tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2587309093892894426.post1183177834836250172..comments2023-11-15T02:18:34.344-08:00Comments on DiscConnected: WHAT I'M LISTENING TO (AUGUST 12, 2014) THIN LIZZYDiscConnectedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013919800637508392noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2587309093892894426.post-34126091928921633262014-08-12T17:55:07.036-07:002014-08-12T17:55:07.036-07:00All I ever listened to was FM-I forget that if it ...All I ever listened to was FM-I forget that if it wasn't an AM hit, it probably wasn't a hit.<br /><br />Plus, my favorite DJ (Philly's Ed Sciacky) kind of played what he wanted, regardless of what was a hit (that was before there were playlists), so maybe he just liked the song.<br /><br />I do not listen to much radio at all nowadays, but can only remember hearing "Boys" or "Jailbreak" over the past couple of decades.DiscConnectedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07013919800637508392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2587309093892894426.post-91840454764409835362014-08-12T10:55:01.132-07:002014-08-12T10:55:01.132-07:00Yeah, I just checked my 'BILLBOARD' book a...Yeah, I just checked my 'BILLBOARD' book and 'Dancing In The Moonlight' never cracked the Top 40.<br /><br />In L.A. I think it got a smattering of airplay on AM stations but was heard more regularly on the FM stations. It didn't hang around long though.<br /><br />That year I was delivering legal documents, I was on the road all day long with only an AM/FM radio (no CD or cassette player) and I think I may have heard 'Dancing...' played on the radio just once during that whole year.<br /><br />I heard 'The Boys Are Back In Town' periodically though.<br /><br />~ D-FensDogg<br />'Loyal American Underground'Stephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2587309093892894426.post-15618051343411944342014-08-12T10:19:58.330-07:002014-08-12T10:19:58.330-07:00I "discovered" them with Jailbreak, and ...I "discovered" them with Jailbreak, and am still partial to it, although I think my favorite song is "Don't Believe A Word."<br /><br />At the time, I thought "Dancing In The Moonlight" was too poppy for them, but it certainly was catchy. Was it only a minor hit? It seemed to get the heck played out of it back then.<br /><br />I also love "Bad Reputation" (the song)-more on that tomorrow...<br /><br />To be young again....every time I hear "Boys Are Back In Town" I'm fourteen and (badly) playing my oldest brother's drums along with the song and probably driving my parents towards the liquor shelf...DiscConnectedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07013919800637508392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2587309093892894426.post-24211956411591809162014-08-12T09:30:56.614-07:002014-08-12T09:30:56.614-07:00LC ~
Oh, yeah, there was a time (before my "c...LC ~<br />Oh, yeah, there was a time (before my "change of life" occurred) when Thin Lizzy was my very favorite. That was some bad-ass Hard Rock they played. I saw them live three times, I believe, and twice at the same small theater in Pasadena - it was packed and the band was LOUD, and they always put on a good, high-energy show, Lynott in his black leather pants. Hokey-Smoke! (I think at least one if not two of the times I saw them, Huey Lewis was on stage blowing harmonica for 'em.)<br /><br />On the 'FIGHTING' album my two favorite songs were 'Fighting My Way Back' (which I would always crank up to eleven) and 'Ballad Of A Hard Man'. It was years later that I learned 'Rosalie' was about Rosalie Trombley the Music Director at station CKLW in Windsor, Ontario.<br /><br />Even though it was their most famous album, 'JAILBREAK' was never my favorite, although I played the hell out of it. Especially liked 'The Boys Are Back In Town' of course, 'Cowboy Song' (although I think I preferred the version on the album 'LIVE AND DANGEROUS'), but most of all the closer, 'Emerald'. I used to have a switch on my stereo receiver which would cut out most of the bass and heighten the treble and mid-range sounds. When it got to that screaming guitar solo at the end of 'Emerald' I would always flip that switch and let that guitar roar to the max!<br /><br />On 'JOHNNY THE FOX' my favorite tracks were 'Johnny The Fox Meets Jimmy The Weed' and the hard rocker you put up here, 'Don't Believe A Word'. (I don't remember having heard the Gary Moore version before. It was good - better than I would have expected - but I'm still glad Scott Gorham's idea carried the day.)<br /><br />Without question though, my all-time very favorite Thin Lizzy album was 'BAD REPUTATION'. I played that one probably twice as often as I did 'JAILBREAK'. There were a lot of good songs on that record, some ass-kicking rockers and some really good catchy, melodic stuffs too: 'Opium Trail', 'Southbound', the minor hit 'Dancing In The Moonlight', 'Killer Without A Cause' (that bad boy rocked!), 'Downtown Sundown' (should have been an AM hit), 'That Woman's Gonna Break Your Heart', and without question my favorite Thin Lizzy song ever, of all time... the title track 'Bad Reputation'.<br /><br />Man, even now, if I hear that song, with that tough-sounding drum and bass combination and then the high-octane guitar solo that comes later, I feel like I'm about 30 years younger and ready to go out on the town to find a girl or punch a guy. Ha!<br /><br />~ D-FensDogg<br />'Loyal American Underground'Stephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.com