Wow, very unexpected. Saw him a couple of times back in the 80s, but he was in the gated drums and weird stage costumes phase so not that good. Funnily enough Phil Lynott guested at one gig in his last ever public performance, he looked awful.
This could be the greatest album cover of all time :
― Satantango! (Matt #2), Sunday, 6 February 2011 18:10 (2 years ago) Permalink
CTRL + RIP
― Morcheeba, simply happening. (PaulTMA), Sunday, 6 February 2011 18:27 (2 years ago) Permalink
Very sad news. RIP. In addition to his contributions to Lizzy, he did some great work with Colosseum II.
There was a good piece + obituary in The Times (London) today. The online version is subscription only, so I can't get to it to link.
This is an unjustly overlooked Moore record. Nice mixture of soft rock and shredding:
P.S. maybe a mod could add something to title of this thread?
― Jeff W, Monday, 7 February 2011 16:31 (2 years ago) Permalink
Sad news...
― Le mépris vient de la tête, la haine vient du cœur (Michael White), Monday, 7 February 2011 16:51 (2 years ago) Permalink
sad news, although i have to admit i'm not as familiar with the Thin Lizzy records Gary Moore played on. what's the best stuff he did with TL?
― some dude, Monday, 7 February 2011 16:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
Black Rose.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 7 February 2011 16:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
RIP to a great guitarist
― basedketball (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 7 February 2011 17:15 (2 years ago) Permalink
RIP
I've probably listened to no other group more than Lizzy in the past 6 months. Rock gods.
― President Keyes, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 00:07 (2 years ago) Permalink
Was just thinking that the statue of Phil outside Bruxelles in Dublin looked like him in bloated late era.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Phil_Lynott_Statue_at_Bruxelles_Dublin.jpgA bit like choosing to portray Elvis as he looked in the mid 70s over any other era that could be chosen, '56 or '68 much preferable.
I'm just picking up the remastered reissues.Still not found out why the Eric Bell era ones got delayed for like 5 years or whatever.Grabbed them as soon as I got the chance when they did appear. Love that stuff.Less familiar with the later era. Love Jailbreak now I've got it. Will gradually pick up the others over the next while.Not sure why they skipped 2lps, are they going back to reissue them remastered? Did they just skip from the delayed reissues to the most popular lps, then intend to work on from there including those 2?
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 10:32 (2 years ago) Permalink
Hello:
A treasure trove of tapes stashed away by Thin Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott will be released as a boxed set later this year.Twenty six years after the Dublin rocker's death at the age of 36, more of his lost music will be heard by the public for the first time in June.Shortly before he passed away in 1986, Mr Lynott gave 150 tapes to a third party for safekeeping. The cache of up to 700 songs has finally been released to record company Universal Music."This is an absolutely stunning find," Steve Hammonds, project manager behind the new Thin Lizzy box set, told the Irish Independent."In every group there's a member who lovingly collects their recordings and in Thin Lizzy that was Phil Lynott, because Lizzy was his baby and his band."It will be the second boxed set in recent times to feature archive work by the band, following last year's 'Live At The BBC' release.But the newly unearthed recordings stretch from Thin Lizzy's years with Decca Records, beginning in 1971, to their 'Renegade' album in 1981."There are out-takes, unheard versions of Thin Lizzy hits and, most exciting of all, material which was recorded but never released at the time," said Mr Hammonds.
Twenty six years after the Dublin rocker's death at the age of 36, more of his lost music will be heard by the public for the first time in June.
Shortly before he passed away in 1986, Mr Lynott gave 150 tapes to a third party for safekeeping. The cache of up to 700 songs has finally been released to record company Universal Music.
"This is an absolutely stunning find," Steve Hammonds, project manager behind the new Thin Lizzy box set, told the Irish Independent.
"In every group there's a member who lovingly collects their recordings and in Thin Lizzy that was Phil Lynott, because Lizzy was his baby and his band."
It will be the second boxed set in recent times to feature archive work by the band, following last year's 'Live At The BBC' release.
But the newly unearthed recordings stretch from Thin Lizzy's years with Decca Records, beginning in 1971, to their 'Renegade' album in 1981.
"There are out-takes, unheard versions of Thin Lizzy hits and, most exciting of all, material which was recorded but never released at the time," said Mr Hammonds.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 18:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
That sounds amazing! I still need to hear the BBC box.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 18:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
wow, really exciting news
thought it was really nice (if probably coincidental) that within months of Gary Moore passing away, Sade covered a Thin Lizzy song he's widely considered to have co-written:
― some dude, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 18:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
What fantastic news! They better make this a hefty release, I don't want 700 tracks whittled down to two CDs...
― Frobisher (Viceroy), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 23:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
This made me smile:
WHEN A 70-YEAR-OLD GRANDMOTHER PLAYED KEYBOARDS WITH THIN LIZZY
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 21:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
holy shit you guys i just bought this record called "jailbreak" and it might be the like, best thing ever
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 4 October 2012 15:53 (7 months ago) Permalink
yes, yes it just may be so. I'm still waiting for someone to unearth and epic 40-minute version of "Emerald".
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 4 October 2012 16:12 (7 months ago) Permalink
Are you the Hero?Are you the Madman?
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 4 October 2012 17:14 (7 months ago) Permalink
fighting - jailbreak - johnny the fox - bad reputation - black rose
i honestly can't think of a better five album run in rock
― buh, Thursday, 4 October 2012 19:59 (7 months ago) Permalink
Whatever happened to those unearthed Lynott demos and outtakes? I thought a box set was imminent...
― Frobisher the (Viceroy), Thursday, 4 October 2012 19:59 (7 months ago) Permalink
thin lizzy not even being considered for the rock and roll HOF means there is no rock and roll HOF.
― omar little, Thursday, 4 October 2012 20:06 (7 months ago) Permalink
I was always under the assumption they were in. Arent jackson browne and billy joel in? How is Thin Lizzy not?
― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Thursday, 4 October 2012 20:14 (7 months ago) Permalink
no room for thin lizzy or love or war, room for james taylor and RHCP.
― omar little, Thursday, 4 October 2012 20:17 (7 months ago) Permalink
RNRHOF is an exercise in tedium.
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 4 October 2012 20:19 (7 months ago) Permalink
"Little Girl in Bloom" is such a jam. it seems lazy to compare that song to the groove of The Unforgettable Fire since both bands are Irish but "Little Girl in Bloom" invents that sound, & I'm guessing Bono et. al. knew it well
― Euler, Thursday, 4 October 2012 21:58 (7 months ago) Permalink
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, October 4, 2012 11:53 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Oh man, I so envy you just getting into this band... Look forward to tons of jaw-dropping and holy-shitting as you explore their catalog...
― Clarke B., Thursday, 4 October 2012 22:53 (7 months ago) Permalink
Been into Thin Lizzy quite a lot over the last eighteen months or so. . .
Nightlife remains my favorite.
Bad Reputation a close second.
― Austin, Friday, 5 October 2012 04:12 (7 months ago) Permalink
My two favorites for a long time have been "Fighting" and "Johnny the Fox" but there's hardly an album of theirs I don't absolutely love.
― Frobisher the (Viceroy), Saturday, 6 October 2012 00:01 (7 months ago) Permalink
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 14 February 2013 00:29 (3 months ago) Permalink
That pic was on the cover of Sounds, or maybe NME from 1977 or so. So classic.
― everything, Thursday, 14 February 2013 02:36 (3 months ago) Permalink
I've seen it somewhere before, but it crossed my radar again today and felt it needed to be here.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 14 February 2013 02:41 (3 months ago) Permalink
"Downtown Sundown" is a beautiful tune.
― Johnny Hotcox, Friday, 8 March 2013 17:45 (2 months ago) Permalink
Some bumwads knocked over and seriously damaged the statue of Phil.
http://www.thejournal.ie/phil-lynott-statue-pushed-over-and-seriously-damaged-904013-May2013/
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 10 May 2013 16:32 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
>:(
death by hanging
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 10 May 2013 16:32 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
A+ attitude from his mom, though.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 10 May 2013 16:34 (2 weeks ago) Permalink