Thin Lizzy

[Ghosttrain]

Thanks for that....not a great fan of the band myself,just 'phoned a friend who is a huge fan and he loves it...

[Guillaume]

Thanks for that....not a great fan of the band myself,just 'phoned a friend who is a huge fan and he loves it...

You are welcome and tell to your friend that he has fine musical tastes!
The bass and Lynott's warm moving voice still gives me goosebumps!

[Guillaume]

Here's a 4 parts documentary about the band:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHVHpbAInD0&ab_channel=ZappaIrl

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaCOB4pkhHU&ab_channel=ZappaIrl

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjtR0SjlPtE&ab_channel=ZappaIrl

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpgJl3T59OA&ab_channel=ZappaIrl

[Guillaume]

Thanks for that....not a great fan of the band myself,just 'phoned a friend who is a huge fan and he loves it...

and here's the same track (demo) but better sound quality, just available on the ROCK LEGENDS cds package released a few weeks ago:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtTTmU4STyM&ab_channel=ThinLizzy-Topic

[Bunny]

Now that is a wonderful song. Got a selection of Lizzy songs on my running playlist. May add that to it.

Id guess its from the era of Thunder and Lightning from the guitar.Anyone know?

[Guillaume]

Now that is a wonderful song. Got a selection of Lizzy songs on my running playlist. May add that to it.

Id guess its from the era of Thunder and Lightning from the guitar.Anyone know?

It has a mood  between "Renegade" and "the sun goes down" i think, Phil Lynott's voice and his bass lines as usual give me shivers/chills...i really miss his musical voice.   

here's what the first Youtube link says about this song:

This track was an extra song recorded in September 1982 as Thin Lizzy was in the process of making "Thunder and Lightning". It never made it onto the record however, most likely due to its length.  An amazing track and I thought Lizzy/Lynott fans would like to hear it.

Lyrics:
You should have seen it
How they tore him down
Lined up against the wall and they shot his body down
Would not believe it
There were tears in his eyes
His heart was broken
They would not listen
All was well
He is gone now
They should have seen it
There was nothing left
Just an empty shell
I would not believe that
This would pass
He is gone now, alas
He is gone now, alas
He is gone now, alas...
And like the soldier, he's born to fight
He's sees the wisdom of the ways of night
He knows he has to seek another word
For the brave are the loved? and the ones he heard
He let the angel into the night
His heart is broken, he knows he fights
He sees the ways of the wisdom of the demon of the fire

He lives in legend, you see him now
He's silver-tongued and knows it now
And the words of wisdom, he knows them well
He called it all a cause to rebel
And like the demon that knows us all
He fights to fight, he fights to fall
And though he goes he knows he lives way out in the fire
Don't let him slip away
Don't let him slip away
There is a demon in his heart and he knows he he's had his day, oh yeah..
Don't let him slip away
Don't let it slip away
Like a heart and a soul in the dungeon he knows he's got away
And like a demon he knows he lives within the fire
And like a demon he knows he lives within the fire

They wouldn't listen...

You should have seen it
How they tore him down
He was a bright spirit
Burned down
They would not listen
Just to see it pass
He would not believe it
Oh no, alas
I wish I'd seen him
And told him now
I get so broke up
I get so broke up
I would not listen
To a word he said
And now he plays the blues...
Into the fire
Like a demon
He's into the fire

A broken champion
Lost his beret
He's broken
He's frozen
He helps her
She knows it
He's sees it's all in vain
He's a champion
She's left him here
Like a king in the story and the king and the glory I fear
The killer's on the side street
There is water down the drain
There's a killer on the highway
And I think I'm insane
They say there is no reason
It's more than it appears...
She jumps out the backdoor and says, "oh my God it's here"
He calls to the innocent
'Have mercy, mercy on me'
Then the guilty come in, and they let him free
He rises to the occasion
'I'm God-like God-like'
A transvestant? space
He tries to warn him
It's an institution out there
And society is broke down
Nobody cares
They do not listen
To fools like us
In God and country, they trust
Like the demon fighters of old
They are broken
Like the wicked wanton
Left smokin'
Like the houses after the war
They are broken
Blazing...
Blazing...
There's ?
The wicked are wanted
The hungry are daunted
Children are flaunted
And I go undaunted...

[Bunny]

I genuinely hadnt read the description so mine was an educated guess. The guitars on the whole album are quieter and more in the background, but heavier.
Strange band Lizzy. I think people appreciate them more now. They were always in the background from what I remember but never as big as, say, Sabbath or Zep or Purple.
To my mind they were years in advance, with some songs venturing towards pop. Great great band, in all its guises.

[Guillaume]

Strange band Lizzy. I think people appreciate them more now. They were always in the background from what I remember but never as big as, say, Sabbath or Zep or Purple.
To my mind they were years in advance, with some songs venturing towards pop. Great great band, in all its guises.

Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin...i like all these "70's" hard rock bands at least some albums or songs from them but Thin Lizzy -like NMA- has a special place in my heart and at the time the band should have been much bigger, like these others bands!!
Thin Lizzy was more than a "simple" hard rock band, indeed they tried many styles...hard rock, pop, soul, funk, folk, jazz...  even Lynott's solo albums are interesting.

[Winterwulf]

Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin...i like all these "70's" hard rock bands at least some albums or songs from them but Thin Lizzy -like NMA- has a special place in my heart and at the time the band should have been much bigger, like these others bands!!
Thin Lizzy was more than a "simple" hard rock band, indeed they tried many styles...hard rock, pop, soul, funk, folk, jazz...  even Lynott's solo albums are interesting.

They were a damn good band, and Phil Lynott a brilliant songwriter, but  they blew their chances to really make it big through drink and drugs, in particular heroin. I often wonder how many more great songs  Phil would have written had his smack habit not caught up with him.

[Guillaume]

I often wonder how many more great songs  Phil would have written had his smack habit not caught up with him.

Yes that's frustrating and more than sad, tragic, when you think how good is a "lost" demo track like "Don't let him slip away"...but at least Phil and his band had the time to record 12 albums in their 13 years career...not bad at all!