They went downhill after Black Rose imo
― The World According To.... (Michael B), Monday, 2 December 2019 14:28 (four years ago) link
Yeah, start at Jailbreak is an easy enough answer, but just make sure you don't STOP at Jailbreak. I'm a fan of Fighting, in addition to the albums Brad mentioned.
― ☮ (peace, man), Monday, 2 December 2019 14:28 (four years ago) link
― The World According To.... (Michael B), Monday, December 2, 2019 7:28 AM (six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
thunder and lightning is great though! sometimes my favorite
― american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, 2 December 2019 14:36 (four years ago) link
Just listening to Emerald and dang the guitars are magnificent. Also, I'd not realised how much Iron Maiden copped from Lizzy: this is the template for a whole bunch of Maiden stuff - sonically and structurally.
― Life is a meaningless nightmare of suffering...save string (Chinaski), Monday, 2 December 2019 15:59 (four years ago) link
the iron maiden s/t is just faster thin lizzy, and that's why it rules
― american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, 2 December 2019 16:10 (four years ago) link
jailbreak is as good a starting point as any imo, cause it has some of their (deservedly) best-known songs and the rest of the tracks are as good or better. and it cuts a great balance between muscular hard rock and heart-on-sleeve pub rock. 'fight or fail' has always been a personal favorite of mine.
― jacquees, full of cobras (voodoo chili), Monday, 2 December 2019 16:12 (four years ago) link
The Boys are Back in Town is a song that cannot be worn out.
Great driving music as well.
― Mazzy Tsar (PBKR), Monday, 2 December 2019 18:40 (four years ago) link
I really love the Eric Bell era. 1st lp has everyone playing rhythm and lead simultaneously.2nd lp is a bit less intense.Hadn't really looked into the later era before the deluxe editions 10 years ago and I still need to pick up a couple.I have a live set with John du Cann on one of the 2 guitars somewhere not sure he stands out as much as elsewhere.But band was pretty great for a long time.& Phil is among the guests on the Johnny Thunders solo lp So Alone too.
― Stevolende, Monday, 2 December 2019 18:42 (four years ago) link
No-one has mentioned LIVE AND DANGEROUS yet either
― The World According To.... (Michael B), Monday, 2 December 2019 19:09 (four years ago) link
Oh should have done. It was the one post 3piece lp I had by them for years.
― Stevolende, Monday, 2 December 2019 19:20 (four years ago) link
oooh yeah live and dangerous has definitive versions of a lot of their best work.
― jacquees, full of cobras (voodoo chili), Monday, 2 December 2019 19:36 (four years ago) link
the lyrics to Got To Give It Up break me every time
― Pinche Cumbion Bien Loco (stevie), Monday, 2 December 2019 22:40 (four years ago) link
this is an excellent take
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Monday, 2 December 2019 22:49 (four years ago) link
i always rep for nightlife and bad reputation; but truly, the run from nightlife to black rose is pretty stellar. that said, first three albums are still really good and should be sought out eventually.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Monday, 2 December 2019 22:55 (four years ago) link
"Tonight there's gonna be a jailbreak, somewhere in this town"
I'd imagine it'll be taking place at the jail, Phil. Great track though, and great band.
― does it look like i'm here (jon123), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 10:21 (four years ago) link
IT'S A METAPHOR
― Pinche Cumbion Bien Loco (stevie), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 19:14 (four years ago) link
Or maybe there are several jails in the town. It could be a big town!
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 19:18 (four years ago) link
FUCKING VAGABONDS RULES. FUCKING THE HERO AND THE MADMAN
― barreras, Monday, 9 December 2019 07:46 (four years ago) link
FUCKING FIGHTING. FUCKING JOHNNY THE FOX
― barreras, Monday, 9 December 2019 07:47 (four years ago) link
barreras otm
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Monday, 9 December 2019 12:33 (four years ago) link
'still in love with you' off live and dangerous absolutely crushes me
― Wee Bloabby (NickB), Monday, 9 December 2019 12:59 (four years ago) link
most amazing and melancholy guitar solo
― Pinche Cumbion Bien Loco (stevie), Monday, 9 December 2019 13:35 (four years ago) link
starts off like a codeine song, ends up like dinosaur jr
― Wee Bloabby (NickB), Monday, 9 December 2019 13:40 (four years ago) link
― Wee Bloabby (NickB), Monday, 9 December 2019 12:59 (two hours ago)
that bass! trickles like tears running down your cheeks
― The World According To.... (Michael B), Monday, 9 December 2019 15:27 (four years ago) link
Nothing to celebrate about Phil dying on this day in 1986 but the t-shirt is too good not to share. pic.twitter.com/Fd0r6PNy3r— GlennA (@GlennAirey) January 4, 2020
a day late with this.
― calzino, Sunday, 5 January 2020 10:24 (four years ago) link
Emerald/Still In Love With You (Live) back to back for an epic emotional thursday night shred party
― incapacitant hairdresser society (rizzx), Thursday, 9 July 2020 19:23 (four years ago) link
A mere smidgen:
https://www.stereogum.com/2095399/thin-lizzy-rock-legends-box-set-unreleased-tracks/music/
And now, for the 50th anniversary of the band’s formation, Universal is embarking on a big reissue campaign to underline the group’s legacy, the first installment of which is a giant box set. The career-spanning compilation features six discs of rarities, demos, radio sessions, and live recordings. Altogether, there’s 74 previously unreleased tracks.In addition to all the music, there are also a couple DVDs featuring the BBC documentary Bad Reputation and the band’s performance on Rod Stewart’s 1976 TV special A Night On The Town. The set also includes a bunch of book material, spanning everything from reproductions of old tour programs to Phil Lynott’s poetry.
In addition to all the music, there are also a couple DVDs featuring the BBC documentary Bad Reputation and the band’s performance on Rod Stewart’s 1976 TV special A Night On The Town. The set also includes a bunch of book material, spanning everything from reproductions of old tour programs to Phil Lynott’s poetry.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 20 August 2020 17:44 (four years ago) link
I just noticed this four-CD box set that was released back in 2006: https://www.discogs.com/master/view/282774
Apparently never released in the U.S. which probably explains why I've never seen one. Anyone have this? There's a few tracks I would have included from Live and Dangerous but otherwise it looks pretty solid.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 8 October 2020 03:00 (three years ago) link
Sorry, 2001, not 2006 - apparently it was reissued in 2006 in more compact packaging with a cheaper price.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 8 October 2020 03:01 (three years ago) link
I've got it, and it's a great into to Lizzy. The thematic tracklisting thing goes against my own preference for chronological, but...
― comorbidities in the BK lounge (stevie), Thursday, 8 October 2020 07:22 (three years ago) link
POP FACT! i just moved house, but i was living one street away from the clifton grange hotel in manchester - which lynott's mother used to run. the boys are back in town is about a manchester gang who used to frequent the hotel. 'the quality street gang'. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality_Street_Gang
― maelin, Thursday, 8 October 2020 10:23 (three years ago) link
That’s a pretty great name for a gang
― calstars, Thursday, 8 October 2020 13:01 (three years ago) link
Just listened to this interview with Huey Lewis who mentioned that Phil Lynott was a mentor to him in the pre-News days when Huey was in Clover. Starts around the 26 minute mark.
https://www.pushkin.fm/episode/huey-lewis/
― j.o.h.n. in evanston (john. a resident of chicago.), Thursday, 8 October 2020 13:59 (three years ago) link
quality street gang rules
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 8 October 2020 14:03 (three years ago) link
I heard they couldn't fight for toffee
― comorbidities in the BK lounge (stevie), Thursday, 8 October 2020 14:07 (three years ago) link
A few of them were hard nuts.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Thursday, 8 October 2020 14:18 (three years ago) link
Listening to "She Knows," the Van Morrison influence on Lynott's vocal is pretty charming, especially the brief scat at 2:40. And I really dig the exquisite guitar solos that follow, not to mention those smooth drum fills that punctuate them.
Anyway, great stuff - musically, the record feels like a lovely marriage between Hall & Oates's No Goodbyes and Steely Dan's Katy Lied.
― birdistheword, Friday, 9 October 2020 16:38 (three years ago) link
This slipped by too - Thin Lizzy gets a LOT more press in the UK than the US, that's for sure - but here's Record Collector's review for the next box set that's out this week. This part is pretty insane:
"The first in a series of archive releases, Rock Legends will satisfy collectors disappointed with the Warriors, Kings, Vagabonds, Angels (2001) box set’s paucity of rarities. By comparison, this hits the motherlode, with 74 previously unreleased tracks, sourced from an extensive cache of newly recovered master tapes, long rumoured to exist. Nick Sharp, one of the consultants involved in compiling Rock Legends, told RC that the tapes were retrieved when outtakes from Johnny Thunders’ So Alone album appeared on eBay. Knowing of Lynott’s contributions, the seller was contacted and found to be the custodian of the Lizzy tapes. Despite having at one point been stored in the damp confines of a barge on the Manchester Ship Canal, the majority of tapes were salvageable, and the songs chosen for inclusion have been newly mastered."
Maybe it'll be in the booklet but how does a stash of master tapes like that wind up sitting in a barge?
― birdistheword, Monday, 26 October 2020 19:55 (three years ago) link
This may be the greatest maritime rarities salvage incident since the Grateful Dead's houseboat tapes.
― peace, man, Monday, 26 October 2020 23:35 (three years ago) link
holy shit
I listen to Thin Lizzy like once a week, just a miraculously good band
― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 28 October 2020 01:55 (three years ago) link
it's been a while for me, but Jailbreak and Black Rose are impeccable. need to finally dig through the rest of their oeuvre.
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 28 October 2020 03:11 (three years ago) link
FIGHTING!
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 28 October 2020 03:53 (three years ago) link
I, too, have joined the Church of Lizzy & Lynott.
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 2 February 2022 09:22 (two years ago) link
Well that'll do ya
https://superdeluxeedition.com/news/thin-lizzy-live-and-dangerous-super-deluxe-edition/
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 18 November 2022 18:12 (one year ago) link
The super deluxe edition of Live And Dangerous finally puts to bed the myth that the album was extensively overdubbed in the studio, and demonstrates that Thin Lizzy was one of the best live bands of the 1970s.
― Naive Teen Idol, Sunday, 20 November 2022 05:54 (one year ago) link
Old Dan in a raincoat hums the very, very, very special notesOf a long lost favorite melodyIt reminds him of a love affair when he was young and did not careAnd how he parted so soft, so sadden
― Heez, Sunday, 15 January 2023 03:12 (one year ago) link
Something so Irish about that verse. Reminds me of “The Dead”
― Heez, Sunday, 15 January 2023 03:14 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At_rPiCCnpY
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 27 August 2023 15:46 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXM3zCestm8
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 30 August 2023 20:20 (one year ago) link
Peak Phil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SP6ZyCZsQM
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 10 September 2023 05:26 (one year ago) link