Thank you for not just saying "underrated" ....GOD I hate when ppl do that haha..I always think "To who??" Very accurate statement though, please add UFO to that list...:DD
Noone could play bass and sing like Phil that's why there's never been a completely satisfactory reuniting of this band imho ...Phil is irreplaceable I think Brian's band came the closest imho tho .. sykes' was OK considering he sang and played but without Phil it's like half the band is missing, not 1/4
The Hall of Fame is bullshit. When you look at who they don't have in compared with who they let in. It is just like the Grammys and such. It is a circle jerk. It means nothing to everyone who knows.
I was talking to someone from Ireland many years ago in Nantucket Mass in the fall. Very few tourists at that point and we started talking about music. I mentioned U2 but I said my favorite was Thin Lizzy. He perked right up.... I guess many felt that Thin Lizzy had been cheated with bad luck in the mid 70s... Then I mentioned that I'd seen The Pogues warm up for U2 in 1987 and I thought he was going to cry.
Richie Blackmore really considered replacing Ian with Phil. Richie was critical of Phil’s bass playing, which I didn’t quite understand. I am a little suprised Phil and Gary didn’t have more success with this lineup.
@@chevy4x466 Phil was a fine bassist also considering how he combined playing bass with singing. Apparently Phil used to love winding Ritchie up by telling Ritchie that Thin Lizzy were going to blow Rainbow off the stage when they were gigging together ! Regarding Gary's time with Thin Lizzy here, Phil took seriously ill . Also there was always a power struggle between the two even though they always worked well together .
A reporter once asked Phil what it was like being Black and Irish? He simply responded "It's a bit like being a pint of Guinness". What a legend truly missed! God bless Ireland's Rock n Roll Icon. ✌&💚
Love that quote. Reminds me of "The Commitments" quote: "...The Irish are the blacks of Europe. And Dubliners are the blacks of Ireland. And the Northside Dubliners are the blacks of Dublin. So say it once, say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud..." How come you Irish are so good at that music (and poetry) thing? 💚🖤🌹
@@siggimund A great movie that it's one of the gems of Irish film history and we really are the blacks of Europe I always say that meself 😂It's just part of our culture so long that its second nature to us, for thousands of years we used the spoken word and then the written word to express ourselves through songs, stories and poems. You'll never meet a wittier or funnier race than us Irish. The humour is a great way to ease your suffering and as I'm sure you know our history is filled with a lot of hardship and tragedy. God bless✌&💚
@@rickybobby420. That movie really opened up my heart to *soul* . Suddenly I could heard traces of this very diverse genre in all the music I listened to and had listened to. And (Alan Parker and the cast)++.
@@rickybobby420. And in regard to the hardships of the Irish people,- I swear on Odin, Thor and Freja, as a descendant of those very, very peaceful explores known as vikings, I will never ever, *ever* participate in any plunder, ravaging or raping on the Irish shores (unless, of course, you do an iexit? like those sasannachs did. In that case, you'll might suddenly find yourself administered under some kind of danelaw)
I had the extreme good fortune of seeing Thin Lizzy in 77', warming up for Kansas (Lizzy stole the show). They opened with this tune, and were just ferocious. One of the best live bands I have ever seen. R.I.P. Phil Lynot.
@@rickpaul4216 Could have seen them in '78. But Bill Graham started the concert 1 hour earlier than planed. When I got there they were just walking off-stage. Did get to see Journey & Marshall Tucker but I wished I made it a priority to see Thin Lizzy.
I have heard from multiple people who saw them when they opened for Queen who said they stole the show. Also heard Freddy would get his panties all bunched up because the crowd wanted more Thin Lizzy.
Went to see Queen, many years ago, Thin Lizzy was the opening band. I knew "The boys are back in town" and that was all I knew. To say I was blown away would be an understatement! The next day I went out and purchased a bunch of albums by them and for me the rest is history! They remain, to this day, a top 3 band for me. Side story, went to Ireland and sought out the statue of Phil Lynott, it was the year it was vandalized and was being repaired!! I was a little pissed, but I did get a picture of myself and the sign saying it was being repaired!
@@damrgee8279 Yeah, I would say so. It wasn't unusual for them. Live in Sydney 1978 had Gary Moore and Mark Nauseef on the drums instead of Brian Downey.
Yeah, my sisters loved the Beatles and my older brother loved CCR and I'm still a fan of both. I remember Junior High School one of the kids from the A.V. department would spin records in the gym at lunch time. Grand Funk, Brownsville Station, Black Oak Arkansas, man that music was great.@@mizzury54
So funny! I graduated in 77, too. From Catholic high school. And In the twilight ceremony I remember a classmate, Tim Tierney, coming off the stage with his diploma, and singing, "Tonight there's going to be a jailbreak!"
Phil's vocals are just incredible. Timing, nuance, all while playing the bass immaculately.. As someone said, the grittiness in this version takes it way above the studio cut.
@@Frip36 -- I think he yelled at Gary something about the guitar sound, because Gary immediately went and adjusted something on his amp. (1:07) Have a look...
There were only like three channels on TV but we were spoiled for live rock. There was Saturday Night Live and Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert and the Midnight Special probably others. We didn’t have Soul Train where I grew up. Then in the 80’s: MTV 120 minutes.
I saw Thin Lizzy in the early summer of 1979, San Bernardino Swing Auditorium. They opened for Journey and blew them off the stage. It was the best concert!
Same age, grew up in N. Miami Bch, We used to go to Hollywood Sportatorium. The Nuge, Kansas, The Boss, the Cars, All the hair bands. We had no idea had good we had it...
@@vwccrline Yes I used to go there and party off the time right on Hallandale Boulevard right off I 95. There used to be a band that used to play they’re called freewheel it was a cover band but they knocked it down
this is so friggin exaggerating i cant believe it. i respect if you like a song that i dont, but to call this generic piece of poor man's riffing music the greatest ever is just so wrong^^
This song defines a generation. That makes it an all time great. It will stand the test of time. And as proof of that here you are today after all the decades of its release. @MaskedJackal87
WOW!!!!!!!!! Did not ever see this footage before. Soooooooooooooooo amazingly awesome! Thin Lizzy was one of the greatest bands in rock and roll history. Period.
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You. The band was really hot in 1977, releasing the amazing "Live And Dangerous" LP. Hopefully we can see the other song performed on the Midnight Special on Mar.25, 1977, "Don't Believe A Word". They also played "Dancin' in the Monlight" & "Emerald" on Oct.21, 1977 Season 6, Ep.6 & "Bad Reputation" on Dec.16, 1977 Season 6, Ep.13. Thanks in advance.
One of the greatest and most underrated band of the decade ('73-'83). Phil was a musical genius, Brian a beast, Scott and every single one of his partners (Gary, Brian, Snowy, John) some of the best twin lead guitar duos in rock history. Legends!
In certain very specific ways, not to dismiss any other band from the era, there will never be another band like Thin Lizzy. The sonic force they deliver is quite unique.
So Phil tells Gary halfway through the song to turn down. When Gary rips into that lead at the end, we miss half his solo because he forgets to turn Greenie back up. lol. One of the most underrated rock bands in history. Love this band!
He's talking about the volume knob on Greenie, Gary's famous Les Paul that Peter Green used to own and play in the first incarnation of Fleetwood Mac, not his amp.
I wonder what would have been if Ritchie Blackmore would have hired Phil instead of Ronnie. Ritchie and Ronnie were not a good fit, not that anyone was a good fit for Ritchie. I suspect Ritchie would have instilled discipline in Phil. Blackmore is the only dude that in the era that could have directed Phil. Blackmore did not respect Phil bass playing. Phil should have not played bass, he was such a powerful front man. Substance abuse is so evil. RIP 🪦 PHIL
Probably the most charismatic frontman I have ever seen live. My sister did not even notice the other four guys (1980 lineup with Darren Wharton on keys)
I'm here on 14-08-2024 and when it's 2090 just need to let you know guys this one right here was the very very best of Rock n Roll. R.I.P Phil a Legend🎸🎶🎶
Saw Thin Lizzy open for Queen, 1 Mar 1977 in Phoenix, AZ. Such a huge bunch of talent I was blessed to see. Who knew at the time both front men would leave us way to soon. R.I.P. Phil & Freddy… you are sorely missed.
That was it! I commented earlier, I was wrong. Thin Lizzy opened for queen in Toledo. I went to see…Thin Lizzy, man am I glad I got to see Queen!!!What a great “freaking” concert.
@@fviannaval that’s what I thought. I remember telling somebody between shows how awesome Thin lizzy was. But then they reminded me how awesome Queen was going to be. And they really were. It’s hard to say one was better than the other, but they were both on that night! So really, it was an epic show.
The 70's was the golden age of live rock concerts and to those old enough to have experienced them I am so jealous. I was born in 1978, and to hear that Thin Lizzy opened for the mighty Queen talk about an absolutely perfect show! Also I would have loved to have been a fly backstage if both bands hung out and partied etc. Just wow!!
I regret that I didn't appreciate Thin Lizzy more in my youth. They were an effing awesome band. And I can't stop watching Phil play that bass. He was one of the greatest frontmen in R&R.
Hello look at the top of the pop's Lizzy are live on Rosalie thin Lizzy at their best no band could touch them live in my opinion seen Phil lynott s grand slam in Middlesbrough UK 1984 Phil was a shadow of his former self it's sad to see my hero falling apart Phil passed in 1986 no one like him before and after 🙏🙏🙏
E-ghad....buddy and I had floir seats for same tour in Toronto. Classmate offered us twice the ticket price fer our seats. Being young stoopit 'kids" we agreed. Still haunts me to this day. ,
He was English, born in Staffordshire, raised in Manchester. He moved to Ireland to live with his mother's parents in Dublin while he was in elementary school at 8 years old because he was skipping class and getting into fights because of racist bullies and the school authorities always taking their side. The school contacted child services and they were threatening to put him in a foster home so her parents offered to take custody of him instead.
@@ll7868 Yeah no doubt Phil had a rough upbringing. You can feel that pain in his music sometimes. Regardless, he always described himself as "Irish" so that is what I'll go with
@@MichaelHolmgaard When my parents divorced in 1977 we lived in Selkirk, Manitoba, I, my brothers and sister went with the mother unit to Hamilton, Ontario and I became a bit of a sh!t disturber, getting in fights, being a dick to my sibs, shoplifting candy etc. so my grandparents stepped in and I went to live with them for a couple years back in Selkirk while my dad went to Vancouver to get a job and buy a new house. My grandpa was ex-military, besides continuing playing hockey which I loved, he also signed me up for Judo classes and the Navy Cadets to learn self control and discipline. In '83 I got to chose who I lived with and went to Vancouver to live with the father unit, he wasn't as strict, my dad was a heavy metal loving, pot smoking hippy biker, a cross between Tommy Chong and Macho Man. My dad is the reason I love the music I love today from Thin Lizzy to Motorhead, Iron Maiden, he took me to see Metallica open for Raven in Portland Oregon that summer in 1983, I'm a thrasher to this day. I was watching some metal band covers of Thin Lizzy recently, that's what brought me here.
@@KittyGrizGriz Or Bono. I'm not a big fan of U2's genre but the dude has tons of awards and not just for music, he's also a philanthropist and works for a lot of charities, co-founded the Band Aid shows to help AIDS victims in Africa, is a spokesperson for The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and the proceeds of the duet Don't Give Up with Alicia Keyes went to the Keep A Child Alive Foundation to fund suicide help-lines and support groups for teens. He also received the 2021 J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding, it's like the USA's version of a Nobel Peace Prize.
oh yes great bands from the garage days to the backyard keg parties and start earning their stripes in the clubs that's how it was done no you tube you went and earned those scars that was great to see it happen
Most of my favorite bands are like 40yrs or so older than me,but I grew up around musicians, bikers,&went to catholic school, but I really do wish the world was still like this&still really good shit like this!
This is great...another dimension to a classic..Phil's voice is as good as the studio version...the guitars are grittier. Wish I could have seen them live way back in the 70s.😢
I saw this when it originally aired on Mar 25th 1977, I was 10yrs and had been already listening to them as well as KISS Aerosmith Led Zeppelin Pink Floyd AC/DC and Queen..etc. I was grateful to have had two older sisters at that time who turned me on to sum great Rock & Roll bands. Thin Lizzy lives on in 2023 and beyond.
I am so glad that I got to see them in 1980. They were simply amazing live and it is a shame that they were not bigger in the U.S. Nothing beats the sound of twin lead guitars, Brian on the drums and of course Phil killing it on the bass.
As a child born in 78, and a fan since 1990🇮🇪🥁🇮🇪 my fave all time band .. Having seen Eric, Brian in there own bands and Lizzy line ups with Scott Gorham and ricky warwick. There are Ireland's greatest band full of myth and Irish distinction. Forget u2 Slainte🇮🇪🇨🇮🥁🥁
I'm so happy that I was one of the many who remembered this amazing bad ass show that came on every Saturday night. It was a musical treat .The groups they had on their were freaking mind blowing.
An amazingly simple song, that goes to show you some of the best songs don't need to be insanely difficult. It's all about swagger and vibe. Thin Lizzy was the best at both. What a performance.
Awesome, back when music kicked ass, and no cry closets were needed. Good times! They used to blast this song at the roller rink. Seen them with Kansas I think I'm 78- was an awesome show.
Great footage, saw this line up of Lizzy in the Glasgow Apollo 1979, Black Rose tour, my first ever concert, when Gary Moore joined them full time. He replaced Robertson on this tour. I think this was the time Robbo injured his hand in a bar brawl.
I agree....however, RRHF is soo overated. Madonna, Pretenders, Dolly, and Willie are in????????But bands like T.L. are snubbed every year? It's a crock.
Phil was Charisma personified
Hiding low looking right to left
If you see us coming I think it's best
To move away do you hear what I say
From under my breath
Gorgeous!
Underrated by critics, loved by fans. Still listening 47 years later like it was yesterday. Rest in peace Phil, Gary and Philomena.
There needs too be a movie about Philomena and baby phil and what she and her son had too go through 👍😉❤️🙏
Thank you for not just saying "underrated" ....GOD I hate when ppl do that haha..I always think "To who??" Very accurate statement though, please add UFO to that list...:DD
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Noone could play bass and sing like Phil that's why there's never been a completely satisfactory reuniting of this band imho
...Phil is irreplaceable I think Brian's band came the closest imho tho .. sykes' was OK considering he sang and played but without Phil it's like half the band is missing, not 1/4
Drivel. I like the band too but you are talking shite about critics.
I was there. March 1977 at NBC studios in Burbank.
Must have been amazing
It's amazing how everyone is just sitting there like they are at a dinner party.
@@BravoTangoAviation They got instructions from the studio crew..
@@jsamc8420 Wow that would take the fun out of a Thin Lizzy show.
During the Queen/Lizzy US tour
My head just imploded.....thank god for this old footage to show the kiddies how a real band kicks your ass.
Put Thin Lizzy in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame(Shame)where they belong!!🎸🤘
They got nominated for it once so they should get it eventually.
WTF?!?!! Can they still legally call it the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
The Hall of Fame is bullshit. When you look at who they don't have in compared with who they let in. It is just like the Grammys and such. It is a circle jerk. It means nothing to everyone who knows.
They aren't??!?!?
Lizzy to me were always the burn-out bad boys from the wrong side of the tracks. I'd rather them not be admitted into polite company.
Thin Lizzy is the best Irish band EVER. Suck it U2. Thanks for everything Phil. RIP
Werd
I was talking to someone from Ireland many years ago in Nantucket Mass in the fall. Very few tourists at that point and we started talking about music. I mentioned U2 but I said my favorite was Thin Lizzy. He perked right up.... I guess many felt that Thin Lizzy had been cheated with bad luck in the mid 70s...
Then I mentioned that I'd seen The Pogues warm up for U2 in 1987 and I thought he was going to cry.
Bono wishes he had this kind of machismo. Phil was the guy.
Said literally no one ever
These guys were -- and sitll are -- way better than the U2 bozos.
Even across 47 years you can tell those Marshall stacks are absolutely CRANKED!
They were good Marshall stacks also, not the kind they make these days.
Back when they blew your hair back
This is a rock band! So pure. And Phil’s voice, so unique and immediately recognizable. One of the best story telling voices in rock music.
And also a brilliant lyricist
Richie Blackmore really considered replacing Ian with Phil. Richie was critical of Phil’s bass playing, which I didn’t quite understand. I am a little suprised Phil and Gary didn’t have more success with this lineup.
@@chevy4x466 Phil was a fine bassist also considering how he combined playing bass with singing. Apparently Phil used to love winding Ritchie up by telling Ritchie that Thin Lizzy were going to blow Rainbow off the stage when they were gigging together ! Regarding Gary's time with Thin Lizzy here, Phil took seriously ill . Also there was always a power struggle between the two even though they always worked well together .
Nah. To hell with that popularity pagent. The real fans know what it is
@@TheHumbuckerboypot stirring, trouble maker.
A reporter once asked Phil what it was like being Black and Irish? He simply responded "It's a bit like being a pint of Guinness". What a legend truly missed! God bless Ireland's Rock n Roll Icon. ✌&💚
Haha
Love that quote. Reminds me of "The Commitments" quote: "...The Irish are the blacks of Europe. And Dubliners are the blacks of Ireland. And the Northside Dubliners are the blacks of Dublin. So say it once, say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud..."
How come you Irish are so good at that music (and poetry) thing? 💚🖤🌹
@@siggimund A great movie that it's one of the gems of Irish film history and we really are the blacks of Europe I always say that meself 😂It's just part of our culture so long that its second nature to us, for thousands of years we used the spoken word and then the written word to express ourselves through songs, stories and poems. You'll never meet a wittier or funnier race than us Irish. The humour is a great way to ease your suffering and as I'm sure you know our history is filled with a lot of hardship and tragedy. God bless✌&💚
@@rickybobby420. That movie really opened up my heart to *soul* . Suddenly I could heard traces of this very diverse genre in all the music I listened to and had listened to. And (Alan Parker and the cast)++.
@@rickybobby420. And in regard to the hardships of the Irish people,- I swear on Odin, Thor and Freja, as a descendant of those very, very peaceful explores known as vikings, I will never ever, *ever* participate in any plunder, ravaging or raping on the Irish shores (unless, of course, you do an iexit? like those sasannachs did. In that case, you'll might suddenly find yourself administered under some kind of danelaw)
I had the extreme good fortune of seeing Thin Lizzy in 77', warming up for Kansas (Lizzy stole the show). They opened with this tune, and were just ferocious. One of the best live bands I have ever seen. R.I.P. Phil Lynot.
I saw that tour as well.
Love the song and this album
@@rickpaul4216 , I saw them in '77 in Philadelphia when they opened for Queen. To this day, still one of the best concerts I've ever seen!
@@rickpaul4216 Could have seen them in '78. But Bill Graham started the concert 1 hour earlier than planed. When I got there they were just walking off-stage. Did get to see Journey & Marshall Tucker but I wished I made it a priority to see Thin Lizzy.
I have heard from multiple people who saw them when they opened for Queen who said they stole the show. Also heard Freddy would get his panties all bunched up because the crowd wanted more Thin Lizzy.
good lord, that's how hard rocking electric guitars should sound always
2:53 he just kicksass on that solo
AMEN
Went to see Queen, many years ago, Thin Lizzy was the opening band. I knew "The boys are back in town" and that was all I knew. To say I was blown away would be an understatement! The next day I went out and purchased a bunch of albums by them and for me the rest is history! They remain, to this day, a top 3 band for me. Side story, went to Ireland and sought out the statue of Phil Lynott, it was the year it was vandalized and was being repaired!! I was a little pissed, but I did get a picture of myself and the sign saying it was being repaired!
Same!
Go back! 🍀
One of the best rock bands RIP Phil and Gary
It's so cool to see real bands at their peak actually playing live. Raw and polished all at the same time.
Exactly and well said brother.
@@montyrayza7220Yes VERY LEAN . . . Aerodynamic, they ain’t pushing wind. . . .They ARE THE WIND . . .
Simply stunning performance....reminding us how amazingly good Thin Lizzy was!!
GREAT Irish rock group of the 70's! 🎼
Saw these guys open for Queen in 77. Phil and Freddie back to back, about as good as it gets.
0:03🔥woah!
gary was great but he never had the magic of robbo's solos
Baloney, a thousand times better than that wanker lol
Phil just oozes with cool. His songwriting and stage presence is second to none.
I think Phil is like the 70's Elvis of his time! He had the look the swagger the sound the voice the confidence the sexy appeal and he was a rocker!
Pure rock star!
Rob "Second to None" Halford begs to differ.
Freddie "Second To None" Mercury wrote better songs and had more stage presence.
@@barrymitchell6444 yeah not many could top Freddie Mercury. In any.
Phil Lynott, RIP : Vocal + Bass
Scott Gorham : Guitar (right)
Gary Moore, RIP : Guitar (left)
Brian Downey : Drums
That’s Gary Moore on the left?
Brian Robertson would have usually been the one there instead of Gary Moore.
@@gregoryduncan3067 OK so in the video is that Gary Moore on the left?
@@damrgee8279 Yeah, I would say so. It wasn't unusual for them. Live in Sydney 1978 had Gary Moore and Mark Nauseef on the drums instead of Brian Downey.
@@damrgee8279I believe Gary Moore was the regular guitar player by the time they did the Sydney 1978 concert.
1:05 "Brother we're on stage" and that gets Gary moving more lol
I graduated High School in 77. This was our music and it still sounds good. Thanks Midnight Special for posting these great quality videos.
'74 here. We were certainly spoiled by a massive amount of quality music. I had older sisters who were listening to all the great 60's bands.
Yeah, my sisters loved the Beatles and my older brother loved CCR and I'm still a fan of both. I remember Junior High School one of the kids from the A.V. department would spin records in the gym at lunch time. Grand Funk, Brownsville Station, Black Oak Arkansas, man that music was great.@@mizzury54
77 here too
So funny! I graduated in 77, too. From Catholic high school. And In the twilight ceremony I remember a classmate, Tim Tierney, coming off the stage with his diploma, and singing, "Tonight there's going to be a jailbreak!"
Me too!!!
Phil's vocals are just incredible. Timing, nuance, all while playing the bass immaculately.. As someone said, the grittiness in this version takes it way above the studio cut.
It's rough, raw and nasty. This is rock and roll, take a LOOK
I was just thinking that..vocals and bass were so on point
He's singing a bit fast. But then the band were playing it fast. I think he yelled at Moore to slow the fuck down around the 30 second mark.
@@Frip36 -- I think he yelled at Gary something about the guitar sound, because Gary immediately went and adjusted something on his amp. (1:07) Have a look...
@@jondunmore4268 Don't think so. It was an exhortional utterance. Passionate and mean. Like an NBA player yells at a teemate after he slam dunks it.
I remember sneaking into the living room to watch Midnight Special as a kid. I always thought it was so cool to watch the “grown-up” music.
It was so cool.
And it made a cool dude of you in the end!
You know it and try not wake Mom & Dad. Watching the old Sony tv Dad sent back home from when he was in Nam.
There were only like three channels on TV but we were spoiled for live rock. There was Saturday Night Live and Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert and the Midnight Special probably others. We didn’t have Soul Train where I grew up. Then in the 80’s: MTV 120 minutes.
I tried to stay up to watch but fell asleep before it came on! Darn it!😅
They had two of the best guitarists on planet Earth.
For fucking sure , they kicked ass, so fucking underrated , except for us fans Peace and respect..🎸 Excuse my language .Drunk on Jack..and weed..
Gorham just looked so rock n roll
They had 3 of the best guitarists in the world in this lineup, there's a chap called Phil playing a mean bass.
Crowd is stunned at the end. This had to be loud. Sounds like those Marshalls were cranked.
Yeah the tone is out of this world. And the playing unbridled!
I saw Thin Lizzy in the early summer of 1979, San Bernardino Swing Auditorium. They opened for Journey and blew them off the stage. It was the best concert!
I seen them that around that time also in St Petersburg Fla and I could have sworn that Journey opened for Thin Lizzy. It was the Black Rose Tour.
Saw the same tour with Journey at the Long Beach Arena…. Epic
Great drummer. Steady and tasteful.
He does a drum solo in the middle of BAD REPUTATION!.....AMAZING! Hopefully they will post that also!
He makes it look easy.
Brian Downey - one of the all time great rock drummers to my mind.
Brian Downey is insane
That whole album is killer. The Cowboy Song is my personal favorite. But this one rocks my doors off as well.
Yes , Cowboy song.....
@@eiserntorsphantomoftheoper2154 never got to see them live
That whole album is killer for sure. My favorite is Emerald.
My fav off that album is Romeo and the Lonely Girl.
Warrior, Jailbreak and Emerald faves but agree
Entire album is perfection 🖤
Never seen this! Gary on guitar! Thanks for posting
That intro shreds so hard
Thin Lizzy was my first rock concert in 1979 in Columbus, Ohio. I was a senior in high school. Great memories!
What a great memory to have!
Same age, grew up in N. Miami Bch, We used to go to Hollywood Sportatorium. The Nuge, Kansas, The Boss, the Cars, All the hair bands. We had no idea had good we had it...
@ The Agora?
@@vwccrline Yes I used to go there and party off the time right on Hallandale Boulevard right off I 95. There used to be a band that used to play they’re called freewheel it was a cover band but they knocked it down
@@vwccrline Ohio Fairgrounds Coliseum.
Wow! This clip is rock and roll history right here!
One of the greatest rock songs of all time by one of the greatest rock bands of all time
this is so friggin exaggerating i cant believe it. i respect if you like a song that i dont, but to call this generic piece of poor man's riffing music the greatest ever is just so wrong^^
This song defines a generation. That makes it an all time great. It will stand the test of time. And as proof of that here you are today after all the decades of its release. @MaskedJackal87
@@MaskedJackal87 It's all subjective. Some people think Justin Beiber is a musical genius
Crying in the moonlight ..lol..this 😅 is dangerously awesome
WOW!!!!!!!!! Did not ever see this footage before. Soooooooooooooooo amazingly awesome! Thin Lizzy was one of the greatest bands in rock and roll history. Period.
and exclamation point! , Phil Lynott went waaaaaaaaaaaay too soon
Yeah Phil sounds great here
Four minutes and seventeen seconds is how long it takes to blow your face off. What a hot rock and roll band!
😅
Aw Phil. We miss you!
What a song. What a performance. What a voice.
Omgosh he was gorgeous and that bass!! And Brian Downey on the drums!!! Brian never got the recognition he deserved!!!
The guitars so aggressive and heavy , Moore was a beast on the axe
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You. The band was really hot in 1977, releasing the amazing "Live And Dangerous" LP. Hopefully we can see the other song performed on the Midnight Special on Mar.25, 1977, "Don't Believe A Word". They also played "Dancin' in the Monlight" & "Emerald" on Oct.21, 1977 Season 6, Ep.6 & "Bad Reputation" on Dec.16, 1977 Season 6, Ep.13. Thanks in advance.
😅Live and Dangerous was released in 1978
wow. im really hoping we get DBAW, the OGWT version (as "gary moore and friends") is amazing. i want a hq digital copy but cannot find it.
@@daiichidoku ruclips.net/video/QtmITITA6WM/видео.html
Glad to see someone else on here besides me requesting all of the above,these are the ones I've been requesting since I joined months ago......lol
@@kevinriddell2105this was recorded during the Queen/Lizzy tour, early 77...Gary in for Robbo
The way Phil phrases the lyrics is damned jazzy and on point.
Totally ' when you do a lizzy cover you don't realise how his phrasing is so unique ' until you try it yourself !
One of the greatest and most underrated band of the decade ('73-'83). Phil was a musical genius, Brian a beast, Scott and every single one of his partners (Gary, Brian, Snowy, John) some of the best twin lead guitar duos in rock history. Legends!
Overrated {Underrated} comment…strikes again…😛
In certain very specific ways, not to dismiss any other band from the era, there will never be another band like Thin Lizzy. The sonic force they deliver is quite unique.
Brian always reminded me of Chris Layton on drums with Stevie Ray Vaughan, the glue in the middle of a musical hurricane.
So Phil tells Gary halfway through the song to turn down. When Gary rips into that lead at the end, we miss half his solo because he forgets to turn Greenie back up. lol. One of the most underrated rock bands in history. Love this band!
@1:05 ?
That would be the sound engineer’s job. No-one reaches for the volume knob on the amp to get heard during solos.
He's talking about the volume knob on Greenie, Gary's famous Les Paul that Peter Green used to own and play in the first incarnation of Fleetwood Mac, not his amp.
He yells at Gary at the start of the first guitar solo by Gorham. Something motivational like, "Brotha we on stage!" 1:05
The guitar did sound like shit and was definitely a connection or a blown tube issue.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa fantastic !!!!! With long haired Gary Moore 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
And that my friends is what they call Rock and Roll! Superb musicianship, but edgy and raw. Simply great.
Rock n roll is not suppose to be perfect which is why so many great bands are overlooked for the 'critic' bands who really s*ck!
Raunchy version ... love it!
One of the greatest rock vocalists ever.
One of the best writers in rock, great look, great voice, Phil had everything.
Amen to that 🇮🇪🥁 best band ever
One of the greatest frontman EVER RIP PHILIP
Wish there was Narcan back then
And just made it look so effortless.
One of the few bands that not only survived lineup changes, but those changes actually added complexity.
What a band. So many great guitarists passed through and then there is the one and only Phil. Never again will we see the likes of him. RIP.
the ace with the bass, rip
Scott Gorham was the main guitarist that stayed the course with Phil lynnot.
I wonder what would have been if Ritchie Blackmore would have hired Phil instead of Ronnie. Ritchie and Ronnie were not a good fit, not that anyone was a good fit for Ritchie. I suspect Ritchie would have instilled discipline in Phil. Blackmore is the only dude that in the era that could have directed Phil. Blackmore did not respect Phil bass playing. Phil should have not played bass, he was such a powerful front man.
Substance abuse is so evil. RIP 🪦 PHIL
".. I can see the search light on my tail...tonight's the night all systems fail..." what a great performance
Nice P-bass with the chrome pickguard.
Rest in peace, Phil and Gary.
Probably the most charismatic frontman I have ever seen live. My sister did not even notice the other four guys (1980 lineup with Darren Wharton on keys)
Oh, so that's a rock star 👏👏👏
I'm here on 14-08-2024 and when it's 2090 just need to let you know guys this one right here was the very very best of Rock n Roll. R.I.P Phil a Legend🎸🎶🎶
Saw Thin Lizzy open for Queen, 1 Mar 1977 in Phoenix, AZ. Such a huge bunch of talent I was blessed to see. Who knew at the time both front men would leave us way to soon. R.I.P. Phil & Freddy… you are sorely missed.
That was it! I commented earlier, I was wrong. Thin Lizzy opened for queen in Toledo. I went to see…Thin Lizzy, man am I glad I got to see Queen!!!What a great “freaking” concert.
I've always heard Thin Lizzy blew Queen off the stage, is it true?
@@fviannavalNo
@@fviannaval that’s what I thought. I remember telling somebody between shows how awesome Thin lizzy was. But then they reminded me how awesome Queen was going to be. And they really were. It’s hard to say one was better than the other, but they were both on that night! So really, it was an epic show.
The 70's was the golden age of live rock concerts and to those old enough to have experienced them I am so jealous. I was born in 1978, and to hear that Thin Lizzy opened for the mighty Queen talk about an absolutely perfect show! Also I would have loved to have been a fly backstage if both bands hung out and partied etc. Just wow!!
Just doesn’t get any better than this - Ireland’s finest 🇮🇪
Hope the other Lizzy MS songs get ‘freed’ soon too 🤘✊🇮🇪
Hey you might like The Doublejumps if you like Thin Lizzy
I regret that I didn't appreciate Thin Lizzy more in my youth. They were an effing awesome band. And I can't stop watching Phil play that bass. He was one of the greatest frontmen in R&R.
That was one helluva performance! 🤟😎🔥🔥🔥🔥❤
Hello look at the top of the pop's Lizzy are live on Rosalie thin Lizzy at their best no band could touch them live in my opinion seen Phil lynott s grand slam in Middlesbrough UK 1984 Phil was a shadow of his former self it's sad to see my hero falling apart Phil passed in 1986 no one like him before and after 🙏🙏🙏
One of the most underrated bands of the 70's, these guys kicked ass!
Saw Thin Lizzy open up for Queen back in 1977. One of the best, if not the best, concert I've ever seen. Rockin' from the first note to the last.
Hello who where the better band live on that day Lizzy or queen Freddie would go in to a tantrum back stage if Lizzy put on a good show 😄😄😄
@@CP-tb4fl No, it was at Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis
E-ghad....buddy and I had floir seats for same tour in Toronto. Classmate offered us twice the ticket price fer our seats. Being young stoopit 'kids" we agreed. Still haunts me to this day. ,
Phil Lynott is the greatest rock star to come out of Ireland. He made it all look so easy and was cool right until the end. Incredible
He was English, born in Staffordshire, raised in Manchester. He moved to Ireland to live with his mother's parents in Dublin while he was in elementary school at 8 years old because he was skipping class and getting into fights because of racist bullies and the school authorities always taking their side. The school contacted child services and they were threatening to put him in a foster home so her parents offered to take custody of him instead.
@@ll7868 Yeah no doubt Phil had a rough upbringing. You can feel that pain in his music sometimes. Regardless, he always described himself as "Irish" so that is what I'll go with
@@MichaelHolmgaard When my parents divorced in 1977 we lived in Selkirk, Manitoba, I, my brothers and sister went with the mother unit to Hamilton, Ontario and I became a bit of a sh!t disturber, getting in fights, being a dick to my sibs, shoplifting candy etc. so my grandparents stepped in and I went to live with them for a couple years back in Selkirk while my dad went to Vancouver to get a job and buy a new house. My grandpa was ex-military, besides continuing playing hockey which I loved, he also signed me up for Judo classes and the Navy Cadets to learn self control and discipline. In '83 I got to chose who I lived with and went to Vancouver to live with the father unit, he wasn't as strict, my dad was a heavy metal loving, pot smoking hippy biker, a cross between Tommy Chong and Macho Man. My dad is the reason I love the music I love today from Thin Lizzy to Motorhead, Iron Maiden, he took me to see Metallica open for Raven in Portland Oregon that summer in 1983, I'm a thrasher to this day. I was watching some metal band covers of Thin Lizzy recently, that's what brought me here.
Don’t forget about Rory Gallagher
@@KittyGrizGriz Or Bono. I'm not a big fan of U2's genre but the dude has tons of awards and not just for music, he's also a philanthropist and works for a lot of charities, co-founded the Band Aid shows to help AIDS victims in Africa, is a spokesperson for The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and the proceeds of the duet Don't Give Up with Alicia Keyes went to the Keep A Child Alive Foundation to fund suicide help-lines and support groups for teens. He also received the 2021 J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding, it's like the USA's version of a Nobel Peace Prize.
One of the greatest guitar riffs ever!
Back when shit was REAL
oh yes great bands from the garage days to the backyard keg parties and start earning their stripes in the clubs that's how it was done no you tube you went and earned those scars that was great to see it happen
Black when shit was real.
Growing up, I questioned if that mustache was real
Most of my favorite bands are like 40yrs or so older than me,but I grew up around musicians, bikers,&went to catholic school, but I really do wish the world was still like this&still really good shit like this!
Ok Unc…
kidding. That’s what all the kids tell me when I point that out
Phil, Garro, Scotty and Brian. What an incredible line up.
This is great...another dimension to a classic..Phil's voice is as good as the studio version...the guitars are grittier. Wish I could have seen them live way back in the 70s.😢
I saw this when it originally aired on Mar 25th 1977, I was 10yrs and had been already listening to them as well as KISS Aerosmith Led Zeppelin Pink Floyd AC/DC and Queen..etc. I was grateful to have had two older sisters at that time who turned me on to sum great Rock & Roll bands. Thin Lizzy lives on in 2023 and beyond.
Excellent audio quality… and wow, what an incredible rock voice.
It’s always been such a cool song!
Let the midnight special shine its ever loving light on you !
Incredible Lead Guitar 💪🎸
Phil was such a BABE ! And one hell of a musician!!! ❤
Awesome band
I subscribed to the channel an hour ago, and was rewarded with this video posted shortly after. Thank you Midnight Special 🍀🇮🇪
God bless Ireland
Live...improvised...hypnotized. Perfect. RIP Phil and Gary.
Now that’s Rock and Roll! 🤘🏼
I am so glad that I got to see them in 1980. They were simply amazing live and it is a shame that they were not bigger in the U.S. Nothing beats the sound of twin lead guitars, Brian on the drums and of course Phil killing it on the bass.
As a child born in 78, and a fan since 1990🇮🇪🥁🇮🇪 my fave all time band ..
Having seen Eric, Brian in there own bands and Lizzy line ups with Scott Gorham and ricky warwick.
There are Ireland's greatest band full of myth and Irish distinction.
Forget u2
Slainte🇮🇪🇨🇮🥁🥁
Hey you might like The Doublejumps if you like Thin Lizzy
U2 way overrated, behind Lizzy, Rory, Van Morrison and others for Ireland's best.
To go back in time at this show... and be the only one cheering while they played.
Gawd, love Thin Lizzy!
I'm so happy that I was one of the many who remembered this amazing bad ass show that came on every Saturday night. It was a musical treat .The groups they had on their were freaking mind blowing.
How did the audience sit so still on this show? While the band absolutely wails on it!
It's a TV studio audience who sat through a bunch of acts. Not paying fans.
Thank you so much midnight special,can't wait to see the rest of the thin lizzy clips and humble pie and rory gallagher and sly and the family stone
An amazingly simple song, that goes to show you some of the best songs don't need to be insanely difficult. It's all about swagger and vibe. Thin Lizzy was the best at both. What a performance.
To be at this show and see these gorgeous men~musician’s up close and personal 😅, I’d be a happy woman!! @2:20 it sounds like an AIR RAID SIREN 🚨!!
That guitar sound is so brown and crunchy. This is a great performance.
Amazing!!!! and there's Peter Green's Les Paulin Gary Moore's hands. Love Thin Lizzy!! listen to those drums swing
Feels like a dangerous amount of distortion for tv of the day. I love it
Awesome, back when music kicked ass, and no cry closets were needed. Good times! They used to blast this song at the roller rink. Seen them with Kansas I think I'm 78- was an awesome show.
Hey you might like The Doublejumps if you like Thin Lizzy
Just fabulous rock 'n roll. The style and power of Phil's vocals are unequalled.
I am very Thankful to have seen Phil Lynott and the band on both the Live and Dangerous tour and Black Rose with Gary Moore. Absolutely incredible
I got to see them March 16,1979,they opened for NAZARETH,both were GREAT! Gary was still with them at that point in the tour.
I saw Nazareth headline in Pasadena in 1980...Krokus opened..first American tour!
Lucky for you Robertson liked to fight and ruin his hands.
What a band! Twin Les Paul attack with that P bass. Greatness personified. Solid drumming too 👌
fantastic energy!
The second little solo was absolute fire.
Great footage, saw this line up of Lizzy in the Glasgow Apollo 1979, Black Rose tour, my first ever concert, when Gary Moore joined them full time. He replaced Robertson on this tour. I think this was the time Robbo injured his hand in a bar brawl.
Listen carefully, children: T.A.L.E.N.T. without any auto-tune. . .and it's original. . .and it ROCKS
Great band. Man, Phil just had “it.” He was a great writer, performer and a true “Rockstar.”
Talk about tight! Theseguys were as great live as in the studio!
These guys epitomized what Rock & Roll was ALL about 😊
Prime Thin Lizzy! What a performance! Thanks for posting Midnight Special. These guys really need to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
I agree....however, RRHF is soo overated. Madonna, Pretenders, Dolly, and Willie are in????????But bands like T.L. are snubbed every year? It's a crock.
It's been a long time since I listened to."Thin Lizzy"
Happy Sunday 🕊 Thank you for sharing! 💖
Amen to that 🇮🇪🇺🇸🇨🇮🥁🥁Lizzy should be listened to every day
One of the greatest riffs in rock history