Patrick Donovan Theage.com.au is reporting:

Bagpipe player Kevin Conlon will never forget the day he received a phone call out of the blue from former AC/DC singer Bon Scott asking him to feature in the video clip for 'It's A Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)'.

''I got a call from Bon and he didn't know who I was and I didn't know who he was,'' Mr Conlon says. ''He wanted to buy a set of bagpipes and have a few lessons. I told him they would cost over $1000 and it would take 12 months or more of lessons to learn how to play a tune. He said that was fine and came down for a few lessons, but as we were only going to be miming, he just had to look like he was playing.''

The clip, featuring AC/DC playing the song with bagpipe players from the Rats of Tobruk Pipe Band past bemused shoppers down Swanston Street on the back of a flatbed truck, has become one of the most-watched clips of all time, with nearly 7 million views on YouTube.

The song has become an anthem for any young musician trying to make it in rock'n'roll. It was voted the ninth-best Australian song of all time by the Australasian Performing Right Association, and has been covered by pop stars, metal bands, female country singers and kids' bands.

The band won't be playing it at its three shows at Etihad Stadium this week (singer Brian Johnson doesn't sing it out of respect for its author, the late Bon Scott). But live music lobby group SLAM (Save Live Australia's Music) will re-enact the clip down Swanston Street in a protest against the state government's liquor licensing laws on February 23.

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