Two from the great Phil Lynott. The traditional "Whiskey in the Jar" and "This Town", a song he wrote for for his hometown of Dublin. The former is obviously lip-synched, the latter a promo vid marred by bad "80's-style" synths. Still, I'll go to bat for this guy and his band any day of the week.
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Love Thin Lizzy, especially the later stuff with the double lead guitar sound. They had a bit of turnover over the years, with Lynott being the primary constant and driving creative force. And it was Thin Lizzy that introduced me to Gary Moore, who is among my favorite blues/rock guitarists ever. In fact, I wouldn't mind hearing a little of his stuff right now:
I love this song!
Of all the 70's hard rock I used to listen to in junior high and high school (Aerosmith, Zep, Alice Cooper, Nazareth, Skynyrd, UFO), Thin Lizzy is one of the few I still play. Since most of it was underexposed at the time (save for Jailbreak), it's escaped the burnout of familiarity that stains so many of their peers. Lynott was a far more intelligent and literate lyricist than most in the genre and the revolving door guitarists were always top-shelf.
A nice introduction to the band is the 20 track compilation, Dedication. All killer, no filler. Individual LPs worth seeking out include Fighting, Jailbreak, Live and Dangerous (short list of greatest live rock records), Bad Reputation, and the incredible Night Life --an early LP-- that's far more R&B than metal.
It used to be unfashionable to be a Thin Lizzy fan (though I never really gave a shit), but younger, hipster musicians have started name-checking the band and incorporating elements of their sound. Among them, My Morning Jacket, The Hold Steady, and Stephen Malkmus.
My introduction to Thin Lizzy: Summer 1976. walking into a godforsaken pizza parlor in some godforsaken town after all day crammed in a station wagon with the family on one of our summer deathmarch "vacation" trips.
In we go, road-weary. "The Boys Are Back In Town" starts blaring on the jukebox; possibly plays several times over the next hour. My pops (who still sports his army flat top) glares and grinds his teeth through the entire meal. Worst. Meal. Ever.
Worst. Meal. Ever.
For you, or your pops?
I still remember getting busted by my dad, who'd unexpectedly returned home from work early, while doing power chords with a tennis racquet to "Cowboy Song" while standing on the couch in our living room. (A large mirror and proximity to the stereo made that an ideal stage for my teen-aged stupidity.) He was not amused.
Oddly enough, I found my pops playing "air-conductor" to Mozart or Bach in the same mirror on several occasions. In his defense, he wasn't standing on the couch.
Lynott was quite the vocal actor as The Parson on Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds, too.
One time Dad and I were talking about the legend of Cuchulainn and I asked how in the world you pronounce it. He said "I think it's 'Ku-kull-an', at least that's how Thin Lizzy said it in one of their songs." I said "You like Thin Lizzy, that's cool." I got the "I had a Thin Lizzy LP before I even met your mom" lecture about how I'm the johnny-come-lately to the party (true enough). It was good to find out I have something in common with Dad that was pop culture instead of egghead stuff.
The aforementioned reference to Cuchulainn (1st Line, 2nd Verse)
Nice. I knew you were cool, Andrew. Now that I know that your dad is; that
Scotchessettles it.Two things: Sorry about the Drake. Eh, what do you do? They danced.
And the Deadspin gig? You're our last, best hope! (Tell Unsilent to "shove it" for me.)
From under Dad's veneer of complete and total nerd-dom, every now and then a patch of cool shows through. Now that I'm past that stage in my life where liking the same things as Dad is uncool, I'm finding out I'm a lot more like him than I though.
Like I said in the CoC, I'm way proud of the guys and while today didn't go as I would have liked, you'll never heard word one out of my mouth (fingers) saying anything bad about this year. They gave everything they had all year and had one of, if not the, best season in school history. For the first time, I'm proud to be a Bulldog.
And Deadspin was just a one-time gig. But I do have a commentor log-in, so I can tell Unsilent for you.
For the first time, I'm proud to be a Bulldog.
That seems a much easier claim than being a "Gopher."
I dug the 'Whiskey In The Jar' clip, not so much the second clip
I'm with davidwatts.
Hey, it was "Irish Music Week." Get off my back. My hands were tied. Mr. Lynott was dead a short time later. His death an eerily similar one to Hank Williams Sr. Dead in the back seat of a car...
See earlier post for the "Best Of" the band.
"Cowboy Song" play loud!
No need to sell Thin Lizzy to me. I own Dedication.
What a great week - Thin Lizzy, Flogging Molly, Dropkick Murphys, The Chieftains and Sinead O'Connor, The Pogues, Van Morrison, and "She Moves Through The Fair" (although preformed by a Brit). My many thanks to the VJs for both taking my suggestion and their excellent choices. Slainte!
Back at ya, kid.