![]() ![]() ![]() I just thought the band explored similar terrain with more creative success on a bunch of later songs. As much as I love “The Boys Are Back in Town,” with its overt Bruce Springsteen vibe and its straight-between-the-eyes hanging chords come chorus time, a sober analysis of the song reveals jazzy verses not to my liking along with a reminder that I found the production of Jailbreak too trebly (see Caress of Steel and Sin After Sin). Yeah, I know, I’m constantly getting heck for not tossing, as a rule, the big hits to the top of these lists, but I gotta go with my heart on these things. Whether a description like that sounds impressive or not, there are a pile of great ones like that, including, of course, “The Boys Are Back in Town.” Finally, for the record, it has to be said somewhere in this article that a tale like this and a title like this put Phil squarely in that whole Bruce Springsteen oeuvre, one that includes Van Morrison, UFO, Elvis Costello, Graham Parker, John Mellencamp and - it pains me to say this - Bon Jovi. You could put “Johnny” among the batch of Thin Lizzy songs that are more about bold open chords than tricky riffs. Phil’s tale is placed upon a musical presentation that is a prime example of the band’s chemistry, wrapped up with a big red bow by Brian Downey and his Ian Paice-like grace and grace notes. Speaking of “renegade,” here’s a classic story of a crime gone horribly wrong, with the protagonist robbing a drugstore for a fix only to get gunned down by the cops. In fact it’s done tastefully, only briefly, perfectly placed in the mix, on a record that is arguably one of the best three sounding (along with Black Rose and Renegade) across the entire catalog. I Need You, I Don’t Want to Forget How to Jive, Broken Dreams, The Farmer, Night Life, Blues Boy, Still in Love with You, Try a Little Harder, Me and the Boys, Eire, Old Moon Madness, Ray-Gun, Shades of a Blue Orphanage, Showdown, Memory Pain, Rockula, The Rise and Dear Demise of the Funky Nomadic, Sweet Marie, Mama Nature Said, Slow Blues, Sarah (Black Rose), Little Darling, Things Ain’t Working Out Down at the Farm, Silver Dollar, Rosalie, Clifton Grange Hotel, Saga of the Ageing Orphan, Half Caste, The Hero and the Madman, Remembering Part 2, Sarah (Shades of a Blue Orphanage), Dear Heart, It’s Only Money, She Knows, Blackmail, Borderline, Are You Ready, The Friendly Ranger at Clontarf Castle, Fanatical Fascists, Randolph’s Tango, The Rocker, Dublin, Return of the Farmer’s Son, Whiskey in the Jar, Call the Police, Frankie Carroll, Thunder and Lightning, Diddy Levine, A Song for While I’m Away, Philomena, Baby Face, Spirit Slips Away, Fats, Remembering Part 1, Romeo and the Lonely Girl, S&M, Downtown Sundown, Trouble Boys, Just the Two of Us, For Those Who Love to Live, Look What the Wind Blew In, Vagabond of the Western World, Ballad of a Hard Man, Fight or Fall, Having a Good Time, Sitamoia, Don’t Play Around, Bad Habits, Honesty Is No Excuse, Black Boys on the Corner, Suicide, Angel From the Coast, Fighting My Way Back, Killer on the Loose, Dancing in the Moonlight, Sugar Blues, Boogie Woogie Dance, Chatting Today, Banshee, King’s Vengeance, Gonna Creep Up on You, Sha La La, The Sun Goes Down, Johnny the Fox Meets Jimmy the Weed, Didn’t I, Southbound, Holy War, Little Girl in Bloom, Don’t Let Him Slip Away, Running Back, Dear Lord, That Woman’s Gonna Break Your Heart, Killer Without a Cause, With Love, Heart Attack, Hey You, Opium Trail, Fools Gold, Soldier of Fortune, Hollywood (Down on Your Luck), Buffalo Gal, Leave This Town, Mexican Blood, Cold Sweat, Massacre, Don’t Believe a Word, This Is the One, Someday She Is Going to Hit Back, Baby Please Don’t Go, Freedom Song, Chinatown, Old Flame, Warriors, Sweetheart, Angel of Death and Cowboy Song.īrass on a Thin Lizzy rocker? Robbo was hesitant but was won over. ![]()
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