24 years ago today: Remembering Phil Lynott

[Basvarken]

There was no stopping him. Phil was very much his own man.
Several friends tried to talk some sense into him.
I remember an anecdote by Jim Fitzpatrick (who made the artwork for most albums): He bought him a bicycle (or home trainer) to help him get back in shape. After Phil's death he found it still unused...

Phil was rather determined...




And yes, Phil often referred to his own addiction in his songs. Here's another one:

[SKATE RAT]

still,who stops to pick up "good lookin' females" in the middle of a jail break?

[Highlander]

Desperate men...

[Hornisse]

When I was 14 and heard those opening chords to Jailbreak back in the summer of '76 it hit me like a ton of bricks.  I was living in San Antonio back then (Royalgate/Five Palms area, Dave) and listening to KISS-FM which is still on the airwaves.  I bought all of their stuff after that LP came out.



I loved Massacre off of Johnny The Fox.

[gearHed289]

The first records I ever bought were 45s - Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak/the Boys are Back.... and Wings - Let 'em In/Cook of the House.

Played/sang Massacre MANY times with my high school band. Also, Emerald, Chinatown, and Bad Reputation.

[gweimer]

The first Thin Lizzy song I ever did was a very old one, from the first time Gary Moore was in the band.
Concrete Blond also covered this song.

[Basvarken]

That's one of my favorite Thin Lizzy songs!


Here's a live version from the time they had the new line up with Gorham/Robertson.
You can clearly hear they're still trying to "find their feet" with the twin guitar parts (at 0:40)





As iconic as the Jailbreak Live & Dangerous albums may be (and I really like them), over the years I've come to prefer the Nightlife and Fighting stuff.
It's funkier and more raw.
Especially the live recordings from that era are very cool. There's some very good BBC recordings that have recently been released on CD.