Hobbayne Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 What a cracking tune this is. First time I have heard this song, I have to get it down ready for next weeks rehearsal. We do it in 'A' same key as the original, but I cant seem to fathom out the bass part in the verses. I,m just holding down the A, but I,m sure Phil does something a bit more than that. Anyone play it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary mac Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 I had to learn this one recently. Haven't got my bass to hand at the mo but I think on the A chord I play the root then 4th 3rd 2nd (A, D, Csharp, . Hope that makes some sense. It's a good fun number to play and seems to go down quite well in the pubs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthurhenry Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 It's an open A, chuck a few octaves in and there's the F# triplet/E/C# at the end of bar 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leroydiamond Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Its a great tune. Phil was such a fabulous bass player!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nibody Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 [quote name='leroydiamond' timestamp='1323943275' post='1468862'] Its a great tune. Phil was such a fabulous bass player!! [/quote] And one hell of a frontman! They were a very underated band. He had the image, the bass skills and the personality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ead Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Yeah, great live too. I saw them in Southampton in 1980 or possible 1981. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebob Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 I've really been getting into them this year - what an amazing diverse repertoire. Those well known tracks only tell a very small part of the story....there's all sorts of elements - funk, rock, soul influences going on. Phil's certainly no slouch on the 4-string either! I've just bought a biography, 'The Rocker' by Mark Putterford, so really looking forward to learning a lot more about the great man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Valdemar Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 My all-time favourite Phil bass line. So simple yet it says so much. Beautiful guitar solo too. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFmNGPyq9eE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFmNGPyq9eE[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swanbrook Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Great band, great front man great loss. I had his black fender in my house for about a week must dig out the photos !! I got to know his mum after he died and she used to get up with our band wand sing whiskey in the jar. Great tune dude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeftyBiskit Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 FECKIN GREAT TUNE=LIZZIES VERSION IS AWESOME BUT CHECK OUT MOTORHEADS ATTEMPT-SEEN 'EM DO IT LIVE-BLOWS THE COBWEBS OUTTA YER EARS-TURN IT UP LOUD SORRY 'BOUT CAPS=LOCK KEY IS STUCK [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zbOOI01g_Q"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zbOOI01g_Q[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul torch Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Watching late night TV a few years back and stumbled across The Cure doing a cover of Don't Believe a Word. In an interview with Robert Smith afterwards he said Lizzy where the only band that all members of his current could agree that they'd all been into at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlatEric Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Hi. We do a lot of Lizzy numbers, with only one guitarist!! I found that to keep the think rolling with a pattern, drop down to the G, once, as you roll along on the A. If you listen to the record, you will see what I mean. The other thing - when the vocals go "do you see" you can follow what the guitar does (and as the record) but in a different way to give the phrase more power. the notes are G - F# - E - D but if you do it higher up the neck - A string and roll down the first three notes and then pull the open D, which feels a bit odd, until you get used to it - it gives the whole thing a lot of power. Do the same notes lower down, on the D string and it just loses something. If you care just discovering Lizzy, some other great tracks to play are - Jailbreak, Don't believe a word, Cowboy song, Boys are back and Waitin' for an alibi. There is so much to chose from, you could do Lizzy covers all night! Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHUFC BASS Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 (edited) Great band, one of my favourites of all time. Phil Lynott as mentioned was a really underrated bass player but Brian Downey for me was one of the greatest rock drummers ever. Some of their finest moments: [b]The Rocker[/b] [b]Wild One[/b] [b]The Kings Call[/b] [b]Emerald[/b] Edited December 16, 2011 by WHUFC BASS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nibody Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 [quote name='swanbrook' timestamp='1323996487' post='1469740'] Great band, great front man great loss. I had his black fender in my house for about a week must dig out the photos !! I got to know his mum after he died and she used to get up with our band wand sing whiskey in the jar. Great tune dude [/quote] That my friend is awesome! Closest I get is I'm friends with Jim Fitzpatrick on facebook, and the guitarist in my first ever band looked like Scott Gorham. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Saw them at Wembley during the Live and Dangerous tour way back when. Hard to take your eyes off Phil Lynott, hugely charismatic man on stage. I have an abiding memory of Brian Robertson dressed in white with a spotlight making him look very ethereal during the solo in 'Still In Love With You'. One of the best gigs I have ever been to. One of my bands do a few covers - Waiting for an Alibi, Chinatown (there's some odd timing in that one!), just started to have a crack at Emerald. Great fun - the dual/duel guitar thing sounds great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bencooper Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 [quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' timestamp='1323988587' post='1469675'] My all-time favourite Phil bass line. So simple yet it says so much. Beautiful guitar solo too. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFmNGPyq9eE[/media] [/quote] Tony Butler of Big Country quoted this as one of his favourite bass lines when I interviewed him for Bass Guitar Magazine recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Did some roadie work at our local venue for Phil after Lizzy split up and he was an absolute gem of a guy. He had an aire of superstardom about him. He was genuine and treated everyone around the same as his band mates. No airs or graces. Insisted on buying his round of drinks and taking his turn on the pool table that afternoon. Great guy and can't fault him. Huge loss. I'm a big fan from the Jailbreak / Johnny the Fox era being my fav albums and they were my first live concert band at Glasgow Apollo back in 76 i think it was. Pure showman Cheers Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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