Phil Lynott

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

Meant to post this last week - Phil Lynott would have been 59 on 20th August if he hadn't died so tragically young in 1986, aged 36.

Saw Thin Lizzy play in Brighton not too long before his death - just before they disbanded I think. Superb - if you've forgotten how good they were, do yourself a favour and set 7 minutes and 46 seconds aside to listen to this:

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[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

And a stunner on Old Grey Whistle Test with Gary Moore and Cozy Powell on drums:

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[We're the Stripes]

Ah, memories. My first ever 'proper' rock gig was Thin Lizzy at the Dome in 1976 - won tickets in a Melody Maker competition! Absolutely storming gig - I think it was just after Jailbreak was released - can still remember Lynott reflecting the mirror on his bass off the lights. Deafened for a couple of days afterwards, mind, but they were a truly great live band.

 

[Superphil]

Never managed to see them when Phil was alive, but apparently the current "Thin Lizzy" are pretty damn good.

I have seen a cover band called Limehouse Lizzy many times, normally I am not one for cover acts, but they are excellent.

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[Uncle Spielberg]

Thin Lizzy were my favuorite rock group of all time. In fact the greatest rock group of all time. I saw them 3 times at the Brighton Centre with Lynott and great guitarists Scott Gorham, Gary Moore, Snowy White.

For me however the bet Thin Lizzy line up was Lynott, Gorham, Robertson, Downey and then Lynott, Gorham, Moore and Downey.

They did some excellent albums which I still listen to regularly. Listen to guitar work from Robertson at the end of Johnny on Johnny the Fox or the guitar solo's in still in love with you.

Drive along the seafront to the tunes of Waiting for an Alibi or Don't believe a word blasting out.

2 more good songs and albums to mention.

It was one of the worst days of my life when Lynott died and Thin Lizzy were no more. Just think of the songs they could have written as they matured.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Opium Trail on Bad Reputation is awesome.

 

[Barry Izbak]

Ah, memories. My first ever 'proper' rock gig was Thin Lizzy at the Dome in 1976.

Lizzy were my first live gig too. Bournemouth winter gardens 1977, when I was exiled in Dorset.

We missed the bus home and walked for miles, singing Dancing in the Moonlight at the top of our voices. Fantastic.

BTW - There's a new Thin Lizzy Live Album called "UK tour 75" being released on 8th September. Nicky Horne has been previewing it on Planetrock and it sounds absolutely brilliant.

 

[We're the Stripes]

Agreed on the best Lizzy line-up, definitely with Gorham and Robertson, although Gary Moore was a class act too.

Funnily enough, although I'd heard Whisky In The Jar and The Rocker, the first Lizzy album I really got into was Fighting, which in hindsight wasn't really one of their best. Jailbreak was a total classic, and both Jonny the Fox and Bad Reputation had some great songs on.

I think their appeal for me was the ability to string decent tunes and great vocals together with some of the best hard rock around at the time, driven by that distinctive twin guitar attack. No-one's come close to replacing them.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Black Rose and Chinatown had some awesome tracks, we will be strong on Chinatown is Lizzy as their powerful peak after Chinatown they went downhill a bit , Renegade was hit and miss and Thunder and Lightning with Snowy White and a new line up did not do it for me. Lynott went solo with some success, Dear Miss lonely hearts but the band would have regrouped and produced many more classic moments. There has been a hole in my life since Lynott died which ws never replaced.

 

[Tricky Dicky]

Thin Lizzy were my favuorite rock group of all time. In fact the greatest rock group of all time. I saw them 3 times at the Brighton Centre with Lynott and great guitarists Scott Gorham, Gary Moore, Snowy White.

For me however the bet Thin Lizzy line up was Lynott, Gorham, Robertson, Downey and then Lynott, Gorham, Moore and Downey.

They did some excellent albums which I still listen to regularly. Listen to guitar work from Robertson at the end of Johnny on Johnny the Fox or the guitar solo's in still in love with you.

Drive along the seafront to the tunes of Waiting for an Alibi or Don't believe a word blasting out.

2 more good songs and albums to mention.

It was one of the worst days of my life when Lynott died and Thin Lizzy were no more. Just think of the songs they could have written as they matured.

I agree with all that GG. One of my favourite bands ever, and I think I was at all those gigs. I also saw Lynott with Yellow Pearl at Selhurst if I remember correctly. As a (former) guitarist myself, Mr G Moore is one of my heroes.

 

[Barry Izbak]

As a (former) guitarist myself, Mr G Moore is one of my heroes.

You should have been in Pizza Express next to Brighton library last Wednesday then. You could have got his autograph - if you didn't mind interupting his lunch!

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

Pizza face at Pizza Hut then!


I'll get my coat..........

 

[Tricky Dicky]

You should have been in Pizza Express next to Brighton library last Wednesday then. You could have got his autograph - if you didn't mind interupting his lunch!

I met him once at Munich airport - with his rather tasty wife (I assume). He gave me a gruff "Hello" and a handshake. Blimey, that must be nearly 20 years ago now.

 

[bhaexpress]

I would say I've seen Lizzy more than any other band. Lynott was a legend and unlike the vast majority of people who started before the late 70s Lizzy were not dissed by the punk movement as they had punk bands as their support act, one of whom was the Boomtown Rats.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

I saw Lynott on tv with Gary Moore on a pop show doing out in the fields a few months before he died. He looked shocking, he had put on weight and his face was bloated, the lithe looks had gone, he died from an alcohol and drug binge of huge proportions around Xmas/New Year and was rushed to hospital. He fought for his life for 11 days before finally giving up.

 

[Tricky Dicky]

I saw Lynott on tv with Gary Moore on a pop show doing out in the fields a few months before he died. He looked shocking, he had put on weight and his face was bloated, the lithe looks had gone, he died from an alcohol and drug binge of huge proportions around Xmas/New Year and was rushed to hospital. He fought for his life for 11 days before finally giving up.

Was married to Leslie Crowthers daugther if I remember - she starred with Trevor Eve in Shoestring.

 

[Garage_Doors]

The better line up was Phil with Paul Cook and Steve Jones as the Greddies,
singing a merry jingle

 

[The Large One]

If we're talking deceased legendary rock stars' birthdays, can I say Happy Birthday to a fella who would have been 62 last Saturday...?

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Imagehilip Lynott Dublin Statue.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

I would say I've seen Lizzy more than any other band. Lynott was a legend and unlike the vast majority of people who started before the late 70s Lizzy were not dissed by the punk movement as they had punk bands as their support act, one of whom was the Boomtown Rats.

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