Thin Lizzy: Classic or Dud?

RIP

I've probably listened to no other group more than Lizzy in the past 6 months. Rock gods.

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.jpg
A 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?

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.

That sounds amazing! I still need to hear the BBC box.

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:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW8HHw8kpfM

What fantastic news! They better make this a hefty release, I don't want 700 tracks whittled down to two CDs...

This made me smile:

WHEN A 70-YEAR-OLD GRANDMOTHER PLAYED KEYBOARDS WITH THIN LIZZY

holy shit you guys i just bought this record called "jailbreak" and it might be the like, best thing ever

yes, yes it just may be so. I'm still waiting for someone to unearth and epic 40-minute version of "Emerald".

Are you the Hero?
Are you the Madman?

fighting - jailbreak - johnny the fox - bad reputation - black rose

i honestly can't think of a better five album run in rock

Whatever happened to those unearthed Lynott demos and outtakes? I thought a box set was imminent...

thin lizzy not even being considered for the rock and roll HOF means there is no rock and roll HOF.

I was always under the assumption they were in. Arent jackson browne and billy joel in? How is Thin Lizzy not?

no room for thin lizzy or love or war, room for james taylor and RHCP.

RNRHOF is an exercise in tedium.

"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

holy shit you guys i just bought this record called "jailbreak" and it might be the like, best thing ever

― 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...

Been into Thin Lizzy quite a lot over the last eighteen months or so. . .

Nightlife remains my favorite.

Bad Reputation a close second.

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.

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7vg7i9QKr1qapqhxo1_400.jpg

That pic was on the cover of Sounds, or maybe NME from 1977 or so. So classic.

I've seen it somewhere before, but it crossed my radar again today and felt it needed to be here.

"Downtown Sundown" is a beautiful tune.

http://bravewords-public.s3.amazonaws.com/images/p17q7j5t3j1fi15061c2fj7p1qdl4.jpg

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/

>:(

death by hanging

A+ attitude from his mom, though.

i actually had an ecstatic reaction while listening to thin lizzy today. like a religious experience. i felt the blood rush into my brain and i honestly felt like i could die happy at that moment. i even said this to maria. that i could die happy right then and there. it was a very visceral and physical thing. powerful. right there in public at the store too.

Only fitting on Phil's birthday.

wow, really, is it? i had no idea. weird.

Very weird. Though that sounds like an amazing experience.

it was the guitars...they lifted me out of the world and it didn't seem like a bad place to be. so suddenly!

which record, outta curiosity?

"i actually had an ecstatic reaction while listening to thin lizzy today. like a religious experience. i felt the blood rush into my brain and i honestly felt like i could die happy at that moment. i even said this to maria. that i could die happy right then and there. it was a very visceral and physical thing. powerful. right there in public at the store too."

what about the kids?

i was listening to Bad Reputation. but this didn't happen during "Dear Lord". that would have been appropriate. i think it was actually during "Opium Trail". its all a blur.

"what about the kids?"

there are feelings that go beyond mortal considerations. the kids would be sad if i died. but they'd be okay. they have lots of love around them. i don't want to go yet though. still got records to listen to.

it has a good reputation
xpost

don't let the kids listen to this record though lol!

It's unbelievable that there are only two mentions of "For Those Who Love to Live" on ilx.

reminds me i need to wdyll beside the newly restored phil statue right

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANIkF5Ar4GE

About 3 or 4 times a year I think to myself BEST FUCKIN' BAND EVER. EVER.

Just got Black Rose (finally) which is making me think that at this very moment.

otm

holy shit you guys i just bought this record called "jailbreak" and it might be the like, best thing ever

― Doctor Casino, Thursday, October 4, 2012 11:53 AM (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

so this just happened to me approximately 35 minutes ago.

where has this been all my life

That's a good thing to have happen to you, for sure.

It's unbelievable that there are only two mentions of "For Those Who Love to Live" on ilx.

― how's life, Thursday, August 22, 2013 8:12 AM (9 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I would like to take the time to mention it again though. This song is hard as fuck.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N454-BOIhfI&feature=kp

i literally knew no thin lizzy other than BABIT before now. And I have listened to shit-tons of classic rock in cars all my 44 years of life. Weird how these blind spots can happen. Weird and awesome because hello new thing to flip out over!

whoa 'Emerald' here's the egg for all of Slough Feg's oeuvre!