Whiskey In The Jar

[manclad]

IMHO the best song from Thin Lizzy.

Some men like fishing,& some men like fowling,
& some men like to hear a cannon ball a roaring,
Me I like sleeping, especially in my Molly's chamber,
But here I am in prison,here I am with a ball & chain yeah.

 

[stonerblue]

i'll go for 'Rosalie' or 'Dancing in the moonlight' (good cover of the latter by 'smashing pumpkins')

 

[Jnr Kisby]

Boys are back in town, the rocker and southbound for me. Live & Dangerous is by far the best album too.

 

[Balti]

They are all classics indeed.

I'll go for the less proclaimed King's Call from Lynott's solo offerings with Mark Knopfler on guitar.

It was a rainy night the night the king went down
Everybody was crying it seemed like sadness had surrounded the town
Me I went to the liquor store
And I bought a bottle of wine and a bottle of gin
I played his records all night
Drinking with a close, close friend

Class.

 

[mikeyboy]

Emerald. best song amongst many lizzy classics like cowboy song, rocky, showdown, wild one, waiting for an alibi, jailbreak, i could go on...

 

[MCFCTrick]

I can even forgive Lynott for being a red...........A poet, and still sadly missed.

 

[jay66uk]

I only really know "the boys are back in town".

 

[Dave H]

Lizzy were ace.

Waiting For An Alibi is one of their finest.

 

[manclad]

I can even forgive Lynott for being a red...........A poet, and still sadly missed.

I used to go in The Crown & Anchor near Stevenson Square & there was a big signed picture of Phil behind the bar.I never realised the significance of an Irish rocker with a Manchester pub until about 5 years ago. There was an article in the MUEN about his mum who used to run a guest house in Manchester (in Whalley Range I think).

 

[moonshiner]

Emerald was Lizzys best song IMO.
Skyclad did a great cover of it.

Whiskey in the jar, was not an original Lizzy song,but a cover of an old Irish folk song.(and it was great hearing Metallica doing Irish folk music)

 

[The Pink Panther]

Whiskey in the jar, was not an original Lizzy song,but a cover of an old Irish folk song.(and it was great hearing Metallica doing Irish folk music)

I think it's their beat song as well even if it's not original.
It reminds me that Cream's "Crossroads"is a cover of an old blues song
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=GVu-KC6It ... re=related

 

[moonshiner]

Whiskey in the jar, was not an original Lizzy song,but a cover of an old Irish folk song.(and it was great hearing Metallica doing Irish folk music)

I think it's their beat song as well even if it's not original.
It reminds me that Cream's "Crossroads"is a cover of an old blues song
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=GVu-KC6It ... re=related

Clapton released an album last year entitled ME AND MR JOHNSON.
It's just cover versions of ROBERT JOHNSON songs.CLASSIC!

 

[Dave H]

Cream were a very underrated band.

 

[manclad]

IMHO the best song from Thin Lizzy.

Some men like fishing,& some men like fowling,
& some men like to hear a cannon ball a roaring,
Me I like sleeping, especially in my Molly's chamber,
But here I am in prison,here I am with a ball & chain yeah.

I first produced my pistol,& then produced my rapier,
I said stand & deliver or the Devil he will take ya.

 

[mikeyboy]

Lynott was a great poet and lived the rock star life to the full.fantastic songwriter and one of the best frontmen in rock history.lizzy were one of the few rock bands that the punks had respect for and this was down to lynott i'm sure. live and dangerous still one of, if not the best live album ever.lynott could teach a few of the bling bling wanker "here's my new clothing line to go with my new cd" and doherty/winehouse generation how to be a REAL star.

 

[Simon Le Tom]

Metallica do a fantastic cover of Whisky in the jar, that was the 1st time i heard it actually..

 

[MCFCTrick]

Lynott was a great poet and lived the rock star life to the full.fantastic songwriter and one of the best frontmen in rock history.lizzy were one of the few rock bands that the punks had respect for and this was down to lynott i'm sure. live and dangerous still one of, if not the best live album ever.lynott could teach a few of the bling bling wanker "here's my new clothing line to go with my new cd" and doherty/winehouse generation how to be a REAL star.

Spot on Mikeyboy. Lizzy were all that and more. A hard rock band, still seen as cool throughout Punk, and still to this day. Amazing live act and I was lucky enough to see them many many times. Have met a few 'rock stars' in my time, but he was the one who really had that Star Quality to me. I was in awe of him.

If he hadn't died when he did, makes you wonder what he would be doing now? I know that before his death, he was very into the then emerging Funk/Rock hybrid bands like The Dan Reed Network, Stevie Salas's Colorcode, Extreme etc. And was talking of marrying thaat kind of stuff to Hendrix type blues. Could've been a potential mess in anyone elses hands, but he might just have pulled it off.

 

[Thanx4Knives]

Metallica do a fantastic cover of Whisky in the jar, that was the 1st time i heard it actually..

that one of the worst covers ive ever heard!

The smashing pumpkins cover of dancing in the moonlight is great makes you see the song in a new light.

 

[stonerblue]

Metallica do a fantastic cover of Whisky in the jar, that was the 1st time i heard it actually..

that one of the worst covers ive ever heard!

The smashing pumpkins cover of dancing in the moonlight is great makes you see the song in a new light.[/quote]

too true knives

 

[Citysmith]

Metallica do a fantastic cover of Whisky in the jar, that was the 1st time i heard it actually..

I fully agree, I love Thin Lizzys version, but Metallica nail the song, with a great video with some very good looking women :o)

Dubliners do a great version, which has a few lines in it which Lizzy removed for obvious reasons

Anyway a link to the Metallicas version:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTz1fRHbSU4