Thin Lizzy performed on The Midnight Special March 25, 1977 Follow us on Social Media: / themidnightspecialtvshow / themidnightspecialtvshow / themidnightspecialtvshow / tmstvshow
Thank you for not just saying "underrated" ....GOD I hate when ppl do that haha..I always think "To who??" Very accurate statement though, please add UFO to that list...:DD
Noone could play bass and sing like Phil that's why there's never been a completely satisfactory reuniting of this band imho ...Phil is irreplaceable I think Brian's band came the closest imho tho .. sykes' was OK considering he sang and played but without Phil it's like half the band is missing, not 1/4
The Hall of Fame is bullshit. When you look at who they don't have in compared with who they let in. It is just like the Grammys and such. It is a circle jerk. It means nothing to everyone who knows.
A reporter once asked Phil what it was like being Black and Irish? He simply responded "It's a bit like being a pint of Guinness". What a legend truly missed! God bless Ireland's Rock n Roll Icon. ✌&💚
this is so friggin exaggerating i cant believe it. i respect if you like a song that i dont, but to call this generic piece of poor man's riffing music the greatest ever is just so wrong^^
I had the extreme good fortune of seeing Thin Lizzy in 77', warming up for Kansas (Lizzy stole the show). They opened with this tune, and were just ferocious. One of the best live bands I have ever seen. R.I.P. Phil Lynot.
@@rickpaul4216 Could have seen them in '78. But Bill Graham started the concert 1 hour earlier than planed. When I got there they were just walking off-stage. Did get to see Journey & Marshall Tucker but I wished I made it a priority to see Thin Lizzy.
I have heard from multiple people who saw them when they opened for Queen who said they stole the show. Also heard Freddy would get his panties all bunched up because the crowd wanted more Thin Lizzy.
Richie Blackmore really considered replacing Ian with Phil. Richie was critical of Phil’s bass playing, which I didn’t quite understand. I am a little suprised Phil and Gary didn’t have more success with this lineup.
@@chevy4x466 Phil was a fine bassist also considering how he combined playing bass with singing. Apparently Phil used to love winding Ritchie up by telling Ritchie that Thin Lizzy were going to blow Rainbow off the stage when they were gigging together ! Regarding Gary's time with Thin Lizzy here, Phil took seriously ill . Also there was always a power struggle between the two even though they always worked well together .
oh yes great bands from the garage days to the backyard keg parties and start earning their stripes in the clubs that's how it was done no you tube you went and earned those scars that was great to see it happen
Most of my favorite bands are like 40yrs or so older than me,but I grew up around musicians, bikers,&went to catholic school, but I really do wish the world was still like this&still really good shit like this!
Same age, grew up in N. Miami Bch, We used to go to Hollywood Sportatorium. The Nuge, Kansas, The Boss, the Cars, All the hair bands. We had no idea had good we had it...
@@vwccrline Yes I used to go there and party off the time right on Hallandale Boulevard right off I 95. There used to be a band that used to play they’re called freewheel it was a cover band but they knocked it down
I saw Thin Lizzy in the early summer of 1979, San Bernardino Swing Auditorium. They opened for Journey and blew them off the stage. It was the best concert!
There were only like three channels on TV but we were spoiled for live rock. There was Saturday Night Live and Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert and the Midnight Special probably others. We didn’t have Soul Train where I grew up. Then in the 80’s: MTV 120 minutes.
@@damrgee8279 Yeah, I would say so. It wasn't unusual for them. Live in Sydney 1978 had Gary Moore and Mark Nauseef on the drums instead of Brian Downey.
Yeah, my sisters loved the Beatles and my older brother loved CCR and I'm still a fan of both. I remember Junior High School one of the kids from the A.V. department would spin records in the gym at lunch time. Grand Funk, Brownsville Station, Black Oak Arkansas, man that music was great.@@mizzury54
So funny! I graduated in 77, too. From Catholic high school. And In the twilight ceremony I remember a classmate, Tim Tierney, coming off the stage with his diploma, and singing, "Tonight there's going to be a jailbreak!"
Phil's vocals are just incredible. Timing, nuance, all while playing the bass immaculately.. As someone said, the grittiness in this version takes it way above the studio cut.
Went to see Queen, many years ago, Thin Lizzy was the opening band. I knew "The boys are back in town" and that was all I knew. To say I was blown away would be an understatement! The next day I went out and purchased a bunch of albums by them and for me the rest is history! They remain, to this day, a top 3 band for me. Side story, went to Ireland and sought out the statue of Phil Lynott, it was the year it was vandalized and was being repaired!! I was a little pissed, but I did get a picture of myself and the sign saying it was being repaired!
Hello look at the top of the pop's Lizzy are live on Rosalie thin Lizzy at their best no band could touch them live in my opinion seen Phil lynott s grand slam in Middlesbrough UK 1984 Phil was a shadow of his former self it's sad to see my hero falling apart Phil passed in 1986 no one like him before and after 🙏🙏🙏
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You. The band was really hot in 1977, releasing the amazing "Live And Dangerous" LP. Hopefully we can see the other song performed on the Midnight Special on Mar.25, 1977, "Don't Believe A Word". They also played "Dancin' in the Monlight" & "Emerald" on Oct.21, 1977 Season 6, Ep.6 & "Bad Reputation" on Dec.16, 1977 Season 6, Ep.13. Thanks in advance.
I wonder what would have been if Ritchie Blackmore would have hired Phil instead of Ronnie. Ritchie and Ronnie were not a good fit, not that anyone was a good fit for Ritchie. I suspect Ritchie would have instilled discipline in Phil. Blackmore is the only dude that in the era that could have directed Phil. Blackmore did not respect Phil bass playing. Phil should have not played bass, he was such a powerful front man. Substance abuse is so evil. RIP 🪦 PHIL
WOW!!!!!!!!! Did not ever see this footage before. Soooooooooooooooo amazingly awesome! Thin Lizzy was one of the greatest bands in rock and roll history. Period.
Saw Thin Lizzy open for Queen, 1 Mar 1977 in Phoenix, AZ. Such a huge bunch of talent I was blessed to see. Who knew at the time both front men would leave us way to soon. R.I.P. Phil & Freddy… you are sorely missed.
That was it! I commented earlier, I was wrong. Thin Lizzy opened for queen in Toledo. I went to see…Thin Lizzy, man am I glad I got to see Queen!!!What a great “freaking” concert.
@@fviannaval that’s what I thought. I remember telling somebody between shows how awesome Thin lizzy was. But then they reminded me how awesome Queen was going to be. And they really were. It’s hard to say one was better than the other, but they were both on that night! So really, it was an epic show.
The 70's was the golden age of live rock concerts and to those old enough to have experienced them I am so jealous. I was born in 1978, and to hear that Thin Lizzy opened for the mighty Queen talk about an absolutely perfect show! Also I would have loved to have been a fly backstage if both bands hung out and partied etc. Just wow!!
So Phil tells Gary halfway through the song to turn down. When Gary rips into that lead at the end, we miss half his solo because he forgets to turn Greenie back up. lol. One of the most underrated rock bands in history. Love this band!
He's talking about the volume knob on Greenie, Gary's famous Les Paul that Peter Green used to own and play in the first incarnation of Fleetwood Mac, not his amp.
This is great...another dimension to a classic..Phil's voice is as good as the studio version...the guitars are grittier. Wish I could have seen them live way back in the 70s.😢
One of the greatest and most underrated band of the decade ('73-'83). Phil was a musical genius, Brian a beast, Scott and every single one of his partners (Gary, Brian, Snowy, John) some of the best twin lead guitar duos in rock history. Legends!
Probably the most charismatic frontman I have ever seen live. My sister did not even notice the other four guys (1980 lineup with Darren Wharton on keys)
An amazingly simple song, that goes to show you some of the best songs don't need to be insanely difficult. It's all about swagger and vibe. Thin Lizzy was the best at both. What a performance.
E-ghad....buddy and I had floir seats for same tour in Toronto. Classmate offered us twice the ticket price fer our seats. Being young stoopit 'kids" we agreed. Still haunts me to this day. ,
As a child born in 78, and a fan since 1990🇮🇪🥁🇮🇪 my fave all time band .. Having seen Eric, Brian in there own bands and Lizzy line ups with Scott Gorham and ricky warwick. There are Ireland's greatest band full of myth and Irish distinction. Forget u2 Slainte🇮🇪🇨🇮🥁🥁
I saw this when it originally aired on Mar 25th 1977, I was 10yrs and had been already listening to them as well as KISS Aerosmith Led Zeppelin Pink Floyd AC/DC and Queen..etc. I was grateful to have had two older sisters at that time who turned me on to sum great Rock & Roll bands. Thin Lizzy lives on in 2023 and beyond.
Great footage, saw this line up of Lizzy in the Glasgow Apollo 1979, Black Rose tour, my first ever concert, when Gary Moore joined them full time. He replaced Robertson on this tour. I think this was the time Robbo injured his hand in a bar brawl.
Amazing the quality of guitar sound back then minimal effects most likely vintage equipment Thin Lizzy is and always will be my first love of Rock and Roll bands
I am so glad that I got to see them in 1980. They were simply amazing live and it is a shame that they were not bigger in the U.S. Nothing beats the sound of twin lead guitars, Brian on the drums and of course Phil killing it on the bass.
Awesome, back when music kicked ass, and no cry closets were needed. Good times! They used to blast this song at the roller rink. Seen them with Kansas I think I'm 78- was an awesome show.
I agree....however, RRHF is soo overated. Madonna, Pretenders, Dolly, and Willie are in????????But bands like T.L. are snubbed every year? It's a crock.
Doing the Irish proud 🇮🇪 I'll always remember having a tour of Phil's hometown in Ireland...."And on the right you'll see where TIN Lizzy the greatest Irish band first formed."
As a ignorant Yank, Thin Lizzy : Black Rose opened my eyes to the Beauty of Irish music and lyrical poetry. The dualing guitars on that song are beyond
Filmed in Burbank 1976 when Gary filled in for Robbo who cut his hand protecting Frankie Miller who sang on “Still in Love” the song Gary played lead on but Robbo played on Live and Dangerous.
This is a rare video. At this time, Robo was injured in a bar fight and he was temporarily out of the band. And that's when Gary was helping the band again, like in 1974.
He was also was helping out on the Black Rose lp and tour but left right in the middle of the Tour,I got to see them in 79 while he was still with them!
I envy you. By the time they came to my country in 1979, Gary had already left the band and Midge Ure and Dave Frett had joined the band in his place. Coincidentally, a video of Manfred Mann's Earth Band with Dave Frett was also uploaded on this channel about 10 days ago.
Was never really a Thin Lizzy fan yet now I love this song and listen to it often it makes me move and smile a bit. Love Phil's vocals . Jail Break and The Boys are Back in town..Rock & Roll !
Wow! Thin Lizzy with Gary Moore in '77!? He must have been filling in - since Robbo toured with them on the Bad Rep tour that year. So electric. Thin Lizzy has a level of badassery that no other band can match.
Wikipedia says Moore did the entire tour with them in '77 because Robertson broke his hand in a bar fight lol. Apparently they asked Moore to stay on and he declined leaving at the end of the tour and Robertson came back then.
Robbo, in line with his rightly-earned reputation for such things, surpassed himself: the evening before embarking on a big-time US tour (!) supporting Queen (!!), he had involved in a bar fist-fight (!!!), damaging both his hand beyond the ability to play for some time. Gary filled-in last minute, saving the day.
Crazy days in the seventies. A guitarist busting up his HAND in a bar fight. Unreal. I was in a band playing Lizzy songs in those days and I know things could get weird pretty quick.
Robbo had his hand severely shredded when he blocked a broken bottle that someone swung at Robbo’s buddy Frankie Miller’s face. Frankie was completely off his tits drunk and couldn’t defend himself. It was a valiant effort on Robbo’s part, but the question has always been, why was he in a bar on the eve of his band’s biggest tour and break of their career to that point? It rightly pissed Phil off! Robbo maintains that he merely went to the club for dinner and only had two drinks before the fracas. Apparently, it was a coincidence that his buddy Frankie was there, as well. Lynott drafted Gary Moore in place of Robbo and they did the tour opening for Queen. Phil asked Gary to be a permanent member of Lizzy, but he refused, so they hired Robbo as a sideman for the Bad Reputation album and tour, mostly on Scott Gorham’s insistence, as he missed the chemistry he had with Robertson. Robbo was then replaced by… Gary Moore for the Black Rose album and tour. These are some of the circumstances that kept Thin Lizzy from becoming one of the biggest bands in the world.
@@crusheverything4449 Of all the guitarists that Lizzy had, I thought Robbo was the best for the Lizzy sound.Also thought that he was the best guitar twin for Scott.
Those ETERNAL twin guitars Robbo and Gorham (Master Gary here....Snowy White too) The PERFECT rythmn of Brian Downey And the POET Mr. Phillip Lynott FANTASTIC BAND!!!!
Underrated by critics, loved by fans. Still listening 47 years later like it was yesterday. Rest in peace Phil, Gary and Philomena.
There needs too be a movie about Philomena and baby phil and what she and her son had too go through 👍😉❤️🙏
Thank you for not just saying "underrated" ....GOD I hate when ppl do that haha..I always think "To who??" Very accurate statement though, please add UFO to that list...:DD
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Noone could play bass and sing like Phil that's why there's never been a completely satisfactory reuniting of this band imho
...Phil is irreplaceable I think Brian's band came the closest imho tho .. sykes' was OK considering he sang and played but without Phil it's like half the band is missing, not 1/4
Drivel. I like the band too but you are talking shite about critics.
Put Thin Lizzy in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame(Shame)where they belong!!🎸🤘
They got nominated for it once so they should get it eventually.
WTF?!?!! Can they still legally call it the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
The Hall of Fame is bullshit. When you look at who they don't have in compared with who they let in. It is just like the Grammys and such. It is a circle jerk. It means nothing to everyone who knows.
They aren't??!?!?
Lizzy to me were always the burn-out bad boys from the wrong side of the tracks. I'd rather them not be admitted into polite company.
A reporter once asked Phil what it was like being Black and Irish? He simply responded "It's a bit like being a pint of Guinness". What a legend truly missed! God bless Ireland's Rock n Roll Icon. ✌&💚
One of the greatest rock songs of all time by one of the greatest rock bands of all time
this is so friggin exaggerating i cant believe it. i respect if you like a song that i dont, but to call this generic piece of poor man's riffing music the greatest ever is just so wrong^^
Phil was Charisma personified
I had the extreme good fortune of seeing Thin Lizzy in 77', warming up for Kansas (Lizzy stole the show). They opened with this tune, and were just ferocious. One of the best live bands I have ever seen. R.I.P. Phil Lynot.
I saw that tour as well.
Love the song and this album
@@rickpaul4216 , I saw them in '77 in Philadelphia when they opened for Queen. To this day, still one of the best concerts I've ever seen!
@@rickpaul4216 Could have seen them in '78. But Bill Graham started the concert 1 hour earlier than planed. When I got there they were just walking off-stage. Did get to see Journey & Marshall Tucker but I wished I made it a priority to see Thin Lizzy.
I have heard from multiple people who saw them when they opened for Queen who said they stole the show. Also heard Freddy would get his panties all bunched up because the crowd wanted more Thin Lizzy.
This is a rock band! So pure. And Phil’s voice, so unique and immediately recognizable. One of the best story telling voices in rock music.
And also a brilliant lyricist
Richie Blackmore really considered replacing Ian with Phil. Richie was critical of Phil’s bass playing, which I didn’t quite understand. I am a little suprised Phil and Gary didn’t have more success with this lineup.
@@chevy4x466 Phil was a fine bassist also considering how he combined playing bass with singing. Apparently Phil used to love winding Ritchie up by telling Ritchie that Thin Lizzy were going to blow Rainbow off the stage when they were gigging together ! Regarding Gary's time with Thin Lizzy here, Phil took seriously ill . Also there was always a power struggle between the two even though they always worked well together .
Nah. To hell with that popularity pagent. The real fans know what it is
@@TheHumbuckerboypot stirring, trouble maker.
Back when shit was REAL
oh yes great bands from the garage days to the backyard keg parties and start earning their stripes in the clubs that's how it was done no you tube you went and earned those scars that was great to see it happen
Black when shit was real.
Growing up, I questioned if that mustache was real
Most of my favorite bands are like 40yrs or so older than me,but I grew up around musicians, bikers,&went to catholic school, but I really do wish the world was still like this&still really good shit like this!
Ok Unc…
kidding. That’s what all the kids tell me when I point that out
Simply stunning performance....reminding us how amazingly good Thin Lizzy was!!
GREAT Irish rock group of the 70's! 🎼
Saw these guys open for Queen in 77. Phil and Freddie back to back, about as good as it gets.
0:03🔥woah!
gary was great but he never had the magic of robbo's solos
Baloney, a thousand times better than that wanker lol
I was there. March 1977 at NBC studios in Burbank.
Must have been amazing
It's amazing how everyone is just sitting there like they are at a dinner party.
@@BrianHAviation They got instructions from the studio crew..
@@jsamc8420 Wow that would take the fun out of a Thin Lizzy show.
During the Queen/Lizzy US tour
One of the best rock bands RIP Phil and Gary
That whole album is killer. The Cowboy Song is my personal favorite. But this one rocks my doors off as well.
Yes , Cowboy song.....
@@eiserntorsphantomoftheoper2154 never got to see them live
That whole album is killer for sure. My favorite is Emerald.
My fav off that album is Romeo and the Lonely Girl.
Warrior, Jailbreak and Emerald faves but agree
Entire album is perfection 🖤
Great drummer. Steady and tasteful.
He does a drum solo in the middle of BAD REPUTATION!.....AMAZING! Hopefully they will post that also!
He makes it look easy.
Brian Downey - one of the all time great rock drummers to my mind.
Thin Lizzy was my first rock concert in 1979 in Columbus, Ohio. I was a senior in high school. Great memories!
What a great memory to have!
Same age, grew up in N. Miami Bch, We used to go to Hollywood Sportatorium. The Nuge, Kansas, The Boss, the Cars, All the hair bands. We had no idea had good we had it...
@ The Agora?
@@vwccrline Yes I used to go there and party off the time right on Hallandale Boulevard right off I 95. There used to be a band that used to play they’re called freewheel it was a cover band but they knocked it down
@@vwccrline Ohio Fairgrounds Coliseum.
I saw Thin Lizzy in the early summer of 1979, San Bernardino Swing Auditorium. They opened for Journey and blew them off the stage. It was the best concert!
I remember sneaking into the living room to watch Midnight Special as a kid. I always thought it was so cool to watch the “grown-up” music.
It was so cool.
And it made a cool dude of you in the end!
You know it and try not wake Mom & Dad. Watching the old Sony tv Dad sent back home from when he was in Nam.
There were only like three channels on TV but we were spoiled for live rock. There was Saturday Night Live and Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert and the Midnight Special probably others. We didn’t have Soul Train where I grew up. Then in the 80’s: MTV 120 minutes.
I tried to stay up to watch but fell asleep before it came on! Darn it!😅
Phil Lynott, RIP : Vocal + Bass
Scott Gorham : Guitar (right)
Gary Moore, RIP : Guitar (left)
Brian Downey : Drums
That’s Gary Moore on the left?
Brian Robertson would have usually been the one there instead of Gary Moore.
@@gregoryduncan3067 OK so in the video is that Gary Moore on the left?
@@damrgee8279 Yeah, I would say so. It wasn't unusual for them. Live in Sydney 1978 had Gary Moore and Mark Nauseef on the drums instead of Brian Downey.
@@damrgee8279I believe Gary Moore was the regular guitar player by the time they did the Sydney 1978 concert.
good lord, that's how hard rocking electric guitars should sound always
2:53 he just kicksass on that solo
I graduated High School in 77. This was our music and it still sounds good. Thanks Midnight Special for posting these great quality videos.
'74 here. We were certainly spoiled by a massive amount of quality music. I had older sisters who were listening to all the great 60's bands.
Yeah, my sisters loved the Beatles and my older brother loved CCR and I'm still a fan of both. I remember Junior High School one of the kids from the A.V. department would spin records in the gym at lunch time. Grand Funk, Brownsville Station, Black Oak Arkansas, man that music was great.@@mizzury54
77 here too
So funny! I graduated in 77, too. From Catholic high school. And In the twilight ceremony I remember a classmate, Tim Tierney, coming off the stage with his diploma, and singing, "Tonight there's going to be a jailbreak!"
Me too!!!
Phil's vocals are just incredible. Timing, nuance, all while playing the bass immaculately.. As someone said, the grittiness in this version takes it way above the studio cut.
It's rough, raw and nasty. This is rock and roll, take a LOOK
I was just thinking that..vocals and bass were so on point
He's singing a bit fast. But then the band were playing it fast. I think he yelled at Moore to slow the fuck down around the 30 second mark.
What a song. What a performance. What a voice.
Wow! This clip is rock and roll history right here!
Went to see Queen, many years ago, Thin Lizzy was the opening band. I knew "The boys are back in town" and that was all I knew. To say I was blown away would be an understatement! The next day I went out and purchased a bunch of albums by them and for me the rest is history! They remain, to this day, a top 3 band for me. Side story, went to Ireland and sought out the statue of Phil Lynott, it was the year it was vandalized and was being repaired!! I was a little pissed, but I did get a picture of myself and the sign saying it was being repaired!
Same!
Go back! 🍀
Never seen this! Gary on guitar! Thanks for posting
Phil just oozes with cool. His songwriting and stage presence is second to none.
I think Phil is like the 70's Elvis of his time! He had the look the swagger the sound the voice the confidence the sexy appeal and he was a rocker!
Pure rock star!
Rob "Second to None" Halford begs to differ.
Freddie "Second To None" Mercury wrote better songs and had more stage presence.
@@barrymitchell6444 yeah not many could top Freddie Mercury. In any.
Raunchy version ... love it!
That was one helluva performance! 🤟😎🔥🔥🔥🔥❤
Hello look at the top of the pop's Lizzy are live on Rosalie thin Lizzy at their best no band could touch them live in my opinion seen Phil lynott s grand slam in Middlesbrough UK 1984 Phil was a shadow of his former self it's sad to see my hero falling apart Phil passed in 1986 no one like him before and after 🙏🙏🙏
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You. The band was really hot in 1977, releasing the amazing "Live And Dangerous" LP. Hopefully we can see the other song performed on the Midnight Special on Mar.25, 1977, "Don't Believe A Word". They also played "Dancin' in the Monlight" & "Emerald" on Oct.21, 1977 Season 6, Ep.6 & "Bad Reputation" on Dec.16, 1977 Season 6, Ep.13. Thanks in advance.
😅Live and Dangerous was released in 1978
wow. im really hoping we get DBAW, the OGWT version (as "gary moore and friends") is amazing. i want a hq digital copy but cannot find it.
@@daiichidoku th-cam.com/video/QtmITITA6WM/w-d-xo.html
Glad to see someone else on here besides me requesting all of the above,these are the ones I've been requesting since I joined months ago......lol
@@kevinriddell2105this was recorded during the Queen/Lizzy tour, early 77...Gary in for Robbo
And that my friends is what they call Rock and Roll! Superb musicianship, but edgy and raw. Simply great.
Rock n roll is not suppose to be perfect which is why so many great bands are overlooked for the 'critic' bands who really s*ck!
What a band. So many great guitarists passed through and then there is the one and only Phil. Never again will we see the likes of him. RIP.
the ace with the bass, rip
Scott Gorham was the main guitarist that stayed the course with Phil lynnot.
I wonder what would have been if Ritchie Blackmore would have hired Phil instead of Ronnie. Ritchie and Ronnie were not a good fit, not that anyone was a good fit for Ritchie. I suspect Ritchie would have instilled discipline in Phil. Blackmore is the only dude that in the era that could have directed Phil. Blackmore did not respect Phil bass playing. Phil should have not played bass, he was such a powerful front man.
Substance abuse is so evil. RIP 🪦 PHIL
WOW!!!!!!!!! Did not ever see this footage before. Soooooooooooooooo amazingly awesome! Thin Lizzy was one of the greatest bands in rock and roll history. Period.
and exclamation point! , Phil Lynott went waaaaaaaaaaaay too soon
Yeah Phil sounds great here
One of the best writers in rock, great look, great voice, Phil had everything.
Amen to that 🇮🇪🥁 best band ever
One of the greatest frontman EVER RIP PHILIP
Wish there was Narcan back then
And just made it look so effortless.
Just doesn’t get any better than this - Ireland’s finest 🇮🇪
Hope the other Lizzy MS songs get ‘freed’ soon too 🤘✊🇮🇪
Hey you might like The Doublejumps if you like Thin Lizzy
Even across 47 years you can tell those Marshall stacks are absolutely CRANKED!
They were good Marshall stacks also, not the kind they make these days.
Saw Thin Lizzy open for Queen, 1 Mar 1977 in Phoenix, AZ. Such a huge bunch of talent I was blessed to see. Who knew at the time both front men would leave us way to soon. R.I.P. Phil & Freddy… you are sorely missed.
That was it! I commented earlier, I was wrong. Thin Lizzy opened for queen in Toledo. I went to see…Thin Lizzy, man am I glad I got to see Queen!!!What a great “freaking” concert.
I've always heard Thin Lizzy blew Queen off the stage, is it true?
@@fviannavalNo
@@fviannaval that’s what I thought. I remember telling somebody between shows how awesome Thin lizzy was. But then they reminded me how awesome Queen was going to be. And they really were. It’s hard to say one was better than the other, but they were both on that night! So really, it was an epic show.
The 70's was the golden age of live rock concerts and to those old enough to have experienced them I am so jealous. I was born in 1978, and to hear that Thin Lizzy opened for the mighty Queen talk about an absolutely perfect show! Also I would have loved to have been a fly backstage if both bands hung out and partied etc. Just wow!!
One of the greatest guitar riffs ever!
One of the greatest rock vocalists ever.
Four minutes and seventeen seconds is how long it takes to blow your face off. What a hot rock and roll band!
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So Phil tells Gary halfway through the song to turn down. When Gary rips into that lead at the end, we miss half his solo because he forgets to turn Greenie back up. lol. One of the most underrated rock bands in history. Love this band!
@1:05 ?
That would be the sound engineer’s job. No-one reaches for the volume knob on the amp to get heard during solos.
He's talking about the volume knob on Greenie, Gary's famous Les Paul that Peter Green used to own and play in the first incarnation of Fleetwood Mac, not his amp.
He yells at Gary at the start of the first guitar solo by Gorham. Something motivational like, "Brotha we on stage!" 1:05
The guitar did sound like shit and was definitely a connection or a blown tube issue.
Amazing!!!! and there's Peter Green's Les Paulin Gary Moore's hands. Love Thin Lizzy!! listen to those drums swing
To be at this show and see these gorgeous men~musician’s up close and personal 😅, I’d be a happy woman!! @2:20 it sounds like an AIR RAID SIREN 🚨!!
This is great...another dimension to a classic..Phil's voice is as good as the studio version...the guitars are grittier. Wish I could have seen them live way back in the 70s.😢
My head just imploded.....thank god for this old footage to show the kiddies how a real band kicks your ass.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa fantastic !!!!! With long haired Gary Moore 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
One of the greatest and most underrated band of the decade ('73-'83). Phil was a musical genius, Brian a beast, Scott and every single one of his partners (Gary, Brian, Snowy, John) some of the best twin lead guitar duos in rock history. Legends!
Overrated {Underrated} comment…strikes again…😛
Brian always reminded me of Chris Layton on drums with Stevie Ray Vaughan, the glue in the middle of a musical hurricane.
Nice P-bass with the chrome pickguard.
Rest in peace, Phil and Gary.
Probably the most charismatic frontman I have ever seen live. My sister did not even notice the other four guys (1980 lineup with Darren Wharton on keys)
They had two of the best guitarists on planet Earth.
For fucking sure , they kicked ass, so fucking underrated , except for us fans Peace and respect..🎸 Excuse my language .Drunk on Jack..and weed..
Gorham just looked so rock n roll
I subscribed to the channel an hour ago, and was rewarded with this video posted shortly after. Thank you Midnight Special 🍀🇮🇪
God bless Ireland
Excellent audio quality… and wow, what an incredible rock voice.
Now that’s Rock and Roll! 🤘🏼
What a great group of talent.... including what would become the best guitar gunslinger in the world....and then he conquered the blues ....rip Gary.
The way Phil phrases the lyrics is damned jazzy and on point.
Thank you so much midnight special,can't wait to see the rest of the thin lizzy clips and humble pie and rory gallagher and sly and the family stone
An amazingly simple song, that goes to show you some of the best songs don't need to be insanely difficult. It's all about swagger and vibe. Thin Lizzy was the best at both. What a performance.
Saw Thin Lizzy open up for Queen back in 1977. One of the best, if not the best, concert I've ever seen. Rockin' from the first note to the last.
Hello who where the better band live on that day Lizzy or queen Freddie would go in to a tantrum back stage if Lizzy put on a good show 😄😄😄
@@CP-tb4fl No, it was at Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis
E-ghad....buddy and I had floir seats for same tour in Toronto. Classmate offered us twice the ticket price fer our seats. Being young stoopit 'kids" we agreed. Still haunts me to this day. ,
As a child born in 78, and a fan since 1990🇮🇪🥁🇮🇪 my fave all time band ..
Having seen Eric, Brian in there own bands and Lizzy line ups with Scott Gorham and ricky warwick.
There are Ireland's greatest band full of myth and Irish distinction.
Forget u2
Slainte🇮🇪🇨🇮🥁🥁
Hey you might like The Doublejumps if you like Thin Lizzy
U2 way overrated, behind Lizzy, Rory, Van Morrison and others for Ireland's best.
Oh, so that's a rock star 👏👏👏
I saw this when it originally aired on Mar 25th 1977, I was 10yrs and had been already listening to them as well as KISS Aerosmith Led Zeppelin Pink Floyd AC/DC and Queen..etc. I was grateful to have had two older sisters at that time who turned me on to sum great Rock & Roll bands. Thin Lizzy lives on in 2023 and beyond.
Great footage, saw this line up of Lizzy in the Glasgow Apollo 1979, Black Rose tour, my first ever concert, when Gary Moore joined them full time. He replaced Robertson on this tour. I think this was the time Robbo injured his hand in a bar brawl.
It's been a long time since I listened to."Thin Lizzy"
Happy Sunday 🕊 Thank you for sharing! 💖
Amen to that 🇮🇪🇺🇸🇨🇮🥁🥁Lizzy should be listened to every day
Crowd is stunned at the end. This had to be loud. Sounds like those Marshalls were cranked.
Yeah the tone is out of this world. And the playing unbridled!
Phil, Garro, Scotty and Brian. What an incredible line up.
To go back in time at this show... and be the only one cheering while they played.
Gawd, love Thin Lizzy!
Phil was such a BABE ! And one hell of a musician!!! ❤
Just fabulous rock 'n roll. The style and power of Phil's vocals are unequalled.
Amazing the quality of guitar sound back then minimal effects most likely vintage equipment Thin Lizzy is and always will be my first love of Rock and Roll bands
Just Les Paul and a Marshall!
@@ericv7720 and sounds amazing!
That guitar sound is so brown and crunchy. This is a great performance.
I am so glad that I got to see them in 1980. They were simply amazing live and it is a shame that they were not bigger in the U.S. Nothing beats the sound of twin lead guitars, Brian on the drums and of course Phil killing it on the bass.
These guys epitomized what Rock & Roll was ALL about 😊
Awesome, back when music kicked ass, and no cry closets were needed. Good times! They used to blast this song at the roller rink. Seen them with Kansas I think I'm 78- was an awesome show.
Hey you might like The Doublejumps if you like Thin Lizzy
More Lizzy, please. Can't get enough of Lizzy.
Amen indeed to that .. I just bloody love this band even if I was born in 78, and a fan since 1990, proud to be Irish, proud to be a Lizzy fan🥁🇮🇪
Hey you might like The Doublejumps if you like Thin Lizzy
What a great band ,thanks for putting this up.
Love me the Lizzy , Irish band that rock's
I am very Thankful to have seen Phil Lynott and the band on both the Live and Dangerous tour and Black Rose with Gary Moore. Absolutely incredible
I got to see them March 16,1979,they opened for NAZARETH,both were GREAT! Gary was still with them at that point in the tour.
I saw Nazareth headline in Pasadena in 1980...Krokus opened..first American tour!
Lucky for you Robertson liked to fight and ruin his hands.
This song still gives me goosebumps. Rock and roll classic. Loved it as a kid and still do!
Rock in Peace, Phil & Gary, thanks so much for the memories & especially the music!
Prime Thin Lizzy! What a performance! Thanks for posting Midnight Special. These guys really need to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
I agree....however, RRHF is soo overated. Madonna, Pretenders, Dolly, and Willie are in????????But bands like T.L. are snubbed every year? It's a crock.
Great bass playing done while singing, props to Phil, such a shame he was taken so early.
Hey you might like The Doublejumps if you like Thin Lizzy
Aw Phil. We miss you!
Phil had a really unique voice! One of the best in R&R!
Such a killer song. Powerful riff.
That intro shreds so hard
Doing the Irish proud 🇮🇪 I'll always remember having a tour of Phil's hometown in Ireland...."And on the right you'll see where TIN Lizzy the greatest Irish band first formed."
As a ignorant Yank, Thin Lizzy : Black Rose opened my eyes to the Beauty of Irish music and lyrical poetry. The dualing guitars on that song are beyond
Filmed in Burbank 1976 when Gary filled in for Robbo who cut his hand protecting Frankie Miller who sang on “Still in Love” the song Gary played lead on but Robbo played on Live and Dangerous.
1977!
I only wish ireland could produce such greatness like these lads did back in the day.
fantastic energy!
Killer version..🎸
This is a rare video. At this time, Robo was injured in a bar fight and he was temporarily out of the band. And that's when Gary was helping the band again, like in 1974.
He was also was helping out on the Black Rose lp and tour but left right in the middle of the Tour,I got to see them in 79 while he was still with them!
I envy you. By the time they came to my country in 1979, Gary had already left the band and Midge Ure and Dave Frett had joined the band in his place. Coincidentally, a video of Manfred Mann's Earth Band with Dave Frett was also uploaded on this channel about 10 days ago.
So is this Gary in this vid?. Thx
Was never really a Thin Lizzy fan yet now I love this song and listen to it often it makes me move and smile a bit. Love Phil's vocals . Jail Break and The Boys are Back in town..Rock & Roll !
Great band. Man, Phil just had “it.” He was a great writer, performer and a true “Rockstar.”
One of the greatest riffs in rock history
And Gary Moore's guitar here (Greeny) is still rocking today in the hands of Kirk Hammett!
I'm glad Kirk actually plays it and it's not just sitting in a museum.
This formation did not have Gary, but Brian Robertson
@@VictorPersicoRobertson cut up his hand in November of 76. That's Gary
@@ethanreed8400Really? He looks so different hahaha... Sorry for the mistake
Is that Greeny? The neck pick up was in the proper position.
Wow! Thin Lizzy with Gary Moore in '77!? He must have been filling in - since Robbo toured with them on the Bad Rep tour that year. So electric. Thin Lizzy has a level of badassery that no other band can match.
Wikipedia says Moore did the entire tour with them in '77 because Robertson broke his hand in a bar fight lol. Apparently they asked Moore to stay on and he declined leaving at the end of the tour and Robertson came back then.
Robbo, in line with his rightly-earned reputation for such things, surpassed himself: the evening before embarking on a big-time US tour (!) supporting Queen (!!), he had involved in a bar fist-fight (!!!), damaging both his hand beyond the ability to play for some time. Gary filled-in last minute, saving the day.
Crazy days in the seventies. A guitarist busting up his HAND in a bar fight. Unreal. I was in a band playing Lizzy songs in those days and I know things could get weird pretty quick.
Robbo had his hand severely shredded when he blocked a broken bottle that someone swung at Robbo’s buddy Frankie Miller’s face. Frankie was completely off his tits drunk and couldn’t defend himself. It was a valiant effort on Robbo’s part, but the question has always been, why was he in a bar on the eve of his band’s biggest tour and break of their career to that point? It rightly pissed Phil off! Robbo maintains that he merely went to the club for dinner and only had two drinks before the fracas. Apparently, it was a coincidence that his buddy Frankie was there, as well. Lynott drafted Gary Moore in place of Robbo and they did the tour opening for Queen. Phil asked Gary to be a permanent member of Lizzy, but he refused, so they hired Robbo as a sideman for the Bad Reputation album and tour, mostly on Scott Gorham’s insistence, as he missed the chemistry he had with Robertson. Robbo was then replaced by… Gary Moore for the Black Rose album and tour. These are some of the circumstances that kept Thin Lizzy from becoming one of the biggest bands in the world.
@@crusheverything4449 Of all the guitarists that Lizzy had, I thought Robbo was the best for the Lizzy sound.Also thought that he was the best guitar twin for Scott.
F***in’ awesome!! ROCK N ROLL!
What a band! Twin Les Paul attack with that P bass. Greatness personified. Solid drumming too 👌
Incredible band. 40 years been listening and still kick ass. Best. RIP Philomena, Phil and Gary.⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
My first metal rock album at the age of 11 years old and believe me I knew this was what I wanted to do…🎸🤘🏼🔥
Such a great voice.
Kudos to the Midnight Special for putting this great group on,they have fantastic music 🎶 🎵
Those ETERNAL twin guitars Robbo and Gorham (Master Gary here....Snowy White too)
The PERFECT rythmn of Brian Downey
And the POET Mr. Phillip Lynott
FANTASTIC BAND!!!!
Let the midnight special shine its ever loving light on you !