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Thin Lizzy Black Rose A Rock Opera AUDIO CD BRAND NEW & FACTORY SEALED Vertigo Records Mercury Records London 532 299-2 UPC | 731453229921 1979, 1996 TRACK LISTING 01. Do Anything You Want To 02. Toughest Street In Town 03. S&M 04. Waiting For An Alibi 05. Sarah 06. Got To Give It Up 07. Get Out Of Here 08. With Love 09. Roisin Dubh (Black Rose) A Rock Legend Part One: Shenandoah Part Two: Will You Go Lassy Go Part Three: Danny Boy Part Four: The Mason’s Apron ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Line Up / Musicians Philip Lynott ~ Lead Vocals, Bass Guitar Scott Gorhan ~ Lead Guitar Gary Moore ~ Lead Guitars, Backing Vocals Brian Downey ~ Drums, Percussion Black Rose sums up everything that was great about Phil Lynott – his passion, his ripping imagination, his unending creative drive. At the same time, it brands him as a reckless dreamer, somebody prone to sentimental outpourings and wild, elusive ideas. The title track of Thin Lizzy’s tenth album was an attempt to condense the entire Celtic spirit – the mythic figures, the history, the great writers, the musicians and hell-raisers – into a seven minute epic. He’d touched on this subject many times before on the likes of ‘Eire’ and ‘Emerald’, while Thin Lizzy’s music was peppered with jig rhythms, guitar triplets and the musical motifs which recalled Irish folk tunes. But now that Phil was again working with Belfast-born guitarist Gary Moore, he felt that it was time to make his biggest statement ever. Moore had worked with the band several times in the past, recording on the single ‘Little Darlin» in ’74, and touring with them in ’77. Gary was fluent in blues, jazz and rock styles, but importantly, he also knew plenty about traditional music. Like Phil, he’d hung out in folk clubs in ’60s Dublin, so he had this edge over the other Lizzy guitarists. He’d sometimes sit in a dressing room and pick out ‘The March Of The King of Laois’ or maybe a Chieftains melody. Therefore ‘Roisin Dubh (Black Rose)’ would weave together tunes such as ‘Danny Boy’, ‘Will You Go, Lassie Go’, ‘The Mason’s Apron’, even a hint of their old hit, ‘Whisky In The Jar’. There was also a nod to Scott Gorham’s homeland in ‘Shenandoah’, music from the James Stewart film about the American Civil War. According to Scott, there were going to be even more American folk references, «but every time we got to it, it sounded so corny». Over the top of this, Lynott name-checked the greats of Irish history; George Best, Van Morrison, George Bernard Shaw, James Joyce, Oscar Wilde and WB Yeats. Dramatist JM Synge wrote ‘The Playboy Of The Western World’. Cuchulain was the original Irish cowboy, a hero of the eighth century Ulster cycle of tales. Roisin Dubh was another rich emblem from Irish literature. In times when political protest was outlawed, Irish poets would write ‘vision’ poems about a wailing, ghostly woman. She was the black rose, symbolizing Ireland, and in the 19th century poem, ‘Dark Rosaleen’, the writer James Clarence Mangan gave this story-line its most powerful expression. Phil borrowed from the tradition, just as Shane MacGowan would adapt it in his song ‘The Snake With Eyes Of Garnet’ some time later. In early ’79, Thin Lizzy flitted between the Good Earth Studio in England and the EMI Studios in Paris, assembling their music from a number of sources. Phil was working on a solo record around the same time, and so was Moore, so there was a deal of trading between the three projects. That may explain the extremes of the Lizzy album. More likely, it was a reflection of Phil’s ever-fragmenting life. On the one hand, he was relating the joys of parenthood with ‘Sarah’; tender jazz-soul like an old Isley Brothers tune. The next thing you’d hear were the allusions to hard drugs on ‘Got To Give It Up’. Phil wasn’t just observing heroin use by now – he was indulging. However, the band’s pop sensibility was was able to survive. ‘Do Anything You Want To’ was all libertarian slogans and rumbling kettle drums. To this day, Scott Gorham can’t work out why Phil closed the song with an Elvis impersonation. «I think he just wanted to use his American accent there.» With ‘Waiting For An Alibi’, they had another hit single, allowing Lynott to replay his fascination with misfits, failures and ageing Romeos. The album itself reached number two in the charts. It’s debatable whether ‘Black Rose’ reveals the band at its best. Certainly, Gary Moore’s rapid notes and glissando style gave the band a new aspect, and Scott Gorham says he appreciated the competition. The lyrical humor of ‘S&M’ isn’t so great, however. And that folk-rock idea would have the distinction of inspiring Celt thunderers like Big Country and The Alarm in the next decade. But there’s still something heroic about that title track. Phil was trying to catch the breeze, to give voice to the very essence of his soul, to live up to his nation’s finest. And if it wasn’t a total success, that’s due to the grand size of his ambitions and emotions. So it’s absolutely fitting that his gravestone in St Fintan’s cemetery, Co Dublin should bear a dedication to the grieving legend of Roisin Dubh, his one true love. ~ Scott Bailie SHIPPING TO USA ONLY Buyer Pays Shipping $3.99 1st CD $3.99… each additional $1.50 CDs will only be combined with other CDs or DVDs To qualify for the combined discount, all items must be purchased together, paid for with 1 payment, and shipped all together in 1 shipment. 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