A woman I used to work with (British with Irish ancestry), visited Ireland with her daughter. The one thing the daughter most wanted to visit was Phil Lynott's grave. She was only born in about 1980.
One of my favorite memories in life was meeting Phil Lynott as a young writer in the Bay Areas in the early 80's. We went after a show at the Keystone Palo Alto to sit and talk somewhere private. In this case, it was under the north tower of the Golden Gate Bridge. There's a little lighthouse right at the base, where the bay funnels through at breakneck speed, while the foghorns call down though the mist from the towers way over your head. We sat back to back in the cold, drinking coffee with whiskey and he talked music for about 3 hours. He was a man who would have been a bard in the 13th century, a priest in the 10th, a highwayman somewhere in the mix. But he had the gift of breathing life into what he saw. What a legend. I wish he had lived to write more. He was a pied piper.
not to incite any malicious ideals, I always got a bit of a gay vibe from this song from this part. This chick got up and she slapped Johnny face, man we just fell about the place, if that chick don't want to know, forget her" Like she tried and was shot down by learning the truth. I have never found any info for or against this idea.
@@alrivers2297 lol, i doubt it too, just a vibe i get, probably said some pick up line or what he ' thought about doing with her' and she slapped him. I over think things lol
I always liked that line too from this song. 🎵 I don't consider this a hard banger - it's like easy listening rock to me. I really like the guy's voice and story style and all of it (esp the back and forth sound-balance in the speakers. YES, Andy...kareokee this one. 😎👍 Plus, my brother and his best friend really dug it back in the day & they were cool guys ...and...their major hangout was at a bar called Gino's (not Dino's as in the song tho). So, as usual - how you heard, when you heard it, who you were with or what you were doing, the weather, the scene, the mood...it all matters. It all contributes to the impact. 🌷 Cozy- comfy is the call of the day for Saturday, eh Alex? I don't want to miss this. 😊 Glad you did this one, cheers fellas! 2021.
Ok guys true story. My husband has four brothers all of them are six foot five with one of them being six foot six. The five of them would walk into the bar no matter who was tending bar they would put on this song, five bar stools would instantly clear he and his brothers would sit down. Honest to heaven was a site to behold. I would literally run into the bar first and take a seat just to watch them walk in. Thanks for bringing back such a great memory. I am smiling like crazy right now.
Divedown25 - And how .... you know, I used to think it sucked but, as the 70s wound down and the 'greed is Good" 80s started to crank up and up, oh how I missed, and finally started to appreciate the good old 70s, miss 'em more than I ever did now.
That’s two lead guitarists there, fellas - Thin Lizzy was known for having twin leads... and a singing bass player, Phil Lynott, one of the greatest frontmen ever
@@thomasgambaro6822 SO many people are choosing this, that I looked it up. It actually is not a Van Morrison song, but by King Harvest (1972), and is a completely different song.
Songs are copyrighted, but titles can't be. You want to call your new tune Stairway to Heaven? No problem. ~~~~~ "How does *your* "Anything Goes," go??"
@@jamespuleo3269 Funny enough, the O'Jays have their own version of Stairway to Heaven produced in 1975! Depending on what music you like, you can know about one but nothing about the other.
Watching the two of you review all of these old songs, the songs I grew up with, through fresh eyes and fresh voices, makes me young again. It lets me live them and enjoy them for a second time in my life. And for that, I thank you very much.
@@kenperk9854 Did not the Standells do it first? If not, thanks. I am from Boston and spent much time on the banks of the River Charles(along with lovers, muggers and thieves)!
1978 - My mom (then aged 46) is driving me to the Phoenix airport as my Christmas leave is over. This song comes over the radio. Mom: "Turn it up. I always liked this song." Me: (stares at mother, mouth wide open, stunned)
Love it, but not their best. They have countless bangers, just never really broke the States. In Europe they are massive! Check " Fighting My Way Back"
It’s funny how jazzy the guitar chords are in this song. I love how each guitar is doing something just slightly different but complimentary at the same time.
"Johnny" is Lynott's alter ego who shows up in so many Lizzy songs like Showdown and there's even a song just called Johnny. Their best song, period, is Johnny The Fox Meets Jimmy The Weed.
I tend to forget that I have always liked Thin Lizzy until I hear one of their songs again. Their band name always makes me think that they have a different style than they do. Thanks for the wake up call and another listen to a really cool song.
This is an all time song for “The Boys”.....one that comes on and you and your buds look at each other, grin, nod your heads in common recognition that you are glad that you are guys!
Summer of 76. My best friend and I hitchhiked from Wahpeton ND to Colorado Springs and back. 19 days on the road, and as we were entering our hometown in the back seat of our last ride, this song came on the radio. "Oh, yeah, we're back!" It was great.
Finally! Some Thin Lizzy!! I myself would've picked a different tune but I get why you picked this song. I love these guys. Emerald and Roisin Dubh (Black Rose) should be the anthems of Ireland 🇮🇪. When I hear Thin Lizzy, I think of my Irish born Nanny, my paternal grandmother from Connemara, Galway. So thank you for making me think of her in this new year! Can't wait to hear your review guys. Take care!
I love Emerald and Black Rose!! My opinion about Black Rose is like "best of Ireland"! It's a mix of old Irish stories and melodies and who is who in Irish history. I guess your Irish or at least seams to have Irish realatives. Anyway what is the general opinion in Ireland about artists who comes from Northen Ireland? Are they considered as Brits rather than Irish?
@@danielolson5378 you are so right Sir! Black Rose is the best of Ireland. I'm American but my father's mother & my mother's father were from Ireland (my grandfather was from Tipperary) so I guess I do. I'm not really sure but I can say that my mother's side didn't care for my grandfather because he was from the "North" but unfortunately, many died when I was young and couldn't ask them about family history. So find out yours while you can. You take care and stay safe 😷. Happy New Year 🎉
@@melissa2688 Thanks for replying. I guess all these things regarding Northern Ireland and other places are mostly political. Before the civil war in former Yugoslavia no one really cared if you were Serb or Bosnian or Croatian. Families had always been mixed so to speak. At my work i've several people from foremost Bosnia and they couldn't understand why they all of a sudden were supposed to hate their neighbour or vice versa.
Ah, the long hot summer of '76, great time to be a teenager. This song was everywhere, to me this song *is* 1976. Some others of theirs to check out:- Emerald Out In The Fields Whisky In The Jar Still In Love With You (live version) Dancing In The Moonlight Have fun guys!
The summer of '76 was my 18th year, just out of high school and the whole world laid out before me, with all this incredible music coming out. It truly was a great summer!
I was 10 when this song came out and continued to be played on the radio for years after that. It’s one hell of a great song. Here’s to Gary Moore. Quick note, I attended my first Rush concert in like 83-84. The opening act was Gary Moore. Yes I got to see Gary Moore shred live, but unfortunately I didn’t appreciate him at the time. Man I’d love to go back to that time. 😎
Great banger. When the late Gary Moore was a member of Thin Lizzy in the band's later years, the bass player Phil Lynott and Gary composed "Parisienne Walkways". Gary covered this live, during his solo career as well! Amazing searing guitar solos!
Not quite sure what you mean with Lizzy covering Parisienne Walkways? As far as i know Thin Lizzy never played that song even though both Phil and Brian Downey played on the studio version. Phil co-wrote the song with Gary.
When I hear “Thin Lizzy,” I think of COWBOY SONG!!! The two songs you’ve listened to so far are the most radio-friendly in their catalog, i.e., the least challenging or interesting. I encourage you to dig deeper. FYI, there are TWO lead guitarists producing those harmonized solos (Gary Moore was one for several years)
For the last 40 years, I thought TL was a "one-hit wonder" with this song. Then, I "discovered" Metallica last year, which led me to " Whiskey. . " which led me to the 2005 Tribute concert, which led me to all of Thin Lizzy. What a great band! One great guitarist after another. The group is a Banger! My favorite band today.
@@Ozzpot And why copyright infringement is a bad thing. I haven't bought music in a couple of decades.(Del Amitri was the last album I bought, 1996) But in the last couple of years, I've bought a lot of music after hearing it on channels like this one. Copyright infringement prevents us from hearing music we may enjoy and buy. I've "discovered" Thin Lizzy, Metallica, Frank Sinatra, Journey, and a few others over the last couple of years.I've bought several albums and many songs. I'll check out Budgie. Thanks.
@@avlisk Rick Beato has a lot to say about this topic. CHeck out his videos if you haven't. One of the most worthwhile TH-cam subscriptions for any music lover.
I just got a notification from National Geographic that I should follow them on Instagram since I follow you guys! I didn't realize that you travel in such esteemed circles ;) !!!!!!!!
It's a well-done ,fun song. Glad you guys appreciated it, regardless of the amount of times lots of us heard it, in the late 70's. I think it holds up quite well and is very deserving of the A grade.
Twin harmonies, Phil Lynott leering at the girls while winking at the boys, reflecting light on individual faces in the crowd using the scratch plate from his bass.....Lizzy live were a treat. Check out 'Emerald', 'Dancing In The Moonlight', and the 'Live and Dangerous' album!
My favourite song of theirs has always been "Whiskey in the Jar". I used to keep all my neighbours awake with it after afternoon shift and the bars closed.
Yes Yes!!!!!!!!!❤😃😃😃😃 Thank you A&A!!!!!!!! My fav Lizzy " Fighting My Way Back"!! There last few album(before Phil Lynott passing) was with legendary guitarist "Gary Moore" Check " Do Anything You Want to " "Waiting for an Alibi" & " Dedicated"!!! All circa 79 Guitar playing and songs A+!!!!!!!
LOTS of Elvis Costello they should hear! "(What's So Funny Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding"!! (I know it's a a cover, but it's the version I like, hahaha!) "Radio Radio"!!
I fort’ it. “She’s been a bad girl/she’s like a chemical/don’you try to stop it/ she’s like a narcotic...” Elvis is a walking encyclopedia, spitting out profound lyrics like a machine gun. Welcome to the Working Week, Radio Radio, Oliver’s Army, Veronica (with Paul McCartney on Hofner bass), The Angels Want to Wear My Red Shoes... etc etc etc
THIS was the Thin Lizzy song to hit! Excellent. And now you’re looking for something in the same genre... How about the same thematic genre? The charismatic gangs of young guys genre? “All the Young Dudes” by Mott the Hoople. Written by David Bowie for Mott to use, no less!
This is song back in the day was played every where!!!! Every guy LOVED this song because the lyrics were so relevant to what was going down on the streets....Excellent song with it's double lead guitar playing ...Love it!!!!
Hey guys try and listen to their double live album Live and Dangerous from '76. Great band live all their hits on it. 2 songs from this album to check out are Sha La La and The Rocker, they'll get you going like a boot up the ass!! 😃
This song was used for a number of years in the mid 90’s when the Hershey Bears hockey team would enter the ice at the start of a home game. Brings back some great memories for me!
11 months post 9/11 my husband was returning to New York New Jersey USNAVY from an incredibly long deployment..they left 7 hours after the attacks.. "Shock and Awe"..when the ship pulled in, this song was playing! This applied to the women on board too. You may not remember that event but we sure do! Everyone went wild! Made me smile! Rock 🎸 🤘 on!
i listened to it early this morning and you reacted to it. boys i admire you! ps. i am a girl. if a boy comes to me with this song, i'm more than happy.
Love this song!! Years after High School ran into an old friend. He said every time he heard this song. The lyric " you were living downtown driving all the old men crazy". Made him think of me😂
If I was going to recommend Three Dog Night I'd choose "Shambala" and "An old fashioned love song." Just my personal favorites. But "One" is a fine song also. I hope A and A skip that silly and dated "Joy to the world." I always thought it was overrated, even when it came out. It sounds like it's struggling to sound hip.
My teenage years were nothing but rock ‘n’ roll. Now I recently heard this song used on a commercial and my little seven-year-old son downstairs singing it was music to my ears. LOL
Ha, told Andy,at 13 got a 45 record with Boys side A & Jailbreak,Side B. At the time Jailbreak seemed larger than life. My 13 year old late 70's perspective lol.
Their legacy song. Thin Lizzy is one of those 70s bands that were better live than in studio. Its just how it was back then. Most bands were live acts. Not everyone excelled at studio work.
This is a good song that becomes a great song when groups of friends reunite at a favorite spot. We've been blasting it out for years when we get near our campground.
Reminded me of high school times and seeing this band live with Molly Hatchet, Eddie Money, Journey and Santana in Chicago at Comiskey Park. Right after Disco Demolition.
"And that time over at Johnny's place, Well, this chick got up and she slapped Johnny's face... " Written about my uncle Johnny! "Johnny's place" was my grandparents house.
@@jgsrhythm100 For real. My uncle managed Philo's pre-Lizzy band with Gary Moore, Brush Shiels and Brian Downey. Brush was the one who taught Philo how to play bass. He also bought me my first guitar!
I have good memories of this in the 70’s, but I have to be honest...I now connect it with my kids being so excited that Toy Story 2 was coming out in theaters back ‘99. Was used in all the trailers.
@@paulqueripel3493 It was actually Lennon who said in an interview that Paul wanted to write something like BOTW. He could have been mistaken. These days when Paul talks about Let It Be he says it came from a dream about his mother. Now that you told me when they were recorded, I think Lennon probably was mistaken.
The duke box in the corner blasting out my favourite song... The nights are getting warmer now it won't be long... Won't be long till summer comes... One of my favourite lyrics from any song...
I was a kid when all the songs you review were big (in the 1970s, and then a teen in the 1980s) so these are not only great tunes for me but they have the nostalgia/time machine factor that puts me back to a certain place in my childhood so they are classic and so meaningful to me in a way that can't be to anyone who wasn't born then. BUT, may I say you guys get a lot more out of it after just one listen then I ever did. They sort of just burned into my consciousness after hearing them forever and then sort of really listened to the lyrics. Not sure I would have gotten all this when I first heard these tunes. We just had such great ear candy constantly back in the day.
Gary Moore first joined Thin Lizzy sometime around 1973/74 after Eric Bell left. He left due to his own like demons but still co-wrote Still in love with you with Phil plus he did all the guitar parts on the studio version. Then he came back another time before his last time. When he joined for the last time he wanted to be more included meaning be part of the songwriting and recording.
@@jgsrhythm100 Don't Believe a Word is technically not a Gary Moore song but he did it on his solo album Back on the Streets in 1978. On his version both Phil Lynott and Brian Downey plays and on the Thin Lizzy Life album they did the Gary Moore version of Don't Believe a Word.
Gary Moore "Shapes of Things" - you will be amazed. I do not say this lightly. Called the guitarist's guitarist, he played with Thin Lizzy and is less well-known in the U.S. He transitioned into the blues in his later career, but was initially a blistering hard rock player.
Hey guys! Here's two songs (just make sure they're played live) that you should really enjoy: Lindsey Buckingham 'Big Love' and 'Go Insane'. Amazing musician, incredibly underrated
The song is featured on Thin Lizzy's album "Jailbreak". It did receive a lot of airplay and was pretty popular and peaked at number 12 in 1976. The singer and songwriter, Irish born Philip Parris Lynott, passed away on January 4, 1986. Glad you guys featured this upbeat song. RIP Philip.
"Live & Dangerous" IS the definitive Thin Lizzy live double album to listen to! ..even better on vinyl (Still have mine! :D) Puts you right there in Concert mode.
Saw these guys live at my home town show the year this song came out !!! Just a walk down the Rail Road Tracks and into the back parking lot witch was one giant party !! Great show!! Thin Lizzy was backup for "Black Sabbath"
You boys are on a roll! Great job! I know you hear it all the time but the Steely Dan song you still need to get to is My Old School. And please consider some classic power pop from the 70’s. Badfinger, Sweet, Big Star, The Raspberries. Thanks, and keep up the good work.
Nice job guys. I've been enjoying your reaction videos for half a year. My son is probably 20 years older than you but it does my heart good to see such fine young men as yourselves enjoying these great tunes from before your time. Peace.
Man, the high school memories! Several of us were dating guys that traveled for construction and only made it home once a month or so. This song was blaring when they returned home for a weekend. It was perfect!
Since the first time I heard this song while stationed in Korea I've always connected this song with the first day of preseason training...baseball and football.
The album was a slight concept. 'Jailbreak' was about a future world run by an overlord (the overlord is on the cover in the background). Thus the song, "Jailbreak" was from the perspective of "our heroes" breaking away from that. Each song on the album has a little bit of the concept in the character singing to us, telling us a story. Free from the overlord, the boys come back to town... and all that. Remember, this was 1976, a year before 'Star Wars'. Oh, and seriously, check out any track from the live album, 'Live and Dangerous'. It's truly the bomb.
Back checking out some more Thin Lizzy! Enjoyed it a lot more this time around! What’s next to check out from them?! Cheers all see you Friday! 🙌🏻🔥
Banger!🇨🇦✌🏻🇨🇦
Whiskey in the jar is a good one not sure if you’ve done it or bot
Cowboy Song
Focus - Sylvia
Or Focus by Sylvia?
Better heard sober
Cowboy Song is even better!! Gotta do it next!!
The lead singer, Phil Lynott, has a statue of him in Dublin, Ireland. Does anything else need to be said?
The ace with the bass!
A woman I used to work with (British with Irish ancestry), visited Ireland with her daughter. The one thing the daughter most wanted to visit was Phil Lynott's grave. She was only born in about 1980.
Who cleans off the pigeon shit?
@@SpaceCattttt hehe (snickers whie grinning)
The pigeons have too much respect to crap on this legend.
One of my favorite memories in life was meeting Phil Lynott as a young writer in the Bay Areas in the early 80's. We went after a show at the Keystone Palo Alto to sit and talk somewhere private. In this case, it was under the north tower of the Golden Gate Bridge. There's a little lighthouse right at the base, where the bay funnels through at breakneck speed, while the foghorns call down though the mist from the towers way over your head. We sat back to back in the cold, drinking coffee with whiskey and he talked music for about 3 hours. He was a man who would have been a bard in the 13th century, a priest in the 10th, a highwayman somewhere in the mix. But he had the gift of breathing life into what he saw. What a legend. I wish he had lived to write more. He was a pied piper.
He was just as much a poet as he was "just" a songwriter/rockstar.
Kate G, great story!
Great story, well written.
@@mrheem44 Yeah, I wouldn't bother to make something up where I only realize how special it was almost 40 years later. Thanks, though.
Oh that's one of those life changers, beautiful.
"If that chick don't want to know, forget her" is such a rock n roll lyric.
not to incite any malicious ideals, I always got a bit of a gay vibe from this song from this part. This chick got up and she slapped Johnny face, man we just fell about the place, if that chick don't want to know, forget her" Like she tried and was shot down by learning the truth. I have never found any info for or against this idea.
@@howiedavis2316 I doubt that
@@alrivers2297 lol, i doubt it too, just a vibe i get, probably said some pick up line or what he ' thought about doing with her' and she slapped him. I over think things lol
I always liked that line too from this song. 🎵 I don't consider this a hard banger - it's like easy listening rock to me. I really like the guy's voice and story style and all of it (esp the back and forth sound-balance in the speakers. YES, Andy...kareokee this one. 😎👍 Plus, my brother and his best friend really dug it back in the day & they were cool guys ...and...their major hangout was at a bar called Gino's (not Dino's as in the song tho). So, as usual - how you heard, when you heard it, who you were with or what you were doing, the weather, the scene, the mood...it all matters. It all contributes to the impact. 🌷
Cozy- comfy is the call of the day for Saturday, eh Alex? I don't want to miss this. 😊 Glad you did this one, cheers fellas! 2021.
@@tjtampa214 The banger on Jailbreak is 'Emerald'.
Ok guys true story. My husband has four brothers all of them are six foot five with one of them being six foot six. The five of them would walk into the bar no matter who was tending bar they would put on this song, five bar stools would instantly clear he and his brothers would sit down. Honest to heaven was a site to behold. I would literally run into the bar first and take a seat just to watch them walk in. Thanks for bringing back such a great memory. I am smiling like crazy right now.
Whatever, until you run into the wrong guy...
Uh huh....🙄
@@andrewthompson7707 "If the boys wanna fight, you better let 'em!"
Are you braggin' or complaining???
And then everyone stood up and clapped... 🙄
One of their finest. 70s was a great decade to grow up in as teenager
Divedown25 - And how .... you know, I used to think it sucked but, as the 70s wound
down and the 'greed is Good" 80s started to crank up and up, oh how I missed, and
finally started to appreciate the good old 70s, miss 'em more than I ever did now.
Amen to that. I would go back to the 70's in a heartbeat.
Hell yes.
@@melissacurtis7216 - Agreed 110%, Melissa!!
And G"day, from Australia!!
@@karlmuller3690 hey from North Carolina. United States of America.
That’s two lead guitarists there, fellas - Thin Lizzy was known for having twin leads... and a singing bass player, Phil Lynott, one of the greatest frontmen ever
Yes, these guys know their music, a little surprising they talk about "the guitarist." Those were great Allman-style dual leads.
Don't forget the Drummer, Brian!
Yes by the great Gary Moore and Scott Gorham!!
@@charlesduncan6529 Yup, and if you want to hear more of Moore, try "Still got the blues".
@@charlesduncan6529 Gary Moore is awesome, but this track/album is Robbo and Scott.
Thin Lizzy!! Yeh! This is such an awesome tune. "Dancin' In the Moonlight" is another good one. Classic! Thanks for putting a smile on my face!🤗❤
@@thomasgambaro6822 SO many people are choosing this, that I looked it up. It actually is not a Van Morrison song, but by King Harvest (1972), and is a completely different song.
Songs are copyrighted, but titles can't be. You want to call your new tune Stairway to Heaven? No problem. ~~~~~ "How does *your* "Anything Goes," go??"
@@jamespuleo3269 Funny enough, the O'Jays have their own version of Stairway to Heaven produced in 1975! Depending on what music you like, you can know about one but nothing about the other.
@@thomasgambaro6822
Thin Lizzzy also have " Dancing in The Moonlight(It's caught me in a spotlight).
Van Morrison different song
@@Skeezer66 I thought it was Van Morrison for years until I found out it was King Harvest.
Watching the two of you review all of these old songs, the songs I grew up with, through fresh eyes and fresh voices, makes me young again. It lets me live them and enjoy them for a second time in my life. And for that, I thank you very much.
Couldn't agree with you more..still rockin' at age 65!!!
“Emerald” and “Cowboy Song” are MUST listens from Thin Lizzy!!
My two favorite Lizzy Tracks.
Yes, all from Jailbreak album as well.
Also from same album
" Running Back" !!
@@deanaston3900 Yes,
" Do Anything You Want "
Waiting For An Alibi & Dedicated all circa 79. Gary Moore at his absolute peak!!
The Inmates, First Offense album came out in that era with their smash hit, Dirty Water.
@@kenperk9854 Did not the Standells do it first? If not, thanks.
I am from Boston and spent much time on the banks of the River Charles(along with lovers, muggers and thieves)!
1978 - My mom (then aged 46) is driving me to the Phoenix airport as my Christmas leave is over. This song comes over the radio.
Mom: "Turn it up. I always liked this song."
Me: (stares at mother, mouth wide open, stunned)
My mother said the same thing but for “don’t believe a word “
This song was beaten to death on a lot of radio stations pop and rock. Can't beleive neither one of you ever came across this. Are we that old?!
Yep. As Davos said, "Nothing fucks you harder than time."
Yes. Lol
Reincarnated and beaten to death over numerous life times. I despise this song.
Yes, we are.
@@lisakaz35 That must have been an episode I never saw....
"Been hanging down at Dino's"
Love this song. Definitely their best. Screams nostalgia no matter your age or generation. Good times!!
Love it, but not their best. They have countless bangers, just never really broke the States. In Europe they are massive! Check
" Fighting My Way Back"
Smiling the whole time as this is such a great cool song!!!
No Matter What by Badfinger next!!! 🎸😎
It’s funny how jazzy the guitar chords are in this song. I love how each guitar is doing something just slightly different but complimentary at the same time.
"Johnny" is Lynott's alter ego who shows up in so many Lizzy songs like Showdown and there's even a song just called Johnny. Their best song, period, is Johnny The Fox Meets Jimmy The Weed.
There's a reaction to Johnny the Fox on the Adventures of TNT channel
@@lancecornell9978 Yeah, also Sincerely KSO. I'm not sure they're up to it.
Johnny is a real guy. My uncle. And "Johnny's place" was my grandparent's house where they all used to hang out. No joke.
I tend to forget that I have always liked Thin Lizzy until I hear one of their songs again. Their band name always makes me think that they have a different style than they do. Thanks for the wake up call and another listen to a really cool song.
Down at Dino's bar and grill 🎸🎸🎸🎼🎼
This is an all time song for “The Boys”.....one that comes on and you and your buds look at each other, grin, nod your heads in common recognition that you are glad that you are guys!
THIS is their BANGER!! It should be entrance music to any reunion you ever go to! LOL! It is a singalong in the bar song, 100%!!
Great pick. Cowboy Song, next.
Yes!! A thousand times yes!
At Sydney opera house 78.. awesome!!!
If I’m recalling correctly, the Peel Sessions version of Cowboy Song is the sweetest, but they’re all good.
Live version
@Ed Kraus I would suggest
"Cowboy Song" from
" Live and Dangerous"
They killed it Live! Better version!!
Summer of 76. My best friend and I hitchhiked from Wahpeton ND to Colorado Springs and back. 19 days on the road, and as we were entering our hometown in the back seat of our last ride, this song came on the radio. "Oh, yeah, we're back!" It was great.
Finally! Some Thin Lizzy!! I myself would've picked a different tune but I get why you picked this song. I love these guys. Emerald and Roisin Dubh (Black Rose) should be the anthems of Ireland 🇮🇪. When I hear Thin Lizzy, I think of my Irish born Nanny, my paternal grandmother from Connemara, Galway. So thank you for making me think of her in this new year! Can't wait to hear your review guys. Take care!
I love Emerald and Black Rose!! My opinion about Black Rose is like "best of Ireland"! It's a mix of old Irish stories and melodies and who is who in Irish history. I guess your Irish or at least seams to have Irish realatives. Anyway what is the general opinion in Ireland about artists who comes from Northen Ireland? Are they considered as Brits rather than Irish?
@@danielolson5378 you are so right Sir! Black Rose is the best of Ireland. I'm American but my father's mother & my mother's father were from Ireland (my grandfather was from Tipperary) so I guess I do. I'm not really sure but I can say that my mother's side didn't care for my grandfather because he was from the "North" but unfortunately, many died when I was young and couldn't ask them about family history. So find out yours while you can. You take care and stay safe 😷. Happy New Year 🎉
@@melissa2688 Thanks for replying. I guess all these things regarding Northern Ireland and other places are mostly political. Before the civil war in former Yugoslavia no one really cared if you were Serb or Bosnian or Croatian. Families had always been mixed so to speak. At my work i've several people from foremost Bosnia and they couldn't understand why they all of a sudden were supposed to hate their neighbour or vice versa.
Agree, Emerald just flat out jams. Lead guitarist and drummer must be just exhausted after playing this.
love to see them doing some Thin lizzy. Personally, I'd suggest almost anything from either 'Johnny the Fox" or "Nightlife".
Ah, the long hot summer of '76, great time to be a teenager. This song was everywhere, to me this song *is* 1976. Some others of theirs to check out:-
Emerald
Out In The Fields
Whisky In The Jar
Still In Love With You (live version)
Dancing In The Moonlight
Have fun guys!
Yeah. I was 19 in 76. What a summer.
The summer of '76 was my 18th year, just out of high school and the whole world laid out before me, with all this incredible music coming out. It truly was a great summer!
I was 10 when this song came out and continued to be played on the radio for years after that. It’s one hell of a great song. Here’s to Gary Moore.
Quick note, I attended my first Rush concert in like 83-84. The opening act was Gary Moore. Yes I got to see Gary Moore shred live, but unfortunately I didn’t appreciate him at the time. Man I’d love to go back to that time. 😎
DO IT ANDY!!!!! LETS HEAR THEM VOCALS!
30 years later and this song is still not old to me.
Great banger. When the late Gary Moore was a member of Thin Lizzy in the band's later years, the bass player Phil Lynott and Gary composed "Parisienne Walkways". Gary covered this live, during his solo career as well! Amazing searing guitar solos!
Gary Moore is criminally underrated!
Not quite sure what you mean with Lizzy covering Parisienne Walkways? As far as i know Thin Lizzy never played that song even though both Phil and Brian Downey played on the studio version. Phil co-wrote the song with Gary.
@@danielolson5378 thank you for correcting the record!
@@ralliswiesenthal3495 It's cool no worries everyone can get things wrong/mix things up!
@@petetobey3933 i agree, him and alvin lee best guitarists that were grossly overlooked and underrated.....
This is one of those songs where you recognize the riff the second it starts. It will never go away, for which we should all give thanks.
Ah....memories of later years in high school in the mid seventies! Classic rock.
Emerald, Fight or Fall,, The Cowboy Song, Romeo and the Lonely Girl... this whole album needs a start-to-finish play through 👊😎💯
Andy I'd love to see you hit this in karaoke.....do it! And please, show us the video!
Great choice guys. In over the nearly 5 decades that I've heard this song I've never once grown tired of it.
For some reason I never really got into Thin Lizzy, but this song, I love. This song never gets old and was a big hit back in 1976. Great song choice.
When I hear “Thin Lizzy,” I think of COWBOY SONG!!! The two songs you’ve listened to so far are the most radio-friendly in their catalog, i.e., the least challenging or interesting. I encourage you to dig deeper. FYI, there are TWO lead guitarists producing those harmonized solos (Gary Moore was one for several years)
Pon 408 Cowboy song is a must hear!
Cowboy song is another wonderful track
Surely you mean “Dancing in the Moonlight” or the slow version of “Don’t believe a word”?
For the last 40 years, I thought TL was a "one-hit wonder" with this song. Then, I "discovered" Metallica last year, which led me to " Whiskey. . " which led me to the 2005 Tribute concert, which led me to all of Thin Lizzy. What a great band! One great guitarist after another. The group is a Banger! My favorite band today.
Chinatown!!!!
This is why covers are a good thing. I only discovered Budgie through Metallica, and now they're one of my favourite bands of the era.
@@Ozzpot And why copyright infringement is a bad thing. I haven't bought music in a couple of decades.(Del Amitri was the last album I bought, 1996) But in the last couple of years, I've bought a lot of music after hearing it on channels like this one. Copyright infringement prevents us from hearing music we may enjoy and buy. I've "discovered" Thin Lizzy, Metallica, Frank Sinatra, Journey, and a few others over the last couple of years.I've bought several albums and many songs. I'll check out Budgie. Thanks.
@@avlisk Rick Beato has a lot to say about this topic. CHeck out his videos if you haven't. One of the most worthwhile TH-cam subscriptions for any music lover.
Are you referring to "Whiskey In The Jar"?
I just got a notification from National Geographic that I should follow them on Instagram since I follow you guys! I didn't realize that you travel in such esteemed circles ;) !!!!!!!!
Matthew Sweet, "Girlfriend". A power-pop banger, with off-the-chain solos by Robert Quine.
Great song! They would love it!
Good song pick.
Glad to see you doing Thin Lizzy. The Emerald is my favorite.
Lizzy? what a craic
The Emerald next would suit
Or the Cowboy Song
Emerald is EPIC!
Not whiskey in the jar ?
Haiku?
@@analogkid4321
A bump to the head
Finds me writing in Haiku
Till February
Cowboy song is one of my favourites and brilliantly performed.
Gary Moore (RIP) was in Thin Lizzy before going solo. Such a great guitarist. “Still Got the Blues”
They need to react to Gary Moore, such an amazing musician.
It's a well-done ,fun song. Glad you guys appreciated it, regardless of the amount of times lots of us heard it, in the late 70's. I think it holds up quite well and is very deserving of the A grade.
Twin harmonies, Phil Lynott leering at the girls while winking at the boys, reflecting light on individual faces in the crowd using the scratch plate from his bass.....Lizzy live were a treat. Check out 'Emerald', 'Dancing In The Moonlight', and the 'Live and Dangerous' album!
My favourite song of theirs has always been "Whiskey in the Jar". I used to keep all my neighbours awake with it after afternoon shift and the bars closed.
Yes Yes!!!!!!!!!❤😃😃😃😃
Thank you A&A!!!!!!!!
My fav Lizzy " Fighting My Way Back"!!
There last few album(before Phil Lynott passing) was with legendary guitarist "Gary Moore"
Check " Do Anything You Want to "
"Waiting for an Alibi"
& " Dedicated"!!! All circa 79
Guitar playing and songs A+!!!!!!!
I wonder what you guys would think of Elvis Costello's "Pump It Up." It's an absolute banger.
Great idea! I second it
Third it... a classic
Volume needs to be up on that one!
LOTS of Elvis Costello they should hear! "(What's So Funny Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding"!! (I know it's a a cover, but it's the version I like, hahaha!) "Radio Radio"!!
I fort’ it. “She’s been a bad girl/she’s like a chemical/don’you try to stop it/ she’s like a narcotic...” Elvis is a walking encyclopedia, spitting out profound lyrics like a machine gun. Welcome to the Working Week, Radio Radio, Oliver’s Army, Veronica (with Paul McCartney on Hofner bass), The Angels Want to Wear My Red Shoes... etc etc etc
This song is a jewel in the classic rock crown.
Made long before I was born, but I can’t remember a time that I didn’t know and love it.
THIS was the Thin Lizzy song to hit! Excellent. And now you’re looking for something in the same genre... How about the same thematic genre? The charismatic gangs of young guys genre? “All the Young Dudes” by Mott the Hoople. Written by David Bowie for Mott to use, no less!
Great choice!
This is song back in the day was played every where!!!! Every guy LOVED this song because the lyrics were so relevant to what was going down on the streets....Excellent song with it's double lead guitar playing ...Love it!!!!
The secret with Lizzy is to listen to the live versions as they never managed to capture their live power in the studio!
Totally agree....they opened for Queen at MSG and thought they were just as good live.
Hey guys try and listen to their double live album Live and Dangerous from '76. Great band live all their hits on it. 2 songs from this album to check out are Sha La La and The Rocker, they'll get you going like a boot up the ass!! 😃
100% Yes!!
Crank your car stereo to 11 when this comes on, you will not be disappointed. They don’t make records like this anymore. One of my favourites.
Those Pajamas are jammin'!
Velour? ✌🌲🇨🇦🌲✌
This song was used for a number of years in the mid 90’s when the Hershey Bears hockey team would enter the ice at the start of a home game. Brings back some great memories for me!
LOVE Thin Lizzy ))) Check Out " Fight or Fall ", " Cowboy Song ", ' Dancing in the Moonlight " ! 😎
11 months post 9/11 my husband was returning to New York New Jersey USNAVY from an incredibly long deployment..they left 7 hours after the attacks.. "Shock and Awe"..when the ship pulled in, this song was playing! This applied to the women on board too. You may not remember that event but we sure do! Everyone went wild! Made me smile! Rock 🎸 🤘 on!
i listened to it early this morning and you reacted to it. boys i admire you!
ps. i am a girl. if a boy comes to me with this song, i'm more than happy.
Of course, I want Andy to do karaoke and video it... and of course share with us.
The two guitarist battling it out on Emerald make this a standout banger.
Love this song!! Years after High School ran into an old friend. He said every time he heard this song. The lyric " you were living downtown driving all the old men crazy". Made him think of me😂
Three Dog Night: "One"
Just Do It
If I was going to recommend Three Dog Night I'd choose "Shambala" and "An old fashioned love song." Just my personal favorites. But "One" is a fine song also. I hope A and A skip that silly and dated "Joy to the world." I always thought it was overrated, even when it came out. It sounds like it's struggling to sound hip.
@@maryk446 Agree on "JttW". There are at least 10 better 3DN songs than "Joy"
i love Out in the Country one of their best and yes Joy to the world is way overrated
My teenage years were nothing but rock ‘n’ roll. Now I recently heard this song used on a commercial and my little seven-year-old son downstairs singing it was music to my ears. LOL
You're not the only one who's been emotionally disturbed and feeling salty by a song, Andy. Truss me.
Exactly how I felt the first time I heard You Light Up My Life. 🥴
@@ChristopherMmmm Exacally😂
Ha, told Andy,at 13 got a 45 record with Boys side A & Jailbreak,Side B. At the time Jailbreak seemed larger than life. My 13 year old late 70's perspective lol.
The Salty Army is legion.
This is a man that walked out of after 10 min 2 Led Zeppelin concerts because thy sucked both times
My two favourite Lizzy songs are Chinatown and waiting for an alibi, I love them, saw Lizzy in the late 70’s , what a night!
Their legacy song. Thin Lizzy is one of those 70s bands that were better live than in studio. Its just how it was back then. Most bands were live acts. Not everyone excelled at studio work.
This is a good song that becomes a great song when groups of friends reunite at a favorite spot. We've been blasting it out for years when we get near our campground.
"Still In Love With You" from the 'Live And Dangerous' album.
Reminded me of high school times and seeing this band live with Molly Hatchet, Eddie Money, Journey and Santana in Chicago at Comiskey Park. Right after Disco Demolition.
"And that time over at Johnny's place, Well, this chick got up and she slapped Johnny's face... "
Written about my uncle Johnny! "Johnny's place" was my grandparents house.
For real, or joking? Are you from Ireland?
@@jgsrhythm100 For real. My uncle managed Philo's pre-Lizzy band with Gary Moore, Brush Shiels and Brian Downey. Brush was the one who taught Philo how to play bass. He also bought me my first guitar!
@@singing894 No way! That is incredible.
Do you have an FB page?
I have good memories of this in the 70’s, but I have to be honest...I now connect it with my kids being so excited that Toy Story 2 was coming out in theaters back ‘99. Was used in all the trailers.
ya'll need to listen to simon and garfunkel bridge over troubled water, that song is just a masterpiece
One of the most beautiful songs ever written. It inspired McCartney to write Let it Be.
@@loosilu Literally moved to tears every time I hear it. I sing it to my kids at bedtime sometimes, they know the words :)
@@loosilu I thought let it be was recorded 10 months before bridge over troubled water. January 1969, November 2969 respectively.
@@paulqueripel3493 It was actually Lennon who said in an interview that Paul wanted to write something like BOTW. He could have been mistaken. These days when Paul talks about Let It Be he says it came from a dream about his mother. Now that you told me when they were recorded, I think Lennon probably was mistaken.
59 year old male here... I tear up every time..
The duke box in the corner blasting out my favourite song...
The nights are getting warmer now it won't be long...
Won't be long till summer comes...
One of my favourite lyrics from any song...
"Dancing in the moonlight" good mood song
I was a kid when all the songs you review were big (in the 1970s, and then a teen in the 1980s) so these are not only great tunes for me but they have the nostalgia/time machine factor that puts me back to a certain place in my childhood so they are classic and so meaningful to me in a way that can't be to anyone who wasn't born then. BUT, may I say you guys get a lot more out of it after just one listen then I ever did. They sort of just burned into my consciousness after hearing them forever and then sort of really listened to the lyrics. Not sure I would have gotten all this when I first heard these tunes. We just had such great ear candy constantly back in the day.
Gary Moore played with thin lizzy at one point
More than once, including the Black Rose album... quit more than once because the rest of the band was riddled with substance abuse
Gary Moore with Lizzy, check
" Don't Believe A Word".
" Waiting for An Alibi" & " Dedicated" circa 79. Phemominal tracks and guitar playing!!!!
Gary Moore first joined Thin Lizzy sometime around 1973/74 after Eric Bell left. He left due to his own like demons but still co-wrote Still in love with you with Phil plus he did all the guitar parts on the studio version. Then he came back another time before his last time. When he joined for the last time he wanted to be more included meaning be part of the songwriting and recording.
@@petetobey3933 Kinda ironic that himself years later dies from heavily alcohol drinking.
@@jgsrhythm100 Don't Believe a Word is technically not a Gary Moore song but he did it on his solo album Back on the Streets in 1978. On his version both Phil Lynott and Brian Downey plays and on the Thin Lizzy Life album they did the Gary Moore version of Don't Believe a Word.
THE BEST SONG for flying down the freeway in the summer with the windows or top down.
Gary Moore "Shapes of Things" - you will be amazed. I do not say this lightly. Called the guitarist's guitarist, he played with Thin Lizzy and is less well-known in the U.S. He transitioned into the blues in his later career, but was initially a blistering hard rock player.
Got to do some Gary Moore! Come on Guys, I keep asking!
@@bobtheteddybear Now that is a rabbithole !
@@danielolson5378 the boys could be lost down there for months!
Shapes of Things is a definite banger, as the kids say. 😆
Especially the video version from Live in Ireland!
Transcending time, space and generations - I have heard this song 1000 + times - welcome... And yes the chords...
Phil was a proper cool dude rocker and a damn good bassist, loved his lyrics
This entire album is GOLD!
There are many songs out there, but there is only ONE song about the boys being back in town!
The Bus Boys also had a hit with Boys Are Back in Town (different song) from the movie 48 hours.
@@artrock101 HAHAHA!!! I was going to write that! Good call! (They were even on SNL because Eddie liked them.)
Thanks for reviewing this. You need to see Phil Lynott performing - a beautifully charismatic front man playing bass...
The song Black Rose is their epic. It is Lizzy's Star Gazer or Child in Time. HIGHLY recommended.
The first band I saw live in concert when they opened for Queen at the Nassau Coliseum in '77.
Hey guys! Here's two songs (just make sure they're played live) that you should really enjoy: Lindsey Buckingham 'Big Love' and 'Go Insane'. Amazing musician, incredibly underrated
The song is featured on Thin Lizzy's album "Jailbreak". It did receive a lot of airplay and was pretty popular and peaked at number 12 in 1976. The singer and songwriter, Irish born Philip Parris Lynott, passed away on January 4, 1986. Glad you guys featured this upbeat song. RIP Philip.
“Fooled Around and Fell in Love”
Elvin Bishop Group
Great Vocals by Mickey Thomas
Always felt like summer when the radio d.j.'s would put this on the turntable!!!!🌞🌞🌞
"Live & Dangerous" IS the definitive Thin Lizzy live double album to listen to! ..even better on vinyl (Still have mine! :D) Puts you right there in Concert mode.
Saw these guys live at my home town show the year this song came out !!! Just a walk down the Rail Road Tracks and into the back parking lot witch was one giant party !! Great show!! Thin Lizzy was backup for "Black Sabbath"
You boys are on a roll! Great job! I know you hear it all the time but the Steely Dan song you still need to get to is My Old School. And please consider some classic power pop from the 70’s. Badfinger, Sweet, Big Star, The Raspberries. Thanks, and keep up the good work.
I've never forgotten Thin Lizzy opening for Queen long ago. Great show.
If you want a "Jailbreak" song, try Jailbreak by AC/DC.
I was about to say the exact same thing!
There will be NOOOO saltiness about the jailbreakiness of AC/DC's Jailbreak. :)
Yes! AC/DC's Jailbreak is a hardcore banger!
@@GorillaMansoon AC/DC only do bangers.
Great song, especially on the Donington Live Album!
Nice job guys. I've been enjoying your reaction videos for half a year. My son is probably 20 years older than you but it does my heart good to see such fine young men as yourselves enjoying these great tunes from before your time. Peace.
So many great Thin Lizzy songs! Don’t Believe A Word or Bad Reputation would be my choices for next.
Both great choices! But, one that is near and dear to my heart is “Southbound”. A very underrated tune off the Bad Reputation album
Man, the high school memories! Several of us were dating guys that traveled for construction and only made it home once a month or so. This song was blaring when they returned home for a weekend. It was perfect!
@@jhoward9257 Yes! Good eye.
GOOOOOOOOOD MORNING A&A FAMILY!!!!!
Since the first time I heard this song while stationed in Korea I've always connected this song with the first day of preseason training...baseball and football.
Some really good TL tunes. This is one of them!
The album was a slight concept. 'Jailbreak' was about a future world run by an overlord (the overlord is on the cover in the background). Thus the song, "Jailbreak" was from the perspective of "our heroes" breaking away from that. Each song on the album has a little bit of the concept in the character singing to us, telling us a story. Free from the overlord, the boys come back to town... and all that. Remember, this was 1976, a year before 'Star Wars'. Oh, and seriously, check out any track from the live album, 'Live and Dangerous'. It's truly the bomb.
Cowboy song by thin lizzy is a good one
Good choice. It's been awhile since I heard this song, and Thin Lizzy. ONE OF THE MANY GREAT BANDS FROM MY GENERATION. How luck we were.