Wild One (The Very Best of Thin Lizzy, 1996) But it’s easier to hide the truth or at least try to mask it, but the message is clear enough for all to see “…_I think I’ve lost control_… is sang with more than enough conviction and sincerity to be about any one else than its writer.”ġ6. “The personal pain of “Got To Give It Up” is in very stark contrast to the personal passion of “Sarah” and it has been though that it was written for recently departed Thin Lizzy guitarist Brian Robertson who seemed intent on self destructing with his booze habit and constant brawling, but for me the song is definitely more auto biographical with its two co-composers (Lynott/Gorham) being recently addicted to the opium trail and the demon that would kill off Thin Lizzy for good-heroin. Got to Give It Up (Black Rose: A Rock Legend, 1979)

Not the massive chart hit it should have been, nevertheless, it became their live show encore for years to come.”ġ7. Ditching the folk-Irish sound of their earlier efforts this by dramatic contrast is a down and dirty rocker and marks the first main outing of Lynott’s tough-guy persona as he lays down the gospel according to macho man, over a great gut-wrenching riff that just won’t quit. The Rocker (Vagabonds of the Western World, 1973) He’s in good company penning a song to his newly-born, off hand I can think of songs by John Lennon, David Bowie, Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder, Robbie Robertson and I’m sure there are many more.”ġ8.

“Where again Phil Lynott shows his softer side in a delightful, jangly epistle to his baby daughter. “Hollywood” is Philip Lynott’s shot at the plastic world of Los Angeles, where most of those with stars in their eyes are fortunate if they manage to enjoy a mere fifteen-minutes of fame.”ġ9.

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