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03-21-2006, 08:26 PM
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He's great bassist/songwriter/singer, but I hardly hear him talked about. Whats your opinion on him? Good? Bad? Overrated? I for one think he is very under-appreciated. |
03-21-2006, 09:16 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Long Island, NY | | | You probably don't hear much about him 'cause he's been dead for a while. |
03-21-2006, 09:27 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Isle of Lucy | | | I dig Thin Lizzy a lot, but I doubt Phil Lynott would fit into the 'underrated' bin. He was the perfect fit in his band. IMO, Thin Lizzy is altogether underrated.
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03-21-2006, 09:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Chandler, Arizona | | | He's not so much underrated as forgotten, unfortunately.
He was definitely a solid player and brought a lot to the table in Thin Lizzy. |
03-22-2006, 03:26 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Atlanta GA | | | Phil was brilliant. Solid bass player, great songwriter/singer. Also one cool ass dude. Played a lot of different basses too: Rick 4001, Dan Armstrong plexi, P bass, Ibanez, & some strange one at the end (Sykes years) that I can't identify. Can any of y'all help me out with that one?
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03-22-2006, 03:41 PM
| | | | Life-Live is a killer album
I think Phil's greatest strenghs were his songwriting and his live performances. I especially like the live performances of Holy War, Still in Love with You, and Thunder/Lightning on the Life-Live album |
03-22-2006, 04:13 PM
| | | | i do not think underrated but he was good at what he did killer song writer. |
03-22-2006, 06:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: florence , mississippi | | Thin Lizzy is one of my favorite 70s hard rock bands! 
Phil was killer, he could lay down the metal(Emerald), the prog(Black Rose) , the psychedelic grooves(Opium Trail) , and some serious funk ( Dancing in the Moonlight, Johnny the Fox meets Jimmy the Weed). Phil also has a great soulful croon in his voice. His lyrics get a lot of criticism, but I think his lyrics were cool as hell.
Basically, I love Thin Lizzy! 
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03-22-2006, 06:42 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Outside Boston | | | Correct me if I'm wrong, (I can't remember where I read this) but I believe that Sting lists (or listed?) Phil as one of his influences. |
03-22-2006, 08:25 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Long Island, NY | | BTW, there is a statue of Phil, with bass, in Dublin. Not too many bass players have statues in their honor: Phil Lynott
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03-22-2006, 09:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Lake Forest, CA | | | Yeah, thats pretty cool. |
03-22-2006, 10:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Ireland | | The best quote about Phil I read recently was from Gary Moore..(Shock)..."If Phil was alive to-day he'd check into the Priory just to get Kate Moss and he'd "chin" Pete Doherty on the way out and do us all a favour. 
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Bob Ohlsson, former Motown 'super' engineer.....the man responsible for THAT sound.
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03-23-2006, 06:42 AM
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Originally Posted by loendmaestro some strange one at the end (Sykes years) that I can't identify. Can any of y'all help me out with that one? | It was a Roland G88. http://www.hendrixguitars.com/Rol33Ba.htm |
03-23-2006, 08:06 AM
| | SANCH | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Milwaukee, WI | | | When I was a young player in NY, I played in a band that did a ton of Thin Lizzy tunes. Loved Phil then and still throw the Live album on the player every now and then. Solid player, good songwriter, rockin band!!!!! RIP Phil
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03-23-2006, 11:53 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: London, England | | | Check out Vagabonds of the Western World for some great bass playing from Phil. They still had quite a folky feel at this time and the bass is well to the front of the mix.
The bassline to Little Girl in Bloom is one of my all-time faves, very simple double-stops that carry the whole song. I thinks it's his Rick on this album.
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03-23-2006, 03:30 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Atlanta GA | | | Little Girl In Bloom!
A forgotten Lizzy classic. Yup, that's his Rick alright.
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03-23-2006, 05:28 PM
| | | | "Still in Love With You" from the live album............one example of a man's soul laid open for all to see. I love that song. |
03-24-2006, 02:41 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Finland | | "Little Girl In Bloom" is one of my favourites too. "Gonna Creep Up On You" from the same album has a nice throaty bass tone, could be a Jazz Bass.
I've always liked "Randolph's Tango". It has this nice Kevin Ayers calypso feel. 'Though it wasn't a smash Whisky -followup hit single Decca probably wished for... |
04-01-2006, 08:33 PM
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Originally Posted by loendmaestro Phil was brilliant. Solid bass player, great songwriter/singer. Also one cool ass dude. Played a lot of different basses too: Rick 4001, Dan Armstrong plexi, P bass, Ibanez, & some strange one at the end (Sykes years) that I can't identify. Can any of y'all help me out with that one? | Yeah, he used the Roland Bass, painted black with what appears to be a Fender Telecaster or early Precision Bass Mirror Pickguard. I read somwhere that the Midi stuff was removed to lighten it up.
Philip was the first real Frontman rockstar who played bass.
I understand he is held in very high regard in Ireland and his band Thin Lizzy surpassed Led Zeppelin as far as popularity in Europe. A real shame they really never reached grat success in the US. The last tour I was party too in 1982-1983 had them playing really small bars. A far cry from the Queen/Lizzy tour which is the first time I caught this act live.
I believe that if he were alive today he would have kept up with the changes in the industry and abandoned the whole cock rocker thing. |
04-02-2006, 06:01 AM
| | | | Phil had serious charisma and was just a brilliant man...talented and humble. He's sorely missed
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