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[daacosta]

Check out the "Cowboy Song" -Thin Lizzy (If you can find it)
They also do the original "Whiskey in the jar"-Covered by Metallica

Got them both just a moment ago. I really liked them... What I didn't know was that Boys are Back In Town is theirs... I mean, wow... What I didn't quite understand is why is it considered a heavy metal band...

Bigtomrodney,

Awesome video! Now I want to have a haircut like that...

Rgds

[fingal]

I mean, wow... What I didn't quite understand is why is it considered a heavy metal band...

I've never thought of them as heavy metal ... Just rock really. Thin Lizzy performed quite a few ballads and more thoughtful songs. It's worth checking out their back catalogue as they seem very neglected now, but for no real reason.

[bigtomrodney]

I was always fascinated by the first Lizzy album, when Eric Bell was the guitarist. It's so different from the later stuff.

[Hoster]

Check out the "Cowboy Song" -Thin Lizzy (If you can find it)
They also do the original "Whiskey in the jar"-Covered by Metallica

I love "Whiskey in the jar" which is covered by Metallica which also is one of my favorite bands.

[bigtomrodney]

Have any of you heard the original folk version of "Whisky in the Jar"? This is the folk version (played more recently) as performed by the Dubliners.

Even as a Dub myself I didn't know until I was about 15 that it wasn't a Thin Lizzy song.

[fingal]

Have any of you heard the original folk version of "Whisky in the Jar"? This is the folk version (played more recently) as performed by the Dubliners.

Even as a Dub myself I didn't know until I was about 15 that it wasn't a Thin Lizzy song.

I grew up listening to that song. Bear in mind that I'm now 42, and I knew it when I was 4-5 years old. My dad used to sing it while he was shaving and he taught it to me ... He's not Irish, but he must have picked the song up from somewhere (where though?) I get a strange thrill wherever I hear the Thin Lizzy version. I'm not fussed about Metallica's rendition, even though it's pretty good.

[MikeTbob]

Have any of you heard the original folk version of "Whisky in the Jar"? This is the folk version (played more recently) as performed by the Dubliners.

Even as a Dub myself I didn't know until I was about 15 that it wasn't a Thin Lizzy song.

Holy Smoke!!
I really thought that "Whiskey in the Jar" was Thin Lizzy material. But it makes sense they would play folk type music, they were from Dublin.
And BTW, that ole boy from the "Dubliners" can sing pretty good, thanks for the link bigtomrodney!

[bigtomrodney]

Yeah The Dubliners are good craic. "Whiskey In the Jar" and "Seven Drunken Nights" would be my two favourite drinking songs. Anyway! Back to the rock!