What songs do you believe changed music? Phil Lynott and Thin Lizzy were truly groundbreaking and this hit was their huge international breakthrough! What other songs do you believe did that?
Could do some reggae. Island studios. Could do bob and we would all enjoy it. I bet there are some other breakthru recordings in the genre that might be just as interesting.
@@zeusapollo8688 yes...one of the guitar players of bobs was a young white american player who "lucked out " by being in the same recording complex (or so i heard ) - wayne perkins ...who is an excellent stevie ray type player ...apparently he could hardly understand a word bob and "ban, say an ting" lol ......
Yeah Jaimie is awesome. I'm very impressed by his insight. Imagine breaking down a song, that you had no part of producing, into 6 tracks to get just the right sound? wow. That is musicianship at it's finest.
So good to see this. Thin Lizzy, in spite of their huge radio hits, are largely overlooked nowadays. Phil Lynott is one of the most original and inimitable frontmen of all time. Great songwriter/singer too.
As a young 14 year old, Don't Believe a Word was the number that got me into Thin Lizzy and into hard rock. It had it all: that fat, iconic dual guitar sound, a swinging groove, clever Lynott lyrics, etc. Launched me into a world of music appreciation. What a fantastic break-down series you have, sir!
My old bass player who I had know for a few years, one day when we were on tour in Ireland for Paddy's day, suddenly told us he once had a drink in a pub in London with Phil Lynott. I don't know how he didn't tell everyone that all the time. I once met his mum Philomena in a pub in Scotland and she was watching a Thin Lizzy tribute band.
They had me with Whiskey in the Jar. When I was in a band 77 we covered Jailbreak, Boys are Back and Emerald. Fortunately seeing them in 1979. Still love hearing them. Tragic Phil died young. Thanks for the guitar breakdown.
May 1979 I got hit by a car and woke up on my mum's birthday in August with boys are back playing on the summer of 77 compilation. Then when they said I would need a cane if I could even walk again my nan introduced me to Ian Drury. The last few weeks have been the soundtrack for my childhood. We forget how much emotion and memory are embedded in music.
@@Producelikeapro - Phil has two songs named Sarah. The first was written for his grandmother and appears on Thin Lizzy’s second album, Shades of a Blue Orphanage.
I always loved the way Phil sung this tune. Despite not being *huge* into Thin Lizzy, this song makes many of my playlist cuts due to being such a feelgood, almost soothing rocker.
What a song. I first discovered through Huey Lewis and the News. Phil was Huey's mentor when he was in Clover and basically explained to him how to be a frontman.
@@Producelikeapro Huey Lewis plays harmonica on Live and Dangerous. It's funny to me that they were unhappy with the guitar sounds. I think they're great; it was the drum sound -- not the drumming, the sound -- I had a problem with.
Absolute corker of a song. Still played all over the place today. Always love listening to Phil Lynott's voice, very unique. His portrayal of Nathaniel on Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds is mind-blowing Another awesome video Warren, thank you. Love the guitar breakdown also..
Definitely under-appreciated. Jailbreak, Romeo and the Lonely Girl and Cowboy Song are every bit the quality that Boys was imho...if I could be so bold hah.
I first saw Thin Lizzy at the Glasgow Apollo in 1976 - they changed my life by driving my desire to learn to play and become a musician. To this day, I've yet to see a cooler, more effortlessly charismatic frontman than Phil Lynott. Lizzy provided the core soundtrack to my youth and remain my favourite band to this day. They were, are and ever will be a sensational sonic event.
@@Producelikeapro Lynott's soulful lyricism set him apart from many of his peers. Sure Thin Lizzy could roar like thunder but as Lemmy once pointed out Phil was a soul brother at heart. Sheer pathos!
@@Producelikeapro Have you ever featured abstract funksters Little Feat on your channel, Warren? Musicians & critics really dug them in the '70s but they are rarely ever played on commercial radio. Lowell George's genius is not celebrated enough...
Marvellous work, watching six guitars at the same time was mind-blowing, didn't know where to look! Must be an editing nightmare. I met Brian Downey at a Rory Gallagher tribute night in my town Galway, West of Ireland in 2010. I am primarily a drummer and had a Birdseye balcony view. He plays fast but not heavy hitting with quite a jazz like swing in his movement not rigid like most hard rock drummers of the era. The key to Lizzy isn't just dual guitar but the way Phil's bass and Downey's drums lock together in a tight groove that is dynamic and Phil was a poet. Like Horslips adapted ancient Irish trad. jigs and reels melodies for guitar.
The Boys Are Back In Town is, along with Eddie & The Hot Rods' Do Anything You Wanna Do, the perfect Friday night song...same sense of euphoria...best of luck with your channel, chaps...
I’ve had one really huge starstruck moment in my life, at the Thin Lizzy exhibition of The Museum of Rock n Roll in Dublin. To be in a room with Phil’s basses and guitars, tour jackets, gold records and that huge mixing console was so much bigger than I expected.
Great coverage of the song. A few corrections. They did not use Marshall amps on the song. It was in fact Traynor amps on the entire Jailbreak album. As for the song almost not making in on to the album that is a marketing stunt. I have worked on the original multitracks for the album and can confirm they completed 11 songs and one that was not finished. The only song from the recording sessions that was left out was a song titled Blues Boy. The unfinished song was a piano ballad penned by Brian Robertson where they did not even laid down the lyrics. The album was recorded December 1975 through January 1976, No recordings were done in February 1976. The recorded a major part of the album at Basing Street Studio (the mulitrack tapes are clearly labeled). The song is titled "The Kid Is Back" on the multitrack boxes.
Hi Pär, thanks for your great input! I read that Brian said he used a Carlsbro combo Amp on this song. What was your role in the making of the album? Many thanks, Warren
@@Producelikeapro I am one of Robbo's closest friends and I have mixed and restored a vast number of Lizzy's back catalog. I have spent years mixing a lot of the tracks including the Jailbreak ones on the Rock Legend box set and I am the custodian of a big chunk of Lizzy's tape archive including the Jailbreak multi tracks.
I got to work with Robbo back in the late 90’s on his “Still in Love With The Blues” instructional VHS. I also worked with him on the Total Accuracy Jam With Thin Lizzy book. I transcribed both of these as well as playing on the book CD.
For me it was always "Jailbreak." That double guitar layering and Lynott's husky tough voice. Starts off the album that this bunch is tough and ready to go. My mom is the 4th of 6. Great great grandfather from just East of Belfast. I am full American, but Thin Lizzy's "Whiskey in The Jar" is a great cover. Second favorite version to the Dubliners.
That's the band that lead me through my teenage years and fears, with Phil just deceased but ever so much present due to his charismatic singing. Thanks for the recognition!
Thin Lizzy continues to be an inspiration to bands making great music today. I love seeing The Darkness play, and Dan Hawkins is rarely seen on stage without repping his TL shirt
I saw Thin Lizzy in May 1975 about a year before TBABIT was released, and they blew headliners Bachman Turner Overdrive off the stage. A couple of years later I saw them again, and they killed it.
Very pleased to see you give Thin Lizzy recognition. Maybe due to poor promotion, TL didn't get the notoriety they deserved for an excellent body of work that goes way beyond Jailbreak, their biggest seller. As a result, I didn't really hear much of their stuff until just last year. Now I listen to everything of theirs from 1974-1983. If you haven't heard more than Jailbreak, do yourself a favor and listen!
I feel so ...in-time"..I just recorded a song HEAVILY influenced by Thin Lizzy..as a tribute to Phil. It won't be out till Oct 8th,2021 but I just sense this strong resurngence in interest in what Philo and ThinLizzy did. Anyone: Go back and listen to them again...it still Rocks. It still Rolls. It still tells stories to touch your soul. Thank you Warren and The band for all of it!
Appreciate the video! I remember as a young guitarist in the 1970s hearing this song and thinking too many complicated chords in that lol! We eventually buckled down and learned the song to play live! Taught me a lot! I remember supporting 'The Runaways' at The Apollo in Glasgow and we included this cover in our set!
A great addition to your series,and thanks Jamie for breaking down the guitar parts. I have not listened to much heavy rock but this is a track that has always stuck in my mind.
Great video Warren, I would like to add the unique chord structures in what Phil wrote the songs, often with a touch of soul in it. Cheers from Sweden!
Two other things that make this song such a great one are the clever chord changes in the verses and the always alternating picking of the bass that gives that driving pulse to the whole rhythm section
Up to now this is the only comment I've come across that actually mentions the song's chord structure for the verses. I'm blown away by the chord choices and would have liked to seen them analysed by Warren. Completely overlooking them is a bit of a surprise to me. Love Warren's channel though, something I look forward to.
One of my favorite bands. When I took guitar lessons my teacher would emphasize on the harmonies that the band played and that's how I learned Harmony technique
In spite of the absolute brilliant guitar melody and harmony, this song’s lyrics and vocals are instantly unforgettable and iconic. Thin Lizzy really has a shit ton of songs to satisfy those deep Rock urges!
I have always felt TL was underrated, loved them from the first time I heard them, Phil’s voice and the duo harmony guitars defined them and were Sooooo cool! Great memories of another gone too soon.....
Had the pleasure of seeing Thin Lizzy twice while stationed in Germany. I was in the front row when they opened up for Robin Trower in Ludwigshafen in '76 - they are the best straight-ahead rock band I've heard !! So many bands, as you've mentioned, were influenced by Thin Lizzy !!!
You have to listen to this with headphones or with a very well setup stereo system. WOW Jaimie amazingly breaks down the guitar and it's a complete pleasure to listen to his interpretation of the guitar track.
Love this song and Lizzy, who I saw so many times, and even ended up sleeping on a platform & catching the milk train home after the last tour when I stayed for all the encores and missed the last train. And it only took me 40 years to sit down and learn/get closer to the bass line than I had previously busking an approximation and probably somewhat overplaying it 🤦🏼♂️
I was lucky enough to see them many times, always an incredible performance.... I also remember the Dubliners use to joke they learnt, Whiskey in the Jar from Thin Lizzy.... RIP Phil still missed.....
Really enjoyed that thanks Warren, great job by Jamie Humphries breaking down the guitars as well, it's never as easy as it looks doing that kind of thing!
BEST part on Jailbreak is the guitar solo on "Romeo and the Lonely Girl". Please go and listen!!!. You will be glad you did. I remember when this album came out. Smashing.
my friends and I played 'Live and Dangerous' every day and played 'Super Striker' when we were supposed to be revising for our O levels. The memories far outweigh the exam results - I'd do it again in a heartbeat.
@@Producelikeapro Yep! I still have the original record that gets an airing. A bit 'loved' but every scratch is a memory! Lost touch with those friends, but we were our own 'gang' back in the day!
@@Producelikeapro They came alive on stage, I always felt - though there was some controversy about re-records and overdubs, it still summed them up the best for me.
This song was one of the first bass lines I learned back in 70s disappointed that you didn't cover Phils iconic opening bass line, it's as recognizable as the guitar parts.
I remember buying a ticket for a Thin Lizzy concert, and I was terribly excited at the idea of finally seeing the band live, after wearing out the vynil on the turntable. But a few weeks before the show it was cancelled. Big disappointment. One week before the concert, the official announcement of Phil Lynott's death was published. No more disappointment, but consternation... His voice, his groove was inimitable. This music with his voice... it's really a singular sensation. Unique.
I was so privileged as to see them live in Manchester during their most popular period and they were a big influence to me picking up the guitar and not putting it down until early hours of many mornings until I’d learned their solo’s note for note, later performing them at various pubs and clubs in the 80’s. Still in love with you is still one of my favourite all time guitar anthems and I never seem to tire from listening to it with nostalgia. Nice tribute Warren 👍
I loved this song the very first time I heard it on the radio, but I knew the reason I loved it was because vocally and instrumentally it reminded me so much of my favorite hit single from 1973 -- Steely Dan's "Reelin' In the Years."
A huge thank´s for this episode on The Boys Are Back In Town. The band themselves has played several different versions when it comes to the harmony parts at the end of the song but I think Jamies nailed it covering the album version. Great job!
It's awesome to see Thin Lizzy get their much deserved accolades. I was hoping you would talk more about the songwriting, in particular the chord progression in the verse, which is rather sophisticated for a rock song. Otherwise, another terrific video!
Thank you. Great video - the breakdown of the guitar harmonies was especially excellent. Lynott's early death was such a loss - I often wonder what he could have gone on to achieve....
This whole album is great as a hard rock statement from the mid 70s. Thunder and Lightning (their last) is absolutely phenomenal. It has that early 80s hard edged production and the songs and all great. One of my favorite 80s albums.
Thank for the comments regarding the guitar tuitional section. You can get the free tab in the description for this video, and if you want to get the rest of the song down head over to the Six String Alliance channel where I teach the song in full. Jamie
story about Phil..i met him a couple of times..once at the back of his house we were swimming..there's a beach there in Sutton/howth .. and Phil was walking down the beach with his dog late 70s and we talked to him for a few mins.another time was early 82 when Dublin had the big snowfall.. nearly all the roads were blocked off with the snow...down where we lived had a river running thru..and the powers that be ploughed a makeshift road beside it..so us being teenagers were messing around with all the traffic coming thru...lashing snowballs at them..but this volkswagon beetle came thru and we were all standing on the bumpers messing and bit by bit the car was slowing down then it stopped and who gets out only Phil and says jasus lads the car wont fooking move with all us on it...but we all knew who he was...and let him go in peace..
Hell yeah this band was one of my suggestions. I like that you mentioned the heavy metal influences, never would have thought that Thrash Metal legends Testament would cite Thin Lizzy as a influence. You don't think Chuck Billy screams, double bass drumming and speed would come from Thin Lizzy. Buy that's the beauty of music. Influence is a matter of interpretation to the listener. Maybe we can dive into the Bad Reputation-Johnny The Fix era? Those are my favorite albums but love all the music they created. Cheers!
What songs do you believe changed music? Phil Lynott and Thin Lizzy were truly groundbreaking and this hit was their huge international breakthrough! What other songs do you believe did that?
Could do some reggae. Island studios. Could do bob and we would all enjoy it. I bet there are some other breakthru recordings in the genre that might be just as interesting.
Also uriah heep plz
Something from Sly and Robbie perhaps?
@@ncmartinez_his or steel pulse. Depends what masters he could find I guess
@@zeusapollo8688 yes...one of the guitar players of bobs was a young white american player who "lucked out " by being in the same recording complex (or so i heard ) - wayne perkins ...who is an excellent stevie ray type player ...apparently he could hardly understand a word bob and "ban, say an ting" lol ......
Hat's off to Jamie for his amazing breakdown of the guitar layering
Yes! Jamie did a wonderful job!
Thanks Evan!! And Thank you Warren.. this was a fun one.. we need to do some Boston!!
@@SixStringAlliance You Rock!
Yes, excellent breakdown! My band is just learning this song and Jamie saved me a ton of time and effort! Thank you!
Yeah Jaimie is awesome. I'm very impressed by his insight. Imagine breaking down a song, that you had no part of producing, into 6 tracks to get just the right sound? wow. That is musicianship at it's finest.
No matter how many times you hear this song or album, it never gets old. There'll never be another Lizzy.
Agreed! Amazing band!!
So good to see this. Thin Lizzy, in spite of their huge radio hits, are largely overlooked nowadays. Phil Lynott is one of the most original and inimitable frontmen of all time. Great songwriter/singer too.
I'm a huge Phil Lynott fan!!
Thin Lizzy are still huge over here.
R.I.P. to Phil!! One of the greatest to ever do it!
Truly amazing!
Such a fantastic musical catalogue in his life. Kills me to think what he would have produced if he had lived. Damn!
As a young 14 year old, Don't Believe a Word was the number that got me into Thin Lizzy and into hard rock. It had it all: that fat, iconic dual guitar sound, a swinging groove, clever Lynott lyrics, etc. Launched me into a world of music appreciation.
What a fantastic break-down series you have, sir!
My old bass player who I had know for a few years, one day when we were on tour in Ireland for Paddy's day, suddenly told us he once had a drink in a pub in London with Phil Lynott. I don't know how he didn't tell everyone that all the time.
I once met his mum Philomena in a pub in Scotland and she was watching a Thin Lizzy tribute band.
Thanks ever so much for sharing Robbi!
Omg
They had me with Whiskey in the Jar. When I was in a band 77 we covered Jailbreak, Boys are Back and Emerald. Fortunately seeing them in 1979. Still love hearing them. Tragic Phil died young. Thanks for the guitar breakdown.
Very cool to cover that song! We covered 'Don't Believe A Word', great guitar riff!
Yes definitely. He had a very distinct voice too. Parisienne Walkways springs to mind with Garry Moore.
@@johngrant5749 yes, very cool! Huge Phil Lynott fan! He certainly knew how to write great songs!
May 1979 I got hit by a car and woke up on my mum's birthday in August with boys are back playing on the summer of 77 compilation.
Then when they said I would need a cane if I could even walk again my nan introduced me to Ian Drury.
The last few weeks have been the soundtrack for my childhood.
We forget how much emotion and memory are embedded in music.
Thanks ever so much for sharing your experiences. That means a lot, the music we listen to becomes the soundtrack of our lives!
The greatest elbow out of the car window singalong tune evah!
Another great tune by LIzzy is 'Sarah' a beautiful love song for a daughter.
Yes, I always loved that song as well! Beautiful
@@Producelikeapro - Phil has two songs named Sarah. The first was written for his grandmother and appears on Thin Lizzy’s second album, Shades of a Blue Orphanage.
At 7:25 he mentions Wishbone Ash. Thank you. Always overlooked.
Love Wishbone Ash, 'Throw Down The Sword' is a favourite
I always loved the way Phil sung this tune. Despite not being *huge* into Thin Lizzy, this song makes many of my playlist cuts due to being such a feelgood, almost soothing rocker.
Me too! We just did a cover of it, because we are huge fans!
What a song. I first discovered through Huey Lewis and the News. Phil was Huey's mentor when he was in Clover and basically explained to him how to be a frontman.
Yes, Phil was one of kind! Incredible talent, I grew up a huge fan!
@@Producelikeapro Huey Lewis plays harmonica on Live and Dangerous. It's funny to me that they were unhappy with the guitar sounds. I think they're great; it was the drum sound -- not the drumming, the sound -- I had a problem with.
@@rickmassimo6192 the album is a masterpiece, no one I love is ever happy with their work!
Huey does a great cover too!
I'm 63 and it is one of the most driving hard driving songs that sticks with you it's just a classic and the time it came about was just so perfect
Absolute corker of a song. Still played all over the place today. Always love listening to Phil Lynott's voice, very unique. His portrayal of Nathaniel on Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds is mind-blowing
Another awesome video Warren, thank you. Love the guitar breakdown also..
Agreed! Huge Phil Lynott fan! Amazing guitar parts and Jamie did a wonderful job!
Thanks Dean., this was a fun one to work on!
@@SixStringAlliance you did an amazing job my friend!
This is My generation of music and I am a music lover with a love of the stories behind the hits
Thanks ever so much for sharing
Live and Dangerous, featuring also The boys are back in town, is the Best Live Rock Album of all time
"Live" it's all overdubbed and done in a studio
Yes, masterpiece!
@@kazoolordhd6591 then that would be exactly like ALL of the 'Live' Albums from the '70s!
@@kazoolordhd6591 no it's not, fool
imo one of the very best LPs of the 70's.
Agreed 100%!
Definitely under-appreciated. Jailbreak, Romeo and the Lonely Girl and Cowboy Song are every bit the quality that Boys was imho...if I could be so bold hah.
Brian Downey doesn’t get enough credit for providing such a great feel/swing to Lizzy!🇬🇧✌🏻
That guitar section is something I’ve wanted to hear/see for years! Thanks Warren
Thanks ever so much Daniel!
Hi Daniel, don’t forget the free tab download in the description section, and head on over to my channel for the full song lesson.. thanks again
@@SixStringAlliance fantastic
I first saw Thin Lizzy at the Glasgow Apollo in 1976 - they changed my life by driving my desire to learn to play and become a musician.
To this day, I've yet to see a cooler, more effortlessly charismatic frontman than Phil Lynott.
Lizzy provided the core soundtrack to my youth and remain my favourite band to this day. They were, are and ever will be a sensational sonic event.
Few singers, at least in hard rock, told a story the way Phil Lynott did. Classic song, classic album, legendary band.
Agreed! He was one of the greatest of the greats!
@@Producelikeapro Lynott's soulful lyricism set him apart from many of his peers. Sure Thin Lizzy could roar like thunder but as Lemmy once pointed out Phil was a soul brother at heart. Sheer pathos!
@@philiphalpenny3783 agreed, he was one of the greatest of all time!
@@Producelikeapro Have you ever featured abstract funksters Little Feat on your channel, Warren? Musicians & critics really dug them in the '70s but they are rarely ever played on commercial radio. Lowell George's genius is not celebrated enough...
Marvellous work, watching six guitars at the same time was mind-blowing, didn't know where to look! Must be an editing nightmare.
I met Brian Downey at a Rory Gallagher tribute night in my town Galway, West of Ireland in 2010. I am primarily a drummer and had a Birdseye balcony view. He plays fast but not heavy hitting with quite a jazz like swing in his movement not rigid like most hard rock drummers of the era.
The key to Lizzy isn't just dual guitar but the way Phil's bass and Downey's drums lock together in a tight groove
that is dynamic and Phil was a poet. Like Horslips adapted ancient Irish trad. jigs and reels melodies for guitar.
I LOVE Thin Lizzy. But I never know about the Irish roots. So cool.
@ 6.25. No expression will bring greater fear to my heart than the phrase "Greater Manchester" LOL.
Haha it sounds like you have a story there!
Saw them open for Queen in Los Angeles back in the late 70s at the Forum. What an amazing band they were. Just awesome.
Wow! Truly amazing Douglas!
The Boys Are Back In Town is, along with Eddie & The Hot Rods' Do Anything You Wanna Do, the perfect Friday night song...same sense of euphoria...best of luck with your channel, chaps...
Thanks ever so much Philip!
@Maestro One I hear you!!
That's what I love about Thin Lizzy: melodic rock and unmistakable voice of Phil Lynott. My favourite LP was "Chinatown" with Snowy White on board.
I love Chinatown! Amazing riff!!
What an opening!!
I’ve had one really huge starstruck moment in my life, at the Thin Lizzy exhibition of The Museum of Rock n Roll in Dublin. To be in a room with Phil’s basses and guitars, tour jackets, gold records and that huge mixing console was so much bigger than I expected.
....I found TL at the age of 13 ....still rocking on my playlist today in my 50s.
Amazing!
Great coverage of the song. A few corrections. They did not use Marshall amps on the song. It was in fact Traynor amps on the entire Jailbreak album. As for the song almost not making in on to the album that is a marketing stunt. I have worked on the original multitracks for the album and can confirm they completed 11 songs and one that was not finished. The only song from the recording sessions that was left out was a song titled Blues Boy. The unfinished song was a piano ballad penned by Brian Robertson where they did not even laid down the lyrics. The album was recorded December 1975 through January 1976, No recordings were done in February 1976. The recorded a major part of the album at Basing Street Studio (the mulitrack tapes are clearly labeled). The song is titled "The Kid Is Back" on the multitrack boxes.
Hi Pär, thanks for your great input! I read that Brian said he used a Carlsbro combo Amp on this song. What was your role in the making of the album? Many thanks, Warren
I searched online and found you did the tape transfers for Chinatown, which I believe is one of the greatest guitar albums of all time!
@@Producelikeapro I am one of Robbo's closest friends and I have mixed and restored a vast number of Lizzy's back catalog. I have spent years mixing a lot of the tracks including the Jailbreak ones on the Rock Legend box set and I am the custodian of a big chunk of Lizzy's tape archive including the Jailbreak multi tracks.
I got to work with Robbo back in the late 90’s on his “Still in Love With The Blues” instructional VHS. I also worked with him on the Total Accuracy Jam With Thin Lizzy book. I transcribed both of these as well as playing on the book CD.
Oh man, I just never get tired of this song, from the day I first heard it on the radio till today. It's as fresh and cool as ever.
Agreed 100%!
For me it was always "Jailbreak." That double guitar layering and Lynott's husky tough voice. Starts off the album that this bunch is tough and ready to go.
My mom is the 4th of 6. Great great grandfather from just East of Belfast. I am full American, but Thin Lizzy's "Whiskey in The Jar" is a great cover. Second favorite version to the Dubliners.
Thanks ever so much for sharing!! I’m half ☘️ Irish! My mum would say the better half! Haha
That's the band that lead me through my teenage years and fears, with Phil just deceased but ever so much present due to his charismatic singing. Thanks for the recognition!
Yes, such an amazing talent!
Me too, Im 54yrs old...Lizzy was a massive part of my youth..I'm still a fan!
Thin Lizzy continues to be an inspiration to bands making great music today. I love seeing The Darkness play, and Dan Hawkins is rarely seen on stage without repping his TL shirt
Agreed! So many amazing bands were influenced by them
Phil stay safe where you are, a sad loss and brings back the 70s straight away hearing that first riff im right back... One o the best tunes ever🍻🍻👍
Definitely! One of the greatest Rock songs!
The backbone of this song is the vocal melody and timing in the verse. A ‘Dylan eat your heart out’ piece.
It's a masterclass indeed!
I saw Thin Lizzy in May 1975 about a year before TBABIT was released, and they blew headliners Bachman Turner Overdrive off the stage. A couple of years later I saw them again, and they killed it.
Amazing! Thanks ever so much for sharing
this is the song of my teenage years,
have been to a Lizzy concert in RDS Simmonscourt back in those wonderful days,
Phil is gone but never forgotten
Very pleased to see you give Thin Lizzy recognition. Maybe due to poor promotion, TL didn't get the notoriety they deserved for an excellent body of work that goes way beyond Jailbreak, their biggest seller. As a result, I didn't really hear much of their stuff until just last year. Now I listen to everything of theirs from 1974-1983. If you haven't heard more than Jailbreak, do yourself a favor and listen!
Jailbreak......unbelievably timeless kick ass tune, it's definitely one of my top of all rock songs.
Loved the guitars breakdown.
Thanks ever so much Marc!
Cheers Marc!
I feel so ...in-time"..I just recorded a song HEAVILY influenced by Thin Lizzy..as a tribute to Phil. It won't be out till Oct 8th,2021 but I just sense this strong resurngence in interest in what Philo and ThinLizzy did. Anyone: Go back and listen to them again...it still Rocks. It still Rolls. It still tells stories to touch your soul. Thank you Warren and The band for all of it!
Lovely tribute Warren.
Thanks ever so much!
Thin Lizzy is quite legendary I'd say! Great work man!
Yes! Incredible band!!
@@Producelikeapro Yeah!
@@RC32Smiths01 Thanks ever so much RC32!
@@Producelikeapro My pleasure!
Appreciate the video! I remember as a young guitarist in the 1970s hearing this song and thinking too many complicated chords in that lol! We eventually buckled down and learned the song to play live! Taught me a lot! I remember supporting 'The Runaways' at The Apollo in Glasgow and we included this cover in our set!
Thanks ever so much Jim! Yes, I’m a huge fan!!
Enjoyed this video. Definitely, irish rock acts are the best
With an Irish Mum I’m not going to disagree!
Only two members were Irish.
A great addition to your series,and thanks Jamie for breaking down the guitar parts.
I have not listened to much heavy rock but this is a track that has always stuck in my mind.
Thanks Andrew!!
Agreed! Jamie did an amazing job breaking down the guitars
@@SixStringAlliance thanks ever so much my friend!
While “TBABIT” was an awesome song, the guitars in “Cowboy Song” are my favorite.
Thanks ever so much for sharing!
Great video Warren, I would like to add the unique chord structures in what Phil wrote the songs, often with a touch of soul in it. Cheers from Sweden!
Agreed! The chord structure is wonderful in this song!
Two other things that make this song such a great one are the clever chord changes in the verses and the always alternating picking of the bass that gives that driving pulse to the whole rhythm section
Up to now this is the only comment I've come across that actually mentions the song's chord structure for the verses. I'm blown away by the chord choices and would have liked to seen them analysed by Warren. Completely overlooking them is a bit of a surprise to me. Love Warren's channel though, something I look forward to.
One of my favorite bands. When I took guitar lessons my teacher would emphasize on the harmonies that the band played and that's how I learned Harmony technique
In spite of the absolute brilliant guitar melody and harmony, this song’s lyrics and vocals are instantly unforgettable and iconic.
Thin Lizzy really has a shit ton of songs to satisfy those deep Rock urges!
I agree! Phil had it all! Groovy bass playing, incredible voice and an amazing songwriter!!
I have always felt TL was underrated, loved them from the first time I heard them, Phil’s voice and the duo harmony guitars defined them and were Sooooo cool! Great memories of another gone too soon.....
Thank you. One of my top favorite bands so underrated, those harmonies you found are awesome I didn’t realize there were that many good job
Thanks ever so much
This os one of the most beautifully recorded songs I have ever heard.
Had the pleasure of seeing Thin Lizzy twice while stationed in Germany. I was in the front row when they opened up for Robin Trower in Ludwigshafen in '76 - they are the best straight-ahead rock band I've heard !! So many bands, as you've mentioned, were influenced by Thin Lizzy !!!
You have to listen to this with headphones or with a very well setup stereo system. WOW Jaimie amazingly breaks down the guitar and it's a complete pleasure to listen to his interpretation of the guitar track.
Love this song and Lizzy, who I saw so many times, and even ended up sleeping on a platform & catching the milk train home after the last tour when I stayed for all the encores and missed the last train.
And it only took me 40 years to sit down and learn/get closer to the bass line than I had previously busking an approximation and probably somewhat overplaying it 🤦🏼♂️
I was lucky enough to see them many times, always an incredible performance.... I also remember the Dubliners use to joke they learnt, Whiskey in the Jar from Thin Lizzy.... RIP Phil still missed.....
Phil and Lizzy are the best of all time.
Really enjoyed that thanks Warren, great job by Jamie Humphries breaking down the guitars as well, it's never as easy as it looks doing that kind of thing!
Thanks Adrian.. I do a full song break down over on my channel. Plus you can download the tab in the video description here. 🎸🎸
Hi Adrian! Glad you enjoyed it!
@@SixStringAlliance you rock
A most excellent presentation, Warren! Thanks and Cheers! 🍻
BEST part on Jailbreak is the guitar solo on "Romeo and the Lonely Girl".
Please go and listen!!!.
You will be glad you did.
I remember when this album came out.
Smashing.
Thanks ever so much
my friends and I played 'Live and Dangerous' every day and played 'Super Striker' when we were supposed to be revising for our O levels. The memories far outweigh the exam results - I'd do it again in a heartbeat.
I remember hearing that album for the first time! Amazing! The cover is so cool!
Skiving off School!
@@Producelikeapro Yep! I still have the original record that gets an airing. A bit 'loved' but every scratch is a memory! Lost touch with those friends, but we were our own 'gang' back in the day!
@@Producelikeapro They came alive on stage, I always felt - though there was some controversy about re-records and overdubs, it still summed them up the best for me.
@@Producelikeapro By the way, I love this channel - Your 'Heros' and Hit me with your rhythm stick took me back! Thank you, thank you!
This song was one of the first bass lines I learned back in 70s disappointed that you didn't cover Phils iconic opening bass line, it's as recognizable as the guitar parts.
Such a great Badssline!
You were able to hear it??? It's so criminally low volume and lost in the mix.
@@Producelikeapro So why did the producer sunk it to the bottom of the mix? Layering guitars is great, but sacrificing the bass is a no no for me.
I remember buying a ticket for a Thin Lizzy concert, and I was terribly excited at the idea of finally seeing the band live, after wearing out the vynil on the turntable.
But a few weeks before the show it was cancelled. Big disappointment.
One week before the concert, the official announcement of Phil Lynott's death was published. No more disappointment, but consternation...
His voice, his groove was inimitable. This music with his voice... it's really a singular sensation. Unique.
That’s very sad indeed. Yes, he was such a huge talent!
Cowboy Song is also awesome!
Amazing!
Romeo and the Lonely Girl too....
I love this song...besides the classic Lizzy twin lead lines I have always loved the 7th chords used in the verse...very unique for a hard rock song
Great song great video great guitar playing and explaining of the riffs!!!
Thanks ever so much
I grew up with this brilliant band, i still have the single after all those years!!
That’s amazing
Thanks for this episode. I'm a huge Lizzy fan, this is just great
Me too!
Yep. When I discovered 3RDS I was blown away! (and had to be forcibly stoppedfrom using the technique excessively later)!!
Haha I hear you! I could do harmonies on everything! Between Thin Lizzy and Brian May I love them!!
I was so privileged as to see them live in Manchester during their most popular period and they were a big influence to me picking up the guitar and not putting it down until early hours of many mornings until I’d learned their solo’s note for note, later performing them at various pubs and clubs in the 80’s. Still in love with you is still one of my favourite all time guitar anthems and I never seem to tire from listening to it with nostalgia. Nice tribute Warren 👍
Great breakdown on the lick harmonies by guitarist
Thanks ever so much
all-time favorite track. thanks for the lead lesson too. good sshhhhhhttTUFF
Thanks ever so much!
what a glorious sound!
Agreed! Absolutely amazing
I loved this song the very first time I heard it on the radio, but I knew the reason I loved it was because vocally and instrumentally it reminded me so much of my favorite hit single from 1973 -- Steely Dan's "Reelin' In the Years."
A huge thank´s for this episode on The Boys Are Back In Town.
The band themselves has played several different versions when it comes to the harmony parts at the end of the song but I think Jamies nailed it covering the album version. Great job!
Thanks you so much 🎸🎸
I LOVE this series Warren! Thank you!
Thanks ever so much
They were a huge influence on my favorite band of all time, Iron Maiden, who are also known for their twin guitars. Great video, Warren! As always;)
Thanks ever so much! Agreed, I love Iron Maiden!
great harmony guitars!
Agreed 100%!
I'm a, Big Fan of Thin Lizzy The Boys are Back in Town is a Classic. Phil Lynott is Awesome Bassist songwriter singer and Fontman.
I was today years old when I learned there were THAT many layered guitar harmonies in this song!
It's awesome to see Thin Lizzy get their much deserved accolades. I was hoping you would talk more about the songwriting, in particular the chord progression in the verse, which is rather sophisticated for a rock song. Otherwise, another terrific video!
their live album is fantastic
Agreed 100%!
Thank you. Great video - the breakdown of the guitar harmonies was especially excellent. Lynott's early death was such a loss - I often wonder what he could have gone on to achieve....
Great guitar playing and tone by your guest. Perfect job.
Thanks ever so much
Brilliant video Warren and awesome playing Jamie as always
Glad you enjoyed it! Yes, Jamie is amazing!
Thank you very much!!
@@SixStringAlliance you rock!!
This whole album is great as a hard rock statement from the mid 70s. Thunder and Lightning (their last) is absolutely phenomenal. It has that early 80s hard edged production and the songs and all great. One of my favorite 80s albums.
Agreed 100%! I’m a huge fan of Chinatown, doesn’t have all of the best songs, but I love the production and the guitar playing is phenomenal
Yeeeeah one of my favourite bands ever, thank you Warren!
You’re very welcome Ady!!
Love your channel! Cheers from Peru
Thanks ever so much!
Can’t remember if you done any Gary Numan (Tube Way Army.) yet. If not why not Cars or Are Friends Electric.
On the list!
Thank for the comments regarding the guitar tuitional section. You can get the free tab in the description for this video, and if you want to get the rest of the song down head over to the Six String Alliance channel where I teach the song in full. Jamie
You did an amazing job Jamie!!
story about Phil..i met him a couple of times..once at the back of his house we were swimming..there's a beach there in Sutton/howth .. and Phil was walking down the beach with his dog late 70s and we talked to him for a few mins.another time was early 82 when Dublin had the big snowfall.. nearly all the roads were blocked off with the snow...down where we lived had a river running thru..and the powers that be ploughed a makeshift road beside it..so us being teenagers were messing around with all the traffic coming thru...lashing snowballs at them..but this volkswagon beetle came thru and we were all standing on the bumpers messing and bit by bit the car was slowing down then it stopped and who gets out only Phil and says jasus lads the car wont fooking move with all us on it...but we all knew who he was...and let him go in peace..
Thanks ever so much for sharing! Wonderful to be able to meet him and talk to him!!
Love that guitar solo section!!!
Thanks!! Full song lesson is up on my channel. You can download the tab here in the video description 🎸🎸
Hell yeah this band was one of my suggestions. I like that you mentioned the heavy metal influences, never would have thought that Thrash Metal legends Testament would cite Thin Lizzy as a influence. You don't think Chuck Billy screams, double bass drumming and speed would come from Thin Lizzy. Buy that's the beauty of music. Influence is a matter of interpretation to the listener.
Maybe we can dive into the Bad Reputation-Johnny The Fix era? Those are my favorite albums but love all the music they created. Cheers!
Thanks Warren, I requested this a few weeks ago, you really came through! Cheers.
You have great taste J K!
Very nicely done. One of my favorite song.
Great song,great band,Phil was amazing,Phil is the main reason I picked up the bass.