Virgin Atlantic, Phill Lynott, TV Commercial 1984

Recovered footage from a UK home recorded VHS cassette.
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[@garethbramley1]

I remember seeing Phil fronting Thin Lizzy and the band that also did that Christmas song': "The Greedies" (originally "The Greedy Bastards", but edited for public politeness). The band started playing shows in London during Lizzy's downtime in 1978, playing a mixture of popular Lizzy tracks and Pistols songs recorded after John Lydon's departure. In 1979, The Greedies recorded a Christmas single, "A Merry Jingle", featuring other members of Thin Lizzy as well as the Pistols' Steve Jones and Paul Cook." Virgin Atlantic didn't launch until 1984 - this ad is from that year. Virgin Atlantic, a trading name of Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited and Virgin Atlantic International Limited, is a British airline with its head office in Crawley, England. The airline was established in 1984 as British Atlantic Airways, and was originally planned by its co-founders Randolph Fields and Alan Hellary to fly between London and the Falkland Islands. Lady is apparently Gabrielle Glaister who did commercials for Channel 4 (1985) and Anadin (1988)

[@obsoletearchive4201]

Wow, tons of info... Had no idea of the Pistols connection before you said... Lucky man to have witnessed them play.

[@martinwalsh3228]

Lead singer of Irish band Thin Lizzy then went solo around (1981-1982) was the year of the advert he died on Saturday January 4th 1986.

[@obsoletearchive4201]

Thank you Martin, A great Irish Musician/Band of course

[@AntarcticaTelevision]

Not 1981, as Virgin Atlantic was launched in 1984.

[@obsoletearchive4201]

Amended to 84 as an early Ad

[@SkyTeamUTTP]

Antarctica Television Dude u have a virgin phone?