Thin Lizzy
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Every drum fill in “Angel from the Coast”.
Whatever bullshit awaits, Brian Downey’s drum fills will get me through it. youtube.com/watch?v=NCA1yC…
The shuffle is killing it today. last.fm/user/cowpiesur…
Listen, young bucks. You don’t have to join the football team to feel like a badass. Just learn to play Thin Lizzy’s “Emerald” on guitar.
Thunder and Lightning
One of Thin Lizzy’s biggest and most recognizable strengths was always its twin harmonic leads, and they’re all but abandoned on Thunder and Lightning. From that angle, Lizzy rookie John Sykes’s guitar hero grandstanding says he isn’t a team player, but it’s hard to deny that his superhuman soloing is the most engaging aspect of the album. This isn’t close to Thin Lizzy’s best or most representative work, but it’s not its worst, either.
Thin Lizzy
I need to revisit this album and Shades of a Blue Orphanage once in awhile to remind myself why I don’t own them. These are very humble beginnings for a band that would a few years later become mind-blowingly fantastic.
PSA: The essential Thin Lizzy (studio) albums are the middle five. They are, in chronological order: Fighting, Jailbreak, Johnny the Fox, Bad Reputation, and Black Rose: A Rock Legend. If these don’t do anything for… See more →
Holy shit holy shit holy shit: “Recently uncovered ‘lost’ Thin Lizzy tapes contain up to 700 unreleased songs” avc.lu/wU9yaJ
Thin Lizzy
Thin Lizzy without Phil always seemed like a bad idea, but holy hell am I glad I saw them tonight. He’s gone but certainly not forgotten.
Cranking up Black Rose: A Rock Legend in honor of the late Gary Moore. Rest in peace.
Amidst all the Irish traditional tunes in Thin Lizzy’s “Róisín Dubh” arrangement, how did I only just now notice “Danny Boy”? Shameful.
Night Life
The Boys Are Back in Town
Searchlight on my trail. Tonight's the night all systems fail. Hey you! Good-lookin' female. C'mere.
Overjoyed that I no longer have to keep this under my hat: Thin Lizzy comes to Rock Band next week! rockband.com/forums/showthrea…
wishing I got to see Thin Lizzy sometime between 1976 and 1980.
Vagabonds of the Western World
Chinatown
Black Rose: A Rock Legend
Live and Dangerous
