Not the sharpest video but a great performance by the best Lizzy line-up. I got to see them live several times between 1975 and 1977 – some of the most memorable gigs I ever went to. Phil died this day in 1986.
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Contraryarticle says
I remember the day he died so well. So feckin’ sad. Ireland’s greatest rock star really, in my eyes. And almost the last face I saw in my almost near death experience of going to see ’em live on their Thunder & Lightning tour at Cork City Hall. My 1st proper live gig (we’d sneaked into the tail end of a Moving Hearts gig before that, but this was my first proper paid for one). My friend & I were so excited that we managed to get right up near the front & all was grand until the band came on & the crowd surged forwards & I got swept up in the surge & ended up nigh on suffocating against some big biker’s leather jacket, while he tried to rescue me by pushing people back. I looked up to see Phil Lynott’s face leering over me, before I finally found some strength to push my way sideways ’til I got to the edge & collapsed in a heap on the floor gasping for breath, while some school mates (not really mates, just went to school with ’em) went past commenting “Jaysus, look at the state of her, she must be stocious drunk” So yeah, I’d’a died happy, but far too young, & I’m far older than Phil ever got to now. God love ‘im. They were a great, great band weren’t they 🙂
Hawkfall says
I remember a concert being shown from that tour on TV. The sweat was pouring off of Phil’s face, and I mean really pouring, I’ve never seen anything like it since. At the time i thought it was the lights, but in reality he was probably in pretty bad shape by then.
I love Thin lizzy and I think Thunder and lightning was a good album to go out On, albeit a heavier sound than the 70s heyday. The Sun Goes Down is a good song.
Barry Blue says
Jake Burns’ intro here serves as a kind of understated tribute; great song, too…
Rigid Digit says
As Jake says on another intro to this song:
“If you’re an Irish band in London, sooner or later you’ll end up on the town with Phil Lynott”
Massively popular and respected – I don’t think I’ve heard anyone cast a bad word on Phil Lynott
fortuneight says
You’d have thought Bob Geldof would have been pissed at him given Lynott substituted heroin for coke so that he could try and have his wicked way with Paula, but Bob seemed to see that as part of Phil’s wily charm.
That said, neither Geldof or Midge Ure invited Lynott or Lizzy to appear at Live Aid, which is odd given that they were such mates and Ure was even briefly in the band.
ruff-diamond says
My favourite Phil solo song. Not even the Corrs could ruin this gorgeous piece of pop perfection. Oh-la!
(Old Town)
Rigid Digit says
It’s not possiblr to mention Phil Lynott without mentioning Thin Lizzy.
And it is not possible to mention Thin Lizzy without mentioning Live And Dangerous.
Live or not Live, it is still a fantastic document of Phil and Lizzy mates at full pelt.
Prime example – the album version of this track sounds muted and flat. The live version is bristling.
Southbound
fortuneight says
I always thought I was at the Hammy Odeon gigs where part of this was recorded but according to Tony Visconti he used tapes of me at a UFO gig in Cardiff and mixed me in afterwords.
fishface says
Not quite Lizzy but in the early 90s I saw a warm up gig by Scott Gorhams 21 Guns.
A bit low key promoting the first album Salute in a wino bar in Notts.
Very low key in fact…I counted about fifteen heads.
If tributes bands do it for you, Limehouse Lizzy put on a great show, the first half album tracks and rarities….the second half the hits with the wick turned up.
Declan says
One of the great things about leaving school and leaving my Irish small town was starting studying in Dublin, we’re talking about 1972 here, and being entertained regularly with lunchtime concerts by the original 3-piece Lizzy. They’d always start with their punchy power trio version of the Dr. Who theme. Great little band, psychedelic, light and shade, before the heavy narcotic version of TL came about. Phil was a good guy, a gentleman. I kicked over his bottle of Guinness once, he was like, “Okay, man, it’s okay, never mind”. Their first album from 1971 is still a delight.
deramdaze says
I am still a bit bewildered by David Hepworth’s stuff about 1971 but, in the case of Thin Lizzy’s debut, I make an honourable exception.
It, together with the “New Day” E.P., is indeed a delight and I too have a massive soft spot for Phil Lynott and remember exactly where I was when I heard he’d died.
Never knew they did the Dr. Who theme live.
biggles says
Phil was phab and Thin Lizzy a wonderful (live) band.
They even played here as part of the Live & Dangerous tour. Band walks on stage, Phil approaches the microphone: “Are you ready to rock – *checks scribble on inside of hand* – Guernsey?!?”
Then ensued one of my favourite gigs. Longest-standing memory is that the Joy Division t-shirt I sported that night had shrunk up to my armpits by the end…
Gatz says
I remember a Word podcast with someone who had written a book about Phil/Thin Lizzy. According to the author Phil, despite his massive charisma, wasn’t a natural in front of a crowd and had to have a script more or less written for him, right down to lines like ‘Hello Hammersmith!’