The Boys Are Back In Town

[BT]

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Thin Lizzy var et av de aller beste bandene som herjet på 70-tallet. 10. november spiller de på Samfundet i Trondheim. Dette blir nok en godbit for gamle fans. Måtte det bare ikke bli avlyst denne gangen.

Frontfigur Phil Lynott stiller naturlig nok ikke. Med han gikk det dårlig etter at bandet ble oppløst i '83. Han døde 4. januar 1986, på dagen 15 år etter at bandet startet innspillingen av sitt første album. I 2005 ble det satt opp en statue av ham i Dublin.

Men tre mann fra bandets siste besetning kommer. Med gitaristene Scott Gorham og John Zykes på plass blir det utvilsomt kvalitet fra øverste hylle. Gorham var den mest trofaste gitaristen i bandet, mens Brian Robertson, Gary Moore og Snowy White kom og gikk. Zykes var den siste makkeren til Gorham. Etter at bandet ble oppløst var han med på Whitesnakes suksessrike 1987-album før han startet sitt eget band, Blue Murder, hvor han også var vokalist, noe han nå også er i Thin Lizzy.

 

[SvSig]

Ser at Scott'n har klipt seg siden sist jeg så bilde av ham......

 

[tjn]

Pensjonen må sikres. Lizzy uten Lynot, Purple uten Blackmore/Lord, Ten years after uten Alvin Lee, Hendrix uten Hendrix, lista er (altfor) lang. Har ingenting imot at de reiser rundt og koser seg men de burde holde seg unna gruppenavnene, men da hadde det vel ikke kommet noen.... Nei jeg spiller heller de GODE gamle perlene og drømmer. Og bare så det er sagt; gamle Lizzy var tøffe saker.

 

[Erland]

Pensjonen må sikres. Lizzy uten Lynot, Purple uten Blackmore/Lord, Ten years after uten Alvin Lee, Hendrix uten Hendrix, lista er (altfor) lang. Har ingenting imot at de reiser rundt og koser seg men de burde holde seg unna gruppenavnene, men da hadde det vel ikke kommet noen.... Nei jeg spiller heller de GODE gamle perlene og drømmer. Og bare så det er sagt; gamle Lizzy var tøffe saker.

Du skrev akkurat det jeg tenkte da jeg leste første innlegg i tråden!

Lizzy er knalltøfft.
Jeg har et par Vinylskiver, men opplever lyden på dem som ganske dårlig. Veldig flatt og lite oppløst.
Er dette gjennomgående på Lizzy sine innspillinger, eller kan det ha noe med å gjøre at mine er "niceprize" reprints?

 

[BT]

Jeg er helt enig.

Men Lynott så jeg uten Thin Lizzy en oktoberkveld i '82. (soloturné)
Så nå er det på tide å komplettere ved å se resten av bandet.

 

[Boffen]

Where to begin with these guys? Phil Lynott, pound for pound, is probably the best rock singer there ever was. He could croon, intimidate or just talk to you like he was a pal sitting next to you at a bar. A real character and raconteur, friendly with everyone from Huey Lewis to Lemmy. That in itself is an impressive accomplishment. :laugh:

Along with The Allmans, Thin Lizzy invented twin guitar leads, although it was Lizzy's use that had more impact on Metallica, Judas Preist, and every other metal band. And they actually came up with the first power ballad, with "Borderline" from '76. ("Stairway To Heaven" and "Dream On" are sometimes given this distinction, but they're more baroque epics than anything) Listening to this song now, it's hard not to picture Guns'n'Roses doing it. In fact, Brian Robertson's furiously passionate wah-wah-inflected leads made him the proto-Slash, back when Slash was still a pre-pubescent Saul Hudson. The brilliant "Sixteen Blue" by The Replacements is essentially an homage to Lizzy's "Fight Or Fall," which in turn was one of Lynott's tributes to the soul music he grew up with.

You can't say enough about how eclectic they were. The nocturnal urban vibe of "Showdown" and "Johnny The Fox ... " could've been Issac Hayes or Barry White, the fast and heavy "Opium Trail" was Iron Maiden before they existed, "Dancing In The Moonlight" was a stop through Van Morrison territory, and the pensively intense "Renegade" (which some consider Phil's epitath), could've been a collaboration with Stewart Copeland and Mark Knopfler (a good friend and sometime collaborator of Lynott's). Lynott often sang about characters down on their luck, the underdog. With this recurrent theme and the overall Gotham backdrop of their music, you could've easily inserted their songs in "The Warriors." In fact, they actually did have a song called "Warriors", three years before the film came out.

They were lucky to always have amazing guitar players. After replacing Eric Bell, Scott Gorham was the one constant for the rest of their run. He was fortunate enough to have people like Roberston, Gary Moore and Snowy White as foils. For all of Gorham's considerable talent, he was a team player, sometimes laying back and letting Robertson or Moore show off their explosive (check out Moore's solo in "Toughest Street In Town") work. And when Gorham let loose, it was a thing of sonic beauty. His solo in "Romeo And The Lonely Girl" is a microcosm of the bands sound; ballsy and melodic, with lots of heart.

Is it obvious I love this band? :laugh: As far as all the great highly influential rock groups, they're the most underrated, at least in America. In the U.K., Thin Lizzy are Gods and rightly so. In Dublin, there's even a statue of Phil. But make no mistake, Thin Lizzy made as much of an impact as any band from their era, or any era. Bono has even expressed his debt to Lizzy, as U2 used to study "Live And Dangerous," as a template for creating a live show. Robert Smith of The Cure has professed to seeing Lizzy at least 15 times. Yes, they even left an imprint on the goth scene. And Henry Rollins has always spoken of his love of Lizzy, and it's very apparent. There are certain moments on "Killer On The Loose" and "Toughest Street In Town," that you can hear where Rollins got his famous rasp from.

There's also Phil Lynott's outstanding solo records. On the self-titled second one, the electro-funk "Together" is both a nod to Rick James and a look into the near Madonna/Prince future.

Pehaps my favorite aspect of 70's music is the swagger and swing it had, putting the strut in your step. Thin Lizzy exemplified those qualities as good, if not better, than any of the other titans from that decade. There's a multitude of universes between Van Morrison, Black Flag, Motown, Robert Smith, Iron Maiden, etc. Yet somehow Thin Lizzy manged to connect them all. Pretty nice legacy to have.

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