Thin Lizzy: Classic or Dud?

oh right, yeah, you live around here! it was The Bay, i'm pretty sure. it's pretty same-old-stuff-ish but i still hear pleasant surprises on there fairly regularly.

cowboy song gets a turn on the classik rock station in Sac every now and then

grotesquely swollen Sac

in this heat you're not kidding D:

the extra cymbal hits in the live and dangerous version of "jailbreak" make it even more awesome

http://i.imgur.com/QMBMslN.jpg

heard night life for the first time ever recently. i've listened to it many times since then. what a great band

on such a Lizzy jag at the moment. no diss on other heavy rock and metal bands, but were any ever as romantic and vivid and joyful and witty and poetic storytellers as Phil fuckin' Lynott?

I heard "Got To Give It Up" for the first time about 2 weeks ago and it's been running through my head a LOT.

CLASSIC!

Ridiculously catchy song

the video for Old Town is my happy place

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2OcIqwmSaY

Everyone is so over-familiar with 'The Boys are Back in Town' by this point that I wonder just how many people have caught on to how neat the chord changes in the verses are?

I love "got to give it up" but I always sing the "back in town" lyrics over the verse. They match up really well

man, bad reputation is good, good times

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.

― scott seward, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 18:03 (five years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

bless you scott

TL is great music to take a shower to

Where's a good place to start with this band?

jailbreak, bad reputation, or black rose. they have several awesome albums and ways in tbh hard to go wrong

Their self titled debut is amazing too, winning combo of Lynott's Celtic mysticism/Van Morrisonesque childhood nostalgia/hard rocking riffage

They went downhill after Black Rose imo

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.

They went downhill after Black Rose imo

― 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

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.

the iron maiden s/t is just faster thin lizzy, and that's why it rules

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.

The Boys are Back in Town is a song that cannot be worn out.

Great driving music as well.

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.

No-one has mentioned LIVE AND DANGEROUS yet either

Oh should have done. It was the one post 3piece lp I had by them for years.

oooh yeah live and dangerous has definitive versions of a lot of their best work.

the lyrics to Got To Give It Up break me every time

the iron maiden s/t is just faster thin lizzy, and that's why it rules

this is an excellent take

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.

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.

"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.

IT'S A METAPHOR

Or maybe there are several jails in the town. It could be a big town!

FUCKING VAGABONDS RULES. FUCKING THE HERO AND THE MADMAN

FUCKING FIGHTING. FUCKING JOHNNY THE FOX

barreras otm

'still in love with you' off live and dangerous absolutely crushes me

most amazing and melancholy guitar solo

starts off like a codeine song, ends up like dinosaur jr

'still in love with you' off live and dangerous absolutely crushes me

― Wee Bloabby (NickB), Monday, 9 December 2019 12:59 (two hours ago)

that bass! trickles like tears running down your cheeks

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.

Emerald/Still In Love With You (Live) back to back for an epic emotional thursday night shred party

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.

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.

Sorry, 2001, not 2006 - apparently it was reissued in 2006 in more compact packaging with a cheaper price.

I've got it, and it's a great into to Lizzy. The thematic tracklisting thing goes against my own preference for chronological, but...