"Whiskey in the Jar" wld fit right in on Marquee Moon.
― i'm shy (Abbott), Saturday, 4 April 2009 19:55 (fifteen years ago) link
i own all these albums and the only ones i never listen to are the last two. i listen to phil solo more than the last two. first album is my favorite, but i love everything up to and including bad reputation. depends on my mood. sometimes i'm in a Chinatown mood! Nightlife might be my second fave album.
the New Day EP should be on here too, just cuz EPs are people too.
http://991.com/newGallery/Thin-Lizzy-New-Day-EP-222119.jpg
― scott seward, Saturday, 4 April 2009 20:03 (fifteen years ago) link
voted bad reputation
― autogucci cru (deej), Saturday, 4 April 2009 20:07 (fifteen years ago) link
taking sides - U.K. debut cover -vs- U.S. debut cover:
U.K. cover
http://www.popsike.com/pix/20060628/150003506245.jpg
U.S. cover
http://www.popsike.com/pix/20080912/110288859457.jpg
― scott seward, Saturday, 4 April 2009 20:07 (fifteen years ago) link
usa
― kamerad, Saturday, 4 April 2009 20:43 (fifteen years ago) link
I like fighting waaaaaaaaaay better than jailbreak. (and better than most things.)
― original bgm, Sunday, 5 April 2009 21:51 (fifteen years ago) link
Hips n thighs always win, but that one is kinda bony. Black Rose: A Rock Legend.
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 6 April 2009 03:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 23 April 2009 23:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 24 April 2009 23:01 (fifteen years ago) link
nice to see so many getting a vote
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 25 April 2009 22:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Gary Moore's 1969 Skid Row were pretty good. more 'prog' than lizzy.
― Michael B, Sunday, 3 May 2009 19:51 (fifteen years ago) link
fucking plebes voting for Jailbreak...
― Edward Aetheling (Viceroy), Thursday, 14 May 2009 05:19 (fifteen years ago) link
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Thursday, 14 May 2009 05:34 (fifteen years ago) link
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Thursday, 14 May 2009 05:39 (fifteen years ago) link
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Thursday, 14 May 2009 05:40 (fifteen years ago) link
motorhead w/ lynott! wish this was better quality
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Thursday, 14 May 2009 05:49 (fifteen years ago) link
A version I've not heard before of my favorite Thin Lizzy song. no video.
― james k polk, Thursday, 14 May 2009 07:33 (fifteen years ago) link
"Little Girl In Bloom" is a stunning song. Sounds way better on the Vagabonds album. That was supposed to be issued as a double deluxe a couple years ago, but then never appeared, except for possibly an ultra rare Japanese version. I wonder what happened.
― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 14 May 2009 12:35 (fifteen years ago) link
Black Rose totally got robbed here!
― The Ten Things I Hate About Commandments (Abbbottt), Thursday, 14 October 2010 03:50 (thirteen years ago) link
"Do ANything You Want To" is the perfect cure for the blues, I swear.
― The Ten Things I Hate About Commandments (Abbbottt), Thursday, 14 October 2010 03:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Black Rose is my favorite. The first three albums got double deluxe treatment from Universal this week, including the stellar Vagabonds Of The Western World. Might be UK-only though. I'm waiting to find a good price.
― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 14 October 2010 15:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Shiiiiit
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 14 October 2010 15:25 (thirteen years ago) link
If you find a good price on 'em stateside let us know - I'd definitely be interested.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 14 October 2010 15:55 (thirteen years ago) link
― The Ten Things I Hate About Commandments (Abbbottt), Wednesday, October 13, 2010 11:51 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
listening to Got to Give it Up is a downer though. love Black Rose
― mizzell, Thursday, 14 October 2010 16:08 (thirteen years ago) link
For real, it's great! The album is a portrait of a conflicted inner life, which is the kind of thing I always appreciate.
― The Ten Things I Hate About Commandments (Abbbottt), Thursday, 14 October 2010 16:39 (thirteen years ago) link
'got to give it up'
― j. sargent & lil k3v (deej), Friday, 15 October 2010 00:59 (thirteen years ago) link
WEDNESDAY LET'S GO
― BIG MUFFIN (gbx), Thursday, 25 November 2010 06:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Opium Trail kills.
― Naive Teen Idol, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 02:45 (ten years ago) link
Just re-watched the Behind the Music on these guys that sold me on them a decade ago. Shazam helped me make a pretty ace Spotify playlist of things I either didn't know or didn't know well:
http://open.spotify.com/user/124420673/playlist/5hS7TBmVWVcVNxKJgX6VpH
― Naive Teen Idol, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 11:15 (ten years ago) link
Not sure I get the hate for Renegade. "Heart Attack"'a "Mama I'm dyin'/Mama I'm dyin' dyin' dyin'" chorus is Phil at his absolute best.
― Naive Teen Idol, Saturday, 19 October 2013 14:39 (ten years ago) link
And "It's Getting Dangerous" is one of Phil's best melancholy "Don't look back in anger" lyrics.
― Naive Teen Idol, Saturday, 19 October 2013 14:43 (ten years ago) link
Renegade and Thunder And Lightning were reissued on Universal on Oct 1, the latter a double CD. They're good albums, just not as consistent as their classics. I also recommend UK Tour 1975 as a great summary of their best stuff up to that point, just about as great as their more well known live album.
― Fastnbulbous, Saturday, 19 October 2013 15:00 (ten years ago) link
But since it ain't there 'Shades' because it holds out the promise of strange other career Phil might have had
It's a good record – but there are certainly elements that found their way into Thin Lizzy proper. For instance, the title track exudes the kind of languid young ruffians nostalgia of which he became rock's foremost practitioner later in his career. Not usually with mellotron tho.
― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 21 October 2013 12:32 (ten years ago) link
And yes, I'm going thru their entire catalogue.
UK Tour '75 smokes btw.
― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 21 October 2013 12:36 (ten years ago) link
Tons of these songs have become major earworms for me over the past few weeks. "Southbound," "It's Getting Dangerous," "Bad Reputation..." Amazing stuff.
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 24 October 2013 14:17 (ten years ago) link
Man I love Southbound
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 24 October 2013 16:41 (ten years ago) link
That song's been in my head lately too.
― how's life, Thursday, 24 October 2013 17:26 (ten years ago) link
listening to Black Rose an it's oh so good. those guitar harmonies are so developed and smooth, and even though there's heavy guitar work all over this, it sounds so 'happy' and fun.
plus there weren't enough baritone vocalists like Lynott (and still aren't). I've always loved teh Lizzy style of "chunk-chunk" riff on their uptempo numbers.
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 27 July 2014 21:43 (ten years ago) link
obv "Got to Give It up" is anything but happy but it's gripping and well written/performed.
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 27 July 2014 21:50 (ten years ago) link
Opium Trail kills.― Naive Teen Idol, Tuesday, October 15, 2013 2:45 AM (9 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― bernard snowy, Sunday, 27 July 2014 23:14 (ten years ago) link
Jailbreak through Bad Reputation a run of perfect albums.
― bernard snowy, Sunday, 27 July 2014 23:17 (ten years ago) link
DON'T STICK YER SIGN ON ME, I AIN'T GOT NO LABEL
― bernard snowy, Sunday, 27 July 2014 23:18 (ten years ago) link
(I'm not sure why Black Rose hasn't clicked with me yet, but rest assured that once it does I will return to this thread to defy you once again)
― bernard snowy, Sunday, 27 July 2014 23:19 (ten years ago) link
This'll keep ya busy
http://dangerousminds.net/comments/your_new_car_jam_one_hour_and_twelve_minute_megamix_of_just_the_guitar_solo
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 7 April 2015 15:36 (nine years ago) link
when i'm tired of acca dacca, i let my neighbours listen to thin lizzy. i sang 'the boys are back in town' at an open mic last night for a giggle. had the entire pub singing along - all nine patrons. i recently learned that phil lynott's mum used to manage a (then) hotel on the next street from me, here in manchester - the song is purportedly about a gang who used to frequent it. the building still stands. pop fact!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality_Street_Gang
― meaulnes, Tuesday, 10 September 2019 22:46 (five years ago) link
now that's what i call music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13sLQbqeWuA
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 30 April 2024 21:53 (four months ago) link
fighting
― ciderpress, Monday, 13 May 2024 15:30 (four months ago) link
these fuckin’ guys
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 15 May 2024 13:30 (four months ago) link
i was cruising around this morning listening to Bad Reputation, and it just reinforced how absolutely sick the guitar on that album is. and on their other albums. and so many amazing tunes, Van Morrison would have killed someone to have written Dancing in the Moonlight.
― omar little, Wednesday, 29 May 2024 17:59 (three months ago) link
Pretty much all the guitar on that album played by Scott Gorham! Brian Robertson just does a handful of solos/harmony parts.
― new wave of pictish heavy metal (Matt #2), Wednesday, 29 May 2024 18:22 (three months ago) link
fine as jailbreak clearly is it shouldn't have won by such a margin. the next three are all better at the very least.
i trust live and dangerous would have won had it been there.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Wednesday, 29 May 2024 23:42 (three months ago) link
starting a run-through of their catalog, listening to the s/t debut, you always heard bad things about the early stuff but this is kinda groovy!
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 3 June 2024 16:13 (three months ago) link
Nightlife and S/T were robbed on this poll. still my faves.
― scott seward, Monday, 3 June 2024 16:34 (three months ago) link
this is really cool, there are obvious references here like cream, hendrix, maybe fairport but it's got it own identity, i can't think of anything that sounds exactly like this
also he had that great voice and delivery from day one apparently, goes a long way
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 3 June 2024 16:38 (three months ago) link
Vagabonds is so awesome too.
― scott seward, Monday, 3 June 2024 16:44 (three months ago) link
I consider the song “shades of a blue orphanage” a classic Irish song
― Heez, Monday, 3 June 2024 16:48 (three months ago) link
Bought Johnny the fox on vinyl this past weekend
― Heez, Monday, 3 June 2024 16:49 (three months ago) link
i notice this a lot reading old reviews of 70s bands that were written in retrospect for record guides and stuff like that...it's like the band is known for a certain iconic album or period (jailbreak, rumours, etc etc) and then the entire catalog is framed as either the evolution to or the decline from that period...and anything old is only picked over for the bits that might look ahead to what they became famous for and anything else is sort of viewed as juvenalia that they shed later. people don't listen to them in the mind of "what if this was some old forgotten band that wasn't thin lizzy" and judging it on its own merits.
anyway this album is great.
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 3 June 2024 16:56 (three months ago) link
I think that's just common with people in general. they see things within the context of what they know already and how it fits in with that they know. kinda hard not to do it. i was reading this book about Columbus's kid and they had this part where they talked about Columbus and other Spanish people seeing the native peoples on islands and they didn't see the people and what they did and what they had built. they saw the people and immediately thought: okay, how do these people fit in with the Bible. or: how can i fit them into my Bible world. they could never see them on their own. this is true for people who worship Rumours as well.
― scott seward, Monday, 3 June 2024 17:36 (three months ago) link
I'm not saying it's their best but I listen to the debut more than any other album of theirs. It's got the mystic Celtic stuff, great riffs ("Look what the wind blew in") and "Honesty is no excuse" is heart wrenching, maybe my favourite tune of theirs
― Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Monday, 3 June 2024 17:58 (three months ago) link
I love Black Rose the most, and not only cuz of "Roisin Dubh," which everyone loves, but cuz of "Toughest Street in Town" which, if you only know the hits but dig the fukk out of 'em… well you should listen to that fucking song right now…
― veronica moser, Monday, 3 June 2024 19:31 (three months ago) link
Black Rose is also my favorite…the only weak spot is S&M which isn’t even all that weak as far as 70s rock goes.
― Slim is an Alien, Monday, 3 June 2024 21:06 (three months ago) link
I bought Johnny the Fox a couple of years ago and it really blew me a way. I mostly only knew Fighting and Jailbreak. Still haven't gone beyond that except I know the song Old Town (great video, I got a beer at the pub in Dublin where they filmed part of it).
Something about Lynott's delivery and story just hits me in an emotional way beyond the "weight" of their actual catalog. I can't even really put into words. Even when he is being macho he makes me want to cry.
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Monday, 3 June 2024 21:43 (three months ago) link
Definitely check out nightlife then
― Heez, Monday, 3 June 2024 21:58 (three months ago) link
Waitin For An Alibi is my fave, especially the long version
― a based robot like Bender (stevie), Monday, 3 June 2024 22:05 (three months ago) link
I know music too, you see
― brimstead, Monday, 3 June 2024 22:07 (three months ago) link
ums otm re:first album, scott otm re:nightlife
here's what i had to say about the first album when i heard it for the first time in 2012:
Thin Lizzy — self-titled (1971)Thin Lizzy's first album is an odd mixture of post-electric blues, folky Irish textures and that undeniable Lizzy slant of thoughtfully rocking out. The opener 'The Friendly Ranger at Clontarf Castle' is a weird, half spoken venture through a post-Dylan stream of consciousness and the resonating tunefulness that was to come. Wah-wahed out psychedelic guitar tones and a surprising restraint in the arrangement and, before you know it, 'Honesty is no Excuse' comes in like a total winner. And, before you know it AGAIN, 'Diddy Levine' makes a mockery of any contemporary attempts at an actual buildup in a pop song. 'Look What the Wind Blew In' points towards the band's rockin' future and the proper album closes out with the thoughtful extended piece 'Remembering (Part One).' I picked up the expanded edition of the album from 2010, so it features the New Day EP also from 1971 and a batch of revised tracks from 1977 (inexplicably featuring the one and only Midge Ure). Among these extras, 'Dublin' (from the New Day EP) stands as one of the band's best ballads. 'Remembering (Part Two): New Day' is a really uplifting rocker, while 'Old Moon Madness' seems to anticipate no-wave in its frenetic pace and chaotic riffs that don't make sense until halfway through the song. The 1977 re-recordings are generally more rocked up. 'Honesty is no Excuse' just seems to be a great song, no matter the rendering and it's probably my favorite of the revisions here (the power-ballady stance that 'Dublin' takes on, for instance, just doesn't hit as hard). Overall, this must've sounded like a complete anomaly when it first came out. I'm along the thinking that it's actually among the band's best albums, especially in this expanded edition.
Thin Lizzy's first album is an odd mixture of post-electric blues, folky Irish textures and that undeniable Lizzy slant of thoughtfully rocking out. The opener 'The Friendly Ranger at Clontarf Castle' is a weird, half spoken venture through a post-Dylan stream of consciousness and the resonating tunefulness that was to come. Wah-wahed out psychedelic guitar tones and a surprising restraint in the arrangement and, before you know it, 'Honesty is no Excuse' comes in like a total winner. And, before you know it AGAIN, 'Diddy Levine' makes a mockery of any contemporary attempts at an actual buildup in a pop song. 'Look What the Wind Blew In' points towards the band's rockin' future and the proper album closes out with the thoughtful extended piece 'Remembering (Part One).' I picked up the expanded edition of the album from 2010, so it features the New Day EP also from 1971 and a batch of revised tracks from 1977 (inexplicably featuring the one and only Midge Ure). Among these extras, 'Dublin' (from the New Day EP) stands as one of the band's best ballads. 'Remembering (Part Two): New Day' is a really uplifting rocker, while 'Old Moon Madness' seems to anticipate no-wave in its frenetic pace and chaotic riffs that don't make sense until halfway through the song. The 1977 re-recordings are generally more rocked up. 'Honesty is no Excuse' just seems to be a great song, no matter the rendering and it's probably my favorite of the revisions here (the power-ballady stance that 'Dublin' takes on, for instance, just doesn't hit as hard). Overall, this must've sounded like a complete anomaly when it first came out. I'm along the thinking that it's actually among the band's best albums, especially in this expanded edition.
finally, would have voted nightlife. i love soft rockin phil.
― interstellar anthropologist+music philosopher, (Austin), Monday, 3 June 2024 22:08 (three months ago) link
oh yeah i was into giving star ratings (out of a possible 5) back then and i placed a lot of value and put probably way too much thought into it.
anyway, if that review wasn't gushy enough, i also gave it 4.5 stars
― interstellar anthropologist+music philosopher, (Austin), Monday, 3 June 2024 22:10 (three months ago) link
enjoyed that review
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 4 June 2024 00:24 (three months ago) link
"don't believe a word" off Johnny the Fox would make a great country song. sing this to the tune of Waylon's "the door is always open"
Don't believe me if I tell youNot a word of this is trueDon't believe me if I tell you, especially if I tell youI'm in love with you
Don't believe me if I tell youThat I wrote this song for youThere just might be some other silly pretty girlI'm singing to
Don't believe a wordWords are only spokenBut your heart is like a promiseMade to be broken
Don't believe a wordWords can tell liesAnd lies are no companyWhen there's tears in your eyes
Don't believe a wordNo, don't believe a wordDon't believe me, don't believe me, don't believe meDon't believe me, don't believe me, don't believe meDon't try
― Heez, Thursday, 6 June 2024 13:30 (three months ago) link