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 January 4th, 1986, is the day one of my favorite rockers died, Phil Lynott, the king of cool. I was only 5 years old and had no concept of how much I'd grow to love this band later in life but there it is. If you clicked on this thread I assume you're familiar with The Boys are Back in Town and possibly Whiskey in the Jar but possibly not much more. Thin Lizzy are (in my opinion) one of the most tragically underrated bands of the 70's. They influenced a whole hell of a lot of the rock bands many of us grew up listening to in the 80's and 90's but never had the longevity that many of their contemporaries of the day saw. The individual members of Thin Lizzy were all incredible musicians in their own right. Guitarists Gary Moore (Skid Row), Eric Bell, John Sykes (Whitesnake), Brian Robertson (Motorhead briefly), Scott Gorham, Snowy White (Roger Waters),and drummer Brian Downey. There are plenty of great articles that were written over the past week to commemorate the anniversary of his death, I mostly wanted to share a few of my favorite photos and songs to hopefully introduce a few new people to the brilliance of Philo & Lizzy. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/phil-lynott-almost-forgotten-rock-god/ Telegraph posted:Growing up in Ireland in the Seventies, Phil Lynott was our local rock god. We weren’t exactly spoiled for choice, to be fair. Belfast born Van Morrison was always out of reach, operating on some ethereal plane of his own. Rory Gallagher was great, but there was something unimposing about him, like a farmer with an electric guitar. Later, Bob Geldof hijacked punk rock, and made us feel it was possible for an Irish chancer to take on the world. Then came U2, and the roar of the Celtic tiger. http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/music-news/thirty-years-on-in-memory-of-a-master-phil-lynott-34321977.html Here's Phil with Lemmy  and with Freddy  I know I'm a day late now on this post, but please, the next time you're feeling like learning about a new band or looking for something nostalgic to listen to, or hell, the next time you're drinking a Guinness, put on some Thin Lizzy and remember how great it must have been to be going to rock shows in the 70's. Here are some of my favorite Thin Lizzy videos that have made their way onto Youtube. The Rocker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIEhaOMkFCY Are You Ready, guitar solo around 1:15 and drum solo right after. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMDv5u02n2c Emerald live in Dublin on their last tour in 1983, the solo starts around 34:40, and one of my favorite things about this song is it showcases that Thin Lizzy's composition was made up of two lead guitarists rather than the traditional lead + rhythm. When the solo starts they are both playing together and then they split up their parts and it turns into a sort of dueling guitars bit where you can pick out each of their individual styles more distinctly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzcvffff0Ps and my favorite Lizzy song, The Cowboy Song, guitar solo at 4:20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEVH1MWk-kE Dancing in the Moonlight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unnh0T2Ftro Have to include one of Gary Moore's solo songs w/ Phil guesting, Parisienne Walkways https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18FgnFVm5k0 And finally, Old Town, a later solo song of Phil's when he really started branching out but I seriously love this song and as cheesy as the video is I think it's great to see sort of a time capsule of early 80's Dublin. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2OcIqwmSaY 
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Opening a guinness in his name! Here is a live version of one of my favorite songs of him, "Somebody Elses Dream" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KfFz4mu_Wo
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Jan 6, 2016 00:19
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Pro-loving-click zone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5-rZay-Tdw
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Jan 6, 2016 17:14
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I was looking for a live performance of Roisin Dubh as it's one of my favorites but it doesn't seem there's anything on youtube. Maybe they didn't play it live at any of the full performances that were played later on? not sure.. seems odd though.
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Jan 7, 2016 03:53
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Thin Lizzy (along with Judas Priest) are the two groups that I'm always shocked don't get more radio time. Huge catalog of great tracks I've never heard get any time. Bad Reputation Black Rose Emerald Jailbreak Sha la la
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Jan 9, 2016 00:54
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Zogo posted:Thin Lizzy (along with Judas Priest) are the two groups that I'm always shocked don't get more radio time. Huge catalog of great tracks I've never heard get any time. Love all of these... I actually had a chance to meet Jim Fitzpatrick in Ireland a few months back and I bought a few of his prints, I have the Black Rose album cover art waiting to be framed.
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Jan 13, 2016 02:27
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Zogo posted:Thin Lizzy (along with Judas Priest) are the two groups that I'm always shocked don't get more radio time. Huge catalog of great tracks I've never heard get any time. Yeah, I've only ever heard "The Boys Are Back In Town" and "Jailbreak" on the radio. If you ever request some Lizzy, they're definitely gonna play "The Boys..." Phil Lynott has been a big influence on me as a bass player. He wasn't the flashiest, or most technically brilliant, but he had a great sound, and wrote a ton of sweet riffs. His lightly-flanged tone from tracks like "Waiting For An Alibi" is one of my all-time favorite bass sounds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9xT8p6L8Sc I've been jamming "Johnny The Fox Meets Jimmy The Weed" with some friends, and it's always a good time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6kRNwHZW5s
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Jan 18, 2016 04:44
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Fuckin' love Thin Lizzy and think you could make a serious case for any of their albums from maybe '74-'79 being their best. Even the later years when they were dabbling in metal ruled, although Phil Lynnot's first solo album decidedly does not based on a first spin I gave a vinyl copy I picked up some time ago a few nights back. It's absolutely worth the time to acquaint yourself with their discography, especially if all you know is "The Boys are Back in Town." You can even start with Jailbreak and work forwards or backwards and be guaranteed some great music. Light in the Attic has been doing the Lord's work in reissing their earlier albums recently as well. A few choice nugs: "Little Girl in Bloom" from Vagabonds of the Western World "She Knows" from Night Life "Fighting My Way Back" from Fighting "Massacre" from Johnny the Fox "Romeo and the Lonely Girl" from Jailbreak "Opium Trail" from Bad Reputation "Waiting for an Alibi" from Black Rose "Sweetheart" from Chinatown "Holy War" from Thunder and Lightning Hell, I'd take Thin Lizzy's discography over pretty much any other "classic rock" group you'd care to name, including Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, etc. poo poo's unfuckwithable.
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Jan 19, 2016 03:06
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Zogo posted:Thin Lizzy (along with Judas Priest) are the two groups that I'm always shocked don't get more radio time. Huge catalog of great tracks I've never heard get any time. Thin Lizzy totally rules and it's a shame the band isn't way more popular than it is. I used to think it nobody could dislike them but then I met a guy (at a Judas Priest show, too) who said he didn't. We're no longer on speaking terms  As is often the case, their most popular song isn't even their best, IMO, and a lot of other great ones have been mentioned already. Two others that come to mind are Genocide (Killing of the Buffalo) and Killer on the Loose. Whiskey in the Jar of course got covered by Metallica, but I think the band (and Gary Moore in this case) had a big influence on a great number of younger players too: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/metallicas-kirk-hammett-remembers-thin-lizzys-gary-moore-20110209 With all the musician deaths now, if Phil didn't die then, he'd probably die this week. Of course, the world would've gotten a whole bunch of awesome music in the meantime.
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Jan 19, 2016 19:38
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mobby_6kl posted:Thin Lizzy totally rules and it's a shame the band isn't way more popular than it is. I used to think it nobody could dislike them but then I met a guy (at a Judas Priest show, too) who said he didn't. We're no longer on speaking terms good article, I was reading that and got to watching some Gary Moore videos and stumbled on this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is3pot_AOgA It actually explains that the reason there's no Black Rose live videos out there is because they cut the song from the Black Rose tour because Scott couldn't play it live and Scott was treated as the lead guitarist over Gary. So it wasn't played as a point of pride. so lame.
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Jan 19, 2016 22:07
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Phil's not the only one who flies under the radar, because Brian Downey is a seriously underrated drummer. Those fills in the "Bad Reputation" chorus get me every time. He's still got it, too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTdxsz8zR1U
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