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Not sure Thin Lizzy had any Irish band members. Phil Lynott was born in England. But maybe you mean on of the others?
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Tricky Dicky
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Yes, he was born in West Bromwich, but had an Irish mosther and moved to Dublin while he was at school.
bhaexpress
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Lynott was born in West Bromwich but moved to Ireland via Manchester while he was still at school. The drummer Brian Downey was born in Dublin and founder member Eric Bell was born in Belfast. Gary Moore who joined when Scotsman Brian Robertson left was also born in Belfast. Seem pretty Irish to me.
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Yep - thanks for that
Superphil
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"Have any of you ladies in here got any Irish in them?"
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Uncle Spielberg
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" Any ladies want some more Irish in them "
" The Boys are back in Town, get your knickers down "
Classic stuff.
" The Boys are back in Town, get your knickers down "
Classic stuff.
Norman Potting
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My second ever "big gig" (the first was Rainbow) was Lizzy at the Brighton Centre just before "Chinatown" came out - probably 1979/80. The first date was cancelled but the replacement date was awesome - Phil Lynott was the man for whom the phrase "cool as f***" was surely written. I remember him winding the audience up into a good natured frenzy by claiming that they weren't going to play "The Boys are back in town" as they had forgotten how to play it (they did play it of course).
Saw them on the "Renegade" tour, also at Brighton, also awesome. Sadly the farewell tour wasn't a patch on the previous gigs. Last sighting of Phil was his band after Lizzy (can't for the life of me remember their name) supporting The Quo at their farewell gig at (and I am finding this very hard to type) Selhurst Park. They went down well but sadly because of Phil rather than the music - did one Lizzy tune (can't remember which - an obscure one I think) which he introduced as "by one of my favourite bands - I used to go to all their gigs!". Saw him watching the rest of the gig from the mixing booth - he was very thin, very tall and still very cool.
Sadly missed.
Saw them on the "Renegade" tour, also at Brighton, also awesome. Sadly the farewell tour wasn't a patch on the previous gigs. Last sighting of Phil was his band after Lizzy (can't for the life of me remember their name) supporting The Quo at their farewell gig at (and I am finding this very hard to type) Selhurst Park. They went down well but sadly because of Phil rather than the music - did one Lizzy tune (can't remember which - an obscure one I think) which he introduced as "by one of my favourite bands - I used to go to all their gigs!". Saw him watching the rest of the gig from the mixing booth - he was very thin, very tall and still very cool.
Sadly missed.
Pretty pink fairy
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I saw Lizzy twice at The Centre and they were awesome both times.... It was 3 days before I could hear properly again ! The second time was The Renegade tour I think ? lots of red flag motifs looking similar to Russian communist stars ?
I remember they played " Got to Give it Up " with a very slow intro of just Lynott strumming lightly and all the lights out except for one Spot, on The Man !.. led in slowly and BAM !.. Brilliant !
And yes I think about 6-9 months after that gig he was dead.. He was well in to his drugs and after getting Leslie Crowther up the duff and becoming a father he cleaned up for a while. " Sarah " was written for his daughter of the same name... but sadly he went back to the drugs and the family split up, and the end was sadly, inevitable
I remember they played " Got to Give it Up " with a very slow intro of just Lynott strumming lightly and all the lights out except for one Spot, on The Man !.. led in slowly and BAM !.. Brilliant !
And yes I think about 6-9 months after that gig he was dead.. He was well in to his drugs and after getting Leslie Crowther up the duff and becoming a father he cleaned up for a while. " Sarah " was written for his daughter of the same name... but sadly he went back to the drugs and the family split up, and the end was sadly, inevitable
If we're talking deceased legendary rock stars' birthdays, can I say Happy Birthday to a fella who would have been 62 last Saturday...?
Norman Potting
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Belatedly remembered to bounce this - hardly seems possible but it was a quarter of a century ago on the 4th January that this great man went to the "great gig in the sky". Good tribute to him in the latest "Mojo", fond memories of seeing "The Lizzy" live at the Brighton Centre May 1980 I think, anyone else at this gig which was rescheduled from earlier that year?
They don't make rock stars like him any more.
They don't make rock stars like him any more.
Uncle Spielberg
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I was there. I saw them the 3 times they played the Brighton Centre. I still play their albums regularly. Good to see the Expendables end titles with The Boys are Back in Town playing. Keep the memory alive.
Tricky Dicky
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Possibly one of the two most charismatic performers I ever saw (the other being Freddie, of course). Lizzy at the Brighton centre was a superb gig - rememeber it well.
Norman Potting
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To my everlasting regret never saw Queen live. Lynott was one of those performers who "owned" the audience as soon as he stepped on stage. Like Uncle S I was at all three of the Centre gigs, the one on the "Renegade" tour was also superb, the "Farewell tour" one was best forgotten IMHO as they had mutated into a heavy metal band by then.
Tricky Dicky
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When I went to see Queen (Wembley Live Magic tour), I had not been particularly into them, but was completely blown away. I last saw Lynott at Selhurst Park, playing with Yellow Pearl, on one of Quos farewell tours (the first of so many).
I'm glad I managed to see some of "greats", like Lizzy, Queen, The Who, The Jam, Paul Weller (many times) - sadly one that is miising from my list is Floyd.
Was it at the Centre TRHK? Not long after they had some chart success with a single entitled Cold Sweat I think? If so I was at the same gig, Brilliant.
Norman Potting
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Wikipedia has enlightened me that his final band was "Grand Slam". Spookily I was as Selhurst that day. Chas and Dave, Dave Edmunds (who both went down well), Little Stephen and the Disciples of Soul (who went down like the proverbial bucket of cold sick), Grand Slam and the Quo were the line-up I believe for all us musical pedants out there.
Uncle Spielberg
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The Thunder and Lightning tour was good but as stated not on the same level as the previous 2. The T&L album was probably their weakest ever , Cold Sweat being an example as they had turned into trash metal. Do yourself a favour and listen to Bad Reputation, Jonny the Fox, Chinatown, Renegade albums. Listen to " We will be Strong " one of their greatest ever slices of Rock. The best gigs were the ones with Brian Robertson and Gary Moore supporting the legend Scott Gorham.
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Tricky Dicky
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Fair enough, my memory fails me then - was quite a while ago. Little Stephen .... I have never seen a band get booed off the stage like that, my memory is of a load of plastic bottles bombarding the stage. i don't think they were on for more than a few minutes. That Dave Edmunds rwas there, rings a bell, but I don't remember Chas & Dave being there at all.
Don't worry Uncle S, I know all the Lizzy greats - my older bro made sure of that! Just one regret is that I didn't see the earlier tours. I have though managed to see Gary Moore a couple of times and he's one of the best IMO.