Phil Lynott RIP

[Hamster]

[quote name='MB1' post='370759' date='Jan 5 2009, 11:34 AM']MB1.
Limehouse Lizzy! by any chance?[/quote]

Indeed - a true tribute. If anyone hasn't seen them they're missing a really great show.

[Johngh]

It was Phil Lynott and Glenn Hughes that inspired me to take up Bass ages ago. He was a good songwriter as well. I really need to get over the water to visit his grave and pay my respects. Thanks for the great tunes Phil.

[bass_in_ya_face]

Beyond the obivious hits...I always loved 'Bad Reputation' with the incredible drumming & 'Chinatown' and with 'Dancing In The Moonlight' you have one of the most famous bass intros ever.

When I was in Ireland recently, I walked passed Howth cemetary and had no idea he was buried there till after I'd come back......doh!

Edited January 5, 2009 by bass_in_ya_face

[woolleydick]

Indeed a great influence as I was growing up and learning to play, and still one of my favourites.
Not sure his father in law was ever as enthusiastic about him as most of us on here!

[cetera]

RIP Phil.... one of my faves & sorely missed to this day...

[carlosfandango]

ohhh.....thin lizzzzy! I saw them in -77 I think it was Live and Dangerous Tour, not sure. In any case it completely blew me away and i bought all their records the week after. many years later i was in a covers band playing a lt of Irish venues in Europe and we used to do lot of Lizzy songs. I played guitar then and used to do Scott's parts. I love Live and Dangerous - I know it's not a proper live album but it really sounds great.....and the songs are among lizzys best (I think) as it never was the same without Robbie.....all the other guitarists where obviously great but something changed....

[GreeneKing]

[quote]Not sure his father in law was ever as enthusiastic about him as most of us on here![/quote]

If he treated my daughter as badly as he evidently treated his I'm not sure I'd be a fan either

[Lorne]

R.I.P. Phil,I think of you every time I play or walk past this bass



It's a honor to own it

[Bay Splayer]

[quote name='Dr.Dave' post='370716' date='Jan 5 2009, 10:52 AM']Let's not be too sentimental over the way of his demise though. We didn't 'lose' him. At a time when the world had started to realise full well the damage drugs can do to people , Phil chose to carry on destroying himself - with how much regard for people that surrounded and loved him I don't know.

If the difference between tragedy and the merely tragic is inevitability I don't regard his death as the former because he could have done something about it. He alone had control over what he allowed to become inevitable.

Sorry Phil - you were the stuff of legend and a musical hero of mine - but you went and f***ed your life up , nobody else.[/quote]

very well put indeed

[Protium]

Lay off the coke.

[4000]

It was seeing Thin Lizzy "Live and Dangerous" (Whistle Test special) that made me want to join a band. Phil was, along with Lemmy, my hero when I started. I only got to see him once and had drifted into a full-on metal phase by then. I wish I could go back. He was as true a rock star as you're ever likely to see, and a great, great talent. R.I.P. indeed. I miss him too.

[GreeneKing]

I think 'Lizzy' captured the very essence of simple 'Rock'. Phil was an absolutely brilliant charismatic 'front man' who had enormous stage presence and it was all backed up by some serious talent and well crafted, very engaging songs.

When I saw them the 1st time, many years ago (over 30?) they were very late coming on stage and the punters had become bored by anticipation as roadies had been onto the darkened stage every 10 minutes or so raising expectations. Amidst a general 'pissed off' attitude the stage exploded into life with fireworks and immense riffage. The seats in Portsmouth Guildhall started vibrating alarmingly and this continued for the whole wonderful gig. I sometimes reflect on my high tone deafness but looking back on gigs like that it really was worth it.

Pedro