bluesForBartok Posted March 9, 2005 Report Posted March 9, 2005 Ok the Iron Maiden topic got me started. I love this album: Anyone heard it? I know I risk being banished for such blashphemy Quote
Ron S Posted March 9, 2005 Report Posted March 9, 2005 A BoSox fan in NYC has more than one dirty little secret. Quote
catesta Posted March 9, 2005 Report Posted March 9, 2005 Ok the Iron Maiden topic got me started. I love this album: Anyone heard it? I know I risk being banished for such blashphemy Nothing wrong with Thin Lizzy, and nothing wrong with that album. 'Jailbreak' and 'Live and Dangerous' were the only TL records I owned though. Quote
sheldonm Posted March 9, 2005 Report Posted March 9, 2005 Ok the Iron Maiden topic got me started. I love this album: Anyone heard it? I know I risk being banished for such blashphemy Nothing wrong with Thin Lizzy, and nothing wrong with that album. 'Jailbreak' and 'Live and Dangerous' were the only TL records I owned though. ...back in the day when I freelanced for a regional rock promoter (before I knew what jazz was), I photographed Thin Lizzy. They were actually quite fun to watch! Quote
tonym Posted March 9, 2005 Report Posted March 9, 2005 Nowt wrong with that. Thin Lizzy were quality musicians who played fantastically together live. Quote
bluesForBartok Posted March 9, 2005 Author Report Posted March 9, 2005 I dont even know what it is. Excellent guitar playing by Gary Moore on this record Jazz Kat. You play guitar right? He's a guy worth checking out if you've not heard him. Quote
Guest DizzySpells Posted March 9, 2005 Report Posted March 9, 2005 Thin Lizzy was THE band I saw live everytime they came to town. That would add up to about 15 concerts. Phil Lynott was a guy with an attitude (unfortunately strung out on heroin half the time) and the band a working-band. Not much of a show, just good down-to-earth rock and roll (and Downey was the best drummer on the circuit at the time, bar none). Always a good time to be had, and that was the objective. Today I still pull out the live album once in a while - perhaps one of the best of its kind - especially to listen to Suicide, a powerhouse of a tune. I saw them live the last time on the 28th of April 1983 (I still have the ticket in my photo album) and met Lynott after the gig. The guy was, sad to say, a total wreck. I was supposed to take him to an after-show gig, but he was unable to make it. I don't even think he knew what I was talking about. Slurred speech (already obvious during the show), unfocused, and he had the shakes, to boot. The last tour (I think they disbanded the same year) was still a powerful one because of John Sykes who I think brought the edge back to the band, albeit (much) too late. I still believe that Phil Lynott was one of the very few European rockers with enough credibility to fill the halls even when things were worst. I recall going there out of a weird sense of loyalty, although it wasn't really my kind of stuff anymore. But it was Lynott ... and I remember that at that last concert (I actually believe there were only about 5 to 10 shows after that one) I saw, I ran into many regulars who felt the same way. It felt like a goodbye of sorts. Corny, I know. Quote
bluesForBartok Posted March 9, 2005 Author Report Posted March 9, 2005 That was great DizzySpells. Thanks for sharing Quote
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted March 9, 2005 Report Posted March 9, 2005 by Gary Moore I honestly can't recall anyone laying down the kind of blistering guitar that Moore does on this G-Force tune. It's unreal. Quote
Guest DizzySpells Posted March 9, 2005 Report Posted March 9, 2005 I hate to be a party pooper here, but Gary Moore I can't stand. He was good in Lizzy, but ... Maybe I also just overdosed on his stuff, but whenever he pops up in any setting (almost), I run screaming from the room. Quote
bluesForBartok Posted March 9, 2005 Author Report Posted March 9, 2005 This is a good one: Has Lynott on a few tracks and Simon Phillips on drums Quote
Jazz Kat Posted March 9, 2005 Report Posted March 9, 2005 I dont even know what it is. Excellent guitar playing by Gary Moore on this record Jazz Kat. You play guitar right? He's a guy worth checking out if you've not heard him. Yep I play guitar. Thin Lizzy will be something I check out real later. I am being kept busy just trying to collect the whole Blue Note cataloge. Quote
catesta Posted March 9, 2005 Report Posted March 9, 2005 This is a good one: Has Lynott on a few tracks and Simon Phillips on drums Now, that is a dirty little secret. Quote
bluesForBartok Posted March 9, 2005 Author Report Posted March 9, 2005 (edited) Now, that is a dirty little secret. Ha! Tell me about it! Well truth be told I sold all my Moore and Lizzy off years ago so I could acquire every Blue Note CD I could get my hands on. Edited March 9, 2005 by bluesForBartok Quote
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