Thin Lizzy - Are You Ready? (2009)



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Genre: Rock | Label: Eagle Rock | Copy: Untouched | Release Date: 2 Nov 2009 | Runtime: 112 min. | 7,09 GB (DVD9)

Despite a huge hit single in the mid-'70s ("The Boys Are Back in Town") and becoming a
popular act with hard rock/heavy metal fans, Thin Lizzy are still, in
the pantheon of '70s rock bands, underappreciated. Formed in the late
'60s by Irish singer/songwriter/bassist Phil Lynott, Lizzy, though not
the first band to do so, combined romanticized working-class sentiments
with their ferocious, twin-lead guitar attack. As the band's creative
force, Lynott was a more insightful and intelligent writer than many of
his ilk, preferring slice-of-life working-class dramas of love and hate
influenced by Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and virtually all of the
Irish literary tradition. Also, as a black man, Lynott was an anomaly in
the nearly all-white world of hard rock, and as such imbued much of his
work with a sense of alienation; he was the outsider, the romantic guy
from the other side of the tracks, a self-styled poet of the lovelorn
and downtrodden. His sweeping vision and writerly impulses at times gave
way to pretentious songs aspiring to clichéd notions of literary
significance, but Lynott's limitless charisma made even the most
misguided moments worth hearing.
After a few early records that hinted at the band's potential, Lizzy
released Fighting in 1975, and the band (Lynott, guitarists Brian
Robertson and Scott Gorham, and drummer Brian Downey) had molded itself
into a pretty tight recording and performing unit. Lynott's thick,
soulful vocals were the perfect vehicle for his tightly written melodic
lines. Gorham and Robertson generally played lead lines in harmonic
tandem, while Downey (a great drummer who had equal amounts of power and
style) drove the engine. Lizzy's big break came with their next album,
Jailbreak, and the record's first single, "The Boys Are Back in Town." A
paean to the joys of working-class guys letting loose, the song
resembled similar odes by Bruce Springsteen, with the exception of the
Who-like power chords in the chorus. With the support of radio and every
frat boy in America, "Boys" became a huge hit, enough of a hit as to
ensure record contracts and media attention for the next decade ("Boys"
is now used in beer advertising).
Never the toast of critics (the majority writing in the '70s hated hard
rock and heavy metal), Lizzy toured relentlessly, building an
unassailable reputation as a terrific live band, despite the lead guitar
spot becoming a revolving door (Eric Bell, Gary Moore, Brian Robertson,
Snowy White, and John Sykes all stood next to Scott Gorham). The
records came fast and furious, and despite attempts to repeat the
formula that worked like a charm with "Boys," Lynott began writing more
ambitious songs and wrapping them up in vaguely articulated concept
albums. The large fan base the band had built as a result of "Boys"
turned into a smaller, yet still enthusiastic bunch of hard rockers.
Adding insult to injury was the rise of punk rock, which Lynott
vigorously supported, but made Lizzy look too traditional and too much
like tired old rock stars.
By the mid-'80s, resembling the dinosaur that punk rock wanted to
annihilate, Thin Lizzy called it a career. Lynott recorded solo records
that more explicitly examined issues of class and race, published a
now-out-of-print book of poetry, and sadly, became a victim of his
longtime abuse of heroin, cocaine, and alcohol, dying in 1986 at age 35.
Since the mega-popular alternative rock bands of the mid-'90s
appropriated numerous musical messages from their '70s forebears, the
work of Phil Lynott and Thin Lizzy will hopefully continue to be seen
for the influential rock & roll it is.
In 1999, Thin Lizzy reunited with a lineup featuring guitarists Scott
Gorman and John Sykes, and keyboardist Darren Wharton, which was rounded
out by a journeyman rhythm section of bassist Marco Mendoza and drummer
Tommy Aldridge. The quintet's ensuing European tour produced the live
album One Night Only, which was released in the summer of 2000 to set
the stage for a subsequent American concert tour.

Artists: Thin Lizzy
- Phil Lynott: Bass Vocals
- Snowy White: Guitar
- Brian Downey: Drums
- Scott Gorham: Guitar
- Darren Wharton: Keyboards

Tracklist:
01. Are You Ready [3:50]
02. Genocide [5:49]
03. Waiting For An Alibi [3:25]
04. Jailbreak [4:36]
05. Trouble Boys [4:14]
06. Don't Believe A Word [2:50]
07. Memory Pain [6:10]
08. Got To Give It Up [7:43]
09. Chinatown [4:58]
10. Hollywood [4:35]
11. Cowboy Song [6:42]
12. The Boys Are Back In Town [5:08]
13. Suicide [5:52]
14. Black Rose [8:32]
15. Sugar Blues [5:11]
16. Baby Drives Me Crazy [9:10]
17. Rosalie [11:30]
18. Desaster [6:13]
19. Emerald [5:02]

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