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These cats were laying it down. Scott was knockin holes in the ground with his fantastic riffs, the band just looks at the top of their game. Another great song in a long line of hits for this band. RIP Gary and Phil.
Absolutely one of the best bands ever put on this planet !! Phil’s unique vocals and a twin guitar attack. Still get chills listening to this. Unmatched.
They were in my town, 30 minutes from where I live right now, a few days after this appearance. But I couldn't go because I was ten months old. Such a shitty reason not to have seen them, the one time they came to me! 😅
@@TheSteveSteele Eric Bell , Brian Robertson and Scott Gorham, Gary Moore, Snowy White, John Sykes. These are the guitarists who recorded in Thin Lizzy
Dec 12 1980 I saw Thin Lizzy at the famous WAREHOUSE in New Orleans on the Chinatown Tour! I always watch live DVD of this version of the band on that day since it's my favorite lineup and albums. They were fantastic the crowd was insane. Phil Lynott was drinking Blue Nun and smoking wacky cigs and Scott had a broken leg! Snowy was playing his gold les paul which I finally got a cheap one myself. Downey of course was killer on drums. It's still my fav concert ever even more than with Moore in 77 opening for Queen. This album was brilliant and Scott and Snowy played some incredible leads and harmonies as they do on this song. I drove by during work and stopped to look in back door and Phil and Scott were there and shocked me by inviting me in to listen to sound check and I got free picks from roadie! I still have them and will never forget it. Thanks Thin Lizzy you still rock!
Thanks guys, I see you're listening👍, keep the rock coming, people are salivating for it, Thin Lizzy - one of the most important hard rock bands in rock history, Snowy White on guitar on this one
What a great lineup. Loved Snowy White on guitar 🎸! Saw this tour and show, at Mr. C’s Rock Palace in Lowell Massachusetts. Absolutely Phenomenal Show!!
@@Jreb1865 A 57 if my memory serves me. Snowy sold this guitar several years ago for a fortune because sadly he developed a medical condition that prevented him from playing .
@@TheHumbuckerboy I'm sure he sold it for a wheelbarrow full of money...lol I had to do a double take when I seen it. That's not something you see ever being played on stage... It seems like Snowy White has played with about everyone over the years. Loved his stuff with Pink Floyd.
@@BarbieChaite you know, I've thought about this. It's really weird seeing these bands pretending to play their songs on these old shows. I guess the record company wants them to sell their *actual* recordings, what you see on TV is exactly what you're buying, eliminate any variance from playing it live. I've seen them split the difference and have maybe a live vocal track. It's no wonder they don't do that anymore, it really doesn't work that well. And I'm sure the musicians hated it!
@@danceccon8469they say the band was in decline and under a lot of pressure. I love the frustration in the music. It's relatable to my life! I think they're at their best this way.
Thin Lizzy deserves to be heralded as one of the greatest bands of all time. There is o argument against that statement in my mind. This is a band that has been wronged for decades. They are not one hit wonders, they are absolutely one of the greatest bands to ever walk this Earth.
If you think Chinatown was crazy back in the day... it's probably even crazier now! Great Music... Good Times!! Just jammin' out on a Saturday morning!, 🎸 Happy Saturday... thank you for sharing! 💖
My very first concert as a young teen was Thin Lizzy in St. Louis… must have been around 1978. WOW what a show. Totally blew me away. Live performance of Cowboy Song was amazing! They started the song with the stage black… and Phil in the spotlight, sitting on a wooden stool, wearing a GIANT black sombrero. All you could see of him was his legs and the neck of his bass sticking out. Classic!
I’ve always said you can go to Dublin walk into a bar and say U2 sucks, you’ll fight maybe 3, 4 people. Do the same thing except say thin lizzy and you’ll be not only fighting the entire bar, but people will line up outside to take a run at you.
Whoa, this is incendiary! I was lucky enough to have seen the boys so many times back in the day, with GARY MOORE at the old Swung Auditorium in San Bernadino, and folks, that shed ROCKED HARD, man, those folks out there were full tilt, all day, every day. I saw Lizzy open for QUEEN at the L. A. Forum in 1977, and my respect for QUEEN is right there as they gave Lizzy great sound and lights, Phil and the lads were smoking, and a lot of bands would've been not so generous to another band of Lizzy's caliber, so it speaks highly of Brian/Freddie and the boys. Thanks again to the MIDNIGHT SPECIAL, you folks are making so MANY of us fans of a certain age so very happy, bringing back great times and great bands, the ONLY thing good about BEING a certain age is the memories of these nights in front of the tube waiting for bands like Lizzy to come on and rock our world! Thanks again!
Good ol Swwwiinggg Auditorium.... my first concert was there....LED ZEPPELIN Sat second row front and center.... will die with the impact of that concert and the musical impact it has had for my whole life...... Loved Thin Lizzy also
Wow, 1980! I thought the lead singer's boots looked a little space-agey for the '70s. Haha. Those classic stances the guys took while playing😄 I love it! Great song and rockin' performance!
I will always argue that Brian Downey is the most underrated drummer of his era. You listen to tunes like Chinatown, Bad Reputation, Emerald, Sha La La and wonder why he doesn't get the love he deserves.
Those of us who didn't have the albums and only heard Thin Lizzy on the radio in the 70s didn't really know Thin Lizzy or what a kick as rock band that they were. Some people thought they pnly had 2 songs.
I understand they're miming and they probably had no choice in the matter. But the song just rocks! Listen to it with good headphones and the live energy is there, not much studio processing. I'm 58, have listened to a lot of rock music and played guitar in covers bands for 40+yrs. I'll never be in the league of these guys but I think Thin Lizzy's Chinatown is the greatest rock song I've heard, I just love it. The drumming is awesome too.
If u like the drumming on this,U need to hear BAD RUPUTATION from Midnight Special show, it's amazing,he does a drum solo for a minute in a half,its definitely LIVE,hopfully they will post that one soon!
Another solid album in a long list of solid albums from this band. I don’t know how they could switch out lead guitarists this often and still put out one great album after another. Why these guys aren’t in the RNRHOF is a good question.
Thank you very much, being able to see my idols singing in a high quality performance makes me very happy! PHIL LYNOTT WILL ALWAYS BE AMAZING! still in love with you, Phil 🖤☘️
You can tell by my Avatar that I love this album. From the moment I first dropped the needle and heard We Will Be Strong, I fell in love with that twin guitar attack. Best album cover ever - spare tire cover on my Bronco and soon to be new ink.
I’ve just become a Thin Lizzy fan. A little late to the party, but that’s awesome, far out baby! I must have been very busy in my youth to have missed these guys.
I always wonder about the people close to the stage during those lip-synced/canned performances. While I can imagine if the band is (and they almost certainly are) really picking the strings on the guitars and and Lynott and co. are really singing, the volume of the played recording is so loud they can't hear them as long as the performers are careful. But the drummer is really beating on those drums. Can they hear that? Maybe it makes the song sound better? Or not?
Absolutely stunning. Guitar work is something to behold. Tighter than a ducks arse. Just so good. Best band ever. Something so powerful about them. Phil drives them on like a conductor of insane licks
@MrManfly Uumm, watch again closely. There's one point where Philip has his fist in the air yet the bass part is still playing. Happens also when he wipes some sweat from his nose. Also, both solos are spot on, note-for-note. No fluffs or slight deviation from the record. Even the drum sound is exact to the album. Watch the "Jailbreak" or "Don't Believe A Word" performance and listen how the Marshall amps are so loud they're burying the drums! This here? Everything is just too... perfect. I believe this has more to do with The Midnight Special, than the band. It made for quicker change overs between groups. Easy setup and tear down too. This was very late in the run of TMS series. I'm sure Thin Lizzy were not the only ones to suffer this fate. 😢 Despite that, they do put forth an excellent job of 'performing' the song. Probably the most movement I've ever seen out of Snowy, even in actual concert footage!
@@MrManfly Absolutely no criticism of the band at all. I saw them live nine times and they remain my all time favourites. Biggest giveaway is their amps are off
Yes!!! Brian Downey beating hell outta the kit, Phil prowling, Scott and Snowy grooving and thrashing (and… uh… Darren!) Nobody does twin-guitar rock like the God-like Lizzy🤘 🇮🇪👍🇮🇪 [Btw, I know there's 'Bad Reputation' and 'Killer on the Loose' still in those vaults too :)]
Thin Lizzy, UFO, Scorpions - Cliff Burton was showing Kirk Hammett a riff, and Kirk loved it. He asked Cliff where he got it. Cliff said "It's a Think Lizzy riff! They are all Thin Lizzy riffs."
Has there ever been a better band with two lead guitarists? And that bass can not be beat. RIP Phil. Thin Lizzy will live forever. Be sure to check out Scott Gorham's successor band, Black Star Riders.
The solos, the drums patterns, sound the exact same as the original record, definitely and unfortunately a miming performance. Damn shame. No leads from the bass or guitars going into the amplifiers either.
Thank you for uploading this. I’m a huge fan of this band I’ve been listening to them for a year now I play them consistently Chinatown is by far my favorite Thin Lizzy album. One of my favorite rock bands rest in paradise Phil❤️
Love Thin Lizzy! For some young & dumb reason they weren’t on my radar back then. Regret not seeing them live, read that Bassist Benjamin Orr of the Cars was a big fan. Very hard to sing lead & play bass together, takes a lot of talent and Phil had ‘it’ in spades. Scott Gorham looks so different with darker~shorter hair almost didn’t think it was him, love his long locks 😋
Was the stage hand looking for his roll of gaffa tape? Think Brian had something to do with it going missing judging by the amount on his snare and toms? Great performance especially good to see Snowy White and his gold top, a very talented but under appreciated guitarist!
That's the Midnight special... Thanks for sharing. Thin Lizzy lives On.. saw this the night it aired originally. Great times staying up late and sleeping in Saturday mornings.
Fantastic performance, gorham and snowy both great guitarists , i always have the belief just being next to a rock god would elevate any guitarist to the next level. Its hard to believe but this proves it lizzy were better life than in the studio .
What a faff setting all that gear up just to mime! They must have been good enough even with Phil’s drug addiction to have played that live. Makes no sense.
Been a long time since I first heard (china town), But heard it on the radio and dug the disc out, and haven't stopped playing it, Awesome and fantastic then saw this on Utube... Brilliant
What a great band! Considering what a big hit that "the boys are back in town" was here in the US, It blows my mind that they weren't more popular here stateside. Such a injustice. They were truly ahead of their time. Great players, and Phil wrote fantastic songs.
Yes, they ran into some unfortunate problems. Phil got Hepatitis and they wound up cancelling much of the Jailbreak tour. Then I think it was the following tour (Johnny The Fox) when Robbo got into a bad physical fight with someone and messed his hand up. Gary Moore returned and stayed long enough for The Black Rose album, but he didn’t want to be around the drugs, which was starting to take a toll on the band.
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I was lucky enough to see them just once. I still remember it well.
These cats were laying it down. Scott was knockin holes in the ground with his fantastic riffs, the band just looks at the top of their game. Another great song in a long line of hits for this band. RIP Gary and Phil.
I'd say they were at the top of their game around 78-ish. Live & Dangerous, Robbo & Gorham were a magical pairing. But I get your point 👍
Absolutely one of the best bands ever put on this planet !! Phil’s unique vocals and a twin guitar attack. Still get chills listening to this. Unmatched.
"Great Phil Lynott and Great Thin Lizzy"
I agree. Awesome band
RIP Phil Lynott. This 1980 US tour (including this TV performance) would be Thin Lizzy's last visit to the US.
4:17 love it!
It's a pity....that they never got big in the USA
@@harrype3283They were plenty big here at least in the 1970s.
Went 2 see this tour @CLEVELAND********!
They were in my town, 30 minutes from where I live right now, a few days after this appearance. But I couldn't go because I was ten months old. Such a shitty reason not to have seen them, the one time they came to me! 😅
Phil Lynott: vocal + bass
Scott Gorham: guitar (right)
Snowy White: guitar (left)
Darren Wharton: keyboards
Brian Downey: drums
And Midge Ure - backing vocals.
How many guitarists did Thin Lizzy have ultimately?
@@TheSteveSteele5 or 6 easily thru out the years
@@TheSteveSteele Eric Bell , Brian Robertson and Scott Gorham, Gary Moore, Snowy White, John Sykes. These are the guitarists who recorded in Thin Lizzy
@@TheHumbuckerboy Thanks.
Dec 12 1980 I saw Thin Lizzy at the famous WAREHOUSE in New Orleans on the Chinatown Tour! I always watch live DVD of this version of the band on that day since it's my favorite
lineup and albums. They were fantastic the crowd was insane. Phil Lynott was drinking Blue Nun and smoking wacky cigs and Scott had a broken leg! Snowy was playing his gold
les paul which I finally got a cheap one myself. Downey of course was killer on drums. It's still my fav concert ever even more than with Moore in 77 opening for Queen. This album
was brilliant and Scott and Snowy played some incredible leads and harmonies as they do on this song. I drove by during work and stopped to look in back door and Phil and Scott
were there and shocked me by inviting me in to listen to sound check and I got free picks from roadie! I still have them and will never forget it. Thanks Thin Lizzy you still rock!
"The Chinatown album of Thin Lizzy is a Masterpiece"
Thanks guys, I see you're listening👍, keep the rock coming, people are salivating for it, Thin Lizzy - one of the most important hard rock bands in rock history, Snowy White on guitar on this one
Nossa Thin Lizzy é uma das minhas bandas favoritas muito legal esse vídeo entre outros valeu um forte abraço ❤❤
And playing a Les Paul Goldtop..... damn...
What a great lineup. Loved Snowy White on guitar 🎸! Saw this tour and show, at Mr. C’s Rock Palace in Lowell Massachusetts. Absolutely Phenomenal Show!!
@@Jreb1865 A 57 if my memory serves me. Snowy sold this guitar several years ago for a fortune because sadly he developed a medical condition that prevented him from playing .
@@TheHumbuckerboy I'm sure he sold it for a wheelbarrow full of money...lol I had to do a double take when I seen it. That's not something you see ever being played on stage...
It seems like Snowy White has played with about everyone over the years. Loved his stuff with Pink Floyd.
That Snowy White!!!!
You can hear the essence of Thin Lizzy sound on that guitar 🎸
He's a great guitarist and i think Chinatown was a good album. However I don't really think Thin Lizzy is his wheelhouse.
I may be in the minority, but this is my favorite version of Thin Lizzy, and my favorite album. I'm glad there's great footage of this!
it's the studio version...
@@BarbieChaite you know, I've thought about this. It's really weird seeing these bands pretending to play their songs on these old shows. I guess the record company wants them to sell their *actual* recordings, what you see on TV is exactly what you're buying, eliminate any variance from playing it live. I've seen them split the difference and have maybe a live vocal track. It's no wonder they don't do that anymore, it really doesn't work that well. And I'm sure the musicians hated it!
Ha,yer right they don't do it anymore...they don't do Anything anymore... Certainly not like Lizzy did...
I'm with you
@@danceccon8469they say the band was in decline and under a lot of pressure. I love the frustration in the music. It's relatable to my life! I think they're at their best this way.
Saw the Chinatown tour at a 700 seat nightclub in Rhode Island named Center Stage .. Still to this day the best show I've ever seen
Snowy white awesome love snowy white.
One of the greatest riffs ever ❤
I didn't know Thin Lizzy was on TMS this late in the series. I love this channel.
There are a few videos of Thin Lizzy on Midnight Special.
Thin Lizzy sounded awesome as well on the midnight special in other performance's sadly thou this isn't completely live
I remember staying home to watch this before VHS was in every house to record and then I went out after listening to Chinatown in my 74 Firebird.
Thin Lizzy deserves to be heralded as one of the greatest bands of all time. There is o argument against that statement in my mind. This is a band that has been wronged for decades. They are not one hit wonders, they are absolutely one of the greatest bands to ever walk this Earth.
Saw this line up on the Black Rose tour in 79, Sheffield City Hall UK. I was 15 years old and blessed. 🤘❤️
That was cool to see Snowy White in Thin Lizzy and Scott Gorham playing that Red strat was different
Yes, that was a cool Schecter super Strat .
It's not actually live
And that is how you end a song...... Fantastic stuff
Barely an inconvenience. @harrysatchel
If you think Chinatown was crazy back in the day... it's probably even crazier now!
Great Music... Good Times!!
Just jammin' out on a Saturday morning!, 🎸
Happy Saturday... thank you for sharing! 💖
LOVE this song!!!! Best Thin Lizzy song.......EVER!!!!
I love turning on RUclips and finding Thin Lizzy waiting on me. Thanks TMS.
Snowy White was on lead guitar on their 1980 tour of New Zealand.. I was front and centre with a mate as soon as the door opened!
🥝🇳🇿😎
My very first concert as a young teen was Thin Lizzy in St. Louis… must have been around 1978. WOW what a show. Totally blew me away. Live performance of Cowboy Song was amazing!
They started the song with the stage black… and Phil in the spotlight, sitting on a wooden stool, wearing a GIANT black sombrero. All you could see of him was his legs and the neck of his bass sticking out. Classic!
THANK YOU for sharing this from the vaults. This proves just how great a band Thin Lizzy was, and what an exciting live band they were!!
It’s mimed to the studio version.
The quality of this video is stunning! Lizzy ripping it up!
Great Irish rock band, groovy song
U2 is more popular but for my money, Thin Lizzy was Ireland's premier Rock & Roll band. They set the standard.
Just a few months ago..They did a poll in Ireland...Thin Lizzy over U2..
Yeah
I’ve always said you can go to Dublin walk into a bar and say U2 sucks, you’ll fight maybe 3, 4 people. Do the same thing except say thin lizzy and you’ll be not only fighting the entire bar, but people will line up outside to take a run at you.
I saw this very show and tour at Mr. C’s Rock Palace in Lowell Massachusetts! Absolutely Phenomenal Show!!!
Phil Lynott was a musical genius.... was always a huge fan of his....
Rocks greatest poet
of course Brian Robertson claims he wrote most of the songs! sorry Brian you didn't cause if you did you'd have done it after you left Lizzy.
Whoa, this is incendiary! I was lucky enough to have seen the boys so many times back in the day, with GARY MOORE at the old Swung Auditorium in San Bernadino, and folks, that shed ROCKED HARD, man, those folks out there were full tilt, all day, every day. I saw Lizzy open for QUEEN at the L. A. Forum in 1977, and my respect for QUEEN is right there as they gave Lizzy great sound and lights, Phil and the lads were smoking, and a lot of bands would've been not so generous to another band of Lizzy's caliber, so it speaks highly of Brian/Freddie and the boys. Thanks again to the MIDNIGHT SPECIAL, you folks are making so MANY of us fans of a certain age so very happy, bringing back great times and great bands, the ONLY thing good about BEING a certain age is the memories of these nights in front of the tube waiting for bands like Lizzy to come on and rock our world! Thanks again!
Haha. You guys called it the Swung, we S.D. boys called it the Schwing!
Great times, many great bands all over So. Cali.
LedHed Pb 207.20 🎶 🎸 🎹
So lucky.. I never got to see the Boys....
Good ol Swwwiinggg Auditorium.... my first concert was there....LED ZEPPELIN
Sat second row front and center.... will die with the impact of that concert and the musical impact it has had for my whole life...... Loved Thin Lizzy also
correctomundo
I don't like seeing rock bands lip syncing. It looks too fake...even when it's o e of my fave bands.
That was killer! 🤟😎🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Snowy White.....outstanding
Wow, 1980! I thought the lead singer's boots looked a little space-agey for the '70s. Haha. Those classic stances the guys took while playing😄 I love it! Great song and rockin' performance!
I think the prerequisite for being in the band was being a gymnast too; looked like they were gonna do the splits. Long and lean men
@@KittyGrizGriz haha, yeah!
In the 70’s even if you loved ,reggae, Jazz, Classical everybody loved Thin Lizzy👏
even though that appeared to be lip-synch, you've got to admire the original recording. Bad ass! Downey, top of his game!
I will always argue that Brian Downey is the most underrated drummer of his era. You listen to tunes like Chinatown, Bad Reputation, Emerald, Sha La La and wonder why he doesn't get the love he deserves.
Can you put the 1977 thin Lizzy show that has bad reputation, emerald, dancing in the moonlight. Thanks
Those of us who didn't have the albums and only heard Thin Lizzy on the radio in the 70s didn't really know Thin Lizzy or what a kick as rock band that they were. Some people thought they pnly had 2 songs.
I understand they're miming and they probably had no choice in the matter. But the song just rocks! Listen to it with good headphones and the live energy is there, not much studio processing. I'm 58, have listened to a lot of rock music and played guitar in covers bands for 40+yrs. I'll never be in the league of these guys but I think Thin Lizzy's Chinatown is the greatest rock song I've heard, I just love it. The drumming is awesome too.
If u like the drumming on this,U need to hear BAD RUPUTATION from Midnight Special show, it's amazing,he does a drum solo for a minute in a half,its definitely LIVE,hopfully they will post that one soon!
Another solid album in a long list of solid albums from this band.
I don’t know how they could switch out lead guitarists this often and still put out one great album after another. Why these guys aren’t in the RNRHOF is a good question.
Thank you very much, being able to see my idols singing in a high quality performance makes me very happy!
PHIL LYNOTT WILL ALWAYS BE AMAZING! still in love with you, Phil 🖤☘️
You can tell by my Avatar that I love this album. From the moment I first dropped the needle and heard We Will Be Strong, I fell in love with that twin guitar attack. Best album cover ever - spare tire cover on my Bronco and soon to be new ink.
I’ve just become a Thin Lizzy fan. A little late to the party, but that’s awesome, far out baby! I must have been very busy in my youth to have missed these guys.
Better late than never. You're in for a treat believe me.... Go get Live and Dangerous.. asap
Welcome to The Lizzymobile. Might I suggest your first stop: Vagabonds of the Westernworld. Enjoy the journey!
Check out The Cowboy Song. That's the one that pushed me over the edge back in the day. 🎶
Just got here in 2023!!! A Serious Happening of a Musician!!!!! I never knew...
It's never too late brother 😎
In 1998 I listened to U2
In 2023 I listened to THIN LIZZY
MUCH BETTER DECISIONS WERE MADE 25 YEARS LATER
Saw them in 1977..the opening act for Queen. Such a great band!
I saw that tour too and Lizzy blew Queen away and became my fav band.
Excellent 🤩 Wish TMS was still live at this point but I’ll take it. 👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I always wonder about the people close to the stage during those lip-synced/canned performances. While I can imagine if the band is (and they almost certainly are) really picking the strings on the guitars and and Lynott and co. are really singing, the volume of the played recording is so loud they can't hear them as long as the performers are careful. But the drummer is really beating on those drums. Can they hear that? Maybe it makes the song sound better? Or not?
The studio version of the song is overdubbed after the actual performance, in post-production.
Such an underrated line up . Snowy White was a great guitarist. Saw them on the Renegade tour absolutely stunning
Absolutely stunning. Guitar work is something to behold. Tighter than a ducks arse.
Just so good. Best band ever. Something so powerful about them. Phil drives them on like a conductor of insane licks
What an incredible performance. Great band and a completely unique frontman. Simply special stuff.
Yup, they were smokin' here !! 🎸
They were miming here!
@@saunds59 if you’re saying it’s lip syncing then no they weren’t
@MrManfly
Uumm, watch again closely. There's one point where Philip has his fist in the air yet the bass part is still playing. Happens also when he wipes some sweat from his nose.
Also, both solos are spot on, note-for-note. No fluffs or slight deviation from the record. Even the drum sound is exact to the album. Watch the "Jailbreak" or "Don't Believe A Word" performance and listen how the Marshall amps are so loud they're burying the drums! This here? Everything is just too... perfect.
I believe this has more to do with The Midnight Special, than the band. It made for quicker change overs between groups. Easy setup and tear down too. This was very late in the run of TMS series. I'm sure Thin Lizzy were not the only ones to suffer this fate. 😢
Despite that, they do put forth an excellent job of 'performing' the song. Probably the most movement I've ever seen out of Snowy, even in actual concert footage!
@@MrManfly
Absolutely no criticism of the band at all.
I saw them live nine times and they remain my all time favourites.
Biggest giveaway is their amps are off
Cant go wrong with Thin Lizzy. More please.
I LOVE these Lizzy uploads!!! Thank you!!!
The sence of melody this band had was absolutely LEGENDARY!
They really knew how to create a hook...and great lyrics-who could touch these guys?
I love the tone of these guitars. These fellas were a tight group!
Wow !!! Great quality here.
I prefer the earlier appearance from TMS March ‘77 with GM replacing BR
after his hand injury…. That was a smokin’ band!!
大好きな歌なので聴けてよかったです！観られてよかったです！
Wonderful ! !
This Band and this song are fantastic and beautiful.
The Guitar Riff is great !
Always liked this album, Snowy White was/is such a great guitarist, not to depreciate Scott in any way but Snowys solo on this is really fantastic.
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You !!! ,for this KILLER VIDEO.
Pure rock talent 👌!!
Falou e disse! !!! Forte abraço ❤
Brian Downey! One of the very best 👏🏼
Great tune.
For Lizzy fans based in the UK, go see Limehouse Lizzy - truly brilliant set of artists and fantastic tribute to Lynott and Lizzy
Yes!!! Brian Downey beating hell outta the kit, Phil prowling, Scott and Snowy grooving and thrashing (and… uh… Darren!) Nobody does twin-guitar rock like the God-like Lizzy🤘
🇮🇪👍🇮🇪
[Btw, I know there's 'Bad Reputation' and 'Killer on the Loose' still in those vaults too :)]
Thin Lizzy, UFO, Scorpions - Cliff Burton was showing Kirk Hammett a riff, and Kirk loved it. He asked Cliff where he got it. Cliff said "It's a Think Lizzy riff! They are all Thin Lizzy riffs."
too bad they never wrote a decent song with those riffs.
The Drumming 🥁 on this China Town Track was phenomenal! 💪 👍
Remember this vividly...saw this US tour...unfortunately the last
The boys are back in town again!!
All back at Dinos@harrysatchel
Love the overall presentation, but especially Lynott's stage presence how he plays and holds the bass 👍🎸🎶🎵
Has there ever been a better band with two lead guitarists? And that bass can not be beat. RIP Phil. Thin Lizzy will live forever.
Be sure to check out Scott Gorham's successor band, Black Star Riders.
Black Star Riders don’t amount to a zit on Thin Lizzy’s ass. Ricky Warwick? You have got to be joking.
Glenn and KK from Judas Priest for sure.
I like ‘April Wine’ 🇨🇦 🍁
ABB, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Molly Hatchet, Henry Paul Band, on and on.
When some say Sykes and Thunder and Lightening were better I say BS! Chinatown Renegade blow T&L away! But it's a good album just not a Lizzy album.
Thin Lizzy are a fantastic band, it’s a pity that the performance was mimed and they weren’t allowed to play the song live.
Yeah, damn shame.
Are you sure because the guitar solos are spot on.
@@eric_in_floridapretty sure it’s mimed. that’s probably why the solos sound so good. 😐
The solos, the drums patterns, sound the exact same as the original record, definitely and unfortunately a miming performance. Damn shame. No leads from the bass or guitars going into the amplifiers either.
I thought all bands played live on the Midnight Special?
Thank you for uploading this. I’m a huge fan of this band I’ve been listening to them for a year now I play them consistently Chinatown is by far my favorite Thin Lizzy album. One of my favorite rock bands rest in paradise Phil❤️
I just found out two minutes ago....9/23
This was on midnight special ? As a kid I would have stayed up to see this! Now 40 years later I still love it!
One of my all time favorites! RIP Phil,Philomena and Gary ✌️❤️🙏
Love Thin Lizzy! For some young & dumb reason they weren’t on my radar back then. Regret not seeing them live, read that Bassist Benjamin Orr of the Cars was a big fan. Very hard to sing lead & play bass together, takes a lot of talent and Phil had ‘it’ in spades. Scott Gorham looks so different with darker~shorter hair almost didn’t think it was him, love his long locks 😋
Was the stage hand looking for his roll of gaffa tape? Think Brian had something to do with it going missing judging by the amount on his snare and toms? Great performance especially good to see Snowy White and his gold top, a very talented but under appreciated guitarist!
That's the Midnight special... Thanks for sharing. Thin Lizzy lives On.. saw this the night it aired originally. Great times staying up late and sleeping in Saturday mornings.
The only time i saw Lizzy was with this line up in Irvine Magnum centre back in '81, fantastic!
Outstanding 🎸 🥁 🎤
I was fortunate to see them live a couple times....One of my top five fav. bands!
Great Song from a Great Band. Wonderful Phil Lynott`s Voice and Bassplay. R.I.P Phil
Just Amazing, Thank You.
Yep!
Saw them in New Orleans at the Warehouse.
Scott Gorham played the show with a cast on his leg
YES! i WAS THERE! TICKET AND PICKS ON MY WALL. A BAND CALLED CODE BLUE OPENED AND GOT BOOED. I LIKED THEM.
Also amazing song writing to ad to their talents 🤘🏽🥁🎸🎸🎸🎤
Phil be wearing his pilot jacket that evening. 😊
Saw this tour oct 1980 capitol theatre sydney australia.
This song is heavy as hell and Brian Downey's drum are absolutely top notch.
Cool Ontario Theater 1980 was at there concert . Went into bathroom and whos standing next to me Red Leather Long Jacket .. I didn't say a word 💫
Fantastic performance, gorham and snowy both great guitarists , i always have the belief just being next to a rock god would elevate any guitarist to the next level.
Its hard to believe but this proves it lizzy were better life than in the studio .
Who would have guessed that Phil would pronounce "Chayna" in the same way as Trump!
They are so much better live than on the record, awesome series!
This is not live
Even miming they were still the greatest band ❤
It's incredible how many people actually think they were playing this live....
What a faff setting all that gear up just to mime! They must have been good enough even with Phil’s drug addiction to have played that live. Makes no sense.
Damn these guys were good.... So sad we lost so much good music to come... This was REAL MUSIC!! And there's never gonna be another like Thin Lizzy!
😮amazing
Been a long time since I first heard (china town),
But heard it on the radio and dug the disc out, and haven't stopped playing it,
Awesome and fantastic then saw this on Utube... Brilliant
Really love the heavy guitars on Thunder n Lightning tracks too.
Edit: "h"eavy
Phill Lynott RIP to the greatest black Irish ☘️ guy in the world a 1 In a billion soul
Phil was quite charismatic unique individual ❤❤❤
What a great band! Considering what a big hit that "the boys are back in town" was here in the US, It blows my mind that they weren't more popular here stateside. Such a injustice. They were truly ahead of their time. Great players, and Phil wrote fantastic songs.
Yes, they ran into some unfortunate problems. Phil got Hepatitis and they wound up cancelling much of the Jailbreak tour. Then I think it was the following tour (Johnny The Fox) when Robbo got into a bad physical fight with someone and messed his hand up. Gary Moore returned and stayed long enough for The Black Rose album, but he didn’t want to be around the drugs, which was starting to take a toll on the band.
I almost lost it when some kid at work was singing that song he heard in a movie redone by Bon Jovi yuk! I told him THAT'S THIN LIZZY KID!
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Fantastiiiiiiiiiiiiiiic
They had such a great sound!!!!!
This is so GOOD!!!
Amazing!