GARY MOORE & THIN LIZZY REACTION Anything You Want/ My Sarah/ Parisienne Walkways/ Blood Of Emeralds

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1. Skid Row - New Places Old Faces
2. Thin Lizzy - Do Anything You Want to Do
3. Thin Lizzy - My Sarah
4. Gary Moore - Parisienne Walkways
5. Gary Moore - Blood Of Emeralds
6. Gary Moore - Empty Rooms
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[@seanhanna3997]

Thin Lizzy are criminally underrated

[@alshipman2114]

Not so much under-rated, more a case of unable to cope with the success & undermined themselves

[@JayRo-xp1nt]

Indeed

[@gazzatopsi61]

Blood of emeralds is all about Gary’s friendship with Phil Lynott from how they were in Skid Row in 69 up to reflecting on his best friends death.

[@robertrohde4579]

If you really want to be blown away listen to Empty Rooms live 1987 in Stockholm. The whole concert with video from the Stockholm show is on youtube.

[@michaoginski6220]

My Best of him

[@tenchmagic]

Absolutely love this , and why wouldn't I ? Phil and Gary combine so well. Geniuses both , in different ways. Loved that you heard Empty Rooms at the end. Gary was a very underrated songwriter and vocalist I always felt. As to you wondering where Gary Moore stands in the pantheon of great guitarists , I will just leave you with this ...Very lucky to catch Gary at a Marquee Club , London , gig to celebrate the Back on The Streets album. He put together a hell of a band . A young blonde guy came and stood by us with his girlfriend, to watch the great man up close. It was Randy Rhoads, who had just joined Ozzy's Blizzard of Oz !! A guitarists guitar player for sure , and probably the best all round player ever. He could play anything. Much missed ! RIP Phil and Mooro ❤❤

[@wendyhaynes4991]

RIP Gary and Phil. It breaks my heart when I hear parisienne walkways.😢❤

[@markjames854]

"Still in love with you" from the album "Live and Dangerous" probably one of the greatest love songs ever written, a must listen too Nick. Best live band I have ever seen!

[@scottanderson8420]

More thin Lizzy and Gary Moore! Excellent 👍❤️

[@scottanderson8420]

Also, really great to hear that early band skid row with more of a folk sound. Always great to learn something new on the channel. Thanks a lot Narvik and Nick.

[@jaewoungshim4967]

I recommend you. Gary moore's 1987 stockholem live. That's a masterpiece.

[@Jules-um4yy]

Great marathon Nick and Narvik. Gary Moore gives me the goosebumps. Thanks so much for reacting to these wonderful tunes!🎶

[@darrenw2890]

This little Island produced some of the world's great artists.

[@dalestevenson4315]

Gary Moore has some of the best guitar tones in the world bar none

[@mwjsbleakwater564]

Nick…cant wait to you get to Thin Lizzy/Gary Moore live stuff…they blew everybody off stage all through the 70s and 80s. The musicality is just brutal. There is no other hard rock band that can deliver anything from hard rock to jazz/fusion to reggae to calypso. They could do anything. When it comes to Gary Moore…saw him loads of times live. Gary live is on another level. His studio-albums are good, but to see him do a 10 minute version of Empty Rooms live…..look it up on you tube. Empty Rooms 1987 Stockholm Sweden. This IS your new favorite guitar player. No one will ever play with more passion, fire and emotion than Gary Moore.

[@delorangeade]

Thanks for another marathon. Gary Moore and Mark Knopfler once appeared on a number one single together. Gary got fusion instrumentals out of his system playing with Colosseum II, and the Back on the Streets album also has a number of them. Flight of the Snow Moose, with Simon Phillips on drums is amazing. There is BBC footage of Gary with Colosseum II which is worth a look. I magine a lot of Gary fans will have been frustrated that the marathon did not include live versions of the Parisienne Walkways and Empty Rooms where Gary really takes off. Empty Rooms was released in several versions across a couple of albums in an effort to make it a hit, which it finally became in the UK. John Sykes of Whitesnake was heavily influenced by Gary.

[@BlueBarchetta67]

I think it was Ferry Aid that Gaz and Mark were on. There also an amazing few tracks with Don Airey and Jack Bruce on Cozy Powell albums, in particular the track Killer.

[@delorangeade]

@@BlueBarchetta67 That's right. I was looking forward to seeing Cozy with Gary when he briefly joined Gary's band, but unfortunately he quit before the tour.

[@patricksmith9590]

Hi all when Gary Moore played parisienne walkways on guitar philip said he would but words to the music Philips father name is Cecil parris born in Georgetown British Guyana so philip used Paris in France and 1949 the year philip was born as the song goes I remember Paris in 1949 and the rest off the song about Paris love from Ireland

[@lourenzi8820]

You must do a live version of Parisienne Walkways .Some of his best solos.

[@chrisbarlow2131]

Also Nick, Gary Moore was far more than just a rock guitarist. In the late 70s, he wandered off and joined a formidable jazzrock band called Colosseum 2. One of the reasons he joined them he said in an interview was to push himself as a guitarist - to take himself out of his comfort zone and see if he could be viewed as an equal with some amazing musicians in the band. Did he succeed? Mate.....you have to listen to to their album War Dance. I cant wait to see your face light up.

[@thegreypigeon]

You really need to listen to Gary live as his playing is incredible.

[@andycapel4090]

Great stuff. Will be at a gig on Thursday for Brian Downey’s band, Live and Dangerous . They are doing a small number of gigs in Ireland and U.S soon. All TL tracks. Brian still doing great work live at 72. Legend.

[@michaelamos4910]

I'm seeing Brian Downey tonight at Nell's London.

[@andycapel4090]

@@michaelamos4910 Have a great time.

[@michaelamos4910]

@andycapel4090 It was a good night. Thanks, sound was spot on you think it was the original band playing so good.

[@andycapel4090]

@@michaelamos4910 excited about tonight’s gig. Glad you had a good gig.

[@markferrett700]

Thin Lizzy should have been massive or even bigger!!!!!.....a truly brilliant band.

[@lourenzi8820]

I echo yoir sentiments exactly. They are so versatile and no two songs are alike. I turned so many friends on to this band.

[@stephenolson7659]

Thin Lizzy was so heads an above all there contemporaries an they're timeless an still out rock them all 🤯👍🤯👍🎶

[@michaelamos4910]

I'm loving these marathons Nick I consider myself an authority when it comes to Gary Moore as I'm a huge fan and saw him play live during the 1980s.

[@michaelamos4910]

You need to react to Empty Rooms live in Stockholm 1987 and Parisienne Walkways also live in 2003 at the Monsters of Rock.

[@mikekelly2324]

Nick, think you need to check out a band called grand slam, you may find the vocalist/bass player to be very familiar to you! Could open a chapter of his music that I don't think you know about

[@romancturner]

I spy a Gypsy album in the background. James Walsh, (singer/ keyboard ) was a friend of mine. Sadly he passed away recently. But not before Gypsy's 50th Anniversary Tour. I'm so glad I could attend.

[@chrisbarlow2131]

Hi Nick. Thanks for this. Just for the record, the famous record producer Tony Visconti who has worked with the best said Thin Lizzy was the greatest rock band he ever had the privilege of working with. Quite a compliment.

[@shyshift]

Back On The Streets is an amazing album that features members of Colosseum II John Mole and Don Airey plus Simon Phillips on drums. My 3 favorite songs are: Flight Of The Snow Moose Hurricane Would Rather Bee Or A Wasp? There’s another collaboration of Gary and Phil called Fanatical Fascists.

[@lourenzi8820]

Definitely would love to hear some Collosseum 2!!

[@shyshift]

@@lourenzi8820 3 terrific albums and a killer dvd all here at youtube.

[@joolz4848]

I have heard it said of Garry Moore that he does not play the guitar, he plays the Marshall speakers, and he uses the guitar as the controller...

[@shoemaker688]

I'm lucky for your this Thin Lizzy Marathon to watch. You got a great pand here.

[@BlueBarchetta67]

The version of Empty Rooms from the album Victims Of The Future has so much more feel, and isn't overloaded with keyboards. Plus... The solo is longer and pure feel, with Ian Paice from Deep Purple on drums. Listen in your own time Nick, it's incredible. This version was recorded to be more radio friendly pop.

[@chrismorley5862]

Not quite for Thin Lizzy being the first with twin guitars, just a bit earlier 1970-1973 Wishbone Ash were doing twin guitars.

[@paulriopelle2962]

Nick you have to listen to Victims of the Future by GARY MOORE. You will have fasten your seatbelt for this one.

[@RaimoCosmos]

Soooooooooooooo Good

[@RaimoCosmos]

Best prog from Italia LIBRA fantastic prog; funkrock!

[@chrisbarlow2131]

And this is why Nick, the Thin Men were unique. Phil simply refused to be pigeon holed. Take My Sarah as an example. Here we find Phil singing about his baby girl Sarah. Lyrically he's being very sentimental but it never comes across as mushy. Not only that but the band musically, would compliment his words perfectly. How many other so called "hard rock" bands would ever have done the same thing? Almost none. Their self image wouldnt have allowed for it and their fans wouldn't have gone for it either. But Lizzy were so so different - and their fans loved them for it Philo was also a poet, which was something else that helped set the band apart from their contemporaries. He had a real gift for telling a story, in poetic terms in just a few lines - no easy feat. And the words he would choose were words that painted very strong images in the listeners mind. Parisienne Walkways is a perfect example. We read the words and we are immediately transported to Paris, post World War 2. See below. "I remember Paris in '49 The Champs-Élysées, Saint Michelle and old Beaujolais wine And I recall that you were mine In those Parisienne days Looking back at the photographs Those summer days spent outside corner cafes Oh, I could write you paragraphs About my old Parisienne days". How cool is that Nick?? And the best thing is that there is so much more to come. Enjoy enjoy.

[@johncarr2806]

I saw Thin Lizzy twice in the 70's, Gary Moore playing on the 1979 tour.

[@joolz4848]

Nick, you should catch a live Gary Moore when he starts improvising.

[@eddiebrown2206]

Brilliant analysis as usual, lizzy and Gary were absolutely sublime together, many bands and musicians tried to imitate these 2 to a certain extent but in my opinion didn't come close. Can you do a compilation of Gary's blues recordings mainly because this proves how good a singer, guitarist and songwriter that the man was..... So, so many hidden gems 👍

[@rodrigoribeiro2192]

I like all reactions, i signed up in canal today, but does to many days i follow, because reactions of Thin Lizzy in the beginning, discovered similar musical taste between you and me, variations and eclectic taste, congratulations on the channel, sorry for my english, i'm brazilian of Ribeirão Preto SP, one hug, i will continue together with you. Rodrigo Ribeiro.

[@NicknLex]

Muito obrigado pelo seu apoio!!! 💕

[@timjones8377]

Great block! Thanks! 😁

[@EliDowns114]

'Parisienne Walkways' live at Montreux Jazz Festival is a must see as well as the live version of 'The Messiah Will Come Again'. The guitarist for Sabaton - Tommy Johansson does some really great cover/tributes to his hero Gary Moore on his KZbin channel - he is also a pretty devout Charvel guitar player (not sure if he is sponsored by them or not).

[@kenhewitt7357]

The skid row track was a bit of magic right there I've never heard that and I love it.

[@tmznt]

I thought all along that this would be like a Steely Dan experience for you.

[@tmznt]

I’m one of those people not familiar with Iron Maiden songs. I think I’ve only heard 3 songs from them.

[@NicknLex]

I am going to make my own Iron Maiden Marathon for you guys! They are amazing!

[@stefanstock953]

@@NicknLex greetings and love from Germany again...really, Maiden Marathon, awesome, i am a MaidenManiac since 1985. And of course Gary Moore, i was so lucky to see him play live on stage here in Germany. On his "After the War-Tour 1989". Hope you do more live performences from both...have a peaceful day, my friend

[@michelemichele3375]

Good to see you, Narvik. Great marathon. Glad you’re on board, Nick. 😽💗

[@NicknLex]

Hi friend! It’s Lex!! Hope Mom is okay 💗 Did you get my email? 😉

[@Tomekkplk]

The live version in 1991 in the Albert Hall is SOO much better. It really shows you know great a live show can be.

[@KJT1411]

Paris in 49 … phillip Paris lynott was his full name , born in 1949 !!

[@alanmartin-hz5bp]

Try a band called BBM with Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce and Gary Moore album around the next dream track why does love or naked flame

[@MrK-wu7ci]

Thanks for the STASI-thon.

[@mwjsbleakwater564]

Thin Lizzy and Gary Moore…huge everywhere but America. But all the musicians from the US knows them….but there is so much for you to understand here; Gary Moore and all the guitarists in Lizzy are Adrian Smiths biggest influence. Gary Moore is the fav guitarist of John Norum of Europe, Kirk Hammett from Metallica, Vivian Campbell from Dio/Def Leppard to name a few. Their influence is everywhere. Kirk Hammett owns Gary Moores Les Paul. Metallica got the original Thin Lizzy stage sign in their rehearsal room, John Norum’s got Gary’s white strat, etc etc etc

[@anikinmw4583]

Harimau mati meninggalkan belang,manusia mati meninggalkan nama,his name was Gary

[@damerriman1575]

‘I remember Paris in ‘49…’ Parisienne Walkways from Gary’s solo album Back On the Streets was written by Phil and played by Phil, Gary and Lizzy drummer Brian Downey. Very poignant. Phil’s full name was Philip Parris Lynott- Parris was after his father also named Parris and who Phil never knew. Phil was born in 1949, so ‘I remember Paris in ‘49….’.

[@MrHolmgren194]

Listen to "Blood of emeralds" and ask yourself where Nightwhish got their sound from :)

[@shyshift]

Back On The Streets was his second solo album his first is Grinding Stone right after Skid Row.

[@tmm8521]

A lot of bad luck for the band. Big tours were disrupted or cancelled and issues with drink and later drugs all conspired to hinder them. If you listen to the music it is so enduring and timeless. They were always blessed with great guitarists but, IMO, Lynott and Downey are so important to Lizzy's sound. Downey has been overlooked and overlooked as a great drummer throughout his career. You can listen to Downey in the background of any Lizzy track and its just sublime how his drumming fits in. Like 'cement holding bricks together' but, 'smooth as a gravy sandwich'. My favorite band for nearly 45 years and I never get sick of listening to them. Lynott is as great a performer as any of his contemporaries and hopefully his talent and brilliance will be rediscovered so he gets the acclaim he deserves. Underappreciated and overlooked band, but its great to hear new converts like you get on board Cheers

[@TheLoner73]

Both Phil (Thin Lizzy) and Gary are extremely underrated, no question. Great marathon! In terms of the 2 Gary songs I have to add that in terms of “Parisienne Walkways” you definitely will have to do a live version of it. There are sooooo many versions of this song on KZbin, all different because he never played it the same way twice. Only one I believe is with Phil though, recorded on Gary’s homecoming concert in Belfast in late 1984, a great concert/documentary btw! My personal favorite version is one of his last performances on the Jazz Festival in Montreaux in 2010! And on “Bloods” I have to add that it’s one of two very very autobiographical songs. If you listen closer to the lyrics you will notice that. The other one is “Business as usual” btw from his 1997 album “Dark days in Paradise”

[@RaimoCosmos]

Listen to the first Gary Moore album Grinding Stone !

[@franckthibault2521]

No Al di Meola on your list today 🤣 I am just kidding, you can't name all of them all the time! But on the subject of best guitarist vs favorite: what one person likes to hear sonically is maybe not hard to play, but awesome to hear.. Maybe your favorite desert is instant chocolate pudding, but it's not the hardest one to make....

[@nazaruddinabdullah8541]

with colosseum 2, gary plays jazzrock/progrock

[@danielolson5378]

Sorry to say but you picked the wrong version of the Gary Moore anthem Parisienne Walkways. You should have picked one of the live versions for example the one with Phil Lynott! Blood of Emeralds was a song that was too good to not include on his 1989 After The War album even though it clearly stands out. The song is very much Celtic/irish influenced which was the theme for his 1987 album Wild Frontier. Gary never wanted to reapeat himself and since Wild Frontier became a huge success that was the biggest reason for the next album to go in another direction. You gotta do Parisienne Walkways live and also The Messiah Will Come Again live when Gary makes the guitar sing like only he could!! Also check out The Prohpet a underestimated song and Victims of the Future!

[@sdholmess]

Sorry, correction the pre-sale is Thursday not tomorrow

[@sdholmess]

TSO pre-sale tomorrow only. Don't miss this show guys.........🤞😎

[@tcoba2533]

Talking about motif and emotional expression, please listen The Loner(studio version)

[@henrysobkowski3082]

Hey Nick, fantastic content, PLEASE PLEASE REVIEW 'WHITE KNUCKLES/ROCKIN' N ROLLING' by Gary's 1980 band G FORCE, this will melt your face 😎👍💪 the studio version 😁

[@michaellynch8815]

checkout the band lovebites holy war,set the world on fire, nameless warriorand epilouge all live versions great harmonizing guitars

[@TomLutonUK]

If you listen closely you can hear where Bon Jovi ripped off the Skid Row guitar part for ‘Wanted dead or alive’

[@scottanderson8420]

Hey Nick, here’s a reminder do the video where you do the minor third double guitar solo technique. Look forward to hearing your 🎸loop and solo.

[@narvik9035]

Phil and Gary started with Skid Row. Phil then left Skid Row, but Gary remained for a while. Skid Row started playing heavy blues rock early 70s. Gary released a solo album 1973 and then joined Thin Lizzy. Phil regularly appeared on Gary Moore's solo album. Blood of Emerald was a tribute to Phil.

[@Irish780]

My Sarah Phil made for his daughter Sarah

[@TheLoner73]

Oh, and on my favorite song “Empty Rooms” is kind of the same as “Parisienne Walkways”, you HAVE to listen to the live version with this amazing intro called “So far away”. Best version here for me is the one from one of his best concerts ever, the 1987 concert in Stockholm. The song was released actually already on the prior album to “Run for cover” in 1983 on the “Victims of the Future” album. A longer version that I like better actually. The live version is a combination of both versions. And it’s funny you mentioned Europe, because they were big big fans of Gary, as is Tommy Johansson now, if you don’t know who that is look him up here on KZbin, you will find ”something” 😅

[@danielpoulsen5246]

Military man another great song

[@RaimoCosmos]

Make more Wishbone Ash !

[@ianhewitson2738]

I never quite all the comments about Thin Lizzy being under rated. They were pretty successful in the UK and toured the US and elsewhere. They didn't become the huge band they probably should have been due to Lynott's and Gorham's drug addiction and the infighting which led to frequent line up changes. This is evident in the dramatic decline in the quality of their output after Black Rose.

[@pookiemartinez1745]

Parisienne Walkways = Blue Bossa by Kenny Dorham 😁

[@martinfinch8552]

Gary Moore was great but I prefer Lizzy with Brian Robertson.

[@747panos]

Just my opinion , but there's no comparison between Lizzy and Maiden . . .Thin Lizzy are the real thing . .

[@jccharles2157]

Sorry...wrong version of Empty Rooms it's too processed .The original version with the bass and original length guitar solo is superior, It has more warmth and that solo...man it's nothing short of breathtaking. Gary's most soulful and emotive solo in my opinion and he has a career full of emotive solos. Victims of the Future is a terrific album.

[@NicknLex]

That's the problem with remasters.. thanks for the info

[@theplanetruth]

F1rst!!!🎉🎉🎉

[@andycapel4090]

Sorry not U.S. UK, Ireland, Denmark and Germany.

[@MrHolmgren194]

Lists schmists, "Rolling Stone" doesn`t rank Gary among the top 100. Geeeeezzzzzzzzz...............

[@NicknLex]

OMG they are literally clueless...