Thin Lizzy

Thin Lizzy are an Irish rock band formed in Dublin in 1969. Two of the founding members, drummer Brian Downey and bass guitarist and vocalist Phil Lynott, met while still in school. Lynott assumed the role of frontman and led them throughout their recording career of twelve studio albums. Thin Lizzy's most successful songs, "Whiskey in the Jar", "Jailbreak" and "The Boys Are Back in Town", were all major international hits which are still played regularly on hard rock and classic rock radio stations. After Lynott's death in 1986, various incarnations of the band have emerged over the years based initially around guitarists Scott Gorham and John Sykes, though Sykes left the band in 2009. Gorham later continued with a new line-up including Downey.

Lynott, Thin Lizzy's de facto leader, was composer or co-composer of almost all of the band's songs, and the first black Irishman to achieve commercial success in the field of rock music. Thin Lizzy boasted some of the most critically acclaimed guitarists throughout their history, with Downey and Lynott as the rhythm section, on the drums and bass guitar. As well as being multiracial, the band drew their members not only from both sides of the Irish border but also from both the Catholic and Protestant communities during The Troubles. Their music reflects a wide range of influences, including blues, soul music, psychedelic rock, and traditional Irish folk music, but is generally classified as hard rock or sometimes heavy metal. Rolling Stone magazine describes the band as distinctly hard rock, "far apart from the braying mid-70s metal pack".

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Thin Lizzy (album)

Thin Lizzy is the first studio album by Irish hard rock band Thin Lizzy, released in 1971.

Track listing

All songs written by Phil Lynott, except where stated.

  • "The Friendly Ranger at Clontarf Castle" (Eric Bell, Phil Lynott) – 3:01
  • "Honesty Is No Excuse" – 3:40
  • "Diddy Levine" – 7:04
  • "Ray-Gun" (Bell) – 3:05
  • "Look What the Wind Blew In" – 3:23
  • "Eire" – 2:07
  • "Return of the Farmer's Son" (Brian Downey, Lynott) – 4:14
  • "Clifton Grange Hotel" – 2:26
  • "Saga of the Ageing Orphan" – 3:40
  • "Remembering" – 5:59

    • When the album was repackaged for CD in 1990, the four tracks that comprised the rare "New Day" EP were added:

  • "Dublin" (Lynott) – 2:26
  • "Remembering, Pt. 2 (New Day)" (Bell, Downey, Lynott) – 5:04
  • "Old Moon Madness" (Lynott) – 3:52
  • "Things Ain't Workin' Out Down at the Farm" (Lynott) – 4:29

    • Remastered and expanded release

    On 11 October 2010, a new remastered and expanded version of Thin Lizzy was released. This version features the following bonus tracks:

  • "The Farmer" (Lynott)
  • "Dublin"
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    Thin Lizzy

    ALBUMS

    Thunder and Lightning

    Released 2013

    Collected

    Released 2012

    Night Life

    Released 2012

    Icon

    Released 2011

    At the BBC

    Released 2011

    Waiting for an Alibi: The Collection

    Released 2011

    Live in London 2011

    Released 2011

    Bad Reputation

    Released 2011

    Chinatown

    Released 2011

    Ultimate Thin Lizzy

    Released 2010

    Still Dangerous: Live at Tower Theatre Philadelphia 1977

    Released 2009

    UK Tour 75

    Released 2008

    The Rocker

    Released 2007

    Thin Lizzy: Greatest Hits

    Released 2004

    The Hero and the Madman

    Released 2002

    Extended Versions

    Released 2001

    Vagabonds Kings Warriors Angels

    Released 2001

    Millennium Edition

    Released 2000

    One Night Only

    Released 2000

    Whiskey in the Jar

    Released 1996

    Wild One: The Very Best of Thin Lizzy

    Released 1996

    Jailbreak

    Released 1996

    The Peel Sessions

    Released 1994

    Rockers

    Released 1993

    The Boys Are Back in Town

    Released 1993

    Shades of a Blue Orphanage

    Released 1993

    BBC Radio One Live in Concert

    Released 1992

    Vagabonds of the Western World

    Released 1991

    Dedication: The Very Best of Thin Lizzy

    Released 1991

    Fighting

    Released 1990

    Black Rose: A Rock Legend

    Released 1989

    Best Of: Soldier of Fortune

    Released 1987

    The Collection

    Released 1987

    Life

    Released 1983

    Renegade

    Released 1981

    Live and Dangerous

    Released 1978

    Remembering, Part 1

    Released 1976

    Johnny the Fox

    Released 1976

    Studio Sessions 1974

    Released 1974

    Thin Lizzy

    Released 1971

    Tower Theatre, Philadelphia 1977 Complete Edition

    1976-05-14: Live in Rock City: Ford Auditorium, Detroit, MI, USA

    The Definitive Collection

    Sha La Live

    1975-09-06: Ludwigshafen, Germany

    Sessions 1971-73

    1976-03-15: Birmingham Breakout: Birmingham Town Hall, Birmingham, UK

    Black Rose Sessions

    1983-05-23: Thunder & Lightning in Tokyo: Kaseinenkin Hall, Tokyo, Japan

    1974-04-14: Gary's Jig, Locarno, Bristol, UK

    Fairwell Tour U.S.A. 1983

    The Boys Are Back in Town

    Lizzy Killers

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    PLAYLIST TIME:

    Having A Good Time

    by: Thin Lizzy

    Me and my buddies, we're going to get drunk
    We're going to go out on the town
    We'll be checking it out, slipping it in
    And stepping out of line
    You know, everybody likes to get a little crazy
    In their own particular way
    But my buddies and I, we go over the top
    And we're going over again today
    We'll be having a good time
    Passing the by-line
    Having a good time
    You know it's a rock and roll pastime
    It might be typical, topical or maybe tropical
    That doesn't mean anything
    If you're political, practical
    Then it's improbable, that you do anything
    But me and my buddies, we like to go crazy
    We like to go over the hill
    Hey, woman will you be there
    Because my buddies and I will
    Having a good time
    Passing the by-line
    We'll be having a good time
    It's a rock and roll pastime
    Hey Snowy
    Play a bit for me
    That was Snowy White
    And he likes err, it in the night
    The next to play
    I must say, is Scott Gorham and away
    We'll be having a good time
    Passing the by-line
    Having a good time
    It's a rock and roll pastime
    Let's play that one more time
    Hit me with that drum Brian
    Hit me as hard as you can
    Oh yes, that's they way I like it
    Do it again, do it again, let's do it again
    Having a good time
    Oh yes, I like this
    Having a good time
    Typical, topical, who cares?
    Having a good time
    Political, practical, impossible
    Having a good time
    Don't ask me why Jack?
    Having a good time
    Having a good time
    Having a wild time
    Having a good time
    I'm slipping on the inside
    Having a good time
    That's fine
    Having a good time
    Drinking Beaujolais, no that doesn't rhyme
    Having a good time
    Just talking from the top of my head
    Having a good time
    To the bottom of your soul




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