Man these guys were so BAD-ASS Such a Rocking great Hard Rock Band. Gary Moore on Guitar Scott Gorham two Bad Ass rock and rollers. Of course Phil Lynott On Bass and vocals such a great song writer and poet. Brian Downey such a great drummer for Thin Lizzy.
@@whiteninja9481 Here in the States, Thin Lizzy were basically a one-hit wonder (or two-hits, as it were). They're only known for Jailbreak and The Boys Are Back in Town. And to this day, that's the only two songs you'll hear get played on the radio. As I understand it, they enjoyed a bigger reputation outside of the US but still not as big as they deserved. I think they should have enjoyed success on the level of Zeppelin or Sabbath. Their output is massive and varied...and of high quality. And the scope of their influence easily puts them with the top bands of that era (you can't hear a twin lead and not give thanks to TL.) But yet, they're rarely mentioned when talking about those same bands. That's what I mean about underrated. UFO is another band that's massively underrated and in much the same way. They're massively influential but rarely get mentioned alongside the bands they influenced.
@@ethanreed8400 That's awesome. Stations where I grew up only knew about "Boys" so it was a while before we even got Jailbreak. But, man, every station should be playing the four we've mentioned plus -- Rosalie, Bad Reputation, Do Anything You Want, Massacre, Waiting for An Alibi. And I don't know how in the hell Dancing in the Moonlight didn't just explode on the charts -- that song had massive mainstream appeal.
The "Jailbreak" video uploaded yesterday was killer and so is this. Love Gary Moore's solo! Please post everything in your vaults from this Thin Lizzy performance! Thanks!
People are always citing Led Zep and Rush. The two bands you mentioned were always my two favourites, followed maybe by Uriah Heep and Dio. I love classic hard rock.
UFO is my band I used to have a guitar and an amplifier and I couldn’t play it with the crap but I figured out if I put the guitar pic in front of my speaker I could use the amp to blast UF.
This was Thin Lizzy at the top of their game... Brian Robertson wasn't able to appear for the show as many fans know he had hurt his hand badly during a fight in a pub so here we get treated to one of Ireland's best guitar players the great Gary Moore.... he is sadly missed...
What I love about this band is even with the excellent and hard sound of the band, the lead singers voice comes through. It stays center front of the total sound. That is hard to do and it just gives this band a unique sound.
I remember when I was 19 riding around in my white 1976 ford f100 blasting thin lizzy as loud as I could. I'm 62 and still blast this great music. LOVE THIS BAND! 😢
Hello, Mel schactner of grand funk played his bass like it was a drum,and don't underrated paul McCartney, listen to his bass playing on paperback writer
So cool seeing Gary up there playing Greenie with them. That Les Paul has some serious history. Started with Peter Green in early Fleetwood Mac, then Gary played it until he passed and now it's owned and played by Kirk Hammett.
@@nickschultz3259 yes it is. Greeny was Gary's main guitar from the time he bought it until 2006, when it was sold. Then he used Stripe mainly until he passed. It's easy to see that the neck and bridge V/T controls don't match on that guitar. Plus you can see the finish worn away under the bridge p/u. Greeny.
I loved Gary Moore and all of his blues! I had no clue he had been in Thin Lizzy until A friend told me years ago. I knew I had seen Thin Lizzy on TMS years before this and didn't see Gary with them. Rest in Peace Gary, your Midnight Blues is my favorite. Rest in Peace Phil also. You were one of a kind and so talented.
My older brother took me to see Queen but I knew Thin Lizzy was opening but never saw them live and they blew him and me away! He was just stunned after the show.
Great guitarists, a thumping rythm section and a truly charismatic singing frontman with fantastic songs made this band. Glad we have a record of how unique they were.❤
My favourite band. Love it. They also played Dancing in the moonlight and bad reputation on another visit to the midnight special. That would be a superb upload. Yours hopefully
That show was on October 21, 1977. The episode guide said they did Dancin' in the Moonlight and Emerald but I've seen the clip of Bad Reputation so the episode guide must be missing that information.
@@paulvincer199 Since they are wearing the exact same songs on all 3 songs,it would have been all in one taping, but they just showed moonlight and emerald in Oct and then Reputation by itself in Dec.
Fantastic! Thank you. Gary's hair was almost as long as Scott's at that point. He wouldn't join permanently until the second half of '78, but this was a good hint of what the band would be like with him as half of the guitar team.
@@gregoryduncan3067 I would imagine...hey, since you're sort of the unofficial TMS historian (lol), do you know if Foreigner ever appeared on there? Just wondering.
@@StephanieJeanne as far as I know Foreigner did not play the Midnight Special, although I do recall a video of theirs, "Blue Monday" I think, with their name in neon behind them in a very similar font/style to what Midnight Special often used this was all a long time ago, through a chemical haze, so I may be mistaken I hope this channel releases Thin Lizzy's "Cowboy Song", one of my favorites, both from the show and in general, very under rated and under appreciated band R.I.P. Phil and Gary
@@StephanieJeanneWhoops, I fell asleep again. I would say no to that. Foreigner is a pretty big name. If they were on it, I probably would have come across it at some point. None of the DVD sets have any Foreigner in them.
Like the fashion world... the fads keep coming back aroound. You have to hope that great bands like this will come around back in the music world. Happy Wednesday... thank you for sharing! 💖
I thought I saw all the Midnight Specials somehow I missed this one. I was one of the few Lizzy fans in my town, I had most of the vinyl including Johnny The Fox LP. Thanks for posting.
OMG! I've been looking for this for years to add to collection! Why was this not on the Dedication video dvd? This must have been right before Black Rose album after Robertson was kicked out and Moore came back for 78 tour! This is rare! Where's the entire show? Thin Lizzy belongs in rock hall of fame and this performance kicks every other bands butt.
Again... thank so very much for sharing this, I hate I Only have a LIKE button, even a LOVE YOU FOREVER button wouldn't cover how grateful I am to be seeing this. ❤
I remember watching this episode as a kid. It was my first Midnight Special. If I remember correctly Thin Lizzy, AC/DC, Aerosmith, Golden Earring, and maybe Ted Nugent and more played? It was the first time I ever saw or heard of most of these bands. I'll never forget seeing Angus Young!
Saw Thin Lizzy open for Queen In Ottawa Canada January ‘77 It was my very…. First…. Concert. WOW ! Let me tell you this… this was a Double Bill and as I recall they rotated who opened. Robo hurt his hand a month earlier and therefore we saw Gary Moore in his place. I’ve been to thousands of shows…but this first show has yet to be topped!
So gifted ... so sad 😔
Phil was born to be a rock star.
Man these guys were so BAD-ASS Such a Rocking great Hard Rock Band. Gary Moore on Guitar Scott Gorham two Bad Ass rock and rollers. Of course Phil Lynott On Bass and vocals such a great song writer and poet. Brian Downey such a great drummer for Thin Lizzy.
Seriously, the most underrated band in history. Even as big as they were, they deserved to be bigger.
@@whiteninja9481 The USA. They only know "Jailbreak" there ', which was hit.
Thin Lizzy like Rainbow are terribly underrated in the USA.
@@whiteninja9481 I am with you. "Underrated" has become a TH-cam cliche.
@@whiteninja9481 Here in the States, Thin Lizzy were basically a one-hit wonder (or two-hits, as it were). They're only known for Jailbreak and The Boys Are Back in Town. And to this day, that's the only two songs you'll hear get played on the radio. As I understand it, they enjoyed a bigger reputation outside of the US but still not as big as they deserved. I think they should have enjoyed success on the level of Zeppelin or Sabbath. Their output is massive and varied...and of high quality. And the scope of their influence easily puts them with the top bands of that era (you can't hear a twin lead and not give thanks to TL.) But yet, they're rarely mentioned when talking about those same bands. That's what I mean about underrated. UFO is another band that's massively underrated and in much the same way. They're massively influential but rarely get mentioned alongside the bands they influenced.
@@Downhuman74classic rock station in my hometown thankfully included Cowboy Song and Whiskey in the Jar in their repertoire
@@ethanreed8400 That's awesome. Stations where I grew up only knew about "Boys" so it was a while before we even got Jailbreak. But, man, every station should be playing the four we've mentioned plus -- Rosalie, Bad Reputation, Do Anything You Want, Massacre, Waiting for An Alibi. And I don't know how in the hell Dancing in the Moonlight didn't just explode on the charts -- that song had massive mainstream appeal.
All these Gary comments- one could forget Scott was on stage. Killer performance by Phil.
Scott was the keystone, always looked fantastic. I don't care for Gary Moore at all. He seemed to take pleasure in murdering Robertson's work.
Gary Moore super shredding on that lead
The "Jailbreak" video uploaded yesterday was killer and so is this. Love Gary Moore's solo! Please post everything in your vaults from this Thin Lizzy performance! Thanks!
Agreed
+1!!
There have been few rock stars as effortlessly cool as Phil Lynott.
Thin Lizzy and UFO my favorites since 70’s
met too! also Ramones and Motorhead! #5 would be ........Y&T!
Did we just become best friends?
People are always citing Led Zep and Rush. The two bands you mentioned were always my two favourites, followed maybe by Uriah Heep and Dio. I love classic hard rock.
UFO is my band I used to have a guitar and an amplifier and I couldn’t play it with the crap but I figured out if I put the guitar pic in front of my speaker I could use the amp to blast UF.
I was fortunate to see both bands - in the late '70s...So good! Saw UFO with Schenker both times, too, incredible...
Phil... Scott... Gary... and Brian on the BACKBEAT!!! WHAT a LINE UP!!!
This was Thin Lizzy at the top of their game... Brian Robertson wasn't able to appear for the show as many fans know he had hurt his hand badly during a fight in a pub so here we get treated to one of Ireland's best guitar players the great Gary Moore.... he is sadly missed...
You mean one of the world's best guitarists.
@@hinjurock70 Yes that's what I meant he was one of the greatest in the world at the time & yes he's from Ireland 🇮🇪...
He was an Ulster Protestant - as was Eric Bell - the vast majority of whom regard themselves as British rather than Irish @@friotaiocht101
@@martinspencer1618 And?
@@martinspencer1618OMG... Shame on me for referring to him as IRISH.... lmao.... I just committed a mortal sin... 😢
An ass kicking song !!!!!
An ass kicking band!!!
One of the greatest rock n' roll bands ever!!!!! Remarkably underrated. I believe them to be of the very best!!
What I love about this band is even with the excellent and hard sound of the band, the lead singers voice comes through. It stays center front of the total sound. That is hard to do and it just gives this band a unique sound.
Love it
Gary tearing it up! Man i loved this lineup.😊
THE NEWLY RELEASED FULL SHOW OF SYNDEY WITH MOORE IS NOW OUT AND IT'S FANTASTIC WITH ALL UNRELEASED SONGS ON CD AND DVD.
Just brilliant - what a band they were!!
The greatest front man ever. Greatest rock band ever.
I remember when I was 19 riding around in my white 1976 ford f100 blasting thin lizzy as loud as I could. I'm 62 and still blast this great music. LOVE THIS BAND! 😢
I think the best bassist front man ever was Phil Lynott - and I LOVE Rush
Phil and Lemmy!
I think Sting is in the conversation
Hello, Mel schactner of grand funk played his bass like it was a drum,and don't underrated paul McCartney, listen to his bass playing on paperback writer
Such a great great hard rock band and I think criminally under recognized as such. Hugely influential band.
So cool seeing Gary up there playing Greenie with them. That Les Paul has some serious history. Started with Peter Green in early Fleetwood Mac, then Gary played it until he passed and now it's owned and played by Kirk Hammett.
look closer, that's not Greenie
Gary sold Greeny in 2006. He passed in 2011.
@@nickschultz3259 yes it is. Greeny was Gary's main guitar from the time he bought it until 2006, when it was sold. Then he used Stripe mainly until he passed. It's easy to see that the neck and bridge V/T controls don't match on that guitar. Plus you can see the finish worn away under the bridge p/u. Greeny.
@@guillermo3564 look at the neck pickup pole pieces. Wrong side for Greenie.
@@guillermo3564It's not Greenie. Both pickups are the way Gibson intended, which wasn't/isn't true of Greenie.
🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪 Ireland's finest god bless Phil and Gary Ireland's finest
Helluva band! I miss this stuff so much.
I loved Gary Moore and all of his blues! I had no clue he had been in Thin Lizzy until A friend told me years ago. I knew I had seen Thin Lizzy on TMS years before this and didn't see Gary with them. Rest in Peace Gary, your Midnight Blues is my favorite. Rest in Peace Phil also. You were one of a kind and so talented.
Saw them 3 times in the 70s still play the albums now I’m 70 👍🏻🏴
👍
DONT STOP ROCKING. NEVER.
Oh man do I agree! The best band to ever play Brian,Scott n Gary's playing were the best!!!
I believe Thin Lizzy was the very best band out of Ireland period, and im 67 yrs old!
One of the first bands I ever saw live....opened for Queen in 1977. They were amazing!
My older brother took me to see Queen but I knew Thin Lizzy was opening but never saw them live and they blew him and me away! He was just stunned after the show.
I gotta put these guys as one of the top ten rock bands of all time. I know it's a bloodbath because there were a lot of great bands in the day.
Live is the tiebreakers for me sometimes but so many were great live too😊
THE live band to see back in the 70's! 😀
Great guitarists, a thumping rythm section and a truly charismatic singing frontman with fantastic songs made this band. Glad we have a record of how unique they were.❤
Check out Brian Downy's new band, Alive and Dangerous.
Damn.....this was awesome!
More. Give us all you've got of Lizzy. This is great footage.
Excelent version.
Ha Gary Moore with long hair😉 i love thin Lizzy great Songs
Fantastic! Gary Moore one of the guitar greats!👍👍👍
Great solo....but Robbo's unbeatable
Scott Gorham is also a fantastic guitarist. Extremely underrated.
@@ScottDaddyMac yes ı'm enjoyıng wıth hıs playıng. Tastefully solos
Hell fire. That was good.
Good to see some video evidence of Gary's second stint in the band. Added bonus of it being live and not just a mime
What a great band.
The absolute best band ever....!
Hell yeah! Never seen this clip. One of the coolest bands of all time. Hope there’s more to come. And notice, kids…totally live.
My favourite band. Love it. They also played Dancing in the moonlight and bad reputation on another visit to the midnight special. That would be a superb upload. Yours hopefully
They also did Emerald on that show!
That show was on October 21, 1977. The episode guide said they did Dancin' in the Moonlight and Emerald but I've seen the clip of Bad Reputation so the episode guide must be missing that information.
Yea it was 3 tracks
Bad Reputation was played on the Dec. 16, 1977 Episode
@@paulvincer199 Since they are wearing the exact same songs on all 3 songs,it would have been all in one taping, but they just showed moonlight and emerald in Oct and then Reputation by itself in Dec.
Still I don't believe a word that Phil and Gary are no longer with us.
But their music lives on . !
I’m thankful for TH-cam that I still get to see them. ✊
Greatest rock band in history
What I wouldn’t given to have been there at that moment in time ❤
Brilliant I remember this RIP Phil and Gary
From the MIGHTY Johnny the Fox!, greatest Thin lizzy album in my opinion
Fantastic song and version
Truly one of the best guitar bands ever
Amazing Gary Mooooooore!!!
One of the best bands to come out of the 70’s!
Thin Lizzy rules forever!
Gary Moore on this!!!!! Amazing
My favorite band of all time
Mine too 🎸🎸🥁🖤🚨🥀💎😍
One of the Best Bands of all Time!!! Thin Lizzy!!!
Of all the shows I wish I would have seen these guys-in this configuration-tops my list. Brutal live show.
What a great live version. So tight 👌👌❤️
I'm IMMENSELY IMPRESSED. Very Tight.
I'm learning about Phil and Lizzy, as you read this...
Awesome! Got to fish out my Live and Dangerous album and throw it on the old turntable.
TMS the gift that keeps on giving
OH HELL YEAH !!!!! Another one !
THIN LIZZY RULED. THANK YOU MIDNIGHT SPECIAL!!!!!!
The greatest song lyricist ever.
Wow! Gary Moore! Awesome!
Fantastic! Thank you. Gary's hair was almost as long as Scott's at that point. He wouldn't join permanently until the second half of '78, but this was a good hint of what the band would be like with him as half of the guitar team.
Man oh man I miss this band. Hard, Rock n' Roll, they were up there with the best!
Wow, it ended before I expected it to. Cool song! I really like their style!
Huh you should have heard them back in the day babe!
friggin' amazing. one of my all-time favorite Lizzy tunes with Gary Moore tearin' it up, ta boot.
I can't believe I can see such a clear video from Gary's era.
Wasn't Gary's era. Not with TL. It was Robbo's. Gary was just filling in because of an bar room incident that temporarily put Robbo outsky.
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live Lizzy is the best🤘🏼🤓🤘🏼
Great clip! Rare to see quality video of Thin Lizzy in their prime. Bonus seeing Gary Moore as well. Such a killer band.
Really miss those double lead lines!
Brilliant. Nothing else to say ❤
That's how you do it.
Yeah! That was another banger!
That was pretty much TMS at it's heaviest, I think.
@@gregoryduncan3067 I would imagine...hey, since you're sort of the unofficial TMS historian (lol), do you know if Foreigner ever appeared on there? Just wondering.
@@StephanieJeanne as far as I know Foreigner did not play the Midnight Special, although I do recall a video of theirs, "Blue Monday" I think, with their name in neon behind them in a very similar font/style to what Midnight Special often used
this was all a long time ago, through a chemical haze, so I may be mistaken
I hope this channel releases Thin Lizzy's "Cowboy Song", one of my favorites, both from the show and in general, very under rated and under appreciated band
R.I.P. Phil and Gary
@@StephanieJeanneWhoops, I fell asleep again. I would say no to that. Foreigner is a pretty big name. If they were on it, I probably would have come across it at some point. None of the DVD sets have any Foreigner in them.
Spectacular live performance !
One of the greatest bands ever! This line up especially. Scott Gorham is God!
This rocks big time!🤟😎
Love it! I got to see Thin Lizzy smoke Journey in Fresno a few days before Moore quit the band.
I WISH THEY HAD VIDEO OF DAY ON THE GREEN OF LIZZY LIVE WHEN MOORE WALKED OUT OF THE BAND AFTERWARDS! ONLY VIDEO I SEE IS OF FRAMPTON! UGH!
I really miss that time era. At least I still have flashbacks from time to time.
Why are these 2 performances never been out before? I love it! Great to see some new footage of these live gigs from about 45 years ago.
Like the fashion world... the fads keep coming back aroound. You have to hope that great bands like this will come around back in the music world.
Happy Wednesday... thank you for sharing! 💖
Greatest rock n roll ever!
That tone and harmony! Sweet
I thought I saw all the Midnight Specials somehow I missed this one. I was one of the few Lizzy fans in my town, I had most of the vinyl including Johnny The Fox LP. Thanks for posting.
OMG! I've been looking for this for years to add to collection! Why was this not on the Dedication video dvd? This must have been right before Black Rose album after Robertson was kicked
out and Moore came back for 78 tour! This is rare! Where's the entire show? Thin Lizzy belongs in rock hall of fame and this performance kicks every other bands butt.
Gorham ruled. Rock steady.
Awesome!
Man, Prime Lizzy in this quality. Fire! Midnight Special Channel has gems
My favourite Lizzy song!
I also love the slow versions with Moore and Snowy White. great song.
Thin Lizzy performed on The Midnight Special March 25, 1977
They also performed on it October 21, 1977 (the same show that Van Morrison did "Domino") and in 1976? although I can't find a date on that one.
I was there.
This a really badass song and I can’t believe I used to listen to this on 8 track 😆
Man that's seriously wonderful. WoW !!
Helluva a band!!! Gary makes that guitar talk!!!!!!!!!!!🤘🏻🎸🤘🏻🔥🔥🔥
Get chills everytime i hear / watch this. Imagine being on stage with this line up. 🔥
Again... thank so very much for sharing this, I hate I Only have a LIKE button, even a LOVE YOU FOREVER button wouldn't cover how grateful I am to be seeing this. ❤
Is there any better sight in Rock than 2 Gibson Les Paul’s riffing it out!
My favorite TL line up - Classic!!
Como não amar uma Banda dessa,Phil era demais.🤩😍😍😍😍
I remember watching this episode as a kid. It was my first Midnight Special. If I remember correctly Thin Lizzy, AC/DC, Aerosmith, Golden Earring, and maybe Ted Nugent and more played? It was the first time I ever saw or heard of most of these bands. I'll never forget seeing Angus Young!
If this is true I’m betting they won’t be able to put up the AC/DC or possibly the Aerosmith performances. If they do go up, better watch them quick
Overlooked great band.
How cool is this.... Legends!
Amazing!
Saw Thin Lizzy open for Queen
In Ottawa Canada January ‘77
It was my very…. First…. Concert.
WOW ! Let me tell you this… this was a Double Bill and as I recall they rotated who opened. Robo hurt his hand a month earlier and therefore we saw Gary Moore in his place.
I’ve been to thousands of shows…but this first show has yet to be topped!
Coolest band ever .
Superb, and all under 3 minutes 😊
Absolutely Fantastic❤❤❤❤