australia and one of the biggest in the world, but they were not an overnight success, and in a letter to Irene, Bon included a PS to his brother Graeme: "If you can still manage the other $50 I'd love ya f'rever. It's no fun waiting round to be a millionaire!!!"

This Young/Young and Scott composition runs to 7 minutes 31 seconds and has a terrible irony about it; Bon Scott died in London on February 19, 1980 at the age of 33, just as he and his band were becoming a force in rock music. He was most definitely having fun, and if he had managed to wait around a little longer he would just as definitely have become a millionaire many times over.

Bon Scott was murdered and all ACDC albums were held from US Release as long as possible because of Maximum Overdrive which was theatrically released on July 25, 1986. King has long professed his appreciation for AC/DC and desperately wanted to get them involved in the making of Maximum Overdrive. Legend has it that he wooed them by proving his fandom and singing “Ain’t No Fun Waiting Round to Be a Millionaire” from their 1976 album Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap in its entirety. That was an obvious signal and Bonn Scott had always rejected this because fundamentally Bonn wasn't a bad guy, but them little Scottish Midget (coof Masonic coof) brothers Angus and Malcom was a different story.

The band agreed to provide the music for the film, which they released as 1987’s “Who Made Who.” Only the earliest pressings of the album note that it’s the official soundtrack to King’s film. Obviously Who Made Who was after the very much successful Back in Black album, Brian Johnson's first with the Young brothers... Now look and think about that "Back in Black" album which stopped the "Waiting Round to Be a Millionaire". The same song which was sung in full (according to lore) by Stephen King to Angus, Malcom AND BRIAN JOHNSON...

ONE DAY AFTER AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd was arrested for allegedly attempting to procure the murders of two men, the main murder-for-hire charge has been dropped. Greg Hollister-Jones – the Crown Solicitor of Tauranga, New Zealand, where Rudd was arrested – made the decision to withdraw the charge due to “insufficient evidence.” A press release from Hollister-Jones’ office, which advises the Tauranga government on legal affairs and would have been prosecuting the drummer, said that it had informed Rudd’s lawyers and police of his decision. The High Court will not be trying Rudd on this charge, though a spokesperson for the Tauranga Crown Solicitor’s office confirmed to Rolling Stone that Rudd still faces charges of threatening to kill and possession of methamphetamine and cannabis.

Rudd was arrested for allegedly trying to have two as-yet-unidentified men killed in late September. He was also charged with possession of methamphetamine and cannabis, following a raid on his home, as well as threatening to kill. The drummer appeared in court and was released on bail.

There is a spoken line near the end of the song, where Bon says, "Hey Howard, how you doin' baby? Oh yeah, next door neighbor... Get your f*kn' Jumbo Jet out of my airport!" Bon is referring to the billionaire Howard Hughes, with a tongue-in-cheek reference to the imaginary lifestlye of living as a millionaire.

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