Brian Downey - One of the greatest rock drummers of all time. Immense groove and time, the foundation of the Thin Lizzy sound. Talented beyond description and sadly under appreciated when lists of great drummers are compiled. Always a joy to watch and listen to.
Take a tall and highly charismatic frontman with a distinct hairstyle who treats his bass more like a rock n' roll assault cannon, a highly experienced Californian guitarist who ditched his native USA for a career in rock n' roll in the UK, a hungry hotshot metal guitar shredder with a huge blonde mane and a dislike for the blues, a drummer with a vicious technique and a young and ambitious keyboard with dreams to be a singer songwriter and ultimately form his own band (which he did) and you've got a supergroup right there.
it was such a shame there was so much unrest with the bands line ups all through their history. if you take it from the original line up with eric bell, whisky in the jar, then when robo was in the band black rose,then snowy white, angel of death, and of course not forgetting the superb gary moore. every line up created some of the greatest rock songs in rock history. long live the memory of LIZZY...
Unfortunately I missed the concert around my home town in those years. I was 15 years old and the appereance without parents was not allowed... Sad but true!!!
Uh no. Maiden came first. First album was 1980. This came out 81. At the time this was seen as a bit of a Maiden/Priest soundalike. Phil always distanced himself from being heavy metal but the influence is definitely there.
@@thefonzkiss Don't try to rewrite history, buddy. Thin Lizzy pre-dated Maiden by a good 10 or so years, 6 if you include the twin-lead version of the band. Even the song Massacre off their 1976 Johnny The Fox album bears a similar vibe, so much so that Iron Maiden later covered it as a B-side to their 1988 single Can I Play With Madness off their Seventh Son of a Seventh Son album.
I love the keys in this song. For the people who keep saying they need to be toned down...no...this was Darren's signature song on the album, and live they let him go for it. I love the fills and the ending...."have mercy....bbbbllllleroooooooooppppppp". So eerie and yet so awesome.
Ha John, I really love "Standing At The Gated Of Hell". Man dude, how did you come up with that one. Killer song and the lyrics are great too. Would love to see you in Houston, Texan if you ever tour the states again. Love your playing. God bless you man. Kerry Cusick in Houston.
This, along with "Thunder and Lightning", are among my favorite TL songs. Thanks for posting it... and RIP Phil. I'm gonna see if anyone has posted anything from the "War of the Worlds", featuring Phil Lynott on vocals as the lead character, narrated by Orson Welles. Just thought of it...Party On.
I never much got into this band but this song has been played more times than any other on my iTunes list of 18,167 songs. I'm glad to hear that this could be played live extremely well.
One of their best songs. Had Phil lived I think he would have lowered the synth amount in this song leaving it in the intro and middle section...but this song could have been even heavier with guitar emphasis. Nonetheless that's only my opinion and it's a masterpiece just as it is. RIP Phil. Even though time has passed since your amazing career and untimely passing, millions of us miss you and jam your music every day. I'm 32 planning to have my first child with my fiance I've been with 6 years and that child will grow up listening to and hearing dad play the greats!
i was only a kid walking into the dandelion market on stephens green, was about 1976/maybe 78, just as i walked thru the arch with my dad by the hand, i saw this tall, dark, skinny guy busking, was phil.
I'm sure Slayer's Angel of Death was a completely original idea based on the atrocities committed in Auschwitz and was in no way influenced by this song named Angel of Death by Thin Lizzy that directly references Hilter's Storm Troopers and the Holocaust.
Wow, this is such a great version... I've never heard it before. John's solo is amazing... but I really love having the synth higher in the mix too. Was this ever released on any album (in this mix?)
I went to see Thin Lizzy in concert during this period. They also started with this song. This video is the best version I know of. The keyboard is perhaps a little too present.
@@TDE-76 Hello I was really very young at the time but I still remember it. It was for the release of the album Renegade and the concert began on Angel of Death. The sound was not sensational because of the acoustics of the room but they had a power of hell. The deep bass made the bowels vibrate as the two guitars flew away. Big power of the keyboard and very good solo on angel of death. A great moment of musical happiness.
It would have been slightly better if Phil had sang that the Germans went "around" the Maginot Line. Because that's what they technically did, through Belgium and The Netherlands. Just like in WWI.
kara witherell KaraYou do realise that Darren Wharton was 17 years old when he played that piece, and if Scott was underated what was Darren apart from genius that is.Dave Hine UK
REST IN PEACE JOHN SYKES .. Thanks for the music
R.I.P John Sykes.
Thank You For Your Music.
Greatest Irish Rock Band Of All.........
Greatest Band of all time.. Get it right ;)
Greatest Band ever!!!!
U2 IS WAY BETTER, OOPS, BAD JOKE HAHAHAHahaha
@@timpenfield5😬
Brian Downey - One of the greatest rock drummers of all time. Immense groove and time, the foundation of the Thin Lizzy sound. Talented beyond description and sadly under appreciated when lists of great drummers are compiled. Always a joy to watch and listen to.
I totaly agree. Brian is a great.great drummer.🤘🥁🤘🥁🤘🥁🤘🥁🤘
Einfach geil super
Hell ya brother and him n scott r 2 of the most humble people ive ever heard for being such rock icons !!!!!!!
Brian would say hey i was just doing a shuffle and scott would say all the other players were more accomplished than him !!!!!
Brian Downey on drums
John Sykes on guitar... Way too underrated... Great player
Definitely not underrated in the Guitar World..
most underrated band...
Not underrated in the musical world.
Sykes' playing is absolutely nucking futz.
John Sykes was perfect with Phil and band. Amen.
RIP Phil, you were a legend and still are, may you rest in peace.
Damb I miss Phil and Thin Lizzy! Did meet Scott when his band Young Guns played in San Diego and he was very cool🤘😎🤘
🌷🌷🌷🌷🌹🌹🌹🌹😇🙏🕊🎸☮💚💜🤎🤍❤🧡💙💐🌺🌸🌼🌻🍀⭐
R.I.P. PHIL LYNNOT THANX FOR THE GREAT MUSIC
This one badass song by one badass band.......Lizzy rules !!!!!!!!!!!
John Sykes on this one!!!!
RIP :(
Take a tall and highly charismatic frontman with a distinct hairstyle who treats his bass more like a rock n' roll assault cannon, a highly experienced Californian guitarist who ditched his native USA for a career in rock n' roll in the UK, a hungry hotshot metal guitar shredder with a huge blonde mane and a dislike for the blues, a drummer with a vicious technique and a young and ambitious keyboard with dreams to be a singer songwriter and ultimately form his own band (which he did) and you've got a supergroup right there.
This song was ahead of its time & the lyrics so true..... ;)
Agree!
I love this song! 🤍💛❤🤎💜💚🧡💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕
Such a shame this great man is no longer with us :(
John Sykes the undisputed guitar Warrior!! Love his passion and musical prowess as well as his Rockin’ vocals!!!
DAMN!
Way to start a song... with a bass that sounds like a bloody cannon!
That was cool
Best song ever👍
Rip Phil and John. Forever legends
Masterpiece.❤💯
This is incredible, INCREDIBLE!
it was such a shame there was so much unrest with the bands line ups all through their history. if you take it from the original line up with eric bell, whisky in the jar, then when robo was in the band black rose,then snowy white, angel of death, and of course not forgetting the superb gary moore. every line up created some of the greatest rock songs in rock history. long live the memory of LIZZY...
IMO I think the constantly changing line up contributed to the evolution in their sound. Every new Album was better than the last one
viva thin lizzy ..! Angel of death ..! so great.viva Phil lynott.! and Brian downer .brilliant drummer !.and John Sykes..! flamboyant guitarist
This is perhaps the best live version I've seen
Oh .yes.!!! Brian downerr.is so great drummer .!!i love! .and this song ...Angel of death..is powerful.. viva thin lizzy .!
Man this COOKS!!! Fantastic performance!!
Unfortunately I missed the concert around my home town in those years. I was 15 years old and the appereance without parents was not allowed... Sad but true!!!
Yep same in Finland back then. Going anywhere without parents was a nono.
Song was a big influence on Iron Maiden's sound, especially that galloping bassline from Phil!
:-)
Uh no. Maiden came first. First album was 1980. This came out 81. At the time this was seen as a bit of a Maiden/Priest soundalike. Phil always distanced himself from being heavy metal but the influence is definitely there.
@@thefonzkiss Don't try to rewrite history, buddy. Thin Lizzy pre-dated Maiden by a good 10 or so years, 6 if you include the twin-lead version of the band. Even the song Massacre off their 1976 Johnny The Fox album bears a similar vibe, so much so that Iron Maiden later covered it as a B-side to their 1988 single Can I Play With Madness off their Seventh Son of a Seventh Son album.
@@PeekaPeep damn straight.
Maiden influenced by Bad Reputation, which came before Maiden did much.
So beautiful!
So great powerful song .! Apocalyps..!!!terrific.and fascination.!
amazing the synths are phenomenal! What a song! its a force.
La gira más heavy con Sykes espectacular!!🖤
is someone forget how amazing Darren Wharton play a solo keyboard here??
Agreed!!!!!!
I love the keys in this song. For the people who keep saying they need to be toned down...no...this was Darren's signature song on the album, and live they let him go for it. I love the fills and the ending...."have mercy....bbbbllllleroooooooooppppppp". So eerie and yet so awesome.
Blacksabfan, where you at these days, Post some more please mate. We miss you 💋
Absolutely ... a Wharton showcase.
The Greatest Rock Band In Light Years
3mins 57sec....OMG.....(just) an open A string by phil that blows your brain out. That man is a god of bass playing.
Wonderfully powerful and tight. Lynott a unique talent.
Ha John, I really love "Standing At The Gated Of Hell". Man dude, how did you come up with that one. Killer song and the lyrics are great too. Would love to see you in Houston, Texan if you ever tour the states again. Love your playing. God bless you man. Kerry Cusick in Houston.
Gates of Hell, sorry for mispelling.
A Classic THIN LIZZY Hit & I do Believe it to be within The Top 10 *Greatest Songs* Of: *All Time*, Bar None!
This, along with "Thunder and Lightning", are among my favorite TL songs. Thanks for posting it... and RIP Phil. I'm gonna see if anyone has posted anything from the "War of the Worlds", featuring Phil Lynott on vocals as the lead character, narrated by Orson Welles. Just thought of it...Party On.
Damn I wish I was there awesome..
I was at that gig....:)
Was Murphy at it with ya?
Still blows my mind every time
Awesome tune! Loved this lineup!
Damn, Gotham’s solo is mean as hell… this is a great version of this banger. Love the heavy synth
@stillofthenightcl Yeah! Keep on rockin´!
@JohnSykesFan - thanks for posting. This is awesome footage.
Ótima Performace
NO HAY NADA MAS HEAVY METAL QUE ESTO.
I never much got into this band but this song has been played more times than any other on my iTunes list of 18,167 songs. I'm glad to hear that this could be played live extremely well.
I fucking dig the synth. When I was younger, not so much but it has grown on me tremendously.
God -Damn..How Smokin' is this ?????
Seen um live in the summer of 72' they were backing one of the greatest bands of all time, slade.
❤ 😮 amazing show!!! Hail Phil
One of their best songs. Had Phil lived I think he would have lowered the synth amount in this song leaving it in the intro and middle section...but this song could have been even heavier with guitar emphasis. Nonetheless that's only my opinion and it's a masterpiece just as it is. RIP Phil. Even though time has passed since your amazing career and untimely passing, millions of us miss you and jam your music every day. I'm 32 planning to have my first child with my fiance I've been with 6 years and that child will grow up listening to and hearing dad play the greats!
If you listen to the life/live 1983 version it sounds like that and the guitars are much heavier
Lynott avec Darren Wharton est à l'avant garde de ce qu'il se passera dans le metal dans les 90's!
I liked this when I first heard it as a teen, great groove and lyrics to make you think
John and Scott, great guitarists.
Pretty cool key riffs, Darren!!!
"I cried the night the king died" R.I.P Philip 🙏🏻💔
The early 1980's was really an era in itself. From classic rock moving and combining with industrial Synth Sounds. Pity it did not last.
fascinating song!!
I GROW UP WHITH THIS GREAT
i was a t this show, what a night, that's me just to the right of Scott after he finishes his solo, just a shadow, naturally lol :-)
I was lucky to get to both RDS gigs...second night I was up front in the mosh pit..even got a 'blinding' from Phil's scratch plate..awesome ...:)
Wow...I was standing right next to you. How cool...lol
@@thorpenator9148 damn, and i thought i'd gotten all the highlights of the night.. lol
@@ahfrdz Haha... It's all you.
One of my favorites, Rock, Gods, GoldenTriangle s,JCC
Warrior. Like this music
i was only a kid walking into the dandelion market on stephens green, was about 1976/maybe 78, just as i walked thru the arch with my dad by the hand, i saw this tall, dark, skinny guy busking, was phil.
This is utterly immense!! God fucking damn!!! 😯
The best
Bonjour de Bordeaux monsieur sykes.
Un immense vrai groupe avec des musiciens hors pair sad garry moore is not here
The lyrics 😍😍😍
Lyrics is prophecy for all of us!!!
I'm sure Slayer's Angel of Death was a completely original idea based on the atrocities committed in Auschwitz and was in no way influenced by this song named Angel of Death by Thin Lizzy that directly references Hilter's Storm Troopers and the Holocaust.
That’s what I was saying, metal owes thin lizzy so much credit
Wow, this is such a great version... I've never heard it before.
John's solo is amazing... but I really love having the synth higher in the mix too.
Was this ever released on any album (in this mix?)
That was Scott doing the solo.
estupendo!
I went to see Thin Lizzy in concert during this period. They also started with this song. This video is the best version I know of. The keyboard is perhaps a little too present.
Can I ask you what they was like live? I heard they were really good? Just wanted the opinion of someone who was there in the day?
@@TDE-76 Hello I was really very young at the time but I still remember it. It was for the release of the album Renegade and the concert began on Angel of Death. The sound was not sensational because of the acoustics of the room but they had a power of hell. The deep bass made the bowels vibrate as the two guitars flew away. Big power of the keyboard and very good solo on angel of death. A great moment of musical happiness.
@@igordasentkopf9415 Thats fantastic, what a great memory! I heard great things about Lizzy live. What a great gig! :)
The best version is from the life live version
one of lizzy´s best... ride on!!!
This hits really hard!
O maior baixista
Best Angel Of Death song.
I saw this tour at the center stage club in East Providence RI ! Anyone else was there ?
March right across the Maginot line!
It would have been slightly better if Phil had sang that the Germans went "around" the Maginot Line.
Because that's what they technically did, through Belgium and The Netherlands. Just like in WWI.
@@blacksabfan I give you credit foryour attention to detail. I think!
Thx, Phil ;o)
A classic!
Heavy Metal
Bloody keyboard!!!
little did phil know,,,, it was near .. rip phil a life well lived x
One of my fav Lizzy tunes....Wharton's keys are a little rich in the mix though. I know he's featured on this some live though so....
kara witherell KaraYou do realise that Darren Wharton was 17 years old when he played that piece, and if Scott was underated what was Darren apart from genius that is.Dave Hine UK
Hasta que encontre algo que me gusto
very good
Forever!!!
El baterista un animal
Yes very special
Phil at his best. R I P
Grandos bollas .....cheers
the first Lizzy's song that I ever heard! ^^
Alobytes Whitestone check their catalogue. You'll be surprised!
Denilson Carreiro
i know, i know now..... ;)
Nice,
Sykes was killer on thunder n lightning
rip john sykes
favoris !!
Good
Too bad it was cut short, good song and band.