Part 1 Phil Lynott Interview & Thin Lizzy Live on The Tube

Phil Lynott talks about the soon to be split up of Thin Lizzy.
He looks a bit worse for wear, as does Scott Gorham,
They must have been on the razzle all afternoon.
But they still go on stage and do a brilliant set.
The Boys Are Back in Town,
The Sun Goes Down
& Cold Sweat.
Phil Lynott: Vocals & Bass Guitar
Brian Downey: Drums
John Sykes: Lead Guitar
Scott Gorham: Lead Guitar
Darren Wharton: Keyboards

[@VivalaUsh]

My Dad is in the crowd at 3:49. My Grandad worked on the lighting and my Dad had the chance to meet Lizzy. He's still got one of Phil's Guitar Picks framed on the wall at home. Lizzy are one of the best bands to have ever been.

[@PaddyByrne931]

Legend 👍👍👌👌

[@petemarr824]

Phil was one of the greatest front men in music. He had the looks, charisma, and the chat, and of course a bloody outstanding vocalist and bass player

[@grazynaprosc975]

Exactly ! You're right 👍

[@azrocker666]

Thin Lizzy are legends! I am so amazed to see a video of Phil Lynott. I really love his lyrics and he is a true poet. Thanks for posting the video. I am truly a Thin Lizzy fan and I grew up in the 70's listening to good old rock n roll. They were the best! I have most of their albums and I love Phil's voice. "The Rocker" of all time!

[@denton908]

I love the way Phil is playing with the camera. He was so charming, and such a joker... but at the same time, a very serious man at times.

[@AlkisGR]

real legends, real music...One of the best bands ever.

[@BigAlzer]

must agree this is by far one of the best bands ever

[@Martain92]

friggn love his bass, what a guy, what a band

[@alanlloyd6322]

phil cracked me up in this video... he said 2 really funny things: when asked if the band splitting up was a scam in order to sell tickets, he said something like "no, were looking to sell papers" or something like that. FUNNY. he also said when asked "are you looking to explore new avenues?" he said "yes, electric avenues...... im eddy grant, if the tax man is watching, im eddy grant ! " these two comments cracked me up !!!

[@RainbowBlues13]

Also, re his father and his doing drugs, I haven't read The Rocker by his mum for a while, but I thought it said in there that his father was a married American serviceman over there on duty his mum met but didn't she want to mess up his family when she ended up pregnant and so didn't tell him, and also that when Phil was sick in the very end, he did try to stay off drugs but different roadies and hangers-on would keep bringing them to him without being asked to. Whatever - he is a legend. RIP.

[@theghostintheruins]

Phil always looks like he'd be great craic on a night out, or even just going for a few pints. What a man.

[@ericmcgivern4429]

I was there as a young boy Sykesy was excellent!!!!!

[@phillynott2459]

Phil seems really happy😂😂

[@davehoward22]

phill lynott was my dads second cousin,he kinda looks like my nan!

[@fenderstratgirl]

best band ever R.I.P philo phil n scott my idols they rock! if he wos hear 2day rock n roll would be totally different,better than today! but scott n john's thin lizzy is gr8 glad 2 c they keepin the lizzy magic alive!

[@Nakednessdave]

hmmmn what an amazing interview! Thin Lizzy are legends tho!!

[@captaincomputaa]

Loved the tube.

[@blacksabfan]

By musicians yes, but by average rock fans, certainly not. Hendrix, Morrison, and Joplin are in a whole different category and get tons of recognition. Lynott gets his fair share in the UK/Ireland and to a lesser extent Europe, but not much so in America. I tell people I know I like Thin Lizzy, and they give me a weird look and then I say "The Boys are Back in Town" and they are like..."Oh! I've heard that song!" That's the mentality right there.

[@degel1963]

Front row was I. Mr Lynott even dropped his sweat on my hand.

[@carlmcn]

pure class!

[@LeChuck99]

It kills me inside knowing ill never meet him

[@phillynott2459]

Me too 😭😫😭

[@lazzer7]

Thanks for sharing!

[@RainbowBlues13]

Just read through all the comments here and I'm not a muso so don't get into who's better and all that, I just know what I like hearing. Even though I only really like 2 songs on Chinatown, I don't know how anyone can say they hate it when it has something as great as Genocide on it, both the music and the words. Brilliant song! And that's coming from someone that did grow up in the 70s and 80s when music was better (my school folders were the ones with Phil Lynott posters plastered on them)

[@cymro6537]

"I thought you were Eamon Andrews" 🤣 0:33 " We thought we'd give it a go with John - establish him as our protégé and let him go on and do great things...." And John certainly did ....🤘

[@ThinLizzyFanpage]

thanks for putting it up! :D

[@kink66]

luv ya philo always...

[@ParkParks93]

Legend.

[@fenderstratgirl]

well this just shows wat u can do if you put ur mind to it!!they rock and always will

[@electricdread]

'Is this the end of Rico'! LOL. A Judge Dread quote? I know Phil loved to read comics.

[@JohnProph]

its from the olddd movie "Little Ceaser"...Edward G Robinson kzbin.info/www/bejne/jnyTnp2bftCsZrs

[@PieFloater666]

This is why youtube rocks!!!, archival footage of Classic Rock.Thanx for postin it, Waddockhunt. Check out the video for "Sarah", funny ending.The James Joyce of Rock!!!. Australia, we love Lizzy.

[@alanlloyd450]

I love this interview. I lmao. When he says the eddy grant bit

[@azrocker666]

True that, about Robertson and Brian Downey.

[@blacksabfan]

Again, good call. You really know your stuff.

[@jwhiteout]

Hooray!

[@phillynott2459]

This was really funny 😂😂

[@RainbowBlues13]

Sorry for the typo in last message. She didn't want to cause hassles, not "didn't she want to"!! Anyway, Phil Lynott will always be my fave, and it still shits me to death that we have to put up with how Hendrix, Morrison, Joplin etc are legends even though they died of drugs, but Phil doesn't get the legend status he deserves because by the time he died, drugs were a dirty word. Because the effects caught up and killed him rather than an OD, he's just another dead druggie to all except us.

[@NouveauGod]

Sykesy The legend!

[@blacksabfan]

So because I don't agree with the majority, I'm a dick and a hypocrite. Great point... My comment toward them, several months ago, was based off not just this, but additional comments that they made. Maybe Sykes wasn't right for Lizzy, but I'm not the type of person that gets bent over a lineup change and dismisses entire albums because they don't have a certain member and follow a slightly different style. That is by definition being "one-eyed" or "narrow-minded".

[@jwhiteout]

Well, I like Renegade and that came out in 1981, so I guess I'm an idiot. Hooray! But out of curiosity, what did YOUR albums sound like after 1980?

[@bunterx]

even ocean colour scene have been influenced by lizzy - check out 1000 mile high city - could almost be emerald or chinatown. both simon fowler from ocs & phil are both irish brummies too- phil was born in west bromwich. the darkness and iron maiden are both very obvious bands to have been majorly influenced by thin lizzy. as a guitarist in the early to mid 80s every rock/alternative band i knew and played in were doing lizzy covers - rosalie, jailbreak, boys, cowboy song, killer on the loose...

[@DJGroff]

great band, legends, and phil is even plastered in this one lol

[@adventurelinks]

phil was some craic

[@blink882]

hes bickied out of it.. bleedin legend

[@Grichal1981]

Which pixel is Phil?

[@TheTinMan123]

Milbrook Phil was an amazing singer,bass player, writer, poet, frontman, to say he's useless etc is total BOLLOCKS

[@alwaysopen7970]

R.I.P.

[@VictimofAtkins]

what do you mean "even Robbo's work"? Are you implying that Robbo was bad? because Robbo was by far and away the best Lizzy guitarist to me, sure Gary Moore gets in the guitar mags but Robbo gets in your soul. Him and Scott were the best!

[@smegmadelhomme8551]

That lady should have got a job interviewing trees, or possibly plywood

[@RiggySmalls]

This is where Jeremy Paxman got his interview technique from.

[@VictimofAtkins]

Technique didn't matter in a band like Lizzy, yeah Moore and Sykes were better technicians but Robbo could wail better than them, to me Sykes was too flashy for Lizzy, too many pitched harmonics etc. whereas Robbo had a classic rock sound that suited the band perfectly. Moore was great, but he has never in that long and his heart didn't seem in it always, with the classic line up they were like a gang but with Moore it felt a bit different.

[@RainbowBlues13]

Like I said bunterx, I'm not a muso, just know what I like hearing, so don't read the mags or get into bands and their influences these days to know bout Kirk, but it's great if some are. To a 40 year old that has heard great music 20/30 years ago, most stuff these days is too crap to be into. And the bands I used to see didn't do covers. They had heaps of great original stuff. Try checking Nothing Sacred, Blackjack, and Taramis. Jon Giles, Blackjack guitarist - one of the best you'd see!

[@robbiethewombat]

lizzy are the fuking best ... rip phil.....

[@Robbzterrs]

fucking Legends!"

[@sircumfrance]

U can tell Phil is High as fkin kite there lmao...aha so funni, 1 of the best song writers ever lol..and An amazing guy..R.I.P Phill

[@bunterx]

i dont agree - phils influence and status in popular music history is widely recognised. His songwriting is admired by musicians of every generation - not just heavy rock too - only in this months total guitar mag kirk windstein of down listed dancing in the moonlight in his top 5 tunes and said lizzy were awesome songwriters.

[@charlesskf]

lol, im not gonna explain myself again..

[@blacksabfan]

Idiot lady: Well How did Darren and John feel about this...this is their...claim to fame? Lynott: No, it's not. LMFAO!!!

[@jwhiteout]

Cool, man. Yeah, me and Phil were drinikin' and smokiin' till about 4 am. Then he recorded a few tracks. Your album in 2005 (which no one heard) sucks.

[@shaunamcintyre]

drunk as a skunk and as high as a kite philo

[@TheMullerFan]

I would not cross the street to piss on Sykes if he was on fire

[@blacksabfan]

I don't hate Renegade anywhere near as much as Chinatown. I already know that RoryDumbledork and 'Oldenage hate metal and hate anything that doesn't sound like Live and Dangerous or Jailbreak though. I also don't get the "one-eyed" comments...if anyone is "one-eyed" it would be you two. Any opinion other than your own you shoot down...but then get all pissy when people do it to you. What's that called...oh yeah, a hypocrite.

[@jwhiteout]

Sorry. Didn't mean to offend you. It's okay that you like Snowy White.

[@gitserscolt]

no its called a dublin accent

[@jadgab1450]

miilbrook79 shuup

[@charlesskf]

haha I knew I'd get heat for that, I love black people.. I also love seeing people get uptight over a word hahahaha

[@taekwongr]

...John is better...looks that Phil was pretty pissed with Snowy lol

[@blacksabfan]

Yeah he's just drunk...diff not heroin...they save that for AFTER the show.

[@charlesskf]

man some people are so uptight

[@simongarrettmusic]

stop arguing about fuck all - listen to lizzy

[@blacksabfan]

What the hell is wrong with you when you have to even act like that to be "teasing"?

[@SquareHeadSlacker]

thats a very strange accent!