THIN LIZZY - We Will Be Strong | FIRST TIME COUPLE REACTION (BMC Request)

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This is from the album Chinatown (1980) by Thin Lizzy
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[@neillenet291]

Thin Lizzy is criminally underrated.

[@dmac8949]

Seriously....Phil Lynott is one of the coolest people to ever hit music, let alone rock and roll music, of ever. Old lady huge, huge lover of Thin Lizzy/Phil Lynott here. There will never be such a great sound as a Thin Lizzy ever again.

[@neillenet291]

@@quintisalive I could respond to you and your 4 question marks, or you can go on your Google machine and type in Thin Lizzy underrated and read the articles. I'm sure some of those articles will end with 4 exclamation points :)

[@TheHumbuckerboy]

@@dmac8949 One of THE best lyricists IMO

[@_eclipz_]

Depends on who you ask, lol. Most people i know that are into heavy metal adore them. I love them for their diveristy in music styles. Man! :)

[@neillenet291]

@@_eclipz_ Probably more accurate to say unknown instead of underrated. I've been playing music for nearly 50 years and have heard almost every Thin Lizzy song, but most people have only heard "Boys are back in Town," and maybe "Jailbreak." They haver so many cool songs.

[@theivory1]

Emerald has to be their finest example of the dueling lead guitars.

[@rudolfbecker4313]

Absolutely, my nr 1 ... followed by many other great songs

[@Sibilisibili]

More so than Black Rose? That would be my number one.

[@TheHumbuckerboy]

So many others also especially during the Gorham/ Robertson era EGs Suicide and Wild One and Sha La La

[@theunwantedcritic]

I kinda like the black Rose

[@rickybutler2826]

Emerald and Warriors are both excellent dueling guitars also Brian Downey is awesome on both tracks

[@chrislegner4816]

Very pleased to see Thin Lizzy get more attention and love. An impressive little factoid about the band. Master lyricist Bob Dylan often cited Thin Lizzy as an act he admired.

[@mwjsbleakwater564]

React to Black Rose (1979). You will never look back😊

[@paulkirk9168]

Hi NicknLex, glad you have reacted to some more Lizzy but there are so many great 70's tracks by them that you really need to listen to such as The Cowboy Song, Wild One, Emerald, Whiskey in the Jar & Still in love with you ( live version from Live and Dangerous ).

[@quolizzy1554]

What can I say Thin Lizzy remain my favourite band of all time and I am now 53. Can you please do a reaction or review on one of my favourite Thin Lizzy songs No One Told Him? That would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[@darrenandrews6648]

Thin Lizzy true innovators and one of the best groups ever. The best thing about the band was that in its history every song sounds distinctly different from each other

[@migderien2191]

oh, so you want to have the "hidden gems" - okay, then do "Borderline", "Soldier Of Fortune", "Southbound" or the epic "Róisín Dubh (Black Rose)"!

[@timoeland6159]

You really should listen to "Suicide" by Thin Lizzy from their album "Fighting". One of the best dual guitar leads in existence!

[@mr.mojorisin1616]

Great cut! I bought that album new in 1980! You should check out "Killer on the Loose" from that album. A truly Slammin' Jam!

[@mvunit3]

That would be my fave on it :). That dual/harmony solo toward the end . . . . damn!

[@craighenry2351]

Did you also get Renegade, and, if so, what do you think of it?

[@shyshift]

Van Halen has a song called Chinatown from A Different Kind Of Truth (2012)

[@ericmcgivern4429]

I saw Lizzy live twice with Snowy & twice with Sykesy in 83 they were class!!!!!

[@jukkatervola7858]

This song is true masterpiece

[@craighenry2351]

Songs to check out. Since you don’t like to do well known songs, so much, I will ignore their most famous song (The Boys are Back in Town) and go from there. From their early years, I would suggest The Rocker, Black Boys on the Corner, Little Girl in Bloom, and Whiskey in the Jar. From their middle period, try, Rosalie, Cowboy Song, Romeo and the Lonely Girl, Emerald, Johnny, Don’t Believe a Word and Borderline. From the later years, check out Do anything You Want to, Got to Give it Up, Black Rose, Having a Good Time, Hey You, Angel of Death, Renegade, Hollywood, The Pressure Will Blow and Thunder and Lightning.

[@craighenry2351]

I will add one more comment. Since you like deep cuts and hidden gems, I would suggest Romeo and the Lonely Girl. It took me several years, but, now, it is my favorite Thin Lizzy song. It seems like a normal song until the solo. Then it kicks up a bit and the best guitar work is on the chorus following the middle solo. It is played under the chorus, so you have to listen for it, but it is well worth it. That is one of the better solos I have heard.

[@johnhernan9238]

agreed - definitely in my top 5 Lizzy tracks! the guitar lick and riff are so smooth (Scott I think?)

[@craighenry9512]

It is interesting you noticed the harmony lead guitars. Thin Lizzy used that more extensively than any hard rock or metal band out there. I always loved that sound, which is why I like Thin Lizzy so much. If you like it, as well, check out The Pressure Will Blow off of their very next album, Renegade.

[@TheHumbuckerboy]

There was so much more to Thin Lizzy than a band such as AC/DC who were a 'one trick pony' by comparison .

[@craighenry2351]

Thin Lizzy have two basics to their sound, Phil Lynott’s unique voice and harmony lead guitar. Other bands in the same time frame used that guitar approach, namely Boston and the Scorpions, but, no one used harmony lead guitar as extensively as Thin Lizzy and, that, I think, is the main reason I love this band. I love harmony leads, and with Thin Lizzy, you will hear that approach constantly, on their final 8 albums. Many bands still use that approach extensively, but no one used it as much and as long as Thin Lizzy did, except, maybe the Scorpions (Another favorite band of mine.).

[@michaelmalone3089]

Very enjoyable guys 👍love Thin Lizzy 🤗thanks as always 👌 great request Nick 👏👏👏

[@bmac1205]

Wow, from Moody Blues to Thin Lizzy!

[@davethebass3517]

I saw the original Thin Lizzy with Eric Bell on guitar - that lineup was awesome live in a small venue. Saw the band in a small club when Gary Moore was briefly on guitar too, I was standing just a few feet in front of him.

[@philwatson94]

bump into Eric sometimes at our local Tesco…kind of surreal walking past the guy who plays that iconic opening line from ‘Whiskey’,pushing a shopping trolley🤔…legend

[@thornbird6768]

Thin Lizzy were a great band 👍🏻 Phil Lynott the perfect front man . But he became increasingly difficult to work with and after various band member changes and a very serious drug habit of Phil’s they eventually fell apart . He died young from drug related complications but their music and memory still lives on . There’s a statue of him in Dublin , Ireland where he was from . Waiting for an alibi & Don’t believe a word are brilliant tracks 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@saanzacs]

Hey Nick and Lex, here some #nicknlexrequests for Thin Lizzy: Sarah and Johnny The Fox

[@mvunit3]

Bad @ss song, gets a bit funky too.

[@ghbill4r82]

I have a couple of comments about this song and Gary Moore. I saw on one of your “marathons” that included a song from “Vagabonds of the Western World” recently Nick commented about how the guitar playing sounded like Gary Moore. Maybe that’s because it WAS Gary Moore. He filled in for original guitarist Eric Bell after he left the band and recorded I think three or four songs with them. Phil and Gary were friends and he helped out Thin Lizzy on a couple of occasions but it wasn’t always that way. He left the band abruptly in the middle of the Black Rose tour and Midge Ure had to come in with little notice, to finish up. I would think the words “You clown, your thoughtlessness has brought us down” were directed at him, as well as the whole premise behind the song - they’ll be strong without him. Snowy White was a great guitar player but most people in comments I’ve read consider him boring on stage. If I could suggest more songs I would pick “Sitamoia” (about as hard a rock song as you can get - available probably in a compilation album or perhaps individually from iTunes), “Johnny” (a song from the album “Johnny the Fox" with a great story, which showcases Phil’s vocal ability and the song which made me a fan for life) and maybe “Nightlife” from their “Nightlife” album). #nicknlexrequest

[@jeffreycook2112]

Thanks guys! I love some Thin Lizzy. If you want to hear the Thin Lizzy influence on Iron Maiden, check out the Thin Lizzy song Massacre. And then listen to the Maiden cover of the same song.

[@tonytony5380]

Try their song sugar blues from the Chinatown album

[@craighenry2351]

This is a foundational band for me. I grew up in the 70’s and Lizzy had a sound that informed many of my future choices, concerning what I grew to love. And, yes, like you hinted at, my tastes evolved, somewhat, to where my favorite musical genre is Prog Metal, but from this band’s musical structure, you can see where going from them to my favorite band, Savatage, is a natural progression. I just wish Phil Lynott was still around. He isn’t my favorite voice, but he is so unique for this band. And he is a pioneer. Hard rock and metal are great genre’s, but they are devoid of that urban voice. Guys like JImi Hendrix and Phil were pioneers for guy’s like Lejean Witherspoon (Sevendust) and Columbus, Ohio’s own Howard Jones (Killswitch Engage). I hope today’s urban youth can look back to guys like Phil and say, hey, this sounds pretty good and I can do that, too!

[@deantait8326]

For decades I thought it was Tin Lizzy what was the nickname for an early automobile

[@tonygrinney7115]

That's the way the Irish say it.

[@joykeebler1916]

It is actually pronounced 'Tin Lizzy' - Just, for future reference... They Are The Dragon Slayers of Rock and Roll.

[@papacarl2002]

You’re a nosy fella Nick and who’s that kitty cat Lex with ya, huh? Forget it, Nick&Lex, it’s *Chinatown* ~ PS gotta love those Thin Lizzy twin guitars 🎸 🎸!! 🤘🏼🎧🤟🏼

[@BigC.]

Chinatown is the banger for that album. Please check it out.

[@rarissonoliveira9503]

Angra - Lisbon

[@richardwirt3193]

NicknLex have you listened to (Steve Vai the teeth of the Hydra with him playing the Hydra live ?)

[@TheMinster1960]

The title track from this album is excellent, and I also like the tune Sugar Blues.

[@powerage17]

Emerald Live from live and dangerous Opium trail from Bad Reputation Bad Reputation from Bad Reputation Still in love with you from live and Dangerous

[@notab7626]

I think Iron Maiden covered “Massacre” another cool tune by Lizzy, but Thin Lizzy has so many great songs! I’m happy you guys reacted to this song, definitely my favorite off China Town.

[@garywalker4272]

We will be strong- Ukraine!!!

[@mattrink2112]

Perhaps my favorite Thin Lizzy song is "Dedication", released posthumously in 1991 on the compilation album of the same name. "Reconstructed after band leader Phil Lynott's death, using an old 8 track demo recording ... originally recorded around 1985". Just a very powerful song with great hooks. Hard-driving groove, guitar leads that won't quit, soulful vocals. Goosebumps.

[@TheMichaelseymour]

"chinatown " (i love it ) is an odd LP . I dont like the tom tom sound - they sound like beach balls being wacked - and i think a little more "juice " on snowy whites guitar would have made this a much stronger sounding LP .....but its still great ...and , oh my , they ALL got it right on the title cut .

[@VinE83656]

Some more suggestions from Thin Lizzy; Black Rose, Emerald, Opium Trail, and Cowboy Song to name a few of my favorites

[@larrylakey4041]

Listen to Genocide on the Chinatown album. Most excellent song. People round here don't take kindly to the killing of the Buffalo.

[@bakenestian]

Enjoy Lizzy..! Life/Live, live album '83 has been my go to ever since I was introduced to it back then. Absolutely love that album. Live And Dangerous as well.. but...first impressions, right? 🤷🏼‍♀️🤟🏼 Enjoy it, you two!

[@BIJOU167]

Check out Limehouse Lizzy

[@nickbelezbubjones6528]

Love Lizzy 👌

[@nikwthetemper7753]

Hee-haw yall. Glad you did another Lizzy tune. Several more in that category 🙂 Would LOVE to hear your reaction to more UFO tunes. There are SO many but you could start with something like Profession of Violence from the The Wild, the Willing and the Innocent album. Deep, dark lyrics but Chapman's lead in that tune is pretty tasty and I believe yall would dig it. Keep up the great work guys. ALWAYS enjoy seeing you ✌️💛

[@rmac8008]

That’s it heavy Metal with a melodic sound Pink Floyd touring guitarist Snowy White on this track Along with Scott Gorham

[@williamking1554]

try fools gold next from johnny the fox the best solo lever

[@kenslater7354]

You gotta go to Live and Dangerous. Emerald IS Thin Lizzy #nicknlexrequest

[@philwatson94]

YES!!!!!!!

[@bmac1205]

Had to hear 'Boys are Back in Town'?

[@geoffw913]

Give "Rosalie" a blast...a great rock track with energy and Phil Lynott on top form!

[@garyrobets6147]

Great live band..

[@nickbelezbubjones6528]

👌

[@elchuky1942]

No los conocia y me gusto esa musica con unos instrumentos de viento va a sonar espectacular como el indio💪🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷

[@burnley211]

Nıck ıs really enjoyıng guıtar solos lıke me. It's a good thıng to watch :)

[@NicknLex]

Appreciate the support and glad to hear I’m not alone!! :)

[@jtighe7090]

Most Thin Lizzy fans claim their earlier material is better than their later albums (like Chinatown), but I beg to differ. Chinatown is their second best album after Thunder and Lightning (their final album) in my opinion. Thin Lizzy got heavier as their career progressed. Their first five albums are wimpy and awful in my opinion.

[@shyshift]

Thin Lizzy were never a Metal band. Rock and Hard Rock featuring melodic and harmonic guitar playing. Their last album,Thunder and Lightning (1983) comes pretty close. John Sykes joins longtime stalwart guitarist Scott Gorham. Sykes came from Tygers Of Pan Tang and in 1987 would compose and play all the guitar parts on Whitesnake aka 1987 in the UK. He then went on to form a great trio called Blue Murder with drummer Carmine Appice and Fretless bass extraordinaire Tony Franklin. Incredible debut. Valley Of The Kings is their best song by far.

[@craighenry2351]

No, the best song on Blue Murder is Jellyroll. The beginning fast blues contrasted with the power ballad ending and killer ending solo is epic.

[@scottmacdonald1826]

First time I've heard this so thanks!!! Pretty good tune. Phil's tone and delivery really make this song. Unmistakable Thin Lizzy.

[@kenbolesta8162]

Check out "The Boys Are Back in Town", or "Jailbreak" both Great songs by Thin Lizzy!

[@delorangeade]

Chinatown is often considered one of the weaker Thin Lizzy albums, the beginning of the band's decline, although the title track is great. Somebody already mentioned Angel From the Coast as a lesser known song more people should hear. I definitely agree with that. I would add Mama Nature Said and Opium Trail to the list.

[@jtighe7090]

Chinatown is their second best album, after only Thunder and Lightning. Their first four or five albums run from crap to a little better than crap. This band got heavier and better as they went along.

[@delorangeade]

@@jtighe7090 The band's catalogue is diverse enough to contain something to please most listeners. A strength or a weakness depending on how you look at it. I would take the first three albums over the last three, but they're not for everyone.

[@michaelhowell7275]

Low average song by them. Don't give up. They are soooo Good.

[@jtighe7090]

High average at least. Far better than most of their early 70s stuff.

[@mvunit3]

You guys are looking well rested and "Glowing" :D Well, I for one are glad you are avoiding the 2 "Hits" that are staples on FM AOR radio, that it made me sick hearing them over and over. They are MUCH more than 2 tracks (as for *Kansas* too). I like that Marley left, and as the song was going . . . he came back in :D Perhaps; "Oh, I like this! Bark!"

[@murdockreviews]

You look so different in the sunlight 😮 Just kidding - nice reaction, but you haven't hit on my personal thin lizzy fave, yet.😉 #nicknlexrequest Thin Lizzy "Angel from the Coast".

[@rudolfbecker4313]

Hallo Tobi, habe gestern die komplette CD auf meinem Spaziergang gehört. Einfach eine tolle Rock-LP mit vielen Facetten, "umarmt" von meinen Lieblingsstücken Jailbreak und Emerald. Frohe Ostern mit vielen (u.a. musikalischen) Ostereiern ... darf aber auch gerne Schokolade dabei sein :-)

[@k_spats]

Phil Lyman was AMAZING. What a tremendous loss to all of Rock n Roll. #WeveLostSoManyGreatOnes Hopefully, you'll check out *Type O Negative* - Peter Steele was another sad loss at only 48 years old. What a voice! And, standing at, I believe, 6'8 - with long black hair and green eyes... Quite interesting to look at. 🖤 The song I suggest is "Black No. 1." *Love you, Alexia n Nick!* 💙💜

[@rudolfbecker4313]

Hi k_spats ... I guess you wanted to write Phil Lynott ? the singer, bass player of Thin Lizzy ? He truely was amazing, such a talent in songwriting, singing and bass playing, I like most of their albums except for the last ones, when they tried to be "heavy metal" ... but Jailbreak and Live and dangerous are my absolute favourites

[@raulfrancoquezadacarramina9324]

Todavía espero la reacción a" Los jaivas". Mira niñita. Lo van a hacer?

[@HARRYBZ249]

Hola les recomiendo una canción para que reaccionen se llama tirando piedras al río y el autor es Miguel abuelo es una obra maestra del rock argentino

[@RobertErnestLewis]

[@rudolfbecker4313]

20 comments - 20 opinions :-) here is the 21st : I like the development from Vagabonds ... to Black Rose ... for me on Chinatown they started copying themselves, similar music, different lyrics. For the the worst is Thunder and lightning, when they tried to go metal (?) Live and Dangerous is an epic album ... There are so many great songs, if I had to name a favourite studio album, it's probably Jailbreak. And my Top 3 songs are Emerald, Rocker and Bad Reputation

[@9211goat]

Gee, you guys will listen to anything!... ............ just kidding, but when you have decades of music to catch up with, well, if it was me, I would want to hear the CREAM of those decades... the true QUALITY music and the music that MOVES you.... that rocks your world. This will often mean that you'll spend weeks or LONGER just on a single band- whether that band is the Who or Jethro Tull or the Stones or the Dead. All of these bands fill the bill.

[@rudolfbecker4313]

Hi Ronnie, that's the fun of the channel, listening to everything ... especially if you give your subscribers with BMC the chance, to request anything ... and don't forget, their reactions are "quality" reactions ... I've started in 2019 to watch reaction videos, I've seen thousands, and there were a lot of "bad reactors" :-) ... there are also other channels, which react to everything, but it's just mass production without any real discussion or deeper dive ... and it's always the subscribers decision to watch certain artists or not. I, for example, have placed a handful of requests by now, none of them reached a 1000 clicks. So what, I'm satisfied, when Nicknlex like it and some of the "inner circle", I'm happy, when I've made a handful of people happy ... so listen and enjoy ... or not :-)

[@thierrytheodose9005]

This was a good song from the late Lizzy albums. But If you want the best Thin Lizzy prefer the original band from 1974 to 1978 with songs like Suicide, Massacre (live version) Emerald, Johnny the Fox meets Jimmy the weed, Warrior or Me and the boys extract from ALIVE AND DANGEROUS album (extraordinary dual guitars ) But please avoid the commercial song « the boys are back in Town » one song which made them being famous but Thérèse by far better songs than the latter.

[@sparenovations7176]

Snowie White and Scott were brilliant. China town was their best in my opinion. In contrast Renagade was probally their worst. Just my opinion.

[@migderien2191]

Who comes up with such proposals?? I really, really love Thin Lizzy, but the Snowy White era is their weakest by far! Please do some classic stuff like "Emerald", "Cowboy Song", "Dancing In The Moonlight"... You're missing so much class, it's unbelievable... You did "Killer Without A Cause" from my favorite Lizzy album "Bad Reputation", but in fact, that's really the weakest song on that album! So again - who's making those really unfortunate proposals???

[@mackeymintle66]

Every time I find this in the thrift store bins, it’s too trashed to buy. 😩🤷🏽‍♂️

[@GorgonTheHybrid]

I do like some Thin Lizzy for sure, but this seemed very bland and middle-of-the-road and unexciting to me.. with nice guitars.