Thin Lizzy

Tone Slinger · Post by **Tone Slinger** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 8:38 am

These guy's back in the 70's were the epidomy of a "GREAT" hard rock band. I loved Phil Lynotts songs. He had great melodies and words tempered with incredible rhythm and power. Phill along with Gorham, Robertson and Downey were perfectly balanced. And Gary Moore also contributed some of his finest work along the way as well. Long Live Thin Lizzy !

darkbluemurder · Post by **darkbluemurder** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 1:36 pm

they were also great protagonists of double lead playing. Just check out the "Live and Dangerous" album. I also like the "Black Rose" album with Gary Moore but the Gorham/Robertson combination seems more balanced to me.

yngwie308 · Post by **yngwie308** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 9:41 pm

Gary taught Scott the alternate lead parts on Black Rose, but there are those who say, on the LP, that it's Gary playing the whole thing.
Since Chief loaned me a VHS-DVD conversion unit, I have dug out all my rare Gary Moore stuff and he really is an incredible player, still is.
As he will be playing with Mitch Mitchell and Billy Cox October 25th in London, his career has come full circle.
The majority of Lizzy's mainstream albums feature the Gorham/Robertson duo and they had a unique symbiosis in their playing together, just that Gary is the only one left with most of his brain and chops, imo.
On the One Night in Dublin DVD, Gary was kind enough to invite the other guitarists, but he can play all the parts and sing himself !!!
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Tone Slinger · Post by **Tone Slinger** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 1:47 pm

Yeah, Gary definately was and still is one of the GREATEST ! No doubt about it. He cant, however, say that he was a main ingredient in one of the greatest bands though. That is why I love that solo in "Night Life's" "Still In Love With You". Due to the strength of the song itself Gary got the chance to contribute to something that was 'Bigger than himself', so to Speak. The same with the "Black Rose" album. Gorham and Robertson, on the other hand, were perfect players for a BAND. Add to that, Phil's best most 'purest' moments, songwise, featured them.

Eric Bell was also in a more 'virtuoso' type league with Moore. So much so that people were initially worried when Moore filled in for a while back in I think '74 when Bell abruptly quit. The reviews were sorta mixed.

Ageing sure as hell sucks. Brian Robertson is still youthful, and can still hang with a much younger crowd, and Moore isnt doing so bad either. But Scott Gorham has aged alot in the face. I hardly recognized him. Back in the Lizzy day's he had that real long hair, and had that sorta 'pretty boy' youthful look. I hardly recognized recent photo's.

yngwie308 · Post by **yngwie308** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 11:32 pm

The truth of the matter between Lynott and Moore, is that they couldn't stand to be in the same band for any length of time, although there was magic when they recorded together.
Gary has written some of the most beautiful tributes to Phil out there, Wild Frontier, Johnny Boy, Blood of Emeralds, so he realised the majesty that Phil brought to Lizzy, Phil was Lizzy and Gary really wasn't a full member of the band as were Scott and Brian.
Gary was tired of seeing Phil killing himself year after year, Black Rose sessions in Paris being the beginning of the end for Lizzy as heroin started to take hold.
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Tone Slinger · Post by **Tone Slinger** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 9:39 am

So true. The human 'animal' is so hard to read or understand. Why someone would destroy themselves is such a mystery. Phil, at least, had a longer go of it than many of the other 'Greats'. His gift got a few more days in the sun than many others with the same gifts/problems.

Tone Slinger · Post by **Tone Slinger** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 9:10 pm

"Night Life", "Fighting", and "Jail Break". What great albums. No filler, just great tunes.

Tone Slinger · Post by **Tone Slinger** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 12:19 pm

Hey Bob, hope you read this. Thin Lizzy, to me, is the epidomy of a 'BAND'. Everything that is played, in its entirity, alway's seemed to be for the benifit of the song. This seems to be what you strive for with your band. Give these guy's a listen, if you havent already.

curtg · Post by **curtg** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 5:51 pm

I listened to "Johnny The Fox" again last week and it's just awesome. Those tracks are timeless. Phil was a huge influence on my songwriting.

Tone Slinger · Post by **Tone Slinger** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 7:25 am

Right you are curtg. Phil was an incredible songwriter. He coud comunicate so well. Painted pictures and made movies with his 'songs'.

yngwie308 · Post by **yngwie308** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 10:49 am

STOP PRESS LIVE AND DANGEROUS by Thin Lizzy now out on DVD in Europe, I have just read. My source of course is the incredible Classic Rock magazine from England, which I constantly go on about, but it is worth $9.99 for a great comprehensive magazine with great writing and photos, plus more importantly rare data!!
Barnes and Noble, Borders bookstores carry it ,this months issue is a huge Led Zeppelin tribute issue and next months continues the Led Zep fest with a post O2 concert interview with Page.
This is the review of the new Lizzy DVD, which i have had for years as a boot on VHS and recently transferred to DVD, but obviously the new simulated 5.1 mix will be better.
Is Live and Dangerous the best live album of all time? Readers who voted in a Classic Rock survey in 2004 certainly thought so.They put it above the Who's Live at Leeds, Priest's Unleashed In The East, AC/DC's If You Want Blood and Deep Purple's Made In Japan.
Obviously Live and Dangerous is a much loved record. So following on from the superb CD and DVD greatest hits released a few years back, this monolith of live rock is now finally available on DVD.
The show was recorded at the history soaked Rainbow Theater in London (been there 3 times yngwie308), and Phil Lynott and his band added their own chapter to the rock manual with dynamic twin-guitar harmonies, theatrical stage antics, charisma and genuine talent. And having now been given the full DVD 5.1 surround mix with all the digital bells and whistles - which is like rubbing the dirt off a grimy stained glass window - it's true majesty is revealed.
The long awaited DVD release was delayed because of the hunt to locate missing multitrack recordings. That search was in vain, but thanks to the appliance of science, a full DTS mix has been conjured up from the original stereo master, and tracks like Massacre and Emerald have been given a whole new lease of life. The sound is punchier, stronger in tone; when you consider what it was like to start with, any improvement is bordering on perfection. Songs like Sha La La and Are You Ready have extra bite, while slower numbers like Call On Me are fuller without having been swamped in layers of needless techno - trickery.
The DVD comes packaged with a clutch of insightful extras like the complete BBC's Sight and Sound concert from 1983, five Top Of The Pops appearances and enlightening interviews with Brian Robertson, Scott Gorham and Brian Downey. The cherry on the cake is a bonus CD of previously unreleased recordings from a show in 1975, which has quite a unique set - list.
For under 20 quid (English pounds Sterling) you get quite a lot for your money. And unless you've got a time machine, this is the closest you'll get to being part of a special night in rock history. Josh Harper

So there you go the label is Universal and hopefully a US release date is soon!!
Awesome news for the New Year for us Lizzy fans!

yngwie308

yngwie308 · Post by **yngwie308** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 12:20 pm

Review from Amazon:

Live and Dangerous arrived at my home via Air Mail today from Amazon UK, and I couldn't wait to get it into my DVD player. I was anxious about whether it was a Regionalized DVD (only Region 0 and Region 1 play in US DVD players), especially since the product description on the Amazon UK site suggested that it was Region 2...but it's not Region 2; it's Region 0 (worldwide).

This performance of the 1977 Live and Dangerous tour was captured at London's Rainbow Theatre. And this show should be held up not only as an example of the way a rock group should perform live, but also as an example for DVD music producers on how to deliver an excellent product.

The Live and Dangerous concert is all show. No indulgence by some videographer that thinks a viewer wants to see effects like cut to black and white, psyschedelic swirling pictures or other video effects. This was a very pleasant surprise considering that kind of video-malarkey was quite popular in the 70s.

The full screen picture has been completely restored and looks terrific. Most importantly, the video doesn't jump around every 4 seconds, so you really get to see the performance in a way that feels like you're back in '77 with a front row seat to the concert.

If you've got a surround system, you're in for a pounding Hard Rock experience. The sound has an amazing 5.1 DTS remix. If you've got an old DVD player or old surround system that doesn't decode DTS you're out of luck...there's no Dolby 5.1...Dolby Stereo is the only other choice besides DTS.

The Live and Dangerous line-up of Phil Lynott, Scott Gorham, Brian Robertson and Brian Downey define Thin Lizzy. And all of the guys are on for the Live and Dangerous show at The Rainbow. Lynott's high energy stage persona is incomparable. The guitarwork between Gorham and Robertson is legendary and it's played precisely at The Rainbow show. And Brian Downey's signature drumming is captured in all its glory.

For the classic Live and Dangerous Rainbow show you get the following set list:

1. "Rosalie"
2. "The Boys Are Back in Town"
3. "Emerald"
4. "Dancing in the Moonlight"
5. "Massacre"
6. "Still in Love With You" - The liner notes actually suggest that this song is "Call on Me", but The Boys describe each song track by track during the interview segment, and they confirm that it is, indeed, "Still in Love Wth You".
7. "Don't Believe a Word"
8. "Are You Ready"
9. "Sha La La"
10. "Baby Drives Me Crazy"
11. "Me and the Boys"

You also get Lizzy's 1983 "Farewell" concert (Robertson is out/John Sykes is in) from the UK's Regal Theatre; you get a selection of performances from the Top of the Pops television show from 1973 - 1979; and you get a 45 minute interview segment from the summer of 2007 with Robertson, Gorham and Downey.

All of the music on this DVD has been remastered in DTS; the interviews are stereo. Songs at The Regal overlap only with a few from Live and Dangerous as do some of the Top of the Pops selections. Between the two (aside from what's in the Live and Dangerous set), you get:

"Whiskey in the Jar"
"Jailbreak"
"Waiting for an Alibi"
"This is the One"
"Cold Sweat"
"The Sun Goes Down"
"Holy War"
"Baby Please Don't Go"
"Fighting My Way Back" (CD only)
"Wild One" (CD Only)
"Suicide" (CD Only)
(The liner notes of the booklet also suggest that "Cowboy Song" is included somewhere in the collection of tunes, but darned if I could find it.)

The packaging and accompanying booklet of the DVD are awesome. Plus you get a bonus CD of a 1975 concert recorded at Derby College in the UK. This is a pretty sweet package.

It's the Thin Lizzy DVD release we've all been waiting for. Any Lizzy fan will enjoy this disk immensely. There is no question here. Find a way to add this to your collection.
yngwie308

yngwie308 · Post by **yngwie308** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 2:24 pm

Billy (Toneslinger) Are You Out There??
Here are some clips from various of the shows on the new DVD, and some with Sykes as well, classic Lizzy, no better than this

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yngwie308 · Post by **yngwie308** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 7:07 pm

Some Lizzy guitarist photos that I posted on the LPF, Brian Roberstson, Scott Gorham and Snowy White:

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yngwie308 · Post by **yngwie308** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 11:03 am

I am told that Scott's Sunburst was sold to him by a LPF member in Boston, it is a '56 conversion.
The darkburst one that is...
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